The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-10-30
9ew Orleans SHonep Warket.
CRESCENT OrFrcx, No. % Cant STREET,
Thursday Evening. Oct %. 1858.

CRESCENT OFFICE, No "a CAN'T STRuEf,l
Thursday Evening. Oct %. 1853
Nothing worthy of special remark has trans.
pired in the money market to-day. Gold opened
in New York at l34t, the closing rate last even
ing. At IL N. IT quoted at 1914, and at P. N.
il closed at 1874. The movement in this market
has been quite animated aud rates ruled
In accordance with New York fluctuations. The
total sales embraced the following amounts, viz
$4,000 Gold at lS4l; $4,000 and s25 900 do. at
i3H $500, $1,000. $780,, 5000, $4,000 and
$4,000. $4,000. $4,000 and $4,000 do. at 1854;
$1,000, $500, $3.50 and $25 900 do. at 1884, Sales
OF Silver comprised $4,000 American coin at 1874.
and we now quote Gold at l350l353, American
Silver coin l3S@l34, and Mexican dollars 1884
@l39.
FOREIGN ExcHANGE-The upward movement in
Gold at New York this morning caused greater
frmness and regularity in the Foreign Exchange
and the demand light, as will be seen by the sub
joined statement of actual sales, viz: $4,000 Bank
Sterling at l46l, fl2,000 AL Commercial do. at
l46t@146i, els 600 do. at l46t f2500 do. at 145l,
50000f., so 000f.. 50 DOOR. and 100000. CONNER
cisl Francs at 90f., 10OOf INK do, 200 0Oof.
private Bankers do, so DOOR. AL Commercial do. at
S73; also, so 0OOf. at 1881. We now quote
Bank Sterling at 147, Commercial do. l469l46t,
Bank Francs 3.s7aQ3.s6lf., and Commercial do.
DOMESTIC ExcHANGE-we have no alteration
to notice in the movement under this heading.
Offerings of commercial sight and short sight are
moderste, and the demand is still OF limited
character. The total purchases to. day by banks
and bankers comprise the following amounts, viz
$50 900, New York bank sight at % cent. dis;
$4,000, SIS OOO $40 900, 900 and $40 900 do.
at sic D cent. dis; SIS 900 private bankers de-.
ct the same; 30 600 commercial do. at u cent.
discount; $4,000. $l5. 900 and $25 900 do. at D
cent. discount; $1,000 one day do. at 6l6 % cent.
discount; $500 and $4,000 Ave day. do. at per
cent. discount. We still quote 401s u cent. dis
count at bank and 3Gs ~ cent. discount out Of
doors for sight checks on Northerncites.
UNcuRRENr NorEs AND SECURIrIEs-City notes
Inactive and unsettled. State levee bonds, State
notes and warrants are weaker and quiet. and the
movement in all classes of stocks is entirely
suspended. Total operations under the above
heading to-day embraced only the following
amounts, viz $4,000 city notes, 80 days, buyers
discount; $4,000 levee State bonds at 65c:;
SIS 900 do. at 54}c., and $4,000 do. at sac. % dol
lar (all new issue.)
SPECIAL DIsPATcHEs.-We are indebted to the
Western Union Telegraph Line for copies of the
following. private dispatches received from that
route to-day, viz:
l343 1890 A. M.-Gold 1874. Cotton market
quiet but steady; middling 25Ac.. Mobile 25ic..
Orleans 26c. Sterling l09s@ll0s. IL M-Gold
1884, Cotton market quiet and steady; middling
253c.; Mobile 25}c.; Orleans 26c. Sterling steady.
and weak. Sales 1850 bales, nominally middling
26ac., Mobile 252c., Orleans 26c. Sterling 1890
ll05.
Liverpool, Oct. BILLS A. M.-Cotton market
buoyant. Estimated sales IL 900 bales. Uplsnds
lld.; Orleans lid. LEO P. M.-Cotton market
bales. 6P. M.--Cotton quiet but steady. Quota
tons unchaneef,
London, oct. z9.-5 P. M.-Consols unchanged.
Bonds 733.