The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-08-15
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Friday Evening. August Ia. 1858 !
Nothing whatever has traDspired since the date
Of our last weekly review, the 7th inst, to ma.
tsriaily alter the condition Of the money market.
COLLECTIONS have been very light. as at this period
Of the business season but few obligations mature
yet the amount OF currency Offering for invest
ment has not been in any wise diminished, and
While cemancs Tor accommodaIiin show a very
marked abatement, both loans aud discounts can
be Ttadily obtained on previous terms viz: per
cent. per ami UNI at bank and l6lII b cent. per
month out of doors for short gilt edged paper, aud
! lOGl2 q cent. per annum for long dated notes Sc.
cured by strictly AL city mortgage.
Gold AND SILvER-There has been a mole.
| rsteiy heavy movement in the precious metals
| during the past week, well on speculation as
for the payment of duties. Offerings of I'D were
| at no lime equal TO the demand, Rnd rates have
constantly varied IN accordance with the altera.
tons OF the New York market, while the supply
| OF Silver has been for the most part but little
better than nomiDsl, and quotations for the latter
| uniformly ruled as heretofore, viz: 314 n cent
| premium on Gold rates for Mexican dollars ard 3
| "a points upder Gold rates tor American halves
| and quarters. Operations to day have been con.
| hned TO the following amounts, viz: $500 Gold
at l4t4 S6OUO do. al l47. $4,000 do. at l47 $4,000
do. at l474. Sales of Silver embrace lOyJ Amer.
lean halves at l37 and we quote Gold I46l0I47,
American Silver Coin l36Gl37, and Mexican
Dollars o. l5O@l5l.
FOREIGN EXCHANGK-The market has been
almost wholly bare of Commercial Sterling and
Francs from the opening TO the close OF the week
ending this evening. Most Of the banks have had
considerable balances 10 draw against, no Fever,
but as their asking rates we're generally above
the viCxs OF remitters, the total movement since
the date Of our previous iisc Oses very ma
teTal falling off, Quotations have slightly factu.
ated however Cd account of the FREQ lent and some
times heavy alterations In rates Of the precious
metals, but the variations in figures can be hest
understood by reference to our table of ruling
prices wich will be found in another column The
only transactions that ne under our notice To.
hanE Sfarl as
at ITO for gold. The market, owing TO heavy
fluctuations in gold, il too unset d for reliable
quotations. We therefore omit them
DOMESTIC EXCHANGE - Inactivity is the most
noticeable feature of the movement under the
above heading. The supply of commercial sight
and short sight, which was almost wholly ex.
hausted at the opening Of the week has been
but htile augmented at any time up to the close.
while the inquiry on the part of re itters has ex
hblted corresponding, or perhaps greater, fall.
ing on Rates have undergone no quOtable slte- |
rsiiOn hoSever, will be by the daily ruling
ngures in our Domestic Exchange table. Pur. |
ebases to day by banks and bankers embrace only |
The following amounts, viz: $1,000 New York |
commercial sight at 1 y cent premium, $4,000 |
90. az SIG y cent. premium, $500 sixty days do
at q cent: premium, and $4,000 thirty days date
on Evansville, Indiana, at ! y cent. Discount |
We still quote: u cent. premium at bank
ard a q cent. premium out of doors for
sight checks on Northern cities.
= UkCURRENT- NorEs AND SKCURIrIEs-City notas
have yacllated considerably during the past week
and closed rather stiff this evening at our quota
tons, while Louisiana state Notes have gradually
assumed more irmness and are now offered very
sparingy. Bank of Louisiana Notes continue
wholly neglected. and the movement in Stocks !
and Bonds is restricted TO unimpOrtant sales of a
few favoIlte Securities. We append particulars
Of actual sales since our last. viz: $4,000 Civ
Notes at "a. SIS 900 do. at $780, 5000 do at 33l |
$1,000 do. at 80, and $1,000 DO. at 328 % cent dis
count $40 0OO state warrants at CSC, 100 shares
Bank OF Orleans stock at 1872 y share. Since
writing the above we have been requestej TO
state that the last eleven shares of the caDital
stock OF the Importers Bonded Warehouse Com.
paDy, $1,000 each, have been disposed of at par
SPECIAL DIsPATOHBs.-We are Indebted to |
ne Western Union Telegraph line for copies of
The following private dispatches received from
hat route to-day. viz:
Net0 York, dug. l4-l0 A. M.-Cold opens at
l4s. 1920 A. M.-Gold l475. Cotton market
quiet; middlng 29sc.. Mobile 2alc, Orleans sos.
sterling lO990l095. IL M.-5Old l47E Cotton
market quiet but steady; middng 2e3c. Mobile
s9sc., Orleans 30c. Sterling steady. 8 p n
sold 1861. Cotton quiet and steady. Sales to. |
lay 100 bales. Mddling 294c, Mobile 29lc.,
orleans soc. Sterling steady.
LtUeypOOt, Aug. l4-ll:l5 A. Motion market |
irm estimated sales 200 bales; uplands ]
3D., Orleans l04d. Sales of the week 50 900
)sles-fOr export 1900 bales. for speculation |
200 bales. Stock on hand 577, 00O of which $40.
DGO are American. Cotton sfoat, TIC 600 bales.
P. N.-Cotton market frmer and more active
sales to-day 10 goo bales. Quotations unchanged.
London, dug. 4-ll:l5 A. M.-Consols 93L6l94
P. M-COnsuls 94tG944. Bonds unchanged.