The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-04-24
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Thursday Evening. april %. 1858 !
There Is still no alteration of any kind to refer
to in the general money market. Gold has adj
yaDced, however, to-day, in accordance With adj
vices from New York /; and with liberal supply
and demand, the actual sales in this market com
prised the appended amounts, viz $4,000
Gold at l40l $500, $4,000, $4,000 and $4,000
at 1905 $500, s2OOe 5000, $4,000 and $4,000 at
l4 and $4,000 and SIS 600 at l4l4. Sales Of Silver
comprise $1,000 American halves at 1864, and
$500 Mexican dollars at Il cent. premium on
Gold. We now quote Gold l40{0l4l4; Ameri.
can Silver coin lS6I@l56l, and Mexican dollars
l43@l434.
FoREI6s EXCHANGE We need hardly say that
rates of Sterling and Francs have been further
enhanced since our last, as the supply Of CONNER
cial bills has been very materially curtailed. Tue
remittance demand has continued restricted, how
ever, and the actual sales have included only the
subjoned amounts, viz: $1,000 Al commercial
Sterling at 1881, $1,000 bank do. a. l54, f26O0 do,
at l54E. $4,000 do. al 1874. $500, f2001 and f2500
do. at 1855 50000f. bank Francs at 1854. 30,0OOf.
and 50O00f. do at 1865. We now quote bank
Sterling l6g31l55. clear bills l530l54, bill of
lsding bills l5l961l52t, commercial francs S.701
3.674 and bank do. 664G365.
DONEsFlC EXCHANGE There is no alteration OF
any kind 10 notice under the above heading. The
supply OF commercial is still restricted 0 wing 70
the suspension Of purchases Of Cotton for the
Northern and Eastern markets, while the remit
tance demand continues very light, and the pur-
chases by banks and bankers to-day included only
the appended amounts, viz; $4,000 New York
commercial sight at ~ cent. premium, 1000
and s25 600 do. at u cent. premium. $l00 600 and
$4,000 do. at 10 Sscent. premium, $4,000. $500
apd $25 600 at Il cent premium, and 5000 FL
teen days sight on Boston at ! u cent. discount.
We stlll quote ID cent premium at bank and la
~ cent premium ont Of doors for sight checks on
Northern cities
UNcURsEST NoTEs AND SEcURITIEs.-City
notes have not yet reached fixed value. as the
controlling voice of the two boards is apparently
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able hope, however, that the shinplssters Of the
Crescent City will soon be garded the equiva-
lent of greenbacks, and till then We would advise
our friends 10 hold on to them. In Louisiana
State and Bank OF Louisiana notes there is moth
ing whatever to report, and all classes of securi-
ties still contnue almost hopelessly neglected.
We annex particulars Of the few sales reported
to-day as follows viz $1,000 city notes at 214 y
cent. discount; $1,000 and $4,000 at %, and
$40 600 at Isl II cent. discount, and one $1,000
second mortgage Jackson Railroad bond at c y.
SPECIAL DlsPATcHEs.-We are indebted co
the Western Union Telegraph line for copies Of
the following private dispatches received over
that route to-day, We:
1894. 1885 A. N.-Gold l404. l0:45 A. M.-GOld
l4Ol. Cotton-demand fair, prices advanced;
middling 32c. Mobile 325c., Orleans $50. Sterling
ll01@ll05. IL M.-GOld l40b. COtton-demand
fair, prices firm mddliDg S2c., Mobile 32kc.. Or.
leans 33c. Sterling steady. P. M.-Gold 40.
CottoD-demand fair, prices firm. rales to-day
1000 bales. Middling 32s., Mobile 32tc., Orleans
33c Sterling ll0l@llOb
Liverpool, April 23-l :20 P. Motion market
frmer and more active. Estimated sales $4,000
bales. Uplsnds l24@l21d., Orleans 12t0l2id.
5P. M-Cotton market buoyent Sales to-day
$1,000 bales. Uplands l2id., Orleans l2jd., up
lands ahoat 1881.
Haure, Apra 23.-Cotton active and frmer.
Tres ordinaire 10 arrive l.5l francs; on the spot
las francs.
London. April 23-l:2O P. M.-Consols s3I9
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