The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-11-01
,Hem Orleans Monep cMarket.

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There IL no change to notice 10 the movement ID
the money market. Gold opened In New York
this morning ss 1884 against l34t. the closing
rate last evening" at IL n. 1t stood 1881, aud ct
M II closed 81 1884. The movement 10 this mar
bet has been quite heavy and rates declined in &C
cordance with the falling of at New York. Opera
tons embrace the annexed amounts, viz: $4,000.
$4,000, and $4,000 at l345 Sl4 000 $40 0OO
$50 600 at I34i $1,000 $4,000, and $40 600 at isIS'
sDd $50, 900 buyers option. seven days. at l34f.
Nothing reported in silver, and we nov quote gold
~ l340l344. American silver coin 1872 Ia 1884, and
| Mexican dollars I37@l374.
TIE CRESCENT CITY BASK.-we acknow-
| ledge the receipt of q polite invitation from
the president of the Crescent City Bank to ex.
anime the Improvements and arrangements re.
| Gently effected in the building, corner of Union
| and Carondelet streets. to which the assets de-
| posits and psrapharnals of administration have
| been transferred during the past week. and the
doors of which have been thrown iuvitingly open
to the public to-day. The location selected for
tbs bank evinces sound judgment on the part Of
its directory. The internal arrangements are all
that the most fastidious could DESIRE and the off.
GERS are polite, attentive and competent. With its
present increased capital and under its new and
very popular regime IL is hardly necessary to pre-
dict that the old Crescent will soon rival some of
its more plethoric competitors.
FOREIGN ExcHAHGE-0 wing to augmented pur.
cnases OF Cotton for foreign account offerings of
STERLING and Francs have disclosed heavy in
crease to-day, while the demand has exhibited
moderate Improvement, and rates have declined
IN accordance with the reduction In Gold. The
total operations today embraced the annexed
amounts, viz: $1,000 bank Sterling at 1904 for
Gold; $4,000 do. at l465 for currency. fl0O0 and
f2oO0 Al commercial do. at l464; $4,000, $4,000
and fl2,0O0 private bankers do. at 1850
l46t; $500 Al commercial do. at l46 f2OOo,
l453; $1,000 and $4,000 do. at 1881; flOO0 do. at
l44l; 2500f., Is ,000f and $50 00Of prvates bank.
ers' Francs at 1854; 60000f.. 50.0O0f., 5O00Of.,
100 o00f, loo 000f loo 000f. and 000f. CONNER.
cial do. at $50, and loo, 000f. do. at 1914. We
now quote bank Sterling l46I@l4e3; commercial
do. l443@l454; bank Francs 8 90013.Ss3, and
commercial do. 3.92a@3.9l4.
Domestic ExCHANGE-We have no alteration of
any kind to refer to under this heading. Offer.
iDgs OF commercial sight and short sight disclose
no material increase, and the demand exhibits but
little If any improvement. Total purchases to-day
by banks snd bankers comprised the following
amounts, viz; SIS 600, $50 600, $50 900, $40, 900
and $50, 900 New York commercial sight at q
cent. discount; SIS 900 do. at 5-l6 % cent. dis.
count $4,000 and SIS 900 do. at Tie n cent. dis
count, and 5000 five days do at d cent. dis.
count We still quote 4Gl y cent. discount at
bsnk and sG5 ~ cent. discount out of doors for
sight checks on Northern cities.
USCURRENr NOTES AND SECURITIES = City
notes and bonds are dull and unsettled. Levee
bonds, State notes and warrants are neglected
and the movement in all classes of Stocks con-
brace small amount of City notes at AZ ~ cent
discount and $4,000 Levee bonds, new, at 65ac. u
dollar.
SPECIAL DIsPAToHEs.-we are indebted to the
Western Union Telegraph Line for copies of the
following private dispatches received from that
route to-day. viz: . |
Ne,o York, Oct. 3l-l0 A. M-Gold opened at
l34 1880 A. M-Gold 1887. Cotton market quiet |
and steady. Sterling 109J@110s. 1l:45 A. M
Cotton quiet but steady. Receipts of the week |
$500 net, ~ 235 gross. Sales of the week rs 900.
Exports since LIST September 2S,9O0 Stock on |
band 1900 Receipts at all United States ports
g., ooO Sterling steady. P. M Gold closed |
1881. Cotton frm-holders asking higher rates |
market more active nominay middliDg Isle. |
Mobile &c.; Orleans 264c. Sterling steady.
liverpool, Oct 3l-1l:l5 A.. M.-Cotton market |
dull, tendency downward. Estimated sales Is 900 /
bales. including 5000 sold after market yesterday.
Uplsnds Id, Orleans IL I'd. 8 p. M.-Cotton
higher. Sales to-day 20 600 bales. Uplsnds Ito |
u 3D.; Orleans ll4@llld.; uplands afioat lOid.
The tone of the market this morning should have
been reported tending nm.