The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-03-08
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Saturday Evening. March I. is68

Saturday Evening. March Z, is6a !
The movement in financial circles has disclosed
no material variation of any kind to day. Rates
OF Gold have been well maintained, owing to the
very firm character Of prices at New YORK The
demand and supply have been only moderate
throughout, however, and the total operations in
cuded the appended amounts. viz: $1,000 at 1904,
$4,000 and $40 900 ct l412. t25, 900 at l4lE1lAf,
els goo and $50 600 at $4,000 $780, $500 5000
and 10000 az l42, $1,000 at l42t, aud $1,000 at
lI24. Sales of Silver comprise $500 American
halves bought by broker at l35, and 5000 do.
sold by aoroker az lSe; The ruling figures this
American Silver Coin. and 14s4l4 for Mexican
Dollars.
FOREIGN ExcHANGE--Rates of Sterling and
Francs have been firm to-day, but the movement
restricted, and the total actual sales iacuded
only the appended amounts, viz: fl2c0 bauk
Sterling az l54l, $4,000 do. at 1884, $4,000 bankers
at l53s9l532, floC0 do. at 1884, fl000 do al
1881 $1,000 do. at 1885 $1,000 commercial Sterling,
Al, at 1884. f6cC0 bilI Of lsding Sterling at 1921,
$1,000 do. at l51t; lO0.000f. commercial Francs at
72a, 100000 do. at 3.Tlif, and 25.000f. bankers'
do. ct 3.70f. We now quote bank Sterling at
1sS34l54t, clear bills at l52t0l53a, bill Of lading
bills at l5la0l523; bank Francs at 3.6s9 G3 67if.,
and commercial Francs at 3.72t13.70f.
DOMESTIC ExcHASGE-The movement under the
above heading still dscioses but little If any ate
ration. The Offering supply increases slowly, as
| purchases OF cotton for the North and East are
still very light, while the demand on the part Of
RENTERS cannot be regarded as disclosing any
marked improvement, and sales since our last
have been restricted TO the following amounts,
viz: s27 600 and 900 New York sight at u
cent. dis, $4,000 do. at sGll.l6 % cent. dis,
$4,000 do. at { q cent. dis. 5000 Boston
and SIS COO, $40, 900 and sl35, 900 New York do.
at GIG ~ cent. discount $4,000 three days.
t. sight az q cent. discount; and $4,000 twenty
days sight at IL q cent. discount. One of the
banks still persists in exactng D cent. discount.
while all Of the others readily check az L. aud
we now quote aG4 u cent. discount at bank and
9l6@ll l6 b cent discount out Of doors for sight
checks on the Northern cities.
UEcURREST NoTEs AND SEcURIrIEs-The ex-
eitemeut with regard to the City Currency Is
rapidly abe'ing. Offerings are Of a less pressing
character than heretofore and the demand Is m re
active with general tendency to a recovery of
confidence. Offerings OF large notes are very
light however, and the total movement to. day 10.
cluded only the annexed transactions, viz: ell 900
small City at l5Gl6 per cent discount, $500 and
5000 do at l6 per cent. discount sl2 900 do. at
l50l7 per cent. discount, $500 do at IL per cent
discount, 900 do. at l7a per cent. discount,
and $4,000 large do. at IS y cent discount. A
sae Of $4,000 Louisiana State Notes has also been
reported at &c. II dollar, and $500 do. at the same
figure. Transactions 10 securities comprised 90
shares Crescent City Bank stock at s24l 90 Is and
Is Carrollton Railroad stock at 49, and 100 d. buy.
ers option thirty days, at IS. The city currency
shows a marked Improvement to-day, and conh-
dence has already been almost fully reinstated
in IL.
BOARD OF BRoKERs.-The movement at last
nights session Of the board resulted in the follow
ing actual sales viz: $3.50 gold at l42, sll00 at
the same, $4,000 at l4ls. sellers option 10 days.
$500 large city notes atl7l $1,000 at Is discount,
$1,000 and $1,000 small at l5t, $1,000 and $1,000 at
Is. $1,000 and $1,000 at the same, $500 at 154 dis
count, so shares Crescent City Bank at Isl.
5PECIAL DIsPATCHEs.--We are indebted 10
the Western Union Telegraph line for copies OF
the following private dispatches received over
that route to-day. viz:
Neto York, March Ito A. M.-Gold opens
at l4lt. IL A. Mold 1405. Cotton-demaud
fair; prices firm; middling 25c., Mobile 25bc.,
Orleans 26c. Sterling l09lGll0t. 1915 P. NJ
Cotton demand moderate prices firm; mlddling
ESQ.,, Mobile 253c., Orleans &c.; receipts for the
week 1880 bales; sales $4,000 bales; exports
5000 bales; stock on hand $4,000 bales. 2:l5
p. M.-Gold 140T. Cotton-demand fair; prices
firm; sales to day $500 bales. Sterling steady.
LirePool, Mcrch 7-ll:l5 A. M.-Cotson market
firm estimated sales 1900 bales uplanda
9s@9ld., Orleans 9s@l0d. Cotton sfost 9sd.
8 P. Motion market active; sales to-day
Is 600 bales; uplands 9{09Ed., Orleans 100
l0td., 10 arrive gid.
London, March 7-1l:l5 A. M.-ConsOls 93s
BIOS az. P. M.-Consols unchanged. Bonds
7ls