The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-02-13
HIM Orleans Monep Elarktt.
uusoxpr oTTIcs, No. % oIxr srEzsf,
Wednesday Evening. Feb. II. 1903

"wednesday Evening. Feb r. 1868 J
Go1p-Has gone still lower to-day, and we have
this evening reduced our quotations fully y
cent. which is exclusively due TO the steady down
ward tendency Of rates at New York. The Offering
suppIy has been fair throughout and with in
creasing demand as prices fell on, the total
movement exhibits very liberal aggregate. We
append particulars Of the principal sales, as fol-
lows, viz b: $1,000 at l4Ds; $4,000, $500, 5000,
500 OOO and $40 900, the latter by one party, at
l4OI 500 600 at 14OI0I4O1; t200O at l4ol; 5000,
t5O6O and $4,000 at l404; $l5 900 at lI0!;
900 Gold check at q cent. premium; and
600 and s23 goo do. at = ~ cent. premium.
Sales of Silver have been restricted TO $500 Amer
lean halves at 1884, and some triiing lots of Mexi-
can dollars within the range of our quotations,
which now rule es follows viz: Gold l394Dl404;
American silver coin l32@lS3. and Mexican dol
lars l4248l43A.
fully sympaihised with Gold to-day, and rates
have fallen off fully one point all round Offerings
were liberal and more than ample throughout TO
meet eli ordinary requirements, while the demand,
although rot ct any time especially heavy or
general, disclosed steady and somewhat iacreas-
ing inquiry &c nTices fell off, The principal sales
will be found in the expended statements, viz:
$1,000 and $4,000 BANG Sterling az 1874, fl500 do.
in small remittances'at 1851 $4,000 A private do.
at 1881 3l0 GOO do. 1t l53G5l54, $1,000 End 1900
commercial do. at 1884, 5000 do. at 1891, fI500
bill OF lading do. at 1879, f2O00 and $4,000 do. at
1924, $1,000 bask do. CT ll0i for Geld, 5000f.
bank francs 81 1.bE1, oUiOuVi. private Dauh5rS
SILT do at 3.Ce{f., sc 0O0f. and 100 000f do. at
lGI2f Is OO0i 80 000f aud 49, O00f do. al 3.63lf,
% JC0f. SO ,CUO!., 65 ,JcW., lOJtOW. AID l5O0OG.
do a. 3 7Of., emo % O0Of. do. at 3.7lf. The rul-
in4 quotations this evening were I540l55 for
bank S'srhDg, l5S0l54 for clear bills, l5Z4Qlj34
for bill of lsdihg bills, 3.6j@362hg. for bank
France, and 3.72a03.G7lf. FOR commercial Francs.
Domestic ExOHANGE-TheIe il no cqotable
alteration Of any kind to refer 70 under the above
heading. The market continues amply supplied,
ard the remittance demand is still Of an exceed.
iprv restricted character. We annex the pril-
cipal purchases by banks eud bankers as follows,
viz: $4,000 bankers lght on New York At Z
cert discount: 10000, $4,000, s65 900 and
Sis 600 DO. (the latter taken by one bank) at
ll.i6 q cent. discounts sI2 900 and SIS 900 do.
ct 2 n cent. discount and $4,000 thirty days
sight at II - cent. discount. We continus 70
quote ~ cent. discount at bank, and i60l
y cent. discount out Of doors for sight checks on
the Northern cities.
UHCURREET NOTES AND SEcURITIEs-There have
been no sales reported in tie latter to-day, and
operations ia the former, although very light,
have disclosed still further weakness in all cass.
ifcations. In feet tae following comprise the
total actual sales 80 fer ss we have been advised
viz: $1,000 and $4,000 small city notes at Al n
cent. discount $1,000 large do. Of 10 " cent. dis
count $500 and $1,000 do. at l34 II cent. dis
count $500 Louisiana State notes at IS y cent.
discount, and $4,000 large city notes scld at the
Brokers' Board last night, OF l34 u cent. discount
bPNCIkl DIsPLrCEBs.-We are indebted 70
the Western Union Telegraph line for copies of
the following private dispatches received over
that route to-day. viz:
Ne11 York. FEB. I2-D A. M.-GoId I4la. Cot.
ton-demand good; prices have advanced market
excited; low middling 20l82O9c., middling 81 lc,
Mobile 2lBc., Orleans 22c., good middng 22lc
Sterling l0ei@llOt 3P.H.-Gold I4I4. Cotton
market dull holders are anxious to realize.
Sales to-day 1000 bales low middling 20c., mid.
ding pose, Mobile 2lc., Orleans 2ltc., good
middling 2l2c. Sterling steady. P. N.-Gold
aft ma raVfaa ID
clining low middling l9lc., middng 203c., good
middling 2l1c., Mobile 20}c., Orleans 2lSc.
LiuepOOl, Feb. l2-ll:l5 A. Motion market
frmer; uplands S4@Ssd., Orleans sl9sId. l:20
P. M.-COtton market easier to-day. P. M
Cotton market active; sales to-day 10000 bales !;
uplards ID, Orleans SD.
London, FEB. 12-ll:l5 A. N.-Consols 93I.
6-2Os az. 5P. M.-COnsols 932. 5-20s 7ly.