The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-12-30
gsm Orleans Wonep MarAet.
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Tuesday Evening Dec % Iqea

| Inc money market moves along very quietly.
currency stiil shows o steady increase. while the
supply Of small notes is as heretofore INSULT n,
10 meet the demand. Applications for scsommo
dalton continue quite trifing, however, and rates
| OF interest and discount disclose no alteration
| whatever. We repeat previous quotations as fol-
| , ,ows; VIZ: Eight " cent y annum at bank. and
| iglt cent y month ont Of doors for short gilt
EDGED paper, and l00l2 y cent. " annum for
long dated notes, secured by strictly Al city
mortgage.
GOLD AND sILvER-The movement in Gold has
been but Of limited extent since our last and ono
tatlons have varied from day to day. in accordance
with the alteration of rates ct New York Offer.
ngs have been restricted throughout and the de.
mand has been ct no time better than moderate
from the opening of the week.
Silver has continued scarce and in fair request
at l3@2 points below Gold for American halves
and quarters, and 2t03 % cent. premium on Gold
Tor Mexican dollars. We append particulars of
operations to-day as follows, viz $4,000, $40 900
ana $1,000 e goo Sold ct is5 5000: $4,000. $4,000
1861, and $25,0 900 Gold check on New York At
I! D cent. discount. Sales of Silver included $4,000
american halves at l32, and $500 and 5000 do. At
iSz4. The ruling prices this evening were.
coin, and ls7@lss for Mexican dollars.
FoREIGN Observation-Disclosures in Starting and
francs nave disclosed NO Improvement Of any kidd
during the past few days. Offerings of CONNER
caI bIs have been too light to admit of extensive
lis.
rates have continued steady at about last weeks
closing quotations. The transactions today com
p ised fl5O0 and $4,000 bill of lading Sterling at
400 $500 Al clear do. at LAG. f2OO0 bill Of ladng
1880 bankers at 1861. f1700 do at I46l, f25oo
DO. at 1861, and f2200 bank do. at l47i. Sales of
Francs included only l0,0OOf bank at 1856. The
closing figures this evening are l462@l47i for
oank sterling, l45l@l46& for commercial do;
e64@3.s5 for bank Francs and 3ss363 .s7k for
commercial do.
DOMESTIC ExcHAHGE-Has slightly tended
downward from the opening of the week to the
close OF business this evening. The market has
been fairly supplied with commercial sight and
short sight, and with moderate ruling inquiry. a
fuli average business has been transacted. The
purchases by banks and bankers to day embraced
the following. viz: SIS 900 and $50 900 New York
sight at y cent. discount; $4,000, $4,000. $50.
700, $35 900 and SAC, 900 do. at lille % cent. dis
count; $4,000 and $40 900 ten days. sight At IL ~
cent. discount; $4,000 fifteen days. sight at II =
cent. discounts $4,000 sl2 900, SIS 900 and $25 900
thirty days sight at u ~ cent discount; $4,000 |
sixty days II II cent. discount; $780, SIS 600
and $4,000 Boston sight at I ~ cent. discount:
si9 700 Baltimore sight at lll6 p cent discount:
szzoO thirty days sight on st. Louis at II d cent
discount, and $4,000 ten days sight on Mobile at
e cent discount We still quote bank sight on |
New York at ~ cent. discount and commercial
do. at s@4 b cent. discount.
UEcURREsT NOTES AND SEcURrrIEs-The move. /
ment under the above heading has exhibited but 1
little animation for some time past. An fsyorite
classes are In request, but offerings continue light
and prices are generally above the views of buy.
ers. Most other descriptions are fat, however.
and the total operations to-day included only the
following amounts, viz: $3.50 Jackson Railroad
change notes ct &c. per dollar; $500. $3.50 and
s1UOO City ten per cents at 7s4 and shares Cres-
cent mt City Bank stock at s24 so per share. Ten
slOO0 eight ~ cent. levee bonds at 6s: ten xlO00 |
10 do, buyers option, go days, with interest, 6S
$1,000 State warrants ct so.
BOARD OF BRoKERs-The sales at the board TO-
light comprise the following. viz: 1856 and
5000 city Treasury notes ct 364 discount; $1,000
state notes Al 744 $500 do. at 744 $1,000 Bank Of
louisiana notes at l54; five $1,000 six ~ cent.
eyee bonds at 60; $500 city ten % cents. at
81; $1,000 do. at 73i; $4,000 State warrants,
igned by Wicklde.. at sla; $4,000 do. do. sell.
er's option, fifteen days, at 81. -
SPECIAL DIsPATCHEs.-We are indebted to the |
Western Union Telegraph Line for copies of the |
blowing private dispatches received from that |
QUITE to-day. viz:
Neso York, Dec. 29-lO A. x.-Gold opened At
34f. 1890 A. M.-Gold l34I. Cotton-demand
loderate; prices firm. Sterling lO950llOI IA
Gold l34E. Cotton-demand fair; prices
dyanced; middling 25l@25ac., Mobile '254@
'4c., Orleans 252926c. Sterling steady.
M-Gold closed at l34}. Cotton-demsnd &C.
We at full prices. Sales 400 bales middlinp |
,4g25ac:. Mobile 25!@25lc., Orleans 25i026c.
teriing steady.
Liverpool, Dec. 29-ll:l5 A. x.-Cotton market
,tve; estimated sales, 900 bales; uplsnds lOid,
rieans l0td. Shipments from Bombay since last
port to the 18th are 10000 bales. l:2O p. NJ
otton firm; estimated sales $1,000; uplauds
3d.. Orleans lid.
London. Dec. 2s-ll:l5 A. M.-consols s2la
4. zos' Hs. l:2OP P. M.-Consols 92l. $685..
Hdrre, Dec. ia. M.-Cotton market nomi- |
lily unchanged. Noon Cotton market buoyapt: 1
es ordinaire l.24 aHost l23.