The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-02-21
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Thursday Evening. Feb 20. 1858.

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Thursday Evening" Feb 20. 1858
We have no new feature TO notice in the money
market to-day. The banks continue to discount
all approved business paper offered by their Gus
toners, and are free lenders solid collaterals,
and on the street good notes satisfactorily secured
are negotiated at l@14 q cent. q month. Mort
gage paper is quoted at l2Ql5 y cent. II annum.
There is an ample supply Of available capital but
lenders are unwilling to accept any but unexcep-
honable signatures.
Gold opened at l390ls9t. against 1891 last
evening, and, after selling as low as 1884,,
closed at 1894, approximating nearer to the New
York quotations than Il has for some weeks past.
The sales include $1,000 at 1884, $1,000 and 10000
OF 1879, $40 600 and s22 900 40 1885, $4,000 st 13D
6Il394, $4,000 at 1891. $1,000 at 1891. $1,000 and
$500 at 1891, $4,000 at 1895, and $4,000 At 1898;
ALSO at the board last evening, $4,000 at 1891. a
Gold check on New York for $4,000 was passed
ct I = cent. premium. The demand was quite
lively. In Silver we noticed sales Of $1,000 In
American half dollars at lS3. They are quoted
az l3230133.
The offerings Of Foreign Exchange were to q
liberal extent, but there was little demand except
ing for AL bills. The movement, nevertheless,
was Of some magnitude, the sales of Sterling in
GLIDING f2s 600 bill OF lading and clear at l5l0
1913, al 600 $4,000 and 46000.) Al at l52. fl500
private bankers at l53 and $4,000 at 1904 in Gold.
In Francs we noticed sales of 60,000f. Al CONNER
cal at SSH, l00,000f., and $50 000f ct 3.75f.,
and 650,000f. (50000f. and 500 000f.) at 3.73}f.
Sterling may be quoted at i5lei62 for al Dill Of
Francs az 3.763@3.TS{f for Al commercial, and
3.70f. for bank.
Domestic Exchange ruled at about p<6vious
rates, the banks checking on New Yofk al y
cent discount and the sales Of coms1nerciai ia.
GLIDING s225 600 New York sight, in sf,yeraI sums
10 banks and Others at y cent diS{.ount: $500
600 above at IL JIG Il cent disco<snt; $4,000 al
t@llle q cent. discount, s.5 % tti5 900 and
days sight at 1916 e cent. di<count. The offer
ings were liberal, and the Iket exhibited fan
degree Of animation.
Nothing was reported i4<stock, bu, there wa.
some inquiry for fsvOEfe shares. AT the board
last evening, "a snsIS& Water Works changed
hands st t5S, and 1Ss5Bank OF New Orleans (lOC
and sSo,) at s2S<f City Treasury Notes wers
spsringly I% statement that the circulation hs.
been actually diminished about $455 900 by the
burning 81 the ssl3 ,l55 50 yesterday, re Issues
ape influence. and induced sellers TO stand sloo
in hope Of an advance. The dealers continued to
buy at l3@l34 for the large, and for the small
and sell at l2@l2i for the former, and for the
latter. State Notes retsied at 2sc. discount We
heard Of no inquiry for Bank OF Louisiana notes
SPECIAL DIsPATcHYs.-We are indebted C
the Western Union Telegraph line for copies Of
the following private dispatches received ovsl
that route to-day viz: 4ag 'r
Ncv York. Fec. 2O-l0A. N.-GoId opened a
140. l0:45 A. M.--Gold l40t Cotton--csble new,
considered favorable, leading TO an advance
low middling 233c., middng 243c., Mobile 243c.
Orleans 254c., good middling 25ic Sterling
steady. 12M.-Gold l40s. Cotton-demand &C
tive at full prices. Sterling steady. 3 p NJ
Cotton demand fair but at lower rates; low mid
ding 233c., middling 2lQ24ic., other grades IN
changed sellers generally firm at former prices
sales to-day 10000 bales.
Liverpool, FEB. 20-l1:l5 A. H-Cotton marke
excited aud irregular; estimated sales to-day
20 600 bales; uplands l0i., Orleans l0id. Ship
ments from Bombay for week ending the 10Th
70 900 bales.