The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-01-22
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Tuesday Evening. Jan. 81, 1868. }
Nothing has 'rsnspired to alter the condition Of
The money msrket since the close Of our weekly
review Of the 18th inst. The volume Of currency
shows steady and heavy increase. The banks
and private capitalists take all the choice paper
offered, and the demands for accommodation on
the part OF strictly frst-cass borrowers daily
diminishing. No better evidence could be ad-
duced Of the increasing ease and prompt pay
Menis since the opening Of the present calendar
year than the fact that the deposits In OF our
State banks have increased over a million Of dol
lars during the past two weeks, while those of
most, II lot all the others, have also been ma
terslly augmented in the meantime.
GOLD AND SILVER Rates Of Gold have varied
very considerably during the past three days,
owing almost exclusively 10 the frequent lactua-
items OF the New York market. The Offering sup
ply has been heavier than heretofore, and with
steady demand throughout, the daily movement
has been larger than during the corresponding
time in previous weeks. Silver has been very
scarce and 10 fair request, but operations have
been but little better than nominal, owing to the
limited character ~ the supply. To-day the mar.
ket has been unsettled by advices of very ir.
regular movement at New York, and operations
incloded only the appended amounts viz $500
at 1885, SO, 900 and $50 900 at l37kQl3s $500 at
1873; $4,000 at l374Gl373; 5000 and $4,000 at
1879 and $1,000 and $1,000 AZ sl37i. Sales of Sd
Yer comprised 500 Mexican dollars at 40; 600
do. and 400 do. at l404 5000 do. at l494 aud
some tihing lots Of American silver coia within
the range Of cur quotations, which now rule as
coin l3l4@l32t; and Mexican dollars l49Gl404
FOREIGN EXcHAYGE-The movement in Sterling
and Francs has been OF very limited character
since our last summary, aud rates have under
gone fewer and less violent alterations than for
any corresponding time from the opening of the
year. Offerings have been heavy throughout,
owing 10 the liberal sales Of Cotton for foreign
markets, but Is the demand was at no time active
or general, large amounts had TO be for warded TO
New York for market. To day the operations
indicated increasing weakness aud we have only
heard Of the following actual sales, viz fl0 900
bill Of lsdiDg and clear bills at l4949l50; $1,000
and f35OO clear and private bankers at
1904 $1,000 bank in lots at an exceptional
figure l0,000f. commercial Francs at 3.SOf.
Is 0O0f and SO OO0f do. at 3.7S5f.; Is ,000f. and
$50 O00f. DO. at ms 100 O00f do. at 76lf, and
sG00f. bank do. at 75f. We now quite: Bs k
SteTiiag at l5lGll52; clear bills at l5001l5O4; bill of
lading bills at A96Dl491; bank Francs at 3.724l0
3.70f.. and commercial Francs at 380G37jf.
DOMESTIC ExcHANGE-TheTe is no material al
teraiiOn OF any kind 70 notice in the movement in
domestic Exchange during the past three days.
daily n quiremenis were at 10 time heavy or ex-
cessive, as the purchases OF cotton since the close
OF our last weekly review, have been almost
wholly for the European markets, and but little
exchange accrued from sales TO Northern aud
Eastern U. ). buyers. The demand has been very
light throughout, however, and rates have not
Libited more than fractional variation at any
time since The opening Of the week. Operations
GEO, sI2 600, st5 COO, SIS 600 and $4,000 New
H0Ik sight at ll-l6 q cent. discount, $4,000 do.
at 1882 II cent discount aud $4,000, $4,000,
SIS, eco aud $40 600 DO. at q cent. discount. We
still quote I u cent. discount at bank aud ll-l69
10 l6 u cent discount out os-dOOrs fO- sight
Checks on he Northern cities.
E 'UNcuRKtNT NOTES AND SECURITIES move
mfnt under the above heading has disclosed
heavy demand at advancing prices for large City
Notes, owing to the requirements of purchasers
OF the city real estate sold yesterday; bus the
smaller denominations still tend downward, and
all other classes wholly overlooked, while
operations in the general ruA OF Securities CON
tiDUe suspended. fhe sales 10 day comprised
$1,000 and $4,000 small City Notes at 8 q cent dis
count; $500 do at 81 u cent discount; 5000 do.
al u cent. discount; $1,000 large d.. at llt q
cent. discount; $1,000 do. Of liz " cent. discount;
$1,000 $500, $500, lO,000. SIS, 900 and $4,000
do. at II = cent. discount; $1,000 aud slD01O do.
81 l2i = cent discounts; $1,000 do at l2i b cent.
discount; and 5000 $4,000. 5000 aud 5000 do. at
l25 y cent discount.