The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-10-22
9em Orleans Wonep Warhet.
CRxscxSr OFFICE. No. "a CANT sfRxEf,
Wednesday Evening. Oct Fl. 1905.

CREsCTxT
Wednesday Evesins Oct 81. 1858 )
The movement In the Money market discloses
no material variation. Gold opened in New YORK
this morning at 1854, against 1874, the closing
rate last evening. At IL N. it was quoted at 1861,
and at P. NJ. it closed at 1861. The movement in
the market has shown fair degree OF animation,
and rates rule in sympathy with the decline at
New York. Total operations embrace the follow
ing amounts, viz: $4,000 Gold 81 ls1l; sioS9, Sl.oo
Sl2 900 Gold at 1874; SIS 900. $50 900 and $4,000
do at 1877; $40 600 short, and $4,000 and $4,000
cash at 1861. Nothing in Silver, and we now quo1e
and Mexican dollars snver com i'ss'i''''
FOREIGN ExCHAsGE-Owng to the downward
Foreign Exchange has disclosed great irregu,.
larity with Q further down ward tendency Of
rates. OferiDgs Of commercial Sterling and
Francs have been very light and the demand has
exhibited no improvement whatever. Transao-
tons to-day embrace the following, viz: $500
bank sight Sterling at l50 $4,000 bank do. at l49&,
$4,000 Al commercial do. at l483, $1,000 do. at
l4s3, fl200 do. at l4s4, $4,000 do. at las, and
$1,000 bill Of ading bills at l474 5000f, 00of.
commercial Francs at 1884, l00ooOf, 200 .o0Of.
do. at 1924. and so, 000f private bankers do. at
3.sl3. aud 10000 do. at 3.S0f We now quote
nominally bank Sterling 49@l49l, commercial
do. l473@l4s4. bank Francs 3.Se@3.7Si, and
commercial do. 3.S3l03.S2S.
DOMESTIC EXCHANGING have no variation of
any kind to refer to 10 the movement under this
heading. Offerings of commercial sight and short
sight continue light, and the demand for remit
lance purposes Is moderately fair. Total pur-
chases to-day by banks and bankers embrace the
following amounts, viz: $4,000 New York CON-
mercial sight at Sl6 y cent. discount, $40 900,
SIC, 600 and $50 900 do. at Lie y cent. discount,
$40 900 and $50, 900 do. at ~ cent. discount,
$40 600, $40 900, $50 900 and $40, 900 do. at b
cent. discount, and $40, 900 Gold check at % cent.
discount. We still quote par at bank and t04 d
cent. discount out Of doors for sight checks on
Northern cities.
USCURRENr NOTES AND SEcURITIEs-There has
been a moderate movement in city notes to-day at
somewhat frmer prices City ten per cents have
also been held at higher rates, but without at
tracing many buyers. Louisiana State notes
have been neglected throughout, and operations
in all classes Of stocks and bonds have been
almost wholly suspended from the opening ID the
close Of business. We append the total actual
sales to-day: $23 900 city notes at 38}c.; So, 900,
buyers option, 30 days. at $40; SIS 900 do, 40
days, at SO ~ cent. discounts $4,000 city new 10 D
cent. bonds at 74ic., and small amount at 75c. d
dollar.
SPECIAL DIsPATcHEs.-We are indebted to the
Western Union Telegraph Line for copies of the
following private dispatches received from that
Neu YORK., Oct. 2l-l0 A. M.-Gold opened at
1861 1890 A. M.-Cotton quiet but steady; mid
ding 253c.. Mobile 25lc.. Orleans 26c. Sterling
l094@l10. HAS A. M.-Gold 1865 Cotton market
changed. Sterling steady. P. M.-Gold 1861.
Cotton market weak; demand moderate. Sales
to-day 1900 bales-nominally middling 26c., Mo-
bile 254c., Orleans 25ac. Sterling steady.
Liverpool, Oct. 2l-1l:l5 A. M.-Cotton market
steady; estimated sales 1900 baleS; uplands
10ld., Orleans lid. l:20 P. M.-Cotton market
steady; demand fair; prices unchanged. Esti-
mated sales 10, 900 bales.
Hdure, oct. IA. M-Cotton demand fair
prices firm; tres ordinaire l.37.