The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-02-16
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Sat rdsy Evening Fsb. IS. 1864 :
The movement ia financial circles to-day has
disclosed DO alteration Of any kind that calls foe
fUecisl notice Operations In Gold ruled 10
accordance with the vibrations Of the New York
market, and the actual sales comprised only the
suneXed amounts. viz: $1,000 small Gold sold in
the morning at 1894; 5000, $4,000 aud $4,000 DO.
a. 1894 5000 and SIS 600 do. AZ 1899 $1,000 and
$40 coo a. 1894 SIS COO, $1,000 and $4,000 at 1895
$500 at 1891 Sales Of Silver to-day comprised
800 Mexican Dollars a. l42. aud some tri1inR lots
Of American Halves and Quarters within The range
OF our quotations viz: Gold l39igl39i; Ameri-
can silver Coin 323Gl334, and Mexican Dollars
ll3!0l444.
IoEfIGS ExCHASGE-The movement ia Sterling
and Francs has been Of a very restricted charac-
ter 20 day and operations have disclosed no quo
table alteration Of any kind in quotations from
the opening 20 the close of business. The total
actual sales since our last we're: $1,000 Bill Of La
ding Sterling al 1921, $4,000 and $1,000 do at 1921
5000 DO. al 1875, $1,000 do. At 1924, $4,000 Bank
ing Go. in the morning at 1929, $4,000 and $50,
GOO Bankers Francs at 3.7llt. and 10 0O0f., 2j.-
C00f, so 000f IS 00Of. and 20 0OOf at 3.72tf. The
closing rates this evening were: Bank Sterling
nominal, Clear Bills l5l50l52t. Bill Of Lsdng
Bills l6O4@l5l4. Bank Francs nominal and Com
nercial Francs 37503.723f.
Domestic ExJHANGE-There is no alteration
whatever TO refer 10 under the above heading to-
day. The offerings have been but barely moder-
ale throughout, and the demand has been Of
very restricted character from the opening 10 the
close OF business. We annex the total actual sales
s. tO.IOWg, VIZ: sb5,tUO Boston elEht AZ ll.lb ~
cent. discount SIS 900 New York do. $1,000 aud
$4,000 so the same figures SO 900, SIS 900,
$2j OC0 and $40 0C0 do. bankers A. q cent. dis
count, and $40 of0 and $4,000 DO. AZ ! y cent.
discount; also 5000 thirty days at u q cent.
discount We continue 10 quote, however, ! u
cent. discount at bank, and ll-l6Gl3l6 z cent.
discount out OF doors for sight checks on the
Northern cities.
UNCURREEr MOTHS AND SECURITIEs-The only
operation reported in the latter since our last
81 shares Crescent City Railroad stock az 10;
while operations in the former have been re-
ftricted 70 the following amounts, at the prices
a1ix ed, viz: $1,000 small city notes at e cent.
discount, $1,000 do. at 81 4 cent. discount, $4,000
DO. Al y cert. discount, $1,000 large DO. AZ ia
IS u cent. discount and tl7 900 do. at l30l4 Il
cent discount. Sales Of State notes included
$500, s2s 90 and $4,000 a. an average of IS y
cent. discount
SPECIAL DisPATCHss.-We are Indebted 20
the Western Union Telegraph line for copies Of
the following private dispatches received over
that route to-day viz:
Nelo York. FEB. $40 A. M-Gold opened at
400. II A. H.-GOld 14O4. Cotton-demand
moderate, prices firm; low middling l9lc, mid
ding 2O3c., good midding 2l4c., Mobile 204c.,
Orleans Else. Receipts for the week 1900
bales sales 80 900 bales; exports II 900 bales I;
TtCck on hand IS 600 bales. Sterling l09iall0t.
l2H.-GOld 404 COtton-demand good prices
advanced; low middling 20c., midding 2Olc., Mo-
bile 2lc., Orleans 2lAc., good middng 22c
Sterling steady. l.l5 ?. H.-COtton-demand
good prices advanced; low middling 2Oie., mid
ding dc, good middlinR 22lc., Mobile Il &C., Or
leans 2llc. 2:30 P. NJ Gold l4l. Cotton-demand
active prices advanced &c. Sales 1000 bales.
Market excited. Low middling 20lc., midd.ing
2ltc., Mobile Zllc., Orleans 22I c., good midd ing
23c. Sterling steady. T.. M.-GOld l4ll. Cot
ton--domand active at full prices Sterling
steady.
Lirapool, Feb. 15-ll:l5 A. M-Cotton market
finn. Estimated sales 10000 bales. Upands
SiQSsd., Orleans Si0sJd 3 P. Motion mar
ket buoyeut. Sales to-day $4,000 bales. Up
lands s5@sld., Orleans sIG9d., Uplands to ar
rive Sad.
London FEB. I5-ll:I5 A. M.-Consols $50
$50. B eos y. 3 P. M.-CODsols 93893i. Bonds
7lL@72.