The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-11-03
gew Orleans Munep Warket.
CRxscxsr orrIcK. No. % Carr STREET,
Nopday Evening INV. 4 IafIR


Monday Evening. Nov. I. 1853
Nothing has transpired to materially alter the
condition OF the money market to day. Gold
opened IN New York this morning at 1884. against
1884. the closing rate last evening. At IL N. it
quoted at 1885, and at P. NJ IL closed at 1885,.
The movement in this market has been heavy, and
prices uniformly ruled In accordance with the va
ristioDs reported at New York. The total opera
tions embraced the following amounts, viz $l0..
600 Gold at l34i@l344 $40, 900 do. at l34t @l34t.
IS 900 500 and $4,000 do. at 1874. sl25. QUO
do. at 134f SO 000 S. U0O and $40 900 do. at 1884,
and SO 900 do. at 1891. Sales Of silver embraced
$500. American halves, at 1924 and 500 Mexican
dollars at 1876. We now quote Gold at l340i34i,
American Silver Coin lS23@l33, and Mexican
Dollars 136@l363.
FoREies ExcHANeE-The downward tendency
of the movement in Gold It New York has caused
a very IRE gulsr and lower market here. Offer.
ings Of commercial Sterling and Francs continued
ample, while the demand to-day has disclosed q
decided Improvement. The total transactions to.
day embrace the annexed amounts. viz $500
bank Sterling at l464 $4,000 do at lac. $4,000 pri-
vate bankers, fl000 $1,000 and $4,000 AL COM
mercial do. at l453 $4,000 and fl000 private bank
ers' do. at 1452 fl0O0 and fl0OO AL commercial
do. at 1854, f5O00 do. at las, $4,000 bill sding bills
at 144 and $4,000 do at l44 100 0O0f and lbs 000f.
private bakers Francs at 8 90, 00,O00f. and
$50 O00f. do. at 3.9ll. We now quote namnslly
bank Sterling l46@l4s4; commercial do. l44a0
l454: bank Francs 3.9093.8S3. and commercial
do. 3.92s@3.9lI.
DOMESTIC ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS inactive 6nQ
rates rule with downward tendency. offerings
of commercial sight and short sight are ample,
but with little or no improvement In the demand
for remittance. Purchases to day by banks and
bankers comprised only the subjoned amounts
viz: $l3,000 New York private bankers sight at
" cent. discount, $50 600, $4,000, $50, 900 and
$40 Oc0 New York commercial sight at ZIG IL
cent. discount. $40 900 and SIS 600 do. at y cent.
discount; SIS. 900 FIVE days do. ata q cent. dis.
count, $l2 900 fifteen days do. at u cent. dis
count, $4,000 thirty days do. at Il b cent. dis.
count and $40 600 forty days do. at IL u cent.
discount. We now quote 4@S y cent. discount at
bank, and a@s u cent. discount out of doors fer
sight checks on Northern cities.
USCURRENT N0rEs AND SECURITIES - City
notes remain wholly neglected. City 10 D cent.
bonds, levee State bonds and State notes and
warrants are dull. and the movement in stocks
shows no Improvement whatever. Total opera
tons under the above heading to-day embraced
only the following, viz: $1,000 city 10 y cent.
bonds at 71ac., and $40 900 levee State bonds, ex
oovpone. at $40 ~ dollar
SPECIAL DISPATCHES are indebted to the
Western Union Telegraph Line for copies of the
following private dispatches received from that
Neyo York, Nou. 2-l0 A. M.-Gold opened at
1884 1890 A. M-Gold 1894. Cotton market quiet,
butsteady mddling 253@25}c., Mobile 252126c.,
Orleans 26@26lc. Sterling l09s@ll0s. IL M
Gold 1885, Cotton-demand far; prices firm:
26ic. Sterling steady. P. NJ Gold closed at
1888. Cotton-demand fair =; prices firm; sales
1900 bales middling 25t@25lc., Mobile 25l@
26c.; Orleans 26@26lc. Sterling steady.
liverpool, Nou. 2-ll15 A. Motion market
tending mp. Estimated sales 1900 bales.
M.-Cotton market firm. Estimated sales Is, 900
bales. Uplands 3D.. Orleans 1l3d. Pm
Cotton market firm; quotations unchanged.
Sales to-day Is, 900 bales.