The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-02-09
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Saturday Evening. Feb 8, i55s
The feature Of the movement in financial
circles to-day has been a still further advance
in rates Of Gold and Foreign Exchange, predicated
exclusively upon the rapidly advancing tendency
Of the Northern markets. Gold has been in
moderate request here to-day for the payment Of
duties, hut there was really but very little specu-
lstlye Inquiry al any time noticeable in the market
although prices were well kept up, however, ami
the movement resulted in the subj ned &C u i
sales, W.: $1,000 at l40l. $1,000 and $4,000 at l4J1
$1,000 at l4Ol $1,000, 5000, $500 and $4,000 A.
400 and 5000 and sls, 900 at liI Sales Of Silver
comprised $1,000 American halves at 1891 and 1900
Mexican dollars at IA. We now quote Gold at IL /
@l4l, American silver halves At l32tGll 1885, aud
Mexican Dollars at l43@lA.
FOKEIGS ExCH IEGE-There has been q still
better feeling IN Sterling and Francs to-day, owing
10 the increased stiffness Of the Northern and
Southern Gold markets. The Offering supply was
heavy throughout, however, and With no improve.
ment whatever IN the demand, operations have
been confined to the annexed amounts, viz: ELCD0
aId G25OO commercial at 1884; $1,000 bill of ltfing
do. a. 1889; 1880 do. stthe latter figure; Els 90
DO. sold by one broker ~ l533Glj44; fIj0O sky
day Sterling sold by bank at 1854: $500 d.. sold
by the same at 1856 for sight; 20 O00f cOmmerc al
Francs at 673f so 000f. and 80 000f. bankers do
al 1861. and 10 OU0f. and 100 OO0f do AZ GJf
The ruling figures this evening we're l5j1l5jl for
bank Sterling, l5lGll55 for clear bills, l53hl54
for bill Of adInE bills COOS G5f. for bank Francs
ard 3.6s403 COLT for commercial Francs.
Domestic ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS under the
above heading since our last have disclosed but
little, If any, variation. The market has con-
tiuued amply supplied, and the demand for re
nI,tance has bee fair throughout, bat at no time
active or general, will he seen by the appended
statement OF actual purchases, viz: $4,000 Phila-
delDbla sight and $4,000, Sl7 500, els COO
$25, 900, $50, 600 and $4,000 New York sight at
T. cent discount; $1,000, sl2 500. sl7 GOO S26 COS
and SEQ 600 do. at HE Il cent discount: $40 OOO
$4,000 and $40 600 do. al II cent. discount, and
$4,000 three days do. at - cent. discount. We
4 ~ At han and
tai n cent. discount out OF doors for sight cheeks
on the Northern cities.
UNCURRENT NOTES AND SECURITIEs.-We have
to report very heavy movement ia city notes to-
day. The Offering supply was restricted through.
out, aud the demand has been of an active and
general character from the opening 20 the close
. Of business. Operations disclose no change what
ever in the smaller denominations however, but
in rates Of the larger grades we have TO report
very material Improvement. The total operations
since our last included the suboined amounts
viz: SIG 500 ones, twOs and threes, by one party
al 40B44 Il cent. discount; $1,000 do. al 40tl "
cent. discount, $1,000 large do. at IL q cent. dis
count, $4,000 do. at l2l q cent. discount, $1,000
and $1,000 at l2l y cent. discount, $1,000 do. At
l2t u cent. discount; 5000 Louisiana State notes
at 3lc., $1,000 DO. at 324c., $1,000 DO at 32ic.,
SIG 600 do, at the brokers' board last night at
3340333c., and SIS 600 Bank of Louisiana notes
at 4Sc. Operations in Bonds are still almost
wholly neglected, but the movement in stocks dis.
closes considerable TecuperaOn, and the sales 70
day included 800 shares Bank OF Louisiana at l.
which evidences very heavy Improvement
SPEUIAL DIsPArCHks.-We arc indebted TO
the Western Union Telegraph line for copies of
the following private dispatches received over
that route to-day. viz:
helC York FeJ. SO A. M.-Gold opened at
42l. 1886 A. Mold 1872. Sterling 1910
no.. Cotton market steady; low mdtiiag 100
l9lc., middllng 2Oc., Mobile 2O!c., Orleans 2O};.
good middliug q &C.; receipts OF the week % 600
bales; sales 81 900 bales; exports 1900 bales :;
stock on hand a. 600. II N. Gold l4I1. Cat.
ton Demand fair prices firm. Sterling steady
3P. M.-Gold 1923. COtton-Demand good prices
tending up, nounally unchanged sales to-day
250O bales. Sterling steady.
LirGpOOl, FEB. So P. M.-COttou market act.
i've. sales to-day 5000 bales-uplsnds SO 3D.,
Orleans lMs2d.