The New Orleans crescent., 1868-01-12
BEN erlsans gttunsQ Garasl.
CrrscsIT OsyIos. No. % OAsP syRsrY,
RnfrrdaY EEeninR. Jan III INA

Saturday Evening. Jan IL. 1865. !
The feature Of the movement in financial circles
10 day has been a still further heavy advance 10
rates of Gold and Foreign Exchange.
GoIp-The New York market opened this
morning at 1873, against 1874 the closing rate yes
terday. At ii A. NJ. and at IL NJ. 1t was quoted at
1884, and at P. N. II closed at 1871. The price
here ruled thu oughout from l362Ql37l, but the
demand and supply have been of a restricted
character from the opening 10 the close Of bust.
ness, as will be seen by the Eubjoined statement Of
actual sales viz: $4,000 large gold early in the
morning &C 1864 $500 small do. subsequently at
1864 $1,000 and 5000 large at 1884, $40 900 at 1864
@l37, $1,000, $4,000, $4,000 and $40 900 at 1877, and
$llO0 at 1871. Sales Of silver comprised $500
American coin at l3l, 1000 Mexican dollars al
1894 and 300 do. 1895 for currency, and $50 do at
ii ~ cent. premium on gold. We now quote Gold
AT l3e20l37l American Silver coin at l3ONI3I
al Mexican Dollars at l3s40l394.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE-Rates Of Sterling ard
Francs have gone up to-day In accordance with
the rapid advance In quotations of Gold. offerings
have been rather light, however, and operations
included only the following amounts viz: E5000
commercial Sterling at l4916II49i; f20O0 bankers
do. at $50; $1,000 bank at l52-the latter an ex.
cepii6n nal figure; and 50.000f. commercial Francs
at sat. The ruling figures this evening were
l5l@I5l3 for bank Sterling; l490l50 for clear
bills; l4740l4sA for bill Of lading bills; 1924 %
3 SOf. for commercial francs; and 3.7S393.774f.
for hank Francs.
. Domestic ExcHAHGE.-There is no material al.
der the above heading. The market is fairly sup
Piled and the remittance demand is moderate,
but rates, although slightly 6rmer, disclose no
quotable improvement so far as we are enabled
to judge, and the purchases by banks and bankers
snce our last have disclosed only the appended
amounts, viz: $4,000. SO 900, $40 900 and
10000 New York sight at ii l6 y cent. discount;
$1,000 do. ct IL 1901 % cent discount; $ll 900
Boston DO. and $4,000, $25 900, $35 600, $50 900
and CSC, coo New York do. at Z y cent. discount;
5000 do. at u cent. discount. and Il. 900 ten
days. sight on St. Louis at 2 p cent. discount.
We now quote ! q cent discount at bank, and
lll6Gl3-l6 Peent. discount out OF doors for sight
che chs on the Northern cities.
UNCUkRENT NOTES AND SECURITIEs.-There has
been nothing done in the latter TO day, and opera
tions in the former have been restricted to city
end State notes, which, as is not unusual on satur
days, were active. We annex the principal
sales az follows, viz: $4,000 large city notes at Ii
percent. discount; s2500 and 10000 do. at l34 pr
cent. discount; $500 do. at l34 per cent. disct;
$1,000 small do. at "a per cent. discount; $500
and $500 do. at per cent. discount; 5000
$6C0 do. at rs per cent discount.
bPECIAL DisPATcHEs.-We are Indebted 70
the Western Union Telegraph line for copies OF
the following private dispatches received over
Ne1D York, Jan. lilo A. M.-Gold opened
at 1873. 10 A. NJ. Gold 1881. Cotton market
firm, holders asking higher rates middlngs l6Ac
Mobile l6lc., Orleans l7lc.;,good middling l71@
li4e. receipts lor the week Z6,OOO bales. sales
2 OCO bales. Exports 1900 bales. Stock en-
hand 5000 baes. Sterling ll09llOA. I'm
Gold 1881. COttOn-Demand good prices tend
ing up, but not quotably higher. Sterling steady.
P. M Gold 1879. CottOn-demand firm; prices
firm middlings l6361l64c.. other grades remain
Unchanged. sales to-day 5000 bales. Sterling
steady.
Liverpool, Jan. I'LL A. M.-Cotton market
frmer; estimated sales to-day IL 900 bales; up.
lends 7!@7ld.; Orleans mIddlIngs 73d. 3P.M-
Cotton balaa
Orleans 74d.
LOndJ1, Jan. I'LL A. M.-ConsOls 926921
for money, and 92t on account; iye-twenties 7ls.
3 P. M-COnsols 92t ive-twenties 7ll.