The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-03-13
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Thursday EssEing. March II. 1853

THURSDAY Evening. March IL. issa J
The only noticeable alteration In the movement
10 financial circles to-day has been still further
advance in rates Of Domestic Exchange. Gold
opened at New York this morning at 1891, az ainst
1891, the closing rate yesterday. At i0:45 A. N.
ard IL NJ IL was quoted at 1891. and at 2:30 P. N.
it ruled at 1891. The movement in this market
has disclosed an upward tendency throughout,
ard with a moderate supply and demand we have
10 report the appended actual sales, viz: $40 900
AT l40l6I4Oi; $4,000 and s26 600 at li0l; $40 900
at l404Gl4l. and $1,000, $1,000 and $1,000 at lii.
Sales Of Silver have been confined to driblets,
ana we now quote Gold at l40A9l4Di; American
Silver coin lSl9l36, and Mexican Dollars at 1920
l43. 4~ t-hA
FOREIGN ExcHASGE-The heavy advance in
Domestic has impaired increased strength to
Foreign Exchange To day. as the former has been
used somewhat extensively as a basis for the lat.
ter. The Offering supply OF Sterling and Francs
has been at time heavy, however, and with
bot very limited inquiry operations have been
confined to the annexed amounts. viz: $1,000 and
$1,000 bill Of lading Sterling at l5l1 $4,000, f200
and f2O00 AL commercial do. at l52. and l0,000f.
hank Francs at 3 673f. The closing quotations
this evening have been l536l53A for bank Stsr-
ling; l5l2@l52 for clear bills; l5l1l5la for b
of lsding bills; 3.7003.6T4f. for bank Francs, aud
3.77303-72 3f. for cial Francs. ---
DOMESTIC ExcHAEGE-The movement under the
Above heading etli exhibits a steady and marked
Improvement. offerings Of commercial cannot be
regarded a. much better than nominal. as pur-
chases Of cotton for the Northern ard Eastern
States have been almost wholly suspended for
several weeks past, while the remittance demand,
although by no means active or general, appears
TO DO more than sufficient to absorb the regular
daily offering supply. Rates have already adj
yanced This week from l6Illl6, for bank sight,
to par, and most Of the banks propose 20 further
enhance their checking rates TO morrow TO slight
premium. The purchases by banks and bankers
to-day include the following amounts, viz: s25 900
Boston sight at u cent. discount, 1000, $751;
OCO, SIS 0O6 and $50 900 New York do. at the
same; $l2 600 Boston do. in the morning at b
cent. discount; $4,000. $4,000, SIS 900 and
$40 COO New York do. at n cent discount and
$1,000 and $4,000 thirty days' do. at I q cent.
discount. The ruling rates this evening we're par
at bank, and t04 u cent. discount out OF doors
for sight checks on the Northern cities.
UEcuRRENT NoTEs AND SEcURITIgs-rhe move
ment 10 City issues is still unsettled, aud that ia
Louisiana State and Bank OF Louisiana notes is
almost wholly suspended. The only sales reported
to-day, despite rumors of a vas. Improvement IA
the former this evening, were $1,000 and $500
City smell notes at 224 u cent. discount; 5000
do.sL22 u cent. discount; $1,000 do. at 293 u
cenf. discount $1,000 do. at "a q cent. discount;
ard $500 do. at 20 y cent discount. sale OF
$500 Louisiana State notes has been reported at
5oc. u dollar. which disoloses a marked improve
Inent, If II be reliable. sales Of Securities have
been restricted to $1,000 Louisiana levee bonds at
$500 u $1,000.
from Msssrs. Michigan i Bassetd the folio wing
further statement of their auction sale OF Lousi-
ara State Bonds yesterday, VIZ: 1853 Bonds of the
State of Louisiana Of $1,000 each sold for sol $50;
sl2 500 of coupons on said Bonds, $1,000 ~;
total, SlO2, 259 20. The report which we pub
lshed this morning, although somewhat different
from the above. was written and handed to the
writer of this, last evening, by one OF the part
ners Of the above firm.
sPEoIAL DisPAToHEs.-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, March 12-10 A. M.-Gold
opens 1885,. 10:45 A. M.-Gold 1894. Cotton
market dull with more sellers than buyers; quo
taiions nominal. Middling 25c.. Mobile 254c..
Orleans 26c. Sterling lo9t@ll0. IL M.-Gold
1884, Cotton market dull, but prices unchanged.
Sterling steady. 2:30 P. N.-Gold 1881. Cotton
market weak, but not qaOtably lower. Sales TO-
day. 500 bales.
Liverpool, March l2-ll:l5 A. M.-Cotton mar
ket easier. Estimated sales 10000 bales. Up
lands l0t@l04d.; Orleans l0s@l0ad. lao P. NJ
Cotton market quiet and steady. Quotations
unchanged. P. M.-Cotton-Uplands l0jd Or
leans l0ad. Sales to-day. 10 600 bales.
London, March l2-l1:l5 A. M.-Consols $50
93I. sos 7li. 1870 P. M.-Consos 80 G9j
5.20's 7ll. P.M-Consols Unchanged 5-2O 1