The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-11-10
1ew Orleans Wonep Warket.
CRKscKST OFFICE. No. "a CAxP STREET,
Monday EveHing. Nov. 9. 1865.

ClESCENT MI
fr.r. = Monday Evening. Nov. O. 1868 J
We have no variation to notice in the money
market. Gold opened In New York at l3is
against 13l!, the closing rate Saturday evening;
at IL NJ. it was quoted at l344 and at p NJ. it
closed at 134s. The movement In this market has
been quite restricted and rates have been steady,
owing to the uniformity of prices at New York.
Total operations embraced the following, viz
$40 900 gold at i3f $4,000 and sl2 900 do. at 1885,
$1,000, $40 600 and SIS 600 do. at 1851. $4,000 and
1000 do. at 1864 and $4,000 and $4,000 do at 1885,
Nothing reported in Silver. and we now quote
Gold at l34z01I353, American Silver coin at l3l0
1872, and Mexican dollars at lss@lSsa.
FOREIGN ExCHANGE.-The movement under this
heading has undergone but little alteration. Oh.
erngs, though not large were fair, and the demand
continued Of o moderate character throughout.
The total transactions to-day embraced the sub
Joined amounts, viz: $4,000 bank Sterling at llff /;
fl50O and $1,000 Al commercial do. at l45; ffoo0
AL do. at l44J 10000 private bankers do. at
144i@l44S; $4,000 Al commercial do. at l44l !;
1900 DO at I4ls $50 ,O00f. AL commercial Francs
at 3.925f; 6O000f. do. at3.e33f; 6s.oO0. do. at
3.9lf, and rs 0e0f. private bankers do. at $50.
We still quote Bank Sterling l45B0ls6. Com;
mercial do. l44t@l45. Bank francs 3.90G3.s7t
and Commercial do. 392303 81
DOMESTIC ExcHANGE-We have no variation OF
any kind TO refer to in the movement under this
heading. Offeripgs of commercial sight aud short
sight are still light but the demand discloses no
Improvement whatever. Total purchases TO day
BY banks and bankers embrace the subjoined
amounts, viz: $4,000 New York sight at 5-l6 %
cent discount; $50 600 do. on Boston, $S5 900 aad
$40 600 do. on NewYork at y cent. discount;
$4,000, $40 coo and s25 600 do. at 7.l6 b cent dis.
count SIS 600 do. at . cent discount, and sl7
600 thirty days DO. at u cent discount We
still quote lGi y cent. discount at bank and
al II cent discount out Of doors for sight
checks on Northern cities.
UECURRENT G0TEs AND SEcURlrIEs-City notes
remain dull and unchanged. City ten per cent.
bonds are in some little request at lower figures.
State notes, warrants and bonds are dull and
neglected, sad the movement in all classes Of
Stocks is partially suspended. Total operations
under the shove heading to-day comprised only
the annexed amounts, viz: $3.50 city ten pei
cent. BONDS at 70s. $500 do. at 7Of $500 40. az
693 5000 90. at 69} and $1,000 and sZOOo 40. ~
50, and $1,000 Louisiana State notes at 69a q
dollar. ---s --
The MONETARY EXCITEMENT AT THE NORTH.
The following, which we clip from the New YORK
Commercial ana Financial Bulletin, OF the 4th
inst, affords some evidence Of the unsettled CON
dition Of monstsry affairs at the North, Wis:
1.-The financial features of the month that has
lust closed have been marked by perturbation anc
excitement 10 which we have long beea strangers
and the renewal Of which, 1t Is to be hoped, val
| be far distant. Large amounts OF money nave
I been messed for the purpose OF controlling tht
I market and bearing down stocks. and in many
I respe ets the movement was only too successful
| although. happily, falling Short Of q downrign
| triumph Money was temporarily rendered neces
| sar1lv striupept: stocks were forced below wha
| Il generally r. garded as TIER proper value. an
| there has been degree CT anxiety and uneasines
| IN financial relies that seemed indicative ct tme
/ Of downright panic.
| .sThere is reason to belive that the worst ha
now passed away, aud that the markets. gEsd'