The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-12-11
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Crrscrsr orprcr. No. ~ CAnY sYRrnf, I
Thursday Evening. Dec. 10. 1863

H CREscKsr OFFICE, No. ~ CAuY 9rRruf
Thursday Evening Dec TO- 1868
We have nothing new to refer to in the move
me Mt of the money market. Gold opened at New
York this morning at 1861 against 1854. the clos
ing rate yesterday. Az 1870 A. n. 1t was quoted at
1857. AT II N. it stood at 1856, and at . ?. ~ II
closed at 1864. The movement IN this market has
been Of q restricted character throughout and
quotations have varied In accordance with the
variations Of the New York market. We append
the particulars Of the principal sales as follows.
$1,000 $1,000 5000. $500 and SIS 900 do. at 1855.
Nothing in Silver and we now qaote Gold 1851
@135I, American silver coin ct i3sA0l343, and
Mexican dollars at l373@l3S. .sN ..,'.-....
have disclosed an upward tendency to-day. owing
to the enhancement OF gold rates at New York.
while quotations Of Francs have undergone but
little If any change. The market has been fairly
supplied throughout with foreign commercial oilis,
and the demand has been Of q satisfactory charac-
ter throughout, as may be inferred from the sub
iCined statement of actual sales. viz $500 and
$4,000 bank Sterling at ll73; fl200 sight DO; at
las; 10000 Al commercial do. at l463G!ilt;
10000 do. at l46i@l46l; $4,000 do. at li6l;
so OOOf. ard 50,O00f. bankers Francs at s.s5;
80 OOOf. and lO0, 000f. do. at 1851; 50,000f. Al
commercial do. at 3.s74, and SO 000f. and 100 OOOt
do. at 8 ssl. We now quote Bank Sterling l4Is
O., Commercial Bills al46@l47, Bank Francs
3.s6ia3 s5f., and Commercial do. at 3.ss3 @3.s7f.
DoxEsTIc ExoHAsGE-There 10 no alteration
whatever to refer to in the condition Of the Do
nestle Exchange market. The demand and sup
plv rule about the same as for some time past,
and the purchases by banks and bankers since
our last have been restricted to the annexed
amounts, viz: $4,000, $4,000, $40 600 and
s75 600 New York commercial sight at u cent
discount; sic. 900 and eco 900, psivutc 40 at o
cent. discount, and $4,000 A l commercial do. at
Gle ~ cent. discount We now quote lot u cent
discount at bank and sG9l6 % cent. discount out
of doors for sight checks on the Northern cities.
UNcURRENT NoTEs AND SEcURIrIEs-City Trea-
sury Notes are weaker but not quotably lower.
Sales to day $1,000 at 3S u cent discount $4,000
DO at So. and s25 900 do. buyers option, forty
DAYS, at 81 n cent. discount. In Stocks and Bonds
we have to report sales of so shares Crescent City
Bank ct "a and so do. at 81 so b share $40, 600
Louisiana state Notes In lots, at 72G73 b dollar.
At the Brokers' Board last night, sales of $1,000
Louisiana State Levee skies were sold at 60, aud
500 City ten per cents ct 70. and out of doors
after the close of business $4,000 Louisiana State
| warrants changed hands ct est.
SPECIAL DIsPArCHEs-We are indebted to the
| Western Union Telegraph Line for copies of the
following private dispatches received from that
route to-day, viz:
| Ne,r York, Dec. l0-l0A A. M-Gold opened at
1864. 1890 A. M.-Gold 1851. Cotton, demand fair
prices frm-Middling &c.; Mobile 25fc.; Orleans
| 253c. Sterling l09f@ll0s. l2M.--Gold l36. Cot
| ton. demand moderate, prices firm. Sterling
/ steady. 3P M-Gold closed at 1855. Cotton, de-
mand moderate. prices firm. Sales to-day 1910
bales asking higher prices checks sales. sterl'
Lirerpool, Dec. I0-ll:l5 A. x.-Cotton market
| firm. Estimated sales $4,000 bales upands
| lU5d., Orleans 1ltd. Shipments from Bombay
| since last to 4th inst, Is 900 bales.