The New Orleans crescent., 1868-08-22
9ew Orleans Sflunep Marhet.
Ckxscxsr OFFICE. No. 81 CANT srRxxr
Friday kvesinx, Aogu { q. 1868.

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There is no marked alteration of any kind to re
port in the movement OF the Money Market for ID
week ending this evening. Currency has bee
abundant throughout. Payments at bank have
been light. as the amount of maturing paper wa
quite limited. and the demands for accommodation
were perhaps smaller than for any previous week
during the business season. At the same time
rates have undergone no quOt4be alteration
whatever and we have to again repeat per cent.
per annum at bank, and 10 III per cent. per month
out Of doors, for short gilt-edged paper. and 100
IL per cent. per annum for long dated notes Sc
cured by strictly l city mortgage.
GOLD AND SILvER-Fluctuations 10 the precious
metals have been heavy and frequent since the
close of our review, the l4th inst. The offering
supply has been at no time heavy, however, and
rs the demand has been for the most part to pay
local duties although speculators did a moderate
business. the total daily operations do not exhibit
more than an ordinary movement. Sales of Silver
have been restricted throughout and rates
have guled car points below Gold rates for
American halves and quarters, and 3Gl f3 cent.
premium on Gold for Mexican dollars. Opera.
tons 10 day embrace only the following mounts
viz $4,000 and $40 900 Gold at l43i; $1,000 do. at
1433 $4,000 do. at 1875 $500 do. at l43l; $1,000
$4,000 and sl5 900 do. a. l4S5 $1,000. s5Oe0
$4,000, $4,000 aud $4,000 do. at IA; $4,000 and
$4,000 do. at l44l Sales Of Silver embrace $500
American halves at 1876. We now quote Gold
143lGl444. American Silver coin l35@l36 and
Mexican dollars i7A9l4S4.
FoREIGS ExcH aSGE-The supply of CONNER.
strcted character from the opening to the close
of the week, but the demand on the part of re-
miteTs appeared to have been on an equally, or
perhaps more limited scale, and rates have varied
from day to day in accordance with the frequent,
sudden, and at times heavy fluctuations in Gold.
As the week closes greater steadiness is observ-
able however. To day, owing TO q slight advance
In Gold, rates are sitter. with sales of the follow
ing amounts, viz: f20O0 AL Commercial Sterling
at 1853. $500 Bank do at 1891, and 1000 private
Bankers Francs at 1924. We now quote Bank
Sterling l59@l594, Clear Bills neminal, Bank
Frsncs 36230l36O.
DOMESTIC ExcHANGE-Uniformity in rates Is
still the leading feature OF the domestic exchange
market. Offerings of sight and short sight have
been slightly increased during the past week by
sales OF produce, and the demand, although still
restricted, was on the whole, more active and gen
eral than for some weeks past but rates have dis
closed no quotable alteration at any time and our
figures this evening are precisely the same as at
the close OF the past six or seven weeks. Total
purchases to-day by banks and bankers amount to
only the following amounts viz: IS 700 New
York commercial sight at 3 % cent. premium,
$4,000 do. at u cent. premium. 10000 bank
do. a. l6 u cent. premium, sl2 900 80 days sight
on New York a. per cent. discount aud s2l 900
60 days do. at ~ cent discount. We still quote
~ cent. premium at bank and tot b cent.
premium out OF doors for sight checks on Nor
them cities.
UkCURRENT NoTEs AND SEoURITIEs-City notes
are quiet and weaker TO day. Louisiana State
dull and easier, while operations in Louisiana ink
notes are wholly suspended and the movement In
all classes of Stocks and Bonds continues very
Light, as will be seen by the append
ed sales TO-DAY, viz: $4,000 and s5S,000
city notes at 49, $1,000 do. at 334, $1,000 and
$1,000 aud s9500 do. at S3A D cent discount; $685.
600 Louisiana State notes at 754c. s35 900 do. at
75ac., SIS 900 Louisiana State warrants at 69c.,
IS shares Levee State bonds at 5sc. d dollar, and
As shares Canal Bank stock at $46 IS % share.
5PECIAL DIsPAroHBs.-We are Inaebted to
the Western Union Telegraph line for copies Of
the following private dispatches received from
that route to-day. viz:
Neto York Aug. 2l-l0 A. M.-Gold opens at
143I. 1890 A. M.-Gold l435. Cotton market
dull mi6dling 294c.; Mobile Soc; Orleans 395c.
Sterling l09a@l09!. NooD.-Gold l4i5 Cotton
market quiet but steady-midding 29ic., Mobile
&c.,, Orleans 30ac. Sterling steady. P.
M.-Gold l44l. Cotton market opened firm but
closed heavy. Sales to-day 600 bales. Middling
2sl@30c., Mobile 3Olc., Orleans SO3c. Sterling
steady.
Liverpool, Aug. 2l-ll:l5 A. M.-Cotton market
frmer; estimated sales Is 900 bales; upIands
103d., Orleans 1879. Sales Of the week 100 O0O
bsles-for export % 200 bales, for speculation
13 600 bales. Stock on hand $40 900 bales, of
which 2ls 900 are American. I:2O P. M.-Ootton
advancing; estimsted sales $1,000 bales uplands
10sd., Orleans l0Id. P. M.-Cotton buOyant
Sales to-day 20 900 bales. Uplands l0ld., Orleans
lid. -
London. Aug. 81 ILLS A. M.-Consols e3i0
93s. Fve-twenties 7lt. 8 P. M.-Consols 93I
Five-twenties ia. Holiday in London tomorrow.