The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-12-08
gew Orleans Muneg cMarket.
CRESCENT OFFICE. No. "a GAIT STRICT,
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CRESCENT OFFICE. No. "a CAN'T srRrxs I,
MONDAY Evening. Dec. 7. isos. !
There is no alteration whatever to report Ia
The PoDey market. Gold opened at New York
ms morning at 1851, against 1866, the clos.
ing rate saturday. At 1850 A. NJ. 1t ruled at
iSS4 al ii'f5 A. ii. stood at 1857, and at P.
N. II closed at lS64. Operations in this market
have been wholly infoenced by transactions az
New York. and with very limited supply and de.
mand the actual sales comprise only the appended
amounts. viz. sloo0, $500, $500. $1,000, SIT 500
and $4,000 at 1861. aud $40 600. SIS 900 and s22.-
eco at 1853. Sales of Silver have been at no time
much betfer than nominal and we now onnte
Gold l35l@l353. American Silver coin 1870
1881, and Mexican dollars l37@l372.
FOREIGs kxcHAhGE-Rstes OF Sterling and
Francs have inclined in favor of buyers, owing to
the downward tendency of Gold. The market
has been amply supplied throughout, and with but
barely moderate inquiry noticeable at any time,
the total operations have been restricted TO the
appended amounts, viz: $4,000 AL commercial at
1463, and f6t00 do. at l465. Sales of Francs COM
prised loo 000f. Al commercial at $751; 100, 000f.
and 225 000f. do. at 3.s13 and 100000 do. in lots
at 1851. We now quote bank Sterling 147G
l47}. and commercial do. l46Gl463, bank Francs
3.s6l@3.s5f., and commercial do. 3.Ssf 03, s73f.
DOMESTIC EXCHANGE There Is no material al
teIation Of any kind to report under the above
heading. The market is still amply supplied,
while the demand continues restricted and quo.
tations rule as for several days past. The pur-
csases by banks and bankers since our last have
been confined to the annexed amounts. viz:
500, eco, $4,000, $4,000 and $50 900 New York
sight at ole u cent. discount, and SIS 900 thirty
days 90. at 1 IL cent. discount. The closing
rates this evening are sQ3 % cent discount at
bank, and ) " cent. discount out of doors for
sight checks ON Northern cities.
UNCURRENT NoTEs AND SECURITIES -Transac-
lions in uDcnrrent notes and securities have been
OF very restricted character TO day. offerings
were light end the demand has been Of a very
restricted character throughout. In fact the only
actual sales reported were: ii shares Bank Of
New Orleans at sSs Is net; 500 city l0per cents.
$1,000 and $1,000 do. at 72i. At the evening board
Saturday $500 city notes sold at 40i per cent.
discount, and $40 000 do. In two equal lots, 60
days buyers option with interest, at 40 per cent
discount; $4,000 Louisiana State notes brought
100 $4,000 city ten per cents. at 723 so shares
Bank of New Orleans at s7i and 90 do. at the en-
HANGED figure 3S4.
SPECIAL DIsPArcuEs.-we are Indebted to the
Western Union Telegraph Line for copies of the
following private dispatches received from that
route to-day, viz:
Neo York, Dec. 10 A. x.-Gold opened at
1851. 1890 A. M.-Gold 1861. Cotton dull and
nominal iddliDg 2i}c.; Mobile 24lc.; Orleans
25c. Sterling l09s@ll0t. HAS A. NJ Gold 1885,.
Cotton market inactive prices dropping. Nothing
doing. Quotations nomiDally unchanged. Ster-
ling steady. 3P. M.-Gold closed at 1881. Cotton
dull--prices nominal. Sales 500 bales. Middling
2!l@2isc., Mobile 243@24lc., Orleans 24l@25c.
Liverpool, Dec. 7-ll.l5 A. M.-Cot.on market
heavy. Estimated sales 5000 bales uplands i'd,
Orleans IL ID. LEO P. M-Cotton market dull
prices tending down. Upands l0Id., Orleans IL Id.
s P. Motion market heavy-quotations IN
changed. Sales 5000 bales. 80
London, Dec. 7-1l:l5 A. M.-Consols 921G925,
zoe, 74s. LEO P. M.--Consols 924@92s 5.26s
74S.
Hare, Dec. Z, A. M-Cotton market dull. Tres
0rdinaire, l.2s. Low midding afoa. I.2li.