The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-04-30
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Wednesday Evening. April % l86a

Wednesday Evening. April 20. 1853
The money market continues essentially IN.
changed. Currency is abundant aud the demand
for accommodation restricted. while rates of all
grades OF paper still rule as for several months
past Gold opened at New York this morning at
1884. against 1884 the closing rate last evening.
At IL NJ II was quoted at the latter figure, and at
M. 1t closed at 1891. Quotations here have
slightly relaxed. and operations disclose further
diminu ion. We annex particulars as follows
viz; $4,000 Gold 10 the morning at l40A s2l 900.
$4,000, $4,000, $1,000 and 10000 do. at 1901 $4,000
$1,000 and SIC 900 do. at l40 Sales OF Silver com.
prised only 600 American halves at 1854 and
We now quote Gold l394lDl40l T; American Silver
coin lS530l36. and Mexican dollars l42t1l43.
FOREIGN ExCHANGE-The movement TO day ia
Sterling and Francs has disclosed no material
alteration OF any KIND Offerings of commercial
bills continue light, and the inquiry on the part of
remtters indicates but little il anyimprovement
IS will be seen by the appended statement of
actual sales, viz: fl20O bank Sterling at l55;
fl200 do. at l543; $1,000 do. at 1854; $1,000 do. at
1881; f3060 clear bills at 1853; 10000 commercial
at 1923; 50O00f and Is 000f. bank Francs az
3.613t, and 90 0OOf commercial do. at 370f. We
now quote bank sterling 1854; clear bills l525Gl
1873; bill Of lsdng bills l5ls@l52. bank Francs
3.6s463.67N. and commercial do. 370f.
DOMESTIC EXCBAKGE-Tbere has been a trifing
increase IN the supply Of commercial sight today
but although the demand on the part Of remitters
continued limited, previous rates were uniformly
maintained. We annex statement Of the pur-
chases by banks and bankers, as follows. VIZ:
$1,000 New York eomJprcisl sight at I q cent.
premium $1,000 SO 0dS $40 00O S25, 900. $50 900.
s50.0u0 and $50 900 do. at y cent. premium,
and 900 one days sight at 1 n cent
premium. We 1ow quote y cent. premium at
bank, and 4OI3 a8 cent. premium out of doors for
sight checks on Northern cities.
UEOURRfNT NOTEs AND SEcURfTIEs-City Notes
show no sign Of immediate recuperation. Offer
ings are still heavy and the demand At asking fg.
ures quite limited. Louisant State Notes and
Bank OF Louisiana Notes remain wholly neglected,
and operations in all classes Of stocks aud bonds
are still entirely suspended. The sales reported
will be found subjOiped $1,000 City Notes 81 %
B cent discount: $1,000 and $1,000 do. at 2s4
$40 600 at 2s4; $4,000 st 20; and $1,000 at 294 u
cent. discount sales of stocks embrace thirty
shares New Orleans Gas Company stock at LAG.
BOARD OF BRoKERs-At last evenings session
sales were made Of five Levee State bonds at 428,
one at 43 $1,000 large City Notes at 27k discount;
$500 small at 213 q cent. discount
SPECIAL DIsPAToHBs.-We are Indebted 70
the Western Union Telegraph line for copies OF
the following private dispatches received over
that route to-day. VIZ:
Nelo York, Apra 29-l0 A. M.--Gold opened
1894. l0:45 A. M.-Gold 1894 Cotton market
quiet and weak; middliug 323c.. Mobile &c.,. Or.
lean, 334c. Sterling ll0b@ll0i. IL M.--Gold
1894. Cotton market dull urices unchanged; mid
ding sac, Mobile $780,, Orleans 33kc. Sterling
nOb@llOS. 3P. N.-Gold 1891. Cotton market
dull; prices nominal; middling 324c, Mobile &c.,
Orleans S3ac. sales today 500 bales. Sterling
steady.
dull; estimated sales 10000 bales; uplands l2E,
Orleans 1879. l:20 P. Motion market irregu.
lar; uplsnds l23d., Orleans l3d s. p. M.-Cotton
market quiet. Sales to-day 10000 bales; uplands
l23d., Orleans l3d.
london. April 2s-ll:l5 A. m.-Consols 500
$50. 20s 7Ol. l:20 P. M.-Consols unchanged.
Bonds 70t@1O4. 81 .M.-Consols 9S5994. Bonds
7O4.