The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-02-28
Bsm Orleans ytaunsQ xgiarast.
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THURSDAY Evening. Feb ". 1863


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Thursday Evening. Feb a. 1863
Increased apathy has been the most promine Mt
Characteristic Of the movement in financial circles
to-day. Gold opened at New York this morninS
at l40l against l4l the closing rate YESTERDAY.
and steadily advanced till 3-P. NJ, when Il was
quoted at Ia Rates in this market have under.
gone but little alteration at any time, and with
only barely moderate supply and demand
operations have been restricted to the appended
amounts, viz: $1,000 at 400; $1,000 aud $4,000 AT
l4l $4,000 at l4lt $500. $4,000 and s26 900 AZ
l4l 1. and 1000 and 5000 at l4ls. Sales of Silver
have been restricted to trifng amounts of Amer.
can halves and Mexican dollars at our anotatiops
which now rule a. follows viz: Gold l4l0l4lI:
American Silver coin l32Gl33, and Mexican dol.
lars l43Wl433. a U lr $500
FOREIGN ExcHANGE-Tbe movement in sterliae
and Francs has disclosed NO marked variation Of
any kind since our last. The market has been
faiIly though not heavily supplied throughout,
ard the demand has been moderately active at
about yesterdays closing figures. We append
the principal sales Is follows, viz $4,000 bank
Sterling at 1884 for Gold; f7500 bankers do. at
1881 for currency; $500 Al commercial at 1881.
f500 and fio00 do at 1853; f2O00, $4,000 and
$4,000 do. at 1924 ell 900 bill of lading do at
1874; fl0o0 do. at 1872; 9O,0Oef. P. B. Francs
at 3.7l4; 10, 00Of, 50,o00f. and 90 0O0f AL
commercial do. at 3.723, and Is OO0f do at g. 73l.
We still quote bank Sterling at l54ai55, clear
bills l52t@l534, bill Of lading bills l5l3al524,
bank Francs s.70Gs.6sl, and commercial Francs
DoAEsyic Exeu.ss.-.-Ihsrs !. no qaosAbls al
iteration whatever TO refer to under the above
heading. The market Is amply supplied with
commercial, and the remittsnce demand still con-
tDues quite restricted. The purchases by banks
and bankersto day comprised only the annexed
amounts, viz: $4,000. $4,000, $4,000 and $780,
600 New York sight at Ills u cent. discount
$4,000 and $4,000 Boston and $50 OOO $50, 900,
SOS 900 and $50 600 New York do. at n cent
discount; s25 900 ten days do. at Ii b cent. dis
count, and $40 600 thirty days do. at II q cent
discount We sui quote } y cent. discount at
for sight checks on the Northern cities.
INCUMBENT NOTEs AND SEcURITlEs-City notes
continue to improve. Offerings are light and mo
firmly held, while the demand is fair. and as
usual, increasing towards the close Of the month.
The sales to day included $500 and $500 small
city az u cent discount $4,000 do. at 81 u cent.
discount, $4,000 at 63@G4 q cent. discount, $1,000
do. al 81 y cent. discount, $500 large do. at l2l
~ cent discount, $1,000 do. at l236ll3 a cent dis
count, and $1,000 do. at l34 % cent. discount.
Nothing has tTanspired in Louisiana State notes or
notes OF the Bank Of Louisiana since oar last and
the only sale Of Securities reported was so shares
CaTrellton Railroad stock at 764.
BOARD OF Brownsville following sales were
effected Of the session Of the Brokers' Board last
evening, viz; $40 600 Gold at l4l, 20 shares
Crescent City Railroad, ex-dv., at los. 20 shares
City National Bank at sec, 10 shares Merchants'
Bank at $40. so shares Bank of New Orleans At
Is, $1,000 State notes at 5l4 Of, $1,000 City large
notes al 10, and 5000 at LIZ discount.
SPECIAL DlsrAToHKs.-we are indebted 10
the Western Union Telegraph line for copies OF
the following private dispatches received over
that route to-day, viz;
heto York. FEB. 27-10 A. M.-Gold opens
OF l4O2. 1885 A.n.-Gold lnt. Cotton market
dull-prices nominal. Sterling steady IL M
Gold. l4lt. Cotton market dull aud tending
downwards quotations n0mIally unchanged
Sterling l0950ll0i. 1910 P. N.-Cotton mar
ket dull prices lower; low middling 2la
2l4c., middling &c., Mobile 22iGll3c., Or
leans 223G23c., good middng 233c. 3P. NJ
Gold l4l4. Cotton market dull and nominalIy
unchanged; sales to-day $50 bales. Sterling 1921
0ll04.
Liverpool, FEB. ~ 1l:l5 A. N.-Cotton market
qulet estimated sales 10, 0e0 bales uplands gid.
Orleans 9ld. lao p. M.-Cotton market dull (;
estimated sales 5000 bales; uplands 9id., Orleans
91d., uplands to arrive %. 5P.M.-Cotton market
dull sales to-day 5000 bales; uplsnds 3d.; Or
leans W @S4d; uplsnds to arrive Std.
London, FEB. 27-5 P. M.-Consols 92I@93.
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