The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-06-25

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Wednesday Evening, June a. 1903

"A. .. wednesday Evening" June "a. 1888
The money market is almost at standstill.
Gold opeBed at New York this morning at l4OA
the closing rate yesterday. At 1890 A. N. it sul
ruled at the opening figure. At IL NJ. il stood at
= and at 3 p. N. il closed at l404. The move
ment in tins market has indicated no increase
whatever, and quotations have disclosed but fe ~
alterations OF any kind since our last. We append
particulars of the actual sales as follows. viz :
$4,000 Gold etl393, and $40 900 do. at l39i Sales
OF Silver comprise 1000 Mexican Dollars at l44l
and 1000 American Halves at 1859. We new quote
Gold at l393Gl39E, American Silver coin at
1354Gl36, aud Mexican dollars I4l0l444.
FOREIGE EXcHAHGE-0peration Ia Sterling and
Francs exhibit q very heavy falling of. The
supply of commercial bills cannot be regarded as
much better Than nominal, while the demand for
direct remittance discloses an unusually marked
abatement. Rates show no alteration, however.
as the stringency Of Gold and foreign bills at New
York still tends 10 uphold quotations. We sub
join particulars of the principal sales effsc ed
since our last as follows, viz: $500 bauk Sterlin
at 1855, $500 do. at ll05 for Gold, $1,000 private
bankers do. at l54b, $1,000 Al commerce al do. at
1885, and fl5O0 DO. at 1884 so 900 private bank.
eTs' Francs az 3.65f and Is 900 Al onmsrciaI
do. at 3.673. We still quote bank Sterling l55,
bill Of lsding bills lj4ll544 clear bills l530l53i
bank Frsncs 3.6649S62! ana commercial do.
3.6SlG3.674.
IoMEsTIc ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS uniformity is
still the leading feature Of the Domestic Exchange
market. Offerings of commercial diminish 10 &C.
for the North aud East, while the inquiry on the
part Of Temitters exhibits heavy and steady
abatement. The following embrace the total
purchases by banks and bankers to-day, viz :
$4,000 and $4,000 New York commercial sight
at par; $40, 600 DO at Is ~ cent premium; $1,000
do. at y cent. premium; $4,000 do. at 3.l6 d
cent. premium; $1,000 three days sight at -
cent discount; $40 900 sixty days ditto at Il a
cent. discount; $1,000 sight on Boston at ,l6 a
cent. premium; $1,000 do. on PHILADELPHIA at n
urpmium and S4OO0 do Indiana a J -
cent. discount. We still quote u cent. at bank
and par TO f cent. premium out of doors for sight
checks on Northern cities.
UHCURRENr NoTEs AND SEcURITIEs-There Is
no material alteration of any kind TO refer TO ui-
der the above heading. City notes are inactive at
previous figures. Louisiana State notes are firm
and advancing; Bank of Louisiana notes appear
20 be wholly neglected, and the movement in the
general run OF stocks and bonds continues sus
pended. The actual operations to-day included
$50 Louisiana levee bonds of 1866 which, at an
auction sale by Messrs Nelligan 4 Bassetti
changed hands on the following terms, viz: 100
bonds 500 each at $3.50; 100 do. 500 each at
$40; lS2 do. 500 each at S4l5. The above were
all dated march, 1866, payable in twenty years, at
8 u cent interest, and had forty coupons attached
At private sale $4,000 city notes we're taken at
361 u cent. discount; $50 shares Louisiana State
Bank stock on private terms; rs do. at $2li 200
do. at S233; l75 do. at $234 u share.
pPEOIAL DlsPATCHBs.-We are indebted 70
the Western Union Telegraph line for copies OF
the following private dispatches received over
thst route to-day, viz:
Net1 York, June 24-l0 A. M.-Gold opened at
140A. l0:45 A. M.-Gold l404. Cotton market
quiet and weak, though not q1Otaby lower. Ster.
ing llOl@ll0S. P. M.-GOld l404. Cotton mar
ket dull and nominal. Middng 29l:., Mobile 30c.,
Orleans sole. Sterling ll04@ll0s.
LtoepOOl. June 24-ll:l5 A. M.-Cotton
market heavy; estimated sales 1000 bales; up.
lands I'D. Orleans lid. l:20 P. M.--COtton
market easier; estimated sales 5000 bales; up
lands II ID, Orleans I'D. 5P. M.-Cotton market
irregular. Sales 5000 bales Uplands ii oil ID,
Orleans ll}@ll3d.
94l for money, and 944694I on account. Bonds
733. l:20 P. M.-COnsols 9ls@94l. sos, 1910
FL 733.