The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-01-04
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ErdAy Evening Jan. B. 1861.
The movement in financial circles has disclosed
no important alteration Of any kind during the
week ending this evening. The money market
has been fairly supplied with capital, the banks
have collected sufficient TO enable them TO absorb
all of their depostors' Al short paper and to keep
on hand satisfactory marsi for the purchase OF
Excl a1ge. The general trading community has
done well IN the way Of settlement for past in
debtedness and renewals Of orders by country
creditors, and a considerable amount OF short
paper, not bsnkable, has been placed out Of doors
at l@ll Il cent. q month for giltedged with
ample collaterals, and Of long paper at l0Gl2 u
cent. 4 annum. secured by mortgage on choice
unincumbered city properly.
CoLD-The variations in Gold during the week
have at no time exceeded t0l y cent, aud were
uniformly occasoned by the alterations of the
New York market. In fact the present demand is
almost exclusively restricted to the wants Of
parties having duties to pay, and we have been
unable 70 designate any speculative inquiry for
several weeks past Operations to-day included
only the subjoined amounts, viz: $4,000 and
$4,000 at 1922 $1,000 and $500 at 1925; $1,000 and
$500 at 1929, and $4,000 1t 1873. Sales OF Silver in
cluded 1880 American Silver coin at 12S 25C0
Mexican dollars at 1853, and 25C0 do at p d cent.
premium on Gold The ruling figures this even
ing were l32l0l33 for Gold, I270l2S for Ameri.
can Silver coin, aud l3l5Ol353 for Mexican dol
lars.
4 FoREIGN ExcHANGE-The tendency Of Sterling
and Francs has been in fayOi OF drawers and
holders throughout to-day. With adyi;es of con-
tnued frmness in foreign bills at the North aud
steady advance in yates Of Gold, quotations Of
the former have been fully upheld, aud in eXcep-
tiOnal cases still higher figures have been paid.
The supply has been heavy, however, and the
demand was for the most part confined tOan IN
usually limited number Of buyers. We annex
particulars Of the actual sales as follows, VIZ:
$4,000 bill Of ladug sterling at III! G9GC) end
flO 600 bill Of lading and clear balls at 4itDl4j,
f5OO0 bank at 145f, 20 CC0f. short sight Francs at
3.90E rs ,OO0f. bankers GO days do. at 3.9lf.,
and Is ,C0Of. commercial do. at 1898 81. We
now quote bank Sterling at ll536llG5, cl ar
bills al HIGHS, bill Of la1ng bills at li3 0llil
bank Francs at 3.9oG3s7!f., and commerc,Il
Francs at 3.95@3.923f.
Domestic ExcHANGE-The demand on the part
of remitters has been of a very restricted char
acter since our last. and the quotations Of yester.
day have been but barely maintained. Offerings
were ample throughout, and the purchases by
banks and bankers included only the appended
amounts, viz: $4,000, $l0CC0 ST., 900. $40 900,
$22 eco, s25 000 $50 600 and 500, 900 at ~ cent.
discount $50 COO at 10 l6 u cent. discount $6f Co.
$40 600, sl2 000 SIS COO and $50 eco at " cent.
discount, and some trifing amounts Of short sight
1t corresponding figures. We continue 70 quote
u cent. discount at bank and sllE II cent. dis
count out Of doors for sight checks on the North
ern cities.
UNCUKRENT NOTES AND SECURIrIEs-There is no
Improvement Whatever TO refer to in the move
ment of the latter and operations in the former
are still wholly confined TO sales of city and State
notes. very heavy and unlocked for advance
has recently transpred in the latter, however, and
most holders are now unwilling TO sell at present
materially enhanced prices. Some parties will
let them go, however, and the following statement
of the actual sales to-day will, doubtless astound
the reader, as IL does Us, with regard to the very
heavy advance in prices, viz $500 small city
notes at IL u cent. discount $1,000 do. at Il cent.
discount, 5000 large do. at II Il cent. discount,
$1,000 do. at ia n cent. discount, $1,000 and
Sll 600 do. at l24 u cent. discount $40 900 do. at
l34 a. cent. discount. sl0C0 $1,000 and $1,000
Louisiana State do at "a ~ cent. discount. $1,000
and $50 600 do at 2il u cent. discount aud 5000
do. at 2ll "a cent. discount. A sale OF 10 shares
Union Bank stock was reported late this evening
at 800.
SPECIAL DIsPkTCHBs.-We are Indebted 10
the Western Union Telegraph line for copies OF
the following private dispatches received over
that route to-day. viz:
Ne11 York, Jda. $40 A. M.-Gold opened
at 1881. IL A. Mold 1881. Cotton-demand
good, prices have advanced; middlings l6lc. ;
l74c. Sterling ll0@ll0a. 3 P. M.-Gold 1881.
COtton-demand active at full prices. Sales to-
day 5000 bales; quotations ncminally unchanged.
Sterling 10 @llOi.
liverpool, Jan. 8, lilo A. M.-Cot;on-de-
mand active prices advanced "a. Uplands I a.,
Orleans I'D. Sales estimates at 20 900 bales. 1880
?. M-Cotton- market frmer Sales 20 900 bales;
uplands 73d., Orleans I'D.
London Jan. 3, ll:lj A. M.-COnsols 1910
.l9l for money and l9l59l92 on account; SECS
724@723. 1850 P. M.-Consols 1872; sos 1870
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