The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-08-12

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Tuesday Kv1nise. Aususs II. isSa
Ihe movement In the money msrxst has dis
closed no alteration Of any kind to-day. Gold
opened at New York this morning at lag
aeainsti4es, the closing rate yesterday At 1880
A: NJ It was quoted at 1I6t at IL n. IL stood 81
l4ot and at P. N. il closed at 1861. Our market
. sun inactive and unsettled, with actual sale
IGr me . osy restricted to the appended amounts.
goo DO at lac, $4,000 and $40 600 do. at I45i, and
sz6O0 do. at 1453. Nothing reported in Silver.
We now quote Gold l4539ll6, American Silver
Com at 1850 and Mexican Dollars l4s}1l4s.
FOREIGN Misunderstanding and Francs con.
tnue dull and dropping. There Is scarcely any
commercial upon the market, and the banks re.
ouce tneir rates very reluctantly. But the remit.
lance demand has almost wholly abated, and
,b since our last have been confined to
me snbJoined amounts, viz: f400 bank Sterling
~ l6l, $4,000 commercial Francs ct $751;. and
zo,OUO do. at s.66}f Prices are still too irregu.
lar ior reliable quotations, and We therefore
DOMESTIC ExcHASeE.-Operations under the
above heading still exhibit but little If any yari
auon. offerings Of commercial sight and short
sight are almost wholly exhausted, and the In.
curry on the part of remitters cannot longer be
regarded as much better than nominal The fol-
lowing statement includes thsaotal purchases by
banks iaDd bankers TO day, viz: $4,000 sight at
Z q cent, premium, $1,000 and S. 900 do. at
q cent. premium, $4,000 Gold check at y cent
premium, and 5000 ten days sight at y cent
a. $50 teSec. " Ocut. premium ~
bank, and / at y cent. premium out Of doors for
sight checks on Northern cities.
UkcURREsr NoTEs AND SEcURIrrEs.-All classes
Oh notes are heavy to-day. City issues are weaker.
State notes are fat, and Bank Of Louisana notes
are wholly neglected, while operations in the gen.
era run OF stocks are partially suspended, and the
movement in all classes of bonds has come 10 A
stand still. We annex particulars of the total op
erauons reported under the above heading since
our last, viz: $4,000 city notes at 49, and $1,000 do
at "a b cent. discount, and levee bonds at 553c
q dollar.
SPECIAL DIsPArcHBs.-we are Indebted to
the Western Union Telegraph line for copies Of
The following private dispatches received from
hat route to-day, viz; - o.. 800. =
Neso York. Aug. lilo A. x.-Gold LAG. 1880
A. k.-Gold l46t. Cotton-quiet aud firm. Steri.
ing llo9ll0i. IL noon-Gold I45i. Cotton quiet
and weak, middling 29tc.. Mobile 2slc., Orleans
800. Sterling steady. 2P. M.-Gold ll5l. Cot. |
ION market quiet and weak. quotations nominsIly |
Unchanged; sales to-day 500 bales. Sterling de-. |
,lined to l09t@l09f. K.-tiold 1851. Cotton |
iulet and weak, sales to-day 700 bales middling |
's@zstc., Mobile 29}c., Orleans SOC. Sterling
teady.
liverpool, Aug. ll-ll:l5A.M.-Cotton msrkst
irm estimated sales 1000 bales; uplsnds ga.
Irieans iOtd. LEO r. M.-Cotton unchanged
. h.-Cotton market firm and unchanged 5P
L-Cotton market steady; sales to-day 10 600
ales; quotations unchanged; shipments from
bombay to llth instant, 10 900 bales.
London, Aug. ll-11:l5 A. N.-Consols 94ta9iI.
'onds at. l:20 p. H.-Consols unchanged Five.
wenties III.