The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-10-02
4ew Orleans Monep Warket.

CRESCENT orrIcE. No. % Cixr srRxEr.
Thursday Evening. Oct l. 1858 =
We have have no variation to notice in the
money market since our last. Gold opened in
New York this morning at l4oi, against llli the
closing rate last evening. At II N. it was quoted
at 1891, and at B. P. NJ. closed at l40s. Offerings
in this market have been quite heavy and rates
declined in sympathy with the New York market.
Total sales embrace the following amounts, viz :
sl3 900 gold at Iss, $4,000 lad $50. geo do. at
1885, 1000, $1,000 and s65 900 do. at 1884 000
$40 OCO $40 zoo and $4,000 do at 1884, $25 900 do.
at 1885,, $1,000 SO 0OO $40 900 and $40 900 do. at
1881 and $500 do. at 1857. Sales Of silver COM
prise 1900 Mexican dollars at v cent. premium
on gold. We now quote gold l3Sa@l3s4, Ameri-
can silver coin l3S@l34 and Mexican dollars l4lb
@l42t.
heavy decline in Gold, the movement in Sterling
ard Francs has disclosed a considerable unsteadi.
ness and heavy falling OF in rates. Offerings
have been fair, but the demand has been Of very
limited character throughout, as will be seen by
the subjoined actual sales effected to day, viz:
l0,000 bank Sterling at 1904, aud 100000 AL
commercial do at l49s 200000f. private bankers
Francs at 8. 574f and 100 ,000f. and lbs 000f. AL
commercial do at 3.Is4t we now quote, noni'
nslly. bank Sterling at l504@l5l, commercial do.
l4s4@l49a, bank Francs 3.77403764f., and COM
mercisl do. 3.S0G3.774f.
DOMESTIC ExCHANGE-The movement I'M der this
beading since our last has been of a very limited
character, but rates unchanged. Oheri0gs OF com
mercal and short sight have been ample but the
demand for remittance still continues light. Total
purchases by banks and bankers embrace the fol.
lowing. viz: $4,000 private bankers sight on
New York at ZIG q cent discounts $4,000, SIS 900,
$40 600, $50 600 and $4,000 New York CONNER
cal sight at b cent discount, and $50, 900 do. at
) ~ cent. premium. We still quote ~ cent. dis
count at bank and 7-l60Ds u cent. discount out
of doors for sight checks on Northern cities.
UNcURRENT NoTEs AID SEcURITIEs--City notes
have been inactive hut steady Louisiana State
notes remain wholly neglected, and the movement
in all classes Of stocks and bonds is partially sus
pended. Total operations embrace only $4,000
and SIS 600 city notes at 36s u cent. discount
SPECIAL DisPAroHBs.-we indebted 70
he Western Union Telegraph line for copies Of
the following private dispatches received from
that route to-day. viz:
Ee1c York, oct. 10 A. N-Gold opens
l4ll. l0:30 A. M.-Gold lao. Cotton-demand
moderate (; prices firm. Middling 265c., Mobile
26ic., Orleans &c. Sterling l0si@l09l. Il
Noon-GOld 1899. Cotton demand moderate;
prices firm. Quotations unchanged. Sterling
steady. P. Mold closed l40!. Cotton-de.
mand moderate; prices firm. Sales to-day 1000
bales. Mddling 263c., Mobile 26ic., Orleans 27c.;
asking higher.
Lirepool, Oct. 1.-lll5 A. M-Cotton market
buoyant. Estimated sales $4,000 bales. Uplands
l0ld., Orleans l0kd. l:20 P. M.-Cotton market
buoyant. Prices unchanged. Uplsnds adost sid.
5 P. M.-Cotton market irmer. Sales to day
Is 600 bales. Prices unchanged.
London Oct l.-ll:l5 A.N.-Consols ga 5-20's
733