The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-01-16
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Wednesday Evening. Jan. Is. 1858.
The movement in financial circles to-day has
exhibited general reaction in rates Of Gold and
Foreign Exchange, owing to q heavy downward
tendency 10 quotations Of the former ia The
Northern cities. Gold opened at New York this
morning at l402, against l40s, the closing rate
Monday evening. At II A. NJ. 1t was quoted at
ruled at 1891. and t3P NJ. itciosed at 1885, there
by showing Q net decline for the day of Ii
per cent, and from the close of busi-
ness On Monday evening. Of per cep..
ene offering supply IN this market has beer fair
throughout, but at no time heavy or Excessive,
andthe demand was Of barely moderate charac.
ter from the opening TO the close OF business.
We append the total actual sales in the order In
which they trarspired, as follows, viz: $1,000 ia
the morning at l40k; $4,000 and sl2 900 s1bse.
I40a; 5000 at 1894; $4,000 at l39; 5000 at 1870
139; $1,000 and s2500 at 1884; $1,000 at 1884, $500
at 1884; $1,000 at l37l9l5s4; 5000 at 1888, aud
5000 at 1879. Sales Of Silver included $3.50
American halves in the morning at 1875; $500 do.
subsequently at 1873. and $1,000 do. at 1920 1924.
We now quote Gold nomiaally at 137GQI35I;
American Silver cola ut l32Ql33, and Mexican
Dollars at l40A@l4l3.
rates of Gold at New York and ia this market to-
day have completely unsettled operations in
Foreign Exchange. Offerings of the latter were
fair throughout. but at no time heavy, and with
OF businesss the appended sales fwere effected at
fhe respective quotations annexed, which indicate
unusual irreguisrty in aud rapid downward
tendency OF figures, viz fl2OO bank Sterling in
the morning at 1884 $4,000 bankers do. at I52 /;
$1,000 Al clear do. at l5l2; f2O0O do. at 1914 Z;
f250O do. at ISL; $4,000 bill Of ladiug do. at
l5O@l5l; f2500 clear at $50; fll0O bill of lading
at 1494; 200 000f bankers Francs. 10 three lots,
in the morning at 3.72sf.; 60yO0Of. bank do. at
365f; 12,O00f. and 30,000f. bankers do. later 10
the day. at 375f.; 100 000f. do. at 3.764013 75f. ;
100 OO0 do. ct 3.764f.; l500of. Commercial do. at
3774f. and 20,00Of. do. at 3.s0f. In the present
condition Of the market it is impossible to obtain
reliable quotations, and the reader has to draw
his own differences, as regards the condition of
prices, from the above actual sales.
UNCURRENT NOTES AND SECURITIES The only
fale OF stocks or Bonds reported to-day was %
shares Genial Bank at AZ; and operations 10 Un-
current Notes, which are still exclusively con-
fined TO city and State issues, disclose decliae
of about ! u cent. in rates of the former. The
market is amply suppled, and With very limit ed
inquiry throughout. Operations since our last
comprised the following amounts, viz: $4,000 and
$4,000 fmall city notes at y b cent. discount,
5000 and $500 do. al f3 cent. discount, $25c0
do at 81 n cent discount, $500 and $500 large
do at IA y cent discount $3.50 do. at l3t u cent
discount $500 Louisisna State notes at 80 u cent.
discount, and $3.50 do at 81 u cent. discount
Also $500 large city notes, omitted above, at l.
~ cent. discount.
SPECIAL DIsPArCHEs.-We are indebted TO
the Western Union Telegraph line for copies of
the following private dispatches. received over
that route to-day, viz:
Neto York, Jan. $50 A. M.-Gold opened at
140a. ll:l0 A.M.-Gold 1895. Cotton marketinac.
tive, prices dropping; middlings l6lc., Mobile
17c., Orleans l74@l7lc. Sterling l09j9ll0k. IL
M.-Gold 1891. Cotton market dull, prices n0mi-
nal; low middings l6c.; middlings l6t0l6lc.,
Mobile l62Gl7c, Orleans l7tc. Sterling steady.
LILO P. M.-Gold 1894. Cotton market dull, prices
lower; low midding l5ic., middling Logo. good
midding l7se., Mobile l6lc., Orleans IL lc. P.
M-oold closed at 1885,. Cotton-demand fair
but at lower prices. Sales to-day $500 bales.
Lfuapool Jan. l5-ll A. Motion market
active. Estimated sales 10000 bales. Uplands
73@72d. Orleans 75Q75d. l:20 p. M.-Cotton =
Quotations unchanged.
United States fve-twenties, ut. l:20P. M.-Jon-
sols unchanged. Five tweniies 7lg07ll.