The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-26
Che 8sru Orleans Gresrnt.
TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 2s, 1869.
gstr Orleans Wunep Narhet.
CRESCENT OFFICE, No. % OAup srRxxf, 4
Mnndax Eranirr Ian % 1870

CkksCEEf OFFICE No. ~ OAup nj
Monday Evening. jan g. 1859. J
Inere Is no alteration whatever noticeable in
tne cor oltion OF the money market Gold open I'd
al New ork this morning at 1866. against 1861
sHe cos, I rate Saturday evening. At 1890 it
N. II closed at 1865. Operations here have been
Ignt throughout and quotations have varied in
accordance with the alterations at New York, as
VIII De seen by the subjoined statement of actual
sales, VIZ: $4,000 at 1861; $1,000, S35 900 and
$40, 600 at 1861. $4,000 &C l36E0l371. $1,000,
s5CCO $4,000 $1,000 and SIS 900 at 1877 and $40, 900
az I5't. In silver we note sales of $1,000 and
sSUOO American half dollars at 1921. We now
gno,e Gold at l3fs@l36}, American silver at
1874, and Mexican dollars 1884.
FOREIGN ExCHANGE-The movement in Sterling
ana francs has continued restricted, but rates
nave sdvenced, owing TO the upward tendency Of
Gold and Foreign Bills at New York. The mar
ke. was put very moderately supplied at best.
and The demand of only limited extent from the
opening to the close of business. We append
particulars Of the principal sales as follows viz
fl5OO Bill Ladng Sterling at l474, $4,000 Bank
Sterling at l49. $4,000 Bank and Bankers at 100
for Gold, and so OO0f. private Bankers Francs at
3.7S3@3.S0f. We quote Bank Sterling at l4s3M
l49 Commercial do. at l47i@I4s4 Bank Francs
3.S0f.
Domestic ExcHANaE-Phere is but little If any
variation TO report in the movement under the
above heading. The market is fairly su pplied
with commercial sight and short sight, and the re-
mittance demand continues steady and regular.
The following include the principal purchases by
banks and bankers for the day, viz: s55 900 sight
on New York at 5.l667-l6 discount, SIC 600, s55.-
600, $40 OOO $780, 600 and $50 900 do. at l. $35 900
at !. 5000 one day . sight New York at !, $751;
GOO twenty days do. at l, slS 500 one days sight
on Boston without grace at !, S25, 900 sight on
Boston at Is, $500 thirty days sight on st.
Louis at Il, $4,000 sixty days date on Mobile at
z per cent discount We quote bank sight on
New York at discount, commercial do. 504.
N0Trpu o.
sury notes continue stiff, city ten per cents still
tend upward and most other classes of securities
are in good demand at full prices. Offerings of
favorlte descriptions are very light, however, aud
transactions to-day have been confined to the
following amounts, viz: $500 city treasury notes
at 354 $1,000 at 80 $40 900 at 3Oi $500 city ten
per cents. al 954 i; $4,000 and $4,000 do. at 96
$4,000 do. at 963: $1,000 Metropolitan Police
warrants at 793 $1,000 do. at "a; $1,000, buyers
option, twenty days, at Is 5000 six per CENT.
levee bonds at Y, and $4,000 eight per cent. DO.
at 81.
BOARD OF Brownsville following comprise
the sales at the Board to- night viz: $25 900 CITY
Treasury Notes at 29l $500 City Ten Per Cents
at 954 $4,000 Past Due Coupons of old State Bonds
at s53 so shares Louisiana State Bank at $40 so
u share.
SPECIAL DIsPATCHEs.-We are Indebted to the
Western Union Telegraph Line for copies of the
following private dispatches received from that
route to-day, viz:
Ne1o York, Jan. 25-lO A. M.-Gold opened at
1865. 1880 A. Mold 1864. Cotton market
inactive; prices dropping. Sterling lO9l0IlO2.
IL Mold 1863. Cotton dull and lower mid.
ding 2s4c., MOBILE 2slc., Orleans 29c Sterling
steady. P. Mold closed at 1861 Cotton
dull and nominal; sales to-day 700 bales middling
2s4c., Mobile 2s4c., Orleans 2slc. Sterling
steady.
liverpool, Jan. 25-ll:l5 A. M.-Cotton market
fat estimated GALES 10 1000 bales; uplands liz
Gll5d., Orleans lls@ll3d. LEO P. M.-Cotton
market dull uplands shOat IL ID; other quota.
tons unchanged. 8 P. Motion market dull;
prices unchanged; sales to day 10, COO bales.
London. Jan. 25-ll:l5 A. M-Consols 93l
0934. 5-20s, 1853.
HARE. Jan. 25-Evening- market clos
ed easier; tres ordinare 1891