The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-20
gsm Orleans Woneu Slarket.
CRESCENT orrIck. No. ~ OAry srxrRr.
Tuesday EyanIng Ian 10 Ia6Q

Tuesday Evening Jan. is 1859
The condition of the money market still remains
IS ior several weeks past. Currency is in ab1n-
DAFT supply and limited demand at previous Gao.
tations for al! grades of paper. as will be seen By
the suhjoned figures. viz: Eight a cent. u aunual
at bank, snd lGll y cent. y month out of doors
Tor snort gliteoged paper, and l00l2 ~ cent. y
Al city mortgagei
GOLD AND SILvER-The Gold market has been
inactive and unsteady from the opening of the
week. Offerings were light throughout. 81 the
demand was at no time better thu. moderate
Sales of Silver were, as heretofore, confined to
drblets at about 2@23 points below gold rates for
American halves and quarters, and 24C13 % cent.
premium on gold for Mexican dollars. Operations
to day comprised 81 900 and SO 600 at 1854: GOO
at 1876; $4,000 at l36@lS6t; So 900 IS 900. 900
and $4,000 at 1861; $1,000, sl4 900 and Sic 900
at 1861; closing at l353Gl355. We now quote
gold at l35l@l355; American silver coin l3l30
l32, and Mexican dollars at 137t0l3S.
FOREIGN ExcHASGE-The movement in Sterl.
ing and Francs has disclosed no improvement
whatever. The market was but poorly supplied
with commercial bills, and the remittance demand
was quite limited, while rates varied from day to
day, IN accordance with the fluctuations in Gold
and Exchange at New York. The transactions
to-day were light, as will be seen by the following
sales, viz: $1,000 sight commercial Sterling at
l47l; $4,000 bankers; bill at l4s@l4sl; 1907 900
Francs az 3.S23 and 10 600 private bankers do at
1914. We quote bank Sterling at l47iGI4s:
commercial do. at l463Q1l474; bank Francs at
3.S23@3.sl@ 1, and commercial do. at 3.S5@3.S3l.
DOMESTIC Observation-Disclosures under the
above heading have uniformly tended in favor of
drawers and sellers. Offerings of commercial
sight and short sight were of an unusually limited
character, and the demand was generally fair
though at no time heavy or excessive. Rates, how
ever, have advanced fraction as will sppear on
reference to the closing figures this evening. The
sales for the day included the following amounts.
viz: $50 600 sight on New York at 7,l6(0s dis.
count; $50 600, s45 600 $50 900, 100000 and s75-
600 do. at discount; sl20, 900 do. at discount;
$1,000 one days sight on New York at /; $4,000,
and $4,000 sixty days do. do. at q discount
$500 do. do. at 2 discount; $l2 900 sight on Bos
ton az I discount $50, 600 fifteen days sight on
New York and Philadelphia at l0ll discount
we quote this evening, bank sight on New York
at discount commercial do. Tai discount
UNCURRENT NOTES AND SECURITIEs-There has
been fair though at no time heavy, demand for
most OF the leading securities during the past
three days, and prices have generally been well
maintained with an upward tendency noticeable in
several classes. As our daily reports have en-
braeed full particulars, however 1t is only reces-
sary now to add the operations for to-day, in or
der TO obtain correct understanding of the con-
sition OF the market, viz: $40 900 City Treasury
Notes at IS per cent. discount: $1,000 $4,000
$4,000 and $4,000 at 354 $25 600 at SO $1,000 Jack
son Railroad change bills at So; $4,000 and SO 900
State warrants at $50; $4,000 and $40 900 do. at
sol; s24OO small do. at 80; $1,000 past due coupons
of old State bonds at S24; $4,000 six per cent
Levee bonds at 20, and $4,000 eight per cent do.
at S53, $50 shares Union Bank sellers option,
sixty Days, at s36 % per share; rs shares Bank of
New Orleans at $37 so per share; leo shares Cres-
cent City Bank at s26 rs per share 100 shares do
at s27 rs per share, and rs shares of Mechanics
and Traders Bank on private terms.
SPECIAL DlsPATCHEs.-We are indebted 10 the
Western Union Telegraph Line for copies of the
following private dispatches received from that
route to-day, viz:
Nelo York, Jan. 1910 A. M.-GoId opened At
1855. 1870 .M.-Gold 1853. Cotton market dull,
holders anxious to realize. Sterling l09S@ll09.
IL Mold 1855. Cotton market dnIl-holders
anxious TO realize. Nominay middliug 2Slc.,
Mobile $780,, Orleans 294c. Sterling steady. 3
Pm Gold closed at 1855. Cotton dull Prices un-
changed. Sales to-day 1000 bales; middling 2Saf--
Mobile 29c., Orleans 294c. Sterling steady.
LtUeTp0Ol, Jan. f3-1l:l5 A. Motion market
dull. Estimated sales 10 900 bales. hollands l02d.,
Orleans ii ID lao Motion market dull, prices
unchanged. Estimated sales 1000 bales. Ship
ments from Bombay since last to l6th, 10000
bales. P. M.-Cotton market dull. Sales 10000
bales. Upands ll4@ll5d. Orleans ll40llsd.,
uplands afost ll4@llld.
London. Jan. l9-ll:l5 A. M.-Consols 92Z
ass. 5-20's 1853.
HdUre Jan. ia. M.-COtton opens heavy.
Tres ordinaire 1873. Low middling, afoat, l35.
BOARD BRoEERs-Ihe following comprise the
sales al the board tonight $1,000 and $40 900 !
Gold at 1857; $1,000 City Treasury Notes at 3 u
discount; $500 do. at So; 20 shares Carrollton
Raj road stock at $S3 10 share.