The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-21
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THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 81, lss9.
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CREscESr OFFICE, No. % CAR STREET. 4
Wednesday Evening. Jan. 20. 1860

Wednesday Evening. Jan. 90 1860
Nothing has 'ranspiied in the money market ID.
day that calls Tor special notice. Gold opposed &C
New York this morning at 1851, the closing rata
yesterday. At 1880 A. NJ. and II N. it ruled at
the opening figure, and at P. NJ il closed at 1851.
Operations in this market have been of a restrict.
ed character throughout, and rates have varied 10
accordance with the fluctuations at New YORK.
We append the principal sales az follow, viz
$4,000 and $4,000 at 1884, $40 600 at l35i0l36'
and 5000 at 1856. Sales Of silver comprised s61O
Ams rican halves at 1917 and $1,000 do at 1924.
We now quote gold at l36@l36k, American silver
coin at 13l3@l32 and Mexican dollars at 1910
1884. En.rtoa
FOREIGN EXCHANGE = Transactions in Ster.
ling and Francs though light, have disclosed con-
tiDued steadiness in rates. The offering supply
exhibited but little If any increase and the remit.
lance demand has been of restricted character
from the opening to the close of the day. as will
be seen by the subjoined statement of actual
ssles viz f2000 Bill of Lading Sterling at 1861
$500, Clear Bill, at l46; $4,000 Bankers Bill a.
1851 for Gold, and 20.000f private Bankers
were l4s@l4s! for Bank Sterling; l47@l474 for
Commt rcial do; 1881 l@3.S0f for Bank Francs.
and S5@3 S34f. for Commercial do.
DOMESTIC ExCHANGE-The feature of the move
ment under the above heading since our last has
been steady tendency to still higher rates.
offerings Of commercial sight and short sight in
dictate no increase whatever, while the inquiry on
the part Of remitters has become more active and
general. we buDJOlu PARTICULARS OF the purchases
BY banks and bankers since our last as follows.
VIZ: SO 600, SIS, 900. $40 000 $4,000, 500, coo
and $1,000 New York sight at d cent. dis.
c, unit $4,000 do. at 10l7 IS; s35,6O0 do. at
l6: $4,000 and $4,000 at ; $4,000 at I; $4,000
ore day do. at J; $4,000 Boston sight at 4 ;
$1,000 do. at /; $500 forty five days date %
Boston, at q. The ruling figures this evening
were u cent. discount at bank, 2014 - cent.
discount out of doors for sight checks on the
Northern cities.
UNcuRRENT NorEs AND SECURITIES City treas.
ury notes have improved TO day. City ten per
cents, Louisiana State notes and levee bonds are
held at still figures, and the general run of stocks
ana bonds indicate steadily upward tendency
Buyers are cautious, however, and the total ope-
ratioDs to-day comprised only the following
amounts, viz: So 900 city treasury notes at 34l
70 cent discount; $1,000 and SIS 900 do at 344 !;
$4,000 Louisiana State notes at S44c. q dollar !:
81 GOO metropolitan police warrants az price that
has been suppressed; S. 600 Louisiana State war
rants at SEC. $4,000 do. at &c.; So GOO aud sl0-
geo DO WicklIff's at SSc. $4,000 dc. at SS3,. /;
SIS, 600 at $4,000. 81 600 old Louisiana State
skies at 49,; $50 600 % cent. levee bonds at
$685. $40 600 do. at 20; $40 000 $40 900 and s56 900
s u cent. do. at S.; 100 shares Opelonsas railroad
stock at So % share. and 100 shares Bank of New
Orleans do. at $37 so.
BOARD OF BRoKERs-The following comprise
the sales at the Board tonight, viz: $1,000 gold
at 1876; 81 100 and 81 200 city ten per cents at s8
s. 600 first mortgage bonds on Jackson railroad at
so; Isl shares Union Bank at $50 % share; 60
shares Louisiana National Bank at $95 so % 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: r-t ~.
Nelo York, Jan. 20-l0 A. M.--Gold opened at
1855. 1880 A. M.-GOld 1853. Cotton--demaud
fair; prices advanced. Mddling 29c., Mobile
294c.. Orleans 295c.-asking higher. Sterling
l095@ll0}. II M.-Gold 1855. Cotton firm
holders asking higher rates. Bid for middling $780,,
Mobile 294c., Orleans 294c. Sterling steady. l:50
P. M-COtton-holders ask advance; buyers
operate with caution. Middling 294c., Mobile
299c., Orleans 294c Sterling steady. P. M
Gold closed at 1854. Cotton market less active
prices maintained. Sales to-day 1000 bals IS. Mid.
ding 294c., Mobile 294c., Orleans 20lc. Sterling
steady.
Liverpool, Jan. 2O-ll:l5 A. M.-Cotton market
frm-prices a shade better, though not quotably
higher. Estimated sales IL coo bales. Uplands
lll@l1sd., Orlesns III 0llsd. l:20P. Motion
market frmer. Estimated sales Is 900 bales.
Upsnds llad Orleans llSd., uplsnds afiost 1lad.
P. Motion market steady. Prices unchanged.
Sales to-day Is, 600 bales.
London, Jan. 2O-ll:l5 A. M.-Consols 90.
520's 1853.
Hare, Jan. -Evening.-Cotton market
quiet. Tres ordinare 1873. Low middlng, alOat,
l,34,