The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-05
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TUESDAY MORNING. JANUARY 5, 1869.
9em Orleans Stlonep ytlarket.
CRESCENT OFFICE, No. "a CAMP STREET., I
Monday Evening. Jan. 4. 1859.


Monday Evening. Jan. 4. 1850 !
The cSndition Of the money market to day "a
compared with an.e- bellum times, has exhibited
a very marked Improvement Now, every business
man in good commercial repute Is able and ready
to meet his secruing obligations, which are ge.
ting "small by degrees and beautifully less,
while then, the rule almost universally adopted
was TO postpone payments and strain indigidal
credit to the utmost tension. January first and
fourth were looked forward to with considerable
misgiviDgs 10 our palmiest days when the aggre-
gate mstured claims passing through the banks
on that day uniformly ranged from three millions
10 four millions Of dollars. To day the total did
not reach one.third of the latter amount, and up
to the hour of closing our review, not a note or
obligation of any prominent citizen had remained
upprovided for There Is no let up whatever 10
the supply of currency, and the demands for &C
commodation indicate continued steady diminu-
ton. God opened at New York this morning at
1851 the ruling figure Saturday evening. At 1880
A M, il was quoted at 1854 and at IL NJ. II stood
at 1855. The movement in this market has been
of restricted character throughout and the ag-
gregate sales included only the appended
amounts viz $40 600 at 1851 $1,000, $4,000 and
$4,000 at 1885, S5000 $4,000, Sl7 900 and $4,000
at 1864. and $40. 600 at l354@l35s. Sales of Sill.
yer have been confined to driblets, and we now
quote Gold at l35s@l35s. American Silver coin
1324@l324, and Mexican dollars at l3I4l0l3S4.
FOREIGN ExcHANGE-The movement under the
above heading has disclosed no improvement
whatever as regards operations since our last.
The maj ket has been fairly supplied with English
and French commercial bills; but the demand
was at no time active or general, and operations
were confined to the subjoned amounts, viz !:
f3500 AL bill of lading Sterling at l45}; f25O0
do. at l45J $1,000 commercial bill at ll6 $4,000
bankers at l463, and f2500 bank at l465. Sales
OF Francs included 80 000f. commercial Francs
at 3e7sf., and 40, 000f. bank do. at S64t Toe
ruling fgures this evening were l464@lH for
hank Sterling; l4540l453 for commercial do;
3S5613 S32f. for bank Francs, and 3.S6}G3.S73f.
for commercial do.
DoMksrIc ExcHANGE-we have no noticeable
alteration Of any kind to report ia Domestic Ex-
change. The market is still fairly supplied with
commercial sight and short sight, while the IN.
qujry the part Of RENTERS continues fair and
absorbs nearly the total accommodations. The ac-
tual purchases by banks and bankers to day en-
braced the following amounts, viz $1,000, s25 900,
$50 GEO. S3l 600, $40 000 SO 900 and Sl0O 900 New
York sight at ! ~ cent. discount SIS 900,
sI7 500 and $50 600 DO at 1916 ~ cent. discount
$25 600 do. OF {; $4,000 i've dsys' do. at / !;
1000 five to ten days do at $1,000 ten days
do. at D. $l0,0 900 thirty days do. at 3; $1,000
Boston sight without grace at T. and $40 900 ten
days Chicago sight at 2 % cent discount We
| now quote New York Bank Sight az tCl1s II
cent. discount, and Commercial do. at 49s ~
| cent. discount.
| UNCUERENr NorEs AND SEcURIrIEs-On Satur.
day not previously reported, s3s $50 City ten per
! cents were disposed Of at 7skD168. To-day the
| market has been dull, and the following comprise
| the total operations, viz $l260 Louisiana state
/
s7l 600 Levee Bonds at COO. d dollar, SIS 600 do.
at COLO, 100000 de. at 601c., aud $1,000 do. at
604c. City Treasury Notes have been held at lrmer
figures, but transactions up to the close of bust
| ness were confined to driblets. In other securi-
ties we have to report sale Of 200 shsres Mer
| chants Bank ST OK at SIS b share.
BOARD OF BRoKERs-The following comprise the
sales at the board tonight. Wiz: $500 City Notes
at 81 500 State Notes at "a and $1,000 do. at "A l.
$500 city ten per cents at ISL $1,000 per diem State
| Warrants at S23
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:
Netc York, jan 40 A. M.-Gold opened al
1854. 1890 A. M.-Gold 1854. Cotton market IN
changed middliDg 265c., Mobile 26lc., Orleans
&c. Sterling l09sQll04. IL M.-Gold closed a.
1855. Cston--demand moderate prices firm aud
| unchanged. Ster 6 steady.
| Liuepool, Jan. 4-ll:l5 A. M.-Cotton marke
frmer; estimated sales 20 COO bales; uplands l0sd.
Orleans IL d.. l:20 P. M.-COtton market active
estimated sales 10000 bales uplands Id, Or
| leans ii ID. 3 Motion market active; sale
to.dsy 10000 bales; uplands ll@llid., Orlean
| lllMll3Q.