The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-03
AUCTIOs SALES MONDAY.
gRu 0rlsans Wunep Marhrt.

CRESCENT OFFICE. No. 81 oAxr srssrT.
Saturday Evening. Jan. 2. 1859
The money market has undergone no alter1' iOn
whatever during The past several days. Curren-
CIV, with the exception of small notes, has been
abundant, and the demands for accommodation
have been very light while rates of interest and
discount have ruled throughout precisely as
heretofore.
GOLD AND SILVER Increasing inactivity in
operations and greater uniformity in rates have
been tie leading features Of the movement under
the above heading. The supply of and demand
for Gold were greatly restricted, and rates dnctu
ated to a much less extent than for the CORE
spending time heretofore for some months past.
Silver has been scarce and 10 request throughout,
while the total movement to- day comprised only
the appended sales. viz : 5000 Gold At iSos I;
at 1852 and $1,000 and $25 900 at 1854. Sales OF
Silver were confined to $1,000 American halves at
1924: and we now quote Gold at l35s0l353,
American Silver coin at l32l0l32l, and Mexican
FOREIGN ExoH ANGK-There has been consider
able stesdiness noticeable in Sterling and Francs
for several days past. Offerings Of commercial
foreign bills have not increased in proportion to
the daily sales IF The leading staple ostensiby
for European markets, while the demand on the
part of purchasers was generally fair and preyi-
Gus rates were uniformly maintained. We annex
particulars Of to-day's purchases as follows, viz ::
fI0 900 AL commercial Sterling at l4530l46,
and l0, 0C0f. bank Francs at 3.S5f. The present
ruling rates are l464Gl474 for Bank Sterling,
l452@1464 for commercial do. 3.S5@3.S34. for
bank Francs, and 3.6S3D3S64 for com nercal do.
DOMESTIC ExcHANGE-The only alteration no.
ticeable in Domestic Exchange during the past
eight days was slight tendency to lower figures.
The market was for the most part well supplied
with Commercial Sight aud Short Sight, while the
remittance demand especially on the part OF
Western banks aud bankers was sufficient to alb
sorb nearly the whole of the daily Accommodations.
The purchases by outdoor parties to day con-
prised the following amounts, viz: $50 900 Private
Bankers Sight on New York at u cent. discount:
$40 coo Commercial do. at s@3; $1,000 and
s25 600 at 1ll6; $500. $50 900. 900, $4,000,
s42 500, $50 000 100000 and $40 900 do. at !;
S25 600 do. at I; S25 900 thirty days do. at
$50 600 thirty days do at Il per cent. discount.
We now quote Bank Sight on New York a. q
cent. discount, and Commercial do. at ll-l6(4
per cent. discount.
UNCURRENT NoTEs AND SECURITIES City Notes
materially improved during the past week under
an increased demand for the payment of taxes
and the purchasing of the markets, bat as the
movers that be have decTeed that they sha
be no longer received at the City Treasury rates
have again relapsed. City ten per cents. have
gone up, and with a moderate demand and no
pressure Of oferi0gs, aeary all classes OF stocks
and bonds have considerably stiffened We ap-
pend particulars of the actual salss TO day as fol
lows, viz: $4,000 City ten per cents. early 10 the
day at Tie % dollar and 81 000 do. at later hour
at 7s5c ~ collar and So 900 Metropolitan Police
warrants at SOC. q dollar.
BOARD OF BaOKERs-The s,sles at the board to
| night comprise the following viz: $4,000 Gold a
1885, /; ten 81 600 six per cent. Levee Bonds st6Os
SPECIAL DIsPAToHEs.-We are indebted to tn.
| Western Union Telegraph Line for copies of thu
following private dispatches received from tina
route to-day, viz:
Neln York, jan 2-l0 A. M.-Gold opened a
l34s. 1890 A. M.-Goid l3i'. Cotton unchsnge
| in every respect. Sterling l09tGll04. IL NJ
Gold 1885, Uoiton--demsDd moderate :; nsrke
| 6rm; middlng 26c.. Mobile POGO. Orleans 269c
| sterling steady. l:40P.M -iold 1851 Cotto =
| demand god prices advanced s'les $500 bales
middliDg 2 1GD2Gic; Mobile 263@264c.; Orleau
| 263627c. Sterling steady. 3 P. M.-Gold close
| at 1851. Cotton-demsnd good prices 'endin
| up: sales to-day $500 bales middliny 263c NJ
| bic 262c., Orleans &c. Sterling steady.