The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-05
gem Orleans Wunep Warket.
CRESCENT oTrIcx, No. ~ GAIT sfxHnf,
Thursday Evening. March 4. 1869.

CRRscxxf OFFICE, No. ~ GAIT sfRHEf,
Thursday Evening. March 4. 1859
The money market exhibits still increasing
ease In ante bellum times maturing obligations
on the LIST and 4th of March were looked forward
to with considerable msgivngs, but to-day all
claims against responsible parues IN TINS CITY
were promptly met at an. unusually early hour.
Gold opened at New York this morning at 1911,
against 1917, the closing rate yesterday. AZ IL
NJ 10 stood at 1872. and at P NJ 1t closed at 1915.
The sales here to-day comprised only the append
ed amounts viz $1,000 at 1921 $1,000, $4,000,
$4,000, 5000 and $35 900 at 1885, closing at lSZs0
1929. Nothing reported in Silver.
FOREIGN ExCHAHGE-The offering supply OF
Sterling and Francs is still but little better IMAM
nominal, while the demand exhibits, IL anything.
further falling of all round. The total sales to-
dsv included only the annexed amounts, viz I:
$4,000 bankers Sterling at IA; 10000 private
bankers Francs at 1924, and 80 OoOf. Al CONNER
cial do. on Paris at 1896. We quote bank Sterling
at I440l44l commercial do. at l42l@l434,
bank Francs at 3.93l@3.92a. and commercial do
DOMESTIC ExoHANGE--we have to report con.
tinued frmuess in domestic exchange at previous
quotations. The demand and supply are still re:
stricted, and the total purchases py banks ana
bankers since our last, embraced only the foi-
lowing amounts, viz: $40. 900 sight on New lork
5000 $40 600, SIS, 600, SIS OOO. s45 600 se5 900
and 100000 do; at premium slz.oo. ~ .ni aSy
days sight on New York at 1 discount; ,oOO
sigh on lBoslon at 3.l6 premium; $40 900 DO. as
premium. we quote Dank siBnt w w" vi ~
premium, and commercial do. at tot premium.
UNcURREsT NOTES AND SEcURIrIEs-rhere 10
no marked alteration of any kind to refer to 10 the
movement under the above heading. The market
continues fairly supplied and the demand. though
not active or general, is still steady aud saistsc-
tory. The subjoined statement contains partcu-
lars Of the total operations for the day, viz (;
$4,000 city treasury notes at 26 discount; slO,-
| 600 metropolitan police warrants at 80 ); 5000 DO.
at 86t; $4,000 eight per cent. levee bonds at
9l4: IS shares Union Insurance Cenpany stock
| at SIS per share, and so shares do. at $50 per
| share. lu' Ft
BOARD OF BRokERs.-No sales tonight.
SPECIAL DIsPATCHBs.-We are indebted 20 the
Western Union Telegraph Line for copies of the
| following private dispatches received from that
route to-day, viz geo .ar.. .Ia.H
Netn York, March 4, 10 A. M.-Gold opened at
| 1919. 1890 A. M.-Gold 1917. Cotton market dull
| and unchanged. Sterling l09lGlO94. IL NJ
| Gold l32. Cotton quiet and firm. Mddling z94c.,
| Mobile 29ac., Orleans 293c. Sterling steady.
| P.H.-Gold closed ct 1919. Cotton dull and nomi-
nal. Middlng 29c.; Mobile 2sic.; Orleans 29tc.
Sterling l09t@l0si.
| L,pepool, March 4.-Cotton market quiet Es-
tic ated sales 10 600 bales Uplands II 3D.; Orleans
| l2}d. I:2O P. M.-Cotton market firm, prices q
shade better. not quotsbly higher. Estimated sales
| 10 600 bales. 5P M.-Cotton market firm. Prices
8 shade better, not quotaby higher. Sales. to-dsy
| 10, 900 bales.
| London, March 4-ll:l5 A. n.-Consols so a
| 80. 5-2O's sl3. l:2O P. M.-Consols 9SG9St.
| 5.20's s2t.
Hare March 4, A. N.-Cotton opens dull; tres
1 ordinaire 1894,