The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-27
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CExscFEr OFFICE, No. - OAzr STREET,
Fridsy EFenine. Feb. %. 1883.


Friday Esenine, Feb. 70, 1853.
The money market exhibits unsbated ease. Cur
rency isVery abundant, and the demands for accom-
modstion on the part of first class borrowers dis.
close no increase whatever. Rates of interest and
discount rule as heretofore, however and we would
again peat: - cent. u annum OF bank and al
g cent. % month out of doors for short gilt adaes
paper and lSS 81 s efR ctV moPtesse
GOLD AND SILvER-Tee movement in the specie
market has continued inactive and dropping since
the date OF our last weekly review. Gold has
been in but limited supply and demand through.
out, and quotations have varied from day to dsy
10 correspond with the alterations Of the New
York market. Silver has been offered more freely
towards the clCss of the week, aHd rates have de-
clined TO greater extent than for shy previous
corresponding time from the opening of the sea.
son. The sales to-day have been $50 600 Cold at
132{@l32t; $500, SIS 900, go 600 and s25 900 at
1924; $1,000 and $4,000 at 1872 $4,000, ST. 600
and $1,000 at 1929; $4,000 st I32}9lS2s, and
5000 at 1873 closing at lS2@l324. Nothing re-
ported in Silver.
FoRKIGN EXCHANGE. With limited daily par
chases of our leading products by foreign buyers
the supply of commercial sterling snd francs has
been very light throughout the week ending This
evening. The demand was for the m0st part OF
coTrespondiDgly restricted character, however,
and rates exhibited a steady downward tendency
till yesterday, when slight reaction commenced.
The sales to-day were $1,000 and $1,000 CONNER
cial sterling at lab; $780, G2500 and $4,000 do. at
14Si; E2500 private bankers do. at ll33; $4,000
bankers do. at I435; $1,000 do. IA. Nothing
has transpiTed in france, and We quote bank ster-
ling at l4336l434, commercial do. at l429l43,
bank francs at 3.9543.934. and commercial do. at
797s@3.96t.
DOMESTIC Decentralization under the
above heading disclosed q limited supply aud fair
demand at firm quotations during the early part
Of the week, but the inquiry has since abated, and
with some increase in offerings Of commercial
sight and short sight rates have given way fully
D cent Holders anu drawers appear to be yet
unwilling to press sales, however, and the market
closes quiet. The principal sales to-day we're
$4,000 and $4,000 sight on New York at par;
sac, COO Go. az ] 800. discount; $l0000, $4,000,
$40 00Q aud $5e eco do. at ll6c. discount; $500,
10000, 900 and $4,000 do. st lc. discount;
$4,000 do at to- discount; $40 600 sight on Boston
at &C. discount; sS0eo and Sl2 600 ten days sight on
New York at &c. discount. We quote bank sight
do. at discount to par.
UNCuARENT HoTTs AND SEcURITIEs-0perstion
in uncurrent notes and securities during tue past
week have been Of full average extent, and prices
Of most classes exhibit still further advance.
The daily movement, up to last evening" having
been carefully depicted in previous articles, how
ever. il row only becomes necessary at present 70
publish particulars of this days operations, which
we do as follows, viz: t4700 State notes at S9i.
$1,000 coupons Of old State bonds at 81, $1,000 aud
$1,000 Metropolitan Police warrants at Sc, s30ee
Jefferson City bonds at -, $1,000 State warrants
at SO. 5000 do. at 500, $500 and $1,000 do. at go
$500 do at 81, $1,000 ive per cent. city bonds at
&C, SIS goo eight per cent. leyee bonds, March
coupon, al eli 20 shares Carrollton Railroad stock
at SIS % per share, $50 shares Bank OF New Or
leans at $40 So 10 shares do. st 49, and $50 shares
do. sold late yesterday mot reported) al $40 IS
per share.