The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-10
BEN Orleans Wuneg Warket.
CHzsczE, OFFICE. No. ~ oAnr sfsExf,
Saturday Eyeuing. Jan. .. 1859.

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Il srrf Saturday Evening. Jan Q. 1853. ,,
There is no alteration whatever TO report IN the
money market. Gold opened at New York this
morning at 1861 at 1890 A. NJ. 1t was quoted at
1854; at 1885 it stood at 1855. and at 3 P.Mit
closed at 1851. The demand and supply have been
fair throughout, and quotations varied In accord
ance with the alterations In rates at New York.
We subjon the principal operations az foilows.
viz: si600 and $4,000 at 1851, $4,000, $500,
$40 900 and $4,000 at 1851. and $500, $1,000.
s25OO $4,000, and $50 coo at 1855. Sales Of silver
included $1,000. American halves at 1874, and soOO
do. at 1924. The closing rates this evening were
1S5@S53 for gold ls2t9qisz4 tor american dnsr SUI
FOREIGN ExcHANGE-Sterling and Francs have
been held at higher figures to day, but the de-
mand was at no time active, and as the onering
supply of commercial was ample throughout Duy-
ers appeared to be generally disposed to await
lower figures. The total sales therefore included
only the appended amounts, viz: $4,000 CONNER
ca sterling at l46k, f3250 do. at l464, f3500 and
f5ooo Al 90. at l46l and $4,000 DO: at price tnas
of so OoOf. and l00, 0O0f. commercial at 3.s64f.,
and 100, 0OOf. private bankers do. at 3.s5f. We
now quote bank Sterling at HIGHT, com.
mercial do: at l46@l46s, bank Francs $3.50
s.sS2f., and commercial DO. S.sslGs.s73f.
DOMESTIC ExcHANeE-There is no quotable al
iteration TO report IN the movement under the
above heading. offerings of Commercial Sight
and Short Sight have disclosed steady increase,
while the remittance inquiry has exhibited but
little if any change. The appended statement in
cludes full particulars of the leading purchases
by banks and bankers since our last viz s25 600
New York sight at Ills IL cent. discount; $4,000.
$4,000, SIS O00 $40 900. $50 OOO 10000 and $50 900
DO at 4, $40, 900 do. at Is ls 10000 do at l0s,
$50 600 ten days do. at Il. s25 900 thirty days
90. at 2, $4,000 Boston sight at /. $l5, 600 and
$50 GOO do. at /, and $50 000 Gold check on New
York at y cent. discount. The closing rates are
3@s u cent. discount at bank and 4@l3l6 q
cent discount out of doors for sight checks on the
Northern cities.
UNcURRENT NOTES AND SEcuRIrIEs-City Notes
have been omewhat sitter, although not quotably
higher to-day. City ten per cents aud levee
bonds were held at extreme prices and rates OF
the general run of Securities uniformly ruled
above the views of buyers. The following, which
embrace the total sales for the day, disclose I'M
usual activity in levee bonds, viz $22 600 levee
six per cents at 623, $4,000 do. at 62s, $4,000,
SIS OO0 S34 900 and $50, 900 do at 634, $1,000 and
SIS 900 do. at the latter figure, 100000 and 1880
do. at 634 and $4,000 do. at ga. $4,000 metropolitan
police warrants at 62, and $4,000 do. at So. 30
shares City Railroad stock at sl67 per share.
BOARD OF BRoKERs-The following comprise the
sales at the board this evening: $1,000 new con-
solidsted city bonds, ten days, sellers option, at
"a; $500 city ten per cent: at 7S4; $1,000 90. at
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:
Ne,o York, Jan 30 A. M.-Gold opened at
1855. 1890 A. M.-Gold 1851 Cotton market un-
changed in every respect. Sterling lO9s0llOs.
ll:35 A. M.-Gold 1861. Cotton market excited,
so unsettled that accurate quotations can't be
given; Middling 2s4029c., Mobile 29@294c..
Orleans 294@29tc. Receipts of the week $500
bales net 81 600 bales gross sales 80 600 bales
exports TO Great Britain 7l34 bales, continent
1850 bales stock $4,000 bales ; receipts at all
United States ports 10000 bales, Galveston esti-
mated. Sterling steady. 3P. M.-Gold closed at
1854. Cotton market irregular. Sales $500 bales.
Middling 2sac., Mobile 2slc.. Orleans 29c. Sterl'
ing steady.
liverpool. Jan. 9-1l:l5 A. M.-Cotton market
active estimate sales 900 bales; uDlands III
| oil 3l6d.. Orleans ll5d. l:20 P. Motion
| market active. Estimated sales- 20 600 bales
uplsnds IL I@llld., Orleans lls@li3d., uplands
afloat III ID.