The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-26
Dsw Orleans 5Honsp SEIarAat.
CRESCENT OTFICE, No. "a OAyP BTxrzz,
Thursday Evening, Pas. Is. lS59

Thursday Evening. FEB Is, lS5S.
Tie Money market still rules as for several
weeks past. Gold opened at New York this morn
ing az 1929, eganst 1929, the closing rate Vesisr
day. At u II. it stood at 1924, and at P. II. Il
closed at 1929. The demand and supply IL this
market continue light, and rates vary IL sceord-
ancs with the fluctuations at New York. We ap-
pend particulars of the sctual sales to day a. fol-
lows, viz: $4,000 at 1929; $4,000 and $4,000 at
1925 $1,000 $4,000 and s20C COO at 1888; $1,000
and $4,000 p. 1885; $1,000. $4,000. s450O AMI 5000
at 1884, and s2OoO at 1884; closing at l33DI33s.
Nothing reported in Silver.
FOREIGN ExcHASGE-There has beer some evi-
dence of o reaction ip Sterling and Frsacs to- day;
Offerings OF Commercial Bills continued restricted
and with slightly improved demand rates have
exhibited fractional advance as will DO seen By
the annexed statement Of actual salea, viz
4l500 and E2500 commercial Sterling a. IA32
5000 bill lading Sterling ct l4SA; 900 Francs
az 1924; $4,000 private bsnkers' do. as 3.9l{.
We quot, bank Sterling as l4liGl44s, commercial
and COMMERCIAL do. AZ 3.95G3.93!.
DOMESTIC ExCHAHGE.--There Is no marked 81.
iteration Of soy kind TO refer 70 under the above
heading. offerings Of commercial sight and short
sight continue limited and tho remittance Inquiry
Is still lght for this period OF the business season.
The annexed statement embraces the principal
purchaser By banks and bankers gince o1T last,
viz: $4,000 sight on New. York 81 par; $1,000,
cent discount; <25 900 90. al lis discount S20,.
goo do. at discount; 5000 sight on Mobile Is
discount; $4,000 thirty days. sight ,B New York
% Il discouot. We quote bank sight on New
York at psr9s premium and commercial do. at
! discount 30 par.
UNCUBRKsr NorEs AID sscunrFIEs-Thsre is
still very cctive and general inquiry Tor ali of
the better claas OF securities, aud even some
others, hereiofore neglected, are now beginning
10 attract attention. Rates, however, are con.
stsntly tending upwards, and some capitalists
manifest less disposition to operate than during
the past few weeks. We subjoin particulars Of
to.dsy's transactions 40 follows, viz: 5000 and
$4,000 City Treasury Notes at 2lo. discount;
$4,000 State Notes at s0se.; $4,000 do. at 9Oo.;
1000 Bank of Louisiana notes at 81 To- y dollar
Sll00 Jackson Railroad at $780,; sl5o0 JeeT.
son City bonds at 72ic.; $1,000 Metropolitan Police
warrants at Sic.; $1,000 do. OF S59c-; $1,000 and
$1,000 do. az S6sc.; 5000 coupons Of old State
Bonds at osso.; 5000 do. q. &c.,; 10000 City Ten
Per Cent bonds at 953c.; $4,000 City bonds favor
Of Esro , o viii S 9 !s as5 At % 400
SO, 600 do. OF s9tc sl4 600 DO ct 90ic.; s26 600
Six Per Cent Levee bonds AZ $780,; 800 900 do,
sellers option thirty days at 69so.; $4,000 Eight
Per Cent do. at 90le.; fifteen shares Gas Company
stock at sl52 80 per share; twenty shares 90. at
1852 per shaTe.
BoiRD OF BRoKEIss-The following comprise
the sales at che board tonight viz: 5000 and
$500 GELD at 1929; $500 do al 1921 $1,000 DO.
buyers option, fifteen days, at 1873; $1,000 State
notes at 80! $4,000 State warrants at S9t $500
do. at s9l $500 DO. at 500; $500 do. at 500
$4,000 do, buyers option, thirty days, fat, at
s93
SPECIAL DIsPArcHEs.-We are indebted to the
Western Union Telegraph line for copies OF the
following private dispatches received from that
route to-day, viz:
heae York FEB. $50 A. N.--Gold opened Of
1929. l0:30 A. H.-Gold 1929. Cotton market
Gull, prices nominal Sterling I09.GDl09i. ll:l5--
Gold 1921. Cotton market quiet and weak, nomi-
nalIy. Kidding 1890, Mobile 29sc., Orleans 29}c.
Sterling eiesdy, ?. M.--5old closed at 1929.
Cotton market drll, prices nominal. hiddliag 49,,
Mobile 294c., Orleans 29ic. Sales to-day 200
bales. Sterling steady.
LsrapoOl, FEB. 25--ll:l5 4. h.-Cotton market
duh. Estimated sales 1000 bales. Uplands
I'D, Orleans 123d. lao P. H.-Cotton market
easier. Estimated sales 1000 bales. Uplande
lN0l2d., Orleans I2i@l2l. P. M.-Ootton
market dull. Sales GOO bales. Uplands 1l5d.
Orleans l2td.
London, Feb. 25-l:10 p. H.-Consols 90.
5 2os, 79i. 5 ?. E.--5-20's e0s.
HGrre, FEB, 25.--A. M.--Cotton opens dull.
Tres Orcinare l.4l; low middling anoat Ia.
P. Motion closed quiet quotations unchanged.