The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-16
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SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY ls, 1859.
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Friday Evening. Jan. Is. 1859

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Friday Evening. JAN Is 1859.
The money market continues to rule as for sew.
eral weeks past. Currency is abundant both at
bank and IN the hands Of private capitalists.
while the demands for accommodation are still
quite restricted, and rates of all grades of paper
are nominaly unchanged. We repeat previous
quotations, barely for reference, however, viz
Eight y cent. II annum at bank, and l0Il
T. cent. u month out of doors for short gilt
edged paper. and lO@l2 p cent. % aunum
for long dated notes, secured by strictly Al
city mortgage.
GOLD AND SILvER-Operstions in Gold have
been Of only moderate extent throughout the
week, but owing to the limited character of the
supply and the stringency of rates at New York,
prices nave Deen maintained with az upward ten
dency all round. Offerings of Silver have exhibit.
ed some increase, and sold readily at about 2024
points below gold rates for American halves and
quarters, and 24G3 y cent. premium on gold for
Mexican collars Sales to-day included only the
appended amounts, viz: $500 and SIS 900 Gold at
1864, $500, $1,000 and sl3 900 at 1861 $50 900 at
l36!@l363, and $1,000. $500 and $1,000 at 1864.
Operations In Silver included $780, $500 and $1,000
American Halves at 1872 and we now quote Gold
at 1863. American Silver coin at l320l32t, and
Mexican dollars at l36@l3s4.
FoREIGN ExCHANGE-Despite the heavy daily
movement in cotton since the date of our last sum-
mary, offerings Of Commercial Sterling and Francs
have been comparatively light all round. The de-.
mand was at no time better than moderate, how.
tendency toward the close of the week, on account
Of greater strDgency in Gold and Foreign Bills at
New York. Transactions since our last have been
restricted to the following amounts, viz: fl500
bill of aiding sterling at l474; $4,000 commercial
do. at l473, and so 000f private bankers francs at
S0f. The ruling rates this evening were l4s4@
lis4 for bank sterling; 1473@l4S for CONNER
cial do; 3.sO03.7S4f for bank francs, and 3.S29(9
3 81 Il for con mercla do.
DOMESTIC ExCHANGE-The movement under the
above heading has been fair throughout the week,
but at no time heavy or general. Offerings of
commercial sight and short sight were for the
most part rather limited, and the remittance de-
mand was generally steady at slightly improving
figures. Operations to-day comprised $4,000
New \ ork sight at { " cent. discount; $40, 900,
$l2 500, $4,000 ana $25 900 do. at ll.l6; $l2 900
do. at !; $40 GOO thirty days, do. at l.; $40 coo
Boston sight at and $4,000, $4,000 and $4,000
do.at q cent. discount. The market closed at 10
cent. discount at bank and 5Gi u cent. discount
out of doors for sight checks on the Northern
cities.
UNCURRENT NOTES AND SEcURITIEs-T has
been considerable movement in several classes of
stocks and bonds during the past week. and rates
OF most favorite descriptions have steadily ten
ded upward. As we have given full details
of operations in previous articles, however. it is
now only necessary to add the actual sales for to-
day, in order that our readers may fully under
stand the real cOndiiisn of the market, viz: $1,000
State warrants at Stss: sl3 900 do at S24; S22 900
levee bonds at 81; $4,000 do. at 674; 81, 900
Crescent City Bank stock at 500 so per share !;
$50 do. on private terms 200 shares Union Bank
at $50 per share 100 do. at $50 Is and 275 shares
Opelousas Railroad at SO per share; So shares
Bank of New Orleans at $50 so per share.
BOARD OF BRoKERs-The following comprise
the sales at the board tonight, viz: $500 City
Treasury notes at 364 500 City Ten per cents at
879 ; and 100 shares Louisiana State Bank at $40
per share.
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:
Neso York, Jan. $40 A. M.-Gold opened at
but steady. Sterling l094Gll0a. l2M.-Gold 1854.
Cotton demand fair; prices advsnced-Middng
294c., Mobile 30c., Orleans 304c. Sterling
demand active at full prices. Sales 10000 bales,
including $500 bales in consolidating 29lc.,
Mobile 30c., Orleans 304c. Sterling steady.
LeUeTpOOl, Jan. l5-ll:l5 A. M.-Cotton market
active; estimated sales 20 600 bales uplsuds 3D.;
for export, 90 600 for speculation 50 600. Stock
on hand, 200 600 bales, of which $4,000 are Amer
lean. l:20 P. M.-COtton market frmer. but not
quotsbly higher Estimated sales 10000 bales.
Cotton sfoat 80, 900 bales, of which l3l 600 are
American. 5 P. M.-Cotton market firmer. Sales
to-day 10000 bales. Uplands 1l4@ll5d; Orleans
I'D.
London, Jan. l5-l:20 P. M.-Consols and
Bonds unchanged.
HdUre, Jan. ia. Motion market quiet.
Low middng sfost l.35 bid, 1851 asked.
Evening--COtton market closed buoyant. Low
middlinQ afoat 354