The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-12-07

Total week before. IL ,2S6, Isl 70 1.13S,2-S IS
The offerings at the banks to-day were more
liberal, and on the street there Was better IN
CURRY with stronger market. Short loans on
cotton, of which the delivery has been retarded
by the incement weather Of the past few days,
were IN request. Gold was irregular, bat quota
tions were more nearly approaching New York
rates. fair movement was reported ln Foreign
Exchange, which closed at an advance, while
New York sight was IN better demand and
higher. There was a better feeling in Stocks,
with more inquIr., but with only light move
ment. State Bonds suffered a slight decline in
the afternoon. A sale of City Bonds indicated
no quotable change.
The Firemens Insurance Company elected the
following Directors TOR the ensuing year: Jacob
Alexander, Leon Bertoh, H. H. Bierhost, l.. b.
Cain John Fitzpatrick, C. Taylor Gauche, Chas.
Ho ard, II. III. Isaacson, A. z. Kip, |. n. Marks,
Wash Marks, B. NJ. Pond, I. Prudhomme,
c. Sporl, Otto Thoman, Geo. Waters, L. A. Witt,
The Suu Mutual Insuran Q Company reelected
all the members OF their Board of Directors with
the exception of substituting Mr.. d. A. Chatfraix
for MIR. James Byrnes, deceased.
We continue to quote exceptional paper at 9G
10 y cent per anuum discount, AL do at l2@-,
and second grade at l5Glo. First. class mort.
cages rule at 90Gl0 u cent per annum !; second
grade are entirely nominal.
Gold opened at 11414@11534. against ia "a at
New York, and, after moderate business,
closed at 1l43s@1l45s, against 1875 in that
market, where 1t tou ned HAS and It41a during
the interim The sales summed up SO, UOU, en-
braciDg $1,000 and $1,000 at LA Sl3,O0U at ll42s
114s., $1,000 at 1l43 and $1,000 and $4,000 at 1l41s
No sales of Silver were reported American
half dollars still quoted at lO9@llO, and
Mexican dollars at 941aM- for gold.
Under the decline i'll Gold at New York at the
opening, Foreign Exchange was little lower,
the improvement in bills in that market, STERLING
was quoted 1c, equal to about 2-lO u cent
higher at the close than on Saturday, and
francs nearly a Il cent. The movement was of
fair extent. me sales of sterling comprised
f67 900, embracing $4,000 al clear at SAG, fl5o0
bill Of ladng at 5461aa; tl5,000 do at 5.46@5.47
$4,000 do, $1,000 clear, and 5000 do, and
bill of lading at 547, $4,000 bill Of lading at 5470e
5.47%a, f25, 500 do at 5.471a15.4S.
The sales of francs COMPRISED $4,000, embra-
cling 100000 at 46l1. $4,000 at 1905, and $4,000
at 400.
At the close sterling bills were quoted at 5.461a
015 471a for bill of ladng and AL clear, and %
$685. tor bank (baDk counter rate at -05.52),
and francs at 6l1 4@i.6O5s for commercial, and
nominal for bank.
The offerings Of New York sight were of fair
extent, but meeting with good demand COM
mercial was quoted nearly q II cent higher.
The sales comprised 1854, 900, embracing $4,000
and SIS, 900 commercial at 81 II cent discount,
SO, 600 do and SO 900 and s2o, 900 bank at GIG,
$1,000 commercial and $1,000 private bankers at
1882, $4,000 commercial, $4,000 and $4,000
private bankers and $1,000 bank at Z, $4,000
private bankers at 7-l6, and $4,000 and $4,000
do at 49,
The banks continued to check on New York at
"A II cent discount, while commercial sight
was quoted at 11a017-l6, against 5s(e1q on satur-
day.
The sales of Stocks included 20 shares State
Nat onal at S66, and 40 at S66 50.
City Bonds continued quiet and unchanged,
while New ate GINS Dis were in demand, but
not quite as strol g. being quoted at 591a05924 i,
against 60 on Saturday. No sales of the former
we're reported The sales of the latter com
prised si20O00 embracing $4,000 and $4,000 at
5914 $4,000 So 900 and 500 900 at 591aa; $40, 600
at 500, and $4,000 at 597s.
City scrip was in better demand, and higher
for July to December, 1874, time, it being quoted
at 43@45, against 4O1aa@H on Saturday, while
May and June, 1874 coutlnued to rule at 4O1a945,
and August to December, 1873, at 51153.
Metropolitan Police Warrants continue to rule
at 660l6o for 1872 10 issues, and 1906 for 1873
a. Nothing TRANSFERRED. ...
State Warrants were sill quoted at 1O@l5 for
issues not fundable, at 40G4l for fundable. and
420l45 for 1874 No sales were reported.
The following were the sales at the Stock Ex-
change: $1,000 Old City Currency Seven Per
Cents at q $1,000 half paid City Coupons at ~,
$1,000 New State Consols at 49, and % shares
State National Bank at &C.