The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-03
FINANCIAL.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN, f,
Thursday Evening. March 2. 1876.
NEW ORLEANS CLEARINGHOUSE.

The Money market continued quiet and I'M
changed. Under the improvement in Gold at
New York. Gold ana Foreign Exchange slowed
a marked advance, and fair degree Of activity,
but operations in the latter were not as heavy as
anticipated from the cotton movement. The
offerings OF New York sight were fair, and the
sales liberal at unchanged rates. Stocks were
with out any new feature. A fair business was
done in State COnsols at q material advance.
City Securities were unusually active, and fiuc.
tuated widely during the day, undsr the lnfu-
ence of the uncertainty OF the passage OF the
Premium Bond bill, which was again before the
Senate. The report Of the passage OF the bll
strengthened the pretensions Of holders and the
market closed much higher than yesterday, and
with strong upward tendency.
The following were yesterday elected Directors
Of the Crescent City Live Stock Landing and
Slaughter-House Company: JOS. Hernandez, j..
r. 8. Serrill. Jules Cassard, Robt. Mott, B. Saloy,
and CO. Nicolson.
We continue to quote: Exceptional CONNER
cial paper -@8 " cent per annum discount, Al
do at SOLO, aud second grade nominal. FIRST
class mortgage paper SOLO u cent per annum,
second grade entirely nominal.
Gold opened at 1l414 d114ss, against 1145s at
New York, and after y fair business closed at
11411aD114s4 (5sc higher than yesterday, against
1l45. in that market. The sales summed up
$4,000 at 114L., SIS 900 and $4,000 at 11411aa0
1145s, $1,000 and $4,000 at l1455ss, and $4,000 at
1l434.
No sales Of Silver were reported. American
half dollars were still quoted at 10411a9105l1aa,
and Mexican dollars at 80 gold for both new
and old.
Under the Improvement in gold at New York
Sterling was &c higher, equal to an advance Of
about 40 u cent, and francs Of I40I u cent.
The movement as Of fair extent. The sales OF
Sterling comprised $4,000, embracing $4,000 bill
of lading at 90 900 do at ISL, $4,000 do at 81,
f15OO. f25OO and f90t0 do at 5. 3d. $4,000 Al clear
and $4,000 and f13,0GO do and bill OF lading at
5.521sl5.54, flOOO bank at 5.5611aa, and $4,000 do
sight at 5.6u.
The sales of francs comprised 100000 CONNER
cial, embracing 1901 a. 4.55l4.543s, so eco and
1000 at 4 53s4, and %, 900 at -.
At the close ste, ling bills were quoted al
5.52la15 551 for bill of lading and Al clear. and
|-05,56L for bank (bank counter rate -O5 80
and francs at 4.55@4.53s4 for commercial and
nominal for bank.
The offerings Of New York sight were fair
and the movement liberal at unchanged rates
The sales comprised s305,000, embracing Sl5,.
600. 500 900 and s25, 900 commercial $780, 900 and
$4,000 private bankers, and $4,000 bank at
par. and $4,000 commercial, $4,000 private
bankers and $4,000 bank at 1872 y cent
premium. We also noticed sales of 5000 com.
mercial on Fall River at 4 u cent discount, and
$40 ,0cO do. on Boston at
The banks con inue to check on New York at
x % cent premium, and commercial sight il
still quoted st par.
The following is the official statement Of the
sales reported to-day at the New Orleans Stock
Exchange:
20 shares Carrollton Railroad Company. $50 so