The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-28

ut b42 a 543i for bill Of lading and Al
clear, and = a54Gl for bank, !bank
counter rate - u 547), and francs at 4.62A
for commercial, and nominal for BANK.
The offerings of New York sight were
Of fair extent, but continuing to meet =
good demand. commercial remained
stiff at previous rates. The sales com
prised $1G5, 900, embracing 1870, 900 COIL
mercial at 4 per cent. discount, $40 ,OOO
and $4,000 commercial, ana $2o,VVV,
$40, 900 and $25, 900 private bankers az
5-1G, and $4,000 and 81, 600 private bank
ers' and $25,OOO bank ut 9-32. We also
Providence at l.
The banks continue TO check on New
York ut | per cent discount, and COM
mercial sight was still quoted at 5-16.
The activity in stocks continued. The
sales included 100 shares Crescent City
Slaughter House at $12, 100 do. ut $14 ; 80
New Orleans Insurance Association, OK
dividend, ut $21 80; II Merchants Insu-
rance Company at $b5 rs, 20 and rs do.
at $3.50, large lots of st. Charles Street
Railroad Company, and New Orleans
Gas Light Company on private terms
$500 in Louisiana Lcvee Company, eight
per cent nino months notes, ut $b7. ana
Mt auction by Mr. Placide J. Spear, Tor
tLCCOuItU StIcCeSSlOJ DLlCIIbt8 DANVto'stot
80 shares Peoples Bank at $26 80; also
at the Stock Exchange, IS shares Mer-
chants Insurance Company ut $55 80.
City bonds continued active, particu-
larly for premium issues, which were
quoted vt tho close vt 32h, fully IA per
cent higher than yesterday. Currency
seven per cents ruled ut about 32k u -
for new, and 30 - for old, about / per
cent advance over yesterdays quota
tions: the difference Of ta4 per cent
between tho old and new is owing to
there being more interest due on the
ono than the other. City gold bearing
seven per cents were quoted ut 33 334
for the drainage, and 33A u 81 for the adj
ministration series; tho former rule
lower than the latter owing principally
to conflicting constructions or the act
under which they were issued.
The sales comprised $4,000 premium
issues, embracing $4,000, $4,000 and $1,000
ut 80, $4,000 and $4,000 vt 32t, $4,000 at
y22. 80, 900, $1,000 and $1,000 at 32h, and
$4,000, $1,000 and $4,000 ut 80; $23,0OO new
currency seven per cents, $1,000 ut ~,
and SIG, 900 and 900 at 32a, and S43,
900 city gold bearing seven per cents,
$4,000, $4,000 and $4,000 drainage scries)
at 80, and $25,OO0, mixed lot, ut "a.
The sales at the Stock Exchange com
prised $500 premium issues NJ 3it,
$500 do. Mt 80, $3.50 new currency seven
per cents at 30, and $1,000 city gold boar
Ing seven per cents administration
series) at 32A.
Yesterday we omitted to notice that
the only offer to sell to the city $t1 .OOC
wharf improvements, (7-3O per cents)
was by Mossrs. Eager, Ellertnan 20.
at 60, which was accepted.
New State consols were duH and closed
ut about 6GhM67, against 67gY6a yesterr-
day, / " cent lower. The sales includ.
cd SIC, 900 at 66t, $3.50 at 66a,' $50, 900 al
GA, and $15, 900 at 67a. The numerous
reports current yesterday about the
stOppage of the payment OF interest
abroad were generally .discredited
| In city scrip we noticed a notice sale
OF $4,000, in 1874 time, at A. Time IL
now quoted ut A. u As for August to De
cember, 1873, and July to December
1874, and 40 81 for June and part OF
| May, 1874.
Nothing transpired in metropolitan
Police warrants. They now rule ut 9lA Q
g2A for 1872 and 1884 issues, but con
tinue entirely nominal for 1859 anc
1912.
No sales OF State warrants were re
ported. Fundablc are now quoted at ~
u 4S; not fundable at "a -, and 1874 Is
sues ut IS u 40.