New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-10-19
New York Markets.
b We yesterday morning received the New York
Price Current of the 18th instant, through in
course Of mail We extract prettY freely

Price Current of the 18th instant, through IN
course Of mail We extract pretty freely ::
with more active demand for Money the pressure in
trade circles has felt with Increasing rgor since the
date last and business Of all kinds much con-
tracted The embarrassment consequent upon the pro-
tracted stngeney in the Money MARKET and the recent
be in the depressed condition OF trade and the low rates
which Stocks selling those hafes that are re-
gardd above suspicion Good diyidendpaying Stocks
are in some Instances selling at ruinous discounts from
the par value and even at the low rates current
but little lest 70 @ ~
are anything, increasing and scarcely any paper no
matter now prime, having over two months to mature
be negotiated at the Brokers' offices on better terms
than per cent month, and we hear of soms very
good parties paying one and half and two per cent.
Money market continues thus stringent One gratifying
feature in prospective financial condition however is
the material dimnution of our imports Of Dry Goods
The dun and unsatisfactory condition of the trade for
the past six months has entaed heavy losses upon the
importers and they are now very wisely curtapg their
Forei9n Orders. s
The new Assay Office on Wall street commenced opera
lions yesterday Several deposits Of California gold per
Northern Light were received The ofiee mas force
enough to melt mud refine daily about half millions
worth Of gold which is three fouths Of the power OF the
Philadelphia Mint The value Of the deposits Is ascer-
tanned in day and the depostors receive the day
after making their deposits warrant for the value either
In bars coin certhcstesthe latter taken for duties
or payable at the sub-Treasury.
Under the head Of Freights which are unusu-
ally low there we find the following, showing
that we are going to have the old Dramatic
line here, ships that before the era Of steam
| were looked upon as the masters of the At
| lantic. esvs@
The shipping interest continues much depressed and
there unusually large number Of uneugaged vessels
in port Tho unsatisfactory condition Of the carrying
trade having the effect to restrict ship building bott
here and at the Eastward most of the vessels nov
on the stocks in this City vicinity contracted fol
year ago. before the trade became depressed and wher
Money was plenty and materials cheaper. Builders gen
orally refuse take contracts at the present low
rates offered We understand that three of the ships
the Dramatic Line of Liverpool packets viz the Garriek
Siddons and Sheridan hare recently changed hands at
will be employed by Mr. z, Stanton in the New Orlean
trade The vacancies in the Dramatic Line will be short
Iy CLOSED by addition Aevora and first elias
| vessels, two of which will be ready in o few weeks.
| Corrosive notice slightly increased demand sine
our last issue mainly for home use, and without any
ual improvement in prices there is more tone to ths
ket. For export the demand continues light, OWN
mainly to the fact that quotations above the par
ty Of foreign markets, particularly that of Liverpool
The sales for the three days include 1900 bales the
ket closing firm at quotations. Receipts at all the Port
since first September. 81 754 bales against 7oe2 las
year increase of 2T662 bales Total export for tn
same time, 55007 bales against 100 last year. an in
crease Of s5S7 bales, We quote ~