New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-12-28
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Crescent OFFICE, No. 70 Camp street, I
| Thursday Evening, Dec. q, 1855.
The weather cloudy raw and In general partook
entirely too much Of the North Pole either comfort In
the early part Of tbs day for commercial and financial
TRANSACTIONS to which Inconvenience be added the
non-arrva Of the mails due for three days past paricu-
larry as the European letters of the 9Th inst the Asia
were due to-day. At a late hourit announced the
boat from Mobile had arrived hut 1t proved to be the
boat due yesterday, have only dates conforming
thereto.
On the levee and landings business is unusually lively
and brisk In the general city there has not been
so much doing to-day This Lspland weather only avors
coal and wood merchants In the general produce
kets there is no change other than ssispipg ad
vance In freghts The stock of cotton now Is only ten
thousand bales less than in the Of grsatnes1s2
and 1885, and there are eighty sail Of more in
port than at that time, and twenty sail ess than at
this time last year. We are however, only short 10
cotton forty Thousand bales 1s52 True there are
larger quantities Of -four and grain go forward and
WIFI tne large and vessels expected do
perceive any real grounds for increase in freghts
The receipts in cotton will fall of materially for the next
twenty days from all shipping places the Mississippi
after that there may be slight increase but the
heaviest and largest weekly receipts have market
Inere was no change in the general feature Of Money
matters to-day other than downward tendency in Ex-
change Good commercial paper having ten and twelve
months to run, was placed at Q per cent Lenders
are firm In their demands with come preferring TO let
tnel money remain idle than to accept of below
In good second grade operations made at 10 and 2
per cent The Banks cautious about extending
their long loans yet they discount good psper within
ninety days and learn that of 100000 offered one
day this week In of the Banks was none
longer Than nifty days to run This should infer was
preparing for the great day-the 4th Of January
In compliance with the Recommendation Of the Cover
nor through his proclamation the Louisiana State Bank
gives notice that will be closed Thursday the Sd of
the DAY designated day Of Thanksgiving and
That all payments maturing that day must be taken
up the day preceding. The other Banks are in doubt
acting under the impression that the law does not
nlZe Thanksgiving day suspension Of business
though it does Good Friday By Northern States
IL 10 duly recognized and in those States where the law
mas not sanctioned suspension Of business has had
the same effect as regular statute Our Banks will one
and ALL we presume. determine during the week
Inere was but little doing in Exchange to-day
from new ORE OF decline in Sterling to 1885, and los
had their Influence and caused general cessstion in
efatons No doubt the decline in New York was in par
BY the stampede last Thursday in the
as the great extent of Exchange dealings in our c;tv
making an influence all markets. There was potbnt
zone In bis OF ading and we omit quStaons For clea
os there was no offer above for good Names in fac
some hrst clear bills have been offered at tx ytbons
nnding buyers and for this evening must omit
quotations Francs rule from 5321z to sos and inse
i've. In New YORK funds there but few operation 81
were selling to their customers the rate of tb
Wsek say dis and u for large sums some drawe, sb
outside willingly selling at Il and per CT dis and GOO
bankers drafts could be had to any amount
rates For sixty day bills there were sales of sp
ers drafts at "a discount though some declined Ia II
under tx and l-but this is an extreme in the nj a.
sent situation Of the market There were large oerin
Of produce bills at 50 days the general rate rud P
rom ~ to "a per dis and We heard of one sale Sc
$3.50 - soae eate A Sc
~ per Ct day or two will determine whether GO d. Sc
must still further decline or remain statu quo e.
Ihere was but little done I'M Stocks to-day Some Be Sc
u New Orleans has passed at about 9s!-lQo shares
yesterday and 100 to-day The transfer book of the Ga,
Bank is closed till after the payment Of dividend
orox.
General Statement Of te Nto Orleans Canal and gan,s
on the 24th December, 1856