New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-02-02
THE COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT.
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cRrscESr OFFICE, No. 70 Camp street, !
Friday Evening, Feb. |, lstG.

Friday Evening, Feb. l. ls5G. 5
srho eabe was very encouraging to-day though nothing
por,an has TRANSFERRED signs Of the times are of continued
ease and nrospery commercial and financial interests few
~ NJ c weather as we have to-day will speedily relieve
the trade of our city any further obstruction for this
At late to-day advces of the arrival Of the Arabia at
Halifax with week later received advising Of
nm cotton the progress Of negotiations
The in cotton places in about the position as
previous the arrival Of the Baltic. The
tirely which place any reliance though the
ported advance in cotton was based the favorable character OF
negotiations In the meantime do think safe
place reliance the intelligence and recommend our
community await its private dispatches and correspondence
We have change to in the general features Of our
Money Market Capital continues be readily supplied The
Banks have only moderate applications and confidence in the
future stronger They fight in Europe and 1t
will all pass harmless far New Orleans is concerned.
The negotiations Of to-day embrace about $4,000
Twelve months factors acceptances to 81 ninety days
paper and six dated 81 Good.second class
is freely taken at 10 irdrate Il to 49, and taking
general summing up do not find any variation for the
The Exchange market in general opened angudy this
ing though with some prominent bankers there
active demand than yesterday the The Banks
were selling at e TO q discount and private bankers at "a for
sight ~ for thirty days sight, and "a for sixty days There
was but little done in Sterling Bills with shipping
not offered freely, and they senug slight adj
vance has been obtained by sales at 6 clear bills within
quotations. We quote this evening
zy days On london x 5 adns @ cent
x,y 5ss On 5ss ans ssasss sIls 35
Sixty days New York, bankers bills. 22 p dis
Sixty days New York produce bills b dis
Thirty days sight New York bankers drafts. d dis
Three to 70 days sight general grade 14Gl3f + cent dis
Sight on Ne% YORK. street rates al cent dis
Sight New York. bankers drafts cent dis
For large amounts New York concessions will be
made and q fraction lower will be accepted The regular
quotations and sales at x dis On Boston and Philadelphia
sixty days rule from cent discount the latter an
On Western cities there is but fing demand.
Any amount however, Louisville Cincinnati and St Louis
be obtained from dealers Camp street. On the Atlantic
cities south Of Philadelphia there is nothing doing.
The Stock Market holds we'll Sales As shares Union Bank
to-day par Citizens is stiff 49, with offer
ing Nothing done in State today the transfer book is
closed till after the l1th inst In Bank of New Orleans
transactions Sales of Canal Bank have been made 109
Some foreign sockoder of 1000 shares of this Bank
ported have further for his dividends having deceased
reports gained circulation that this amount of
stock will be returned here for sale This probable
if this stock be sold it will be likely be here,
and foreigners have much disposition change lucrative
investment paying 10 anlm to be renvested in
England per cent, there probability Of any
good this time being returned here for disposal