New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-03-07
THE COMMERCIAL. DEPARTMENT.
gltlu OrIealIs 1fl0lley flarhtt.
CRESCENT OFFICE, No. 70 Camp street, !
,ul......tIa IL ,:ntiiiil. March & lE5i. 1

Tn the general features of the money market to-day
change routine of te&past three days Capital is
easy Of access a, Icr good long dated to ~
for good second grade and IL to l2foroter names decline
of fully x per cent has esablisedsnce the close Of last
week. -
Te stock market under ,e pentifuness of money con,
tnues inward Tie sales to-day comprise 1916 aes Of Bank
Of New Orleans parcels from lOl 40 shares Of
ouana State Bank at l33 There also sale Of 100 shares
of Bank Louisiana sad to be at 152 the highest price yet
attained, and holders of Canal Bank were asking H. 1t
very doubtful what usesnoney be applied now that
nay Canal Bank this rate. If holder
20 he put his money in Blink and look at it just for the
pleasure Of weo not perceive how
better interest," and with the stocks Of the
ban-,hey all good for per per alnun diyien
and that is more than can he realized in paper1 IL
There was no change in the market to-day for Exchange
The quantity offering is above the demand though
Of the Banks selling checks New York freely I dis
count there good supply TO- be had outdoors
three to five days sight "a ten days percent dis thirty days
"a Other grades of time bills offering at ~ and
with bankers bills at "a Foreign Exchange does
respond the sales made in New York. and to-day
but little from yesterday About 800 bales bills adn drafts
were taken today at IL Wequoe the range from that to "
and ~ Clear bills offered at andSS, and
freely We quote to S6 and the extreme Francs dull
$50 10 52J with bankers drafts Paris direct being
taken 5232t and 5.22z The market closes with supply
equal 10 the demand. s.-u a
In the published statement in the official paper Of the
mens of the Board Of Currency has into the
Of Loans Of the Canal Bank its Stock The amount
dead weight business according to the report to the
Legislature. The So shareb-say for $685.
a very moderate amount. 2 r. ~.
The receipts Of Mexican dollars have bcen pretty large to-day
yesterday. The Nautilus arrived this morning
from Brazos St Jago, brinngn s76Ia2 The schr. Edward
Barnard frcn Tlmpico, arrived last night with sol ,63 sc
Minna shier Brazos with $1,000 Total Fl ,o32 The
highest offer heard Of o4S The Mint srepor;cd
to be buying. ~
1t most too late in the day question very great
the Railroads State. That they be made
through the hickes Of Cypress of the most
character and carried bayous and creeks at far less
pense than the tnnen Of mountains and rocks in Northern
States also definitely settled The Opeosas and Great West
Railroad being in operation the Btf river seventy
three miles from the depot in gie begins to exhibit its great
advantages by the increase of patronage which is observed in
the following statement:
Earnings of tile Opeousas Railroad for the month Of Feb 1856
Upward Freight 81 7S2 IS
downward Freight ..-...,...:.....-. Il ~ 81
Passengers 6324 ~
s2o5sc. %
Earnings for the month Of February, 1856: y 81
Freight .ss3s0 Is ,,oo 70
s7,465 as
This shows of ffyseven per for the last
month the corresponding month Of last at which time
the road was working only hfty~o miles.
The following is HE quantity Of produce transported last
4o52 hls sugar 1890 barrels and half olases;
l49 bales moss II bales cotton.
We have 9th rl;., which say;
The Exchange the closed heavy
and sterling sold at II cent lower than the extreme
Bank bills sold at per cent and some bankers
the The leading houses however
% per There fair supply of cotton bills
On the market. Francs steady at 522 10 biz.
We heard often that of the political parties
of country strongly opposed against bank notes,
party favor of paper currency When
look into the system Of banking conducted through
the United States do discover any difference in The
parties both willing deal in hank Stocks perform tho
of Bank Directors, there any credit
tache either Of the old parties for foness Of paper
old Democratic party will have the advantage the following
statement, taken from late report the Secretary Of tbs
| Treasury, shows
| STATEMENT SPECIE IN USITEl
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