New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-06-19
THE COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT.
Ntty OrItalts 5lontg Alarktt.
CRESCENT OFFICE, No 10 Camp street,
Wednesday Evening June 49, 1856.

dull to-day in moneyed circles Although the offer
ing In Banks heavy all good was passed. From the
large calls the Banks This week, it is peceiyabe that there
large of business doing, which, II 1t does not show
se readily ascertained from general observation
There large to-day going on board
water Bed River and Atakapas From our own
observation safely conclude that 10 long as
with the interior be carried there VIII be more or less
business doing. s,Ea D. * y 5s5
The telegraph to-day brought four days later accounts from
Erope which were received New York by the Arago from
Iavre AS there in the aggregate anything Of note In
operated by favorable or unayorabe ac
the other side the telegraph dispatches were
regarded as Of little value
The Exchange market to-day quiet There not much
Offering nor there only very limited demand Rates
tnue unchanged The Banks sold the par
New York and with private drawers there DISPOSE
ton eyinced to Iecedc from yesterdays With other
parties appearance apparent On the there
little doing, and sight ruled yesterday at u to Il
discount. In some quarters for heavy snnssay 2G0)
$4,000 slight concession might be obtained from the ruling
Five days sight taken r. and ten and fifteen days
sight from Il u discount The Banks continue buy
their Gus oners from ~ to ~ discount
In Sterling heard Of transactions. There is but little
demand for direct remance9 ~ the rate for investment
for remittance 9A o9s In bills with shipping documents,
we heard of nothing offering today Francs f Bankers
bills Paris direct taken BIB The Of the market
is from 529 to 55 although drawers ask 513 did
not learn of sale at that rate. 4f g.
The only operations in Stocks Al shares Poncartran
Railroad by the Sheriff 60 and 40 shares at private sale at
62L Bank shares are quo though negotiations
reported under treaty.
There is nothing doing in real estate, and the market is dor
There would be considerable doing in unimprovedif
could be obtained AS banks will not conntenance
paper based town and lots will money
lenders look land OPERATOR unless through two pair of
acles there probability of any transactions taking root
unless based on Legitimate and sound basis. a8se 5SB
The Of the New Orleans Jackson and Great Northern
Railroad secured by mortgage the Road which
nI,ptT
preparation We gave three weeks full
progress of the road and its general prospects
We happy being able to state that thing going
rapidly possible Some material aid is required push it
towards completion with CELEBRITY. No better oppo
uny prevails this time for the investment of few thousand
dollars by the property holders of city than the
bonds of this road they bear per cent interest
deemabe in thirty years. OF the faithful payment Of interest
remains shadow Of doubt and the general security
bonds far than the greater Of the Rail-
roads in Northern In respects the relative soy
of the Northern Western Railroad bonds will stand
but little comparison with those Of the jackson road Two
hundred dollars of the bonds aye been taken by
parties and 800 600 dollars have been taken
contractors par In payment for construction Of the road
THAT good commencement which is the main question: has
already made and hundred property holders will step
forward take only $4,000 each it will stimulate the
completion of the road through jackson months in nd
vance the expected time December s5T) There many
property holders who, if they cannot take $780, there
who take $4,000 more and not feel the Least
anxiety besides, they ext that they aiding great
work. which will enhance the value of every description
property within the limits Of city, and its influence
social commercial and financial extend and be felt in
most Iuxuriant and prolific cotton region in the world
The to-day brings advices from New Thurs
day last. Money was easy 5000 Louisiana six per cent
sold the Stock Exchange, the 18th Instant
$50
| The Times, of the 18th, says:
The abundance of capital Offering Wall street tenporar,
loan marked today than time since the
and supply set ill., There few of the commits
Stock Exchange make money inducement pc
And there quite as little disposition shown by the Rail
good plausible schemes urged their attention
Mercantile in request at CENT and the Banks
taking bills this running into September and
There is good demand also from outside lenders to
cent, to months prime The steamer Africa, TO
Liverpool carried out to-day $685. go in American gold Tn
shipment though large falls much below by the
SubTreaSry made further disbursements day
of S62600 The regular balance is down Sl
The Commercial Advertiser, of the 10th, says
There large business transacted foreign bills
transmission by the Africa steamer Of to-day In addition
the regular demand there has been call for remittance
of the Texan debt payments II is estimated that
this account The nominal range for bankers bills
lance beyond 1873 coinmerea bills iossS to l0ei On Par
the rates remained steady at st. to st. 6lt Hamburg
firm at Sc to BOZ; Amsterdam Al TO Az Bremen TO-
From Boston we have the following of the 10th inst
The market since last report has continued quiet for
kinds of merchandise but prices generally well
ing from per Exchange London Quiet at o.
cent premium for 60 day bills and Paris the rates
IFS l2tS to f5 l5
alteration the money market further than
increased demand for rscass paper per The di
houses busy employed yesterday in casting ntere
Only the signatures howeye
can be passed below per cent in the street.