New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-08-13
THE COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT.
8eU Orleans 8louev NlarAtt.
CRESCENT OFFICE, No. 70 Camp street, I
Tuesday Evening, August l2, 1856.

L Tuesday Evening, August IL, 1856.
The king still holds nndisprted sway over our city
The present weather may continue for week. may
We have had such weather many times before and we
may have il lereafter nevertheless there considerable
activity the streets today, whether 1t resulted advantage.
ouy, cannot say From tie heightened do Of the
Storm and from partial accounts already hand serious fears
entertained of its extent and that great part the
region has been subject to its effects which constrained
to believe not Of that character which encourage
heavy yields of either cotton or sugar.
The week opens quietly in oneyc circles Money continues
abundant for all business movements The calls the Banks
within their income, though and then Of them
have much larger offerings than their receipts The receipts Of
all the Banks ut this of the year of small
compared to other seasons.
Al paper continues TO be placed at s cent for such
natures the other side of January and for longer dated
per cent Although there but few buyers in market yet
sufficient number appear TO keep up competition.
There is blt li,e doing Stocks Holders firm at
quotations of last Saturday There have been gales only Of six
shares Of Louisiana State Bank at $40 80 shares Canal Bank
stS 10 shares Bank Of New Orleans l03 and 10 shares
of the price There is Bank Of Louisiana
on the market Mt Sl5l dividend off. ia. 'E vi.
The Louisiana Bank paid its sixty fourth dividend
day. and The present sema operations with
surplus Of $55DO0 fraction Of twenty-five per
above its capital. -..-.I~ .-.u.
Nothing of Importance has TRANSFERRED in Exchange Drawers
all round very firm Il premium for checks New York.
sale of secondcass sight is made and then H. and
perhaps fraction less. There is nothing indicative the
large sale Of three days sight made at Il prem Sixty
days sight, both Boston and New York. Some Of
the Banks purchased today at The range good
commercial bills from ol2z discount and very difficult to
meet with fair bills IA Bankers hold l dis,
according to wanted and who The buyer may
be- Nothing doing in Sterling. and inactive il the market
that me must omit quotations for this evening Francs without
change, the range being from 5lG45I3 On other places
North East and West rates nominal AT the time
those in wait Of Western funds obtain them Camp
street prices which will obvae The trouble Of removing
from this 10 that place .g<
The steamer Texas from Vera Cruz which arrived yesterday,
brought 100000 Mexican dollars There been no
decidedly ofish this moment and do
Nautilus, shourly expected with further amount which may
increase the quantity the market s2)oCj0 and
there only buyers within the range Of O5 they may
control the sales.
The annual of the Union Bank Of London (Eng }
for TINT city The report which have had access gives
the following of the 18th annual report. 1t says:
The directors have present their 18th report
congratulate the proieors the prosperity which has
timed TO attend their operations 1t will be from the
neHed balance sheet that after payment Of all charges and the
and deposit accounts and after allowing G 6 Tor
bate of bills due the profits Of the year ending the
Both of June last Gl2lll2 being slightly in
Of y the padup capital The directors de-
clare dividend of per cent? and bonus Of cent for
the last six months which, with the dividend and bonus paid
January last amount to s clear Of income for
Of the reserved fund After payment of the dividend
bonus for the year. amounting TO 0O9 and adding ELS 00O
Condition Of the Baos Of Nee Orleans The Saturday If each
'1eeh from He LIST September, 1855.