New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-03-17
gw @rtans 9ay Crescent Tharsday sornna aareh H. 1859
Nth Orleans DaiIp Gr,sttrt.
THURSDAY MORNING. MARCH II, 1859.
Ntm 0rltaus Hlonsg M(arka.
cREs.rsr OFFICE, No. 70 Camp stree.

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Wednesday Evening, March is 1852
It commenced raining at an early hour in the day,
and continued moderately through the day. Business
circles were somewhat enlivened by the intelligence
from Liverpool of the I'd inst brought by the City of
Washington, arrived at New York. The commercial
advices are altogether favorable. The political intel
lgence is decidedly warlike. If Austria and France
intend to fight, it is hoped they will go at it mme-
dately. The it is commenced the quicker it
will be ended. These warlike reports by every
steamer serve to keep people on the tenters. Our
money market is not Influenced in no manner by
European intelligence. Our money lenders and capt.
talists do not regard the freaks of Mr. Emperor Of
Austria, or the pranks Of the potentate of France
They purchase paper, sell Stocks trade in bonds, adj
good collaterals buy and sell shares just the
same as though there were no such kingdoms as
France and Austria the surface Of the globe. In
the way of paper to-day we heard of loans on mort
gage at IL to Is months being taken at the rate Of u
get. y annum
The exchange market was very sparsely supplied
to-day. The counter rate for checks on New York
was steady at dis. outside, and buying rates dis.
though double drawers held at the same rate as
the figures, though conceding when large sums were
proposed for. Sixty days sight pretty steady, and
market tending in favor of sellers. We quote II for
choice and selected names, lt@12 for good COM
mercial names, and l2@ls and for good to fair.
There were also round sums Of sight closed at 716
dis, and sales Of five days sight, in three parcels in
all $50 900, at dis. Sterling advanced or rather
stifened in respects Higher asking rates pre-
vailed without being responded to by dealers. We
have to quote clear bills from 1885 @lOS3 up to 100.
Bills with documents to some extent were taken at
1Osl1l0s7. We have to quote at from 1Os@10s5.
We did not learn of any movement in francs, and
continue to quote at 5.22.@5.2o up to 5.lsl@5.l5.
Stocks continue in favor. Within the past two
days 5O4 shares Bank of New Orleans have changed
owners. To-day there sales of 37l shares, COM
mencing on Monday at 1033, and closing to-day at
l04@l044, with some small lots closed at l044
There was further sale of City Bonds to-day, en-
dorsed by the Opelousas Railroad, at s53.
There were some complaints to-day regarding the
proposals for insurance the steamer Coatzacoalcos
now en- route from New York. The proprietors of
this ship, on her first voyage, and intended for
the Tehuantepec route, desired to effect insurance
here, where the vessel is in part owned. We learn
that the proposals met with some rebuff, which it
will be well for the Board of Underwriters to inves-
tigate, or possibly some explanation will be received
from One of the Board" In the meantime, we de-
| fer further remarks. We are willing to give the
| Board a full chance.
The value of the foreign trade of our city in the
way of exports exceeds that of New York from one
years end to another. Gold is now considered Just
as much of commodity and production of the United
States as cotton and tobacco consequently, the
gross exports from New York may exceed in amount
those from New Orleans. We occasionally export tc
Europe silver bullion and CON- but our real gold con-
ssts in cotton sugar and tobacco. Having given the
regular exports from year to year, compiled from
public records we now append the value of exports
of domestic produce hence for the last year. COM
mencing with the quarter ending the 3Oth Decem-
| Der, 1858:
EXPORTS OF PRODUCE Of the grorth the
from the Port and District Of Neu Orleans for the quarter
ending The Slst December, 1855 foreign countries