New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-01-25
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TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY a5 1855.
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Monday Evening, Jan. n. 1859.
The week opens in monetary matters very quietly
On the streets there have been sales Of hundred
and fifty thousand dollars in paper at the rate Of s
q 81 yet. for long Dated There was large increase
of offerings In bank the corresponding day last
week. In general business there was considerable
activity indicated by the large receipts of produce.
As we ntmated the line Of discounts with the banks
exceeds $4,000, 900, against sl75s5 $50 the
same day last year, and $780, ,233 the oath of
January, 1857. Last year cannot, however, be con-
sidered as standard consequently, we have to go
farther back and take 1857.
The Exchange market opened heavily to-day !;
moved along heavily, and closed $3.50, eliminating
in favor of buyers One or two banks drew their
sight balances extremely low on Saturday, and had
to go into market to supply their regular customers.
The counter rate for checks on New York to-day was
discount. Outside there was very little done,
and choice and good sight ranged from a dis.
We note sales Of 1000 five days sight at l5-Is one
days sight 1916 discount. Sales of sixty days at
q II discount were made, and transactions at /. q
and 2! discount were also in treaty, and believed to
have reached contract In Sterling the market was
exceedingly heavy, ruling altogether in favor of deal
ers, though there were sales for remittance at 1851
1854. Dealers buying rates were los q 1881, at
which figures there were many willing to sell. Bills
with shipping documents were taken at 1914 a 1914
and 1919. Francs quiet and dull at $50 a 5.232.
In Stocks there was very little done to-day. Some
few shares Of Canal Bank were closed at 1854. This
bank has recently sold two squares of ground situated
between the Canal and Jackson Railroad depot, for
fifty thousand dollars, oneqnarter cash, balance in
one, two and three years, with get. interest So it
is fixed fact there will be cotton press erected
adjoining the jackson Railroad depot for which pur-
pose these two squares of ground were purchased.
The late Major Beard appraised these squares after
the Jackson Railroad was opened at s45 OO0.-
The Board of Directors, to-day, of the Bank Of
Louisiana made half yearly dividend of five per
cent, payable on and after Monday, 7th of February
The annual election of Directors of the Bank was
also held to-day. The following ticket was returned
to serve for the present year:
Messrs. W. W. Montgomery, President; Michel
Heine, Of A. & NJ Heine, general merchants and ex-
change dealers John d. Marsh, retired mechanic ;
David Urquhart, of D. Il W. Urquhart. general COM
mission merchants L. F. Generes, Of Abat, Generes
&co stock and bill dealers; Washington Jackson of
Washington jackson Co., cotton factors; Jonathan
Montgomery, retired merchant: Henry Shepherd, it,
active merchant, connected by relationship with
some of our oldest citizens Henry Sullivan Buck.
ner !" Edward Chapman, retired merchant Chris
tian Roselius, lawyer; John Thornhll of Thornhill
Co.. cotton factors Felix Labutut retired merchant
The following gentlemen of the old Board go Out
by rotation Messrs. Ambrose Lanfear, w. Bogart
| J. W. Burbridge, Edward Shift and Levi PIERCE
This ticket is well calculated to aid the other banks
of our city. AS there was no use in opposing it, We
gave vote in its favor. We have, however, merely
to intimate that the Ajax must keep good look out
Halue of Importations Of Foreign Merchandise
through the Custom-H House, Ne,o Orleans, for thu
last quarters Of the calendar years 1858, 1857