New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-09-25
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sGgEscESr OfPIcE No 10 Cam street
re- Tuesiay Evening Sent "a, 1861
There have been some light movements in the
paper during fine past two days, bnt not Of
sufficient import 10 enable US to say there is a
money The street was all agog to-day in
regard to tie arrival Of the French corvette
steamer u the river below the forts The arrival
:eF Ole announcement thereof, ala not change the
course of things. If il had been promulgated that
French merchant steamer had arrived viii, 4
cargo Of merchandise, say one thousand bales Of
blankets and other truck, our good citizens would
have been ID perfect blaze III excitement.
There vas, however, "a local excitement il ana
around THE State Bank. Some few thousands Of the
new issues of one and tive dollar notes were paid
out this morning, and ~ meridian there we're
dozens Of rs calling for them. Gold was freely
offered b sums u five and ton dollars for them. IA
further Issue viii be- ii readiness tomorrow. The
Bankof Louisiana viii also commence to-rlofrow
tc make al issue. They move with extreme eau
Ton and slow il and about tile Old Ajax, This
y net owing, however, to a want Of disposition to-
Issue the notes, Inf from the physical impossbity
q fhe PRESIDENT, pro tens, to sign his name with
me raplfitT reqairad to meet The calls for small
notes IN other respects the supervision moves
along very quietly add smoothly. The public is
becoming aeiled to the movement, and the
future Course of time viii reveal the fact that The
srspension 1T cain ments by our banks has been
the salvation 81 and the happiest event for the vel
faresof the Confederate States.
As regards the vaennm oil atty cent denoutina-
items IT has been uggesed to cut the one dollar
notes in two. This proposition is met bv bank
officers with the strongest yehelnence and onposi.
sion All the half dollars in the city have not been
aN1 mad h.y3ln AID
hearth stones, as was the#case with some Of our
citizens ii the eventful campaign OF tlsl4., Is,
Silver half dollars fell off to-day Brokers did not
seem inclined u pay last weeks rates, say sns u
ct prem treasury notes and city bank issues being
The standard ofsourrency, American gold is in re-.
quest and Oct has been paid for it, assutn-
ing treasury and our bank notes as the basis II
standard w 5ays
II our Branch Mint was III operation at this time
4 could be turning cut change il sufficient SIMS 10
meet all the wants d the Southern Republic. All
immense aunt Of silver ware which, BY -thebye,
has Lost It'll efect would be sent to Lie Mint u be
returned II small silver change but as the Mint il
not working the favorable disposition Of dozens Of
our bankers, citizens and merchants to counterfeit
the withdrawal of small change is annniled.
There was q stinening in the exchange market.
49, $50 - eivEu = WIN ~ ouSit tHUut pT0paply
for remit purposes, to be forwarded BY pri.
vate mail TO leave in day or two for some Of the
British doninions We quote sales Of sterling on
The Street at lQs@I08s Banks ask higher, say ll2
piuns frallea are quiet. IA sale has been made
at.b.25. We quote from 5.l6 Gl5ss0.
IN stocks and bonds there ia some disposition to
operase. To-day we note sales of % shares City
Isaiiroad stock at 100 and $40 900 Of Confederate
assct bonds at SO. ss Il
WHAT'S the real value Of snnehsof The ornaments
and jewelry now worn, and supposed to be gold,
may ne gathered from the following remarks \: sal
really ssall is not gold that gIitters g 8
The facts are obtained from a gentleman an.
ployed by the Government In the Assay (lf6ea
New York. Niue-tenths of the soscalled q roiJ
ornamsn ts,n bracelets, pins, rings, chains. efs
worn BY both sexes, may be fairly estimated 10
contain. on an average not over 20 S9et. Of real
gold. Large lots OF geld ornaments, estimated by1
their owlefs at value of sixteen dollars to tI,e
ounce, not uhfreauently return a twentieth. and
seldom over a tenth OF their supposed value In
HE article. Of gold watches the most enormous
rands are pefpefrated. Scarcely one In hundred l.
If the gald watches for sale in the stores, and ID
,rodigaliy worn by Young America, y is worth 10
sct above theseost Of nanufacture. IN the sale of
lverwafe the same deception is practiced, though
ot 70 so great an extent. a large lot9of table
rare lately purchased from an extensive Broadway
ealer, and guaranteed to contain 90 get. pure
liver, upon test showed deficiency CT IL yet. be-
Nv stated value. In still another case, a gentle-
IAN deposited with O leading manufacturer of
lyer gare quantity Of Mexican dollars to be
ads INTO forks ndspoons of q specified value, 30
' T p,1ge silver Subsequent examination proved
'ss'AsS % aearly 30 get.
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