New Orleans daily crescent., 1861-12-14
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I ii GRgscss4 HsyisE No, 10 Camp street.
N & Esss S Ss Is riday Evening Deg. Is, 1881
The bank movements to-day were light Som,
few new discounts, were made and enewala swers
7 granted. The indeb btedness Of the community Il
the banks ii being Sedueed from week tosweek
and now greatly below that Of last year at this
time 300 now against s23, ,too foi
the same time iast year decrease Of "a 500, 900.
This great falling off this actual decrease Of paying
up should admonish all that if, with only moderate
legislation, the great and varied interests financial
commercial and social +-are in d. strong position
ana gfye indhbftabls assnfancas that The banking
interest worthy of The most liberal Indulgence on
the part of the aushorisea. We have no room nol
space to enter into j review of political economy
and have only to say that DO iar as the general
local, paper and money market rims, there is very
little paper being made, and very little offered
that first, class and good NOR securities can
be placed at from 100 i2 md occasionally at
S3ct.y while On the other hand good commercial
paper cannot be placed better than 1gS92 and 21
yet. PER month Promising thai there ID no regular
business which can sustain these rates, 1t might as
well be summed Up AT once that there Is no regular
paper market hat the redaeton Zone very pro.
perly carried ont the rates Of interest IS due to
the very great scarcity Of tangible paper, such as
may be turned into ready money ID the course Of
4 few minutes. The iine of deposits Of the banks
show that there are now nearly $40, COO, 900 I'M
employed III onr elty, apparently 10, though the
actual amount idle capital would not be safe to
place above 10000, 900. How much Of this be-.
longs to insurance companies and beneficiary as
sociations and rch planters, we cannotsay. The
general deposits Of the banks today were actually
s6, 900 in excess or above the correap aponding
date of last year. s .S ss If 4 I "a 81 ss
The general paper mariet offers nothing for
special comment this evening. The tonsorial ope.
rators have either not come ort from their summer
are sti ruatiaating on the profits Of the
cent per cent. Of days passed. III fact there is no
life, not the least animation among cent. per cent.
or tofsors, and we conclude, with reason, that
their movements are greatly circumscribed under
The present disturbed state pf the country. gl
The stock and share market continues lively and
animated Dividend paying shares continue To
advance. Among the sales noted to-day we're
some pareelsaof City Railroad at I75G1l77; 100
shares 81 Bank of New Orleans at 9sa, and so
shares At ss, f0nsHares Crescent City Bank IN sTS
. few shares of State Bank at 1853. VI,
There Is "a good inquiry for Insurance scrip of
the old Offices at from 6s17o and 75. The Interest
on the same Sg Oct, per annum1 is safe, very safe
for this season. The business Of all Insurance
companes Il most seriously Affected by The war.
and, ~ course, the usual interest, which is safe
enough, ana sure to Be paid, il about as much as
insurers, and scrip dealers can expect
this season The price Of scrip, even under the
Redundancy Of money, is extremely well main
tanned. " s s @ q
We annex Our weekly quotations Of the New
Orleans stock market: