New Orleans daily crescent., 1861-06-19
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Tuesday Evening, ahs s 70, i0ei VI, ,
Summer quietness ruled supreme Ve,oas. We
might az we'll say st once there was llotilhS uons'
In and about the banks silence ana ttanqulilty pre-
vailed. The banks might as Wen close AZ O'Clock
P. HI. as not The officers and employees might pc
doing the country good service during the extra
hour. Under the present stagnancy OF business
they merely set at their desks looking at each
ether. We are asked, why does not the bahh u
Louisiana or Citizens Bank move at once ana ciose
at O'Clock P. NJ 2 The other banks Wonio, WIN
out Doubt follow. True, the venerable fresioeht q
the State Bank says he would hardly Know now 10
pass the extra hour Of retirement, from 70 l. M
The State however, requires the ad Oh all us GU
zens during the present crisis. Ihere are many
attaches and officers OF our puohc lhshtotiohs "ho
can promote the great cause OF me oou'h oy oeihs
relieved Of their special dunes al an carry hout'
The question Of closing at : O'Clock may wen 'Leh
be considered as Ct one connected WIN tne mo
menteus interests ot the natlon'
We have nothing to say apou' the money anu
paper market Some oi the oahhs are IN iozit,'N
70 discount 70 the eAselit u theI us's iooAhe w
yond renewals At some o. me panhs tnere are no
payments making peyona renewals Which mean means
paying an old obligation BY new one. IN TINS
1T is hardly fair for some parties to avail them
selves of the free disposition Of mandators' and pay
only interest," not curtailing to the amount of dol
lar. few small sums of factors paper are passed
ata@2a s9ct per month. There are very few per-
sonsswiling to accede to these figures. protest
does not carry with it any ignominy in crisis of
the present kind, though sensitive parties look on
such a course as applying to themselves with ter
ror.
a most favorable contrast in favor of our city
presents itself IN comparison to New York In
that great metropolis merchants, jobbers, traders
and mechanics are failing and suspending by
dozens every day. They are, however, only feel
ing the beginning IN New York, Phiiadeiphia and
Boston. In the small cities through the Northern
States the war is pressing with real severity New
Jersey manufacturers will be efectually used up.
AS they have sown, SO must they reap.
The Exchange market today was dull, scarcely
sale transpiring. One party did sell draft on
Paris direct for one hundred and ten francs at 500
Another party sold some checks on New York for
remittance to the West at par In sterling we did
not learn Of a transaction The sales of sterling
quoted in our last were at l0O@, instead of lOOl,
the error arising from the question of brokerage.
No movements in stocks. One of the miscel-
laneous associations appears to be doing thriving
z nhsliless. Ane l'lfeetors' Vi G1e Hul bFy Doch
have declared dividend of 4 Act for the last six
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lholtlis' v , hcn, WIZ ~ get ~ DeceAloef Aast'
figures up 10 yet. for the last twelve months-a
very profitable and good paying association.
rrhe Congress Of the Confederated States nassed
an aes pton'oitsns uep'ois iesiuiiig - 'ne 0Ou1h
from paying dents TO enemies. rms IS IN con
fornity to rules and laws Of war, which have been
coevaii,vtb All belliperents from time immamoria1
IL, ss. ii, - r,
iuiIy estaol.steu autins. Tue war pet"een france
and Great Britain and Great Britain and the old
United States during the first fifteen years Of the
s,,rasant centnrv Tho nrasent attit1da If eran+.
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thereioIe' feslue1s oi ne" oEleahs owing
money 70 alien enemies, which means all debts
due or becoming due in the Black Republican
gta+es from IA gin, The sama Ma is Il a1ioad a.
- 5o,s.s as.irsot.z r. - W ~
Pay usnts v ooiieetots WY are no" rowing, as IL
were, through the South. We have before re-
marked that parties receiving notes or accounts
from the alien states arc hound to ratnrn tbon al
~ III oai,aat
o - So -. - Y - "son'o'
that they are liable to prosecution for attempting
to collect debt for account of residents outside of
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