New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-15
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TUESDAY MORNING, MAY Is, 1865.
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Monday Evening May H. 1851 {
The effect on the New York Gold market of the
decline in United States 5-2Os in London from III
on the 10th nit. to G808s4 on the Sd inst, as an
nounced by the steamships City of Paris and Ger
mania, was exhibited in our regular dispatches
which quoted Gold at 1904 in the New York mar
ket at IL NJ. to-day, against 1881, which was tbe
rate in that market at the same hour on SATURDAY.
1t is hardly necessary to say that the inward
movement at New York has been ayailed Of here
as rates have gone up from l283@l294 to 1870
Dl3O5. The movement also has been mucb larger
than heretofore, and the subtoined reported sales
nave been satisfactorily verified viz $4,000 at 1923:
S33OO at 1881; $4,000 and $4,000 at 1898 $4,000
SSOO0 and S28OOO at $780, $1,000 81 900 $l2 900 and
$lJOOO at 1904 J.; $4,000 at l305 and $1,000 at l3l.
NO sales Of any Importance have transpired in Sill
yer, except $4,000 Spanish doubloons. rated at
Sl5 80, at 1881, and we now quote Gold at 1870
C9l3O5, and Silver at 1l70l20 for American coin,
and l3O8l3l for Mexican dollars.
FOREIGN EXcHANGE-The movement in foreign
ols has disclosed increasing firmness to-day, but
u mas not resulted in any material advance. The
market was fairly supplied throughout but the
demand was at no time active or general and
operations have been confined to the following
actual sales, viz $4,000 and $1,000 Bill of Ladug
Bills at 1873 $500 and $1,000 Clear Bills at 1873:
f2OO0 at 1879; &l7OO at 14O; $1,000 and G25OO at
l42; $4,000 Bank Sterling at 142I, and $500 do.
at l43. Sales of Francs have been confined to
4OO0Of at 40S}f,; 100000 and As ,OOOf. at 3.97Bf;
60O00f at 3,0jf., and 100000. sold by Bank at
$500. We now quote: Bank Sterling, l42Cal43:
Clear Bills, l39@l41; Bill of Lading Bills, 1861
1873; Bank Francs, 3,97403.95f., and outdoor
Francs 4.0504.O0f.
DOMESTIC EXCHANGE-There has been no quo
table variations of any kind disclosed in the move
ment in Domestic Exchange to-day. Offerings of
private and commercial were at no time much
peter than nominal, and the demand at bank for
remittance purposes was much smaller than at the
. close Of the previous week The following com
prise the whole of the purchases BY banks and
bankers, since our last, viz SIS 900 and *53 900
New ork sight at }, and 10 900 do. at per cent.
premium. The closing quotations are 3@4 per
cent premium at bank and 5D3 per cent. pre-
MUM out Of doors, for sight checks on the
northern cities
n STOCKS AND BoNDs-The inquiry for most of the
leading securities continues active, and the ten
dency Of prices is steadily in favor Of holders.
Offerings of faVorite descriptions show very
marked falling off, however, owing to the recent
heavy sales and the present high ruling prices,
ttN'SA
supplies, awaiting still higher figures. Transac.
tons since our last include 100 shares of city rail
road stock at 2OO4, Is do at 2OO3, Sc do. at pol,
16 do. at 2O13, and 4, Is, 25 and 26 do at prices
that have not TRANSFERRED; also 200 do Bank Of
Louisiana at 10, 10 do. Union Bank at 515, and IS
do. Bank OF New Orleans at 4O3.
UNcURRENT BANK NorEs, ETc.-There has not
been sale Of any magnitude reported to-day in
the issues of the several banks in liquidation and
the market still continues in the condition repre-
scented in Saturdays article. Operations in Insur-
ance Scrip have exhibited considerable increase,
however, and we herewith subioin statement of
the principal operations to-day for the perusal of
interested parties, viz $4,000 Home Insurance
Company of 1861, at roc; $4,000 Crescent of 1860
and 1865, at 76c.; $1,000 Sun of 1863 and 1861, at
76c and $500 Citizens scrip of 1858 and 1862, at
6jC. per dollar