New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-01-31
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CRESCENT OFFICE, No. 81 CAMP STREET
Tuesday Evening, Jan, 81 lSt6,

Crescent OFFICE, No "a CAMP STREET
Tuesday Evening. Jan. 81, lStt.
Our remarks the opening of yesterdays financial article
would without much alteration depict condition
the market to-day. Gold Exchange and Securities have been
in moder tie request ghou but there material
riuon any noticeable in the offerings and the move
melt unusually restricted character throughout
may be inferred from the suboined specific returns
The opened full ndvices from New York
hand which quoted in that market l3i Saturday
evening l5 Il NJ yesterday and l+J at the close OF busi
last evening" which eyucny showed an ADVANCE III that
market OF q 4 cent the operations of yesterday
market has respond the advance New York,
however and the movement for the day has been OF very
very restricted character but slightly enhanced price
as may be by the following statement OF the ac-
tual sale. for the day. viz: $1,000 at l39& s!OoO,
5000 SO 0, $1,000, Sl1,0Ol and $4,000 at 1893
$1,000 ut l3q $1,000 SoJy 40, $4,000 l0'a
Silver reslrc to SIuA halves at
1876 quote nUd ut 1872. l4O and Silver at Ei9
1856 for American halves and 39l4u for Mexican dollars The
gold shipped for this by the steamship George Cromwell
early pcc mber last amounting to S3000, was received
by the steamship k"egh The delay in delivery, rs
every knows caused by disaster to the former vessel
wnih compelled put into Charleston i'll distress Why
special hit Shuu not have to hand sooner
| more than conjecture.
FUKEIUN ENCHAhGE has been in exceedingly restricted
d last Offerings indicated no marked va
ru ion Us comprtd with previous but owing to the
principal buy Ing been ui the market, the movement
has been any thing, OF lin ted character hm here
turr have undergone hut little 'ataon howeNcr
ana the La! confined 10 the iUlu~i
rutous VIZ G} o. for gold 10, 7a $1,000 for DO at U
c3J H. egJUO IdnG Ls 1t llI2d $1,000 do ut lii
6 0J At l4% GlJUO 9, G5)OJ and eOJ at ig. $3.50
El58I4g4 and E40) iJJ Sat5 OF francs nave been cor
dped to vOW and . UoyC at 71t and o0O00 dIsiNJOf
the latter u.,evcr,I mo-t 7oi The runs quotation,
1T the close Of Ll,ucss this evening are, for sterling
I5l95l ut bank, bills !689& bill of Iadlns blls
46h @li7s buuK francs 72L Vg324G and outdoor frames
| 3 75G O. S0E
| DOMESTIC EXCHANGE has been very inactive to-day
cengs of restricted character from the open
Of the market, and the demand was AT no time
so active as for days PAST The banks yesterday
checked at irregular figures and both banks and bankers
bought upon they could obtain The following
the ouy sales Of private aud commercial thai
| have been brought notice, viz. : SlduJv
$4,000 and S25 900 New York sight, bought by
by bank Il q discount S6OJO $4,000 and
s75 oVo dit 4 u discount, and SOOUO Boston sight
at d sls 900, three days sight, at 4 {
cent discount and $4,000 and 5000 ditto q 4 Cent dis
| count We quote New York sight 4@h {. cent dis
bank and @h h cent discount out of DOORS tc
10 days 2t ti discount; 20 day S, Ia
r. cent discount, and 80 days Ea9Ih 4 dscolnt
| STOCKS AND BON DS-The ement in all classes OF
securities as almost wholly suspended last
Offerings little better than nominal throughout,
the nauiry confined few classes OF securities OF whict
the uurket entirely bare supply The only actua
sale that pircd lar Us have be otmed
| IS shares OF Merchants Bank stock at 70.
| uSCURRENT BANK NOTES have been stand still
t.oay Offerings we're insignificant character ad
NIT of heavy negotiations and demand but little bet
ter than from tue opening to the close OF the market
So far A, we have had an opportunity learn the only sal
that ransp red for the day 500 Louisiana State INK
n cents a dollar We however, still quote Bank OF New Or
leans Union Bank Crescent City Bank at $3.50 cents
Lou snna State Bank and Merchants hAnk at 73@6 cents
| and Bank Of Louisiana st 5HSs45 cents 2 dollar.