New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-19
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Friday Evening, May 49, 1866
The movement in financial circles to-day has dis
closed material variation of any kind in rates Of
Gold, Exchange or Securities. The Gold market
was quiet but firm throughout the early part of
the day. After the publication of the evening
papers, which announced a decline in the New
York market at IL M. to-day, some weakness was
observable, however; but the subsequent receipt
of private dispatches, reporting reaction and
improvement in the Northern market, had a
reassuring effect, which was manifested by
an increased demand and stiffening of
prices towards the close of the market. The
operations for the day have been in the following
order, viz $4,000, $500, $780, $4,000, $780, and
100000 at 1904 $4,000 and $l2 900 at 1304 $4,000 at
1909; and s5OOO $500O $4,000, $4,000, $4,000, $4,000
and 100000 at 1909. Sales of Silver included 1000
Mexican Dollars at 1914, and we still quote as fol
lows viz Gold at l3O@l3OB, and Silver at ll70lzo
for American COIN and 130@l3l for Mexican Dol;
lars.
FOREIGN ExCHANGE-The movement in Sterling
and Francs exhibits but little, if any, increase.
The market is but poorly supplied and the demand
is limited and irregular. We subjoin the opera
tons for the day, as follows: $4,000 bill OF iadlng
bills at 1885, El5O0 clear bills at 139: fz5O0 at l4O;
f57OO at I4Ob; $4,000 at 14l $4,000 at l42 E3OOO
at 1921 and $4,000 and E250O at 1423. Sales OF
Francs have been very light, and comprise only
60 900 at 4.O14f; 80, 900 and $4,000 at 4.O5f and
10000 and So 900 bark Francs at 3.9Of The quo
tations this evening are for bank Stelng LAB
aI44; clear bills l300l42 bill of ading bills 1876
dal38; bank Francs 3,95E@300f., and outdoor
Francs 4.O5fGl4O0f.
DOMESTIC EXCHANGE There is no activity what
ever noticeable in the movement in Domestic Elk
change. Offerings of private and commercial are
daily diminishing, and most of the banks have had
to forward currency to the North as basis of ex
change. The demand for remittance purposes is
fortunately not heavy, however, and rates have
undergone no alteration since our last. The pui-
chases by banks and bankers to-day haze beer
limited to $4,000, $4,000 and 100000 Boston
sight at ] u cent. premium, $4,000, 100000 ant
$35 900 New York do. at y cent premium, ant
$40 900 bank do at D cent. premium. Also
$l1 600 fifteen days. sight at % cent. discount
Quotations rule as heretofore and we therefore re
peat as follows viz: New York sight % cent
premium at bank, and 39} u cent premium GU
of doors.
SroCKs AND BoNDs-The inquiry for the bette
classes of securities continues undated, and tn
tendency of prices is still steadily upward. Tn
market is only moderately supplied, however, AM
the annexed statement includes the whole of tn
operations for to-day, viz ten shares City Rail
road stock at 2Ol, resold at 2Ol3 sixty do. Hop
Insurance Company at 81 one hundred ant
twenty-five do. Canal Bank at 60! and seventy
five do at 6l fifty do. Union Bank at 81; fort
do. Bank of New Orleans at Ala one hundred do
Crescent City Bank at AZ, resofl at 42B; and on
$1,000 City Bond to Railroads at 823 and 5000
City Consolidated Bonds at 928.
UECURRENT BANK NoTEs-We have no atera
ton of any kind to report under this head. Offer
ings Of all classes are almost wholly exhausted
and the demand exhibits a very marked abatt
ment. The only actual sale that has come to on
knowledge to-day was $500 Louisiana State Ban
at al