New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-20
eNqlp Orleans Daily Grestent.
FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL 20, 1866.
Dew Orleans Sfluneu Sf[arkats
CRESCENT OFFICE, No. "a CANT STREET,


The feature in the financial market to-day was
further advance in rates of Gold and Foreign
Exchange, which was only legitimate result Of
the upward movement in both at New York yes
terday, as reported by telegraph. The Gold mar
ket,opened firm this morning at yesterday clos.
ing figures, 126012Gl, but it rapidly advanced to
l27, and on the receipt of the regular noon dis
patches, width showed slight reaction at New
York to-day, it fell off and closed at l2640126s.
Transactions for the day have been confined to
only a few buyers, however, and the
subjoined statement exhibits the whole OF
the operations so far as particulars have trans
pred, vz $40 coo at 126i $4,000 at 1869, s5ooo az
1865, $4,000, $4,000 and $4,000 the latter taken oy
party at 1863 $4,000 and $15 900 at 1861,
at 12640l27 and $4,000 and 100000 at Ut. sales
of Silver included $500 American halves az
l19. We now quote Gold at l264Dl26a, ana oll'
yer at llsGll20 for American coin, and iZb3GDl1'a
for Mexican dollars.
FOREIGN ExCHaSGE-We have to report SUN
further advance in rates of Foreign biis' o"ins
exclusively to the upward movement III ia'oe az
New York and to the falling off in sales OF oo''oh
here, which constitute the principal OASIS VI Ga
change. The market was but poorly suppiieu w.
day, and fair inquiry on the part o. 1t" ouy
ors tho ,r;ncinal purchasers having kept out of
~ r,or,r+ al lov transactions included the fol-
Io,ri,,,r o,fAs sales viz: El500, e2400 and f2500
at 1921 e2000 at 1873, 1000 at l3f f2l5o ana t5Qoo
at 1914: s10C1D at l34tOl35 $4,000 at 1856, and
.e750D At l3l3al35{. Sales Of Francs have been
restricted to 30 o00f at 1875; 60 0o0f at 4239 and
47.9O0f.at A. 22aiWe now quote Sterling at l560l37
for bank: I34l@ 1854 for clear bills; 1928 G3l335.for
bill Of lading bills 4.18404.l5f. for bank Francs
and 4.250g4 2of. fur outdoor Francs.
DOMESTIC EXCHANGE-Increased flrmness is the
most noticeable variation which has attracted the
attention Of operators in Domestic Exchange since
our last Offerings Of private and commercial
were bnt little better than nominal at any time, and
the demand was moderately active throughout for
remittances to the North. The banks uniformly
checked over the counter at per cent. discount,
bat they steadily refused to sell round amounts at
any price, and most of them concluded at an early
hour to advance the checking rates tomorrow
morning. The purchases by banks and bankers
have been confined to the following, viz: $50, 900
New York sight, at sic per cent. discount.
SEQ 900 at 5-lGGJ5 per cent. discount, and $4,000
do. at per cent. discount.
STOCKS AND BoNDs-The announcement by tee
graph this morning that the Bonds of the chartered
banks Of this city, which had been seized and
taken to Washington, would be returned at an
early day, tended to enhance the value of the
shares of the free banks, as well as to create
better feeling and demand for them. The result
is precisely as we anticipated some two or three
weeks past, when we advised holders not to sacr
fee these Securities because one Or more agents
sent from here to the capital failed to get back the
Bonds. Their return however, is no just cause
for any marked advance in rates of the
Stocks of the banks in liquidation, and
we can hardly look for any immediate permanent
improvement in rates of this class of securities.
Operations to day included 20 shares City Railroad
Company at 1913; 100 do at 1857; and 5, 7, 10, 15,
H. 49, 10, 90 Is, 49, 80, so, 50 and 100 shares do.
at prices that have been withheld 100 Bank of
New Orleans at 10; GO Union Bank at 81 30
Citizens Bank in several lots, at Ito, for part of
which lt23 was subsequently refused; so Mer-
chants Bank at 30; and $4,000 City Bonds to
railroads at 823.
UNCURREST BANK NoTEs-The movement in the
issues of the banks in quidation since our last,
has been confined to $1,000 Louisiana State Bank,
at price that has been withheld but which was
represented as a still further advance. Offerings
of all descriptions continue very light, and despite
the active demand which has ruled for some time
past and still exists in full force rates are only
nominal and we are still unable to furnish reliable
Or even approyimatng quotations.