New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-02-05
Dew Orleans Nlonen 1tlarket.

CRESCENT OFFICE, No "a CAM STREET,
Saturday Evening, Feb. 3. 1866. s
The movement financial circles to-day has disclosed
quotablo any in OF gold exchange
| cures
GOLD opened heavy yesterdays closing figures and
throughout up the close of BUSINESS Offer
ample but heavy heretofore and the de-
was thing restricted than in the early part
the week Tie following comprise all the operations that
brought notice. $1,000 mixed Gold at
5000 s3Ooo $500 and s50o0at 139 $1,000 S50G0 Slo
900 and $4,000 1885, S20u0, $1,000 $1,000 and $4,000
l39 $4,000 1895, and U00o 1888 In Silver the only
any Importance that ranpred $500 American
halves by bank l34k We still quote Gold 1T 1890 39
Silver 34@l35 American and l3oG3 for
Mexican dollars
FOREIGN EXCHANGE has been still weaker to-day, with
out however, exhibiting qnoabe reduction in rates The
market heavily supplied and holders appeared to be
what stringent in their pretensions than heretofore the
| movement participated in by a larger number o
buyers than for several days past and transactions show
increase with steadily ncnpg to the inside figures
last quota The transactions Tor the day
effected the sutoned prices viz s. O and b w sold by
$50 f+UO Mt price that has been withheld e6O0
eSGDo eoo and f4O0O at iS s210o at ls1s $4,000 and
s750O liSz; E65D l4SI@tSa e2oO0 f29 G20oo and
E550 l4S E0D 4S El91J and s0 the latter taken
bank 47 f3 %, taken by another at lS and fS0o
sold gold 10Y. Sales of Francs comprised 20o0t at
377z@lso opof a: 1854 ed 80 ooof, 100 oooE, 5o OoC
and y0u0O the latter taken bank at 3.S0 We repea
yesterdays quotations. still including the principal opera
tons, viz Sterling $50 at bank clear bills l472l@l4SA
bill of lading bills l46&@li7h bank Francs 33243 764
and outdoor Francs 3.7I 14Qa3,S2H.
DOMESTIC EXEHANHE has been steady since our last
with evident tendency higher for private and
mcrcal rhe banks checked the d q cent
discount three Of them sold round Il
ceu dscount with fair demand ali day. But the
supply rather restricted character and the sales
bankers confined to the following ounts
$25 O $4,000, $500u, S60Ou0 $4,000 and 100000 New
York sight ut 76 a cent. discount, and 10000
SoOO and 500 90 do a U MT discount S3J 0u
days sgnt Y $4,000 five days at ~ $40 900 ten days
~ $1,000 fifteen days at l. $4,000 thirty days at
| S2J 0UD thirty dsys' at X p cent. discount
STOCKS AND BON D~ have been dealt in to exten
to-day, but the principal movement ranspred at pulc
prices realized at the latter will be
reference Sales considerably higher than
be the result of competition the
of the day follows 81 Ponchartran Railroad
Stock at Os 200ohares ailr ad Company IS do
Light Company, and do City Railroad Company priva
terms, and tho flowing acs ut auction by Parey Co.. viz
64 shhres jackson Railroad Company 70 do at S7 and Al
do at S. q d. Bank of New Orleans S37 30 do S3S
25 do Crescent City Bank 80 and 20 do Merchants BanI
at S,31a q share
| UkCuRRENT BANK NOTES continue stand still
Offerings of most of the banks liquidation very
and the demand of much restr ted character THAI
heretofore The movem mt since last has been confined
ng nts of the various descriptions upon the Market
republsing the following previous figures would on
them nominal quotations. via Bank of Orleans
Union Pank and crescent CITY Bark S5@9Oc Merchants
| Bank and Louisiana State Bank, 73A76c; and Bank O
! Louisiana, 5O@55c. q dollar