New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-26

FINANtIAL AND CoAMERoEAL SUNNI RYs--Th,
Cold market exhibited further advance Of "a pei
cent yesterday, which ii exclusively due to tht
upward movement in the New Y ork market Sale,
amounted to s274,00o at steadily improving prices
and the market closed firm at I444@I45 agains,
142@l421 on Thursday evening.
Foreign Exchange movement in Sterling
since our last has been very light and rates have
still further advanced about per cent. all round.
The banks appear to be unwilling to buy or sell
extensively, and operations may be considered, for
the time as partially suspended. The quotations
LAST evening were, for Bank Sterling I550156 /;
ClearBills l50@l52; Bill of Lading Bills l4661I49
Bank Frsncs S.55603.50f and out door Francs S.a5
C03.571f
Domestic Exchange There is no material alter
alton yhateverto referto in the movements in Do.
nestle Exchange. offerings exhibited d slight in.
crease, owing to recent sales Of Cotton for the
New England mills, but the supplyis still too re-
stricted to materially affect prices while the de-
inand at bank continues Of a rather restricted
scharacter for remittance purposes Quotations
xnie as heretofore and we therefore repeat as fol-
lows viz: Il ~ cent. premium at bank, and 80af y
cent premium out of doors for sight checks on the
Northern cities
titc7a1sat Bank Notes and Securities
supply of The former is almost wholly exhausted
and sales yesterday were confined to lot Of $4,000
Union Bank Notes at 81 Offerings of securities
were ample though not heavy, and the better |
elassea met with eager buyers at slightly reduced /
pEaces, while most5of tie lower descriptions con-
1lnae Wholly neglected AZ barely nominal rates.
9sso't-Ahe tendency Of the movement in the
leaains staple is still steadily upward The market
~ put very poorly supplied and sales Yesterday
amounted 70 only 2l45 bales, at Thursdays o1o.
lallops, hut inening to the outside figures which
were as follows, viz ordinary 2s6asOc., good
ordinary szgQ95Se low middling a605s7c.; and mid
ding 40@4lc. Y ~ nav
Inc totat net receipts for the week foot mn 4ose T.
Dales, against 509s bales last week, and e472 haIas
Ihe week previous, which disclosed falling Of in
the receipts Of the past week of onlv id bolas
The aggregate sales for the week amount "a % slo
bales, against 5000 bales last week and 5sla ta1s-
the week previous The exports for M Tssl,
were 1880 bales, against S494 bales last weak
sand $3.50 bales The week previous and the stock
on hand and on shipboard last evening was l47 al
bales, against 157 9o6 bales last week. and I55 81
bal9s,at the close Of the previous week.
Sugar ana Notqsses-The market is still moder-
ateg supplied with Louisiana, and heavily with i'm.
ported sugar and moesses, but the demand for any
class cannot be reported as much better than nom.
inal ald the sales since Or last, as for some time
past las been restricted to retail operations at
previous figures.
pes5e3'l Produce We have again to report |
da' FlQpr market. Corn Is somewhat active at T
Thu rsday's decline. Bran and Hay are neglected /
40 previous quotations, and Oats are in moderate
gegGs ~, without any further alteration il rates.
$780,
The New FORK Tribune contains table of the
popple ton 81 the several slave States in 1860
number of yasers in that year-male citizens of
colos above the age Of twenty one number of
reprs SET tatlyes of each State at that time-and
the number to wlicb they will be entitled when {
fhs pro posed amendment to the Federal constitu-
tian goes INTO eiiset, supposing The South should
still refuse mirage u the negro.
According TO this table, Alabama. which for 4
mefly had seven representatives., will then have n
Tonr AFka nsss, Delaware and Florida win lose
nothing; Georgia will be reduced from seven 10 il
four; Louisiana from four to two Maryland from g
i've to four; iEississppifro Eve to two Missouri i,
rom nine 70 eight inertia Carolina from eight to n
i've South Carolina from six to two; Tennessee ID
rom eight ID Six Texas from four to three gir- d
sina from eight to six, Total loss in oar deega-
Jon, .. G
ST. LOUIS RACES Leatherungs won the four !,
nile dash over the Laciede course, st. Louis, on y
-ae i9th ast il 7.Ss3 beaiing Jacrine and Alfred >
harris with ease. ~ -
They had frost at Cincinnati On the night Of CT
ba lam which killed the tolqato, sweet potatoes, &C
been zines, and portion Of the strawberry vines.