New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-06-09
au ORLEANS Daily Qfestcnt.
RGyr Orleans Jflonep 9tlarRet.


Gold market has auctuated to-day almost
ID precedent At the opening of the market
ID at yesterdays closing fgures-l42@l42!E
iuently, however, it ran down to 1856, under
ag advices from New York, and then reacted
Biutelligenc of an improvement in that
IT, with a fair amount of business effected
as the close, at decidedly frmer prices.
he'd are the operations for the day, in the
In which they TRANSFERRED viz: $4,000, $780,
and $8j 600, the latter bought by one broker
DID to one bank, at l4l4; $4,000 at l4l +;
10000, $4,000, $4,000, $4,000 and $50 900, |
l0I $4,000 at l4O4 $4,000 at l4O@l404 |
D Silver at al, for halves and quarters, mostly
former; $4,000 and 5000 at139; $4,000 at l4O4; |
DO and $4,000 at 1895, $4,000 and $4,000 at
$4,000 at 1881, $1,000 and $50, 1000 at 138, $1,000
do, and SO 900 at 1877, $1,000 at 1873, and several
saIi lots at corresponding figures. The move
ent in Francs has been restricted to small sales
3.35@3.40, and transactions have been light
throughout, at the prices furnished in our previous
tpOrts.
DOMESTIC EECHANGE-There is no variation OF
by kind to report under this head. outdoor
ferings are still very light, and the demand Tor
Rmittance purposes is still of very restricted
Aaracter. The purchases by banks and bankers
snce our last have been restricted to 100000
Boston sight, at 7.lG u cent. prem. $l0,-
h. and $50 600 New York do. at u cent. prem;
a0001 thirty days sight at u cent dis
eount and $500 ninety days sight at q ~ cent
ascount. we still continue to quote New York
daht ~ cent. premium at bank, and FOL II cent.
memium out Of doors.
BANK Norgs AND SEcURTIEs-Nothing what
-. ~, 60 vf
aRd sales Of the latter have been restricted to u
stares Gas Light Stock at lG2@l63, and some
niaing lots of other securities at corresponding
agGres.
Nav Yoax MARKET.--The World of the ID inst
#ys:
Sales Of gold we're made at l4O4 at the opening
But afterwards at l4l4, closing at P, ~ at l4l
fhe Fenian scare and the actual demand nave
bade the price firm. Double-eagles are scarce
hd command H3 cent. premium above small golt
5in This morning about $3,000,O00 Of gold were
hgaZad for shipment to Europe by the steamers
kililg from this port tomorrow, and if quartz
hd half eagles Of full weight canbe obtained fol
he requisite amount, the total shipment will bt
MOOD ODO The Transatlantic line OF steamer
hagges only u cent. for freight on specie, wlicl
10 reduction OF l-l6 u cent from the standar
bud Some of the other steamers to Liverpool
larry for fraction less. The freight on gold
Europe ia now matter of bargain,
The rates for sterling sixty-day bills on Europ
lre 1904 and short sight ll11lll5 for small gol
soin, and 1893 for double-eagles. The transaC
k0Hs in exchange were light to-day, as buyer
generally provided themselves yesterday,
TEE HALF DIME CoN.-The Washington Chron
de says that the new fve.cent piece is to be
fhe same size as the threedollar gold coin. Eft
pieces laid in straight line will make Il
metre" or unit Of French measure 1t will all
be 50 near eight-tenths Of an inch, that no orc
harg measurement will detect the dfferenc
Ehree of these coins VIII weigh halfounce, al
be convenient for postal weight. Specime
Save been received at the treasury department.
TIE FRANK11S FUND.-There is q public ful
Boston, Mass of the following nature:
Tie fund was left by Benjamin Franklin VIII
died in l7)l, and consisted then Of $1,000, a.
gas to be loaned to married mechanics und
twenty-five years Of age at five per cent intere
% give them a start in business. The condiuo
Df the loan were simple enough in Franklin
days. but have, in modern times, become ratt
difficult to comply with and though at lrst loa
were contracted, the amount being limited by
provisions of the will to $50, applications
many years have virtually ceased, and there Is
day only portion of one unpaid bond, regare
IS good, which is outstanding.
Young mechanics under the age OF twenty-h
EhO are married and have served regular
2teAuGestAP3 aLe ~ 10y ,'r 80
~ "'G eIipL ~ MI IN fbase times
M u. teSal a t IL hon which 10
w s oI,a Of tfra 1ar cent interest
-, ~ -1,,nh ~ business imnetus
I'M f,nJ rnrg amounts II sliO lGR FranI
g t'il4 tnt a+ tbn and If one hundred years
al ~ fIn5 TroT,IJ amonnt To s655 600 $500
I which was to be applied to public works
s,I;tiIH a. 10 oriTnol fnnd nntil 1eoI yvhe
RILoAa % t t .9n 3n5 aa6 Il ( 00o noo If vi
uG ia 80 10 tha State and The baIonr
E ottT " z oassihIe that NV indicious inv
s onts bis exnppctations NAV he realized.
eH''' MS -
PEACE OR WAR,--Ihe following is from the
nl- News Of n recent date:
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~ 81 ~ fDerapca' ~ tba Forairn ms
WV u ~ III dSroad bas two osnacte One
tGnt .a ,, aGtJGE If Enrdnean war
ny % thS aftent ,9non values and the n
Il o ci"dd5 H. oiorrno5 6ondition If the Error
sie ~ 49, ~ conrsa every merchont
snorai mo r9a is intarested +o know if ther
sue99 men 80 ~ u; 1850 onJ Tghar convi,
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le latest news oeioi i 10, II nc i; oaPto;t +ha
tIhgehJ fsas9h W iii No
ellort tnat al +ho apvist
gert caaihiey vid1 " III WI NJ StrJ go
more eiat 9Le iiolat ~ Enrnno Is 1aace
o. seyeiat u ene PIo,ant that Wond he arn
I, - va, n,i,,bt gather snch strength as to
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