New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-07-13
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CRESCENT OFFICE, No. "a CAMP srRERr, I
lhlrslaY Evening, Univ Y, 1906.

Thursday Evening" July IL, 1866. !
The Gold market opened steady this morning at
yesterdays closing figures l49l@I49l but rates
soon fell off TO l47l owing to the reported ad'
vance in United States fve-twenties at London.
The receipt of private dispatches, announcing an
upward movement atNew York, despite the Euro
pean news created an immediate reaction. how
ever, and prices went up to $50 on the street. from
which they again receded to the opening figures,
which have constituted the closing figures, for the
days offerings were light throughout, and the de-
mand was of very restricted character both at
and outside the Brokers' Board.
We subj DIN the whole Of the movement in
the latter, in the order of sales, viz $4,000 at
l43 81 500 at l483 $4,000 at l4S $4,000 at l478;
$4,000 at l475@l48! lin several LOTS $4,000 at
49, $4,000 at l495, and $1,000 and $1,000 at l494.
Sales of Silver have been restricted to jribblets,
and the market closed inactive at l4940l494 for
Gold at l}s@9l4O for American Silver coin, and
at l5l0l53 for Mexican dollars.
FOREIGN EyCHANGE-We have no variation of
any kind to notice in rates of Sterling or Francs
The demand is still Of a very restricted character
and the supply Of Commercial is smaller than for
some days past We suhjon the few sales Of
which particulars have been reliably furnished,
viz; $1,000 bank Sterling at 1922, and $4,000 ditto
az 1863 flO0O, $500 and $500 clear bills at l6l
$500 and $500 bank at 1854 for Gold and some
other amounts at corresponding figures. In
Francs, the movement continued limited with
sales of 25 600 at 330f, and 10000 on Paris at
3,5jf. The closing quotations were: l64@lGJ for
Bank Sterling; lGl@lG3 for clear bills l54@lj7
for bill Of lading bills; 3.35E@3,3Of. for Bank
Francs, and 3,45f@3.4Of for outdoor Francs.
DOMESTIC ExcHANGG-There is no alteration
of any kind to refer to in Domestic Exchange.
Offerings of commercial disclose but little, if any.
increase, while the demand continues unusually
restricted at bank for remittance purposes The
only outdoor purchases reported to day were $40
600 New York sight, in two lots, at par $4,000
sixty days do. at l! q cent. discount We still
quote 40E III cent. premialn at bank, and parGJ.
% cent discount out Of doors for sight checks OF
the Northern cities.
USoURRENT NorEs AND sEcURITIEs-The move
ment in the former mas been but little better thai
nominal since our last, but operations in the lat
ter, especially in Jackson Railroad Stock, which
has improved under favorable adyices from tn
commissioners of the company in Europe, hav
been moderately active. The outdoor sales in
clude $500 Bank of Louisiana notes at 6S3c., G
shares City Railroad stock at l9s, 10 do. at 1884
and 3, 10, Is and 50 do. at prices that have no
TRANSFERRED, as shares Citizens Bank at l46 100 Dc
Commercial Water Works at 5ll, 25 do Lousian
National Bank at 993, q do. Union Bank at so, 4G
do. Jackson Railroad Company at 9t 400 do a
81 and 50 do. Bank of America on private terms
The transactions at the Brokers' Board are de
tailed in the following statement, which is a traI
script OF the official record, viz;
NoRyIgG SESSION.