New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-02-02
Ne.u Orleans Moneg Warhet.
CRESCENT oFrtox, No. o. CaMP STREET,
Thursday Evening, Feb. !, 1866,

WI CRESCENT OFrrov No o. CAMP SrREEr1
Thursday Evening, Feb i, 1850 y
rs rnn nrornnent feature in financial movement TO-
Law has BEEN adecne Of fully l2 Q cent in rates OF For
c;an Exchange.
GOLD OPENED heavy at yesterdays closing quotations ana
continued Inactive throughout the day Adyiees from New
york published mofsing papers, showed decline OF q
cent IN that yesterday and subsequent dispatches
exhibited further declsac 80 to-day Of . CENT
discount in MARKET also receded as will pc seen
reference to qacsicos but ste movement was OF sa
restricted charactet the opening to the close q
that prices cannot be regarded much better ensn
The following comprse the ~oe of the operations .. voc
30 far a they have been yened TO our sAtstacRoh ~
a 1897 5000 $4,000 and 1900 at 1885, Sseoas 1s ".
deliveries Of Gold recently received rom ssW
Charleston ~h hAyg previously N 'ns S s
Of regular stle need again DO mrra.eo' se u
yer were consned fsw hundred dollars o. Ae ~
Mt previous figures We quote Getd ~ Aa
silver 4 American soih sns aso'i's 'e
FoRxrGN ENCHAN0E hss been dali and dropping all
day which previously heavy, had fesn con-
BY largo sales Of cotton aad most
~ te usin buyers uniformly refased to operate except AZ
aeuros vi holders steadily declined to accept Rates fell
vi nsyer4hss. fully 1@5 y cent, at which figures the bust
ness for day been restricted to the following operations
Vi <zC0 bill oS ladng serIng, bought by bank at ~
md AaO and E6s00 do, by the at l47 f5i
clear &ls 49, s0ooc taken by bank, at H. lfS and
lxs f2O II lASZ; slooo s30O and f0oo at 49, f5o al
E5a0 l4e Sales Of Francs comprised oooo
and 100000 S77 2a400f at 88o 800 0oof and 4uoo
In several lots the latter 0euiht py one pal o.
asst The quotations ut the close OF business were
for sterling $50 bank; bills lS@lie bill OF adns
hills l46,ssl47z; bank francs a7s4essoa, and outdoor
francs, 3s8@3S5E 5s&
DOMESTIC EXCHANGE has been heavy all day, with
downward tendency but the market has not shown
deone In the same disclosed in the Foreign Elk
change movement offerings though somewhat larger thai
heretofore exhibited whatever and the demand
fair opening to the close Of the market The bank
checked throughout previous 6gures without meeting how
aver more than moderate demand and the movement
private and commercial has been restricted to the following
Viz: $1,000 $4,000 $4,000, $4,000, $50 0OO S75oo SIS
900 and $4,000 New York sight at u cent discount
$4,000 Boston sight, sold the morning. at 76 cent dis
count $4,000 $4,000 $50 000 000 and Sl25 co., New
York snd Boston sight at q cent discount and SS0
Boston sight, D cent discount $1,000 five days sight
1t * cent discount. $4,000 three days sight, at *
$1,000 three days. ut u, $4,000 fifteen days at
$l60O0 ten days, at ~, and $4,000, any days a ~
cent discount Quotations Ut the Gloss Of business
iris evening ruled IS follows New York sight h04
cent discount Bank and cent discount out Of doors
AVE- and ten days sight A9 cent discount fifteen ana
twenty days IiA . cent discount, and thirty days ~
cent. discount. ti756
srna inquiry for avorits secue which, owing to the
yent heavy saos have beeoe unusually but the
ers rn Of securities appear mnch neglected Sales
have been shares Pontchartran Railroad
Company Gtisens Bank and Is do City Railroad stock
1t prices that suppressed and $1,000 Opsousas
Railroad Bonds private terms.
UNCURRENT BANK NOTES appear to have come to a
stsnd sti offerings show marked oiminution, and the de
rnsnd Is only moderate although prices continue stiff Tbs
only that knowledge since the clos
Of previous article wess $500 Louisiana State Bank
$1,000 do 74c sl20 Bank Of New Orleans at S9c
dollar We quote Union Bank Crescent City Bank
Bank Orleans Ss5490c Merchants Bank and Lou
sana State Bank ut s96c and Bank of Louisiana at SOC
" &c a dollar s ti