New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-25
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FRIDAY MORNING. MAY Is, 1866.
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CRESCENT OFFICE, No. "a CANT Street, I
ThnrRlay EVeninR NAV q 1866

Thursday Evening May "a 1866 I
The Gold market has fuctuated to some extent
to-day. At the opening it was dull and irregular;
as the day advanced, it became firm and buoy
ant; while towards the close of business it
steadily tended in favor of buyers Offerings
were ample throughout and the movement in the
way of sales and resales absorbed over a quarter
of a million of dollars. We subjoined the princ
pal operations as follows, viz $4,000 at l42
$4,000 at l4l5 $4,000 and $4,000 at l4l
$4,000 at l42; $4,000, $4,000, $4,000, $4,000
and $4,000 at 1923 $500, $4,000, $4,000
and $1,000 at l43; $4,000 at l434; $1,000,
$500 and $4,000 at l433, $4,000, $5OOO $4,000,
$4,000, $4,000, $4,000 and $50 900 at 1929, and
$4,000 and $4,000 at l42. We have presented the
sales in the order in which they TRANSFERRED, as in
fuenced by New York kilograms, and would re-
mark that the market closed langud at yesterdays
quotations, which we repeat as follows, viz: l42
OLAF for large Gold Sales of Silver have been
restricted to unimportant lots of American coin,
and to 1900 Mexican Dollars, which changed hands
in the morning at la. Quotations for American
coin are l25G1l2S and for Mexican Dollars l42D
l44.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE Rates of both Sterling and
Francs have been still further enhanced to-day
and we have revised our quotations to correspond
with the latest improvement. The market has
been but very poorly supplied however and the
subjoued statement comprises all OF the opera
tons that have been reported to us in an authentic
form, viz: $4,000 bill of lading bills, bought by
one bank at llGb $4,000 and $4,000, yesterday, not
previously reported at i47R E2000 at $50, $500
Bank Sterling at 1872, $1,000 do at 49, $4,000 at
I54 and $500 and R250O at l55. Sales Of Francs
have been very light, and included only 25,000f.
Bank Francs at 1921, and 4O,OOOf. and 10000.
private do at 3,7Of The ruling figures this even
ing are for Bank Sterling l54Q1l55, clear bills l50D
152, bill Of lading bills l46@l47, Bank Francs
36j03 624f, and outdoor Francs 3.75@3.70f.
DOMESTIC ExCHANGE-There is no variation of
any kind to notice in the movement in Domestic EX-
change. Offerings Of private and commercial are
still Of very restricted character, while the de-
mand at bank for remittance purposes shows
marked falling of. Rates are slightly weaker, but
not sufficiently so to justify any attention Of quo
tatious The purchases by banks and bankers
since our last have been confined to the following
amounts, viz. SIS 900 and $4,000, New York
sight, at ] "a cent premium, and 900 Provi
denoe sight at U cent. premium payable in New
York sight, at q cent. premium. Quotations
still rule at % cent. premium, at bank, and 39a
78 cent. premium, out of doors, for sight check
on the Northern cities. One of the banks ha
been checking to limited extent for customer
only, at % cent premium during the past two O
three days, but all of the others are still firm at
UEcURRENr BANK NOTES AND SECURITIEs.-Th
movement in the issues of the banks in liquidation
has, since our last, been restricted to sales 0
$4,000 Union Bank at an advance, but tn
percise figure paid has been withheld. Transac
tons in stocks though not heavy, disclose consid
cradle frmness, as may be inferred from tn
annexed statement of the operations for the dag
viz. 10, Is and q shares, City Railroad stock, q
2Ol and 2, y, 49, 25, 26 and so do. at prices the
have not transpired 50 do. Canal Bank at 81, an
400 do. opelousas Railroad stock at 81. The ma
ket is too unsettled to obtain reliable or eve
approximatng quotations, and we therefore ON
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