New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-03-22

satisfaction No saes Of magnitude have transred
in Silver quote Gold at l266i26s and silver AZ
l2l@l2s for American coin and l26@i2I ior MeS'ean
doubloens.
EoRpIaN EycHANGE-Tbe movement in Foreign Ex.
cbapes TODAY has disclosed still further weakness and we
have to note an additional decline OF fu'y . eehs a
Offerings still very heavy, while the very .ea ae"hu
noticeable restricted hereoore to very rev
of bs pr;pcpa purchasers still keeping out Of the
et Te n,vement to-day, however, shows some increase
upon the daily but was douotess superin
uced by the very low figures at which purchases could
be effected The following comprises the whole OF the
,oranent so far particulars have transpired, viz
rsn 70 in the morning l0S for Gold; E300 ditto at lOS
and 2 ditto in the day at los; s1 in three lots
sold fer currency l35is fl60O l3a@ls5; ss000 a.
1851 E0o s6N0o ES0O0 and fS5o0 at 1885, $1,000
fao 1875 s5ooO a. l3i s5ooo l4 ssooO, docu-
bills at l32 Sales of Francs included 100 coo
oO0o 100000 the latter by one party at
22f $4,000 ana l25 coo at Asst 100000 and 100000 at
a64 and 100000 at still lower Hgure The ruling rates
this evening for bank Sterling l36@l3s clear bills 3i
Obs bill ofadng bills lS2@l3s bank Francs 5s
and outdoor Francs All CA 2614f
DOMESTIC EXCHANGE-The only variation noticeable
in Domestic Exchange slight tendency lower figures
Offerings showed increase yesterday the result of
cent purchases Of Cotton for the Northern markets. while
demand exhibited if anything, still further reduction. The
banks unfornly checked at u cent. discount.
and the purchases by banks and bankers re-
stricted to the following amounts. vix Sa00oo,
$4,000 1000, s3500e, $4,000 and Slo,oo New York
sight, the latter taken by bank at cent discount
$500 do at y = cent discount S4o00O day sight in two
lots, the latter hgure sooeo five days. x q cent dis
count aud s5oO0 sixty days, at 3 . can't discount the
latter exceptional sale The closing are for New
ork sight II discount at bank and Ss cent dis
count out Of DOORS ve and days sight 9l q cent dis
count fifteen and twenty days a@l = cent discount thirty
days l1s@l cent discount, and sixty days zGza cent
discount rs
STOCKS AND BONDS-Thse is no important alteration to
report in the in stocks and bonds ohenns as
heretofore mostly conaed clashes which are not IN re-
quest and those which attract special attention are daily
becoming more scarce shares Merchants Bank stock
offered a auction to-day had to be for the want of
sutabe bid and Won Znken sold 30 shares OF Bank of
New Orleans stock at 3 and Is do Crescent City Bank at
s5 The movement private sale was restricted to 10
shsres Bank Of New Orleans at ssh so do and Sc
a. s5 and 100 do opslousas Railroad Company at 5ts.
uSCURRENT BANK NOTES : The movement in the
isses of the banks in liquidation has
standstiil Most Of the outstanding the
hands Of specuator who hold them with the hope realizing
their par value at early day Purchasers however
appear have lost all interest in hem the higher prices
ascend the nducemen to invest either
tho banks outside parties Offerings have been but little
betez nominal since last and sales of any class
have tanspred thata for special notice In the presen
of the market furnish reliable quo
tations ,|-9.