New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-07-14
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SATURDAY MORNING, JULY IA, 1866.
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Friday Evening, July l3, 1866.
The Gold market opened firmly this morning at
yesterdays closing figures 1494@l494 and at an
early hour rates went up to 1879 under adVices of
an advance at New York of about 70 cent. IT
subsequently reacted however, on receipt of tele-
grams showing downward tendency in the latter
market, and during the remainder Of the day
prices gradually declined till they had nearly
reached the opening figures. Transactions at the
first session of the Brokers' Board and up to meri.
dian, upon the street, rather heavy but there
WAS very little business effected at the evening
session of the board, and no sales of Importance
transpired the sreetin the afternoon We subjoin
particulars of operations in the outdoor market,
viz $4,000 at 1494; $1,000, $4,000 and $4,000 at LOO;
$500 at 1904; $1,000, $780, $4,000, $4,000, $4,000
and SIS 900 at ISL; $4,000 at 1915 $780, $4,000
and $4,000 at 1915 $1,000 and $4,000 at 1919;
$50 0OO bought by bank at Isl, and resold at
1872 $1,000, $4,000, $4,000 and 900 at l52;
5000 and $4,000 at 1924, and $250O at 1929. Sales
of Silver have been confined to driblets and we
now quote Gold at 150@150! and Silver at
I38@l4O for American coin, and l5l@l53 for
Mexican dollars.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE movement in foreign
bills has shown continued fFmness to-day, but the
demand was of an exceedingly restricted charac-
Gated no increase whatever, and the inquiry for
remittance purposes appeared to have been al
most wholly suspended. The only actual sales
that have transpred were one or two small blls at
100; $1,000, fl5OO and 825O0 at 1872; fl2OO sold
BY bank, at 1871 l2,00Of, sold by bank, at
3.25f; and 80 OOOf private Francs at 3.35f. We
still quote Sterling at l65@l66 for bank l6l@l63
for clear bills I54@157 for bill .of lading bills
1851. 613,25f for Bank Francs, and 3,45f. @3AOf
for outdoor Francs.
DOMESTIC ExCHAEGE-There is no variation o.
any kind to refer to in Domestic Exchange. Out
door offerings are still light, and the demand fol
checks over the counter exhibits no increase
whatever The purchases by banks and bankers
to-day have been confined to $4,000, $4,000
$ls 900 and $24 600 New York and Boston sight a
par and some few amounts of thirty and sixtJ
days sight at lC9l4 " cent. discount. We continue
to quote New York sight at 4@8 q cent premium
at bank, and parcel o cent. discount on the
street.
UNcURRENT NOTES AND SECURITIES Operation
since our last in the former have been limited tt
some small amounts of city and State notes
previous figures, and $1,000 Merchants Insurance
scrip Of 1850 changed hands at sic. Sales of thu
latter comprised 95 shares Crescent City Banl
stock at 371, 100 and 600 do Jackson Railroad Co
at Of, 900 do at %, $1,000 city consolidated bon'
at 96l $4,000 city bonds to the opelousas Rail
road Co. with May and November coupons attached
at 84k $40 900 do at 49, 50 and SO shares Gas stool
at prices that have not TRANSFERRED, and $50 share
Opelousas Railroad stock at 81. The operation
at the Brokers' Board have been in the following