New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-11-17
9qw OtIeans 9aitg Qteateut,
MORNING, NovEMBER II, 1866,
9qw Orleans SfVonep yf(arhet.
CRESCENT OFFICE, No. % CAMP STREET
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figures, but on receipt Of the morning kilograms
from the North, prices soon fell off and continued
to recede up to the close of business. Offerings
were moderate throughout and the operations for
the day comprised the subjoined amounts, viz !:
OO0O, the morning at 1851, $4,000 at l45 $4,000
at $l4i3, $1,000 at llij $4,000 at l444, $25 600,
(bought last night, deliverable to-day at 1440 |
l44i, $1,000 and SIS 900 at l4ll $4,000 and $2O0 900
-atl44 $500O $4,000 and $25 900 at 1885, $4,000 at
l438, $4,000 and $4,000 at 1l34, $1,000 at l434, |
$4,000 at l435, and $4,000 at 143. Sales of
Silver have comprised no round amounts Of either
foreign or domestic, and we now quote Gold at
l430l439, American Silver coin at I399l40, and
Mexican dollars at l440l45.
2 FOREIGN EXCHANGE.-Rates of both Sterling and
Francs have gone still lower today in sympathy
with the downward movement of Gold and EX
change at the North offerings throughout
heavy, were more than ample for the de.
mand which latter, however, niicated some i'm
pToVement, as prices reCeded. The sales for the
day included El300 bill of ading Sterling at 1921
8l6OO at 49, fl50O at l5l, Ell00) at 1913, Gl500,
$4,000 and $4,000 clear at l55, El010, El000, 4l000
fi600 and f45O0 at l5jA, 8l000 ElG0l and GG00O
bankers at 1856 and EI250 Bank Sterling at 1879
60,000f private Francs at Gl}, 5O,00Of. and 10G,-
900 commercial do at 3,65f, and 5O,OOOf. do. at
367Bf The railing quotations this evening are, for
Bank Sterling ljI8I58, clear bills l550l565, bill
of ladng bills l523Wl54; Bank Francs at 5000
35jf., and outdoor Francs at 3.7O03.65f
DOMESTIC EXCHANGR--Ihere is no quothbla
alteration 10 notice in the movement in Domestic
Exchange. offerings of private aud commercial
indicate very triting increase, while the demand
for remittance purposes rules precisely as for
some days past, both at bank and BANKERS count
ers. The purchases Of outdoor offerings to-day
have been limited to the annexed amounts, viz
$4,000 New York sight at l-l6 " cent premium
$4,000 and $25 600 do. at u cent premium;
$4,000 New York, $50, 900 Boston and $4,000 New
York do. at ! f3 cent. premium; $4,000 do. at
5-l6 ~ cent. premium, and 100000 mixed sight
and one day sigh at5l6 " cent premium for the
former, and u cent. premium for the latter;
SIS 600 one day sight at par $25,000 five days at
T3 cent premium; 100000 and $4,000 fifteen
days at u cent discount; $4,000 thirty days
at 81 cent. discount, and $4,000 thirty days
sight at u cent discount, We still quote New
York sight at a83 q cent. premium at bank, and
t3D4 u cent. premium Out-of-doOrs
UNCuRRENT NoTEs AND SECURITIES = The
movement in the former has been almost wholly
suspended out-of.dOors to-day, while that of the
latter was restricted to 2j shares GarrOlltOn Rail
road stock at 244; 50 shares City Railroad stock at
2l94 So do. at go; aud 50 do. Union Bank stock
at B2.
Board OF BRoKERs-The movement at the Bro
kers' Board to-day, like that in The outdoor mar
ket, was Of a restricted character throughout. The
unsettled condition Of financial affairs at the North
tends to check operations int this market just now,
but we look for heavy negotiations in most
Securities during the ensuing week. The following
statement exhibits the actual sales at the morning
and evening sessions of the board to-day, viz;
MORNING SESSION.
81 Shares opelousas Ralrord stock at...........".
59 ares Merchants B4uk stock 4
4 4 $bgIs SAsTs5 in,3 MiGhants R5n. Bunk stock Z
Is s5arts Union Bank 9
$5i9 $99 Gl Gity of 2s NGw Orleans notes
Si5j6 cash cold IS
EVENING SESSION.
$500 Louisiana State Notes g5g
s59l Small Cold, l431
iy0 Mexican Dollars. ~
LOUISIANA STATE TREASURY NoTEs'--l ne lo"e
board Of the Common CounGll, at lts meeung las
night, adopted resolution to the effect that mere
after the notes issued by the state VIII pe recelFe
in payment OF al dues TO t9e Guy. ms may ap
pear 70 be magnanimouS Just now, as the Clt:
taxes nave been pretty well PAD up, Out why
uscrlminatIoh should ever nave Deeh hlauS pe
tween the city and state issues passes our nnah
cial acumen, when everybody knows that IN
@h0ie properly Oh the Guy Is ptelgeu lgT Tue te
qempuoh o. the notes OF l4e 9taIe. we nee
hafdly say that the ottte OF LOUISIANA notes nav
eo9slaeTaoiy aaraneed to-day. ea,,-,,,,. r.;r-4
SPECIAL B!SPATcHES'-lhe toAoWh8 prIy4I
seleBrams, Whcn nave Deea received mere tJ-u"J
have 6een placed at orr disposal Dy some OF on
hnaneiai anu cGmmeF6lai lfl9hds, VIZ ,,o- ,
Nete l2fb, 8o0. l6-U9i4 opened az I49a
A. a, I--uolu' lt25 Cotton G"F Prices "oLtln"A' d
6oIgolc'i eAGHa4Ge ateau3. rv,7- a.,
l.ttaP0ol AQo' l9-eFelmg-CP P!41dS, I4t;
Eet0 loIIS, A9o' 10, T. A:-T0olo, ~ SSeTii1
exchange, IuJs iot s!gII 10y 7. A'-p9l1t ~
cotton allt ai4 noniln9 eAGl49fe sASlet' siBA
10gsWlV5si co4meIGlai, l979tuo&;: 7.I,.,,
Ltpdp9o., N9p. lO-Vott0A market uult price
unchanged oo, oo,
Lona0n, So9: l6-0-zo s. 094. ,,o,.-...-.
Nelg i0f6i NoG' TO- 4 p A'-Io5ai l4 ~ COUP
more dong; spectators buying al t15&Qg'oe' sH1e
1000 bales. g., On. ....,..4 ,.r .,, =.
L1Uerp0os N00' l6-Oottoh market duL anu III
changed at Id; sales lVoO Daies.
UNITED STATES NATIONAL DEBT.-Ehe Lonuc
Star thus notices the recent large reduction
effected 10 the national aepg oi tlits country a
Perhaps nothng IN the Whoie range ol nlauGl
topics challenges more lhtefest a1 pISseG 6.l wa
the remarkable manner N n when the 9nlted otat' "a
people are graphing with inc purden OF me ne
debt. If it was rapidly accumulated, II nias IA
to be also rapidly diminished, and !he poHcy
diminishing 1t to the utmost oil lneT power Iii
never been even a matter OF pohucai dlspuSI y
They have assumed IT to be duty restlhg on u
present generation to reduce theT dept, JUST
they assumed the duty OF hghung 10 PFeseF'
their country from disruption
The nterest'bearlng debt mas peeh reduced =
Sl38,3O9,5l4 during the SIX mohtns euulpg i ISL y
tober, or tZt,z6i ,Slo, a laGt emtreiy ulieAaLhPl
in the history OF the world Inc yeatly clat!
upon the revenues OF the treasury mas peen II
duced IN the same peroa py $S,o4S' IVU OF W. ~
$40. IT Is the expectation OF the Llaahcieis m M % u
Union that the existing deot OF Sz,z4o,99o, ,loz-
sum when written IN dollars IS SO enormous
large as 10 TAX ILe powet VI @ w