New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-03
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FIsANcrAL AND CONFESSIONAL Summary
Gold--The movement in Gold yesterday disclosed
increased Inactivity, but prices were somewhat
hrmer towards the close Of business, owing to !
reported advance in the New York market. Offer
ings were heavy throughout while the demand
was Of " restricted character from the opening to
the close, and operations were too limited to jus
ty any alteration Of quotations, which continue to
rule as on Saturday, at I25sDl26
Foreign Erehas The movement in Foreign
Bills since our last has shown marked falling off,
as compared with previous daily average opera
lions. Offerings, as heretofore, were quite heavy
while the demand was but little better than noi-
nal at any time, and sales were of very limited
character, at easier but not lower figures. We
therefore repeat az follows Bank Sterling, l350a
1861 Clear Bills, 19s@ls34 Bill oil Lading Bills,
lsl@ls9; Bank Francs, i. 5@4. 2Of., and outdoor
Francs 4ss5Q 4s27aaf
Donsestio Eschdnge- There Is no material vari-
alton Of any kind TO notice in Domestic Exchange.
The market a but poorly supplied with private
and commercial And the demand continues re-
stficted both 81 bank and on the street. Quota
tions areanominally unchanged, however, and we
repeat a613 per cent. discount DIT bank, and los
per cent. discount ont Of doors fol- checks on
the Northern cities; l@l per cent. discount for
i've and ten days sight ~ oil per cent discount
for fftssa md twenty days sight lsG1la per cent.
discountdr thirty dayssight, and 2tD2a per cent
discount for aixty days sight. ssss.s
Bank and Securities. Operations under
this heal atill further diminntion. offerings
Of the better descriptions continue restricted, be-
Ing mostly held BY SPECTATORS, and the demand |
for all other cannot he reported a. better
than nominal. Sales, Eince our last have been con
fined Q;sQne lots of City Railroad Company and
Gas Light Company sstocks, and to the notes, OF |
the Bank of Louisiana and the Louisiana State
Bank, 81 Tie terms specified ii our Financial ar
tcle. 2 s
Cotton The market yesterday was almost at |
stand stil ThsscOntinued heavy receipts and the
absence of later adyices from Europe and the
North, caused buyers 10 absent themselves during
the morning, while the unfavorabIe tenor Of the
Intelligence from New York ana Liverpool, as pub.
lished ii tie evening papers, cansed buyers to de-
nand Concessions At later hour, to which most
factors refused to submit. Operations for the
day were restricted to 800 bales, Of which one
party took 400; and the balance was divided among
seven buyers. Prices, Of course, were irregular
throngka sn1s The market was too unsettled to
obtain Siiq ple qaota tions. but we repeat satur-
days merely fOT reference, however, viz II
ordinary, S0GS3c., good ordinary, 34@eS5c., low I
Aaiddiing, sc. and middiing, 4oc
h 6agds and ldsses There Is d moderate sup
PIX At Aouisiahn Sugar Oh hand, nut very little
Aolassel II a Eight Increased Inquiry yesterday
resulted 70 sales 81 Is hhds Of tia former and some
small ietaef ~ latter, the particulars Of which
~ ~ ON Commercial article There Ii
r. al1e5auon y re supply Of 81 Tie demand for
80 - p.0uuvson q but the daily arrivals