...s to par value. Although the union of the bank with the hazards of a commercial company was an omen of the fate of the system, public credit seemed restored as if by a miracle. The ill success of La Salle , of Iberville, and Crozat, the fruitlessness of the long search for the mines of St. Barbe, were notorious; yet tales were revived of the wealth of Louisiana; its ingots of gold had been seen in Pari...