The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-13 00:00:00

RECEIPTS SINCE JULY 27.

Bales.
Week ending August 3 25,455
Li "
10 24,321
22,732
2,748
15,607
19,638
14,364
" 21 17,618
cc 28 16,018
Eight days ending Oct. 6 30,055
Week ending LI 13
25,801
Arrived since the 10th instant, of Louisiana and Missis-
sippi, 9,312 bales; Mobile, 254 ; together, 9,566 bales.
Cleared since the 10th inst : for Liverpool, 4,541 bales ;
New York, 5,510 ; Boston, 1,022 ; Providence, 458; Phila-
delphia, 346; together, 11,877 bales. Stock in warehouses
and on shipboard, not cleared on the 13th instant, 112,585
bales. We left the market, at the date of our last issue,
excited by telegrams from New York, which reported an
advance of Bc. per lb. in that market, predicated on favour-
able advices from Liverpool, where there had been a corre-
sponding improvement, but still so unsettled with regard to
prices that we were compelled to confine our quotations to
47c. for good ordinary, 50c. for low middling, and 52c. for
middling. On Wednesday the movement was checked,
and prices rather depressed by the receipt of telegrams
quoting the New York market at 55c. to 56c., against 57c.
to 58c. and 60c. on the day previous, while an unfavourable
influence was also caused by a further decline in New York
exchange ; but still the demand continued fair, although
on a less liberal scale, and the sales comprised 1,500 bales
at prices in accordance with the quotations of 41c. to 43c.
for ordinary, 45c. to 47c. for good ordinary, 48c. to 50c.
for low middling, and 52c. to 53c. for middling. On
Thursday, one day's. later accounts from New York,
quoting middling at 58c., inspired factors generally with
renewed confidence and made them still more stringent
in their pretensions, but as, with the accumulation
of stock, there was no inconsiderable quantity in
the hands of parties who were compelled to realise,
at least to the extent of their advances, to meet the
heavy charges on a part of the recent receipts, prices ex-
hibited unusual irregularity, buyers, in some instances,
being able to operate at easier rates, while for all desirable
lists of any magnitude they were compelled to pay outside
figures. Yesterday the market opened under the favourable
influence of the quotation of 59c. at New York on the pre-
vious evening, and although it was partially neutralised by
increased stringency in monetary affairs, and a further
decline in foreign exchange, and prices were conse-
quently extremely: irregular ; yet, on the whole, the
advantage was on the side of the factor, who was
enabled to realise a partial advance of lc. on even running
lists of good ordinary and low middling, while the sales
summed up 2,600 bales. This makes an aggregate for the
past three days of 6,350 bales, and, with the addition of
1,050 bales to Tuesday's business, not reported until sub-
sequently, a total for the week of 14,650 bales, against
23,750 last week and 8,800 the week before.
STATEMENT OF COTTON.
Stock on hand, September 1, 1865... Bales 83,239
Arrived past three days
Arrived previously

" 24.

44 44
t‘ Sept.
It 44

206,778

Export past three days
Exported previously 82,316 94,193

Stock on hand and on shipboard ... Bales 112,585
A letter from New Orleans of the same date as the fore-
going contains the following extract :

In the young cotton planted on overflowed lands, or on
lands originally planted to corn and afterwards ploughed
up, the catapillar continues to work badly, and generally
the reports as to the crop now being gathered are fully cor-
roborated by latest accounts. The talk of the planters is
exceedingly gloomy. The cane, however, continues to
improve rapidly, end the planters are busy preparing for
the grinding, which, however, will not probably com-
mence before the middle or latter part of next month.
The planters in some of the parishes are also taking active
steps towards the immediate partial repair of the levees—
a far wiser policy than to await the slow and uncertain
action of Government officials in the premises. From
many of the planters wo regret to learn that unusual and
unnecessary impediments are thrown in the way of mov-
ing their crops. It appears that provost marshals, com-
missioners of Freedmen's Bureau, Ste., insist that nothing
whatever, whether of cotton, rico, sugar, or corn, shall bo
moved to market till first the freedmen's labour is paid in
full. We really do not see how this can be done at all
until the crop is actually moved ; for that is the avail of
the labor itself and its only possible reward. Besides,
we never heard of a Louisiana planter yet who failed to
meet his just obligations for labor if within the bounds
of possibility.
The Mobile Daily Times of the 13th says :
At the close of our last Week's review we retorted the
market closing firm, at 42c. to 43c. for middling. On
Saturday the sales amounted to 1,200 bales, the market
being entirely cleared of cotton ; prices firm. Monday
there was a good demand, with but little good cotton offer-
ing ; sales 900 bales, the market closing firm ; middlings
nominal. On Tuesday there was a general demand; market
bare of good cotton ; sales of 1,000 bales were made, with
prices nominal, the market closing firm, with an upward
tendency. The demand was also general on Wednesday ;
stock on sale light; market very irregular; sales 1,200
bales ; prices nominal. On Thursday the demand was
good, but factors were unwilling to sell ; sales of only 400
bales were made, the market closing quiet ; prices
nominal.