The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-01-01

be nsdered fsrly opened, though market has
hardly ie Us influence as yst except It's anec.ea Dy
and other products Of the couRtry begin to in
freely As market is well stocked at present may
expect business to take fresh impulse. and the
evidences Of thrift and prosperity to stand out in every
department of trade It may not be amiss to state that
and New Orleans has materially lessened the prices Of
Western products Of all kinds, will be on refer
purchased low, relatively in this market, in any
other in the country The weather during the week has
Durns the drs four days Of our commercial week the
activity noticed in last report continued in this
kst During that time prices improved fully &C. and in
estimated follows "Wednesday 1000, Thursday
$500, Friday a,soo and Saturday 1000 bales. On
this day holders towards the close OF business hours,
hardened 10 their to such an extent as to
check operations-asking 81 cents for low class mid.
Monday factors still adhe'ng their claims buyers
stood aloof and only some 400 to 500 bales changed
evening and Saturday morning. Yesterday holders
generally manifested Willingness to meet the views OF
bayers but there was very little DONE the sales last
aggregate for the week Of about u 300 bales The
principal transactions have been for France, and other
continental markets. and for Great BritanaDd some on
domestic account II should be noted that the high rates
of freight have checked operations to considerable
tent during the entire week. The market closes quiet
We suhon the quotations current Saturday morning.
remakng that some factors are asking higher rates, and
also be Ss
hare ordinary and low class cotons consequently the
figures are nearly nominal for these S GS%aie
Middng fair, ga Fair 10 =; Good fair, nominal;
Good AID fine, nominal The receipts Of the week are
1916 bales-exports u bales and stock on hand last
evening inclusive of all shpboard not cleared 80 t06
bales The deficiency of cotton at this port az compared
with the receipts of last at this time bales
In relation the crop Of the country it seems to be
pretty generally conceded that the estimates for the Gulf
set down the receipts at New Orleans 100000 bales,
and the opinion Is gaining ground that 900 bales at
this port large estimate. Should these views be es-
tahl shed of
bales the receipts at tho Atlantic ports shall exceed
the estimates that have heretofore been made and which
il thought be improbable 1t is important to observe
that the falling Oft in the receipts is in the Gulf ports
where the average weight of bales is largely more pro-
badly 100 lbs more than the average in the Atlantic
States, where the increase is expected.
New ORLEANS, Dec. lS-Our circular OF the 4h inst,
ke in heavy and drooping state it having been unfa.
voraby affected by the European advces per and
also by increasing stocks advanc,hg ana
dull further decline Of an u per cent was submitted
to- which had the effect Of bringing forward more buy
ers among which some two or three new opera
tors and the sales for the week ended Friday evening
the 18th inst (ncluding those of the 4th amounted to
bales the market at the close, having recovered
nearly all that had lost in the early part OF the week,
notwithstanding low exchanges and further advance in
except al an advance until in possession Of the later
ropean expected by the Caledonia These &C
considered due about Saturday the lath but
the mail of that day through without bringing any
intelligence Of the Ste amer, and quiet day ensued the
sales being restricted about 1906 bales at full prices
Charleston but during the latter day there was
again active enquiry for cotton, and the
Ing gradually s,iasned, exhibited an Improvement Of
about an = Of cent upon the rates OF the previous
week On Tuesday the lSh nsan the a. %ai came sn
little nothing done in the early part Of the day
parties being generally engaged in examining their cor
rienced and sales were effected the extent of 5000
bales previous prices being fully maintained notwith
Character to give assistance to the market Yesterday
there good enquiry, but the limited amount OF cot
ton and e ns% an% ia
could only learn of sales Of about $500 bales the mar
ke closing with great 6mness al our quotations which
will be found below The sales since the Sd instant sun
up AZ 900 bales taken principally for England and the
North with somei parcels for the French and othel
same period have been 1870 bales, viz-From Lou
sana and Mississippi $500, North Alabama and Ten
n o4e AIkans, AS, aosl Moohs iss a.,
2a,66s bales, against 3a54as bales at same date La:
year. showing a decrease of 9o,sso bales; which u
SET bales less the decrease the date Of las
circular In explanation OF this it may be proper to re
mark that the increased receipts at this port which TO-
two weeks past have been considerably larger thai
during period year. attributable mainly
tohe fact thaa material portion Of the arrivals has beer
OF Louisiana and Mississipp which sections near
ly excluded from this market during the same periot
season. by the unnavsabIe state Of the rivers: Not
receipts Of any year since 1885, and the recent
arrivals have not affected the previous estimates Of thu
table on the other side will be that the falling OF
Ia tbs receipts at all the ports, up to TIE latest dates,
compared with last year, is 50 500 bales and that Ia tn
total exports the United States to foreign countries
as with the dates last year. is de
crease Of las $40 bales TO Great Braip and IL 7G2
France while other foreign ports there an ncreas
Of ss9 bales The particulars OF sales during he pas
fortnight, SO far as made public are as follows eac
305 S l3l at Is 49, IT'S at g. 900 al lilo 1863
on 279, at On 431 ate 49, 2lss at 5-l6, 4947 at y
2lo4 ga go at 7l6 1881 at o. 72o at ga 2ss at
and about 40 900 private terms The total exports
foreign ports since the I'd instant have been 909 bale
viz:-for Liverpool Is 343, Glasgow 1898, Greenoc
1877, Hsvre CASA, Marseles 65l, Bordeaux 81, Triest
52Ss, Barcelona 400 Havana $751; Malaga and q ma
ket 24l. Stock in presses and on sbipboar
not cleared on the 18th instant 2a6Gl0 bales
Qucts.ionS--Nsw Orleans classification, assimilatus
that Of Livcrpool-Inferior, a. ordinary TO goo
eva;nsrv az Az low middlip0 "a middln4. ek az