Washington telegraph., 1847-03-03
From the N. o. Times, Feb. 10.
NEW ORLEANS MARKETS.

since the date of our last report, we have re.
eeived adsiees from Liverpool to the 10Th ulL by
The Sarah Sands at New York which have tended
10 dePress the cotton market still further, and the
iuli particulars which came 10 hand to-day have
been followed by a complete pause in business.
breadstuiisi oh tho other hand have again at-
vaneed, and the operations In flour aud corn, pred.
eated on the news, have been quite extensive, Tho
provision market has likewise an improving ten.
deney, owing mainly to the tenor Of the accounts
from England.
Tho next steamer from Europe will be the
Cambria, which left Liverpool on the lth, and her
adsiees may be looked for in the course Of week
or ten days,
Corrosive left the cotton market. at the
date oi our last reports, IN very inactive state,
buyers being 10th to operate until the reccip, Of
later news from Europe, then momentarly sx-
peeled, The market remained in the same posi-.
ton on wednesday, the sales Icing restricted 10
1900 bales at dropping prices. Yesterday, we
received brief ielegtaphic despatch of the news
by the Sarah Sands but In so uncertain a shape.
that purchasers withdrew from the market after
taking 'uu bales, pefftrrng to await more an.
thenlio ndsiess, The latter came TO hand this
morning, aud are OF a more unfayorable character
than was apnrehended, the Liverpool market hav.
decline It WIS not possible to sell largely The
sales Of the week ending the 18th INST, were
29,25Q bales OF which II, ,000 were on speculation,
and 200O for export and for the three days ending
the 18th ult only 1900 bales were disposed Of the
speculative demand have entirely ceased. The
quotation for Far Orleans, is a., and Il is re.
marked that the value Of the latter qualities is less
affected than the lower grades In the IIaYte
market, during the week ending the 18th ult,, the
sales had reached la,1s1 bales, aud prices were
from &C. higher than at the departure Of the
steamer OF the iih January.
Before Il was known that these accounts, which
reached US by private hand, were ia town, ahaai
700bales were disposed Of, at reduction Of ie;
but after they had been generally circulated there
was complete pause in the market, and no further
sales were effected II Is, therefore, impossible to
tell Wha, effect they will produce, until the private
correspondence oomss through. Al present there
is no market, and We deem II advisable TO omit
our quotations.
On referring TO our comparative tables annexed.
1t will DO perceived that the total receipts at oil the
ports since the Is, Of sept, EXHIBIT an increase as
compared with last year, Of II .5si bales. The
experts to Great Britain during the same period
show deficiency Of 1906 those to France Of
sl54 bales; whilst those to other foreign ports show
an excess of . .09l bales Tue deficiency IN the
receipts at this port agsiHs, last year amounts 70
gs ,l0i bales.
The sales Of the weck amount to 5000 aud
lhuse Of the past three days to a6OO bales. which
are included IN the following particulars $50 bales
al inse; loo at 10; iu7 at 10; $50 at; so at 10;
2iu Al 10; liz at l0i; 20 81 255 at u and 10:
2u1 at 10 l6i u at l0t; 100 al 10; and a. at
l0tr per ID.
fLouA-0hio brands Sc 50; Missouri and St
LOUIS 81 G2i to Is peri Dbl
conS--sales Of 250. 900 bushels have been made
IN The past three days, at ra.ssYaping from s to
Sl01 per bashsl.