The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-11-14

The receipts at this port, since the LIST inst have
10 600 speculation 200. Whole stock in city,
in all hands 40 600 amount sale, Ii, 900 bales.
In relation to the movements in this market, Il. j.
Stewards circular Of this date says:
I" The bulk of the purchases, during the past two
weeks has been for export and although two steamers
from Liverpool have arrived advising an advance in
that market Of full halfpenny pound, our quota
tons bare quarter cent those current ut the
date of my last circular Niagara, 3lst ult The
sales for the six days succeeding the departure Of that
vessel amounted to 800 bales at full and after
the receipt OF the Hbernas advces higher prices On
"wednesday, eth inst there WAS good attendance of
fpipners and some 900 bales we're taken up Thurs
days business sales OF 500 bales principally for
export; the market abundanty supplied with the high
grades particularly Of uplands the lower qualities
being scarce and not easily oktAnsble The anxiety
the part OF holders to reduce their stocks so
great that the Improvement In prices after the Hber
MAS arrival, lost and, in some sales
made at lower rates than would have been accepted
prior to the reception of her advices On Friday the
9th receivers still pressed their cottons for sale The
market very weak and to effect sales, decline of
quarter cent in many instances submitted to;
the sales reached 200 bales On Saturday the 10th
received by telegraph synopsis Of the advices per
Cambria which steadied our market, aud induced pur
chases to the extent Of 5000 bales most Of which
for shipment at prices establishing recovery Of the
decline Of the previous two or three days The mar
ket steady Monday though holders offered their
stocks very freely the sales about 600 bales and
about 1000 bales yesterday, to which my quotations
conferm.
appear sufficiently high to satisfy planters, except in
individual cases Of destruction by the worm and thsy
disposed to meet the market rates Of the day
freely. This is more especially the in the Upland
section; but IL Is surmsed by that they will
change this policy after selling portion Of their crops
If they should be compelled TO accept lower rates
The weather, with but little intermisson, has been
vorsbe for the growing crop during the last and the
very short crop estimates are gradually giving place
to reesonsb BILE severe frost psrespti-
bl, in the immediate vicinity Of Charleston s. on
the night of the LIST and I'd inst, and 10 was then
feared that had extended into the interior and done
mischief to the crop. Later advises that
damage done and that the plant continues to rpen
We have passed safely the average for
a killing frost by nearly two weeks and yet 1t would
not be prudent To argue from that fact that the
cspts would extend hey ond 900 bales gather
in such isld from the peculiar position OF the plant
must be favored with picking OF more than
ordinary character AZ present Ii will be sufficient
to say that the crop will not be ess than 100 900
bales, with an Indifferent picking season
the average OF the growths Of the States Of Mis-
sissippi, Louisiana, and Texas usually eonnsDd an
advance in our msrket, over those OF Alabama have
decided 10 alter the form Of my quotations by chasing
Alabama with Florida cotton
The closing quotations In this market were as an.