New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-12-31
NEW ORLEANS MARKETS.


SATURDAY morning, December 30. 1858
our general market has presented fair appearance du
ring the past week steady demand has prevailed for
Cotton and prices for that staple have been pretty well
sustained In Tobacco there has been more movement
during the last few days but large proportion Of the bu
rnefs has been on private terms Sugar has advanced
with iar amount OF sales In Moassss there has been
more nactuaon IN the city the transactions have been
moderate, but the sales plantation have been yery
large Flour has considerably advanced under the infu
enss OF accounts from Europs aud the East Grain has
also advanced for most descriptions Only moderate do.
and has prevailed for provisions though the .ale, of
bacon have been rather large prices generally frmcr
for that article also for Pork and Lard whisky has
bsea generally firm. Preights are a shade lower Er-
changes have been dull aud sterling bills have sold
AZ slight reduction On Saturday morning published
tesaPhie accounts from Liverpool to the 10th instant
brought by the America, and on Tuesday morning We
laid before our readers the Pacc sdvices bringing up
our dates to the lith inst The latter reported only
moderate business in the Liverpool Cotton market with
sales for the three business days preceding the l4th inst
Of 1900 bales including 5000 surst taken for spscu.
ton Prices for descriptions were stated to 10
hrmer the market closing with the following quostio
sair Orleans ga Mdiling Orleans Cd Fair Upands 65
and Midding Uplands 57id tb, Breadstuns had been
e good demand and prices had svanced Is Sd p bhl
Western Canal closing at 37s and Ohio at Sss Cd Dbl
Corn was unchanged in prices. oonscls had declined
hG4 and were quoted At p4%Ge41. The Africas &C
counts from Liverpool to the 18th inst will be found in
our teegrsphcoumn.
CCrToN-we left the Cotton market at the close Of our
last weekly review with quiet appearance operators
awaiting the arrival Of the Americas sccounts the Gales
on Friday reaching barely 200 bales On Saturday
morning with the advces Of the America before them,
buyers came forward more freely and factors
whg sellers the sales of the day embraced yearly 1000
bales prices being rather easier but without quotsbe
change On Monday there still better demand and
although factors nrmer in their presntons purcha
found for $500 bales Tho inquiry continued
active Tuesday and about 10000 bales changed hands
the Pacfcs advces giving additional stesiness to the
market There less animation Wednesday, but
the sales reached fully 5000 bales and Thursday the
transactions embraced 1900 bsio prices continuing with
out my change of moment Yesterday about $500 bales
disposed Of making the total business Of the week
OOO bse. prices closing about the range Of quo
tations below, though with tendency to our inside
figures
The receipts of the week 1857 bales and the total
receipts since the LIST Of September have been 49 bales
against 49,, 576 to the same date last year.
NEW ORLEANS CLASSIFICATION.
Inferior "a az Middlins Fair. .1o,l@loK
S%id dda,, s,. e. a se's f.i; n 1S-
Good Mddling... sa.61oS Good and Fine... 10
COTTON AND TOBACCO STATEMENT
stockton hand Sept 1853 .lo5'2 az. 1890
yesterday 1911, s,225-4s7,oss 600 ess4
4s6Ol asa
Exported to date. 2ss3oo 74o7
- yesterday. 7iTss-276oss 600 = 7, 4os
Stock on hand not cleared. .22l 52s 2s9ll
ToBACCo-The Tobacco market was quiet in the early
part Of the week but attery there has been more inquiry
and heard Of sales embracing 900 to 1000 hhds
including thu following particulars 100 hhds 600 and 25
at q hhds at ca SO hhds 10 at g. IL at OK at
Eat and 10 at -; GO hhds (Lugs) at 5k; 81 hhds at
~, AZ at 7al, and 90 at q y fb. We yet quote
Lugs..............5h06 Fair to Zine. .6h@7h
Leaf Inf to Com..6 D614 Choice Il select'ns..s 0s
sUGAR-There good demand for Sugar in the
early part the week and with limited receipts the rates
advanced s1 az p n. The sales comprised on satur-
day 1000 hhds at 316Gss for Fair On Monday 700 at
Ss@3hs, On Tuesasy 500 at 34603Ie, for Fair to Fully
Fair The transactions since, including 700 hhds taken
Yesterday embrace 1000 hhds, at about the following
range Of prices
Inferior to Conn., as Prime and Choice. A G4A
Coed Common go, -O31, Clarified .4A06
Fair to Fully Fair 403A
~Recsipts, AIS hhds, exports, 25l4.
MoLAssEs-The receipts of Molassss have been mode
rate and prices early in the week assumed an upward
tendency the market opening Saturday at 1slsOl7s
gallon for Prime and Choice and the rates gradually
improving, to 171501sJse on Wednesday. There was
some reaction however Thursday and lots were dis
posed Of at I791Ske gallon for Prime and Choice, and
transactions embraced 1900 bbls at lD
1ss the sales of week summing up about 1000 bbis
On plantation the business has been unusually large,
comprising many crops, making an sggregate'ef fully
10000 bbs 100000 gallons nearly all taken for the
West and mostly at 1870 o gallon, in tho cistern
Weeks receipts, 1891 bbls-exports, 1919
FLOUR-The 6rmnsss of prices which prevailed In the
Flour Market the close Of last weekly report con-
tnued on Saturday and especially when it was sscer'
tanned that the sales Of Friday had reached the large
amount 600 bbls including nne hatboat loads whion
had been sold at So l2 p Dbl deliverable alongside chip
The sales of Saturday embraced 1000 bbls at 50 l2s0
SO Is for Ohio and Sc 4o0s6 so Dbl for st louis su
perne On Monday 5000 bbls were taken at 80 20
for Ohio and SO 5o0s6 50 for supsrfne and Extra st
Louis On Tuesday and Wednesday 1900 bbls sold az
sc 5O Sc So Superfne Illinois and st Louis and on
Thursday 900 bbs sold at range of 50 5oG 80 90
for Ohio and St Louis the Levee and So 750$6 SO
bb for Ohio 10 atboats delivered along side ship Yes
trday the demand again active and the sales reached
10 400 hills of which 2lO0 Ohio and St. Louis, on the
syse at So 7o IS $3.50 Ohio flour iatboat loads)
10 be delivered along side ship at So S. and $500 seven
atboat oads) also deliverable along side ship at 20 s
Ia hb The total sales of the week thus sum up 5looo
barrels.
Weeks receipts 1870 bbls-exports, A2sS
CoRN-With moderate receipts prices for Corn nave
eld an upward tendency and up to Thursday evening
we noticed sales of some 20oo sacks, including 73oo In
the early part the week at 6O0o2e, mostly Tor New