New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-03-25
NEW ORLEANS MARKETS.


The Cotton market has been rather variable during
the past week. and prices with some rreeuiarty have
Eti further declined In Tobacco there has been but
little doing; but pretty good demand has preysed
In Sugar and Melasses Flour has been dun and the
market almost at stand up to Wednesday, on which
day there moderate demand and some
at reduced prices Freghts have been easier, and ex-
changes in fair demand at unchanged On Monday
morning we published the telegraphic of the
news brought by the steamer Arabia, which embraced
advces from Liverpool to the 4th week later
than were received by the Asia. They reported the
Liverpool Cotton market dull the week preceding the
4th with sales Of only 1000 bales and slight decline
In the middlipg qualities the quotations being fully
l-l6t lower say, Fair Orleans 61sd Middling Orleans
l,l6d Fair pplsnds d, and Middling Upands I-l6d
Nv fb The stock hand still large Flour was
reported to have declined Is q bbi, Corn v quartsr
and Wheat i'd bustel Of 20 b. Gonsos were reported
to have closed at s14d. Yesterday morning we pub
shed the Pacifcs accounts to the 8th inst ele
graphic columns These reported no in thr
Liverpool Cotton market the sales Of the business
days reaching barely COO bales including 1000 taken for
circulation and export Fair Orleans quoted at 61d
Middling Uplands at 5s6d p Is. The market for Bread.
suSfs irmer Flour quoted at 3gd4Os y Dbl for
Western Canal Baltimore ana Ohio and at an adj
vance Of "a quarter prices closing at 4647s for yell
low and White The Money market was easier and Con.
soils improved to 9l3& 0olss There no change of
moment in the political condition of Europe reported by
the Pacific.
oorToN-The Cotton market opened dull on satur-
day, tbs steamers being anxiousy expected and
sales of the day barely reached 1900 bales On Sunday
tbs hrabiss adyices were received and Monday
market continued quiet appearance the saea
embracing only 5000 bales prices having unsettled
by the European accounts On Tuesday, the market
was more animated, and the transactions amounted to
5000 bales factors submitting to decline OF from
previous rates On Wednesday, thsre fair demand
which freely met by factors and the reached
1000 bales at unchanged prices but Thursday there
less inquiry, and the transactions were limited to
about 5000 bales. Yesterday morning the Pscfcs ac-
counts appeared producing but little effect mar
ket about 60O0 bales being taken at unchanged prices
The sales Of the week thus sum up 32lOO bales the
market closing at the range Of quotations below
This receipts Of the week 064 bales against So
for the corresponding week year and the total re-
eelPs since the LIST Of September have been 1905 ass
against last year FOR the same time l4l3S 67 bales.
NEW ORLEANS CLASSIFICATION
Inferior. 6l9 et& Middling Fair. 10 t01ox
yrdInlpy s sg x an; ri. O.
a'od hiddlins. s1sfS saslaood and Fine. 90
COTTON AND TOBACCO STATEMENT.
Stock hand Sept. /. 1853, 1852 Ae 1906
Received since. 9959S6 1909
yesterday. s5o2-1,o o5.4ss o0o-1soss
1,ole.o5o 42,564
= yesterday ss621-761,2sa s6-l65oe
B.ook on hand not cleared..... 254757 2eo55
ToBAcco-The movement in this article has been
rather limited during the past week. the reported sales
not exceeding $50 hhds with the following particulars
SO hhds ct = 18l, mostly Refused round 81 Ad-
mted and Refused at round. hhds Good Refused
and yesterday Is hhds Luga at 5ac, n at and
30 also at SIC y is, vs. quote:
L Lssf Inf to Com &C. SS 5 to
SUGAR-The market opened Saturday with an
active demand for the better qualities $500 hhds
were sold at unchanged prices Lower grades dull
IN Monday the demand continued active, and the
reached $500 hhds but the receipts large prices
gave way about 10. On Tuesday and "Wednesday the
demand fell off, and the receipts being light holders
more rm the sales for the days reaching only 1000
hhds at unchanged rates On Thursday and yesterday
about $500 hhds Sold making sales of the week
Inferof to Com. 1af0216 Prime ndohoice szSa4s
Good % Common -92N Clarified ...4aSs
Weeks receipts i 77o hhdsexports seel 49,
MoLAssEs--There has been only moderate demand,
the sales up to Wednesday night reaching about 4700
bbls prices for the Inferior qualities having downward
tendency. Inferior and Fermenting selling mostly at
gallon The sales for the last two days embrace barely
1000 bills of which 1l6 Prime sold yesterday at I6 D
gallon, the market closing extremely dull.
Weeks receipts 9647 bbs-exports 1881.
FL0UR-The Flour market was at stand on Saturday
and no sales of consequence reported On Monday
it was dull and dropping, and quiet up to Wednesday,
when there rather demand and 5000 bbs were
disposed of at SO 25D S6 3Ts for Ohio, So 40S6 62L
for superfne St. Louis, and 81 5oSss Dbl for Extra
and Choice Extra On Thursday about $500 bbls were
taken, including 200 Indiana the Levee So 25 1000
St Louis in lots at So So 1900 Extra Ohio 81, and
some lots OF Choice Extra at 81 1908 Dbl Yesterday
the market very quiet and the principal sale
400 bills st. Louis at SO 50 bb and 100 Choice Extra
at 81 8715.
Weeks receipts 90 434 bbls-exports. 77l2
CORN-The market opened dull, with small sales, but
on Tuesday the rates gave way from 9 to 60 and an
active demand followed The sales of the three days
reached 10000 sacks Inferior aud Ordinary selling at.
45hH4se and Good to Prime at 52055c a bushel. The
demand continued good on Wednesday and Thursday
the sales of the two days embracing 10000 sacks about
the same range Yesterday about 1000 sacks sold
higher prices follows 400 sacks 5Oc 52c 1000
at 54D5Sc, 700 at 6sc, and 200 Prime also at Csc "a
bushel,
Weeks recei pts 631 90 saeks--exports, 20 145
OATS-The demand has been limited. and prices
father lower % Wednesday, 1000 sacks st. Louis
disposed Of at 44045c bushel, and Thursday 1000
at the latter rate,
Weeks receipts, 1926 saeks-exports, 1898
WHEAT-fn the early part of the week we noticed
sales of 500 sacks Prime at 81 49, 81 So and 1900 Good
at 81 49, and Wednesday 1850 Prime at the lat
ter reduced figure
BRAN AND HAY-But little has been doing in Bran
which is held at 81 l60 Is q 100 b. We noticed sales
OF 500 bales of Hay il the early part of the $2l
$22 u ton and some lots since at a lower rate.
PoRK-The has been good demand for Pork. aud
the sales for the three first days amounted to $500 bb
Guinspeced Mess bringing Sl2 f5fDS12 81 and State
Inspected S13 NJ. 0 Sl2 u.s. Prime $40 75e sl1, and
Humps SO so o Dbl On Wednesday aud Thursday 1900
Mess were sold at s12 rs Dbl Yesterday 207 bbs Un-
Mess sold at s12 49, and 1855 Prime Mess at
SIR so a bbi
,.teek's receipts 20122 bbl--exports, 1858.
BhGoN-This article has been in good request most
OIL the week with sales up to Wednesday night of 800
casks sidss 797So, Clear 7k67xc, Shoulders 5S0
Pse asms 0s1fo, and l0tai1e for Ordinary Plain to