New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-08-19
NEW ORLEANS MARKETS.
CRESCENT OFFICE.

Saturday Morning, August 10, 1854
Business in general market during the past week
has been rather limited SCALE but considering the
season, the transactions in articles have been to
fair extent The stock of Cotton is much reduced and
buyers have but small scope for selections For such
lists have been desirable rather better prices have
realized during the week The Tobacco market has been
extremely dull. Flour has lattery been very dull and
prices rather lower Corn is without any material
change but prime qualities have been and brought
full prices. Pork has considerably advanced and in
creased amount of business has been done in the article
CoTTON-The Cotton market opened on Saturday with
but little animation in the demand and the transactions
of the day limited to about 600 bales Monday again
dull day. and barely 500 bales changed hands, but
prices rather firm. On Tuesday active demand
sprang up the sales reached about 1900 bales factors
realizing slight improvement for some selections The
inquiry fair Wednesday and resulted in sales OF
1000 bales but Thursday there less demand and
barely 500 bales found purchasers Yesterday the
actions reached about 700 bales making the total bust
of the week $500 bales We slightly alter quota
tons follows
NEW ORLEANS CLASSIFICATION.
inferior. ..........5 at lMidding Fair .91zR9A
Ordinary .610Ts4 Fair ............1 a.
hiddling .sz6t0s9& Good Fair.
Good Middlins....9 f09klGood and Fine.... 90
COTTON AND TOBACCO STATEMENT.
CoTToN--baias. ToRAcco-hhds
Stock ON hand Sept. ........... i0572 2946b
Received since. -. l,4S2,169 1870
N'S0e.' yesterday. Ooo-l, 4s2162 52-47,9s2
1,442,7sl 1881
Exported to dats.... ,40s6s6 1920
yesterday. 1904 al, 4os6s6 oOo-4s, 900
Stock on hand not cleared 1880 33O4S 2s,o67
TOBACCO-The past week has been extremely dull
in the Tobacco Market aud the reputed sales amount
to less than 100 hhds the principal of which 80 at
=, and So at y h. We hear of no change in prices
and retain our quotations:
Factory Lugs.. AK Fair .............6 06s
Leaf Infer to Com 56GD5A Choice Select'ns Il so
sUGAR-The receipts of Sugar have been light and
the transactions limited pretty much to small lots at
advance of 1460%e y fb. We now quote as follows:
Inferior to Conn., 03a Prime and Choice. .41405h
Fair to Fully Fair 32ll04 Clarified and Refd 51D7
| Weeks receipts, 2O4 hhds-Exports, $40 hhds.
MOLAssES-Wth small supplies the sales of Molasses
during the past week have been limited to few lots at
range of 7481Of for fermentng to good reboied and
11fO111ae p gallon for prime lots The transactions
ncnde lis bbls good reboiled at 1ot and 1856 at the
rate. We have also noticed GALES of Refinery
Reboilsd at 13614t, mostly 1875 q gallon.
| Weeks receipts, $50 bbls-Exports, liza.
| FL0UR-The week commenced with a very limited
supply of Flour the market holders Saturday
realized $S0SS Is p Dbl for small lots of Superfne St
Louis With further receipts however prices fell off t.
ST 5O0$7 49, the reported transactions of Thursday
being the inside rate Fancy and Extra brands ranging
at IS O00$s so p Dbl, We also noticed sales o
Unbranded and Fine at SO SO and 81 p H. Yesterday
transactions embraced 40o bills of which $50 st. Louis
81 So 200 100 Fancy at 81 S. $50 Extra at 81 T5G
81 and 100 at 49, the market closing with firm
ness.
] Weeks receipts, STA bbs-ExpOrts, ll6S bbls.