New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-07-07
COMMERCIAL MATTERS.
RxvIEw OF THE MARKETS.

appearance during the past week. The business In Cotton
especially bavin been considerably larger than We had
occasion to report In last revsw. Prices for that
staple however well Sugar and Grain have further
fallen off, and Flour has continued depresssd Provisions
Of nearly all descriptions have been rm Freights have
been firm but quiet, and Exshangesd dull
On Thursdsy the telegraph announced the arrival
at Halifax Of the steamer America with dates from Lv
erpoo TO the 23d ult Her adrices reported dull Cotton
market at Liverpool with sales Of brey 24e0 bales du
ring the week preceding the ed and decline in prices
Of 31601<d v Is for the Midding and lower grades.
Spectators had taken only $500 bales and exporters
about 900 Breadsufs dull apd Corn had declined
Is Cd "a quarter. Consos lowe, and closed at 90
CoTToN-We left the Cotton martet with extremely
dull and dropping appearance at the date Of our last
weekly report the sales Of Friday btng confined to less
than 100 bales, and prices closing 1f0lht y Is lower
than those ruling prior TO the receipt Of the Asa's
counts week before. On Saturday however, good de-
msnd sprang up chiefly account and fac-
tors were willing sellers at the prsyous decline, fully
$500 bales changed hands during ths day. On Monday
prices quite irregular and though generally in
favor Of buyers the sales Of that and the following day
reached barely BOO bales "Wednesday observed
holiday, and no business done. On Thursday
ing there was fair demand and befeethe appearanceof
the evening papers containing the Americas unfsyoabe
advices, about 900 bales disposed Of Yesterday
prices further gave way andat the reduced rates
purchasers found for $500 bales The total business
of the week thus sums up 10000 baks the market clio
sing at about the range Of quotations. which
as follow: 5.-. s.-5 l.
NEW ORLEANS CLASSIFICATION.
Intsrior. :.sH@s Miadlinl Fair.
Ordinary. Fair ...I..........-@-
Good Middling. .1osl0- Good AMI Firs......-pJ-
TOBACCO Tobacco market has been without
much animation, and to yesterday morning heard
of only aboutToe hhds sod the particulars Of nearly all
the transactions being suppressed Yesterday, however
a lot Of 4s hhds was sold at Ske p III
We quote: ...-
Factory Lggs. -. .e1s9sK Fair .sM@s1z
Leaf insG re 70 Com c ciss 81
COTTON AND TOBACCO STATEMENT. q
sto,s an SAINT oorros as;ss T'n4ooo % 10
Received since .......l ,a4oso 44e4a
:" yesterday. ss1-1,214l1 s75-44424
1,24il4s 6s,1ss
Exported to date. =. .11992T 64,79s
yesterday...... 746-1 ,2on4a 2sl-55o2s
Stock on hand, not cleared. .4ios 1slo7
SUGAR-The demand for Sugar habeen limited, and
prices declined early in the week xt04e p ID. The
sales have reached barely $50 hhds hcudng 800 taken
yesterday the market closing at abo the range Of the
following quotations:
inferior to Com. .4@4aS Prime an Choice. .5I 06k
Fair to Fully Fair. .505 Clarihedlnd Reid
Weeks receipts, 1,1s7 hhds-Expors, 1923 hhds
M0LASsE5-The market for Noises has been dull
throughout the week. and prices hayseen rather lower
The GALES embrace 800 bbs mosF at 26 ale for
Good to Prime Reboiled and 24625$R gallon for Poor
and include $50 Fermentlng taken yeserday at 25s.
Weeks receipts, 1855 bbls-Exporb169 =
FL0UR-The demand for Flour hasbeen fair during a
part of the week. but prices have furr given way Up
Thursday evening the sales embracA about 5000 bbs
mostly at 81 590S8 for Superfne Ono Illinois and Sc
Louis So Is for Choice Superhne Fancy and SO rs
0sl0 so % Dbl for Extra ground frog new Wheat We
also noticed some sales of Fine SIS R Dbl Yesterday
$40 bbls st. Louis superhne sold 81 rs bbl and
i 500 on private terms.
/ Weeks receipts 1892 bbls-Exposs s,os2.
| CoRN-There has been fair dennd for Corn. Int
prices have further declined during tb past week The
sales up to yesterday morning reacha $4,000 sacks at
5660e for Damaged and inferior 655O for Ordinary In
Prime Mixed, 7O075 for Yellow and Wlte and 550I7.
bushel for Prime and Choice Whit Yesterday ASSOC
sacks were disposed Of including 1877 liked at e5
1870 at 3d. l Yellow and Mixed at 70d2 and 500 yellow
| at TOO a bushel.
Week'sreceipts, 4o,S1S sacks-Exp0s, 4s,26l sacks
oAIs-fhe rates for Oats have coHinued to fail off
and We have noticed sales of about 1000 sacks dnrino
the week. the market opening at 5oo for indiana ,s
St. Louis and closing at 4895Os buae for the latter
Yesterday 1850 sacks St Louis we're soil at 4s "a hh,
1 Weeks receipts 17,2s7 sacks-Expora 2s5
i BhAN AND HAf-Bran has sold Gowly Mt the re
duced rates of s56soe q 100 fb....M quote wests,,
Hay at s250s27 p ton.
WHEAT-We noticed sales of 2s9 ssEs Wheat fsbo,,,
TOO bnshes) on Thursday at 81 so % bshel.
PoRK-There was some inquiry for Prk in The early
part of the week. and some 1900 bbs nipspected Mes
were sold at sls Dbl. The ruling ratfor retail lots i
Mess has been SIS Is q Dbl
weeks receipts, All bbls-Exports ss5 bbls.
The stock Of Pork at the inspection rehouses on this
LIST inst comprised 3I55 bbs Mess SO Pune Mess 65a
o. 81 Prime, 492 Soft Mess 431 other hpds and 1s171
not inspected-in all 2Oo 5s bbls.
BACoN-The market for Bacon has bsu hrmer and ;y
some instances holders have realized Improvement fol
Ribbed Sides The demand has been fsh with sales III
to yesterday morning of 900 casks 9xSs for botf
Ribbed and Clear Sides, and Sd 0shesb for Shoulders
Weeks receipts I122 casks-Exports "a casks
BEEF-We quote Mess Beef at SIT onDsl7 80 "a bbl
and $90S9 SO q half bb and Prime at sl4Ds15 "a hill
Weeks receipts, Ga bbls-Exports, 90 bills
The stock of Beef at the inspection warehouses; on tn
lat nst barely 23S bbls of which lqt prima and
Inferior and Damaged.
LARD-The demand for Lard has beenlimited and tb
sales up to Thursday evening contud to about 5O
bbls and tierces at ~ aloe for No and IoM0lo fo
Prime, and 800 kegs of which 200 at Iko "a H. Yes
terday SO bbls No. 2 were sold at Ss<a "A NJ
Weeks receipts, l161 bbls and 572 kegs Export
equal to 27s7.
BUTTER AND CHEEsE-Western Butter has sold .
1920 for good to prime, and Cheese at a01o& "a i,
according to quality.
R1CE-We quote Carolina Rice at 61s66Ac "a H. wit
dull market the sales including % tices on Thursda
at 6&e. Holders still ask 10 for Prmepts.
| WHISKY-The market for this article has continue
dull and We have noticed sales Of only about 800 BIB
Rectiaed at 3lD3111 Nv " gallon.
Weeks receipts IT'S bbls-Exports, 27s bbls,
BAGGTNG AND RoPE-Kentucky Bageipe has sol
at 14kDl51st, the transactions including pieces q
Thursday at the latter rate.. OF Rope 400 coils Fa
have been sold at 7e and $50 Fancy Louisiana Manufa
turing Company at s11t India Begging may be ou
at 13k@144 for large and small lots lot of IS bal
having been disposed of at l3s<t cash In addition
the above sales of Rope 700 coils were taken yesterdt
atT4e.
| GUNNY BAGS-This article has been very firm. q
ers Of have been refused fol lots to arrive al
80 bales, extra weight, sold at 1885, cash. Also We
terday 500 bales at 13s, cash.
COFFEE-The Coffee market has been firm daring Il
L week but only moderate demand has prevailed III
sales of Rio embrace about 5000 bags mostly at los.
l0st, but offer of lie refused for 1000 bags
lections from the cargo Of the Panama Yesterday
/ bags were sold at 1Os1s q Ii.
No further cargoes have been received from Rio dur
past week. and the direct imports since the LIST Of 81
TENDER remain at 3l9l56 bags The stock on hand ID
: | evening was about 10000 bags.
eghths Fine) which had been held at about 81