New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-02-02
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Saturday Morning, Feb. ., 1856.
Our general market has rather quiet appearance during
past week. owing the limited supply of most articles and
especially of Western produce which is still kept back by the
frozen condition the upper rivers Cotton has been in fair
quest and with reduced stock saldas generally command
full prices and remarks apply the markets for
Tobacco Sugar Moasses Flour has been dull and
little scope for export operations prices have declined
arrived freely and with ready sale mostly
slight reduction the rates while Wheat has been quiet
and firm Provisions generally have been dull though Lard
supply has held advance. Freights and
Exchanges have been in limited request without much alter
ton in the
The Arabas accounts embracing Liverpool dates the 10Th
January received here telegraph yesterday at about
They will be found in another column.
COTTON. We left the Cotton market with rather heavy
appearance the close last weekly review under the in
of the unavorable European received by the
Baltic. On Saturday there moderate demand, and as
buyers obtained slight concessions the lower qualities
effected She of about $500 bales the
for ddg and the upper grades closing without change On
Monday the inquiry good and although there only
limited supply the market and factors rather stringent
in their terms the sales embraced 5000 bales On Tuesday and
Wednesday the demand continued with sales of about II 600
bales for the days at firm prices The weather
unavorae Thursday and with light supply firm preen-
part factors and the hourly expectation Of the
Arabas the sales confined to about 4o bales
Yesterday very done in the carly Of the day. but
upon the receipt of Araba news about noon, excited
demand sang up resulting sales Of fully 1900 bales prices
advancing ic u ID, The sales of the week
up $4,000 bales the market closing at the range of our
quotations, as follows:
NEW ORLEANS CLASSIFICATION.
Inferior. s@s61s Middling Fair .l0I099
Ordinary ..............7@S Fair lU2i9l-
Middlns Good Fair ......-@9-
Good Middling .91a(9924 Good and Fine -L-
TOBACCO. The inquiry for Tobacco has been fair and al
though the stock sale is much reduced and prices full
the transactions Of the week have embraced about 400 hd Of
which have the following particulars q hhd New Crop
7S 10 Old Common at &c. 81 Old, including % at &c. and
at 71c ugs New, 6c, 10 Old Selections at l0c 10
New Admitted and Refused 74971sc Il Lugs at 6}c, 81
New Admitted and Refused in three lots 4c 25 Old at SIC,
10 80 Mason County, low running lot at Sc . 10, and
Yesterday III hhds follows IS Is at s IS at Ia and
| 81 at SIC q ID. w.
| / We quote '' "'
Planters, Lngs
Leaf Inferior to Common 15SE5
Leaf Fair to Fine, f49yo%i
COTTON AND TOBACCO STATEMENT.
H. -{s.- Cotton-bales. Tobacco-hhds
Stock On hand Sent l. .4O,5G I'LL.
RtocS "a s s;nce sep - . loii ISL 4O99
itesS aasteriav 4b7O 90
| w -l,0l5,857 - 4,69
E,x,o-.o5 ~ date res 4ss 1255s
| ENpW''eu r ~ '' II 2M "a
| ' 1' -7Ta659 -12, 5S
....&-. 49, + E6725 SS3
SUGAR receipts Of Sugar have been light and with
fair demand prices improved for the better qualities IN
sales the 1000 hhd including 400 taken yes
erda closing about the Of our quotations
which follows;