New Orleans daily crescent., 1856-01-26
COMMERCIAL MATTERS.
REVIEW oE THE MARKETS.

SATURDAY MpRNINc, January 20, 1855.
fair demand has prevailed in general market du
ring the past week. but transactions have been
paratvey limited seae owing to limited supplies Of moa
articles Cotton has been somewhat depressed by the
cent accounts Europe, bus with light stock sale
factors have shown little anxiety to sell at the reduction
in the rates. which amounted to Skefor the Middling
and lower grades at the opening Of the week. Tobacco
has continued frm with limited transactions The sup
plies Of Western produce generally still cut of by the
ice in the upper rivers and the stocks here greatly
duced. Flour hes been dull while most descriptions OF
Grain and Provisions have advanced. Freights Ex
changes have been in limited request and lower rates
have been accepted in most of the transactions.
On Thursday morning we published the Africa's
counts received by telegraph, embracing Liverpool
dates to the 9th inst They reported dull Cotton
ket at Liverpool with sales Of about 900 bales during
three business days preceding the steamers departure
Our dispatches represented prices unchanged though
circulars reported decline of H91zd" Consols
had further fallen of aud closed at s6I.
The Baltcs advces appeared in columns yesterday
morning. bringing up dates from Liverpool the 18th
inst They report decline in Cotton of for the bet
ter qualities, and I'd the lower grades and quote Mid
ding Orleans at 716d Fair Upands 54d and Middling
Uplands at 316dthe last probably blunder, and in
tended for 5l6. Fair Orleans is not quoted by
correspondent but other dispatches give the quotation
3d. Consols had further declined per and closed
at s616M MS6A.
CoTTON-The Cotton market opened with dull and
dropping appearance under the influence of the foreign
news, which had appeared In our issue Of Friday
ng and the weather Saturday being rainy and disa
greeable the sales confined to about $500 bales
prices showing decline Of 1S044 } tt subsequent to
the receipt of the steamers accounts On Monday there
enquiry and that day and the following, to-
gether about 10000 bales changed hands, without any
further alteration In prices. On Wednesday the Aficas
accounts received before noon but produced
little effect on Market the sales of the day embracing
about 500 bales the rates closing rather easier for buy
ers, without any quotable change On Thursday again
1000 bales sold at unchanged prices. Yesterday
morning operators had the Baie's before them
| the demand during the day rather limited. The
sales embraced about 5000 bales mostly at easier rate
but without any quoteble change, the weeks busines
summing up $4,000 bales We quote as follows:
| NEW ORLEANS CLASSIFICATION.
Inferior Middlins Fair 1oS1o'l 1920
Middling .s0SM Good Ear..
Good Middling. ..o14@es Good and Eine......-O-
| TOBACCO-There has been some movement in the To
bacco market during the week and the sales embrace
about $50 hhds including the following the following par
tcusrs % hhds Factory Lugs at 51s664; Refused a
| 67l@7; Low Admitted at TX; Il at7@75E; Masor
County, Fine and old crop, ct III Is at 6; at 7S "a
s; 20 Selections (crop of ls54) at 10; 61 at s at
and at 644. The market closed with hrmneas at ou
quotations: z,s ,@
Factory Lugs... 66h
/
Leaf, Inferior to Far. ...........: 74@'
Fine .s4@8S
Choice and Selections ...e1zi0I
| COTTON AND TOBACCO STATEMENT.
Corros-baless ToBAado-hhd
Stock on hand Sept. l, 1855 .......4o.5s7 11,71
| Received since 9S0.660 4 40
4 yesterday 3215@9S3675 COO AL
| 1,o24 312 1918
ExportedLto date. .....71467o 12,163
/ :" yesterday. 1856 725.5e5 ooo=12ls
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