Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-05-25
New orleans market.

NEW ORLEANS May 20, p. M-CoTToN.-Our last
weekly report closed upon very dull and unsettled
Cotton market, rendering quite impossible 10 give
general quotations.. most Of the buyers having with
drawn, and the BajO rity of holdeTs retiring their
stocks We have had t'ut little Improvement 10 no.
tee IN the condhion If the market during the week
now under review several successive steamers hav-
ing arrived with still unftvOrabIe advices from
Europe and the business Of the entire week has been
confined TO about II 200 bales, comprising 100 on
Saturday, 1870 on Tuesday, 5000 Wednesday,
1900 yesterday, and $500 to-day, Monday having
passed without a sale worth reporting. The market
continues too unsettled for general quotations. the
range Of offers on the part Of buyers being about 1Ox
ollie q fb for Asddling, but OF the limited
business has been done basis of lie. for Middng
To day the prices were very irregular, but still more
IN FAVOR OF buyers Mo ding ranging mostly at 1O%
ollie q tb.
ToBAoCJ-The primo ipal buyers appear to have
withdrawn from the r1et for the moment, and the
demand during the past week has been pretty much
confined 70 limited Yare els Of the finer qualities The
barely 500 hhds.. Of which some ESQ have been on
private terms, and the residue IN the following lots
% hhds Lugs at Sc; II Admitted at &c; 10 at 734c
~ at S14c at Sc IL at e9sc.; "a Mason County at
fraction over l0s-; and II hhds stems at 11zc.
2 b.
peat our lastquoatio2s as follows
Lugs, Factory 31!@41
Lugs, Planters 4156D5A
Leaf, Inferior 10 Common 51k964
Leaf, Fair 61s6D7
Leaf, Fine 7LOSk
Leaf, Choice, Light to Clarksyile, $685.
sUGAR-The demand has been moderate during
the pest week with sales OF alb ut $500 hhls prices
being generally favor of buyers, and closing the
range of the following quotations., which show a de-
cline of &c for the far and better qualities and q
Nc for the lower grades:
Inferior 3K04II
Common to Goo Common 4Aa5K
Fair to Fully Fair 5Aa6k
Prime 6J5M6sI
Choice mil,
Centrifugal and Clarified 7 MsL
Low Clarified 5kR61@
On plantation we have noticed sales of Two or three
crops. including Of the 25O hhds. prime sc,
| and one of The 300 at 634c. z ID.
MOLASSES--The mar ket has been dull and de-
pressed during the greater part the past week. with
sales Of only about $500 bbls inciuding 1000 1920
to-day-prces ranging lattcry at 81 i1d3lc. for
| binary ana fermenting, and 32fG33c for prime and
CHOICE and hall bbls. selling at 34GZc5 = gallon.
| CDfFEE--fhere has been moderate demand
during the past week; with sales 5000 bags at
easier prices Tor buyers, the range being mostly at
lO5SGD12sc, including 100 bags to-day at IL &c q
ID We nDw quote lair al 10 IsalllC. good fair IL a
| IA II az, and prime and cho IL ga &c r tb.
TO r cdrgnes, embracing 20 900 sacks have arrived
from Ro de JnciTO during the week, making the I'M
| p rts since the LIST Of September 37OO9S bags.
gdist 2l9.34l To the same date last year TIL stock
| o. hand this eve ing, including two cargoes
Quarantine Is about p 800 bags, against 1886 the
| same time last year.
| SALT-Ihere has been a good demand for Liver
pool salt during the past week, and prices have adj
vanced The Gales have amounted to about 3S 900
SACKS IN store, comprising 49, S5c. 400
coarse and 900 fine at; $500 sacks, third ine
9Oc; ard one cargo of about 500 sacks third fine
$50. 2 sack, holders the close asking still higher
pr eS. tn rates for lots from second hands
'n995c. for course, and 81 05a2l 10 for fine the
warehouse, and al 05 for coarse. 81 1891 20
! e sack for lac, delivered free Of drayage.