New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-27
Commercial Sntellt9ente.
CRESCENT OFFICE, No. 81 CAMP sTRfEl


Thursday Evening, April &c, 1866. :
CoTroN--Tnactivity still constitutes the leading
feature of the market. Offerings of all grades
continue very light, and the demand is of such
restricted character that it cannot be reported as
better than nominal. The City of Boston's ad-
vices of the 18th instant announce sales at Liver
pool for the week ending that day, (Friday,) of
10000 bales, at decline of I'd. U tb, and intimate
that the market closed with downward tendency,
at still further slight decline. The stock on hand
of all importatons was GOO, 600 bales. The move
ment in our market to-day has been confined to
672 bales, divided among six buyers, and
prices are too unsettled to present reliable
or even approximatng quotations. Buyers,
however, claim on their trihing purchases
general decline of 2003c. u ib since the receipt
of the European advices of the 18th to the 18th
instant, but thus far heavy operations could not
be effected at so great a reduction on the quota
tions in the early part of the week, which were
3O@32c. for ordinary 33034c. for good ordinary ;
36037c. for low middling, and 4oc. for middling.
Small lots have been obtained at the decline
referred to- but most factors have coveredup their
samples and refuse to entertain overtures in the
present condition of the market, while not few
of them predict speedy reaction in view of the
improvement in Exchange, the steady falling of
in receipts, and the very dscouraging accounts of
the growing crops.
STATEMENT OF COTTON.
Stock on hand Sept lst I8G5-bales. ....... S3,23G
Received previops,v AZ
76O,s8!
Exported since yesterday. ................. 600
Exported previously Goo 06-6OO OF
Stock on hand and shipboard not cleared leo s.,
SUGAR AND MoLAssEs-Only'3 hhds, of Sugar
have been received from the coast since vester
day. No Molasses. The supply of both domestic
and foreign Sugar and Molasses is fair, hut wit,
only limited retail demand. The only sale ,vt
heard of to-day is 10 hhds clarified at Ice. 70 II
We continue to quote inferior at S0l10c., commo,
1l@13c, fully fair l5c., prime l54@l54c., and fo
choice 16@l6Ac. u Ii. Cuba Sugar is retailing a
123@l22c. for No. u, 134@l4c. for No. IA, ant
l5c. % ib. for No. 10. The demand for Molasses i
limited and we hear of very few sales. Yester
day and to-day 2l0 bbls. prime fermenting Louisi
ana were sold in lois of 100 and 80 bbs. on pr
waite terms.
FLoUR--The market to-day has been quite &C
tive and firm, the stock of supertine and extr
being small, while those Of the lower class ar
abundant. The sales to-day amount to 5S4O bblS
in lots as follows: 1000 bbls. steam dried super
fine on private terms for shipment 1000 do. O.
private terms 100 extra at ST TO- $50 on its merit
at Sl 90, $50 and 100 extra at $40 614, 100 super
fine at IS so, 500 superfne at IS %, 200 on it
merits at s. Is, 400 superfine at IS Is, 100 III
bonded at 81 So 100 fine at Sc 90, 100 do. at Sc 8;
and l50loW fine at S. ST..
CoRN-Still continues in active demand, with
further advance of sc. u bushel. The sales tt
day amount to 9G60 Sacks in the following order