New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-06-01

which is offering at 143c. i3lb. Common Porto RIGA
and Cuba is plenty, but with little or no demand.
There is only limited retail demand for Louisiana
Sugar at l2@l3c. for common to fair l44c.
@li4c for fully fair; l5Bc. for prime
and Ice. u b. for choice, We have no sales Of
Sugar to report, The business in Molasses is
mostly confined to jobbing lots at Doc. u gallon,
but there was sale to-day Of 125 hhds. of strictly
prime Porto Rico at s. &c. 3B gallon
FLoUR-The market has been quiet and prices
are unchanged. The supply on hand is moderate,
while the demand is mostly Of local character
The sales to-day amount to 1889 bbls,, of which
10 choice extra lat SIS 25 so good extra at
$13 80 100 do. at $12 Is; 1O0do. at $l2 so 100 do
at $l2 25; 50 do at $12; 125 unbranded at IS So
and 7O4 common sour at -.
CoRy-Rainy weather has againprevented heavy
operations on the levee The supply on hand is
very large but the demand continues active, and
prices weaker, though not quotably so. Sales to-
day amount to 1900 sacksin the following lots, viz
500 white at 923c.; 300 white mixed at 92tc; 1000
white at 9Oc 400 yellow mixed at size. 500 vel.
low at s73c.: 1000 yellow mixed at 823@S5c,, and
500 yellow at SIC. u bushe
0ATs-There is fair supply of this article on
hand, with moderate demand, while prices are
firm at yesterdays quotations Sales to day were
restricted to 1850 sacks of which 300 at 53@54c.,
and 400, 900, $50 and 300 at SIC. % bushel.
BRAN-Is dull, The market is stocked, but the
demand is quite limited and altogether of a local
character Sales to-day amount to only 300 sacks,
in two lots, one Of 200 sacks at 81 Is, and 100 at
81 Is per 100 BIS.
HAY-The market is almost at stand still
There is fair supply on hand, but there is no de-
mand. We, however, repeat our quotations, as
follows s22 . ton for prime Western. ....
P0RE-There was some disposition to operate
to-day, though the extreme frmness of holders to
| a great extent checked transactions. The demand
is partly speculative, but considerable amount
is taken for the local trade Sales to-day in clude
$50 bbls. mess at s34 4 bbl.; and yesterday, not
previously reported, 100 bbs. at S33 80 % Dbl
Dealers are now holding at S3+ 50 for jobbing
lots
BAooN-Contnues in active retail demand, while
prices are ruling steadily in favor Of holders. The
supply on hand is quite limited but holders are
not disposed to sell, even at the high rates now
asking. The only sale we have to report is Is
casks of shoulders at l5C, 81 tb we, however,
continue our quotations as follows Ribbed sides
| at lS@l9c,, clear sides at 2Oc., and sugar-cured
hams at 26c. u d.
LARD-The supply on hand is limited with an
active retail demand, and prices are very firm at
23c, for prime in tierees and 24c. a. d. in kegs.
STAR CANDLEs-Are in fair supply, but moder-
ate demand at 1890. for II o.; 2lc for IA or and
Csc. u b. for l6 OF,
WHIsKY-Is still inactive. The supply on hand is
large, but with no demand for round lots. There is
small retail business doing at 81 20 and 81 80 u
gallon for Western rectified.
SALT-Is active at 81 So for coarse Liverpool
and 81 9O81 95 for fine do.
NAVAL sToREs-Rosn is selling at 50 80 for
common, $38s3 50 for No. 8, S. so for No 2
and for No. /, So y Dbl. We notice sale of 100
bbls. of No. to-day, at IS y Dbl. Tar at 50 50
Pitch at 50, and Spirits of Turpentine at 95c. i
gallon,
BAGGING-Is still inactive, but firmly held at 29c
! y yard in rolls and ale. III bales Yesterday not
previously reported, so bales were sold at SOC T.
yard u..
BALE RoPE-There is but very little of this ar
tice on hand and. that is divided among a few
dealers, but prices are firm at lSc. y ID.
BUTTER AND CHEEsE-The stock of Goshen and
Western Butter is ample, with liberal receipts anG
in very good demand at 5O155c. for the former
and 3s@45c. fs ii. for the latter. There is nc
common or old Butter now in market, and we
therefore omit quotations. Cheese is in fair sup
ply, but dull at I5022c. for western, and &c. L
II, for English dairy lots.
SuNDRIEs-New Potatoes are selling at So 50G
50 90, new onions at $3r5S9 70, eggs at Sl702l9 f
Dbl, chickens at $50S3 50 u doz, and turkeys al
s32 z doz.
+. CoFFEE-Is quiet, but prices are somewha
frmer Dealers are furnishing the demand fol
the country at 25@293c. u Ii for ordinary Il
prime Rio, in currency.
FREIGHrs-The demand for all points is Of ;
very restricted character, and rates cannot be re
ported as much better than "Reminiscences
when placed on the berth have a fixed quotation
but when the day of departure arrives, and space
is still vacant terms are made easy to shippers
Sailing vessels are of different classes, and each
supposed to have an appropriate rate. But it no
unfrequently happens that vessel chartered at al
extreme figure lowers the quotation when in nee
of freight with which to fill up. The prices give
today are 485d. by steamship, and 9@4o. ut
by sailing vessels for cotton 10 Liverpool to Hayr
by sail l c. and to New York and Boston by steaI
&c. q Ii for cotton, and 75c, q Dbl. for -four, an
by sail 3@9'l6c "a ID for cotton, and 45c. u Dbl
for flour,
The RISE AND FALL OF WHARF.-THE Chicag
Tribune of May 10 has an interesting article upo
the fluctuations of the wheat market:
In all the commercial eenters in the Unite
States but more particularly IN Chicago the Ell
crossing topic of conversation at bank or o
change is the sudden advance and equally sudde
decline which has taken place in the wheat MAJ
ket The following table shows the daily price 0
spring wheat in Chicago from May LIST to the lStl
No Sprln