New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-09-25

sacks at 81 Is, and $50 sacks at 81 30 9 100 TBS.
| HAY-We have no sales to report to-day. The
market is quiet and prices steady, at $2O@25 for
St. Louis, and $28G3O y ton for prime Ohio
river.
PoRK-The market remains very inactive. The
supply on hand is fair but there is no demand
whatever for round lots, which we quote nominal
at 1856 IS Dbl. In jobbing way there is only a
moderate business doing at S35 SO U Dbl
| BAcoN-Contnues in fair retail demand at 1890.
| for shoulders, 22c. for ribbed sides, 225c. for
clear Sides and 273c. u ID. for sugar cured hams
| In word there is but little doing and prices are
nominal at 1910. for shoulders, 2l4c for ribbed
sides, 22c for clear Sides and 264@27c. u Ii. for
sugar cured hams.
| LAED-Is quiet and prices unchanged at 22c.
for prime in tierces, and 24c. 53 b. for kegs
WHIsKY-There is little no demand for round
lots, and but limited demand for retail lots at
81 75G9l 80 for Louisiana, and 50 20@p2 IS ID gal
Ion for Western rectifed.
INDIA BAGGNG-Ts in very light supply, with
fair retail demand at 39c. % yard for rolls,
and Ale. % yard for bales.
BALE RorE--Is in good supply, but with
little demand at 1870. for lots and 19c. for retail
parcels. /
GUENY BAes-Are in light supply and demand,
at Soc piece.
| sALT-Is in fair demand, and prices exhibit an
upward tendency. Turks Island is in light sup
ply, and is held at Csc. per sack. Liverpool is
quoted at 50 3O@$2 so for fine, from warehouse,
and 50 2O@$2 80 u bushel for coarse. It is held
1 by the cargo at 50 40 for fine and 50 05 for
| coarse.
SuNDR1Es-Eggs are selling at $20@22 u
Dbl, Potatoes at 50 25@$3 % Dbl, Onions 50 so
@$4 53 bbl., Apples at$2 5OG44I q Dbl. Chickens
| at $8@10 % dozen and Beans $90S1l d bushel.
| NAVAL SToREs-Are in light demand, and prices
firm at SIG 50@$17 for No. l, 81 80 for No. 2,
and common at 81 500$3 % bbl.; Pitch at S.,
4 Tar at So 5O14, and Spirits of Turpentine at 575
i @6Oc. y gallon.
i HoPs-There is fair inquiry noticeable for
Il new, but there are none in the market. Belgian
are held at 8O@85c., and American at zoe. %
bushel.
MATHS in light supply and dull at 50 20
for Canada, and 9O@92c. for Westerns
i Coal Oils held by the lot at 8O@9Oc. U gal
lon.
i BUTTER AND CHEEsE-Western Butter is in fair
supply butquiet, at22c. for common, Csc. fair and
33@35c. % ii. for choice. Goshen is selling at
4O@45c. % d. Cheese is quiet at l5@t8c. for
i Western and 25028c. per Id. for English Dairy
lots.
WooL-Is in fair supply but quiet at l6@l8c.
!. for natural, l8@22c. for Texas, 3@3 for Merino,
22@25c. for Texas, 4@E for Merno, 28@SOc. for
washed, and l3@15c. q ID. for berry.
| HDEs-Are in limited supply, with fair
demand at l0@l0!c. for green, and l23@l5c. for
dry.
/ CoFFEE-Is in light supply, with fair demand
! at 27t059c. % ID. for ordinary to prime Rio in
currency.
ri FREIGHTs-Are quiet but steady and firm. The
sales are to New York by steamer &c. Il ID. for
Cotton, ST so f3 hid for Tobacco, and 7jc " Dbl
for Flour. The steamers now here are all full al
the above figures; and steamers to arrive are
being taken up at lc. % ID. for Cotton, and SO q
hid. for Tobacco. By sail to New York, &c. u H.
for Cotton to Boston, 409-l6c. q ID. for Cotton
/ and soc. ID Dbl for Flour By steam to Liver
/ pool, &c. % Ii. for Cotton; and By sail to Liver
. pool, 3@9-l6d. for Cotton, and AIS. Sd. for To
bacco; by sail to Havre, 1lc. y ID. for Cotton.
CorToN sUPPLY.-The following, which we fine
in late number of the New York Evening Post
under the head, and evidently intended to increase
the sale, of "New Publications. may not prove
!, unworthy Of the attention Of our commercial
: readers
Cotton Observation-Disclosures rerSuS Anlericd.-
= The efforts to supersede the AmeTican-grown cot
e ton by the encouragement of cotton culture il
l. India and elsewhere, have been very great ant
long misunderstanding all the sanction and ali
the British government could well give. During
the war an extraordinary impulse was given t
e. these efforts, and hardly anything in the way o
d. experiment was left untried. The results havt
not been proportionate to the energy, zeal an
pecsistency developed by the British government
nt and its subjects in this enterprise. 1t is nov
l. openly acknowledged that the cotton fields of tn
United States are unequalled by those Of any othe
country.
5, Of this both we and our readers were aread
at aware. The particular details of the experiment
c. made in India, and the reasons of their partial fai
ure, are given circumstantally and very clearl,
in book with the title at the head of this notice
written by J. TalboYs Wheeler, resident in India
and published by Virtue GorstOn, II Dey street
The author gives full account Of the various eH
periments made, and the contents Of the publ
I reports in accordance with the resolution of til
} government of India. Anv intelligent America
er cotton planter can learn clearly from this boo
y exactly the conditions and methods of cotton Gu
h. ture in India, and why its fields inferior to OF
- own for that purpose. Complete statistical table
u accompany the descriptive passages.
e. The author shows conclusively that the dticu
re ties attending the growth of our long fiber cotto
r. in India are very great, and that no other cOunr
- can compete with us in its production. a few e.
70 tracts will serve to make this clear, viz:
ne Superiority Of American Cotton.-As regard
81 the superiority of American cotton to Indian, Dl
,st Wight reported that the American cotton wa
=, about twenty per cent. more valuable than I'll
d Indian, or nearly as So. is to 34d. Again, I'll
lie American seed produced from r to 8 per cen
no words 100 pounds of American seed yielde
- from 283 pounds to 3Opounds of clear cotton woo
whilst 100 pounds of Indian seed only yielde
RI about 81 pounds of clear cotton WOOL
India too Cold4--In the first place it was see
143 that India was not too hot for the American plan
i55 since in the Carnatic it had borne unframed Il
$50 hot winds of May and June. On the other han
100 it ascertained that the cultivating season
India was, if anything, too cold in other word
,,o that the climate of the Carnatc during the co
l0' months, which formed the cotton growing seast
1871 in India was actually colder kthat the summer
.. Mississippi, which formed the cotton growing Sc
$50 son in America the Americans cultiyating fro
$50 April to November, and the Indian Ryots fro
- September until April.
$40 american Cotton and The american Gin.
at "He (N1r. Finnie, an extensive cotton grove
,er could not he said, after deyotng his best ate
lor ton to the subject, entertain much hope of L
'en success of the American cotton It failed
lali Southern India on account Of the cold nigh
for which prevail after a steady monsoon If the
ow were occasional showers of rain after the LIST
-. February, when the weather became warm al
vas if the ravages of insects could be also avode
a then the American cotton would succeed admir-