Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-10
REVIEW OF THE WEEK.

C0TToN-We left the market dull and de-
pressed. in our last review. in consequence of
the tidings by the Halifax of farthing decline
in Liverpool. Middling 37@Ssc. Since then the
market has remained stagnant and dropping,
except that on Saturday there was little CLEAN
of improvement but il was gone before any
benefit was derived. On FRIDAY. except lot
Of 20 bales bright low middling at 36c, and lot
of 200 bales on private sale. scarcely any trans
actions occurred; middliHg 37@3s. SATURDAY
brought intelligence of q cent advance in New
York. quoting 44c. Holders became firm. but
buyers refused the prices asked, and only the
slightest possible business was done, middling
s7G3e. MONDAY brought no improvement
Saturda closing quotations quoted rSSl 8934c
and weak nothing later arriving the day 5
transactions wcie trivial, and lower than the
nominal quotations; middling 36@37c TUBS
DAY the New York dispatches quoted "gold
$50: cotton quiet and unsettled at 43@44c."
This did not improve the aspect of affairs and
again there was avery light amount of business
done; middling 369S7c. WEDNESDAY had a
repetition of duh and quiet at 4SS4ic from New
York. There was very little disposition to do
any thing either on the side of buyers or hold
ers. Sales few and small and lower; middling
s5G36c. This is the same rate as was paid on
the 9th and 9TH Of September, but currency is
worth considerably more now, and the price is
really higher. THURSDAY the market was
more active than for two weeks, probably 1900
bales changed hands at the rates quoted below.
Those quotations are deprived OF authority.
however, for news came in the evening OF
another "a decline in Liverpool. while in New
York gold was down to 3lsl, and cotton was
barely nominal at 42e. This heavy news put a
stop to transactions, and the market closed
gloomy, prices certain to decline.
Ordinary. Middling -.........35SG
Good Ordinary Isl GG32 Strict Middling 37e2s
Low Middling-...SSSSi Good Middling.. 800
Receipts for the week by river I'll bales
against $40 the previous week. Shipments 1S6S
bales, against 307l the week before. Stock Jan.
81, 26.i79 bales: Feb. %, 3. l66 bales.
The shipments from this port. for the last six
months. were as follows:
September-..........ls6S $50 % ~
October. 1874 January ..-...24 .
November............l7,52 February -.....l3,O la
Total. I2i.ss5 bales. .....
Tho receipts Of cotton during the month Of
February were. by the Charleston railroad. 55ls
bales by the Ohio railroad. 2SO8 bales.
Lockhart 4 Dempstsr's Liverpool Circular
Cd. 9Th, says: stock Of American, 207 $50,
against $3.50 bales same time last year. Total
stock. 80 800 bales. against sd. $50 bales last
year; total sales. 81 $50 against lss leo; aver
age weekly delivery to trade. $3.50. against
30 $50 last year; cotton at sea this date. $4,000
against $1,000; increase Of stock the last week,
I II. 10 bales"
GENERAL MARKET.
The continued small sales Of cotton and the
effects Of the fall Of gold are now felt in our
general market. which has been dull thrOuEhout
! the week.
APPLES-Good are scarce and in demand st
I Il {. Dbl higher.
BUTTER-RoIls In demand al q slight ad-
I vance, with an upward tendency. The supply
I il not large. Tub butter rarely inquired for
CHICKENS Quiet, with fall supply, az
unchanged rates.
CORN MEALs-Good fresh. full Eeights hrns
I 81 2s,9l 50. Old and light weights s3759sA.
2 with a over supply on the market
3 EGGS-A sood demahd forfresh. with = pretty
FLOUR very quiet. lover grsdes most
called for. Prices weak We have heard y
Z sales Of lower grades az &c bbl lower.
FTSH-Tnlcrahly active and lower.
GINNIES-Nery quiet and without change.
/ PROVISIONS-ln fair demand. We lower
quotations Of mess. eloarsides. and sugar cured
J hans. Balk pcrk ureh1-Eed-