The New Orleans crescent., 1868-12-05
Commercial Sntelligente.
CRESCENT OFFICE, No. "a CAN'T SrRR
FRIDAY Evening Iec 1879

CRESCENT OFFIcE, No. "a CANT STREET,
Friday Evening. lee 4. 1858. J
REVIEW OF THE MARKETs-The general trade Of
the city has disclosed no marked animation during
the past week. Operations in the leading staple
have exhibited considerable irregularity. Tobacco
has been inactive but firm. Sugar and Molasses
have been dull and lower, especially the inferior
grades, which constitute the bulk Of recent
rivals. Flour has remained steady, with slight
improvement in grades below choice, owing TO
their scarcity. Receipts Of Corn have been mode
rate, and prices have receded under limited de-
msnd. Oats, Bran and Hay have been in mOder
ate supply and request, without any material
alteration in figures, while Lard. Bacon and Pork
have been laDguid at low er rates for the latter.
Money continued abundant. Foreign Exchange
has been dealt in to q considerable extent at gene.
rally foil quotations, and Domestic Exchange has
been neglected at trifing decline in prices.
CoTToN-The commercial week closes this eve
ming upon very unsettled market. During the
three first days there was considerable animation
noticeable, with heavy sales at prices showing
partial recovery of the decline noticed in our pre-
vious weekly review, but since then the move
ment has been irregular, unsatisfactory and at
rapidly declining prices. As stated in our semi
weekly prices current Tuesday evening, the lst
inst, we had no cable kilograms on Friday, when
Sesion hsd been % Interrupted by snow storm on
the Newfoundland line, but il was resumed Sstur-
day, and has since remained open. The intelli
gence received during the early part Of the week
however, although rates here assumed increased
strength, probably because the news was no
worse, but all subsequent advices have been Of
an unusually depressing character. and rates in
this market have materially fallen of. For full
understanding of the actual movement, however,
we deem il best to annex the following extracts
from our daily reports, viz:
SATURDAY.. Nor. 2S-The movement in the leading
staple to-day has disclosed considerable irmness,
but less activity than heretofore. The absence of
regular European adyices doubtless tended to
restrict operations, while the intelligence from
New York, both as regarded cotton and gold, was
toDs for the day, in this market were 3l00 bales,
at yesterdays quotations.
Monday. Nou. 3O.-The third month of
the commercial years 1853, closes this
evening upon a very buoyant market. The
demand, which has been active. general.
and at times quite exciting during the
day, resulted in aggregate sales Of 300 bales at
full previous prices for all class6cations except
low middliDg and mddlng, aud 3c. per 10 ad-
vance upon each of the latter descriptions, which
were in almost universal request. There was no.
thing in the sdvices received from Liverpool or
New York to-day, to justify the competition that
prevailed among buyers, and the most reasonable
solution of it will doubtless, be found in the con-
viction on the minds of purchasers that they have
already waited too long for low prices.
Tuesday, Dec. Ito day the early Liverpool
intelligence disclosed an advance Of 3D. in Cotton,
while the New York news indicated no alteration
in the staple, but exhibited u cent. decline in
rates of Foreign Exchange. In this mixed up
condition of affairs there was reluctance on the
part of factors to sell except at still further i'm
provement, while most buyers peremptorily re-
fused to pay any higher prices. The total sales