The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-03-12

Sales to-day were HOO sacks, Of which 400 aud
$50 sacks at 7Sc., and so and 200 sacks at 800. y
bushel.
BRAs-we have no material variation to notice
under this beading. The demand was Q little
better to-day, but prices remain unchanged. Sales
800 sacks, as follows: loo sacks at 81 TO- and 100
and 800 sacks at 81 rs b 100 rbs. .f
HAY-There was Q better demand to-day and
prif es ruled somewhat frmer. Sales l73 bales,
as follows: 1900 fair Ohio River at SIS so, I50 do.
a. 49, and so bales do. at $40 D ton.
PoEK-fhe receipts have been heavy, and hold
ers have offered freely at yesterday's figures
without finding purchasers. Favorable advices
from the West later In the day gave more tone 70
the market. and holders refused to accept offering
rates and are storing for better prices. Rnmp Is
held at s22 mess at s26. It's retailing at s22 50
as for rump, ga 6O@25 for prime mess, and
t26 so for mess.
BAcoE-Tbe supply is heavy for the demand,
which is limited. Holders are offering freely, but
transactions are restricted. There is only re-
tail trade doing at l2c. for shoulders &c. for rib
sides. and Ice. for clear sides.
LARD-We have no sales to report. The mar
ket is quiet and prices are developing. We quote
prime in terces at 16c., and in kegs at 1870. ~ ID.
SALT-We heard of a sale to-day Of cargo
aloat Of 1000 sacks at 81 so b sack.
FREIGHTs-There Is very little cotton Offering
coastwise and but little tonnage. We quote: By
steam to Liverpool 13-l605d. for cotton, l6Ad. for
for cotton, l4@l5d. for corn and = for tobacco.
To New York by steamer lc. for cotton, 2002lAc.
for corn, 90c. for four New York by sail. &c. for
cotton, zoe. for corn, and $50. for flour. To Bos-
ton by steam lie. for cotton, zoe. for corn and
90c. for -four. Boston by SAIL lic. for cotton, Is
@20c. for corn, and s5c. for -four. To Bremen by
sail slice. gold for cotton aud Sos. for tobacco.
To Havre BY sail llG- for cotton. Glasgow by
sail l63d. for corn.
NEW iORLEANs CoFFEE MARKEr.-The ap
afa ia kan from
Messrs Small & Co.'S Circular of the llth inst:
Total imports of Rio Coffee since the LIST Of July,
1867, 10 the 4th inst, 99,795 bags. Arrived this
week, none. Sales for consumption since July LIST.
1861, 72,4s9 bags. Stock on the 18th day of
March, 1865 q ,306 bags. Sales OF the week-30f
bags ex.Mary A. Rich. at l63c.; 25S bags ex Mary
Rice, at l53Gl5Ic.; 100 bags ex Ella 8. Thsyer,
at l64c.; l75 bags ex-ChaIles Henry. at l43c.
Total, 957 bags. Market-Prime l620l7c., good
I5l@leJc.; fair lla@l5c.; ord ~ to fair l3}c.@
B4s. kGold duty paid. Gold I4o2. Stock this
day in first hands-Elliott 4 McKeever, l2s25
bags; Chalraix i Agar, 1000 bags; Silken-
ghiadi, 2564 bags; G. westfeldt, ALAG bags; E.
r. Stockmeyer 1900 bags; ]. L. Phipps x Co.,
l47l bags. Total q, 800 bags. Remarks-The
market closes firm, with moderate demand al
above quotations.
FOREIGN MARKETs.-The following from the
Liverpool Exchange report Of the 18th ult., may
not prove undressing TO our commercial
readers
"Our cotton market has again presented very
active and excited appearance, and q strong gen.
eral demand has been experienced both for cot
ton on the spot and to arrive. The sales in the
former position have reached 10000 bales, of
which the trade have taken IA 600 aud In the
latter position an extensive business has also been
transacted by spectators and spinners. The
limited and decreasing stock continues to give a
great advantage TO holders, and buyers have been
obliged TO pay further advance Of ID. for Amer
lean and East India descriptions, while Brazlls
have been ss much as I'd. dearer. For New
Orleans cotton TO arrive. at sea and ship named,
9 Sled, and finally DID,; Dhollersh, fair mer.
chants, ship named, I'D; and Oomrawuttee, T.
n. m. Janusry-February February March ship
ment, 7,d.; February March, I'D.
Z" The continuance of moderate receipts at the
American cotton ports, elluded TO yesterday, still
constitutes the chief incentive to speculative and
other operators. The inference which they draw
from the moderate receipts in respect OF the ex-
tent Of the American crop may poRsibly be falsi-
fed by increased receipts later on, or 1t may be
that the crop will not fall so materially short OF
former estimates as at present there prevalent
disposition TO assume. So long as there is any
doubt about the matter, rapid advance in the
price Of cotton, such as We are now Witnessing,
must involve a tremendous risk; and no doubt a
general desire exists to check any manfestIy ex-
trsvsgant movement Of purely speculative char
acter. So far, however, Though very recent
speculation has displayed itself in considerably
increased force, the trade have to be held respon
tlDlt IOf Ebc III PRICES. ~ u " NC ptccuuhOu
that they are already well stocked with cotton,
yet they continue to buy on scale of magnitude
that has rarely been experienced. Under the cir
cumstances IL would not be surprising If prices
advanced even more rapidly; and they would
do so If cotton were Withdrawn from the market
TO the extent that was common 10 former years
during periods of excitement.
1.-THE kilograms from Manchester to-day report
that the higher prices demanded by producers, 10
consequence of the advance in the price Of the
raw material, are merely nominal. buyers abso-
lutely refusing to pay them and business appears
TO have come TO something like deadlock.
I" In the sugar market to-day speculative symp
toms have manifested themselves, and prices have
improved about Sd. on last Fridays rates; good
business has been done. comprising colonial West
India, Manila and Brazil descriptions, with hardly
an interruption. The market has been very quiet
since the beginning of the year. In rice, $4,000
tons, cargo, have been sold to arrive at lis for
Necransie, lis. Sd. for Bassein and lis. Cd. per
cwt. for Rangoon, ex quay. Good common Amer.
lean rosin has been sold at Is. Cd. per cwt., and
subsequently S.. was demanded. Spirits of tur-
pentine, American, has been sold at the higher
prices wanted yesterday afternoon, namely, S5s.
per cwt.