The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-04-18

The past week has been marked by considerable
irregularity in most departments of business. The
cotton market has been inactive and unsettled
throughout. Breadstuns and provisions have been
in fair supply and limited demand at slightly re-
ceding prices Sugar. holasses and Tobacco
continued dull for want Of more ample offerings.
The general Wholesale and jobblng trade has dis
closed partial falling OF. Money has been
abundant. Gold was dealt in heavily. Foreign
Exchange has become scarce and sitter, and Do
nestle Exchange has been quiet and firm from the
opening 10 the close Of the week.
CoTToN-The week ending this evening has been
the most lstless and unsatisfactory so far a. re-
CARDS the leading staple, Of any since the opening
of the present commercial year. With . total abb
seDce Of cable kilograms for some days, owing to
the religious observances 1t Liverpool; With
subsequent conflicting and unreliable dispatches
from the principal foreign and domestic markets;
and finally, with advices Of general decline in
quotations, the principal buyers have persistently
refused to operate except 81 heavy concessions,
while factors, generally, In view of the reduced
character OF the supplies In frat hands, have uni
formly declined to accept Offering rates. As may
be readily inferred the aggregate movement has
been of an unusually limited character, aud the
market for the most part has been too unsettled
to admit of reliable quotations. We append
synopsis Of the daily operations:
Saturday, April 1.-THE market is irmer, bat
still inactive. Advices from New York to-day had
q reassurng effect, but the absence Of later news
from Liverpool, owing TO the holidays. deters most
buyers from increasing their purchases. At the
same time the Offering supply continues light and
the principal factors manifest total indifference
as 70 uncovering their tables or entertaining the
overtures of purchasers. The total sales for the
day amounted TO only 1850 bales, and the market
closed unsettled, at an average advance Of lc
y h on yesterdays quotations. 4
Monday, april l3.--In our last we re-
ported saturdays sales at 1850 bales,
to 2250 bales, loco bales having changed
HANDS after we left the market. To-day
there has been an active and steady inquiry
throughout, resulting In total operations Of 400
bales, at an uniform advance Of lAc. d n.
Offerings were fair, but ct ne time excessive,
and before the close Of business nearly every list
upon factors tables had been purchased. The
New York dispatches tended materially to
strengthen prices, but the improvement Is mostly
due to the very favorable character OF the ru-
mored Liverpool advices. ta
Tuesday, April l4.-with conflicting intelli-
gence from Liverpool and New York to-day the
market has been almost st stand still through
out. Offerings were light and factors stiff, while
buyers were scarce, and the few who ventured
10 operate appeared to be unusually shy. The
total sales amounted to only 700 bales, and the
market closed sullen but firm at yesterdays quo
tatons, which we repeat as follows, viz: Good
ordinary s0@3OIc., low middling sl0sl3c. and
middng 32g323c. y ID. M s
Wednesday, Apra To- Business has been
almost wholly suspended In the staple through
out to-day. Advices by telegraph were de-
rupton in the wires. and when they came
to hand they were pronounced less favorable
than had been anticipated, especially the
latest cable telegram, which disclosed de-
cline in the Liverpool market. Offerings we're
exceedingly light, however, owing 70 the triiing
stocks In first hands, and factors manifested their
accustomed hrmness, but buyers could not be In
duced to 60 in with their usual spirit, and the
total operations have been confined to $50 bales,
at about previous quotations.
T1,,-sd0U ADg-I I6-The market coutinuea
at a stand still. Advices received from
Liverpool and New York to-day were con-
sdered discouraging. and most buyers re-
fused TO operate except at concessions, but
the Offering supply Was at no time much bet
ter than nominal, and all OF the principal factors
appeared resolved not to accept less than full
previous prices. In fact the movement in the
staple may still be reported wholly suspended. as
the total operations to day comprised only $50
bales, In four or five lots. 1n the present con-
diion of the market 1t would be useless to at
tempt to furnish reliable quotations.
Friday. April H. Business has not vet been
resumed in the staple. Operators are at dead
lock, and sales to-day reached only 100 bales at
irregular prices. Advices from Liverpool and
New York continue discouraging and all parties
In this market seem resolved TO stand still and
await future developments. 0fcourse no quota
tons are obtanable and we cannot even hazard
an opinion ss to the approximating figures. The
total sales for the week amount to only 1850 bales
against III $50 bales last week and 34,700 bales
the week before. The net receipts footed up but
s2s7 bales against 10 500 bales last week, showing
falling of Of 1918 bales and IL 1856 bales re-
ceipts the week before. The aggregate exports
were III ,S26 bales. against 81 Isl bales last week,
and 1861 bales the week before, and the stock
on hand AMI on shipbosrd not cleared this even.
ing is 60.0n bales, against go 7s5 bales last week,
and SO 264 bales ct the close Of the previous week.
COMPARATIVE DAILY TOTAL REcErPrs OF COTTON
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