The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-08-29
dhe Naw Orleans Grsstrrt.
SATURDAY MORNING. AUGUST 40, isss.
Commercial cSntslli9eitrs.
Crescent oEFIcE, No. "a CANT srRxxT,
Friday Evening. August q. 1865.


people Of our STATE, in common with those OF the
whole Sou'h, are blessed. Advces from the Ia
terror are daily becoming more encouraging me
crops are maturing and being secured mucn more
satisfactorily than could have been predicted OF
even hoped for few weeks ago, and all parties /
seem 20 have come TO the conclusion to save the /
harvest during the sunshine. Operations IN the |
leading staple continue restricted at still lower
prices. Sugar and Molssses are ouli, without any
material alteration in rates. Tobacco Is still in
active and firm. Bresd9tufs and Provisions are |
dull without any quotable change, except for |
Flour, which has declined under increased re-
eeipts. The Money market is easy. Currency =
in abundant supply and limited demand. Gold
moves sluggishly at Auctnsting figures. Foreign
Exchange indicates but little activity, ihough
subjected 10 daily alterations 10 rates by the
variations OF quotations at New York, and Domes.
tic Exchange still fingers at the ruling rates OF
the past three months.
CoTToN-Receipts of the leading staple continue
comparatively light end as the Offering supply .
still Of too restricted character to attract heavy
or general buyers, operations from day to day
disclose but little increase. Prices also oon'1nne
unsettled under advices from Liverpool and New
York, and the market has exhibited net decline
of &c. % ID. since the close OF our last weekly re-
view Friday evening, the 2lst inst. Bat for fuli
understanding of the movement throughout, we
would refer our readers to the appended extracts
from our caiy reports, viz:
Saturday, august 1--WE have no improvement
of any kind to report in the leading staple. Early
in the day there was some little inquiry noticeable,
but as the advices from Liverpool and New YORK
indicated still greater frmness, holders advanced
their rates beyond the views Of buyers and sales
amounted to only IL bales, at prices 700 uosetueo
for reliable or even approximsting quotations.
Monday, August 24-There sas more indury
noticeable to-day. Advices from Liverpool and
New York continued favorable, but offerings oil
all clsssifcations we're extremely limited. Sales
of leo bales. all taken by one party, al irregular
prices.
TO day but prices still unsettled and lrreg uar
Offerings are extremely light, and with but few
exceptions undesirable. There ara now several
orders 70 be filed, but unless the new crop CONS
in more freely but little business will DE done.
transactions to day embrace l35 bales, at pricoi
generally ranging as follows: 25gzo3c. Tor COCA
ordinary, told y &c. for low niddling do, ard
2s4@29c. for middling, do; while sales OF new
crop are made at Csc. for low m'ddling, and 29c.
for middling.
complete sfsnd-st'll to-day. Offerings, were
more liberal than previously, but owing TO
the encouraging returns from the New York and
| Liverpool markets, holders here wee more
stringent in their views, many refusing to accept
| the prices askcd yesterday. Nossles have been
reported and the market is too unsettled for
| reliable, or even approximating rates.
| TharrsddV August 27.-1he movement in the sta
| pie to-day has been almost wholly suspended. Buy.
/ ers were looking around early this morning, but
| as the Liverpool aud New York markets continued
favorable, difference of fully one cent per pound
| kept operators apart. The only sale effected was
| one OF seven bales; yesterday, not formerly re-
| ported. lot of twenty bales were sold.
| FTidag, August 2S.-The market to-day mes
again been at a complete siandstill. A few
buyers were out looking round, but the wide OFF
| ference in the views of buyers and sellers pre-
vented operations, and sales have consequently
been confined TO Is bales. Yesterday, alter busl'
ness closed, 20 bales were taken for shipment
Prices are still too unsettled for reliable figures
| and the low grades are entirely neglected. good
| hain off a II
as the asking rates low middlng 26s@-c., and
and middling-@2Sc.
| The total sales for the week amount to only 1853
bales against l6S bales last week and 222 bales
| the week before. The net receipts footed up AZ,
bales against l59 bales lest week, showing an 10
crease of 264 bales, and 65 bales receipts OF The
week before. The aggregate exports we're Dot
bales, against 265 bales last week and Ia bale
the week before, and the stock on hand and oil
| sbipboArd not cleared this evening is 1899 bales
against 1925 bales last week and 1927 bales at thu
close of the previous week. The exports for the
week are divided as follows, viz: 81 bales for Bos
ton and $40 for New York.
COTTON STATEMENT.
| Stock on hand Sept l. 1867. u.sa
Received since yeserdsy'. .'.'"-'.'''''.'.ss ~
Made up from Dickings samples ana Cotton
received sacks sLd bales here since a., %. "a
September l. lSS7........-...-......... SslS-S9lS
ssO,O5
Exported since yesterday ooo
Exported
Stock on hsnd and shiDsOsrd- ls
ToBAoco-we have no improvement to note !
the market under this heading. Transaction
> during the week under review have been confue
to small lots at rates which do not disclose an
departure from prices ruling for some time pas
and owing to the continued scarcity OF vesse
from foreign ports, buyers have throughoT
evinced little disposition to operate to any e&ten
We continue to report:
Refused Gs@G ,s SISc.
Common Leaf.s... ..................S gu ~ g.sc'
Medium. @i3 70 gi2c'
Good.
zine
Choice Selections gig 10 s1Os
= Bright wrapper. t.,..-.....s.ss'.s.s- 60 S-e'
TOBACCO STATEMENT.
stock on hand Sept s67-hhds.
: Received since August N..........-............
Received previously. IA ia.o
y ---sa--' ISIS
Exported since August 2l.................."; 20
Exported prevousv
: Broken balng and city cOnsu mption 800 -lo,S
Stock on shipbosrd-hhds .....29
The sales for the week foot up so hhds., viz
at llc at 134c ;7at l3ac.; 80 at l54c.; at l75c
at lSc and 2 al zoe. The total receipts for Il
week were only AS hhds., being the lightcst of al
week during the season, while the exports ba'
been comparatively light andsinclude 2S3 hid
=, 90 of which went IN France and 254 to New Hor