The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-02-15

charged hands at IN irregular advance Of l9lc.
y H. mon all classic atoms. The l:2) =. Il
cable telegram, which was recei9ed here about
room, represented the Liverpool market easier,
however, and as subsequent dispatches reported
The New York cotton market as folly sym p4thizing
with the former, while God and Foreign Exchange
declined II cent, operations here we're lmme-
dately brought to standstiil. Buyers uniformly
refused TO 60 on except at a material reduction,
while factors generally declined 20 make any con-
cessjous whatever. Later in the day better IN
derstanGipC prevailed nevertheless, and business
was resume ed at easier figures which enabled buy
ers to purchase some 300 bales more ata gradual
decline Of I0Ic from the highest point reached ia
The mornin5. This brought prices back to last
nl hts closing rates. AID The aggregate sales for
the day amounted to GEO bales.
Thursday, FEB. l3-Owlug % the discrepancy ia
yesterdays cable kilograms from Liverpool. 0oth
buyers and sellers in this market have exhi0l.e
UNUSUAL caution to-day. Ire Offering supply his
been Of q restricted and undesirable Character
throughout and TIE demand, which Was qTte
limited in the morning, Increased, but very sl3s'y
for time, az the day advanced The failure OF
later European advCes. on account OF an inter
rupton ia the telegrapLis lines, also tended mate
rally to Unsettle the market, and the operations
fOT The day disclose a wider range Of prices man
we have heretofore noticed 10 an experience OF
many wears. As il imUelled by a resolution
to take all the risks themselves, how
ever, buyers manifested considerable com
petition during the afternoon, and the aggre-
gate sales for the day, which were prilcip,l y
elected after meridian, footed ~ 1000 bales at
an irregular advance O1 last evenings quotations
of fully l6Ic. = ID.
EriGdV Eeb. l4.-Business has been partially
sufpeLded throughout to-day. Buyers refused to
60 on, except at materially reduced figures, owing
to the listlessDess Of the New York and Liverpool
markets. and the further heavy decline in Gold
and Foreign Exchange. Most factors we're very
stiff however, and a general thing covered up
their samples at an early heur, but some few OF
the latter accepted lower figures especially where
payments were made partially or wholly in cur
renCy. The operations for the day barely aggre-
gated 200 bales. at an irregular decline of 4G53.
upon all class fcations, aud we therefore nov
quote ordinary at lG40l7lc.. good ordinary $50
ls3c., low middngs l9Wl9l;., middling l94 g
2Oc strict mddiing ZO3D-c., and god
middling nominal. The total sales for the
week amounted to 1890 bales, against
90 800 bales last week aud ~ $50 bales the week
before The net receipts aggregated 81 1913 ba'es,
against G83 bales last week, shO wing du Increase
OF 43l5 bales and Is 4G6 receipts the week before.
The total exports sun up p 40 bales, again I
Is 742 bales last week, and % 15j bales The week
before and the stock on hand aud Gu shipbOard
mol cleared this evening is Ill 4l0 bales against
lO0, SOC bales last week, and SS,4l7 bales at the
close OF the previous week. The exports for the
past week have been divided as follows, VIZ III
bales for Philadelphia, 449 for Providence, l6h
for Barcelona ZIG for New York, 1858 for Bos
ton 1851 for Hayre, aud H. 70j bales for Liver
pool.