The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-03-25
Commercial snteIIiasnrs.
UkxsoEEr OFFICE. No. ~ OxnP sxnErs
Tuesday Evening. March "A. 1858.

UxxsCEsr OFFICE NO. ~ OxrP SINNER,
Tuesday Evening. March "a. ISIS.
Business has progressed quietly and steadily in
nearly every department Of trade during the past
+ three days. Cotton has been inactive but firm.
Operations in Sugar, Molasses and Tobacco have
been limited owing to light supplies. Receipts of
breadstLffs and provisions have been fair, and
sales moderate at slightly varying prices. Money
. continued abundant. Foreign Exchange has ad
vaDced and again declined. Domestic Exchange
fell OF and subsequently reacted. and Gold has
been dealt in heavily at constantly fuctuatiDg
rates.
CoTToN-In Inactivity has been the most promi-
nent feature Of the cotton market since the close
OF our review, Friday evening, the 10th instant.
Factors have manifested unusual frmness throaga-
out and uniformly refused all 0vertnres Tor con-
cessoDs in view OF the rapid and heavy falling of
in receipts at most Of the principal United States
ports. While the previous speculative demand
having almost wholly abated, the daily movement
has been restricted to the filing Of small orders
that did not admit Of delay aud for which fall
prices have generally been paid. We sQbjon
brief summary Of the daily transactions as touows,
viz:
Satuday, March 2l.-Ths market continues
what general inquiry to day, and heavy
sales might have been effected had fac
{ Is submitted to even fractional conces-
sions but the latter were inexorable throughout,
and the total operations have been restricted 10
1000 bales at full previous figures, which We re-
peat as follows. viz: Ordinary. 2la022c. good
ordinary, 22}@23c.; low middIing, 23302fic..
and middling. 244025c. Advices from Liver
pool and enhanced rates Of Gold and Foreign
Exchange in this market have tended to uphold
the views Of factors to-day.
Monday, March 23-0perations in the lead
ing staple have disclosed but little, II any
alteration in prices to-day. Offerings have been
light and undesirable throughout, and some
holders OF tTiiing lots. who needed money.
sold as best they could. But the principal
factors steadily refused to uncover their samples
except at foil previous figures, and nearly all
of the operations for the day have been effected
at our last quotations. The sales for the day but
barely footed up 2200 bales, Of which 1850 bales
were taken by one broker for the French and
Spanish markets.
tuesday, March 2k.-To-day the total sales
footed up only 1000 bales at irregular but no
lower prices aud the market closed unsettled at
previous figures which we now refer TO as but
barely approximating rates, viz: Ordinary l3G
22c., good ordinary 223G2Sc-, low mddling 23{G
Ale, and middling 244025c. The total sales Tor
the past three DAYS amounted TO only 500 bales.
against q 200 bales for the corresponding time
last week. The net receipts were 9442 bales.
against 1894 bales last week showing an increase
for the past three days of Us bales. The exports
since the close of our summary Of the 10th inst,
were Ia 944 bales against Is 433 bales for the cor
responding time last week, and the stock on hand
and on shipboard not cleared this evening is
81 SOC bales against IS S4I bales on Tuesday even
ing Of last week. The exports during the past
three days included Is l56 bales TO foreign ports
and l7ss bales coastwise.
COMPARATIVE RECEIPTS OF COTTON AT THIS PORT
DURING PAST TWO WEEKS.