The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-03-21
acmmerfiaI snteIIigents.

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Friday Evening. March 20. 1888.
The general trade OF the city has been Of q sat
isisctory character during the past week. With
steadily improving navigation. receipts Of Produce
and Provisions for the interim have disclosed a
marked increase. The movement in the leading
staple has been TO fair extent at remuneratlng
figures. Operations in ugar, Molasses and To-
bscco have been light, owing 70 continued limited
supplies. Transactions in Breadstufs have been
liberal at steady prices, and sales Of Provisions
have exhibited moderate increase with an up.
ward tendency Of rates towards the close, the
. latter Influenced BY rates Of higher prevailing
figures at the West. Money has been abundant
throughout Gold has been dealt in to some ex-
tent at 1uctuating figures. Foreign Exchange in
dicated lets steadiness than heretofore, and Do
nestle Exchange has reacted in favor Of buyers
since our last.
CoTToS-Rigid uniformity in rates has been the
prevailing Characteristics OF the Cotton market
curing the week ending this evening. On Satur-
Gay, the opening day Of the past commercial
week, prices advanced fully lG1c. y b., owing
TO the heavy aggregate falling of la receipts at
United States ports for the previous seven days,
and despite the fact that the demand has been Of
en- irregular character throughout, that adyiees
from Liverpool and New York were at times any
thing but encouraging, and that the movement 10
Gold and Foreign Exchange was not unfrequentIy
calculated 10 depress prices Of the staple. Fac.
tors and holders etrenuously and successfully
conteDded for foil previous figures throughout,
and rates have not undergone at any time even a
close OF the first day Of the week. As the
course OF the market is fully delinested In the
daily summary, however. We cannot afford to
extend this very brief synopsis.
Saturday, March 1.-THE market has been ex.
ceedingly excited to-day. There was nothing In
the Liverpool or New York advices calculated 70
materially affect the demand or prices but the
heavy falling of in the total receipts at United
States ports for the week ending last evening
justly aroused general apprehension that the
crop Of 1867 and '68 viii foot up much smaller
than had been generally estimated. The inquiry
from early morning TO the close Of business has
been active, general and spirited and resulted in
aggregate sales for the day Of IL 500 bales at an
average Advance Of S01c. q 10. upon all classif-
cations OF the staple. We have revised our ig-
ures, aud now quote as follows, viz: Ordinary
2l3@22c., good ordinary 22i@23c., low middling
2ss@24c., Kidding 2i3@25c., and strict mid
ding nominal.
Monday, March 16--The movement in the staple
to-day has disclosed very firm market throughout.
At the opening higher rates were uniformly de-
manded. and some sales were reported at 4G14c.
advance upon Saturdays quotations, out later in
the day factors generally accepted previous
figures, ard the aggregate operations, which
footed up 500 bales were mostly effected within
the limits of our last range OF prices. IL is
hardly necessary to add that further enhance
ment OF rates was uniformly looked for from
Liverpool by holders to-day, but the failure Of
uer antelpations in that direction has been COM
pensa, s Tor by heavy Improvement in quota.
tons OF Foreign Exchange.
tuesday. March i7.-rO-dsy we have to report
an unsetued market. Liverpool and New York
sdvices are less encouraging aud the local demand
Is lame although somewhat general. The actual
sales for The day foot up only 5000 bales and the
Marker closes quiet al previous quotations
Some buyers contend that thev have purchased
under yesterdays figures. but the sales at lower
rates have been The exception and not the rule.
Wednesday, March ls.-we have 20 report
very stih4nd firm market to-day. offerings were At
no time better than moderate. and the demand has
been OF an active and general character from the
opening 70 the close OF business. The total sales
footed up $500 bales. aud the ruling figures this
evening were very steady at yesterdays closing
TateP.
Thursday, March l0.-Basiness has been par