New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-01-25
COMMERCIAL
FnIpAr EvnENa. Jazaary

FRIDAY EVENING. January 81, 1868.
CoTToN The sales to-day amounted to
400 bales, at an advance of fully &c. We
now quote ordinary at l4@l5c., good Ordi'
nary at I5201ec., low middling at l640lTc.,
middling at l7i@l7lc., and strict middliAg
at lT2@lec.
The favorable tenor Of the Liverpool and
New York accounts, and an Improvement in
foreign exchange gave an additional impulse
10 the demand, but the movement was
checked by the advanced prices asked,
many factors raising their pretensions &C.,
as we'll as by the moderate supply offering.
Hence the business was confined TO the
amount noted above, which is, perhaps,
1900 bales less than what was generally eX-
pected Prices exhibited some irregularity,
apOrtion of the business having been done
81 Yesterdays rates, and small part at
sven higher figures than our outside quota.
lions, such exceptional transactions show
ing an advance Of Ac. The bulk of the sales,
however, were at figures establishing an inn
prOvement of &C., to which we have con
formed our quotations accordingly,
The low cOttOns having been for some
time relatively cheaper than the higher
grades have been latterly In more request,
and to-day, owing 10 the supply being I'm.
quail to the demand they exhibited even a
greater improvement than the middling
qualities. The sales of the past three days
sam up Is, zoo bales, making total for the
week of "A, 500, against g. 500 last week.
The receipts proper, excluding the arrivals
nom Mobile, Florida, and Texas, which are
embraced In their respective statements,
amount to 20,e5S bales, sgainst 20, 1855 last
week, showing an increase of 623 bales.
The receipts proper for the corresponding
isesk iast ysar WeIe 1v,Ib5 baiers Inu
weeks exports comprise 36,156 bales, en-
bEaclng 10, sss to Liverpool, Is, ZIG 10 Hayre,
$50 70 Barcelona, 1888 70 Malaga, 253l 70
Boston. 27o4 TO New York, and l4I to Balti-
more.
er0AK-The receipts this morning com,
+ prise s6s hhds. The sEpplles are small to-
day, but the attendance Of buyers Is not so
large as Il was, owing 70 tho lack of freight
room for the West. The market Is firm.
2309c. 79 b for Inferior; 9401l0c. for com
mon; 11&0l1lc. for good common; l2i@
ll3c. for fair; lS@lSlc for fully fair; lSaQ
lsic. for prime; 1S2Gellc. for choice; lAl
GlA2c. for yellow clarified l5{0l5Ac. toi
white; aud 1l30lli c. for seconds. The de
mand has been active throughout the week
St Aeee prices, and all the receipts were
sold. Weeks receipts sSl8 hhds., 10 bbls.
Imports from Cuba $50 boxes; exports liz
hhds.
MoLAssEs-OnIy 800 bbls. aud % halfbbls
we're received this morning. There were
ret as many buyers in the market to-day as
usual, owing to the lack Of freight room fol
NA4 W Cnbs tt buc UNlAAuA - HNIJ kOOQp tAAu
AZ the receipts were sold at full prices. In
Htlor 45055c. ~ gallon; common 66960c.
All e5@70c. light cistern bottom zoe. fer
nentinE 60075c., as in quality; good, moi
hEmenting, To; and prime rs, rs and sos
per gallon. The demand has been active
ihfougheut the week, and all the receipts
lete sold at these prices. Weeks receipts
1919 bbia. imp0rls from Cuba AGO hhds., 81
ieIces, bbi.i exports 2l0e bbls.
ARRIVALS FROM THE WEsT-The steamer
81 Charles, from Louisville, is the only ar
rival since our review Of yesterday.
fIouR-Hhe stock on hand has been con
Aeetably reduced, and now oilers q poo
all0rtrnons, consisting Of treble and choicl
extra, while double extra, superhne, AMI
he grades below which are most needed ar
my scarce. In fact the market Is bare, o
nearly 30 Of thepe, and prices for them hayl
4ganced largely, and are ruling still
higher to-day. Yesterday, not reported, 2Ol
pm double extra sold q $40 lse at $40 2. Is
1d 200 choice extra at Sl4 n bbl., making
&c total sales yesterday 1900 bhls. TC,dal
hero Wt1e sales Of 2z38 bbls.. Of which s
1 100 due at 98 rs; 100 double extra q
10, CO treble extra At 1lj vs. % and 35l
1aolee ~ sil; 200 on rs merits At s 10 %
: double extra at SO SIA 50 and 200 do
z q $40 50:75 treble at Sill so; 100 on il
merits Il $Is; 100 treble extra aeSls rs; 20
4 aa 200 choice at Sl4. and 400 ct SIS y Dbl
Weeks eales III ,645 hbls.; receipts $780, e4
: lofl8 1924 The demand has been goo
6 4tiiud the past week, and prices for doubl
e extra and the grades below, which are YER
4, Scarce. have advanced fully 76c. q Dbl.
foRE-The market IA steady and hrnl
'lh fair demand, and holders asking S
tushcl. Sales 70. day G9o7 sacks. Of whicl
q gfeai st ESQ.,; SOC prime white at Csc.
mixed aud 1900 white ut 95c. 81 yellow
n and 200 white, e94 yellow az 81; 20
. MIC AZ e7o $500 white and white nike
Egec.i 100 and 400 ahite at 81 y bushel
flc good uemand has prevailed dnrial
EEK, and nll tbs supplies on the Iane
8 eVe leld AZ Rkc. ~ ~ q b4shel. Weak
ss.lze; reeelna q, exporis s7,5a