The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-28

ton market has resumed to limited extent its
former irmness. offerings increased a. prices
advanced, and with renewed composition on the
part of buyers, total sales of 5000 bales were eff
fected at the subjoined quotations, viz: Ordinary
nominal, good ordinary 253@26c.. low middling
264@27c., and middliDg 27a@27lc.
COTTON STATEMENT.
stock on hand September l. 1865 1855
Received previously. 1882 eoSo9l
s6I.ia
Exporsd previously. .......... ....429 564 1885
stock on hand and shipbOsrd 1872 1873
SUGAR AND MoLAssEs-The market has been
quiet to-day, and prices for the lower grades are
easier. All receipts have been sold at follow
ing figures SPECIALIZATION 9@9Ac., common
lOCalOSc. fair 1la@l2c., fully do. l23@l2lc.,
prime &c., choice l34@l3ac, yellow clarified l4i@
&c.,, common 56Q60c., fair GOOSE, prime GAO
&C., choice 6s069c. Receipts to-day $50 hhds.
domestic and 2 hhds. Cos boxes and $50 cases
Cuba Sugar, $40 bbls. Molasses. Exports 200
bbls and q hhds. Sugar and 303 bbls. Molasses.
FLoUR-The market ia very unsteady-prices
declined; supply good; demand moderate. Sales
TO- day los and so fine at Sc; so do. at Sc %; 200
superfne at Sc 90; $50 do. at Sc IS; loo Xxx at
l2 100 and zoo do at s. az 25 100 DO g 81
at IS 37 100 do. at IS so; $50 choice do. at So 75
100 do. do. on private terms; 200 do. do. at tl2
500 bbls., in lots at 81 rs for XXX, 81 2597 37a
X.
market at IS 75a6 for fine, Sc 75D6 90 for super
iine, Xxx 81 25@7 so, XXX uow) 81 5007 IS, xxx
$50, choice 500. Receipts to-day 46s4 bbls.
| Exports l420 bbls.
| prices are frmer. Supply light. Sales to-day
| 500, 400 and 800 green white ct 76c; IA mixed,
| $50 and 80 ordinary white at &c.,; 1000 choice
| white s0c.; 900 white and yellow SOC. Market
now quoted at soc. for choice white Western.
| Receipts to-day 6l33 sacks. Exports HOO sacks.
OATs-Are quiet but firm at zoe. y bushel. ESQ
sacks sold to-day at zoe. Supply light.
BRAN-Is inactive but unchanged at 81 Is D
| 100 lbs.
HAY-Continues in good supply. Demand fair.
Prices unchanged. 200 fair Ohio river sold to-day
at s23 so $50 bales fair st. Louis at s23. Market
| now quoted at s25 for choice, $24 for prime, @
| s23 for ordinary. Exports Is bales.
PoRK-Is very firm at $32 so, st which it is re-
failing. No disposition to sell round lots at that
/ figure. We have not heard of any large sales to.
day. Tendency upward. Supply fair. Receipts
| to-day 81 bbls. Exports bbls.
BACoN-ls very firm, and dealers are holding
| higher. 10 and casks clear sides sold at l9c.
We now quote market at l53 @l54c. for shoulders.
Rib sides are held at Isle. Clear sides held at Is
0l94c. Breakfast bacon is quiet but firm at l7s
@l9c. Hams, new sugar. cured, are selling at 2O3
| @2lc. Receipts to-day Sc casks and tierces.
l82c was refused for 100 casks clear sides to day.
LARD-Is very firm, and higher in tierces. 90
| and $50 tierces sold at 203c. keg is quoted at
23c. 22lc. was refused for 200 kegs to-day. Only
1
@2lc. Supply moderate. Receipts $50 tierces.
Exports 60 tierces and So bbls.
| DRY SALT MEATs-Are firm and higher
Shoulders are now quoted at l4@l4lc., hams
l43@l4lc;, rib sides i63@l6sc., clear sides l1sc
10 casks shoulders sold to-day at lac.
CORN MEALS in fair jobbng and retail de-
msnd. 40 bbls. sold to-day at So so.
EscULENTs-A good business has been done to-
day in Potatoes 1900 bbls. have been sold at fol-
lowing figures: Peach Blows. 50 1902 S0 R1ssetts
90 60; Jackson Whites, So 3093 so; Pink Eyes
"a 1904 so; Buckeys. 81 6502 so. Onions
choice, Sc. Turnips, sl@l rs. Beets, sl0l rs
Csboages, sl4 % crate.
| WHIsKRY-There is little better feeling in thi:
market. Low qualities are still quoted at csc
Good Western rectifed has been selling to-day a.
81 073@l 10 in jobbing way, and Is quoted a
81 05Gl 07s in Wholesale. We heard of 81 Ok
being refused for 100 bbls. Pixies Magnolia to
day. Proof is quoted at 81 2O@l %; paten
Bourbon 81 50@l rs; Bourbon 81 1904 90, &C
| ccrding TO age and quality.
| FREIGHTs-The market still continues quiet anC
inactive to Liverpool, although there is no mate
rial change in rates. Any considerable movemen
in Western produce, etc., for foreign export woul'
| doubtless prevent any further receding in rates
but should the market remain dull. as It has don
for the past ten days it will be difhcultto sustai
the ruling quotations under an increase of ton
mage, present and in the future. Coastwise steady
| We quote as follows, viz:
| By Steam-Cotton to Liverpool s@l1-l6d.
to Hamburg ltc; to Bremen lsc; New Yorl
l3c; to Boston lsc; to Philadelphia 14c
molasses to New York 81 1908: suga
IS % hid; to Boston So D Dbl; -four to New Yorl
=; to Boston = o Dbl; pork and beef to North
ern ports s202 IS y tierce; corn do. 2O02Sc
| bushel.
By sail-Cottop to Liverpool l5.32@3d; Il
Havre lc; to Bremen l3c; to New York lc; Il
Boston lc; to Philadelphia ic; corn to Liverpoo
lO@l0ad, to Northern ports l5c. % bushel. To
bacco to Liverpool 40s % had -four TO Liverpool
s. Cd 70 Dbl; pork and beef to Northern port
81 % % Dbl; oil cake to Liverpool S2s 6d@35s pc
| ton. .,.
MERCHANTS ExcHANGE.-No sales of import 81
night.
SHREVEPORT MARKEr.-From Messrs. Thurmon
and Bowles' last circular we extract as follows
viz: /" Cotton on the brain has been the order o
the day since our last report. Three cents pc
pound advance has been fully realised the las
week. At the close the telegraph reports mid
ding cotton in New Orleans 2s5c., good ordnsr
sold at &c. II requires 24c. from the time
leaves this port to pay its way through the hand
of factors before the proceeds are realised
Showing q three-quarter cent more than its worth
all for the glory and the prospect OF Q continus
rise. The only class of spectators with anythin
| like the shadow of chance are those who ar
connected with houses who sell it. and the
, chances like the beast spoken Of in Revelations
are of a lean kind.
"Tbe Indictment weather and bad roads checke
q very heavy weeks business that would hav
been. Mule laborers and farming implements ar
in demand. Sambo and Dinah hesitate to contrac
1
grant law for corporsted towns and cities woul
add many bales of cotton to the grand tota
Banks have plenty of money, some trouble ye
exist with large bills, but have heard of no trade
cancelled for the want of small change. The frs
class boats leave wrapped with cotton. River ban
! full. Health Of city good"
, CHICAGO DRY GooDs MARKET.-The Chicag
Price Current of January 10th. sums up the bus
ness in foreign dry goods for the year just close
as follows:
1.-The last week wound up the business Of th
year 1868, which on the whole was unsatisfaC
tory, to say the least, but nevertheless there hs
. been fewer bad debts contracted than during ID
! previous year, the imports were on less liz
eral scale, being about i've and half million
less than last year, and fortyfve millions belo'
those of 1866. The imports for the last year wer
little over eighty millions, and the great bulk {
these goods were sold at prices which afforded n
, adequate remuneration for the interests involved
,, as many classes of goods had to be sold at
loss instead of profit. But nevertheless
. other descriptions of staple styles
! | dress goods in desirable shades hay
been in pretty fair request, and have been di
posed Of at fair profit. Silks generally hav
| rnlad hiUh thrnuOh the wear. hut have only me-