The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-19

Western az 77c 500 ordinary at &c.,, aud 1000 |
sIeeD al 75c. The maTke. has been and closes |
firm at 7l07sc. for white Western and SOC. for |
yellow Receipts TO-DAY and yesterday, l,906 |
sacks. Exports do. 1860 sacks.
tArs-Have been in fair demand to-day, witt 1
out cnspge in prices Supply in first hands ample.
ard $50 at &c, 800 and 200 at CSC. Market now
quoted at 67@6Sc. Receipts to-day and yester
day, 1605 sacks. Exports. 400 sacks for Havana.
Our report OF sales of Oats on Saturday shocld |
have been HOO as written, instead of 100 sacks
printed.
BRAN-There has been more activity in the mar
ket today, but at reduced figures. 700. 800 and
200 sscks sold at 81 05 u 100 lbs. Market quoted
at 81 05 u 100 bs Receipts to-day and yesterday,
1905 sacks. Experts do, 225 sacks.
HAYS quiet and lower. Supply equal to de-
msno. No choice in market. sales to-day Ito
bales prime Ohio river at s25; so fair do. at 1874.
Market now quoted at $25 for prime Ohio river,
s24 fr fair Ohio river, and s22@23 for ordinary
do. Receipts to-day rs bales. Exports las bales.
PoRK-This market is fat Prices are still
lower. Little or no demand. Only small sales
reported, and the tendency is still downward.
Sales to-day leo bhls. mess on private terms; so
bUs do. at S2g IS. JobbDg and retailing at
$50 25@30 so. Market now quoted for mess
s2s 5000 IS. Receipts to day and yesterday
100 bbls. No exports.
BAcoS-Bacon is dull and lower. No animation
Whatever in market. Prices tending down. Sales
to-day casks shoulders at l43c, and supply still
fair. We now quote market as follows should
Receipts since Saturday 4S3 casks, 81 terces, Ia
bbls and 40 boxes. Exports 4 tierces, Sc pkgs:
Dry SALT MEATs-Are quiet. The few sales
reported to-day show but little alteration in hg-
ures. The supply is moderate. Sales to-day
| 60 900 TBS. lin one LOTT bulk meat on private
terms. casks rib sides l44c.; s casks do. l4sc.;
5 casks clear rib do. $50; casks heads at 63c.
Shoulders are now quoted at l22c.; Sides at la
LARD-Is dull. Tierce lard is in good supply
and lower. Keg is in light supply and firm. Sales
are reported to-day of 80 tierces at i9c; go kegs
tierce and 2l@2l4c. for keg. Receipts to-day and
yesterday 56S terces and l53 kegs. Exports 80
| packages.
wHIsKY-Is very dull and low. Western recti-
fed is in large supply and Is sold by first hands at
81 Il gal. proof is at same figure. II is sold by
second hands at 81 O5@l l24. 40 bbls. sold to day
private terms. Receipts since Saturday l212 bols.
| Exnorts 80 bbls.
| BIB g. sold to-day at SO 90. Market now quoted at
| 50 so in lots and 81 by retail.
RYE-Continues steady at 81 20 y b1shel; $50
BAGS sold to-day at that figure.
| PoTATOEs-We have had great deal Of ANNA
ton in this market Saturday and to-day. On the
levee some 5000 bbs. have been sold at the fol-
lowing figures: Pink eyes 81 50@4 60, Jackson
whites s. 65, peach blows 81 &c. Neshannocks 81 60
| II Dbl.
MERCHANTS ExCHASGE-The sales on Change
topah BIT we're $50 bbs. XXX -four at $40 b bbl.'
and 500 do. on private terms.
FREIGHTs-The general dizziness reported in our
| last e0ltO0 IN foreign Wuic
for cosstwse ports we notice an Improvement 10
the amount of offerings. particularly in the way Of
steam room to New York, of which we hear there Is
a scarcity in the market. As an index OF rates We
would Quote!tbe market as follows: Cotton by steam
to Liverpool ID. % b., by sail at ID. b pound;
e. q Md. for Tobacco; IS. Cd. % bb for
Flour and lid. % bushel for Corn; Oil
Cake at S2s Sd. y ton. Cotton by sail to Havre
lad. ~ b. Cotton to Bremen llc. Cotton
by steam TO New York l@-c. ~ b.; Tobacco $40
a. hid; Flour 81 % Dbl. ; Corn 2O02lc u hushel;
Cotton by steam to Boston l &C.; Flour 81 u boL;
Corn l5@22c. 58 bushel. Cotton by steam 10 Phila'
delphS ic. q b.; Flour SOC. % bbl Through rates
TO Hamburg by steam via New York Id. for Cot
ton. Cotton by steam TO Bremen ID. Cotton by
Fail TO Boston lIc. Molasses by steam to New
York 81 80. Sugar by do. to do. IS. Molasses to
Prices CURRENr.-The following. which we
clip from the Savannah Republican of the l0th
inst, fully embody our sentiments on the subject
referred to
Our idea of Prices Current ia that it is a review
of the market, published at certain stated inter-
vsls. and that it should give succinct and CON.
prehensive report of what merchandise is worth
| at the period Of issue. This review may be am
plifed, and usefully, by notice of the stocks on
hand, goods TO arrive, exports, etc; and If pub
lished weekly, the account of every days transac-
| lions may be advantsgeously stated. II the place
whence the Prices Current is issued be port of
entry, names of ships to be loaded, or loading,
and cost of freight. are necessary additions also
rates of Exchange both domestic and foreign.
piler launches into the prophetic, he must neces-
ssrily be swamped. No one yet born can tell
what cotton or Goldfish, gold or ginger will be
|, worth in the next week or month, and anything
slby line as foretelling future rise or decline OF
, any commodity, must degenerate the Prices Cur
rent to the rank of those printed sheets common 10
England, which give but the name of the winner
, in the Derby or Epson for sixpence. The can
dor and usefulness of prices currentsis seriously
damaged when this style of prediction Is ndule ed
IN human interests often color human thoughts
and We are prone, all of Us, and the most honest
TO make 1.-The wish father to the thought" Again
if the second sight or clairvoyance be theprivegt
of the gifted circular maker, supposiDg that he
should write as many truths as fall out OF the Del
phic oracle. those who do not think so, being i'm
pious people, who do not believe bin inspired
lust like Jones he wants to buy and Is buing, OF
bearing las the case may bel. Ninety nine
times in the hundred the seer is wrong and thentbt
, | confused explanations which he has to make are
+ both ludicrous and painful. No one, we again re-
peat, can have soothsayiDg powers in regard tc
cotton, and we request to be considered as mo-
being of the bulls, though we do earnestly pray
that the South may get nifty cents for every p0unC
, of her GOTTEN and we even feel so well disposed
! | towards Manchester that we regret the elegan
! and grammatical sime used by late Prices Cur
rent, which compares this great spinning metropo
lis to quite poor animal sayi ing that the spinning
\ | interests have undoubtedly the position Of th'
| under dog in the fight, so far"
. What we want then, in Prices Current, are tn
| facts, the bare facts, nothing but the facts
stripped of all speculative tendencies, aud II 1t be
difficult for the maker to keep within sober limits
and he must go into the fortune.telling style, lie
his words be like the oraces of Apollo so as tC
be twisted and interpreted any and every way.
For instance, if the itching for the marvellous be
irresistible and the market is advancing, let hin
say cotton is very high but may be lower" or
If declining, cotton is very low but may be high
: er >; the printer, in fact, might keep these two
sentences all set up, and put in or take out as cir
! cums'ances might dictate, and the reputation G
: !, the Prices Current maker would be greatly in
: creased thereby.
The New Orleans Cot on and Produce Circula
| and Merchants and Brokers' Prices Current wi
! be issued from this Office to-day usual, at A
NJ, and extra copies can be had at any time Up L
| The close of business.