The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-14
Commercial SnttIIluente.
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wednesday Evening. jan. Is 1859.
CoTToH-The market has been exceedingly ex.
cited tbroue bout to-day, owing TO the heavy ND
ward novemept at Liverpool and New YORK. and
change. Offerings of all grades were restricted,
and the demand was unusually active from the
opening 70 the close of business. la the mean.
time prices advanced folly lc. 70, and with
season, market closed firm at the Improvement
referred to above. We now quote ordinary at
?4@243c., good ordinary at 25s@26o.. low mid.
ding at 2e2@27e.. middling at -G273c. and
strict middiIDg nominal. That the present 10.
creased inquiry Is due almost exclusively to
heavy speculative demand, may be inferred from
The scarcity of Foreign and Domestic Exchange
offerings, which appear to be daily diminishing.
COTTON STATEMENT.
stock or hand September l. lS6s......::.:..... $3.50
Received since ytsier ass
Receiyed 4saNI
4os QSy
Exported sincs YESTERDAY. L22
Exported previously. ......'.'Sl7Sl sN@s
Stock on hand and on shipboard Jan IS ss4
Exports today were exclusively for Boston.
SUGAR AND MoLAssEs-The arrivals In time for
market were very light to-day. and as usual under
the circumstances, business was quiet Ansupplies,
however, were sold ct about yesterdays rates.
Sugar still continues very firm. We now auoto
markets as follows: Sugar, inferior S3G93c.s
common 920l03c.; fair ll0ll}c.; fully do. IL
@l2Ac.; prime l23@l2ic.; choice ls@ls3c.s
white do. l50Di5sc. Moasses-inferior 56157c.;
common 5s@6lc.; fair 62665c.; prime 65@6Sc.;
choice 6s070c. Receipts to day 923 hhds. Sugar
al 20S2 bbls. Molasses.
FLouR-Is very unsteady. prices are less firm
and in favor of buyers. Some lots have sold very
low, yet the majority Of sales were at about on
yesterday - quotations. Some prominent dealers
report market dropping, while others think the
follows Fine S. 25G6 So superfne 81 1901 S7i.
double extra 81 so, treble do. $50. choice 50
and upwards. The following sales are reportss
100 bbls at Sc. 100 do. 81, 400 do fine Sc 20, so
do. at IS So 100 superhne 81 05, 100 do 81 TO- loo
do. 81 rs, 100 double extra 81 Is, Is do. 81 rs,
so treble extra IS. 100 DO. % IS. Receipts 1854
bbls. Exports 967 bbls.
CoRN-Continues quiet. supply ample. demand
fair. The only sales reported are to home trade,
as follows: 100 and 100 sacks white Western
at 77c., 260 green at 75c. 100 yellow at $780,, .SCo
rates as follows White Western TO-, yellow
s0@s3c. Receipts to-day 1909 sacks. Exports
| eco sacks. 7 rh
OATs-ws have to report little more doing
to-day, although the market is far from active.
Sales are reported as follows: 500 sacks 81.
Louis In lots at ESQ.,, 200 sacks at ESQ.,, 100 Ohio
| river at Csc. We now quote market at CSC. for
st. Louis, Ohio river Csc. Receipts to-day 4io
| sacks.
BRAN-Has also shown little more activity at
| the reduced figures. ESQ sacks sold at 81 20. 200
and $50 at 81 22a. Sales from store are made at
81 rs. Market now quoted at 81 2O0l rs. Re-
HAY-Is moderately active. The supply Is
| ample for local trade. Ordinary is having more
call some 200 bales Of which, in lots sold at $3.50
"a 200 bales fair Ohio River sold at SIS; 200 do.
eastern (Batb) hay sold at $40. We now quote
market as follows: Prime s26, fair SIS, ordinary
| s23@24. Receipts to-day 81 bales.
PORK-Owing to advices from the West denots
| ing decline, and decided falling. of in demand,
| this market has been decidedly duh to-day, and
| prices have declined about Csc. per barrel. The
only sales reported are jobbing and retail, fol!
lows: 100 bb 9. in lots at s3l ; Al light mess at
| $50 rs so bbls. in lots $50 s7A. We now quote
market st $50 5003l. Retail and jobbing at $50
| 75@3l %. Receipts to-day, $50 barrels.
| BACON Is dull and demand small, and prices
| are g shade easier. The only sales have been in
figures: shoulders i5c rib l7ac., clear rib lssc:,
clear sides l90l9!c., hams, new, sugar cured,
| 2lA@22c.; 5 and casks sold at 22c., old do.
| I73c. casks sold at l75c. Breakfast bacon IL
| @i9c. Receipts today 81 casks and 81 tierces.
| LABD-Has also partaken of the inactivity Of the
| other markets, and but little has been done.
| Prices continue about the same, viz l92 92oc-
for tierces, kegs 2lc Sales to day 40 and IL
tierces at 1870, so kegs at 203c. Is do. at 2lcs
| No receipts Exports 80 tierces.
| Dry SALT MEAFs-Are quiet; demand light.
Only jobbipg and retail trade doing at about tbs
following: Shoulders from levee l2ic.; do. from
store $780,; heads 7c; hams 1i@l43c.; rib sides
l5c.; clear sides l63. Some rs kegs sold to-day at
above figures.
Corn MEALS unsteady, but ruling market
rates are So rs wholesale, 81 retail and jobbing.
| 90 and 25 bbIs. sold to-day at 50 70.
RYE-Continues steady at 81 70. 100 bags sold
to-day at that price.
WHISKY Continues unsteady. From the alb
sence Of sales Of round lots we can not give rates.
Several large dealers are holding at 81 l00l l2i
Retsiliug at 81 l2a@1 Is. Receipts to day IS
bbls. Exports 107 bbls.
FREIGHTs-Under q continued increase OF dis
engaged tonnage in port and the high price OF
| the leading staple, thereby preventing orders
from being executed for foreign account, we have
TO report dull market to all ports for the past
| three days. AS an index Of rates we would quota
the market as follows Cotton by steam to Liv-
erpool ID. % b., by sail inactive at 3D. " pounds
| f2 los. % lhhd. for Tobacco; Is. % Dbl. for
| Flour and lid. u bushel for Corn .
| Oil Cake at 35s. % ton. Cotton by sail to Havrs
| I'D. % b. Cotton to Bremen 3-l6c. Cotton
| by steam to New York l01--c. % D.; Tobacco $40
q hid; Flour 81 % Dbl. Corn 2002lc. D bushes
| Cotton by steam to Boston 2e. Flour 81 % bbL;
Corn l5322c. u bushel. Cotton by steam to Phila-
delphia lc. % b.; Flour SOC. u Dbl. Through rates
| TO Hamburg by steam via New York ID. for Cot
| ton. Cotton by steam TO Bremen It'd. Cotton by
sail TO Boston lc. Moasses by steam to New
York 81 so. Sugar by do. to do. IS. Molasses to
Boston 81 90 u Dbl.
Cattle Market.