The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-04-03
Commercial 5nttQiqente.


sale and jobbing trade Of the city for the week
under review has exhibited very fair degree Of
activity. The movement In the leading staple has
been somewhat irregular, although in the aggre.
gate an average business has been done. Tobac-
CO has been only moderately sctive q unchanged
figures. Sugar. Offerings continue liberal, with
light !, demand at q previous rates; Aolss.ss has
mer figures. Flour was dull and unsettled at
lower prices. Nearly all supplies have
been sold ct former figures. Osh and Bran-Tne
offerings have been light, demand fair, ct firm pri-
rates. Pork and Whisky continue In ample sup
ply but only light request ct easier figures. Be-
con and Lard have had fair inquiry. offerings have
been good, prices unchanged. Money continues
abundant and easily obtainable BY first class bor-
rowers. The Foreign and Domestic Exchange
markets show . decline In rates with heavy daily
operations. ....... IS 81 ..'..''f =
CorroN-The past week has been marked by
unusual irregularity In the movement Of the lead.
sence Of regular advices from Liverpool, owing to
Easter holidays, tended to check operations, but
transactions nevertheless reached very respect
able aggregate while prices disclosed IN irfegu-
lar advance Of i@tc. . D. With full and highly
Northern markets, on Tuesday. there was unmis.
taxable evidence here of constantly increasing
buoyancy throughout the day, and heavy ssles
were effected ct further general advance Of to.
b ID. On Wednesday reaction commenced in
fuenced BY Liverpool and New York kilograms.
and the movement since then has been uniformly
adverse to the interest Of sellers. Gold became
more unsettled, and exchange rapidly declined
under accumulated offerings Of commercial bills.
For better understanding Of the condition Of the
market, however, we would refer to the subjoined
extracts from our daily reports, viz:
Saturday, March Interpretations to-day reach
ed 1900 bales ct an irregular advance Of 10}c. % b.
There was nothing whatever in the New York sd.
vices calculated to enhance prices and kilograms
came to hand during the day from Liverpool. At
the same time Gold and Exchange were dull
and lower, but the demand for the staple con-
tinued active throughout, nevertheless, and with
more liberal offerings sales would doubtless have
been much heavier.
Monday, March 10 Owing to this being Easter
Monday. the observance Of which IL rigidy kept in
from there, the market to-day has been almost at
q stand still throughout. Business opened this
morning with fair inquiry at Saturdays closing
figures but the movement was early checked by
holders advancing their rates, to which buyers
uniformly refused to accede in the absence Of
news from foreign markets. By our New York
dispatches we learn that that market has been
effected in similar way to our own. The total
transactions Of the day have footed up only
2450 bales. The market closing steady,
however. at previous quotations.
Tuesday, March 30.-0perat.ons 10 the leading
staple have exhibited unusual activity to-day
The market opened this morning with good in.
quiry, at yesterdays outside figures. Upon the
however, business became very brisk and holders
materially advanced their prices, to which buyers
were obliged to sccede. The movement has been
a general one, and the total sales Of the day foot
up $500 bales at to. % b. Improvement upon near.
Wednesday, March 3l.-The seventh month
Of the commercial year 1869 closes this
evening upon steady and moderately &C
tive market. There was good inquiry at
yesterdays outside figures on the opening
Of business, but on the arrival OF the
European kilograms the demand somewhat sub
sided, owing to factors increasing their figures,
to which buyers refused to accede; throughout
the balance Of the day only q moderate business
barely 5000 bales. and the market closed steady
at previous rates. mta
thursday. April 1.-The market opened
this morning. with moderate inquiry. Up
patch from Liverpool, denoting material
decline there operations came to q complete
standstill, however. The few sales effected to-
day were made at an irregular decline Of to 4c. on
Yesterdays fgures. The total transactions Of the
day foot up $50 bales. The market closes
too irregular TO admit of quotations. tt
Friday Apfd To-day there has been no evil
dence whatever Of recuperation, and In fact the
market appeared to be II anything still further I'M
settled and depressed. Exchange was slightly
better, but the European and Northern advices
continued exceedingly discouraging throughout.
The sales for the day amounted TO only $50 bales,
and the market closed In such an irregular and
unsatisfactory condition that 1t was impossible to
obtain even closely spproximsting quotations
The following are given as barely nominal figures,
however, viz: Ordinary at 25c.; good ordinary,
at 263c.; low mddng, at n TO-; mddling at 2s3c.;
and strict middling at.
The total sales for the week footed up 20. $50
bales, against 400 bales last week, and Is 400
bales the week before. The net receipts amounted
to 10 265 bales against 1s6 bales last week. show
ing an increase Of l79 bales, and IL l4s bales re-
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