The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-21


active but in light supply at 2l@22c. Old hams
have % call and are offered at from Is 70 Ito. %
b. Pgs' feet are scarce and In fair demand;
prices have improved, and they are now quoted
at 22O@2 soc. Tongues are quoted at 7Sblac. q
LARp-Is active and advanced. Tierce 10 good
supply. Kegs stock small. We now quote mar
ket atl9a@20c. for fierce; key 2ltg22cs Sses
to day follows So terces P. T.; Is teries l3c,
80 tierces l9ac 100 kegs 2lc., ESQ, Is anS zoo DO.
22c. Receipts to day 237 tierces and $50 segs.
Dry SALT MEArs-Have been more acsfse and
prices have advanced. Supply only moderate.
shoulders are scarce; We now quote msrket as
follows; Shoulders l3@ls3c.; clear rio 1870;
clear sides 173c.; 10 casks shoulders 1926; do.
do. l2sc.; 10 casks clear rib Ice.
WHisKY-This market Is entirely overstocked.
and is reported as fiat and dropping. Is hbls. Of
W. R. sold to day on private terms; 80 bbls. La,
at 81 90. which is about market valne rs bbls.
Of Bourbon sold to-day at 81 20. Receipts to-
day Is bbls. Exports, rs bbIs.
Com MEAL-Contnues dull and depressed.
Market quoted at s. 5O@s IS. Some $50 bbIs.
sold to day in lots at 50 so. Retailing q So $50
400.
DR1ED APPLEs-Are in fair demand at 9s0lOa.
so bbls. sold to day at l0c.
BuTrFR AND CHEEsE-Owing to anticipation Of
large receipts these commodities have declined.
100 boxes w. r. sold to-day at &c.,, so do. do.
20c. Is bbls. roll butter at &c.,. 40 packages firm
packed at Sec. and rs frkins choice Western at
CSC. - .-, .- ~.
FREIeHrs-The market for foreign ports has
been quite dull, and rates are nominauy nm
changed. We hear of about 10 900 bags Corn hav.
sci, partly loaded. at the reduced rate of TOD. %
| bushel. Coastwise there is fair business doing,
and rates are steady. We now quote
| the market as follows. Wis Cotton by steam
| TO Liverpool Id. ~ 10. by sail 1T I'd. % pound;
g y hhd. for Tobacco; IS. Cd. y bsI. for
Flour AID l00l0ad. % bushel for Corhs Oil
Cake at 32s. 3d. u ton. Cotton by sail to Havre
llc. b. Cotton to Bremen lie; Cotton
by steam to New York lc. 81 ~; Tobacco $40
u hid; Flour 81 % bbl. Corn 2O@2lc. y bushel;
Cotton by steam TO Boston &c.,. Flour 81 u bbl.;
Corn l5@22c. % bushel. Cotton by steam to Phila-
delpbia lc. u b.; Flour SOC. Il bb 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.; 10 New York lc. Molssses by
steam to New York 81 so. Sugar by dc, to do.
s.. Molssses To Boston 81 so % Dbl.
MERCHANTS ExcHANGE-The sales on Change
to night we're 200 bbls. yness pork at s3l d bbl.,
and 600 bbls. XXX -four on private terms.
The TOBACCO TRADE.-We are indeb ed to Mr..
r. I. Toran, of No. 63 Carondelet street, Tor the
following extracts from his valuable circular {
the 18th inst: .-t4.a .atfAs
In issuing the present circular our paramount
aim is TO impart such information as shall aid buy.
at interior markets to operate discreetly, aud
to offer such suggestions as. If adhered TO, will
contribute much TO the success of theif opera
tions Many of the facts that we shall relate. and
many Of the suggestions that shall be offered. have
doubtlessly been often repeated but each sea-
sons experience convinees us that they 2eed to
be continually repeated. g.
According 10 latest reports, the total re9spts of
Western tobacco at this market and Nev York
during the year 1868, were about "a, 900 hogs
heads, against $4,000 hogsheads during the year
1867. The present stock in New Orleans, in first
hands. does not exceed 200 hogsheads; while IN
New York on the list January, 1869. the stuck was
near IL, GOO hogsheads. Thus it will be perceived
how very small is the quantity held in this market
for account OF shippers. All who last season
ets wtrnf rroIww
tirely prepared fer the present seasons opera.
tons. We pleased also to report that respect
able orders for new tobacco are already here, and
that operations OF buyers, who are more IN num-
Der than those of last season, are postponed7only
for want of stock. This fact should stimulate the
utmost dispatch in the preparation Of tobaceo for
Market We are receiving small consignments OF
the new crop, which finds ready sale at g to
cents for Jugs, snd IL to IA cents for good leaf.
We also received medium wrapper which
brought Is cents. The tobacco received bs us Is
represented TO be an average OF the presentSrop.
1t is leafy, Of good size and color, aud ot Setter
| fiber than we had expected, but lacks BODY. We
do not presume to determine what future prices
will be. Ilr.
Toe market cannot be considered established,
until there shall be sufficient stock to nable the
making of transactions of considerable Deagnltude.
| The valuations that we return will always Indicate
| what we expect TO obtain and these: success
| lively, will be to those whose shipments are fire.
quent, the surest guide that we can furnish. We
son at prices higher than the market to which you
| ship will justify. The reckessness with. which
purchases. are sometimes made seems to iusply an
| expectation that the msrket t. which COM
| modify is sent must be governed by the prices
| paid, whereas the reverse of this Is the role.
Concerning the ability to sell tobacco in this
market, 1t Is preposterous TO entertain THE slight
est apprehension. Transportation to New Ddeaus
is cheaper, speeder and of better character than
to New York. The order of the tobacco = better
| in New Orleans than it ever becomes 80 New
| York. The packages arrive at New 01esns in
| better condition tan at New York. a ID when
| the fact is added that wherever tobacco is sent
buyers will go, these considerations are tsoough,
surely II the experience of the last year slack
ing, TO dispel the spprehensions Of any ybo fear
tha' tobacco sent TO New Orleans will renala I'M
sold. et -
Notwithstanding the superior condition y which
toba CO arrives at New Orleans, there is vet need
of much greater pains than is usual, in rcs9ect ID
| coOpersge, when tobacco Is shipped. Oftenfobac-
CO arrives here with or both heads olt OF the
HID, or there are evidences that a head has been
| out on the boat and replaced, leading tGtie sus-
picion that more or less tobacco has 5t.en lost,
and to difficulty in the settlement of freislI bills.
On account Of the great dscrepansE which,
last season, was detected between weights here
and at the different points Of shipment, sometimes
exceeding, and sometimes falling short Of the
original weights, we earnestly recommend 70 ship
pers a closer observation of the matter; being
| thoroughly convinced, inasmuch as theioriginal
weight is commonly marked on each HID. and Is
always compared with the weights here, at mis-.
takes by our inspectors are almost impossible. In
| this connection we repeat the Suggestion often
| before msde, that neat handling and puttasg II up
| in good keeping order, will enhance the value of
| tobacco In this market l02c. u ID.
Having been credibly informed that psTties In
| the interest of New York, aud who, w0 DO not
doubt. are jealous of the growing prospects Of
| New Orleans recovering her former just position
| as tobacco market, have, at different interior
markets, attempted to create the impression that
the reported sale by us of $40 hhds. tobacco on
the 9Th November was q sham, alleging that, for
effect, it taken to account by ourselves, or by
the tobacco factors of New Orleans coliec lively,
we avail ourselves of this medium to put forth
respectful but most positive denial TO allegations
80 base, and which envy and a determined pur-
pose, by any sort Of means to injure the New Or
| leans market alone could have originated
We are also indebted to Mr.. l. Guntaer. (suc-
cessor 10 Gunther, Rodewald Il Co.. festor and
commission merchant, Is Carondelet street. for
the following copy of his interesting Monthly To-
bscco Circular OF January 1863:
With the limited stock of tobacco held over In
our market out Of last years receipts, aud with