New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-12-28
COMMERCIAL

TUESDAY EVENING December q, 1870.
| CoTToN-The sales to-day embraced $3.50
| strict middling. We now quote ordi-
nary at 120 1914; good ordinary at 13ls a
| l3'sc; low middling at l40l4asc; middling
| l41s a l4a4c strict middling at l5a Is &C.
and good middling at -0l51sc.
There was, as usual in q declining mar
| ket some diversity Of opinion as to quota
lions, and low middling was variously
quoted at 141s l4asc, and 4al44c. We
heard of very little low middling as low as
ance with the general views. Strict sold at
14Ac and 14asc. Some strict flow. middling
to middling sold at Hlsc, and Liverpool
middling at the same. Good style mid
ding brought 145sc and 14s4c, Strict mid
ding was scarce. and being in request, was
even firmer than yesterday, selling at l5c
and 151sc, and even 15Ac.
The sales for the past three days linclUd-
ing small addition to Saturdays report
and 100 bales to yesterdaysj sum up Ii, 800
bales, and the receipts 81 500 bales, EN-
bracing $40 from other delivery ports. and
1858 proper, against 70, 443 proper for the
corresponding time last week, and $3.50
last year, and since August 81, 485 500 bales,
against 424, 782 last year. The exports COM
prise Is, 1913 bales, embracing 1886 to Liver
pool, 303l to Antwerp, 1903 to Genoa. GIG to
York.
COTTON STATEMENT.
Stock on hand September 1, l87o-bales 2O696
Arrived since last statement...... 1892 90,
Total. su332
Cleared to-day. Observation-Disclosures. 8lo5
Cleared previously 3H27i- 352 a66
Stock on hand and on shipboard-baes. 1871 1866
To-day's exports embraced 2942 bales to
Liverpool. 1881 to Antwerp, 1903 to Genoa,
and 9l9 to Boston. Receipts proper since
last evening 1885 bales against 1757 last
| year, making an aggregate since Friday
evening of 1868 bales against 2O,443 for
the corresponding time last week, and g, 549
last year, and since August 81, Of 4S5, 526
bales, against 424,7S2 last year.
market is dull, especially for the lower
| grades, while the better descriptions
| are firm. Owing to the lack of sufficient
space on the landing, and the large accIrnu-
lation there of the various products, there
is much confusion and the supplies cannot
| be removed readily; hence the sales of
sugar are slow. This remark also applies
to the whole landing, including the Western
produce, etc. About GOO hhds sugar were
sold at about previous prices, and we quote
Inferior. Ga 61sc: common, c.. 074c; fair,
71s a734c; good fair, 868Ac; fully fair,
8a4 a SC; prime. GIG a l0c; seconds and cen
trifugal, 7ls l0c; yellow clarified, lola q
lIAc, white, IL " a l3lac.
MOLAsSEs-The demand continues active
and prices are flmer. About 1000 bbls, all
the supplies in first hands, were sold, at 25
a 30c for centrifugal; 40T52c for common /;
So a SEC for fair; S. a SOC for prime GO a Gle
for strictly prime, and 62c for choice. Fifty
half bbls strictly prime sold at Csc.
FLoUR-We have to note dull market
to-day, with prices fully Csc y Dbl lower.
Superfne is quoted at IS so; double extra
S. IS; treble extra SIS 95a Is y Dbl. The
sales to-day were confined to 1900 bbls of
which so and 50 fine at SIS IS; ITO double
extra at S. IS; 50 do at S. 80; 100 do at
SIS 80; II and 100 treble extra at S. IS; 50
and 80 do at Sc 10; 100 do at Sc Is; 20 do
at s. 25; Sl5O choice treble at S. 50; 50
choice extra at Sc IS; 50 and so do at 81 SO.
CORN-The market is dull, and prices are
easier for buyers, Yesterday, not reported,
400 sacks white sold at Csc. To-day 1900
sacks white and yellow sold at &c, and 400
Dundee sacks, choice white at 69c y bushel.
| OATs-Are in fair supply and firm. About
300 sacks were sold to-day, Of which 100
and $50 St. Louis at sac, and 100 and 200 do
at Sc y bushel.
BRAN-Is in light supply and firm; 100
sacks sold at 81 30 y 100 lbs.
| HAYS in light supply, and prices for
good have advanced; 100 bales fair Ohio
river sold at $28, and l25 choice Western at
$50 y ton.
! Remarss.-Ths whole landing, upper and