New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-01
COMM EKUIAL.

MONDAY EVENING. February %. 1870.
CorroH-The sales to-day embraced 1900
bales at irregular prices, closing at decline
of a@4c We now quote low ordinary at IL
@i9c; ordinary at l94@2Oc; good ordinary
at 2l4@21ac; low middling at 214922sc;
middling at 22R@22lc; strict middling at
23@234c. and good middling at 2330234c.
The market opened with a fair inquiry, at
rather sitter prices for the medium and
better grades, but on the receipt Of the de-
cline in gold at New York, it lost its buoy
ancy, and the subsequent business was at
an irregular decline of s@4c. The quota
tions for low ordinary and ordinary are to
some extent nominal, those descriptions pre-.
senting considerable range, and selling at
very irregular rates. Kinds inferior to low
ordinary have sold at from 16s@179c. The
supply was only moderate.
STATEMENT OF COTTON
ssoos naud nspssmosr l. isos-osies Hu
Arrival sincs last statement. lsoio 49,
Arrived PREVIOUSLY. ''
ro,., s70l26
o,..rss To-day. I.lO7
Cleared previously oos-oiisao
gs,ok on hand and on shipOoarc-balea .. 2o2. iso
To.day's exports embraced All bales to
Vera Cruz, 1856 to Boston, and $50 to Mobile.
Receipts proper since Friday evening 70, 1871
baies. agains: 1896 for the corresponding
time last week and since September l.,
| 1925, GAO bales, against 666. 8ll last year.
SUaAR.-rhe receipts this morning EN-,
braced 6S3 hhds. The market has e2hiolteo
more animation to-day, though without any
| improvement in prices, and the sales en-
braced 600 hhds at 1908 for inferior S4S0
| 81 for common to good common 950lO Tor
| low fair 101S1Os for fair l04@1l ior fully
fair III for prime l2@l24 Tor choice Is
| 0l3a for yellow clarified, and l4C9i4s tor
white. -,
morning of 255 bbls The market is dull,
and the supplies are selling slowly at 6O@70c
ID gallon. as In quality. A lot of strictly
prime, not fermenting, sold at TIC s8 gallon
ARRIVALS FROM THE WEST.-The steamers
Thomas Reese, from Cincinnati; Bismarck,
from st. Louis Great Republic. from Cairo,
have arrived since our review Saturday.
FLoUR-The supply continues light with a
good demand; prices are firm. Sales TODAY.
1900 bbls, of which $50 fine at S. 65
so do at SIS 37A, 50 suDerfine at S. 70, 40 do
at S. rs. 100 do at IS 80; $50 double extra a;
SIS: 46 do at Sc l2I. 200 treble extra at Sc 50
and 200 single extra at S. 9Oper Dbl.
| CoRN-Is scarce, and with good demand
prices are very firm. Sales to-day 5000 bbls
of which $50 inferior at ST. 05; 962 at 81 l2s:
1000 prime white and yellow at 81 224; 3et
and 20OO white ct ST. rs per bushel
OArs-The market is firmer to-day, and
There were sales of 5000 sacks, O
which $50, $500 and 1000 at Csc per bush
i eli; 385 at 66c; 500 Galena at &c. and 3ei
ordinary at 63c Orders for the country arr
being 6lled at 67@66c " bushei:
BRAN,-Is scarce and 700 sacks just re-
ceived. sold at So per 100 lbs.
HAY-Is scarce and firm. Prime western
is selling at $35 per ton. =.
Pork The market is dull at S29SG29 z:
per bbl for mess. 1t is retailing at SO 5o@
% rs per Dbl. A lot of so bbis sold at S2
ID Dbl aud we have heard of one or two
larger sales at the same price.
BACoN--Is dull, shoulders are held a
I3a@l3Ac; clear rib sidess 174017s; cles1
sides 1S40l8sc ~ ID; 10 casks shoulders sole
at 13t; 4 do clear rib sides at l74c; and i;
do clear sides at Isle.
| LARD-Keg lard is in demand; SIS and IL;
kegs pressed sold at lS4@lSa. Tierces art
duh at 16@l64.
BREMFAsT BAcoN-A lot of 20 boxes
Western sold at l9hc " ib.
l FRUIT-Messina oranges in prime con-