New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-05-28
COM m ERCIAL,
FRIDAY EVENING. MH !

FRIDAY EVENING NAY 27 1870
, CoTToN-The sales to-day embraced 1906
bales at still easier prices, requiring fur.
Their slight modification of our quotations,
nary 19202O4c; low middliDg2l@2ls &c; mid
ding -@22c; strict middling 225@-c, and
good middling -@23c.
The demand continued limited, and the
bulk of the business was done by three
buyers. the rest consisting of number of
trlfing lots. Prices at the same time ruled
in favor of buyers, but there was only a
limited amount to be found at the current
rates, few factors being willing to submit
to any reduction from yesterdays figures.
and many holding higher. Under these
| circumstances one or two parties who made
offers on round lists, finding they could not
operate at their limits, withdrew from the
market. The prices on which our quota
tons are predicated were paid for the gen.
eral run Of the offerings. Clean white cot
| tons, especially if even-running, commanded
a fraction higher, and parties in search of
| such descriptions claimed that the market
| was no weaker.
The sales for the past three days sum up
5000 bales. making an aggregate for the
week of 9059, against 10, 600 last week and
80 600 the week before, and the weeks re-
ceipts 1876 bales, embracing 624 from
other delivery ports and 1922 proper,
against Is, 254 proper last week and 4422 last
year. Receipts proper since September |,
l,O89, III bales, against TIA 692 last year.
The weeks exports comprise 1887 bales,
embracing 6,097 to Liverpool $40 to Havre,
S2l to Boston and 1929 to New York.
STATEMENT OF COTTON.
Stock on hand September l, ls6s-bales, 40
arrived since last statement. 2755
Arrived previously. ............l, l46 ALL OC2
c,.. Total o .;........................ Ll4s,772
Cleared previously. O23 5s5-l OBJ 33l
Stock on hand AID on shipboard-b lie, 3sl
To days. exports embraced 26s7 bales to |
Liverpool, and 1899 New York. Receipts |
proper since Friday evening, 10, 292 bales. |
against lS, 254 last week, and 1922 last year.
against IA 692 last year.
SUGAR AND MOLAssEs-Only 40 hbds
sugar and rs bbs molasses were received
this morning. We have heard of sales to-
day, however, of $50 hhds. Inferior sugar
is quoted at 75@S9c; common s}@9c; fair
94@sac; good falr 10@1O4c; fully fair 1910
lO3c; prime 1l@114c; choice 11a@I4c;
IN ferior molasses 40@55c; good fermenting
65@73c; city refinery reboiled 5O@75c;
golden syrup 81; Cuba molasses 35@45c 55
gallon. Weeks sales, sugar, 600 hhds; re-
celpts, 376; exports, AZ hhds, 2O2 bbls. Re-
;elpts, molasses. l56 bbls; exports, l22.
imported from Cuba, 9S3 boxes, 1889 hhds |
sugar; 80 tierces, 1922 hhds molasses.
ARRIVALS FROM THE WEsr-The MOI awk | -,
ana barges, from st. Louis, and Mary
Houston, from Louisville, have arrived {
'ince our review of yesterday.
FLoUR-The market is quiet, with q mo-
ierate local demand at unchanged prices.
about 200 bbls were sold to-day, of which
100 double extra at IS; so do at SIS 10; l12
nd IS do at S. rs; SO treble extra at SIS 80;
do AZ SIS 373; 200 do at SIS 40; 100 do at Sc:
choice extra at 81 so; 100 do at IT'S; 500 /.
-eble extra on private terms. Weeks 4
lies. 10000 bbls; receipts, 25,661; exports, :
CoBN-The market is qniet, but firm, with $
ir supplies. Sales to-day 5000 sacks, Of