New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-05-25
COM M h kCIAL.
TUESDAY HYENING, May q,


CoTToN-The sales to-day embraced 1850
bales at irregular and generally easier
prices, even.running lists, however, show
ing no falling off. We now quote ordinary
at III 0lS3c; good ordinary at 20920ac; low
middling at 81 5@2lsc; middling at 22@22lc;
strict middliug at 229@224c; and good md
ding at -G23c.
The above figures show slight falling off
in ordinary. decline of s@4c in good ord
nary, slight falling off in low middling and
middlipg, and no change in the higher
grades. The market, however, showed so
much irregularity that sales were made both
below and above our quotations, low mid.
ding selling as low as 2lc, while strict com.
manded 2l8c. Rigid classifers were COM
PEELED to pay fraction higher, and quoted
accordingly. The cottons, in fact, which
they wanted, specially for spinners, were, if
anything, sitter than yesterday.
The sales for the past three days sum up
$3.50 bales, and the receipts $40, embracing
467 from other delivery ports, and 1878
proper, against II, 2S7 proper for the CORES
ponding time last week, and 277S last year,
and since September l, 0S4 $50 bales
against 773, 04S last year. The exports COM
prise 16, OIL bales, embracing l3 ,4IO to Liver
pool, $40 to Havre, 82l to Boston, and $50 to
New York.
STATEMENT OF COTTON.
Stock on hand September ], ls69-bales, TO
Arrived since last staternent....... 3146
Arrived previously ,i4O, 7e0-l, 3,326
Total. ........................... llA,ess
Clea ed to- day. ....................... 1888
Cleared previously OIL s62-l, OK, $50
Stock on hand and on shipboard-bales.... lis lOl
To.day's exports were to Liverpool. Re
ceipts proper since Friday evening, 1878
bales, against 12,2S7 for the corresponding
time last week. and 2778 last year, and since
September l, l,084,S $50 bales, against 773, 04S
last year.
SUGAR AND MoLAssEs-O Only 20 hhds sugar
and 46 Ibis molasses were received to-day.
The demand is limited: There were sales
to-day, however, of IS hhds sugar. Inferior
is quoted at 7a@Sc; common s4@s2c: fair
9@94c; good far 9l@l0c; fully fair 1910
1Oac; prime 104@l1c; choice 11a@1l4c;
yellow clarified 12c; white clarified
l2ac; Inferior molasses 35@55c; good fer
mentinE G5@73c; Cuba, reboiled on
plantation, 379c; city refinery reboiled, 500
75c; golden syrup ST % gallon. Cuba mo-
lasses il quoted at 35@45c T3 gallon.
ARRIVALS FROM THE WEsT-The Mary
Miller, from Evansville, has arrived since
our review of yesterday.
FLOUR-The market is dull, though with
out any change in prices; superfine is quoted
at 81 1904 Is; single extra IS; double extra
SIS Is; treble extra SIS 1906 25; choice and
family extra Sc 50@S u Dbl. Sales to-day
1000 bhls, of which $50 and IS srperfine at
81 Is; SO single extra at 81: 200 at 81 IS;
100 treble extra at Sc 1913; 100 do at Sc 35;
l50 choice extra at Sc so; rs choice extra at
81; % do at So 20 % Dbl.
CORN-Buyers are hsdirg off and the mar.
ket has weakened in anticipation of better
supplies. Sales to-day, 2 600 sacks; of which
800 mixed at 81 35; 1000 white mixed, 400
yellow and 500 white and yellow mixed at
81 20; 100 white at 81 As; 200 and 24O white
at Sl.5O . bushel.
OATs-Are quiet without any change in
prices. Sales to-day LOGO sacks, of which
BRAN-Is dull 1t is quoted at 81 25M
1 80 y 100 lbs; 270 sacks sold at ST. rs, aud
$50 at 81 80 v 100 lbs.
HAY-l0O bales ordinary Western sold at
1874; IS prime at s25; IS choice at SIG, and
100 do at S27 u ton.
PoRK-The market is firm with light
stock. Mess is quoted at S31 2503l so, and
is retailing at $31 1902 T3 Dbl. A lot of
100 barrels mess sold at $3l rs % barrel.
BACoN-Sugar -cured hams are tirmer, but
shoulders and sides are dull; and 10 tierces
sugar-cured hams sold at 22ac; do at &c
% ID. Shoulders are quoted at 44c; clear
rib sides l7a@l72c; clear sides lSs@ls2c
% ID.
LARp-Is quiet but firm; tierces are quoted
at 16@174c and kegs at l9@l9lc % b; SO
kegs kettle-rendered sold at l9c u ID.
= BREAKFAST BACoN-Western is selling at
l83@19c and Northern at 20@21c y b.
LOUISIANA RIcE-The demand is good,
and holders are asking higher prices, and
the msrket is bare Of supplies. Choice is
quoted stiff at S4@82c; prime to good 72@
SIC; ordinary 62@74c 9fb.
Receipts are more liberal. and are
principally lake. They sell readily at 290