New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-29
General Exchange.
NN0tAtiOns. Q4Ntat!Dls

L ne market opened Win al ELL PFC HupIttf
and only moderate demand, the movement
! being checked by the nationa! Thanksciy.
| ing Day being kept as I: close holiday at
| the North and preventing any commercial
| dispatches being sent from New York eifhag
| of IT'S own market or from Liverpool. The
movement was consequently without ami
nation, and continued sluggish throughout
| the day, but as four buyers took 1850 bales,
including 1000 by one of them, the saies
summed up the amount noted above, sw"'-
ty-three brokers participating in She buzz.
ness. Prices were unusually irTegtl>.f.
Good ordinary sold at IL aud l1Eo, strlat
good ordinary ST lTI3o, strict good ordinary
to low middIing, benders, at IL and Is iBc,
low middlinE at.l74s, HB, IL, 1875 and
I8Hc, strict low middling at 1870, strict
low 1niddling to middling AZ l8Ao and raid
ding at 1873 and t9c. These figures, "spe-
cially for low middling, show such wide
range that quotations are TO some extent
nominal. but the figures We have given
agree with tho weight of opinion at The
close.
The amount OF shipboard not cleared, 60
ing on board and engaged for shipment was
set down st the opening this morning q:
$4,000 balcs, embracing I,0O0 TOR Lly"s-
pool, 10000 for Havre, 5000 Ior Spain.
5000 for the Mediterranean 5000 tor
Bremen. 1900 for the North Sea, and
1000 for the North, which when deducted
from the stock on hand by our running
statement last evening, left $1,000 bales to
represent the quantity at the landing Gnd
in presses unsold and awaiting orders.
The Exchange reports: market closing
dull and easy; prices irregular" Its quota
tiOus ale reduced vac.
COTTON STATEMENT.
stock on hand August 81. 1e72.......:.:.... e.25s
Arrived since last statement..... 74A 10000
Arrived previously. .....'....... 8.s85~- 179sF7
Total .59l ,930
Cleared today. ;................ 3o3 ,,o
Cleared previously go W. zfo,5N
Stock on hand aud on shipboar, uot cleared A ses
stock on hand same date last year .........29r44J
To-day's exports were to Liverpool
Receipts proper since last evening 63S
bales. against 1858 on last Thursday and
SIl6 last year. making an aggregate since
Friday evening of 1899 bales, against
80, 2lg last week, and $3.50 Last year. and
since August 81 of 307 SOB bales, against
233, 05; last yeflr-increasG 74.5B.
No commercial kilograms gere received
from any point to-day.
SUGAR-The receipts This morning en-
braGed 1926 bids The demand is far and
the gupplies were landed .lowly. and were
mostly sold at So o64ac for inferior. III ="
for common. - 08A low fair and fair, S12
a &c for good fair, "a a9asc FOR fully tair.
9la a 924o for prime, Gao for strictly prime,
ice fov strictly prime to choice. IUhc sor
choice, 9IRe for seconds, l0lR ellie for 81
low clarified and ala &c !2e toy white "!"!.-
fed.
The demand was met freely. with the 'sar-
ket little IN favor Of buyers. In th" ."vo
grades there WAS decline, while handsome
grades would bring an exceptional price
MoLassEs Received this morning 20!
bbls and 81 half bbls. Tire demand vas
active at firm prices Before noon, ana ths'
supplies were mostly sold a. landed a. a3@
52c for fair; S a $40 for prime; $50 SIS Ter
strictly prime, and 60G622 Tor choice: 4l*
at the close the market was much easier,
with the beet grades quoted a: s. a sc y
gallon.
FLoUR-Choice extra a. scarce and III RS
quest, while the grades below are abundant
and dull, though there was better feeling
to-day. The sales are confined 70 i723 boLsJ
of which 80 on tia merits at sc so; $50 good
treble extra at 81 81 h; 50 and 100 do at
s. so; 100 choice treble extra at ~ VI 200
and 100 choice treble extra 81 81; 100 do
at IS %: 100 do at IS IS; 50, 100 and
cbQiee e4tFa at as lo9 do at ~ 20 : and