New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-05

l Auo auOVo luCiuuee 4lr Daiee, do OF
which were irregular cottoks) taken by one
buyer for the North, 1856 being divided
| among four buyers. Owing to the imminent
danger of q serious disaster to the crop
from overflow, factors we're more stringent
in their pretensiOne, asking fully 1tc more
than they would have accepted q week or
ten days ago: but buyers. although ready
to 60 on at full prices, were unwilling to 90
on at any marked advance. The prices
paid, however, leaned to our outside
figures, with tendency to fraction more.
going on board and engaged for shipment,
was set down at the opening this morning
at $500 bales, embracing 5000 for Liverpool,
1000 for Havre, and 500 for the North.
which. when deducted from the stock on
hand by our running statement last even
ing, leaves 16, 400 bales to represent the
quantity at the landing and in presses
uns0ld or awaiting orders.
The Exchange reports: "Sales 100 bales:
market firm"
COTTON STATEMENT.
Stock on hand September !, l874........ IS $50
Arrived arrived since iast sta sement ...., ll5
Additional bales from city gin.
nlngs, lintens and loose...... IL o63--i Is. Al
Total. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .....I, l73 "a
CleAreQ previously. $50 PSI
Consumed at Lehman, Abraham
Co.'S cotton mill. ........... ! ,l50--l Isl 40I
Stock hand and on shipboard not cleared % ,o2s
Stock same time last year. 2o24,
Receipts proper since last evening, Ill
bales, against SO on last Wednesday, and SIS
last year, making an aggregate since Fri
day evening of 2l9 bales. against OF last
week and GIG last year. and since August
81 of 994,692 bales. against 1,2l4 1877 last
year-decrease 220, 1876.
The Exchange kilograms make the receipts
at all the ports from u III. yesterday to
IL M. TODAY 1856 bales, against 40 last
week and 727 last year, and since Friday
1886 bales, against 1910 last week and 35Ol
Last year. Total since August 81, 3,4545l7
bales, against 3,742, 924 up to Tuesday noon,
August 4, last year Excluding the above
727)-decrease 288, 207.
Exports, Friday to Tuesday inclusive, to
Great Britain Oil bales, against AS last
week and 6473 last year, and to the continent
zoo bales. against 4O9S last week and none
last year.
Stocks at all the delivery ports made MP
to ~ NJ. l2l SIS bales, against la7 ,l64 last
week, and l6O, OLE last year.
ToBACCO-The sales today were confined
to hhds. We hear Of some inquiry for ex-
port. The amount on sale is estimated at
H25 hhds. The market is very strong, es-
pecially for the better qualities. but We still
omit quotations.
The Louisville CourierJo Journal of Mon
day reports that prices continued to decline
until July IL, after which they commenced
hardening, and during the last fortnight
had risen 81 50a2 y 100 lbs for manufac-
turing, cutting and export leaf and IS 075c
tor Jugs, the market toward the close being
excited and buoyant, especially for good.
useful tobacco suited to consumption or ex.
port. The unprecedented duration of wet
weather hos become nearly as threatening
as the drouth Of last year. Recently the
rainfall has continued with increased CO.
piOusness, and has extended further into
the States north and west of Kentucky.
There is NO section of the Western tobacco
area which has escaped injury, and in some
portions of this and the adjoining States
more than half the crop planted is esti-
mated to have been destroyed. The CROP
IN bottom lands has Jared worst but
IN uplands the soil has been 90 wet as to |
prevent cultivation; the crop is overrun
With weeds and grass, and il frenchine
,adly in oil directions. In some counties,
'lso, the plants arc beginning to suffer 90
eriously from "field fire" that planters are
utting their drops green and full of sap. in
yhich case the yield is estimated Ut 400 to