New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-09-01

which leaned to outside figures, the mon tbs
BUSH ess embracing 1882 hhds. In Novem-
berthe speculative demand having subsid,
ed and the market too high for shipment
| the sales were confined to 2j1 hhds, but in
December buyers Tor Italy came forward
and te6k about $50 hhds. making the. Ell fire
business for that mouth 1912 hhds. The
amount on sale was now reduced - about,
5000 hhdF, more than one third OF which
consisted Of planters lugs, while The rest
was suited to the French and Italian re.
gies. The French Cor ttact was supposed
t, have been filed to the extent Of 5000
hEds. but fortified after the rise on 1000.
and viewing the wants of de continent it
was confidently believed that govern
mtnt agents would be compelled to come
forward and take the amount on sale at
the extreme rates at which it was held. Ia
this, however. tie trade were disappointed,
aud the movement from January to March
inclusive was on very limited scale, the
GALES embracing only 81 hhds in that month,
ii in February and ia in March, making
an aggregate for these months of III hhds.
In April the market received an additional
impulse from the injury caused by late
frosts and the general baekwardness OF the
spring. making the new crop about six
weeks later than an average Factors
were, consequently. still mole string ent In
their pretensions, but buyers, nevertheless,
came forward more freely, and the months
sales embraced 236 hhds, mostly at full
prices. tho outside figures for fue luys
being raised to l2c, the ms d medium leaf
to l3ssc, good to fine inclusive to ljla a iSc.
and selections to ~ zoe, showing an irreg.
uidr improvement in medium to fine
leaf Of Il liac. In May, tho movement
continued far and the sales being swelled
by 800 hhds taken for Spain on the nine
teenth, the months business summed mp
1871 hhds. The high rates to which the
market had been forced had contracted ex-
ports, and restricted consumptiol, result
ing, notwithstanding light receipts. in an
imposing augmentation of stocks at the
ports, which were put down about the first
of May at about &C 800 hhds, against Il, 800
IN 1874 The crop accounts became more
encouraging and bayers stood aloof await
ing further developments; the sales in June
nevertheless reached Asa hid !, with tend.
ency toward the close to easier prices. T0is
was still more he case in July until the fl
tecnth, when reports of serious damage to
the growing crop in Missouri, Southern
Kentucky and Tennessee, gave'a favora Bile
turn to the market aud prevented. any
further falling off,
Up to the end OF December the exports
were mostly confined to coastwise ship.
ments, which amounted to 4I76 hhGs,
against only 1856 foreign, the former EN-.
bracing 396l ID New York, and 2l5 to other
coastwise ports, and the latter 40 to Liver
pool, 81 to Bremen and IS to Havre; in
January '12 were cleared for Italy, and $50
move In Ap1i' in January and February 20
hhds to Bremen, 81 more in March, and 195
in May, and in May PIP to Liverpool. These
compose the principal exporta, the total for
the year being shown by the subjoined
table. together with the receipts and sales |
compared with last year: !