The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-01
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
TRAME ITEMS. ETC.

sales Comprised IL. 900 bales. The sales dur
Ing the week ending yesterday amounted to
o., 900, against "A 800 bales the previous week.
On Friday of last week Midding Cotton was
quoted In this market at 1oa.c, yesterday the
price was 1890 per pound. The receipts at
New Orleans since September | amount 70
a7s, TAO, against s8.5a7. Tho receipts during
the past week ut all ports foot up 2t4, 40 bales,
the largest receipts for one week ever
known.
AT New York spots opened firm yesterday,
and closed quiet and steady ut IN advance Of
lice The sales amounted to GAO bales and
1000 bales delivered on contract.
Az Liverpool the cotton market was quito
nominal, with sales OF 1000 bales, of which
21oo were American and 1000 for export and
speculation. The receipts were 1890 bales,
uf which 1900 were American. Middling
Orleans ID now quoted In Liverpool at Tiled.
against6 1-1sd on the same day last year
The Manchester market is reported as lrm.
Futures opened 1-1sd cheaper, except for DC
tober delivery. and closed ateady. The Havre
market was dull and tending downward, and
the Bremen market was dull and easieI.
The sugar and moasses market during
the past week have been very irregular At
the opening II ruled firm. with an active do
marld, under tho influence Of the strong posi-
ton oil the market ut New York, and prices
here advanced 11sc per pound for sugar and &c
per gallon for molasses. This advance, how
ever, soon glve way, on account OF the large
receipts. and the market yesterday closed
easy and In buyers favor.
or the grain trade but little can be said.
The receipts Of the week have been small but
ample to meet the requirements OF the trade.
which have been limited. The market during
the past few days has ruled easy. being IN
favorably influenced by the light demand and
the decline In prices In the West.
Business Lii the -four line dragged rather
heavily during the week closing yesterday.
Prices were easier and somewhat lower yes
terday In sympathy with the fluctuations IN
wheat ut the West. until yesterday, when
sellers began to look up again and generally
held their property at an advance Of 1915
cents on rates current earlier IN the week.
The details Of the months business is given
In our regular report on flour.
Yesterday closed the commercial week, as
well as the calendar month. During the past
seven days the movements Of the provision
market have been anything but satisfactory
TO the trade The sales have been light, and
generally made III retail and iobbing way,
prices ruling irregular and generally with q
downward tendency. Mess pork has been
held up by main force, being under the con-
troll of shippers, but bacon has dropped down
It'd value, compared with prices last Friday,
fully sS0a11se. Dry salt meats continue steady.
and other products dull md easy. The re-
cepts from the West have been rs follows
Pork, 545 barrels, against $500 barrels
last week; lard, h2o tierces and 1890 kegs.
against 7aa tiercea and 9Gb kegs last week
hams, 35 tierces, against 24n terces last week
packed meats-bacon and dry salt 249 casks
and 1900 boxes, against 164 casks and ~
boxes last week; bulk meats $3.50 pounds,
against 1n,570 pounds last week..
The purchasing rate Ut silver bullion ut the
New Orleans Mint Ii now 81 10 4-1o per ounce
fine.
Among the imports by the steamship West
Stanley. which arrived here yesterday from
Newport, Wales, we notice tho no inconsider
able item of or tons Of scrap steel.
New York kilograms reported. yesterday
cotton futures Az having advanced t6 70 p
points since the previous day. The sales were
$4,000 bales, the market closing easy.
United States per cents were quoted yes
tarday at New York at 1922 GDlo2la and u
london Mt 1o5ls The money rate In New
York ID per cent, indicating continues strln
geney.
or the 600 or more different railroads IN th1
country, only about thirty make regular re
ports OF their monthly earnings, ana iesi
thnn twenty report their operating expense
and net earnings.
State Consols opened yesterday at 42s4dat
and closed at "A, against 43 on Thursday. .
New York there was sale Of $1,000 OF Censor
MT 4sl.. Premium Bonds opened at az Np29
and closed at IS \, against 29B29's On the pr
vious day. Sales. S46,oso.
The sugar receipts by river at New Orlean
the past week are Is hogsheads more the
those for the corresponding week OF last yea
and the receipts OF cotton by river for %
week lust ended exceed by $1,000 bales thos
received BY river for the same week OF lag
YEAR. The average has been 6oo0 bales pc
day.
COTTON ny THE JACKSON RAILROAD
Mr.. Dan q. Mnrey. the freight agent ha
furnished us with the following comparativ
statement OF cotton receipts by the Chicago
st. Louis and New Orleans Railroad:
1856. 1867. 1s71s 1852. 1879
sept s I'D s ss.s 4a7ss la47s 10