The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-05-30

Stock hand and shipboard not cleared. 6 l62
| The exports are for Havre exclusively.
SUGAR AND MoLAssEs-The receipts from the Coast
since yesterday amount to only IS hhds OF sugar. no
Molasses The stock Of Louisiana Sugar and Molasses
on hand is limited while foreign is plenty but with lit
tie no demand for either, and the little animation
that was exhibited yesterday has entirely abated There
sales to-day, but we continue our quotations. as
follows IL to 13e for common to good common Louis
lana 1h to 4c for fair to fully ar 10 10 lOHG loI
done In Molasses to-day Yesterday, not previously re-
ported 60 boxes No. IA Cuba Sugar sold at 1896 and
cargo of lit hhds "a tcs and 10 bbB OF Muscovado MO-
lasses on private terms.
FLouR.-Thc market is still very quiet and prices are
dropping. The supply on hand Is ample but even the
higher grades do not find many eager purchasers Saea
confined to $50 bbls of which 90 double extra OF
s12 per bbl 100 and 80 low extra at sl; 100 do at
$40 50 400 do on private terms and lou supernne ~
| 50 IS per Dbl.
CoRN.-There is fair supply on hand with a
moderate demand and otice further decline OF DC
per bushel for yellow The sales to-day amount 70
sold by one party at S5c for yellow and yellow m11eo
and 600 for white and 500 white at s5c per bushel
an upward tendency. The supply and receipts are
limited and sales were resrictedo l4O0 Sacks Of which
500 and 700 at 56c and 200 at 67c per bushel
than sufficient for the demand, which is altogether Of
local character Prices remain at our previous quo
tations, viz 81 20 per 100 lbs.
HAY-Is dull. and prices merely nominal. There
Is fair stock on hand It very slow Of sale at s22
per ton for prime Western.
BAoos-Contnues 10 active retail demand, but prices
are firm at for shoulders l7H TO lSc for rtooeo
Sides 19c for clear sdes 25c for sugarcured hams and
27 TO csc per b for Dued hams We noticed sales to-
day of II tcs sugar. cured hams at 25c per h.
PoIK-Remains quiet and unsettled. We near tna'
saes have been made to-day but prices were below the
market quotations, and therefore were suppressed
Holders are not pressing their stocks on .he marie.
while buyers ndispoHed to purchase to any consd.
erable extent We however, quote 1t at $S3 per parre
| for retail lots.
LARD-The supply is limited, with n fair retail de
| md Dricpe gtt firm. Sales To-Day
amount to 76 kegs at 24c and 25 tierces prime 1T 2
per pound.
STAR OANpLEs-Are in fair supply and moderate to dc
and per II or 2lc for il and 25c per pound
WnrsKEY.-The market is dull and depressed We
however, continue onr quotations, which are oni!
nominal at 20 to 50 80 per gallon for Western rcctl
| fed
NAVAL. SroREs-Roein is selling at So 81 and So fo
Nos and Tar at So so; Pitch ut So and Spirits
Turpentine at 95c q gallon.
BAGGING-Remans quiet, but is still very firmly helt
at 29c i'll rolls and Sic y yard in bales.
BALE RnrE-Therc is but very little of this article oil
hand .nd that is divided among q few Dealers ou
prices firm at 18c d III.
| BUTTER AND CHEgsE-There have been some receipu
of Goshen butter but still it is very scarce and IN re
quest and prices firm at 60c q ID. Western is Il
moderate supply at 5Sc for good yellow Common 1
ply, but dull at l5@22c for Western, and 27c q Id 10
English dairy lots.
SUNpn1Es-Potatoes are selling at 50 25@2 co. onions
So 6O@S. apples at s0@s bbl, eggs at s32@sS Dbl
and sour krout S15@16 p Dbl, chickens ut So 60@9
dozen, and turkeys at $50 {, dozen.
FRgIoHTs-The demand tor all points is Of very re
character and rates cannot be reported as muc
better than nominal Steamers, when placed on tn
berth. have fixed quotation but when the day of de
psrture arrives and space is still vacant terms ar
made easy to shippers Sailing vessels are OF diteren
classes and each is supposed to have an approprat
rate. But It not unfrequenty happens that vesse
chartered at an extreme figure lowers the quotation
when in need of freight with which to FIJI up. Tn
prices given to-day are x to I'd by steamship, and
10 sd per lb by sailing vessels for cotton to Liverpool
To Ha9re by sail lHc, and to New York and Boston b
steam 10 per Id for cotton and 75c per bb for flour
and by sail to 9l6c per b for cotton, and 46c per bf
for -four.