The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-02-12

off and the market closed lower; the sales are 5000
bushels, including new Western Mixed at $l 24al 2o
old do 81 3S iu store; do White at 81 26a1 271 90
Yellow at Fl 2sa1 29 Southern White at 81 26al SO;
Jersey Yellow at 81 % a1 25; and straw colored and
White Tennessee at 81 GOAL 26H.
G1nni are dull at 19c for cloth, and 181alsc ior
bags; demand quite moderate.
HAY.-Only o moderate business doing; prices are
unchanged the receipts continue liberal; we quotS
at s1al 10 for shipping, ana 81 l6al 2o Ior re'Ai
lots. ~.
buyers are unwilling to operate fteely unul tne
streets arc In better condition for cartng Pces are
firm on refining and grocery grades; sales loo oos,
Cienfuegos at SIC; 272 hhcs - uerces Aiusoo'Aoo
(Matanzas) at SIC. ,.
Spirits are better end in demands sales OF 500 dds q.
6la62c aud retail lots OF 6S: Rosns are ases
better the sales are 1900 bbls Common at 80 ooaS y,
14OO bbls Common strained at s. 10aS lzA; I<oo W
bbls No at So 12zaS 50 and 1000 bbls No az % 70
"a 37k Tar remains firm, and we nave nau iaii
business. VOWS,
dull. and, in the absence of sales OF importance,
prices arc nominal ut about S2l 50 OLD MOSS, auu
| $40 7lSa22 so tor new Mess Beef is in moderate
demand. and steady sales Of i2S o9s s az 3
for Extra Mess. 1icrco Beef is firm, with mo9
rate demand. Beef Hams are steady ana IN Ialr ue,
mand sales of 200 bbs at S29a32 20 Cut Meats afe
in fair demand and firm; sales OF 225 pkes' ss SSt
91zc for Picked Shoulders. and l3hc for fichpa ia ~
Hims Bacon is fairly active and stronger; saes o.
GEO boxes at J0Hc for Cumberland Cut; la5aata5s
for Long Clear; y for Short Ribbed apd !o1a H
| for Short Clear out ide for city. Dressed Hoss
nrc frmer we gu 10 at 10al04c for WESTERN anu -
al11Sc Tor city. Lard is fairly active put ratner H
weak; gales of 1870 pkgs, at 13Hal4c for No l. laa
1izc for city; 14a14Sc for fair TO prime steal' au
| AZ for ketile-rcndered NJ.
AFTERNOON PROVISION MARKET, o'clock The III
market for Pork is dull but steady at $2l 81
Tor Old Mess s22 50a22 10 for New do seier aS M
and April $50 75a23 with sales of 900 bbls at SZS ~
RIoE-.arona /: quiet ct 1O1aallAc; East ino1a on
has been rather active, and we note Sales o ooo
bags Rangoon at 4c, gold, In bond.
SUaARs-On q basis of II 15a12Hc Tor fair 70 goou
Refining ami 12hal2H for No. IL box tne narns' IKE
was steady and good fair business doing but buy
ers in view OF q probable increase OF the supply
wi hin few dsys, are unwilling to operate 70 any
tent exceeding absolute necessiues sales Oh oi1
at 2kalSc for Cuba; 51a1514c for Charmed Oeme
rara; l095 boxes Havana IL 1a14, and " nags sI
Domingo. small job lot, at 12c; Refined are nrIner
at 17al7Hc Tor Hards.
Fnc1aHrs.-A firmer feeling peryaded the market,
bu. the amount of business done was i9ht. Inere
was an improved demand for vessels for onarter ano
several we're taken up at about former rates. Inc
engagements were: To Liverpool, lUgU opiS noui & ..
Is 6d 500 boxes bacon at 3os lard at S2S o. ana per
steamer, 700 bales cotton at 716daHd. 10 Bris,ot
l5 900 bushels grain so tons oil at $685. ana LOW ops
rosin oa private terms. To Bremen, looO Dds rosi
ut 30 3d. 200 tierces lard at 27s 3d. ia bales ooon ..
&c; and per steamer. 1900 ierces lari at sos ano
go bales cotton at 11sc. To London, per steamer
200 tierces beef at 9s. To Hamburg, per steamer,
500 bales cotton at zdad 1000 bushels corn at l2o.
2OJ terces lard $685. and goods at 4va
50s The charters were: Meckenburg pTig WIN
100 quarters grain to Cork for orders OF Is % OF
Cd off it to direct port; Norwegian bark 70 CorH'
for orders 2OOO quarters grain rs 3d. or 7s II di-
rect; five ships to san Francisco, with railroad IRON
at $40 and per cent primeage; British brig, 2oJo
bbls crude petroleum, to direct port on the conu-
nent at 6s; British vessel, 2eO0 bols petroieuT, 70
the Arctic British bark 3O7 tons, to Buenos Ayres
lum er aud measurement goods, and one OF about
48O tons, same voyage, with lumber, on private
teims,