The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-17
THE cnARLEsTON MARKET.

FOB THE WEEK ENDING rHURsDAY. sEPT. 16. 1862
The cRops-The falling of in the condition Of
the cotton plant in many portions OF South Carolina
and Georgia. has caused crop estiuates made at an
earlier period to be somewhat lowered. and many
who calculated, under the prospect existing few
weeks since. on yield di q TOO 900 TO 2sOo 900 bales
have recsdei to 240o, 600, 100000 and 900. .oc0
baies The plant is now passing through period Of
trial. and much remains TO be determined by the
weather to be experienced in the next eve or BIZ
weeks. The reports from the prolific Southwest are
a. yet generally favorable. and late and dry fall
will make o great difference in that reg on. IN
South Carolina and Georgia the action Of the rust
has caused the plant to open rapidly, and the top
fruit to drop of, that the crop here has in most
cases less to gain by late fall The weather, since
last report, has been generally favorable 10 har
vesting and cotton and rice are being secured in
good condition. The caterpillar on the s'a islands
is doing damage but has not yet become so general
ly destructive rs last year.
The COTTON MARKET Operators In this article,
thinking prices too high, endeavoring steadily
TO have the rates brought more in conformity to
their views, and manufacturers we'll as purchas-
ers generally were only buying in limited way, and
at rates in their favor; aud with increasing receipts
of the new crop quotations have had steady ten
5ency to fall of. The English market during the
week has exhibited no animation, prices commenc-
ing at 13d. and receding to 1sd for rniddling up
lands. The New York market has been decidedly
downward, and middlipg, which opened at "a, fell
OF to Soc and at this port mddlings, which opened
OF S1c., declined to about 27c. q fb.
1he Liverpool and New York markets have
choun the fo,1nuino rnovsunaufe for he reek p.
On Friday. September 10th, the former was
dull. sales 5000 bales, middhng uplands at
lSXd; the latter wss steady, sales 600 bales
at 81 cents On Saturday the former was steady. up
lands $780, sales 10 600 bales; the latter shade
lower, sales 1oeo bales at sS7las4 cents. On Mon
day the former WAS dull, uplands 13Id Gales 1000
baes the latter was decidedly lower sales ZOO bales
at 33@3SH cents. On Tuesday the former WIS dull
and nominal, uplands 1SHd, sales 5000 bales; the
latter was heavy, and full one cent lower sales 1900
bales closing at SO cents. On Wednesday the former
was dull and Irregular sales 1900 bales upanos 13d
the latter decidedly lower, sales 1900 bales at
S0,s cents Yeste: cay the former was shade frmer
sales TOTO bales uplands 1885, the latter dropping
at 80 cents q ID.
The arrivals Of the staple at this port for the week
have been IS bags of sea islands and Floridas and
1884 bags upands against bags Of islands and
Floridas and 1915 bales Of upands the week before
and bags OF sea islands and Floridas and 379 bales
Of uplands for the same week las. year These sup
plies have ccme through the following sources say
OF upan1s per South Carolina Railroad. 1904 bales
per northeastern Railroad, 5J5 bales; Georgetown.
s. c., A; Florida c. wagons, Is; of islands from
Beaufort s. c., s; Edlsto, 5; wadmalaw, Q; hIist
Church, 4; Florida, S.