The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-08

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| LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION.
Ordinary to good ordinary. ...... .23h@24h
Low middling.. ng...................2o g
MiudllnR. .Zot&9-
Strict middnng ...........-.....Z ..Zoa@-
SEA ISLAND CoTToN.-The arrivals show steady
increase and were 212 bags, against 14s the week
before, and SO for the week last year. The mar
ket continued dull, and buyers showed but little
disposition to purchase unless at rates strongly in
! their favor. There have been sold during the
week about 90 bags, mostly island cotton Of the
medium grades, at rates which were rot general
Iy made known, but were about on the basis Of
5o@55c for common; 6O@65c for medium, and 7oc
and upward for fine sea island qualities.
| R1cE.-The arrivals of Carolina rough have
| been light, and were about 5000 bushels Tor the
week, with slightly increased offerings. The mar
| ket has shown rather more activity, and the
transactions have beel about $50 tierces Of clean
Carolina, say; o. tierces at 8; 6S at S4 40 at So,
and so at Sx; "a at SAc . ID. We quote common
to fair clean Carolina at 7al@S14c; good S7i@S%c
! p ID.
NAVAL SroREs.-There have been moderate re-
ceipts under this head, the arrivals amounting to
| about 1900 bbls of all kinds for the week. The
transactions in spirits turpentne were at S1a@4Oc
in country packages and 391s@4o in extra barrels
Rosin was sold at 50 1908 25 q Dbl. for No. i;
81 25@s2 so p bbl. for low No. 1; 81 q Dbl. lor
dull and Opaque; 81 so q Dbl. for No. 2 anu 81 20
q Dbl. for No. l. Crude turpentine may be quo'eo
at 50 so p Dbl. for virgin; 81 60 q Dbl. lot yeno"
dip, and 81 60 q Dbl. for hard.
| HAY-There have been received about s"0 bales
OF North River qualities. Sales Of this description
took place from the wharf at 95c. @$1 2 pundred.
CoRN.-The demand has been light, with mode
rate receipts, say about 5000 bushels from Balti-
more and Ercited lots from Tennessee by rail.
About 5000 bushels Of Virginia white was sold
| from the wharf in bulk, weight, at 81 47@1 so 2
| bushel Tennessee descriptions may be quoted by
| the car load from the depot at 81 35@s1 40 .
bushel weight, sacks included, and Maryland
qualities, In jobbing lots at 81 45@s1 so p bushel,
weight, sacks included.
| FLouR-There is fair supply OF most qualities
In the market, and prices during the week have
| been without important change, the demand be-
| ing firm, both from the city and country trade
Northern and Western super may be quoted at
| 81 25@7 so q Dbl, extra at 81 1908 q Dbl, and
family at IS 5000 so p Dbl. Southern qualities
are in moderate stock, and may be quoted at 81 90
| p Dbl for SUPER ss@s 25 q Dbl for extra, and
5000 so for family kinds.
BACoN-Is in limited stock, and has been gene
rally steady, with moderate demand. Prime
shoulders may be quoted at 1Sc p ID, clear rib
sides at &c prime strips at &c, and dry salted
shoulders at 161Sc p ID.
wHEAr.-we quote prime white at 81 7o@1 IS
| p bushel, and prime red at 81 4o@1 so.
BUTTER.-There is fair stock Of prime Goshen.
We quote good to prime at 4o@45c q ID. Western
IL CALI - M
| in quality
| SALT-The arrivals have been about 5000 sachs
direct and $500 coastwise. Jobbing lots may be
quoted at 81 1902 25 q sack.
INDIA BAGGISG.-The market Is well supplied
| with this article, and we quote 25@2ec q yard as
to quality, terms and size Of lot, Dundee bag
ging, A inches, TX lbs. for the yard is held at so
| @35c. Ses island bagging, IS inches wide, 2fos
| for the yard, Is held at 45c.
RoPE.-The demand for rope is moderate, and
prices are somewhat nominal at quotations. We
quote hemp at cents D u; greenleaf at 10 cents;
and jute at $500 cents q ib.
IRON BANDS AND TIES for cotton, Of the most
approved patterns, are offered on the market at
| eh@7ko o ID, and sales have taken place at
these figures.
TIMBER AND LuMBER.-The market for this artl-
Gle is dull. We quote timber for milling purposes
from $500. Shipping timber $1O@15; 4-4@54
flooring at s14@15 q NJ. Bright lumber, good
merchantable, from city mills, cut to size, from
$2o@A q NJ by the cargo
| FREIGHTs.-To Liverpool, by steam, nominal;
| by SAIL we quote s-l6d on uplands and Id on sea
islands. To Havre, nominal. Coastwise-to New
York, by steam, &c on uplands and 1c on sea is
lands, 81 so p tierce on rice; by sail, &c on cot
ton; 81 2 terce on rice; 4oc q barrel on rosin; sS
| "A NJ on lumber; 5000 q n on timber To Bos-
ton, by sail, &c p ID on upland cotton To Provi-
dence, SS 9 NJ on boards, sc q fb on cotton. To
Philadelphia by steam, unsettled and nominal;
! by sail, 1907 q NJ on boards; SO on timber; So .
ton on clay, and So 5o@4 on phosphates. To Bal
timore by steam, 11@&c q ib; by sail, se@7 q
| on boards; So 5o@4 q ton on phosphate rock.
Vessels are in demand by our merchants to take
lumber freghts from Georgetown, S. c., Darien
and Satilla River, Ca, and Jacksonville, Fla., to
Northern ports, and s11@l2 q NJ are rates on
| lumber and boards.
MISUNDERSTANDING BILLs.-The rate yester-
day was 14l1S for 60 day bills.
| DOMESTIC EXCHANGE. The banks are purchas-
| ing sight checks on New York at y discount;
days x discount; 10 days per cent discount; Is
days Ia or; 20 days X; 80 days OF. They are
selling sight checks at par.
GoLD.-The brokers were yesterday buying at
| 81 and selling at SO.