The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-01-01
THE CHARLESTON MARKET

FOR THE WEEK ENDING THURSDAY, DECEMBER 81.
| COTTON.-The market for this article during the
week opened quiet in consequence Of the holidays,
but has since assumed irmer aspect and nume-
rous operators who expected low value for the
staple at this time have fair prospect of suffering
| disappointment and the fibre at present has
| strong leok, with good promise of the prevalence
of full rates throughout the season. The leading
centres have exhlbite tine following points as re-
| ported by telegraph: At Liverpool, Friday, De.
cember rs, being Christmas day there was no mar
ket, which was also the at New York. On Sat
urday the former was unchanged; the latter was
quiet and Grm-sales 1900 bales, at Csc. On Mon
day the former quiet-sales 10, 600 bales; the
latter closed shade rmer sales 2l0O bales at 25.
On Tuesday the former was actve-saes 15 OoO
bales, uplands 10azd; tho latter closed nc better
sales 1000 bales at25A. On Wednesday the former
continued active-sales 90 600 bales uplands 1OMd;
the latter was Ac better-sales 5Oee bales, at &c.,
Yesterday the former was inactive-sales $4,000
bales
The arrivals at this port for the week have been
241 bags of sea islands and Fordas and 9AO1 bales
OF uplands, against 446 bags of sea islands and
flor1das, and 8212 bales OF uplands the week be-
fore, and GA bags Of islands and Floridas and
s646 bales Of uplands for the corresponding week
last year. The arrivals have been from the follow
Ing sources: Say Of uplands per South Carolina Rail-
road 8448 bales per Northeastern Railroad 626 from
Peedee, 1888; of sea islands, per Northeastern Rail-
road, 81; Beaufort. G, SO; Savannah, co. Jam es
Island, 16; Edisto, 6; Florida, Is; St Johns, 6.
The transactions and prices prevailing in this
market for the week have been as follows:
On Friday, December 25th, icing Christmas, no
business transacted.
On Saturday there was moderate demand, but
the light sock and the firm rates demanded by fac
tors restricted transactions; sales 25o bales ordina
~ to good ordinary being quoted at 22@2s low mid.
ding 231a@231, middling "a, and strict middling
241ac. . lb.
On Monday sellers held stif1y and purchasers
could only operate at full pricess 425 bales Or
dinary to good ordinary being quoted at 22@231,
low middling % 3la@232, midding a. and strict mid.
ding 241ac. % 1b. "'
On Tuesday the rtice Vas very firm, aud buyers
found it difficult to operate OF quotations. sales 700
bales; quotations as before.
On Wednesday the market opened with prices h@
1ac better and stifsned during the day 10 tue ex-
tent of nc % ib sales 1900 bales, ordinary to good
ordinary being quoted at 22>a@9235s, low middling
"a, middling 24 IA. and strict mi ddling 25c % fb.
Yesterday there was good demand and prices i'm
proved A@}c % fb; sales about 600 bales viz: 18 at
21 at %; at 222 at 222l; at %; 10 at 2s4: 40
at 2sh; 13 at 23; 90 at "a; 6s at 24A 80 at 24H;3
at24; 143 at 25 81 at 25 and IA on private terms
We quote:
LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION
Ordnsry 10 good ordinary. ..23 @24
Middlinc "ule e'''' ''.<.......... .2244Ag24G
Strict D1ddling. ........... 25E6-
The following the quotations of the two leading
grades by
NEW YORK CLAssIFICATIoN:
Low ml0Ql1nR. .243/M06