The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-02-05
THE CHARLESTON MARKET.

| A.
COT1 ON.-Afer protracted strugsl,, in which
| holders this eide have displayed unusua hrm-
ness, the Liverpool market appears be um ing
gradually range of prices that will attract fair
proportion Of tho balance of the American CROP and
quotations at that great contre have been steadily
moving up, commencing the first Of the week at
111zd, and hardening to 11%d.. 11Td 12d.. lax d.
and 1870 for the article the spot, and 12Ad for
| the Same afoat; while at New York. which open ed
at 40. the article stiffened to 296, 29, 80 and 30A
while at this point the transactions were some
what restricted by factors holding sfiy and buyers
generally refusing to pay the asking rates. but clos
ed with moro animation in sellers favor. The lead
ing m'rkets have exhibited the following features as
reported by telegraph:
At Liverpool on Friday, January 29th, the staple
was firm, sales 900 bales. uplands 11Hd; the
same day at New York the article was quiet, sales
$500 bales at 29c. On Saturday the former was
buoyant, sales 10000 bales uplands Xd the latter
was moro active and 14c better, sales 1900 bales at
2914c. On Monday the former was active sales
15 600 bales, upands 12d; the latter was unchsng.
ed sales 1900 bales at 29>sc, On Tuesday the for
mer was firm, sales 600 bales, upland on the
spot 11%d. afoat 12@12sd; the latter was inactive
and frmer sales 1000 bales, uplands 29I 029L
On Wednesday the former closed buoyant upl ands
lad, sales 20 600 bales; the latter was active and
frmer, sales $500 bales at 29A@soc. Yesterday the
former was active, uplands on the spot and o float
1214d; the latter wac frmer at 3oac.
The arrivals for the week have been ls9 bags of
islands and Floridas and 7O74 bales of upande,
against 339 bags Of islands and Foridas and 9341
bales of uplands for the week before SOL bags of
ielands and Floridas and IL sse bales of upands
for the corresponding week of last year. The receipts
have been from the following sources: say of up
lands per South Carolina Railroad 6649 bales, per
Northeastern Railroad 445; Of islands from Flori
da a. Savannah 93 Edisto Beaufort 49, No rtheast
Railroad z.
The transactions and prices prevailing in this mar
ket for the week will be by the following state
ment:
On Nrida', January %, the n,rket was gu let, and
in transactions, rather easier; sales 800 aes
ordinary to good ordinary being quoted at 2ea27
low middling 27A, middling %, and strict mid ding
2s14@2s1sc. q tb.
On Saturday the transactions were limited in the
forenoon. but afterwards became more active and
prices rmer sales 800 bales, ordinary to good ordi.
nary being quoted at 2s@2714. low middling 271S,
middling %, and strict mddling 2sA@28Hc. % fb.
On Monday the staple was quiet and prices irregu-
lar, the market being some what nominal, with
frmer tendency; sales $50 bales; quotations were un-
reliable. as buyers were Offering 2s' and factors
asking 2s11e. v tb. for middling.
On Tuesday the transactions wcre limited:
sales 500 ba'es, ordinary to good ordinary being
quoted at 26@271&, low middling AK. m1ddling %,
and strict middling at ask @asAc. q fb.
On Wedn 'sday the market opened with an active
tendency buyers operating at arst on the basis OF
2sc p @ fs middling, but better kilograms caused
prices to harden from 4@11c p tb; sales 100 bales,
ordinary to good ordinary being quoed at 2sAd,
27k, low middling 27a1, middling 2s1a, and strict
middling 2sAc % ib.
Yesterday the market was active and 40 Nc better;
sales about 1900 bales, say % at 2s 81 at a. Is at
274, 4S at 27, 27 at lat at 27 400 at 2s 100 at
2sk. zoe at 2sa. 80 at 2sN, 1870 on private terms.
We quote:
LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION.
Ordinary to good ordinary .......27 @27A
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