The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-03


Ordinary to good ordinary. .....23 @23A
Low middllng g...................24 g-
Miuuling .......-..... .......-. .Z9'Ig-
Strict middlng ...... ........Z41sG-
SEA ISLAND CorToN-The arrivals OF this quail
ity Of the staple have been in good supply, and
were the largest OF the season, say about ga bags
OF sea island and Floridas, against 564 bales the
week before, and 2eG bales for the week last year.
| There was general good inquiry during most OF
the week at steady rates, the market having been
fairly active, and leading to the sale OF about 100
bags, of which fair proportion were Floridas.
Among the sales were so Floridas at SIC; Z do. at
55c 10 at 6oc; at &C; at CSC; 10 at CSC; OF sea
islands 2 at SOC; at SIC: II at Coo; at Gle; at
6sc 25 at 65c 10 at zoe; at 75c SO al soc; II a.
s5c; at soc; at csc; o at 81 q fb. We quote
common sea Islands at 5o@6Oc; medium at $50
75c; medium to fine 7o@sOc, and fine to choice at
s0c@s1 p ID and upward.
| RiCE.-The arrivals OF Carolina rough have
been liberal and were about $4,000 bushels for the
week. The market has been well supplied and,
with steady inquiry, prices have been fairly s's-
| talned, the market closing &c 1rmer, and the
| transactions having been about 1000 tierces OF
| clean Carolina, among which were 13 tlerces at
OK; 12 at 6; 62 at 6; los at 61a: 32 at e16 252
at 6s; 20 at 6a; 100 at 1885, los at 07S; 90 at
1916; CT at 7c q ib. We quote common TO fair
clean Carolina at 6@6ss; good 6As@7c 3 ID. Caro-
lima rough may be quoted at 81 50@1 80 for into
rlor, and 81 6e@l 80 q bushel for seacoast.
NAVAL SToREs.-The arrivals have been light,
and were about 1900 bbls. for the week. The mar
ket has been dull with declining tendency, and
spirits turpentlne which opened OF 43 receded TO
4lc S:gallon Resins are dull, and without trans
actions OF note. Wee quote nominally: Say extra
No. at So 5o@s4 p bbl.; No. at 81 75@ss 25 q
bbl.; low No. / at 81 25@$2 75; No. 2 to extra No
at 81 so@2, and No. at 81 IS y bbl. Crude
turpentine may be quoted at So so q bbl. for vir
gin, 50 go for yellow dip, and 81 GO for hard.
HAY.-The arrivals have been about 500 bales
ofNorth River qualities, which was mostly sold at
81 25@s1 80 p hundred.
CoRN.-This grain is being received in light sup
ply, the receipts having been few lots from Bal
timore, by steamer, and cargo from North
Carolina. We note sales OF 1875 bushels OF new
North Carolina white, the first cargo OF the sea-
son, at 81 10 p bushel, bulk, weight. Jobbing
lots OF prime white old corn are held at about
81 IS q bushel, weight, bags included. The de-
mand is light and mainly Of retail character.
FLouR.-The market is well supplied with most
qualities OF Northern and Western fonr, for which
at present there is only moderate Inquiry. We
quote Northern and Western lile at s5@5 SO; su-
per, in large lots. at SIS 1896 25 q Dbl; extra at
So 25@7 q bbl, and family at $7@7 rs Q Dbl.
Southern qualities are In moderate stock, and
may be quoted at $7@7 so for extra and 81 5000
p Dbl for family kinds.
BAcoN.-There is but little OF this article COM
ing to hand and the stocks are moderate. The
demand has been light and prices have continued
without important alteration. Prime shoulders
may be quoted at 1611c 2 ID; prime clear rib sides
at 20Sc; dry salted shoulders at lac; salted clear
rib sides at 1SH@1sc, and prime strips at zoe fb.
. VEGETABLES AND FRUITs.-Irish potatoes are In
good stock and are selling at s2@3 90 p Dbl.
Onions are firm at SO p Dbl. Fruit-0ranges are
abundant Of Florida kinds, with some West India;
we quote S25@35 2 NJ. Bananas are in moderate
stock and sell at s2@4 p bunch. Northern apples
sell at s5@e q Dbl.
BUTTER AND LARp.-There is fair stock OF
prime Goshen. We quote good to prime at 400
45c Q ID. Western and other lower grades sell
from 3o@35c q ID; country do. at 25@3Oc . ID,
as in quality. Lard is in good supply and is held
at 2o@21c.
SALT.-The arrivals OF this article have been
large and amount to about 1s 900 sacks direct from
Liverpool. Wholesale transactions have taken
place at 81 so q sack, and jobbng lots at 81 60 .
sack, from shipboard.
INDIA BAGGING.-The market is well supplied
with this article and we quote 23@24c q yard
Dundee bagging, A inches, ~ lbs. for the yard
held at 3O@35c. Sea island bagging IS inches
hot1
RoPE.-The demand for rope Is moderate, and
prices are somewhat nominal at quotations. We
quote hemp at cents q ib grcenleaf at 10 cents;
and jute at SH@9 cents q Ii.
IRON BANDS AND TIES for cotton of the most
approved patterns, are offered on the market at
6H@7Isc q ID, and sales have taken place at
these figures.
TIMBER AND LUMBER.-The market for this arti-
Gle is dull. We quote timber for milling purposes
from $500. Shipping timber $lO@l5; 4-4@j-4
aooring at sl4@l5 q NJ. Bright lumber, good
merchantable, from city mills cut to size from
s2o@24 q NJ by the cargo.
FREIGurS.-To Liverpool, by steam, 2ld on up
lands, lMd on sea islands; by SAIL we quote Hd on
uplands and "a on sea islands. To Havre, nomi-
nal. Coastwise-to New York, by steam, &c on
upiuUQS uuu IL VII SCL lSlhlius, - t. eiSiNS oH
rice; by SAIL &c OH cotton; 81 Is q tierce on rice;
4Oc q barrel on rosin; sS g NJ on lumber; So@l0
a NJ OIL timber. To Boston, by sail, &c = ib on
upland cotton. To Providence, ss q NJ on boards,
&c q ID on cotton. To Philadelphia, by steam,
&c p ID on uplands; by sail, SCOT q NJ OH boards;
so on timber; SO q ton on clay, and So 5O@4 on
phosphates. To Baltimore, by steam, 1s@.Gc q
Is; by sail, S6@7 2 n on boards; SO 5OG4 y ton
on phosphate rock. Vessels arc in demand by
our merchants to take lumber lrcghts from
Georgetown, s. c., Darien and Satilla River, Ga
and Jacksonville, Fla, to Northern ports, and
Sll0l2 p NJ are rates on lumber and boards.
MISUNDERSTANDING BILLs.-Thc rate ycStcr
day was irregular al l3l4 for 60 day bills.
DOMESTIC EXCHANGE. The BANKS are purchas-
ing sight checks on New York at * discount;
days y discount; 10 days Il per cent discount; l5
days =; 20 days -; 80 days They are sell
ing sight checks at = prcmium.
GoLD.-The brokers were yesterday buying at
% aud selling al %.