The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-01-18

asked; consequently we have had but a small! busi-
ness doing, with sales OF se4 bales; We must quote
| Total 664 bales. GxsaM
costos, buyers having almost toa man quit the mar
ket in consequence Of the very high prices asked.
The Offering stock is ample but Comprised mostly Of
grades being exceedingly scarce and only to be had
intersectod In large lines of the poorer grades Al
though the news from New York and Liverpool are
better. the market here has not responded-prices
arc farmer but quiet with sales Of a76 bales. Mid
diings n%omnoly no 21Ac; low mddlings 26A; good or
wednesday.-In our closing report of yesterday
we noticed disposition on tho part of buyers to
hold aloof from the market. awaiting further devel
opments of the leading marts. Holders were firm in
their determination, and the cable-through the in
guard 10000 bales sold, with au upward tendency in
prices. This gave us an excited and irregular mar
ket prices ranging from 2a29c the latter figure being
Ior small choice lots We close with firm and steady
market at 2S1ea282lc for mtddng, 2sc for low mid
ding and 271Sc f0r geod ordinary. Total 37O5
1hursday.-The opening Of the market to-day was
marked with much excitement-thougb the demand
was Of q limited nature.holders offering freely, but
at high figures AS the day advanced buyers entered
with more confdencs. he market closed much ex-
cited factors asking 2sAa29c for middling. Total
The recepts at this port since the 7th inst amount
to l2 1872 bales upland of which 10133 were received
road, $40 from landings on the Savannah River and
s51 bales from Florida and the coast. The exports
Tor me same time have been 13 475 bales upland and
81! bales sea island, Of which 649 bales upland were
shipped to Liverpool, 1,728 bales upland and l23
bales sea island were shipped to Havre 2S42 bales
upland were shipped to Bremen 5000 bales upland
aud 54S bales sea island to New York aud S4l bales
upland to Philadelphia and 800 bales upland to Bal
tmore.
Boston Market.
BOSTON, January 13.-COFFEE.-The market is
quiet. and with late large importations of Java,
nothing has been done. We quote prices from % IA
24c per pound, gold In Rio, sales Of 3OOa4OO bags
at 1Sa22c per pound currency; and small lot of %
bags Jamaica sold at 100 per pound. st. Domingo is
nom1nally SC per pound, gold in bond.
COTToN.-There has been considerable excitement
IN the cotton market the past week and prices have
further advan ced. The receipts have been mostly
on manufacturers account aud stock for slle con.
tinues quite reduced he transactions have been
3OC0a4O0O bales and we quote ordinary at 26a26Sc;
good ordinary at 261aa271Sc; low middling 81 ia
28hc, and middlings at 28>sa29c per pound. The
receipts at oathern ports have been comparatively
p ht tor week past and advces from abroad favora
ble but spinners at the close purchase cautiously at
the advance although still higher figures are looked
for.
DOMESTICs.-The advar ce In cotton has impaired
considerable life to the cotton good trade and sales
to some extent have been made at an advance on all
standard goods In wooens the business continues
light and the marx ct remains without Improvement,
but more active demand is soon looked Tor.
NAVAL SToREs.-Thtre is q fair demand for spirits
gallon, mostly to arrive at the lowest rate In tar
the sales have been confined to small lots So 37a
80 @ bbl Rosin has been in better demand: sales
OF 500 bblS common at So 80 800 bbls strained and
No 2. TO arrive So; and 600 bbls No at 50 % bbl
Pitch is selling in small lots at previous prices