The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-04


been extremely quiet, with lower tendency In
the market The transactions for the week nave
amounted to about 200 bags Of all qualities among
which were l stained sea island at 2oc; do.
at SO; sea island at so; at So; at %;
S at e5 10 at 10; IL at 80. or Floridas,
% at IS; 80 at 40; ss at Al; IA at SOC q ID.
Florida qualities may be quoted at S594o lot com'
mon; 4o@45 for medium; 45@5o for medium 10
coed; 5o@55 for good to fine, and 55@6oc 2 fb Tor
fine and choice. Sea islands may be quoted at
45@50 for common; 50@6o for medium; 6o@7o lor
medium to fine, and 7oc@s1 p is for fine and
choice qualities. An account Of the SEQ island
stock was taken here yesterday, and was found
to he much larger than was anticipated. The eX-
cess was found to be 1888 bags, which has been
added to previous receipts, and our tables have
been corrected accordingly.
RIcE.-The arrivals Of Carolina rough rice have
been extremely limited for the week. The mar
ket for this grain has exhibited considerable
steadiness, and prices have been without impor-
tant fluctuations, there having been regular
and somewhat fair inquiry for most OF this PERIOD
The transactions have amounted to about 700
tierces clean Carolina, among which were IL
tierces at 5Hc; ut 5xc; 90 at 1880; 20 at 5>Sc
81 at &c: At at l.l6c; Sa6 at 6Hc; "a at g Sl6c;
OF at 63!c. We quote common to fair clean Caro-
lima at 5A@Sc; good eh@G'Gc 3 ID. Carolina
rough may be quoted at 81 1901 80 q bushel for
interior, and 81 3O@1 60 q bushel for seacoast.
NAVAL SToREs.-The business IN these articles
have been OF limited character, III consequence
of the small stock. Some 500 bbls. OF No. Q rosin
were sold at 81 GO Z, bbl.
HAy.-The arrivals have been inconslderable,
and the operations mainly Of retail character
CoRN.-This article has come to hand In mode
rate supply during this period, say about lo'ooo
bushels. The business has been llmited-somc i'll
quIry prevailing for plantation consumption. IL
sale OF prime North Carolina took place, In bulk,
at 1l@l 12 q bushe, weight. Jobblns parcels arc
selling ct 81 1901 20 q bushe weight, bags In
cluded. wholesale transaction in sacks trans
pIred at 81 Is p bushel. weight, bags included.
cargo of MARYLAND IN bulk was sold somewhat
under our figures.
O.rs-She market has been fairly supplied with
tb,s grain. which is mostly in demand for local
consumption. We quote Ma:-land qualities at 7s
@Tac . bushel.
FLogR.-Thls article Is in fair stock Of The bet
ter qualities, but with limited 2ply offne ana
super. The demand has been good, largely for
the common grades, which, IN consequence OF
limited supplies, have rather improved In price.
We quote Northern and Western fine at S. ESQ
s so q bbl; super at SIS .5@e q bbl.; extra at
Sc e597 q bbl., and family at 81 25@s q Dbl.
Southern qualities are in moderate supply, ana
may be quoted at s7@7 Is 2 Dbl. Tor extra ana
$500 q bbl. for family grades.
BAcoN.-Thls article is in moderate Stock with
q limited demand, prices during the week snow
ing no change OF importance. We quote prime
smoked shoulders at 14@l4xc. q b.; plime
smoked clear rib sides at 17E@lfHc. . fb.; dry
salted shoulders at 121i@le2lc. q it, and salted
rib and clear rib sides at le@16Ac. q ID.
SUGAR AND MoLAssEs.-There have been some
transactions In Cuba grocery sugars ut 1870
loZc. p b.; In clayed molasses ut 4l@42c. IN
hhds., and 4S@44c. per gallon in bbls.
FRuT.-There is a moderate stock Of oranges
and bananas, and we quote the former at So so
per hundred and the latter at s2@4 per bunch.
yEGErABLEs-The market Is well supplied with
Irish potatoes and We quote eating qualities at
So 5O@3 so per barrel. Planting kinds are still in
some demand and fancy descriptions have sold
at $500 per barrel. Southern peas, which were
about maturing in Florida, have been destroyed
by the late cold weather.
BUTTER AND LARD-There Is fair stock OF
prime Goshen. We quote good to prime at $50
4oc p tt. Western and other lower grades sell
from 2OQ3Oc q ID; country do. ut 2b93oc n tb,
as In quality. Lard Is in good supply and Is held
at 10000.
SALT.-There have been no receipts OF this artl-
Gle. Lots from store selling at 81 4o@1 SO p sack.
INDIA BAGGING.-The market is fairly supplied
with this article, and we quote 2S@24c yard
Dundee bagglng, a inches X lbs. for the yard,
ia held at 3o@a5c. Sea island bagging, As inches
wide, fb for the yard, Is held at 45c.
RopE.-The demand for rope Is moderate, and
prices are somewhat nominal at quotations. We
quote hemp ut cents q b; greenleaf at 10 cents;
and jute at SH@s cents 9 fb.
IRON BANDS AND TIES for cotton, OF the most
approved patterns are offered on the marke' az
6y@7Hc q Ii, and sales have taken place at
these figures
TIMER AND LUMBER.-The market for this arti-
Gle is dull We quote timber for milling purposes
from s5@e Shipping timber s1o@l9; 4-4@5-4
nooring at s14@l5 q N. Bright lumber, good
merchautable, from city mills, cut to size' from
s2O@24 2 NJ By the cargo
FREIGHrs.-To Liverpool are quiet; ny steam,
I'd on uplands 1ltd on sea Islands; by sail we
quote 5-l6@3sd on uplands and 1s@Sd on sea is
lands. To lIavrc nominal. Coastwise-to New
York, by steam, &c on uplands and &c on seq
Islands, 81 p 2 ticrce on rice; by sail, &c on
cotton; - p tiercc on rice; 4Oc q barrel OH
rosin; SS q NJ on lumber; Sa@10 z N on tim
Der. To Boston, by sail, iS@Hc q ID oil upland
cotton. To Providence, SIS q NJ OH boards, sc
p fb Oh cotton. To Philadelphia, by steam,
nc p ID on uplands; by sail, sG@7 q NJ on boards;
SO Oh timber; So p ton on clay, and sS@3 25 on
phosphates To Baltimore by steam, &c p
II; by SAIL s6@7 Z, N on boards; s3@3 25 p ton
on phosphate rock. vessels are in demand by
our merchants to take lumber frcights from
Georgetown, S. c., Darien and Satilla River, Ga
and Jacksonville, Fla, to Northern ports, and
sl1@fgp NJ are rates on lumber and boards.
MISUNDERSTANDING BILLS.-The rate yester-
day was 2404x for 60 day bills.
DOMESTIC EXCHANGE. banks are purchas-
ing sight checks on New York at u discount;
days x discount; 10 days z per CT. discount; Is