The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-06-03
Excess In visible supply. 49,. 5s,s7

Stock OF cotton held by Manchester spinners at
the mills now As 900 bales; same time 1869. $4,000
bales. AIlddllug uplands now, 1oHaloAd; then,
1i%d.
The receipts at this po.t for the week have been
1e bags of sen islands and Florldas and 1871 bales
OF upands, in contrast With 10 bags OF sea Islands
and Elordas and 2545S2es OF upands the week
previous, and - bags OF sea Islands and Floriuas
and 1885 bales Of uplsnds the same time last sea-
son. These supplies have come as follows: Say
OF upiands per South Carolina Railroad, 1855 bales;
per Norrhcasterd Railroad ss bales; Peedee, 65
bales; OF sea Islands, Savannah bales. Florida
bales; Beaufort, bales.
The COTTON MARKEr.-The market for this ar
ticle for the week under review has shown
depressed tendency. Business was generally dull,
and prices were OF declining character. In the
foreign market, where the rates opened at 1910
10%d p fb for uplands, they receded to 1o1@
1oNd; at New York, which commenced at exc.
they fell off to 22Hc, and at this port they gene.
rally ranged ut about q 1921 &c for middling.
The transactions and prices at Liverpool and
New York for this period have been as follows:
On Friday, May 2T, the former was dull, uplands
1os<d@l0Zd, sales 5000 bales; the latter was dull
@Soo
the former was dull at 1oA@alo5sd sales 10000
bales the latter closed dull at 221sc, sales l7co
bales. On Monday the former was dull and irreg-
ular uplands 1o3ld sales 10000 bales; the latter
was dull at 2axc, sales 3l0 bales. Or "uesday
the former was dull, uplands lo;s@1oAd, sales
1000 bales; the latter was heavy at.221sc, sales
400 bales. On Wednesday the former was quiet
at Io;t@101ld, sales 10000 bales; the latter was
heavy ut s21sc, sales HOO bales. Yesterday the
former was quiet at 1o5:@lo%d; the latter was
dull at 22hc.
The operations in this market for the week have
been as follows: On Friday May IT, the market
was dull and easier, prices In some transactions
declining about &c p ib; sales IFS bales; ordinary
to good ordinary being quoted OF 1S@2ojs, low
mIddlng 81, mlddling 2lH, and strict mlddling
no sales. On Saturday the article was dull, and
prices in some cases 1s@J4c lower; sales a25 baesi
ordinary to good ordinary being. quoted at lS@
90, low middling 81. middling 2li4@211sc . fb.
On Monday the market showed more frmness,
particularly for good qualities; sales 24o bales;
ordinary to good ordinary heing quoted at
10000, low mIddlIng 2l@al4, mlddling
2lk, strict middling 2l2lc q ib. On Tues
day the article was tiall ard lower, but sellers
sales about SO bales on the basis Of 2li4c for mid
ding and 2llEc q fb for strict middliog cotton.
On Wednesday the article continued depressed
and prices nominal; sales about so bales on the
basis Of 2l1c q tb for mlddling. Yesterday the
article was dull, few buyers offering 21c 3 fb
for mlddllng, while some sellers were asking 21t4c
q ID. The trans ,ctlcns were about 60 bales, say
at II; at 1e1$ at 1s1s 80 at 1s; at 1915 II at
21;7 at 2l2c. Quotations are omitted.
SEA ISLAND CoTToN.-The receipts have been
light, say 16 bags, of which were from Savan
nah. The very reduced stock restricts business
to limited figures, and the transactions have been
light, prices showing no important change from
previous quotations, which we renew Say for
common Florldas 35@3Sc; medium as@42c; good
43@45c; fine and choice nominal. Sea islands
may be quoted at 4O@5oc Z, 1t for common; 500
6Oc for medium; 6o@65c for medium to fine, and
7oc@sl 2 fb for fine and choice qualities. The
sales were about 20 bags, among which were, say
OF FlorIdas stained at 20c; cart at 2Si ut 80;
at 3d. at 80: at 81 IL at So; II at 39 ls at 80
OF sea islands, / at doc: at As: 9 at SIC.
RICE.-The arrivals OF Carolina rough from plan
tations have been unmportant. There has been
moderate business doing in this grain at gene.
rally steady prices, but the market for much of
the time was quiet with disposition on the part
OF buyers to ask concessions but factors were not
disposed to soften prices. The sales were about
400 tierces OF clean Carolina, among which were
IA tlerces at 62 1se at tx; 15at7 1885, 90 at y.
1s at Is 10; II at 3-l6c. We quote common to
fair clean Carolina at 7@7Ac; good at 72s@sc q
II. Carolina rough may be quoted at 81 So@1 80