The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-06-16
Increase OF cotton In sight.

The receipts at this port for the week were
bags OF sea islands and Flcridas, End 2is9 bales
uplands, in contrast with Z bags Of sea islands
and Floridas. and 23l6 bales Of uplands the week
previous, and 40 bags OF sea Islands and Floridss
and 1881 bales OF uplands for the period the year
before. These supplies have come as follows, say
F.. OF uplands, per South Carolina Railroad 2Ss5
bales; per Northeastern Railroad a; per Savan
nah and Charleston Railroad =; Savannah 20;
Peeaeee 50; Georgetown 9; Flolida4; wagons II.
or sea Islands none.
THE COTTON MARKsr.-Thfs article has general
Iy shown q strong character during, this period.
and prices have had an upward tendency for
much Of the time. The foEelsS m4r&et, which CON-
menced sta8d as21b ior smdddffngs .npands i'm.
proved to sx@sXd; New York which began at
19Hc advanced to 2o1; while at this point mid:
ding, which openedas 1sk2 moved up ID zee p
ID. The movements. Of the article al Liverpool
and New York for this period we're as. follows:
On Friday, June 9, the fornes was 1rrner, ua-
lands SID, sales $1,000 bales; me latter was
frmer, uplands leHcS sales 1878 bales. On satur.
day the former was nrmer, uplands sn@sAd,
sales 10000 bales; the latter was &c Hstt better
uplauds lsxc. siles 2oss bales. On Monday the
former was firm, upl5nds sx@sSd, ssles 10000
bales; the latter was strong, uplands 2oAc, sales
4sG2 bales On TUE sday the former was ffnd, up,
lands 84@sXd, safes ! 5000 bales; the latter was
quiet and easy at zoe, sales 41os bales. On Wed.
neslay the former. was:senaing upward, pplands
sx@sHd, sales 1000 bales; the latter the higher
grad, 8 advanced, the lower qualities easier, up.
lands 2okc; sales 1855 bales. Yesterday the former
was firm, uplands S&@sHd, sales $4,000 bales;
tho nttor Ua6 irroUrlor uulan1a 1nlSc
The business Id this market for the week was as
follows: On Friday June 8, this staple was in
limited request, at steady rates; sales $50 bales;
Ordinary to good ordinary being quoted at 1I@l7,
low m,ddtng 1s, mudllug 1s&, strict middling
19c p b. On Saturday the rates were firm, with
q moderate demand; sales $50 bales; quotations
unal1red. On Monday the market commenced
strong, and improved Nc p ID, but closed quiet;
saes4oo bales; ordinary to good ordinary beinr
quoted ct 14h@l7H, low mlddling 1sh, middiing
10, strict middling 1eHc p h. On Tuesday the
demand was lighs, but prices were unchanged;
sales 100 bales; quotations unaltered. On Wed
nesday the inquiry was very limited; sales 200
bales; ordinary to good ordinary being quoted at
14H@l7A, low mlddllng 1sk, middliug 10, strict
middllpg l9Kc p III Yesterday there was a
light demand at unchanged figures; sales $50
bales, say 8 at l2H, 7 ut 1a, Ii at lsH, d at lsk, 8
at II. ] az 16X, 80 at 10, 20 at t6I, IL at les, 10 at
1t, 10 ss l71, ~ at 18, II at 49,, 3 at.1sk, 10 at
10, 8 at 1sk. 10 Mt 1917, 2 at %. We quote:
LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION.
Ordinary TO good ordinary ......14hel7h
Low middling. .......... ...iah9
MtQdft0R .......s. .-......s..S
Strict m1ddIng. ..lsSW-
SEA ISLAND ~CoTroN.-There were n o receipts of
this article duriug the past week. The market
has been quiet and generally without demand,
but closed with some inquiry Tor Floridas, OF
which about l6 bags Of good mediums were sold
ut CSC p ID. Quotations OF ell kinds nominal.
RIoH-Tne arrivals of-Csroina rough were un-
important. The market has shown a limited In
quiry With light transactions, the ssles amounting
to about 200 slerces OF clean Carolina, mostly in.
lerior grades. at 7x@sXc q 1t. also rs tierces st
sxc. We quote common to fair clean Carolina at
S@SHc, good s%@s%c p ID.
NAVAL SToREa-the supplies have been to q