The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-08-04

The arrivals at this port for the past week just
closed were bag OF sea Islands and Florldas and
l2asbales of uplands, in contrast, with 8 bags OF
seatslands;aad HorIdas and ss5 bales OF uplands
the week before, and =; bags OF sea islands and
Floridas and $50 bales OF upands for the time the
year previous. These supplies have come as fol.
lows, say OF uplands, per south Carolina Railroad,
l16S bales per Northeastern Railroad e; Charles
ton d Savannah Railroad -; Santee 1. OF sea
Islands and Floridas l..
THE COTTON MARKEr.-This staple exhibited
dull and depressed features for most OF the week
under review, with lower prices. The foreign
market which OPP ned at. Cd q ID for middllng
uplands receded to sgd; at New York the rates
began at COX and declined to 1sxc, and at this
point the transactions were 80 light that is was
dificult to present quotations, they being nomt-
nal Tor most Of the time. The movements In the
article at Liverpool and New York for this period
were as follows: On Friday, July %, the former
was nat, uplands Cd, sales 5000 bales; the latter
Was dull and lower atoo1lc, sales so2l bales On
Saturday the former was fiat, uplands sXd, sales
5000 bales; the latter was quiet and lower at 2oc,
sales 6a3 bales. On Monday the former was q 1t,
uplandsS%T sales 5000 bales; the latter was.ques
sLlsXc, sales7s3 bales. On Tuesday the former
was quiet, uplands Szsd sales 5000 bales the !at-
ter was steady at lsxc, sales 2l56 bales. On Wed
nesday the former was frmer, uplands sgd, sales
1900 bales; the latter was dull and nominal at
1exc, sales 2o4s bales. Yesterday the former was
nrm, uplands sX@sd, sales ooo bales; the latter
was quiet at 19Ac.
The transactions and prices In this market for
the week just closed were as follows: On Friday,
July %, the article was dull, the inquiry being
manly for strict and low middling qualities prices
being easier; sales 100 bales ordinary to good or
dinary being quoted at 15@17, low midd!ing Is.
middlng 1SK@l9, strict middling lsh@2oc 2 fb.
On Saturday the market was quiet md no trans
actions took place, quotations nominal. On Mon:
day the. demand was light and transactions un-
Important sales ITO bales, OF which 100 were mid
ding and strict middliug at ls1s@lsc 2 10, and
10 at l6Xc q fb. On Tuesday there was nothing
doing, quotations nominal. On Wednesday, In
consequence Of the municipal election, there were
no transactions. Yesterday the demand was
light; sales about liz bales say u at l6, 25 at l6
rs at l7Hc. We quote, somewhat nominaly:
LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION.
Ordinary to good ordinary .....sl6 @l6E
Low midd1lng.."..... :....1lha-
Mddup, nominal. .16H@-
SGricf nlddbhp, nominal
SEA ISLAND CoiJON.-Tne arrivals OF THIS quail
ty of the staple were only one bag from Florida.
The market has been quiet during this period. and
we learn OF no transactions. Quotations were
nominal.
RIoB-Tne business in this grain was light
the market being quiet during the week. The
moderate inquiry was generally below the views
OF sellers; sales about 100 terces Of clean Carolina
saw 2s tierces at $685. 10 at TX, SO at 7T quota
tions are some what nominal, say common to fair
at 6X@7H, good 'I@sAc q ib.
NAyAL SToREs.-1he arrivals of these articles
1vere 20 n moder. te ex ent, say about 1000 ools.
The market has presented firm aspect and the
strong ares demanded by sellers rather limited
hnsiness. The operations In this market for the