The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-01-12

uplands against 4a4 bags Of sea islands and Flort-
das and sl5s bales OF uplands the previous weak,
and es7 bags Of sea islands and Floridas and sl7s
bales Of uplands fer the period the year before.
The arrivals came as follows, say OF uplands per
South Carolina Railroad 62s7 bales, per Northeast
ern Railroad 42s, Savannah and Charleston Ral
road 49, Peedee 7S, Florida q, Georgeton l, Beau
fort 8, Savannah 8. or sea Islands, Northeastern
Railroad 81, Beaufort a. Edisto So, Johns island
| II, Florida 252, Savannah II, Savan ah and
Charleston Railroad 81, Christ Church l.
TEE COTTON MARKEr-Thls article for much OF
the wesk showed q strong upward tendency,
| with an active demand at advancing prices, al
terward becoming easier. The foreign market,
| which opened at 1oH@ loId, improved to 1870
| 1ond a ID for middllng upianIs. At New York,
the rates commenced at 2OXc, hardened to 2l5sc,
fell Off to EXC, improved to 2lhc, closing quiet;
and at this point middlings were 19hc, and hard
eued to 2oc p tb. The transactions and prices at
Liverpool and New York for this period were as
follows: On Friday, January S, the former was
strong, uplands 1o1s@l0d, sales 20 600 bales; the
latter was firm at 20Xc, sales S775 bales. on
Saturday the former was active and frmer, up
lands 1okd, sales 10000 bales; the latter was
strong. uplsnds 2oHc, sales 3O1s bales. On MOI.
dsy the former was advancing AMI excited, up
lands 1oXd sales $4,000 bales; the latter opened
firm, but closed weak, uplauds A%c, sales 1876
bales. On Tuesday the former was frm, uplands
1o|@1oHd, sales $1,000 bales; the latter was
ouiet at 2lHc, sales 27ls bales. On Wednesday
the former was quiet and steady, uplands 1oHd,
sales 5000 bales; the latter was nrm at 2l,ic,
sales 25ss bales. Yesterday the former was firm
at 10X91oHd; the latter was at 2lKc, but became
quiet and weak.
The transactions and prices In this market Tor
the week Just closed were as follows: On Friday,
January S, there was an active inquiry, with an
advance In rates OF X@Kc q fb; sales 1900 bales,
ordinary to good ordinary being quoted at 1903,
low middling 1sH@1sH. mtddling 1sh, strict
middlIng 19X@lsalc q tb. On Saturday the mar
ket continued to harden, with an advance In
price of X@Xc q fb; sales 900 bales, ordinary to
good ordinary being quoted at lS@19x, low mid.
ding lsh, middllng 1sX, strict mtddling zoe .
B. On Monday there was moderate demand at
higher rates for the better grades; sales 900 bales
ordinary to good ordinary being quoted at 18@
1eH, low middling 1s,l middling 2oc, strict mid
ding nominal. On Tuesday the market was quiet,
but showed no change OF Importance; sales 600
bales, quotations unaltered. On Wednesday the
demand was limited; sales $50 bales, ordinary to
good ordinary being quoted at lS@lsk, low mid
ding lsX, middllng 20, strict mlddllRg NOMINAL
Yesterday there was an active demand. with an
improvement mostly 10 the lower grades OF an Il
@kc p f; sales 1000 bales viz: at Tx 20 at IS,
at 18k, l1s at 1s 25 az .sX, 1e5 at 49, IA at lsi,
81 at1sX. AZ at loI III at lsx, SO at ls1G, 72 at
lex, so at lex, 100 at 90 at 2oH, 1856 at 2oI, II
at 20h. We quote:
LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION.
Ordinary to good ordinary. ...lSH@leN