The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-05-24

The arrivals at this port for the week just termi.
mated were - bags Of sea islands and Foridas
and lilo bales OF uplands. In contrast with bags
OF sea islands and Floridas and 1902 bales Of up.
lands the previous week; and bags OF SEQ islands
and Floridas and 2ls5 bales OF uplands lor the
period the year before. These supplies came as
follows: Say Of uplands. per south Carolina Rail.
road, 1869 bales; per Northeastern Railroad, al;
Savannah and Charleston Railroad, =. Ofsea ISL
| auds none.
THE CorToN MARKET.-Thls staple has preserv-
| ed good and rather hrmer tone during this
period, the rates In the foreign market com.
mencing at 111td and hardened to llAd 2 fb for
middling uplands. New York was at 2s14c, and
improved to 24xc; while at this point this grade
was at 22K. 22x@2sc p fb. The transactions
and prices ar Liverpool and New York for this
peri were as follows: On Friday. May II, the
former was firm, uplands llHd, sales 1900 bales;
the latter was nominal, but xc higher, uplands
24xc, sales 1872 bales On Saturday the former
was steady, uplands llxc, sales 10000 bales; the
latter was quiet, uplands 24kc, sales 1900 bales
On Monday at the former, there was holiday; /;
the latter was steady at 24Xc, sales $40 bales On
Tuesday at the former, there was holiday; the
latter was quiet, uplands 24xc. sales 400 bales.
On Wednesday the former Was strong, uplands
ll1d, sales $1,000 bales; the latter was firm at
24Hc, sales 2ssO bales. Yesterday the former
was steady, uplaLds TX, sales $4,000 bales; the
latter was firm at 24xc.
The transactions and prices In this market for
the week just closed were as follows: On Friday,
May II, there was good demand for the article
| and prices were h9Ic p fb. higher; sales 800
| bales; ordinary to good ordinary being quoted at
2o@2lHc; low mlddlIag 22Kc; middllng 22Ke;
strict niddling 22Ic q tb. On Saturday the In
| Qniry Was moderate and business was restricted
TO the sales OF 100 bales at unchanged quotations.
On Monday the demand was limited at unchanged
prices; sales 225 bales; quotations as before. ca
Tuesday there was moderately sustained inqui-
ry the market showing ,steadiy supported ng
ures; sales $50 bales; ordinary to good ordinary
being quoted at 2O@21hc; low middling 2214c;
middlIng 22Xc; strict middung 22xc . ii. o.
Wednesday there. was q good demand at firm
rates and an advance Of %@hc fb 10 good DUAL.
tiles; sales about 500 bales: ordinary to good ord.
nary being qpoted at aO@2lkc; low middling
22xc; mlddling 22h@22Xc and strict middllng
CSC p ID. Yesterday the market was lrmer and
prices h@xc q fb. higher; sales near 400 bales;
at lsc atIsK, at TO- % at 2l, Is at FIX, IL at
2lH 4Oat Fix, IL at 22 at 22z, II at 221z, 29 at
22x, IS at %, 1s5 on private terms. Wequote:
LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION.
Ordinary to good ordinary @22
Low middliog.... .2H@22H
MlddlnR. ......ZZAeOZo
Strict middling. g..,.....-.-...... NOMINAL
SEA ISLAND CorroN.-There were no arrivals Of
this quality Of the staple during this period. The
nt hot haap rrioS md nlI M
business doing. Sales 80 bags Csrolinas, say at
s5, 8 at 10, % at 75c. No sales OF Florlaas re-
ported.