The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-01-03
Total. .....................l,96 ,969, 2bZ Zl4l
Increase of stock iu sight.... ' l82

The receipts at this port for the week just ter
minated were $50 bags OF sea islands and Fiori-
das and IS 2s2 bales OF uplands, In contrast with
e3s bags Of sea islands and Floridas and Is e66
bales O. uplands the previous week. and 494 bags
of sea Issuds and Floridas and Sl56 bales OF up.
lands for the week OF the prsvlous year. These
arrivals came as follows, say OF uplands per
South Carolina Railroad 10, ,S47 bales, Northeast.
ern Railroad Sl2, Savannah ald Charleston Rail-
road 1877, Peedee 1890, Santee !, Florida 6. or sea
islands, Northeastern Railroad "a, Savannah and
Charleston Railroad 1l2, Santee 6, Edisto aO Wad-
malaw %, Johns Island r. Florida 2l4, Christ
Church 49, Pocotaligo s, Beaufort rs.
THE COTTON MARzET.-This staple for the
week under review eXhibiteda firmer character,
and the foreign market commenced at loAd, and
improved to l0H@lohd q ID for middling up.
lands; at New YORK the rates were 20Xc. and ad.
yanced to 2oHc Z, ID, while at this point this
grade was at 1sH@lexc, and hardened TO 1s11c
a ib. The transactions and prices at Liverpool
and New York during this time were as follows:
On Friday, December 27th the former was nrm,
uplauds lOxd, sales 1000 bales; tie latter was
steady at 2OIo, sales 1889 bales. on Saturday the
former was nrmer, uplands 1oxd; sales 10000
bales; the latter was drm, upldnds 2o1c, sales
1924 bales. On Monday the former was hrmer,
uplands loH@1ohd sales 5000 bales; the latter
was higher at eokc; sales $3.50 bales. On Tues.
day the former was rrm, up ands 1oKd@1oHd,
sales - bales; the latter was quiet at 20Hc,
sales 1872 bales. On Wednesday there was holi.
day. Yesterday at the former there was holi-
day; the latter was quiet at 2Ohc.
nf
for the week just terminated were as follows: On
Ericay, December ~, the article opened quiet and
weak. but became frmer on receipt Of telegrams;
sales 1870 bales, inferior being quoted at !6@l7h,
ordinary to good ordinary 17k@lSh, lsw mid
ding lsx@lST, mIddlng H@lsjS, strict mid.
ding lsHc p ID. On Saturday there was lair
inquiry with steady rates for common grades,
and nrmer prices for fine qualities; sales hoo
bales, inferior being quoted at 144@l7x, ordina-
~ to good ordinary 17h@lsk, low middling lST
@ls, middllng 1sH@lex, strict middling lsxc,'a
tb. On Monday there was good demand at full
and rather higher prices In some cases; sales
1900 bales, inferior being quoted at 15@l7%, ordl:
nary to good ordinary l7h@lSx, low mlddling
10, middllng 19H, strict middling 1shc p fb. On
Tuesday there was an active inquiry, and prices
hardened H@Xc p fb; sales 1900 bales, inferior
being quoted at l5@17H, ordinary to good ordi
nary I7x@lsX, low middling lsh, mlddllDg lsH
q 1sX, strict middling 1sX@lsXc p fb. On
Wednesday, although partial holiday, about 500
bales were sold at unchanged prices. Yesterday
the market was nrmer and stock light; sales 500
bales, say SO at1sx, at II, 80 at Tx; II at l7,l
2s at 49, AZ at 1917, 2s at 1sa2O st lss, Is at 1875
IL at l9, 81 at 1sH, 81 at l9H, Is at lsh, 16e OF
lsH, eat 1sx, 10 at l9X, 26 20, 2 extra staple
at 2lc. We quote:
LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION.
Inferior. ..................... '...lo glI%
Ordinary to good ordinary. ......l8 @lSI
Low mddlng.... ...........-.......l .lsH9ls&
Mlddnng..... ...lsIQ-
Strict middllng ng.................l9%@l9
SEA ISLAND CoTToN.-There were moderate ar
rivals OF this quality Of the staple, say for the
we k, viz about $50 bags OF Carollnas and Flori.
| das. The inquiry has been to a fair extent, with
easy rates for common grades; sales about 5ot
bags OF Carolinas anc Floridas, among which
we're OF Carolinss6 Santees at 40, so sea islands
at 5O at 55 10 islands at co. 10 at 65 10 at
9: 70, at 81 10 p ID, OF Flori1as Al IS, at 3s
i29 at 40, at A. % at AZ, 10 at 49, ia at45 10 al
49, at so, at go, at 65, at 81, 10 al SO, at 10
| at rs, 2 at 7Sc q fb. careful count OF stocl
was made during the week. and 6I52 bags was
found in store, being fully 800 bags in excess o.
our previous statement, which amount has beer
added to previous eceipts.
R1cE.-The receipts Of Carolina rough were
light, amounting to some 5000 bushels. There
| has been steady and good demand at firm
rates; sales about 700 tierces OF clean Carolina
among which were. 80 tcs at s1e, 27 at e'l, IS q
6X, so at I, 12o at71, % at TX, 80 at 7l6c . fb
Yesterday there was moderate demand with
firm market; sales about 1lo tierces clean Caro-
lima, say 10 tcs at 6, 40 at ~, 10 at 5.le, II a.