The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-05-05
RICHMOND MARKETS, May 4


of trade Breadstuffs continue firm; but owing to
the unusually light stocks there very little doing
The Flour mills viii suspend operations next week,
to clear the decks for the next crop.
rEThese quotations are wholesale. Forsmall
orders higher prices will be charged.
BACON-City cured, hog round. 9094 cts; West
ern Sides 7s@7s; Shoulders 6la6a; Hams 11012;
BUTTER-Common Butter in demand at from
to 10 CTS; Prime scarce and wanted, at ls02cc.
BEESWAX-251 026k ~ Id.
COTTON YARNs-l76ls cts, cash.
coFFEE-Rio laal2tc; Isaguayra HOE; Java
ia eoAGAnahraete sa5 v ton; Bituminous ave-
rrss As e bushel; fine. loc;; lump TIC.
ed here. We quote 9l0l0c. ~ ID.
CANDLEs-Tallow I5al7c. ~ b.; Jackson's do
l9pss Aaamati9s $685. spsTI gs Tie stock
light and sales in small parcels Some large con
sumers of Corn have purchased in Petersburg and
Norfolk recently and had it delivered here at lower
CORN MEAL-sO0924 cts. ~ bushel.
FLOUR-SmaIl sales of canal at SO; market firm.
and many holders asking 1925. To the trade, extra
FLAXSEED-SI.25 q bushel.
FEATHERS-Live geese 45048 cts Demand IL
mited and stock light.
FISH-Herring', N Carolina gross, S. Is, at which
there sales Of s'e@; family Roe in bbIss s.; do
Mae l No. !, sl7Si$ ebbl; No g. SIS No 5, S.;
GUANONPeruvian S. ~ ton. from wharf; $50 50
delivered at depot cana 4 $3.50 for Mexican, deli
GUNPoWDER-Duponts Sporting, 2, IF, and
FFF, S40S4 Is ~ key; Blasting. S2.5O0 S275 p key
calf Pias NJ HIDES ii
market.
IRON AND NAILs.-Pig Iron, -$580S45 ~ ton;
Swedes $l0G0Sl.05 ~ ton; Eng lish refined, 800;
Common English, ss5; American country, $s5; Ire
desar. g900 1885, Cut NAILS, 44d5c- per Id.
LIQUORS.-Brdady Otard Dupuy Il Co SS0450
4, GALL A seisnstte. g 259ss15i sazerac, 50 259
Sl25 Virginia Apple, COG; do; old, 62a075e north
do, Soc; Imitation. S7t 04oc Runl, New Eng
Land Land e. msa Ags4 Gns9ss s @9So' Gin H0
Lead for pig; 747& for bar
LARD.-Fine, in bbls, lOA0lo8c.; in kegs, 1lc.; in
LEATHER Good stamp. 2s@25e. q ID: damaged
2o022c; poor, 1920; upper leather, S15O0S2.25 p
side. skirtlne and harness Leather is scarce, and
LIMEasl 50 in store; 81 . from ss yesssl
LgmBEsCss5 wsds P9s a9S n refuse
i DO; si4Ssls i Do. sls9sl4 do sI2 5o0sI5
Sl5 for heart and sap all heart sl60s2o according
size. Garden Rails heart and sap, l5Slsets EACH
Weather Boarding sls@sI6. Inch Oak Plank $50
$50. cottonwood, A inch, Sl5028; do : inch, S2S
s5 Inch cherry ne5 sso gGgF S S Sv H.
MoLAssEs New Orleans 2s9244 cts. ~ gallon;
Il,
oATs.-65c. y bushel for Virgnia-none in mar
oFFAL.-7Bran, Csc. p bushel; shorts, soc.; brown
stuff, &c.; shipstuf. Csc.
POTAToES-Potato scarce and in demand at
81 y bqshel for Northern MERGERS
$50 % ton; ground ss Season nearly over, and
the article unsaeable in large lots.
RICE-4aP5 cts % ID.
sALT-Lverpoolf fine s1.s5 y sack.
SUGARS-Fair to strictly prime New Orleans a
81 cts. Porto Rico. sac for strictly prime Coffee
Sugar 6ta7t; refined loaf sa@le crushed 9a9 CLAIR.
200 hhds. New Orleans fair, at 81. 25aS475 p cwt.
SHOT--7a6 as cts. p fb.
large this week-also, the breaks In the last few
days Lugs and Common Leaf are shade lower We
quote Common N Lugs at "a 759s5 9; Good and Fine
0$s.5o; Fine Stemming, $I00SI2; Fine Manufac-
turing, $l2 50a$l6 and $3.50.
TEAS-Imperial and Gunpowder 550 81 90
WHEAT.-But little doing in Wheat: and the
mills will suspend operations next week to prepare
20 Sr On tne ensuing crops We quote prime white at
na,; 1lIS Teeted 27028 cts; Cncin-
0W0OD.By the quantity $3.50 p cord for Oak :;
$50 80 Is for Pine. IVA N'
,WooL-Washed none arriving; prices nominal at
Do Gus; unwashed, % cts. p ID.
CATTLE, HOGS AND SHEEP.
rms market has been with extremely hi oh the
entre winter, and except in Hogs is better yet
BEEF-s4as55o p cwt. gross, which i. saasr
net ~S vi
HOGS-Dull, at $3.50 net
SHEEP-Mutton sells for 50 500 SIS anieca for or
binary and superior Sheep. Lambs bring S2as.
each, according to quality ~"@'
tEAL-Catres fit for Veal sell at &C. ~ In rross
weight. ~. efoss
FREIGHTS
foREIGN.-Very Little doing A vessel taken n fay
Gays since for Havre at ass. for tobacco No sbin
nepts OF breadsuffs at this time to any foresn nort
small cargoes might be had for Rotterdam and AT
werp at 10 @5O shillngs y hid for tobacco Nothins
dong for Liverpool. Ae
Observation-Disclosures dull at the following rates
New York Boston. Philadeinb;s
-, v vi. w SlUD $l.50
r -, v npi., y 50 20
T09 po I h hhd''... ESQ $50 rs
80 -; Y, poH.'.... 10 25 20
Goal TO Baltimore cents ~ bushel
EXCHANGE
SSIEnLiNG BILLS 10 per ct. premium
.is ~ ie-Northern Exchange for checks on the
me SNles s0i r cent premium, and in demand
Large northern City Bank Notes premium I'm.
sIishS notes We quote at the following discount .
So.th Csroina Tennessee
South oafoina. Kentucky .....9
osd $50. 1891 Ohio .............2
aa a5a nf n Sd,s Bank. Northern interior
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SALES OF STOCKS IN RICHMOND
Sales Of Stocks reported by John Al J1n.ass..
Son, Brokers, for the sceek ending Wsdnssda, H a
Sd. 1854: nag