The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-06-11


CtarkBville. -...-...s'.'''' al. a.
farmy ille ,............. Aieio
ms. ,,.rs.ss this year has been In Richmond
eaa 4, Petersburg, 145--total l7yt. There mas
hssn falling of In Lynchburg Of LOLA; In
c,.rtsvule. 3s5; In Farmvle, 266-total l,oo9.--
The whig from which we gespart of these returns
saws that there have only been two hogsheads IN
sneeted this season q. Tye River warehouse
AGAINST one last season. 1t must be observed tD~'
there has been a grea, deal of coarse tooaee"
brought to this M ark ct the present year. anu !" .
believe to oil the principal markets AT ar"i' nv
the quantity of this kind OF tobacco has never Dc
fore been equalled.
The Alexandria Canal Company held It's annuai
meeting Monday. Receipts for the year s'''' w.
sxnenses 81. 7ss 25 The carriage OF eoai ana pio-
duce for the year ending April, 1853, amounted 70
la7 TONS whilst the carriage OF the same ior ne
wear ending April 1856, amounted to lo2,od IONS
The Presidents salary was fixed at s3oo.
TIL. production of gold in California and Austria
Ia has mot TINS far caused any serious speculations
either in this country or in Great brnaih ~
neither country has there been any great puooie
inflated, or any serious collapse IN any sIeat
prise since the production of gold IN Austraha anu
California reached such au important extent. IL
Ia true that for two three years OF the seven OF
eight the European war acted as regulator anu
prevented an expansion of private credits OF 'he
creation of any great speculative movement; out
before that war commenced, there were no lndica'
tons of an imitation for q long time IL is very
extraordinary fact that all the speculative mauias
which have from time to time absorbed the pnone
mind ofboth countries, aud when nave snds
results spread desolation and despair Tar ana wde
occurred previous to the discovery OF gold in Cali
fornia and Australia.
We attribute this important change in the posi-.
ton of our financial affairs, in the conservative
IN z.<st... Il.r ftxynFE
terprse In keeping within proper limits all class
es almost entirely to the great accession of gold to
our currency. So long as the circulating medium
is formed of such proportion OF gold and silver,
we have very little to fear from the banking inter
est It is to that interest that we can attribute all
our past financial and commercial disasters and
revulsions W Y Herald.
The increase of the earnings of the Chicago and
Rock Island Railroad for the month of May
amounts to S23, Cos "a.
Exports Of Specie from Boston.
Total for May. Isl, 7,6J3 Oh
Total this year. .3, HAD D"
Same time 1850. .............., 6,2S2,0 e7 "a
Same time Ieo4 9,o23 W
PRICE OF FRUIT IN LoNDoN-The Convent
Garden Market priee,iAlay "a: English pine ap-
pies, 81 to S3 per pound hot house grapes, 81 so
to 81 30 per pound melons SOC. to SS!c. each ;
peaches SOC $50 per dozen; strawberries l2c. to
CSC. per ounce; nectarines 81 to 81 per dozen;
oranges 81 oO to % per dozen; lemons LIE. to 2oc
per dozen.
ALEXANDRIA, June 9.-Flour is dull, but hold
are not offering to sell in quantities of much
Importance. and prices are unsettled; held nom-
nally at &C. The receipts of wheat to-day are
moderate-market rather firm Sales of fair to
prime red at l200 l25c, and as near can as
certain white may be quoted at l400 l45c.-
Corn is very dull at 4204ic for white and mixed
Rye 5605oc. Oats 81 032c. business generally
very quiet. Money matters stringent.
By Telegraph.
BALTIMORE, JUNE 10-Markets steady and
quiet; prices unchanged.
NEW YORK. JUNE l0-Flour declined good
State $50; Ohio Sc Is; Southern Sc To- Extra
Southern So 30 Wheat dropping Corn dull and
unchanged. Stocks higher; Virginia 6's 500.
Richmond Markets, June 10.
FLOUR.-There was sale to-day OF Superfne, for
shipment at S6.25.
Nothing doing in Wheat.