The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-01-25
COMMERCIAL.
Rirhmond Markets, January "A, Is

ftur market has been for mere than 3 month
i completely passive. First came The Christmas
holidays and before the resumption OF business,
we had the and the freezing upof the waters,
SO that transportation was stopped and it b stll
suspended by water, and except by road wagons,
by land too the railroads combining their opera
tons TO pushing through their passenger lines This
state of things was entirely unlocked for and our
merchants did not supply themselves with sufi-
cient stocks to meet such suspension of commerce.
We are almost without many articles of necessity
| in the grocery line We are almost without bacon
with barely enough brown sugar to last our own
| population very short time, and no moiasses.-
Indeed in every branch Of trade there's scarcity
| of seasonable articles.
| There has been nothing done in wheat and
four The shippers cannot ship. and are not
buying. There is very little corn in market and
| it is much wanted. Breadstuffs are Arm in the
North The latest foreign news has impaired
better feeling Private advices said to discou-
| rage the idea of peace Russias decision viii be
known here early next month, and it is supposed
will be fnal-peace war-withouf further over
| ture If peace, many conjecture it viii not mate
rally abate the price of breadstufs, as the supply
| of the commercial world is short. If war, the
market will not only remain firm, but probably
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advance.
By wagons considerable tobacco has arrived,
| which has sold remarkably well.
| APPLES-None in first hands.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS being still closed there are
no arrivals of Bacon and supplies exceedingly re-
duced. New Sides selling at ilai Shoulders ies ;
BUTTER.~ws quote mountain 1926 and SOC; Go
/ shen 22028c. y ID.
| BEESWAX-25k0261f 10.
| PROOMS-&263 q. according to quality.
| BUCKETS, &c.-Painted Buckets S225 y dozen
shoop Painted Pals S275 dozen H1s asy G Td
CANDfES.~Tallow Ice p b.; Jackson's l70l7lc.
Hubs Patent 19d l9sc. Adamantine 70 10 Sic. ana
| wanted: Sperm 3SdS8c.
| River S17Gd175.
dull with small demand at Lit cts. limitation English
| I440153.
cred Bituminous, delivered at Port Walthall at
the wharf opposite Rockets we quote at l4c for ave.
rage and Smiths. For city use, wholesale to dealers,
/ at l6Aal7c. for Lump; Hail l4c.
| CoFFEE.-Rio lial2sc,; Laguayra 12a012aca Ja-
| va l4s 0l5c.; Mocha l5sc.
/ COKE-For city consumption $3.50 " cart load OF
| 25 bushels for Lump; Hail 50.
CoTToN YARSs~iso cts corros coRDAcE
&C C6 5 market nearly bare, and we quote
CORN MEAL-sl1o0i.15 y bushel
|
have been transactions with shippers to base quota
tions upon. We quote for home consumption to the
trade, superfne s9.250s.5o; Extra $s75al0; Family
FiSH-HERRINGs, none in first hands. MAcKE-
RENO. l, $780, No. 2. $l1.5o0$l2; No. g. new,
| FRUIT-ORANGEs, in boxes, none. LEMONS, none
RAIsINs, bunch in boxes, new crop $4042 5 half do,
$225; quarter do, 81 . layer in boxes, $3.50; half
" ELorR BARRELs@ssli At 50 cts each;
H.
FLAXsEED-sl.s50sl.so p bushel. Receipts We
GINSENG-We Quote Crude S00S3 cts y b., last
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and Hazards Sporting,
GRASS SEEDS-CLovER $s750 10 p bushel, sales
GUANO-Peruvian $50; Mexican sso0a5.
HAYS 18Th al 80 from store-none arriving
HOOP POLES-we quote 81 p NJ.
HIDEs-slaughtered, Ct cts. p Is, green weight;
IRON AND NAILS-Pig Iron $50 to $S5; Swedes
sl07t ~ TOM English Refined and Tredegar s85; Conn
mon English $7o; American country $780, Cut Nails
LIQUORS-BRANDY, Otard, Dupuy & Co. $S05 ~
gallon; A. Segnette $2251450; Sazerac $S.2504.50
hennessey $3s5d5 Peach, scarce, at s 25d2 Virgil
MIA Apple 60d85 cts; do old 10 cts. % $780, North
ern do. 55d cts; Imitation 45047l cts. RUMNew
England advanced largely with the high price of Mo-
lasses; sales at IS cts GIs-Holland $l2o0l75 Anne
LUMBER.-Clear white Pine ssoaa5; refuse do.
$50; understandable, $2o025 " NJ. One inch yellow
pine plank Sl00l2; three-quarter do. $90ll; II do.
$l40l6 II do. S1Sd14; ? do $l2a dl5. Flooring $l8
020 face measure; Scanting $l for heart and sap;
all heart $l6d20, according size. Garden Rails,
heart and sap, l5al8c. each; all heart l8025c Shin
gles S50006.00 " NJ. Weather Boarding $130l6.
| Inch Oak Plank, $25asO: Buttonwood. inch, $3.50
| %; do inch $23025. Inch Cherry, $3.50; Poplar,
| $2oa25 p NJ. Dressed Flooting Virginia, $2502a;
| Dressed Flooring Southern, $23030
| LARD-Pnme Lard in bbls, 13c; in kegs l4c.
LEAD.-PigGi. Bar TAN.
LEATHER-Good stamp 22025c y fb.; damaged,
2o022c; poor, l50i7c; upper Leather, $ltaS; as in
perior heavy Sides Harness and Skirtng u to 80 as
| in quality.
LIME.-s1. 25 in store: s .o6 0l12l from vessel.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in market. Syrup 55a6Oc.
OATS-45c. y bushel-very little on hand and none
arriving of consequence, owing to the obstruction
OFFAL--Bran 1890 ~ bushel; shorts Csc; brown
| stuff so and shipstuf Toe ~ bushel.
FREDERICKSBURG at S5090c. p bushel, whole
PLAsTER.Lump s4i95oo 1G D. tom a' Ground So
Pton; Caleined s2z02s p Dbl
RYEWe quote ST clio p bushel.
RICE--New, 6d6ic. p rs.
ROSIN.---L70 p Dbl.
sALT.-Ashton's $50; other brands $1s0.
SHOT--Price &c. ~ ft.
sTAVEs:-Good oak for -four barrels, we quote at
SALTPETRE-l6020 cts y b.
SENECA ROOT-80c nominal no sales recsntly
SUGARS.--Fair TO strictly prime New Orleans s40
&c., and nominal at these figures there being
in market Coffee Sugar l0c; Loaf lli0ilac; Crushed
TEAS-lmperial and Gunpowder, 5501. 30.
TOBACCO.-The receipts of Tobacco have in
creased very much. particularly the loose and prices
high. We quote new Lugs, in hhds., &C $5d6.5o
Leaf $7.75dil. Loose Lugs $5.50d6 50. Leaf $3.50
asa. But little old in market We notice sales of
some few line Manufacturing hhds. at from l150 to
$3.50.
WHEAT-None arriving and scarcely anything do
ing Some sales since our last justify 81 following
quotations: Prime Red Si85, prime White $l.s0-
There is better feeling at the North, which may
have an influence here when business is actively
suined.
Observation-Disclosures S9d40 cts demand fair
Cincinnati 40 to Ale. cash.
Observation-Disclosures, $l12.5O per gallon;
Port Juice $2.50d4. MADEIRA-Sicly 45cd SI75
old Madeira $2,50a4. SHERRY-Pernartin Duff and
Gordon, Amontilado, $2d6.
VOOLFOLK $3.50 p cord and scarce; S250a3
for Pine, according to quality By retail SIS for Oak
$46450 for Pine
WOOL.-Small parcels of Tub Washed sold at %
dSOci unwashed 1890. Fleece as in quality.
MONEY Matters
Exchange.
STERLING BILLS-l03 Gi0J " cent premium
DOMESTlC.-NoRTHERN EXCHANGE Checks on
the chief Northern cities 4d3 " cent prem Large
Northern City Bank Notes, par
Uneurrent Bank Notes--or rather notes not Banka-
bie-we quote as follows:
Notes of the Exchange Bank of Selden. Withers /
Coz y cent. discount, and Of the Trans. hany
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