The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-05-08
rtE DAILY DISPATCH
Financial and Commercial,

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Our telegrsphic dispatch pubIshed yesterday ].
quoted Virginia Sc It 93i, 81 the morning po. -
New York brokers on Tuesday We rece s''e....
New York papers Of Tuesday evening ~ 49,.
days mall The Baltimore American ooo 49,.
quotations Of sales At the morning s1u -. =.
boards Of Tuesday, at both OF which 'AsA"
are reported at e3a ...w.
,,i, -, .,,ar.e 90 contraction Of about S2V wv ~
l,ans instead of one million aud = nAh as ~. -,
nertsa The contraction, however, was ssss. ~
On Friday and Saturday, and wiz DO ,en ~ IL y
sxer.gss Of next week The specie deeress ss.ns
s,.s ~ ,h.n was generally anticipated, being
onIy shont aa50.oOo. The deposits Hs y, ,,,c
nom;naIy increased have In fact fallen On si,-'
COS. r.,, b,xe de-
Thc Pennsylvania Railroad Company nav Sne
clared semi annual dividend OF per csn,,
I'D nav.bie on tho 18th inst. The PhhaaeiPh.a
RANK has also declared dividend oil per sens,
and per cent extra, making ia al per ooA' '"'
the last six months.
Asan instance ofwestern Railroad success ana
enterprise, we copy the following;
The annual report of the Cleveland, Coiumous
and Cincinnati Railroad shows that It's ior
a. ,,aar ending December 81, 1855, were 81 .2,0-
aos So-expenses s55s, 239 6l-net earnings $751;
oSs N The receipts from passengers has fallen
OF ss7 q44 81 which Is attributed TO the unprece
Sented high stage of the water In the Ohio duriDg
sha last
from freight was Sl06,094 70 During the year
continuous line has been opened between Cleve.
land and ST. Louis via Indianapolis. Thirty-sev-
en- miles of road has double track, laid with COM
pound rail, which appearances Indicate will mostly
have to be renewed within the next three years -
The compound rail has proved far less serviaeable
than the ordinary rail- either from the quality of
the material or the manner of construction.
The road is now enclosed for its whole length
with good substantial fence, with cattle guards at
av1 hapnf
derived from this Improvement in the safety and
regularity of trains One hundred thousand dol
lars of stock owned by the Company has been can
celled thus reducing the capital stock that amount,
PHILADELPHIA CATTLE MARKET. May 5-The
offerings of Beef Cattle this week were about 6OOo
head sales at ga $40 IS per 100 lbs--a slight de.
cline Cows and Calves--sales at from 25 to $50
Sheep-Sales at 81 to cents per ID. Hogs-Sales
at sass so per 100 lbs.
By Telegraph.
NEW YORK. May Flour declined; State @5.37
Ohio SIS 1886 IS; Southern Sc l20S6.75; Fancy
do sc 81 a So %. Wheat firm, Southern Red 81 81
White Sls0. Corn firm, Southern mixed 81 cents
BALTIMORE, May Flour heavy at &c. Wheat
steady; Red 81 S5G0l.40; White $l.450155 Corn
az cents lower.
Richmond Markets, May y.
FLOUR.-There are still no transactions and the
market perfectly quiet Flour arrives, little is sold
for consumption, and the balance goes through tt
coastwise markets. The foreign shipments are al
p,ade Fl ON own city mills No change in quota
tions for sales to the trade.
WHEAT.-A little better demand for inferior
grades which sell more promptly at former rates -
We IL quote good to prime Red Sl.450S1 so good
to prime White Sl56 to $l60. Market firm and ar
rivals fair
CORN-Sales by the cargo have been made at 5;
cents per bushel. We quote IS to IS, The extremes
of Corn quotations seem wide; but they are ever
can only be disposed of in bulk to the distiers whit
generally give the lowest quotation. When retaiet
out in smaller lots, higher prices are obtained tn,
smaller the lot, the higher the price. This retailing
is slow business, aud cannot always be carried
depending, 1t does. entirely on the demand TO
immediate consumption.