The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-04-07
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
Financial ana Commercial.

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The Dry Goods trade hAs been thus far more =.
tive than last year, and promises to con.inue w.
some time. The trade for the season has oeen un
nsuallx animated In NJ, the Northern cities IN
Saw yora .ceors,ns 10 the Independent the trade
- M.rch ~. n..n =, ieast oue-shird larger than
last year
onr nsrch.nts have bought unusually large
.,ont. and win likely sell In proportion to the
.onn,rx ,r.as The importations direct from En
roma ara considerable; but they do not appear in
,ns Statements made by our Custom House, being
entered aud The duties on them being paid in New
York Our airec. importasiona win be much larger
nex, fall under the stimulus Of the new Tax Bill
which discrmiuates In favor Of direct mportasions'
imposing, indeed, no tax upon them. tpresent
there 10 much difficulty in entering goods at our
Custom House that are shipped to New York; but
the desire to get the benefit Of the discrimmina-
ton In the tax bill, will no doubt induce such ar
engagements as will avoid these difficulties.
Sales of Virginia stock in New YORK on safur-
day st 90t, 93i aga; closing at s5s.
THE GRAIN TRADE OF THE WEST Some of
our Western exchanges state that there Is compar-
avelv but very little wheat in store at the stations
on the railroads and canals In that section of coun
try The fall crop. IL Is said, did not turn out as
well as was expected
Chicago paper says Au1t tueEe Afe only aOOuS
125 oCo bushels Of wheat and $4,000 barrels of
aorr in that market There are not more than
$40 900 bushels in Milwaukee and the whole az
gregate on Lake Michigan will not. 1t Is believed
exceed 400 900 bushels of wheat and 60 600 barrels
of -four The price of seed wheat in the interior
of Illinois Is considerably above the market spring
whea, for seed and milling, bringing from 81 20 10
81 so, and the supply furnished is barely sufficient
10 meet home consumption. The stock of corn on
the other hand is represented as being quite heavy
Upwards of l. 200 900 bushels are housed at the
stations on the Illinois river and canal. The Chi
cago Citizen believes that last years prices would
bring into that market alone. the enormous amount
of 90 900 900 bushels. Prices range now at that
point, from 81 to 40 cents per bushel.
At Louisville we learn that the prices of corn
has declined materially, causing the spectators
serious losses. Since the increasing of the corn
crop, says the Courier, dealers have been largely
engaged in making purchases all along the ohio
river and the Wabash. They commenced opera.
river banks were lined with huge piles of corn In
sacks. awaiting shipment Prices almost imme.
diately declined and holders have in a great mea.
sure ceased shipping, as the price in foreign mar.
'kets would not warrant the cost OF transportation
One house in Louisville is bound for purchase of
nearly hundred thousand bushels, at from 40 to
AZ cents per busheL Subsequently they proffered
the farmer ten cents per bushel to take the corn
back, and rescind their contracts, which they OF
course refused Prices have declined to IS cents,
at which rate spectators again buying largely
The crop, it has been generally conceded is large
one Last season the crops, owing to the drought.
failed. and prices everywhere run up to 90 cents
aud 81 per bushel, but from present indications
there is no likelihood that they will exceed halt
those rates this season.
The following are the latest New York quota.