Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-05-05
90 NM ERCIAI.
MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.


"oNhrA"' AND CONTINENTAL
"n'es % rus wH'a, May g. isae-
:" o"s"'na"' last week, si,ooo Virginia skies. were
sA Atthe New rork Exehapge Second
sso we're sold at sss. which the cash
Assa ys.'srdAy NE .a's' at tbs First Board ,e.-
- - 49, - ."' $500 :" - ss'e's op"en 'h'es
"s' " '"' ""A'd' s'"' were sold At Wv eissins "
M,
Tue pa"morc fstriot, OF yesterday SAYS;
% Suss1ss o. psrs, Tor discount the hanks have ben
oav 10, one hall Of ~Lh could ;. s
To- S y, pom OF -nsh hss. TO be paid ,o-noo-
Of second el.s .sd ia,e, The In stocks Ssv.
hand, a Improved rates - UNIV '-N >'-"s''
A communication has been laid before the Baltimore
City council nom the agents Of the MeDonoOs
,n ",s ",' ~ The value Of
ony a, A. sIo@eo ons Of M. go ~" -, - o no"
- " M Ss '.sa mat over sso"V'o had been spent
in,,e. and delays. and over
$500, $50, ' IN p"''se anu uee.y' No'"'h'Andns Al
estate. TO, one negro had been sen, 4, is. nor the tear. and
poor orphan hoy aa.s every pom,
aud NeDonoush
had been frustrated aud hwsrt The
for the year s showed h. the Incomes were tscc while Its
expenses were ssso The value OF the real the city Of New
Orleans over aud In the State OF LoasAna tss'ooo
The net revenues OF $3.50 for ISIS were but ~ the
city property aud but = cent Of the whole
g' for commissions for agents
OF the gross revenues aud OF the net
Mint during April; Gof-pOube Eagle, $40. ss4sc
Three Dollars S Quarter Eagles 1881 Dollars ssise'
siS"s S"rer-hA' Dollars lSooO Quarter Dollars iI3ooo
Dunes $780, Half Dimes '3oo Three Cent Pieces 1900
During the first three months of 1886 there Las been
shipped from san f.nso gold the amour. Of so'aS' e.
being - more than during the period last The
OlO~ns the summary ny the steamers io2s6e2e sailing
vessels isSysis; total. tiO.I22 is9 SO
The annual meeting OF the New York Chamber of
Commerce va, held ON rhur,I, , ro,, fou ~. roa.
~, e' "a 'au,'' A '.ro'. from .hs Commit
the sujoinrd extracts:
.p.rerynE what ~. were aiming a, ON ,,, s n, ~, ,,, IN
I S ,S rs s rsa%sn, took up The sub
every vs..lse Of government i@ to N, ps ~ ] 'Is
nsa S .e nsS% Se"a P .~s S %S1. :. run
the of 1854 they followed relieving
law bondage A'' '"S "'"''
mes" mn bs, 1,S,D Sh n,, , inc ,h OF praueai eu'l
ssassESd to the sr G this law In . @
coming !" fss from .l@o. section e STATE,
quarter whatever, except seve men around he inas
diate vcinty Of the Capitol at Albany.
Your committee occupy the time Of
,h, hi ~ ~ ,s are ymphaeay Sonde mned by full nine
MIR PeIe.h Per wa, elected p.LIn, for ~, .,.,,, II,
expressed being honore with the position b
tie course Of hi. remarks h. .,a,,
Ia ITO and wa. signed nv
George York Afterwards tb- cr
" active operation ever since. eleven
years only exeepedbetween 1896 and slT Mr. .uua, - a.
good Of the institution, formation OF club for
tie discussion Of matters interesting o merchants.
We copy the following spirited article from the Phla.
delthia Evening Journal II 4, in Conn. r.r.,. ,,, =
'N-P'>' NPP"S'"'e W our
o" ana contains passages IN that point OF view, whh
cordially
wese frequently stated mPhn.dephla possessed the ro
@ h, rS ana y II was not Tor hs long river navigation
,erpo,e barriers would transact foreign and dom
business with the
"a, mud calling Hpo" c gods 70 h Icing fir
Ne Is Orleans injured
' he S1' s Ssi ; sss. 1t T P
Ship SO Sark. aud Sc brig, aud .choonrr, Hamburg
miles up the Ebe Curhaven at it, mouth that
Does brenn where no vessels BremeAven where
business but ship eAnolery done, call
ss and The hags OF every natins Has forty miles
nAsgAon Affected the East India and other foreign
aoe Is Lond"n up the worst navEAbe river In
World OF southampton or Plymouth that 10 the 90 trade -
e ohg cana contemplated TO Join Paris with the
wat he port or HAvre baltimore hundred mvs
s"utn trade The commerce OF savannah
by being situated up rvrr-nor that OF Liverpool
river cannot blame our lilies block excellent
things which stupidity