The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-04-24
Land warrants firm In New York, with an &C.
tive business the following are the buying and selling

The Custom-house returns at New York of the past
week indicate that the excessive importation of dry
respite has arrived. The imports of the week (dry
goods amounted to 1892 000 cons derably in excess
of the corresponding week last year. but quite gh
in comparison with the experience Of the past two
months.
The weekly statement of the averages of the New
York city Banks show a decrease Of S1,O75 900 in
loans in circulation, S2O6 900 in deposits and
an increase of 1885,, 900 in specie.
ALEXANDRIA, April 22.-Flour is firm, with limit
ed demand-holders ask $6.62166 rs Stocks too
small to admit of transactions Of any importance
Grain-Wheat Is dull, but not quotably lower. Small
sales at ST. 500 IS for good to prime Red and so
0i.67 for White. Corn Is inactive, with large re-
ceipts by railroad quote 480s2c. for White and
mixed. Rye is worth 65O70c. Oats 300S2c. Other
ring yesterday were light, with large demand ;
prices advanced consi derably. Shad 5000 ~ hun
bred Herring $5 p thousand In our report of the
prices of fish yesterday Shad should have been quoted
at So, instead of So p hundred.
LYNcHBURG, April 22-Tobacco-Receipts have
continued Ii 1ht during the past week, and no change
in prices Common to good Lugs SIS to Sc; good Lugs
$3.50 to 81; fine 81 to So; common 10 good Leaf
IS 50 to 81; good 81 to So; fine $40 to S25 Wheat
More oHering-sales of Red at $I251i3O, White
81 so to $lS5 for strictly prime parcels Corn-Du,
at IS to Zoe.
New York, April 2s.-FIour is dropping; sales of
5000 bbls at Sc so for straight State; s64l6
6683 for good Ohio, and $707 50 for mixed to good
standard Southern. Wheat is dull and quotations
600 bushels at 62063 cts for Southern mixed Pork is
dull and prices dropping sales of 500 bbls at Is for
Beef is dull; sales of $50 bbls. at $10.250lS
for repacked Chicago Lard 10 firm; sales of 400 bbs
at s30te cts Whskey Ia dropping sales of 400 bbls
at Is cts for Ohio. Coffee is quiet; sales of 400 bags
at l1l2 cts SUGAR is dull; nothing done worth n.
porting. Molasses is frm sales of 400 bbs. at 1901
cts for N. Orleans Spirits Turpentne has impr owe d.
sales at SO cts Rice is dull sales of so tierces at Al
cts. Freghts are firm.
BALTIMORE MARKET, April 22.-F1our-Some in.
quiry fer Howard street, other descriptions dull 500
bbs Howard street sold at 81 62 and 200 CITY Mill
at $3.50. Nothing done in Ohio, which was offered
freely at $3.50. without buyers Wheat dull at de-
half of which sold at $l.450$l.50 for fair to GOOD
rods, and 81 60 for choice lot of Zimmerman do:
$l45 to $780, and S. 81 IS for inferior and fair
70 good Whites; and 81 ~ to $I75 for prime White
Corn-Sales of White at 5005S cents by measure. "a
to IS for Yellow by measure and IS to IS rrnts
BY weight. Molasses-Ssles of 50 bbls n O. et AZ
cents market firm at IS to Al cents for good to prime
Porto Rico 1904 cents Bacon-Shoulders 81 sides
81 to 81. Suzars-No transactions and no changes
SO 75O$750 for common to fair NJ 0. and Porto Rico
Whiskey "a cents per gallon for Ohio Pennsylyania
and City.
Richmond Markets, April 23, 1856.
FLOUR.-.There sales whatever TO-DAY. and
there 10 new feature to note. The market il ouist
and the weather 10 rainy.
WHEAT.--The receipts are still heavy; but trans
sections impeded by the wet weather. There are no
change In quotations The shippers are relieving the
market OF the inferior grades desirable to the mil
lers We quote best Red IS; do. White ST. 10, with
some sales OF extra lots of White at S rs
ORN--6o065 cts. per bushel the former for large