The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-04-14
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
FINANCIAL and Commercial.

According TO the table Of the popula.sotn anI
wealth of the United States recently puo..h ~.
and which was noticed by us . few asys ss.,m.ted
entire population Of the United s's ~ "a, IN fs4-
~ 1s., sS.,an,s reds.r thinks the wealth IT,
least; one fourth greater Ae So rssrs r. ISL per
the entire growth Of the last nve sro,.th ~ sha
cent, or 81 each year Inc as s"" The States from
49, =, psrr.viyana inclusive, have increased
n ,ar cant IN population; the states from Deis
ware to Florida, liz per cens' .,o., Ju.o 70
nsso,s % per cent; and from Kentucky TO Texas
sant The Northwestern States have.
p ~ Increased ono half more than that Of the
ne .,. of the whole country, and this 10 the
section distinguished for Its enterprise ana mum
h.r Of railroads. having more than one-third the
aoIa number of miles Of railroad In America
The increase of whalth is relatively much greater
,han the increase of population, which Is the pes'
evidence of the industry OF the people anu s.S
power of production in the country. The assessed
wealth of the country. divided among ah the popu,
Istion equally each individual man, woman ana
child In the United States, would nave ABOUT
three hundred dollars
The first train Of ears has crossed the M,ssissippt
,irrr The crossing was effected by the Rock Isl.
md Railroad upon the bridge built across the Mis-
sssinpi AZ the foot of Rock Island rapids, from H.
Iinois into the State of Iowa This crossing Is
rear three knaGred miles ADORE 81. Louis. The
bridge Is within cannon shot Of the blockhouse oc
eapied by our troops in 1892 in the with Black
Hawk. Seventy miles Of railroad. reaching In one
direction Iowa city, in another to Muscstine are
ready TO receive the trains. The railroad across
the Mississippi will be continued to the furtherest
extern, of civilization, and 60 forward with the
march of population 10 the shores of the Pacific
The Legislature Of Mississippi has passed bill
suthefsing parties to contract for the payment of
any rate of interest not exceeding teo per cent
the renewal of any debt after maturity. This is
SO far right. After grand struggle in England
In which the ablest men commended, the usury laws
have been abolished, and the effect has been bene-
hcial to both borrower and lender. We trust it
will not be long before 1t will be recognised as
truth in this country, that money ought to be worth
its real value in the local market at the time
loan Of il Is asked and that 1t may be safely left to
the discretion of the capitalist TO hx the rate OF
compensation at which he is willing to spare it to
the borrower.
Money is plenty in the Northern market; but
the propensity does not seem very strong to invest
In stocks, and every attempt TO produce specuia-
tive demand has been with severe reverses
There are wide fields for speculations of differ
eut kind not the least important of which is west
ern lands which Is tempting capitalists Among
stocks, those of western Railroads are attracting
much attention for as the Herald says: with
wider margin for rise, with greater earnings in
proportion to cost, with everything about them
growing up and increasing, with local travel and
traffic far superior the oldest roads in the oldest
SECTIONS of the East, with territory about
them sufficiently productive to support new road
through every tract ten miles in width, with pop
ulation having the means and the disposition TO
travel; in fact with all the local elements of ex-
traordnary success we see every reason why
they should take the lead not only in any specuia.
tive movement, but in the gradual process and
progress of investment"
The speculations in land have caused great bu.
siness in Land Warrants The National Intelli-
gencer says The demand for warrants for mme-
date location for the last twelve months has been
unprecedented, far exceeding the highest estimates
OF the most sagacious observer. Hence the trade
has become of immense magnitude, and been en-
barked in by large capitalists in every section of
the country.
There were no sales of Virginia Stocks in New
York on Thursday. On Friday last sold at 93t:
and on Saturday at 93a Among the stocks we
sale of $500 of Camel Coal (Va) company's
mortgage bonds at $685.
The imports from Europe, as already stated
last week were very large, owing partly to bad
weather having delayed the arrival of number OF
heavy cargoes, which came in together. We see
that the ship Glance. from Liverpool for Baltimore,
has just arrived after voyage of Ill days.
The breadstufs market has been very dull and
uncertain for some time. Orders have been in
New York. but the limit was too low for then,
to be filled Flour is still too high for shipment to
England
ALEXANDRIA, April 12-Flour is steady; small
sales at SO IS. Receipts continue very light, and
the stock is unusually small. Wheat is steady,
with light supplies; we quote fair to strictly prime
red at 150d l60c white l60dl70c inferior par
cells to l0c. less. Corn is dull at a. SEC for
white and mixed. Rye 70975c. Oats dull at 81 q
33c. Other things unchanged The supplies of
Fish on Saturday were large-dsmand increasing
Prices remained unchanged, viz: Shad 80 per hun
bred. Herring Sc per thousand
Richmond Markets, April 12.
FLOUR-Our statement of the Flour market has
grown monotonous that if the reader 10 not tired
of it, Breadstufs in an intsrmediate
state. The induces of supply aud demand under the
restoration of Peace in Europe, yet sufficient
~ clear tempt spectators into any but the most
cautious dealing for immediate demand. Then the
wet harvest, the damaged and weavily wheat, after
long storage have shown bad effects in much -four
that is feared much that is apparently sound will
turn out condemned" Therefore the market is pa
rayzed. There has not been than one sale of
consequence to shippers for two weeks; and that
ct prices not made public. There then quota