The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-04-11
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Increase for 1855 Silv,2i6 "a
The Board Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
the oues ton of declaring . dividend to the Com.
miuee Of Finance. They determined TO lend
$500 900 OF the Is 600 900 loaned them by the city
Of Baltimore to the North Western Virginia Rail
road Company.
By the recent foreign news Il appears that the
Roshsehilds are largely engaged In railroad enter
prizes Ia Austria The Lombardo Venetian and
Central italian Railways have been awarded to q
company Of which they are q party. These mo-
aay Bsrons had better beware how they NEEDLE
with railroads The first thing they know they
may be of the track, aud aud that 1t Is better to
lend money and be secured, than 70 own railroads
that may be badly managed. II the locomotive
runs into their bank 1t may damage 1t considera-
bly,.
In Petersburg on Wedn esday. the following sales
OF stock were made 10 front of the Merchants Ex
CHANGE 26 shares Petersburg Railroad at 462 10 do
at SSH; S shares do. S6lt: shares Southside Rail-
road $751;. 9 shares Raleigh and CASTOR Railroad
ISL 2 shares Aqueduct 500. and do. at 90;
shares Boydton Plank Road g.
PLouR ISsPEcr oNs IN NoRFoLK--There were
spscted for the quarter ending on March 3lst
7.72s bills hour, viz Family, 1898; Extra 5000;
Eupsraue. ans; Fine, sci Mlddiings, 1873; con.
demned a.
PETERSBURG. April s-Flour dull. receipts of
country very heavy for the season. Family scarce
At $1lf retail Wheat dull with no salss Corn
scarce aud in demand at 7o07s cents Tobacco
active with al improvement on last weeks prices
Tugs S to 81: for common to good leaf u to SIP
Sales mostly at 81 To S9s; good manufacturing leaf
wanted Al full prices 9uano receipts heavy for
the past two weeks, but all received shipped
through to fill early orders. Sales to arrive made
at $57, from store EST
The capital of the Joint Stock Fire Insurance
Company. of New York, amounts to $l3e56 0OO-
. The total amount Of property covered by insu.
rance Is S5os 776254. The average dividends
paid are - per cent.
The Supreme Court Of Ohio decided on Tuesday
last that the law of that State imposing additions
taxation on the State Bank after charter had been
previously granted with limitation to six per
cent on profits ia lieu of all taxes, was upcousti.
tutional This case involved the whole power of
taxation. and therefore was treated one of the
most important ever considered Six Judges were
for the decree and three against 1t.
Virginia Stocks as stated In our telegraph dis
patch yesterday. sold on Wednesday at e3t, a
slight improvement. We have no quotation by
The Northern Railroads are doing fine business.
The receipts Of the Erie Railroad from the LIST to
the 9th, were $l92, 000
The French Government, we understand have
issued q circular, announcing that aft.r the 18th
July next. the usual bounty allowed upon the
export of manufactured goods. will be materially
reduced to q meIely nominal figure. This an
nouncement has caused some apprehension that
the imports Of French goods ioto this country will
be largely increased, In order TO take advantage
Of these bounties.
ALEXANDRIA, April e-Flour Is dull-nominal
~ held at IS rs; no sales-recsipts very light
stocks little nothing for this season Of the year
Wheat dull. Sales yesterday If about $500 bush
els from the cars Al 81 50aSl SIS cents good to
prime red and 81 6O0Sl IS for white Corn Is dull
ai45052 for white anc mixed-no yellow offering
Rye 10 In good demand at 70675 cents Other ar.
tieles unchanged The supply of fish ia better
with an Increasing demand We quote Shad at
ia per hundred and Herrirgs at 81 per thou
sand