Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-03-29
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Inc cotton market continued firm yesterday.
with sale of about 1850 bales, on the spot and in
transitu. The -four Market with good Eastern
demand continued firm. especially for medium
and higher grades. with increased activity in
sales. Wheat was in moderate request for mil
ling; amber colored Tennessee sold at 81 20, de-
hvered, white Canadian and Southern were UNI
changed. Owing to some trouble in the settle
ment OF large contract for corn, the market
was somewhat at a stand;the delivery of the grain
rendered, II was contended by the purchaser,
did not come up to the standard of the sample
by which it was bought. The difficulty was fl
nally referred to committee for arbitration
A considerable sale of Southern mixed was made
at 64c.. while white was at 66c. "a 6Sc., and yell
low at Csc Zoe, the market closing heavy
Rye was unchanged. Pork was frmer, with
more doing: considerable amounts deivera-
bic by contract, it was said. fell due fhe
present week or before the first of April,
and hence to some extent the animation
which prevailed was attributable. Mess sold
stiff at Sl5 374, while prime was at SIS In our
remarks yesterday regarding prime mess. "25
shoulders were referred to, when it should have
read 20 pieces OF lbs. each, cut from shout
ders. The French contract requires that each
barrel shall weigh 200 lbs, to make which re-
qures generally young hogs, weighing about $50
lbs. each. and it takes about three hogs to make
two barrels Hence, to supply the contract
OF 100000 barrels. required about 10000
hogs. 1t was rumored that the contract
was put out at about $50 $2l which, if
true, would make the value of the same at
least equal tn two millions dollars. instead of
$l,6OO,000. Coffee sold pretty freely, including
a lot of Rio in Philadelphia by parties here,
with some l.5OO do. Laguyra at full prices. About
1000 a ! 100 hhds. sugar were sold chiefly for
refining. The tenor of the market favored pur-
chnsers. Moasses sold to the extent of about
$500 bbs. of New Orleansat prices ranging from
43c-a Acc. Freghts to Liverpool were. firm. with
engagements of about 10000 a 10000 bushels
grain in bulk at ID, and from ,2O0a l.500 bales
of cotton at 9 32d. for compressed and at 5 l6d.
for uncompressed. To lIarve Gotten was engaged
ut ac.-N. Y. Herald March 81.
NEW ORLEANS MARKET March 24--The re-
ceipt of Cotton at this port during the past week
were $4,000 bales, against $4,000 in 1855, and
36 900 in 1853. The exports to Great Britain
during the same period we're II. 900 bales. The
Mississippi is feet 8 inches below high
water mark, against 10 feet inches last year,
and foot 10 inches in 1853
New ORLEANS MARKET, March 2ith.--Cotton
is active and prices have advanced; sales of
$4,000 bales at 9aa9t cents for mddling fair
Sugar "a cts. Molasses ABA cents. Lard in
bbls at 8 cents. Freights ON Cotton to Liver
pool sths
CHARLESTON MARKET, March 24th.-The Cot
ton market is active and prices have advanced :.
sales $500 bales, good middling at 94a9s, mid
ding fair l04al0ac.
New ORLEAGs. March 27.-Cotton advanced
a-Sales of 10000 bales m1dling 9 Sac S.
Mess Pork SIS. Corn so cents