The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-10-21
TIL L DISPATCH.
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WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 81. 1851.
FINANCIAL AND CoMMEcIAL.


The telegraph reported sales of Va. o's in New
York on Aonday at ssl. This was evidently an er.
ror The New York papers Of Moad,y afternoon
report sales OF $500 at Asia and 500 at 5'5cio-
sing at the latter figure.
The New York bank statement FOR the past week
shows decrease in loans Il a. e7aoo specie, S3653,-
ESQ., and increase ia circulation Of $J6t Co., and 10
deposits OF o, lfs.no0
With regard to the state OF affairs in New York on
Monday. the journal Of Commerce says:
The week opens with more baoyant feeling in
commercial circles, aud general disposition Is man
Tested % make the best OF our present position
The Banks depsecate any resort TO special IesIsir
tioa AMI no necessity for any extra session ou
ate rvaiy TO revoke tue ior'ner action npos shsI
subject by tew oi their number, 50 tbas We rase
probably have MCCALL ofthe lessla'afe Ell from, nny
there Is nos no dc,sand for such can .Y, ,iar.
quarter except from the mere p1iitiei.'s, -" ,ier.,
WIZ ~ d. Il .yurS "a tae tssaSnfe "s'i"3
.aftasa * eAanxe opens with q fair business al
1oetrl0 i1g ~ DAP Vi.is On u 'ndou; and nri.
I4e STOCK MAJ ket SHOWS ih"'V ~
ces have generally IN fo'e'
Atelegraphic i-om we" o''A'''' ''''NN
Saturiay, says -. uh.,rf,.,
The Bank OF New Orleans is paying some sp1Sle ava
Ha9kins wiIlr anne Monday Messrs. j. A Do,
herfg Coda g, ~ Western produce. suspended
yesterday.
Another dis cans says the eN-
citslaent in xu gh occasional fail
,,res are a ticin believed TO bo past.
New UBLEANs ,rvt, ". i,v uscliEe in cotton from
the highest point is seves now cents per io the M
ssrloas fall for t~iefea ri0I of time ever No"
Notwithstanding u large dep tciatioa IN the pICc
tn staple, howeve there h but niue uuing s"tNu
iators not having t.c means to purchase. anu eNiJi
ters hayjax ia sir hands tied 10y the utter sIaHhaIo
of the exchange market. Sterling bhls are as ""i'
as erer--in fact entirely unsaleAble
In Boston, on Monday money TRANSACTIONS were
limited and rates nominal. There was NJ dlhcnlty
however in passing the best names at per cent a
mouth.
In the St Louis banks, the decrease Of com iaSt
d, week was about 30 per cent Messrs, Fcnson Deu
len BANKERS, closed operations Monday morning.
The annual report of the President and Directors
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad shows the gross
earnings of the main stem have been Si,6l6.913 o.
being increase oil S.oyer the preceding year
aud $3.50 ji5l0 the fiscal year OF 1875. The re-
port states that tho business Of the road for the past
six months would justify the usual dividend yet in
view ,.f the general financial em5afrassnents IL il
deemed iudicous defer for the present its declara
ton Oh the main STEM until the restoration and nc
tive prosecution OF mercantile operation insures the
continuance Of the CUinpany's reyeEnn.
The affairs Of the Washington Branch are exhibit
I'D IN "A prosperous condition. Its revenue for the
fiscal year amounted to S45f i53si being an increase
of Sla239.75 over the previous year semianuual
dividend oil "a per cent has, therefore, been de
clared upon this branch.
NORTHERN MARKETS