The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-03

The UAIL I UlSI n vi.
Tuesday nrorn,ns. March 3. 1857.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
There wss. sale. 10 NE York Saturday, Of 1000
Virginia s's at es925.
The New York Journal Of Commerce Of esso'esy
There iss better feeling In the market but no
change In rates Of interest The arrival from Cali
fornis includes about &lSooooo soid IoL .hls mar.
let. The following sums came over the isthmus on
Enslish account aoeo oos -
silver. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2ll,0S9 AZ
Total. .......................$57e ,sA IS
Pie Stock market is stronger. although the prices
show but slight advance.
The imports of foreign dry goods at N. Y, for the
,ast week show slight gain over the total for the
corresponding week Of last year a. will appear from
the annexed comparison
Irpo,ts Of Foreign Dry Goods a, Ne,c York.
For the Week.
1856 1856. 1887.
Entered at the port sl,6e50a3 ssi,l61 22s5 49l
Thrown on the market .al6S5 2,c02,046 2,S7o Ol5
catered at the por. ls5 10 i0i SIS % 893 o87
Thrown on market H,a6l,O95 ID 557,Os4 q slo,S76
Liverpool letters by the Niagara, dated on ss.uT-
nay afternoon, l4th instant, report the actuaa ae
that time nom IL tc IL per h., the rnsrfet oosns
nrm The sales on Saturday reached hsgo saie 80.
sn~ snHeAeo quotationt:-falr ofieans
Mobile 3d. fair hollands I56i.; middliDg orleans
1sd middling Mobile IA; mddIing Upianda q 81
Ihs receipts during the week were the largest OF se
season, reaching 9.400 bales chiefly from american
nor's. The stock on hand OF all descriptions was
34i, zoo bales.
The letters also quote -four az having declined ID
Uis during the week, with go unsettled Hotn
Wills wheat and showed no change SINCE
Tuesday.
There had been considerable Gales OF lard to ar
rive at eSs.
The sugar market at Liverpool was firm with
fair business
Trade at Manchester, though slightly more active,
exhibited no i'm rovement in price
Ashes unchanged for both pots and pearls
This bullion in the Bank of England had decreased
durinR the week, but the rates for money Ia both
London and Liverpool remaining precisely as last
s3vised.
FsThe payments OF duties at the New York custom
house last week were 81 06e. 600. which is about
hundred thousand dollars below those Of the previous
week and the accumulation Of the sub-treasury
1874 600, sgainst S450,000 previous week. Il 10 ex
pected that the drafts the establishment will be
more heavy than they have been for some time past
ana IA the foreign draw upon Is likely to bs small
and there was received Saturday the emf monthly
1nstslment from California, the bank reports after
that made up for last week will probably ,hoY
handsome increase in the specie reserve. Tbs
amount of gold from Cafornia is & 33i goo as esti
mated, including some S50,000 for New Orleans.
The financial and cotton sdvi:es by the Niagara, to
Inc i4th are decidedly more favorable. Money was
much easier and Consols had advanced to 9stO9f
1nefe was still Drain, however upon the Bank re-
serve Cotton had advanced 3l6d, under the PeTslas
newsfr this side.
Ths Charlottesville Advocate learns that the Csp-
ltsi Stock of the Savings Bank IN that place has
been very recently reduced, and that some $3.50 GOO
OF the remainder have been invested in the purchase
OF Monticello Bank Stock, at BIOS per snare. The
legality of the direction thus given to the Capital of
the SAVING Bank is seriously questioned by legal
gentlemen. They insist that under the Charter that
Bank has no right to its funds in any other way
than to discount paper.
The exports of Produce from the port of Havana,
isf Tn Ean n cd
boxes of Sugar, and O25 hhds OF Molas,ss---of
which Se,O78 boxes Sugar and S,415 hhds of Molsss
eswere shipped to the United States The exports
from Matsnzas in the same time, comprised 1888
bexes and 5 IS hhds. OF Sugar, and 1862 hhds Of
Molasss.--:of which S.lS2 boxes, and 54Ol hhds OF
Sugar 04l2 hhds. Of Molasses were shipped to tbs
United Stsrss
Richmond Markets. March
TOBACCO. -Ths breaks of Tobacco continue
very fuE, and receipts large. We have to notice
better demand for LUCE and Leaf in dry cr-
der for shipment to the Continent. We quote infe-
,ior Leaf sloall; good .lioi25oi best s,esnniag
&lSUi55o; best manufacturing SlSOl5.50; loose
Lugs $601G851; Leaf S95GGl5.
FLoUR--The1e transactions to-day. The
steamers news throws the market into az uncertain
condition awaiting news OF the effect On the North
WHEATWheat, which had been a little heavy
for few days dropped down FIVE cent. ys,.sraa
TO prime Red Sl.S50l 40; good to prime White 81
OohN'-ffetty Hrm am O fn6o6 nlgaer. We
qoute at 7ol075 cts. per bushsi and brisk.
OATS--50dp55 cts per bushel.
RYE--75080 cts, according to qua ty
bACON.-The accounts from the West have ceus.
sd more frmness on the part of holders. We uoote
cid sides l90l2sc Shoulders 90 1l0c; Side. l2I
az: Shoulders II Olitc.i Hams Is tDlStc.
WHIsKEY---Ma quiet at last quotations 280
70 cts. per gallon.
GoFFEE-No change In quotations Rio 1o30i2
cents Lagunyra l30iSt cts Java Is! GIG c.s hocha
166l6tc
SU6ARS-Frr. New Orleans II 0113; Loaf ld3
ais; Crushed and Powdered l40141; C Coffee l22;;
Circle lS3. There will be cargo sale of $50 hhds
New Orleans and Cuba Sugar in this city by Dunlop,
Moncure Co, On Friday next.
MOLASsES.--New Orlesns told crep) 75c; Porto
Rico 70c sales of prime at that prics Cuba 81 G55c
There will be "a auction sale on Friday mex. of l54
bbs Molasses by Dunlop, Moucure l. Co