The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-04-01
rINANs,IAL AND CaInlMKRUIAL.

sales Of $500 Virgins g.. in New York Monday st
ssa Last Circulars from London quote Virgins SO
A. ceiling a B3 down to which figure they had been
pr.
JAMES HEWITT & CO s CIRCULAR.
LrvsRPooL, March Is
cotton-fhe dunes noticed for the previeus fort.
night has scntnusd during ths week The trade. IN
tao,ured except at loss, eonne their purchases Of
| cotton to small lots; and speculation. supply tnsI
wants from entpments ITO arrive" which are fgne.
rally resoid By the a. soon landed these tnines
combined have tended TO eounteract the eneGt OF
American sdvices, and prices 10 consequence, nave
been barely supported this week, aitnouen no-
necessary to alter quotations, say middne Orleans
ls-lsd; Mobile, 7id Tobaeeo-durins the past week,
has been very frm with an active demand fore Ire
land some $50 hhd, Virgins ,eM ana s.em%Sc nav
tinus 70 quote Virginia leaf I'D l0d; strips. lid
to i5d; Kentucky leaf 7id: TO 1od; strips lid: to
ISd; Maryland sound, bsd. 20 20. nreaostuns-
tenal alteration, although at somewhat irregular
prices The agricultural markets show slight inn
spend, and prices have a downward inclination -
Flour il extremely dull, and the dstrust and ipac
witty of its trade have bsen increased not much
by the desire to reade, ~ by the repeated offer
msnd for Ireland, at prices somewhs, lower. The
imports within the past week, from United States.
were our, 2657.barrels wheat, 48l quarters In
dian corn. s7a quarters.
At to days market the attendance was small the
demand light, and prices considerably less than were
hs either on fas:day or FIidy last Wheat in in
70 lbs upon the we.k; -four 10 to ls. 3d. and Indian
corn Sd to Sd. per quarter We quote-Wheat red
80 to 50 % white g. 3D. to g, "a ao 80 f. %.
Indian corn mixed, S2s 3D.; yellow, SIS Sd to oos'
Cd white 54s. Cd. to 35s
Richmond Markets. March 81.
FLOUR.-We hear Of limited sales for shipmsnns
OF good brands super6ne at E6 rs. We quote 20 i]s
06 % for superine for shipment
WHEAT-There is very little offsring and the
market IL therefore dull without chsnge OF quota-
tions, viz: s00l S. for good to Prime red;
CORN~We hear of a sale of q cargo at GO cts ;
quote By the cargo, GO a68! from depots
Market steady.
BY Telegraph.
NEW Yopk. March 81 Flour lower state ana
Southern declined cents other brands unchanged
Stocks lower. Virginia SIS $9ls
HALTrMoEE March Sl-Four inactive and held
! at yesterdays rates. which buyers dec Inc giving
Other articles usually quoted, gsneraiy unchsngso
TALL WRITINs.-Mrs. Clark, who with her hus-
band is editing now light paper, which has recent
ly commenced blazing blowing forth Spirituaiism
at Auburn, under the title of 1.-The Spiritual Ga
ron" gets to this Insight at the head OF her editorial
column in her last number in discoursing upon the
| "Grsndeur of Mans Destiny"
Prozress 10 the wand CT Divinity
Man at the present tossed the fiery of ag
tatus whose burning pillows retlesI ever,
sill liz him higher and higher Hs shall at length
acter in which he is elfposed. The fiery tongue
flames of agitation she'll not destroy man; they shall
only lick the poison slime OF error and ignorance,
leaving him more pure and free In the Chariot of
Destiny he shall roll over heavens highway pave
with starry worlds he shall learn the lore of the
UNIVERSE list the rolling music of rounded spheres
and walk he stars as Christ walked the water
NAVAL "A etter dated Aspinwall, 18th inst
says the frigate Independence and corvette Deca-
tur are in Panama; officers and crew all well -
The John Adams and St. Mary's are expected
daily Captain Fairfax is waiting to join the John
Adams il Panama. The Cyane is here; all well
The Wabash has not yet arrived.
THE MANUFACTURE OF BoNNETs what be-
comes of all the pins?' is a question often asked
and seldom answered Some facts that we learn
ed the other day led us to ask, What becomes of
all the bcnnets2 At the factory in Foxborough,
Mass more than ten thousand bonnets a-day are
made and thrown into the market. For more than
twenty miles round about the people are engaged
in the work, and they have agents all over the
world collecting materials and dsposing of their
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. paper.
TELEGRApHIc COMMUNICATION BETWEEN
CHILL AND EUROPE The press of Santiago dis.
cusses project for forming photographic line be-
tween the Pacific and Atlantic, from Valparaiso to
some point on the river Plate, and from thence to
from Lisbon to Rio Janeiro 1t is said that Euro.
pean capitalists will construct the line if the gov
eminent will guarantee them six per cent on the
cost The plan is advocated because the Isthmus
of Panama is destined (says the paper to fail
into the hands of the Americans, and it would not
be expedent to allow them the control OF the only
inter oceanic line of communication
FAST TRAVELLING The New York Central
Railroad Company are said to be making arrange
ments to run an express train during the summer,
in connection with the Hudson River Road, from
New York to Buffalo in thirteen hours. The dis
lance is 443 miles, and the train must run about
forty miles an hour, exclusive of stoppages.
SNAKE WITHIN A PoTATo.-The Chicago
Journal of Thursday, says that Mr.. Charles E
Day, of the North Side, yesterday showed us q
boiled potato, which on being opened, was found
to contain s small snake over two inches long. 1t
was an ugly looking thing. The development took
place at the dinner table,"
THE NEWSPAPER BUsINEss.-There is a news.
paper agepcy-for the sale of newspapers-in N
York, which, it is said. does business of over one
million dollars per annum 1t occupies marble
front store, the rent of which is So 600. The ex.
tent of the newspaper and periodical business Of
the country is truly wonderful.
A HARDY SEAMAN, who had escaped one of the
recent shipwrecks upon our coast was asked by a
good lady bow he felt when the waves rolled over
him he replied, "a0st, ma'am-Uery scet'
LAND SALES DR.. T. B. Renck has sold hin
farm in Greenbrier co. Va, hear Lewisburg to
X P. White of that town, at $40 per acre. Mr.
Michael Tarmey has sold a tract of land in the
meadows" in the same county, to J. M E.
Vaulk for $3.50. Four years ago the same land
sold at $3.50