The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-01-15
Financial and Commercial.

bourne, with privilege Of sydney N. g. ", at ~ per
Dbl.
Gales In New York. Wednesday. Of $4,000 Virginia
es @ at &c., and 81, 00b North Carolina ss at Ss3h.
The stock market showed little animation and prices
generally declined. On the same day. $2D0o six per
cent Virginia State bends were sold at auction at
sils and interest.
The New York Journal of Commerce of wednss-
day p. NJ, says:
There Is moderate business doing In Wall street.
but without change In the rates Of interest. The
banks would discount more first class business pa
per II 1t were offered but the select signatures con-
Foreign Exchange has not fairly opened for satur-
days mail, but the market continues firm. although
the supply ofcommercial bills is increasing
A commercial letter from New York. dated the
18th inst, says:
fusion incident to the financial crisis. the Banks Of
the city and of the State with scarcely excepton)
have conducted their affairs that neither deposit
tors nor bilholders have lost dollar; even those
which are winding up an unprontabls career are
banks the last week was S6l4-e2, and Of deposits
81 ,a6,l3S. Commentator il due to the interior
banks for their progress in the work Of settlement
There are said to be unnIstakable signs Of revive
OF business.
Senator darlington, Of South Carolina, estimates
the less sustained by the South from depression of
the market for Cotton in consequence Of the late
commercial crisis, at more that S70,0oo,Dn0
The banks Of the United States had, il Is estima-
ted the lat instant. circulation Of one hundred
and ten million, resting upon the specie basis of
seventy five millions of dollars.
The Cincinnati Gazette Of Monday says:
The market for Hogs was again dull and quite I'M
settled to-day. The receipts are fully sustained,
footing mp for the last fortyeght hours near lU0oo
head Holders hoSsver make Axe concessions lf1 VIII
views OF buyers. they suffer supplies to accumulate,
hoping for turn in their favor. The consequenceis
the number in the pens has increased to GOO, and
the market is steadily getting worse The sales to-
day were small, at prices ranging from 81 to At
embracing light and extra heavy.
The Philadelphia Bulletin of Wednesday P. NJ,
thus a'ludes to the money market there;
The money marketi il steadily improving, and the
early resumption of specie payments by the Banks
is confidently look ed for but business revives slow
ly. The prudent portion of merchants have
commenced the year with rather limited ideasthey
have not gotten that the bubble of inflated credit
has exploded, and that their trade must be conduct
ed ON something nearer d cash business.
Rio de Janeiro Markets.
AdviCes from kio de Janeiro to the 10th ultimo
We quote the following important commercial in
teigence from circular:
Rio DE JANEIRo, Dec. 10.-Coffee-The important
advices received both from Europe aud the United
States, during the past month, depressed the mar
ket, and completely checked operations The trans
actions have been limited to 25.tU0 bags, So OF
which were taken for the United States. Prices
entirely nominal. Sales the 18th ult. OF 1900
bags for Baltimore, decline OF 200 reis from pre-
yous prices There is no disposition on the part Of
cline. which dealers will not accede until compel
ed By the rapidly increasing stock. On the 4th in
slant, 200 bags changed hands for Europe. the tate
paid being equivalent still further decline of 800
Ia i0D refs We give quotations below but it must be
remembered in the present state of the market they
entirely nominal, and to effect any large sales
reduction would probably have to be made from
them:
Superiors .5a00c@5.ltO...s9 e2@Slo 10
Good frsts......... f70o4 lo00.. 39(g Sc
,
seconds. s7OoCgtsOoO 600 81
Round lots ettGg bWO.. 56G9s ~
l0l, $50 bags were cleared ia November, OF which
IS 93S were for Europe &c, and a. Az bags were for
the United states.
Four-stock in importers and specula-
tors hands Ist bbls. 81 GAG
Imports i'll 81 s43
6.,9S9
Sold in 2>e37
Stock in first hands LIST December .bbls. SO 52
Much difficulty was experienced in effecting sales.
and not until the demands of bakers were listened to
by the importers who had to accept considerably
lower prices before anything could be done Only at
the end of the month any activity provoked the
stock in second hands at that time being extremely
small The decline i'll Richmond brands was 3sG3.sJO
per Dbl; but Baltimore or New orleans, il good,
would have fetched their full value being in request.
On he 4th Instant, the cargoes OF the Snow Squat
aud Cora. in all 1920 bills Haxall, and 700 bbls Co
lumbia, were retailed. after some trouble at 70. 500
for the former and lS5UD TOR the latter brand These
figures could not be obtained to-day for the same
qualities. the market being exceedingly fiat and
tending dOwnwards, since the rival the past few
days OF the following parcels - 296 bbls Baltimore
per Sophia 2, $40 do do, per Mount Vernon 800 do
do and 2203 Haxall. per Banshee; $40 tbls Ha1a.
per Amanda; 1910 bbls. Dunlop and 200 do McCance.
per Agnes g. 9Og bbls New Orleans, per Indus; ,W1
Dbls Philadelphia, per Minnesota, making the stock
in first hands this day 1862 bbls exclusive Of the
monticelo's cargo. gust arrived from baltimore Ac-
cording TO the last accounts from the river Platte
the stocks there were heavy so that We can expect
NO relief from that quarter and As still many vessels
are their way from the United States to this port
no improvement can take place here for some time
We quote Richmond brands Is. dE20 Baltimore 10 "a
10. 500; New Orleans and Philadelphia, 49, nominal
Richmond Markets, Jan. 1 4th.
APPLEs-yirginia s3(g6.OO; Northern $3.5O@6:
Dried Apples SlJO(Q2 p bushel of Is lbs.
BAC0N.-Lirtle in market, with active demand
Sides q31(Glnc Shoulders 61atGsSS4c.
BAGS-Seamless Bags 25c.; Manchester Bags 25c.
BEEsWAX.Sa6@27c. p n. in demand.
BROOMS.-$20g3, according to quality.
BUCKETS, &c.-Panted Buckets So p dozen; three
hoop Painted Pals s. p dozen; heavy Cedar Tubs,
neat, s35o@5 p nest; heavy Cedar Feed Buckets $50
UTTER.-We quote Mountain 2Ot@25c. for firkin
22@2 for roll Goshen 2 go supply not large
IIulIs l9c.; Adamantine 8@26c.; Sperm 45e: Patent
POEMENT.-James River 81 .soal.S5 p Dbl; Hudson
River Sl.SO@l.S5: Hoffman $l.sO9lsj Lawance $lS
COFFEE-Market quiet Rio 1O1s to HE; La
guayrs l3e Java l71ac; Mocha lsc.
C0AL.-White and Red Ash Anthracite Coal, for
CRATES. 800 q load Of 300 lbs, p ton of 2z40 lbs
nous Lump $575 p load of p bushels; Hail s. =
load; Smiths Bitulninous Coal l3(sli
COkE.-tor city consumption $40 per cart losd
Of p bushels. for soft Lump; soft Hail s.. Hard
COKN-Market pretty firm at !.5td6o cts for new
Old would bring little more, but there is none AT
CORN MEAL.-e5asl z bushel Transactions in
Meal mostly in the retail way.
C0TT0N-Il34 to l21ac. T. ID.
COTTON YARNS, &C.-Cotton Yarns 2792sc. Cot
ton Cordage &c; Seine Irvine &c: Carpet Warp 23c
fEATHERs.-Stock light; demand light. Sales
at 4SgG ca, as 3 in quality an quantity;
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. S6.td63 Stock ofGuano
In market light aud demand very limited. Mexican
scarce S2j o ton; Patagonian $40; De Berg's Ma
nipuated Guano $50; Reese's do. S54; De Berys Su-
FISH.-s5 so for No. Nova Scotia Cut Herrings
from wharf; no n: Carolina in market. MAcKEREL
New No. 9. 81; No. in kits s2.25.
FLAXSEED.-$l9lI.05 q bushe!.
FLoUR.-Since our last weekly report there has
been nothing done in Flour. Shippers will not pay
over 1925 for superfne, though holders seem UNI
willing to sell at that. To the trade by the dray
load. we quote supertne 1915; Extra S6625; FaIu-
lily Sos according to brand.
FLOUR BARRELS-5O cts.
FRUITS.-ORANGEs.-Hay SS.5nd1l0 p Dbl: ST.
oily. 3.5OGi q box; LEMoNs-$2. 5O(G3jO q box
kAIsINs-Bunch, in boxes, $250G3; Layer $50 .25.
FIGs-l5g20c. q D. PRUNES-ls to 4Oc. D D, accord
GRASS sEEDs.-We quote Glover Seed s625. and
Timothy s2.J@s3 per bushel.
. GINSENG.-We quote crude 1905 cts, last sales
for small parcels. The quotations nominal in this
market.
observation-disclosures and Hazards Sporting
Be- 2546.75 do do. Blasting $3.75Gi25 a key.
HAY-9oc. @sl p cwt. from store; S5@9)c from
wharf.
HIDEs.-slaughtered. cts p n, green weight
Sailed 10 TO II cts; Dry Is to l6 Calf Skins green
SIPS. No Spanish Hides in market.
!, HOOP POLES.-Flour Dbl s6tG7 hid. sl70is per
MOLASSES.-New Orleans 40 to 45c Cuba 25G13Dc
p Rico 3O(l33c.
OATS-35c. per bushel.
0FFAL.-Bran l21a cts. per bushel; Shorts Ia cts
Brownstuf IS cts Shipstuff 50 cts.
PEAS.-Clay Sl.50 p bushel.
PLAsTER;-Lump, 81 .25(G4.50; Northern Ground,
s775@s; Claiborne's Ground. $3.50 p ton. Calcined
S2.37 az 50 p Dbl.
POTATOES.-stock Of Northern increased. We
quote 81 10 10 LIS per busheI according to quality
R0SIN.-Sl7O{0l.75 p Dbl.
RICE.-514(96 cents as TO quantity and quality
RYE:-We quote 7oGg75c per bushei
sALT-By cargo. from wharf, $l.45; from store,
81. 6U6ll.75
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