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Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-01-13

Atrge portion Of the Corn bought Mrs sears Co.'S
Dsery delivered ~ ihem vessels at their wharf Wehaye
no Information the quantity thus delivered The cultivation
Corn In Virginia very extensive the Weld mainly kept
home ~ consumption while Wheat Tobacco are raised for
sale aud ex?o5;atl5u Tie highest price Corn this
last year, was q TO-
COroSe receipts Of Cotton by railroad and dock last year,
amounted Isl bales assnt 1891 the previous year Several
eonsments received by canal 10 Octo.
This the beginning trade In
auguated by Mr. e. Bentley, Of this city which promises
considerable Importance The Susnenng concentration Of
capital here mercantile pursuits the increased
given subject Of direct trade with Europe
from our should large qualttes Cotton
10 this market The planters Ia Alabama and
other sections Of the Southwest.
The exports Richmond Northern cities last
year. 1876 bses decrease Of - bales compared
previous year It will be strange, indeed the decrease
present year, materially larger since people are so ca-
manufactures. II buyers upon being
supplied with Virginia goods the home demand win only
supercede the necessity Of shipping the products
North but will give impetus the manufacturing Interests
which may deveope Itself the construction factories
F.Uwe have ofe' referred the character
Touring Of Richmond that needless to
do th- time than give Few Illustrative tables an
uual review trade July u each year. embraces
full statistical Of this important branch Of the clys
The following statement Of the annual Exports
from this city dirtto foreign poris viii show glance TIE
rand growth Of the trade:
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COASFWIsE TRADE.

The between Richmond eoastwe ports chiefly
carried by vessels which receive discharge eargos in the
Dock We have repeatedly reedto the Importance Of the Dock
statistics and snissvoredto official assistance efforts
and make available pro PUco the system oreg
sraou bu, thus FAR without elect It important know for
Instance what quantity Of Flour eoasWse ports but
there discrimination in the reports which reach Us between the
shipments and domestic ports except Of Leaf Tobacco
ard stems In the following table give only the eoastwe
ports these commodities and Is TO be regretted that the
y Of each separately shown large number Of vessels
the Book with assorted eSrgOes which have speeia
cation
President Of the James River and Kanawha Company his
report that the gain OF from the Dock
years that has operation +Oper cent,
pairing year and he last and In the number Of boats and
which have entered the Dock Increase " $40 compared
previous fiscal year o. the trade with
particularly observable Although another class steam
bvel added making trweeky line between Richmond
and Baltimore the number Of vessels which entered the Dock with
goe from Baltimore, during the years ISL ISIS and 1859
been respectively ~ aud 10 the trade the
with satisfaction because indicative Of the progress
the interests Of Richmond gilmore
bales Of domee OF more thai 1000 kegs nails NEARLY 1000
tons spikes and shipment Of y mills" Some
hes, appear In the statements furnished periodically
20 the press and from which, the Oo~ug tables have
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-01-13

~ be- observed h, the Imports % last year. though large
ou ISIS large those OF lai but aa Gro
tnov been reached a the city. history Gf gros,
a vteu comparisons Ike this viii exhibit SO large lucrca'
si succeeding year as e business % the past lev
years % appear iu,gall Deduct the item % Coree om the
Imports Of @, or So tc AaJ VIII show hst small
proportion value % Iae foreign good. sold h u, market
u proposed hereafter trrg these goods direct 90 Ehoa]
aal facilitate he Jssll, object company ta' been organ.
s-dters 90 establish line % packets regularly between
us port and Liverpool The merchants many Of whom
s-r6e-8 s capital 10 c packet paIy, have Ielsei them
selves 5 f.- temperatures i FUTURE and ta.y sustained iu
tsrP-o- ty OBJ, unanimous voice 0, e country I'm view Of
els Imp tau ,eruero change the Board % Trade should
sl1ly ead.ay7r c present session % Congress 90 ssru-,
srr1ps revision Of hc laws Regulating the collection OF CUSTOM
5aI AMI Petersburg and 20 Induce TIE Collector al u
porto facilitate By every means u DIS power The accurate
prompt and regular publication of the statistics Of the foreign
Grade Is rrs.--t s,... b hrset with Iraii''' JH.l.
ohio. ,1aplsle che t.s Of compilation and under large iu
G., business s5ud render also TOO aborous 20 be under
taken
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COMMENTS on THE MARKETS. ETC

Co-ACcordng table OF receipts the quantity Of 0oa
brought Richmond from the neghbong mines last year.
sC4i tons less than In 1855 but Is proper say that have
more trouble with any in the list from
unnecessary TO rece and therefore fgures may
r-he correct SIN corresponding decline
suits Of the business le Canal the receipts fiscal year being
@ tons against AZ the previous year. In 1919 nearly 900
tons Of Coal ser brought Richmond by the Canal and
TIA time the receipts have been gradually diminishing eXceptn
ISL when they To nearly p 900 from l90OOln Ns
il emit however the production Is diminishing and
considerable portion OF the receipts consists OF natural Coke
which was formerly considered unsaabe but 10 great de-
maud for fuel ct q bushe We have been informed that
the lands above Richmond very tempting Inducements
se capitalists hope that the day not far dstan! when
some Of that the trouble Investigate the subject
The deep Run pits the property Of New York compa
nv who in anticipation heavy production have entered
Into negotiations whthe Y R. RaIroSd Company with the
view Of constructing track connecting that road with the Fede
rcburg railroad near Broad street. the
transportation Of their New may facilitated
The trade Pennsylvania Coal Anthraci has become
some Importance within past years receipts year
we're B. ifl tons than In ISIS.
Corrrg-One Of cheering evidences grow II Of
RIchmsn commercial city, Is the steady increase
Coffee trade cargo brought here direct received
and sold In So Since that time there has steady
rrement OF the trade and It has Importance
which Il believed will eventually make Richmond the
prnpal Coffee markets country year prices ruled
here for ~ons lerAbe me- In the Northern
cities aad be that 1914 bag. shipped
tnond to ports, ain bags is5S The following
statement cf the imports Coffee during the past
six years The falling IS by the diversion o,
several argoes Hampton Roads Northern ports The same
thing occurred last yeato extent but st the receipts ex
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4s9,sOo 1896 9Os,iO.


The weshmAstr says Thls the result OF temporary
more than Of increased consumption by a. city temporary
are part supply Of stock the country
crops of corn in the feeding seons and low prices North
ern markets which diverted large quantities this
and hence our city butchers have made their purchases
the a instead buying by the head In the country they
have usually done"
LuNBER-An quantity OF Lumber brought to this
city last year. consequence Of the great demand building
materials receipts into the Dock In 1852 according
figures drnshedto by the Deputy Collector we're 900
feet but stated In he last report the President
Co that receipts last 6sal year were a.
The receipts by railroad year were about 1907
We have report Of the receipts by Canal Of the guam
ty delivered from vessels the whArYes below the Dock
MTAsIhe Lead embraced In the tables comes from wythe
county In the county large quantity Of Shot
The receipts Richmond last year. were 1854 bags by
Canal 272 by the Danye Railroad The receipts Of Pig Iron
show falling OF Of 6I In the Dock register the receipts
pig and scrap blended are unable TO show
thu quantity of the former
MoLAssEThe following figures viii show quantity Of Porto
Rico Cuba Molases imported direct this city during the
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The exports Of MOasse from New Orleans Richnond Nor
ok" monhs ending August were
bbs previous season. 1901 bills For year 1859 $40 bb
from Is, Sept to LIST Jan 60 GS2 bb from Sept to LIST jan
80, 1900 bbls.
PAsrEReferng tables for the statistics of this trade;
will only here that the business grndiug plaster
this city, Is rapidly increasing At Mr. John H. Claborne's mill
5000 ground last year in 1sS 9OO tons in ls7
LEO In 1856 100 tons Mr. Claiborne has recently re-
cryed an Western plaster to be shipped
rio New Orleans
PaovIoNWe data Of the receipts Of Baltimore and
Western BAcon this market The received by railroad
nasty country cuedsent In small packages The receipts OF
Butter by railroads and canal last year. 1898 lbs No
record Of the receipts by canal kept prior to LIST Oct
The nghbong diaries furnish considerable supply of Butter TO
the city markets.
table foreign mpOr does Indicate the extent
the direct trade In Liverpool SALT the receipts are chic Nv en-
the Petersburg Custom House The arrivals last year fell
short " the demand and prices advanced high figure
Increased importation expected In future AS the Liver
pool agents the packet line, about 10 be established will
Instructed send coHgnmeu;5 II SAIL market when
ever shipments OF other merchandise to complete the car
60 Of the vessel.
SUGA-e folowngi statement Of the quantity and value
the Sugar imported into Richmond from West Indies during
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fUkaIGN TRADE

Iaar----o. te Tobacco Trade, OF Re.moud Pa o,tober
l Shovel the value of che exports o. that staple Or DE
,,a chen t closed Was aear'y ti'Uuo below the value of
ts.s,aasas che pre,u, twelve .asa result clsly at
tta.I-t ts Italian Tobacco being fhr chief art.cis Of
sy55- from ., ey follows ma, table 90 o. shipments Of al
commodities m ts year 1852 ~ .ha# large decrease com
Pared . s previous year since che Isl oct last, however
e eypo-. of tobacco sud stems have Increased, and the iE
sai wear ouy a. o5lif6 The difference u
,s rl- articles exported, t,g2,28 omi,tns Tobac
O. s-a table would exhibit increase OF nearly s1l
% To .he 1 -uy y OF baltimore Che exports have ter
os O. l6 So, compared uh Che previous year. aud 81 $50 A
o. compared u 1850 shen the highest point reached ",
.a-sy summary Of exports and imports for the past sin
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-01-13

L. ISIS hs receipts % pig and scrap iron 400 rail
road iroa .oa. ases SIS hhis and51 phosphate lime
bb NJ Among the exports the Dock in s59
embraced m the comparative table lg hhis sugar lie
5ls moass a engines and mills SO bbl fish, ll3
balls s. ctna5u +J bag -four, 1909 empty bbls
90 DO ha $40 bxs and 5b minerals piss bus manure, 9i5
bags bark , a copper ore In ISIS, only y Of the
latter exported.
The following H statement o. the nuIber Of vss Is With
..ti cI which have catered the Dock during past
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-01-13

Richmond has heretofore been dependent upon cities for
supplies Refined Sugar large refinery now In course
erection here e enterprise Of C. Y Norris Esq which, when
completed essentially increase the Importation Of Raw and
diminish that Of Refined Sugar.
TBccoHavng presented elaborate review the trade in
this important staple October submit only such SUP
Elementary may appear interesting tbs tme-r
fsng to and remark. in another part Of this state
ment for particulars the business The annexed ia
bic exhibits shipments Of Leaf Tobacco from October:
Exrours TOBACCO IRON RICHMOND To FoRilGS PoRrs,
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,sonrck BY rnE cAxAL IL 1sss, NOT INCLUDED IN rnI


Also 100 sheep q cattle u calves Il lambs horses 80 bus
meal 400 hides - bus. potatoes etc
lNrgRoE-The only GrdIhe record Of the
merchandise forwarded to the inland counties kept the Office
Of the toll gather Of the Canal In this city embraces eight
tees The following comparison years ending Sst
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-01-13
DOMESTIC TRADE

We ubon comparative Of the receipts Of produce,
ETC. Richmond during years ISL IS and 80, excepting
articles received by Canal which record kept
prior tOct IS supplementary table exhibit the
epts article 1850 and will hereafter embrace
them La monthly ami annual comparisons.
IMPORrs INTO RICHMOND RY CANAL AND RAILROADS
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The figures In the first column marked represent packages
There we're aso received during year 1852 9 bales domes
tics e bark bb Manganese 99S bales bottom waste,
100 pkg mineral water $50 pigs buekwheat meal 3tO bus
seeds 2 bags shot, lbs taow IA boxes pipes 4S Pkgs
smoking tobacco &C skins kegs 40 bricks,
1000 lbs ginseng, ,O31 NJ n. lumber, etc.
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-01-13

large and up5r Of shipping business Is done by
the lines OF plying In weekly trips between
the Rockets 10 this cts, (outie the Dock the
ports Baltimore Phiai New York.
presented exhibit the exports by seame
crs year l>is-comped monthly reports
appearing the WAy and having continued mode record
the buLness enabled publish, for the fist time,
comparison the eadg Articles shipped during
LID ua,t $40 wears
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AUCTION SALES.
-
FUTuRE DAYS.
BYo T. woETHAM CO. Arc1s
tIaRCO SALE NEW ORLEANS sUc,u

~ MoLAssEs-on WEDNESDAY, jan 18Th at our Warehouse
the Dock commencing at IL O'clock will the cargo per
schr. "EclIpse" from Attskspas, consisting Of
2S8 hhds. prime TO choice Orleans sugar
100 bbls do do do Mol.sses
TEAMS SALK-For under flQO cash over sOO tour
B,9nths credit for approved negotiable paper
ialI-tds G. T. wORTHAM 4 co Aue,s
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GoDDN & APPERsoV, Aucts.

NOTICE.-TRUsTEES' SALE OF REAL AND PERSONAL
~ PROPERTY NEAR WILMNT0N, FLUvANNA COUNTY
ny virtue deed ~ executed subscribers
Eaney for certain purposes therein specified, the sh day
February 1885, and duly recorded In the Clerks Office OF the
denes Of said Earney Wilmington, Fuyanna conny sell
the highest bidder FOR cash all the property conveyed In said deed
consisting Of tract 81 Land containing Two Hundred Eighty
Acres (sado be vauabe Pour Shares In the Ra Gold
Mine Slaves cons Sing Of Men, Women Bows and Cir
four Houses Plantation Utens and HoGs bod and Kitchen Fur
nre OF every description The title said property believed
10 be good but acting trustees shall only convey such Title
Is vested In Us by the deed
u. II. MAGRCDFR, } -
STEPHEN EwERs, trustees
January 6. 1850 jaT-ctds
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Also n t4s bus mill DIAL y bales haeks l2 PKG skins,
80 bbs Manganese pkgs beewaE - scrap iron I22
boxes pipes lron IS kegs railroad spikes 100 bids
chairs prs rr5ai wheels 2l5 boxes alum aud sup water 81
bags pea nuts 2I hhd sc bb bone dust 90 bbh grease,
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Also % l>) 26l kegs railroad spikes, steam engue and
mil 2 p railroad wheels and machinery II bids ron 5Ttercs
hams 81 k water Isl pipes A. seed p
hhd sugar ~ bales &c bag feathers " ptss beeswax 81
hhds ground bark y hhIs broken glass 81 ETC.
pHrf. .rf
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The eauirs' s growth produce OF foreign countries
lssiei articles embraced ga ei bills Po-
'al ts 90 b, ba.,rr slst 500 bacontI61; 60, los
,o>ns tobacco $50 '' bags pepper $50; Dol. run, s6
e'.' naagaas.e e. an other. tii'3. Total ts21&
IMPORTS INTO RICHMOND. DIRE T FROM FOREIGN ports,
DURING TIE YEARS l,s, AND l,J3.
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FNpoErs LOO 10 pOcK IN lss. ~ -

aiiouto the articles above specified there received
December 81, WOOD pig scrap lron
railroad iron slaves 25E bricks s, hoop poles SOS
bb cement 10 iron andi $50 tons Ae. The addition
exports copper ore, engines 2uI
ryeed bags ba-k ami 96) empty bb The Of
ncna u.ce aeau. imports Or The year were as follow:
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Also n 1881 81 hid, tob stems IL bxs pipes, Il pkgs bees
wax naxsee hides 43 bds skins l2 bales cotton
yarns 5bb ysnese SO b5s OIL rags % DO cotton
WOOL 6s3 Hour 50 pks 81 bx bsrs, o. ties and
bb an hams hid fars p Pkgs horses, Sc bxs
suun l3 tobacco mills, etc.
The rovng arson Of the eosstEise shipments Of the
principal articles BY steamers aad packets during the ISIS
1s9 The quaint Of Flour sent iro the Dock not nclu
Odd the record DE discriminate between foreign and coast
wise shipments combine Tobacco and Stems these
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he importation Of hi. commodity ha. increased prodlg

ISIS 1871 tons 1855 ............... s59i
1857 .. 2 SIS do 1850 ............. II 23 do
receipts Of the current year WILL probably not be large
As many neghbsng ice houses have already been filed
with homemade ice"
Lz-The Lime received at RI hmOnd comes chiefly from the
New England The quantity year. 1898
that IS 1.-THE nonnercourse spirit prevalent among
people enduring the receipts from that quarter in future
will rapidly diminish enerprlng citizen has just established
kn this city and expects make 5000 bb Of
Lime per He will limestone from Boeou county.
SroCKThe table Of receipts though showing large In
the previous year. only exhibits the quantity of live
brought to Rchmondby the railroads large portion Of
the receipts We indebted Mr. W. n Newman
weighnaster annual epO which have compiled
the following table
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erease, compared wlth last year, s. sls bbIs.

Decrease, compared with last year, -, 'iS bbs
FRUour tables indicate increased receipt and export Of
dried spples peaches last This result owing
large business winter embracing Jan and Feb Of SO
receipts far Of the present winter land Of course the
por have materially short OF those for the corresponding
period The total receipts Of Dried Fruit Rich
nond year. SS6d lbs nearly 800 tons The total
receipts Apples l bbls In 1sS the railroads alone brought
1000 bbls to the city.
GUASoThe imports into the Dock last year. amounted to 2
29 The quantity the Canal last cd lending
Sept 30h ) s2O9 larger quantity than pre-
yious since the introduction OF that fertilizer.
HAr-The repeated appeals Of pocOeconomtsn respect
the production Of Hay for market have had effect
upon the Of meadow land in this State At all events the
receipts Virginia Hay have largely increased and the railroad
companies would give the business they would
doubtless continue increase The following figures will the
quantity ofbsled Hay received here las, year. audinS
ISIS 1859
by the Dock. t3T 2T92
railroads. rs 4l2l
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OIIlIIN . hFFt3-IINi AucIs ueII--ZaWFWhdtds
rNHE VALUABLE ST. CHARLES HOTEL.

rGNHE VALUABLE ST. CHARLES HOTEL,
IL At ThF CORNER OF MAIN AND WALL STREETS, IN THE
CITY OF RICHMOND FOR SALE AT AUCTION-At request
uf the owners zone o whom has removed from Ngna
offer for sale, public auction the premises MONDAY the
10th day Of January $780, at ~ o'clock NJ that valuable pro-
pery known the st. Charles HOTEL the and
Wall Streets fronting the North side Of Wall
running back on the East line Of Wall Street. iS alley
The buildings Of the substantial order h
three handsome stores fronting Main Street and six
Wall Street all occupied by permanent tenants.
The Hotel has loo light and airy sleeping rooms with
places and The handsome paror reception
and Reading rooms, and large spacious Dining Saloon with
dies Ordinary also, Bar room, Billiard ROOM and Office The
Kitchens have all necessary ovens ranges and all
complete and each story In the building
with water and every convenience adapted the
large Hotel
TEANs-One hh cash; balance at and years.
liable notes interest payable half yearly, the
credit an ntersbearng fund from day Of SALE secured by
trust deed.
The foregoing real estate admirably located being IN the
Of the CITY, equdtant between the Central and Danye dcpo
and convenient TO all the places Of business the city The pre-
sent annual rent Of the property ST. The lease the Hotel
expires Oct Is, ls6l.
del3-ctds G0DDIN & APPERsoN, Aucts
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The balance 10 favor Of Richmond above represented Is Of
course only nOmiasl we'll large quantities Of
foreign goods sold In this market which purchased In
Imported rtI New York and other Northern cities.
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h NAL AND WATER POWER IN THE TOWN Of WFID0N.
NORTH CAROLINAIn conformity With permission granted by
recent acts Of the Legislatures Of Virginia and North Carolina The
Roanoke Navigation Company will 18th day Of April $50
lathe Of Weldon proceed to sell by auction Canal and
Water and the said Weldon In
North Carolina The property consists Of miles long
bnnIng the head Of the great fails Of the
nng the foot Of the same in the town Also
fourth Of long there 4,
OF feet and around Eaon falls With these Canals viii
sold all the lands the margin Of the same belonging the
Roanoke Company with AL It's privileges and properties
tie CASTOR and Weldon, including Aqueuc Locks Mil
and other thing thereto sppertaiEng property
OF value and fcd capital and
Pile without superior In the Southern There Fall
eighty feet and the volume the Rver about
the falls Of James River Weldon the
Raleigh and with vi mington IL the OF an exceed
Railroads cOnnectng with Richmond with Norfolk
productive country. An abundance cotton grown Ia
e nghborhood supply the demands cotton
lfacuries The lower Roanoke region proyrrba
ducton Of and the for Wheat with
connected by Railroad and River navigation
Purchasers invited examine this property and Mr. Pasg
residing Weldon, vii show It desire to H. and
will exhibit map Of the same
TERMS will be onehr cash onehrd in six months
third months, with Interest deferred payments As
required by act OF the State OF n. q.
THOS MciEllEE proxy Of the State Of North Carolina
WM H. CLARKE proxy Of the state Of Virginia
WM, II. WILSON tor the Stockholders. dr29-du
~ The sale will be conducted by
WIN. P4NNILL Auct'r,
Petersburg, Va.
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receipts OF Coffee into the Dock last ra year according
official figures 57 bag' in the previous year. 40
bags The Custom House estimate Is leo ns to the bag
Coax-The crops Of Corn In the upper counties
succev brought about que change
trade Of this city much agnltudc but our
tables show receipts from the interior have diminish
Aing annually and those the tide Increasing
r.. tll,,r-r- Il nm ahstrnc of Last Xears bns-nr.s.