Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-08-23
CITY and STATE NEWS.
Commercial.

CITY AND STATE NEWS.
Commercial.
Eurr2h.-Tlis article continues In active demand, both
for the home trade and for shipments to markets South
Cool and primo country readily command from 2o:o 80
cents per pound. Inferior from Is to 90 cents. These prices
should bling n good deal To market.
CoES.-Thr receipts have been very liberal, and price.
have declined, 6106Oc. per bushcl being the ruling rates
Th" p-c."n, crop Is the largest ever raised In the Southern
States, aud in this State It surpssscs any thing ever before
known. Much OF The large surplus will doubtless be USED
In fattening pork and beef, and. by Its assistance, We WIN,
to a very great extent, he independent Of supplies from '!r
Northwest, now cut of by non-lutercaurse. The stock Of
live hogs Is not so large as We would desire; yet by iced
Ing them rIen:iuIly, their weight can he greatly Increased,
md the deficiency In numbers will bu compensated by
their size. A moderate size shoat, taken new and wen
fed, vii! make very respectable pork by the last Of the
winter, and We know OF no better disposition IN maze o.
the abundant crop now maturing.
LEATHER Is In active demand, ana while The receipts "
country tanned are liberal, 1t meets with ready sale. We
quote rough sklrting III S1aiGc. per ID; ohk sole !eatnel
40ai5c. per b.; harness 45a5Dc.: bride leather 410aSo.Vu'
russell and upper 4.U0sf5.OO sheep skins, barker laheu'
CorrEEi is growing scarce every day and prices hass an
advancing tendency. Sales are made 10 a retail way nj
BAcos.-Them market Is firm at 10 cents hog round; eoaal
cents for sides, and a2a23c. for hams.
erGAH.-Wr have no change TO note In the market ioi
Sugar; the stock Is very light and prices hrm. We quo'e
New Orleans &C.; ReAned llal5c.
ToBAcco.-The market Is quite active for all grauts ms
week, and prices are very nrm for the better descriptions OF
good and fine shipping. We quote Jugs 2E TO "a goou
Tugs SiA to 400; common leaf AZ to 5E; medium o.! -
81; good and Gne N to 1921; fancy tobacco al !. 10 10;
WlSAT-There have been several sales this week, anu
our mills are now in operation. Prices have aaFaheeu
to Doc. for red, and !ooc. for white. We hear Oh a ! y
n parce Ell Of prlae white at l02Ec.
SOUTHERN LITERARY MEssEEGER.-We were
not able until yesterday to pcruse the Au-
gust number of this monthly, which we
found very interesting and fully maintain
ing its reputation as one OF the best periodI-
calls Of the country.
The following are the contents
/. Conrad Clifford; or, the Treacherous
Gucsls-an Interesting story. BY Mrs. ". 5.
Whitaker, concluded in this number.
.. Alice Dawson, n summer story, in verse.
The scene of which is laid in our " noun
tain region, and for which VIC have only room
for two verses:
In a landscape soft and mellow,
slipping from the uplHnts down,
On a bank OF golden yellow
Stood the old house painted brown.
This vas Alice DaEson's dwelling,
Sheltered on the greenwood side,
Where the Blue Ridge, grandly sSeling
Shades the shtnaioah's tide.
8. The African Stare Trade, an able and sug.
g~estive article, in which the present conflict
now going on between the two sections is "cll
and ubly treated.
/. Amabcl Day; the Song Of the Ancient
| Bachelor Knight. By Mary J.. UpslIur.
5. Historical Landmarks in lower Virginia: a
subject fruitful Of interest at any Time, but
particular interesting now, when scenes arc
Transporting on the soil Of the old mother State
destined to exerta mighty influence on the
whole civilized world, and which promise to
make Virginia the heroic, as Il is now the
CLASSIC, land Of cur country. In this article
sketches arc given Of that pcrticn Of the State
now occupied by the Yankee and Confederate
armies.
G. The Battle ETc: From the graceful pen
of the talented Susan Archer Talley, Of which
we cannot better evince our appreciation than
by transferring it to our columns
THE BATTLE EVE.
see the broad, red setting sun
Sink slowly down the sky;
SEQ, amid the ~cloud.built tents,
His blood. red standard ry;
And nOurnfuly The pallid Moon,
Looks from her place on high.
Oh, setting sun, awhile delay
Linger on sen and shore;
For lhousand eyes now sszs on thee
That shall not see thee bore;
Alhousnndh hearts beat proudly noy
Whose race, like thine, Is Ger.
Oh, rho.tly moon! thy pallii ray
On paer brows shalllie;
On many u torn md bleeding breast,
On many 4 glazing eye;
And ~brcaElnE hearts sR ali live to mourn,
For whom twere bliss TO die.
{. Exile and Empire; by W. NJ. Burwell.
s. A Monologne on the Sea Breeze; by Mrs.
T. A. Dickins.
Q. The Literary Character Of DR.. Samuel
Johnson; by D. Whittaker-a well written and
discriminating criticism, which will be read
with pleasure By the admirers Of the great Au
tocrat Of Letters. who eXcelled in 50 many
branches Of literatere.
10. Jackson, the Alexandria Martyr; By W.
II. Holcombe.
II. Australia in 1889; by E. 9. Read.
II. The Great Fast Day in the South
June IS.
10. Editors Table, containing the Battle Of
Manassas. My Hcrbarium, leaf No. 2; by Mary
j. Upshur. Manassas. o1st July, 1861; by Mrs.
NJ. S. Whitaker. Letter from Tcnclla Com
monplaces; The Burning Of Hampton; The
Messenger and its Editor.
MILITARY BUrToas.-We have bel"re us
specimens Of North Carolina buttons made by
| Messrs. T. NJ. Lewis & Co., at Charles II.
Langley's tin store, on 18th street, between
Main and Cary. Messrs. Lewis 4 Co., will
also soon lie ready to furnish Virginia buttons,
Z" rs good and as neat as can be made South"
SrMMERDEAN WuISKEy.-The lovers Of good
old Rye are referred to the pyramid of barrels
in another column Of this paper.
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