Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-03-03
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
MONDAY, March Q, 1858

Gold at three hundred per cent. premium to-day
There sales Saturday at 800 five cents above our quo
,iion advance therefore, today Is forty per eeH-an
event unpreceden,ed, believe In financial annals The ad
vance was caused BY the ager Misunderstanding almost
"e1emen The Of the demand cannot be easily de-
aued In have suggested some Of the
sons the advancing Of the precious metals each Of which
have had less influence In putting the price Of gold
To these be added the continued rise of premium in New
York. and the certainty that this advance has reached Its
maximum. The market here think, must have "breahng
spell and possibly relapse before further advance estab
nhed In the meantime let Congress do something to renvgO
rate the public credit
In New York, on 25th ult, gold brought 1921; Yir-
sniA skies, Tennessee North Carolina skies 6K Uni
ted States skies, lO2h.
At Messrs VIM H. Fowle Sons auction sale to-day
63 Main SreeD, manufactured tobSceO common to good
brought 4Se Ss smoking tobacco, sO7sH brown sugar.
M molASses, t7.25
At recent auction sale of foreign goods recently
imported into Charleston following prices obtained
Glue q 40 q n; Vhtewash brushel so Z dOz brad $500
eC5 n frying pans shOrthandles SIS dozen; English
American grass Ioyth tS6iS doz mems bufbrOgans q
pr la;e eOotI tllS pr eoys Kip srOsans IS 90 pr
yonsnS do aiOGisS pr; men. broEans Si IS pc meas
elastic size sOOi ESQ 9 pr .as, hid and cali elastic aide soO
leather S55ie0 doE English sole leather $500 2 NJ saKony
Weoh flannel t64 az % I'd scarlet flannel 81 S5696lG
y yJ blue tEled flannel $3.50 q yd white WEIGH aaane slI5
va grey LndeyI IS yd; mes brown cotton half hose &l
shirts tsS dOz black sewing t2i hooks eyes SI6O
e great gross linen tape sit5 doz black bone buttons ssI
dI IROe thread S259@ls NJ black drb slate and whey
brown thread tlO21 NJ linen el@brc 49,
Sisa , yd black and white mullins S25 : I'd piined do
n f per yd black and white wool IS Is I'd; printed
lawns I'll 92 80 2 yd apron checks f65 yd; printed cam
s5Si Sst s6 Ras .a y S 9Sss P5nis
"a ia idsr prints 1sIH z ydi black muslin dslane $40
aue q 5c01eO yd printed shal.ies 9? sO9ss2K I'd blk
and en- Son she - y & S S A. p yd 4S
cloth o6 yd hoop skS - 2Sgs EACH Eoghsh shrng s2I
81 5 S SACKS each Serge tss each Melbourne
sacks S650sach; note paper s2Ob2JO reAm letter p,per
.sSse sc id1@ fa5si. a st Rs adaUun SGGs
10 blue " so 2 n; beArb soda s2I0 u; blk tea s69S
pr brown soap re ~ CASTLE do, o. p NJ bua and green
envelope paper p WOnens leather shoe. tI5 pr
youth Kip bluehs 1910 mems calf Oxford ties tl Z pr
s4 S5 y ny ToS Inb White hose IA 3 do 20 merno
iash $3.50 grI do a. = doz Confederate grey tWeeds
81 SOP yd plaid cSmere a6 fancy do 1925 fancy EnElsh
So FnvsS byon sbirtiny An 10 b md Sbe lawn, Sa ~ M
alpaca A5 brown broadoOth s2 % domestic paids 81 90
The London Index, of January Sth, has a review Of
Tobacco market for the year 1852 Ts accompanying
ssI IhOW that The curtAment of the supplies particular
kinds Of tobacco ndhh prices have diverted consumption from
strips leaf and other substitutes the present time the make
scale has almost forced (s,p use altogether the
ubtueI altering the fAIhon OF the trade taste Of the
consumer" The Index says that prices arihciay high
consider only actual stock and present consumption of
American tobacco bat the continuance OF the maintain
them and there TO- perhaps enough the future ground
strong market in spite the trade opposition
consumption, such clearly SP2ar Mt We quote the
following para graph from the IndeXs article:
review Of he year would show as Us striking feAurrs he
absence Of Virginia tobacco by the blockade Of the ports
hcsncy which has been supplied the Irish Scotch by
Western leaf and even MarySn6s large and continuous
demand OF export resulting 10 considerable sales Of Western
medium Hns from Cd to l2d q n, the clearing low
quality and the continued attraction Of supplies New York
good demand for western strips, until the last three
months In which prices have beea carried Sd for
OVe-tboro parcels fair demand for Marylands which,
have come forwa too freely from Baltimore AMI the
admit OF advance IL price compared with other
tIons-a large and speculative basis In NegroeAd CSven-
dish producing its natural consequence Of
when western and Canadian mAnu ctur has
supply demand easily oFsrdone Virginia
brands and lastly general tone Of ling In the strong
In the present fact Of continuance Of the division Of Ia
nom production and manufacture considerable
tobacco In the country and nothing induce
speedy return TO such safe OF will enNbe
cultivation reason, and average supply ItIpJ
dry leaf for our home trade USE"
following table exhibits the import tobacco In the year
1.62, ct London CD and Lverpooi(B):
Virginia Western MArylAnd, Nsgrohd and Cav'h