Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-05-08

The startling events % the past month checked
Business almost entire y. The fall of Richmond
aud the surrend der Of Lee and bis amy led - the
be fthat large stock Of rginia Leaf suppose
u exit In that State would create revolution in
trade and prices which, however soon vas mod i
fed by the news that. with the exception OF abOnt
5 900 hhdS mostly owned b. the French and Aus
triau Governments, snd some fore On merchants,
an the stocks IN Petersburg and Isl hmOnd, he
tween 900 to 1900 hhdH., had been destroyed
by the Confederate. Strange as 10 may seem, all
though access TO these places u open 10 is eX-
treme difficult % obtain reliable data Of what
stocks remain in other sect Ons of that State -
No doubt some accession % our stock viii be got
out fiOm there, but what quantity and Of what
quality aud cOnditiOl ne defer TO estimate till We
shall get mOie positive information. The as
sassination OF President Lincoln, throwing a
gloom over the Whole county, was followed by
an almost total 81 pension Of BUSINESS fer
nearly two weeks The amount Of busine du-
ring last month in Consequence GET the sa es
being under 900 hhds. OF which about 500 hhds
were taken for consumption. Prices have varied
but little the opening Of Virginia produced no
,oncessiOns, and since IL Is supposed that the
QUANTITY left there is much Lighter than autcipa-
led holders have assumed hrmer stand, expect
ing even higher rates, a. the new crop moves but
sloWl Is on here. Arrivals last month . 80 hhds,
Of which barely One-t, ufth Of the new crop. The
quality lhe new crop as far as We can judge by
0ur limi ted supplies, Is again very much Mixed
The light sorts show very little unanimty Of color
ana leaf of Cllrksyille and estern District
some very handsome samples have been shown,
but generally they are in rather soft condition and
acking the more essential quality OF gum. We
retain our last monthly gold qu,tat ons un-
changed Lugs 1 2i6 i-2c.; Common Leaf . 3-4a
Sc. Medium leaf 7al0c., Good leaf LEA &c..
Fine leaf llal6c, Selections l4a2O cents
Manufactured Tobacco was inactive till toward the
end Of the month. Government sales attracted a
number OF Out-Of town buyers, causing more live
IN state. Some 100 packages Of different grades,
including some bright sort tor the Calf rnia market
were sold but prices are anything than satisfactory
being in most instances less than the present cost
Of production About 100 packages Virginia
were disposed Of AZ public Nendue for government
account The laIge attendance Of the trade az
these sales caused a mOr5 ,Pirited bidding and
higher prices than was expected, IS the condition
Of most Of the parcels was in very bad order. The
average prices Of the first sale were about lSc per
h.. and at the second 25c per ID. Our manu- actu.
rers much complain Of the unfaiTness Of these sales
free Of tax, interfering very injuriOnsly with their
heavily taxed stocks. The demand for bonded goods
has been restricted TO a few small orders. equote
tax paid goods at 4Oa45e for common IS S. los and
Ia lbs 4Sa52 lie for medium do; 55A65c for good
and tine do as SOC for common lbs and navy lbs;
so . Cos for medium do; 90 l-2a7Oc for good and
q ne do bright lbs and IL lbs 75c.asl In bond,
pr ces nominal; black work, 25a4Oc bright work,
4Oa7Oc. Monthly statement OF Manufactured To-
baccO Bonded Warehouses Receipts for April, ~
pkgs.; deliveries 1887 pkgs., OF which s27 pkgs.
WerJ for export