The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-05-04

THuRsnAY. Nav q ls66

can well be. Money is very scarce. Build
ing is nevertheless going on, and our citi-
zens arc living, and laboring, and econo-
missing, in the hope Of the better days
which they see ahead, with the eye of
faith, helped out by modicum of reason.
They will richly deserve any degree of
thrift that those days may bring with them.
The intelligence from the country is a
little more cheerful as to the wheat crop /;
but the best that is said Of IT leaves it a
very poor one. Speaking of the wheat
crop reminds us of the rebuilding of the
Gallcgo Mills, which were burned on the
fatal Sd of April. The proprietors, Messrs.
Warwick & Barksdale, are reconstruct
ing" them in an improved style, and when
finished they will surpass the old mills in
every respect, as well built and extensive
as they were. They will not, however, be
finished for operations the present year.
COLD in this market to-day is l25@l26
buying, and 12S selling price. Silver,
llS@l20 buying, and 1872 selling.
Srocks.-Virginia Registered, A; Yir-
GINA Coupons, 60 Richmond City, ~ !;
Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, 65; Rich
mond and Danville Railroad, 65; Virginia
Central Railroad, 60 ; North Carolina State,
1884.
There is no exchange of consequence in
our quotations. Market dull in all de-
partments.
At the New York Gold Board yesterday
the rates of Wednesday were well MAIN
tanned. The market varied little during the
day and closed at l277s.
On Tuesday the rates Of interest on
money showed the same easy condition
which has characterized the market for
some time. Heavy sums were offered on
Government collaterals at 3 per cent. for
thirty, sixty, and even ninety days, with
out finding employment. 1t was freely of
fered to stock exchange houses at 3@4 per
cent. on first-class collaterals. Prime dis
count at 515G6R. Government stocks
were steady, and sterling exchange adj
vanccd to 100 4@lO915. Produce and mer-
chandiSe were unsettled.
Some inanciers anticipate troubles
ahead, and spectators are looking to gold,
for the time, as the most certain hence the
small advantage the bills have gained.
Sales of S., 900 Virginia G's in New York
Tuesday at s67.75.
Thus far in the current fiscal year the
National Treasury receipts from internal
revenue have been 1868 $3.50 ,309 or monthly
average of S26,336, 900, which would make
the whole gears income eq,tal to three hVn-
dred and sixteen million dollars.
COTTON MARKET.
On March l6, middling cotton was quo
ted in the Liverpool market at 1s1sd.
equal to q I'd. in New Orleans. At the
latest dates, April 22d, it stood at I415d.
decline of 4d. This, it is estimated, has
entailed loss Of S30, 900, 900 upon the hold
ers of cotton in Great Britain. This re-
ductiOn in the value of cotton diminiShes
very much the amount of gold to be sent
away by her to pay for cotton. Upon her
consumption in the year it is estimated
that she will save about $l50,000,000. So
great decline will most probably occasion
some failures.
AMERICAN SECURITIES IN LONDON.
The following were the closing prices OF
American securities at London on the goth
yntg4 States $50 years @2 Per cent ,f f9
Central, Sluo shares, all paid, 10 per cent. s0dsos
Panama Railroad, I'd mortgage, 1872, per cent,
l"OEllU2.
Dry GooDs.-The following is the list OF
quotations from the Dry Goods Exchange,
40 and 81 Park Place, New York, on Tues
day:
JoJJers' PriccS.-Brown Snectngs-Atsntic A,
poe Bleachcd Observation-Disclosures, 423c.; Andres
coggn, S5c. Blackstone, 27lc Prints-Merrimac
M zoe c D. vac Nam
vile ljC. nghamS-Glasgow, 23c. ; Hartford,
2llc. TickS--Amoskeag A, SOC Amoskcag B, Sc.
BraiIcy's duplex Elliptic and Empress Trail,
prices Unchanged s. r. Il A. T. Meyers's mi,
80 to e 50 SOC @SGp
SONS French Woven BE, $l2G!l3, gold Thomp-
sons French Woven &C, rll.5o@$l2 so, gold.
Hat TRADE.-Auction sale at Prenticc's,
Brooklyn, on Tuesday:
Wool hats, mems plain, IS to $ll.?5: fancy
boys plain, So IS to IS 50 chldrens 80 % to 80
Cashmere hats, mems plain, SIS to s22 SO fancy
aud dove, $50 to $40. The sales all per dozen
by the case terms, net cash withinseven days.
NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET.-April 1st {:
The market for beef cattle was frmer at
the opening, and prices advanced 1ac.@
&c. per pound, but closed dull, with the
advance lost. Prices varied from l2c. to
lie. @1Sc.; the latter an extreme rate, and
the average about l5c. All the cattle
were sold. Mich cows were dull and
irregular. Prices varied from $50 to S95.
Veals were irregular, varying all the way
from sc. to 12c. Sheep and lambs were
active at from 81 to $40. Hogs were active
at lOc. to lO3sc. The total receipts were
$500 beeyes, 81 cows, 2,l7S veals, 1866
sheep and lambs, 5000 hogs.
ALCoHoL.-s5@$5.2 Is q gallon.
BAcoS.-Sides, lsi9l7c. hams, new, 22@2sc. /;
old, 2O@2lc. shoulders, old, hlGl5c. /; new, log
l7c Virginia hog round, l7@lsc.
BurrER.-Fair to prime, 45Q55c. U h. In market,
pound rolls, retail, 75c.
SDY.-French $lo0Sl3 apple, sS. so Phila-
delphia, S2.4OGS2.B.
BREswAx In fair demand at s6c. u h.
CoRS.-95c. @Sl. Very little in the market
Corn MRAL-Bolted, at 81 unbolted country.