The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-01-22
CORRESPONDENCE Of the Richmond Dispatch.
ppTrKsgrRu january q, 1865.


A rtar . torper of nearly three weeks dura-
uon. business has recovered Its ACTIVITY the
.,ree,s are once more thronged with Vehisies
Prom the country the trains bring IN iuli
freichts. aud the merchants move win
.,,critv What stimulus trade imparts 10
people, Il acts like magic wand, every one
acknowledging its influence who goes out 70
the work Of the day with the expectation o.
adding 10 the balance already standing 10 Ms
credit on the ledger.
The POTION arriving on the Southern road
during the last few days Is considerable, snow
ING no falling of compared with the receipts
q few weeks ago. have not been able to gel
the exact number OF bales for time extend
Inc IS far back as is desirable but rs soon ~
& can he had the readers of the Dispatch shall
be presented with n coup I'd 9u Of the trade OF
Petersburg in this prime staple. The price Oh
Friday WAS fully maintained at forty-se'eH
cents, and some sold rs high rs ior'y .So,oA
and ! half. On Saturdays the TRANSACTIONS a.
generally light, for the reason thas i"i nv
and country merchants wish 10 ee' ho0 ~
the end of tho week But on yesterday '
market su f,ercd no decline, though the Huio-
mean a6vic,s were unfayorable. Holders mani
fest no lack Of confidence, and the prices mere
approximate so closely those in New YORK rs
There is good deal of cotton brought 70
market from the neighborins counties, and
even from North Carolina, by the planters
themselves, with their own teams. II is from
localities not convenient 10 railroads. Taking
n tine when work is not pressing, II costs ou'
little more than the wages OF the teamsters; ana
,,c family srppltrs are carried back in like
manner The vehicles are frequently very rude
and primitive in their construction. An extern
porized cart, contrived to hold single bale,
and drawn by one horse-sometlmes pony,
who stands in the shafts as if conscious OF some
dignity--is quite common l have several
times seen 4 wealthy planter from an ADJACENT
county bringing his bales in this sort OF con
yeyance, himself being one of the drivers. 1t
is proper TO add, however, that he has done
this only since the war.
In tobacco the market has not been so active
The receipts are pretty fair, but the sales
during the week have been inconsderabie.
Wheat is almost nominal, the receipts being
very light and millers not caring TO work OF
such inadequate supplies.
Pork and beef, brought in BY railroad, ano
consigned 10 the commission merchants, are
both abundant-the former selling at fifteen
cents, and the latter at ten TO twelve cents by
the quarter.
We We're yesterday honored with company
OF distinguished visitors. The delegation from
Canada and the other British Provinces, 10
the Washington Government, for the adjust
ment of the Reciprocity treaty, arrived in the
morning, and took lodgings at the Boiling
brook Hotel. They spent the day in visiting
the places Of prominent interest on the lines.
Late on Friday night soldier belonging &c
the Twelfth United States regulars was killed
by negro named John Weeks, who shot hin
in the neck with a pistol
Since the recent change Of troops, disturb
ances have been more frequent, and greater
number OF outrages have been committed than
at any former time since the war tits becom
Ing now quite unsafe for peaceable citizens &c
be out al q late hour. SEowDRS.