The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-10-08


= Dusanss ~ been very activs during the
'pass week, md our city has been greeted
byssA incFeased number OF country mer-
chants. Wtlhin . few days dry eoods have
adxanssd materially -prints, brown soeet-
iugs, end shirtings beisg from one 70 two
,csais higher, With the prospect Of = snl
faysAcr sdvanee. Every other branch o.
tradc has also been unusually brisk.
In tho early part Of the week the westher
waa yery urjavorable for outdoor work,
md there were bat few transactions In
cotton. BUYERS being rather indisposcd to
opcratc, notwithstanding the advance in
New York. On Wednesday the number
OF bales offered was quite liberal, and sales
were freely made at S5h 63S1 lc.-ths lat
ter for prime. On Thursday sales were
made at 3seSs1 &C., though the New York
market had given away about ono cent.
Per pound. Early on Friday sales we're ef-
lected at Sc. for prime, but later in the
day, owing 10 . reported decline Of two
cents in New York, the market was less
active, closing Ut 36e37c. for strictly prime,
with declining tendency. -. 10 81
The receipts Of cotton have. been fair,
mostly OF the new crop. II is TO be re-
GREETED, however, that neither the picking
Of. ginning has been skillfully done. The
staple Of the new does not come up to the
standard Of the old. An inferior article
Is now sold only with difficulty, while prime
II disposed Of readily. 1t Is to be hoped
. that by the next season at farthest the i'm
proved gins will be brought into general
use, and every effort made to raise the
quality 70 the highest standard. P
The estimate now generally accepted Of
!. the cotton crop Of North Carolina and Vir-
ginia--those parts trading with this city
is that il will be one-third less than an ave.
rage. II suffered very much, at q critical
. period, Rom the continued drought.
On Tuesday the Merchants Exchange
Was opened, and the sales of tobacco have
taken place there since that date, instead
of at the warehouses as heretofore. Prices
of unsOund descriptions continue low, but
vet with some improvement. Lugs have
been selling at S3 to $6; good to fair ship
ping, $l3 to SlS; good to very choice sun
cured, $3.50 to $50. Some little new is
coming in in loose parcels, and sells very
low. If planters hurry in their tobacco it
will yield them very little; 1t will be much
better for them to keep it back long
enough to enable them to put it through
the best management. ...........
The estimate Of the tobacco crop Of Vir-
ginia and North Carolina the present sea-
son is AZ, 900 hogsheads.
No reliable quotations can be given OF
wheat, though the market is firm. Seed
wheat is in great demand at from $3.50 to
a for white, and IS to 1926 for red.
City family -four is worth Sl7 to $l8
city extra, sl4.50 10 SI5; country is mac
tive aud at irregular prices, low grades be-
ing hard to sell.
Corn is ruling at sl.2O per bushel of
fifty-si pounds.
An adjourned meeting Of the friends OF
the late Timothy Rives was held to-day.
The Committee on Subscriptions reported
that upwards of $500 had been subscribed
for the proposed monument, the full cost
ofwbich, with the necessary enclosure, is
estimated at about S400. A committee OF
fite was appointed to select q plan for the
monument, and to contract for its erection {;
and Messrs. George w. Boiling and Thomas
H. Daniel wore appointed a committee to
prepare q suitable inscription.
y SNOwDEN.