The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-09-25
LETTERS FROM PETE URG.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.
PETERSBURG, September %, 1866

PETERSBURG, September ", 1900
A good deal Of activity has prcvai,ra -,
the business transactions Of the city "" n.,s
the week which has just Sioseu. -
wholesale dealers have very hea,. sn 49,
on hand, which they are disposeu " p".
in rood hands on very advantageous .e1n ln
II il believed that the trade can gel a.,
their fall supplies In TINS ' ,sha,acr Of dry
prices as In any o'"e''
goods or groceries. ,.rra hrs;ness
a. ~ cotton. The sales amount to nearly
400 bales at prices ranging from soc: to
asc-mostly at size. to &c., the market
S.m AZ ssc. for prime lots. The accounts
Frnm the South represent the crop as much
;n;n-ed from an excess Of rain; and late
wy;,crs after the most careful inquiry, esti-
mate the product at not more than ,3oo,-
600 bales. The arrivals of the new crop
have been only few bales, but next week
a considerable addition may be looked Tor.
The breaks Of tobacco during the week
have not been nearly as large as for seve-
raj weeks preceding, and the market is
without material change in prices; If any
thing, it is rather duller. Some descrip-
tons of manufacturing are in fair demand,
and prices are still good, bat much below
what they were in June last. Sales during
the week of bright manufacturing sorts at
s14 to s23; and coal cured, in boxes, from
a24 up to S99. Dark tobacco Of good to
pretty fine quality is selling at sl4 to sls
unsound leaf, S4.50 to $40: sales mostly OF
$3.50 to $40. Inspections during the week,
1871 hogsheads, and the stock in the ware.
houses for future inspection very much
reduced. Receipts fair, considering the
lateness Of the season.
The market is firm and active Tor Wnea'
at IS TO $50 for white, and $40 for red'
for grinding; and 1926 to $3.50 Tor "hlte,
and AZ for red for seeding. There is much
demand for seed.
Corn, sl.l5 to 81. 20, with fair demand.
The market for bacon is firm. Virginia
hog round, l9c. to 20c. hams and sides,
2lc. to22c.; western shoulders, lsc. to &c.,,
and sides, 2lc. m
Fertilizers unchanged in price. The
supply of Peruvian guano is very good at
S02.50 to s95 per ton; soluble Paclilc
guano, SO per ton.
Since first of August the Government
tax of three cents per pound has been PAID
on 1895 pounds OF cotton in this city,
aggregating $500. The stock on hand up
to that date was nearly all entered at the
previous tax of two cents per pound.
The gross receipts of the internal reve-
nue. department of Petersburg from the
time of the evacuation Of the city to the
LIST of September, from all sources, amount
to 1920, O51 Ola pretty heavy drain on the
limited capital of the city.
The Hastings Court, whicl,-was in ses-
sion yesterday and the day before, passed
on a large number of civil and criminal
cases. Among the latter, several parties
have been sent on to the Circuit Court for
trial; and some five or six, all colored,
were sentenced to imprisonment for various
terms in the city Jail, and to from five to
fifteen lashes-all for petit larceny. Anew
days ago five prisoners, all of bad charac-
ter, made their escape from the Jail, neither
OF whom has yet been captured.
SNowDEN.