The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-07-23
LETTER FROM PETERSBURG.
Correspondence. OF the Richmond Dispatch.
PETERSBURG, July 10, 1867.

PETERSBURG, July 10, 1867.
Perhaps tho most interesting feature
which has distinguished the market this
geek Is the pretty free arrival OF wheat.
II is coming in In numerous small lots of
from one to two hundred bushels, and is
eagerly sought after by the millers. The
highest price realized is $3.50 for white,
and $3.50 for red. The quality, with very
little exception, is oil that could be de-
sired. the weight being from 62 to 63 pounds
ner bushel. The only fault to be found is
The occasional presence of smut.
Having heard much of the California
,rbcat. / called at the counting room Of
Messrs. Keyan day or two ago to inspect
a samplc they had received, both Of wheat
and anur. Beautiful as it was, those gen.
tl.men considered it moro than equalled
hv the hes, quality Of our own growth now
coming in. The weight was sixty two,
though should think it might have been
at least a pound more when it was fresh,
As it showed some appearance of weevil.
The market is now very we'll supplied
with new flour OF the best quality, but the
nrice is still inconvenienuy high. 1t may
hear a inst relation to the price Of grain,
lint a great disproportion to the means of
the large body Of consumers. But it can
not be long before these matters will be-
come better adjusted.
The tobacco market has ruled as active
during the week as at any former time
this season. The receipts are somewhat
lighter, and though good deal Is yet be-
hind, it is believed that the bulk of the
crop Is now IN.
80 xho bot
have ceased to create as much interest as
was the case few months ago, simply
from the fact that the stock on hand Is
very light and the receipts almost nothing.
The advices within a day or two, however,
indicate slight advance abroad, with
better feeling. .
Taking it altogether it can hardly be
doubted that this will, under Providence,
prove to DO the most fruitful season we
have had for long years. The crop of
wheat is now being garnered, and every
body is rcjoiced at the yield. Oats are
better than usual. OF the corn and cot
ton we can only speak prospectively, but
yet with good degree of confidence.
They have both suffered, it is true, from
superabundancc Of rain, and portion of
each may have been given up to the grass.
But July has been all that any farmer
could reasonably desire. There has been
no burning heat or continued drought
features by which the month is usually
marked, and which render it altogether the
most critical in the whole year. AS far as
human Judgment can now foresee, it is
hardlyt to be expected that any crop will
suffer before August; and corn is always
considered safe when it reaches that pc
Rod in promising condition.
In all our distresses therefore-and they
arc certainly neither few nor light-we
have cause for profound gratitude to the
Lord of the Seasons and the Harvest.
S.
Postscript.-The receipts of cotton du-
ring this week have been forty-three bales,
and the aggregate since tho lst of last Oc-
tobcr 1880 bales.
Receipts Of tobacco this week 256 hogs
heads, and total receipts since lst of &C.
tober G,209 hogsheads.