The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-04-30
PETERsBURa LETTEs.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.

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Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispa''n. ~
MarEetts Remarks and Q.lotations-I DIS
sessions and Blo,rs among tae s;1 Ho 1a,l1ss
Family. a., 5. - -.--.--sti9g 4 als >
PrrEsssuHe, gApri12 1868.
uh;a .hs General business Of, the city has
been aomawhat .languid, yet in the Lending
Articles Of produce there is perhaps IN
cre Msna the receipts Of tobacco are improv-
.ha snnnly of the better descriptions is
lns, sbort Of the demand. There is any
n rlu Of the low grades, but the season
~ the wear is now at hand when mahufac-
turers are DESTROYS Of working up q better
article, suitable for their choice brands. 1t
would, therefore, be advisable, we think,
for planters, to lose no time in striking down
their crops which have been hanging in
the barns all winter. During the humid,
sultry weather of spring it becomes much
more liable to mould, which is extremely
injurious to the quality, and. the effects OF
which no subsequent treatment can over
come. The prospect for high prices was
never more fattering. ~
While on the subject Of tobacco, we would
advert to custom in favor of which no good
argument can be urged, and which is well
calculated to lead to deceitful conclusions.
We refer to what is termed. "reinspection."
The effect is that every reinspected hogs
head counts twice in making up the aggre-
gate report of Inspections, thus showing
the crop to be greater by that much than
itreally is. There is reason to believe that
estimates made up after this manner some
times exceed, the actual crop by several
thousand hogsheads. The operation is this !:
We. will, suppose that in the neighboring
markets Of Richmond; Petersburg, and
Lynchburg, certain grades are for time
more in demand ct one place than at the
others. An immediate shipment is made
from the warehouses of one or the other
city to meet it. Being "reinspected Or
inspected in both markets such tobacco is
entered into the official returns from both
places. - srrsL
1t is understood that planters are be-
coming more inclined to the mode of coal
curing than sun-curing their crops. There
is this advantage in the former mode, that
the leaf, taken at a certain stage, can be
cured exactly according to the fancy of the
planter. 1t is sought after for wrappers,
and to an increasing extent for filters also !;
but it has bitter, acrid taste, very,unpala-
table to many chewers. On the contrary,
the gun-cured, when Tskilfully managed,
retains its sweetness and fine aroma, and
to refined and cultivated taste is altogether
preferable. But, from time. immemorial,
both. planters and manufacturers have in
dulged in tickle fancies, according to the
j n q Il. - ILL., ami +.
The cotton market has been very hrm
since our last report. 1t may be q shade
easier to-day, but not quotably lower. Inc
receipts are very light, and the stock on
hand is lower than it was ever known TO De
either in peace or war times. All told, IL
does not exceed 800 bales, for though the
aggregate receipts up to this time exceed
those of last year by one or two thousand
bales. vet the sales have been much closer,
in order to meet the pressing demands OF
planters. As late as the LIST of July last
wear the stock in market was upwards OF
5000 bales.
Within the last ten days or two weeks
corn has advanced from eight to ten cents
per bushel. There is an unusual scarcity
in the market, while the demand from North
Carolina is daily increasing. 1t is selling
readily ut our quotations, and many holders
are asking still farther advance.
In submitting the annexed list of quota
tons we would observe that in some cases
rather higher figures might be given, but 1T
is deemed best to state the fair ruling OF
the market: ------.---
Cotton.-Ordinary. 81 to CSC. middling, 20 to
aOc. ; choicelelecti9ns, 81 to s2c: Co o, ., = co
yeilo%. ine, 50 to $40. LeafosIor common
to SO good, $40 to Sis; working bright, Sl' TO
fancy rSad SO yt 5q to 81 nep sso to @ Ship
pirig-Common, SIS to S6 medium, " TO SO; good,
slO to ST. leaf medium, SIS TO $50; good $40
OFioar.-Fne, sll to sll, 50; !superine, $ls to
$3.50 extra Sl4 to 81. SO family SIS to $3.50:
So M Is To- g. s. ordinary, ' ST. 50 tosa
CSrnWhte $l2e to g, s 81 mixed add si r. do To-
Bacon.-virginia hog-round, l7s to lsc. shoul,
ders 5c sides II to se hams ans y to ,1 13c
sasaercur saH Sams 20 TO e &c &c
refined in tubs 10 ct to s9 SCc common as to
FiSH.~Sorth Carolina clipped behring's, IS t.
49, gross, $3.50 to 81; roe, $3.50 to SS roe IL
half barrels, So. so to So.
9ats-5ee; Quill Rgf ccf l,sas 80 to s2.2s
seed S2.25: CIouer seed, SO. 50.f
'' Fruu.-Green apples 81; dried apples S to SIC.
dr PoR essneif to sl5o; sweet
The action of the Radical Convention al
Suffolk yesterday has produced the most
embittered feelings among some of the aspi'
rants to congressional honors. Up to the
very last moment-to the casting of the very
last ballot-Platte believed that Burke, witt
his friends, was going to support him. Re-
peated pledges had been given to this effect
4 When the balloting was over, and the choice
had fallen on Chandler, Platte denounced
/ both Burke and keenan, to their faces il
the strongest language at his command anc
this morning just before leaving Suffolk hi
denounced Burke again in terms of the
greatest opprobrium, when Burke told hin
i he would give him any satisfaction he want
ed. Platte then took off his coat and pun
melled him severely until they were
separated. Franklin Wood also denounced
him, charging him with being traitor t
his party and as having sold this end o.
the line for o consideration. Reports art
current that Burke is to receive S., 900 fol
casting his influence in favor of Chandler
Other reports say that he. is to be rewarded
by the best office in the district-that O
collector Of the. revenue. The tide il
already setting strongly against Burke, ant
even the negroes are representing him witt
treachery. n! ta7. 77ss,s-ts ~ ,,aIrs.t 80
These statements are all derived from
Republican sources, as was the one in my
letter of yesterday in. regard to Genera
Brown, which is still credited by the les
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