The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-10-29
psrsRsRURa, October rs, 1868.

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PETERSBURG, October 2S, 1868.
The most encouraging feature in the nal
ket is the fine price which cotton continue
to bear and the heavy weekly arrlvai'
The Immediate effect is to relieve the piah'
ers from embarrassment by enaonng III.
to pay their commission merchants, an
consequence, the commission fhet
who have heretofore made consioeIaoic AZ
yances 10 planters. The proceeds VI Wv
;pcoro;nr cron is. learn, doing grea. ue"
in .b;si NOV our merchants are no" NOR
~ easn than they have been, and the trace
Tar 800 satisfactory than 1t was tWeiV'
-,oo.hs oco Unfortunately, there were
tnm IL" we're not able TO bear up unde'
II" circumstances. If they could have
III an iii now relief would doubtless
havs come: for il has been more the ms
for,nnc of planters than from want o.
s5eii.v to their engagements that they have
no, sooner reduced the balance s'anolht
Business is in more healthy condition
this fall in another aspect. Last year ,h'
cotton market was dull and continually De
clininp. Since the present crop has oeSn
coming in il has showed no sign OF weak
ness. and the fluctuations in price nave
been no greater than ut other seasons.
our political prospects were bright, there
ILL he doubt. under the blessing
NJ Heaven, that the country would soon en-
;ov time of comparative prosperity.
Il is much to be regretted that the tobacco
trade is in such languid condition. The
manufacturing business has always been
one of our leading industries; and SO many
people are either directly or Indirectly de-
nendent upon it that it affects in manner
the interests Of 8 whole community. AT
the Exchange there is nc animation, and
except for few grades prices have been
gradually going down week by week
Though this years crop is believed to be
decidedly better both in quantity and qua
lily than that Of last year, it is hardly pos
sibe that it will bring as much money
Snch is the effect Of burdening one Of the
most valuable branches Of southern indus
try with excessive restrictions.
In regard to wheat, the arrivals are fair,
with but little change to note in prices.
We think, however, that it would be more
difficult to realize our quotations than 1t
was week ago. Nevertheless, prime sam
pies are always IN request.
Corn is firm, and the demand active. The
stock Of old is running low, but the new is
coming in to take its place, though not yet
sufficiently dry for general consumption.
In -four moderate business is doing,
with no material change in quotations.
Ground peas are beginning to come in
under the influence of high prices, but they
are not yet sufficiently cured. In this con-
dition somebody must be the loser. The
merchant who understands the nature OF
the nut will not purchase largely lest II
should spoil on his hands and the grower
is liable to sell at sacrifice. The quantity
of ground peas raised in the lower counties
of Virginia this year far exceeds any pre-
vious crop, and is indeed almost incredi-
bic. In Surry alone it cannot be less than
several hundred thousand bushels-some
persons estimate a million. One planter
has hundred and fifty acres in cultiVa.
ton, others ranging from twenty to seventy
five. The product such season as this
may be safely estimated at fifty bushels tc
the acre.
We give the following quotations:
Tobacco The offerings are 50 light as to
render quotations but little more than nomi
nal. Primirgs, So to $3.50; Jugs, S6.50 tt
Sill; dark leaf, 50 to SIS; bright leaf, SIS
to $25.
Cotton.-Choice selections, 23la to 1890
Whsat.-Prime white, $3.50 to $3.50
prime red, $3.50 to S2.35.
Flour.-Fine, So to $3.50 superfne
gil to 81 so extra, So to $3.50 family
$i4 to $l4.50.
Coru.-White, 81 .35 mixed, $l.33; vel.
low, 81 .33 new, 81.
BdC0n.-Virginia hog-round, 81 to &c.
shoulders, l6 to l7c.; sides, Il to 22c.
hams, % to 24c. western shoulders, l5la tt
Ice. sides, l71s to 1885,. sugar-cured hams
20 to 22c.
Fish.-North Carolina clipped herrings
$1,000 to $ll; gross, $3.50 to 80 !; roe, 81
to $1,000 roe, in half barrels, S. to Sc
mess shad, sl2 to sl4; eastern gross, 1925
trimmed, $3.50; Labrador, S6.75.
Batter.-Good country, IS to 4Oc. com
mon, 80 to $780,. Goshen, IS to SOC.
Rye.-$1.45 to sl.47.
Navy BeanS.-S3.
PeaS.-Stock, $3.50; black-eye, $1.75.
Ground PeaS.-$2.50.
FlarSeed.-$2.40.
OQtS.-55 to Coo.
Meal.-$1.35.
Fruit.-Green apples, $3.50 to So; drie'
apples, to &C.. peaches, IA to &c.,; Der
ries, s to l0c.
PotatoeS.-Irish, $3.50 per barrel; sweet
$3.50.
Chestnuts, in demand at 81 to Sc.
The Sons Of Temperance are In sess1 y,
this afternoon at Temperance Hail. Io
morrow night the Rev. A. -E. Dickinson, y
w. P, the Rev. William Z. Hatcher, OF TIL
city, and others, will deliver addresses
the meeting to be held at the First baptis
church..
A poor wreck of man by the name {
Richard Gillespie, lately discharged from tn
hospital at Fort Delaware, and destitute {
means, was in this city yesterday. He wa
anxious to get home to Charleston, wher
he had some relatives during the wal
Several citizens, sympathizing with hi
sufferings, furnished him with the mean
to take him home and this morning til
poor fellow went on his way rejoicing.
S.
Execution of n Murderer.