The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-07-09
PETERSBURG, July s, 1868.

PETERSBURG, July o, 1000
Bps;ncss is still in depressed condition,
and the receipts of produce very limited.
Until the wheat crop shall begin to come IN
freely there cannot be much ANIMATION III
our market. 49,,
or tobacco the receipts are lighter than
were ever before known ut this season Vi
the wear. Instead Of increasing, as every
BODY expected, they have been falling OH:
Il is no exaggeration to say that any one Oh
opr leading houses in the tobacco trade lot
rnerlv received more than is now coming 10
all the commission houses in the CITY. Inc
Inference il that the crop is nearly ex-
baustcd Moreover, the prices have, within
a week nast. rcccded from fifty cents to a
dollar per hundred on most grades. AS
mentioned in one Of our letters q few days
ago. several of the tobacco factories have
suspended operations for the present, await
ing the result of pending legislation on the
tax bill.
The receipts of wheat ore gradually in
creas;nc, and it seems now to be generally
conceded that the crop IS tar ONE oo'h
in quantity and quality; the best, lndeed'
that we have had for years. IL also COMES
to market in good order, very little being
damp or otherwise unmerchantaole: Inc
market is unsettled, but enough IL known
to render it certain that the opening prices
of the season cannot be sustained. near
Of sales of 800 bushels by one house to-day
at from s2.40 for ordinary to $3.50 for
prime white. Nevertheless, we would urge
farmers to deliver their crop as early IN the
season as possible, and not think for mo-
ment of holding back for an advance IN
price. Every day that it remains IN inc
stack or barn it is subject to some loss ana
IL the weather should be very wet, ahect-
inc the condition of the stacks, the most
nerfect grain at harvest will not be rated at
market as more than ordinary. There can
he no safer rule than when q crop Is made,
and liable to casualty or depreciation, 1t
should be disposed of as soon as the cir
cunstanccs of the grower will permit.
The stock of cotton has SO nearly run out
that the manufacturers ere seriously lncon-
yenicnced to obtain a supply for their SPIN
dies. Some have made purchases in New
York, but the cost in that market, with ex-
penses of shipment, is 30 great as to leave
no margin for profit OF the present prices oil
manufactured goods. 1t is thought, there
fore, that there is no alternative but 10 stop
operations for awhile.
Corn is very scarce, and the price higher
than it has ruled for long time.
We submit the following quotations.
Cotton.--Ordnary, % to &c.,; middling,
% to SOC. choice selections, 30 to SIC. A
few bales very choice were sold yesterday
at &c. Market nearly bare and very tlrm.
ToJacCo.-Wc make but little change III
our quotations, but the market is evidently
weaker than it was week ago: Lugs-
Low, $3.50 to $3.50; good, IS to - yellow,
fine, $50 to $50. Lcaf-Short, common,
$40 to sl2; good, sl2 to Sl5; working,
bright, s25 to $50 fancy, $40 to SIS; wrap
pcrs, common, so to SIS good, sl2 to SlS !;
fine, :l5 to $50. Shipping-Lugs, common,
$50 to SIS so; medium, $3.50 to 500 :;
good, SIS to 50: leaf, medium, Sl0 to I'll ;
good, $3.50 to SIT. /.
Fior.-Fine, $1,000 to Sill; superhne,
$l3toSl3.50; extra, Sll to $l4.5O; family
So to $3.50.
Whcat.-Primc white, $3.50; red, s2.45.
Receipts increasing.
Co,m.-Whitc, Sl.3 mixed, 1925; yell
low, $l.25. Stock very light.
Bacon.-Nirginia hog-round, 10 to l9c.;
shoulders, I7c.; sides, &c.; hams, &c:
western shoulders, Is to 15lac.; sides, II
to Ike; sugar-curcd hams, &c.
Lurd.-Virginia, 2Oc.; western, IN bar
rels, 2Oc. refined, in tubs, lsc.
EGsh.-North Carolina clipped behring's,
$1,000 TO $ll gross, SIS to $3.50; roe, III
half barrels, $3.50.
BMtr.-Good country, q to 25c.; COM
mon, is to zoe. Goshen, Doc.
Meal.-Sl.35.
OutS.-75 to soc.
Rge.-Sl 80.
Macy BeanS.-S3.50.
PeoS.-Stock, 1925; black-eye,S3.
G.ound PcdS.-S3.25.
FInrSeed.-$2. 40.
BeeStrar.-33c.
PototoeS-lrish, 81 to 1925; sweet, 81
to $l.25.
HileS.-Dry, l5c. green, loc..
Arrangements have been made Tor uoVer-
nor Vance to address the people here OH
friday evening, and for him to speak NJ
Stony Creek on Saturday. AS he Is attend
Ing the Democratic Convention at New
York, it is hardly probable that he will be
able to get here by that time. The only
effect, however, will be u postponement al
both places. There is no gentleman from
the Old North State whom our people would
be more delighted to hear. 5.