The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-10-08
PETERsBuRa, October Z, Il

week. but not 80 fast as Was hoped. IN
number OF country merchants mas nrs
creased, but many are holding oI ha,o m
ferring to wait till the weather ,. u
colder before making their talt paasnnabl,
In the mean time the s.oo tha ennnly
goods Is accommodating, anu s t o.a;cien n
though not extraysgahs, w" :
to meet any probable a emai oran
So'to a.ns;derinS the early stage Of tht
LIS, Yesterday the receipts for this
seaeDn . nonnted to 160 bales, and the same
train brought in 200 bales en- route to ne"
york. This was all from North Carohna
and the southern counties of Virginia. VI
/, Monday the market was quite active, sales
being readily effected at twenty 1--WE cents
To-day it is somewhat weaker, and the price
has declined about half cent. These little
fluctuations, however, are of but small con.
sequence in comparison with the steady
decline year ago. During the fall and
early winter the price may come down TO
twenty cents, though q hopeful feeling is
entertained that it will hardly reach 30 low
a point.
The wheat market is very fat. For
grain of prime quality we continue our
quotations Of last week; but for other de-
scriptions the prices are almost nominal,
and the demand small.
Flour is also dull, and prices have some
what declined. -------
Corr continues sSSETssiSSaaess III demand at our last
weeks quotations. The stock is hght' anu
the new crop has not begun to come IN.
The tobacco market continues dull anu
unsettled. The only descriptions IN de,
mand and selling at anything like good
prices are bright leaf and leaf suitable for
filters. Good shipping tobacco sold to-day
as high as sl6.75; but these grades are all
scarce, and the receipts are running very
low. Of the new crop good deal OF
primings has been brought in, and some
leaf. The former sell readily at our quo.
tations. and the latter at about the price OF
good old Tugs. The crop in this section OF u
Country is represented to be very good and
ripeninp we'll. In o short time we may ex-
pect the receipts Of I" loose to be quite
large.
The season for peanuts is now near at
hand. and from all accounts the crop is
more extensive and more promising than
any that has been raised for several years.
We hear of fields of as much as forty acres.
With anything like the price at which the
last crop has been selling, the profits must
compare fayorably with those OF cotton or
tobacco.
With prices so unsteady as those which
prevail in regard to several Of our most
valuable products, our quotations must be
given as approximate
Tobacco. -Primings, new, 50. so to $3.50;
leaf, new, 81; Tugs, good, SIS to $3.50 ;
yellow, fine, $1,000 to $l2. Leaf, good,
$I2 to sl4; working, bright, sl2 to SIS
wrappers, good, Sl2 to $l4; fine, SIS to SIG;
shipping, Tugs, medium, $40 to Sl2; good,
Sl2 to sl4; leaf, medium. $40 to Sl2; good,
Sl2 to Sic.
Cotton.-Choice selections, 241sc.
Whedt.-Prime white, 1882 TO 1855;
prime red, $3.50 to $3.50 ordinary, Sl.75.
FLor.-Fine, $3.50 to $40; superfne,
81 so to sl2; extra, Sl2 to $3.50 family,
Sl4.
Corn.-White, s1.35 mixed, sl.33; yell
low, $l.33.
Bacon.-Virginia hog-round, 81 to &c.;
shoulders, l41a to l5c. sides, "a to $780,;
hams, % to 24c. western shoulders, Az
to $780,; sides, l73l to $780,; sugar cured
hams, % to 24c.
Lard-Virginia, 24c.; western, 2219c.;
refined, lSc.
Fsh.-North Carolina clipped herrings,
$1,000 to ST. gross, $3.50 to $40 1; roe, $40
to $l0.50; roe, in half barrels, SIS to SIS;
mess shad, SO to $l2; eastern, gross,
1925; trimmed, $3.50; Labrador, 1918.
Butter.-Good country, 3S to 40c.; COM
MON 70 90 Gocbap RI
Meal.-Sl.35.
OatS.-55c.
Rye.-$l.45 to S1.50.
Navy BeGnS.-S3.
PeaS.-Stock, 50; black-eye, SIPS.
Ground PeaS.-$3.
FZanSeed.-$2.40 40.
Clover Seed.-$9.50 to $40.
Potatoes.-Irish, $3.50 per barrel; sweet,
$3.50.
Dried Fruit.-Apples, to &c.; peaches,
y to l4c.; berries, s to 1Oc.
Hides.-Dry, l5c. green, lOc.
BeeS,1ar.-38 to 40c.
AS the subject of small notes issued
during the war is now being agl1a,eu IL
Richmond, some interest is naturally eA,
cited here in regard to our own. me 1o'a
issue in Petersburg was about Soo,ooo-a
large proportion of which must nave peer
lost in the vicissitudes of the war: ou'
Common Council, in leyying taxes 1or tht
last three wears, provided Tor the paymen'
of one-tenth of the tax bill OF each lndl
yidnal in corporation notes. This has alb
sorhed saw SIS, 600 q year; though thu
small taxpayers perhaps seldom avallet
tbemselyes Of the privilege. Should thu
same rule be continued, it is estimated tina
the whole would have been taken up in thu
course of seven or eight years. We hat
battered ourselves that while almost ever.
CITY and county in the South were slack il
acknowledging these obligations, our ow,
city was in q fair way to recall he,
issue and this will still be the cas-
if other influences should not prevail
in our councils. Our small notes have
usually been in much demand in tn,
spring, when the brokers have sold them o!
high as twenty-five cents, and from that t
forty, and sometimes as much as sixty
cents in the dollar. At other times the,
sre not worth more than twenty cents, a
is the case now.
The presentation of an elegant flag to TIL
Colored Conservative Club is to take plac
at their room tomorrow morning. 1t ha
been gotten up by the citizens, and it j
understood that Major Gregory win delive
IN address on the occasion. The Major j
remarkably happy at such times, Away
creating enthusiasm among his hearers.