The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-03-02
Tobacco Markets.


At the Richmond Tobacco Exchange to-day
offerings ut auction were 1is PACKAGES, Of
which II were taken In, and balance sold from
1870 to S5l. Breaks for the week ending 9th
ultimo were COS hogsheads, 1877 tferces, and IS
boxes. For the greater part of the week the
| market was active and lively, but towards the
close the prices became weaker, particularly
for stemmihg and shipping. The fall In gold
has affected the market. Wenow quote:
Lugs.-Shipping green or unripe), common
to medium, &5@ss; ripe, in good order. a60
81 90; ripe, in soft order. So. 6os6. 80 working,
common to medium, $500; working, good,
| So 5OGs7; bright smoking or working, COM
mon to medium, Ss0Sl2k; bright smoking or
working, good to fine, $l3N25.
LeaC-Shipping, short, dark, in good order,
81. 50GIS1o; short, dark, in soft order, &7l4S;
| long, dark, In good order, s90Sll.60; long,
dark, In soft order. $7.5o4$10; sternming,
| medium to good, $ls0s3o bright wrappers,
fine to extra, S30@&5O.
Baltimore, Md.
In Baltimore during the week ending Goth
| ultimo receipts were small; inspections for
the week, IS hogsheads Maryland and 80 hogs
heads Ohio cleared, 266 hogsheads to Bremen,
so to Liverpool, and Is to West indies; stock
in warehouse on 2sth ultimo. 7,4el hogsheads.
lar inducement to shippers. In Ohio leaf
there were sales during the week Of So hogs
heads and 80 hogsheads of scraps; chiefly
taken by manufacturers. The stock Of manu-.
featured, both in store and In bond, is repre-
sented as very much reduced, and, with light
receipts and active demand for consumption,
holders are firm .t.rr
Louisville, Ky. t.-a
In Louisville, KY, on the 18th the market
was buoyant, with large offerings. Sales on the
9th amounted to BIT hogsheads, with rejec-
tions of bids on % hogsheads. Prices ranged
from 1895 to 1850. Quotations are Trnsh,
1926 to 81 Tugs, common to good, So to ~;
leaf, common, 81 to 50; leaf, good 70 fine, clio
| to $l6. Cutting LeaJ.-Lugs, s6 to $Sj common
leaf, 80 to $l2; good to choice, Sl4 to $l5.
Manufacturing Lear.-Common filters, % to IS;
common wrapper, 81 to sl2 common bright
wrapper, slS to $50; fine bright wrapper, go
to $50 good filters, IS to So; mahogany
wrapper, sl3 to sls; good bright wrapper, $50
to $780,
Cincinnati,
In Cincinnati on the 25th uItimo sales at the
various warehouses were 26 hogsheads and
boxes from 1910 to $3.50.
Petersburg, Va.
In Petersburg, Va, on the 9th the papers
there say: " There was more activity in the
tobacco market, with increased receipts
mostly of loose. Wequote Tugs at 81 to %. 90,
common leaf at $6 to IS, dark strong tobacco
1T 50 to sl2 no bright Offering"
Receipts from October the 1st to date, ,705
hogsheads; inspections, 1854 hogsheads.
St. Louis, Mo.
Advices from st. Louis of the Goth ultimo
say:
Tobdcco-The state of the market Is in no
wise changed from that Of the previous week.
Western manufacturers are In the market.
| and when they find anything suitable, good
| price is paid; but most OF the new crop Offer
| ing does not meet the views Of manufacturers,
and shippers can see no market In which TO
place 1t at profit The present crop is much
| inferior to that OF the previous year.
The bidding was 4 little more active to day,
and sellers more willing TO accept bids. Sales
| 10 hogsheuds . ut rs. lO@S4 90; 4 at 5000 ~;
| 4 at $7.20a9$7.70; at sS.z0QsS. 10; 8 at $9p
| S9. TO- and at $l3. so, and box at $S. 80. Bids
were rejected on hogsheads at IS. 30lSl2 IS.
We quote scraps nominal Mt $2Gp$3. 80 green
and frosted Tugs, $3Ds4; new lugs unfrosted,
IL 50@sG; unsound old Tugs, *60s; sound lugs,
SSs9. 80 dark leaf, SO. 5O@4sl2 30; dark fac to-
ry dried leaf, s93Sll; colory leaf, 81. 25aDsl3
black wrappers, none; medium coIored leaf,
bl30$l6; bright, none.