The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-09-23

RICHMOND, VA, September 90, l5cs.
OFFERINGS.
Wheat.-Whitc, l,43i bushels. Red, 2,@i bush
Corn.-whte 400 bushels. Yellow, 10 bushels.
Mixed. 1873 bushels.
OIts.-872 bushels.
Timothy Seed.-1s bushels.
Mil OJaL-s,e 900 pounds.
SALES.
Wh,at.-White as bushels very good Mt 81 o5
7A bushels good Mt 81. so bushels nj Sl.52.; ~
bushels at sl4os 50 bushels seed at $40 Is bush.
els foul ut sl.tO-total, 1.ol2 bushels; Red, ea
sn!fS s xeT b! S%Ga fair "a at @ $50 Bushels al
S1.425: o24 bushels foul Mt sl.io ll6 bushels very
inferior at Sl2s bushels Gam me nj 81 d"
Corn.-White, $50 bushels prime mt Sl3'. e.
low, 10 bushels wcevil-eaten at 1923. Mixed, lOa
bushels prime at sl.Ss; "a bushels fair at *l.So-
0ats-lo4 bushels on private terms; 2!9 bushels
very good at 5Sc. Total, BAG bushels ~ .,o,, e,,-
Rve.-58 bushels prime At SLl5; 90 bushels 1air
Timothy Seed.-l8 bushels badly cleaned at - .;
Meal.-City mills, boted, $l.to; country, sh8O
GsLas.
Vheat.-White, SOC bushels. Red. aiS bushels.
Corn.-Whlte 400 bushels. Mixed, 81 bushels.
O6ts.-460 bushels.
$50 bushels.
MIL OGd2.-3, 900 pounds.
Offerings or Wheat ON Change to-
day were l. l34 bushels white and ASA bushels red
Of which SOC bushels white and eis bushels red were
re-exhibitcd, and l.Ol2 bushels white and Els
bushels red were sold, leaving over a." bushels
white and 900 bushels red. The market opened ana
closed at the figures of the preceding day, ana no
doubt the amount left would have been less h't
for the inferior character of many of the samples
Inferior in this, that they were sInutty ana dirty
or in other words, what Is known on Change rs
foul" There was evidently disposition among
toI,n r,la IF In
but as we have said, there is good deal Of dirty
wheat coming In market, and hence we repeat
what we have so often said to farmers ''Clcan
your wheat as well possible, II you expect your
commission merchant to sell 1t readily, and get Il
good price,"
Sellers to-day manifested n very lively interest
In the progress OF the market, and accordingly
the secretary's desk was constantly surrounded by
anxious inquircrs and commentators, not on the
secretary, but on prices and prospects, ana II
looked as r they thought the fall to $G5 for white
and sl52i for rod within the last few days was bad
enough, and that any further fall would he some
thing terrible; but rs we are IN entirely diSnte-
rested party say that even now Mt this present
writing we regard Richmond rs one OF the very
best markets for wheat anywhere. North or Sohth
and ANYBODY who thinks 1t worth his while to DO so
can satisfy himself of the truth Of this assertion
by reading the quotations In other markets
There has been since the beginning Of the sea-
son, and still IS, good deal of speculation about
the prices OF Wheat, and many Of orr commission
merchants have volunteered advice to farmers,
while others have been applied to for their views.
This volunteering OF advice, while 1t IS done with
honest purpose, does not always pay; for some
people, even after most careful study, come To
very erroneous conclusions, and thus lose prestige
with their patrons and even INDUCING In spccnia-
ton in reply to n demand for an expression OF
opinion sometimes turns out badly, for the farmer
In many Instances holds the commission merchant
responsible for any loss he tine farmcrl may incur
because of mistaken calculation, even IL that
calculation he forced from the commission ner-
chant. When man makes speculation on his
own account he incurs no responsibility to any
ono else, but when he spcculatcs for other people
tits quite a different thing. The safest course,
then, is In bearing In mind the old saying, 1.-THE
least said the soonest mendcd."
Wemake these remarks because we know that
there has been good deal Of speculative opinion
volunteered to, and expression of opinion de-
manded by. farmers this season, and because We
think that farmers have very good facilities them
selves for forming opinion from the public
press, and that 1t would be unreasonable in them
to blame commission merchants for any erroneous
opinion which they themselves may be the means
The offerings of Oats to-day were considerably
reduced, and the market was dull, with tendency
| to lower rates,
BALTIMORE, MD.
SEPTEMBER 2l-P. MISUNDERSTANDING OF
Wheat to-day were composed of IL, 100 bushels red.
and only 325 bushels white The market was de-
cided!y heavy, both milers and shippers buying
more sparingly and ut lower prices. included In
| the sales were 500 bushels prime red ut sl.50@
| $3.50, embracing Maryland. Pennsylvania. ant
western 1 900 bushels fair to good red ut Sl.icG
81 4s; 4Oo bushels common Pennsylvania ut Sl.37
| also $50 bushels prime white ut fl.6J. Market
closed dull, with some of the offerings remaining
over unsold. Corn.-742 bushels white ana d,Oct
bushels yellow received mar ket steady for white
GEO bushels sold ut $3.50; of yellow, LIPS besil,
els in lots, sold ut s1eiQ$l.2i, as to quality and
condition L. 500 bushels western mixed NJ ri b.
Oats-ReceiptS were again small, and prizes
hrmer. Included in the sales were l,2OO bushels a
co. g. and &C., and 200 bushels black ut Csc. Rye.
$50 bushels offered 100 bushels sold at SlH 31'
bushels Ut $1.ld
NEW YORK.
| SEPTEMBER 2l-P. M-The Wheat market 4
quiet and without decided change; sales 81, OO'
bushels ut Sl.40G$l.53 for winter red and amber
western 81. SO :or amber Tennessee; and $lG0 iol
white western. Corn IS heavy and lc. lover sales
a. 900 bushels at $lQlSl.07 for unSound new mixed
| western, and $l.0SM$lu for sound mixed western
Rye Is quiet. Barley Is nominal. Barley Malt l.
nominal Oats are scarce and lQg2c. lower sale!
| IS, 900 bushels ut siGe6c. for new southern an'
| western.
| Richmond Tobacco Market.
| SEPTEMBER 22.-Our quotations are:
| Lu0s.-Shipping, green or unripe, common u
| IsI1 good