The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-04-21
PEI ERSBURG, VA.

APRIL la.-For low grades. nondescripts, and
tobacco out OF order, or of undesirable weights,
at lower prices. Good tobacco, in good order.
showed less decline, but for All sorts prices are
very low, and the prospects ahead look decidedly
gloomy. We quote: Shipping Jugs. S'.5667s5.7 rs !;
inferior 10 common eai S5G0 $3.50 medium, $7@0
rs; good. $sdc@:s 50, the latter Tor black wrapper
81, fine Goa! or sun-curcd selling Primings have
declined heavily, amt We now quote them at 32.25
81 $3.50.
LOUISVILLE. KY.
APRIL ls.-The leaf tobacco market during the
past we gs compared with several weeks pre-
viou5 mas shown a falling off IN receipts and
corresponding decline In offerings. This has
bscl owing in large measure to the fact that at
This season farmers are actively engaged upon
their plantations and have not the time to prepare
and haul The tobacco to points OF shipment; The
following exhibit will show the coarse of the bu-
siness al the six auction warehouses for the week.
month, and for tic current tobacco year:
ii.les for the week .a21 hIgsheads safes for nc
1877 hogshcads: gain, 7.al6 hogsheads.
i he above shows gain in The sales OF the pre-
seht over st year for Il corresponding period of
81 Pc cent. Prices have unccrgonc no special
changc during The past week, though for some
grades factors have accepted low figures, but tor
Ill Il, sir BILE samples OF MANUFACTURING and GU :
ting leaf fun prices are obtained, and during the
week lancy prices fnr such descriptions have
hpr;t obi aimed. The demand for leaf remains
Drisk. European being the principal operators
sud II is mainly owing TO his feature Of tie trade,
thai prices here are better maintained Than at
\
tc;rcucy.
re sales to-day at live OF The auction ware
hnu>cs aInHuutr,! 10 Isl hucShc IDS.
New York Market for Manufactured Tobacco.
The Tobdcco Leaf says +:
Business generally continues dull, and SAILS r. C
few and lar between. Indeed. with the exception
uf some black "olk sold At very low figures, here
IS 81 Freely anyt ing Ia report. The actual trans
actions last week comprised some "niggcr quar-
tiers SOCIAL ed from having bccn made In TACT
rlcs run entirely by gentlemen OF the African rcr-
su.a o->t i.}c. md $50 baXes tens. good quality
4. between - and H.. ste lattcr, we should like t.
tn!rk was an exceptional transaction Uus tue
acl set MS To be tia. Clc WORK now coming oiI
arrives in such condition rs To be worth lit Z
more THAI !hc low h.uftS quoted. III vie" OF tEis,
there seems To nc no use IN conS!@nng To this mar
krI wor OF so liGic int nSic ti' IL is sold, but
at prices little more than nominal. The effect on
The ma: kct generally, and IN the prlce; for really
good work, may be readily Imagined We we:e
recently It'd that the manufacturers in virginia
were sled with the prices obtal by their
factors here for their consIgnncnts. but 10 Is diil
cu to see ho: the evil can bc remcdicG so long is
The class of work now seTt here continues To ar.
rive. ! he rrovcrhial pudding cannot be possessed
and eaten too AMI II manu- "cturcrs press an In
terror article on the market, they should not 1T
su:oriscd that prices for eood and poor alike de-