Friday, April 10, 1863.
Specie and Bank Notes.--The premium now demanded for gold by the brokers is $4.50, but the transactions are necessarily light, as the amount offering for sale is very light.
Any abatement in the rate of premium would, no doubt, lead to more active business, but this is not looked for until the adjournment of Congress.
Should the bill now pending to provide for the conscription of foreigners become a law, a further advance in gold would be established.
Bank notes are firm at 65@75 per cent, premium.
Bonds and Stocks.--We quote Confederate bonds, (15 m) coupon, at 135@136; do., (100 m,) 105@105 for long dates.
Princes of other leading securities do not vary materially from the quotations published in our last report.
Produce and Groceries.--Apples are in small supply; sales at $30@50 per bbl, according to quality.
Bacon — Receipts are more liberal, but no change in price; we quote hoground $1.35@1.40.
Butter $3@2.25 per lb. Beans in demand at $16@18 per bush.
Corn $10 per bushel.
Corn Meal $10@11 per bushel; very scarce.
Candles $3@3.50 per lb. Cotton 45@50 cents per lb. Dried Apples $13 @14 per bushel.
Dried Peaches $18 per bushel.
Flour — Superfine $31@32, Extra $34, and Family $36 per bbl. Lard $1.60 per lb. Pear $16@18 per bushel Oats $7 per bushel.
Potatoes — Irish $10, Sweet $11 per bushel.
Rice 25@33 cts per lb. Salt 4 ½@ cts. per lb. Seeds — Timothy $7.50; Clover $24 @25.--Sugar — Brown $1.28@1.30.
Molasses $10@12 per gill.
Coffee $4@4.56 per lb. Wheat will now bring $6@7 per bushel.
Tobacco--We repeat our last quotations, with the remark that common Leaf is somewhat lower, though the market is yet firm for good.
Inferior Lugs $16 @32; good do $25@35; common Leaf $35@33, good do $40@45; fine do $56@60; fine Manufacturing $55@75--while some lots have brought a still higher price within the past day or two.--Manufactured Tobacco is not quite so firm.
Auction Sale.--The following quotations are from sales at Robinson.
Adams & Co's to-day:--Sugar, in hhds.
$1.16@1.31; in bbls.
$1.25 @1.30; Clarified Sugar $1.47½ Molasses $11 per gallon Salt, 41½ cts per lb. Coffee, $3.37@4.22.
Soap, 50@75.
Tallow Candies, $2.20; Adamantine $4.40. Potatoes $10.25 per bush.
Beans, $12.25 Smoking Tobacco, best quality, $1.25@4.50 per lb. Manufactured Tobacco, best brands, $3.75@3.60. This text is part of:
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The Daily Dispatch: April 11, 1863. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. April 11, 1863. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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