The Daily Dispatch: November 9, 1860., [Electronic resource]

Richmond Markets, November 8.

the market is very dull and inanimate. Independent of that carnal suppression of business for a day or two, which occurs upon a Presidential election, there is a paralysis of commerce, growing out of the fear and apprehension excited by the peculiarities of the present political agitations and struggles. The decline in stocks has occasioned a considerable diversion of capital for speculation in that sort of securities, while much capital is held in abeyance by uncertainty and doubt of its owners. Disinclination for trading and new enterprises in the present state of affairs, checks the course of business and commerce, and we have a most extraordinary pause, as it were, in trade and industry, while there is really no diminution of actual capital, and no unusual insolvency among the commercial community or people generally. This is, indeed, a deplorable view of matters. The end of them we cannot well foresee; but it is to be hoped a short time will restore confidence and renew the regularity and thrift of commerce.

there is no change hardly in quotations — Wheat is five cents lower, and no purchases hardly are made except on time. The cash quotations are ten to twenty cents per bushel below those on time.

Money is scarce, and people are timid about contracts. Values generally are affected, and without a speedy improvement must undergo a further depression. Still our community are firm and solvent. They never were more so. For two year past there have been fewer failures among our merchants than possibly ever occurred in the same time since Richmond had any commerce to speak of.

Apples.--Northern $2.50 to 3.50; Virginia $1 to $2 per bbl.

Bacon.--sides 12 1/2 to 12 1/2: Shoulders 10 to 10 1/4; plain Hams 12; Sugar-cured 13 to 13 1/2; Todd's Sugar cured Hams 15

Butter.--we quote good Butter at 20 to 25; inferior 3 to 10

Buckets, &c.--painted Buckets $1.87 1/2 to $2 a dozen; three Hoop painted Paris $2.25 to 2.50 dozen; heavy Cedar tubs, neat, $3.50 to 5 nest; heavy Cedar Feed Buckets $6.50 dozen.

Bags--Seamless Bags, 25; Manchester do., 19 to 23c; Gunny do., 12 to 14

Beans.--White $1.37 1/2 to 1.50 per bushel.

Beeswax.--32 to 33--active.

Brooms.--$2 to 3. according to quality.

Coffee.--we quote Rio 14 1/2 to 15 1/2; Laguayra, none in Market; Java 16 1/2 to 17 cts.; Mocha 18 cents. Market firm.

Corn.--we quote 65 to 70 cts. Per bushel. Market quiet.

Corn Meal--country 85; city Ground 85 to 90

Candles.--Tallow 15 lb.; Jackson's 15; Hull's 16 cts.; Adamantine 20 to 23; Sperm 45; Patent Sperm 54 to 55

Cement.--James River $1.70 to 1.80 bbl.; Northern Rosendale at $1.70 to 1.80.

Coke.--for city consumption $5 per cart load of 25 bushels, for soft Lump; soft Hail $4.50. hard Lump and Hail $4.50.

Cotton Yarns, &c.--Cotton Yarns 21 to 22 cts; Cotton Cordage 24 cts; Seine Twine 27 cts; Carpet Warp 22 cts; Wrapping Twine 22 cts.

Cotton.--8 1/2 to 12 cents.

Coal.--White and Red Ash Anthracite Coal, for grates, $6.50 cart load of 25 bushels, ton of 2,240 ms. $7; Foundry do. $7 ton of 2,240 lbs.; Bituminous Lump $5 load of 25 bushels; Hail $4.50; Smiths' Coal 12 to 14 Per bushel.

Dried fruit.--no arrivals. We quote nominally $1 to 1.25 per bushel.

Flour.--the Stock of country is still very light, and Sales are confined altogether to the home consumption, at prices above the views of shippers, and the Market very dull. We quote these Sales at $6.75 to $7 for Superfine, $7.25 to $7.50 for Extra; Family $8

Feathers--in demand at 46 cts. Stock small; better supply.

Fertilizers.--we quote Peruvian $58; Ruffin's Phosphor Peruvian $50 per ton; Aa Mexican $25; Elide Island $48; Patagonian $25; Sombrero $30: Navasota. Or Brown Columbian $30; Reese's Manipulated guano, $50; Rhodes' Super Phosphate of Lime $46.50 ton; Robinson's Manipulated guano $50 per ton; Hartman's (Richmond) Anointed Super Phosphate Lime $40 per ton; do. Manipulated guano $50 per ton; do. Bone Dust $38 per ton.

Fish.--New Nova Scotia Herrings, gross, $2.75 to $3; no. 1 Halifax Cut Herrings $3.25 to $3.50 from store. No North Carolina in Market.--MacKERELerel, large no. 3. New, $8.50; small do., $5.

Flaxseed--$1.20 to 1.40 bushel.

Flour Barrels--50 cts.

Fruits.--Oranges--Havana. $9 per barrel. Sicily. $8 box. Lemons--Malaga $5.50; French $8 box. Raisins--(New crop — Bunch, in bxs., $5; Layer $3.25. Figs--New 183.; Old 8 to 10 lb. Prunes--8 to 40 cts. lb. According to quality and style.

Ginseng.--35@40 cents. And in demand.

Grass Seeds--we quote prime Clover Seed 6.23@6.50; nominal. Timothy 4@$4.25 per bushel.--Orchard Grass $2.

Gunpowder--Dupont's and hazard's Sporting $5.75; Blasting $3.75; Eagle Canister $14.25; off Canister $8.25. in quantities of twenty kegs and upwards, 50 cents a keg less.

Hay.--we quote $1@1.10 per cwt.

Hides--Salted 81/2@9 cts.; Dry 11@13 cts; Calf skins, green, $1@1.12. South American, none.

Hoop Poles--Flour bbl. $7.50@9 per 1,000; hhd. Poles, no Sales.

Iron and nails.--Pig Iron $28@34, as in quality and quantity; Swedes $400 per ton; English Refined $70; Tredegar $86; Common English $, American country $95. Cut nails 3 1/4@31/2 Per lb.

Lard.--Western Lard 13 cents in bbls.; kegs 13@13 1/2

Lead.--we quote 61/4@6 1/2 cts. lb for Pig; bar 6 1/2@7.

Leather.--we quote good stamp, middle weights 22@23 lb; over weights 20@21; light 21@21 1/2; good damaged 18 1/2@20; poor 14@17; upper Leather $1.50@$4, as to size, weight and quality; Harness 35@36; Skirting, in the rough. 26@28; finished 31@35 cts.

Liquors--Brandy: Otard, Dupuy & Co., $3.25@7 & gallon: A. Seignette, $2 1/4@4 1/2; Sazerac $3 1/4@7; Hennessey, $3 1/2@7 1/2; Peach, scarce at $1 3/4@2 1/4; Virginia Apple, 60@85 cts.; do. Old, 75@ $1.50; Northern do., 55@85 cts.; imitation, 45@47 1/2 cts.--Rum New England, 40@45 For mixed; 59@55 for pure. Gin: Holland. $1.20@1.75.

Lime.--85 To 81 from wharf. From sto we quote Northern $1.12 1/2; Virginia 90@$1.

Lumber.--clear White Pine, $45; refused do. $29; merchantable, $20@25 & M. One inch yet law Pine Plank 10@12; three-quarter do. 9@11; 1 1/4 do. $14@16; 1 1/2 do. $13@14; 2 do. $12.50@15. Flooring $18@20, face measure; Seedling $11@13 for heart and sap; all heart $16@20, according to size. Garden Rails, heart and sap. 12 1/2@13 Each; all heart 18@25 Shingles $5@6 & M. Weather Boarding $13@16. inch Oak Plank $30@35. Button Wood inch $25@30. inch Cherry $35; 5/8 Poplar $20@25 & M. Dressed Flooring, Virginia, $25@28. Dressed Flooring, Southern. 28@30. Laths $2.25 to $2.37 & M for sawed. On the wharf.

Molasses.--New Orleans 50@56 cts.; Cuba Muscovado, in bbls., 32@37 1/2 cts., in hhds., 25@30; English Island. 37 1/2 cts.: Ochenhousen's. 28.

Offal.--Bran 15 cts.: Shorts 20; Brown Stuff 30, and Skip Stuff 65 & bus.

Onions.--Red $2 per bbl. Of near three bushels; Silver-skin $2 1/2.

Oats.--we quote 40 cents per bushel.

Potatoes.--we quote Northern 60@65 cents per bushel.

Peas.--none in Market.

Plaster.--Lump — we quote $4 to 4 1/4 per ton. Claiborne's Richmond Ground $8.50 per ton packed; Sharpe's do. Packed $8.50; loose 7.50.

Rice--5@5 1/2

Rosin.--$1.70@1.75 bbl.

Rye.--we quote 75@80 cents bushel.

Sugars.--New Orleans Sugar, none in Market. Cuba 7 1/2@8 1/2: Porto Rico 8@9 1/4, Loaf 11 1/4@11; Crushed and Powdered 10 3/4@11; Coffee Sugar; a 10 1/2; B 10; Extra C 9 7/8

Salt.--last Sales from wharf $1.65; from store $1.75 per sack.

Saltpetre--9@10 lb.

Seneca Root--35@37 1/2

shot--7@7 3/4 cash. And time as to quantity, for drop and buck.

Starch--Corn 6@6 1/2; Pearl 7@8 1/2

staves--good Oak, for Flour Barrels, we quote at $7@7.50 per thousand for green; $7.50@$9 for seasoned: Machine Cut $7@$8.

Tobacco.--there is nothing doing of consequence, and we continue quotations, which are little more than nominal, we quote inferior Lugs at $2.25@2.50, good and fine $3@3.50 inferior Leaf $5@7, good $8@9; fine manufacturing scarce, price $12.50@20; good and fine English $6.50@10.50, fancy cases $2@90.

Tar.--$2@2.25 bbl.

Teas.--Imperial and Gunpowder 55 $@1.20.

Wheat--since our weekly report Wheat has dropped 5 Per bushel. We quote good to prime Red $1.30 to 1.35; do. White $1.50 to 1.55. the scarcity of money causes the Market to be very heavy, and there is a difference of from 10 to 20 cts. Per bushel between cash and credit Sales.--Sales for cash being 10 to 20 cts., under our quotations.

Wines.--port, Burgundy $1@2.50 gallon: port Juice $2.50@4. Madeira, Sicily 45@$1.75; Old Madeira $2.50@4. Sherry, Permartin, Dud and Gordon, Amontillado $2@6.

Wood--Wholesale: Oak $3.50@$3.75 cord; Pine $2.75@$3. Retail: Oak $5; Pine $4.50.

Wool.--Tub Washed sold at 35@37; unwashed third less. Fleece as in quality.

Whiskey.--Richmond Rectified 21@22 cents; Stearns' Old Malted Rye $1.50; other qualities 75@$1.50 gallon.

Cattle, &c.

• Beef.--we quote extremes $2.50 to $4.50.--supply good.
• Hogs.--Distillery, $8@8.25; corn fed, $8.50 to $8.75.
• Sheep--$4 to $6 per cwt, for extra quality; interior $2.25 to $3 per head.

Money matters — Exchange.

• Northern Exchange--on New York and Philadelphia 1/4 @ 3/8 prem.
• such of the Stock Bank Notes and of the Bank of the Valley, as are not taken by the Banks, are at a discount of 1/2 cent.
• the Notes of the Trans-Alleghany Bank are 25 cent. Discount. Bank of Kanawha, no sale.
• North and South Carolina Bank Notes 1/2@3/4 cent. Discount.
• the Notes of the Bank of Weston and the Bank of Manassas, 15 per ct., dis.
• Gold and Silver 1/2 per cent. Prem.

Freights.

• Foreign.--in Foreign Freights nothing doing for want of vessels.

Sales of Stock in Richmond.

• by John A. Lancaster & Son, no. 197 Main st. Two doors above Farmers' Bank, for the week ending November 8, 1860.

Virginia 6 per cent. Registered Bonds, last sale $8. held at $10.

Richmond City Bonds. Sales $90 and int.

Petersburg City Bonds, last sales $90-no recent sales.

Lynchburg City Bonds, last sales $90-no recent sales.

Norfolk City Bonds, last sales $78-no recent sales.

Exchange Bank Stock, sales $104 1/2.

Farmers' Bank Stock, held at $102.

Bank of Virginia Stock, last sales $70.

Bank of the Commonwealth Stock, last sales $97.

Richmond and Danville R. R. Bonds, guaranteed by State of Va. No recent sales.

Virginia Central R. R. Bonds, guaranteed by State of Va. No recent sales.

City of Petersburg Bonds, guaranteed by State of Va. No recent sales.

• Old Dominion Insurance Company Stock, sales $28.
• Richmond Fire Association Stock, last sales $40.
• Virginia Fire and Marine Insurance Stock, last sales $40.
• Merchants' Insurance Stock, last sales $75 1/2.
• Virginia Central R. R. 1st Mortgage Bonds, last sales $85 and int.--no recent sales.
• Virginia Central R. R. 3d Mortgage Bonds, last sales $82 1/2 and int.--no recent sales.
• Virginia and Tennessee R. R. 1st Mortgage Bonds, last sales $85 and int — no recent sales.
• Virginia and Tennessee R. R. 2nd Mortgage Bonds, last sales $81 and int.--no recent sales.
• Virginia and Tennessee R. R. 3rd Mortgage Bonds, last sales $85 and int.--no recent sales.
• Orange and Alexandria R. R. 6 per cent. Bonds, last sales $81 and int.--no recent sales.
• Orange and Alexandria R. R. 8 per cent. Bonds. last sales $92 and int.--no recent sales.
• Richmond and York River Railroad 8 per cent. Bonds, last sales $90--no recent sales.
• Manassas Gap R. R. 6 per cent. Bonds, offered at $65.
• South-Side R. R. Bonds, last sales $60--no recent sales.
• South-Side R. R. Bonds, guaranteed by Petersburg, last sales $90--no recent sales.
• Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Stock, sales $80.
• Virginia Central Railroad Stock, sales $50.
• Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Stock, last sales $64.
• Richmond and Danville Railroad Stock, last sales $60.
• James River and Kanawha Stock, last sales $18 1/2.
• Virginia Life Insurance Company, last sales $118.
• Insurance Company of State of Virginia, last sale on time $115.