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The Daily Dispatch: June 16, 1863., [Electronic resource], The situation. (search)
uld in a very short time go up to a "pretty figure," and so when the amount of gold offered for sale is reduced to a mere handful, as, comparatively speaking, it is to day, we should not be surprised that the premium ranges high, very high. The brokers are now offering $7.50 for $1 in gold, and offering to sell, when they have any, at $8a8.50. Bank notes are now quotable at 90a95 per cent. prem.--auction sale of $5,650 at 92½. Bonds and Stocks.--The market continues active. At Messrs. Davenport & Co's sale, last week, Confederate reg'd bonds 8's 1868-72 brought 102 ¼a103¼, do. do. 1876-'81 brought 104a105½, do. do. 15 m loan, coupon, 194a 196; Va. sizes, reg'd, long date, 130½ $125,000 R. & D R. R. bonds, sixes, at 133a 137½ Richmond lmp'g & Exp'g Co. stock, $1,490--now held, we learn, at $2,000! We note private sales, since, of N. Carolina sixes at 227½, do. do. eights at 133 and int.; Merchants' Ina. stock at 95; James River & K. Canal 22; Richmond Fire Ass'n 37½.
The Daily Dispatch: June 19, 1863., [Electronic resource], "Still they Come" (search)
uld in a very short time go up to a "pretty figure," and so when the amount of gold offered for sale is reduced to a mere handful, as, comparatively speaking, it is to-day, we should not be surprised that the premium ranges high, very high. The brokers are now offering $7.50 for $1 in gold, and offering to sell, when they have any, at $8a8.50. Bank notes are now quotable at 90a95 per cent. prem.--auction sale of $5,650 at 92½. Bonds and Stocks.--The market continues active. At Messrs. Davenport & Co's sale, last week, Confederate reg'd bonds 8's 1868-72 brought 102¼a103½, do. do. 1876-81 brought 104a106½, do. do. 15 m loan, coupon, 194a196; Va. sixes, reg'd, long date, 130½; $125,000 R. & D. R. R. bonds, sixes, at 133a137½; Richmond Imp'g & Exp'g Co. stock, $1,490--now held, we learn, at $2,000! We note private sales, since, of N. Carolina sixes at 227½ do. do. eights at 133 and int; Merchants Inc. stock at 95; James River & K. Canal 22; Richmond Fire Ass'n 37½. Prod
The Daily Dispatch: July 11, 1863., [Electronic resource], Affairs at Charleston. (search)
Drowned. --Yesterday evening, while a free negro named Davenport was rowing about the dock in a best, with two or three white boys, skimming for fish, the boat upset. The boys escaped by swimming; but the negro, unable to do so, sank helpless to the bottom. His body was recovered a short time after the accident.
The Daily Dispatch: July 16, 1862., [Electronic resource], Exchange of prisoners. (search)
Death from poisonous vaccination. --An old and respected citizen of Conneautville, Crawford county, Pa., died recently from the effects of poisonous vaccination. The Pittsburg Post says: A week ago Mr. Davenport and wife, and Mr. Rodgers, of the same place, vacinnated themselves from the virus of a boy in Mr. D.'s employ, who appeared well and healthy. Next morning all three were taken violently sick. Davenport died, and the other two are not out of danger. The vaccine their or poisonous vaccination. The Pittsburg Post says: A week ago Mr. Davenport and wife, and Mr. Rodgers, of the same place, vacinnated themselves from the virus of a boy in Mr. D.'s employ, who appeared well and healthy. Next morning all three were taken violently sick. Davenport died, and the other two are not out of danger. The vaccine their originally came from Dr. Newcemer of Meadsville, who, if half the reports are true, has already poisoned several persons by his handle as pre.
The Daily Dispatch: July 22, 1863., [Electronic resource], Gen Lee's losses. (search)
Monday, July 20th, 1863. Specie and Bank Notes.--The market may be reported firm at last quotations, viz: $9 premium for gold, selling rate; $8 prem, buying price. Silver is fifty cents below these figures. The demand is small, and offerings "few and far between." Bank notes are again higher. The brokers are paying $1.50 premium and asking $1.70a1.75. Nothing doing in Sterling Exchange. Bonds and Stocks--At Messrs. Davenport & Co.'s auction sale, last week, prices went up at an astonishing rate. North Carolina bonds were sold at 300; Va. registered do 160; City of Richmond do 165; Richmond and Danville Railroad do 171; Central Railroad stock 116; Bank of Richmond 110; Richmond and Liverpool Packet Company 680. We quote Confederate bonds, 100 in loan, at 103a109½ and int.; do do 15 m loan, held at 200--no recent sales; do do 7's, 100; Va. coupon bonds, four coupons on, 325; Bank of the Commonwealth 135; Chesapeake and Ohio Canal guaranteed bonds 150; Merchants' In
The Daily Dispatch: August 15, 1863., [Electronic resource], Latest from the North. (search)
ken of as the choice of the Army of the Potomac as Meade's successor. Col. Cornyn, of the 10th Missouri cavalry, whose recent raids in the Southwest have made him well known to the public, has been killed at Corinth by Lieut.-Col. Brown, of the same regiment. The steamer Kate, recently captured while attempting to run the blockade from Wilmington, has arrived at Fortress Monroe. The draft excitement in Keokuk county, Iowa, has subsided. Upon the arrival of the military from Davenport, the insurgents dispersed. Nena Sabib has been captured in the Temple of Ajmere, on information supplied by the Bombay police. According to the official report, no doubt whatever exists of the prisoner's identity. A States Rights Association has been organized in the city of New York. They have is sued a "declaration of principles," copied chiefly from the Constitution and statutes of the State. In New York, Wednesday, gold was quoted at 126¼ Tennessee sixes 66, Virginia d
The Daily Dispatch: August 21, 1863., [Electronic resource], The militia decision in Petersburg. (search)
rests the claim of the petitioner to be discharged from the custody of Lieut. Col. Davenport, upon the provisions of the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, palace is in camp. I, therefore, remand the petitioner to the custody of Col. Davenport, and adjudge him to pay the costs of the proceedings. I dismiss the wr the cost of the proceedings in that case. Common'lth for Jackson, ve, Davenport, Habeas Corpus. Same, es. Jenkins. Habeas Corpus. In the argumenmilitary duties. I, therefore, remand the petitioner to the custody of Col. Davenport, and adjudge him to pay the cost of the proceedings. I dismiss the petudge him to pay the cost of the proceedings. Common'lth for Brooks vs. Davenport. Habeas Corpus. In this case the substitution was in the Confederate sethe validity of the substitution, I remand the petitioner to the custody of Col. Davenport, and adjudge him to pay the cost of the proceedings. The Express says
The Daily Dispatch: August 29, 1863., [Electronic resource], The great Yankee railroad raid in Mississippi--how it was executed. (search)
ssissippi has been disclosed. A letter in the Mobile Advertiser from Okolona, the 20th inst., gives the following narrative of the raids, all tending to one point, and the damage done. It says: At the latter end of the past week General Ferguson, commanding the cavalry at this point, ascertained that two columns had sallied out from Corinth, the minor one passing East in the direction of North Alabama, and the more important one marching towards the Mississippi Central railroad. Major Davenport, with a battalion, met the smaller column, turned and pushed it back in the vicinity of Iuka. Gen. Ferguson having ascertained this, obtained permission from Gen. Ruggles, at Columbus, to advance upon the other column, prepared his command with an alacrity which is deserving of credit, and on Monday pushed on towards Oxford to discover the enemy leaving here in his stead the fine. Arkansas command of infantry of Gen. McNair, under the control of Colonel Harper, an active and efficient
The Daily Dispatch: September 19, 1863., [Electronic resource], The injured at the late fire. (search)
Stock Sales. --Yesterday at the stock sale of Messrs. Davenport & Co. the following figures were realized: Va, 6 per cent reg'd bonds, long dates, 183 to 187, according to dates; Va 6 per cent coupon bonds, old issue, 420; Confederate coupon bonds, 15 M loan, $2,000 at 171; $12,500 at 170; $2,544 Confederate coupons, 15 M loan, 162; Confederate 8 per cent convertibles, reg'd, 110½; Confederate coupon bonds, 1887, 111½; other dates from 105¼ to 108 ¼ Confederate 7 per cent reg'd bonds, 100 and int; Richmond and Fredericksburg Railroad scrip, 140; Richmond and Danville Railroad, 202 to 21
The Daily Dispatch: January 1, 1864., [Electronic resource], Financial and Commercial. (search)
Financial and Commercial. Since our last report there have been no transactions in stocks upon which to base correct quo Christmas holidays have materially with operations of this character, and it that little will be done for several days . We understand that next Friday has fixed by Messrs. Davenport & Co. for a heavy stocks — both State and Confederate. Grain.--The stocks on hand of grain light. We have heard of sales of ranging from $16 to $20. Flour is to $150 per barrel, according to Produce and Vegetables.--Bacon-- pork, $2.25 to 2.38; fresh beef, by 90 cents per pound; lard, $3.25 butter, $4.59; eggs, $2.75; Irish potatoes; sweet potatoes, very scarce, and per bushel; onions, $35 to $40 per.
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