Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-03-13

Flour, fine, COS do.
FloHr, ssferfne, 69s do.
Cor'f, SOS do.
fiemh, IclednJ s,lses sf52 do.
iron, t.d..f, P3s do.
Bacon, fii' on Mn.
tYiiskey, AZ do.
Pork. s4s DO.
ButIer, ~, $50 q. Re Cd do.
Captain Stanton OF the ship Neptune,
who arrived 1t New York From Catliz,
informs, that although ,ha; port was bloc
kaeed by nine Brush ships of war. vet
they suffered American ves seI To goin and
coinc out without mo.es,alon, provided
,h-y mad no connaband articles on board.
This news Gaming irom captain Stanton,
may be depended on, though it does no,
accord with the following of = letter,
which;s also from a respectable quarter.
ExrRAcr Of a letter from Cadiz, da,esl
Jan s--' This port is nov is a Stale Of
! blockade, both fSr vessels Coming ia aud
goiog out. 40 Official letter 20 This cf-
tect (Which SAW Was sent by the Bri.
.tish ac'niral 10 the governor, desiring him
10 inform all The foreig,, consais thereof.
! The. declaration of war on the part OF
! SPAN was made some. time since.
WHEAT, cogn, rice. &c. will be very high
The ensuing year, as the heavy rains have.
ro,ted AL the gram ios'llie ground. and
the foreign crop viii be short The si,u
alton OF his country is really. dreadful
and am AFRAID will be much worse"
Ano,her letter sass You will soon
hear OF a gicatechange Of government.
The prnccof Peace has He'd, and a, or
der has been issued 70 seize his persoa =,
h-rfraef from a Cad- Prize Currem Of
January 10.
!" Flour p 10 Is dols. whra. dols.
fsneg corn dolls. per do. fish 10 dols.
rice 10 do. yellow besswa,s 81 dolls. butter
20, and lard ,. cents. lumber very low. y,
iSrtracf efa iefer # ON gentleman a, Ca
4 d'z EGy,f a merchant an .sesu York, d.
nd December i4sh
The crops have so completely failed
throughout the whole kingdom thai evety
grain OF wheat, necessary for The supper,
oil The Country must be impor'ed.
The alarm ofwar between Spain and
''rea, 8r,,aln has also been one cause Of
The Sudden rise OF grain & -Four bu, thi,
must have taken rlace from Other.
tho not less powerful causes, viz. from a
conviction Of The impossib,l,ty or,eceiviny
a sufficient supply either from Europe OF
, America. The best ejaculation is. ma,
the province Of Aniairsi4 alone win re.
quire 100000 hnsheis of er.in, or tia,
equivalent IA ns'ur, ill June next; and tht
principal exploration is from the Unit.t
Sts'es. From The north OF Eurcpe fsa;
the Bsiiic) il is known 10 a certaj..ty thu
every vessel has come forward and IN.
impraescabiii'y of he navigation of ,hos,
seas al may next, Or June Will preclude
althoves OF receiying any further supplies
he same reason viii hold as 10 the nsyi
CATION ofthe black Sea aud The supple,
that might be'expsSfesl from Russia AN,
+. the Quantity in the Mediterranean IS ~
'rihlns as hardly 70 merit notice. Bona
= parle having prohibited the exporta,;o7
i. wherever his confront or influence ex,en,j.
ed, although to satisfy The repeated! sol;ei
tatioDs OF Spain he has cnnsentel under
c itaia conditions 10 permit The .xDoTta.
Ton ofgrain from certain ports OF France
yet, such were the res,riciiuns thaiif would
he folly % suppose aay VIII come forward
. from thence. The very day re the PRO.
+ ciamation 81 permi, sion rDr expotati.n.
; RTE hrfcc rose 5 TER cr1t above ne frice ~
svsich il sas htojil ~ e,,ho-f; which is q
strong proof lhey have not too mich r.,
: themse'ves, aud the arbitrary measures
81 tie government of France make IL a
dangerous thing to purchase any quaint.
+ " for eSporting.- Under a full view 81
; these iatis. and which I have taken pain.
70 rliorm myself Of, an firmly of opi
mon TIA, shipments OF llonr from Amcri
ca must yield handsome profit.
I" The British Government have eiver
assurances that ibis port shalt not be
hlockaded, and that free ingress and eeres,
: shall he permitted TO neutrals.--Tbi,
mes from the British consul here, Mr
Daft an aged and respectable man. In
deed it would be the greatest iohu
) marty, considering the impoverished
state ot thn, people. TO do other,yis. ..
Whole towns IN The interior have been a
bandoned conyiels for life have been a.
Tree to prevent starvation; more are sal,
10 have persisted By famine than by m,
iever, 81 which latter 26.7so have rerisb
r ed ia Mai1ra only. and No.. ocr,o =. =.