Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-09-03

brighter prospects for iceland not & 49,,
OF it could be relied upon. Amea, said ,
w. !.
At length came captain Hopkins. :.
senger in the ship Washington, wbisa Fss
rived few days since; and as he is on. :,
their own sort, they have cruelty far5s,ss
upon the poor man, the substance Of NV
graph, ridiculous enough. Let us ta la; :.
up.
(" Latest from Loapdon. By captain H,
kins passenger i'll the ship Washinetop.
arrived here yesterday frnm London. w d,sl
city he left on the 18th of July, &C., Hs, .
is an untruth in the outset, to do away Il.
more recent intelligence which we have :, ~
ceived. We have seen captain Hopkins.
he left London the 5th July. He was as|n'
70 miles from London on the 18th.
1--WE learn that the embargo had brodn
cd and was producingthe best effects in En-
land" This is excellent, for the papers q
all parties have been SO quiet On the subiec
that we had supposed our embargowas hard
ly known. "Captain II. received assursp.
ces from the best informed merchants in tbs
American trade, that if the embargo cont.
nued little longer, the most distressing e
ftcts, zuoula be produced by it," Just now i
had olready produced the best effects.
"I'hat unless they received supply s
flax within one month, rhe manufactureisa
that article would be obliged to shutup Their
manufactures. This mustbe acknowled.
ed a wonderful effect Of the embargo, wbS,
nothing is more notorious than that England
does not receive handful of that aItch
from this country, when there isno embargo,
If coal grows scarce at Newcastle it will
be another irresistible proof Of the emba.
go.
|" That all kinds of American produe
had risen to most exorbitant price, If
true, the llnfaensc quantities lately shipped
from Canada and Nova Scotia will bringa
profit to the shippers but We cannot fndty
the prices current" which have been sen,
by merchants to their corresponding here,
that this is the case.
BEEF Of the most ordinary quality com.
mands % dollars per barrel" This is an.
other article which makes no part of our ex.
ports to London. What effect therefore
has the cmbargo:.on the price of beef Marx
how ridiculous men make themselves who
attempt to bolster up the embargo.
-" Flour IL dollars" "A price currentd
later date than capt. Hopkins's departure
from London, quotes the highest price Of
-four at 10 dollars, and likely to fall, as the
crops were very promising. Flour hasha
IL or IS in this country.
Tar IA dollars We have before usthe
Liverpool price current of July 9TH, in which
it is stated at A5s. Sd. little more than 10
dollars and letter from an American mt'
chant in Liverpool some two or three days
later says, Russian articles had fallen 20
per cent.
Pot ashes 400, pipe slaves As guineas
per NJ" Both of these articles are higher
than the price current.
!" Lumber, any price which spectators
chose 10 demand" A fine chance, if our
eastern brethren were allowed i, e,r psa'.
trade. Has lumber risen more in England
than it has sunk in Maine? Who are dls
tressed most? John Bull does not eat I'M
Der, nor saves: in Maine provisions are
bought with lumber.
6 Il these effects have already been pro-
duced by the embargo, surely It would be
unwise to relax this defensive measure, &c.
Surely it would be unwisc not to take it on
as soon as possible, as the prices are eSi-
IDENTITY falling. The competition appears "
us hopeless on cur side.
Reader, take this as specimen 81 news
that "may be relied upon,'' and as Pro@
positive that the embargo has tyo1tsa0
best effects.