The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-01-28

.cls vi flour, Tor when the, s..pel..iiy and .
ready market. When the First adj vcntnrers /
began to purchase, -four WAS 10 be hasiSrnin |
iS TO 20 sh'l Pennsylvania currency. per |
barrel on the Monongahela but MS ave-
~ bad quality and was only made use III for !
biscuit. or in times of scarcity. Itgradul)y
improved. and in 1892 the best kind was sup
posed equal &C. that manuf' cturcd in phha-
deiphia but being put up negiigentlY, does
not keep so long, and for that reason alo,,cis
not SO much esteemed as Philadelphia -four
The court of Spain, informed by its officers
here of the steps they had taken, and the
motives which had induced them, otherwise
ignorant OF the situation of affairs with re-
sPect to Kentucky, and consequently easily
impressed with the ideas they wished to in
culeate; not only approved of what they had
done, but granted a further permission to all
the inhabitants of the western country TO OK
port their produce to Orleans. where it was
admitted on paving fifteen per cent. duty.
Ibis increased the intercourse, as many who
would not before adventure while it was
matter OF favor granted by the governor, now
entered into commercial speculation; and
from the Ohio, the province of Louisiana was
not only supplied with a sufficient stock of
Hour, whiskey, and sailed provisions, hemp,
and lattery cordage; but a considerable
quantity, of some of them, often was ship
- ''O'' hSHSC 10 tifC pIOuuCC W tulS pro
vince to Havanua, and other Spanish ports
besides these articles, the produce of their
'anqs, dry goods were secretly imported. and
SOLO In the different ports along the river
and altho' orders were given to the command
ant OF new Madrid, the first Spanish port
below the mouth of the Ohio, to prevent such
importations. & seize on all who -transgrcss-
ed these orders, it was easily avoided: here
the boats gave manifest of their cargo, un-
der which passport was given; this was
endorsed by the different commandants on the
river, as the boats passed the owners might
sell their cargoes where they pleased, and by
the manifest which they were bound to de-
livert to the government Immediately on their
arrival at Orleans, their duties were calcu-
lated these duties continued to be exacted,
at the rate of fifteen per cent until after the
| arrival of the baron Corondcle., when un-
der the idea of facilitating certain political
| ideas OF his own. he reduced them on his
| own authority to six per cent. This mea-
sure was highly disapproved of by Gardo-
qui, the minister of finance, who threatened
to make HIM personally responsible for the
difference, and ordered the duties to be plac-
ed on the former footing. The baron was
not easily diverted from favorite measure,
| Paid no attention to the minister's first or
| ders he represented a second time, and "a
gam received a more positive order than the
first. Despairing Of being able to gain his
| point with him, and determined not to aban-
don it, he addressed himself to the king, thro'
| the minister of state. His plans were ap-
proved OF, and the duty fixed at six per cent.
at which rate it still subsists; and this is the
duty exacted on every thing imported from
/ any OF the American settlements On the Ohio
OF Mississippi for sale in w-Orleans This
duty is tar from being burthensome to the
importer, on account of the low rate of es-
timation, and the facility W tn which various
means considerable part of it is always a.
| welded. Flour is valued but at four dollars A
! barrel; hrst quality tobacco three dollars
per cwt ether quality, two dollars whisKey.
tthifty seven and half cents per gallon, and
salt provisions, and all other artic es at a
reasonable rate, as may be seen in the tariff
! which accompanies this, according to which
the duties are calculated, and which natu-
: rally tall OH the consumer. BY degrees the
| importation OF flour from the OHIO has all
! most put final stop to any from the Atlantic
states, and Ne shortly expect that suci, GUAM
mites Will be manufactured in the western
| country, as to permit the merchant of Or
leans to enter into competition with those of
the middle states at foreign markets. The
| Quantity OF different productions imported
from the Ohio, since the opening of that
trade, has varied considerably from year to
year, In the beginning, tobacco was the
principal export trom Kentucky, and at one
period from 1900 to 1000 hhds. came down
the Mississippi annually for 3 or years !;
ney atsthc same time exported great GUAM
tlty OF butter, lard and salt provisions
| Within the asst three years, the expectation
VT tobacco has considerably diminished and
hour seems to takeits p ace. Hemp has ike
wise been imported rom thence i'll conside-
rable quantities; was formerly reshipped
from hence to the Atlantic states but what
now comes is manufactured here Cordaee
is likewise imported from Kentucky. where
some rope walks are set up; and i'll futare
IL is tobe presumed, that i tie or no hemD
VIII be exported from New-O rieans: for the
encouragement of the mandatory here.
that article As exempt from duty on impor-
tation. In the year 1872, the king ceased
purchasing the usual quantities of tobacco
In Louisiana, which was formerly 1900. 900
lbs, on account OF some frauds, in packing
and the general bad quality OF the tobacco
as the planters, sure othaving theirs receiy-
cd by the inspectors, on giving a small gratu-
ny, made generally three cuttings, and put
up every thing thai ever looked ike tobacco
lhls punishment was sensibly felt, as great
prlce was given for it (say 81 s por cwt.)
This culture ceased Immediately on the east
ern side of the Mississippi on this event
taking place. The people of Natchez turn
ed their attention to indigo, which they rails
ed with success; but changed this branch.
for that of cotton, which now forms the STA.
pie article of their growth, and bids fair To
De an object OF the greatest Importance the
crop OF last year, from that district, is sun
ngfs1f Ta