The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-08-29

CONC from tnc Oniteu States
The demand for flour is regular and eX-
tensive; sone parcels from Baltimore have
been sold as low rs ASS. Cd New York and
Philadelphia obtain. generally, ASS. a AIS.
per barrel. Wheat is extremely dull /; the
prices of American may be- nominally, l2s.
cd. 1Ss. per 20 ID. So long as -four can
ne bohght comparatively lower, wheat will,
If course. be neglected. Both these articles,
Eor two months past. have been regularly ON
he decline. When the deficiency of the
Wheat crop of 1905 is considered. and AT the
same time our total exclusion from all TO
reign supplies, the depression is surprising,
IN as much rs it WINS unexpected. The a
arm, which the prosIt CT OF immense arri-
walls from America has excited, is, perhaps,
the only explanation which can be given of
the fact. Bnt since it has acquired more
importance, in the public estimation. than
the case seems 20 justify, we shall endcavor
to place the matter in a clearer light: The
quantity of wheat imported into this place,
since the 9th instant, is about So COO bush
els, besides SO COO barrels of flour. being in
the aggregate, equal to about 800. 900 bushels
tof Wheat. Althoughto some, who take Liver
pool only into consideration, these imports
may appear heavy yet, If more compre.
hensive view is taken OF the srhject, we shall
find, that, compared with the consumption
of the kingdom, they lose much of thu, con-
sequence with which, they have been invest
ed. To make this still more evident, let us
suppose Mat our population is about 600,
900, and estimating the average consumpti
OH of each individual at bushels. annually
the total quantity imported here, would
scarcely furnish tV.n days subsistence. The
effects, thcnit il obvoious, rest almost en-
tirely on idea, and not any real or relative
magnitude but however evident this NAV
be, it is insufficient to obviate the effects of
that opinion, which has taken possession of
the public, or the extent or continuance of
which, we can form no calculation AS so
much now depends ON the state Of the wea
ther, our future prices will be governed more
| by this, than by any other circumstance
Ashes have been very much depressed
! The best pots were sold as low as Ais a as
and Pearls at 49 a sos. per cwt. Although
the market is rather improving. the buyers
viii scarcely venture to purchase extensive
| ly, until they can ascertain, with more &C
curacy, the supplies which are expected
from Canada, and the quantity which may
yet be imported from the United States.
Very few of the Gobaccos, which arc Just
ARRIVED, are vet discharged but should
they prove of GOOD quality, which is ex-
tremely scarce, the manufacturers seem
disposed to purchase freely at the present
INV 'S''hiSS NiNCi, . u 90. Iu--
Potomack. 9 I'd. n ) l 2d--Rappahannnck
Cd a 4 / 9-and Stenmed, Sd Ii Sd per
lib.
The season for sowing ilaxseed being now
closed, those parcels which have lately ar
| rived, or which are still TO come forward
must OF Course be used for crushing. About
l 200 casks have accordingly been sold to the
manufactures ut lis. 6. IDS per WIN.
| chester bushel.
I
The arrivals of slaves have been consi-
derable; but as they were extremely scarce
! III all parts of the country, the demand has
been extensive aud uncommonly brisk the
prices, particularly of barrel, have rapidly
advanced, and New York white oak are
now worth C Is los. 6 II; Philadelphia,
have been sold at II los. and higher pri-
ces are still asked. Hosshead may be DUO
ted At % a 6 26, according to the quality
and pipe at & 81 a C SO per NJ.
Timber having been for long time very
much wanted, several cargoes, recently ar
rived, have been bought as soon as they were
landed, and the demand continues regular
and extensive. We believe that the orders
which have been received from the country
dealers only, would be sufficient to take off
all the common pine, which has vet been
imported, provided contracts could be made
at SIS. per foot, which is the extent of their
considerably higher, and Massachusetts Dine
may be quoted at SIS. Cd. S. I'D. and pitch
| pine As. a As. 3d.-Oak logs Is. Il rs. 3d.
Harwood IS. Id 3s. Sd per foot Pine
! PLANK l-3d. Cd. per foot of Q inches
thick, and boards / I'd 4d per foot of
| inch thick.
The decree which prohibited the impor-
tation or Colonial goods from Holland into
France, being rescinded, has, in conjunction
with the present state of affairs in Germany,
gwen rise to various surmises, and encoura
ged few of our merchants and manufactu
rers to hope that. by the removal of some
OF the existing difficulties, communication
with the Continent through the medium of
tfelgoland, would be rendered less hazar.
dous; however distant and slender this pros
pect may be, 1t had operated rather in ia
vor OF Cotton and Tobacco. But as this con
lecture rests alsiost entirely on DresumDtive
grounds. we may reasonably suppose that
the Exporters will wish to see their way
more clearly, before they embark in specu-
lations which may finally close in disappont
TneDt and loss; Diet, animation which. i'm
similar cases, has been but too frequently
experienced.
we annex an account of the principal ar
ticles lmportedh here from America since the
10th ult. and also of the total imports of the
same kinds of produce in the year 1907,
which we hope may be interesting, as it will
afford you the means Of Judging what proper
ton the supplies of the former bear to those
of the latter period
We are, respectfully,