Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-03-02
FROM THE. FREEMAN's JOURNAL.
TRADE TO TIE BRAZILS:

AS there is probability that at least
trade to neutral countries will soon be IN
operation from the United States, we nave
postponed a great deal OF original matter
intended for this days Journal, in order to
give publicity to the following very import
ant and correct viezv Of the Brasil Alarket,
/, by HENRY HILL, Esq. the American con-
sui, which has been obliginly handed to the
editors of the Freeman's Journal, by much
respected Mercantile friend, immediately
on its receipt from that country. 30 iull
and so luminous is the view of this portion
of the neutral trade, and from country OF
which SO little has hitherto been generally
known, that it cannot but prove i'll the high
est degree acceptable, not only to our Her
cantile but also to our Agricultural readers,
whose interest, are, always have been, and
must be, insetGra5b connected; and who
have now prospect of receiving some,,emo-
lument, after suffering under the privatlons
of ruinous fifteen months Embargo. The
Prince Regent of Portugal now reigns at
the Brazils, and from this circumstance 1t is
expected the American trade will be on
better footing and under better regulations,
than it ever has been before.
ST. Salvador, (Brazil) Nov. 90, 1903.
SIR,
Prcsuming it would be agreeable to
YOU to receive information from this coun-
try, now that it is open to our commerce,
I have sent YOU this letter with the me-
morandum which accompanies it.
<. In nv remarks / have endeavored to be
sufficiently explicit, that you might have all
the information which appeared necessary
concerning the most suitable articles for this
market, and of those which are usually cx-
ported. But, from the present commercial
state of this country, its accustomed COM
merce suspended, its principal productions
reduced to mere nominal prices, and being
overstocked as it is with almost every de-
scription Of British manufactures, it is par
ticulally recommended that cargoes intend
ed for this market, Or any OF the ports in
Brazil, be well assorted, and not consist Of
a great proportion Of any one article. There
is also another material cause existing to
render this advisable. This is the custom
which has always prevailed, and will ne
cessarily exist for long time, of retailing
eargoes, and selling on long credits; in
which the merchants being all interested,
whilst this country was secluded from To-
reign intercourse, they were heretofore
unanimous, in order to keep up prices. It
is therefore to be unprecedented this will es-
sentially operate against our commerce, es-
pecially when the concurrence in market OF
the same kind of goods shall be consldera-
BILE, as the same motives will not prevail to
unite in one common design.
1t is also proper to acqualnt you, that
should the restoration Of Portugal be con-
firmed, or the ports of Spain offer security
to Brazilian commerce, it is expected the
productions of this country generally, will
experience an immediate augmentation Of
prices; and, it is also believed, that many
articles included in the memorandum, Which
your own intelligence will point out, will
be supplied from thence direct, on better.
terms than through the channel of our COM
merce.
Referring your attention to the Informal
ton of commercial nature bv the Ham
let, respecting the favorable dispositions of
this government, and the friendly footing
upon which our commerce will be received
here and protected, beg leave to assure
YOU, and my fellow-citizens generally. that
on all occasions my best efforts will be di-
rected to promote the prosperity of our COM
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