Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-08-25


Orleans. The principal part of the arrivals
are still of an ordinary and middling quail
ty, and the great scarcity Of those kinds,
which are we'll cleaned, and of good color,
render them proportionably more valuable.
A small parcel of unusually fine uplands,
has realized Is I'D, and a few bags of n.
Orleans 19d per Id but the prices which
have been obtained in these particular in
stances, cannot be considered as fair cri-
terion of the state of the market. We may
quote upands generally from I'D Is IA
, New Orleans sd a I'D I'D, and Ten.
nessee from I'D a sd. The improvement
! in the value Of ea-islands, has not been to
an equal extent ordinary and stained may
be worth from I'D and gid, middling to
f, fine Is lOd q Is 1d-and very fine Is I'd
| Is I'D per h. So long as the demand for
| the manufactured article continues in its
present aourishing state, it seems reasona-
bic 20 conclude that the prices will not I'm.
| dergo any very serious alteration and un-
less the imports from America should prove
more abundant than is generally anticipated
here, it is not improbable tina, a triAing adj
vance may be experienced. Our supplies
OF American cotton, since the commence
ment OF the present year, are about IS 900
bags and bales, of which 81 900 have been
imported since the 1st of April, & of these
nearly $4,000 since the 1st of June.
6 So few sales of ashes have yet been ef-
feC.ed that their actual value is, in great
measure, undetermined, as the purchasers,
he rs E,rth
will make no offers 10 which the holders are
disposed to submit. Previous to the open
ing of trade, our stocks Of this article had
been very much reduced, but the lmporta-
ton since that period has amounted to near
" 9,OCO barrels, which is about ,he quaint.
ty received in the five preceding months -
The nominal price of good Boston pots is
SIS SIS. New York SIS. SIS, & pearls
SIS SIS the crusted and inferior kinds do
not rate higher than ass sos per cwt.-
Their future currency will BE- governed al
most entirely by the supplies which may
come forward, both from Canada and the
United States, and should these b. abund-
ant we can scarcely expect that the present
prices will BIZ supported.
in the prices which we quoted for naval
stores, on the 18th ut. yet as the enquiries
Of late, have been very numerous, both on
speculation and from the regular trade, the
holders are looking for an advance, which,
to certain extent, there seems every pro.
liability of .heir Obtaining. Several sales of
turpenliIe have been made at Is 16s
one small lot, of soft quality, has reached
16s Cd rs per cwt. Good tar cannot be
Dough, under 26s 27s, and most of the
importers are confidently requiring 2ss per
Dbl.
"We have experienced a very brisk de-
mand for rice, partly tor home consump-
ton, but chiefly for the purpose al being
exported TO Spain and Portugal, to which,
in the course of The last FIVE weeks, about
$500 ticrces have been shipped. The va
lue Of the inferior aud m!ddling qualities
has in cons; qucnce been advanced TO 24s
a 25s 81, ana the good anG fine to 26s a27s
per cwt.
" No extensive sales Of wheat have been
effected for some time past, as the holders
are not disposed to educe the prices SO tar |
as to meet the views OF the buyers; tor the
best American wheat none Of the dealers
would give more than 1e, Cd a Us per 70
lbs. Superhne -four is sl!l In tolerable
good demand, at 65s 6ss per bbl but there
appears more anxiety on the part ct the
holders, to realize the current Prlces.With
respect TO our future prospects we may OBJ
serve, that the circumstances from which
an inference might be drawn, are IN them
selves 100 uncertain to warrant any decisive
conclusions. We have of late enjoyed
some very seasopable rains, which, if sue
ceeded by continuance of warm aud &C.