Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-03-19

|, naisriy. have fendered them less N oh;;..
Of spe euIaticn. Good pots sell readily :.
So 63s, and pearls &C 63s 66. Fer ca !.
fresh sosnd ashes are very scarce, a sr.,.
nroportien of our supplies last year. h.:
inc been 10 erusted OF imperfect state.
Turpsntins was as6rst the favori,e arr
Gle with the spectators, and, from III. e,,
cerne,. With which the purchase. v.,.
made, tn. price, have rapidly advanced, TO-
SOS q SIS per cwr. Tar has also, been ia
prea, request, and ssles, AZ Aos q 42s have
been effected to considerable ex,.nt-
Some parcels Of good Virginia have reach.
ed ~ per Dbl. II 10. computed, ,ha. ~,
lea. than Il, 900 barrels ofturp.n,ine, and
$4,000 barrels Of tar, have been sold 10 The.
last 14'days.
No impression has, yet been made uuou
our grain market, By the recent in,sIi.
uenes. Our demand has, for some time.
been very limited, which may, in 4 grs,,
measure, arise from the country markets
being, at this season, more plen,ifulIy cup.
piled by The farmers. The produce ef,hs
last crop continues ssill very soft, and the
quality, in many places, 10 found 10 be il.
f.rier to the expectations which were torn.
ed at the close Of the harvest Fine old
wheat. are scarce, but not in much de.
mand. American csnno. be quoted high.
er than is Cd 16s per 70lb. Good fresh
-four, the STICK Of which 10 very much re.
duesd, obtains SIS Cos. Sour flour has,
Of late, sold more freely at 49s a 52s per
barrel. ... ...,. .
Rice has advanced q to s. PER cwt. and
s2s to 50 are now considered the curren.
prices. The stock, consisting Of the midi
ding and inferior kinds, is large, and
principally in the hands Of the whoie,ale
Srocers. .-.
Scarcely, at any former period, have
the sales of tobacco been more extensive:
the demand has, however, been almost en-.
tirely on speculation. We may now quote
York aud James River, at I'd a IL Led;
Rappahannoek 81 lid Potomac Sd Cd:
strmmsd ida 15d and Maryland at Sd
= I'D per ID.
The demand for timber has, for some
time, been regular and steady aud, as the
continuation of the non -intereourse law
is expected to preclude any immediate or
considerable supplies, an advance of about
Cd per foo. has taken place upon some de.
scriptieus. New York oak logs are now
worth sos Cd 6s New England oak
IS s. cd; Pine Is lad a ~ = I'D;
maple, beech and birch, IS sd 10 ID, and
pitch pine IS I'd IS I'D per foot.
Our market is largely supplied with
white oak and barrel slaves, aud sales are
effs ct-d, with difficulty, at Ell 24L Tho
quantity of hid. and pipe, On the contrary,
is small, and the demand, for the former,
is steady, at ISL a 39l; for the latter, at
4OI 45I per M.
The stock OF quereitron bark being re-.
duced to about $50 packages, Of which only
small part is Of the h:,e description, this
parcel 10 held at sos, at which price, how.
ever, no purchaser has yet appeared. The
nominal quotation, Tor tn. inferior quail.
tics, is 26s SOS per ews.
Several parcels Of new aax-seed have ar
rived, for which 8! or 81 s. is expected;
but we do not find that any sale. have been
made, by which the prices are yet essab.
Nshsd.
The actual state Of our mark, for clio.
ver.seed, is very uncertain i, i. supposed,
however, tina, COS zoos per ews. might he
obtained for fine parcel.
That the continuance Of the non inter.
course law is, in itself, Of grea, importance,
cannot be denied but, that il, effect, may
b. ovsrrated, a we have seen 10 former
instance, mus. also be allowed; for, ad.
hitting that the expenees, a,ssndan, upon
q circuisous msds Of transmission, are con-
siderable, yet, they are not Of sufficient
magnitude TO warrant Us ia concluding,
that the present prices will be supported,
JULES. measures Of a decidedly strongsr
eharacser should be speedily adopted. IN.
confidence OF some holders, therefore. rests
upon the idea, that the n.iu,ereourss Law
viii be superseded by = general embargo;
while it is supposed, BY o.hers, ,ha, III.
recent dielomatic Oecurrenees n, AZ, Led m