Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-10-17
FOR EIGN.
PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.

COMMUNICATED ron Tas BsLgIMoaE Fg-
DRRAL c&zETTE.
LIVERPOOL, Sth mo. 90, 1911.
For FIVE weeks past there has been very
good demand for cotton; the sales made in
the early pGrc OF that time were extensive,
though the quantity now taken is considera-
bly, less, yet we continue to- have a regular
demand, and the lower qualities of UpanGs
and Of New Orleans have obtained an inn
provement; in the whole. prices have been
particularly steady, Upland 10 l-2 u S-4 !;
New-Orleans IL Il Il; and Sea Islands Is
II L. per Id. In the five weeks, ending
Path inst. "a 200 bags have found buyers, and
the import has been only 49, bags.
The arrivals of ashes from Canada have
been brought freely into The market, and the
sales are now dull at a decline of IS a S. Dot
SIS a SOS. free from Stain; pearls dos 4cs
per cwt.
Of Tar and Turpentine, we have had con-
siderable supplies, and the prices are lower,
especially tnrpcntine, which has declined S.
per cwt good parcels sell freely. About
5000 barrels 2s. Sd. soft brought los pcrcwt.
Tar is steady at 17s. a 29s. per barrel.
The Quantity Rice ut market is not large :;
new has been sold freely At 2Ss Il 24s Cd per
cwt.
Quercitron Bark is almost unsaleable at
2os 34s. per cwt. coarse to pale fine. lndi-
SO IS steady.
Timber, steady; common price IS n SIS
Cd: Georgia pitch pine, SIS I'D a IS Cd per
cubic foot; slaves are in good demand.
Fine Tobacco supports prices--the inferior
kinds are miserably dull.
Deeming it TO be of considerable impor-
lance to ascertain the state of our harvest,
we sent person to inspect the crops, who is
Just returned, after examining about 40
helds In the course Of a round of about IS
miles in southern direction for about 20
miles there is very little appearance of mil
dew, but even here the crops are not very
productive; further south the effects of mil
dew arc very general and the deficiency in
those parts III the produce of a head of wheat
when compared with the more northern
parts OF this years crop, is nearly oHc-fhird :;
and when compared with the average pro
duce of a head OF last years, it is nearly one
halt So great is the difference in the pro-
duce OF the different districts, that we cam
not yet speak with much accuracy; but from
the above and our accounts from various parts
OF the country, we arc decidedly of opinion
that the crops will prove in the whole, very
considerably short of an average /; and if so,
must OF course require considerable mpor-
tatiol. 1T prices be moderate on your side,
we SHOULD tnnK TINS one OF the best articles OF
shispment hither; there is no American at
market-it would now bring 13s a l3s Cd per
70lbs. Flour SOS SIS per barrel
LONDON, August 81.
The intelligence of the fire at SMYRNA
which many persons were inclined to discre-
dit, looking upon it as a stock-jobbing bust
ness, is unhappily confirmed. Letters from
Salonica and from Constantinople, concur in
stating, that between the 10th and I4th June,
two-thirds of smyrna, including immense
warehouse, (magazines) had fallen prey to
the flames. The cottons of Natoiia, and the
other productions of the Levant, have con-
sequently risen in price
National Debt.-An account of the reduc-
ton of the National Debt. from the lst of
August, 1876, to the 1st of August, 1911:
Redeemed by the sinking
Fund 6 1SO,345,6C2
Transferred by Land Tax
redeemed 23,333.476
Do. by Life Annuities pur-
chased 1.449, 800
On account Of G. Britain POS ,629, o6s
Do. of ireland S,395,814
DO. OF Imperial Loan 1,176938
Do. of Loan to Portugal 1854
Total G215 ,29S,S54