Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-07-03
ALEXANDRIA:
MONDAY, July 5.
COMMERCIAL.

COMMERCIAL.
BALTIMORE, June SO.
Extract of letter from Philadelphia,
dated June 26.
&C Good sperm. candles cannot be had
under As cents.-Pepper is at 80 cents,
and in demand.
g This market is very bare of colonial
produce. A small cargo from Jamaica
arrived here last week, and sold very
well.-Pimento, 40 cts; cocoa, rs GIN
ger. IS; coffee, 81 to %.
Whiskey is now at 90 cents, & some
holders ask ST. | think the current price
will be 100 cents in few days.
Extract of letter from Petersburg, Va.
dated June 25.
G Flour is In demand here at 81 10 to
L Sd old wheat 81 IS; new 1 So
the new crop OF wheat is very good. To-
bacco, to L; cotton, upland. II to 90
cts; sugar, Muscovado, "a to 252; cof.
fee, 90 to 81 cents
Extract of a letter from Norfolk, Virgil
MIA, dated June "a.
{" Flour. 7 1-2 to 81, dali !; corn,
go to 95 cts..in demand green coffee %
Ito %; West-India rum, Sd proof l 60,
not plenty: whiskey, IS cents; hyson
tea, / so to 90-No French brandy,
wines or mo!asses, in market"
British duties and remarks, annexed to
the Liverpool letter of May, publish
ed in the Patriot of Tuesday last.
$ Flour and wheat cannot now, under
the existing laws, be admitted for home
use until the price IN the eight maritime
districts Of England and Wales is 80s
and upwards: it is always admissible to
bond.
!, -. Cotton wool, in British ships, l6s
Taper loolbs; in foreign ships, 2ss cd.
Ashes, in British ships, lis Id; in TO-
reign ship, sis 10 IL per cwt. Tar,
the last of twelve barrels, in a British
ship, Elsa IL; in foreign ships, 22s II
.l-2. Turpentine, ia any bottom, As 4
lid per cwt. Rosin, in British ships, Is
Cd; ia foreign ships, SIS E IL per cwt.-
Pitch, the last of IL barrels, in British
ships, 28s cd; in foreign ships, sos Id.
Rice, in any bottom not from British
plantations, COS Lid per- cwt.; from
British plantations, or the East-Indies, 7
8 1-Sd per cwt; but cannot come from
thence in other than British, ships, unless
by special permission. Flaxseed, 4 Gid
per bushei. Quercitron bark, in casks
not less than 150ibs. nett weight, 9s 1-st
per cWt; ii otherwise imported. l.S2 lGs
per cent. on the value. Bees-wax, l.S 6s
cd per cwt. Slaves, if not more tlsan l
/ i-2 inch thick, hogsheads. in British
SHIPS, les 4 l-od per 1876; IN foreign
ships, It's Esd. Pipes, in British ships,
us 7 Esd; in foreign slips, 22s Cd
Barrel, iii British ships, IS s Esd; in
foreign Ships, IS II Esd. Timber, pine
lin british smps, lis IS Id in foreign
ships, l,3 IS Id. Oak in British ships,
i.o Is 8; in foreign ships, LIS As I'D. per
load, of 50 cubic feet. Sassatras, esd
per cwt. seneka root, 7 1-Sd per h.
Snake root, Is SD per Id. Flour, &C
cording to average price, highest duty
los sd; first low duty, Is 4 I'D; Sc
cond low duty, Is Ia Per cwt. Wheat,
o9s I'd p. quarter, it average price is pn-
der 65s; ii at Or above 6os, IS I'D l-S !;
at or above Cos, . l2d. Logwood in
british ships, SIS IL lad per ton OF 20
Icwt.-Fustlc IN British and foreign ships,
24s IL per ton OF 20 cwt. Nicaragua
wood in BRITISH ships, Cos l-2d.-ln-
digo, 4 SID per 10. Aldes In British
ships, 9 La Per hide; In foreign slips,
Is Lid per hide. Mahogany Ill Us
cd. per ton OF 10 cwt. Helnp, in British
ships, Is / l-od per cwt; in loreisn ships
los od. iron In Diltish sillps, 10 9s It'd
Iper ton; la foreign Ships, t.7 los 3D.
Tobacco may DC loageu III the kings
warehouse Tor three years, but il it re-
,naln longer than rs months, IS to pay
/ I'D per week per package. lhe duties
are not char TIL taken out OF the
| " arehouse. his article ID not impOrtable
IN packages oi less THAN 45Oibs. nett and
Inn ships less than lz0 tons. Vessels
who'll, laden with tobacco may go into
ICowes Oh Falmouth and wait there II
days for ORDERS (lt must be accompanied
with a n.annest.) Under peace esta-
1ollshuient should fear that american
Ships would not be permitted to ware
house colonial produce here. Coffee b.
7. excise and custom duty, 72s 4d per
Icwt. pald by the buyers, out generally