Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-10-31
CHARLRsToN. Oct 90.
REPORT OF ACTUAL. SALES.
Tar week naaf

Baltimore, do y leg
Country, (Camden) 9aIo
DO. Common, 2a8
'PobaccoSll a IS per cwt
Ditto-chewing, 50 a 65centS.
Bees wax--32 l-2 cents
tCorn-487 1-2 cents per biishel.
Bacon---15a 10 ce2ts.p per ID
Whiskey Pennsylvania, 81
Butter---in kegs, % q 25 cents, lplentO
for feK PRODUCTIONS.
Cotton Bagging IA a IS cents per I'd
Cognac Brand -Gs per gallon
lSait-Liverpool coarse, 80 95 cents
Turks Island, 90
Sugar Havana white. S25 a 81
MuscoYado, % liza 2S &
Brown. 81 1-2
Coffee hest green, so a 53 cents
Rum-Jamaica, 81 90
West India, 45.a1 so
Molasses--8o cents scarce
REMARKS.
Dry Goods-Although there are plen-
tv in the market, sales are still slack
Very little has been done during the week
at Public sale-Fine Woollens have been
| got off at private sale, at from rs to 30
per cent oninvoice Cotton Gaods, with
the exception of some particular articles.
colored handkerchief, for instance)
meet dull sale. Purchasers arpeareto be
holding back, under an expectation Of
large importations.
West India produce-stiil continues
scarce and in demand--but very few
sales have been made, owing in some
measure to q disagreement between the
importers and retailers, as to the tare !:
the latter reqniring to be allowed the
custom house tare, while the importers
ARE DESTROYS Of continuing smaller rate,
which has existed for some wears past.
Rice--In the early part Of the week,
WAS IN much demand, and three or four
hundred barrels were sold at S dollars
| since which it has declined little ;
primesparcels might be bal on SATURDAY.,
lat'4 rs. This deprec alton is proba.s,;; !
Ioccasioned by recent advices from
France. where the article had somewhat
| deprecated in price.
Cctton--Sea-I Islands are still held at
l5e cents but were not so much;a de-
lmand a: the end as in the beginning OF
the week. Uplands hare been desfecia-
ted in the course Of the week, from SO a
80 to 25 26cents..
Extract Of letter from mercantile
l'ou$e in Bordeaux, to their corres-
P"ndeDt in Charleston, dated Septem-
ber 6.
An encrcasrin tie demand and nri
ces OF cotton have taken place since
yours was sold; but this ,excites no re-
gret at not keeoing 1t Ipnger on hands.
as the rise and demand is confined al
most exclusively to superior qualities. -
100 bales superior to yours were sold
only three DAYS ago at 100 frs. at the
same time that sold the cargo of the
brig Peter, lately arrived from ycur
lrort, at {. 1S9 SO. The prices NAV now
be quoted at +. l55 to 1876 for Upland.
and from +. 260 to sic for Sea.Fsland.- -
Dur entire impcrtatipns during the spring
land summer amounted to 1850 bales,
lot which 1857 have been sold. Cur
present stock is consequently ~ery small,
and our manufacturers in the interior
are very scantily supplied. If orr pre-
sent prices. the continuance Of which, ]
ltalnk, may be depended upon, and the
Ibenetit to be derived on the exchange
with England, should Offer you more
advantageous mode of remittance than
by direct shipment to Liverpool. I adj
wise your shipping two-thirds in prime
Upland, ard one-third in superior fire
tstaPle Sea-ISland. Rice sells slowly
and by small quantities, at from SO to IS
francs. Exchange on London, is f sl
1907 "
Another letter of the 4td ut statee
that prime Upland Cotton had -actuall i
sold at 100 francs-Ordinary. 1856.
Rice. so to SO francs, and it was sun.
posed it would maintain that price from
the scarcity of crops.
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