Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-03-07

,iy TO those articles. which are wanfsd nor
.,ly 70, the consumption Of this count
-.ut more particularly for SwitzerlaiG
where crops have totally failed, and tn
.xtsnsiye orders from thence have Coli
,ributed to advance our prices to their
present higA rates.
Owing to the relative situation OF th''
olace with Switzerland, her supplies viii
naturally be drawn from this port: al
evidence Of which Is, that TOR seseral
purchases Of wheat made BY the swiss
government at Genoa and Leeho u, yes
iels have been chartered to bring It 10
this place, to facilitate its sransporta.
ton.
The crops in the provinces OF Dau
rhino and Lorraine have also failes, aha
those Of franche Compile aud Provence
are already nearly exhausted, so that the
demand for Dread stub, must continue
encrca,e until next harvest, which leads
Us 10 expect considerable advance on
our present prices, as experience iuiiy
proves how totally Insufficient II the must
liberal foreign import to CUunterbaiance
an actual deficiency in the home supply.
Government torsseeins this, has grated
q bounty on "hcat equal to 6S cents pc
uushel, and on aour 81 cents per 0ai
the forlner exclusive Of the bounty wou.d
command 3 dollars per Dusbe, and tli'
latter Is 20 cents per barrel, Of FAR qua
lity /, not to say Philadelphia.
Several commissioners have arrived ID
town from Dauphine and Lorraine, tu
purchase grain by order Of so'e,nn,ea''
and there is no telnps to what prices
AHEAD stuff, will get before harvest.
A quantity Of peas fron Norfolk, SOL
a. dollars per cwt. For a cargo OF sa'
perior quality from Iunis, ws nave re.
fased 5 dollars ! 4 per cwt.
Anne lean waite beans viii bring ) IS.
per cwt. We have closed our sales OF
rice at dollars, but this rs rather high,
and not over 7 or 80 lnay be expected
ior large quantity.
In tobacco, 500 hhds Kentucky have
Deen lately sold from 81 Ia "a dollars per
cwt. and s50 hhds Virginia at IS. Our
present stock Is $50 hnds of the latter,
Tor which Sd d,.ilars is demanded.
Our market S entirely bare OF LopiSi
ana and Georgia short staple cotton,
winch al c the qualities most wanted the
last sales were ~ cents per ID tor the
former, and 40 for the latter, but exten-
.ive arrivals viii derress those prices"
Latest from Liyerpool.-We are in
dobted to respectable citizen for the
following letter and price current, receiv
ed this morning BY the way Of Charles
ton -
Liverpool, Dec. 60.
Z" We avail ourselves Of an opPortuca
|ty by the Christopher, ts continue out
a vices OF the state of this market -
We have very little alteration to notice
since the 9TH, inst. Our stock of cotton
i. so much reduced, that prices Of yer!
fine descriptions continue to be readil,
obtained, although this is season IN
which the manufacturers were seldom
actively employed. We are still with
out imports. with the exception OF a few
bags via New York, the qualities Of
which ar. not fully approved. Rice /,
extremely scsrce, snd mu.h wanted,
aud we no doubt will do well tine whole
ut next year the expected repeal oil the
datyis nat yet confirmed.
The opening Of eur ports for the free
of grain aud -four, has given
a stimuIous to trade generally, AID We
look forward with pleasure Il a moe &C.
tive and prcfl IbIc ;ntercou Sc. and snl
in commercial aEaifs g..
nerally.
We are respectfully, yours. &c.
GEO. VI. W0OLSEY 4 co.
Prices Current
Ashes LIST, pot, Sc, a So