Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-11-19

dispose Of their stocks, not wishing 70
hold heavily so near the approach Of Ii-w
supplies this feeling has prodaced some
partia! decline there is however again
some demand for Upland ard Orleans.
and the holders Of these kinds being &C.
nerally tOlerabIy firm, small sales cont.
nue. to be made at about our quUtations.
Fair TO good fair uplands are the most
wanted at % 3.4 81 led per ID ; Or,
leans go off tolerably well, the fiacst qua
lities at O. a 2s led are the most want
ed for Sea Islands there i' not much
enquiry the general run OF Charlestons
go of at g 81 2s 6d per ID. The i'm
port frem all quarter the nine past months
Of the presenr year reach e35,ls5 packa.
&C., of which l5O,977 bags were from the
United States in the corresponding
nine months Of the last year our import
was 247, 64l bags of which 1850 were
from the United S:atcs.-Generai ex.
pectation prevails that our market will
90 higher, but it is hoped that it ray not
give way much before the new crop be.
gins to arrive there is however no &C.
tual want Of cotton, aud if panic or an
ure "lcy TO sell, was manifest, to decline.
1t is understood here that cotton is be.
coming scarce in India, and the last ad.
vices state that vessels which went out
expressly for this article cannot get
whole ca'goes.
Tobacco and rice-Pnrt Of the recent
arrivals Of tobacco prove Of much better
quality than before remained for sale
and though our market has on the whole
declined during tie past month, we raise
our extreme quotations u fine, because
there are now samples In lie marker
worth The money which We state. Tor
the lower qualities there is more demand
FOR export. and the home trade ROW takes
more freely of the better sorts : no de-
cline is now expected sufficient to rem
der this article an object Of speculation.
Rice is to remain free OF duty all April
next /; very little EOwremains in the mar
kct =; the demand continues tC!erably
good, aud our quotations are supported
f.om the scarcity Of the article.
Wheat, aour, oats, Gc.-Gur harvest
may now be considered as all but termi.
mated the weather for securing The crops
has been fine beyond all calculaticn.-
The reports SO long, and SO generally
prevalent, as TO the surerabundance of
our crops are rot, it is now believed,
borne ont by the result rot, however,
that our harvest is deficient, but that il is
not redundant nor could it reasonably
have been contemplated, that wheat
would prove so productive as IVES re-
ported, otherwise the probability is, that
the heavy rains Of July and August,
would have beat it down such, how.
ever, has not been the case in this and
the neighbouring counties the wheat is
generally, though light on the ground, Of
good quality in the south, where it has
been housed Too hastily, a great portion
is not fit for immediate use in many
parts Of England it is but lean; and ge.
neral!y speaking, wheat now seems TO be
admitted as rather below than above an
average croS-All the reports as to the
crop Of oats are uniform in Representing
it as abundant in quantity, and very fine
in quality-Barley seems to be esteemed
both irreguIa. n the sample aud in tie
produce, but beans are expected to be a
decent crop, the present 6nc weather be-
ing much in their favor.
" For some weeks past our corn mar
kets have been rather on the advance. and
which is the less surprising when we con-
slider that the harvest is late, and the lar
mers have in consequence less time TO
prepare their ground for seed, besides
The stock Of old corn, both with tie ill.,
porters and the farmers, was nearly ex-
iaustcd for Notwithstanding the i'm
nense import of American -four, very
little remains here, indeed good qualities
ire become exceedingly scarce: Specu.
alton now seems alive as to our ports
closing On the 15t, Nov. just now we
consider our average prices above sos
per quarter the next weeks average
will take to account the advance the
two last Tor the maritime districts, and
which were the first that will regulate
the average, were Us Id and 74s Sd per
quarter should the farmers hold hack
their wheat, our aggregate average may
exceed Sos; but il The farmers are ten pit
ID by the advance to cone freely to uar-
Iet, then the chances are, that our ports
will close in NUy.-itis however, mat-
Ter of speculation, and no safe opinion
ian just at present be offered Oh this sub
ect.
To day our market was but dali, tho