Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-10-24

nd Prices Currents to the 99th August.
Our commercial friends have politely
suppliedus withNthe latest letters from Dor
Ieaux, extracts from which will be found
below
-Pricesat Ravre-de-G Craze, Aug. 28-Cot-
ton, Georgia, long staple, AZ 65c 4 $50 en-
pntrepot; do. do. short staple, 2 40 9 IS
do; rice, Carolina, per fifty Kilograms, 55
60, acquitted
COMMERCIAL.
BoRpEAux, Sept. !, 1915.
"Since our Letter of l2,h June. we have
not thought il necessary to trouble you with
advices, until something Truly certain could
be known respecting our crops. Their re-
suits being pretty nearly ascertaned by the
information we have collected from differ
ent quarters, and we can now say that the
harvest falls very short from what was ex.
pected, having been materially injured by
the drought. The threshing Of corn proved
very unproductve in the southern provin.
ces OF France. The reports from the west
ern and northern ones, are not quite SO un-
favorable, but the after grains and potatoes
have failed all over France and in the
south, Indian corn has been in great rea-
sure destroyed by a scorching sun. Such
is the apprehension of real scarcity, that
even at this epoch of the year, grain and
-four have been on the advance. French
-four has been sold as high as GO 64f. per
barrel. American rye flour 40f; however,
at this juncture, prices are abating little,
as the county people who are in want OF
money bring to market. We have no doubt
but they will rise again, and that France
will stand in need Of large supplies from
abroad. Rice, of course, will be good
article il sells now from So COT. for your
government.
"The crop of wine that was promising,
both for the quality and the quantity, will
likely prove reduced by the drought, and
the excessive heat which still continue
however, The result is expected to he TO-
lerably good and great reduction in the
price of brandy is looked for towards the
end Of the year-we think that the 4th
proof will be shipped from 400 45Of.
"Cotton continues dull. and very few
sales take place, only for prime qualities
from $50 10 27Uf for Georgia; Sea-lsland
totally wanted, would fetch from SEQ a
54Of.
Real Caracas cocoa goes of at H. 90
a 87tc in bond demand for other sorts.
Coffee, which had been much inquired
after, is of late in less request. at II zoe /
soc in bond per foreign bottoms. Foreign
sugars for expectation are pretty much in
acknowledgements, SO a 62f Havana
brown, 60 79f. white, per cwt. rs 68f
short price.
"Prime qualities OF tobacco are wanted,
and would sell easily for IS 75f. for good
Carolina Is 9Of for Virginia.
"Taking a general view of our market, !
the large public sales lately effected at Ha-
vre, and the sundry failures that broke out
here, put a damp 10 business but we en-
terrain some hopes, that the trade will re-
vive again in the course of October.
1--WE shall hear with pleasure our adv
ces are both acceptable and useful and
should you be inclined 10 make a trial with
our house, our best exertions would he used
TO convince you that no alteration has Ia
ken place in the manner OF transacting bu
siness, and that our constant rule shall be
to follow the same principles and practice,
by which our worthy predecessor had OBJ
tanned the confidence Of many respectable
houses of America.
"BoRDEArx, Sept. 9, 1918.
{" mentioned in my last the dull state OF
our cotton market, but that it would proba-
bis Increase in the course of a couple Of
months, which has been the case, and the
article is now in demand at 270 e30f for
good quality; long staple is worth 48O a
5o0f. and prices are likely TO keep up for
some time. Rice has been sold at 58f.-
there is very little in the market, and this
price could still be obtained, but it will, no
doubt, de cline to about 40f. when the new
crops come in: the first that arrives may
perhaps bring something more.
Tobacco is dull sale at 60 TO 70f accor-
ding TO quality that preferred here is
long, yelIowish leaf, not too dark; Carroll
Ia hogsheads will not answer, as the de-
AUCTIONS are very heavy on them.