Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-11-21
1860 1858 $1,000 3959o 5lseaa
The import up to the same period last year

1860 $3.50 1880 3675o 35oo6o
From this statement il will be observed
that there is an increase in Our import from
all quarters, and that the supply from the
Brazils and from India is more than double
what it was at the same period last year {;
if we suppose that we may yet receive be-
fore the expiration Of the year only as much
as we received after this time last year, the
aggregate import in 1918 will be nearly
65o, 900 bags bat that we shall have more
we think there can be no doubt, from the
Brazils it is not unlikely there may moi be
an equal quantity, but from India there is
every reason TO expect there will be much
more: the China market has presented no
encouragement for some time for shipments
from India, and on this account, exclusive
Of an excess from Calcutta, there will be
great import fror- Bombay this season, so
that, the total supply Of East India cotton
alone, exclusive Of what may come through
America, will probably be upwards OF &C.,
600 bales. The consumption of Cotton
continues great, and probably it is still in
creasing, bat the supply so far exceeds it,
that our stocks have Of late accumulated
greatly, are now pressing heavily on the
market, and at the close Of the year they
are likely to be OF an unprecedented mag
nitude with such prospects before US, and
bearing in mind that there is still progress
sive increase going on in the grosch Of Cot
ton, that the present prices are nearly dou-
BILE what they were at the only period when
there was at all similar stock in this coun-
try, there can scarcely be said to exist any
one reasonable ground on which hope can
be entertained Of the present prices being
long maintained.
.adss.-There has been but very little
done of late for expectation, but tor the
home consumption there has been steady
and fair demand, particularly for Canada
pots, which with the aid Of speculative
demand, occasionally, has had the effect
OF advancing the prices of this description
little; 52s is now obtained generally for
good fresh Ashes, and 80 SO Cd for old {:
in the prices oil States Pots very little va
ration has taken place, and, comparatively
speaking, there has been less doing in them;
they are now too high to admit purchases
for expectation, and Canada have been pre-
ferred at their relative value by the buyers
fer home use some have arrived within the
last week, and the holders seem rather dis
posed to sell more freely, two or three con-
siderable parcels being advertised for sale
soon; prices, however, are not likely to
decline much: the stocks al present are
moderate, and while Kelp and Barilla con-
tinue high, the consumption OF Ashes will
be the greater. New-York Pots, in small
quantities, bring 53s, and 52s would pro-
baby be given pretty freely; Boston Pots
are in general held 5ls 54s Cd per cwt.
Pearls are scarce, and retailed at 58s Cd a
Cos per cwt, according TO quality.
7obacco.-The speculative demand for
this article has been gradually diminishing,
but throughout the month there has been
steady demand from the manufacturers, and
considerable purchases have also been max
ing fthe good and fine descriptions OF leaf,
suitable for the Irish markets, the prices Of
which, and of fine stemmed, has been ra-
Their improving, but inferior qualities of leaf
have not Of late undergone any amendment,
! and the demand for these has been tri ing.
The imports of new Tobacco that have al
ready taken place, and the prospect of Our
having further supplies almost Immediately,