Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-03-05
From the Baltimore Patriot.

From the baltimore Patriot.
Extrac' OF letter from respectable
house in New.Orleans to a merchant
in this city, dated
.Nsm- Orleans. Jan "a.
DEAR SIR,-By the Bs!!ze, captain
Hardlr q, for Baltimore, we take the Ii.
berty of advising YOU # tie $ ate of the
markets, as far as we are enabled to as
] certain.
BY an arrival from England few days
ago, the cotton market received sudden
check, and came to dead stand. in con-
sequence. it il said, of depression there
o. a penny to Cd. There has been sold
a few bales to-day. TO Gil up a ship. at 80
c. but this Cannot be quoted as the tair
| price; some think it wiI! open again at
so, and remain steady. About $4,000
bales have already been sod, which is
considered at about l-s of tho present
crop, at 80, 80, ss!. IS, 81 and s.. SUI
gar has advanced cent ard stands stea.
dy at 10 Molasses "a As, and scarce;
of the former the crop is estimated at
$4,000 hhds. while the latter will tot ex.
coed 10 a $4,000 hhds. Tobacco, of the
old crop, is nearly all out of the maxi et,
not more than 5000 hhds remain unsold,
and of the new crop there has bce9 but
few hhds. come down; fur the frs qual-
ty 8 and 9 c. has been paid; Of The new
crop il is estimated there will be nearly
$4,000 hhds. brought to this market from
kentucxy and Tennessee. 'P"rk ha jn.t
began to come down, and is a. present
S18 on an average; there vii be packed
~ the western country not less than
$4,000 bbls. Colonel James johnson, Of
& o getOwu, Ken. is under contract to
ack 10000 bbl' we had from him
persona'!y) Flour ha. been up to SIG,
and has declined to 10 12.
As soon as the western waters give
way there will be an immense qrartity
If produce brought down; Of course ma.
~ shlns will be wanted 20 take il fat
pre'ent there are about zoo sal of ships.
brig aud schuoners, most OF them lying
die for want Of freight. A few weeks
NOR" will, in all probability, bring down
io'ding in plenty; and those who send
vessels here in April and May will, we
think, do better than these here now.
Lad is s5 c. but will decline as it be.
comes more plenty; butter 90 e5 cam
dies % % for best mould talluw; 60 a
G2 l-2 for spermaceti bricks IS 90 per
600; hay Q so per 100 lbs; coffee, best
Havana green, 29a so; cheese. best, Is
60; chocolate 60; hams 10: yarns
ga 9; lead. bars and pigs, a 6 !; Ium-
Der $50 per NJ /; nails, all sizes, sa9c;
nankeens, long yellow, l 81 l-2; short
81 90; ell. Florence, so TASKS, S 81;
Bordeaux, 10 bottles, a 9; sperm. oil
IS a 80; cod oil Se2 per biol. end scarce;
salt 2 IS per bbl. OF Id bushels soap,
brown. l IS c Jamaica spirits, 4th
p GOT, so; Cognac andy, 4th proof.
Q 81 LIZ 8, scarce and in demand-se.
veal vessels from Bordeaux have not
brought a pipe ; N. E. do. 7Oa Is c.
whi'key, old, 80; teas, gunpowder, so;
imperial Is 4; hyson 25 skin 90;
lin 10 800 per box; wine, Madeira, l..
p. so; l.. M 8 90 sherry Is; -
Tenerfe and Lisbon l so Sicily IS;
claret, cask, 500; case 6 IL per doz.
These prices are quoted partly from
personal knowledge and from the weekly
price current; but such is the fuctuaiing
state of this market, that not much de-
pendence can be placed in it, remaining
steady for any length Of time.
Freights.-To Europe-cott0n I lSd
Id per III tobacco / l.2 cents per
ID. Atlantic StateE-cot'0n a 1-2
cents per Id tobacco 9 30 per hid
sugar and m"lasses s per hid barrel
provisions IS az.
Exchange on London, per cent. u.
p; France 545 a $50 P. D.; Atlantic
states , per cent. and even to per
cent. discount; Western States Q a 5 per
cent. do /; dollars par; doub'ooEs 10 Id
a l6 l-2; United States Bank l4O.
Postscript
January Co. he Balize not having
sailed, affords us further oppo' tun,ty
20 SAY, that contrary TO the expectation
vt many ob,e' wing men, purchase have
come forward to day and taken uil aHuu'
1000 bales of cotton at SO c. tor the tirs,
quality; there has been grraf deal
brought down within few days. and the
Luce ,emains crO"ded with 1.-THE
holders declining TO take less than 80 c.
for prime, and 90 for second qDauy.-
Very warm aud agreeable summer wea
ther. Farenhrit's thermometer b ing the
most of yesterday aud to day at 7l' q.
b0ve O in the shade.