Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-09-29
SOMETHING SINGULAR.

praise" LUCiUo.
SOMETHING SINGULAR.
A short time since,a correspondent wrote
to s. & M. Allen as follows;
"Ifyou have all OF eiAfr Of the follow
ing numbers, please TO reserve them for u:
we wish to oblige particular. friend Of
ours. No. 434e, 4s43, 2443. The first
! number is most u,unted. We have no Oh.
lection to giving your young man dollar
more for each Of these numbers, for his
trouble in picking them out"
/ Fortunately S. g. M. Allen had the whole
of these numbers and reserved them pur.
suant TO request, and yesterday No. 4343
came up prize Of ten thousand dollars
On the leth inst. the tickets were forward
ed from this city. Philadelphia paper.
Such was the appearance of the atmos.
phere, and the violence Of the wind, on oa-
turday evening last, that some of our inha-
bitapts entertained considerable apprehen.
sions Of the recurrence of the tremendous
gale, which three years ago tomorrow,
spread desolation and dismay around us.
Many were induced 10 remove their pro-
perry from exposed situations,and to betake
themselves to place of refuge from the i'm.
pending storm. The alarm, however, was
of short duration, as the wind abated, and
all fears of an inundation were consequent.
ly removed. Prop. Amer. Sept. 22.
From the Boston Daily .4dv~rtiser, Sept. 22
Ertract of letter from The House q The a
merican Consul, dated
LIVERPOOL, 18th Aug.
On the Esd alt. we advised you Of the
state of our market. Since then, -four has
varied very little in price, and il continues
in fair demand at our quotations. Wheat
has however declined about Is. per bushel,
and at present there appears little prospect
of much improvements harvest is now
very general, and the weather uncommonly
favorable for securing the crops.
The sales OF cotton during the last fort
night have been s, 500 bales, which is but a
very moderate quantity: prices remain
pretty steady. and when the spinners re-
turn to their work, we may expects good
demand. The number of hands out Of eni-
ploy, is about $1,000, which lessons the
weekly consumption OF cotton about 1000
bales. The dry weather for some time
past, has operated to still greater extent
in reducing the consumption, and we may
estimate the deficiency, on the whole, $500
bales for many weeks past. The supplies
during the meantime, have been very con-
siderable, and in consequence, the stock
now in port, which on the lst January last
was Ga, 200 bales, is now supposed TO be
double that quantity. Holders however are
very firm, and do not apprehend any per-
manent decline Of consequence, unless the |
crops of this year in the United States should
be very great. :,
Tobacco has been in great demand for
the last fortnight, and prices have adyan-
ced within that period Id. per Id. for Vir- ,
qinia leaf, and Id Cd for strips; other
SORTS have also advanced, but not so much |
in proportion. The stocks every where on .
this side OF the water are very moderate,
and as the growing crops are said to be "a
ther short, and the Supplies likely TO be mo.
derate, holders appear very sanguine OF
present prices, or OF even rea-
lizing further advance. The stock in port
is about 4 ,200 hhds.
Pot Ashes have been in considerable de-
mand this week, for export, home consumP-
ton, and speculation-nearly 1000 bbls
have been sold, and for LIST Boston, 52 a
SIS is now asked. Pearls are steady. /
Carolina Rice has been in good demand
for export to France, and yesterday 200
casks very prime were sold at the advan-
ced price Of 45s-nearly 1900 casks have
been sold this week
Turpentine has advanced little. les Sd
per cwt having been given for 800 bbls OF
very choice quality, and some holders are
looking for lbs.
Tar is more enqured for.
Flayseed in request, and would command
60 7os per hid.
Wheat, Am lis II. Cd per 20 lib; flour
ABS 46s Dbl /; do sour BIS Sos do; cotton /
upland Is II a Is 81 per 10; New-Orleans
Is 83a Is IOt; Sea Island Is II IS 8 pot !
ashes Sis 53s cwt; pearl do 86 a 87s; tar
lbs Cd a los Dbl; tuPentine IA les Sd !
cwt faxseed 60 70s per hid ; rice in bond
43 ASS cwt tobacco Virginia leaf 81 l2
do; strips 81 a 12i Kentucky Carolina and
Georgia leaf 6 8; Maryland none.
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