Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-01-06

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you will receive the "Diario up to this
date.
You have also enclosed, onr latest Price
Current, by which you will perceive that
American Produce holds out more induce
ment to shippers. Flour commands its
quotation readily-arrivals of this article
merely keep pace with the consumption.
The bakers have no stock on hand, ara con-
siderable must arrive before we shah have
any material change in the price.
Last sales of Rice went off at 1 and SIC
and as the Quantity on hand is very incensi-
derable, we think the price will continue
favorable.
Coffee has been pushed in the market so
suddenly (and Just at moment when we
received the intelligence of a depression OF
Colonial Produce in the U. States that the
price has declined and 6 cents but, as
the crops have fallen far short OF general
expectation, the impression is that it will
maintain its present quotation.
New Molasses comes in slowly, and is
bought up at l35 rails; after the holidays,
it may be had / and 1e rials. Sugars hold
at their old prices, and but little shipping.
A fleet of II sail Of Spanish merchant
men, under convoy of the Spanish frigate
Sabina, arrived here few days since from
Cadiz-they bring 400 troops and vast
number of passengers, but no news of any
importance.
The american brig Horizon, Capt. John
son, on her voyage from Philadelphia
bound to New.Orleans, was lost on the
23d Nov. on the southern part of Abaco-
the vessel entirely lost, together with most
of her cargo-The passengers, captain and
crew arrived here all well.
The Presidents Message was received,
read and admired By the People as most
finished piece of hypocrisy-They ask why
was not Ger. Jackson punished for his I'M
authorised attack upon Pensacola.
Lieut.. George Trescot, of the L. S. Army
sailed for New-Or!eans, his port of destina-
ton, a few days since, in the trig Hero.
Prices Current at Havana.
Candies, sperm. per H.. 4 rs Do mould
SKIES only, per %. "a dolls. 26; Almonds
per %. 80 a So: Do. shelIed 70 a IA; Cof-
fee, Ist quality do % dolls. and 26r.; Do
end do. 90 and 24r.; Flour, SUP. Phi!ad.
81 dolls. Do Richmond, "a; Do. n. Or
leans, %; Rice, per az. 10 dolls. | !;
Soap, American, do. Ii is; Salt, per
faneg. dollar and r. ; Staves, red oak
hid. ii dolls. l6 per NJ; Pitch, PER Dbl
5 dolls. a 8 and r. dull; Tar, do. dolls.
a 4 and r. dc.
Rates Of Exchange.
On Philadelphia, New-York, Boston,
Norfolk, Sc. 5 per cent premium.
From the Norfolk Herald, January I.
PIRACY.
We hope that the subjoined statement of
facts which we have been permitted to tram
scribe from the protest of capt. Davis, of
the schooner Constitution, belonging to this
port, will not escape the observation of the
higher authortiesof our government With
the knowledge Of long existing system Of
buccaneeriug in one of the high roads ofour
commerce, it was 10 have been expected
that something like a naval force, adequate
to protect the property of our merchants
from lawless pillsge, would have been pro-
vided before this day; and that the Ameri-
can flag which waves unmolested by the pi-
rates of Barbary, would no, be permitted to
be subjected to insult by the picaroons in
the West Indies. The instances of depre-
dation and outrage committed by this lat
ter description of freebooters are SO hume:
rous, and occur so frequently, that the state
ment here exhibited, though almost trans
cending every precedent, will probably be
passed over without any new or extraordi-.
nary excitement of the public feeling; but,
we hope, not without arousing the energies
of the government. 1t is time that this sys-
TEN of buccaneering sometimes carried on
under the mask of patriotism should be put
down by the strong arm Of power. Ten Or
twelve fast sailing schooners of from six TO
ten guns would be adequate 10 clear free
and uninterrupted passage for our COM
merce through the islands Of the West In
dies; and these could surely be fitted out
and kept in commission at comparatively