Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-04-06
;n,ort of the month Of March


% AZ bales. we're omitted III our weekly
.rports. -,
{ ,be mast week; Uplands at Is IA and
few small parcels at i43; Louisiana
II "a; Alabama at Ia l4a. some fine
at, and ,5i. The market tor prime
roftos has Improved since our last.
We quote Uplands ls lag,
Alabama. t2s 4 IA,
louisiana l55 l6s
JGtRS-Prime quality New Or
,.,rs have sold freely and extensively
aiQa0 SO inferior have been in re-
oupSl at s Is a 9, which is a shade bet
ter.
havana Muscovadoes sales at 8 a SO
do. browns. good, lOalO
do. do. inferior. ga $50
s.. Jago. whites. 12al2 SO
s. Croix. little doing, g so IL so
COFFEE-Large SAILS Of st. Do
mingo we're made for export at S5 a
e5.: Havana. 26 2Si; Porto Rico,
none at market.
MOLASSES has been in good re-
ouest. New Orleans was sOld freely
al % 4 go cts. and cargo of superior
is held at so. Sales of Havana and
Matanzas at "a. Old crop Molasses
dull at 90 a "a cents.
RlCE-The quantity in market is
large, the sales dull and have been Ii
nited. We quote at : 81 a s.
BRANDY. Bordeaux, in more re-
quest, and sales in small lots at ls5
cents.
WHlSKEY, in hhds. p cents, in
bbls. "a cts. steady.
PROVlSIDNS-Beef. prime. 5 so
lass; Pork 8 Is 8 so; there has
been more doing in them than the week
preceding.
ASHES, a shade lower, Pots and
Pearls tQ7 50a 10, but more ding
in them.
NAVAL STORES-Tar. ! ga.
sales; Turpentine, none but inferior at
market.
TOBACCO. very dull, Kentucky 4
a 5: Petersburgh a6; Richmond 8
az ~
FLOUR & GRNN-We quote the
ruling prices for the last week rs fol-
lows: n. York, Petersburg. Frede
rickshursh, Richmond, Canal, and A
lexandria superfine flour, 5 81 to a.
from cash to credit; Baltimore Howard
street. and Philadelphia. 4 1 4; Rich
mond City. 4 So to a, for domesti'
use; Rye Flour. II Corn Meal in
hhds. and bbls. dull and merely nomi
nal; best Virginia Wheat. IS cts; n.
Carolina do 90 to IS cents, Northern
CUrn ST, Southern do. so to So; Rye
40. There has been fair and steady
demand for Flour and Grain generally
through the week.
Exchange on London, Z a75 nd.
=, We have been favoured, fsays the New
lork Daily Advertiser, by our commercial
friends with the following extract of iet'ers:
Extract 9fG letter from Buenos Tyres dated
January l9-psr the Blooming Rose, ar
rived az this port,
" DIV last will have informed you of the
settlement OF peace between this province
and Santa Fee and the expected meeting OF
a Congress at Cordova.
Ieu have reason 10 be very suspicion. OF
the accounts you receive from MonteFldeo
in regard to this port. There they delight
in all our troubles, The population OF that
place is composed of otd Spaniards, Portu-
gusSe, aud baniShed or prosecuted sspirers,
aud hEally OF merchants and traders who
want to keep all he business to themselves.
God knows we hsve hard times enough
here, without exaggeration; but We have
not had them so bad vet as TO prevent the
specul4tor> OF Montevideo from making
their fortunes here, on the purchases they
have made in that port buenos Ayres rs
he only market il the River Plate, and 1t
The village of MOnte,ideo should become
the medium OF il, trade finds no longer us
naintal course. However there are epochs
IN wars and revolutions to create 81. Sehas-
haNsrr ToDnngers. HeIgOlands, and Monte
Nidsos, but they cannot last. 81,
This deceptive course of business will,
however, he hut OF short duration. IN me
meantime we assure you that the BRUSH
nave, during all this time, never thought OF
stopping at Montevideo There have scarce
IS been halfa dozen English vessels IN that
bort in the course OF the year IL is true
m, we are not yet perfectly organized IN
political point Of view; but we have reason
70 nope, that no more wars will rage be-
tween the provinces. and that il they cannot
connect themselves amicably, they may re-
nan amicably separated. :,
There have lately heen several valuable