Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-04-18

week preceding the one Fssw anicr or
review, the hest ut these sugars would
uot have brought more than 10 dollars,
aud the worst not mnre than 81: SD
risat the Improvement IN our market Is
at least equivalent to DI per cwt. The
demand continues steady, and we have
| 40 doubt an equal ad, ance would be
| obtained on good ST.. Cruix or other
West India, if any were, in onr mar,
ket. Our stock. hnweycr. of these. is
nearly exhausted, and of box sugars.
it is entirely gone out OF first hands. -
We conceive that prices will vet i'm
prove under any circumstances. and
should our supplies cnal'nue on TIE
same limited scale Tor sumo time to
come, as they have been during the
present month, We lbiuk it profitable
that a most mater, ial advance Oh our
present rates will lie the natural re-
suit.
INDIGO-No import, nor any al E.
ration. Oar stock is trihIng in guam
tity, but the quality is generally very
fine.
RICE-Dall and without change.
COTT0N-lhe importis Sc bales
of Alabama. The demand is altoge-
ther confined to domestic consumption;
inferior Uplands ID. and prime l6 cts.
per pound.
CUFFEE--The import is sfsO
bags; about one half from St. Dolnin.
go and the other from Porto Rico and
the Brazils. The sales are not consi-
derable. and have been chiefly to the
trade, though We have not been quito
without enquiry for export. Inferior
81. Domingo sold at e5s. and good
qualities may be quoted at 26s. A fine
parcel of Porto Ric" brought q cents.
Our market, notwithstanding the firm
ness of,prices in Europe. is rather lau-
guild, and our quotations are barely
supported. The never failing effect
OF high prices seems to us very obser.
vable in the interiori'y of the quality
of many of our late importati"ns of
this article. The planter finding any
quality will command ready sale,
Is anxious to augment the quality, and
sends his crop into market without u.s.
ing the care that - necessary to its
proper preparation.
| FLOUR-Prices continue to i'm
prove little. We now quote wharf
at dolls. IS cts, and Hsward-street
at 4 per Dbl. The demand is far from
considerable.
| WHEAT Il CORN-But little at
market.-Rcd 20 cents and white IS.
Corn % go cents, and not very plen-
tiful.
TOBACCO. Observation-Disclosures
to come in plentifully. and the quality
OF the crop is superior to the growth
of 1919. Good red and brown com.
mand about 6 dollars.
There is an import Of AZ hl,ds. Ken.
hut no sales, either of that or Virginia
during the past week that we are ad-
vised of.
MOLASSES-No import. Our
market had beer we'll supplied, but
from the same unusual want of imports
which has left us with so scanty sup
ply of sugars, we begin to experience
a scarcity of this article also.
SAILING alteration. A parcel of
Cadiz imported during the week bro't
IS a a. cents per bushel.
| WINES, BRANDY, &c.-DuIl
sale. Good oask CIaret is wanted
Brandy sells at le5 $50. Holland
gin. which is scarce, brings IS cents.
GENERAL REMARKS.
Perhaps our domestic business is az
guod and as extensive as We shall have
it during the present season, and under
the extraordinary depression Of our
produce of every sort we may have no
just cause to complain of the Compare.
tive insigni6csnce of orr operations,
when contrastsd with the extent of
some former years. The splendonr Il
wealth of our state, are not however,
to be measured by the little internal ex.
changes, which pass amongst ourselves,
but by The magnitude and value Of our
exports to other countries. Here it is
that We suffer; our staple articles of
produce are Of little value at home, and
it is most unfortunately true that they
are of still less value every where Else
that this state of things should damp
the enterprise Of our merchants, and