Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-04-20

week ana tne safes Have UScu P:et'y SOu
siderable. including 4607 American. 'ot
which there were 1858 Uplaads. from 1T
10 81; EGO Orleans, ron 81 10 i03d; 500
I ennes sees, from u TO 3D.; Isl Sea b.
lands, from, Is to I'D, and IS stained.
from 81 to lid. Since then there has been
less demand, and bidders have evinced
greater anxiety to sell, without, however,
materially affecting prices, which may &c.
neraIly be considered without alteration.
From The 24th to last evening inclusive the
total sales amount 10 5435 bags, OF which
4O8S were American, viz: 2342 Cplands,
from u TO 81; $50 Orleans, IRON 81 to lit;
1887 rennessees. from "a 10 9; 1873 WHITE
Sea Islands. rom g to l94; lob stained
do. from 8 to lit. Both old and new Up,
lands, and OF every quality. have been Ia
good demand, and have gone of xlens've-
~ al tuil prices. There has been little
doing in Orleans this week, but rennes-
sees have been very saieable. Sea Islands
have been in limited demand al steady
rates. There has been scarcely any thing
done this week on speculation, or tor ex'
port The import continues trihing, ow.
ing to the prevalence nt easterly winds.
There has been regular demand tor
U. S. Pot Ashes this week at former rates,
but Montreal Ashes have been 10 limited
request at further decline. The sales
this week consist oil 40 bbls. U. ), Pots,
! at AS Sd Ia Ass Cd, and 10 bbls. at 46s.
ST., bSls. Montreal Pots, at 36s Cd 10 SIS,
and lew al POS; loo 10. Pearls at 4os.
Taere has been no sales OF Turpeniine
| This week. Some Tar was sold out Of
sora at lri6ing advance.
Fine Hice IL IN request, but other de-
| scripiions mel al present wanted. The
sa =. biz week c0ns,s st OF goo ,ierces of
good nsy quality at i9s Sd to i9s 3D..
There IS co alteration 10 notice in any
other article ol American produce since
III last.
Tobacco, 9 TO 6; Rice. Is TO 9os; Bark,
y YORK. 10 10 i3s Cd: do Philadelphia
las 81; Beeswax iai los; Flsxseed, New
York, SO o9s; do. Philadelphia, 55s Cd.
PERU.
| BALTIMORE, April live have been
politely favored with The following extract
OF letter from gentleman OF resPectabI.
lily at valparaiso 10 another in this cry,
| under date OF December 8. The good
conduct of Bolivar, We hope, will have
proved, ere this, the gloomy iorebodlngs
OF the writer to tie without ioun lalion
! The political affairs IN Alto Peru pro-
mise very badly Tor the Patrlots-and
now believe that all Peru will tall into the
hands OF the Span'ards
General Bolivar IS now at the head OF
) the Peruvian government, and has about
70c0 veteran Colombia0s, and the Chilian
! troops sent down few weeks past, a.
! mounting TO $500 men, together With all
| the PeruvIans, al his command. There
will he hard fighting, il the Spanish troops
support the character reported oil them -
Owing to this unsettled stale Of the coun.
try, business is very dull. and cannot be
better until regular intercourse with the
interior takes place
Since the above was in type, we have
been favored with an extract Of letter
| from an officer on board the U. S. ship
franklin, dated
VALPARAISO, Dec. 4, 1924.
| We are now busiy employed in caulk
ing the ship, and as soon as that is done,
which will be in the course of six or seven
days, we 60 again to the Intermedios, and
bring up, suppose, as before, al Callao;
where hope we shall remain but short
time. and return here before o. short
lime after the arrival of The frIgaie United
States. As 10 the state of affairs in this
part Of the world, only mention that the
Patriot expeditions which sailed from Cal
lao, aud hence have failed and that the
Roysl,sts are again in possession of all the
coas, 10 Upper Peru Bolivar is at LII.
ma and, | understand expecting more
troops from Colomhia; but it will be a
long time. according TO present appearan.
ces, before the war will be terminated, as
the Patriots resources, il is said, are de-
| clining and their pecunIsry circumstances
| muc.h deranged Shortly after we arrived
here, attended the fuaeral ceremony OF
! Commodore Wilkinson who died alter a
short illness. He was buried with militia
~ honors ~ Fort Antonio, by The side Of
| Captain Graham the government authors
nes attending The only arrival we have
hal here from AmerIca for some lime, is
the schooner Adon's, from Baltimore
From Porto Praya, 81. Jago. Cuba, Cape
| de Verds
On the 3U,b January last, when the
news reached that place OF the dissolution
OF the Cortes at Rio Janeiro and inpri-
sonment OF several OF the leading mem
bers by the Emperor's order, great
rejoicing took place, national sauies
were fired three days in succession, morn
ing, noon, and night, and the village Of
Praya Illuminated each night; so confident
was bis Exce'ency the Governor General
that re union OF the Brazls with Porlu-
gal would soon follow.
BY the aloop Thomas and Eliza. arrived
at WORK, the following articles are
extracted from files OF papers received by