Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-05-05

view of the state ofthe markets in the |
several leading commercial cities, and
we take pleasure in noticing a very con-
siderable change In the price of one of
u principal staples the of FLOUR which
had been rather fat for some time
The dependency created in the holders
by the repeated accounts from one of
the great vents, the South American
Market, when the depreciation of price
and the oyerstock of the market rem
dered a rise in the price almost hopeless
was yesterday somewhat relieved by in |
telligence from a different quarter
Purchases to a considerable extent
have been made in consequence, 4 the
tenor ofthe information seems to justi-
fly the correctness ofthe speculations-
it may be ascertained by the following
communications from most respectable
sources:-Fed. Gas.
"PHILADELPHiA, April %, 1895.
Our flour markethas greatly impro-
we'd, in consequence of an arrival here.
from Gibraltar, with the news of the
opening of the Spanish ports; nearly
all the flour factors we're bought out
yesterday at 5 so; the excitement is
now so great it isimpossible to quote it,
as for the little unsold no price is fixed.
Whiskey hhds. from store, 24f.-Lin-
seed Oil Si,os a LOS per gal.-Fiax-
seed $3.50 per bushel."
Gibraltar, March 10. 1925.
We wroie you the 18th inst. and
we have now merely TO acquaint you
that we have just sold 100 barrals Of
B4itlmore superfne flour at eight So,
per barrel; and as the stock on hand
will we have no doubt o work off
for the consume of Spain and Barbary,
prices in all probability will be fully
supported: Iniian corn is also wanted;
we hold large orders for that article,
but there is none here. London so,
Dollars 81 4 pm.
Something New.--Instead Of adding
to the taxes OF the people, which the
British Parliament has been constantly
in the habit ofdoing, n order to pay the
interest of their enormous national debt
the Chancellor of the Exchequer is en-
abled, this year, from the late unusual
productiveness of the to take
off a little from some of the most oh.
~noxious burthens laid on the laboring
classes. For instance, small houses
are relieved from that most odious tax,
a tax on the light of heaven, by counting
the windows in a house, and making its
occupier pay according to their number.
Small houses are also exempted from
the general house tax. The tax on the
small farmers pleasure carts is also ia
ken off, and in order, if possible, to les
sen the practice OF smuggling, the duties
on foreign wines and spirits, and coffee,
is reduced one-half; and their indispen-
sable raw material, iron, becoming
scarce and dear, an invitation is held
out for its importation from other coun-
tries, by lowering the duty on foreign
iron from sepsn pounds to thirty Mil-
lings a toni-haieigh Register.
st. Petersburg Contention The
Board of Commissioners under St.
Petersburgh Convention adjourned on
"Wednesday last, atter a session 0fnear.
" five months. We understand they
will meet in the early part of Deem
Der.
This commission, constituted as it is
of Joint members of different govern.
ments to settle and determine matters
| involving delicate points OF information
al law and difficult questions Of ind
vidual rights, cannot, from its peculiar
! organization, and the nature OF the
property which is the subject of adju
dication, facilitate the progress of the
business before it, TO meet the expec
tations and wishes OF the claimants
concerned. But we have DO doubt,
from the best information we are ena
bled to obtain, that the Commissioners
areusinge every exertion consistent with
their duty to their respective govern
ments and the individuals concerned,
to bring to "a speedy determination the
business before them; and that no de
Law Will arise other than that which is
necessary to the promotion OF matual
iusticc.-Na Jour.
Connect;cut Election -For Go
vernon, WoLcoTT. 6,S48; Dagget
1912: Smith, 663; PitkIn, 525; Plant,
3l8; scattering about, 27l.-For Leu
tenant Governor. DAVID PLANT, 5.
2l3; Timothy Pitkin, 205: r Per