Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-01-29
Tue BALTIMORE MARKET. JAS. %.

transactions in the Flour and Grain
Market, since the receipt Of the intslli-
gence from England and France to the
tirst week in Dec. and therefore have
little to add TO our former remarks. -
There were few or no transactions on
Saturday-the asking price for Flour
from wagons was IS S7t, and from the
stores in Howard street, SO per bar
rel-tor wharf 25-the fact 10, the
prices are merely nominal, aud 80 we
quote them; for some holders are care.
less about selling, and buyers equally
indifferent " be Their they purchase or not.
both anxious for farther sdvices from
Europe The inspections Of the week
amounted 60 l0afo barrels, viz. 64og
whole and as half barrels Howard ST. eet,
and 1915 waole, and IS bali barrels CT
iy dlls besides 463 hb!s. RIVE Flour,
and Is Lids. and 262 obs kiln dried
Corn Meal. There has beea no Grain
in msrketwoTthy of remark-ii sale of
a small o has been made at triflins
advance On our formet quotations, is j.
not oil that Importance 10 give a price 10
he Article probably geod rid would
bring 81 30 per hushel, bu, we do moi
hazard quotation. Corn would pro
baby commsnd so cts and Rye SIS per
bushei- the last sales were effected al
those prices.
GaOCEniES.-- There have been
some transactions the last week in Cof
fee. About or 600 bags Brazil havs
been sold at Is ais "a cts per To- To
retailers, and l6l bags Havana at auc
ton st 1870 bags Java were also sold
at auction at 10 CHS. perib. Good green
IS Ia demands sale OF Is bags Pepper
was likewise made at auction at "a cts
per 10. A LOT of 81 hhds English Island
Molasses was sold last week at auction
at IS a 80 cts per gallon and 500 sacks
Liverpeol flied sat- at 50 65, and eco
do. small at . dollars this article has
experienced considerable decline with.
IN a Few weeks, from tho great quantity
that has recently arrived, principail,
ccastwise. The sales OF Sugar have been
more than usual l. Our prices quoted, are
those which the article brought at auc
ton, aud are for 81 bids. Nav Orleans
dollars 10 per ,e0 pounds; 5 do
and IS bh!s Porto RICO, ordinary, I a
so, and ia boxes Brazil. IS oi which
were white. at trem Q As to 10 as, aud
the remainder soto IS as in quality /;
an iaiefior kind sold rs low as Is loaf
Spirits appear not 10 be in demand we
have heard of no salas Of foreign. and
Nhiskey is dull at "a a 25 cts per gallon.
TOBACCO. There have been some
TRANSACTIONS in Tobacco at a small ad
vance. According to the last advices
from Europe market had opened for i.
to the south. and orders we're given for
purchases; this, il not a circumstance
to enhanre The price much. has had a
tendeD"y:o make small stir, end ger
| up an enq'Sry among the previous hol
defs OF tS>Atucky alter they baa, in a
great measure, disposed Of what they
| had on band Ahou; 80 bales It. Do
mingo were sold at 10 rents, and a lot
of Cuba, for sappers. at % 80 perlb
SAILORS are still scarce, aud wages
are i6 dollars per month CAronieis
The subterapeous road, or tunnel,
under the Thames is not the first Of tie
kind There was one under the Eu.
pirates, at Babylon, calculated 10 he
si25 lee: long, i5wde, and i2higb.
made OF brick work. The Thames Tun
nalwoald be only 1900 feet.
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Il neto thing A clergyman in
Wells, Maine, has Published hat he
calls neD thing. He attended wed
ding in that town few days since,
and found, to his surprise and ssiisfac
lion thai number Of guests. hereto.
fore considered Indispensable, had no,
been invited. Madame Claet even
was not there with her rosy face, al.
though she can trace her pedigree as
far back as the days Of Noah He
adds-"msy the time soon come. when
people can be born. married, die, and
even be decentiy INFERRED, without the
help of rum or any Of its allies"
Interesting to Drunka, DIS The
evils resulting from the hruiifying and
destructive vice intemperance, have
become SO alarming in some portions
of our country. as to render legislative
interference necessary in order to
shield the unprotected from beggary
and pauperisn. A bill is nosc, we
ar IarataoL karn.a H. .~..l.. -