Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-08-25
COMMERCIAL.


From the Baltimore american, august "a.
A more deliberate examination of ovr files of
English papers by the Herald, does not present
US with any additional items of interest We
have been favored witha copy of the following
letter from one Of the most respectable houses in
Liverpool to another in this city, containing the
latest commercial advices:
:: LIVERPOOL. 9th July, 1880.
50 Since our circular of lst instant. the import
of Cotton has continued large, but the demand
has been brisk, particularly the last few days, in
which considerable purchases have been made ON
speculation. aud prices have advanced ID per ID.
Yesterday and the preceding day about l2,C0O
bales were sold, and to-day's sales are estimated
at about 5000 bales. Last weeks business
amounted to 90, 500 bales, of which 7,40O were
Upland, at 6 to I'D, with l2 at "a; 5000 Or
leans. at O. to 8; $3.50 Alabama and Mobile, at
g. to u: and so Sea Island, at Is to 13!d per
Id. In Sea Island there is no change.
:. We have again had few days Of wet and
unsettled weather, which has produced brisk
demand Tor bonded Flour, aud further conside-
rable sales have been effected at 27s to sSs, and
one or two lots at eos per barrel. The duty is
now reduced to LIS sd per barrel, aud will short
~ be something lower. Free Flour is rather
more salcable at our quotations. A parcel of
very prime Wheat has arrived from New York,
and is now worth SIS TO IS SD 20 lbs in bond. II
is fully equal to the best English Wheat, and if
duty paid would probably command l Is lis
Sd per 20 lbs. There is no change Of interest to
notice in other articles.
"Cotton. Upland, 6a to I'D; Orleans, 81 g.;
Alabama, 81 a7a; Sea Island. IL 90: Stain
ell, 6 a lOa. Flour. free, per barrel, 81 a sos;
dor: in bond, as Cd ess. Wheat, per 70 lbs,
9s cd lis Sd; do. in bond, Is IS Sd Corn,
free, per quarter, 40 4ls. Rice, in bond, 15s
| Cd l6 Cd. Quercitron Bark, lis cd IS Cd.
Turpentine. los a Is Cd, Tar, lis lbs Cd.
Tobacco. Virginia, leaf, q sd: Sternmed, 81
std; Kentucky, leaf, q AID; Stemned, s..
Sd.
"etk July-The demand for Cotton to-day
has been comparatively limited. and there has
been more offered on the market, so that prices
are barely maintained. The sales for the week
ending this evening, amount TO $4,000 bales. ct
which 11.l5O are Upland. at 81 to I'D; 1890
Orleans, at 81 to Sd; 5000 Alabama aseI Mo
bile, at 81 I'D; and 200 Sea Island, at Is to
I'D. The weather for the last twenty -four hours
has been exceedingly wet and stormy, and cons-
derable sales Of Flour in bond have been made
to-day at so to Sis per barrel, and higher pr,6es
are asked
"l0,h Jdy-There is little doing in Cotton,
and as the weather more settled, Flour is not so
brisk, though sales have been made at Sos"
9Se-
| In a London paper Of the 9th July we find the
following paragraph:
Sc 1t is said that there are considerable specu-
lations in Grain afioat, founded on the unpropi-
tious state Of the weather. which seems to threat
en- repetition of the last two summers; and on
the presumed deficiency in the last crop, wagers
re already Offering that the duty on foreign
Wheat win 20 down to Is before the end Of Au-
gust. "-Ketso Mail.
The Ncws and the Market-The news from
Liverpool to the 18th ult. by the Herald. pub
lished in Yesterday mornings American, had the
effect Of unsettling our Flour market yesterday.
Holders generally asked an advance of 25 cents
per barrel on previous prices, and offered to sell
Howard street Flour ut IS so; extra CITY Mills
at 5 %; and standard City Mills at S co. As
far as our inquiries extended, however, we did
not hear Of any transactions. There was evil
DENLY complete pause in the market. The
holders of 1000 bbs. City Mills, extra and stan
dard. offered Yesterday to sell at the prices of
Saturday morning,-that is, at ) 90 for the for.
mer and IS for the latter quality,-but were
not taken up.
In the Grain market, however, an improve.
n,ent of to 8 or 9 cents per bushel on red and
white Wheats was realised, several parcels hav.
Ing been sold, Yesterday. at those rates Of adj
vance on the prices prevailing at the date of max
ING up our Review on Friday.
Corn also experienced an advance of cents
per bushel, sales having been made at so cts.
; The purchases Of Howard street Flour on Sd
turday evening. alluded to in Yesterdays paper,
. were to the extent Of nearly 1000 bbls