Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-08-19

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..Or Russia Goods, heavy duck 22H piece, and
cordage l9H qul.; sales are very dull, and the
stock on hand, large; sheetings l4H piece, and ra
vcns duck 1880, are saleable American cot
tons may be quoted, so inch les RS. yd.; 50 do
1876 rs. yd.; Sc do 910 rs yd.; drilings $40 rs.
yd good qualities; liquors have lately met an i'm
provement in price; Spanish brandy 120T per pipe;
French do 1851 per pipe; Catalonia, wine, 75H
per ripe; Cette do Obi per pipe; American gin is
dull. last sales Of 400 bbls. at 72O RS per gal. !;
pure white whiskey will command the same rate
as gin.
's0f exports our market is very bare, late rains
have prevented supplies of coffee arriving to mar
ket; the purchases since the middle of last month
amount to $4,000 bags; at present the stock ON
hand does not exceed 5000 bags. of all descrip-
tons; prices have advanced to $1,000 for new of
middling quality, and small parcels of prime
command 5H7OO $500. The greater part of
the 900 cases Canpos Sugars on hand have been
taken at 4. $500, NJ. 2H200, quality bad. The
stock Of Santos Sugar 5000 bags, has been pur-
chased at F 2l4O0, r lr700, NJ 1l400. New
sugars are expected early to market, and the
crops very tavOrably spoken Of. The stock Of
Rio Grande Hides on sale does not exceed 5000,
which are held at 500 rs. Id. Our market has
not been 80 bare of produce, as at this moment,
for several years past, which circumstance has
operated upon exchange, and caused sudden
decline to 22fd per mlrea; the decline is howe
yer looked upon as msmentary, and as the produce
season advances, are-action is confidently look
ed Cor, and exchange expected to rule at about
esd. Spanish doubloons $4,000 each; Spanish
dollars 2ll00 each, in request. u.s.
sour latest adyices fromiBuenos' Ayres to 29th
ulto. state small decline in specie aud that their
political troubles were in fair way Of adjust
mrnt. Our letters from Montivldeo to 3Oti ult
say '.Our political disturbances we fear are not
likely to terminate without having recourse to
arms Business had met with no impeachment,
;ast sales of -four were at SIS 2 RS. bbl none in
first hands; hides were scarce and in demand at
30 81 rs. for 40 h."
up. S. july 5.-Since date of our foregoing
circular, there have arrived ship Shylock, from
Boston. with 2000 bbl5, -four; brig Rubicon,
from Richmond, with 1000 bbls. and schr. Orion,
from Baltimore. with 900 bbls. Bakers having
supplied themselves rather freely lately. sales
are rather languid at the moment Holders
are however firm, and prices of good quality
have not varied. Our stock may be estimated
at 1000 barrels.
.Exchansc 224d: Spanish doub'oons $4,000;
dollars 2f2G0. each. Other quotations remain
without important variation"
DisSessions ia the Momer,dcm RspuJRc.-
The disSenions alluded 10 in our correspondents
letter above. are thus spoken OF in the RuenOs
Ayres Packet of May 90
MoNrEvIpEo At the moment Of writing
this. we have no later dates from Montevideo
than the s5th. and newspapers to the 22d.
" 1t is confirmed that a skirmish has taken
place between party Of the Government troops,
under the command Of Don Manuel l.ayaleja,
brother 10 the Coy ernor. aud those Of the cOun
try.
-" The Commandment Lavaleja has arrived at
MOntevideo. said to be seriously wounded. The
country party has forwarded communication to
Gen. Rivera, as Commandant General OF the
country districts. expressing anxiety to preserve
the public peace. and to avoid civil war. A pro-
position, it is added, has been made to form
senate from the country party, to be named by
the existing senate.
era's troops was going against Maldunado, and
that they had taken prisoner an officer OF General
Lavaliela's (Santana) who had been recruiting in
the country.
Notwithstanding these hostile appearances,
ii was still thought by many persons in Monte
video. that an open and decided war between
the two parties would be avoided"
The Packet of the 5th of June states that
the price Of specie was on the decline. The
Governor Of Buneos Ayres was still on his tour
of inspection in the country.
According to the last advices frotH Monevideo,
Don Manuel Levalleja. (brother of the Governor)
has been taken prisoner Ey Ribclro's troops IA
the skrmish at Paisander. The Governor him
self intended TO march from M6ntevideo on the
lst OF June, at the head of the regiment of GAIA
dores.
4 regular line of packet vessels has been es-
tabiished between Bnneos Ayres and MoDteyi-
dec. Five vessels builtin the Uni ed States are
employed in the line.
The weather at Buenos Avrcs was said to be
extremely cold at the end Of May. In the morn
ings the thermometer had fallen to AZ and Az,
with frost aud thin ice.
The new duties on imports were to take effect
at Buenos Avres on the 5ih Jane. The i'ritish
merchants had made application to their Minister,
soliciting his interference with the Government
not to exact the additional duties except upon