Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-12-29
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,rf;e,l,rg prices current corrected ,reeiiy

Oats - % 80
Potatoes - % So
Armies - 40 80
Beef, Pork, Veal, ID, 06
Butter = IS 20
Cheese II W Os
Eggs doz. 10 u
Bran bus luI IL
Shorts " 2O 20
ALEXANDRIA, DEC. 81.
FIor-Ihe receipts OF flour this week
have been unusually small Yesterday aud
THURSDAY the current price from wagons was
) 10. in a few instances, as much as H. ;
- and Is was paid On Wednesday and
Thursday htt,,e cen and 8 thousand barrels
of Hour Changed hands at IL. part bought
by spectators and part by shippers Yes
terdav we heard OF but one Transaction, 800
bis sold at 5 10, payable and deliverable on
the ooh day Of January, the purchaser sub
seqleudy offered ) 10 per $50 bis pay able
and deliverable At the same time. The iifn
ness in The market is caused bg the moderate
receipts and the quotation OF f0f. 10 tbs HAv-
re M skct. together with an impression. daly
streng theniug. that there will be nj least,
m jdcrate demand for our -four this year both
in England and France
BALTIMORE. Dec. 81.
The navigation being still inlpeded by ire.
business continues pre,iy much at stana. =
The operations in the flour market this week,
have been confined to the sale of few limit
cd patreIs Howard street flour from stores, al
p, The wagon price CONTINUES 10 rule at B.
Nothing is doipg on the whaives in any dc
Scrlpii3n Of grain, except IN wheat by wag
0ns: n,iliers contlnnc TO pay about % FOR
the I.es, parcels.
Nhiskey is still on the decline; dealers
were paying yesterday 81 % cents for bis
from wagons; small parcel Of bids sold
yeste. day At 81 cents an the shaIsss - Rep
Ptiii.AilELPHlA, DEC. u
The RI cei pts Of sipc,iine ho1r have been
barely equal to the de.nana, and shs ht i'm.
prov ement is noticed in sales made s,nce our
last. i!ie demand is confined 20 retailers
and bakers, who have paid ) 70. and Tor
choice brands 81 some holders a.ku Z high
81 ihe price Of ioor is governed r.lch by
tf.r weathei. Il the soll weather continues,
prices may 30 higher; If it should moderate
aad TIE navigation open, he usual sapplifs
nlay ~ expected. apo IL clue follow No
lh,u1 ding 10 grain or seeds Last sales oil
W,lt<ey At 81 cents III barrels fren siore -
tlGlGsf> OF cuiiee aad sugar continue firm
Prize Current
NEW fD}th, DEC. Il.
FlRg.--'fhe weather being mildcr has pro
duec'i Slight re action IN The market, and
rendeteh holders more dc siiuus Of realising
We do not hear of any considerable q'.anti
ties beng wanted, and the dealers ami ba
ters hHy ie!nctah.iy aad sparInelY at the all
vanced prices. Common descriptions 81 n
J ort. aud southern can he hougid yir day al
5 %, aud couia not probably III sold il, qnan
-. 4
6 20 to Z Bakers ;iour is sca,co, and sells
IA snatt qlantil!e, at 81
Ti+e maisct hcius ncaily bare OF oat. and
corn, they have both al auces, lie former
10 ai'oni So cents. and the latter would ycs
!eiday have sasi at 80 cents i'i.cy, prices,
ha"ttcf. must DC mate rally reduced WI h
few days of mild we ,thor.- Cote'ifr.
I he mHEdei - The prices OF ti0ur are ulain-
tanned, but nsi advahced this week. -JouaaL
Commerce., Dec. .
B0S1 on, Dec 10
io'r --Ibcrc has been conside rahle
charge Ia t!r iionr market siGee our las pab-
hcaisans, W consequence OF the uuiavorahir
sitir OF the weather Tor arrivals, and i!le ~
aefH supply hciuE unusually small tor the
season. In tie early part ii the week. 81 les
oi A'cXaasrIa and fredericksburg iowland
apd "iauntaIn, were made al 81 a ) 8, and
20 per baFrui, rao and toward street at d
u Is, cash: Baltimore wharf So, mo and
ltNurite brands GerneSSee q I 1 Z cash -
~ the close OF The week, ihe same descrip
tons were sold II an advance of - cents per
hi TO sntplj the usual demand Tor ceDsrnp
ton The principal hsliers are very Firm,
aud without aa early change III The weather,
anticipate inuhel advance OH prices
Lraut.-ihere have been several arrivals
OF corn this week, but as toe previous sup
pies were not Large, ready sales were effect
ed at prices corresponding with OR quota
tons, aid consist Of a5,ut ~ 900 bushels
southern white and yellow ha., at OF a use
part fash, ahd part 90 Il or. ant round vel.
10" 10 y, cash; j000do dat yellow, IT, ar
rive, at 6Gc per bushei; cat, at IL a SO, and
rye soc Per bu,iIel
.EAGLiSh & FRENCH CORN TRADE
1t has been evident, for some years past,
that t4s commercij and manufacturing in
.teiesis Of England were extending much
more rapidly than her agricultural interest.
Her imports OF foreign corn have been con
s'ahIiy increasing. and her markets attractin.
the attention Of the United States and g, her
agricultural countries. The corn laws ot
England are becoming every day more OBJ.
noXous 10 the interests on which they bear
oPrressi' ely, aad wil be mocilicd eie Iorg
France is also becoming sound in her politi
Cal economy She has already rrupc SOD an
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