Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-12-14

" e are indebted 10 eUmmsrClal mouse IN
hi; Place for the following extract of letter,
A,ed Rio DE- JAxEIao, 14th Oct 1855.
The stock Of Flour in FIRST hands Is now about
5000 barrels, and more dali, expected; there
,noexport demand. Advices from the La Plate
being yerv unfayOrabe, and at last adyices 60.
| 600 barrels on hand at Bsenos Avres, nore on
The va, from this, aud some expected from Eu-
| rope and the United States, besides Grain, Of
which there had been considerable impurtati0ns
'Iom Europe. Our sales do not exceed 100 bar.
'es per dav. Nominal prices, 100000 neC Bal
,imOIe. 81 old; l2B lew Richmond. 10 force
sales, even Of small quantity; I'll 2R would
have to be taken oil these prices, leaving nett at
frsl named price. for nev Baltimore, without
deducting freight, 7HSOO, and new Rlchmond 81
600. Other ARTICLES are m no better position. -
Donesucs With difficulty bring cost; laid in be-
fore the late great advance on the price Vt cot
TN. Salt Provisions there il no sale tor. Bees
Wax eau be impaired from Angola and sold at
$50 400 rs per ID. Soap is IN ;" large supply,
that Castle viii not brin: 100 rs per 10, usually
considered low a, 1870 English ard American
are held at the same price, II very sond; ordina'
~ nobody will purchase. Tea Is un'aeable and
in large supply. Canvass and CordsS'. no de-
maud. In fact, nothing i wanted, ntr viii sell
readily, even at heavy 'oss I"osc w"1>e AJAX.
In il is 10 ship on bad advIces, VII be losers b.
their credllity. in sending any tains Tor soIne
moaths. We do not see any chance al Improve.
msnts IN markets, as long as there are even small
stocks; and consider the consumption OF Flour as
having fallen OF at least one half--hardiy now
equal 10 1000 barrels per month. parcel OF
Wheat has been in market tor two or three
months. and all offer cannot be had Tor 1t.
No satisfactory measures have been taken in
regard 20 the currency, and complaints are reite
n,ed rom RIO Grande OF the bad eft cts OF the
copper coin import atoms from New York, which
lau ,ecentls been extensive.
Wines from the Mediterranean continue to ar.
rive, aud are now unsaieat'e
All OUT Produce is IN demand.
OF Sugar, there i, little for sale, held At 2N400
K; 1880 V Tor CampOS The Santas Crop has
begun To appear. anu sales reported at ll9oO Il;
both vii be average c'nps
H,deS-Ss,e, for the Mediterranean at 155 a
loo r. per 10; stuck so 10000.
Cof.e-PrinCipaI shipments for American ac-
count; p,ice $1,000 1000, sustained rather BY
competition than demand. surplus resting on
the market. Export this wear tn lst instant,
$500 oasS, against S7S, 226 last year. m same
tine Perhaps near double the quantity has
gone 20 the United States this year. that went
lat Hitherto, American competition has kept
ae prle s. IS sterling per l2 lbs above Eu-
Topean limits, Should the demand for that &C
count Tail of. or the compeu',on be suspended
"a few weeks. the price would fall 200 400
80, e. surprising no advance in European
Sos 6S,, or higher limits thence.
ers,t%, ITS export To the end ot the
~. P''a'' NV al $4,000 bags. more or
less ' Tssre is YER, gen,ra' repor, fro" the h,
Coffee districts Of great injury to '"e '~on,b.
next crop, from want Of rain Tor sew '"' ,.,,i,
past, and manv persons are apprehens'vc
not yield half an average crop, or exceed 'n''
million pounds. This estimation 10 speculative
but there cannot be any doubt Of extensive ln]u-
~, anal short supply, from the loss OF o'"ss""
BY the long dry spell alluded to; and 1t may De
that the best business in the article next year
will be done BY purchasing in consuming mar
kets; as here the price will depend on demano'
without reference to that at which 1t may mere
rule; and deficiency of our usual crop oe'ns
established. the present upward tendency OF prt
ees in importing markets may have speculative
impulse that will carry them unreasonably high,
while the bold aud reckless spirit ct adventure,
stimulated bv such circumstances OF excitement,
oecasioning greater demand here than can be
readily, # at al'. supplied, will cause the article
to cost more than the most sangulne may hope
a. .ner L. IN aptIri