American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-03-14


are indebted to the kind attention of an emf
nent commercial house of this city, for Cir
cular dated Rio de Janeiro, January 18th, re-
ceived by the arrival of U. S. ship Congress,
Com. Voorhees,, in Annapolis Roads. We ex-
tract from it the following intelligence:
The political passion of the country, we are
happy to state, holds out very favorable as
peet. Some rebellious disturbances in the
Northern Provinces have been quelled in their
outbreak by very energetic steps of the govern
ment In Rio Grande, the only province where
civil war still continues, the Imperial troops
have gained successive and decided advantages
over the rebels, who, in consequence, have
opened negotiations for peace, and we have
well-tounded reason to believe, that ere long
tranquility will be restored to the Empire; a
state of things which cannot fail to produce a
beneficial influence on commerce.
At the River Flate the war between the ORR
entail and Argentine Republics is still carried
on; Montevldeo continues to be besieged by
Oribe and blockaded by the Buenos Ayrean
squadron, and according to last dates, TO the
2lst ult, there are no prospects of speedy ter
mination Of this unfortunate conflict. Some
misunderstanding caused the Brazilian Minister
to request his passports, he retired on board a
vessel Of war awaiting further instructions
from home; but the general opinion is that
there will be no interrul ton to the friendly in
tercourse existing between the two govern
ments:
In a commercial point of view, the past year
has been marked by the issue of stamp duty
and new tariff which latter went into force
Immediately after the expiration of the treaty
with England, and according to which the rates
of duties have been materially raised-now
ranging from 25a60 Great Britain has renew
ed propositions relative to 4 new treaty, and ne
gotiations are now pending, based on reciprocal
advantages. In the mean time, a special Min
lister has been sent by this government to Ber-
lin, for the purpose of making treaty with the
German "Zollverein."
The exorbitant Anchorage dues, so opposed
to the increase of trade, have been reduced to
fair proportionate rates, which measure has
given general satisfaction. Business in general
during 1914 has been laboring under great de-
preston, partly owing to the unhealthy state of
our currency; principally, however, to Excess
slve receipts Of most descriptions of IMPORTS
the new year, therefore, found trade very dull
and stocks too heavy to admit of any material
improvement for some months to come.
MARKETS. We condense from the Circular
the following commercial news:
BreadstHfS. Since LIST Jan. the stock of Flour
at Rio has been considerably reduced-conse-
quently holders are more firm and demand
higher rates. The present quotations are as
follows: Isl cash, and l6I50O credit, to nett
S5.6SaS5.80 for Richmond, and l3I to nett 81.
Id for Baltimore. Since LIST Jan. the follow
ing sales have been effected, viz: 5000 brls. new
Richmond, at from Ia cash to l6II50O credit;
1000 brls Baltimore do. 500a $4,000; $50
brls sup. Trieste S. S. F. at l4II500, and S. S.
S. F. at l6N500. Should the receipts continue
limited for some time to come, a further ad-
vance may be looked for. Old Flour is abso-
lutcly unsalcable, as heretofore no offer being
made. The present total stock is estimated at
$4,000 brls
At Buenos Ayros, 18th ut., flour was I'M
saleable, and the wheat crop very promising.
Montevldeo dates to 2lst ult advise sales of
flour TO spectators to nett 1854 1915. At
Rio Grande, 3lst Dec, flour was very dull of
sale by retail at I'LL Is for Richmond, and
III ISL for other brands. At Pernambuco,
30th ult., the stock exceeded 10000 brls.,-
Richmond was quoted at l4I250a l4II500; Bal
timore l2I a l3I; little doing.
Coffee. We quote sup. 81 a 81 $50; good LIST,
2N700 2lS50: ordinary LIST, 2I50O 2N65o.-
Since the 9Th inst. coffee dealers have raised
the prices of single bags to 100 rs, and double
do. to III 200.
Hides. The stock is limited to 1900 5000,
principally medium and heavy weights. We
quote light 2l0 rs, on board LAT cents; me-
dunn 1870 a So rs, on board 1887 1867 cts;
heavy $50 RS 9.22 OH board, per lb. At Bue-
nos Ayres, 10th ult, light hides were costing
81 c.; at Rio Grande, 3lst, l-2 Sd Cts
per ID. on board.