Republican ledger, and Portsmouth price current — Portsmouth, N.H., 1802-02-09 00:00:00, page 1

Crren fericest ®f per from to
D. C. D. C
ASHES, Pot, iflfort, T. 120 0 126 66
, Pearl -- 140 0 146 0
Allum, C. 8 0 9 0
Anchors, ffi. 0 12 0 0
Bread, Ship C. 4 50 6 50
Butter ft )015 017
Beef, common J 3. 850 0 0
niefs -. 11 0 11 0
Bean, white bn. 125 1 25
Brandy, Spanish 4th for. G. 1 50 1 55
, Naplesqt/^r.,-- 140 145
Barley bu. 1 0 1 10
Brimitone, C, 3 o 4 0
Brimstone; Roll C. 450 5 0
Corn, Indian — 067 075
Rye -- 083 0 0
Caflia '$ 0 0 O do
Cloves -- 2 0 / 216
Coffee -- o 2j 0 22
Cheese, American -- 0 6 014
Cotton,foreign scarce -^ 040 045
, American — 0 3 0 0 32
Cordage, American C. 14 50 1 15 50
, Foreign, -- !2 0 13 0
Chocolate, common ffi 020 020
, belt N).2&1 -^ c 29 032
Candles, mould -- 020 020
, dipt -- 0 17' 017
Coals, foreign Ch. 14 0 14 c
, Americans, -- 0 0 ?0 0
Copperas, C. 3,50 4 0
Clothe,Tow yd. 0 15 0 17
Duck, Ruflia, ijlqual. Bt. 16 0 18 0
, Ravens -- 10 50 12 0
AN ACT for the apportionment of Repreflnta
tives among the Jeveral States, according to the
fecund enumeration.
BE it cnaaed by the Senate and House of
Reprefentaiives of the United States of Ameri
ca, in Congress affembled r That from and af
ter the third day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and three, the House of Re
presentatives shall be composed of members
eleded agreeably to a ratio of'one member
for every thirty three thousand perfuns in
each Rate, computed according to the rule
prescribed by the Constitution, that is to fay:
Within the state of New-Hatnpfhire, five ;
within the state of Massachusetts, seventeen ;
within the state of Vermont, four ; within
the state of Rhode-Ifland, two ; within the
state of Conneaicut, seven ; within the
state of New-York, seventeen ; within the
state of New-Jersey, fix ; within the state
es Pennsylvania, eighteen ; within the state
of Delaware, one ; within the date of Ma
ryland, nine ; within the state of Virginia,
twenty two ; within the state of North-Ca
rolina, twelve ; within the state of South-
Carolina, eight ; within the state of Geor
gia, four ; within the state of Kentucky,
AT THE FIRST SESSION,
Begun and held at ttye City of Washington, in the
Territory of Columbia, on Monday, the Seventh
of December, one thousand eight hundred and
one,
FOREIGN BILLS.
Kills on London : 30 uays, : (For Case) 21 pr. cent. dis.
do. do. : : : todays, : : do. : 3 pr. ct. dis.
do. do. : : : 90 days, : : do. ; g| a 4 do. do.
Bills on Hamburg, payable in London, at 60 days, : : do. do. do. do.
do. on Amsterdam, payable in do. 60 days, : : do. do. do.
f°^^r\ 4s'*^^''
&
NUMBER 24. VOL. Ilf.]
SEVENTH CONGRESS
[Pubfifad by Authority]
MniteD States,
OF THE
PORTSMOUTH, (NEW-HAMPSHIRE) PRINTED BY NUTTING & WHITEL,OCK, PRINTERS OF THE LAWS OF THE UNI TEI) STATES,
PORTSMOUTH PRICE CURRENT.
CUben pou tail tbefe ums relate (peak of tbem a$ t^cg are : Dotting extenuate, nor set acton ouflt in malice.
Republican Ledger,
fix ; and within the Rate of Tennessee, three
members.
NATHANIEL MACON,
Speaker of the Houje of Reprefentotiies.
AERAHAM BALDWIN,
Prefdent of the Senate pro tempore.
Approved, Jan. 1802.
TH : JEFFERSON,
President of the United States.
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I agree with gentlemen that it is impor
tant in a well regulated government that the
judicial department should be independent.
But I have never been among those who
have carried this idea to.the extent, which
seems at this day to be faihionable.' Though
of opinion that each department ought to dis
charge its proper duties frfe'e from the fears
of the others, yet 1 have never believed that
they ought to be independent of the nation
itfelf. Much less haVe I believed it proper,
or that our constitution authorizes our
courts of justice, to control the other de
partments of the government.
All the departments of a popular govern
ment mult depend in some degree on popu
lar opinion. None can exist without the af
fe&ions of the people, and if either be pla
ced in such a situation as to be independent
of the nation, it will soon lose that affection
which rs eflential 10 its durable existence.
Without, however, going into an enquiry
of what kind of organization is most fit for
our tribunals, without enquiring into the fit
Mr. Mason, of Virginia.—l feel some
degree of embarrassment in offering my sen
timents on a fubje& so fully " n " '° ably '''
cuffed. I believe that the ground taken by
my friend from Kentucky has not been (ha
keri by any arguments urged in opposition
to the resolution on the table. Yet as some
observations have been made with a view to
that end ; and as an. alarm has been attempt
ed to be excited on conflitutional ground, I
think the observations ought not to go unno
ticed.
Current prices of per from to
D. C. D. C.
Flaxseed, rough bu. 1 0 1 10
Filh, Merchant, C. 4 0 425
,W. India mark. -- 32, 375
Scale -- 250 275
Salmon none B. 10 0 0 0
Mackerel ^ -- 750 8 0
Flour, super. frelh — 80 0 0
, fine —y 750 0 0
, middlings -7 0 0 0
, country C. 4 0 4 °
Fufiick T. 45 0 0 0
. ( Bristol cr. loby 8, bx. 15 0 15 50
^, 9 b Y 7> - ] 4 0 14 5°
Bby 6, -- 11, 0 11 50
^) Hamburg loby 8, -- 13 0 0 0
7by 9 , -- 13 0 0 0
Gun Powder _ ffi 05© °55
Geneva, Holland j/? pr G. 1 25 t 33
, American?/^ -- 090 0 0
Hoops, hhd. 12 ft. M. 25 0 6 0
Hogs Lard ft) 014 0 16
Iron, Philadelphia T. 140 0 0 0
3 Russia —~I2O 0 120 .0
, Swedes -- 130 0 0 0
Logwood T. 40 0 45 0
Lead, white, gr. in oil C. 0 0 16 0
, dry -- 14 50 15 0
, red — 850 0 0
, flicet -- 10 50 0 0
Lemons frejh ' bx. 7 0 8 0
Lumber, boards clear M. 17 0 18 0
, , merch. ^- 12 0 14 0
Singles -- 150 225
©bolefale prices Current, at pprtfmoutb, ^eto^ampfyrce.
Senate of the United States.
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WEDNESDAY. JAN. Ig, 1802.
CAREFULLY REVISED AND C
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY A 1802.
Course of (Exchange, at Lofton,
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AND
nefs of making the judges independent for
life, I am willing to voter into a confides
tion, not of what ought to. be, but of
what is.—Whatever opinion I may individ
ually entertain of the provifiohs of tire con-
Ibtution, relative to the judiciary, fitting,
here under that confutation, am bound to
observe it as the charter under which we are
affeiribled.
When I view the provisions of the cenfti
tution on this fubj^t, I observe a clear dis
tinction between the'' Supreme Court arid
the other courts. lam fcufible that when
we come to puke verbal criticisms, any
gentleman of a sportive imagination may a
muse our fancies by a play upon words.
But this is not the way to get red of a genu
ine conftru &ion of the confutation. With
regard to the inHittition of the Supreme
Court the words arc imperative ; while with
regard to inferior tribunals they are difere
tionary.' The firft fall ; the last may be
eftabliihed. And surely we areto infer from
the wife sages that formed that constitution,
that nothing was introduced into it in vain.
Not only leniences, but words and even
points elucidate its meaning. When, there
fore, the cor.ftitution, using this language,
fays a supreme court fall be efiablifhed, are
we not jollified in considering it as of cor.-
flitutional Creation ; and on the other hand,
from the language applied to inferior courts,
are we not equally juftified in considering
their eftablilbment as dependent upon the
legislature, Who may from time to time or
dain them, as the public good requires. Can
any other meaning be applied to the words
" from time to time i" And nothing can be
more important on this ful>je& than that the
legislature should have power from time to
time, tocreate, to annul, or to modify the
courts, as the public good may require
not merely to day, but forever ;
and whenever a change of circumftauces
may lagged the propriety of a different or
ganization. On this point, there is great
force in the remark of the gentleman trom
Georgia, that among the enumerated pow
ers given to Congress, while there no is men
tion made pl the supreme court, the power
RRECTED, ON SATURDAYS.
Current prices of per from to
D. C. D. C.
Lime, half hhd. 175 2 0
Leather, Soal, dried, If ) 020 0 c
Molasses G. 045 048
Nutmegs lb 60 650
Nail Rods Jcarce T. 8 0 0 0
. ^fa M. 0 3 6 o o
to 6d J -- 070 072
^I 6d, wrought --r l7 0 0
< I rod, do. infpe&d- - 175 183
^ I 2od, do. do. -- 240 25©
(Sheathing, cut C. 12 50 0 0
- )f Liver B. 14 0 15 0
O[Linked 'G. 110 115
Pepper & lb 030 030
Pork, best pieces B. 16 0 18 0
, common -- 13'0 15 0
Peas ,bu. 1 25 1 50
Pimeato |b 020 22 0
Pitch,. B. 6 0 '0 0
Paper, Sheathing C« 375 4 0
Redwood T. 55 0 60 0
Raisins /r^ cask 7 0 bo
Rum, Jamaica G. 1 4 117
, Windward 3d pr.-- 090 © <95
Rice Jcarce C. 6 o 0 0
Rosin Jcarce 1 B. 350 4, 50
Soap, white lb 0 U 016
, brown -- © 10 0 12
Starch, Poland ft p 25 030
, , American 0 I2| 017
Sugar, Havannah C. 18 Q 19 0
, Fad-India , -- 14 0 0 0
, Weft-India -- 9 o' 12 0
. INLAND BALLS.
°" 3 ° da Y s ^ hr > ( F ° r C aflO 1 per cent dis.
P^^P^, . - : : do. : do. do. . do.
d°° PT^°^ , : : do. : do. do. do.
do. Jniladelphia, or 1,
New-York, J°° days, : do.* 2 do.
N. B. Bills at shorter Ji^Qfo proportionable hi gher.
,>>>.> —
[IDOL. 50 CTS. PER ANNUM
ken pofkffion of the Miffifippi Territory,
rightfully or not I will not pretend to Ky.
This territory has been heretofore in the;
hands of various masters, viz. France, Eng
land, Spain and Georgia ; and it is tow
Current prices of per from to
D. C. D. C.
Sugar, Loaf 027 028
Salt, St. Übes fcarcc H. 650 7 0
, Turk's liland -- 6go 7 0
, Liverpool — 450 5 0
, Rock -7 0 750
Steel, German ftj 015 017
, Englilh -- 016 018
Salt Petre, rough -- 020 0 0
Shot f C. Io 0 10 0
. fW.O.hhd. M. 24 0 26 0
| do. do. beading -- 26 0 28 0
>J W. O. bbl. -- 10 0 12 5
< IR. O. bird. — Io 0 11 7
1 do. Shooks 0 66 °co
(W. O. do. 1 20 1 00
Tin in Ihects .bx. 18 0 20 o
Far '°3 ° 35°
Turpentine ' -- 4 0 450
Tea, Hyfon fb 112 117
, Souchong -- 080 082
, Bohea — 040 040
Tobacco, Jamesßiver C. 7 0 0 0
, Georgia -- 550 6 9
Twine, sewing dcz. 567 0 9
, seine — 5 0 55°
fMadeira G. 217 283
Q | Lisbon '' — 120 130
Z { Sherty, scarce — 146 150
I Malaga q.c. 32 0 33 0
' (Red Port scarce — 167 Retail
fßedwood < T. 60 0 0 0
0 < Logwood -- 50 0 0 0
^ (Fußic -- 40 0 45 0
of eflablithing inferior courts is expressly
given. \l hythis difference, but that the su
preme court was considered by the framers
of the couftitution ; while they considered
inferior courts as dependent upon the will of
the legiflature#
We find the phrase from time to time in an
other part of the conftiiuion. The gd fed.
of the 2d art. fays the President shall, from
time to time, give to the Congress
information of the fwe of the union,
1 hat is he fhali occasionally, as he fees fit,
give fitch information. So shall Congress
occasionally, as thcy.fce fit, cflabl sh annul
or regulate inferior courts, accordingly as
the public welfare requires.
'I he arguments of gentlemen go upon a
miflaken principle. They express the live
lic(l sympathy and cemmiferation for this*
poor, this iceah department of the govern
ment. They toll usthe judges have a veiled
Tight to their, ffices, a right net mu deriv
ed from the law, but from the corftitutien ;
and they affmilate their case to that of a pub
lic debt ; tc ihe right of a corporation ; a
turnpike company, or a toll bridge. But is
not all this reasoning paeqicated on the ptin-"
ciple that the courts are established, not for
the public benefit, but for the emolument of
the judges ; not to promote the intends df
the people, but to further the interests of the
judges ; not to administer justice, but for
their perfonai aggrandizement. I believe
that a government obght to proceed upon
different principles. It (tight to cflablifh
only those iriflitutions which the geed of the
community requires ; when that good ceases
to need them, they ought to be put down,
and of consequence the judges should hold
.their appointments so long and no longer,
than the public welfare requires.
It the argument now urged be corred,
that a court once established cannot be va
cated, we are led into the greatest abfujdi
ties. For instance the United States has ta-