Republican ledger, and Portsmouth price current — Portsmouth, N.H., 1802-04-27 00:00:00, page 1

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SEVENTH CONGRESS
OF THE
United States,
- AT THE FIRST SESSION,
Begun and held at the City of Washington, in the
Territory of Columbia, on Monday, the Seventh
of December, one thousand eight hundred and
cue.
AN ACT
firing t^e ^ilitarg Peace &ffaM®ttettt of t^e
aniteh States.
BE it enabled by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Ameri
ca, in Congress assembled, That the military
peace establishment of the United States,
• from and after the firft of June next, fball
t be composed of one regiment of artilleries
and two regiments of infantry, with such
officers, military agents, and engineers, as
are herein after mentioned.
Sec. 2. And.be it further enabled. That
the regiment of artilleries (ball consist of one
colonel, one lieutenant-colonel, four majors,
one adjutant, and twenty companies, each
company to consist of one captain, one
firft lieutenant, one second lieutenant,
two cadets, four ferjeants, four cor
porals, four miificians, eight artificers,
and fifty fix privates ; to be formed into
five battalions : provided always, that it
shall be lawful for the President of the U
nited States to retain, with their present
1 grade, as many of the firft lieutenants, now
?, ia service; as ihall amount to the whole
number of lieutenants required ; but that in
proportion as vacancies happen therein, new
appointments be made to the grade of second
lieutenants until their number amount to
twenty : .and each regiment of infantry shall
Crren priced of per from to
D. C. D. C
ASHES, Pot, iftfort, T. 126 0 0 0
, Pearl ~ ! 33 33 0 0
Allum, C. 80 9 0
Anchors, lb- 0 12 0 0
Bread, Ship C. 450 7 °
Butter It ) 014 016
Beef, common B. 10 0 10 0
mess -- 12 0 00 0
Beans, white bu. 1 20 1 20
Brandy, Spanish 4th pr. G. 1 50 1 55
, Naples4ff)/r.— 1 40 1 45
Barley bu. 1 0 10
Bjimfcne, C. 250 4 0
Brienftone, Roll C. 450 5 0
Coin, Indian — 075 075
Rye — 0 95 1 0
Cassia ffi 070 0 75
Cloves -- 0 0 2 10
Coffee — 0 2o 0 22
Cheefe,American — 0 6 0 14
Cotton,foreign farce — 040 040
, American 027 028
Cordage, American C. 14 0 14 50
, Foreign, -- 12 0 13 0
Chocolate, common lb 020 ° 2 °
, bell N0.2&1 -- 028 033
Candles, mould -- 019 o2<
, dipt 0 (7 0 17
Coals, foreign Ch. 14 o Q °
, American 0 0 0 0
Copperas, C. 350 4 °
Cloth, Tow yd. 0 16 0 17
Dock, Russia, \ftqual. Bt. 16 0 18 0 |
FOREIGN BILLS.
Bills on London : 30 days, ; (For CaJh) 2 pr. cent. dis.
do. do. : : : to days, : : do. ; 2 a2| pr. ct. dis.
do. do. : : : 90 days, : : do. : 3to 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.
Coutfc of Grcbange, at Lofton.
NUMBER 35. VOL. III.]
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PORTSMOUTH PRICE CURRENT.
Republican Ledger,
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PORTSMOUTH, (NEW-HAMPSHIRE) PRINTED BY S. NUTTING, PRINTER OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
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consist of one colonel, one lieutenant-colo
nel, one major, one adjutant, one ferjeant
major, two teachers of music, and ten com
panies ; each company to consist of one
captain, one firft and one second lieutenant,
one enlign, four ferjeants, four corporals,
four musicians, and sixty four privates.
Sec. 3. And be 'it further enacted, That
there shall be one brigadier general, with
one aid-de-camp, who shall be taken from
the captains or Subalterns of the line ; one
adjutant and infpe&or of the army, to be
taken from the line of field officers ; one
pay-master of the army, seven pay-makers
and two assistants, to be attached to such
dillrias as the President of the United States
shall direa, to be taken from the line of
commillioned officers, who, in addition to
their other duties, shall have charge of the
clothing of the troops ; three military agents,
and such number of assistant military agents
as the President of the United States shall
deem expedient, not exceeding one to each
military post ; which assistants shall be tak
en from the line ; two surgeons ; twenty
five fuigeon's mates, to be attached to gar
risons or polls, and not to corps.
Sec. 4. And be it further enabled, That the
monthly pay of the officers, non-commission
ed officers, musicians and privates, be as
follows, to wit : to the brigadier general,
two hundred and twenty five dollars, which
shall be his full and entire compensation,
without a right to demand or receive any ra
tions, forage, travelling expenses, or other
perquisite or emolument, whatsoever, ex
cept such stationary as may be requisite for
the use of his department ; to the adjutant
and infpeaor of the army, thirty eight dol
lars in addition to his pay in the line, and
such stationary as shall be requisite for his
department ; to the paymaster of the army,
one hundred and twenty dollars, without
any other emolument, except such stationary
as may be requisite in his department, and
the use of the public office now occupied by
him ; to the aid-de-camp, in addition to his
pay in the line, thirty dollars ; to each pay
master attached to diftiias, thirty dollars,
and each assistant to such paymaster, ten dol-
Current prices of per from to
D. C. D. C.
Duck, Ravens -- 10 50 12 c
Flaxseed, rough bu. 10 1 5
Fiih, Merchant, C. 4 0 425
,W. India mark. -- 325 375
Scale — 250 275
Salmon none B. 10 0 0 0
Mackerel — 750 8 0
Flour, super. frefh — 90 000
, fine — 850 860
§ middlings — 700 7 0
, country C. 3 35; 4 0
Fuftick T. 45 0 0 0
~ Bristol cr. loby 8, bx. 15 50 [6 0
fl 9 b Y 7> - 14 5 0 15 0
Bby 6, -- it 0 ii 50
) Hamburg ioby 8, — 12 0 0 0
' 7 b y 9» 12 ° 13 c
Gun Powder ffi 050 055
Geneva, Holland if pr G. 1 20 1 20
, Americanize -- 090 o °
Hoops, hhd; 12 ft. M. 20 0 25 0
Hogs Lard so 012 0 14
Iron, Philadelphia 1.140 0 0 0
, Russia —l2O 0 135 0
, Swedes — '3° 0 L 35 °
Logwood T. 40 0 45 0
Lead, white, gr. in oil C. 0 0 16 0
,„ -- 14 5° '4 s ( \
, red --90 0 c
, sheet -- 10 0 10 50
Lumber, boards clear M. 17 0 18 0
, , merch. — 12 0 12 0
shingles — 1 5° 2 20
OlbolefaU prices Current, at ponfmoutb, neto^ampfytre,
CAREFULLY REVISED AND CORRECTED, ON SATURDAYS.
—>^<«feg^^^4}^^^4»>^—
TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1802.
INLAND BILLS.'
Wills on Baltimore, 30 days fight, (For Cash) 1 per cent dis.
do. Philadelphia, : : do. : do. do. do.
,New-York, : . do. : do. do. do.
do. Philadelphia, or) , ,
New. York, d ?y sp : do. 2 do.
$ ' V ' '• & % "' Shorter fight, proportiorably higher.
lars; in addition to his pay in the line ; to
each military agent, seventy fix dollars, and
no other emolument ; to each assistant mili
tary agent, eight dollars, in addition to his
pay in the line, except the assistant military
agents at Pittfburg and Niagara, who shall
receive sixteen dollars, each, in addition to
their pay in the line ; to each colonel, fev
enty-five dollars ; to each lieutenant colonel,
sixty dollars ; to each major, fifty dollars ;
to each surgeon, forty five dollars ; to each
surgeon's mate, thirty dollars ; to each adju
tant, ten dollars, in addition to his pay in
the line ; to each captain, forty dollars ; to
each firft lieutenant, thirty dollars ; to each
second lieutenant, twenty five dollars ; to
each ensign, twenty dollars ; to each cadet,
ten dollars ; to each ferjeant-major, nine
dollars ; to each ferjeant, eight dollars; to
each corporal, seven dollars ; to each teach
er of music, eight dollars ; to eachmufician,
fix dollars ; to each artificer, ten dollars ;
and to each private, five dollars.
Sec. 5. And be it further enabled, That the
commissioned officers aforefaid shall be entit
led toreceive, for their daily subsistence, the
following number of rations of provisions :
a colonel, fix rations ; a lieutenant-colonel,
five rations ; a major, four rations ; a cap
tain, three rations ; a lieutenant, two ra
tions ; an ensign, two rations ; a surgeon,
three rations ; a surgeon's mate, two ra
tions ; a cadet, two rations ; or money in
lieu thereof at the option of the said officers
and cadets at the polls refpeaively where
the rations shall become due ; and if at such
post supplies are not furnifhed by contrail,
then such allowance as shall be deemed e
quitable, having reference to former con
trails and the position of the place in quel
tion ; and each non-commissioned officer,
musician and private, one ration ; to the
commanding officers of each separate post,
such additional number of rations as the
President of the United States shall, froml
time to time, direa, having refpe& to the;
special circumstances of each post : to the:
women who may be allowed to any parti-।
cular corps, not exceedingthe proportion of
four to a company, one ration each ; to.
Current prices of "per from to
D. c. D. C.
Lemons frefo bx. 7 0 75°
Lime, half hhd. 1 75 2 0
Leather, Soal, dried, ffi 026 0 c
Molasses G. 040 0 43
Nutmegs ffi N 5 0 55°
Nail Rods farce C. 8 0 0 0
f^lcut Me °34 0 3 6
^|6df cu '' - 070 072
^! 6d, wrought — 117 0 0
< ' lod, do. infpeaed — 175 183
2od, do. do. — 240 250
^Sheathing, cut C. 1, 50 0 0
^f Liver B. 14 0 14 0
O [Linfeed G. 1 10 1 15
Pepper # lb 028 0 28
Pork, best pieces B. 20 0 0 0
, common -- 14 0 15 0
Peas bu. 1 57 1 2 5
Pimento 1b 0 I 7 °^
Pitch, B. 6 0 0 0
Paper, Sheathing C. 375 4 0
Redwood T. 55 0 60 0
Raifuis frefo calk 7 50 7 5°
Rum, Jamaica G. 1 4 1 17
, Windward 3d pr.-- 083 0 86
Rice scarce ' C. 550 0 0
Rosin scarce B. 45° 45°
Soap, white lb 014 0 16
, brown — ?o 10 0 12
, castle 0 17 0 20
Sugar, Havannah C. 18 0 19 0
, East-India -- 12 0 13 0
, Weft-India -- 10 0 12 0
[I DOL. 50 CTS. PER AN
such matrons and nurses, as may be necessa
rily employed in the hospital, one ration
each ; and to every commissioned officer
who shall keep one lervant, not a soldier of
the line, one additional ration.
Sec. 6. And be it further enabled, That
each ration shall consist of one pound and a
quarter of beet, or three quarters of a pound
of pork, eighteen ounces of bread or flour,
' one gill of rum, whiskey or brandy, and at
the rate of two quarts of salt, four quarts of
vinegar, four pounds of soap, and one pound
and a half of candles, to every hundred ra
tions.
Sec. 7. And be it further enabled. That
the following officers shall, whenever for
age is not turpifhed by the public, receive at
the rateof thetfollowing sums per month, in
lieu thereof : each colonel, twelve dollars ;
each lieutenant colonel, eleven dollars ;
each major, ten dollars ; each adjutant, fix
dollars ; each surgeon, ten dollars ; and each
surgeon's mate, fix dollars.
Sec. 8. And be it further enabled, That
every non-commissioned officer, musician,
and private of the artillery and infantry,
shall receive annually, the following arti
cles of uniform clothing, to wit : one hat,
one coat, one veil, two pair of woolen and
two pair of linen overalls, one coarse linen
frock and trowfers for fatigue clothing, four
pair of shoes, four shirts, two pair of locks,
two pair of short flockings, one blanket, one
flock and clasp, and one pair of half gaith
ers : and the secretary of war is hereby au
thorifed to cause to be furnifhed to the pay
makers of the refpe&ive diftrids, such sur
plus of clothing as he may deem expedient,/
which clothing shall, under his direction,
be furnifhed to the soldiers, when necessary,
at the contrail prices, and accounted for by
them out of their arrears of monthly pay.
Sec. 9. And be it further enabled. That
the President of the United States cause to
be arranged, the officers, non-commissioned
officers, musicians and privates of the seve
ral corps of troops now in the service of the
United States, in such manner as to form
and complete, out of the fame, the corps a
forefaid ; and cause the supernumerary officers^
Current prices of per from
D - C
Starch, Poland lb °2O 023
, American 0 12! 017
Sugar-Loaf ffi 026 027
Salt, St. Übes scarce H. 650 0 0
, Turk's Illand -- 6 0 6 o
, Liverpool — 450 5 0
, Rock -7 0 0 0
Steel, German ffi 014 0 0
, Engliih — 016 017
Salt Petre, tough — 020 0 0
Shot C. 10 0 10 0
. fW. O. hhd. M. 24 0 26 0
j do. do. heading -- 26 0 28 0
>JW. O. bbl. — 10 0 12c
< R. O. hhd. — io 0 11 7
j ) do. Shooks 0 66 0 co
(W. O. do. I 20 I oo
Tin in fleets bx, 18 0 20 0
' ar . "- 35? 35°
Turpentine — 4 0 450
Tea, Hyfon lb. 1 10 1 12
, Souchong — 067 075
, Bohea & -- 034 °34
Tobacco, Jamesßiver C. 7 0 0 0
, Georgia -- 550 6 0
Twine, sewing doz. 550 0 0
, seine — 5 ° 55°
. fMadeira G. 217 283
j Lisbon — 12 0 130
Z^ Sherry, — 133 133
> Malaga q.c. 29 0 30 0
' (Red Port — 150 Retail