Republican ledger, and Portsmouth price current — Portsmouth, N.H., 1801-12-29 00:00:00, page 1

Current prim of per from to
D. C. D. C
ASHES, Pot, if fort, T. 125 0 0 0
, Pearl - 150 0 155 c
Allum, C. 8 0 90
Anchors, so 0 !2 00
Bread, Ship C. 550 650
Butter to 015 ox 6
Brimstone, C. 3 0 40
Beef, common B. 9 0 10 0
, mess, -- 11 0 11 50
Beans, white bo. 150 1 66
Brandy, Spanish 4th ,r. G. 150 155
, Naples 4th pr. — I4° 1 45
Barley, bn; 1 0 110
Brimstone, Roll C. 5 0 6 0
Corn, Indian -- 075 °75
, Rye -1 0 0 0
Caffiia ib 075 08 °
Cloves — 2 0 2 16
Coffee - 0 20 0 22
Cheese, American -- 0 v 016
Cotton, foreign scarce -- 046 0 45
. > , American -- 030 03 2
Cordage, American C. 15 0 16 0
, Foreign, -- 13 ° 14 0
Chocolate, common ft) 020 020
, best N^2&l - 030 0 33
Candles, mould -- 020 022
, dipt. -- 016 018
Coals, foreign L Ch. 14 0 14 0
, American none, -- 0 0 0 0
Copperas,C. 356 4 0
Cloth, Tow vd. 0 15 0 17
Duck, Russia, if qual. Bt. 1 0 17 0
, Ravens -- 1° 5° “ °
On this day, citizens of MaffAchufett,
we are requeued to acknowledge with tbank
fulnefs, the kindness and protection of Him,
who governs the world, and who so accu
rately adjirfts its various operations,as to pro
duce " feed-time and harvest, summer and
winter." By His goodpefs, we are furnith
ed with all those comforts which render ex -
jftence happy, 'and which confute ns under
cvery'trapble and misfortune incident to hu
ntan life.— loir year, in a particular man
ner, may we excitingly fay, that the fig-tree
bas bloftomcd ind that fruit has been in out
,ines ; that the labor of the. olive has not
failed, and that the fields have yielded their
meat ; that our flocks have not been cut off
from the fold, and that there has-been ana
tuhdance of herd in/he stall's: While con
templating these bieffings, may weall thank
fully re fponfe ; we will “ rejoice in the
Lord and joy in the God of our faction."
While we adore the Supreme Being for
granting ns those special bounties of his ben
evolence, may we be, led to contemplate his
mercies as they refpea our national bappt-
That this country has been exposed
.to the distressing confluences of War, we
lave proofs of the most authentic nature.
Mr. Tracy, in Congress, urged ' awar g.
FOREIGN BILLS.
Bills on London : 30 days, : (Fur Caf) par A? 1| pr. cent. dis.
do. do. : : : to days, : : do. : ip 2| Pr. ct. dis.
do. do. : : : 90 days, : : do. : 3a 3| 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.
THE benevolence of Providence, in its
various difpenfarions towards this country,
is a fubjea which ought ever to excite the
serious contemplation of the Citizens of tire
United States. From the firft settlement of
America, the kind hand of Heaven has di
re&ed us in the way in which we fh'obld go.
Next to the chosen nation, America flanks
the peculiar care of the Supreme Being, and
if miracles hav^ not been wrought in her fa
vour, yet the inter, ofition of the Almighty
has been so often displayed, that we muff
be loft to every rational reflexion not to ac
±nowledge his benignity and superintend-
NUMBER 19. VOL. III.]
row ^outb.
Ot THANKSG WING.
" It is the Lord's doings."
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Wi§en pou DaU oefc Bertis relate fptti of t>m as t^cp are : Dotting extenuate, nor set Doton ougbt in malice.
extermination ;" the question of war was
solemnly debated in that.auguft aflembly ;
the young men were called on to place them
selves in an hnftile attitude, and artificial
means were used to make their blood boil, to
invigorate theifr prowess. The Tory party
were aAiye throughout the Union, to kin
dle the torch of Mars, and every incentive
which could rouse the passions, was applied,
with the rhtift artful address, to bring A
merica into an open rupture witli the French
nation. A little Orator in Boston, vaunted
in his heroism, and under the fmokeof pub
lic ihfafu^ibh, and inflated with his own
vapity, he declared in his otation', that
" Peac< mf^fl be obtained at the point of tire
bayonet I" This was the “ spirit of the
times" M the day of Federalism fanaticifm.
If a prudent than paused at the adoption of
such violent measures, he was cried down
as a jacobin. The Tories completely af
firmed the Whig ground, they rejoiced at
the profpe& of.involving.the United States
in a war writ France, and conneaing them
in an alliance with England.
But, it is the Lord's doings, that we were
d6t ,1 tinged into that dreadful vortex, which
such meafu res would have quickly hurried
us. Suppose Mr. Tracy's “ War of exter
mination," had been adopted, or the heroic
Lawyer's ffopo^idDf for " Peace at the
point of the Bayonet," had b^en acceedhd
to, what would have been our present situa
tion ? I^ftead of rejoicing, werihoufd have
to mourn ; instead of ^bankfgiving-Day,
we ffio'uld have been obliged, (from the pref
entftate of Europe) to set apart this day for
“ fading, humiliation, and prayer."„
" A Wdr ts Extermination !" gracious
Heaven! Five millions of Americans at
war with thirty millions of, Frenebmen ! !
Not only fa but probably with all the Lu
ropeart powers in alliance with tta nation.
—A petite at the point of the Bayonet !
dreadful alternative ! that the Lighter on
such a preliminary should be the fne qua non
of out public quietude. How infatuated
must such men have been, to place Ameri
ca irt fOb^^rbusa pofitiort—five minibus !
of people to demand thyblood of thirty mil-
Current prices of per from to
D. C. D. C.
Flaxfecd, rough bu. 095 1 2
Filh, Merchant, C. 425 450
,W. India mark. -- 35° 4 0
Scale. - 275 3 0
Salmon none B. I1 0 0 0
Mackerel — 50 6 0
Flffiir, fu'per. trelh -- 9 0 0 0
, fine =• 85° ° 0
, middlings — 8 0 8 0
, cduntfy C. 4 0 4 0
Foftick T. 45 0 0 0
, , Bristol cr. toby 8, bx. 15 0 15 50
^1 9by 7, -^ 14 0 14 5°
Bby 6, — 11 0 11 50
^ ) Hamburg ioby 8, -- 13 0 0 0
7^%- 4 0 &
Gun Powder ro 050 o °°
Geneva, Holland i/? pr G. 1 25 I 33
, Americanize -- 090 0 0
Hoops, hhd. 12 ft. M. 25 0 3° °
Hogs Lard ft) 0 16 0 17
Iron, Philadelphia T. 135 0 139 0
, Russia --118 0 120 0
, Swedes none -- 125 0 135 0
Logwood T. 50 0 55 °
Lead, white, gr. in oil €. 0 0 16 0
, dry -- 15 0 15 50
, red , -- 850 0 0
,&eet »- 10 50 II 0
Lemons fre/b % bx. 12 0 0 0.
Lumber, boards clear M, 17 6 18 o
, , merch. — 12 0 13 0
Shingles -- 150 255
©botefale ptucs Current, at iportfmoutb, Seto^ampWire.
CAREFULLY REVISED AND CORRECTED; ON SATURDAYS.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1801.
Course of ©change, at Lofton,
lions! How desperate mull have been our
condition, that the whole nations of France
must atone for our resentment.
In this contest, what muff have been the
fate of the United States ? After France had
made Peace with England, we alone muff
have met them consolidated in all their ener
gies. If Britain was alarmed at their inva
sion, what must have been our apprehen
sions I If the “ wooden walls of England"
were not a feebrity, what could we expect
from the few bulwarks we could oppose to
their incursions? Admit that the people of
the United States would have defended them
selves on their ihores, yet the horrid carnage
that muff have ensued chills the blood of the
humane citizen to contemplate; If we are
equal to every assault from abroad, yet the
fully of thafe who were desirous to plunge
us into “ a war of extermination," or to
make " peace at the point of the bayonet,
must be evident to every refleaing blind.
Under the fanatic impulse of thefetithes,
none but the Supreme Being could prevent
the dreadful calamity. It was << the Lord's
defy ' t hat we were thus saved from the
horrid catastrophe of a War with France ;
“ if the Lord had not been on our jide," we
may now fay, we should have been sur
rounded with dangers and distresses from
which we could not have been extricated
without the greatest difficulty. He has ap
peared for our relief ; He has fruftrated the
designs of out enemies, and rendered their
machinations of noxffca. Mr. Tracy was
a representative from Connecticut, but we
hope the religiousfentimentis of his conflitu
ents will not jnftify him in his savage fero
fity. Would nbthing short of the extermin
ation of thirty millions of the human species
fatisfv his sanguinary djfpofitipnr If France
had displayed the fame temper, and called
for the extermination of every American,
what must have been the consequences ot to
terrible a conflia r Or if the,^^ Bona
parte had affirmed the : dictatorial language
of the little Boston Orator, that “ peace with
America must be made at the point ot the
sword," how abiding would have been the
controversy to decide the principles of an
Current prices of per from to
D. c. D. c.
Lime, half hhd. I 75 20
Leather, Soal, dried, ib 0 '8 0 0
Molalfes G. 045 048
Nutmegs ffi 6 0 650
Nail Rods Jcarce T. 8 0 0 0
Rd?—, Mi 036 0 0
%I6d J ' -- 070 072
^I 6d, wrought — 117 0 0
< I lod, do. infpeaed -- 175 1 83
Z 2od, do. do. — 240 250
^Sheathing, cut C. 12 50 0 6
^ f Liver B. 14 0 15 0
Q [Linfeed G. 1 5 lie
Pepper lb 033 0 34
Pork, best pieces B. 18 0 20 <
, common — 14 0 16 0
Peas bu. 1 50 1 75
Pimento fly 025 0 c
Pitch, farce, B. 6 0 0 () ,
Paper, Sheathing C. 3 75 4 0
Redwood T. 55 0 60 0
Raisins /rej^ calk 7 50 0 0
Rum, Jamaica G. 1 17 1 25
, Windward 3d pr.-- 095 0 0
Rice farce C. 6 0 6 50
Rosin B. 550 6 0
Soap, white ft, 014 016
, brown -- 010 012
Starch, Poland ft) 025 030
, American. -- 0 I2| 017
Sugar, Havannah C. 18 0 19 0
, East-India — 14 0 0 0
, Weft-India -- 10 0 13 0
INLAND BILLS.
Bills on Baltimore, 30 days fight, (For Cash) r per cent dis.
do. Philadelphia, : : do. : do. do. do.
do. New-York, :: do. : do. do. do.
do. Philadelphia, or] ~,
New-York, r° da ^> : do - 2 da.
N. B. Bills at shorter fight, proportionably higher.
amicable negotiation r Such ignorance ex.
hibited in Copgrefs, and such lolly in a Bof.
ton town-meeting, by men whose maligni
ty of heart was the only criterion of their
judgment, are expressive of the rage of par
ty, and evince the dreadful precipice on the
brink of which the fate of America was fof
pended. The violence ofthe political agita
tion urged on by the phrehZy of faction,
placed our country in the most critical atti
tude.—'l he crisis was important, and noth
ing ibort of the interposition of Providence
flopped us in our career to pass the Rubicon,
commence the horrid carnage of extermin
ating war, and make a " peace at the point
of the sword.",
But, thank Heaven, " thefnare is broken
& we have escaped ;" the annual tribute df
praise is now due to that Being, by whose
goodness we have been preserved. With
thankful hearts, we offer Him our tmfefgn
ed love and adoration, for the bleflings we
have experienced the post year ; and though
the destroying Angel has swept away min,
of our fellow-citizens in other States, yet
we have Ilillthe gre^eft reason to exalt and
magnify Hisnameh c
I his ahniverfary pleads strongly in favor
of Peace, and every social circle is a man
ifefto of the blessings arising from it. Se^
the venerable parent surrounded with his
,numerous family, and joy, health; and plen
ty crown the feftive board ; the sprightly a
mufertients, the friendly con vernation,- the
pleating harmony and reciprocal congratu
lation, all, all proclaim that the melodious
accents of Peace are mote desirable than the
hoarse clarion of War. Let the mind for
a moment contemplate the reverse of this
enchanting feene—inflead of the social cir
cle, let us introduce the mourning widow'
and fatirerlefs children, deploring the loss of
a hulband and parent, fallen at the "point
of the sword /"—inhead of the plea sing en
dearments of domestic conviviality, let the
horrid .tale of conflagration, daughter and
death (the dreadful attendants of a " war of
extermination") become the topic of convert
fation—-iuttead of tte infant pratling on thf
knee of a fond parent, let us portray the
[I DOL. 50 CTS. PER ANNUM
Current prices of per from to
D. C. D. c.
Sugar, Loaf lb 0 27 028
Salt, St. Übes H. 6 0 7 0
, Turk's Island --7 0 7 0
, Liverpool — 450 5 0
, R^ck -- 750 0 0
Steel, German ffi 015 017
, English -- 016 018
Salt Petre, rough -- 030 0 0
Shot C. 10 0 10 50
. fW. O. hhd. M. 25 0 28 0
^ I do. do. heading - - 28 0 36 o
>)W. O. bbl. -- 10 0 12 0
<RiO. hhd. — 12 0 13 0
^ I do. Shooks 066 066
[W. O. do. 120 130
Tin in fhee'ts bx. 18 0 20 0
Tar B. 4 0 0 0
Turpentine -- 4 0 5 0
Tea, Hyfon fb 112 117
, Souchong -- 085 090
, Bohea — 042 043
Tobacco, jamesßiver C. 7 0 0 0
, Georgia -- 6 0 0 0
Twine, sewing doz. 567 6 6
, seine — 50 550
Madeira G. 217 28?
QI Lisbon — 125 133
Z { Sherry, scarce — 142 150
> Malaga q.c. 32 0 33 0
™ (Red Port farce — 167 Retail
^£ Redwood T. 60 0 0 0
0 < Logwood -- 50 0 0 0
^ (Fullic — 40 q 45 0