Republican ledger, and Portsmouth price current — Portsmouth, N.H., 1803-01-11 00:00:00, page 1

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SEVENTH CONGRESS Second Session.
, HOUSE—Wednesday, Dec. 15.
A message from the Senate informed
that the Rev. M. Gaunt had been appoint
ed Chaplain of the Senate for the present
session. The Rev. Mr. Parkinson had 41
votes for Chaplain of the House and was
declared chosen.
A message from the President, by Mr.
Lewis, his Secretary, was delivered with
fundrv accompanying documents.
Ordered, That the said communications,
and documents, be referred to a committee
of the whole on the Rate of the union.
Thursday, Dec. 16.
A report was made on the fubjed of pur
chasing copies of Herty's digests of the laws
of the United States to be distributed as the
laws are. Committed for Monday.
On motion of Mr. Stanley, the port ot
Beaufort, Northcarolina, was eroded as a
port of entry.
Mr. Dawson moved, that the House go
into a committee of the whole, on the Pre
sident's message.
Friday, Dec. 17.
The Committee of Claims reported on
the petition of Joseph Ward, and others,
whereupon resolved that the prayer of the
petition ought not to be granted.
' The House resolved itfelf intoa Commit
tee of the whole on the state of the union,
Mr. John C. Smith, in the chair.
Mr. Dawson then submitted the follow
ing rcfolutions:
1 Resolved, as the opinion of this com
k mittee, that so much of the Meflage of the
President of the United States as relates to
our Navigation and the protedioh of onr
Commerc ought to be referred to the Com
mittee of Commerce and Manufactures.
This resolution was objected to by Messrs.
Dana, Nicholson, Griswold, Dennis, Rut
ledge and Mitchill ; on the ground that it
was too extensive for reference to a single
Current prices of per from to
D. C. D. C
ASHES, Pot, iftfort, T. 120 0 125 0
, Pearl —l3O 0 ] 4° 0
Allum, C. 6 0 0 0
Anchors, so 011 12 0
Bread, Ship C. 4so 7 0
Butter lb 012 014
• (Mats B. 12 50 13 0
_) Cargo No. 1, —ll 0 0 0
No. 2, — 9 0 0 0
© (Refufe (dull) — 5 0 0 0
Beans, white bu. I 0 0 0
Brandy, Spanish 4th pr. G. 185 190
, Naples 4fA pr. -- 180 185
Barley bu. 092 095
Brimstone, C. 350 4 0
Brimstone, Roll C. 45 0 5 °
Corn, Indian -- 075 0 83
Rye — 083 0 0
Cassia lb 00 060
Cloves — 142 150
Coffee -- 0 20 0 22
Cheese, American -- 0 6 012
Cotton, foreign scarce — 040 0 0
, American -- 0 28 030
Cordage, American C. 12 0 13 °
, Foreign, — 11 0 12 0
Chocolate, common lb 020 00
, belt AL.2&I -- 028 033
Candles, mould -- 018 019
, dipt — 014 015
Coals, foreign Ch. 14 0 0 0
, American, -- 17 0 18 0
Copperas, C. 350 4 0
Cloth, Tow yd. 016 017 I
Bills on London : 30 days, : (For CaJb) par 4 | per cent, advance,
do. do. : : : 60 days, : 1 do. : par
do. do. : : : 90 days, : : do. : 1 pr. cent. dis.
Bills on Hamburg, payable in London, at 60 days, : : 2a 2| do. do.
do. oa Amfterdaua. payable ; 4 &. 60 days, : ; do. do. do.
Congees of tbe United ^tate^
NUMBER 20. VOL. IV.]
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On the Prejident's Message.
PORTSMOUTH, (NEW-HAMPSHIRE) PRINTED BY S. NUTTING, PRINTER OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Republican Ledger,
' AND
PORTSMOUTH PRICE CURRENT.
FOREIGN BILLS.
Current prices of per from to
D. c. D. C.
Duck, Russia, iflqual. Bt. 16 0 17 0
Duck, Ravens -- 10 50 11 50
Flaxseed, rough bu. 1 50 0 0
Filh, Merchant, C. 4 0 425
,W. India mark. -- 325 350
Scale -- 225 250
Salmon none B. 10 0 0 0
Mackerel -- 750 . 8 0
Flour, super. frefh — 80 0 0
, fine — 75° 0 0
, middlings -- 60 650
, country C. 375 4 0
Fuftick T. 35 0 0 0
Bristol cr. loby 8, bx, 15 50 16 0
9^/7,— 14 0 0 0
<) Bby 6, -- 11 0 11 50
^) Hamburg loby 8, — 11 0 12 0
"( 7 byg, -- 11 0 0 0
Gun Powder lb 059 0 0
Geneva, Holland iftpG. 117 0 0
, American -- 090 094
Hoops, hhd. 12 ft. M. 20 0 0 0
Hogs Lard ft, 010 0 12
Iron, Philadelphia T. 110 0 0 0
, Ruflia —lls 0 120 0
.Swedes —no 0 11g 0
Logwood T. 40 0 45 c
Lead, white, gr. in oil C. 16 0 0 0
, dry -- 15 0 0 0
, red — 10 0 0 0
, sheet .- 13 0 0 0
Lumber, boards clear M. 16 0 17 0
, , merch. — 9 ° 95°
©bourse Prices Current, at ^ortfmoutb, ^eto^ampfyim
CAREFULLY REVISED AND CORRECTED, ON SATURDAYS'.
committee. To overcome this difficulty,
Mr. Dennis moved to amend the resolution
offered, so as to read, that so much of the
Message of the President as relates to dis
criminating and countervailing duties, and
the a& of the Britilh Parliament on that
fubje& ought to be referred to the commit
tee of Commerce and Manufactures.—Car
ried without a divihon.
The following further resolutions, offered
by Mr. Dawson, were then agreed to with
out a division.
2. Resolved, as the opinion of this Com
mittee, that so much of the Message as re
lates to our finances ought to be referred to
the Committee of Ways and Means.
3. That so much as relates to our con
cerns with the Indian tribes and the estab
lishment of a new fettlemect ought to be
referred to a feled Committee.
4. That so much as relates to our Navy
Yards, and the building of docks ought to be
referred to a fele& Committee,
Mr. Mitchill offered the following reso
lutions ;
5. Resolved. That so much as relates to
providing for the raturn of American sea
men discharged in foreign ports and left a
abroad, ought to be referred to a fele& Com
mittee.— Agreed to.
Mr. Mitchill offered the following reso
lution ;
6. Resolved, That so much as relates to
the war fare with Tripoli and to our rela
tion to the other Barbary powers, ought to
be referred to a feled committee.—Agreed
to.
Mr. Nicholson offered the following reso
lution ;
Resolved, That the laws for regulating
the Militia of the United States ought to be
revised and amended.
Mn Griswold suggested the propriety of
referring the fubjed generally to a commit
tee without any opinion being expressed by
the House.
Mr. Gregg laid a long bill refpeaing the
Militia had been introduced lalt fellion,
which had not been a&ed upon. This was
noticed in the report of the Committee of
TUESDAY, JANUARY ir, 1803.
Course of Grcbange, at Lofton
Current prices of per from to
p. C. D. c.
Singles -- 150 220
Lemons frejb (farce) bx. 10 0 II 0
Lime, half hhd. 1 75 2 0
Leather, Soal, dried, ft, 022 023
Molasses G. 050 0 55
Nutmegs ffi 5 0 0 0
Nail Rods scarce C. 7 0 750
f4 d l r „ t M. 033 0 0
ci 6df ' -- 066 0 0
^, 6d, wrought -- 117 0 0
< ' rod, do. infpe&ed — 170 175
^ 2od, do. do. — 242 o-o
^Sheathing, cut C. 0 0 11 50
4 (Liver none B. 14 0 0 0
Q Lin feed G. 120 125
Pepper lb 028 03°
Pork, best pieces B. 19 0 20 c
Cargo No. 1, -- I6| 0 17 0
Peas bu. 1 25 1 50
Pimento lb 0 3 0 - 0 33
Pitch, B. 6 0 ou
Paper, Sheathing C. 375 4 0
Redwood < T. 55 0 60 0
Raifins/r^ calk 850 0 0
Rum, Jamaica G. 1 10 1 15
, Windward 3d pr.-- 1 0 1 10
Rice fcqrce C. 6 0 7 0
Rosin /rarce B. £4 50 0 0
Soap, white so: :9 >4 016
, brown — 010 016
, caffle -- 017 020
Sugar, Havannah C. 17 0 0 0
, East-India -- 12 0 12 50
Revifal and Unfinifhed business. The most
regular disposition of the fubjeCt was, there
fore, to aft upon that report.
Mr. Nicholson withdrew his resolution.
7. Mr. Varnum renewed it somewhat
modified, so as to read, that so much of the
President's message as relates to the militia
in ftitutions of the U. States ought to be re
ferred to a fele& committee. —Agreed to.
Mr. Griswold offered the following reso
lution.
8. That so much of the President's mes
sage as relates to the foftering the fisheries
of the United States ought to be referred to
a feled committee. —Agreed to.
The committee then rose, and reported
the foregoing eight resolutions, which were
immediately agreed to in the House, and
committees accordingly appointed.
Mr. Randolph observed that there had
been a recent occurrence, in which every
member of the House was interested, though
every member might not perhaps, possess
competent information refpe&ing it. He
said it would be useless in him to impress the
magnitude of a fubje&, that related to the
free navigation of the Miffifippi, which ma
terially affixed a diftri& of country growing
every day in wealth and importance, and
which it behoved the whole United States
to cherilh and proted. He moved, there
fore, the following resolution.
Resolved, That the President of the Uni
ted States he requeued to cause to be laid
before this Houle such papers as are in the
pofleffion of the department of Rate, as re
lates to the violation on the part,of Spain, of
the treaty of fiiendfhip, limits and naviga
tion between the United States of America
and the king of Spain.
This resolution was immediately agreed
to unannimoufly, and Messrs. Randolph and
Huger appointed the committee.
Mr. Randolph moved the following reso
lution :
Resolved, That the committee of Ways
and Means be intruded to enquire whether
any and what alterations are necessary in the
laws imposing duties on tonnage, and on
goods, wares and and merchandize imported
INLAND BILLS.
Bius on Baltimore, 30 days fight, (For Ca(h) 1 per tent dis.
do. Philadelphia, - : : do. : do. do. do.
do. New-York, : ; do. : do. do. do.
do. Philadelphia, or 1 ,
,; New-York, , 60 da ? s > : d ° 2 d °-
N. B. Bills at (barter proportionable higher.
;— ;—; —; .— — - .
[I DOL. 50 CTS. PER ANNUM.
into the United States.—Ordered to lie on
the table.
Mr. Randolph offered a resolution for re
pealing so much of certain fpecified laws
as related to the eftabliihment of the mint.
Referred to a committee of the whole
House on Monday.
Monday, Dec. 20.
The speaker laid before the House a
letter from the Secretary of the Treasury,
enclosing a Report made in pursuance of an
adt establishing the Treasury Department.
Ordered to be printed—and referred to
committee of Ways and Means.
The speaker laid before the House a let
ter from the Secretary of the Navy, enclo
ling a Report from the Commillioncrs of
navy pensions.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. Mitchill presented a petition from
sundry manufactures of cork, praying that
instead of an ad valorem duty, at present laid
on imported corks there should be a fpecific
duty imposed.
Referred to the committee of Commerce
and Manufactures.
The House resolved itfelf into a commit
tee of the whole, Mr. Farnum in the chair,
on the report on the petition of Samuel
Corp.
The following is the Report of the committee of
" That it appears to the committee that
the petitioner was interested in a ship which
failed for London early in the year 1799,
far the puroofe of purchasing a cargo proper
tor the Nqw^Orleans market— That the
(hip arrived in the month of Augoft follow
ing at New-York, having on bo^rJ a cargo
agreeably to order, none of which was in
tended to be landed within the United States
—That the Captain's manifest, which he
presented to the colleaor, declared his car
go for exportation ; but not having made
the fame declaration on the copy of the
manifelt which he had delivered to the firft
boarding officer, the owners were compelled
to enter the cargo, and give bond tor the
duties on the fame-— That no part of the
cargo was landed except some bird Ihot—lt
appears aIQ that the collector granted a
Current prices of per from to
D. C D. C.
Sugar, Weft-India -- 10 0 12
Starch, Poland ft ) 018 0
, American -- o I2{ o.
Sugar, Loaf ffi 023 02.
Salt, St. Übes scarce H. 550 0 c
, Turk's Island -- 550 6 <
, Liverpool — 4 0 0 0
, Rock 7- 650 0 g
Steel, German lb 0 13 0 15
, English --0 15 0 17
Salt Petre, refined -- 034 040
Shot Patent, C. 13 50 0 <,
. fW.O. hhd; M. 24 0 26 c
I do. do. heading -- 26 0 28<
>JW. O. bbl. -- 10 0 |2 5
< ] R.O. hhd. -- 10 0 11 75
do. Sheoks 0 66 0 0
[W, O. do. 1 20 , 1 30
Tin in fheeis bx. 18 0 20 0
Tar B. 325 0 0
Turpentine -- 4 0 450
Tea, Hyfon lb. Ito 1 i&
, Souchong -- 070 075
, Bohea -- 032 033
Tobacco, Jamesßiver C. 7 0 0 0
, Georgia -- 550 0 0
Twine, sewing doz. 5 0 55 0
, seine — 5 0 55°
. ^Madeira G. 217 283
|Lifbon farce, — 140 0 0
Z < Sherry, — 125 129
j Malaga scarce q.c. 30 0 0 0
(Red Port — 142
Commerce and Manufaaures.