Republican ledger, and Portsmouth price current — Portsmouth, N.H., 1802-06-15 00:00:00, page 1

Current prices of per from to
D. C. D. C
ASHES, Pot, iflfort, T. 100 0 105 0
, Pearl -- 120 0 125 0
Allum, C. 8 0 9 0
Anchors, ffi. on 12 0
Bread, Ship C. 450 7 0
Butter lb 015 017
Beef, common B. 9 0 12 0
mess -- 13 0 13 50
Beans, white bu. 1 12 1 16
Brandy, Spanish 4th, r. G. 150 150
, Naples^ pr.— 1 40 1 45
Barley bu. io 1 0
Brimstone, C. 250 4 0
Brimstone, Roll C. 450 5 0
Corn, Indian -- 0 75 0 80
Rye -- 095 1 0
Cassia lb o bo 0 65
Cloves -- 0 0 1 50
Coffee'-- 0 20 0 22
Cheese, American -- 0 6 014
Cotton, foreign scarce - 040 040
, American — 0 25 0 251
Cordage, American C. 14 0 14 50
, Foreign, -- 12 0 13 0
Chocolate, common lb 020 020
, best N0.2&1 -- 028 032
Candles, mould — 018 019
, dipt — 016 0 o
Ccals, foreign Ch. 14 0 14 0
, American HC7% -- 0 0 0 0
Copperas, C. 35 0 4 0
Cloth, Tow yd. 0 16 0 17
Duck, Russia, ijiqual. Bt. 16 0 17 0
—<<^rt^e^fc^,,
FOREIGN BILLS. INLAND BILLS.
Bills on London : 30 days, : (For Cafo) ifz 2 pr. cent. dis. Bills tn Baltimore, 30 days light, (For Cash) I per cent dis.
do. do. : : : to days, : : do. : 2a^ pr. ct. dis. do. Philadelphia, . : : do. : do. do. do.
do. do. : : : 90 days, : : do. : 2| to 3 do. do. do. New-York, : : do. : do. do. do.
Bills on Hamburg, payable in London, at 60 days, : : 3 /^3! do. do. Philadelphia, orl,
do. on Amsterdam, payable in do. 60 days, : : do. do. do. New- York, j°° d a y s ' : "O'2 do.
N. B. Bills at //sorter fight, proportionally higher.
[Publifted by Authority.]
SEVENTH CONGRESS
OF THE
United States,
AT THE FIRST SESSION,
Begun held at the City of Wafhingtop, In the
Territory of Columbia, on Monday, the Seventh
of December, one thousand eight hundred and
one.
AN ACT
In addition to an aft, intituled '' An Adi in ad
dition to an aft regulating the grants of land
appropriated for military services, and for
the Jociety of the United Brethren and for
propagating the goftel among the Heathen.
BE it enabled by the Senate artd House of
Representatives of the United States of A
inerica, in Congress assembled, That from and
after the palling of this a&, and until the firft
day of January next, it (hall be lawful for
the holders or proprietors of warrants here
tofore granted in con fideration of military
fervices^ or re-let's certificates of fifty a
cres, or more, granted or hereafter to be
granted agreeable to the third fe^lion of an
aft intituled "Ar, ad in addition to an ad,
intituled an a& regulating the grants of land
appropriated for military services ; and for
the society of the United Brethren for pro
pagating the gnfpel among the Heathen," ap
proved the firit day of March, one thousand
eight hundred, to register and locate the fame,
in the fame manner, and under the fame re
ftriaions, as might have been done before
the firft day of January lad: Provided, That
persons holding regifler's certificates foralefs
quantity than one hundred acres, may locate
the fame on such parts of fradional town
ffiips, as shall, for that purpose, be divided
bv the secretary of the freafury into lots of
fifty acres each. „ , .
Sec. 2. And be it further enaaed, I hat
NUMBER 42. VOL. III.]
Republican Ledger,
AND*
PORTSMOUTH PRICE CURRENT.^
PORTSMOUTH, (NEW-HAMPSHIRE) PRINTED BY S. NUTTING, PANTER OF THE LA WS OF THE UNI TED STATES.
©ben con SOT tsefe ueets relate speak of t^em as tie? ate : Doling extenuate, not set baton ougbt in malice.
it shall be the duty Aiefecretary of war to
receive claims to lands for military services.
and claims for duplicates of warrants issued
from his- office, or from the land office of
Virginia, or of plats and certificates of sur
veys founded on such warrants, suggested to
have been loft or destroyed, until the firft day
of January next, and no longer ; and imme
diately thereafter, to report the fame to Con
gress, designating the number of claims of
each description, with his opinion thereon.
NATHL. MACON,
Speaker of the HouJe of Representatives.
ABRAHAM BALDWIN,
PreJident of the Senate pro tempore.
Approved, April 26, 1802.
TH: JEFFERSON,
President of the United States.
an"act
Making provijion for the redemption of the
whole of the Public Debt of the United States.
BE it enaaed by the Senate and House of
Reprejentat ives of the United States of Ameri
ca, in Congress assembled, That so much of
the duties on merchandize and tonnage as,
together with the monies, other than fur
pluffes of revenue, which now cunfthucc ihe
finking fund, or shall accrue to it by virtue
of any provisions heretofore made, and to
gether with the sums annually required to
difeharge the annual interest and charges ac
cruing on the present debt of the United
States, including temporary loans heretofore
obtained, and also future loans which may
be made for reimbursing, or redeeming, any
inftalments, or parts of the principal of the
said debt, will amount to an annual sum ot
seven millions three hundred thousand dol
lars, be, and the fame h/ reby is yearly ap
propriated to the said fund ; and the laid
sums are hereby declared to U-.veiled in the
commissioners of the finking fund, in the
fame manner as the monies heretofore ap
propriated to the said fund, to be applied by
the said commissioners to the payment of in
terest and charges, and to the reimbursement
or redemption of the principal of the public
debt, and shall be and continue appropriated
until the whole of the present debt of the
United States, and the loans which may be
Current prices of per from to
D. C. D. C.
Duck, Ravens -- 10 50 II 50
Flaxseed, rough bu. 1 0 1 5
Filh, Merchant, C. 4 0 4 2 5
-, W. India mark. — 325 375
Scale — 250 275
Salmon none B. 10 0 0 0
Mackerel —7 8 0
Flour, super. frefh -- 8 o oo°
, fine — 75° ° °
, middlings -7 0 0 0
, country C. 3 75, 4 0
Fuftick T. 45 0 0 0
. , Bristol cr. loby 8, bx. 15 50 16 0
zl 9by7,- 14 0 0 0
<< Bby 6, — 11 0 II 50
0) Hamburg ioby 8, -- 13 0 13 5°
' 7 b Y9> - 12 5° ! 3 0
Gun Powder lb 050 0 55
Geneva, Holland 1^ pr G. 117 I2°
, Americanize -- 090 0 0
Hoops, hhd. 12 ft. M. 20 0 25 0
Hogs Lard ftj 012 0 14
Iron, Philadelphia T. 140 0 0 0
, Russia -- 120 0 135 0
, Swedes .-- 125 0 140 0
Logwood T. 400 4g 0
Lead, white, gr. in oil C. 0 0 16 0
, dry -- 15 0 ! 5 °
, red - 866 9 0
, sheet — 11 0 0 0
Lumber, boards clear M. 17 0 18 0
, , merch. — 11 0 11 50
shingles —1 50 2 20
©boUfale priced Current, at portfmoutb, laeto-^ampfyitt
CAREFULLY REVISED AND CORRECTED, ON SATURDAYS.
TUESDAY, JUNE !$, 1802.
Course of (Exchange, a; Cotton.
made for reimbursing or redeeming, any
parts or inftalments of the principal of the
laid debt shall be reimbursed and redeemed:
Provided, that after the whole of the said
debt, the old fix per cent, flock, the deferred
stock, the seventeen hundred and ninety-fix
fix per cent, stock and three per cent, flock
excepted, shall have been reimbursed or re
deemed, any balance of the sums annually
appropriated by this ad, which may remain
unexpended at the end of fix months next
Succeeding the end of the calendar year to
which filch annual appropriation refers,
shall be carried to the surplus fund, and cease
to be veiled by virtue of this ad in the com
miffionerS of the finking fund, and the ap
piopriation, so far as relates to such unex
pended balance, shall cease and determine.
Sec. 2. And be it further enaaed, That
it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the
Treasury annually, and in each year, to
cause to be paid to the commissioners of the
finking fund the said sum of seven millions
three hundred thousand dollars, in such pay
ments, and at such times, in each year, as
the situation of the treasury will permit :
_£QQQfoLkM -#U -fr^ may be
necessary to enable the said commissioners to
difeharge,or reimburse, any demands against
the United States, on account of the princi
pal or interest of the debt, which shall be
actually due, in conformity to the engage
ments of the said states, shall be made at
such time and times, in each year, as will e
nable the said commissioners faithfully and
punauallf to comply with such engage
ment. I
Sec. 3.' And be it further endued, That
all reimbursements of the capital, or princi
pal, of the present debt of the United States,
including future loans which may be made
for reimbursing or redeeming any inftal
me^ts, or parts of the fame, and all pay
ments on account of the interest and charges
accruing upon the said debt shall be made
under the juperintendance of the commis
sioners of foe finking fund. Aud it shall be
'the duty o the said commissioners to cause
to be appl ed and paid out of the said fund,
yearly and every year, at the treasury of the
Current prices of per from to
D. C. D. C.
Lemons frefo bx. 8 0 8 50
Lime, half hhd. 1 75 2 0
Leather, Soal, dried, ffi 020 0 0
Molasses G. 045 045
Nutmegs lb 5° 5 5°
Nail Rods scarce C. 750 8 0
f^lcut. M- 034 034
ci I6d j°° — o°6 070
^! 6d, wrought -1 17 0 0
< ] tod, do. infpe&ed -- 175 180
Z 2nd, do. do. — 245 250
.Sheathing, cut C. If 0 II 50
>-4 (Liver none B. 14 0 14 0
O1 Linseed G. IO 18
Pepper lb 028 028
Pork, best pieces B. 20 0 0 0
, common ^- 14 0 15 °
Peas - bu. 1 25 1 50
Pimento lb 017 018
Pitch, -B. 6 0 0 0
Paper, Sheathing C. 375 4 0
Redwood T. 55 ° 60 °
Raisins /refo calk 7 50 7 50
Rum, Jamaica G. 1 4 ,1 17
, Windward 3d pr.-- 0 & 085
so farce e. 550 ' 0 ©
Rosin Jcarce B. 450 450
Soap, white lb °'4 016
, brawn -- 010 012
~caffe —~O 17 0 c^
Sugar, Hivannah C. 17 0 17 0 '
, East-India -- 12 0 13 0
, Weft-India -- 9 0 12 0
[1 DOL. 50 CTS. PER ANNUM.
United States, the several and refpeaive
sums following, to wit : firft, such sum and
sums as by virtue of any a&, or a&s, they
have heretofore been directed to apply and to
pay : secondly, such sum and sums as may
be annually wanted to difeharge the anffirf
interest and charges accruing on arf other
part of the present debt of the United States,
including the inTereft^and ebarges which
may accrue on future loans which may be
made for reimbursing or redeeming any in
halments or parts of the principal of the said.
debt : thirdly, such sum and sums as may an
nually be required to difeharge any inftal
ment or part of the principal of the present
debt of the United States, and of any future
loans which may be made for reimburfing^
or difeharging the fame, which shall be ac
tually due and demandable, and which fhalL
not by virtue of this, or any other a&, be re
newed or prolonged, or reimbursed, out of
the proceeds of a new loan : and also it shall
be the duty of the said commissioners to cause
to be applied the surplus of such fund as
may at any time exist, after fatisfying the
purposes aforefaid, towards the further and!
final redemption, by payment, or purchase,
'of the present debt of the United States, in
cluding loans for the reimbursement thereof,
temporary loans heretofore obtained from the
bank of the United States, and thole demands
against the United States, under any treaty,
pr convention, with a foreign power, for the
payment of which the faith of the United
States has been, or may hereafter, be, pledg
ed by congress : Provided, however, that the
whole, or any part, of such demands, arising
under a treaty, or convention, with a foreign
power, and of such temporary loans, may,
at any time, be reimbursed, either out of the
finking fund, or, if the situation of the trea
sury will permit, out of any other monies
which have been, or may hereafter be, ap
propriated to that purpose.
Sec. 4. And be it further enaaed, That
the commissioners of the finking fund be,
and they hereby are empowered, with the
approbation of the President of the United
States, to borrow on the credit of the United
States, either in America, or abroad, by ob
taining a prolongation of former loans, or 0-
Current prices of per from to
D, C D. C.
Starch, Poland lb 0 20 0 0
, American -- 0 I2| 017
Sugar, Loaf lb 0 25 0 26
Salt, St. Übes scarce H. 6 0 0 0
, Turk's Island — 6 0 6 0
, Liverpool — 450 5 0
, Rock —7 0 0 0
Steel, German ft ) 014 0 o
, English — 016 017
Salt Petre, refined — 025 0 0
Shot Patent, C. 11 0 0 0
fW.O. hhd. M. 24 0 26 0
do. do. heading - - 26 0 28 0
>IW. O. bbl. -- 10 0 12 50
, ] R.O. hbd. — 10 0 11 75
^ do. Shooks 066 000
(W. O. do. I <0 1 00
Tin in fhects bx. ^ 0 20 0
Tar P 3 2 5 3 2 5
Turpentine /'-- 4 0 45°
Tea, Hyfon lb. 110 0 0
, Souchong -- 067 070
^Bohea -- 034 034
Tobacco, Jamesßiver C. 7 0 0 0
, Georgia — 55° 6 0
Twine, sewing doz. 550 0 0
, seine — 50 55°
^Madeira G. 217 283
^ I Lisbon — 1 33 138
Z< Sherry, — 117 125
I Malaga force q.c. 30 0 30 0
> (Red Port — 140