Republican ledger, and Portsmouth price current — Portsmouth, N.H., 1803-03-15 00:00:00, page 1

FOREIGN BILLS.
Mills on London : 30 days, : (For Cajb) 1a i| per cent. adv.
do. do. : : : bo days, : : do. : 1 do. do.
do. do. : : : 90 days, : : do. : par;
hills on Hamburg, payable in London, at 60 days, : : 2 pr. cent. dis.
do. on Amsterdam, payablein do. 60 days, : : do. do. do.
Current prices if per from to
D. C. D. C
A ""& '9'' 'PJ"'' '' 120 0 12 5 °
Pearl --130 0 >4O 0
Allum, C. 6 0 0 0
Anchors, ft), oil 12 0
Bread, Ship C. 4 50 7 0
Butter ft )o<2 0 14
, • rMefs B. 13 50 14 0
a ) Cargo No. 1, —l2 50 13 0
) Mb. 2, — 10 0 10 50
C^ (Refufe — 7 0 0 0
Beans, white bn. 1 0 .0 0
Brandy, Spanish 4th,r. G. 150 160
, Naples 4^ pr. -1 0 150
Barley bu. 092 095
Brimitone, C. 350 4 0
Brimstone, Roll C. 450 5 0
Corn, Indian -- 07$ 083
Rye -- 083 0 0
Cassia lb 067 0 0
Cloves -1 33 1 42
Coffee -- 0 20 0 23
Cheefe,American -- 0 6 012
Cotton, foreign scarce — 040 0 0
, American -- 0 20 022
Cordage, American C. 12 0 13 0
, Foreign, -- 11 0 12 0
Chocolate, common ft, 020 0 0
, best N0.2^1 -- 028 033
Candles, mould -- 018 0 0
,dipt -- 014 0 15
Coals, foreign Ch. 14 0 0 0
, American, -- ,7 0 19 0
Copperas, C. 350 4 0
Cloth, Tow yd. 0 16 0 17
BE it enafled by the Senate and House of
RebTefentatives of the United States of Amen
%fn &ngrefs afonNeJ, That the proper
it enaaed by the Senate and House of
efentatives of the United States of Ameri
in Cengrefs assembled, That the sum of
one hundred thousand dollars be, and the
fame hereby is appropriated towards defray
ing the expenccs of the Navy of the United
States, during the year one thousand eight
hundred and three. ~ ,
Sedf. 2. And be if further enaaed, Ihat
the aforefaid sum (hall be paid, firft, out of
any balance remaining unexpended of for
mer appropriations for the fame object ;
and secondly, out of any monies in the T rca
furv not otherwise appropriated.
7 NATHT. MACON,
Begun and held at the City of Watbington, in the
Territory of Columbia, on Monday, the lixth of
December, cue thousand eight hundred and two#
Mating a partial appropriation for the Naval
Service', during the year one thousand eight
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
STEPHEN R. BRADLEY,
President of the Senate pro tempore.
Approved, Jan. 14th, 1803.
th : Jefferson,
President of the United States.
NUMBER 2ty. VOL. IV.]
Jred and three.
[Publifad by Authority.)
SEVENTH CONGRESS
OF THE
affirn States ;
At the Second Session,
AN ACT
For the relief of Charles Hyde.
AN ACT
PORTSMOUTH PRICE CURRENT.
PORTSMOUTH, (NEW-HAMPSHIRE) PRINTED BY S. NUTTING, PRINTER OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Albert gou Sail t>efe areas relate fpcak rs tbenr as t§c[ ate t-— -Bating extenuate, nor set boton oufft in malice.
Republican Ledger,
AND
CObolefalc prices Current, at portfmoutb, ^eto^mpffire.
accounting officers liquidate and fettle the
account of Charles Hyde, for his services as
judge advocate to the army, from the second
day of December, Anno Domini, one thou
sand seven hundred and ninety-two, to the
fifteenth day of July, Anno Domini, one
thousand seven hundred and ninety-four,
both inclusive ; and that he be allowed such
pay and emoluments for said services, in
addition to his pay, in the line, as were, at
that time allowed by law to officers ading
in that capacity.
NATHT. MACON,
Current prices of per from to
D. C. D. C.
Duck, Russia, iJlqual, Bt. 16 0 17 0
Duck, Ravens — 10 50 11 50
Flaxseed, rough bu. 1 25 0 0
Fish, Merchant, C. 450 5 0
,W. India mark. — 4 0 450
Scale -- 3 0 3^7
Salmon none B. 10 0 00
Mackerel -- 850 9 0
Flour, fu per. frefh — 8 0 0 0
, fine — 750 0 0
, middlings -- 6 0 650
, country C. 37$ 4 0
Fuftick T. 35 0 0 0
Bristol cr. toby 8, bx. 15 50 16 0
to( gby 7, -- 14 0 0 0
< ) Bby 6, -- II 0 II 50
^ ) Hamburg iobyß, -- 11 0 12 0
( 7byg, -- it 0 II 50
Gun Powder lb 0 5 0 0 0
Geneva, Holland iflprG. 117 0 0
, American -- 090 094
Hoops, hhd. 12 ft. Mi 20 0 0 o
Hogs Lard ft, 010 0 in
Iron, Philadelphia T.ijo 0 0 0
, Russia —IOO 0 100 10
, Swedes — 110 0 115 0
Logwood T. 40 0 45 0
Lead, white, gr. in oil C. 16 0 0 0
, dry -- 15 0 0 0
, red — 10 0 0 0
, theet — 13 0 0 0
Lumber, boards clear M. 16 0 17 0
, , merch. — 95° 10 0
BE it enabled by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Ameri
ca, in Congress afcmbled, That there be paid
to Henry Meifonnier, from any money in
the Treasury, not heretofore appropriated
by law, the sum of fix hundred and fifty five
dollars, and ninety cents, being the amount
of duties paid by him on fourteen hogsheads
of Coffee imported in the ship Pacareau,
Captain Latour, and entered at the port of
Baltimore, on the eighteenth day of Febru
ary, one thousand seven hundred and ninety
four, which sum had also been paid on the
fame fourteen hogsheads of Coffee, by
Champaign and Deyme.
NATH'I. MACON,
Speaker of the House of Referefentatives.
A. BURR,
Vice Prefidqnt of the United States, and
President of the Senate.
Approved, February to, 1803.
TH: JEFFERSON.
President of the United States.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
STEPHEN R. BRADLEY,
PreJident of the Senate pro tempore.
Approved, Jan. 14th, 1803.
TH: JEFFERSON,
PreJident of the United States.
For the relief of Henry Meffonnier.
AN ACT
CAREFULLY REVISED AND CORRECT^, ON SATURDAYS.
TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1803.
Coutfe of Grebange, at Lofton, JFeb.%
Be it enabled by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Ameri
ca, in Congress aflembled, That the Secreta
ry of the Navy be, and he hereby is author
ized and empowered, by indenture of bar
gain and sale, in common form, to convey,
in fee simple, to the proprietors to the Sa
lam turnpike and Chelsea bridge corpora
tion, by their proper name of incorporation,
a certain piece of land, lying on the Wef
tern corner, and being parcel of the Navy
yard belonging to the United States, in
Charleftown, in the state of Maflachufetts,
containing fifteen square perches, or there
abouts, or so much thereof as is required to
enable the said proprietors to lay out and
make a turnpike road from Salem to
Charleftown bridge, near Boston, according
to the plan exhibited to Congress by the said
proprietors.
Se&. 2. And be it further enabled, That
it (hall be the duty of the said Secretary,
prior to the making the said conveyance, to
cause the said piece of land to be valued by
disinterested mem, to be appointed in such
manner as he ihalf agree with the said pro
prietors ; the amount of which said valua
tion being paid to the use of the United
States, it shall then, and not before, be law
ful for the said Secretary to make the afore
faid conveyance.
NATHT. MACON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
A. BURR,
Vice-preJident of the United States, and
President of tbe Senate.
APPROVED, Feb. loth, 1803.
TH : JEFFERSON,
Prtfdent of tbe United States.
Authoring the sale of a piece of land, parcel of
the Navy-Yard belonging to the United
States, in Charleftown, in the fate of Massa
chusetts, to the proprietors of the Salem
Turnpike road and Chelsea bridge Corpora
tion.
Current prices of per from to
D. c. D. c.
shingles -- I 50 2 20
Lemons frejb (scarce) bx. 10 0 11 0
Lime, half hhd. 1 75 < 0
Leather, Soal, dried, lb 022 023
Molasses G. 045 0 0
Nutmegs ftj 5 ° 0 0
Nail Rods scarce C. 7 0 75°
M * °^l '° °
to 6d f c ' - 066 0 0
, 6d, wrought -1 17 0 0
< I rod, do. infpeded -- 170 175
Z I tod, do. do. — 242 0 0
(Sheathing, cut C. 0 0 11 50
U f Liver Jcarce B. 11 0 12 0
Q^Linfeed G. 120 125
Pepper lb 028 030
^ ( Bone Middlings, 20 0 21 0
NO.l 16 50 17 4
N 0.2 15 50 16 0
Peas bu. 1 25 1 50
Pimento ffi 0 20 0 0
Pitch, B. 6 0 0 0
Paper, Sheathing C. 375 4 0
Redwood T. 55 0 60 0
Raisins /re^ cafle 850 9 0
Rum, Jamaica G. 1 10 I 15
, Windward 3d pr.-- 095 1 0
Rice scarce C. 6 0 0 0
Rosin scarce B. 45° 0 °
Soap, white Ib 014 016
, brown -- 010 016
, castle -- 017 020
Sugar, Havahnah C. 17 0 0 0
, Eaft-Iridia -- 12 0 12 50
INLAND BILLS.
Bills on Baltimore, 30 days fight, (For Cassi) I per cent dit
do. Philadelphia, - : : do. : do. do. do.
do. New-York, : ; do. : do. do. do.
do. Philadelphia, or] , , ,
New-York, } 6O ^ ? d ° 2 ^
N. B. Bills at shorter fight, proportionally higher.
AN ACT
[I DOL. 50 CTS. PER ANNUM.
THURSDAY, FEB. 10, 1803.
AN engrofled bill to provide an addition
al armament for the protection of the com
merce and seamen of the United States, was
read a third time and palled.
Mr. Mitchill presented a petition from
sundry citizens of the city of NeW-York,
praying the erection of a plain monument
to the memory of those who had perished on
board of British prison mips, during the late
war, and whose skeletons had lately been
difinteiied in digging the navy yard in that
city.
Referred to the committee of the whole on
bills refpeding monuments.
The house went into a committee of the
whole on. the report of the committee on the
propositions of the convention of Ohio—Mn
Varnum in the chair 4
The refohitions, reported by the commit
tee, were with flight amendments, agreed
to. The committee rose and the boule con
curred in the report, and ordered bills to be
brought in.
On motion of Mr. Randolph, resolved
that so much of the letter of the secretary of
the treasury as relates to the sale of public
lands in the date of Ohio, be referred to the
committee on Indian affairs.
On the call of Mr. Newton, the house
went into a committee of the whole=-Mr#
John C. Smith in the chair, on the bill ma
king an appropriation of 50,000 dollars for
the preservation of timber on navy yards and
forthe improvement thereof.
Mr. S. Smith moved an amendment de
fining the appropriation of 50,000 dollars,
by prescribing that 10,000 dollars should be
appropriated to each of the yards of Charlef
to ivn, New-York, Philadelphia and Norfolk
and 5,000 dollars to Washington, and a like
sum to Portsmouth.
The committee rose, when leave was re
fufed them to fit again, and the bill referred
to the committee of ways and meant.
SEVENTH CONGRESS.....,„. Second SEssioNb
Current prices of per from ft
D. C D. C.
Sugar, Weil-India -- io o 12 o
Starch, Poland ftj ° ^ 0 0
, American -- o I2| 017
Sugar, Loaf lb 022 023
Salt, St. Übes scarce H. 550 0 0
, Turk's Illand -- 55° 9 0
, Liverpool -- 4 0 0 0
, Rock -- 650 0 0
Steel, German lb 0 !3 016
, Englilh — 014 016
Salt Petre, refined — 034 040
Shot Patent, C. 13 50 0 c
. fW.O. hhd. M. 24 0 26 0
I do. do. heading - - 26 0 28 0
>JW. O. bbl. -- 10 0 12 50
<I R. O. hhd. -- 12 0 13 0
to i do. Shooks 066 0 0
(W. 0. do. 120 130
Tin in sheets bx. 18 0 20 0
Tar B. 3 25 0 0
Turpentine -- 40 450
Tea, Hyfon lb., 1 10 1 i&
, Souchong -- 070 0 75
, Bohea -- 032 0 0
Tobacco, Jamesßiver C. 7 0 0 0
, Georgia — 55° 0 0
Twine, sewing doz. 5 0 55°
, seine — 5° 55°
_ ^Madeira G. 217 283
m Lisbon scarce, —* 140 0 0
Z { Sherry, — 125 129
I Malaga scarce q.c. 27 0 0 0
(Red Port — 142
National Legislature.