Republican ledger, and Portsmouth price current — Portsmouth, N.H., 1803-04-12 00:00:00, page 1

Bills on London : 30 days, : (For CaJb) igi| per cent, adv
do. do. : ; : 6o days, : ; do. : 1 do. do.
do. do. : : : 90 days, 1 : do. : par,
Bills on Hamburg, payable in London, at 60 days, : : 1 pr. cent, difi
do. oh Amsterdam, payable in- do. 6ca„, : : do. do. do.
Current prices ts per from to
D. C. D. C
ASHES, Pot, iftfort, T. 120 0 125 0
, Pearl —l3O 0 14° °
Allum, C. 6 0 0 0
Anchors, ftj. 011 12 0
Bread, Ship C. 450 7 0
Butter ffi 012 014
-(Mefs B. 14 50 15 0
Q jCargo No. r, — 13 0 >3 5°
N 0.2, — 11 0 0 0
«; (Refufe —7 0 0 0
Beans, white bu. 1 0 0 0
Brandy, Spanish 4th pr. G. 150 160
, Naples 4th pr. — 10 150
Barley bu. 092 095
Brimstone, C. 350 4 0
Brimßone, Roll C. 4 50" 5 0
Coin, Indian — 0 75 0 83
Rye — 083 087
Cassia ft ) 067 0 0
Cloves — 133 142
Coffee — 0 20 0 23
Cheefe,American — 0 6 012
Cotton, foreign fcarce — 040 0 0
, American -- 0 20 022
Cordage, American C. 12 0 13 °
, Foreign, — 11 0 12 0
Chocolate, common ffi 020 0 0
, best „.2&i — 028 033
Candles, mould — 018 0 0
, dipt — 014 015
Coals, foreign Ch. 14 0 0 0
, American, — 17 0 19 0
Copperas, C. 350 4 0
Cloth, Tow yd. 016 017
Waffrinrton. the
Begun and held at tne city 11^^%^^, ...
Territory of Columbia, on Monday, the Jixth
of December, one thousand eight hundred
and two.
AN ACT
To providefor the due execution bf the laws of
the United States, within the State oj Obis.
WHEREAS, the people of the Eaflern
division of the Territory North Weft of the
River Ohio, did on the twenty-ninth day of
November, one thousand eight hundred and
two, form for themselves a constitution and
ftate government, and did give to the said
Bate the name of the “ State of Ohio" in
purfuanc, of an ira of C ongrefs, entitled
" an a& to enable the people of the Eastern
divilion of the Territory North Weft of the
River Ohio, to form a constitution and
state government, and for the admission of
such state into the union on an equal footing
with the original states ^nd for other pur
poses," whereby the said state has become
end of the United Satets of America ; in or
der therefore to provide for the due execu
tion of the laws of the United States within
said state of Ohio :
BE it enabled by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Ameri
ca, in Congress affemblcd, That all the laws
of'the United States which are not locally
inapplicable, (hill have the fame force and
effe'a within the said state of Ohio, as else
where within the United States.
Sed. 2. Be it further enabled, That the
said Slate Ihall be one Diflria, and be call-
NUMBER 33. VOL. IV'.]
[Published by Authority.)
SEVENTH CONGRESS
OF TLE
Uniteb Staten ;
At the Second Session,
PORTSMOUTH PRICE CURRENT.
Olbeit ?oa Q*U tbefe Bem relate fpeab of frat „ fy± ere : Sowing extenuate, nor set Doton eugbt in malice.
)RTSMOUTH, (NEW-HAMPSHIRE) PRINTED BY S. NUTTING, PRINTER OF TIE LAWS OF J HE UNITED STATE.
FOREIGN BILLS.
Republican Ledger,
OltjoUfaU prices Current, at Portsmouth 9ete^amptyre ;
Current prices of per from to
d. c. b. c.
Duck, Russia, iflgual. Bt. 20 0 0 0
Duck, Ravens -- to 50 11 50
Flaxseed, rough bu. 1 25 0 0
Filh, Merchant, C. 450 5 0
,W. India mark. — 4 0 450
Scale ' -- 3 0 317
Salmon none B. 10 0 0 0
•Mackerel — 850 9 0
Flour, super. frelh —7 0 0
, fine —'l ° 0 0
, middlings — 60 650
, country C. 375 4 0
Fuftick T. 35 0 0 0
Bristol cr. toby 8, bx. 15 50 16 0
9 h y 7, — 14 0 0 0
<) Bby 6, — II 0 11 50
^) Hamburg 10 by 8, — 11 0 12 c
( 7 by9, -- 11 0 11 5°
Gun Powder ft) 0 42 05c
Geneva, Holland i/lprG. 112 0 0
, American — 090 094
Hoops, hhd. 12 ft. M. 20 0 b e
Hogs Lard ft) 010 0 13
Iron, Philadelphia T. 110 0 0 0
, Russia —IOO 0 100 ic
, Swedes —llO 0 115 0
Logwood T. 4° 0 45 C
Lead, white, gr; in oil C. 16 0 00
, dry -- !5 0 0 0
, red — 10 0 . 0 0
, sheet — 13 0 0 0
Lumber; boards clear M. 16 0 17 0
, , merch. — 95° 10 °
ed the Ohio Diftri& ; and a Ddtria court
shall be held therein, to canfift of one Judge,
who shall reside in the said „Diftria, and be
called a Diftria Judge. He shall hold at
the feat or government of the said state, three
sessions annually, the firft to commence on
the firfl Monday in June next, and the two
other sessions progressively on the like Mon
day of every fourth calender month after
wards; and he shall in all things have and
exercise the fame jurifdi&ion and powers
which are by law given to the Judge of the
Kentucky Diftria : He shall appoint a Clerk
tor the said Diftria, who shall reside and
keep the records of the Court at the place
of holding the fame; and shall deceive for
the services performed by him, the fame fees
to which the Clerkof the Kentucky Diftria
is entitled for similar fetvices.
Sec. 3. Be it further enabled, That there
shall be allowed to the Judge of the said
Diftria Court, the annual compensation of
one thousand dollars, to commence from the
date of his appointment, to be paid quar
ter yearly at the Treasury of the United
States.
Sec. 4. Fe it further enabled, That there
shall be appointed in the said Diftria, a
person learned in the law,.to a& as attorney
for the United States, who shall, in addition
to his dated fees, be paid by the United
States, two hundred dollars annually, as a
full compensation for all extra services.
Sec. 5. And be it further enabled, That
, Marihal shall be appointed for the said
Diftria who.fhall perform the fame duties,
be fubjea to the fame regulations and pen
alties, and be entitled to the fame fees as are
prescribed to Marshals in other Diftri&s,
and shall moreover be intitled to the sum of
two hundred dollars annually ay compen
sation for all extra services. ,
NATH'L. MACON,
Speaker of the House of Reprejentatives.
A. BURR,
Pice-prefdent of the United States, and
Prefdent of the Senate.
Approved, Feb. 10th, 1803.
TH: JEFFERSON,
Prudent of the United States.
Course of Crcbange, at Wlon, Sprit#,
CAREFULLY REVISED AND CORRECTED, ON SATURDAYS.
TUESDAY, APRIL 13, (803.
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Current prices of per from io
b. c. d. c.
Ihingles —1 50 220
Lemons frejb {farce) bx. 8 0 9 0
Lime, half hhd. 1 75 2 0
Leather, Soalj dried, ffi 022 023
Violates G. 045 048
Nutmegs " l bs° 0 0
Nail Rods fearer C. 7 0 75°
^dl^. M - 0 3 3 0 °
c i6dj ' -- '0 66 0 0
^) 6d, wrought -- 117 Co
< I lod, do. infpeaed — 170 1 75
Z< l 2od, do. do. — 242 0 0
(Sheathing, cut C. 0 0 11 50
^ f Liver Jcarce B. 11 0 12 0
OlLinfeed G. 120 125
Pepper ffi 028 0 30
^ ( Bone Middlings, 20 b 21 0
No.l 16 50 17 0
^( No.a *5 50 16 0
Peas bu. 1 25 1 5°
Pimento ftj 020 0 0
Pitch, = B. 6 0 0 0
Paper, Sheathing C. 375 4 0
Redwood T. 55 ° 60 0
Raisins /rej3talk 8 50 9 0
Rum, Jamaica G. 1 0 1 5
7 Windward 3/,,.-- 080 085
Rice scarce C. 6 0 0 0
Rosin scarce B. 450 0 0
Soap, white ft) OL 4 016
, brown -- 010 016
, castle — 017 020
Sugar, Havannah C. 17 0 0 0
, East-India -- 12 0 12 50
AN ACT
Rr extending the external commerce of the
United States.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Ameri
ca, in Congress etffembled. That the sum of
two thousand five hundred dollars; be, and
the fame is hereby appropriated for the
purpose ofc extending the external commerce
of the United States, to be paid out of any
money in the TreafUry; ndt other wife ap
propriated. , >
NATH'L. MACON;
Speaker of the Houje of Reprefentatrues.
A. burr;
Vice PreJident of the United States, and
Prefdent of the Senate.
Feb. 28, 1803.
Approved,
TH : JEFFERSON,
PreJident of the United States.
AN ACT
For /continuing in force a law, 'entitled " An
AEtfor efabdlhing trading houses with the
Indian Tribes."
BE it anabled by the Senate and House of
Reprejentatives of the United States of Ameri
ca, in Congress egembled, That a law palled
on the eighteenth day bf April; in the year
of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
ninety fix, intitled, "An aft for eltablifhing
trading hoofed with the Indian tribes," and
which law was revived &cohtinued by anoth
er,paffed on the thirtieth day ofApril, in the
year of dur Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and two, shall be, and the fame is here
by farther continued for the term qf two
years; from the fourth day of March next,
and from thence until the end of the next
session of Congress.
NATH'I. MACON,
Speaker of the House of Reprefentafves.
A. BURR,,
Vice-President of the United. States, and
President of the Jenate.
Feb. 28, 1803,
Approved,
. TH : JEFFERSON,
.?.; ' Pref dent if the United States.
AND
.INLAND BILLS.
Bills on Baltimore, 30 days fight, (For Cassi) |bl per cent dis.
do. Philadelphia, — : : do. : do. do. do.
do. New-York, — : : do. : do. do. do.
do. Philadelphia, or 1 , ,-
New. York, )• do ia2 do.
N. B. Bills at Shorter fight, propertionably higher.
ft Dt)L. 50 CTS. PER ANNUM.
AN ACT
For the relief of Moses While.
Be it enabled by the Senate and House of
Reprejentatives of the United States of Ameri
ca, in Congress assembled, That the proper
accounting officers adjust and fettle the claim
>f Moses White; for his additional pay and
emoluments as aid-de-camp to brigadier gen
eral Moses Haten, from the firft day of
August, one thousand seven hundred and
eighty one; to the third day of November,
one thousand seven hundred and eityty thfee,
upon the fame principles which have hereto
fore prevailed in the settlement of the ac
counts of aids-decamp to brigadier generels
in the line of the revolutionary army ; and
that they liquidate the fame in like manner
as though a final Settlement certificate, in
the cuftomaty form, had been issued there
for, when due. v;
NAtH't. MACON,
Speaker of the House of Reprefentativts.
A.BURR,
Fire-Pref dent of the United Srates and Pref
dent of the Senate.
APPROVE!), March 2d, 1803,
TH: JEFFERSON,
"- ^ Prefdent of the United States.
Amherst, March 31.
Was committed at Stoddard, in this
State; on Saturday, the i,h inst. A Mrs.
Wright ofthat place, who is supposed to
have been suddenly seized with a fit of
iftraaion. from previous depression of
spirits, took her ydungeft children, in the
abfeuce of tier husband, and led them about
60 rods from the house where the caught
the youngest by the heels, and put a period
to its exiftance by dafning it against a rock.
The other two hot being so easily handled,
(he attempted to dispatch them by beating
them on the head with a stone ; but fortu
nately miffing her aim, the children efcapeJ,
and alarmed the family. When her hus
band arrived he found her near the place
where she„ had committed the trucking ad,
with the murdered child in her arms, in a
puddle of water. What has been done
with her we have not heard.
Current prices of per from to
D.c b. c.
Sugar; Weft-India -- 10 0 12 0
Starch, Poland lb 018 0 0
; American — o I2| 017
Sugar, Loaf ft, 022 0 0
Salt; St. Übes scarce H. 550 0 0
, Turk's Island — 55° 9 0
; Liverpool — 4 0 0 0
; Rock =- 650 0 o
Steel, German ffi 013 o] s
, Englilh — 014 015
Salt Petre, refined -- 034 . 040
Shot Patent, C. 13 50 0 04
. fW.O. hhd. M. 24 0 26 0
I do. do. heading ,- 26 0 28 0
?IW. O. bbl. -- 10 0 12 50
<] R. O. hhd. — 12 0 13 0
^ I do. Shocks 066 0 0
[W. O. do. 1 20 1 30
Tin in Sheets bx. 18 o 2o a
Tar B. 3 0 3 25;
Turpentine — 4,0 450
Tea, Hyfoh lb. 1 10 1 16
, Souchong — 070 075
, Bohea — 032 0 0
Tobacco, Jamesßiver C. 7 0 0 0
, Georgia — 550 0 0
Twine, sewing dbz. 50 55°
; seine — 50 55°
. (Madeira G. 217 283
i Lisbon fcaret, — 140 0 0
Z < Sherry, — 125 I 2()
Malaga scarce q.c. 27 0 o O
? t Red Port — 142