Republican ledger, and Portsmouth price current — Portsmouth, N.H., 1803-03-29 00:00:00, page 1

COMMUNICATION & EXTRACTS
for the Ledger.
(Continued from cur lajh)
HE does not fee how that mighty passion
for Religion which some men pretend, can
confiß with those Indignities and that con
tempt they bellow on the persons of the
clergy. It is a Rrange mark whereby to
' distinguish High Republicans, that they are
such who imagine the clergy can never be
too Low. He thinks the maxim these gen
tlemen are so fond of, that they are for an
humble clergy, is a very good one : And so
is he ; and for an humble Laity too, since
Humility is a Virtue that, perhaps, equally
benefits and adorns every Ration of life.
But then if the fcriblers on either fide
freely speak the sentiments of their party, a
Divine cannot look for much better quarter
from the other. You shall obferte nothing
more frequent in their weekly papers, than
away of affe&iog to confound the terms of
clergy and Prieflhood, of applying both in
differently, and then loading the latter with
all the calumny they can invent.
Now it seems clear to me, that either par
'ty might have procured and maintained .a
majority among the clergy, if they had not
too much encouraged or connived at this in
temperance of speech, and virulence of pen,
in the worst and most prostitute of their par
ty ; among whom there hath been, such a
perpetual clamour against the ambition, the
implacable temper, and the covetousness
cf the Priesthood : Such a cant of clergy and
Pt fecution, and being priest-ridden ; so
1 many reproaches about narrow principles.
I Therefore a republican abhors the hu
■4ft/)ur of the age in delighting to fling fcan
^dals upon the clergy in general ; which, be
" Tides the djfgrace to the union, and to reli
gion itfelf, calls an ignominy upon the
country that it doth not deserve. We have
no better materials to compound the Prieft
-Ihood of, than the Mass of mankind, which
[corrupted as it is, those who become clergy-
Current prices of per from to
D. C. D. C
ASHES, Pot, iftfort, T. 120 0 125 0
, Pearl -- 130 0 L 4° 0
Allum, C. 6 0 0 0
Anchors, lb # oil 12 0
Bread, Ship C. 450 7 0
Butter ib 012 0 14
• ( Meis B. 13 50 14 0
) Cargo No. 1, —l2 50 13 0
N 0.2, _ 10 0 10 50
©Q (Reiufe —7 ° 00
Beans, white bu. 1 0 0 0
Brandy, Spanish 4thpr. G. 150 160
, Naples 4/^^r. -1 0 150
Barley bu. 092 095
Brimstone, C. 350 4 0
Brimstone, Roll C. 450 5 °
Corn, Indian ~- 0 75 o ^3
Rye -- 083 0 0
Cassia lb 0 67 0 0
Cloves — 1 33 1 42
Coffee — 0 20 0 23
Cheese, American -- 0 6 012
Cotton, foreign scarce — 040 0 0
, American -- 0 20 0 22
Cordage; American C. 12 0 13 °
, Foreign, -- 11 0 12 0
Chocolate, common ffi 020 o o
, best 1V.2&1 -- 028 033
Candles, mould -- 018 0 0
, dipt -- 014 0 15
Coals, foreign Ch. 14 0 0 0
, American, -- ,7 p 19 0
Copperas, C. 3 50% 4 0
Cloth, Tow yd. 0 1§) 0 17
FOREIGN RILLS.
Bills on London : 30 days, : (For Cash) 1a i| per cent. adv.
do. do. : : : bo days, : : do. : 1 do. do.
do, do. : : : 90 days, : do. : par,
Bills on Hamburg, payable in London, at 60 days, : : 1 pr. cent. dis.
do. on Amsterdam, payable in do, 60 days, : :'' do. do. do.
NUMBER 31. VOL. IV.]
Miscellany.
Republican Ledger;
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PORTSMOUTH PRICE CURRENT.
PORTSMOUTH, (NEW-HAMPSHIRE) PRINTED BY S. NUTTING, PRINTER OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED ST Al ES
OXben gon WI tYjefe beetle relate fpeai of t^em as t^eg. are : Doffiing extenuate, nor set boton cugbt tn malice.
i Current prices of per from to
D. C. D. C.
Duck, Russia, ijiqual. 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.lndia mark. -- 4 0 450
Scale -- 3 .0 317
Salmon none B. 10,0 0 0
Mackerel -- 850 9 0
Flout, super. frefh —7 0 0
, fine -7 0 0 0
, middlings -- 6 0 650
, country C. 375 4 0
Fuftick T. 35 0 0 0
Bristol cr. loby 8, bx. 15 50 16 0
/if 9by 7, -- 14 0 0 0
< J Bby 6, -- 11 0 11 50
f) Hamburg loby 8, -- 11 0 12 0
( 7 b yg, -- 11 0 11 50
Gun Powder ffi 042 050
Geneva, Holland Ift prG. 1 12 0 0
, American -- 090 094
Hoops, hhd. 12 ft. M. 20 0 0 0
Hogs Lard ffi 010 0 12
Iron, Philadelphia T.llO 0 0 0
, Russia -- 100 0 100 10
, Swedes --110 0 115 0
Logwood T. 46 0 45 \0
Lead, white, gr. in oil C. 16 0 0 0
, dry™ -- 15 0 0 0
, red — 10 0 0 0,
, ffieet — 13 0 0 0
Lumber, boards clear M. 16 0 17 0
, , merch. — 95° 10 0
men muff have some Vices to leave behind
them when they enter into the church, and
if a few do (till adhere, it is no wonder, but
rather a great one that they are no worse.
Therefore he cannot think Ambition or love
of power more jußly laid to their charge than
to other men, because that would be to make
religion itfelf, or at lead the bell Constitu
tion of Church-Government, aniwerable for
the errors and Depravity of human nature.
He thinks it a scandal to government, that
such an unlimited liberty should be allowed
of publishing books against those Do£frin^
in Religion, wherein all Christians haye a-,
greed, much more tq^onnive at such Tracts .
as reject all Revelatian, and by their conse
quences often deny the very being of ^ God
Surely, it is not a fufficient Attonement for
the writers, that they profefs much love t,
the present Government, and Sprinkle up
and down some arguments in favourfof re
ligion that they dispute, as Rrenuoufly as,
they can, for Liberty of Confcience,^nd in
veigh largely against all Clergymen ; a&d, in s
short, under the Ihelter off some. pofular
principles in politics and religiqp, undermine
the foundations of al| piety an^ virtue. 0
As he does not reckon every SthiJm'bf that l
damnable nature which some would repre
sent, so heis*,very far from dofin'g with the
new opinion of those who would make it no
crime at all ; and argue at a wild rate, that
God Almighty is delighted with the variety
of faith and worship, as he is with the vari
eties of Natue. To such absurdities are
men carried by the affectation of freethink
ing, and removing the prejudices of education,
under which head they have for some time
begun to lift morality and religion.
When a Schijm is once spread in a na
tion, there grows at length a dispute which
are the fchifmaticks. Without entering on
the arguments u fed on both sides amongst us
to fix the guilt on each other, 'tis certain,
that in the sense of the law, the Schijm lies
on that fide which opposes itfelf to pure re
ligion. I shall leave it among the divines
to dilate upon the danger of Schijm as a
spiritual evil; but I would confider it only
as a temporal one. And I think it clear
Bbolefate Prices Current, at portfmoutb, jaeto^pampfyire,
Couefe of ©change, at toofton, search 21,
CAREFULLY REVISED AND CORRECTED, ON SATURDAYS.
TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1803.
that any great separation from each other,
though to a new one that is more dure and
perfe&, may be an occasion of endangering
the public peace, because it will compose a
body always in reserve, prepared to follow
any difeontented Heads, upon the plausible
pretexts of advancing true religion, and op
posing error, infidelity and atheism.
Titus the poo^ Hugonots of France were
Engaged in a civil war by the specious pre
^ce of some, who ft^lei the guile of Reli
gion, facrificed so many thousand lives to
their own Ambition and revenge. Thus
,was thg whole bogy of puritans in England
drawn to & be inftrumearal, or abettors of all
manner of villany, "by the artifices of a few
'me ft, whole befigns, from the firß were
lev&fed to defiroy the Constitution both of
religion and Government. And thus even
Jamolland illeif,s%ere the variety of fe&s
lige so amicable together, and in such perfect
obedi^nc ^to rite Magistrate, 'tis notorious
ho^ jturotfcfit party joining with the ar
sninifys, did atiempt'togdeftroy the Liberty
of thayßtyfoblic. , S& that upon the whole,
as [eli^fous setts are toleratfd^in a Rate, 'tis
nf|hty fyouTd enjoy a fun liberty of con
'fcience, arid every other priviledge"of free
born fubjeas-fo which no power is 'anncxed.
And to preserve their obedience upon all
emeiwmcies, a Government cannot give
•therdfp much eale, nor trust them with too
little power.
While I thus juftify, to the best of my
ability,'the clergy, who are as such, entitled
to my veneration for their sacred function —
I add that such of them incur odium who
fatten their politics, federal or republican,
on their hearers, who are, as it were, chain
ed down to hear from the sacred desk our
“ rulers reviled ;" and unwelcome to the
breasts of honest, well-meaning, Ready Re
publicans.
To be continued.
Current prices of per from to
D. c. D. c.
shingles — 1 5° 2 20
Lemons frejh (scarce) bx. 10 0 11 0
Lime, half hhd. 1 75 2 0
Leather, Soal, dried, ffi 022 023
Molasses G. 045 048
Nutmegs lb 5 ° 0 0
Nail Rods scarce C. 7 0 75°
f 4d l ci it M ° °33 0 0
to I 6dJ ' — 066 0 0
! 6d, wrought — 117 0 0
< ) rod, do. infpeded -- 170 1 75
I 2od, do. do. -- ,2 42 0 0
(Sheathing, cut C.^M 0 11 50
^f Liver Jcarce B. 11 0 12 0
Ql Linfeed G. 1, 20 125
Pepper lb 028 0 30
^ ( Bone Middlings, 20 Qfr^r 0
No.x 16 #,=l7 0
No.a 15^ 16 0
Peas bu. 1 25 1 50
Pimento ib 0 2 0 0 0
Pitch, B. 6 6A 0 0
Paper, Sheathing <C° 375 4 0
Redwood T'°'3s 0 60 0
Raisins /r^ cast -8 50 9 0
Rum, Jamaica G/ 1 ro 1 15
, Windward 3^,r.-- 090 0 0
Rice scarce C. 6 0 0 0
Ro@p scarce IL 45° 0 0
Soap, white 0 14 0 16
brown -- 010 016
, cattle, -- 017 020
Sugar, Havannah gC. 17 0 0 0
: f~,^ft-!ndia °*d -- 12 0 12 50
One would imagine enough is advanced
in the republican prints to txcite animad
version, without there being necessity on the
„ . INLAND BILLS.
Bills on Baltimore, 30 days fight, (For Cash) Ia 1 per cent dis.
do. Philadelphia, - ; : do. : do. do. do.
do. New-York, — : ; do. : do. do. do.,
do. Philadelphia, or "), ,
New-York, f 6 ° da ys, : do. 142 do.
A 8. Bills at fhor'ter fight,propor tionably higher.
froml^^urora.
[I DOL. 50 CTS. PER ANNUM.
Mr. Rofs's project for invading New-Or
leans, if it could be carried into execution
would open a fine field tor /peculation in land
— Florida like other trails would be fold o
ver and over—and when that fpecuiatioft
should have exhausted itfelf—Louifiana—
Mexico —Peru, Chili—and at length Peta
gonia and Terra del Fwgo would present
new and Rill inexhaustible sources for the
insatiable appetite of /peculation.
Rutledge on his return home, declared his in
tention to come into congress when his friend Har
per comes—Mr. Dana fays that will be in the
Greek Calends.
The federalifts should not complain of be
ing prosecuted, their editors ate the most
Ilanderous set of beings that ever disgraced
any country ; the influence of the taction,
was gained by treachery and deceit, and was
long upheld by falfehood and detraction—
not a man, on the republican fide who has
been any wife conceded with public affairs,
has eleaped the revilings of the herd, and yet
their " sensibilities" are excited because the
editor of a print most fhamefully obfeene has
been prosecuted for a libel.
Last year the federalifts complained that
congress had done too much, now they fay
they have done toolittle —this corner as a mat
ter of course, 'tis delusive to hope to please
federalifts, and we are not disposed to do fb ;
it will be admitted, however that it was bet
ter to do nothing thah to doevil.
part of their opponents of imputing to them
expressions which were never uttered— 2
federaliß, however fays, the republicans
openly declare Mr. Jefferfon can do no wrong ;
by whom the expression was used we know
not, and believe it never was made. It was
never contended that Mr. Jefferfon was im
maculate, all that we will )to maintain is
that he has done more good since his elec
tion than any other man in the union could
probably have done—we would add that
some good remains yet to be done, and in
deed we believe republicans in generatthinks
the president could do no wrong in making a
more equal distribution of offices.
Current prices of per from to
D. C D. C.
Sugar, Weft-India -- 10 0 12 0
Starch, Poland lb o iß 0 0
, American -- o I2| 017
Sugar, Loaf 1b °22 023
Salt, St. Übes scarce if. 550 0 0
, Turk's Island ~-5 5° 9 0
, Liverpool -- 4 0 0 0
, Rock — 650 0 0
Steel, German lb ° L 3 0 16
, English -- 0 14 016
Salt Petre, refined -- 034 040
Shot Patent, C. 13 50 0 g
. fW.O. hhd. M. 24 0 26 0
I do. do. heading - - 26 0 28 0
>)W. O. bbl. -- 10 0 12 50
<] R. O. hhd. -- 12 0 13 0
to I do. Shooks 066 0 0
[W. O. do. I 20 1 3°
Tin in sheets bx. 18 0 20 0
Tar B. 325 0 0
Turpentine -- 4 0 450
Tea, Hyfon 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 doz. 5 0 55°
, seine — 5° 55°
n , Madeira G. 217 283
I Lisbon scarce, — 140 0 0
Sherry, — 125 129
I Malaga Jcarce q.c. 27 0 0 0
(Red Port — 142