Republican ledger, and Portsmouth price current — Portsmouth, N.H., 1803-05-24 00:00:00, page 1

Current prices of per fan to
D. C. D. C
ASHES, Pot, iflJori, T. 120 o 125 0
, Pearl ->3 o 0 J 4° °
Allum, C. 6 0 0 0
Anchors, ib- 011 12 °
Bread, Ship C. 450 7 0
Butter lb 012 "H
. , Mess B - z 4 50 J 5 0
^ ,Cargo No. I, -13 0 850
) No. 2, -11 0 0 0
^t^ufe -7 0 0 0
B^ns, white bu ; 1 0 0 0
Brandy, Spanish 4th, r. G. 150 1
, NapLs^/r.-- I4° 1 5°
Barley bu. °9 2 0 95
Brimstone, C. 350 4 0
Brimstone, Roll C. 45° 5 °
Corn, Indian -- 0 75 °°3
Rye -- ° B 3 ° B 7
Cassia lb 0 5° ° 6<
Cloves -1 33 1 42
Coffee — 026 026
Cheese, American — 0 6 0 10,
Cotton, foreign Jcarce — 040 0 c
, American -- 0 20 ° °
Cordage, American C. 13 0 ] 3 5 (
, Foreign, 12 0 12 5
Chocolate, common lb 020 °
,t^ N. 2^l — c2B 0 3;
Candles, mould — 018 0 0
,dipt — ox 4 o 's
Coals, foreign Ch. 14 0 0 c
, American, — 17 0 0 0
Copperas, C. 35° 4 °
Cloth, Tow yd. 016 017
JZ^V^&CT™^
{?uhlifcid by Authority.]
SEVENTH CONGRESS
OF THE
fiinhw Stites ;
AT tee Second Session,
: Eeran dud held atTie City of W<fhiugt<% in the
Territory <fColumbia. on Monday, me Jixth
Q December, one thousand eight hundred
and iwo.
ANACT
% prolong the continuance of the ivLnt at Phi
ladelphia.
BE it enabled by the Senate and LFife 0,
Reprefentutroes of the United States of Ameri
ca, tn Congress affcmbled, I hat the A&, en
tiruled " An all concerning the Mint," ap
proved March 3!, 1801, is hereby continu
ed in force and operation for the term of
five years after the fourth day of March
NATH'I. MACON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
STEPHEN R BRADLEY,
PreJident of the Senate, pro tempore.
March 3, 1803.
Approved,
TH : JEFFERSON,
Prejident of the United States.
AN ACT
To make provifonfor persons that have been
disabled by known wounds received in the
aaual service of the United States, during
the revolutionary war.
Be it enabled by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Ameri
ca, in Congress afrmbled, That any com
missioned officer, non-commiffionea officer,
soldier, or seaman disabled in the aQual fa-
FOREIGN FILLS.
BPIs on London : 3 o ^ a y s > : ( hr C ^) 2 I percent, adv.
do. : : : ou days, : : do. : 2 a2| do. do.
jj do. : : : 90 days, : : do. : 1 al| do.
hills on Hamburg, payable in London, at 60 days, : : p^i a 1 pr. cent. adv.
do. ua l upLsrdanb payable in do. To days, : : du. do. do.
NUMBER 39. VOL. IV.]
PORTSMOUTH PRICE CURRENT.
PORTSMOUTH, (NEW-HAMPSHIRE) PRINTED BY S. NUTTING, PRINTER OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED ST AI LS.
alter ^ntt fluff tljefe Efeßg relate speak of tfirm a$ t^eg are : Dotting extenuate, net fer trim cugbt in malice.
Republican Ledger,
I Current prices of per from to
"D. C. D. C.
Duck, Russia, ifqual. Bt. 20 0 0 0
Duck, Ravens -- 10 50 11 50
Flaxseed, rough bu. 1 0 0 0
FUh, Merchant, C. 450 5 °
,W. India mark. -- 4 0 450
Scale 3 0 3 17
Salmon none B. to 0 0 0
Mackerel — 850 9 0
Flour, super. frefh — 75° 0 0
, fine -- 6 0 0 0
, middlings -- 6 0 650
, country C. 375 4 0
Furtick T. 35 0 0 0
Bristol cr. toby 8, bx. 15 50 16 0
zf gby7, -- 14 0 0 c
< I Bby6, -- II 0 11 50
-41 Hamburg 10 by 8, -- 11 0 12 0
( 7by9, -- 11 0 11 5c
Gun Powder ffi 040 05c
Geneva, Holland i/7,rG. 1 12 1 17
, American -- 080 0 <
Hoops, hhd. 12 ft. M. 20 0 0 0
Hogs Lard th 010 0 12
Iron, Philadelphia T. 116 0 120 <
, Ruflia —no 0 115 0
, Swedes --115 0 120 0
L%av4.><hl T. 4.0 0 45 C
Lead, white, gr. in oil C. 18 0 o c
, dry -- 16 0 17 c
, red — 10 0 o<
U' , sheet -- 13 0 0 0
Lumber, boards clear M. 16 0 17 0
, , merch. — 950 11 0
_„,_»&=* r—m l .'^=°'''rammmCTm
vice of the United States, by wounds receiv
ed during the revolutionary war, and who
did not desert the said service, shall be enti
tled to be placed on the pension lift of the
United States, during life : Provided, that
in fubdantiating the claims thereto, the
rules and regulations following, shall be
complied with:
First. All evidence shall be taken on oath
or affirmation before the judge of the diftria
in which such invalid reside, or before
some person specially authorifed by commit
tion from the said Judge.
Secondly. The evidence relative to any
claimant, muff prove decisive disability t<
have been the efßa of known wounds re
ceived while in the a&ual line of his duty, it.
the service of the United States; during the
revolutionary war: that this evidence muff
be the affidavits of the commanding officer,
or surgeon of the ship, regiment, corps 01
company in which such claimant served, or
two other credible witnefles to the fame ef
,e&, setting forth the time and place of such
known wounds.
Thirdly. Every claimant shall be exami
ned on oath or affirmation, by fume refpe&
able Physician or Surgeon, to be authorifeu
: y commiflion from the said judge, who
thall report in writing his opinion, upon o^th
>r affirmation, of the nature of said disability,
and in what degree it prevents the claimant
from obtaining his livelihood.
Fourthly. Every claimant muff produce
evidence of his having continued in the ser
vice of the United States, to the conclusion
ofthe war in seventeen hundred and eighty
three, or being left out of the service in con-
Sequence of his disability, or in consequence
of some derangement of the army, and of
the mode of life or employment he has since
followed, and of the original exigence and
continuance of his disability.
Fifthly. Every claimant must Shew fatis
faaory cause to the said judge of the diftridt,
why he did not apply for a pension in con
formity to laws heretofore puffed, before the
expiration of the limitation thereof.
Sec. 2. And be it further enabled, That
the said judge of the diftria or perlon by
WwoieCrc prices Current, at portfmoutb, oeto4,ampoire +
Coutfe
CAREFULLY REVISED AND CORRECTED, ON SATURDAYS.
TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1803.
of ©change, at QoUon, f^ap 16,
—<-<-,44^,4^^^,,+>->-> —
Current prices of per from to
u. C. D. c.
Singles —1 50 2 2c
Lemons frejb bx. 7 50 850
Lime, halt hhd. 1 75 2 0
Leather, Soal, dried, ft, 022 0 23-
Molasses G. 042 044
Nutmegs It ) 5 ° 0 0
Nail Rods Jcarce C. 7 0 0 0
f4 d l c ,, t M - 0 33 0 °.
ri|6d f cu ' -- 066 0 c
™) 6(1, wrought —1 8 I Io
< ; rod, do. infpe&ed— 158 167
4 I 2od, do. do. -- 233 0 0
(Sheathing, cut C. 0 0 11 50
-^ j Liver Jcarce B. 11 0 12 0
5 I Linseed G. 142 15°
Pepper ft ) 028 0 0
/ ( Bone Middlings, 20 0 21 0
{ No,i 16 50 17 0
N0.2>5 6° 16 °
las bu. I 25 1 50
Pimento ft ) 024 0 0
Pitch, B. 6 0 0 0
Paper, Sheathing C. 3 75 - 4 °
Redwood T. 55 0 60 0
Rai fins /refo calk 8 50 0 c
Hum, Jamaica G. 1 0 1 5
, Windward 3d pr.-- 080 085
'GcJ-Ui'ce C. 6 0 0 0
folin (none) B. 45° 0 0
Soap, white ft> 014 016
, brown -- 010 0 16
, castle -- 017 020
Sugar, savannah C. 17 0 0 0
, East-India -- 12 0 12 50
him commiilioned as atorefaid, shall give to
each claimant a tranicript of the evidence
and proceedings, had rclpeding his claim ;
and film'd allo transmit a lilt of such claims,
accompanied by the evidence herein diret-fed,
ip the Secretary of the Department of war,
in order that the fame may be examined, and
it correct,agreeable to the intent and Cleaning
of this att, the said applicants are thenceforth
0 be placed on the penlion lift of the United
Spates : Provided that in no case a pension
shall commence before the firft day of Jan
uary, eighteen hundred and three, except so
tar as to offiet the commutation of halt pay
received by such officer, in which case the
proper officer is to calculate the pension fiom
the fiif iday of January, seventeen hundred
and eighty-four.
See. 3. And be it further enabled, That
the penlions allowed by this a£t shall be es
timated in the manner following, that is to
fay ; a full pension to a Commiftioned officer
shall be considered the one half of his month
ly pay as by law eftabliihed, and the pro
portions left than a full pension shall be the
like proportions of half pay. And a full
pension tga non-commissioned officer,private,
soldier or seaman, Ih,ll be five dollars per
month, and the proportions left than a full
pension, shall be the like proportions of five
dollars per month, but no pension of a com
missioned officer shall be Calculated at a high
er rate than the half pay of a Lieutenant-
Colonel.
Sec. 4. And be it further enabled, That
the pensions becoming such in virtue of this
a& shall be paid in the fame manner as inva
lid pensioners arc paid, who have heretofore
been placed on the pension lift of the United
States, under such reftriaiops and regula
tions, in all refpeas, as are prescribed by the
laws of the United States, in such cases pro
vided.
NATH'I MACON,
Speaker of the Houje of Reprejentatives.
STEPHEN R. BRADLEY,
Prejident of the Senate, pro tempore.,
Approved, March 3d, 1803.
Th: JEFFERSON.|
INLAND BILLS.
Bills on Baltimore, 30 days fight, (For Cath) |al per cent dis.
d. Philadelphia, : : jr„ : do. do. do.
do. New-York, — ; ; do , : do. do. do.
uo. Philadelphia, or 1 , ,
New-York, f 6o ua y s > : do I^2 co.
N. B. Bills at shorter fight, proportionally higher.
[I DOL. 50 CTS. PER ANNUM.
Current prices of per from to
D. C D. C.
Sugar, Weft-India -- 10 0 12 0
Starch, Poland lb ° 18 0 0
, American -- o I2| 01/
Sugar, Loaf ffi 022 023
oalt, St. Übes scarce H. 55° 0 0
, Turk's Island — 55 0 9 0
, Liverpool — 4 0 0 0
r , Rock -- 650 0 g
Steel, German 1b °H 0 L 5
, English — 0 14 0 1 5
Salt Petre, refined -- 034 0 4°
Shot Patent, (none) C. 0 0 0 0
(W.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 z 3 °
I do. Shooks 066 0 0
(W O. do. 1 20 1 3°
Tin in fhects bx. 18 0 20 0
Tar B. 350 0 0
Turpentine -- 40 45°
Tea, Hyfon lb. 1 33 0 0
, Souchong -- 0 75 0 80
, Bohea -- 032 0 0
Tobacco, Jamesßiver C. 7 0 0 0
, Georgia — 550 c 0
Twine, levying doz. 5 0 550
, seine — 5° 55°
,f Madeira G. 217 280
$ I Lisbon Jeara, — 140 0 3
Z < Sherry, — 129 133
^ I Malaga scarce q.c. 29 0 0 9
(Red Port — 142
AN ACT
For the rehef of Jfhuu Haroey, and others.
BE it enabled by the Senate and Hufe of
Reprefentetives of the United States of Ameri
ca, in CongreJs iffmbled, I hat Joshua Har*
vey, Augurtine Baughman, Ifoiah Mankin,
Richard Caton and Frederick Kart, shall not,
nor shall either of them be liable to impris
onment for any debt or debts contracted by
them to the United States, prior to the com
mitting of the several aCts of bankruptcy,
upon which they were refpe&ively declared
bankrupts : Provided that nothing herein
contained shall be confirmed in any manner
to impair the right of the United States, to
fatisfadion of any ifcbt due from either of
the above named perf ns, out of any proper
ty which they may hereafter refpca.ively
acquire, or cut of the effects of the said
bankrupts, which are now in, or may here
after come to the hands of the refpedtive as
signees, nor to affect any security which
may have been riven by the said bankrupts :
And provided df, that in case it shall at any
time appear, that ei her of the said bank
rupts has been guilty of any concealment of
property, or of any manner of fraud, in vio
|lation of the provibon) of the a& intiiled
"An act to edablifh an uniform fyfiem of
bankruptcy throughout the United States,"
such perfun against whom such fraud or con
cealment shall be so proved, shall forfeit and
lose the whole benefit of this a&.
NATHI. MACON,
Speaker of the House of Rebrefentatives.
STEPHEN R. BRADLEY,
Prejident of the Senate pro tempore.
March 3, 1803.
Approved,
TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
Authorizing the transfer of the duties of Super
vijor to any other officer.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House J
Representatives of the United States of America,
in Congress aflembled. That the President of
the United States be, and he hereby is author
ifed to attach the duties of the office of Su
pervisor in any diltrid to any other officer