Republican ledger, and Portsmouth price current — Portsmouth, N.H., 1803-09-06 00:00:00, page 1

Current prices of per from to
D. C. D. c
ASHES, Pot, flf^t, T. 156 66 160 0
, Pearl -1 66 160 0
Ahum, C. 7 0 750
Anchors, lb' oil 12 0
Bread, Ship C. 4 0 6 0
Butter 1b 012 ° f 4
~Nefs B. x 6 0 16 50
R )Cargo No. 1, — 14 0 14 50
N 0.2, — 11 50 J 2 0
© (Refufe - 750 80
Beans, white bu. 1 0 110
Brandy, Spanish 4thfer. G. r 42 15°
Naples4t/> ?r.-- 1 25 1 33
Barley ' ^ o 9 2 0 9 5
Brimhone, ~; 4 0 45 0
Brimstone, Roll 45 0 5 °
Corn, Indian — o *3 o °°
Rye - °8 3 087
Cassia lb 0 0 060
Cloves - 1 33 1 42
Coffee -- o2b 029
Cheese, American -- 0 7 011
Cotton, foreign fairer -- 0 33 0 4°
, American -- 0.0 025
Cordage, American C. 0 0 '5 °
, Foreign, 12 0 12 50
Chocolate, common lb 0 20
belt N^.2^l - 0 28 0 33
Candles, mould -- o[ 7 00
, dipt -- 014 o ] s
Coals, foreign Ch. 12 0 13 0
, American, -- 17 ° ° °
Copperas, C. 35° 4 °
Cloth, Tow yd- 016 ° l7
FOREIGN BILLS.
"Bills on London : 30 days, : (For CaJb) 2 per cent. adv.
do. do. : : : 60 days, : : do. : if do. do.
do. do. : : : 90 days, : : do. : para, do.
Bills on Hamburg, payable in London, at 60 days, : : par1
do. on Amflerdam, payable in do. 60 days, : : I do.
NOTICE!
THE President and Directors of
th^ NEW-HAMPSHIRE flßLand
MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY
hereby Rive notice, that the amount ot t^r
Capital Stock is Two ^ff,^^
Dollars, of which ^ ^'^ Zd
bein^ the firft lament, is already paid
and deposed: That they have power and
authority on behalf of the Company,to make
lnfurar.ee against Fire on Hoyles, ores
Goods, Wares and Merchants ; allo on
Vessels, Freight, Money,Goods and Effects ,„
and a^inft Capri^Y of Perrons ; and on
the Life of any Person during his ablence by
sea ; and in case of Money Lent upon Bot.
iomry and Refeondentia. •«?
The Office is now open in'tne
Cid of Mr. Billings' hoqfe, near the
Parade where they are ready to receive I ro
pofals for and issue Policies iff the name an
behalf of the aforefaid Company, to any ^
mount, on any one rifle not exceeding ^e^.
^boufand Dollars. ,„
By Order of Directors,
Samuel Ham, President.
Portfmoutb, N. H. Aaguf 16, 1803.
Just arrived from Lfon and LOR SALE
BY
Wm. & Charles Neil,
i 9 o Boxes LEMONS in prime
crder.
Lisbon SAL C.
Bags FEATHERS.
Velvet CORKS.
Common do.
Bags ALMONDS.
On reaJbnaHe terms.
Aug. 16. _ .
Wanted to Hire,
A frnall House, or part of
oHoufe,Farther ,"9"''° f '"
Printer. ^ ^ IS °3-
NUMBER 2. VOL. V.]
Republican Ledger,
= AND
PORTSMOUTH PRICE CURRENT.
Course of exchange, at Lofton, September >, & /
PORTSMOUTH, (NEW-HAMPSHIRE) PRINTED BY S. NUTTtt G, PRINTER OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
arsen ?ou Sail t^efe beebs relate fpeui of tbem ag tbeg are :
What can be more incontinent than the con
dua of the Federalists in regard to the ac
quirement of Louisiana r—A few months
Since, it was an acquirment that would
“ give compaanefs & irrefiftable Strength to
the United States, we Should be rcfpe&ed
and courted for it in European wars, that it
the French got it they would either annihi
late our trade with their Islands or impose
a duty of 15 or 20 per cent upon it." —lt
was also Stated that without the possession of
the port of New Orleans " half a million
of our citizens were cut off from all inter
course with the rest of the world —every
kind of business at a ftarid—farmers produce
rotting on "their hands—industry partalized
—emigration destroyed—the value of their
lands diminished—alt ability to comply
with their engagements, v^ith the govern
ment or each other taken from them." —lt
was said that by obtaining possession of this
country the United States would have “ the
means of defence more ample, more impor
tant, more easy, than any nation on earth."
That “ in a Ihort time the Weft-India 1-
flandsj fed from our granaries must depend
upon our will, and all the powers of Eu
rope court our friendship." —But war was
their obje&.—The expence of a war mult
have exceeded fifteen millions annually, $ By
what Scale can the value of lives loft in a
hazardous war be calculated r—and to what
term would this war have beeh prolonged :
—These queries are equally unsolvable.—
All this was nothing to " the advantages of
poffefling that country."—But now when
the peaceable possession of New-Orleans &
Louisiana is obtained for the small sum of
1^ millions, and without bloodshed, the molt
of It is " totally ufclefs to the United States.^
is said to be " An infamous bargain."
a That a more infamous scheme was nev
er hatched in the brain of a philosopher or
enemy to HL country." —The administra
tion, & the executive mull be abused at one
time for not expending an hundred millions
of Dollars in possessing New-Orleans, even
by bloodshed and force, and at another by
Current prices of per from to
D. C. D. C.
Duck, Russia, ijiqual. Bt. 20 0 22 0
Duck, Ravens -- 10 50 II 5c
Flaxseed, rough bu. 1 0 c c
Filh, Merchant, C. 45 0 5 0
,W.lndia mark. -- 350 0 r
Scale -- 275 ;0
Salmon none B. 10 0 C o
Mackerel — 8 0 850
Flour, super. frefh — 75° 80
, fine — 7° 75'
, middlings -- 6 0 o c
, country C. 350 355
Fuftick T. 35 0 0 c
. < Bristol cr.ioby 8, bx. 15 0 o c
^) 9 b Y 7> - T 3 0 13 B
<3 Bby 6, -- 10 50 11 it
^/ Hamburg 10 by 8, -- 'll 50 12 ,
7by9, -- 0 0 11 5<
Gun Powder ffi 040 042
Geneva, Holland ifl prG. 133 133
, American — 080 0 <
Hoops, hhd. 12 ft. M. 20 0 0 c
Hogs Lard ft > 0 12 0 14
Iron, Philadelphia T # 1,5 ° "°'
, Russia -- 115 0 120 c
, Swedes --115 0 120 <
Logwood T. 40 0 45 C
Lead, white, gr. in oil C. 18 0 0 c
, dry — 16 0 17 c
, red -- II 5 0 12 '
, sheet — 14 0 15 c
Lumber, boards clear M. 16 0 20 c
, , merch. — 9 0 10 c
©boUfate prices Current, at poctfmoutb, J^cto^ampibU^
CAREFULLY REVISED AND CORRECTED, ON SATURDAYS.
—>.-fa<f^^<g<gfy,^^+>»»)
Recent Omiflions,
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1803.
, INLAND BILLS.\•
Bills on Baltimore, 3 o days fight, (For Cfo) far per cent dis
do. Philadelphia, ; : ,h : ,i a2 do. do.
, ^ew-York, . . d o. : 1 do. do.
1 do. Philadelphia, or 1
INew. York, , do. O 2 - &_
N. B, Bills at Shorterfight, proportionally higher.
Current prices of per from to
D. c. b. c.
Singles — 1 5° 250
Lemons frejb bx. 9 0 10 50
Lime, hhd. 2 50 0 0
Leather, Soal, dried, lb 022 023
Molasses G. 046 048
Nutmegs tb 45° 5 0
Nail Rods scarce C. 7 0 0 0
f4dl, Ma °33 0 0
ti|6dj cu> -- 066 0 0
^ I 6d, wrought -1 0 .1 6
< I lod, do. infpc&ed - - 1 5° 162
Zi I 2od, do. do. -- 225 233
(Sheathing, cut C. 0 0 11 u
^f Liver Jcarce B. ii 0 12 0
Q [Linfeed G. 0 0 142
Pepper lb 028 0 0
^ ( Bone Middlings, 20 0 22 0
No.l # l7 0 18 0
N 0.2 ' 0 0 17 0
Peas bu. 1 25 1 50
Pimento lb 020 0 0
Pitch, B. 433 0 0
Paper, Sheathing C. 375 4 0
Redwood 1*55 0 60 0
Raisins /r^ calk 8 0 9 0
Rum, Jamaica G. 1 0 1 10
, Windward 3d pr.— 90 O 1 0
Rice scarce C. 6 0 650
Rosin B. 450 0 0
Soap, white ffi 014 016
, brown -- 010 016
, caftile -- 017 020
Sugar, Havannah C. 17 0 0 0
, East-India -- 12 0 12 50
purchasing peaceably, the whole territory
of Louisiana with New-Orleans for fifteen
rnillions^of dollars !—Such is Federal con
fiikncy! 1. Amer.
The Centinel evidently is endeavouring to
impress upon the minds of those who are
condemned to be it readers, that the govern
ment of the United States intends to pay " a
tribute to France," because we have agreed
to porch fe Louisiana, for what all agree is
not half its value. Here is a fair and bona
ide purchase. Does the Farmer pay a tri
bute, when he buys a new farm r If he
obtains a warrantee deed of the land, a fair
title too, can he expe& any more ? Is this
laying a tribute? The federal Editors
enow every well it is no such thing —-but
it suits them to misrepresent the tranfaaion,
and they are heartily welcome to all the
honour and profit they can derive from it.
J ^al.Reg.
Settlement of American Claims on the Govern
ment of France.
The following Statement is from a correa
ource, and may be relied on :---
The 3,750,000 dollars, that the United
States are to pay France, is to be paid to the
citizens of the United States for claims they
lave upon the,rench government, embrac
ed by the convention, made the 30th of Sep
tember, by Eifeworth and Davie. The 1c
cond article of that convention is to be con
sidered as null and void. The payment to
the United States is to be made to the citi
zens thereof, ih sixty days after the final
ratification of the late convention by ° u r
government, and exhangeof the fame, which
is to be done here ; the payment to be made
bybills drawn by our miniftefs in Faris, on
thd treasury of the United States. Claimants
ire firft to have their claims liquidated by the
French government, on which claims there
ire to be allowed fix per cent, per annum
from the time the claimants refpe&ively
pade their demands for payment. After
heir claims are finally liquidated, a board
Ithree commissioners, appointed by our
inifters, are to fit in Paris, who are to ex
nine these liquidated claims, to fe^ if they
Dotting extenuate, not set baton oug^t fn malice.
[I DOL. JOLTS. PER ANNUM.
properly are claims that are embraced un
der the convention of the 30th September-
As soon as this is determined, the claimants'
will receive their drafts, and they will be
paid as they are presented ; and should the
claims embraced by the convention exceed
the sum of 3,750,000 dollars, the remainder
is a debt remaining due from France, and.
and to be paid the claimants by that repub
lic. It is understood that claims for fop
plies to the Weft-Indies, demurrageson vef
feis from France, vessels taken and not re
stored agreeable to the convention of the
30th Sept, and supplies under contrasts
made by officers of the French govern
ment in the United States, are the proper
claims embraced by the convention.-- D.
Advertiser.
BRITISH CAPTURES.
American ship Thomas, with wine and
cotton, captured and sent into the Downs,
by British frigate L'lmmortality.
American Ihip Commerce, from Rotter
dam for Philadelphia, with 200 Swiss
on board—captured by Britifn fluop of war
Ranger.
The Lovina, of and from New-York,
for Amsterdam, has been sent into Ply
mouth.
The American brig Peggy, Peter, from
Virginia to Havre, is sent into the Downs
by the Ranger hoop of war.
The Gofport, Chamberlain, from Vir
ginia, is detained in the Downs.
The French and Batavian prizes sent in
to Falmouth the lafl three weeks amount to
103 fail.
American seamen Impressed.
Brig Bellona, Capt. Delaho, for N. Bed
ford from Ireland, boarded off Teneriffe,
by a British frigate, prefled four of his men.
Sch'r Perseverance, Capt. Coyle, of New
York, from Aux Cayes, boarded off Bite of
Leogane, by British sloop of war Snake;
took out several letters, and impressed one
man.
Brig favorite, Fryer, of Norfolk, from
Antigua, boarded by British brig Busy, in
the harbor of St. John's, and Thomas Ross
imprefa, 4
Current prices of per from ~
D. c D. c.
Sugar, Weft-India — 10 0 12 d
Starch, Poland lb 0 18 0 0
, American — 0 12^ 017
Sugar, Loaf ftj 0 22 0 22
Salt, St. Übes scarce H. 6 0 650
, Turk's Island -- 6 0 0 0
, Liverpool -- 5 0 6 0
, Rock -- 0 0 7g
Steel, German |b 0 13 0 16•
, Englilh — 0 14 016
Salt Petre, refined — 034 040
Shot Patent, C. 14 0 0 0
„fW.O. hhd. M. 24 0 26-Q
I do. do. heading - - 26 0 28 0
>J W. O. bbl. -- 10 0 12 50
<} R.O. hhd. -- 12 0 13 q
I do. Shooks 066 0 o
[W. O. do. 120 Igo
Tin in sheets scarce bx. 20 0 2 4 0
Tar B. 4 0 0 0
Turpentine -- 4.0 450
Tea, Hyfori lb. 1 45 0 0
, Souchong -- 075 080
, Bohea — 032 0 0.
Tobacco, Jamesßiver C. 7 0 0 0
, Georgia — 550 0 0
Twine, sewing ' doz. 5 0 55°
, seine — 5 0 55°
n ^Madeira G. 217 275
I Lisbon jTarce, — 1 5° 0 0
z; < Sherry, — 142 150
^ I Malaga scarce q.c. 30 0. 0 0
/ [Red Port • — 142 1 5°