Republican ledger, and Portsmouth price current — Portsmouth, N.H., 1802-10-26 00:00:00, page 1

Current prices of per from to
D. C. D. C
ASHES, Pot, if fort, T. no 0 115 0
, Pearl -- 120 0 125 0
Allum, C. 8 0 0 0
Anchors, so. on 12 0
Bread, Ship C. 4<q 7 0
Butter lb 0 12 013
Beef, common B. 9 0 12 0
mess •-- 13 0 13 50
Beans, white bu. 1 12 1 16
Brandy, Spaniel 4th, r. G. 180 1 85
, Naples Qtbpr. -- 1 75 180
Barley bu. 75 0 83 0
Brimttone, C. 350 4 0
Brimstone, Roll C. 450 5 0
Corn, Indian — 080 083
Rye -- 083 086
Cassia ffi 050 obo
Cloves — 133 0 0
Coffee -- 0 18 o 2o
Cheese, American -- 0 6 014
Cotton, foreign scarce — 040 0 0
, American -- 021 023
Cordage, American C. 12 0 13 0
, Foreign, -- 11 ,0 12 0
Chocolate, common ffi 020 0 0
, best N0.2&1 -- 028 033
Candles, mould -- 018 019
, dipt — 016 0 0
Coals, foreign Ch. 14 0 0 0
, American, -- ,7 0 18 0
Copperas, C. 350 4 0
Cloth, Tow yd. 0 16 0 17
Duck, Russia, ijiqual. Bt. 16 0 17 0|
JUDGE BACON'S ADDRESS
Tb HIS CONSTITUENTS.
Fellow Citizens of the Diftrift of BerkJhire,
THE time is approaching when yon will
again be called to exercile one of the
molt important rights of Freemen, in choos
ing a person to rVprefent you in the Congiefs
of the United States.
Under a heart-felt sense of my obligations
to you tot the favorable opinion you have
been pleased repeatedly to express of me by
electing me to represent you in the Legisla
ture of this Commonwealth, and of late, in
the Congress of the United States, I can do
ho lets on my part, than to express to you
the grateful sense which I feel of these obli
gations. ~
Whatever errors I may have committed in
the capacity of your Representative, I hope
1 can fay with truth and fincetity, they hav^
not been known and intentional.
An unhappy difference of opinion, with
refpe£ tto public men and public measures,
has prevailed, not only among us, but among
our fellow-citizens in all parts of the Union.
This being the case, it has followed of course,
that the fame measures, which have met the
highest approbation of some, have been equal
ly reprobated by others. The part I have
afted has at all times been open and undif
gnifed. In this refpe&, I trust I have never
disappointed or deceived you. To you lam
particularly responsible. It is your incon
trovertible right to scrutinize every part of
my condua, as your Representative, fully
and fairly to invefligate fads, and to censure
or approve, as truth and justice may decide.
Some of the molt prominent ads of Con
gress, at their last fcflion, in which, on ma
ture deliberation, I have taken a decided part,
^nd such a part as I should dill take if called
to ad again, are the repeal of the late Judici
ary Law —a reduction of the Army and Navy —
the abolition of the Internal Taxes —and. by
fiieh a diminution of public expenditures as,
out of the remaining sources of revenue, by a
permanent appropriation J 7,300,000 dollars,
to provide tor the difeharge of the tvhole of
the national debt, within the term of about
sixteen years.
FOREIGN BILLS.
Bills on London : 30 days, : (For Case) par
do. .do. : : : to days, : : do. : 1 pr. cent. dis.
do. do. : : : 90 days, : : do. : if do.
Bills on Hamburg, payable in London, at 60 days, : : 2 do. do.
do. OR Amsterdam, payable in do. 60 days, : : do. do, do.
NUMBER 9. VOL. IV.]
From the (Pittsfield) Sun.
PORTSMOUTH PRICE CURRENT.
Republican Ledger,
AND
PORTSMOUTH, (NEW-HAMPSHIRE) PRINTED BY S. NUTTING, PRINTER OF THE LA WS OF THE UNITED STATES.
OTsen pou gall tbefe Beetle relate fyeai of t§m ag oep are :
Course of ©change, at tootton,
These, with almost every other tranfaaion
of any con fiderable importance, at'the last
session of Congress, met with the most ve
hement opposition from the minority.
The principles which governed the majo
rity in Congiefs, and the lengthy debates
which took place on these tnterelling fub
jeas, have been published to the world, and
I need not here attempt to repeat them.
With refpea to the provision made for the
difeharge of the National Debt, I have ob
served a very fair and judicious statement of
that tranfa&ion in 'the Sun, of the 2d of
August last, which I perceive has, without
my knowledge, beeh made from authentic
documents with which each member of Con
,grefs is furnifhed, and which, it is presumed,
he will be ready and willing to exhibit to
any one who may wish to peruse them.
And it is ardently to be wished that the Citi
zens of the United States in general, would
take more pains than they have heretofore
done, to obtain authentic information with
refpe& to fubjeds of this kind. They Would
then be more capable of judging for them
selves, and less liable to be impufed upon by
the arts of designing and dishonest men.
Such is human nature, that, with motives
equally pure, it might be admitted, men may
differ in opinion with refpe& to measures
highly interesting to themselves and others.
Yet I have not been able, either on princi
ples of honor on the one hand, or of pru
dence and good economy ore the other, to
account for the vehement opposition, that
was made in Congress, to that part of the
a& last mentioned, which provides (in case
it should be found necessary) for re-loaning
a part, or the whole of the Dutch Debt, and
for applying the whole amount of the sum
thus reloaned towards the difeharge of the
Domeflic Debt. Nor is it less difficult for
me, on those laudable principles, to account
for the unwearied pains, that have been since
taken, to misrepresent that tranfadion and
to render it unpopular, and the authors of it
odious ; as if all the provision, that has been
made for the difeharge of the national debt,
was mere pretence, by re-loaning the fame.
Whereas, the fad is, that whether this re
loan takes place or not, it will ppi affc& the
Current prices of per from to
D. C. D. C.
Duck, Ravens -- 10 50 11 50
Flaxseed, rough bu. 1 0 1 '5
Fish, Merchants C. 4 0 425
,W. India mark. -- 325 350
Scale -- 225 233
Salmon none B. 10 0 0 0
Mackerel —7 8 0
Flour, super. freffi -- 750 8 0
, fine -- 650 7 0
, middlings -- 6 0 650
, country C. 375 4 0
Fuftick T. 35 0 0 0
. r Bristol cr. loby 8, bx. 15 50 16 0
z) 9 b Y 7,— 14 0 0 0
<< Bby6, -- 11 0 il 50
/ Hamburg ioby 8, -- 11 0 12 0
' 7 by9> •• 11 5° 12 c
Gun powder ft, °SO 0 0
Geneva, Holland if prG. 1 17 1 20
, American -- 090 094
Hoops, hhd. 12 ft. M. 20 0 0 0
Hogs Lard ft, 012 0 10
Iron, Philadelphia T. 110 0 0 0
, Russia -- 110 0 120 0
, Swedes -- 120 0 0 0
Logwodd T. 40 0 45 0
Lead, white, gr. in oil C. 16 0 0 0
, dry —ls 0 0 0
, red — 866 9 0
, Iheet -- 11 0 0 0
Lumber, boards clear M. 16 0 17 0
, , merch. — 9 ° 9 °
Singles — 1 5° 2 20
<@otefaU prices Current, at Portfmoutb, jaeto^ampojire,
CAREFULLY REVISED AND CORRECTED, ON SATURDAYS.
—
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1802.
INLAND BILLS.
Bills on Baltimore, 30 days fight, (For Cash) 1 per cent dis
do. Philadelphia, : : do. : do. do'. do
do. New-York, : : do. : do. do. do.
do. Philadelphia, or 1,
New-York, J°° da y s > : do. # 2 do.
N. B. Bills at shorter fight. proportionable higher.
difeharge of the whole of the National Debt,
to the amount of a single cent. The sum ot
7,300,000 dollars must, in either case, be
•annually applied for that purpose.
Had the appropriation for the difeharge of
this particular part of the national debt been
made absolute, and no provision for a re-loan,
the whole sum, amounting to nearly ten mil
lions of dollars, must at all events, have been
paid as it becomes due, in one of two ways.
Either firft, by fending so much specie direct
ly out of the country —this, by appreciating
the money in the hands of those Who bold it,
would have given them an amazing and un
due advantage, and at the farhe time equally
deprefled the great body of the people —Or,
secondly, it must have been paid by purchas
ing remittances; This method would have
put into the hands of the holders of those re
mittances an advantage exactly equal to that
which the former method would have given
to the money-holders. It was" therefore to
guard the gteat body of the people, through
their got ernment, against beihg made a prey
to /peculators, and at the fame time to equal
ize the instalments, which, for the present
and five fuccctding years, vary from 920,000
to 2,200,000 dollars, that this qualified pro
vision for a re-loan was made.
Whatever may have been the design of that
opposition which was made in Congress to
this qualified provision for a re-loan of any
part of the Dutch Debt, at the time of pair
ing the aft, or whatever motives may have
induced those misrepresentations which were
at that time, and which have been since made
of this part of the a&, such as have now been
mentioned must have been the inevitable and
pernicious effe&s of an absolute, unqualified
appropriation of money for the difeharge of
that fpecific part of the National Debt.
In no capacity in which I have ever feiv
ed my Constit uents, have I been called to
make any private or personal facri fice. —
Aside from the honor and heart-felt fatisfac
tion of representing a free, generous and
enlightened people, for whatever services I
may have rendered them, I have received
ample pecuniary compensation.
With affectionate refpefts for my Con
ftituepl, and grateful acknowledgments lor
Current prices of per from to
D. c. D. c.
Lemons frefo (scarce) bx. io o II o
Lime, half hhd. 1 75 2 0
Leather, Soal, dried, ft, 020 0 0
Molasses G. 040 0 43
Nutmegs lb 5 0 5 5°
Nail Rods scarce C. 7 0 0 0
' 4d lcit M ° °34 0 ©
ri | 6dj ' -- 066 0 0
^) 6d, wrought -- 117 0 0
< I lod, do. infpe&ed - - 175 0 0
Z I god, do. do. -- 240 245
(Sheathing, cut C. 0 0 11 50
-4 f Liver none B. 14 0 0 0
Ol Linfeed G. 133 0 0
Pepper ffi 028 0 0
Pork, best pieces 8.. 24 0 0 0
, common -- 18 0 20 0
Peas bu. 1 25 1 50
Pimento ft ) 0 22 0 25
Pitch, B. 6 0 0 0
Paper, Sheathing C. 3 75 4 °
Redwood T. 55 0 60 0
Raisins frefo calk 8 50 9 0
Rum, Jamaica G. 1 o o c
, Windward 3d pr.-- 080 0 85
Rice scarce C. 6 0 0 0
Rosin scarce B. 450 0 0
Soap, white ft, 014 016
, brown — 010 016
, castle -- 0 17 020
Sugar, Havahnah, C. 17 0 co
, East-India -- 12 0 12 50
, Weft-India -- 9 0 12 0
Dotting extenuate, nor set Baton oug§t in malice.
[I DOL. 50 CTS. PER ANNUM.
the confidence they have heretofore reposed
in me, I have now to request of them to ex
cuse me from landing as^^andidate for the
honorable and important office of Repre fen.
tative in Congress, at the en suing election.
I am not infenhble that the present is a molt
interfiling and important crisis with the
Citizens of the United States, and that in a
government like ours, ho citizen can be
justified in absolutely declining any services
to which, by the public voice, he may be
called, and which he is capable of rendering
to his country : Yet, while I make this re
quest, I am exceeding happy in reflecting
that there are within this DidriH, a number
of gentlemen to whole talents and integrity
I can cheerfully confide the interells I hold
in common with my fellow-citizens, under
a government which we ourselves have a
dopted, and the principles of which I have
reason to believe, are moll factedly adhered
to by those to whom the administration has
been committed. With sentiments of pro
found refpea, I have the honor to fubferibe
myfelf, your ardent friend & fellow-citizen,
JOHN BACON.
The following is an extra#from the publication in
the Sun of August 2d, which iadierted to in Mr@
BACON's Address. We think it proper hc^c to re
publish the following paragraphs, together with the
4th jetlion of the Law making protifon for the pay
ment of the Public Debt, and with.refpeti to which
so much mijapprehension has been excited in the
minds of the public. Editor.
NATIONAL DEBT.
The Public Debt of the U. States, Bls'. Cts.
January 1, 1790, was 69,740,366 27
In a period of ten years from that
time, it had increased 9,462,264 88
So that Jan. 1, 1800, it was 79,^02,631 jg
The increase, altho' differing in dis
ferent years, was at an average'
rate of nearly a million a year.
During the year 1800, the Debt
increased 95^576 45
So that Jan. t, ißot, it was 80,161,207 60
The new adminifu a* ion commen
ced 4th March in that year, and
before the close of that year, the
Debt was diminiflied 2,2-9.317 31
Leaving due, Jan. 1, 1802, 77,881,890+29
Bearing intereit at the rates ot 3, 41, 5,
sj, 6 and 8 per cents, chiefly at 6 per cent.
Current prices of per from to
D. C D. C.
Starch, Poland ffi 017 0 0
, American -- 0 I2| 0
Sugar, Loaf ffi 024 0 0
Sait, St. Übes scarce H. 550 0 0
, Turk's Illand - - 550 0 0
, Liverpool -- 4 0 0 0
, Rock -- 650 0 G
Steel, German 013 014
, English — 015 017
Salt Petre, refined - - 025 030
Shot Patent, C. II 0 0 0
. fW.O. hhd. M. 24 0 26 0
I do. do. heading -- 26 0 28 0
>J W. O. bbl. -- 10 0 12 50
<] R. O. hhd. —lO 0 11 75
ri 1 do. Shooks 0 66 0 0
(W. O. do. 120 130
Tin in sheets bx. 18 0 20 0
Far B. 3 25 o o
Turpentine --4 0 450
Tea, Hyfon lb. 1 10 1 16'
, Souchong -- 070 080
, Bohea -- 032 o\
Tobacco, Jamesßiver C. 70 00
, Georgia -- 550 6 0
Twine, sewing doz. 5 0 550
, seine — 50 550
- ^Madeira G. 217 283
^ I Lisbon jrarre, — 146 0 0
Z { Sherry, — 120 125
| Malaga scarce q.c. 31 0 c 72
? (Red Port —- 142