Republican ledger, and Portsmouth price current — Portsmouth, N.H., 1802-11-16 00:00:00, page 1

Current prices of per from to
D. C. D. C
ASHES, Pot', iflfort, T. no 0 115 0
, Pearl -- 120 0 125 0
Allum, C. 6 0 0 0
Anchors', so 011 12 0
Bread, Ship C. 45° 7 0
Butter ib 012 013
Beef, common B. 9 0 12 0
mess • — 13 0 13 50
B^ans, „bite bu. 1 0 0 0
Brandy) Spanish Qthpr. G. 180 . 185
, Naples 4th pr. -- 175 18c
Barley bu. 092 095
Brimltono, C, 35° 4 0
Brimflone, Roll C. 450 5 °
Corn, Indian -- 080 083
Rye -- 083 0 0
Cassia ^lb ° ° ° 6 °
Cloves ^ ° -> 133 °°
Coffee ■— 0 18. 0 2°
Chdbfe, American .•-- 0 6,' 0. 14
Cotton, foreign Scarce — 040 0 0
, American -- 0 28 030
Cordage, American C. 12 0 13 °
, Foreign, -- 11 0 12 0
Chocolate, common lb 020 0 0
, best AL.2&i -- 028 033
Candles, mould -- 018 0 19
, dipt -- 0 16, 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, Ruffla, ijiqual. Bt. 16 0 17 o|
FOREIGN BILLS.
alls on London : 30 days, : (For Cafb) par
Co. do# • : V^^^ : : d 0..: I pr. cent. dis.
do. do. : £ r'tffla^.: : do. : I, do. 4
Bills on Hamburg, payable in London, at 60 days, : : 2 do. do.
do. on 4 m ft er d am > payable in do. 60 days, : : do. do. do.
.From the Chronicle.
TO THEOPHILUS-PARSONS, Esq.
AS you have withdrawn the Plea, which
you solemnly pledged yourfelf to the
Court to argue, the public are not fitrnifhed
with the documents on which you predica
ted yourappeal. As you have thus left the
question in this crude Rate, there is nothing
remaining on which to animadvert, but the
impropriety and. indecency of your conduct.
A man who has been fp long, in the prac
tice of the law, it is prefomed, is well ac
quaiuted,with the importance of the Judiciary
branch of the Government, In this depart
ment arefufpended the lives, liberty and pro
perty of the citizens. Public confidence is,
therefore, essential to its administration, and
every wanton attempt to derogate from its
refpeaabiliiy, must be acknowledged as
highly reprehensible.
When the Judges assemble, impannel the
the Jury, and t^e Crier announces the or
ganization of the Court, it is taken for gran
ted that the jurifdi^ion is ^horifed by the
Constitution. At this period, if an individ
ual should arreß the proceedings, by a Plea
which strikes at its exigence, it is an ad of
assumption which demands the highest au
thority for his'ebndud. The Judiciary,
thus moving in a legal and formal direction,
is as sacred ^s the Ark bf old ; and if any
hand attempts to impede its progress, it is
¥ amenable to the laws of society, as the
disturber of the antient building to the penal
fan&ion of the Supreme , Being. As Citi
zens, we have a. right to "enquire, by what
authority any part of the business of the
present Court was suspended by your inter
ference ?
, It is undetftood, Sir, that you presented a
plea,~ which involved in it, not merely the
foifdiaion of the Court ona particular a&
tion, but (truck at the foundation on which
the judiciary fuperßruaute wastrited. The
judges, with the utmoftcondcfcenfion, re
ferred your question to be argued at 10
O'clock on the next day. In the interim the
Court was adjourned, and certain a&ians
were suspended till you had offered the ar
guments in fupporf of your allegation.
NUMBER 12. VOL. IV.]
Coutfe of Grffiange, at Lofton,
PORTSMOUTH PRICE CURRENT.
PORTSMOUTH, (NEW-HAMPSHIRE) PRINTED BY S. NUTTING, PRINTER ,OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED ST ,0 r
men 2ou OaH tbefe Deebs relate speak of them as tTjeg are : Dotting extenuate, nor set Doton ougbt in malice.
Republican Ledger,
+ AND
Current prices of per from to
D. c. D. c.
Duck, Ravens — 10 50 11 50
Flaxseed, rough bu. 1 0 1 16
Filh, Merchant, C. 4 0 425
,W. India mark. -- 325 350
Scale — 225 233
Salmon none B. 10 0 0 9
Mackerel — 75° 8 0
Flour, super. frefh — ^SO 850
, fine -- 75° 8 0
, middlings -- 60 650
, country C. 375 4 0
Fuflick T. 35 0 0 0
Bristol cr. Toby 8, bx. 15 50 16 0
^( 9 b Y 7> -'- >4 Q 0°
< ) Bby6, -- If 0 11 50
^) Hamburg loby 8, -- 11 q 12 0
~( 7 b y9>- II\O 0 c
Gun Powder lb 0 50 0 c
Geneva, Holland isl p^G. 1 17 1 20
, American -- 090 094
Hoops, hhd. 12 ft. M. 20 0 0 0
Hogs Lard ffi 014 0 10
Iron, Philadelphia T.tio 0 0 0
, Russia — 100 0 .0 0
, Swedes --11 Q 0 115 0
Logwood T. 40 0 45 0
Lead, white, gr. in oil C. 16 0 0 c
, dry -- 15 0 0 0
, red, -- 866 9 0
, Iheet -- 11 0 0 0
Lumber, boards clear M. 16 0 17 c
, , merch. -- 9 ° 9 °
ffiingles. —1,50 220
During this in-termiffion, the public mind
was agitated § the Courts of Law were con
sidered as suspended ; the actions depending
were hung up ds doubtful in their Issue ; the
Jury were retarded in the accomplishment'
of their business ; in Ihott, the Laws of the
country, for 24 hours, if riot annihilated,
were judged by many, as progreding to a
diffolutiou.
The hour arrived, Sir, in Which the in
teresting consideration. was to be argued.
The Court assembled, and fat in' fofemn
fufpence ; whether they were not a consti
tutional jurifbi&ion,. competent to the pur
poses of trying all causes which were prefeht
ed on the docket.'At this awful crisis, it
was announced, that you had waved the
consideration of the question, which the day
before you had pledged yourfelf to urge —
or, in plain Englilh, that Theophilus Par
fans, Est. had permitted the Court of Jus
tice to proceed on business without any
further interruption !
An individual thus to trifle with a Court
of Jußice%is a crime, in my opinion, of
the greater magnitude. If, Sir, you had
previously Weighed the fubjea, which un
doubtedly was your duty to do, why did you
not appear at the hour assigned, and offer
your reasons in support of your plea ?—
Why did you not decently come forward,
and beg pardon for your temerity, 0? boldly
maintain the controversy ? Is there not a re
fpea due to the Judiciary, 'when a Lawyer
prefumes,to challei^e fejurifdiaipn, or
ihould he thus trifle With the Court by e
vading the queftior, ? Are the public to de
pend on the flexibility of your nerves, or do
yon confider yourfelf as the pivot on which
the Tribunals of our Government are to
turn i Do you aflume an exclusive jurisdic
tion, to Hop Courts, or set them in motion
at your pleasure i Are you the organ pt a
difatfeaed party, to convuife the U. States,
on the fubjea of the Judiciary, or Eave you
a conservative power to controul the Na
tional Government ? flow can you gnfwer
for the suspension of the powers of the
Court, while you have no other apology for
your conduct, than the Sovereignty of your
own will, by which you checked its legal
©botefaU Prices Current, at Jportfmoutb, ^eto^ampfyire,
CAREFULLY REVISED AND CORRECTED, ON SATURDAYS.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER i 7 , 1802.
INLAND BILLS
Bills on Baltimore, 30 days f/ht (For Cash) r ner
do. Philadelphia, I^ ?( d, a % I%^
do. New-York, , , '. do do'd
do. Philadelphia, or 1 , '.' °°° °° °°°
New. York, f°° days, : do. 2 do.
N. B. Bills at Shorter fight, proportionably higher.'
progress ? Can you compensate for the in
conveniencies attending such suspension, to
those whose causes were involved in the de
cision ? Answer, Sir, as a Citizen and a
A particular body of men, of late have
placed themfelvcs in an attitude which ap
pears calculated to flop the wheels of Govern
ment. They assume an arrogance of deport
ment to which no free Government ought
to submit ; they seem-to sport with the Con-
Rituted Authorities, and the Laws of Con
gress are treated by them with the utmpft
difrefpea. The Executive in particular is
abused with the großeß calumny ; every of
ficer of government, fandioned by the Pref
ident,-i4 The immediate object of scurrility
and detitihipion ; no man but whom the
Junto approve, escapes with- impunity.—
They appear to ar rogate Legiflativey Exec
utive and Judiciary authority—the ads of
the Legislature are denounced, if they are
not agreeable to their principles ; all me^f
ures of the President are anathematized - if
they do not conform to their wishes, arid
even Justice is ihaken in its feat, unless trie
feales arc held in a direction graduated by
them.
Current prices of per fr^n to
D. C. D. C.
Lemons frefh (farce) bx. 10 o ii o
Lime, half hhd. 175 2 0
Leather, Soal, dried, lb 020 o c
Molasses G. 040 043
Nutmegs tb 5 0 00
Nail Rods scarce C. 7 0 0 0
f 4d lcut M ° °34 0 0
ci I 6dj ' -- 066 0 0
I 6d, wrought __ 117 q 0
< I rod, do. infpeaed -- 175 0 0
^ I 2od, do. do. -- 240 245
(Sheathing, cut C. 0 0 11 5'
-4 ( Liver none B. 14 0 0 0
$ '(Linked G. 125 130
Pepper lb 028 030
Pork, best pieces B. 24 0 0 0
, common -- 18 0 2® 0
Peas bu. 1 25 1 50
Pimento , lb 0 25 0 28
Pitch, B. 6 0 0 0
J aper, Sheathing C. 3 75 4 0
Redwdod T. 55 0 60 0
Raisins /r^ cafle 10 50 0 0
Rum, Jamaica G. 1 0 0 0
, Windward 31/ pr.-- 0 83 0 85
Rice scarce C. 6 0 0 0
to fin fcarce' B. 45° 0 0
Snap, white ffi 0 14 0 16
, brown -- 010 016
, caflle — 017 020
Sugar, Havannah C. 17 0 o o
, Exft-India -- 12 0 12 50
.Wed-India — Qo 12 0
If, Sir, you mean to take a bold Rand,
come forward in a character equal to the
magnitude^of the fubjea, and mark precise
ly your lines of entrenchment; ' do riot
sport upon Vilionary motions arid pleas, on
which you are cautious in risking a perJonal
responsibility ; do not trifle with Courts of
Justice, but if you are sincere in your op
position, substantiate y?ur objections by ar
guments addressed to the understanding,
rather than ,by suggestions which you are
unwilling to avow before a Tribunal prop
er to try their merits.
As you have been indulged by the Judges
to offer your plea in " oppAgnation" to aju
rifdia@ which they had legated by all the
usual forms attending our Courts of Judi
cature, it is expected, after you have thus
abruptly abandoned the ground, that this
authority will not fuffer itfelf to be retarded
by any further proceedings of a similar nature.
They will not hazard the tranquility of the
[I DOL. 50 CTS. PER ANNU .
Current fences of per from to
D. C D. C.
Starch, Poland lb 0 18 0 0
, American -- o I2| 017
Sugar, Loaf lb 0 23 024
Salt, St. Übes scarce H. 550 0 0
, Turk's Illand ^- 55° 6 0
, Liverpool — 40 0 0
, Rock — 650 0 G
Steel, German lb 0 3° 0 33
, English — 0 15 017
Salt Petre, refined — 025 030
Shot Patent, C. 12 6 0 0
. fW.O. hhd. M. 24 0 26 0
^ I do. do. Reading - - 26\ 0 #2B 0
W. O. bbl. -- 10 0 12 50
< 'R. O.hhd. — 10 0 11 75
do. Shooks 0 66 0 0
CW. O. do. I 20 1 30
Tin in sheets bx. 18 0 20 0
Tar B. 325 0 0
Turpentine -- 4 0 450
Tea, Hyfon lb. 1 10 1 1^
, Souchong -- 070 0 0
, Bohea -- 032 0 33
Tobacco, Jamesßiver C. 7 0 0 0
, Georgia -- 55° 6 0
Twine, sewing doz. 5 0 55°
, seine — 5 0 55°
. (“Madeira G. 217 ?_Bl
^ I Lisbon scarce, — 1 25 0 0
Z < Sherry, — 0 0 125
> I Malaga scarce q.c. 30 0 0 0
? [Red Port —: 142
country, to gratify the resentment of a few
disappoint d enraged parfizans.
After your formal parade in offering
your plea and exciting the attention of the
public, to Rumble at the threshold and Shrink
from the arduous undertaking, muff lelfen
you in the estimation .even of those who
have heretofore appreciated your talents.
The palladium of-juttice is not to be violat
ed by ruihing precipitately into its sanc
tuary, and in a wanton manner to prostrate
its attributes. When a man contemplates
so important a tranL&ion, it is incumbent
on him to pause and deliberate with the
molt solemn circumfpc&ion, before he ven
tures even to fdggefthis intentions ; he
should reflea on the consequences before
he agitates the question, and not afterwards
become terrified at the magnitude and dan
ger of his machinations.
I will venture to enquire of you, Sir, if
such a procedure, analagous in all its points,
had taken place in England, whether it
would have palled over without a severe
reprimand from the Bench ? The prudence
and moderation of the Judges, in the pres
ent Rate of politics, it is candidly supposed
wasthe only cause which prevented a sim
ilar repreheniion. lam not for abridging
the privileges of the citizens in their appeals
to the Judiciary, but I must repeat that
when a m,n enters the fandom Andorum
of Justice, with a solemn lemonftrance a
gainß its jurifdi&ion, it is incumbent on
him to confider maturely the ground of his
obje&jons, andrthe consequences arising from
them, before he ventures to disturb the har
mony of the fyllem. It is but a poor apol
gy, Sir, that you refle&ed afterwards more
feridufly on the fnbje&, as the time to con-
Oder the plea was "of much longer duration
previous to your entering it, than the hour
assigned to argue it. lam willing to ad
mit your apology, but must hold to my firlt
position, that -your conduct, was indycrete,
inconfiflent, and indecent. You may think,
to evade an answer with as much indiffer
ence as \o support you plea, but depend on it
your over-rated talents will not fcieen you
from further animadversions.-
OLD-SOUTH.