Republican ledger, and Portsmouth price current — Portsmouth, N.H., 1802-07-06 00:00:00, page 1

Current prices of per from to
D. C. D. C
ASHES, Pot, effort, T. 95 o ico c
, Pearl -- 120 0 125 c
Allum, C. 8 0 9 0
Anchors, so 011 12 °
Bread, Ship C. 45° 7 °
Butter - 1b 0 12 0 L 3
Beef, common B. 9 0 12 0
mess — 13 ° % 3 5°
Beans, white bu. 1 12 1 16
Brandy, Spanish 4th pr. G. 150 156
, Naples 41b pr. — 140 1 45
Barley bu. 1 0 0 c
Brimstone, C. 250 4 0
Brjmftone, Roll C. 45 0 5 °
Corn, Indian — 075 08c
Rye -- 095 0 0
Cassia 1b o bo 06 5
Cloves — 1 33 0 °
Coffee — 0 20 0 22
Cheefe,American — 0 6 014
Cotton,foreign Jrarce -- 040 0 c
, American — 0 24 0 0
Cordage, American C. 14 0 O C
, Foreign, -- 12 0 13 0
Chocolate, common ft> 020 . 0 0
, best AL. 2&I -- 028 03 2
Candles, mould — 018 019
, dipt —. < > i6 0 °
Coals, foreign Ch. 14 ° 0 0
, American none, -- 0 0 o c
Copperas, C. 35 0 4 0
Cloth, Tow yd. 0 16 c 17
Duck, Russia, \Jlqual. Bt. 16 0 17 0
FOREIGN BILLS.
Bills on London : 30 days, : (hr Case, 1a if pr. cent. dis.
do. do. : : : 00 days, : : do. : 1| a 2 pr. ct. dis.
do. do. : : : 90 days, : : do. _ 2a 2| do. do.
Bills on Hamburg, payable in London, at 6c days, : :' 2| a 3 do.
do. on'Amflerdam, payable in do. 60 days, : : \ do. do. do.
[PuUifhed by Authority.]
SEVENTH CONGRESS
OF THE
Unites ^tateg,
AT THE FIRST SESSION,
Begun and held at the City of Washington, in the
Territory of Columbia, on Monday, the Seventh
of December, one thousand eight hundred and
one.
AN ACT
To abolif the board of Commiff oners in the Ci
ty of Wafoington ; and for other purposes.
BE it enabled by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of A
merica, in Congress assembled, 1 hat from
and after the firft day of June next, the offi
ces of the comroiflitHvexfrappointed jjLVipUe_
of an ad passed on the fifteenth day ofjuTy
in the year seventeen hundred and ninety,en
titled, " An ad to establish the temporary
and permanent feat of the government of the
United States," shall cease and determine ;
and the said commissioners (ball deliver up
unto such person as the President fliall ap
point, in virtue of this a&, all plans,
draughts, books, records, accounts, deeds,
grants, contra's, bonds, obligations, fecori
ties, and other evidences of debt in their pos
session which relate to the city of Washing
ton, and the affairs heretofore under their fu
perintendance or care.
Sec. 2. And be it further enabled. That
the affairs of the city of Washington, which
have heretofore been under the care and fu
perintendance of the said commissioners,
sh a ll hereafter be under the diredion of a fu
perintendant, to be appointed by, and to be
under the controul of the Present of the
United States ; and the laid fopenntenden
is hereby inverted with all powers and shall
hereafter perform all duties, which the an
commissioners are now veiled with, or are
NUMBER 45. VOL. III.]
Republican Ledger,
AND
PORTSMOUTH PRICE CURRENT.
PORTSMOUTH, (NEW-HAMPSHIRE) PRINTED BY S. NUTTING, PRINTER OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
mben pou Gdl tbefe fleets relate fpeal of t^ent ns tbep are :
Current prices of per from to
D. C. D. C.
Duck, Ravens — 10 50 11 5c
Flaxfced, rough bu. 1 0 1 5
Filh, Merchant, C. 4.0 425
,W. India mark. — 325 375
Scale — 250 275
Salmon none B. 10 0 0 c
Mackerel — 75° 8 0
Flour, super. frefh — 70 0 0
, fine -* 650 0 0
, middlings — 60 0 0
, country C. 375 4 c
Fuftick T. 45 0 0 0
. , Bristol cr. loby 8, bx. 15 50 i 6 0
9by 7, — 14 0 0 0
<< Bby 6, — JI 0 ii 50
Q ) Hamburg 10 by 8, — 13 0 13 50
' 7 b y9>— 12 0 12 5 c
Gun Powder 1b 050 0 55
Geneva, Holland if pr G. I 5 0 c
, Americanize -- 090 0 0
Hoops, hhd. 12 ft. M. 20 c 0 0
Hogs Lard . ffi pig 014
Iron, Philadelphia T. 130 0 0 0
>Ruffia — 115 0 120 c
, Swedes -- 125 0 J3O 0
Logwpod T. 40 0 45 °
Lead, white, gr. in oil C. 16 0 0 0
, dry L = --15 6 '0 0
, red — 866 9 0
, sheet . — 11 0 0 0
Lumber, boards clear M. 17 0 18 0
, , merch. -- 10 0 0 0
jhingles — I 5° 2 20
required to perform by, or in virtue of any
a& of Congress, or any a& of the general as
sembly of Maryland, or any deed or deeds of
trurt from the criminal proprietors of the
lots in the said city, or in any other manner
what soever.
Sec. 3., And be it further enabled, That
the said cOTnmiffioners shall forthwith fettle
with the accountinfbofficers of the treasury,
their accounts for 011 monies received and
expended by them in their capacity, as com
mifhohers, and shall immediately thereafter
pay to the said fuperintendant any balance
which may be found against them upon such
settlement.
OlboUfaU prices current, at pottlnoutb, J3eto&mp@tee 6
CAREFULLY REVISED AND CORRECTED,ON SATURDAYS.
—,. fl «fa^ < g<g^<gify^>,^§||>.rh>
Sec. 4. And be it further enabled, That
the said fuperintendant fliall pay all the debts
heretofore contrasted by the commissioners
in their capacity as such, the payment of
which have not herein after specially provi
ded for, out of any monies received by him
aiifitig out of the city funds.
Sec. 5. And be it further enabled, 1 hat
the said fuperintendant shall, under the di
re&ion of the President of the United States,
fell fojpanyof those lots in the city ojJV_@ih..-
ingfon which are pledged for thC re-payment
of a loan of two hundred thousand dollars,
made by the state of Maryland, in the years
one thousand seven hundred and ninety-fix
and oye thousand seven hundred and ninety
seven, to the commissioners for the use of the
said city, as may be fufficient to pay the in
terest already accrued on the said loan, and
the interest and inrtalments thereof, as they
may refpeCfively become due ; Provided,
That it in the opinidn of the President of the
United States, the sale of a fufficient number
of the said lots, to meet the objects aforefaid,
cannot be made without an unwarrantable
facrifice of the property, then so much mo
ney as may be necessary to provide for the
deficiency is hereby appropriated and shall be
paid out of any money in the treasury of the
United States not o^herwife appropriated.
Sec. 6. And be it further enabled. That
the said fuperintendant shall, prior to the fir(l
day of November next, fell under the direc
tions of the President of the United States,
all the lots in the said city, which were fold
antecedent to the lixth day of May, in the
TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1802.
dourfe of ©change, at toptton,
.-INLAND BILLS.
Bills or Baltimore, 30 days light, (For Calh) 1 per cent dis.
do. Philadelphia, : : do. : do. do. do.
do. New-York, : ' : do. : do. do. d^
do, Philadelphia, or 1,.
New-York, f 6 ° da >' s , = do.- 2 do.
N. B. Bills at Shorter fight, proportionably higher.
Current prices of per from to
D. C. D. C.
Lemons jrfl bx. 10 0 11 0
Lime, half hhd. 1 75 2 0
Leathers Seal, dried, ftj 020 o c
Molalfa G. 040 045
Nutmeg lb 5 0 5 5°
Nail Rods scarce C. 750 8 0
f 4(l lent - hl ' °34 0 0
ca I 6dj ' -- 066 0 c
^) 6d, Brought m - 117 0<
< ' iod; do. infpe&ed --' 175 18c
Z 2od, do, do. -- 245 2 5
^Shedhing, cut C. I! 0 II 5
-2 fLivq none B. 14 0 0 0
Q[Linfed G. 1 0 1 8
Pepper 1b 028 0 <
Pork, beftpieces B. 20 0 0 <
, common -- 14 0 15 <
Peas bu. 1 25 1 5c
Pimento lb 0 17 0 18
Pitch, I B. 6 0 0 0
Paper, Sh^thing C. 375 4 °
Redwood T. 55 0 60 0
Raisins /r^ cafle 8 0 o c
Rum, Jamaica G. 1 4 1 ! 5
, Windward 3d pr.— 080 0 85
Rice scarce C. 55° 6 c
Rosin scarce B- —4.5.9 0 '
Soap, white ftj 014 OiC
, brown — 010 012
, ckile -- 017 0 c
Sugar, Savannah C. 17 0 0 0
, Eld-India -- 12 0 13 0
, Weft-India -- 9 0 12 0
year one thousand seven hundred and ninety
fix, and which the said commissioners are au
thorifed by law to re-fell, in. consequence of
a failure on the part of the puicbafers, to
comply with their contracts; and the monies
arising thereupon fliall be applied, on or be
fore the firft day of November next, to the
payment of the sum of fifty thousand dollars
and the interest thereon to the state of Mary
land, which said sum was formerly loaned
by the said state to the commissioners for the
use of the citv of Washington : Provided,
That if a fufficient sum to meet the objects
last aforefaid, shall not be produced by the
sale of the whole of the lots aforefaid, then
so much money as may be necessary to pro
vide for the deficiency is hereby appropriated,
and shall be paid out of any money in the
treasury of the United States, net otherwise
appropriated.
Sec. 7. And be it further enabled, That
after the debts alreadycontraded by the c< m
miffioners shall have been difcharged,all mo
nies advanced out of the treasury in pur
suance of this ad, shall be reimbursed bphe
laid fuperintendant, by paying into the trea-
Tury all moolis aitirog itvm ,lrc dry faints,
until the whole sum advanced, with the in
terest thereon, flrail be repaid.
Sec. 8. , And be it farther enabled, That
so much of the a&, entitled, "An a& to cf
tablilh the temporary and permanent feat of
government of the United States," parted on
the sixteenth day 0% July, in the year seven
teen hundred and ninety as relates, to the
appointment of commissioners shall be and
the fame is hereby repealed.
Sec. 9. And be it further enabled, That
it shall and may be lawful to open books in
the city of Washington, for receiving and
entering fubferiptions for opening the canal
to communicate from the Potomac river to
the Eartern branch thereof, though a part of
the city of Washington, under the manage
ment of Thomas Tingey, Daniel Garroll of
Duddington, Thomas Law,and Daniel Car
roll Brent, which fubferiptions (ball be made
pcrfonallv, or by power of attorney : the said
books shall be opened for receiving fubferip
tions, and continue open until the sum of
eighty thousand dollars shall be filled up, in
noting extenuate, nor set tofcon onflt in malice.
[1 DOL. 50 CTS. PER ANNUM.
Current prices of per from fc
D.C D.C
Starch, Poland ib 017 o
, American -- 0 I2| 017
Sugar-Loaf ftj 925 0 0
Salt, St. Übes scarce H. 6 0 0 0
, Turk's Iflaad — 6 0 6 0
, Liverpool — 450 5 q
, Rock —7 0 QQ
Steel, German lb 014 0 0
, English fr. 016 01$
Salt Petre, refined — 025 0 0
Shot Patent, C. 11 0 0 0
fW.O. hhd. M. 24 0 26 0
^ I do. do. heading — 26 0 28 0
>) W. O. bbl. — 10 0 12 co
< R. O. hhd. -- Jo 0 XI
^ do. Shooks 066 o'o
(W. O. do. 120 Igo
Tin in sheets bx. 18 o 2 0 0
, r B. 325 0 0
Turpentine _. 4 o .„
Tea, Hyfon lb. 110 0 0
, Souchong — 065 0 0
, Bohea — 0 34 0 0
Tobacco, Jamesßiver C. 7 0 0 0
, Georgia -- 550 6 0
Twine, sewing doz. 550 o 0
—,-^^f4no,i—— s'o SS O
h °' ra °° 2T 7 283
^ Lifhon — x 33 0 o
Z< Sherry, — xI 7 x2§
> Malaga farce q.c. 32 0 00
? IRed Port - 40
shares of one hundred dollars each ; and that
each person shall, at the time of fubfcribin%
pay down ten dollars, being one tenth of
each share ; and after fourteen days previous
notice, by advertisement, there shall be a
meeting of the fubferibers, and they are here
by declared to be incorporated into a compa
ny, by the name of the "Wafhmgton Canal
Company," and may sue and be fued,as such,
and faake all necessary by-laws and regula
tions for the proper management of the bu
siness thereof : And such of the fubferibers
as shall be present at the said meeting, or a
majority of them, are hereby empowered and
required to elect a president and four direc
tors for conducting the said undertaking, and
managing the laid company's business for and
during such time not exceeding three years^
as the laid fubferibers or a majority of them,
(hall think fit. Each member shall be allow
ed one vote for every ftiare, by him or her
held at the time, in the said company, and
any proprietor by a writing under his or her
hand, executed in presence of two witnefTes,
may depute any other member or proprietor
to vote and aft as proxy for him or her, at
any 6="=™+ ur^ting.
See. to. And be it further enabled, That
the shares in said company shall be deemed
personal, and not real property, and trans
ferable in such manner as the company shall
direst.
Sec. rr. And.be it further enabled, That
the president and diredors so elected, and
their successors, or a majority of them, shall
have full power and authority to agree v\ith
any person or persons, on behalf of the said
company, to cut such canals, cred such
locks, and perform fitch other works as they
shall judge necessary for opening the canal a
forefaid, and the forks thereof ; —and out of
the monies arising from the fubferiptions,
wharfage and tolls, to pay tor the fame, and
to repair and improve the said canal, locks,
and other works necessary thereto, and to
defray all incidental charges, and #lfo to ap
point a treasurer, clerk, and such other offi
cers, toll gatherers, managers and servants,
as they shall judge requilite, and to fettle
their refpeaivc wages.
szc, 12. And be it further enabled, Th#