Republican ledger, and Portsmouth price current — Portsmouth, N.H., 1803-05-31 00:00:00, page 1

FOREIGN BILLS.
Bills on London : 30 days, : (bur CaJb) 2| per cent. adv.
do. do. : :: todays,. : : do. : 2 a2| do. do.
d>. do. : : : 90 days, : : do. : 1a i| do.
Blls on Hamburg, payable in London, at 66 days, : : par a < pr. cent. adv.
do. on irnftetlam, payable in do. 60 days, : : do. do. do.
Current prices of per from to
D. C. D. C
ASHES, Pot, if fort, T. 120 o 125 c
, Pearl —l3O 0 x 4° c
Allum, C. 6 0 0 0
Anchors, lb- 011 12 0
Bread, Ship C. 4 5 0 7 0
Butter ftj 0 12 0 14
• / Mess B. 14 50 J 5 0
, Cargo No. 1, — 13 0 13 50
No. 2, — 11 0 0 0
m(Refufe — 7 0 0 0
Beans, white bu. 1 0 0 0
Brandy, Spanish 4th pr. G. 150 160
", Naples4%r. — 1 4° 1 5"
Barley bn. 092 095
Brimitone, C. 3 5° 4 0
Brimitone, Roll C. 450 5 0
Corn, Indian -- 075 08 3
Rye — 083 087
Cassia lb° 5° 0 60
Cloves -1 33 1 42
Coffee -- 0 26 0 28
Cheefe,American -- 0 6 010
Cotton,foreign scarce — 040 0 0
, American -- 0 20 0 0
Cordage, American C. 13 0 13 5°
, Foreign, — 12 0 12 50
Chocolate, common ffi 020 0 o
, belt N0.2&1 -- 028 033
Candles, mould -- 018 0 0
, dipt — 014 0 15
Coals, foreign Ch. 14 0 0 0
, American, 17 0 0 0
Copperas, C. 35° 4 °
Cloth, Tow yd. 016 017
' Coutfe of Exchange, at toofton, fyap 16,
[Publijbed by Authority.]
SEVENTH CONGRESS
OF TKE
Unites States ;
ArmiE 3/Cond Session,
teun and held at the City of Washington, in the
Territory of Columbia, on Monday, the sixth
of December, one thoujand eight hundred
and two.
AN ACT
Concerning the Salt Springs cn the waters of
the ^abajh river.
Be it enabled by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Ameri
ca, in Congress assembled, 1 hat tor the pur
pose of procuring articles necessary to the
eftabliihment of fait works, at the springs
near the Wahath river, which have been ce
ded to the United States, by certain Indian
tribes, the sum of'three thousand dollars be
and the fame is hereby appropriated, to be
paid out ol any unappropriated money in
the treasury, and under the direction of the
Piefident of the United States, who is here
by authorifed to cause the said springs to be
worked at the expense of the United States,
tor if he (hall deem it more proper, to lease
the fame for a term not exceeding three
years, on such conditions as will ensure the
working the fame the molt extensively, and
to the most advantage to the United States.
NATH'L. MACON,
Speaker of the Houje of Reprefentatroes.
'STEPHEN R, BRADLEY,
Prefdent of the Senate, pro tempore.
March 2, 1803.
Approved, TH; JEFFERSON,
NUMBER 40 ^OL. IV.]
PORTSMOUTH PRICE CURRENT.
PORTSMOUTH, (NEW-HAMPSHIRE) PRINTED BY ,S..NUTTING,.PRINTER OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.'
■ ...-"-y*- 1 11 — — # .
Otten ^ou §an,fy(e Deeßs relate (peak of twin 0 tbeg^re : Dating etteftuate, not set Baton otrfft in malice.
Republican Ledger,
ANB .
I Current prices of« per from to
D. C. D.C.
Duck, Russia, iftqual. Bt. 20 0 0 0
Duck, Ravens . .- - 10 50 11 50
Fiaxfeed, rough bu. 1 0. 0 0
Fiih, Merchant, C. 450 :" 5 0
,W. India mark. --4 0' 450
Scale -- 3 o< 3 <7'
Salmon none B. 10 0 0 0
Mackerel — 850 90
Flour, super. frefh — 75° 0 0
, fine — 6 0 0 0
, middlings -- 6 0 650
, country C. 375 4 0
Fuftick T. 35 0 0 0
Briltol cr. loby 8, bx. 15 50 16 0
zf 9 by 7, — 14 0 0 c
<)Bby 6, -- If 0 ii 50
^) Hamburg 10 by 8, -- 11 0 12 0
~( 7by 9 , — 11 0 11 50
Gun Powder ffi 040 05c
Geneva, Holland isl pr G. 1 12 1 17
, American — 080 0 &
Hoops, hhd. 12 ft. M. 20 0 0 c
H^s Lard fb ° lO 0 12
Iron, Philadelphia T. 116 0 120 0
, Russia -- lio 0 0 0
, Swedes -- 112 0 0<
Logwood T. 40 0 45 °
Lead, white, gr. in oil C. 18 0 0 0
, dry — 16 0 17 c
, red —lO 0 oc
, sheet -- 13 0 ° °
Lumber, boards clear M. 16 0 17 0
, , merch. -- 95° 11 c
@oUfale Price# Current, at portfmoutb fr Seto^ampfyire,
CAREFULLY REVISED A.NDCORRECTED, ON SATURDAYS,
In addition to an aft ent titled " an aft con
cerning the registering and recording of ships
and vessels of the United States, and to the
Aft entituled " an aft to regulate the, collec
tion of duties on imports and tonnage."
BE it enaaed by the Senate and House of
RepreJentatives of the United States of Ameri
ca, in Congress assembled, That if any per
son shall knowingly make, utter, or publish
any falfe sea letter, Mediterranean pad
port, or certificate of registry, or shall know
ingly avail himfelf of any such Mediterra
nean paflport, sea letter, or certificate of re
gistry, he shall forfeit and pay a sum not
exceeding five thousand dollars, to be recov
ered by action of debt in the name of the
United States, in any court of competent
jurifdidion, and if any officer of the United
States, he shall forever thereafter be rendered
incapable of holding any office of trust or
profit, under the authority of the United
States.
Sec. 2. And be it further enaaed, That it
shall be the duty of the comptroller of the
treasury, to cause to be provided, blank cer
tificates of registry, with such water and
other secret marks as he may dired, which
marks shall be made known only to the col
ledors and their deputies, and to the consuls
or commercial agents of the United States ;
and from and after the 31st day of December
next, no certificate of registry shall be issu
ed, except such as shall have been provided
and marked as aforefaid ; and the ships or
veflels of the United States, which shall have
been duly regillcred as such, fltall be entitled
to new certificates of registry (gratis) in ex
change for their old certificates of registry :
And it fl)all be the duty of the refpe&ive col.
Ledets, on the departure of any such ship or
vessel, after the said thirty-firft day of De
cember, from the diftrid to which such ship
or vessel shall belong, to issue a new certifi
cate accordingly, and to retain and deface
the former certificate.
Sec. 3, And be it farther enaaed, That
AN ACT
TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1803.
Current prices of per from ta
'D. C+ D. C.
shingles -- I 50 2 20
Lemons frejb bx. 750 850
Lime, halt hhd. 1 75 2 0
Leather, Soal, dried, ft, 022 023
Molalles G. 042 045
Nutmegs lb 5 ° 0 0
Nail Rods scarce C. 7 0 0 0
f^l t M ° ° 33 ° °
J)|6dj ' -- 066 0 0
^ J 6d, wrought —1 8 110
< I rod, do. infpeaed- 158 167
^ I 2od, do. do. -- 233 0 0
(Sheathing, cut C. 0 0 11 50
^ (Liver Jcarce B. 11 0 12 0
Q ^Linfeed G. 142 150
Pepper lb 028 0 0
^ ( Bone Middlings, 20 0 21 0
No. 1 16 50 17 c
N 0.2 15 5° 16 0
Peas bu. I 25 I 50
Pimento lb 0 24 ou
Pitch, B. 6 0 0 0
Paper, Sheathing C' 375 4 °
Redwood Tb 55 ° 60 0
Raifins/r^ calk 850 o c
Rum. lamaica G. 1 0 1 5
, Windward 3d pr.— 085 0 0
lice scarce • C. 6 0 0 0
Rosin (none) B. 450 0 0
ioap, white ft, 014 016
, biown -- 010 016
, castle -- 017 020
Sugar, Hdvannah C. 17 0 o o
, Eaft-lndia -- 12 0 12 50
when any ship or vessel, which has been, or
which shall be regifte-ed pursuant to any
law of the United States, shall whillt such
thip or vessel is without the limits of the
United States, be fold or transferred in whole
or in part to a citizen or citizens of the U
nited States, such ship or vessel on her firft
arrival in the United States thereafter shall
be entitled to all the privileges and benefits
of a ship or vessel of the United States :
Provided, That all the requisites of law, in
order to the registry of ships or vessels, shall
be complied with, and a new certificate of
registry obtained for such ship or vessel,
within three days from the time at which
the matter or other person having the charge
or command of such ship or veilel is requir
ed to make his final report upon her firit
arrival afterwards as atorefaid, agreeably to
the thirtieth fedion of the aft, palled on the
second day of March, one thousand seven
hundred and ninety-nine, entitled " An ati
to regulate the collection of duties on im
ports and tonnage." And it shall be lawful
to pay to the collector of the diftrid within
which fueh ship or vessel may arrive as a
torefaid, the duties imposed by law on th;
tonnage of such ship or vessel, at any time
within three days from the time at which
the matter or other person having the charge
or command of such ship or vessel, is re
quired to make his final report as atorefaid,
any thing to the contrary in any former law
notwithstanding : Provided always, That
nothing herein contained shall be construed
to repeal or in any wife change the provi
sions, reftridions or limitations of any for
mer ad or a&s, excepting so far as the fame
shall be repugnant to the provisions of this
a&.
Sec. 4. And be it further enafled, That
the power veiled in the Secretary of the
Treasury, to remove disabilities incurred
under the aft to which this is a supplement,
and under the ad, intituled " An act for en
rolling and licenling ships or vessels to be
employed in the coasting trade and fifheries,
and sos regulating the fame," shall extend
to the femillion of any foreign duties, which
"INLAND BILL^.
Bills on Baltimore, 30 days fight, (For Cassi) I per cent dis.
d , % ^'^^^ : : do. 4 : do. db?% o .
, N^York/ = .: : do. : do. d% & do.
do; ffiladqffi, or],.
New-Ydtk, ? b ° d l"> : do. ra 2 do.
M B. Bills at (horter fight, proportionably higher. '
[I DOL. 50 CTS. P^ft ANNUM.
Current prices of p er from to
D. C b. c.
Sugar, Wed-India -- 10 0 12 0
Starch, Poland ft, 018 0 0
, American -- o I2| 017
Sugar, Loaf Ib 022 023
oalt, St. Übes scarce H. 550 0 0
, Turk's Ittand -- 550 6 0
, Liverpool -- 4 0 0 0
, Rock -- 650 0 g
Steel, German ft, org 015
, English -- 014 015
Salt Petre, refined -- 034 040
Shot Patent, (none) C. 0 0 0 0
. fW.O. hhd. M. 24 0 26 0
^ do. do. heading -^ 26 0 28 0
>,W. O. bbl. -- 10 0 12 50
<jR. O. hhd. -- 12 0 13 0
^ do. Shooks 066 0 0
(W. O. do. 120 130
Tin in iheets bx. 18 o 2o 0
Far B. 350 o 0
Turpentine — 40 450
I'ea, Hyfon lb, 150 0 0
, Souchong — 075 080
, Bohea — 032 0 0
Tobacco, Jamesßiver C. 7 0 0 0
, Georgia — 550 0 0
Twine, sewing doz. 5 0 550
, seine — 5 0 5
^f^"? G ° 2 ' 7 2 3 8
^ Lisbon /carre, — 140 o Q
Z < Sherry, - 129 1 „
I Malaga farce q.c. 29 0 0 0
(Red Port - 142
shall have been or shall be incurred by reason
of such disabilities.
NATHT. MACON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
A. BURR,
Vice-prefdent of the United States, and
Prefdent of the Senate.
March 2, 1803,
Approved,
TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
Concerning the City of IVafington.
BE it enaaed by the Senate and House of
RepreJentatives of the United States of Ameri
ca, id Congress assembled, That the fuperin
tendant St the city of Washington shall be,
and he hereby is allowed as a compensation
for his services, a salary of one thousand two
hundred collar; annually.
Sec. 2. And be it further enaaed, That
the surveyor of the city shall receive as 3
compensation for his services, an allowance
of three dollars for every day during which
he shall adultly be employed.
Sec. 3. And be it further enaaed, That
the following sums be and the fame hereby
are appropriated for defraying the expence
in relation to the said officers, that is to fay :
For the salary of the fuperintendant for
the year one thousand eight hundred and
three, including an allowance at the fame
rate for fix months of the preceding year,
one thousand eight hundred dollars ;
F>r clerk hire in his office, five hundred
dollars :;
For the wages of the surveyor, one thous
and dollars :
For a meflenger to both offices, and also
to attend the surveyor in the field, two hun
dred dollars:
For fuel, flationary and other contingent
expences of both offices, two hundred dol
lars.
Sec. 4. Andbe it further enaaed, That the
several appropriations herein before made,
shall be paid and difeharged out of any
monies in the hands of the laid fupermtend
ant arising out of the city funds.