Republican ledger, and Portsmouth price current — Portsmouth, N.H., 1803-04-26 00:00:00, page 1

FOREIGN BILLS.
Drills on London : 30 days, : (For Cafl>) 2 az! per cent. adv.
do. do. : : : Todays, : : do. : Isa 2 do. do.
do. do. : ; : 90 days, : : do. : 1 do.
Ils on Hamburg, payable in London, at 60 days, : : par a 1 pr. cent. adv.
So. on Amsterdam, payable in do. 60 days, : : do. do. do.
Current prices of per from. io
D. C. D. C
ASHES, Pot, iftfort, T. 120 0 125 0
, Pearl -- 130 0 140 0
Allum, C. 6 0 0 0
Anchors, lb. 011 12 0
Bread, Ship C. 4 50 7 0
Butter ffi 0 12 014
( Mess B. 14 50 15 0
) Cargo No. i, — 13 0 13 50
No. 2, — 11 0 0 0
cq ( Refufe — 7 0 0 0
Beans, white bu. 1 0 0 0
Brandy, Spanish 41b pr. G. 1 50 1 60
, Naples 4//) pr. -- 10 150
Barley bu. 092 095
Brimstone, C. 35° 4 0
Briinftone, Roll C. 450 5 0
Corn, Indian — 0 75 O S3
Rye — 083 087
Cassia so 0 67 0 0
Cloves -- 133 1 4 2
Coffee -- 0 20 0 23
Cheefe,American -- 0 6 010
Cotton,foreign fvzree -- 040 0 0
, American - 0 20 0 21
Cordage, American C. 12 0 13 0
, Foreign, -- 11 0 12 0
Chocolate, common sty 020 0 0
, belt /&. 2&1 -- 028 033
Candles, mould -- 018 0 0
, dipt -- 014 0 15
Coals, foreign Ch. 14 0 0 0
, American, -- ,7 0 19 0
Copperas, C. 35 0 4 0
Cloth, Tow yd. 0 16 0 17
[PuLhfad by Authority.]
SEVENTH CONGRESS
OF THE
anitto ^tate^ ;
Ar the Second Session,
Begun and held at the City of Wellington, in the
Territory of Columbia, on /Monday, the Jixth
of December, one thousand eight hundt ed
and two.
AN ACT
Supplementary to the " Aft concerning Consuls
and Vice- Consuls, and for toe further pro
teuton of American Seamen."
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Ameri
ca, in Congress assembled, That before a
clearance be granted to any vessel bound on
u foreign voyage, the matter thereof shall
deliver to the collector of the customs, a lift,
containing the names, places of birth and
residence, and a description of the persons
who compose his Ship's company, to which
gift the oath or affirmation of the captain
'hail be annexed, that the said lift contains
die names of his crew, together with the
places of their birth and residence, as far as
he can ascertain them, and the laid collector,
fh?ll deliver him a certified copy thereof,
for which the collector shall be entitled to
receive the sum of twenty- five cents ; and
the said matter shall moreover enter into
bond with fufficient security, in the sum of
four hundred dollars, that he shall exhibit
rhe aforefaid certified copy of the lift to the
brft boarding officer, at the firft port in the
United States, at which he shall arrive on his
return thereto, and then and there also pro
<nee the persons named therein, to the said
boarding officer, whose duty it shall be to
xam ine the men with such lift, and to re-
NUMBER 3§. VOL. IV.]
Couric of ^change, at Cotton, Hpril 18,
PORTSMOUTH PRICE CURRENT.
PORTSMOUTH, (NEW-HAMPSHIRE) PRINTED BY S. NUTTING, PRINTER OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Offen pou Wall tbefe beetig relate fpeati of tbem ag tj^ are : doffing extenuate, not set acton ougbt in malice.
Republican Ledger,
Current prices of per from to
D. C. D. C.
Duck, Russia, \Jlqual. Bt. 20 0 0 0
Dock, Ravens .-- to 50 11 50
Flaxseed, rough bu. 1 0 0 0
Filh, Merchant, C. 450 5 0
,W.lndia mark. -- 4 0 450
Scale -- 3 0 317
Salmon none B. 10 0 0 0
Mackerel — 850 9 0
Flour, super. frefh — 75° 0 °
, fine .- 7 0 0 0
, middlings -- 6 0 650
, country C. 375 4 0
Fuftick T. 35 0 0 0
Bristol cr. loby 8, bx. 15 50 16 0
rif gbyy, — 14 0 0 c
< J Bby 6, -- it 0 11 50
—I ) Hamburg iobj 8, -- 11 0 12 0
7 by9, -- 11 0 1! 5°
Gun Powder lb 0 4° 050
Geneva, Holland ifl p r G. 112 0 0
, American -- 090 094
Hoops, hhd. 12 ft. M. 20 0 0 0
Hogs Lard ft) 010 0 12
Iron, P dladelphia T.llO 0 0 0
, Ruflia — 100 0 100 i°
, Swedes -- 110 0 115 °
Logwood T. 4 0 0 45 0
Lead, white, gr. in oil C. 16 0 0 0
, dry -- 15 0 16 0
, red — 10 0 0 0
, iheet — 13 0 0 0
Lumber, boards clear M. 16 0 17 0
, , merch. -- 950 10 0
©botefate prices Current, at l^ortfmoutb, jmeto^ampUjue,
CAREFULLY REVISED AND CORRECTED, ON SATURDAYS.
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port the fame to the collector, and it shall
be the duty of the collector at the said port
of arrival, (where the fame is different from
the port from which the vessel originally
failed) to tranfinit a copy of the lift so report
ed to him, to the collector of the port from
which said vessel originally failed : Provided,
That the said bond shall not be forfeited
on account of the said mailer not producing
to the firft boarding officer, as aforefaid,
any of the persons contained in the said lift,
who may be difeharged in a foreign country
with the consent of the consul, vice-consul,
commercial agent or vice-commercial a
gent there residing, fignified in writing,
under bis hand and official seal, to be pro
duced to the collector with the other per
sons compofmg the crew as aforefaid ;
nor on account of any such person dying or
abfeonding, or being forcibly impressed in to
other service, of which fatisfa&ory proof
shall be then also exhibited to the col
lc&or.
Sec. 2. And be it farther enabled, That it
shall be the duty of every mailer or comman
der of a ship or vessel, belonging to citizens
of the United States who shall fail from any
port of the United States, after the firfl day
of May next, on his arrival at a foreign
port, to deposit his register, sea letter, and
Mediterranean paffport,with the conful,vice
consul, commercial agent, or vice-commer
cial agent, (if any there be at such port ;)
that in case of retufal or neglect of the said
master or commander, to deposit the said
papers as aforefaid, he shall forfeit and pay
five hundred dollars, to be recovered by the
said consul, vice-consul, commercial agent,
or vice-commercial agent, in his own
name, for the benefit of the United States,
in any court of competent jurifdiaion ; and
it shall be the duty of such consul, vice-con
bleflings which flow from a refufe to give
agent,on such master or commander produc
ing to him a clearance from the proper
officer of the port, where his ship or veflel
may be, to deliver to the said master or
commander all of his said papers : Pro
vided, such master or commander shall have
complied with the provisions contained in
TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1803.
INLAND BILLS.
Bills on Baltimore, 30 days fight, (For Calh) ^ a1 per cent dis.
do. Philadelphia, : : do. : do. do. do.
do. New-York, : : do. : do. do. do.
do. Philadelphia, or 1 £ ,
New-York, , 6 ° da ys, : do. 1 42 do.
N. B. Bills at shorter fight, proportionably higher.
Current prices of per from to
D. C. D. C.
Singles —1 50 2 20
Lemons frejb bx. 7 50 8 50
Lime, half hhd. 1 75 2 0
Leather, Soal, dried, ffi 022 023
Molasses G. 045 046
Nutmegs lb 5 ° 0 0
Nail Rods scarce C. 7 0 75°
f4dl c ,. t M - 0 33 0 0
ri I 6dJ ' — 066 0 0
^) 6d, wrought — 18 110
< I lod, do., infpeaed -- 167 0 0
^ | 2od, do. do. -- 233 0 c
(Sheathing, cut C. 0 0 11 50
—I f Liver Jcarce B. 11 0 12 0
5 ILinfeed G. 120 125
Pepper lb 028 0 c
± ( Bone Middlings, 20 0 21 0
No. 1 16 50 17 0
N 0.2 15 50 16 0
Peas bu. 1 25 1 50
Pimento lb 0 20 0 0
Pitch, B. 6 0 0 0
Paper, Sheathing C. 375 4 °
Redwood T. 55 ° 60 0
Raisins /r^ calk 850 0 0
Rum, Jamaica G. 1 0 1 5
, Windward 3d pr.-- 080 085
Rice scarce C. 6 0 0 0
Rosin farce B. 450 0 <>
Soap, white ffi 014 016
, brown — 010 016
, cattle -- 017 020
Sugar, Havannah C. 17 0 0 0
, East-India - 12 0 12 50
this a&, and those of the aft to which this
is a supplement.
Sec. 3. And be it further enabled, That
whenever a ship or veflel belonging to a cit
izen of the United States, shall be fold in
a foreign country, and her company dif
eharged, or when a seaman or mariner, a
citizen of the United States, shall, with his
own consent, be difeharged in a foreign
country, it shall be the duty of the mafler or
commander to produce to the consul, vice
conful, commercial agent, or vice-commer
cial agent,the lift of his fhip's company, cer
tified as aforefaid ; and to pay to such con
sul, vice-consul, commercial agent, or vice
commercial agent, for every seaman or
mariner so difeharged, being designated
on such lift as a citizen of the United States,
three months pay, over and above the wages
which may then be due to such mariner
or seaman, two thirds thereof to be paid by
such consul, or commercial agent, to each
seaman or mariner so difeharged, upon his
engagement on board of any vessel to re
turn to the United States, and the other re
maining third to be retained for the purpose
of creating a fund for the payment of the
passages of seamen or mariners, citizens of
the United States, who may be desirous ol
returning to the United States, and for the
maintenance of American feameii who n ay
be destitute, and may be in such foreign
port, and the several lums retained for such
tund shall be accounted for with the treas
ury every fix months by the persons receiv
ing the fame.
Sec. 4. And be it further enabled, That it
shall be the duty of the confuls,vice-confuls,
commercial agents, vice commercial agents
of the United States, from time to time to
provide for the mariners and seamen of the
United States, who may be found deflitute
within their diftrias refpcHively, fufficient
subsistence & passages to some port in the U
nited States, in the mod reasonable manner,
at the expence of the United States, fubje&
to such inftruaions as the secretary of itate
shall give ; and that all maflers and com
manders of vessels belonging to citizens 0
the United States, and bound to some port
[I DOL. 50 CTS. PER ANNUM.
of the fame, arc hereby required and en
joined to take such mariners or fcamen on
board of their ships or vessels, at the request
of the said consuls, vice-confuls,commercial
agents or vice-commercial agents rtfpetl
ively, and to transport them to the port
in the United States to which such ships
or veficls may be bound, on such terms
not exceeding ten dollars for each per
son, as may be agreed between the said
mailer and consul, or commercial agent.
And the said mariners or seamen shall, if
able, be bound to do duty on board such
ships or vessels according to their several
abilities ; Provided, That no master or
captain of any ship or vessel shall be oblig
ed to take a greater number than two men
to every one hundred tons burthen of the
said ship or vessel, on any one voyage ; and
if any such captain or master shall refufe
the fame on the request or order of the con
sul, vice-consul, commercial agent or vice
commercial agent, such captain or master
shall forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred
dollars for each mariner or seaman so re
fufed, to be recovered for the benefit of the
United States in any court of competent
jurifdi&ion. And the certificate of any
such consul or commercial agent, given un
der his hand and official seal, shall be
prima facie evidence of such refufal in
any court of law having jurifdiaion
for the recovery of the penalty aforefaid.
Sec. 5. And be it further enabled, That
the seventh and eighth fe&ion of the a&,
intitled, “ An ad concerning consuls
and vice-consuls," be and the fame are
hereby repealed ; and that the secretary of
state be authorized to reimburse the consuls,
vice-consuls, commercial agents, or vice
commercial agents, such reasonable sums
as they may heretofore have advanced for
the relief of seamen, though the fame should
exceed the rate of twelve cents a man per
diem.
Sec. 6. And be it further enabled, That
it shall and may be lawful for every consul,
vice-consul, commercial agent & vice-com
mercial agent of the United States, to take &
receive for every certificate of difeharge of
Current prices of per from to
d. c D. c°
Sugar, Weil-India -- 10 0 12 °
Starcii, Poland lb °lB 0 2
, American -- o I2|. oj'
Sugar, Loaf lb 0 22 o °
Salt, St. Übes scarce 11. 550 0 °
, Turk's Illand -- 550 9 °
, Liverpool — 4 0 0
, Rock -- 650 o'
Steel, German lb 0 L 3 0 1$
, English — 014 0)5
Salt Petre, refined -- 034 0 4
Shot Patent, C. 13 50 0
. fW.O. hhd. M. 24 0 26 °
do. do. heading -- 26 0 28 °
) W. O. bbl. -- 10 0 12 5 °
C} R. O. hhd. -- I 2 0 13 0
^ I do. Shooks 066 0 0
(W. O. do. I 20 1 3°
Fin in fhects bx. 18 0 20 0
far B. 3 0 3 25
Turpentine -- 4 0 450
Tea, Hyfon lb. 1 10 1 i&
, Souchong -- 070 0 0
, Bohea -- 032 0 0
Tobacco, Jamesßiver C. 7 0 0 0
, Georgia — 55° 0 0
Twine, sewing doz. 50 55°
, fe& — 50 5 5 o
. ("Madeira G. 217 283
Q | Lisbon Jearer, —■ 140 0 0
,Z { Sherry, — 125 129
^ 1 Malaga scarce q.c. 29 0 0 0
? (Red Port — 142