Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-12-08

1900 ~ do Virginia Tobacco in hhds.
400 - do Georgia, Carolina and Kentucky do
in do
1000 - do Maryland do in do
bbls. Flour Of 1876 lbs. net each
- Beef, Pork, picked Fish, 'rallow, Ma
val Stores, Rum and Whiskey
200 gals. wine measure, reckoning the full
contents OF the casks, Of Oil, Wine,
Brandy and any other liquors
% bushels Grain, Peas or Beans in casks
40 - do do do in bulk
40 - Liverpool blown Salt do
"a - do ground do do
So - St. Ubes, Cape de Verd and SINH
lar Salt in bulk
81 - West India Salt in bulk
% Sea Coal do
40 cubic feet of Plank, Boards, square Tim.
Der, Mahogany, bale Goods, Dry Goods in
casks and boxes
The following shall be deemed to be the con-
tents in cubic feet Of various packages and
goods, Wis
Flour barrel S
A hogsead Virginia tobacco As
A hogshead Georgia, Carolina and Ken
lucky do 40
hogshead Maryland do IS
S bushels Grain in bulk S
tierce of Rice Is
hogshead Of Flaxseed IL
A barrel Of Pork, Beef, Fish, Naval Stores,
and Whiskey or Rum 81
In computing the bulk Of Candles, Soap,
Lard, Butter, Hams, and all packages smaller
than barrels or half barrels, 200 Id. net weight
shall be considered equal to barrel of Flour or
cubic feet
All goods brought to this port on freight
must be delivered at the expense Of the vessel
bringing the samoa delivery on any wharf
at Felps Point, during business hours, is de-
livery in the city and port of Baltimore. Hides
and articles prohibited to be landed within the
city at certain periods, may be landed al the La
zaretto. In aI cases when vessels are obliged
by quarantine regulations to discharge their
cargoes in the stream, the expense of delivering
goods west Of Dugan's wharf when required to
be SO landed by the consignee,) shall be equally
borne by the carrier and consgnee, (by each
one hal(;) but if landed east of said wharf, then
the expense must be borne by the carrier only.
If freight is taken at so many "dollars" per
hogshead, barrel, ton, sc. and no agreement is
made respecting the currency it shall be paid
in, it shall be understood to be payable in Spa
nish or MEXICAN dollars or their equivalent
If a vessel is chartered for voyage out and
home, each shipper shall be entitled to his pro-
portion ofthe whole homeward freight, pro rata
Of the bulk or space occupied by each shipper
on the outward voyage. In all cases where
vessels are chartered or freighted for voyage
out and home, the freighter or charterer is
bound TO furnish sufficient cargo or ballast at
the port Of discharge of the outward cargo, to
enable said vessel to return safely home; pro-
No. h.. H.
the parties:
And whereas it sometimes occurs, upon YES
sells being consigned TO regular esab shed hous-
es, that the captains interfere with the business
OF the merchant, and if opportunity or circum-
stances transpire to aid them, will enter into
engagements for their vessels without consult.
ing the consignee or accounting with him for
commissions and as such conduct is not only
unmercan,ile, bu, disrepu,able, it is strongly
dscountenanced by this Chamber.
WEIGHTS AND TAREs.
Sugar, Copperas, Alum, Birthstone, Shot,
Lead, Iron, Steel Dyewoods, Hemp, and all 0.
Their articles, which have heretofore been sold
by the cwt. of ll3 lbs shall in future be sold by
the decimal hundred, or 100 pounds.
Tares shall be allowed as follow:-On Sugar
in hhds or tierces, 2 lbs on 100 lbs; do in Gu
ba boxes, Is lbs per 100 lb,; do in American
-four bbls. % lbs each; do in bags and all other
packages, the actual tare. Coffee in American
-four bbIs 90 lbs each; do in single linen, gun
ny, grass bags, 2 lbs per 100 lbs, in all other
packages the actual tare. Pepper in single
gunny bags, 2 lbs per 100 lbs, in other packa-
ges the actual tare. Pimento in linen bags,
lbs per 100 lbs; in other packages the actual
tare. Rice in tierces and half terces, 10 lbs
per 100 lbs. Copperas in hhds 10 lbs per 100
lbs; in othtr packages the actual tare. Green
Teas, 10 lbs each chest; half Chests II lbs each;
all other packages, the actual ,are. Souchong
Tea, % lbs each chest; other packages the &C
tual tare. Cassia in mats, lbs per 100 lbs; in
boxes and other packages, the actual tare In