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majority, that Mr. Fulton's Torpedo de
fence, will be completely adequate to the
. destruction of every ship belonging to the
• navy of Qreaf-ti&sin, should lief dire to
approach our shores.
Another letter merely says, that the low*
. \ er House bad been occupied two days on
■ the propriety of permitting Mr. Fulton to
deliver lectures on the floor of the House of
Representatives, relative to his Torpedo
. war. It was, however, determined, by a
small majority, not to permit Mr. Fulton to
occupy the floor..
out ** three regiments of miHtia” to prevent
the execution of that decision. The ques
tion Js not, is there •• ground to believe"
that the United States have a title, butt is
the properly theirs in law ? A question
which must be decided by the judiciary in
some shape or other. Congress ought not to
be the judges in their own case.] Mr. Love
spoke at length in o|Jpositiou to Mr. Shef
fey’s resolutions. He announced, however,
his intention to offer another resolution, au
thorizing the transfer of whatever right the
‘ United States may possess in the premises
to the Corporation of New-Orleans, re
serving the rights of individuals to a trial
in the Superfour Court of that territory,
with an appeal to' the Supreme Court of
the United States.
Ou motion of Mr. Fisk the bill providing
tor Uking the census of the United
States was taken up in committee of the
Whole, Mr. Milnor in the chair.
The committee went through the bill
and made several amendments. At half
past 3, the committee rose and reported
the bill, as amended, to the House. The
House adjourned.
Mr Macon's bill was reported to the
Senate this day with one small amendment.
This is an amendment to Mr. Montgome
ry’s amendment adopted by the House.—
The clause as it passed the House allowed
the armed ships of the United States to
bring in vessels found evading or violating
the law, within four leagues of our edast—
The four leagute are struck out in the
Senate's amendment, which allows them
to be brought In wherever found. The bill
is made the order of the day, in Senate, for
Monday next.
been attacked on the 2d inst. off which
' place were 20 sail of British ships of war.
Mr. Stanley asked and obtained leave
of absence for Mr. Goldsborough for a fort
night.
Several private petitions were presented
and referred.
At four o'clock the committee again rose
without a decision.
A LKTTIR from Washington says, that
the lower house of Congress, the widest
body on earth, occupied the whole of Wed-
last, in debating whether they
should give up the floor on the ensuing Sa
turday to Mr. Fulton. The • writer adds,
that you need not be surprised if the 4hole
of the fortifications erected and now erect
ing, from one end of the continent to the
other, are soon ordered by Congress, to be
demolished, and it is thought, by the wise
> A -
Captain Mitchell informs, that the day
before he left St. Bartholomews, it was re
ported, that the British had landed 800
troop* at Bay-Mahaut, Guada loupe, drove
the French before them, and took posses
sion of the fort. Point-Petre was to have
Captain Turner, of the Aioaaon, informs
us that his Imperial Majesty, Napoleon
the Ist, has at length divorced his wife.—
He adds that the official statement, or let
ter addressed to tire publick, announcing
the fact, had been published at Tooningeo
before he sailed.
** The attachment. which the D.iniXh
government laid a short time ago, on at
the goods warehoused on the Holstein tei
litory, has for the present reduced busi
nets to a state of total inactivity. Tin
measure has been taken in order to make
further researches after English good’,
and it is not doubted that the American
property will be respected as before.”
Extract of a letter dated Hamburgh, Jan
vary 5, 1810, received fier the Amazon
Cafitain Turner.
We learn by the ship Monticello which
left Lisbon on the Bth ult. that the Head-
Quarters of the British army were still at
Coimbra—that every possible defence was
to be made against the French—that 40,000
Portuguese troops were to be raised, sup
ported* and officered by the British—that
off the harbour of Lisbon, Capt. K. spoke
a British sloop of war from England, for
the Cape of Good Hope, with despatches,
and was informed by her commander, that
a Beet of transports sailed two days before
her, with 10,000 troops on board for Lisbon.
Capt. K. further states, that at Lisbon
he read London papers as late as the 3d
of January, which noticed the dismissal of
Mr. Jackson by our government. The news
Was received in England by the British
packet from America. It excited a con
siderable ferment at first, but in a few
days K somewhat abated. Mr. Canning
February 20.
Madam Banafiarte Divorced.
Tuesday, February 13.
NEW-YORK, February 19.
23 p ttje CBaile.
LATE. FROM LISBON.
had bean appointed first Lord of the ad
miralty.
SALEM, February SO.
ANOTHER GRASP!
By the arrival qf Captain Stickney, at
Beverly, from TonAingen, we have the un
pleasant news of a general seizure of all
the American cargoes in the ports of Den
mark. This took place in Tonningen
about the 15th December. The oateneible
cause was, that some American vessels
with colonial produce, professedly from
America, were discovered to be in fact di
rect from England. The papers relating
to the property were sent to commis
sioners at Hamburgh,'and from thence to
Copenhagen for examination by the Dan
ish government. It was hoped, that, these
being clear, the property would shortly be
restored, and that the operation would upon
the whole be in favour of the American
trade. All was however conjecture and
uncertainty upon the subject. If this mea
sure is dictated by •* the hand of Napo
leon,” as doubtless it is, the property may
be considered as in great jeopardy ; though
a favourable inference is drawn from the
circumstance of sha documents, .being sent
to Copenhagen rather than to Paris.—
There is no doubt but one general system
is directed by Bonaparte, from Naples to.
Denmark; it is to be yet seen whether
policy will lead him to a less rigid enforce
ment of the system in one place than in
another. The following extracts of letters
from an American gentleman in London,
dated December 4, 1809, shew, that the
exclusion of the American flag from Tou
ningen was to be expected
“ I have just received a letter from one
of the first houses in Paris, advising, that
there remained no doubt but the tempo
rary indulgences, which had been allowed
neutrals at Naples, Civita Vechi a, and
particularly Tonningen, would be with
drawn ; and that the system of prohibition
would be extended to every port."
“ Another letter, received from Rotter
dam, and dated November 10, says—That
news was received that day, from Paris,
stating, that orders had been sent from
Paris to Tonningen, to shut the ports
against American vessels."
BOSTON, February 20.
From Tonningen.
Extract from letter* received by the Au
gueta, Captain Stickney, at Beverly,
from Tonningen.
“ Totemngen, December 3, JBO9.
“ The movement of Bonaparte <*nd the
nominal King of excite some
suspicion. Deere* after decree h issued
interdicting the transportation of colonial
produce from to particular places—
Feeach or Westphalian troops* with Ex
cise Officers, inundate Hamburgh, and an
addition of Gens des Armes is expected.—
I have just received intelligence that hi*
Majesty, (the Kief of Denmark.) is jeal
ous that great quantities of property have,
by vai lous methods, found their way into
his dominions which he supposes to be Bri
tish ; and has issued an order that all pro
perty stored at Altonia, shall be examin
ed by a Commissioner on the 7th inst. and
he general impression is, that where there
are no certificates of origin, the property
will be condemned.”
“ Since my letter of the 2d inst. nothing
of importance has been accomplished.—
Markets continue in the same undecided
«tate, and prices low. The Committee of
Examination of property have not yet fin
ished their investigation, but I think Itb
tendency will not be disadvantageous to
bona fide Americans, but the'contrary.”
European accounts a few days later
have come to hand since our last. .
The Paris papers to the Ist December
<be full of Court articles, and fulsome ad-
Irexses to the Great Emperour on his re
turn from the Conquret qf the Peace of
Eurofie. The Conservative Senate, in
their address, congratulate his Imperial
.nd Royal Majesty on the prospect of
“ the formation of a Coalition for the
liberation of the Seas,” and which, they
•rdd. “ the States of Both Hemispheres are
eager to enter.” What does thia mean ?
There are no other States 'in the Western
Hemisphere than the United States, and
Brazils.—The latter certainly cannot be
intended.
All the satellites of the great Napoleon
planet were revolving in their orbs iu Paris.
Besides the “ mob of Kings” from Ger
many. we find, Mutat, (Kingof Naples;)
Berthier, (Prince of Neufchatel;) Masse
na, (Prince of Esling;) Bernadotte, (Prince
of .Ponte Corvo ;) Junot, and a numerous
train of Cardinals, and other dignitaries of
the Church, were all in attendance. What
Bonaparte's next fete is to be, time will
unfold. Preparations were making in Bay
onne for his reception there ; and some of
his myrmidons were on the march .for
Spain.
We find very little in the British papers
on American affiirs.
The Aurora states, that the famous Dr.
Logan, who went •»(f-«/>/ict«ft</,to France,
in 1798, to prevent a - war, has undertaken
a similar enand to England. Hr has cer
tainly arrived n New York, and is to em
bark in the British packet.
February 21.
“ December 18, 1809.
Dewitt Clinton, and his coadjutert, have
All lieen removed from office, by the new
btew-York Council «>P Appointment; and
tire old Federal office-holder*, who bad
been turned out to malic room for them,
have been restored.
ter dinner the following toasts were drank.
ber of patriotick citiseas of this town join
ed to celebrate an ertf so auspicious. The
Yesterday being the birth-day of the
man “ first in war, first in peace, and tat
In the hearts of his countrymen,” a num-
day was ushered in by the firing of 17 can*
non. At 12 o’clock the firing of cannon was
repeated. At 2 o’clock, P. M. they con
vened at Col. Macomb kb’s Hotel and sat
down to a sumptuous entertainment. Af-
each accompanied With a discharge of
cannon:
of his country’s strength ; 'wrey his friends
never suffer hostile armour to glitter on its
turrets.
May they* enjoy all the honours
of “ dignified retirement."
4. Z’Ar memory o/'Gewem/ Ramil rt>N—
His claims on the gratitude of his country,
no statute of limitation can bar.
5. Gxnskal Gajxni— Liberty and
fame shall eternise h> memory.
embrace.
7. The veteran soldiers of our revolu
tionary war—whose scars are the only me-
6. Timotht PicttKJNG — The patriot
whom Cincinnatus would have gloried to
morial of their gratitude.
8. The President if the United States—
May the frowning shade of Washington
admonish and reclaim him.
9. AeTO-Any/and—aTbe sun of federal
ism again gilds her eastern hills and wes
tern mountains.
10. The State tf Rhode-Island —May
Washington's precepts still preside in
her councils, and none but •avajra attempt
their destruction.
11. The Commonwealth of Massachu
setts—on whose Chief Magistrate the
■lantle of our ascended Washington
seems to rest.
13. 7>e State tf Connecticut— The asy
lum persecuted federalism, and the for
tress from whence repeated and vigorous
sallies have been made.
IX Our sister State qfJVew- York— The
stln of whose rising glory is welcomed by
liberty and justice.
14. Our foreign relations—which our
Congressional Dictionary defines to be no
relattens at «W. 7
15. Our Cabinet I —'Ao jealous of Insult,
that they resent one ef their own maMifac-
tore. t >
16. Our Commerce—Alike the sport of
winds and waves, and democraticfe laws.
17. The Farmer! of our Country—May
they remember that Washln<Mon was
a farmer, and believe that his friends will
never betray them,
In the .afternoon. Colonel Cahlilx’s
Company of Artillery paraded and went
through a variety of military mancravres,
in a manner equally honourable to their
officers and to themselves.
The utmost harmony and regularity pre
vailed—the -name of WASHINGTON
seemed, in the phrase of nature's Bard,
•• pleasant and mournful to the soul.”—
The bosom was swayed by two contending
emotions, one the honest pride of an A|merl
can, when he reflected on the times that
are past; the other, despondency for the
leparture of WASHINGTON and his
•mecepts from our cabinet at the present
awful crisis! The retrospect was spleftdid
md delightsome' to the eye—the prospect
gloomy and deeply portentous, and the
mind was thus;alternately vibrating be
tween sunshine Ind shadow.
In the evening a splendid ball was given
at Mr. Ammic )M's Hall, blazoning with
the brilliancy of feauty, and expressive of
that patriotism ahich warmed the Great
Father qf hie C tuntry.
COMMUNICATION.
profttbence,
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1810.
1. The Dav.
2. Washington's ftolicy— The tower
Th f. consumer of every article of provi
sion must pay the expense of growing and
bringing it to market. So soon as this can
not be affbrdei, with respect to any article,
that article will no longer be produced or
offered for «Je. When each map is the
carrier and seller of his own produce, it
must be charged with, not only, the whole
expense of growing it; but also, the price
of the labour expended in transporting k to
market and making sale of it there. These
last expenses generally bear no proportion
to the value of the thing sold. It costs
nearly as much labour and other expense,
to the farmer, to market a dozen pounds
of butter, or half s dozen pair of chickens,
as it does t# market a load of hay, cider,
or pm k, or a pair of fat oxen. The butter
or chickens must be charged with as much
expense of marhetting as the other articles,
and yet one is really worth two or three
dollars, the others, twenty, or perhaps one
or two hundred. This will not be the case
when the farmer sells his produce, at bis
own door, to the market-man. The mar
ket-man with a pair of hones and waggon
will be able, in one day, to collect a ton of
poultry, and drive it to market / and itf i«l
-other day co sell it to the consumers. Tb»
whole expense of transportatjon and sale
ei this whole too of poultry, wiR hardly ex
ceed the expense of the farmee who brings
a doken turkeys from the west side of
Foster to the Providence market and
spends a day to sell tM«n. When, there
fore, a ton of poultry is raised by fifty farm
ers, aud each man carries his share to the
market, and stands at the stall until be
has sold it, the expense of fifty men, and
fifty horses, for one or perhaps two days,
amounting te fifty or one hundred dulla is,
must be charged ou this ton of poultry.—
On the contrary when it is bought, trans
ported and sold by the market-man, it will
be charged with the expense of two horses,
a waggon, and one man for two, or at most,
three days, and will not amount to more
than ten dollars. That this theory is true,
is evinced by the constant course of things
in every country where commerce is car
ried to any extent. The growers and man
ufacturers of almost every production, are
not the marketers of them. This is done
by a class of mtn who buy to sell again.—
Howsoever the name of this class of men
may vary, according to the particular de
partment ef this business w high they occu
py, from the merchant to the market-man,
yet when fairly done, it is ail done on the
same principle Farmers do not own ships.
Merchants by up and transport their sur
plus produce to foreign markets. In the
same manner market-men buy poultry,
eggs, milk and vegetables, and carry them
to market. In the neighbourhood of all
towns you will see this class of men numer
ous in proportion to the size of the market
It would be as wise to say merchants, who
bay ship loads of corn, flour, pork, butter,
lard and other provisions, are forestallers.
and for that reason have the business pro
hibited by law, as it is to say the market
man is a fcirestaller, because he buys the
articles in which he deals In gross, with a
view to retail them in market at a fair
price. FREIS TRADE.
47* We understand that the Obation
which Mr. Ogilvik proposes to pronounce
this Evening, will relate principally to tbt
Utility of Publick "Libraries, and that the
Excitations will be The'Battle of Mar
mion, and The Ode on the Passions.—
Tickets 50 cents.
At Rehoboth, yesterday, Mrs. SsnAfTA
H'MSArqjf, wife of Mr. Jonathan Whea
ton, and youngest daughter of the late
vanus Martin, Esq. in the 41st year of her
age. She was a professor of the religion
of Jesus at amearly age, and lived and died
in the hope of salvation through his merits
funeral will he on
Sunday next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon,
when it is expected the Rev. Mr. Gano
will preach a sermon <m the occasion.
American Marine
Shifts— Asia, Ormsbae, St. Übes, via
Newport; George and Mary, Bucklin,
Buenos-Ayres.
SZooA*— Lively, Slade, Havana ; Thetis,
Child, New-York; George, Carpenter,
Bristol.
Brig— Providence, D’Wolf, Bristol.
Sloofia— Polly, Brown, New-York ; Ma
ria, Comstock, do. Lively, Slade, Dighton.
Arrived, on Monday last, ship George
and Mary, Captain Bucklin, from Buenos
Ayres. Left there, December 15, ship Tho
mas Wilson, Gardner, for Baltimore, in 4
or 5 weeks; the Hebe, Stansbury, fordo,
in 2or 3 weeks; the —. Raymond Perry,
just arrived from Rio-Janeiro, destination
unknown.—On the 10th inst. in Ist. 23, N.
long. 62, spoke sloop Maria, of Warren,
Noah Mathewson, bound to Porto-Rico—
had lost his boom and some sails in a gale,
in lat. 36 N.—lB or 20 sail of English ship*
were at Buenos Ayres, principally loaded
with dry goods.
The President Adams, Field, of thia
port, arrived at Tonningen in 25 days from
Boaton.
BUENOS AYRES HIDES,
COPPERAS, &c.
11,500 Horse Hides,
7,500 Ox do.
154 Pigs of Copper,
10,000 Horn. Tips,
756 Q'tinacca Skins,
100 Dozen Nutria do.
Imported in the ship George and Mary,
Bucklin, from Buenos Ayres, and for sale
by TAYLOR & TALBOT.
February 23, 1810.
MARK THIS!
ON the second day of March next, at
11 o’clock, A. M. the Building next
door south of the Custom-House, belonging
to I. finitswooD, will be sold at AuC
tion ; arid at 12 o’clock, his Pew and the
Furniture thereunto belonging, in the First
Congregational Meeting-House; both of
which on 60 days credit, payable at either
of the Bunks in this town with good en
dorsers.
ROBERT TAYLOR, Auctioneer.
N. B. His Brick House, if oos sold h»
April next will then be to let.
February 23, 1810,
Brig— Maryland, Hawes, New-Bedford.
PORT OF PRO VID Ji JVC E,
Fxxruart 23, 1810.
ENTERED,
CLEARED,
DieO,
: • •* - - 1- ' ' r ~ "
Stoqlc in Trade at Cort.
THE Sidltecrll»er being about closing kb
business la this town, offers for sale
his whole STOCK IN TRADE at first
cost, consisting of a very general assort
ment of Euxopkan and India Goods,
too numerous to particularise, which were -
selected from the latest importations and
purchased principally with cash.
AIjSO,
The Lease of the Store he now occupies,
which la one of the beat stands in town for
an English Goods Store.—The whole stick ;
and lease will be sold on very favourable
terms, if applied for soon, as the whole
will be sold at Publick Auction on Tuesday
the 13th of March next, if not previously
disposed of.
All persons who have unsettled
or are indebted to the subscriber, are re
quested to call immediately and adjust
them.
CHARLES POTTER.
February 23, 1810.
Cash given for Timber, Boards,
House Plank, &c.
WVNTED, a quantity of Timber, Joist,
Boards, Plank, &c. for building three
forty Teet bv
twenty-eight, to be tflßtered by the mid
dle or April next, at Atwood’s Mills, on the
North Branch of Pawtuxtt River, in War
wick, for wjtich cashew ill be paid op de
livery. Those pet»< ns desirous of coo
traetiqpewfafcrUslL tbc *h<lt. or a pint of
the above material*, will phase ”uply
to AHORN & JACKSOK
February 23, 1810
Valuable Water Privileges.
THERE are now yffertd fo» sa'r, on ac
coirptodatiig terms, THREE VA
LUABLE MILL SEATS, situated in th<
district oi Holland, county of Hampshire,
•nd Commonwealth of MaaMchuacttv,
ibout 60 miles from Boston, 30 from Hui c
ford, and 45 from Providetfce, near the
turnpike rontl leading from Wo'Ct »ter to
S*anord, within seven miles of Staff*rd,
where there’are two Furnace* and one
Forge, and where Iroij-W. rk of “B kii da a
may be readily procured. There is an rm-. "
le supply of grater at all veasons, and suf
cient head and tall for Mapufectowes of
almost any extent; and Cotinn-Mills might
be erected fur about or.e half, and the busi
ness prosecuted for two-thirds the expense
it wiaild cost in the neighbourhood of a
iwpulous town, as Ituyl, labotir. ttm!«r,
wood anti boarding are cheap, and n vast
quantity of manufactured cotton might lie
vended in the vicinity. Grist and tww-
Mills would likewise find constant emphy. •
The situation is pleasant and easy of ac
cess ; perhaps Mill Scats cmnbiuing more
advantages, were never before offered to
the American capitalist. One or two hun
dred acres of Land, adjoining the above, <
may also be had very low if de sired. Gen
tlemen wishing to pinch »sc me dr-sire »o
apply to Chester Blauhfif.ld, pt Pre- <
vidence, or the subscriber, neat the pre
mises.
JACOB THOMPSON
Hollands. (Mass.) FArua-u 21. 1850.
W. BACHE &T. NIXON .<
R'.TV’RN then grateiul axk«»nv?|*.<ige- j
■Mpts far th** liberaLcttCttfir
they have experienced in this town, and
flitter themselves with the hope thz> th* ir
Profile Likenesses have given genet a I sicis
faction Having been requested to j*ive
timely notice of their departing from rro
* idenee, they beg leave to hwotni those
who yet intend sitting for Likenrsses lhaC
they do not purpose staying longer 'than
during the .-ipproaching session of the Le
gislatuie Their prices ate as formerly, ,
25 Cents for cutting the set of Profiles;,..
25 Cents for shading each ; or
2 Poi nts jn Colours. . *
Thrit Room is at Major M’Clxllan’s,
opposite the Market-House.
February 23, 1810. . 4
For New-York and Charleston,
THE Sin EM -V< »RKtf
John Brown. M-iste<-, h.v
mg excellent accommvda
' eresMracs** ti<ms, wid sail on WED
NESDAY nex'. For Frrtfhi or Passage, j
apply to Messrs Williams & Bullard, ,
or the Master on board, at
Wharf.
February 23. 1810. 't >,
For WASHINOTpN, (N. C.)
THE fast-sailing Schoo
ner HARRIET, Setevat.
CTKjFffijp Master, will sail
in the course of foerdaya—
For Freight or Passage, apply tothe M tster
on board, at Mr. William Potter’s Wharf, .
or to JAMES FOBTML
February «3, 1810. ;
R. and E. CHANDLER
Have just received, and offer for
(\NF. Thousand pounds of SKIRTING
I LEATHER, and
One Thousand potto da of CLOVER SEED*
February 20.1810.
COTILLION SCHOOL.
»THH third COTILLION SCHOOL
1 will be THIS EVENING at Mr.
Smith’s Hai l.
February 23, 1810.
Z ■ 1 *' 1 t 1 I **
THE subscriber! having been
appointed, by the H<»n. Couit ot Pms- 1
bate for the town of Providence, Commis
sioners to receive snd examine the Chimp
of the several Cielitors of the Estate of
Gihshom Jonas, latuofsaid Provide nee,
deceased, hereby give notice, that said
Court has allowed the farther time ef o*e
month from the 19ih instant, to said Cred
itors to bring in their Claims and |m< '« <
their debts against said Estate; and tb it
they will meet at the Office of PmiL?>
CxaVO, in said Providence, on each .vfw»-
day during said time, to attend said Lr«<fr>
itora for teceiving their said Claims.
PHILIP CRAPO, 1
THOMAS BURGESS,
THOM Ab S. WEBB, 3
All persons indebted to said E» .ate, are
once more called upon to make
payment to _ _ '
JOHN DORRANCE,
| February 23,