The Rhode-Island Republican — Newport, R.I., 1810-05-02 00:00:00, page 1

Respectfully informs his {riends and
the publick in general, that he has re.
moved from his former stand in Bread-street, to his
shop in * Barney-street, next to his Stable, and near
the Sabbatarian meeting-house. He also wishes to
requst all those who are indebted to him, to make
unmediate s'ayment ; and likewise those who have
any demands against him, to exhibit them in like
manner.
Orfthe Ist day of May, he will take into
copartnership Mr. Wrnrniam Mooxey, when the
business, after that tme, will be conducted under
the firm of RICHARD BOAK & CO. who will keep
v for sale, at their stand in Barney-street, a general and
extensive assortment of Saddlery, of every descrip
tion—consisting of ladies’ and gentlemer's Saddles ;
Jbrass and plates Harnesses ; plain and plated Bridles ;
horseman’s Caps and Holsters ; Belts and Cartouch.
Boxes; Portmantaus and Saddlebags; Whipspurs,
&c. &c. Trunks repaired and manufactured an cve
ry size. Harnesses repaired and cleaned. Work of
every description done as above, at the shortest no
tice. /
" At their Livery Stable they will continue
to keep to let, a number of excellent Horses and
Carriages, equal to any ever kept for that purpose
in this town. Ladies and gentlemen who may be
willing to favour them with their custom, lhaﬁ re.
ceive cvery attention by applying or seodhﬁ to their
Stable. They have fleet horses, which will be kept
for the purpose of carrying Dcsratchu. Evcryz.
vour will be gratefully acknowlec ged by
RICHARD BOAK & CO.
April 25.
: TERMS. :
The paper is printed once a week, at 2 dollars a
year, one half in advance.
Advertisements conspicuously inserted, at the rate
. fldollar and 50 cents a square, for three weeks—
smaller one in the same proportion.
Printing, in all its variety, executed with accuracy
ad despatch. Orders vespectfully solicited.
IS’FOP.\IS the publick in general, and his friends
in particylar, that he has opened a small assort
ment of the most apg'roved STATIONARY] com
priing, among other, the following art.cles, viz.
Paper—foolscap, pot, letter, gijt and Slack
edged, of the various descriptions §
- Quills, from 75 to 25 cents, per bunch;
m::ob, from $3 to g:cacln
an assortment ;
wlhmon Tables ;
ales and Dividers;
u%"&aﬁng Wax ;
Sand Wafers, Ink in Cekes and Powder;
'ocg ;
m encils, &e. &ec. &e. _
~esides a variety of articles too numernts to mention.
“" .ﬁ.ﬂs&ron sALE
w‘ Permanent : marking
imen, ahd a constant supply of the celebrated three
st m Steel Pens—ali which wiil be sold at the
retailing prices--CALL AND SEE.
ange-md Lottery Office
No. 118, Thames Street,
Cewpott, April 10th, 1810.
An additional supply of Paper Hangings
and Boxders, among which are many new fashiona.
Ble patierns ; few sets elegant drapery, and a variety
of low priced Papers.—.lso, An assortment of Sta
tionary ; imported Quills fm‘j cents to 3 dollars
per hundred ; best foolscap 9. 1, paper ; common
and fine wove hot pressed letter do.; ink powder ;
clegant pen knives, lead pencils, wasers, &c.
A few English Hats, as above. Aprill7.
Tave just received from the best American Manufactures
Vl‘r“‘,ll( Spring sapply of HATS ;
the assortment is completed. These Hats are
inade in the best manner, purposely for this market ;
¢re warranted inferiour to none manufactured in
“America, gnd not 16 crack or fade. As they were pur
chased on the most fovourable terms, they can be sold
cheuper than usual.
‘I hewr very -extensive assortment wili
enable them to furnish eyery kind and price that may
e wanted ‘
Men;ru rfine Fashionable Beavers,
‘do. (roe. with wide Buims.
o) go Fashionable Castors and Plated.
0. Youtl’s Black and "rab Beavers,
Childrens’ White and fancy coloured do.
These Hats are finished in a s_til;‘nm inferiour to.
those which are imported ;- a few fifle English Hats,
and one case best.—.llo, 3 boxes Youth’s'black and
Men's felt Hats, made in Hartford, of a very super
‘our quality, and some dozens of a very cheap kind.
NEWPORT, R.I.
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED oN WEDNESDAYS,
8Y WILLIAM SIMONS,
N 0.15, MiLL-StrerT.
LOPEZ DEXTER & MILLS,
OFFER FOR SALE,
OV FAVOURABLE TERMS,
156 Bales Prime Upland Cotton,
94 Casks Rice,
170 Bbls. Flour,
22 Hhds. Tobucco, : '
30 Buts Lard, ‘
6 Hhds. Hams,
40 Pipes Mason’s Gin,
o ggfg",,gt':"’} Havana SUGARS:
117 Chests Souchong Tea,
10 Do. Hyson Skin, 50.
7 Do, Hyson, do.
64 Do. Bohea,do.
24,000 Ibs. W, 1. and Batavia Coffec.
sorrean B 80... ... _
In addition to their former supply of Dry Goods.
7 Cases India Silks,consisting of Crupes, Lustrings
and Sewing Silks,
700 pieces Blue Nuankins,
300 Do. Company Yellow, do.
2 Cases Men’s Sattin Beaver HATS.
Newport, April 25, 1810.
18 Boxes, now opening—For Sale.
Wantcn & Rathbone,
New Stationary Ofhce.
No. 7.
JOSIAH C. SHAW,
JUST RECEIVED AS ABOVE,
Richard Boak,
HATS,
RHODE-ISLAND REPUBLICAN.
Liat Store, 91, 7hbames-street
BLNI & 8. G. WLEAVLK,
w HAV I just received from N. York
1 a great variety of
\ HATS,
‘ Made of the best materials.
~ Gentlemen’s Beaver, Casior, and Platec
. PHAT, of all shapes and sizes. Childrens’ HATS
a great vanety, . '
The publick will find it for their interest to cull &
the above store—where they wiid find Hats of eves,
rice. on the lowest terms. Avril 11.
A Constant supply of Jiye und indian Corn ;
do. do. Rye and Ind.an Meal;
Flour, of the most spproved brunds.
An extensive ussortment of GROUERIES and LI
QUORS-—~among which are—
-10 hhds. 3d proof St. Croix and Antigua Rum ,
20 pipes 4th proof Spanish Brandy ;
20 quarter casks Sherry Wine ;
20 boxes Raisins; 20 30. Chacolate ;
Hyson, Souchong, and Bohea Teas, by the chest
or lesser quantity, &e. &c,
1600 bushels Exuma Salt, of a superiour quality ;
1500 do. Liverpool do.
500 do. Turks-Island do. Sl
500 do. Bonuvista do. -
Also—a quantity of well sexsoned mer. Boards
U dakewise.......Just received,
5 piper Gin; 5 hhds. old Jamuica Spirits ;
26 chests Compoy Texw, of an excellent flavour ;
1000 wt. Cheese; 200 Meal Bags;
8 crates and 2 hhds. Crockery Wire, &ec. &e.
*." Cash given for Conrwn and Ryr.
N. B. Those pcrsons who have in their possession
Meal Bags belonging to the Compaiy, will have the
goodness to return themn. :
WILLIAM COGGESHALL, jun. .lgent.
Newpore, Oct. 19.
HAVE FORSALEON VERY ACCOMMODATING TERMS
At their JAuction and Commission Store,
NO. 94, THAMESSTEET,
36 Bules Cotton, g
10 Pipes Barcelona Brendy
10 Hhds. W, I. Rum, '
25 Chests Campoy Tea,
50 Casks I'resh Raisins, -
30 Kegs Ginger,
25 Boxes Chocolate, -
20 Kegs Tobacco,
25 Boxes Soup,
10 Bbls? Pimento,
2 20 Bags Coffee,
5000 wt. Loaf Sugar. -
Newpert, Dec. 27.
ON K. hundred vushels Borden’s Gras,
Seed.
70 bushels Herd's ditto. s
14 bushels Orchard ditto.
10 bushels Red top ditto.
1200 wi. Red clover ditto.
ALSO, FOR SALE,
A large assortment of Groceries, among which ave :
1200 wt. Souchong Fea, very cheap.
1000 wt, Coffee,
1000 wt. good Buttes, for family use.
. JUST lIBC‘ECLV:;Q, e
1400 wt. good broken Co selli pounds
for a dollar. ’
Newport, March 14, 1810.
R:’.SPBCI‘PULIJ informs his friends, that he
has on hand—
A quantity of excellent cedar Clapboards,
cedar Shingles, pine Shingles, Boards, Plank,
JOiS‘Q kc. &kec.
Which he, will sell cheap, st Lis stand on SHER
BURNE's Whart. Nov 15,
and Bohea Tobacce
8“5‘31‘ Snuff
Coflee Peus
Molasses Beans
Soup Dried Apples
Candles &e. &e.
Also, just received, ond for sule, as above,
2000 wt, excellent wett dressed ilax 3 20
reams writing Paper, 20 do. wrapping do.; 500 wt.
execllent Cheese ; 150 wt, Sewing Twine.,
Likewise—Bed (ords, Log Lines, Cod Lines, Hand
Lines, &Ke. April 25
Cifer for sule, on the most reasonable terms, for cush
or approved credit,
At their store on Jos SnerMaN’s wharf,
A General assortment of Groceries, Liguors,
Ihe Progressive Company,
AT THEIR (2 uiNLKY AND GoouCLRY
Have for Sale, Wholesale and Letail, at the lowest cur
Henry Y. Cranston & Co.
Rum
Brandy
Gin
Wines
Hyson
H_vsonskgl }Tm
Souchon
Michael Freeborn £ Co.
STORE, No. 11, LoNg-WHARF,
William Douglass,
DANIEL SHELDON,
At the heud of Broad Street,
HAS FOR SJALE
G IOCLRILS,
By whaulesale and retail.
&c. &ec. consisting of—
Segars
Ginger
Pinento
Ruisins
Butter
Lard
Cheese
NEWPORT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1810.
Hay Seed.
rewt Hrices,
i " A REVIEW
OF WORKS wF FISHER AMES.
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: - NUMBER—IL
THERE is not perhups in buman Society,
& trust of Ligher imporunce and more deli-
Cacy, thun that which devolves upon the friends
of an emwinent literary man, reluting to the
d":SO“l of tbe papers which he leaves be-
Fid Lim. This'tzust has so often been be
"‘ﬁ'l:d, that ev . who has acquired a
reputatien in &mw worid, ought hime
self much more studiously to dispose, before
Lis decease, of those productions of his mind
than of his worldlg, estate. Men of genius
are treated like ki They who pretend to
be their friends, ﬁﬁu nothing more than
sycophants, who attach themselves to their
e, for sordid purposes of their own, and
h from the moment thut be superiour
rit has left its tenement of elay, instead of
erishing and protecting that fume, think of
ing but turping it to the account of seme
wreiched pession or interest of their owne=
to spunge money from the purse of the pub
lick, or 10 pass disgraceful sentiments into
chreulation, for the wicked purposes of fac
tion. The examples of Chesterfield and
Sterae ave lamiliar to those conversant with
the recent literary history of England, of
meh whose n;guuuion bezs been blusted after
their deceuse, by the publication of papers,
which they would have buvied in eternal obli
vion, but which the rupacity of % a numéber of
their friends,” surrendered to the indignaiion
ofposterity for the suke of a pultry tribute
levied upon the publick curiosity. 1 knew
not who ave the friends that published the
volume now befyre me, but I trust it has been
stewn in a former paper, that both its selec
tion and its omini#‘. were governed by mo
tives very different from that of regurd for
the lastithg re ulion'q the author.~The
writer of this pi‘or respected Mr. AnksAnd
laments, that othgrs who by their particular
nfimacy with hinl, were speeially churg
ed with the guardianship of his fewe,
instead of adliering fuithfully to that duty,
have, for the poor purpose of promoting the
views of a party, “ drawn his frailiice Jrom
wheir dread abede,” and exposed Wim to the
imputation of doctrines, which the sound
judgment of his better days would bave re
jected with horrour, and for which they a
ione ought to be responsible to distant na
tions and to future ages. :
1 a former paper it was observed, that the
private letters contained in this compilation
were certainly not intended by the writer for
the publick eye ;=and that they contained
sentiments which he himself was sensible
were not fit for publick inspection. The evi
dence of these assertions is contained in one
of those very letiers ; and in these words :
“ Itis ever a misfortunc fora man to differ from the
political or religious creed of his countrymen. You
will not fail wPerceive, that 1 am worse thana ling
erer in my faith inthe conclusiveness of the reasoning
of Mr. Maprson, & Co. %This however, I keep i
myself and less than half a dozen friends” p. 507,
Is it not strange—passing strange, that
- with this directy and expiicit admonition stai
ing him in the face, one of the less than half
~a dozen friends to whom the secret was com
mitted, should divulge not only to the coun
try, but to the enemies of the country those
~opinions, whicdi their author was ashamed or
afraid to avow when alive ?
Strange indeed it is ; but the motive is ob
vious enough, The subject specially alluded
to in this letter,upon which it was Mr.Ames’s
misfortune to differ from the creed of his
countrymen, and upon which he was worse
than a lingerer in his faith in the conclu
siveness of the reasoning of Mr. Madison &
Co.—was the .great question of our neu
tral rights to the colenial trade with the ene
mies of Great Brituin. The date of the let
ter is 14tk Feb, 1806—just a‘ter the time,
when Mr. Madison’s unanswerable vidication
of the neutral cause appeared-—several excel
lent memorials, wiitten sume of them by
men who have since deseried that honoura
ble standard and joined the banners of the
cnemy, were aleo then before the Congress :
and it is to them that Mr. Ames refers, by
the discription of Mr. Madison, and Co.
The letter was written to a member of
Congress, who, as appears {rom a subsequent
pussage in it, was then on the side of his
country upon this great question. He has
since changed his side, and the publication ol
this letter was doubtless intended 10 answer
the double purpose of giving countenance te
im and other apostates from the Americar
rinciple, and of propagating ameng the peo-
G!e of this country, the opinion that the Bri
tish doctrine on that controvefsy was the
correct one, and that our cluim bad .@ot the
solid fouadation of justice. oS ;
The question of our right to the colonial
trade is next to that respecting impressments
the most important of any which has ever
been agitated between Great Britain and us,
since the peace of our Independence, It
would ever take the kad of that, if the se
curity to person#l libetty were not prior in
the nature and duaties of government, to any
possible question relating to mere property.
As it affects the interest of this Union, its
greatest hmportance is 10 the ecastein ang
' FROM THE BOSTON PATRIOT.
AMERICAN PRINCIPLES.
commercial section ; 10 New-Logland cun.”
mierce and pavigation, it is übsoluu)&)im. it
is by means of this trade, and el this sione,
that we are provided with substitutes lor ~
these rich stuples of commerce, which nuture
bas bountifully bestowed upon the scil und
climute of our southein brethren, and which
she has denied to us, 10 sbundon the right
to this colonial trude, therelore is to secrifice
not only one of the bhest lights of an inde
pendent nution, but the peculiar and most pre
cious interests of New-Logiand. At the
time when this letter wgs writien, G. Britin
hud struck a deadly blow ut this unquestionas
ble right, and this niomentous interest, Ace
cording to her usual custom, she hud begun,
without an hour’s notice, tQ swc;? the ocean
clear of American property, under the e«
sumrﬁw of & new pretended principle, end
she had set her most uccomphished sophisis
in the schools of nutionul | jurisprudence, at
work, to colour her robberies with a show of
argument. At that time, the cause of truth,
of justice, and of America wWas POPULAR.
The very day beiore this leterol Mr. Ames’s
was dated, the gvinciple of the Anierican
rigit had been asserted by an un ."
in the senate of the United Stutesy ¢
was not a man of any character as a tes
man, in the United States, who dared 10 ade
vocate the Rritish pretentions. The vey
Banks ond Insurance Offices rescunded w'ul
the cry of British injustise and of Americun
independence. Ewven then, however, Mr. A.
und some less than half a dozen others, had
been brouyght te imugine that they bad probed
this subject to the butom, and had found thet
the true principle was that asserted by G.
Britain, und that the best thing we couid o,
would be to suémit. The process by which
this conviction wus wrought upon the mind
of Mr. Ames, was an operation upon the 8
articles ol creed, which the fanaticks of his
political sect had imposed upon his unders
standing, and which were unfulded in my last
papere=the worshift of British foweremcxe
cration of Francceand coniemplifor the people
of America. His letter of the 27tk ANovv. 1805,
to the sume member of congress,confined alto
gether to the discussiq"_olthh topick, proves
that the sophistry of the ‘British phamphleteers
had taken compler possession of his mind.
The British principle was right, because the
British power on the sea wos irresistible. It
was right because it was necessary to Britaip
fighting for her existemce.~=lt wus right be
cause ; rance had no navy =-It was right bes
with her cof&%' time of peace. Thiy
cause Yrance. Dot permit us to rade
reasoning so exactly resembling that of
Ksop’s wolf,in his dispute with the ' lamb,
had actually proved too strong for Mr.Ames’s
dialecticks. He had a considerable pecuniary
interest at stake upon the issue of resistance
against ZAut sally of British rapine. But
moncy, even his own money, was nothing ang
less than nothing in his eyes, when the necess
sity of Britain’s agonies or the supremacy of
Britain’s naval dominion, came in conflics
with ity in a strugle against France. His o=
pinion of British spirit was as exalted as hig
idea of British logick, and from his coniempt
for our faculties, both of heart and head, he
concluded that we should only bluster, but
that John Bull would say he was “ as liutle
convicted as afraid,”” and that we should witie
mately acquiesce. It did so happen, that we
persevered in our claims, and that John Bull,
whether convinced or afraid, did at that time
abandon his pretension.
It was, however, again assumed in sub
stance, by the far famed orders in council of
Ahe 11th Noveniber, 1807. The prospect of
a war with England was now rendered mucis
more probable. As it advanced,and the dun
gers of our country increased, the worships
pers of Britain saw a dawn of hope, that with
the aid ol British doctrines, thc{o might hurl
from power the then administration, and vault
into the ir seats themselves. T'hey renounce
ed all pretence to eny claim of right against
Great Britain, and immediately after the out«
rage committed upon the Chesageake, fore
mally undertook to justify in a publick news
paper of this town, the act of the British Ad
miral Berkely, upon a pretended right of the
British to take seamen from an American pas
tional ship, by ferce.
Mi.Ames’ snamber of friends have not scen
fit w 0 indulge the publick with his sentiments
upon that transaction. We kiow not wether
he had reconciled %ia soul 10 the belief, that
every British naval Licutenant had a right to
search an Amercan ship of war for men ; but
we confess that judgment from the specimens
they have given of his lute sentiments upon
British rights, we do not regret the loss of
his opinions upon the affair of the Chesa
peake.
The people were alarmed by the near pros
pect of u war with England.—The people were
distressed by the operation of the embargo e
The people were partially deluded by the
impesture of a pretended mission to atone
for the attack on the Chsapeake. At that
critical moment, one of those very Sepators,
who in February, 1806, had voted that the
British pretension to exclude us from the
colonial trade in time of war, was a violation
of our rights, und an encroachment upon our
independence,came out in a printed pan phlet
as the champion fpr that very British preten
sion. The argument of Mr. Ames’s lctters
‘oubtless had converted him from the Amer.
ican errour of his ways ; and although Mr,
Ames, when writing those letiers, had felt ig
10 be the duty of “ a goad citizen to be silent
while our side was argued,” yet his fricpds
Vi, ‘2.