The Rhode-Island American, and general advertiser — Providence [R.I.], 1810-05-11 00:00:00, page 1

BENJAMIN T. CANDLER
HAS just received, And oflips for oak,
26Hhds. of RUM of a superiour quali
&OCUUl& * * roer * l *
May 4» 1610. tf.
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THE RHODE-ISLAND AMERICAN,
AND GENERAL ADVERTISER.
J. B. WOOD’S
GENERAL PRICE-CURRENT OF BANK NOTES,
AS THEY ARE RECEIVED AT MIS EXCHANGE-OFFICE, PMOyiDENCE, (R, I.)
» NEW-HAMPBHIRE.
. Bills of the New-Hampshire, ditto payable in Pbdadelphiar-Portamouth, ? - . „ x ..
' Union, Strafford, and Exeter Banka, - -7. . V . .. . J -1 to 2 per cent du.
Concord Banks, - 6 do.
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MASSACHUSETTS.
Bills of the United States Branch, Massachusetts, Union, and Boston Banks, . • . . Par.
Salem, Essex, Beverly, Marblebead, Newburyport, Gloucester, (Cape-}
Ann,) Plymouth, Worcester, Bedford, Paciftck, and Nantucket A...... 11-2 per cent. dis.
/Portland, Maine, and Saco Banks, * 1 1-2 to 2 do,
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Penobscot, .../.... 20 do.
Northampton, - . 20 do.
CONNECTICUT.
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don, Union, Derby, and Bridgeport Banks, | 1-2 per cent. dia.
VERMONT.
Bills of the Vermont State Banks, 15 per cent. dis.
nacca Skins.
ONE Hundred and Fifty-four Pigs of
Buenos Ayres COPPER, and 700
GUANACCA SKINS, imported in tht
Ship George and Mary, John C. Bucklin,
Master, and for sale bv
TAYLOR & TALBOT.
Mi* 8, 1810.
THE Subscriber requests those persons
who have unsettled accounts with
him, and those whose notes are due, to call
rnron him for settlement! at the Store op
pteite Mr. S. N. MichmoncPt, Cheap-Side
JOSEPH 8. COOKE.
Baid Cooks wishes to purchase a quanti
ty of STRAW PLMT and TRIMMINGS,
for which full price Bid good pay will li
ghten.
May 8, 1810. *
The above Paica-CvaaaxT will be carfdly corrected every Friday,
&To the above Discount there will be a email advance for email eume, and Bills under
5 dollars, not of tbit State. \
•.• United States and Boston Bills, or Specie, will be given for any Bills received at par,
for half per cent, for sums over $ 20—under g2O, 1 per cent, advance.
Any dietant Banting Company, wiehing their Bille to be received at PAa, will bleaec to matt
arrangemente accordingly, and they will be duly attended to.
The most punctual attention will be paid to all Letters, (post paid,) addressed to J. B.
Woos, enclosing Bills to be exchanged, and the earliest remittances made to any part of the
Uqion, per fret, or not to euceed the eecond mail. All Bank Notes that he passes will be
wabaaittbd good, and should any counterfeit Bills be received in Lettere, tfiey will be
returned.... Bank Notes examined gratis heart from eunrife until euneet.
ExsHANOK-Orrioa, Providence, fR. If May 11, 1810.
SMITHFIELD BILLS
ARE received for Merchandise dt par,
and will bo exchanged by the sub
scribers for Bills of the Providence Banks,
kt half per cent, discount.
GREENE & CARTER.
May 11. 1810. tf.
For CHARLESTON, (S. C.)
. THE Schooner MERCU-
RY, Elisha Swikt, Mqs-
HXJJ* ter, to sail in FOUR DAYS.
For Freight or Passage, hav
ing elegant accommodations, apply on
board at Moses Eddy and Brother’s Wharf,
or to EARL p. PEARCE.
May 8, 1810. .
fcuenos Ayres'Copper and Gua-
ONE hundred and ten Boxts of Havana
brown SUGARS of a superiour quali
ty, just landing, and for sale by
BLODGET & POWER.
May 8, 1810.
MARYLAND. m
Bißs of the United States Branch Bunk,
JUnion Bank of Maryland, Bank of Columbia, Hagerstown, Bank of}
Bdtimore, Branch oi the Farmers’Bank of Maryland, and Mechanicks’C 1 to 4 per cent. dis.
Bank of Baltimore, - - j .
’ VIRGINIA. z
Bitts of the United States Branch Bank, p Mr .
Bank of Virginia, ...... . • . . . 2 percent, dis.
BiHi of the United States Bank«... p w .
Farmers* and Mechinicb’, Philadelphia, Bank of Pennsylvania, and 7
Bank of North-America, -
Bills of the Pennsylvania Branch Bank at Pittsburg,2 per cent. dis.
DELAWARE.
Bills of the Farmers'Bank, and Bank of Delaware, • • • • • • • 2to 6 per rent, dis-
KENTUCKY.
BiUs of the Kentucky Insurance Company, 12 1-3 per cent. dis.
NORTH-CAROLJNA,
Bills of the Cape Fear, and Newbern Banks, ... 12 14 per
SOUTH-CAROLINA.
B'dla of the United States Branch Bank, Par,
Stale, and South-Carolina Banks, .3 per cent, dis
. OHl °' •
BIIU of the Marietta, Miami Exporting Company and Chillicothe Banks, 1$ to 90 per cent. dis.
NEW-YORK.
BtHs of the United States Branch Bank, Par.
Merchants, Manhattan Company, Bank of New-York, New-York State,")
Bank of Albany, Mohawk, Farmers’, Bank of Hudson, and Bank of C Par.
Columbia, J
* NEW-JERSEY.
Bills of the Jersey, Trenton Banking Company, Newark Banking and?
Insurance Company, and Bank of New-Brunswick, r J -—-Far.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
11l of the Union Bank, Bank of Alexandria, and Bank of Potomack, 3to 6 per cent. dis.
LOUISIANA TERRITORY.
sill*5 ill* ef the United State* Branch Bank, • -
apt of Louiaiaaa,
RHODE-ISLAND. \
Bills of the Providence, Exchange, Roger William*, Bank of Rhode-}
Island, Newport,- Rhode-Island Union, Bank of Bristol, Commercial, C
Warren, Rhode-Island Central, and Narraganset Banks, . . . . S
Washington Bink, . ‘
Volume 11.
TAKE NOTICE.
SUGARS.
“TUB NATION WHICH INOyLOBS TOWABPS ANOTHBB AN -HABITUAL HATIgD, OB AN KA BITUAL FONDNESS, IS IN SOMB 080888 A SLA Ng.”— WASHIMXJTOJV.
PENNSYLVANIA.
* * 3 per cent. dis.
MHS. RUDD solicit* the attention of
her friends in Providence,* and in
form* them that she has taken that large
and commodious BOARDING-HOUSE.
No. S, Gold-Street, two doors from Mai-,
and next above her former resi
ce. Her thanks are tendered to those
who have favoured her with their custom.
New-York, May 1, »BbQ.
CHILDRENS’ HATS.
T’HIS day opening at the Pmovidemck
* Hat-Stobe. No 13. Cheap-Side, an
-s»nrtment of YOUTHS’ and CHIL
DRENS’ HATS—black and drab, of an
excellent quality—cheap for cash.
ARNOLD HUFFUM, Jgent.
Sth Mo. 4, 1810. 4
School for Young Ladies.
T> ESPECTFULLY informs his friends,
the P ublick <' that he has opened
‘ SCHOOL for YOUNG LADIES/at his
dwelling-house in Providence; where he
will teach Spelling, Reading, Writing,
English Grammar, Composition, Arith
metic k: And, without any additional ex
pense, those who are sufficiently advanced
in the above studies, snail be taught the
use of the •Artificial Globea, Astronomy,
Geography and History. The delicate
State of his health having rendered this ar
rangement necessary, he hopes for the
kind patronage of those parents who pre
fer to send their daughters to a School ex
clusively for Females.
May 8, 1810. tf.
I wKDs. THE Schooner Ad • m amt,
B. Cobb, Master, will
Ba *' * n *^“ r day a. Fur Freight
or Patsage, on very reasona
ble terms, apply to the Master on board,
at Bvtlkr’s Wharf, or
AMASA & Wm. H. MASON.
May 4, 1810.
M < Par.
- 10 per cent. die.
For,BOSTON,
A CARD.
PROVIDENCE, FRIDAY, MAY IT, 1810.
* Toe following circumstances will not
have to combat similar difficulties. I de-
From a venerable friend of Dr. Wither
spoon, I have derived the following circutn*
stances concerning Hume, with whom this
'gentleman was well acquainted. He al
leges that this sceptical philosopher did not
die in all that composure, or rather that
impious levity of mind, which has been
ascribed to him, by the ardent but indis
creet seal of his friend, Adam Smith. He
cites the testimony of the nurse who at
tended the bedside of Hume at the try
ing hour, and she asserted that he diedin
horronr. I am sensible that the evidence
of a person in so humble* a station stands
very little chance of being received, in op
position to the high authority of Adam
Smith and Dr. Black
sure,
slow beats my heart, and so languid its
For The Rhode-Islaxd Am uric am.
MORAL AND RE LIO IO US HINTS.
Where hearts beat no more and the tears shall
be dry i
There souls upon earth in each other delighted,
By friendship, by honour, by virtue united,
Shall frieet, and their pleasures no more shall
be blighted i
But perfect and purs as their love be their joy.
lection.
The silent tear fell—and the pensive reflection
Immers’d my sad bosom in deepest dejection.
On which cheering hope scarcely glances a
beam.
measure,
Sc dreary, so lonely, a stranger to pleasure.
Around it affliction her mantle hath roll’d. .
But meek resignation, supporting the spirit,
Unveils a bright scene to the uplifted eye j
A scene which the patient and pure shall in
herit, <
In vain into beauty all nature is springing,
In vain smiling spring does the blossoms un-
fold,
In vain round ,my cot the wing’d chorister’s
singing
When each soft affection is dormant and cold i
Ev*n sad as the merchant bereav’d of his trea-
Presented the form I must ever esteem.
Retrac’d scenes of pleasure, alas ho w fallacious,
Evanescent all—all as the shades of a dream ;
Yet still as they rush’d thro* oppress’d recol-
powers.
I paus’d on the strain, and fond memory, tena
cious,
To rte Adi'ror* of thP Rhodt-Itland American.
Gbntlbmcm,
Tws subjoined fragment I hare stolen from
a lady’s pocket-book, have ventured to
transmit it to, you for publication. 1 have seen
many fugitive pieces that represent the ruins
of the human mind, but t think scarce any in
which the subject and thfl sceneiy are so for
cibly impressed. C.
THE DAYS THAT ARE GONE. -
Tub sun was departed, the mild sepbyrs blow
Bore over the plain the perfume of the flowers t
In soft undulations the streamlet was flowing,
And calm meditation Jed forward the hours j
I struck the full chord and the ready tear
started,
I sung of an exile forlorn, broken hearted.
Like him from my bosom all joy is departed,
And sorrow has stol’n from the lyre all its
WHD and devious is thy way,
Madly roart the rushing blast;
Spirit of the tempest, say,
Whence that solemn sthdn!
Hark, now it swells again;
Lo! it tells of acenes long past, ;
When love was kind, and fancy gay,
And hope, deceitful, smiled upon each blissfill
day.
High and fearful is the rock,
Madly roan the rushing streamj
Spirit! pity; .do not mock:
Sounds not there the maniack’s scream ?
Hark! Hark! The maniack calls ;
I go! I’ll brave the bellowing falls,
I go where madness leads.
Lo, seated on a cliff.
Below whose giddy height
Whirlwinds wheel the clamourous wave,
Whirlwinds round the mountain rave,
A maniack sits and sings of unknown deeds,
Whispering sad tales to the unconscious ear of
night.
And often as she sings, 4
She strikes With wild and rapid hand
The harp’s responsive strings.
dj* The publick have already been thrown
into spasms of extacy with a delicate poetical
morceau,entitled “Days that gone.”
Its similitude to the foUowjog piece, extracted
from an old paper, we do not pretend to ac
count for.
No. XXXIII.
DAVID HUME.
Peetrp.
jßoral.
Sir—Havi. g received information that
certain imputations have been alleged
against me by the late Captain George'Pe
ter, and certain subalterns in office, which
are calculated to affect my character as a
military officer, it is my earnest desire that
a court of inquiry should be order-d to ex
amine into my conduct from the com
mencement of my military sorrier, with
I am persuaded, suffer a fellow-citizen who
has been devoted to the publick service
more than 3S years, and haanothing left
him but conscious fidelity and attachment
to his native country, to sue In vain for
Justice.
The enclosed letter to the Secretary of
War, was written anteriour to the receipt
of my notification of recall from the com
mand on the Mississippi, and will evince
my readiness and my desire for a full in
vestigation of my conduct.
With perfect respect, I have the honour
to be, Sir, your most obedient servant.
JAMES WILKINSON.
The Hon. J. B. Varxvm, Eoq. Speaker
of the Houee of Refireeentativee.
I aver my innocence of the foul offences
which are imputed to me, and aeclare my
ability to sapport it before any unpreju
diced court. Through you, Sir, I appeal
to my country, and I claim that right
which is not refused to the most profli
gate—the right of confronting my accusers.
The Representatives of the people will not,
I now present myself to the Representa
tive Body of the nation, the guardians of
the publick weal, and the protectors of in
dividual rights, to express my earnest de
sire that they may constitute some impar
tial tribunal which may be governed with
strictness by the principles of the constitu
tion and the laws of evidence, to investi
gate the conduct of my whole life, civil
and military, whereby justice may be done
and my unexampled persecution be ter
minated.
• G£JV£RAL WILKINSON.
Since this notorious officer baf arrived at
Washington, he ha* communicated the
two letters following to Congress, through
the Speaker of the House.
Wasuirgtor, April 19,1810.
Sib—After a tedious passage from New*-
Orleans, I arrived at Baltimore on thfc 17th
instant and reached this city the next day.
My absence has been necessarily protract
ed by the selection of papers from a mass
of 20 years accumulation, for the establish
ment of facts to yefute the multifarious and
diversified calumnies by which I have been
assailed.
rived them from the same source with thi*
which I have mentioned. It seems thai
Hume received a religious education fron.
his mother, and, early in life was the sub
ject of strong and hopeful religious unprea.
aioos; but as he approached manhood, the)
were effaced, and confirmed infidelity sue
ceeded. Maternal partiality, howevei
alarmed at first, came at length to look
with less and less pain upon this declension,
and filial love and reverence seems to have
been absorbed in the pride of philoaophi
cal*scepticism. For Hume now applied
himself with unwearied, and, unhappily,
with successful efforts, to sap the founda
tion of his mother’s faith. Having succeed
ed in this dreadful work, he went abroad
into foreign countries, and as he was return
ing an express met him in London with a
letter from his mother, informing him that
she was in a deep decline and could not
long survive. She said she had found her
self without any support in her distress;
that he had taken away that source of
comfort, upon which, in all cases of afflic
tion, she used to rely, and that now she
found her mind sinking into despair. She
did not doubt that her son would afford her
some substitute for ner religion, and she
conjured him to hasten to her, or, at least
to send her a letter, containing such conso
lations as philosophy can afford to a dying
mortal. Hume was'overwhelmed with an
guish on receiving this letter, and hasten
ed to Scotland in post-chaises and four,
travelling night and day, but before he ar
rived his mother expired.
No permanent impression seems how
ever to have been made on his mind by
this most trying event, and whatever re
morse he might have felt at the moment,
he soon relapsed into his wonted scorn and
obduracy of heart. One would have sup
posed that such a circumstance must have
embittered his dying moments, and would
of itself have produced all the horrour as
cribed to him by his female attendant.
Silliman’t Journal.
Friday, 11th lBlO.
CoLUMIM Shing, October 18, 1809.
injunctions » report an opinion. Or should \
my enemies have been hardy enough to \ * J
prefer formal charges a gainst me, which ,
are deemed worthy of investigation, that
an arrest may ensue and a general. court r <
martial appointed for my trial. •
In making this request I am moved by a
consciousness of my integrity, by a sacred
regard to my character, and the self-con
viction that I have served my country with
seal and fidelity ; and that I have never
deceived disclaiming at the same time'
all advantages to be derived from any act
dr clause of limitation.
But as thja.has been the theatre of my*
command,generally, for 11 years past, as
my companions in service and the evidence
of my conduct, (many of whom have'tw
tired |o the walks of private life,) are now *
in this country, it will be impossible for me
to command at any distant point the testi
mony necessary to rebut the fictions or
falsehoods »>f my enemies, er to illustrate
my humble services as a publick officer;
I therefore hope the request may not be
deemed an unreasonable one, that the in
quiry or court martial should ha hsM,at <
some military pout within this •
the more particularly as the main body of
the army i» here, and a suitable court can
be formed with more convenience to Indi- *•
viduals who may compose it, and With |hb
less expense to the publick. t
A general office? to relieve me frdhi
command, and to preside at the inquiry
will be the only person necessary to he or
dered out; and under these circumstances,
I flatter myself no gentleman in commis
sion will deem thia duty a hardship.
With perfect respect, I am, Ac.
JAMES WILKINSON.
TAc Hon. Secretary of War.
SBOM THE VIRGINIA PATRIOT.
AN OUTCAST.
“Aaron Rush,” says a late London
paragraph, “ is said to be in Paris, plotting
mischief.**
Fortunately for his country,perhaps for
the world, Aaron Hurr*s days for “plot
ting mischief*’ are over. lie is an outcast
from hit* native shows, a houseless wander
er ; and it is probably of about as much
consequence to the political world whether
he is In Paris or hi Guinea, as it is la the
natural world whether he is dead or alive.
There was a time when Burr might have
won the hearts of his country, and secured
the applauses of age* There was a time
when by a virtuous and prudent course of
conduct, he might have stood next to Wash
ington and Hamilton on the list of Amiri- .
can worthies. But he preferred that crook
ed policy which had for its object personal
•ggrandizement, to the plain path of patri- »
otism and duty ; and he has reaped the
rich and merited reward of his labours, an
old age of care, of ignominy and of obscu
rity. There was a time when his influence
was second, perhaps, to that of no man in
the union—nay, I doubt if there was Mt
even a time when he might have kindled a
flame of civil discord that should have con
sumed the fabrick of our liberties, and then
have quietly seated himself upon its ruins.
Now, he that, at no distant day, shall write
the epitaph of Burr, may say of him, aa
Antony of Cesar:
But yesterday, his word
" Had stood against the world : Now lies he
here,
" And none so poor, to do him reverence.”
The fate of Burr is melancholy ; yet vir
tue cannnt weep over it, because she is
obliged to wish that all who follow the same
path may fall into the same pit. But it
should prove a solemn warning to dema
gogues, and to American demagogues in*
particular: For if Burr, with all his ta
lents, with all his accomplishments, and
with all his influence, succeeded so ill,
what hope can there be for any other ?
Above all, the example of burr affords
an impressive lesson of instruction to our
citizens. Let it never be forgotten that
this man was one of tho»e who professed
the warmest admiration for the people, the
greatest zeal for their welfare, the most
implicit submission to their Let it
never be forgotten, that this man once
wanted but a single vote to have made
himself President of the United Stalest-
Above all, let it be remembered that Aaron
Burr and Thomas Jefferson were sworn
brothers in politicks, equally beloved by
their followers, equally believed to be pa
triots, and equally pretending seal and dis
interestedness in the publick service-—let
it be remembered too, that their final disa
greement was not the result of a difference
in principles, but merely a clashing of in
dividual interest and ajnhjtion ; Burr Could
not brook to hold the second Station in the
government, and Jefferson was i esolved to
possess the first. And now what is Burr,
this boasted patriot, this compeer witi» J*
Numbs* 59.