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sterling academy.
THE Trustee* of Srcxjuxc rfc-cos
ur give publick notice, that their
School w Eaconk Hill, in Sterling, (Con*
iecttent,) Is now opened under the care
and inrtiuctfon of the Rev. Elijah G.
Welles, (whd n also engaged io supply
the Puipit iti said Socjety,) where young
(•. otknun and Ladies may be instructed
in the \ arieus branches of Science usual
ly uuiprt in Academies, upon reasonable
i«n<l with the strictest fidelity.
« u. « F**c Trustee* tatter themselves that
V < the waHkuowu abilities of the Preceptor.
»I»F irfciibnbly pleasant and healthful sit
, of pmee, the cheap aud agrre-
HldeuboariHug frhich the neighbourhood
fuißuhes, will be fi»ducemei»t* to people
wlu> send thlffk children abroad fur educa
*ri, »»J*r«sar their Academy.
l4, 1810. 12t.
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rousmaniehe a bahbe>
Have just published, and have for sale at
* their Book and Stationary Store, "No. 1
- mid 2 Long-Wharf, Newport. Sothe
>»’* translation of W*«law»*» Osr
row, is two volumes, Urao, <
*TpHW exquisitively beautiful and io Eu
A rope highly estimated Poem, is as yet
but little known in the United Slates. The
exEwaaive high price of the London edition,
hM almoat operated as « prohibition of its
perusal here. To this, the first American
edition, is prefixed an original preface con
taining critical remarks on rhe Poem, and
biographical notices of the authour and
translator. Thia edition io typographical
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. dun. The price of the London edition is
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BARRETT & SHATTUCK,
Silk, Cotton, Woollen and Linen Dy era
and Finishers,'
g A'a. 53, fiCw»OjfuT-<SZ»wr, corner of Union
fl Street, Boston,
WOULD inform their friends, amd thi.
publick, tbat they t auiinee to carry
on the DYING BUSINESS, on an eo
larged scale, and in a manner of wotk
tnanship, superioar co wny establishment of
the kind in America.
TheyDyrand Ftahb. Breadcloths, C»»-
simeres, Satins, Lustrings, Crapes, Laces.
Sarsnets, Sowing Silks, Ribbons, Silk, Cot
ton and Wnefllen Hugiery and Gloves, Fe>
rets, Silk Bhwwfe, Cotton Cnthhricki, un
iashiouabie Cnlioses dyed black tual fin
. ‘fehedvw Hambricks, hiding the figure; re
store spotted goods; dye antf finish ladies’
Satin, Lustring and Cambrick Gowns, and
dress them in a manner to make them as
handsome as new goods; Lace Veils, which
have become yellow, whitened, or dyed
black ; gentlemen’* Coats, P.»ntafoou» and
Vests cleansed, or dyed as requiredrfZrp,
Cotton, Yarn, Thread, &c. fee.
They dye scaneton woollen, silk and cot
ton, equal to any done in Europe ; also on
> hair and feathers, for military use.
,Tncy nuuulacture and keep cqqstantiy
for iple, superipur fine ground and BOLT
ED CAMWOOD, which, from their expe
rir«ice by using, they will warrant pure and
free of ail kuulaof adulteration. Ctathk-rr
and others, who been disappointed in
the quality of this article, are respectful))
invited to give. theirs a trial. Alsu rasped
Logwood, Fust ink, Nicarenga and Red
wood, all which they warrant pure, and of
genuine quality.
Gouds for dying, fee. received and de
livered after dying, by John Ji. Carpenter
Agent, Providence ’ Every article car*
folly attended to. and dyed according t.
Erection.
Boston, Jugust 16, 1810. 3m.
NOTICE.
THE Subscribers hereby give publick
notice, that they have been appoint*-
to administer upon the Estate of John Ro
Ggtt, Ute of Providence, deceased ; tha
they have accepted of said trust, and given
bonds as the law directs: They therefor*
request all persons who are iudxbled to the
Estate of said deceased, to make pay
ment without delay J and ail persons hat
ing claims against said Estate, to exhibit
them for settle menu
ELIZABETH ROGERS.
jfdmi nist <atrix.
SAMUEL NIGHTINGALE. Jun.
* Mnunistrator.
rfagrurt) 17, 1810. 'f 6..
NOTICE.
THE Subscribers hereby give publick
notice they have been appoint
ed by the Hunouapble Court of Probate of
the town of Providence, in the County uf
Providence, Administrator* upon the Es
tate of Mary Spraus, Ute ot said Provi
dence, widow,deceased, intestate, and have
accepted of the trust. They therefore re
luest alt persons, who are indebted to the
.slate trf th* said deceased-, to make pay-
Darnt to eitbvr of •* without delay; and
*• also all pereaas, who have ckkns against
the said Estate, to exhibit them as soon as
»>yb*. . .
WALTER PAINE,
• *T • . GARDNER DAGGETT.
AtfyAL 181*. ~ <
Straw Braid and Trimmings
Xl7 ILL be token in payment tor (toods,
’’ at Stor* 19, Cheap Side, if of a
good quality.
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Juty 31, 1810 , 12t.
On Allen’s Wharf, North End, Providence,
TWELVE Hhds. of -sweet- flavoured
Rum,
Cheap-Side,
AVERY extensive assortment of the
most fashionable ENGLISH, INDIA
nod SCOTCH GOODS, Vis.
Real/fepurhw black, Idwr, tmttfegreen
aed mixedfkeadcloths; do. low priced—
sqperhne CaMimerca of all colours, do. low
priced—superfine Imperial Cord, Imperi
al Cotton du.—Velvets, white 1 , black and
buff leans ; white Cambricks, from If. 6d.
to lbs. per yard; Jaoouet Cumbriok*,
lace, pearl, seeded, India, tamboured nod
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hna, Cambrick, common and Furniture Di
ni uy i elegan^fiaiid 7-qc. twdfed Shawls;
worked bordered long Shawls ;■ red, pink,
Duff, white and blue Saragossa Cambricks;
wumms’ white, black and date Cotten
Hose ; toons’ de a great vas icSy xrf CaH
CQMvdThe newest sty be; elegant Smidf-qr.
.lilk Ginghams ; 3, 4 and 6 qr. light and
dark large and small Plaid Cnttou Ging
mms; white, black,' red, buff, ieaQ and
fawn twitted Cambrlcti; black and o
toured plain do. fi-qr. plain black Silk Lace
fer Veils, Tabby Velvets, fancy and silk
leno Honnet Handkeiohirfe, Italian Plaid,
plain Florence, India plaid andplain Lu
strings of different Colours, black and pink
Sarsnrts, bl ivk and purple Sathis, Modes,
6-qr. silk damask Shawls, Madras, Btuida
uo and Civiton H-udkercbi> fs, black bilk
Handkerchiefs. Grandnrels, Cottun Caasi
ineres, short and long Nankins, Sattinets,
Mandarin Cambldt, Dimity, Satin, fine
mid coarse Lmens, Erown Holland, Dia
pers, .Sheeting Cotton, GiUa Handkes’-
ibarfs, Capters Hair Shawls and Scurfs,
Cuttoii Luces, Silk Laoe Sleeves,. r*d and
'•lack Morocco chlidi ens’Hats and Jockter,
Si k, Ptes. Needles, fcotton and linen Bew
■ngs, Silk Glove*, tong and short Kiddo,
ded Laces,llndia Co*wars of every descrip
tion, with, a varhdy </ nther Goods, not
liarticuiarisect; allqf which *re offered to
.he piiblick very low.
jftfh Jbr late, 1 ' -
-Ten ijhds. of quality Fayetteville
Tobacco, which wdi be sold considerably
lower than the market price. ,
May 22. 1810 tf.
nearly opposite the Turk’s Head,
H\S uow on hand for sate, a much bet
ter assortment uf EUROPEAN and
INDIA GOODS, than is usually found in
Stores at this season, which he is determin
ed to sell at reduced prices, at wholesale
or retail, ainosg which are, superfine, mid
dling, and low-priced Broadcloth* aud Cus
wimeres. Calicoes, Ginghams and Cham
brays, white and Coloured Cambricks, su
perfine, middling and low-priced home
made British wnd India Shirting Cottons,
homemade Stripes, Checks and Chambrays
i»y the yard, piece or quantity ; a com
plete assortment of M«n»’ and Womens’
silk, cotton and worsted Hose; 6, 7 and
8-qr. Table D wnask aud Diaper, brown
<nd whit* Linens, with A great variety of
irticles ton numerous u> particular!*?. He
has likewise, No. 4. 4 1-2 and 5 Pins;
Z—9 Bristol Crown Window Glass, elegant
Looking-Glasses, with sundry articles of
Cutlery and Hardware Goods at whole
sale.
FEor sale by tbe subscriber,
(JR 1 1'Y Ba<es ot UpLmd Cotton.
70 Barrels of mess anil prime Pork,
60 Barrel* of Het rings,
20 do prime Beef,
1 Ifhd: of West-India Rum,
JtESO,
2 Hhds. of superior quality of Tobacco,
Kegs of do. Hyson, Young Hyson, Souchong
ind Bohea Teas, of a sti|>eriour quality,
Dy the chest, dozen or pound.
jlfiri/ 6. 1810 * tf.
■ Dry Goods, as usual.
RUM, BRANDY, &c. a
FOB BALE BY . (
THOMAS VOAX,
Just received, >and furcate t>y
B. & T. €. HOPfW,
Ten Ton«f Hud», V
20 Boxes of Sheet iron,
A few Casks of Browimtout Foster,
10 Packages of Elfish tiixxls, consisting
of superfine Broadcloth*, Uurants, Bomba
set* of different colours, Shalloons, Ging
hams, Calicoes, Cainbrkkk, Bcc.
Attgutt If, 1010.
N. TINGLEY,
sod noW opening for sale at Store No, 5,
GOODS.
SAMUEL AMES,
At hu new Btote, No. 1, Weybwwct-Street,
Of the latest import at ions «u*u Boston.
yvsr EEctfrkn ar
FKEBH GOODS,
ALSO,
Having again consented tq be a candi
date, with my pi c-sentpolteagpe,
son, for the twelfth COngrtya, and finding
that for this we are subjected to every spe
cies of Hsisrepreseßtaticm, find that our cod
dect, together with the minority in Con
gress, is represented in opposition to the
administratioo and government of the Uni
ted States, and in favour of Great-Britain,
against! the country thßt gave us birth, and
in which we hold no Inconsiderable stake;
although I do not believe there is a single
man of common sense, or common honesty,
that belietes those insinuations; and al
though you may be assured, that a re-elec
tion will neither gratify my ambition, or
terve my inlet eat; yet, feeling myself as
your Representative, accountable for my
conduct, I shall, however unpleasant the
task, give you a correct account of (he ope
rations of the government, under the dif
ferent administrations, to tfie end of the
last year, principally, 1n respect to the re
ceipts and expenditures, that you may be
the better able to judge for yourselves, as
to the extravagance or economy of your
rulers, and the difference between firofeo
eion and practice not; In the least doubt
ing, that when you are correctly
yon will view things Very differently from
what you do at present i I shall likewise en
deavour to state the different subjects that
haw been before Congress the last winter
-1 shall avow the part that I have taken,
and explain the motives and reasons for
my conduct. I *ha«l do this the more rea
dily. as a man is not justified nor condemn
ed so much by his conduct, as by party
names and prejudices.
The first business that occupied the at
tention of Congress, was the rupture with
the British Minister, (Mr. Jackson,) in
which our government considered them
selves insulted, and refused to have any
further communications with him ; and re
quested his recall. At the same time the
President had instructed our Minister in
London to assure the British government,
that he was very dt'sirous to accommodate
the misunderstandings of the two govern
ments. In this stage of the business we
had from the Senate some vory intempe
rate and imprudent resolutions, hi direct
hostility And contradiction to the assurance*
already given by the Presidaiii; making
war upon the Ministei, white the President
had assured the nation of his sincere desire
tn arisummodAto our differences i It ap
peared to me to be something like the em
bargo, Which, while our Minister Was in
structed to represent h in England aa a
mere manißipal regtriatmnjMws held up
here a* a hostile, coercire find very eft
cient seeasere. And because I coaid not
discover this ln*u)t myself, it being diffi
cult for sou-.* of the friend* of th* reaoto-
» I* • ' \ , w g f t.
PaoM THB CHABLKsreM Tutas.
QUEBKCX.
Ih imitation if CampbelCt Jfohentinden.
Ldm> bowl’d the storm, dark .gloom'd the
' night,
Th* cloudless mars denied tlwir ligiit.
To those who to die bloody fight.
Advanc’d in darkß*ta aileutly. .
No noisy drum alarm'd the o*P,
No «rumpet broke the silence drear, . .
Nor e'en a footstep could you War,
r Asalow they mov'd, and warily
•Quebeck, thy towering.raihpArt* high,
Tbet night haddoom’d in Hamm to lie.
Had pot tbetovreurs of th* skjh ‘
Ail Oppos’d thy focobNb-brarety.
Now dreary silence is no more,y
Earth shakes beneath die cannoe's-rotr,
The s|xrttese snows are limn’d with gore,
And carnage riots horribly.
The gloomy face of murky night,
Is lumin’d by the streams of light,
That upward* from the field of fight,
Gleam to the black sky fearfully.
Alas! ye brave, your homes again
Ye ne’er sliall see—for on the plain
The flower oAh* forte lies slain,
And Britain rtiouts triumphantly.
Ab Whence that loud and piercing yell ?
’Twas Freedom, whe* her here fell >.
A bullet wing'd by fiend* of hell,
Has stain the flow of chivalry.
Tbo* he es deem'd to periab Imre,
Tl»«’ bensble is the Dvantorts bier,
Yet mmsten’d by a soldier** teAr,
Mis name shall live eternally. H.
One of their Representatives ju the Con
gress of the United Stales.
AN ADDRESS
To ntt Fkeemem of T/r* Stan or
Rhode-IsLANb.
Bt ELISHA a. 'POTTER,
political.
Roetrp,
tion to find It, solne thought they saw it in
on* Plato, and some 'that they felt it in
another, and no two found it in the same
place; and because those resolutions rtmto
do ito possible good, and might bring u* into
a ujar with Great-Britain. I felt it my duty
to.oppose them, believing it htirrtlty nt-cet
sery to involve this country in a war, be-
Cquse a foreign NfinistJr and our Secre
tary, had not ‘been uncommonly polite to
each other.
The next business of importance was a
bill to regulate the intercourse between this
country, and Great-Britain, And ? rance
This bill contained three AMlnct prqvi
atoiia; one to interdict the armed ship* of
tho** nations, another th© r*peal of the
non-intercouree : These
* e mUeT P ro '»»»otKwftßv- R Rte
rnitted our vessels tu go to every quarter
of the glbbe, exclhded eve* the trading
vessels of those nations from our en
tirely ; *nd at (he same time restrained
the importation of the products and manu
factures of those nations to vessels direct
from the ports of the nations of which they
were the product or manufacture; not suf
fering them to take a single thing from any
place, that Was the growth or manufacture
of another, although both places were un
der the same government. 'This provision
I thought it my duty to oppose, because it
appeared to me that (vre^t- Britain would
retaliate, and shut all her ports against us;
as any nation must be humbled and de
graded to the lowest degree, that would
permit * free trade to that nation, which
would not suffer the vessels of sv-ch nation
to enter her ports without confiscation;
and because it was giving Great-Britain
*uch an advantage over us as no nation
ought to give to anothet; as a great part
of otir vessels would have gone into her
pottb witli the newsofthe law, which would
have put much of our property into their
hands, and the nation in their power; or
they might have shut all their ports but
one, to which all of our produce would have
been parried, which would have glutted the
market; the English would have bought it
at their own prices, and taken it where
they pleased in their own ships, and all the
loss in the sate, and double freight, must
have fallen on the farmer, Who had worked
hard to raise it. Rut if they should have re
tslnrted fully* It would have brought about
a Cbmptete embargo sod non-intercourse,
which would have been injurious to this
country, end very pleasing to the French
Emperour. And as to all our suff*ring«,
they would have been charged to the Eng
lish, although they wpuld have done no
moi e than to have followed nur own exam
pie, and hate passed just such a law us re
spects us, as we had against them. This
bill passed the House of Representatives
by the usual majority, and was amended
In the Senate, and lost between the two
Houses.
The next subject Was In Gonaequence of
a recommendation by the President to en
list twenty thousand volunteers, and the
detaching df one hundred thouoand militia.
A bill for upwards of thirty thousand vo
lunteers, apportioning ten companies to
this State, originated in the Senate, which
contemplated giving a bounty oa their en
listment, and liberty to retain their arm* at
the expiration of their term. The section
providing for their pay was expunged by
the casting vote of the venerable and prac
tical republican, the Vice-President, and
the bill not afterward* acted upon. The
bill for the one hundred thousand men ori-.
gin a ted in the House of
which authorized volunteer* to b« raised,
instead of drafts; but the deficiency, if any,
to be drafted* Those men were to be raised
for two year*; to be kept in actual service
for nine months after they should arrive at
the place of destination, and might be sent
out <if the United States at any time, if the
President should deem it expedient; were
to be encamped ten days annually, If not
called into actual service, to receive, during
raid time, the same pay and ration* a* re
gular soldiers, and be subject to military
law. Thi* was another measure tbat I wa*
opposed to, believing it inexpedient, oppres
sive and unnecessary ; and a* it would have
cost the United States three millions of dol
lars, if >«ie men were not called into actual
service; and because I did not consider it
a duty that the militia was hound, by th*
constitution, to perform; a* J could not see
any difference between detaching and im
pressing, and no provision, by which a per
son detachedv whatever may have been the
situation of himself or family, could have
been excused, by finding a substitute, <*•
paying an equivalent; and becaaae I con
sidered those encampment*. eChcole for
vice, idleness end dlssipstfon, believing
tbat our youth would return from them
touch worse cili Seos, and no belter Soldier*.
Thi* Ijill. with att its imperfections, passed
the House ofi 'Repi-rsenUtiVeM t>y the usual ■
Majority ; but postpnoed in thv Senate. .1
The next bill of importance was riffcred 1
late in the session, as a substitute for the J|
billioat between the twa lruses; tWoof fl
its pVovisfons were similar tn two In th* fl
Mfty bHI, as respected armed thips and th*
non-intercourse; hut, that part which te- 1
lated to our commercial relations wrfh I
Great-Britain and France, permitted a free
trade to Iroth those nations, as long as they ■
continued ihrir injustice towards us; but if I
eitjur of them should rescind Us fir unjukt 1
decrees, and the other .nation did not/with- J|
in three months, follow the th*
J‘‘eAi(|e|t was anihorised to igtfrdict alt 9
< omiuctße with the natfoti so r* fusing to fl
rescMJur decrees. But when thi* motion 1
W*e elder cqMittejytfonj another . *ob*U< I
tote was oflfered »6r It by way of amfihd- I
ment, which had been agreed upon in can- I
*us (he evening before, and carried the I
same day it wks offered, which ,w*a tn add
ffiy fier cent, to th< duties nowfpoitedted ’ I
<m airimportations from preat-Britain and I
Fi ance end their dependencies. This wae
said to be h measure of coercion and retail- f
ation against thine nation*; a* the Pre4» ’j
dent was authorised to abolish those duties
on the importations from the nation who ‘ J
would rescind her decrees against ui-»
This appeared to me to be a strange kind
■of retaliation on those who had injured us,
by laying an enormous tax on ouruelve*, s
tbe effect of which would have been, to
have given six or eight million* of dollar*
to the very rich importing merchants, in
ihe great commercial cities, and to have
operated a* a tax oh MR* Consumer to that
amount; and to have brought hut little I '
money into the Treasury. Three mer
chant* who had those goods on baud would
have added the fifty per cent, to their
price*, and it womd have prevented im- t
portation to any extent. This tax I consid
ered unjust and unnecessary; pernicious in !
Its principles, and injurious in itp conae- '
quince*. If it was meant to have increased
the revenue fifty per cent, it wou d not
have uMwered the purpose; a* political
arithmetick differs very touch from’ any
other kind, in that two and two, will ng*
make four. If y<»u double yo<a< duple*, yt»u
do not double you< revenue, nor increase It •
in proportion a* you increase your dupe*;
for whenever your duties are
high, you discour age importations, dttoin-
Lsh consumption, and by ufft ring a bounty
you uicreßs* smuggling; and instead .of be
nefiting our revenue, we should have in
jured it. This, to me, was another wild
scheme to protect our own citiseu* and to
avenge their wrongs, by taking fioifi th*
poor and common class of people about aix
or eight millions of dollars, and giving It
to a very few rich importing merchants;
this would have been adding burden* to
your iujurte*. But this bill, as strange *•
it nyty seem, passed the House of Repre
sentatives by the usual majority ; but th* *4*
section laying the fifty per cent, duty was *
stricken out in the Senate, ih my
opinion, Incalculable mltehief Was prevent
ed, during a h>og, tedious 'and useless see- ,
stun tn th* hAtfon. I wa* also opposed to
this duty, because 1 thought when it w»*
once put oh, it would be difficult' to get it
uff; a* it i* always easy to find realnns for
hying taxes, raising salaries and
expenses ; but very difficult to find * MR
ahle time, and proper place, to begin to in
duce or retrench them; and because I
thought if we conducted economically We
should not want more money: and as to
its being a measure of retaliation, it ap
peared to toe to be perfectly ridiculous, to
pass law* operating exclusively aguintt '
oursvlves, with a view to retaliate upot*
other nations, whrn it Would have no other
effect, but to make the rich very rich, add
the Common people,* poor indeed.
Late in the session, resolution* Were of
fered to reduce the army and n«vy. They
passed the House by large majoi itte*. and
bill* wer* ordered to be brought in for tbat
purpose; and although tbe mover of them
was very sincere, It wa* soon discovered
that Ao reduction was to take place.
When I saw that the navy and 1 army, thg
last year, had coat the United Stetes' five
Millions, ’seven hundred and seventy-three
thousand, five hundred and thirty deilars,
ninety-seven cents, (D. 4,773,530 97 Cto,}
ard that the army the last year had sdet
u* eight hundred and twenty-eight thou- ' ,
sand, three hundred and sixty-two ddllars,
eighteen cents, (D. 828,369 16 Cte.) more
than the artoy under Adams’ administra
tion the most extravagant year; and that
they had done but linle other service than
ditching and clearing a bog near New-Or
leans, in which service nearly one thou- ’jR
sand of them. After suffering what no other
men ever suffered, in any country, or th -
any occasion, ingiork»o*ly fell victims to
disease 0 I W*« >R favour of tbererelg-