The Rhode-Island American, and general advertiser — Providence [R.I.], 1810-08-28 00:00:00, page 1

Ifr- FRESH FLdUR.
N9W landing on the Long Wharf, from
the schooner Sally, Captain Potter,
from Alrxmdria, and for sale hy
x Malachi Rhodes Bt.
200 Barrels of FRESH SUPERFINE
FLOUR
jfMgW 24, K!Q.
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THE RHODE-ISLAND AMERICAN,
*’ AND GENERAL ADVERTISER.
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Cotton, Tebaeto and R«*.
’ Received per brig Telegraph. and landing
at/, FrowA’s lower Wharf,
ONE Ifamdred aad fifty-five Bain off
Upland Cotton,
31 Hogsheads of Tobacco, and. ,
fiQ .Casks of Rice.
For sale by .. ALEX JONES
August 24, 1810.
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Administrator.
Augnrt V, UM. ft.
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EMERSON & NELSON,
**/ No. 2 ' MaHKET STBKKT,
H\VE just received a few dozen nice
blue, pink and straw Kid Shoes, for
Ladies and Misses; a few elegant brown
•nd green Morocco do. wkh heels; also,
black Morocco da <rf a pattern entirely
Mw.recently received from Hew-York—
with a variety of other kinds, making an
extensive retailing Assortment.
« They give the most positive assurances
w* their prices eJfoZJ not be found to ex-
Mftf «Mer«. however lew; and kis pre
♦ fumed the publick, will meet no disappoint
ment in continuing to prefer Shoes manu
factured in Reading and Lynn, (Mass.)
which long experience has taught them to
believe superiour to those made bi aey
•ther part of New-Bagtand.
August 3,181 - **
GRAFTON & .HAWKINS
RKSPLCTFULLV inlorm the polllick,
that they still continue to carry .on
the TOBACCO BUSINESS in Its various
branches, and have for sale at their Store
in Market Street, • few doors west off the
Bridge, near the Exchange Bank, all kind*
of Tobacco usually called for, manufac
tured in the best manner, vie,
HEG ROHE AD, by smalt or large quan
tities r
PIGTAIL, 4
POUND-SQUARE,
. LADIES’ TWIST,
LONG and SHORT CUT,
CURL and SQUARE ENDCIG-ARRS.
French, Rappee, Macoboy and Scotch
Snuff; sweet scented Leaf Tobacco, for the
accommodation of their country customers.
All the above articles are warranted to
be of the first quality, and wilt be sold as
low as can be purchased in the United
States. Purchasers are desired to call and
examine for themselves.
Likewise, they have constantly on hand,
LEAF TOBACCO of various qualities,
by the hogshead. Purchasers of this arti -
cle would do well to eaH, for their own
satisfaction ; for they have taken unweari
ed pains to select that of the first quality,
and to set the prices equally as low as can
be purchased any where.
Akgust 10, 1810.
JOSEPH S. MARTIN
NAS FOR SALE, NO. 4, BUTLKR’S WHARfT,
ST. PETERSBURG clean Hemp,
Russia Duck,
Ravens Duck,
Russia Sheetings,
Old and new Sable Bar-Iron.
February 27,1810. tf.
DRAWING AT HAND !!
ON the 30tb instant, (in five da vs,) the
Wheels of the * Smithfield Academy
positively begin' to move, and
will continue until completed- Regular Liats
of Prizes wHlbe reeeivdd, during tie draw
ing, by J B. WOOD, who has a few Tick
ets and Quarters for »al« »
Wholes - • ‘ ’ " ®* . „
Quarters - - -f, . 1 12 l '*
But will rise after the drawing has com-
KtnQed, to 8 4.2 d for Whole*, and 81 25
for Quarter*.
August 24, 1810.
NOTICE. '
THE Subscriber* hereby give pnbiick
notice, that they have been appointed
to administer upon the Estate of Joan Ro-
QK*s, Ute «f Providence, dteeaaed ; that
they ha*e accepted of Mid trast, and give*
bonds a* the law direct*: They therefore
request aU persons who ar* indebted to the
Estate of said deceased, to make pay
ment without delay; and all persons hav
ing claims against said Estate, to exhibit
(hem for settlement.
ELIZABETH ROGERS,
< T Jdmiinatratrijc.
SAMUEL NIGHTINGALE, juh.
FOR SALE,
THAT well-finished three story Duell
ing-House where’tha subscriber now
fives, in Westminster-street, together with
the Out-Buildings. Also, a I*ot on Olney’s
Lane,, (so called,) 120 fret front, running
back about 100 feet, with a Dwelling-
House and Shop thereon standing, in good
repair. Either of the above-mentioned
Estates will be sold very cheap if applied
for soon*
STEPHEN C. SMITH.
N. B, Wanted, by said Smith, two or
three good Journeymen Cordw*iners, to
whom good wags will be given.
Juty ‘2O, riO. lit.
DELAYSARE DANGEROUS,
Real Estate and Bank Shares.
FOR Sde, Vhkty SHARES in 'be Hhode-
Island Central Bunk, and two LOTS
of LAND on Federal HUI, (so called,) in
<igible situations for building lots. Ap
ply to
STEPHEN WATERMAN.
- Juguat 21. 1810.
FOB Sjtl.K BT
EDWARD DEXTER,,
ONE hundred and seventy > n . ,
whale Chaste £
250 half Chests, 3 lta ’
180 Chests, 7
80 half Chests, J Ff y* 6n * ea ’
119 Chests of Hyson Skin Tea,
V *5O Boxes? 1 Souchong ‘fea, of the la
test importations, and of a superiour quail
ty; - •
5® Wmtesof Spermaceti Candles,
4 Pipes of Brandy,
IMM Wc af best facets Colbe, entitled
r to debenture j
Madeira, Lisbon, Tenetiffe and Malaga
Wine, per Pipe or Quarter Cask;
F Bales of prime Upland Cotton,
100 Barrels of Turpentine,
3 Boxes of (pack Silk Handkerchiefs.
Jttfurf 91, 1810. . tf.
‘ BUTTER. '
TAFT & WATERMAN,
ItJFK /0» SJLt,
T> OSTON inspected Butter of the first
quality, in Kegs of about thirty pounds
each. Also, uinv tons of Baglish Iron, flat
and square bars, assorted siaet.
yluifUßt 21, 1810.
Molasses and Sugar for Sale.
Now landing from on board the brig Hi
ram, Samutl Qldridgt, Matter, from
MatniUfs,
FIFTY Hhds.' of retailing MOLASSES,
Hhds. and Boxes of brown Sugar, first
quality. Apply to
WILLIAM CHURCH# or
CARLO & JOSHUA MAUBAN,
South End.
- Augutt 21. 1810.
As large an assortment as was ever offer
ed for sale in, this town—warranted infe
riour in quality and cheapness to none.
• BIBLES,
Of almost every description, with a very
extensive assortment of Stationary, Sea
man’s Books, Bco. Bcc. The above will be
sold upon as reasonable terms at No. 16,
Cheap-Side, as at any Store in New-Eng
-1 ind. JOHN BREW-ER.
>f«gilW2>, 1810.
Cotrffussioners’ Notice.
•T*HE subscribers, being by the Mnoour
■l abis Court of Probate Hppointed Com*
missioncr* to receive and examine tbe
Claims against the Estate of Nathaniel
FhRXCU, late of Providence, deceased,
represented Insolvent, give notice that six
months from the 6th instant are allowed
io the Creditors to bring in and prove their
Claims to either of us.
•1 HENRY ALEXANDER, ?
STEPHEN SHAW, J t ' ow r *’
Ail persons indebted to said Estate, are
reouested to make immediate payment to ,
JONATHAN FRENCH,
wfdmfßMfmxnr.
14. 1810.
CORN, RYE, &c.
TWO Thousand anti Five Hundred
Bushels of Southern Corn,
SOO Bushels of Northern Corn and Rye,
150 Barrel* of Tar and Turpentine,
A few Barrel Slaves,
And a small quantity of Bees-Wax,
For sale by EDWARD A BORN.
August 21, ’BlO. »
Philermeniari Society.
THE member* of the Phelbkmenijih
SocisrPare hereby notified, that on
MONDAY, the 3d of September next, nt
2 o'clock, P.M. an Oration will be
pronounced by Mr. William Bates,
and a Poem by Mr. Isaac Bailey, in
the Chapel of Brown University, in
Commemoration of the Sixteenth Anniver
sary of said Society.
By order <f the Society,
THOMAS RUSSELL, Sec'ry.
August 21, 1810. *
NOTICE.
THERE will be sold at Pnblick Auc
tion* on Eddy’s Point, on Fiiday the
7th of «ext Septem’.'jr, precisely at 12
o’clock, without any reserve, if not previ
ously sold at private sate, the MANSION
HOUSE and LOT formerly belonging to
Joseph Eddy, deceased. The situation
of the House and Lot being so well known,
that a particular description is considered
unnecessary. THOMAS TABER,
/ JOHN ANDREWS.
Avgutt 21, 1810.
RICE.
OHE Hundred Tierces of RICE, of
prime Quality, for sale br '
TAFT fc WAtERM.VC.
Jugutt 14, Ul«.
FIFTY Reams of No. I. Foolscap Pa
per, warranted of the first quality, nt
84 25 per ream ; ditto Super Royal, Roy
al, Medium, Demy, and a variety of Let-,
ter and Drawing Paper.
BLANK BOOKS.
PAPER.
fETER GRINNELL 8c SON,
Nearly ofifiotite the Providence Bank,
HVVE just received a large assortment
of PAINTS and WINDOW GLASS,
which they offer, wholesale or retail, as
cheap as can be bought in this State ;
with a good assortment of SHIP-CHAND
LERY. .
ALSO,
Has just received, and offers fur sale, on the
most liberal terms, at his Score In Wey
bnsset-Street, at the sign of the>Golden
Rhinosserus, directly opposite Captain
Pick’s Long Wharf, a general assort
ment of GROCERIES, consisting of
ST. Croix and Jamaica Rum,
Real Boston particular do.
Fourth proof Cognac and Spanish Brandy,
Holland and American Gin,
Cherry Bounce,
Malaga, Lisbon, Sherry and Currant Wine;
Stoughton’s Akters,
Spice da
French and American Cordials,
Country Mint'and Everite of Pepper do.
Preparation for Punch, 1
Hyson, Imperial Hyson, Young Hyson, Sou
chong, Hyson Sfcio ami Wohea Teas, first
chop, of the shjp Derby’s cargo;
Havana white a<)d brown Sugars,
Double refined Loaf do.
Auxcaycs Molatses of the first quality,
Coffee and
Hard Soap, in bars and cakes.
Dipped and mould Candles,
Spermaceti do.
Windsor Sharing Soap, of a very supet lour
‘quality;
Wash Bads, Pomatum and Black Ball;
VRM»oi}(|ia Fruit,
Spanish Mid American Cigarrs,
Scotch, Rappee and Macoboy Scuff;
Smuakmg and Chewing Tunacco,
Ginger, Flour, Rice, Pimento,
Box and Cask Raisins,
Real bloom do.
Black and Cayeuße Pepper,
West India and country Pepper Sauce,
English Mustard,
Spanish, Bengal and New-Orleans Indigo;
Starch, Cinnamon. Cassia and Nuuirtgs,
Tonkee Beans fur Snuff Boxes,
Butter and Lard,
Isle of May and Turks-Island Salt,
Fine Blown Table do.
Liverpool and American Stone-Ware,
Powder and Shot— (f you buy not you sure
ly run a riek }
Confectionary,
Bateman’s Drops,
Real genuine British Oil,
Di. Lae’s genuine Patent Pills,
Also. Dm. Cnvbch’s
STERLING ACADEMY.
THE Trustee! of SrsattUG Jcjdb-
Urr give poblick notice, that their
School on Eaconk Hill, in Sterling, (Con
necticut,) is now opened under the care
and instruction of the Rev. Elijah G.
WcllkS, (whois also engaged t .« supply
the Pulpit In said Society,) where yoonr
Gentlemen end Ladies may be instructed
in the various branches of Science usual
ly taught in Academies, upon reasonable
terms and with the strictest fidelity.
The Trustees tatter themselves that
the well known abilities of the Preceptor,
the remarkably pleasant and bea»<hful sit
uatlon of the place, the cheep and agree
able boarding which the neighbourhood
furnishes, wUV be inducements to people
who send their children abroad fir odnea
tion, to prefer their Academy.
.dKgiui Id, UK)* l>t.
An assortment of SHIP CHANDLERY
and STATIONARY.
ilz” Should any of the above articles
prove otherwise than genuine, the pur
chaser is at liberty to return them, nd the
money will be refunded.
The above articles I offer extremely low,
To let you know 1 sell for ready pay;
This J have told to youag and old, and if you
think it just,
Come buy to day, for ready pay, to-morrow 1
will trust.
My generous friends,
Tn make amends
For the liberal encouragement you luve given
me,
I now declare, you have my pray'r, and that
I hope will'save thee.
This is not all,
But please to call,
And I will show the rest ;
And may your ways,
Throughout your days,
With righteousness be bless'd;
Which is the sincere wish of your most obe
dient humble servant, W. J.
Augutt 24. 1810. * 16i.
LOOKING-GLASSES, of various sices,
with gilt and mahogany frames, of their
own manufacture, warranted better than
those imported.
N. B. Wanted soon, two boys of about 12
or 14 years of age-one to learn the Look
ing-Glass business, with ornamental paint
ing and burnish-gilding; the other for house
and ship painting.
July 27, MIO. t£
Genuine Vegetable Lotion,
An effectual cure for Eruptions on the Fsce
and Skin, particularly,
FTmples, Shingles,
Blotches, Pricklyheat,
Tetters, Redness of the Nose,
Ring-Worlds, Neck, Arms, Ac.
Tan, »- Scorbutick and Uuta-
Sun Burns, neous Eruptions of
Freckles, every description.
FRtSH AND GENUINE.
WILLIAM JAMES
Likewise for tale, at above,
It was considered a needless piece of af
fectation, to suppress the name of Mr. P.
tod to ascribe the above paragraph to a
certain gentleman, or a Certain orator.—*
Neither was any offence apprehended from
he use of his name, since the oration or talk
has been publickly pronounced, and pab
iickly circulated in piint, as his produc
tion. In the same spirit of plainness, no
inevitable, or almosTineviublc conclusion,
will be refused or softened, through an idle
complaisance, which would be repaid by
no acknowledgement, and indeed would
deserve none. But on the other hand, all
personality will be studiously avoided ; and
if the following observations be found to
apply to every person living of equal quali
fications with Mr. P. who should make
stuch a declaration as that above quoted,
and if any other letter would stand for that
person, as well as the letter P, no person
ality can be imputed.
He who asserts an historical fact, must
take care that he is provided with his au
thority ; or the charge of being the fabri
cator or propagator of falsehood, will, must,
nnd ought to lie with its whole weight upon
him. If a publick speaker should assert
that Christopher Columbus came into
Narraganset Bay, and founded a city where
the town of Providence now stands, which
was afterwards so utterly destroyed by the
Indians, that no trace of it remained at the
arrival of Roger Williams, it would
constitute a more Wilful He, than a down
right denial of the arrival of Roger Wil
liams, inasmuch as Roger Williams
might have been there, and the oratcr
might not know It,’or not believe it; but
he could not know nor believp that Co
lumbus ever was in that place, unless he
had berti there, or the orator had received
a credible account of such an event. And
if the audience were simple, ignorant, cre
dulous, and predisposed te believe the as
sertion, there would be adcild to the wil
fulness of the transaction, the quality of
wanton imposition. But if superadded to
all this, the assertion was made with a vie w
of inducing these simple, Ignorant and ere
dukaas to follow in the train of the factious,
cunning and unprincipled, and to subserve
their views. It is diabolical.
There is nd truth in the paragraph
quoted, from the beginning to the end. and
Mr. P. knew it.
The patron of the Tsmmany Society or
Columbian Order, is said te nave been an
Mr. Pitman, In his Long Talk, deliver
ed before the Tammany Society, the 12th
May last, begins, after a few words of con
gratulation, in thispnanner:— The patron
qf our Order wae an American native,
and poaeeeaed of virtuee that cast Anta the
shade the character* <f many who call
themselves civilized, (fia soul was not
narrowed by that prejudice which finds,
in a difference of complexion and manners,
an absolution from tiu and duties <f
humanity. He extended, the hand qf
brotherhood to the stranger i he
lodged film in his cabin, and spread before
him the fullness cf his stores. He com
batted the prejudices of his tribe, and
taught them that the white man and the
red man were alike children <f the Great
and Good Spirit, and required to render
unto each other offices qf kindness and
benevolence.
sonnet.
Tii sweet to think the spirits of the blest
May hover round the virtuous man’s repose $
And oft in visions animate Ma breast,
And scenes of bright bestkude disclose.
The Ministers of Heaven, with control,
May bid his sorrow and emotion cease,
Inspire the pious fervour of hi* soul*
And whisper to his boshm hallowed peace.
Ah I tender thought, that oft with sweet relief
May charm the bosom of a weeping friend i
Beguile with magick power the tear of griefj
And pensive pleasure with devotion blend j
While oft he fancies musick sweetly faint,
The airy lay of some departed saint.
.dWtellanp.
LIFE., v
Sa v, what is life ? A fairy dream;
Of toil* with pleasures crown’d;
A gay and visionary scene,
Where hopes and fears abound.
In youth, *li* like a summer’s day,
Gay smiling at the morn;
In manhood, fainter grows the ray,
And cloud* o’ercast the dawn.
At length, the dreary ev’ning’s close
Proclaims the day mat o’er
While fainter still each prospect gsowa,
TiH life can charm no more.
—«w*>«v—-
IQM TNM BMOBK-rSbAXD AMMMICAN.
Pwtrp.
“ American native,” and with this amr
tion, the Long begins. The tegrla
American natfte. Is not vet-y definite, but '
it Will doubtless be allowed that by that
description is meant an Indian Chief, by
the name of Tammanv. \
First It is denied, that TammawV, of
any other American native* was the patron
of this Order. A patron, is one who en
courages, or assists the party to whom ha
stands in that relation. Tha Mtaicl,
were justly styled, the patrons of genius*
and the fine arts. Or, a patron may signi
fy one, w|to is only supposed, thus to an*
courage and asot. In times more super
stitious than the present, the tutelar Saint,
was supposed to have an eye to the securi
ty and prosperity of Which pat
ticularly invoked his patronage;' and un
der this idea, Gkorgk, of Cappadocia,
became the patron of England, and D«-
NTS, the patron of France. This Order, if
the Talk is correct, was instituted at Phi*
ladelphia, during the revolutionary wary
hut ft does not appear, that TaMMAnv,
was then alive, or if alive, that h< toss ever
in Philadelphia, or if he was ever in Phila*
delphia, or the Order went to his cabin,
that he afforded, thvm encouragement nr
assistance. Consequently, he was not theft
‘ patron, in his life time. The Society h»em
! selves will not insist, that superstition pro
, vails among them to such a degree, u to
induce a belief, that he still watches ovet
them, and encourages and afolstl them,
from the work! of spirits. Consequently,
this Chief, neither etet was, nor now b,
the patron of the Order, and the term U
misapplied, perverted anti prostituted.
Secondly. There is bo trace of a histo
ry, or a record, or a document, of What
soever description, that gives us any ac*
| count of the person, supposed by the T dk
to have existed. The catch-peony publi
j cation of Mr. Marcy, will not be appeal
rd to, nor any other publication, of no more
; authority than the Talk itself. Every ob
jection which can be made against the lat
ter, can be brought against that publica
tion ; and Mr. P. ta a man whose character
for correctness or veracity, Can derive no
support from Mr. Maacf. To quote him,
therefore, would be, tobtg the question.—
If there is no authority In history,- to sup
port the paragraph, it must be presumed
to be talar, unless authority can be derived
from Tradition. , .
Thirdly. It cannot be supported by tra
dition : for, how often soever we may have
heard the word Tammany pronounced, at
the tutelar Saint of this country, yet tradi
tion gives us no account of his person, hit
actions, his Conduct, his character, or the
time or place of his lite and residence.—
Tradit ipn then, passes nothing but his name
along. Suppose, that instead of Tammany,
Tradition had only informed Ns, that the
Saint of this country* Was called
Philo, or any other imaginable name; our
information would have been as complete
as it now is, and would have equally sup
ported the paragraph in question. The
histories of Jack the Gisnt killer, and tbfi
celebrated Thomas Thumb, rest upon
something like a foundation. They have
on their aide, an antiquity yet unexplored*
and the unqualified belief of thousands off
people, of five years old and undvr; and
are moreover, minutely circumstantial—
It must also be considered, that the tradi
tion of this name, had never till lately, a
general or extensive circulation; Till lata
. ly not one in a Jlhousand had heard the
name pronounced. Besides, the authority
of a tradition, is entirely destroyed, if its
origin can be proved to be very recent. It
will be naturally and instantly inquired,
how it happens, that an event so important
as the canonization of a Saint, and his
condescending to assume the protection of
whole tribes, should not have found a place
in history. Now Tammany could not have
become the patron of the Order before*
it was instituted, and it waa instituted n<
more than thirty years aga There is no
foundation for the paragraph therefore,
in tradition, nor any reason to believe tbg
existence of St. Tammany at any time.
The position, that there is no truth in the
paragraph quoted, from the beginning to
the end, G demonstrated.. It only remain*,
that we be satisfied, that Mr. P. knew it
to be false. It is fair to presume, that Mr.
P. is a man of common sense, and that ho
has applied himself with ordinary diligence
to his lt is then equally fair to
presume, that be has acquired a tolei ablp
portion of historical knowledge, and that'
the history of his own country comes In for
• proportion. To suppose less than this
would bo ungenerous, although to pntaime
more, might not be unjust. But* from ng
more than we have presumed, it resul|o
inevitably, that Mr. P. must have known
that there was no troth io the paragraph,
omtoßood from beginuta< to oaß-