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THE RHODE-ISLAND AMERICAN,
AND GENERAL ADVERTISER.
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J. B. WOOD’S
GENERAL PRICE-CURRENT OF BANK NOTES,
AS THAT AU RECEIVED AT HIS EXCHANG E-ORPICE, PBQYII>BVCB,(R.I.)
NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
BiDs of the New-Hampshire, ditto payable in Philadelphia, Portsmouth, 7 t j. ato3per ceß tdU.
Union, Strsflord, and Exeter Banks, - - a J
Concord Banks - - 2to 3 do.
Cheshire, Coos, and Hillsborough Banks, - - - < ® «>.
MASSACHUSETTS.
Bills of the United States Branch, Massachusetts, Union, and Boston Banks, . * . . Par.
Salem. Essex, Beverly, MarMehead, Newburyport, Gloucester, (Cape-)
Ann,) Plymouth, Worcester, Paaifick, Nantucket, and Hallowell Cl to 2 per cent. dis.
and Auguste Banks, - * • .
Portland, Maine, and Saco Banks, • ..„ , i J®"
Bedford, and Lincoln and Kemwbeck Banks. - ■ 11-2 t• « do.
Penobscot. 30 to 35 do.
Northampton, ----• •<•••« - AO do.
CONNECTICUT.
Bills of the Middletown, Hartford, iWw-Haven, New-London, Union, > 34tQ j ce nt . du.
Derby, and Bridgeport Banks, ’ >
Norwich Bank, - - - - per cent. dis.
VERMONT.
Bills of the Vermont State Banks, 25 per cent. dis.
♦ RHODE-ISLAND.
Bills of the Providence, Exchange, Roger Williams, Bank of Rhode-")
Island, Newport, Rhode-Island Union, Bank of Bristol, Commercial, ...Par.
Warren, Rhode-lsland Central, and Narraganset Banks, .... J
Washington Bank, - - 3tp 4 per cent. dis.
KENTUCKY.
Bills of th* Kentucky Insurance Company. • 13 1-2 per cent. dis.
NORTH-CAROLINA.
Hills of tke Cape Fear, and Newbern Banks, . - • 10 percent, dis.
SOUTH-CAROLINA. ?”
Bills of the United Stetes Branch Bank, Par.
State, and South-C«rolina Banks, • 3 per coal. dis.
OHIO.
Bills of the Marietta, Miami Exporting Company, and Chillicothe Banks, 15 to 20 per cent dis.
NEW-YORK.
Bills of the United States Branch Bank, Par.
Merchants, Manhattan Company, Bank of New-York, New-Yerk State,)
Bank of Albany, Mohawk, Farmers*,' Bank of Hudson, Bank of Co-1-2 per cent. dis.
lumbia, and Mechanick’s Bank, j
NEW-JERSEY.
Bills of the Jersey, Trenton Banking Company, Newark Banking and) . „ , «
Insurance Company, and Bank of New-Brunswick, J *
PENNSYLVANIA.
Bills of the United States Bank * * - - - Par.
Farmers’ and Mechanicks’, Philadelphia, Bank of Pennsylvania, and) .
Bank of $ per cent. an.
Bills of the Pennsylvania Branch Bank at Pittsburg, - • • 1 per cent. dis.
DELAWARE.
Bills of the Farmers’ Bank, Bank of Delaware, and Bank of Wilming-? a . -v.
ton and Brandywine, - ”
a * MARYLAND.
Bills of the United States Branch Bank, Par.
Union Bank of Maryland, Bank of Columbia, Hagerstown, Bank of Bal-)
timore, Branch ot the Farmers’Bahk of Maryland, Mechanicks’ Bank L 1 to 2 per cent lie.
of Baltimore, Farmers’ and Commercial Bank, and Franklin Bank, j
VIRGINIA.
Bitts of the United States Branch Bank, * - Par.
Bank of Virginia, and its Branches, 1 to 1 t-2 per cent. dis.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Bills of the Union Bank, Bank of Alexandria, and Bank of Potomaek, 1 to 2 per cent dis.
LOUISIANA TERRITORY. . *
Bitts of the United States Branch Bank, - • Par.
Bank of Louisiana, .....10 per cent. dis.
To the above Discounts there will be a email advance for email eume, and Bills under
S dollars, mt of thie State.
United States and Boston Bills, or Specie, will be given for any Bills received at par,
for half per cent, for sums over R 20—under 8 20, 1 per cent, advance.
Any diet ant Banking Company, v>ithing their Bille to bo received at PA.U, willpie cue to make
arrangemenfe accordingly, and they will be duly attended to.
Tlte most punctual attention will be paid to ail Letters, (post paid,) addressed to J. B.
Wood, enclosing Bills to be exchanged, and the earliest remittances made io any part of the
Union, per fret, or not to exceed the eecond mail All Bank Notes that he passes will be
WAnRANTBD good, and should any counterfeit Bills be received in Lettere, they wdl be
returned...—.. Bank Notes examined ghatis —Office home from 6, A. M. tn 6, PM.
Price of fitocks—Providence, (ft. I.)
Six per Cent. 100 per cent.
Three do. .......... 63 do. *
State Notes, - -<■? ■• - J . . . . - Fluctuating,
providence Insurance Shares, , - • 8a 10 per cent. adv.
Washington, do. do. • - - .• . ‘ . . 16 alB do. do.
Hope do. do. 121-2 do. do.
Marine do. do. ....... 20 do. do.
Providence Bank, do. .. .(o . . . . . 18 a2O do. do.
Exchange do. • do. - , ( • - . . 18 a2O do. do.
Roger Williams do. do. ’ ’ 1 " - • - - 25 do. do.
Course of Exchange—Foreign Bills.
Bills on London, at 30 days, . . . f Caehf • • 4 per cent. dis.
do. do. 60 do. ... do. ... 41-2 do. do.
do. - do. 90 do. ... do. ... 5 do. do.
do. on Amsterdam, 60 do. . . CPer Guilderf . - f None,
do. do. payable in London at 60 days, ... None,
do. on Hamburg, payable in do. at do None.
INLAND BILLS.
Bills on Baltimore, 30 days sight, 1-2 o 1 per cent, dis
do. on Philadelphia, do. do. ....... do. do
do. on New-York, do. do. ....... do. do
do. on Philadelphia, 60 days do. - - 1a 2 per cent, do
do. on New-York, do. do. ...... . do. do
Premiums of Insurance.
To any port in Great-Britain, • 3a 3 1-2 per cent
Franca, ..... lneurance. . . .
Sweden or Denmark, nominal.
Russia (in the Baltick) out and home, . . . . . . 22 1-2 a 35 do.
Arrhtngel, ost and home, ••••...•/ 10a 12 do.
Within the Streights, not higher than Sicily, ..... 10 do.
Within the Streights, not higher then Sardinia, .... 9 do.
Without the Streigtots, 4 do.
To the Brazils, 3 1-3 a 4 do.
Lisbon or Cadiz, . 3a 3 1-2 do.
Africa ... without the Streighte, ... 4 do.
Madeira, " { 3a 3 1-3 do.
»Canaries, • • • . . . . . . . . 3 1-2 a 4 do.
—. Cape de Verde, Sic 3a 3 1-2 do.
—■ Persia and India, 6a 7 do.
China, ........... 5* do.
West-India Islands generally, 2 1-2 a 3 ’ do.
Coaetwioe, per single risk, . lai 1-2 do.
Discount Days.
At Providence Bank, Monday.
Roger Williams Bank, Wednesday.
Exchange Bank, Friday.
dT The above Paio*-Cva««WT, Smexs, Exchaxgk, fcc. are corrected every Friday, by
J. B WOOD, who negotiates Stocke, Bille of Exchange end good Notee, st the shortest notice
SMITHFIELD BILLS
A RE received for Merchandise at par, and will be exchanged by the subscribers for
Xb. Bills of the Providence Banks, at half per cent, discount.
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VOLUME 11.
PROVIDENCE, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 12, 1810.
Foijjfale at Auction.
On TUESDAY, the 16th instant, at 11
o’clock, A. M. at the Distil-House
Wharf of Johm CoaLis and Samukl
G. AkmqlL&’Co.
'THE Ship TYRE and
Appertenances, tons
burthen. She is a stanch,
bu thensomc, good Vessel,
has made but one voyage to Europe,
has just been sseathed, and is fitted for
sea. Inventory may be seen, and terms
known at the tine and place of sale.
BLODGET 6; POWER, Auctitmeero.
October 9, 1810.;
Just received, and now offered for sale by
CHARLEYS POTTER,
SOUR Bales nt best tnd common ingrain
Floor CARPS VINO, prices 6s. and 7s.
per yard.
AISQ, )
Black and white Italian Crape, white
Satin, Peaion and Linen Cambrick.
October 9, 1810.
Copartnership formed.
THE subscribers inform their friends,
and the Pubiick. that they have form
ed a connexion in trade, underthe the firm of
BILLINGS & AINSWORTH,
and have taken the Store beretofote occu
pied by said Ainsworth, directly south
of the Market, where they intead to enter
very generally mto the Grocery and Com
mission Business. They are now supply
ing themselves with a general assortment
of West-India Goods and Groceries,"which
they are determined to sell on the most
liberal terms for cash, produce, or good
paper.
They have also on hand, to which daily
additions are making, Beef, Pork, Butter
and Cheese for shipping or family use—
They will have constantly on hand, Tyler'e
Cheese, particularly far Mmily use. To
those who purchased of this kind last year,
no recommendation is necessary. Those
who did not, are requested to call and taste
fur themselves.
Any Goods, of what kind soever, pur
chased of the subscribers, not answering
the recommendation given, will be cheer
fully received and the money returned.
N. B. Having good accommodations for
Storing Provisions and other Goods, they
will gratefully acknowledge any favouis
in the Commission Link. AuyoftHeii
trtends having Goods, Bcc. to dispose of in
ttth "Way, are desired to call on them,
where they may depend on their utmos
endeavours to please.
ALPHEUS BILLINGS,
LUTHER AINSWORTH.
The subscriber gracefully acknowledges
the favours received from his former cus
tomers, and informs them, that inconse
quence <>f forming the above connexion, hr
•' under the uttnot necessity of immediate
ly settling his accounts. He, therefore, re
quests those who have unsettled Accounts,
io call and adjust the same, ekher by C'<sh
or Note, without delay ; and those «.?.<>se
Notes have been due a long time, are de
sired to pay them as soon as may be.—
Those, also, to whom he is indebted, arc
tequested co call and receive their pay.
LUTHER AINSWORTH.
October 9. 1810.
HAS FOR SALE,
TWENTY Hhds. of Windward-Island
Rum,
25 Casks of fresh Raisins,
15 Barrels of Copperas,
1 Pipe of real genuine Cognac Brandy,
six years old, and wiH be sold in small
quantities for family use ;
100 Kegs of Butter, Boston inspection.
All of which, will be sold lbw, on accom
modating credits.
ITANrBD TO fUKCHASE,
100 Barrels of first quality CIDER
October 9, 1810.
NOTICE.
THE subscribers formed a connexion in
business on the Ist instant, which will
lie conducted under the firm of Cranston
8c Shaw.
HENRY Y CRANSTON,
HENRY SHAW.
N. B. As they intend drvoting their
attention entirely to the Auction and Com
mission Business, the interest of those who
may employ them, will necessarily be more
effectually promoted.
Cash liberally advanced on Goods
deposited for private or pubiick Sale.
Newfiort, Octobers, 1810 6t.
WHEREAS the Freemen of the town
of Providence, legally assembled on
the 26. h day of October, 1808, ordered a
tax to be assrsaed cn the rateable property
of the inhabitanta and others owning such
property in eaid town; and alto on the
9th day of Jone, 1809, the Freemen of
Providence in like manner aforesaid, or
dered a tax of twenty thoatand deHart
assessed on the inhabitants and others own
ing such property in aaid town, whereof
William Allxx was appointed Col
lector, and whereas a part of the taxes
aforesaid remain due, these are to acquaint
all persons concerned, that Mr. Gidsow
Olnkt is appointed Deputy-Collector, to
demand and receive the several some still
due on mid taxea
WILLIAM ALLEN, CoUttfo*
October 9, 11X0.
JACOB SOESMAN
TOWN TAXES.
VROM THE SPSOTATOB.
THE SLAVE TRADE.
A Splendid Volume, commemorative of the
abolition <f the Slave Trude, has recently been
published in London. This volume contains
three distinct poems. The first is written by
Jambs Montgomery, Authour of “The
Wanderer of Switzerland ;* the second, by
James GbakaM*, Authour of a poem entitled
" The Sabbath j and the third, by E. Bbnje*.
The work is published in the most elegant style,
and sells in London at five guineas. • One copy
only, it is said, has yet reached America—We
uuderstiuidnat Messrs. Prior & Dunning pro
pose to it immediately, in a neat
Duodedlto volume.
ie an extract from the fret of theee
Poeme :
High on her rock, in solitary state,
Sublimely musing, pale Britannia sate;
Her awful forehead on her spear reclin’d.
Her robe and tresses streaming with the wind;
Chill through her frame foreboding tremours
crept s
The Mother thought upon her Sons, and wept;
She thought of Nelson in the battle slain,
And his last signal beaming o’er the Main j
In Glory’s circling arms the Hero bled,
While Victory bound the laurel on his head j
At once Immortal, in both worlds, became
His soaring spirit, and abiding name i
She thouglit of Pitt, heart broken, on his bier i
And “Oh my Country echoed in her ear;
She thought of Fox i—She heard him faintly
speak,
His parting breath grew cold upon her cheek,
His dying accents trembled into air;
’* Spare injured Africa ! the Negro spare I”
She started from her trance!—and round the
shore
Beheld her supplicating sons once more
Pleading the suit so long, so vainly tried,
Renew’d, resisted, promised, pledged, denied,
The negro’s claim to all his Maker gave, •
And ail the tyrant ravish’d from the slave.
Her yielding heart confess'd the righteous claim,
Sorrow had soften’d it and love o’ercame ;
Shame flush’d the noble cheek, her bosom
bum’d;
To helpless, hopeless, Africa she turn’d;
She saw her sister in the mourner’s face,
And rush’d with tears into her dark embrace ;
“ All hail!” exclaim’d the Empress of the Sea*
“ Thy chain’s are broken, Africa be free I”
“ All hail!” replied the mourner, " She who
broke
“ My bonds shall never wear a stranger’s yoke ”
W e somewhere have heard of a man who
had but one story to tell, and that was
about a snuff-box. Whether he were told
of a birth or death, of things gay or grave;
whatever incident was related to him, he
replied, ** This puts me in mind of a very
good story about a snuff-box.” If he was a
maniack, there are thousands in our coun
try as much so, and in the same way.
Tell them of Napoleon’s seising at one
sweep American property to the amount
almost of one half our national debt; of
his seizing it without any warning, nay af
ter it had been invited to the ports of his
allies, and after regular entry—they in
stantly fall a railing at England. Tell
(hem of the French Rambouilet Decree,
which dooms to seizure and sale all Ame
rican vessels, (despatch vessels excepted,)
“ that reckoning from the last of May,
1809, may have already entered, or that
shall subsequently enter the ports of France,
her colonies, or the territories occupied by
the French arras”—tell them of this, they
wax warm and express rage, not at
not at Napoleon, but at England. They g<>
back to the revolutionary war, and rave
about prison ships and starvation, and the
bones at the Wallabou’. The murder of
Pierce and the attack on the Chesapeake,
kindle their ire anew. They invoke the
spirit of *76, to animate the country to
vengeance on England.
We are not advocates for England, nor
disposed to justify or palliate any of het
evil doings. Thio much, however, justice
compels us to say. England has been, for
the most part, for several years psst con
siderably quiet toward America; except
no to her Orders in Council, which Mr.
Armstrong terms theoretical rather than
practical. She easily might at any time
•weep the American commerce io every
sea. She has not done it. She might have
seised, as France actually has done, all our
vessels in her ports and harbours, and in
thcoe of her colonies; and confiscated their
cargoes snd imprisoned their crews. She
has done no such thiag. Our vessela are
permitted ta remain secure and to depart
in peace. She might, io the manner of
Napoleon, forbid our aaion remating n«u-
FROM THE CONNECTICUT COURANT.
DEMOCRACY RUN MAD.
JRffteHanp.
Poetrp.
tral, and threatened it with her vengeance,
unless it consented actually to take pyt
with her in the war. She has dtae no such
thing. She never asked the United State*
to join her against France, nor so much at j,
hinted a wish of this kind. Yet tVsry new
gressionfrom Napoleon,provokes a
al of anathemas against England. ■
would make England a kind of '
to bear, besides her own iniquities, those c£ 'rMT-
France also. A horrible load, both together I
Now, what can this mean f How can this
mystery be unravelled? We cannot pre
tend to do it fully ; but will state a few sup
posed facte as a clue to It. *
1. Suppose that those who at present
move the wheels of government, are fixeß
in the determination not 'to come forward
resist France, for any ptovocattan ar
reason whatever. After all we have seen,
there can be no trcason in making this sup
position.
2. Suppose they well know, as all men
of sense must know, that if the publick at
tention was directed exclusively or princi
pally, to the insults, indignities and injuries
heaped upon us by France, the countiy
would be fired with indignation, and com
pel them to take a bold and manly attk,
tude; else to quit their posts. ThongK
this is slated as a supposition, we venture
to assume it as a fact. There cannot b«
a solitary doubt, but that if the eyesdf
the publick were directed towards France
alone, her depredations upon us and usurp
ed authority over us, would inflame the
resentments of thousands, who are now
very cool, and much at their ease.
3. Suppose that our great men, under
these circumstances, and with these views,
employ their tools, at every fresh contume
ly and injury from France, to heat up
the publick mind anew against England.—.
So long as hatred to England can lie kept
alive and burning, our nation, as is known
from experience, will bear calmly from its
rival, what would else throw it into parox
isms of resentment.
rivers and lakes of the lower proc
vinces of Venegula and the Carracas art
full of the electrical erls, (called Trrw
bladder, by the Spaniards, and Anguillee
Tremblantee by the French colonists of
Guyana.) They are also found in the
smaller lakes which are scattered at in
tervals in the vast plains that lie between
the rivers Oronoco, and Apura. The an
cient road which led near Urittica has
been abandoned, on account of the danger*
run by those who crossed these waters, In
which the mules were suddenly struck
with an invisible commotion rendered pa
ra lytic k, and often drowned. Very often
the fishermen received an electrick shock,
the conductor of which was his line.
The electrical eel is commonly 6 feet
long The Indians have so great a dread
of this creature, and such repugnance to
approach it while living, that M. de Hum
boldt had the utmost difficulty to obtain
subjects for his experiments. He waited
several days for this purpose, in th* littl*
town of Calabozo, having learned that her*
they abounded. The owner of the house
whei e he lodged exerted himself to procure
some, but in vain. At length Mr. de Hum
boldt resolved to repair to the spot, where
these eels were met with. Here occurred
a spectacle of the newest description and
most extraordinary kind. About thirty
mules and horses bad been quickly driven
together from the neighbouring savannahs,
where they live almost in a wild state, and
are so numerous that the price of any one la
but seven shillings when the proprietor cun
be ascertained. The Indian*, by driving
them on all sides, forced them to seek
refuge in the water, where they kept them
by presenting harpoons fixed at the end of
long canes, and by violent shoutings.
The electrical eels, roused by this tu
mult, rose to the surface of the water,
and swimming about like so many livid ser
pents, pursued the luckleu quadrupeds, and
gliding under their bellies, communicated
the most violent and rapid shocks. The ter
rified horses, sufferirg agonies, raising their
manes and flashing fire from their strain
ing eye balls, rolling in pain, in vain en
deavoured to escap*. In less than fiv*
minutes two sunk under water, and wurw
drowned. Victory seemed now to declare
for the gymnoti. But their activity began
to diminish; fatigued by the repeated eX
ertioos of their nervous energy, they less
frequently discharged their elective fluid;
The hereto which have survived the early
attacks, gradually recovered their strength,
and at the end of a quarter of an hour th*
gymnoti retired from the teombat in such •
state of langour and exhaustion, that they
were without difficulty drawn to the shore
by cords having littl* bosks to their «H*.
FROM A LONDON PAPER.
ELECTRICAL EELS.
Numbek 103.