The Rhode-Island American, and general advertiser — Providence [R.I.], 1810-11-09 00:00:00, page 1

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’ * J. B. WOOD
WILL discontinue his Genjulal
Price-Current of Bank Mie«,
for the present, except to his regular
Correspondents,. who will be furnished
with a printed Sheet, expressly for their
information.
lnformation, M usual, given gra
tia on every decsription of Bank Notes.
Office hours from sunrise until sunset.
October 26, 1810.
BOR SALE BY
GREENE 8c CARTER, •%
NINE Hogsheads of Antigua Rum,
20 Chests of Ut quality Bobea Tea.
Chests and Boxes of Hyson and Souchong
Tess, . . _ . „
5 Hogsheads vf Loaf Sugar, .
1 Pipe of old Madeira Wine, in Detni
johm>. for family’s use ;
• Quarter Casks of old Malaga Wine,
Pipes and Barrels of India-Point and
Bowen\ Gin,
” 800 Sides of Sok*-Leath er, &c. &c.
November 6, 1810.
s WANTED,
A QUANTITY of FLAX SEED, for
which Cash and the highest prioe will
tu» given, by JACOB SOESMAN.
November 6,1810.
State of Rhod^-Island and Provi
dence Plantations.
In General Assembly October Session.
A D 1810.
RESOLVED, That the General Assem
bly will, in the afternoon «-f the second
day of the next session, pi owed to the trial
of the docket of petitions, and will procetd
in the trial of the same, until the same be
finished ; and that this Resolution lie pub
lished in all the news papets printed in
this Statu.
A true Copy: Witness,
SAMUEL EDDY Sec'ry,
FOR BALTIMORE,
THE Sdhooner FLORA,
e-wWfIjKS John Anthony, Master, will
sail in six d tvs. Fot Freight
JMiHMm* or Passage, (having good ac
commodation*,) apply to the Master on
board, at Butler's Wharf, or to
WILLIAM TAYLOR.
November 2, 1810.
For Charleston, (S. C.) or Savan
nah, (Georgia,)
„ THE fast-sailing Schoon-
Jrafrjer BELVIDERE, Elijah
EKjffJKjp Brkwkr, Master, will sail
iBHBBBBiv on or about the 20th instant.
For Freight or Passage, (having good ac
commodations.) apply to Ben j a*m in Clif
ford, or the Master on board, al Captain
Bullock’s upper Wharf.
• November 2, 1810.
For NEW-ORLEANS,
JwgEK, THE Ship WILLIAM
BRADFORD, BaTcliff
SsMEfißaw Hicks, Master, lying at
Butler'a Wharf, will sail by the 10th of
November next. For Freight or Pas
sage, apply to Messrs. Samuel G. Ar
nold 8c Co. or to
JOSEPH S. MARTIN.
' Pettier 23, 1810. ~
A CARGO of two hundred and forty
Hhds. of HAVANA MOLASSES,
for sale on liberal terms—delivered at any
navigable part of the town, if applied for
immediately, before other arrangements
are made.
BLODGET & POWER.
November 2, 1810.
SAMUEL AMES,
No. 1, Wctbosskt-Street,
Has imported direct from the Manufac
tories, and is now opening for sale, the
following GOODS:
SEVENTY Pieces of Broadcloths, su
perfine, middling and low-priced;
50 Pieces of Cassimeres, superfine, mid
dling and low-priced ;
40 Pieces of Yorkshire Plains,
100 Do. Bombaset* and Wildbore*,
90 Pair of Blanket*, from 5 to 12-qr*.
50 Piece* of Flannel*, assorted colours
and price* ;
a 50 do. red and green Baizes ;
™ m Which, r. ith hl* Stock on hand, com
prises a complete assortment of Goods,
suited to the season, which he will sell at
wholesale or retail, at price* that cannot
fail to please purchasers, for cash or ap
proved credit.
November 2, 1810.
FOR SALE,
»r THS SUBSCRIBER,
ONE Half of a two story House, with a
Bam, Shoemaker’s Shop, Currier’s,
Shop, Beam-House. Bark-Store, and about
two acres ot L*nd, situated a mile and a
half from India Bridge, on the great road
leadine to Warren ; being a very eligible
stand for a Tunner and Currfcr, having a
constant stream of water running through
the premises, and about fifteen Tanner'*
Vats, all in good order. Conditions of sale
liberal, and made known by applying to
THOMAS BUBGEbS.
November 1, 1810.
THE RHOSE-ISLAND AMERICAN,
AND GENERAL ADVERTISER.
Volume 111.
" TRK MATIOM WHICH INDULGES TOWARDS ANOTHER AM HABITUAL HAfRBD, OK AN HABITUAL FQHDNRSS, IS IM SOME DKGRXR A SLA rg."— WA SH ING TON,
No. 5, Cheap-Side, has just opened for sale,
A LARGE and valuable assortment of
seasonable snd WINTER GOODS,
which, together with his former stock
combines an extensive variety of Europe
an and India Manufactured Piece
Goods. For terms, which are uncommon
ly liberal, please to apply at the place
of sale. In particular, one case of black
CANTON CRAPES, first chop, per pieci
or yard.
October 26,1810,
PETER HATTRICK & Co.
Have received, by late arrivals, via New-
• York,
THE principal part of their Fall Sup
ply of Btaplk and Fancy GOODS,
which they offer for sale on liberal terms,
by the Piece or Package, at their Store,
Main-Street, next door to Adams k Lo
tmrop’s, vic.
Broadcloths, Black and assorted
Hunter’s do. ditto,
Cassimeres, Brown Linens,
Cassinets, Nun’s and Cotton
Flannels, Threads,
Blankets, Book and Leno Mus-
Plains, tins.
Coatings, Elegant Fancy do.
Bomba zets, Needles,
Rattinets, Pins,
Wildbores, Huttons,
Calicoes, Sewing Silks and
Velvet, Twist,
Din,!* 1 ., Worsted and Cotton
Colerain Shirtings, Hosiery,
Ginghams, Ribbons, an elegant
White Cambricks, assortment, Bcc. &c.
They are in daily expectation of the re
mainder, which will render liftir assort
anent complete.
October 23, 1810,
To Proprietors of Cotton Facto
ries.
A PERSON, lately arrived from Eng
land, wishes to engage as the Super
intendent of a Cetton Factory. Having
been employed in that capacity, he flutters
himself be shall be able to give general
satisfaction to any person or persons who
may think proper to employ him. He
would prefer a new concern. A letter ad
dressed to B. A. and left et The American
Office, will be duly attended to.
October SO, 1810.
AS the time for payment of Prize* in
the Smithfield Atademy Lottery ap
proximates, the subscribers feel it incum
bent on them, to request all those who are
indebted to them for Tickets in said lot
tery, to make immediate payment; those
who comply,, herewith will receive their
thank*: on the contrary, those who neg
lect it must expect the more expensive
thanks of an Attorney.
MARCUS ARNOLD, >
GEORGE ALDRICH, 5 M(ina
Smittyield, October 1810.
JONES
Offers for sale, Rt the Store lately occupied
by hjj> father, Mr. Thomas Jonbs, a
• 'few doors west of the Great Bridge,
the following articles, on accoanmodalTiig
terms:
FIVE Pipe*of Malaga, ")
40 Small Casks ditto, I WINES, of
2 Quarter Casks of Lisbon, Vthebestqna
-10 Ditto Currant, I (Uy;
Demijohns of Madeira, J
20 Chests of Hyson, "I Tp,c _r
10 Ditto Hvson Skin, 1 “ A . S * th *
5 Ditto Young Hyson, ?*"! importation,
20' Boxes of Souchong, warranted to
4 Quarter Chests’f * ? uper l our
Hohea. J *
Boxes of Havana brown Sugar, Log
wood, Casks of Copperas, small Kegs ot
Boston inspected Hutter, Bcc.
B D Jones offers his services in trans
acting business on Comwiissioo, and will
make advances on consignments, and every
rxvrtion to .>ff nd satisfaction to those who
may favour him with their commands.
Octber 30 1810. >
DOLLARS.'
A PREMIUM given for bpanish milled
DOLLARS by
J. B. WOOD.
October 30, 1810. tf.
COTTON,
JUST RECEIVED,
■\TTNETY Bales of Upland and a few
AV B. es of Sea-Island COTTON, fot
tale on favourable terms, by
CHARLES POTTER.
October 16 1810.
PLATED TEA SETTS.
Just received, and for sale by
«. PAYTON DANA,
A FEW setts of Plated Tea-Pots, Sugar
Basons and Cream-Pots, handsome
and cheap.
October 26. 1810.
WHITE BEANS.
ST. CROIX RUM.
LANDING 28 Hdils. of first quality 3d
proof St. Croix RUM, for sale.
WANTED,
Two hundred Barrels of new WHITE
BEANS, for which cash and a high price
will be given, if delivered in ten days.
BLODGET & POWER.
October 26. 1810.
Winter Goods received.
N. TINGLEY,
03- NOTICE. .£3
PROVIDENCE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1810.
angelick lustre and loveliness !
T H x ladies of the several Congregations
in New-Haven have, in a manner high
ly honourable to their character, formed
themselves into three Benevolent Societies;
the object of which is to carry relief to every
cottage of distress, to every fire-side of
poverty. The kinds of relief, which they
aim to convey, are two: The relief yf want
and suffering, and the removal or preven
tion yfvice and ignorance. Both these pur
poses they have, so far js their supplies
admit, taken very happy and commenda
ble means to accomplish. For the fireven
lion, or removal, of ignorance and vice,
these Societies, with a spirit deserving of
the highest commendation, have instituted
several schools for the instruction of poor
female children. Among these schools, I
confess, that I feel a peculiar interest in
that, which has been established for the
benefit <f the female children of the blacka.
This unfortunate race of people are in a
situation, which peculiarly defoands the ef
forts of charity, and demands them from us.
Our parents and ancestors have brought
their parents, or ancestors, in the course of
a most iniquitous traffick, from their native
country; and made them slaves. I have
no doubt, that those, who were concerned
in this infamous commerce, imagined them
selves justified; and am not disposed to
mad their memory either with impreca
tions or censures. Happily for ua, the ques
tion has been made a subject <Jf thought
and investigation. This decided it at once;
md we are astonished, that it could ever
have given rise to a single doubt. Under
the influence of overwhelming conviction,
we have made the descendants of these
abused people free. Here we have stopped;
and complimented, and congratulated our
selves for having done our duty. But not
withstanding this self-complacency, it is
questionable, whether we have rendered to
the present race of this people any real
service. You will ask, “ have we not made
them free ? And is not liberty, in the ac
knowledgement of all men, a pre-eminent
blessing ?” Liberty is a blessing in the bands
of those, who know how to use ft, and are
disposed to use it to good purpose. It may
easily be abused by ignorance ; it will cer
tainly be abused by vice ; and, whenever,
it is abused, it becomes a curse, instead of
a blessing.
But these people, 1 need not inform you,
are, generally, neither able, nor inclined,
to make their freedom a blessing to them
selves. Wheft they first become free, they
are turned outfftto the world, in circum
stances fitted to thahe them only nuisances
to society. They have no property ; nor
any skill to acquire It. Nor have they, in
the proper sense, generally any industry.
They have been indeed used to labour; but
it was under the control, and for the bene
fit of others. The hatred of labour, in
this situation, becomes the habit; not tha
labour itself. They have no economy ; and
waste, of course, much of what they earn.
They have little knowledge either of mo
rals or religion. They are left, therefore,
as miserable victims to sloth, prodigality,
The Female Character adorned with its fairest
FOR THK RHODX-ISLAMD AMKRICAN.
MO BAL AND RELIGIOUS HINTS.
No. XLIV.
FROM THS COMOOBD PATRIOT.
AUTUMN.
Lovslt Au tv mn, smiling mild,
lb thy golden vest array'd.
Brown'd with chaplets Certs weaves,
Deck'd with gems Pomona gives »
Welcome, thou hast come again
To resume thy happy reign.
Much too long Sal's burning ray
Lengthen’d out the summer day;
Much too long the Stria* star
Wheel’d o’er us his flaming car.
Now no niors Jfove*< tbundAing steeds
Roll bis chariot o’er our heads ;
Now no more his vengeful ire
Wraps the storm in sheets qf fire.
Now the wholesome western breeze
Briskly whistles through the trees.
Now the cheerfol blazing hearth
Wakes the soul to social mirth.
Now the rural hand at leisure
Give their lazy hours to pleasure ;
While they crowd the merry feast,
Joy inspires each happy guest
At this hour the pensive sage
Careful turns the classick page;
While the Gretb and Homan iSre
Rjchly swells Us learned store.
O happy hourl when fancy’s smile
The poet’s tedious hours beguile.
highest, richest ornaments j and arrayed with
Poetrp.
jJJoral.
poverty, ignorance and vice. We complain
of their vice. Who, in such circumstance*,
would not be vicious? They have the usual
appetite* and passions of man; and love to
eat and drink, to wear finery, and to riot in
amusements, just a* we do; but are unfur
nished with those restraint* on these pro
ps nail is*, with which a merciful God has
furnished us.
As these people are thus in a groat mea- ’
sure unable to provide for themselves, and
to regulate their own conduct; they must
be equally unfit to educate their children,
and to form them to habits of industry,
economy, moral* or religion. Knowledge
and habits, which they themselves have
not, they cannot communicate. Their chil
dren must grow up in more dismal igno
rance, and with even worse habits, than
those of their parents. The parent* have
often grown up in respectable families;
have, in many instances at least, received
some instruction; have seen some good ex
amples ; and have been trained up in some
good habit* of industry and behaviour. All
these benefits, however, very many of them
have lost, under the influence of that deli
cious folly, which so frequently accompa
nies the unexpected acquisition of freedom;
and all ot them must* be much worse in
structor* than those by whom they them
selves were taught. The children, there
fore, must, in all cases, be very imperfect
ly educated; and, in most, will not be edu
cated at all. In this manner the progeny
of these people will naturally decline, until
they have reached the lowest point of de
gradation both in ignorance and vice; and
will become blots and burden* upon socie
ty: Not because they are weaker, or
worse, by nature, than we are; but be
cause they are destitute of the advantages,
which, under God, raise us above their
miserable level.
When we introduced these unhappy peo
ple into this country, we charged ourselves
with the whole care of their temporal and
eternal interest* ; and became responsible
to God for the manner, in which we should
perform this duty. It is in vain to allege
our ancestor* brought them hither, and not
we. A* well might a son, who inherited
an ample patrimony, refuse to pay a debt
because it was contracted by his father.
We inherit our ample patrimony with all
its incumbrances; and are bound to pay
the debts of our ancestors. Thia debt, par
ticularly, we are bound to discharge ; and,
when the righteous Judge of the Universe
comes to reckon with his servants, he will
rigidly exact the payment at our hand*.
To give them liberty, and stop here, is to
entail upon them a curse. We are bound
to give them also, knowledge, industry,
economy, good habits, moral and religious
instruction, and all the mean* of eternal
life. Did no command of God, did no ap
peal to conscience and charity, require this
at our hand*; our own interest, and that
of our descendants, demands it all. The
performance of this duty will make them
blessings, the neglect of it will make them
curses to society.
With these views of the subject, I feel
myself constrained in this publick manner,
to return my cordial thanks to the gener
ous minded persons, who have instituted
a school in this town for the female Afri
can children. I feel myself peculiarly
obliged to return my thanks to the young
ladies, who, with a dignified superiority to*
ordinary prejudices, have taken upon them
selves the instruction of this school. I feel
myself obliged, in the yme cordial man
ner, to return my thanks to all the mem
bers of these Societies, for the noble exam
ple, which they have set before us, of doing
good to the souls and the bodies of their
fuffcring fellow-creature*. This is the sub
lime employment, for which rational crea
tures were especially made ; a prelude to
the beneficence of heaveh ; an anticipation
of both the virtue, and the happiness of im
mortal being. Here the female character
aaaumea ita faireat, higheat, richeat oma
menta ; and ia arrayed with a luatre and
loveline A),nohich leavea beauty, graceful
manners, and fine accomfiliahmenta, out <f
sight, and out oj remembrance.
President Dwight’s Charily Sermon,
Bth August, 1810.
Fbidat, 9th Novbmbkk, 1810.
Is It true, my friend, that strong genius is
more prevalent in the early periods of so
ciety than in the more refined ? This has
been asserted by one who stands almost
unrivalled ss a critick. He supposes the
FOB THS BNODS-iSLAMM AMZSICAW.
LETTERS
TO A FRIEND IN THE COUNTRY.
No. HL
Providrmcb, 2d November, 1810.
jßiFceUanp.
mind, in these early periods, is strong and
vehement, daring end excursive; yet des
titute of that nlcenes* of teste which gene-*
rally characteriaeeahe more advanced pe
rods. As society progresses he
that taste become* more refined ; but that
those bold flights of fancy, those manly and
[decisive operation* of the understanding,
which constitute the peculiar province of
fertile invention, are found les* frequent
trait* in the literary character. I* this
true f Does the human mind tlM* lose itt
strength, a* the means of improving It in
crease* f Sorely we should be led to hazard
a doubt We cannot perceive reasons for
th« opinion. We know hot why strength
of fancy and intellect may Mt be as great,
and as generally diffused, in the literary
community of the present age, aa hi that of
an age under Elizabeth or Louis XIV. 1
Probably the opinion Is grounded on a
mistake. But it will be asked—“ Do not
facts prove the truth of it ? Are not the
greatest talents found to have been the off
spring of the earlier ages ? Where do we
find a Newton, a Locke, a Milton, a Shake
speare, a Roger Bacon, and a Sir Francis f
Only in the earlier age*. The early ages
then are the appropriate soil of genius. 1 *
This may be a correct inference. But be
fore we admit it, one consideration is wor
thy of attention.
In the early periods of literature, aye
tema have not been formed. The genera}
principles of the various sciences have not
been ascertained and arranged. A genius
start* up, and collect* the scattered frag
ment*. He give* a formal, systematical
treatise. This system, supposing it to be a
good one, acquire* general celebrity. It is *
received as the fashionable text-book of its *
subject. It is every where perused, and
every where praised.
But in after ages,, person* of talents have
not the same advantage. Systems have .
been already formed; and the door to dis
tinction thus becomes inevitably shut. It
may be said, that those systems are gene
rally imperfect, and that eminence may be
attained by correcting these imperfection*.
It is indeed true that early system* of
science are generally imperfect. And It is
true that some emlneqre may be attained
by the correction of them. But this emi
nence will be very limited. It will seldom
happen that the first system* are defective
in their general and radical principles. All
then that a succeeding philosopher can do
is, to add here and there a new principle—
unua et alter fiannua. And that the gene
ral fame of such a person is far inferiour
to that of him who has settled the original
principles of a science, is too obvious to be
contested. Very seldom, therefore, will
the former, though perhaps with superiour
merit, be,able to bear the palm from the
latter.
For this reason probably it Jfo and not
from the superiour fertility of ages ia
original talents, that succeutdng philoso
phers are left to struggle in comparative
obscurity. The same principle applies also
to the productions of the fine arts, a* to the
systems of philosophers.
This opinion finds confirmation in obvious
facts. Suppose a person at the present
day wishes an acquaintance with astrono
my. . Doe* he apply to the Treatise* of
Newton, or Kepler, or Copernicus? No.
He finds better. Suppose he wishes a
« knowledge of the human mind. Does he
ask Locke ? No. Locke has many good
ideas—many Important truth*. But in point
of ayatem, he Is far surpassed; though his
name is yet without a rival. 48 will be said,
that the more modern systems, though per
haps better, are all built on the preceding; *
that therefore the laurel of preference Is
still due to the first writers. Granted that
the modern are thus built on their prede
cessors ; still it may be a question, whether
the former have not done really more than
the latter—whether they would not,' had
they been in the place of the latter, have
given a more complete system to the world.
If so, the praise of at least equally original
genius is their just property. Adieu.
PHILO.
From thc Post-Folio.
rRN'TRILOQUISM
or THK CKLKRFATKD MR. FITZ JAMIS.
Thk “ busy indolence" of London has
often, of late, been much engaged by ths
marvellous feat* of Mr. Fitz James, one of
the most astonishing performer* that hy
ever confounded the ignorant, or edified the
philosopher. For the following account of
hit wonderful tslents we ar* indebted to
Mr. W. Nicholson, the scientifick Editor of
the Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chytn
iatry, and the Arte. What gives to this
article the greatest weight snd interest is,
that Mr. Nicholson, * philosophical re
rnsrker, was an eye witness of the prodi
gies, whifsb describe;.
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