The Rhode-Island American, and general advertiser — Providence [R.I.], 1810-08-14 00:00:00, page 1

< EMERSON It NELSON,
L*' * No. 2, MAaXKT-SfKKKT,
T_T AVE jnst received a lew dozen nice
*1 bine, ptat and <raw Kid Shoes, for
Ladies and Mima j a few elegant brown
•ad green Morocco do. with heels; also,
. black Morocco da of a pattern entirely
new, recently received from New-York—
, with a variety of other kinds, making an
extensive retsHiag assortment.
They give the moot positive aaaarancea
that their prices sAoZZ not be found to ex
ceed sthcre, however low; and it io pre
sumed Um pubiick will meet no
■sem in continniag to prefer dhoos mana*
factored in Reading and Lynn, (MaaaJ
which long eaperteace has taught them to
believe euperieor to those mads ie any
ether part of New-Bnglsr.d.
not 3, idle. tf.
iceived from the Conoul-Gcncral, residing
at Philadelphia, a Decree of the Swedish
1 Government, under dam qf Aha 20th of
March, 1810; an follows,
>i *' and is ormation of
S Merchants, aitfl aU otSSifnoncemed :
•• We hereby gracindsiy adtnmand, that
en and after tte 84th of April nuKt, no
[i > Goads shall b« imported, neither on pay
►r ing the D|giys,_ por in traneilu, which tjc-
I long to Greaf-BrHaid or Ireland, «hu onio
nies or countries under the influence t»l
the British Government, or Goods of any
description whatsoever, loaded in vessels
from Great-Biitain or any of her depen
dencies, be admitted into our ports, and
that all vessels, under .whatsoever flag,
Which shall be proved to carry such Goods,
or that are not furnished with Certificates
and Documenta tu certify the origin or full
particulars of their cargoes, from the port
of loading, shalk upon their arrival in our
harbours, be ordhpd off, save and except
such vessels as aW sole laden with Salt.—
For the execution of our Decree, we com
mand all officers and persons in our ser
vice, to exert their utmost vigilance in
Strictly examining the papers, certificates
and documents of nil vessels that may ar
rive."
He farther gives puMkk notice, that the
Documents required by the foregoing De
cree, wnl be furnished on application to
him.
GRAFTON k HAWKINS
n EfePBCTFUIXV inform the pabUck,
**• that they still continue to carry on
thg TOBACCO BUSINESS in its various
# branches, and have for sale at their Store
in Market Street, a few doors west of the
• Jkfcbe, near the Exchange Bank, all kind*
of Tobacco usually called for, manufac
tured in the best manner, vis.
. , NEGROHEAD, by small offeree guan*
1 tfties;
HGTAU-.
POUND-SQUARE,
LADIES' WIST,
LONG and SHORT CUT,
CURL and SQUARE ENDCIGARRS.
Frafeh, Rappoe, Macoboy and Scotch
Snuff tweet scented Leaf Tobacco, for the
accooMnodatioo of their country customers.
, AU the above articles are warranted to
be of the first quality, and will be sold as
low aa can be purchased io the United
States. Purchasers are desired to call and
: examine for themselves.
Like wine, they have conetantly on hand,
LEAF TOBACCO at various qualities,
by the hogshead. Purchasers of this arti
cle would do well to call, for their own
* tattefoc'Jon ; for they have taken unweari
, ed pains to select that of the first quality,
and to set the prices equally aa low as can
be purchased any where.
August 10, 1810.
'T’HE PnMick are informed, that the
A SMITHFIELD COTTON MANU
FACTORING COMPANY have opened
a Ware-House in Pawtucket, (Rehoboth.)
nearly opposite Colonel Slack's Tavern ;
where they olfer for sale, an .assortment of
FACTORY fKRN gfoICLOTH, which
requires no recommoMlflripn.
. HUMAN,
/Ae tow/iawy
N. B. Y.irn 3Kpt to Weave,
as above.
io, wwr Ct.
GEORGE MILES.
Newport, Aufuet 3,1810.
J7* Printere of Nteooliaftert in
Providence, Nem Haven and New-Lon
don are ref netted (o ineert the above no
tice, and forward'their bille for payment.
Clerk't Office qf the Supreme Judicial
Court, Aufuet 9, 1819.
XITHEREAS Nancy Hxaly, of Prevl-
V v dence, in the County of Providence,
Wife of Robert Healy, of said Providence,
has filed ter Petition in said Office, pray
ing, for divers reasons therein stated, that
said Court would pass a decree rendering
mill and void the Bonds of Marriage be
tween her and her said husband, and grant
her saUi cHmeny aa shall seem just•
Notigx te therefore hereby given to tte
said Robert Healu, to appear, if he think
fit, before said Court, at their term next
to be holden at Providence, in and for said
County, on the third Monday of Septem
ber next, then and there to shew cause,
if aiyr he base, why the Prayer of said Pe
tition should not be granted.
JOSEPH RANDAL, Clerk.
NOTICE.
THE undersigned. His Swedish Ma
jesty’s Vice-Consul for the State* of
Rhode-Island and Connecticut,, has re-
STATE OF RHODE-ISLAND, &c.
PnovibKNCß, sc.
Volvmm n.
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THE RHODE-ISLAND AMERICAN.
AND GENERAL ADVERTISER. a
“ Til NATION WHICH IWDOLOX* TOWARDS ANOTNXR AN ajatfUtL KCtTagD,
Teas, Nankins, &c.
S. ff T. C. HOPPIN
Have on hand, and ofler at private sale,
ONE Thousand and Sixty-nine CbeMs of
Hyson Skin Tea, 1000 Chests of Sou
chong do. and 70 Boxes of Hyson Chelan,
do. of the Hunter's cargo, and of the first
auaHty;lMO Quarter Chests of Bohca
Tea.dOfttafcsrfof Soudbang.do. 150 €♦»••*»
do. 180 Chests of Hyson Skin Go. 25,000
Pieces of Nankins, (first and second chop,)
100 Boxes of White Lead, and I Case, (19
yards,) black Satins, of the Baltick’s cargo.
LIKEWISE,
14 Pipes of real Holland Gin,
20 Tons of round, square and flat Iron,
2 do. Sheet Iron,
50 Rags of Coffee,
10 Jihds. do.
100 Boxes of New-York Soap,
5 Tons of Sheathing Paper,
50 Boxes of Spanish Cigarrs,
12 Packages of English Good*. consist*
. ing of snperfine. Broadcloths, Calicoes,
Checks, Checked and Furniture Ging
hams, See. flee.
12 Bales of Calcutta Goods.
yfufttal 3, 1810.
ALSO,
Throssell and Water Frame Spindles,
warranted of the first quality, and made
to pattern with Fliers complete. Samples
of which may be seen by applying to the
subscriber, or at the Scituate Factory, at
Maswansacut Pond.
ELISHA DYER.
. July Jf, 1810. 12t. (
orrtas ran stLt<
HIS Store on the Long Wharf, which
now lets for $ 220 per annum. Also,
two Lots of Land on Mathewson-Street,
opposite the Providence Dye-House. Like
wise, nine Lots on Federal Hill, through
which the new Turnpikes run. All the
above-mentioned pro|>erty is situated in
those parts of the town wßfeh are daily
rising in value, and affords a great oppor
tunity to purchasers for speculation, par
ticularly the Store on the Long Wharf
which now rents lor more than 9 per cent.
To Let, for a long time.
The Store he now occupies, having the
privilege of the Wharf annexed.
At which place he offers for sale the fol
lowing Goods'
150 Barrels of prime ind mess Beef and
Pork,
100 do. Tar,
SOO do. Menhaden Fish,
2 Hhds. of James River Tobacco,
4 do. Rum,
1 Trunk of Checks, suitable for the
Spanish market;
100 Kegs of Butter and Lard,
20 Boxes of Spermaceti Candles, ,
20 do. Soap,
Coffee, Sugar, Tea and sundry articles,
all of which will be sold very low, and
•n accommodating terras.
t7“He requests all those who in
debted to hini, to make payment, to ena
ble him' to pay those he is indebted to.
Auguet 3, 1810. tf.
For sale by the subscriber,
FORTY Bales of Upland Cotton,
70 Barrels of mess and prime Pork,
60 Barrels of Herrings,
20 do. prime Beef,
1 Hhd. of West-India Rum,
Dry Goods, as usual.
NOTICE.
THE Copartnership of Williams &
Bollard is this day dissolved by
mutmri consent? The Creditors of said Urm
are requested to meet at Colonel Macom*
ikr’s cm the 20th instant, when a statement
of theif property can be laid before them.
HOWELL WILLIAMS,
* ISAAC BULLARD.
6, 1810.
On Allen's Wharf, North End, Providence,
TWELVE Hhds. of sweet flavoured
Rum,
7 Pipes of Brandy of a snperiour quality,
first and second proof; • • ■
Loaf Sugar,
Havana white do.
White Syrup.
Colouring for Spirits,
1500 Wt. Sugar Loaf blue Paper,
•/fqg-us/ 7, 1810. • tf.
Fresh Flour, Molasses, green
Coffee, See.
JUST BBCBIVBD, AMD 808 SALB BY
GR££NE W CARTER,
FIFTY Barrels of fresh Alexandria su
perfine Flow,
24 HepAeada,!
3 Tierces, £ retailing Molasses ;
1 Barrel, J
50 Reams of Wrapping Paper,
2 Tons of Sheathing Paper, Au. Au.
Jugutt 10, MIO.
FOR SALE,
(If applied for'immediately. t
AN excellent family HORSE— <k,M for
no fault. Also, a well built second
hand CHAISE, with C Springs, Sword-
Case, dec. Apply at Th an Of
fice.
jfuguat 3, 1810.
RUM, BRANDY, &c.
ro* sals ar
. THOMAS VOAX)
JACOB SOESMAN
PROVIDENCE, 7XZE
O happy lore! where lots like this ia found!
O heart-felt raptures! bliss beyond compare!
I’fo paced much this weary mortal round.
And sage ofteriente bids me this declare—
tf Heaven a dasoght of heavenly pteaaure spare,
• One oocdlal in this melancholy vale,
• 'Tit when a youthftd, loriag, modest pair.
Bely ve the elder bairns come dropping ia,
At service out, among the farmer* noun’;
Some ea* the friengb, come herd, sonte tentie
rin
errand to a neebor townt
TflRBnA their Wimif grown,
In youthfe* bioom, love sparkling in her e’e,
Comes home, perhaps, to shew a brow new
gown.
Or deposits her sair-won penny-fee.
To lielp her parents dear, if they in hardship be-
V.
Wi’ joy unfeign'd brothers aad sisters meet.
An* each for other’s welfare kindly spiers :
The social hours, swift-wing’d, unnouc’d fleet;
Each tells the uncus that be sees or hears 1
The parents, partial, eye their hope fol years;
Anticipation forward points the view.
The mother, wi’ her needle an’ her siiean,
Gars aulfl elaes took amaist as weel’s the
new;
The father mixes a* wi’ admonition due.
Their master’s an’ their mistress’s command.
The younkers a* are warned to obey;
•* An* mind their labours wi* an eydent hand,
*• An’ ne’er, tho* out o* eight, to jauk or
play;
4 * An* O! be sure to fear the Lord alway!
" An* mind your duty, duly, mom an* night!
“ Leet in temptation’s path ye gang astray,
M Implore his counsel and assisting might:
" They never Bought in vain, that sought the
Lord aright ! M
VIL
fenfty, wba kens the meaning o’ the same,
Tells how a neebor lad came o'erjjie moor,
To do some errands, and coiriAher hame.
The wily mother sees the conscioVhame
Sparkle ip -ymny'o e'o, and flush her check)
With heart-struck anxious care, inquires his
Vlll.
Wi’ kindly welcome y«wiy brings him ben;
A strappan youth; te takes the mother’s
eye;
Blythe fenny sees tte visit’s no ill ta’en;
The father crack* of horses, ploughs, and
k X e -
The youngster’s artless heart o’erflows wi’ joy.
But blate and laithfo’, scarce can weel be
have;
The mother, woman’s wHes, can spy
What makes the youth sae bashfu* an* sas
grave;
Weel pleas’d to think her hum’s respected
like the late.
November Chin blaws load wi’ angry sugn ; ra
The short*nmg winter day h near a close;
The miry beasts retreating free the plough ;
The black’ning trains o’ craws to their re
pose:
The toil-worn Cotter free hto labour goes,
This night hrin weekly moil is at an end,
©□Meets his spades, his mattocks, and hie hoes,
Hoping the morn in ease to rest and spend,
And wesrj-, o’er Ute moor, his course does
homeward bend.
in.
At length his lonely cot appears in view,
Beneath the shelter of an aged tree;
Th’ expectant wee things, todlin, stacker thro!,
To meet their dad, wi’ flitcherin noise an*
glee.
His woe bit togto, blii&in bonnily,
His deah haarthwtsM, his thrifty wi/le’j
smile,
The taping infant prattling on hto knee,
Does a* Iris weary corking cates beguile,
Ar* makes him quite forget bis labour an’ trie
toil.
But hark! a fop cones gently to tte door;
poetrp.
THB COTTER'S SATIiUDAV NIGHT.
Inscribed to R. A****, Esq.
ay soBKBT avaas.
Lee net ambition mock their useful toil,
Their homely joys and destiny obscure t
if or grandeur hear, with a disdainful emile,
The short bet simple annals tf the poor.
? Gbav.
My bred, my honour’d, much respected
friend!
No mercenary bard bin homage pave;
Wit* honest pride, 1 scorn unto selfiri* and,
My dearest meed, s friend's
praise: 1
To you I sing, in simple Scottiffi lays.
The lowly train in life’s seqKstetM scene i
The native feelings strong, thd guiltless ways:
What A**** in a cottage wouM lAve been y
Ah! tho’his worth unknown, far happier there,
I ween! .mF
name,
While fenny teffins is afraid to speak 1
Weel pleas’d the nratter hears, its aae wild,
worthless rake.
UGUST 14, 1810.
JL roNDNiss, is IN soNx d*grXb a tea rx?’— WASHING 7DJV
Compar’d with this how poor religion’s pride,
In all the pomp of method, and«of art,
When men display to Congregations wide,
Devotion’s ev*ry grace, except the ktart!
The Aw’r, incens’d, the pageant Wilf desert,
Is there, in human form, that bears a heart—
A wretch* a villain! lost to love and truth!
That can, with studied, sly, ensnaring art,
Betray sweet unsuspecting youth?
Curse onhis perjuHd arts! dissembling smooth!
Are honour, virtue, conscience, ail exil’d!
Is there no pity, No relenting rath,
Pbints to the parents fondling their child I
Tfeen paints the ruin’d maid, and their distrac
tion wild? *' r
XIX.
Froro scenes like these old Swtidfe gnridMt
springs,
That toakss ter lov’d to home, ftVeFd
abroad;
Mnpro end tafop Mb but tte breath of kings,
• Aa honest man’s tbs nobfest worft of Ood ?
And toner, in feir virtue’s beavhdy rood.
The oottage leaves the palace far behind 1
• PefPt Wtndtor Perret.
< m' A ■
While Circling time moves round in an etdmal
sphere.
XVII.
The pompous strain, the sacerdotal stole»
But haply, ih some cottage far apart,
Then hotneward all take off their sevfral Way;
Tte youngling cottagers retire to rest:
Tte parent-pair their secret homage pay,
And proffer up to teavefl the warm request,
That He who stills tterenven’s clam’rous nest,
■ And deehs tbs flly fair in flow*ry pride,
’Would in the way his wisdom sees the best,
For them and for tboir Uttlc ones provide;
But chiefly in their hearts with gram divine
prorfil"
* tn others arms breathe out the tender tale,
Beneath the imMt-white thorn that aeento the
ev’ninggde.’
But now the supper crowns their simple board.
The healeome jtarrfah, ebitf o* Scotia’s food«
The loupe their only Xawhie does afford,
Ciat \ontthe hallan snugly chows her ceod :
dame brings forth in compliments! mood,
, To grace the lad, her wrdheia’d kebbuck
feU,
Nad not on earth whereon to lay bis head;
How bis first followers and servants sped;
The precepts sage they wrote to many a
land;
How he, who lone in Patmoe banished,
Saw in the sun a mighty angel stand;
And heard great Sab'lon'e doom pronounced
by Heaven’s command.
XVI.
Then kneeling down, to Hca van’s xtbbnal
Kind 1 ,
The taint, the father, and the hatband prays:
Hope “ rprings exulting on triumphant wing,”*
That thus they all shall meet in future days:
There ever bask in uncreated rays,
No more to sigh, or shed the bitter tear,
Together hymning their creator’s praise,
In such society, yet still more dear,
May hear, well pleas’d of tte
soul;
And in his bool of life thepoor enroll
xvni. ”
The cfceerfu’wnpper done, W? serious free,
They found the ingle, forte a circle wide:
The sire turns o*w>» wi’ patriarchal grace.
The big ha-Able, ance his father's pride:
His btamet reverently is laid aside,
Hte lyart haffets wearing tbin an’ bare»
Those strains that once did sweet in Zion gUdto,
He wales a portion with judicious care.
And “ Let m warehip Gon 1” ho says with so
lemn air.
Kill.
The priestdike father reads the sacred page*
How Abraham was the friend of Gon on
high J
Ofe'4O** bade eternal warfare Wage
Wkb ungracious progeny 1
Or how the nyal bard did groaning tye
Beneath the stroke of heaven's avenging ire;
Or yoA’s patbctick plant, and wailing cry;
Or rapt loaiah't wiki, serapbick fire;
Or other holy seers that tune the sacred lyre.
XV.
They chant their artless notes in simple guise 4
They tune their hearts, by far thte noblest
aim 1
An’ aft he's prest, an* aft he ca’s It godet
Ths frugal wile, garrulous, will tell,
How *twas a towmond auld, ain* Hat was i*
th* bell.
XII.
Perhaps the Chrietian mhme is the theme,
How guiltless blood for guilty man was shed;
How He, who bore in Heaven the second
name;
Porhsn» Dundee’s wild warbling measures
rise,
Or plaintive Mdrtyro, worthy of the name;
Or noble £lgln beets the heav*n-ward flame,
The sweetest far of Scotia’s holy lays:
Compar’d with these, Italian trills are tame;
The tickl’d ears no heart-felt raptures raise»
Nae unison bae they with our Creator’s praise.
XIV.
But still the patriot and the patriot bard.
In bright succession nisss bar amaagmt and
!■ Ml,.|
ri£WS Of COHMMtCf, -
A -» X ' j
Mold the many great changes dTeelfifl /
by the consequences of the supremacy of h
the French empire We fnay reckon aa ope
of the most important, the entire division
of commerce from its old and regular clun- '
nels. Although England still holds hgr
place as the centre of the system, and the
general mart of the world, yet all the grekt
continental branches are ent off, nn
longer give activity to the nations to which
they belonged, nor affect by their positive
influence the traffick that h left to enter,
prise and freedom. A few years since ha
saw Hamburg, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, <.
Bourdeaux, and the ports of the Mediterra
nean, ranking high in the commercial scafe
and inviting the industry and Wealth of all
nations to them, as the natural receptacles,
of the productions of the earth and the cbfe.
vehiences of art. Hamburg was the great j
outlet for the northern and central paftof
Oersßaay; and Was tb« ;
tiy, throughout both the
phalia and the circles pf the Rhine. Den
mark and Rraroia felt the advantages of 00
excellent I*market for their exports and
imports 1 Silesia eveh, situated upon the
borders of Poland, derived a very great pro*
portion of Its prosperity from the free trade
of Hamburg.
Amsterdam and Rotterdam are the two
eyes of Holland. All her riches and all her
strength depended and now depend upoh
the extent of' the trade suffered to thoae
ports. Holland, deprived of Her commerce,
is one of the most unpropitious countries 1* I
Europe. With her fate is connecfed also
that of a very great and fiopulous part at
the continent. Flanders, the whole of the
south western and a great proportion of the
middle part of Germany carried on »h«ir
traffick through her medium, and the North
of France was also much benefited by the
unshackled state of. her trade.
Bourdeaux formated a vent for the pylar
cipal staples of Fratrce ; her wines arid ter
brandies. It was also the grand emportaot
of her West-India trade, and communica
ting by the canal of Languedock with the
southern parts of the Country carried the
activity of a commercial spirit throughout <
those regions.
In the Mediterranean were the ports of
the South and East of Spain from which
were shipped the fruits, wines, silks, flfe. of
the country, and the port of Marseilles th*
outlet for the commodities and wares of the
East of France end for the merchandise of
Switserland. Italy derived sbe benefitapf t
that little that was left of her ancient, re
nowned commerce from the free trade of
Leghorn in the North, while Naples ami
Palermo preserved the industry of tte South
and ef Sicily from settling into a state of fife*
solute stagnation.
All these great sea-ports contributed, not
only by the exportation of surplus produa
tions and the importation of nocesaariea op
luxuries, to the general interests of com- , ./ 1
merte, felt traded materially to Improve
the internal state of the continental coun
tries by the interchange of commodities
throughout all their territories. The en
terprise of man was encouraged, and hia in
dustry was rewarded. Tie rich by their
luxury fed the wants of tte poor, and the
poor by their services, drew somethfeg
from the amassed treasures of the wealthy.
A perpetual communication and onesmix
ture of interest* end individuate oontriboted
to humanice society by doily proofs of tte
dependence of all its membon iqfeo oadr
other. ,
XXL 4
O FMov I who inur’d the tldS
That. stream’d foro’ WaUaeio UndtaMfed \
heart; <
Who flar’d te nobly stem tyrannfck pride,
_ OrnoHy die, the secoml glorious pro*
(The patriot’s 9od, peculiarly thou art,
His friend, inspirer, guardian, and rewuedt)
O never, «ver, Svorie’tredm desert 1 . Z
What is alordiing*i pomp! a combrods fenffi.
Disguising oft the wretah ethuman khxM
Studied in sets of heM, in wickednote refiuM
XX.
O Scotia f my dear, my native soil j
For whom my wannest wish to lt QNnn is
. • ent! ;
Long may thy hardy sons of rustick toil,
Be blest with health, arid peace, and sweet
content!
And, O! may Heaven their simple Bma pre
vent •
From Luxury* contagion, week arid rife!
Then howe’er erowm and cwmmw be Ntt,
A vimum populace may rise the white,
And stand a wall of firs around their mush
lov’d Ale.
Numbbi 86*