The Rhode-Island American, and general advertiser — Providence [R.I.], 1810-11-06 00:00:00, page 3

of i ftgfon. andGovernour Bloom*
fidd was rO-appoi^ed*llhuutcoutroversy.
James Una. Esq. W, ‘ B |re*ao|>oioicd Se
cretary of the State t and
Charlo Ogden. Clerk of Gloucester, Jo
seph M’llraiue, Clerk of Burlington, and
John Johnson, Clerk of Scssex, were all
re-appointed to their respective offices
w ithout opposition.
NEW-YORK, November 1.
J.JTBST FRBJVCH
The schooner Purse, Captain Richards,
arrived at this port yesterday, in 30 days
from St. Sebastians; and the schooner Spen
cer, Captain Moffatt, in a.similar pas*
from Bayonne. By these arrivals the edi
tors of the New-York Gazette have re
ceived Paris papers to the 19th of Septem
ber, from which they >ave extracted the
moat important articles.
-By the Puree.
>. t The verbal news by this arrival is siml
i' ,f lar te that by the Spencer, stated below.
Captainßlchard’s news corresponds with
that gWen by Mr. Jarvis. It was said at
St. Sebastians, that the Emperour intend
ed to give up the nett proceeds of the Ame
rican property sold.at Bayonne; nothing
however fiNMtld & W 'W. except cot
lan. The vtyk indeed would be nearly
eonsumedbytbo new duties and other ex
penses.
By the Sfiencer, from Bayonne.
Bf The editors of this Gasette learn,, from
Hr. Jarvis, that General Armstrong, out*
minister at Paris, took bis departure from
that place on the 12th of September, and
' arrived at Bourdeaux on the 25th of the
pame month, and was to embark on board
the ship Bally, Captain Scott, and sail for
thi United States about the 10th of Octo
ber. At the time of the General’s leaving
Paris, every thing relative to America re
mained in an unsettled and gloomy state;
but Mr. Jarvis says, that after the depar
ture of Mr;, Armstrong, it was reported,
and generally credited, that the Duke of
Cadore had written him a letter, offer-
• ing to restore the American sequestered
property, if the government of the United
States would give up the French property
which had been seised under the non-in
tercourse act I! [We should be glad tc
know what French property was ever
Seized by our government. The above re
port is worth but little. The fact, that Ge
neral Armstrong is coming home at this
season of the year, is a proof, in our minds,
that nothing like an accommodation can be
effected between France and the United
States ] We further learn, (hat about
100,000 troops had recently gone into Spain.
Jonathan Russell, Esq. of Providence,
was left at Paris by General Armstrong,
as Charge dM Affaires.
Summary of news from French fiafurt.
The duty of fifty per cent, on colonial
produce collected at Amsterdam previous
to the 16th of August, amounted to 80 mill
ions UtiildW tt*e confiscated British pro
tw*
- By an Imperial Decree, Holland, (united
to France,) h divided Into nine depart
ments, vis. that of Zurderzee, Meuse,
, .... Scheldt, the Rhibe, Upper Yssel, Mouth ol
’ the Yssel, Frise, West Ems and East Ems.
All neutral vessels, by a Royal Edict,
are prohibited entering any of the Danish
ports with colonial produce.
A tribunal has been formed at Berlin, tc
decide on all cases of colonial produce,
• there, or to be imported, relative to its
confiscation.
An order has been received it Stetten,
Prussia, from France, to sequester all ves
sels in port with colonial produce, as well
as that in store.
By, an Imperial Decree, the city of Pon
tarabia, and that of Iron, are united to the
government of Biscay.
. Pabis, September 2.
The accounts 'which we are receiving
from all quarters announce the result pi
the active war which is carrying on against
the English commerce. Every where co
lonial produce is confiscated, whether it
cornea in Turkish or American vessels,
and whether Or not it is accompanied by
pretended certificates of origin purporting
to be delivered by the French Consuls in
America, in Patras, and in Gottenburg.—
The alarm is given every where; it is
known that those papers are false. In Rus
sia, in Prussia, in Mecklenburg, in Italy,
at Naples, confiscations succeed each other
with activity, and the Continent is supplied
at the expense of England.
We are authorised to repeat what we
have stated fit several of our former num
bers, that no French Consul does or can
deliver a certificate of origin of colonial
commodities; so that every certificate pre
sented as such is false and fabricated. A
.vessel pretending to come from New-York,
4 has just arrived at Petersburg with a false
certificate; she has been confiscated.
The French agents and those of the al
lied powers, are in every place confiscating
colonial merchandise. They are all law
ful prises, and proceed from the English
commerce.
Another attempt was made at Charlcs
' ton on the 16th Inst, to set fire to an out
building of Colonel Morrjj, In Meeting
street.
BOSTON, Nggsberp.
We have teen a from
France and Spain, all
•Ute, that the -variety of (SHtoml ex
penses, which attend even the sale of such
cargoes of American produce as have been
free from arrest in France, amount to such
an enormous contribution of fees, as to
swallow up the whole amount. What then
must be the fate of thosd cargoes which
have been detained at tire expense of the
original owners, passed through the ordeal
of sequestration, re-shipment, and publick
sale ? We venture to say, that not a cent of I
the American property now detained in
France, or any of its dependencies, will be
ever restored i and what adds poignancy
to the loss is, that it is now snatched from
our hands, by the specious plea of a justifigl
able international regulation which speaks
of restoration ; but means no such thing.—
Let suth men as Mr. GERRY, speak of
these things as they are, and we shall hear
no more boasting in the Chronicle of Fpnch
Justice, unless it is of
an election.
PrAillence, ""
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 181«
On Saturday evening last, the Legisla
ture bf this State closed their session. But
Httle business of importance has been trans
acted. The Hduse of Representatives elect
ed several gentlemen as Justices of the
Peace, but they were rejected by the Senate,
at the instigation of the tide-waiter, Jere
miah B. Howell. A resolution passed both
Houses, assigning the afternoon of the se
cond day of the next session for the trial
of petitions. A tax of 8 20,000 was order
ed, 8 10,000 of which is to be appropriated
for the extinguishing of the State debt.
The Legislature have appointed Thursday
the 29th instant as a day of Publick Thanks
giving throughout the State. On Friday
an United States Senator wan elected, to
serve the ensuing six years, from the 4th
of March next. The Committee appoint
ed to examine the statement of the dif
ferent Banks in this State, made their re
port, of which the following is an abstract:
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The Legislature adjourned to the 4th
Monday of February next, then to meet in
East-Greenwich.
The conduct of his Excellency the Gov
eraour, in the choice of a Senator, during
the session of the Legislature in this town,
has awakened every feeling of patriotism
in the breasts of candid, honest men. So
fully were many members of the House
impressed with the alarming tendency of
such an unwarrantable procedure, that in
duty to themselves and their constituents,
they, with one accord, moved the sense of
the House, as the Representatives of the
people, upon this important point. The
following Preamble and Resolution was,
on Saturday last, offered to the House by
Mr. Bbss, of Newport, and after much dis
cussion passed by a majority of five. The
vigilance of the Legislature in guarding
against every illegal infringement of the
rights of the people, deserves the unquali
fied approbation of every good citizen of
this State.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Novkmbbb 3, 1810.
Wrbbbas It has been the usage in this
State from the first settlement thereof, for
his Excellency the Govemour to preside
in the General Assembly, when in Grand
Committee, for the election of officers, and
to have a catting vote only in such elec
tion : And, whereas at the present session
of this Assembly, in the choice ot a Senator
in Congress, his Excellency the Governour
did vote In the first instance, and not as
presiding officer of the Grand Committee :
Reto hued, That we ponsider the con
duct of the Governour, in voting as afore
said, as an unwarrantable assumption of
power, and subversive of the rights and
privileges of the General Assembly.
A true Copy from the Journal t
Atfvtt, THOMAS BURGESS, Clerk.
On th* rot* of censure upon Ae conduct
of his Excellency the Governour, some
were pleased to see that Mr. TbußTßL
lott, of Gloeester, forebore to give his
vote. He would not condemn his honoura
ble friend, and he could not exculpate him,
Would to heaven he was over as
, In the last St. Tammany paper of this
town, some of his disciples observe, that the
federal Representatives to the 12th Con
gress have been " elected by euch lean ma
joritiee at'wouldmake feeling men hang
themeelvee.** What line< „■ of conduct
would they reconttnend to Jeremiah B.
Howell? who was last week elected*
Senator in the Congress of the United*
Spates, by a majority of ONE IM and that
hit own vole.t They certainly wilt not
deny that he though his father
<x» a certain childieh occasion, may have
thought otherwise; yet they must allow
to have lately been, in some degree*
te(fith. Should Mr. Howell's lean and
teffith majority operate so powerfully upon
tils feelingt qa to induce him to follow
the advice of his Tammany brethren, we
■ would beg leave to suggest a trifling alter
ation as to the manner of hie exit; and in
stead of hanging, recommend, as it would
be more in his yr ay, as tide-waiter, drown
ing himself * h*
Poser of (the Majority !
t ' We are confidently assured that at a
Tammany Caucus, the Sachem, Henry
Smits, had a majority of the suffrages of
his red brethren as Senator to Congress.
One of their number was deputed to in
form his Excellency the Govertlour of the
choice of the Caucus. His Excellency burst
into a most Gubernatorial rage, and swore
by all the Saints in hie Calendar, at the
head of which is St. Tammany, that rather
than support Henry Smith, he would
give his vote to Mr. Burrill. His Ex
cellency then offered his humble followers
three candidates, David Howell, his
son Jerre, the tide-waiter, and Elisha
Mathewson, the present Senator. Out
of these, said he, take your choice, I'll hear
no more of yourHaNRY Smith. Out of
three evils they thought, poor souls, they
choce the least. So go the times, fellow
citizens !
The philosopher, James D*Woli, de
clared to the House, with no little gravity,
that he firmly believed in all the Saints,
not excepting, we suppose, the Divine Ma
homet. Under which did he acquire his
principlesef religion and morality? When
he cut the fatal rope and sent the suffering
African into the sea, did he piously turn
his phiz to Mecca, or the Wigwam I
Whenever an event transpires, which
may be calculated in its nature to awaken
the interest or excite the fears of the pub
lick, we feel it a duty to give it a candid
and impartial promulgation. Perhaps, for
many years, no event has occurred which
more astonishes the mind of candid re
flection, or alarms the fears of the patriot
for the endangered liberty of our country,
than the proceeding of our State Legisla
ture, and the choice of a Senator in the Con
gress of the United States. Some few in
dividuals may feel gratified, and the parti
sans of Tammany may exult in their suc
cess, but the calm and deliberate and hon
est friend to the righto, the dignity and in
dependence of his country, will view such
measures as the harbinger of ruin, and his
honest fears will weep for the degeneracy
of the times. Nations rise and fall, and are
forgotten—their crimes are all that recall
them to remembrance. The warning voice
of antiquity points to tbeir corruption, and
in theory we despise and inculpate them.
Yet we, who boast the virtue of the patriot,
and integrity of the citizen, are made to
witness infractions on our rights, and are
compelled to view with submission the
gradual, but sure demolition of every thing
dear to an American, and hardly consider
the consequences which mast ensue. On
Friday last A message was sent by the
House of Representatives to the Senate, In
viting that body to join in Grand Committee
to receive the report of a Committee upon
the election of Representatives to Con
gress. To this the Senate, after some de
liberation, returned an answer, that they
Would join the House for the purpose ex
pressed, and also to choose a Senator for
the succeeding six years from the Fourth
of March next. The House acceded to
the addition, and a Grand Committee was
formed. The report of the Committee up
on* the election of Representatives, being
read, it was declared by bis Excellency
the Governour, that Messrs. Jackson and
Potter were elected. The Hon. James
Burrill, jun. was then nominated as a
Senator, on the one part, and Jkremiah
B. Howell, ou the other. Previous to
the ballot, Mr. D’Wolf, of Bristol, of
murderoue memory, asked, "/or informa
tion,'* if his Excellency the Governour
would vote on the first ballot. The Govern
our replied, unequivocally, that his rights
were understood, and that he should ballot
with the members of the Committee. Thia
novel procedure awakened every fear of
many gentlemen of the Hoose, and pro
duced a warm and interesting discussion.
The customs of the House, the precedents
of every predecessor, and the usage of
ovary legislative and deliberative body,
were called forth to deter his Exdelleucy
from the assumption of so unconstitutional
a prerogative. It was contendedf that the
Chairman had, as presiding officer, only a
casting vote ; and that the immemorial cus
toms of the House were in conformity to
this opinion. The Governour, however, ex
pressed hie surprise at the discussion on
the floor, anti declared that he " was ac
quainted with his right, and should exer
cise it.” Tbefe were but few present whose
cheeks did not glow with just indignation;
but few who did not contemn this unheard
of assumption of Executive power. The
ballot then proceeded, and, with the assist
ance of bis own vote, and the vote of the
Governour, Mr. Howell was declared to
be elected by a majority of one. Thus Je
remiah B. Howell is a Senator in the
Congress of the United States. Perhaps I
there is no situation, in the gift of a single
State in this Union, of more responsibility, I
and the duties of which require a more
sound judgement and extensive informs- I
tioo. By the Constitution of these United
States the Senate is made a distinct body of
the Legislature, as a check upon the popu
lar branch, vis.the House, and a barrier to
the assumption and abuse of power in the
Executive. It constitutes by law the high
est Court of impeachment, and in conjunc
tion with the President, has power to de-1
clare war, or conclude treaties of peace. I
To fill thia important station the Tammany
Society of Rhode-Island have elected Je
remiah B. Howell, a man whois really
pre-eminently disqualified for the office.—
Asa tide-waiter and a simple Justice of the I
Peace* he passed without notice, for he was
pitied rather than contemned. But when
we see the spirit of “ reform** so palpably
violate every principle of reason and com
mon sense, as to exalt tCßuch a station a
man of notalents, no principle, and destitute
of all information—the mere fiudding-bag
of nature—we cannot but callon the people
to reflect. His opponent, Mr. Burrill,
is a statesman, and a patriot of the Waeh
ingtonian School, of the first
talents and information, and of unblemished
integrity. The contrast never was greater
between any than these two individuals;
but the Governour said let it be so, and it
was even as he said.
The good people of this State will now be
mis-represented in the Senate for six years. I
We say mis-represented, for their princi
ples they have declared are Waehingtont
an, and not of the French School. Mr.
Howell has every indneement that can
possibly influence such a man, to commence
and continue a humble follower of the Exe
cutive will. His father is the United States’
Attorney, and his brother-in-law, Knighty
Dexter, is Marshal of the District of
Rhode-Island. These offices are both de
pendent upon the will of the President,
Jerre must, therefore, father, wifhout a
murmur, every battard they beget. More
of this hereafter.
At Newport, on the 28th ult. by the
Rev. Mr. Tunny, Captain John Paine
Hammond, to Miss Elizabeth Laun
ders Thurston, daughter of the late
Captain Samuel Thurstoiu •
N. B. A cord of rods is io pickle for the
Governour.
Schooner— Britannia, Brown, Albany.
At Pawtuxet, on Thursday last, Mrs.
Waite Remikgtok, widow of the late
Captain Peleg Remington, in the 71at year
of her age.
At Johnston, yesterday morning, Mrs.
Mary Smith, daughter of John Smith,
Esq. in the 39th year of her age. Her fu
neral will be attended from her father's
house in Johnston, on Thursday next, at
two o'clock, P. M. at which time and place
her relatives and friends are requested to
attend without further invitation.
American .marine lijtt.
Sloofu —Sophia, Bolles, Savannah ; Ve
nns, Comstock, New-York.
New- York, November 2.
Arrived, schooner Purse, Richards, 30
days from St. Sebastians. Left no Ameri
can vessels. A vessel under French colours
sailed two or three days before for New-
York. The American vessels under se
questration at Bayonne and their cargoes,
had all been sold. The ship Sally, Scott,
sailed from Bayonne abodt the middle of
September for Bourdeanx, to take General
Armstrong on board. Two or three Ame
rican vessels had lately arrived at Bour
deaux, and would be allowed to sell by
paying the new duties. The whole of the
American property sold at Bayonne, had
to pay the new duty ; and there was a ru
mour from Paris, that the nett preceeds
would be given upto the owners. No Ame
rican vessels had been released. Captain
Smith, Ina Philadelphia ship, was to sail
from St. Jean de Lus, for Philadelphia,fa
5 or 6 days. October 24. spoke ship Unfon,
10 day a from Philadelphia, for Liverpool.
PORT OF PROVIDENCE,
November 6, 1810.
ENTERED,
2?ri£—Massasoit, Cook, Boston.
Sloofi— Eliza, Curite, New-York.
CLEARED,
jßarrteo,
mteb,
The ship America, from the Jade fot
Philadelphia, captured, and sent into Dun
kirk has been released. [On what con
ditions ? 100,000 francs was offered for the
restoration of the vessel and cargo.]
The American brig Union, captured by
the French, and re-capturod by the Eng
lish, arrived at Plymouth, England, on the
6th ult.
The Columbian, Jones, from New-York,
to Ht. Petersburg, was captured on the sth
of July, and carried Into a port in Norway.
The Mary, Kemble, from Norfolk, has
been on shore on Hoyle Rank, is got off,
and now on the Bank near the parade, and
full of water. •
Marblehead, November 1.
Arrived, ship Orient, Andrews* from
Gottenburg. Sailed, September 17, with
Frederick, Helen, Boston; Industry, Bag
ley ; Robert, Adams; Washington, Fur
long, and Alert, Nichols, of Newburyport;
Francis, Wibet; Colt; Indian Chief, and
Pilot, of New-York; President Adams,
Field; ' Bayard, Wood; General Hamil
ton, Holden, and Caroline, Low, of Provi
dence; Grotius, Sheaf, and Wonolanset,
Randall, of Portsmouth ; Charles Carter,
Drisdell, of Norfolk; Cincinnatus, Sar
gent, of Gloucester; Adeline, Allen,and
Julia, Ropes, (a prise to the English,) of
Salem. Lift at Cronetadt,Augutt 6, tren
ds, Harris, for Boston, In 10 days; Hind;
Burchmore, in •; Boston Packet, Mans
field, in 12; Jason, in 12; Mount-Vernon,
Flint, in 6/Freedom, Ford, 4; Mentor,
Ashton, uncertain, for Salem ; Vancouver,
Allyn,New-Bedford; Indian Queen, Ham
mond, loading; Orion, M’Miilan, in 6
days; Juno, Swain, uncertain, for New-
York ; Thomas, Duxbury; Mary, Phila
delphia ; Benjamin fit Nancy*, Fuller, New
buryport. Left at Gottenburg, Laurel,
Burnham* of Boston; Galatea, Towne;
William, Stanley; Mary, Salem; and
I Captain Leach, of Beverly, in a new brig
all bound up the Baltlck the first wind, un
der convoy. There were 200 Americans
at Gottenburg, but Captain Andrews tar
ried but an hour, and did not procure a list.
I In Hano, Captain Sweet, of Salem, and
I two Americans just arrived, with cotton.—
The 40 sail from Teneriffe, under Spanish
colours were still under sequestration.—
Passed, in the Gulf of Finland, 25 Ameri-
cans, among them the Asia, Lovett, of
Beverly, and Lucia, of Salem—he under-
stood by a Baltimorean who sailed 4 days '
after him that they had arrived safe at St.
Petersburg. Spoke, September 21, in eight
<»f the Orkneys, schooner, Liberty, Russell,
of Marblehead, for St Petersburg, 27 days
out—he probably arrived at Gottenburg in
3 days. The English fleet lost five of their
convoy, (out of 600,) taken by 19 gun boats
io the Belt. All the ports in Prussia were
declared in a state of blockade by the Eng-
I lish
Arrived brig Polly, Blanchard, 42 days
from Dublin. Spoke, October 22, let 41,
13, lang. 57, brig Mary-Ann, Martin 110
days from St. Petersburg for Providence,
employed in securing his mainmast, having
carried away five of the shrouds; supplied
him with two barrels bread, one do. beef,
and two bags of bread, which were every
thing he stood in need of, having plenty of
water.
The Nimrod, Smith, from New-York,
for Elsineur, with a cargo of come, sugar,
Bcc. has been carried into Aulburg. Brig
Mary and Betsy, Thornburn, an American,
but under Prussian colours, with a cargo of
timber, has also been sent into Aulburg.—
The American schooner Betsey and Polly,
Nicholas Owens, master, from Tenerife,
bound to London, laden with wine, barilla,
and hides, has been captured by a French
privateer and re-captured by the Seine,
British frigate. Tfip French privateer
commanded by the celebrated Alexander
Black, has captured in the British Channel
the Hope, May, from Mogadore, on the 3d
September and the day previous an Ame
rican brig.
' WANTED,
A QUANTITY qf FLAX-SEED, fcr
which Cash and the highest price will
be given, by JACOB SOESMAN.
JVbvembfr 6, 1810.
FOR SALE BY
GREENE & CARTER,
NINE Hogsheads of Antigua Rum,
20 Chests of Ist quality Bohea Tea,
Chests and Boxes of Hyson and Souchong
Teas.
5 Hogsheads of Loaf Sugar,
1 Pipe of old Madeira Wine, in Demi
johns, for family's use;
8 Quarter Casks of old Malaga Wine,
Pipes and Barrels of India-Point and
Bowen's Gin, *
800 Sides of Sole-Leather, Bcc. kc.
November 6, 1810.
State of Rhode-Island and Provi
dence Plantations.
In General Ateembly, October Se»»ion*
A. D. 1810.
RESOLVED, That the General Assem
bly will, in the afternoon of the second
day of the next session, proceed tu the trial
bf the docket of petitions, and will proceed
in the trial nf the same, until the same be
finished ; and that thivßesolotion be pub
lished in all the news-papers primed in
this State- » ,
A true Copy: Hitneu,
SAMUEL BDDY
CAPTURES.
Foe ton, November 2.