The Rhode-Island American, and general advertiser — Providence [R.I.], 1810-06-26 00:00:00, page 1

China Goods at Auction.
Qu MONDAY the 2d of July next, will be
sold at Publick Auction, at the Store,
No. 2, Butler’s Wharf, on an extensive
credit, . . ,
THE Cargo of the ship Baltick,Jona
than Aborn, Master, from Canton,
consisting of Bohea Tea in whole, half and
quarter Chests’; Souchong <V>. in Boxes_and
Cheats, Hyson, Young Hyson, Hy son Skin
and Gunpowder do. warranted of a genu
ine quality, and expressly calculated tor
the American market; Cassia, W hue-
Lead, blue and white Company and short
yellow Nankins; a few Cases of black
Sinchawapnd Satins.
Sale to begin at 10 o clock.
at 12 o'clock, on a long credit,
_r-*Ty. THE Slop BALTICK, as
she came fta»»ca, now lay-
Ing «t sai<UWhaj;f, burthen
222 tons, has performed three
voyages to Canton, two of which on a cop
per bottom, is built of the best materials,
and in an uncommonly substantial manner,
by one of the best builders in the country,
and under the inspection of a gentleman
who designed her for his own use in the
European trade, for which employment
she is admirably calculated, uniting the
qualities of strength, beauty, sailing and
carrying She has delivered, her last
voyage, 330 tons measurement of goods,
without the smallest damage, as she has
•Iso her former cargoes ; she is well fouud
in every thing excepting part of her run
ning rigging and sails, which are consider
ably worn.
Al»o, at the same time and filace,
t-rv. THE Sloop JUNO, bur
then six or seven hundred
Barrels, a substantial fast
jSiTiVVs sailing vessel, newly rigged
und sailed, and in other respects well found,
and particularly calculated for a fl«>ur
tracer and packet, having excellent ac
commodations.
B. & T. C HOPPIN, Auctioneers.
.June 22, 1810.
THE Ship FAME, now
■vLWYjv* lying at B u l lock ' t Wharf,
w« 11 in the coutse of 10
SESHdKb days; having a considerable
part 6f her cargo engaged, will take
Freight to fill up, on reasonable terms, for
’ hiCh, & ANDREWS;
. Who have for sale,
100 Hhds. of Molasses,
100 Boxes of Havana brown Sugar,
20 do. do. ' white do.
0 Hilda, of Muscovado do.
30 Barrels do. do.
JOO Boxes of Spermaceti Candles,
40 Boxes of 7 by 9 and 8 by 10 Gian,
10 Hhds. of choice flavoured Hum.
25- Bags of Coffee-
June, 22, 1810.
Landing for sale, from Schooner Betsy,
TWENTY-Five Hhds. of St. Croix
Rum,
165 Barrels of prime Beef.
Hhds. and Crates of Crockery and Glass-
Ware.
Molasses, Rum, Gin, Brandy, Coffee,
Rice, Cotton, Loaf, and Havana Sugars,
Indigo. Hides. Raisins, Soap. Lard, But
ter. Teas, India and English-Goods.
BLODGET & POWER.
June 22, 1810. 6t -
NOTICE is hereiiy given to the Stock
holders in the Rhode-Island Cen
tral Bank, that a <l»vidend has been de
clared on the 4th of June current, which
will be paid at the Bank at any time in
Bank hours to such as were Stockholders
on that day.
COTTON.
TWENTY Bales of Upland. and ten
do. Sea-Island COTTON, for sale by
J. P. JONES, 2d.
At the Store of Thomas Johes.
June 22. 1810.
Respectfully informs bis friends
and the publick, that he has built him
a Shop on the lot next north of the Packet
Wharf, where he intends carrying on the
TAILORING BUSINESS. and is now
ready to execute any work iivhU line with
fidelity and punctuality. Ihe smallest fa
vours thankfully received.
N. B. Wanted a Journeyman Tailor and
• Smart active Lad as an Apprentice to
the Tailoring Business. One from the
country, would be preferred.
June 22, 1810.
Copartnership formed.
THE subscribers inform their friends
and the publick in general, that they
have formed a copartnership uudev the
firm of
Seth and Edward S. Arnold,
rear the lower end of Main-Street, oppo
site Mr. William Tilling host's, where they
carry ort the Boot and Shoe Making
Business. They have for sale • small
aasurtincot oi Groceries, cheap for cash.
SETH ARNOLD,
EDWARD S. ARNOLD.
June 22, 1810.
Bu order of Directors,
W. GREENE, Cashier.
Rail-Greenwich, June 20, 1810.
OLUMF. II
THE RHODE ISLAND
AND GENERAL ADVERTISER.
A 2 . - - - ■ LIW ■ _ Wj.ap.-/ gi.i ! W B <■ L_ w=g K.t g ' ■ ■ J
FOR LIVERPOOL,
BANK DIVIDEND.
CYRUS iXLIS
“THE NATION WHICH INDULGES TOWARDS ANOTHER AN HABITUAL
IN STORE,
FRESH FLOUR.
Just received, and for sale by
JOHN ANDREWS,
TWO Hundred Barrels of Alexandria
FLOUR, fit for families usej
ALSO,
1600 Wt. of Hoes Lard, (very white,)
7000 Carolina Reeds or Canepoles,
3000 Feet of Carolina Flooring Boards,
A few Barrels of Tar, Pitch, Turpentine
and Varnish.
LIKEWISE,
Genuine Essence of Spruce, by the Keg,
Gallon, Pot or Pound ; 200 Wt. of excel
lent Hops—Groceries as usual.
June 19. 1810. .
B. T. CHANDLER;
Twenty-three Hhds. of real St.
Croix RUM, being part of the cargo
of the brig Hunter.
ALSO,
20 Casks of prime Rice,
10 Barrels of Coffee,
5 Bags ditto,
Mess and prime Beef and Pork of the
best inspection,
5000 Weight of excellent Hams,
1 Hogshead of prime Tobacco.
June 19, 1810. tf«
No. 16, Cheap-Side, and nearly opposite
<he Baptist Meeting-House, Providence,
Respectfully informs the nubiick,
that he has just received a fresh as
soc* ment of BOOKS and STATIONA
RY, which will be sold at prices that can
not fail to please purchasers; among
are, Hume’s and Smollet’s History of Eng
land, Mavor’s Universal History, Rollin’s
Ancient History, British Classicks, 16 vols.
Plutarch's Lives, Boswell’s Life of John
son, Orton’s Exposition, do Religious Ex
ercises, Hunter’s Sacred Biography, Faber
•n the Prophecies, Beisham’s Evidence of
Christian Revelation, Sacred Mirror, Let
ters from an Elder to a Younger Brother,
Lampriere’s Classical Dictionary, Wash
ington, or Liberty restored, by Thomas
JVorthmore, a Poem ; Intrigues of the
Queen of Spain, a large assortment of Bi
bles, Testaments, Prayer Books, Psalms
and Hymns; School Books of every kind,
with a large assortment of Stationary,
Dutch and English Quills, muph qheaper
than have been offered for the year past;
Pocket-Books, Penknives, Raizors, Scis
sors, Combs, Red and Black Inkpowder,
Wafers, Sealing Wax, Ink and Sand-
Stands, India Rubber, Durable Ink, Paint
Boxes, Gold Leaf, &c. &c. Super Royal,
Royal, Medium, Demy, Foolscap, and a
variety of Letter and Drawing Paper.
As large an assortment as in-the State,
and warranted inferiour in quality and
cheapness to n6ne.
BOOK binding.
Blank Books ruled and bound to any
pattern Old Books re-bound.
Jbnc 19, 1810. tf-
O. SHAW
OFFERS TO SELL OR LET,
TWO PIANO FORTES, which may
be seen at his Musick-Room, Weybos
aet*Street; where may be had the newest
and most fashionable Songs, Pieces, &c.
and a variety of Instruction Books for the
Piano Forte and other instruments, by the
first masters. Lessons given as usual.
June 19, 1810.
BEST ST. CROIX RUM.
FOR SALE,
The cargoes of the Brigs Hiram and Ve
nns, Captains Maurans, from Matanzas,
consisting of
THREE Hundred and Forty Hhds. of
excellent retailing Molasses, 50 Hhds.
of Muscovado Sugar, Boxes and Barrels
of brown do. of an excellent quality. For
terms, apply to
WILLIAM CHURCH,
CARLO or JOSHUA MAURAN,
South End.
LIKEWISE FOR SALK BT
WILLIAM CHURCH,
AT HIS STORE,
50 Kegs of Hogs Lard,
15 do. good Butter, ,
100 Barrels of Naval Stores,
200 Good Hhd. Shooks,
10 Bags of Coffee.
10 Boxes of New-York Candles,
10 do. do. Soapi
Wkßarrels of White Beaqs.
WR|t a sene ral assortment of Groceries,
as usual.(F
June 1, 1810. tf.
For Sale, Freight, or. Charter,
THE staunch and fast-sail
ing Brig CANTON, 112
fcZjKZKr t,:US burthen, 4 years old,
dHMMKm bu<lt of the best materials,
and can be rent to sea at a small expense.
For terms apply to
SPOONER RUGGLES, or
STEPHEN ARNOLD.
May 22, 1810. tf.
THE remarkably fast-nail-
JtWO ing Brig PAKTHtH, Tho
Ty HvMJk mas Laing. Master, bur-
JMMmKb then 850 Bartels, in excel
lent miler, and haa good accomnv»daii<Ais
for passengers. Apply to the Master on
rd, or to JACOB SOWMAN.
tf.
May 25, 1810.
JOHN BREWER,
For Freight or Charter,
BLANK BOOKS.
lOS BAjLE BY
PROVIDENCE, TUE
Saw ye my wee Thing? Saw ye mine sin
Thing ?
Saw ye niy true Love down by yon lee j
Gross’d she the meadow, ye streen at the
gloaming ?
Sought she thwburnie whar fiow’rs the haw
tree ?
Her hair it is lint-white 1 her skin it is milk
white,
Dark is the blue of her aaft rolling e’e
Red her ripe lip is, and titan rosea 1
Whar could my wee Thing wander free me ?
I saw na your wee Thing, I saw na your ain
Thing, 4 '
Nor saw I yourtrue Love down by yon lee j
But I met a bonny Thing late in the gloaming,
Down by the burnie whar fiow’rs the haw
tree.
Her hair it was linl-white, her skin it was
milk-white,
Dark was the blue o* her saft rolling e’e!
Red war her ripe lips, and sweeter than roses I
Sweet war the kisses that she gae to me I
I
It was na my wee Thing I It was na mine ain
Thing,
It was na my true Love ye met by the tree •
Proud is her leal heart, and modest her nature,
She never loo’d Le-man till ance she loo’d
me.
Her name it is Mary, she’s frae C»stle-Cary,
Aft has she sat, when a bairn, on my knee•
Fair as your face is, wart fifty times fairer,
Young Braggart, she ne’er wad gie kisses
to thee!
It was then you» Mary, she’s frae Castle-
Gary;
It was then yovb true Love I met by the
tree I
Frond as her heart is, and modeit her nature,
Sweet war the kisses that she gae to me I
Sair gloom'd his dark brow, Uood-red his
cheek grew, .
Wil# flash’d the fire, frae his red rolling e’e;
Ye’s rue fair this morning, your boasting and
scorning;
Defend ye, fause traitor, for laudly ye lie I
“ Awa wi’ beguiling,” then cried the youth
smiling i
Aff gaed the bonnet j the lint-white locks
flee ;
The belted plaid fk’ing, hef white bosom
shewing,
Fair stood the lov’d Maid wi’ the dark roll
ing e’e.
Is it my wee Thing ’ Is it mine tin Thing ’
Is it my true Love here that I see !
O Jamie! forgive me, your heart’s constant
to me ;
111 never mair wander, my true Love, frae
thee. .' ’
W,T. malignant solicitude to infuse into
the bosoms of others that implacable hos
tility to England, whioh is the best prepa
rationffor the yoke of France, the Nation
Al Intelligencer next proceeds to review
the two letters which produced his re
marks.
The. delay in answering Mr. Pinkney
|ives much umbrage. “ The annals of di
plomacy,” says this 'curious diplomatist,
may be ransacked in vain, without find
ing an analagous case attended with such
delay, even in those dark periods when
force was the acknowledged arbiter be
tween iiations. At this day such a delay
would not have been tolerated by any Eu
ropean government.”/
The annals of diplomacy may indeed be
searched in vain for an analagous case. It
is not to be found. A tpiuimr was never
before dismissed under similar pretences.
But the delay has produced no injury, and
connected with all its circumstances, fur
nishes no just cause of offence.
The cabinet of St. James is unquestiona
bly of pinion, that the dismission of Mr.
Jackson was an act, which could not have
proceeded from a friendly government.—
I will not now exumine the grounds of this
opinion ; but all who have considered that
transaction must be sensible, that it is sup
ported by at least plausible considerations.
Few will be so hardy as to deny, that were
situations reversed, the administration at
Washington would have discovered their
sensibility in a much more irritating form.
It certainly is not matter of surprise that
such an occurrence should require some re
fleaion.; and that the precise course of the
government, and the language ia which
that course should be communicated, would
be deemed worthy of deliberation. The
determination to recall Mr. Jacksoo with
out censure, was probably immediately
taken. The resolution to defer the ap
pointment of a successor till there should
MARY OF CASTL
FROM fHR FKDRRAL . JtBPUBLICAIf.
ARMINIUSNo. IV.
9*RND, OR AN HABITUAL BONDHKSS, IS IN SOME DEGREE A SLA
jJ&WceHanp.
poetrp.
'DAY, JUNE 26, 1810.
ARY.
I* Nome reason to hope for more amicablt
dispositions on the part of the United
Slates, was the almost inevitable con se
quence of the opinion, that the dismission
of that minister indicated an unfriendly
temper. But there were attendant cir
cumstances, which deserved to be consid
ered.
time employed upon it is by no means ex
traordinary. The very important trans
actions of the continent, agd ja fttrljament,
would certainly occupy much ofßie atten
tion of the administration; ana the dis
tractions of the cabinet, on which Mr.
Smith dilates, and which has so often fur
nished him with a theme of dplight, might
have accounted to himself for their not
having answered our demand with the
obsequious rapidity, which he requires.—
Nor is it altogether unworthy of notice,
that Mr. Pinkney received the despatches,
directing him to demand the recall of Mr.
Jackson, on the 27th of November. To
execute his orders was his sole business.
They wqre executed on the 2d of January.
Thus he required more than one month to
present a letter, the subject of which had
bqen dictated to him. He had no judge
ment to exercise respecting the propriety
of the measure ; and not much respecting
the form of the application. He was iqtei •
rupted by no other business, aud more than
one month intervenes between receiving
his orders and writing his letter. Yet thi
British cabinet, in a crisis to which the
history of man furnishes no parallel, oc
cupied with objection which the exislenc*
of the nation and of human liberty depend.-,
obliged to attend to a most formidable <>p
position in Parliament, "and di suae ttG as
Mr. Smith says with its own divisions, h..t>
committed an offence of such magniiud.
against the dignity of the United States bj
permitting double the time to pass awav
before the answer to this letter was digest-
ed and given, as to justify the attempt stib I
further to inflame the already healed dis I
positions of the American people. There I
will be found tlus less apology fur this ill I
limed and ill intended effort still further tn I
widen the breach between the two coun- I
tries, if it be recollected that between the I
commencement and termination of this I
business, as many conferences took place
on the subject as were wished by Mr. Pink
ney, and that there is no cause to suspect
that he had not early reason to believe the
ultimate course of the British government
would be substantially such as it has been.
But let us,pause for a moment, to reflect
on the allegation, that even in those “ dark
ages, when force was the acknowledged
arbiter between nations,” “ the annals of
diplomacy may be ransacked in vain with
out finding an analogous case attended with
such delay.”
We will look back no further than Ho
the latter period of that administration of
which the present is a continuation.
So early as November, 1806, t 1.6 Empe
rour of France issued an Imperial edict at
Berlin, declaring the dominions of Great-
Britain in a state of blockade, and prohib
iting all commerce in articles, which were
the growth or manufacture of those domin
ions. This decree in its terms applied to
the United States. In December, 1807, a
decred was made by the same authority
which was a still more unqualified and
unequivocal act of hostility on the Ameri
can people.
On the Bth of February, 1808, a letter
was drawn from the Department of State,
directing a remonstrance against the de
cree of 1806. These tardy instructions
were received on the 26th of March, and
Immediately obeyed. General Armstrong,
however, had previously remonstrated.—
In this letter of the sth of April, he says,
“Though I had complained often and ear
nestly of both the principle and operation of
the Emperour’s decrees of November, 1806,
and December, 1807, {having written at
least twenty notes on the different cases*
which have arisen under them,) yet ns the
President’s orders were express, that on
receipt of your letter, I shook! superadd to
whatever representations might have been
previously made, a formal remonstrance
against those decrees, I did not lose a mo
ment in writing and presenting the enclosed
note,” “ To this note I have not yet re
ceived an answer, nor have I reason to ex
pect one soon, as the Emperour Has left
Paris, (it is said for Spain,) and had at no
time before he set but, indicated any altera*
tion in the views which originally produced
the decrees in question."
On the 12th of April, General Arm
strong informs the Secretary of State, that
his remonstrance remains unanswered.
It Is not contended, that the Interval be
tween the 2d and 12th of A pril, was such
as to afford much cause for complaint at
the silence then observed; but General
If the case required consideration, the
Aimstrong had “ written at least twenty fl
notes” on this sulyrct, without success, ■
md no answer to this remonstrance was
given in the course of that year. ■
On the 4th of July, 1808, General Arm* I
strong in compliance with the instructions fl
of the President remonstrated against g
tain expressions used in a letter of the 15th fl
of J muary. addressed to him by Mr. Cham-'
pagny. These expressions .were so haugb
ty and imperious that not even Mr. Jeffer
son could pass them over unnoticed.
On the 10th of the same month General j
Armstrong addressed another letter to Mr.
Cbampagny requesting to know whether ■/*
the French government justified its Admi
ral in burning or otherwise destroying on
the high seas the ships and met ch and is*
belonging to citiaens of the United States, , 1
In these letters General Armstrong did
not forget or disobey the order '* to avoid a j
style of procedure, which might co-ofierata
with the policy of the Britiah
by eliminating thefiaaaione if the French.**
If letters on any subjects whatever I'
might be supposed to require and to admit
of immediate answers, those above cited
are of this description.
The first related to a direct attack o*
the rights of a very friendly nation, th* "
second to expressions used to that natipa
in an official note, which are totally in*
compatible with its sovereignty and *elf*
government, and the third modestly asked
whether his M j< sty's government avowed
or disavowed the burning ot American
property on the high seas s It is difficult
t<> imagine letters to which more imma- 1
diate answers ought to have been given.
On the 26th ot July General Armstrong 1
s iys—“ It would have given me the highest
pleasuie to have drawn from this govern
ment such explanations on the general sub
ject of our differences with them, as would
have met the friendly and equitable views
, <>f the United States; but 1 owe it as well
to you as to myself to declare that every
utempt for th.it purpose hitherto made
has failed, and undei circumstances, which •'
by no means indicate any change in thin
respect for the better,"
On the 7th of August he says-—*' my re
monstrances continue to be unanswered.**
On the 28th of August he says—** since,
my arrival at this place, (Bourbon L’Artf
chainbault,) I have been honoured by the ~
receipt of your despatch of the 91st ulti*
mo, and would immediately return to Paris f
to renew my discussions with Mr. W.
pagny either personally as you suggest, or \
by writing, bad I not the most solemn con
viction that any new experiment made at 1
the present moment, lin either form and of i''""*
official character, would certainly be use- '
less and probably injurious*'
In the following November the de- '
spafches were laid before Congress; an* 1
if any answers had then been given to thus* £
interesting letters, they were such as the £
President did not choose to v
If answers have yet been received t* t
them, they are withheld from the pub- I
lick eye.
What now shall we think of the declare* 1
tion, that the annals of those dark /
when force was the acknowledged arbiter J
between nations, may be ransacked ip vain t I
for a precedent for such delay as has oc- 9
curred on this occasion? What reliance if (
to be placed on the gf ,* <
man thus apparently unmindful of thepvcty .
he details, and thus regardless of tbq.tnpp d
nature of those circumstances with Whkly *
he seeks to inflame the American people r \
If a virtuous though misplaced judigna
tion at the disrespect offered to his country,
in not returning in less than two months, sp »
answer to*a letter requiring the recall of
Mr. Jackson, really animated, this court
Editor, and induced this attempt to infysg
into his fellow-citizens the angry flam*
which glows in his own bosom, how comes
it that be is So profoundly indifferent re
specting the infinitely more cootumelioue
silence of France f We heard nothing then,
and we bear nothing still of the inutility of
searching the annals of dark ages for S
precedent for refusing to answer the bum- j
bie request of a friend, to know whether a
government avows or disavows the act of
burning the property of that friend on the
high seas. The Intelligencer could learn
with perfect composure, that the goverhy
inent of France refused to retracf or e|y
plain language, such as had on no former
occasion ever been addressed to an ioder
pendent nation. , a
What produces thia outrageous passion
in the one case, and this tame acqpiescencf
in the other ? Why is such artifice ln
the one case to st imuUte the passions <■ „
the people. While the xXhee glides iqtf j.
oblivion without a solitary comment ? , T
The reason is obvious. The one is th*
act of England, and the other the act «
France. . J W
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