The Rhode-Island American, and general advertiser — Providence [R.I.], 1810-05-01 00:00:00, page 3

' 7 Lord Mulraw h «uld retires from the
Atfyiralty.
A\l parlies hi Russik are disgusted with
Alexander ; and * war between Russia and
France is ifer constant theme of converse*
■ • in Germany. A Live*pool paper of
the 34th March says, *• The Russian Gov
ernment has confiscated all the estates of
* Prince Potocki in the Ukraine, in conse
quence of his accepting a commission in the *
French army.”.
The nuptials of Napoleon with the Arch-
Duchess Maria Louisa, of Austria, is to
take place cannomcally on the 25 instant.
The Vienna papers already announce her
as Empress of'the French; and that she
will be accompained to Brannau by the
Archduke Charles.
’ t March 22.
AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
\ The John Adams, it is said will sail from
j Cowes to-fnmrow, with the ultimatum
agreed upon between Marquis Wellesley
1 and Mr. Pinkney. It is supposed that the
late hostile conduct of France and her
dependencies towards American shipping
and merchandise, has removed some of the
obstructimis to an arrangement between the
United States and this Country. It has
been conjectured that this Minister, (A.)
on ihe arrival of the American frigate, on
lhecpastof France, was to embark, and
proceed la her to the United States. It is
true that the, frigate will touch at some
;onvenient French port, to receive the
'despatches of the General; and it is not
mprobable that they will contain an ap
. 'Heation for his recall, but he will not re-
am until he receives orders for that pur
pose from his Government.
The late flag of truce from France only
eluted to an exchange of prisoners.
SIVEDEX AND RUSSIA.
The following is an official copy of the
Commercial article of the treaty concluded
etween Russia and Sweden, the s—l7th
f September, 1809, at Fredericksham;
nd which letters from the North of Eu
ope say, will be made the basis of other
rooties then on the tapis. It will be seen
i Ue not quite so bad as most modern trea
ties are
•• Art. 3. His Majesty the King of Swe-
K !en, in order to give an evident proof of
<is desire to renew the most intimate re*
•ations with the august allies of his Majesty
he Emperour of all the Russia*, promise*
<o adhere to the continental system with
"uch modifications as shall be more parti •
< ularly stipulated in the negotiation which
s about to ve opened between Sweden,
France and Ueninark. Meanwhile, his
iwedish Majesty engages from. the ex.;
hange of the ratifications of the present
. testy, to ordemhat the ports of the king
■* oa of Sweden/shall be closed, both to the
k'h Mpsof war And merchantmen of Great*
i Mtain, witßlhe exception of the impar*
ation of stJk and colonial production*,
•hich habit (han rendered necessity to the
ample of Sweden. His Majesty the Em
terour of ail the Russias promises befon
land, to consent to every modification
rbich his fillies may consider just and fit
o be admitted in favour of Sweden, with
•espect to commerce and mercantile navi
gation.”
WAR lITbPAIN.
Paris, March 8.
Th« Minister at War has received a re
oort from Marshal Duke of Castiglione
lated Gerona, 23d February, whereby it
appears, that on the 20th, a battle was
fought in the plain of Vech, where ou<
troops commanded by General Souham
were attacked by the Spanish Cataloniar
army under the orders of its newly ap
pointed chief, General O’Donnel.. The in
surgents made their attack with grea
fury, but were repulsed at all points, ir
which General Souham, was 'badly, bu>
not mortally wounded io the head; that
the enemy lost 6800 men in killed and
wounded, fled in the utmost precipitation,
and retreated to the walls of Tarragona.
O’Donnel’s intention whs to destroy the
division of General Souham, to blockade
Ost air u, and to intercept the communica
tion of our troops with France. Our loss
amounted in the whole 150 killed and 227
wounded, among whom are 7 officers.
THR THOMAS JEFFERSON.
Amcng the American vessels, burnt by
the French in the Bay of Cadiz, was the
•hip Thomas Jefferson, of New-York.—
The ' information already published, re
specting that -cruel and barbarous trans
action, is confirmed by the following ex
tract of a letter from the "supercargo of
this vessel. The letter was dated at Ca
dis, on the 10th March, and was received
by the owners on the 23d instant.
, •• Immediately on my being informed of
w -the situation of the ship, I got a letter from
Mr. Haekley, (the Consul,) to the com
mender of the gun-boats on that station,
soliciting assistance to endeavour to save
some part of the cargo.—With these 1
> sent an officer and 4 men, while I exerted
mvself to send them still more efficient aid
from hence. This, however, I soon found
to be impracticable. On Friday the offi
» cer and men returned, not having been
able to reach the ship ; but they witnessed
her destruction from on board a man of
war. It seems that when the tide left the
• Thomas Jefferson, a horde of Frenchmen
” Dear Sir—l have this moment, (eight
o'clock at night,) received a letter written
by a negro in Greepe County,
a negro in Martin County, North CarolM,
calculated, if genuine, and so it appears to
be, to induce a belief that a general insur
rection is seriously contemplated. The
letter is in the following words :
” Dear Sir— -I received your letter the
fortent h of June, 1809, with great freedom
and joy to hear and understand what great
proccedanee you have made, and the reso
lution you have in proceeding on in business
as *e have undertook, and hope you will
still continue in the same mind. We have
spread the nuse nearly oVer the continent
in our part of the country, and have the
day when we are to fall to work, and you
must be sure not to fail on that day, and
i hut is the 22d of April, to began about mid
nit, and do the work at horn first, and then
take the armes of them you slay first, and
that will strengthen us more in armes—.for
freedom we want and will have, for we
have served this cruel land long ano/7", and
be as secret convaing your nuse u? possabel
and be sure to send it by some cearfull hand
and if it happens to be discovered, fail I not
in the day, for we are full abel to conquer
by any means, Sir, I am your Captain James
living in the state of Jorgy, in Green Coun
ty—so no more at present, but remaing
your sincer friend and Captain until death.”
Directed to “ Cornell Lukes, North-Caroli
na, in Martin County, near Roanoak river.”
Exum Lewis, Esq. a gentleman of cha
racter, who conveyed this letter to me,
informs me,” that it was lately found in the
road in Halifax county, near James Moor’s
store, another was found with it,
dated in Tehnessee, and directed to Brun
swick county, in Virginia, purporting near
ly the same in substance, and agreeing ex
actly as t<. the time fixed on for the purpose
of carrying the scheme into effect.”—l have
considered it my duty to give you this infor
mation, and have only time to add, as the
nour for closing the mail was already ar
rived, that'l hope you will so use it as to
prevent the meditated mischief. I am your
most obedient servant.
THOMAS BLOUNT.
The several Independent Companies ot
he town of Providence, yesterday con
• ened and celebrated their anniversary
■vith uncommon splendour and parade.
Al half past eleven o’clock, A. M. the Ar
tillery Company, commanded by Colonet
C'ABLILK ; the Volunteers, by Colonel
Earle ; the Cadets, by Colonel Blod
get; and the Light Dragoons, by Colonel
Arnold, assembled on the Bridge and
proceeded to the First Congregational
Meeting-House. After rnusfck, the throne
>f grace was addressed in a prayer pecu
harly fervent and impressive by the Rev
Mr. Edes. Captain Christopher R.
Greene then delivered an Oration on the
subject Of war, embellished with the flow
era ot fancy and the gi aces of eloquence
The audience, by loud and reiterated plau*
lits, testified their satisfactiu. and delight
on the presentation of so beautiful a gar
land. —The Companies Jhen formed am.
proceeded to the Great Bridge, and the
thunder of seventeen cannon proclaimed
the joy and good fellowship of the day.
They then separated, and several iqilitary
manoeuvres were gone through with an ac
curacy highly creditable to the officers and
men. Colonel Blodget’s Company wen
equipped with new uniform, and by the
regularity of their manoeuvres, justified
the sanguine ex|»eclations of the publick
In the evening a brilliant ball was given in
commemoration of this event. Amidst
the present intemperance of party it is con
soling to the patriotick mind to find them
all relinquishing such petty distinction fo<
the prouder name of AMERICANS I
We hail this dawn of returning day, the
time when we shall be enabled to greet oui
political opponents as brothers in a ty other
character than that of politicians. Let
not this be construed to mean a tame sub
mission to the views and ambition of the
party in power. Such meanness we are
incapable of. Whatever our political op
ponents have done, or can do to our de
triment, whether in office, or out of it, we
despise and defy.
The several Militia Companies likewise
paraded in a soldier like manner.
marched down, dreve Captain Densmore
and crew out of her and immediately aet
her on fire, when she’was entirely destroy
ed. Mr. ——-, who was on board the ship
was also marched off with Captain Dens
more.”
Apprehended Insurrection tf the Blacks.
The Editors of the Patriot, have re
ceived from a correspondent in Augusta,
Georgia, the following copy of a letter
from General Thomas Blount, of North-
Carolina, to the Honourable J. Milledge, of
Georgia. Mr. M. spread the information,
and it excited much alarm, and occasioned
great preperations for security. The com
municator says, “ the letter of “ Captain
James” is but a small evidence of the dis
position of the blacks in this part of the
copngpy.”
“ Tarborough, March 26, 1810.
TUESDAY, MAY. 1, 1810.
MILITARY ELECTION.
The object of Colonel Bu-r*a visit to Pa
ris is said to be, to snbmit to the French
Executive a project for disuniting the
American States, and for other measures
of effectual hostility, io the event of a rup
vlftDlLN AND FRANCE.
” The following circumstantial account
of the late treaty between France and
Sweden is contained in a letter Stock
holm. The particulars added are highly
interesting; but the magnanimity, of Na
poleon being coupled with the conditions of
having its object in his power, and almost
in his custody, will obtain little credit
from those who look beyond the surface :
' “ We have at last Peace with France ;
the chief conditions are stated to be the fol
lowing :
”1. There shall be an everlasting Peace
between Btfcden and France.
On Wednesday, the 28lh ult. the citi
Zens of Laurens county were awakened, a
little before sun-rise, with an incessant
flood of rain, a violent wind, and a fre
quent falling of trees. In about twenty
minutes the alarm became general, and
.the destruction of every object around
seemed to be threatened, by one of the
most violent tornadoes, perhaps ever wit
nessed in Georgia. So great has beeh its
ravages, that whole forests have been laid
prostrate, and some of the finest high land
in this state rendered a heap of ruins.—
Many of the best plantations imve become
unfit for immediate cultivation; houses,
fences and stock, have been swept away
or destroyed ; and the distress of the plan
ters, (many of whom were new settlers,
and had just began to surmount their diffi
culties,) is indiscribable. Some of them
have lost their all; having neither a horse
to plough, nor a cow <•* indk.
The width of the tornado is supposed to
have been about six miles; but its extent
has not been ascertained. It passed over
the Oakmulgee, about the 7th district of
Baldwin, In an eastwardly direction.
** HI. The Swedes shall have .a right to
import in Swedish vessels. Salt and Colo
nial produce from England, on proofs be
ing given that the same are far the actual
account and risk of Swedish subjects. It
is further agreed that the Emperour Na
poleon will grant a free passport to the
late King of Sweden, Gustavus Adolphus,
to prdceed to, and reside in Switzerland,
or such other place 0 may hereafter be
decided upon, in the French dominions, or
dependencies of France.
“ When Count Essen, the Swedish Am
bassadour at Pari* epplied to Napoleon
for a passport, it is that he replied,
” I grant a free passport to that Monarch
to reside at aey place wherever he shall
choose ; and 1 engage, on my honour, that
he shall receive ail protection in my States.
Do you think Count Essen, that Gustavus
Adolphus would have done this to me, had
1 been in bis situation paper.
” 11. Pomerania, with the Idland of Ru
gen, and the Dependencies thereof, are. to
be returned to Sweden. ' 1
Yesterday afternoon arrived here, down
sound, the French schooner Ant, Captain
Revet, 30 days from Bourdeaux, with wine,
brandy, &c. bound to Bourbon, put in here
with both masts sprung. She sailed on the
25th of March, at which time, the Ameri
can vessels in the ports of France, and at St.
Sebastians, still rerrcuqgd under sequestra
tion. The mate of the vessel informed us,
that several of our vessels had been con
demned at St. Sebastians. The supercar
go, however, with whom we have since
conversed, say* he did not hear of any con
demnations. He also says, if we make a
good treaty with England, there will be no
difficulty with France —[That is, we sup
pose such a treaty as is agreeable to Bony ]
This gentleman also says, that it was un
derstood, that the John Adams frigate was
detained in England for Mr. Pinkney's
despatches. This cannot be correct, for
we have an account by the Juno of the de
spatches having been sent on board, and of
the frigates sailing for Havre on the 12th
of March.—He also inform?, that 300,000
French troops had been sene to Spain ; but
that 100.000 of them had been ordered
back. About 20,000 troops were at Bour
deaux, quartered on the inhabitants.—Bo
naparte was to be married on the 25th of
March. About four days before he sailed,
he heat'd that a United States vessel had
arrived at St. Sebastians, with news of the
probable removal of the non-intcrcourse,
which gave apparent satisfaction. [We
fiever heard of the sailing of such a ves
sel.]—The ship George Dyer, Cochrane,
was to sail from Bourdeaux about the first
of April for Baltimore, as a cartel, with
passengers. Another vessel for Baltimore,
was to sail about the same time with pas
sengers from Rochelle. The capture of
Guadaloupe, and the arrival of the French
troops opposite Cadiz, was known at Bour
deaux.
A gentleman just arrived from the up
per parts of the state, has communicated
to us in substance, the following distressing
information: .
From the London Statesman of Feb. 5.
COLONEL BURR.
From the New-York Gazette of April 25.
Latest fro* Francs.
Fxom Savannah, April?.
TORNADO.
This is a situation, which requires us
solemnly to pause and reflect; to review
the past in order to discover, if possible,
how we may remedy so many evils; and
turning our minds to this salutary occupa
tion, it rfiore particularly behoves us to in
vestigate the charge so often preferred
against administration of our being treach
erously made the sport of France. No
document, which can throw light upon
this subject is beneath our notice or un
worthy of our attention.
To the Hemisphere of Philadelphia,
we are indebted for the republication of a
work nf this sort. It is a review from
J.'Jmbigu, the celebrated French paper
printed in London by M. Peltier, of a
pamphlet lately published by Mr. Lewis
Goldsmith, entitled ** Exposition of the
conduct of France, towards America,
proved by several cases decided in Coun
cil of Prizes at Paris,” with the motto
“ Srniprrrjuc rtetntts
** Convtctarc 'mat pradat rtslvere raptit*
Fed. Rep.
Bonaparte has at length done away all
the effects of the British Orders of Council.
He has prohibited the trade of the United
States to all the purt» and places declared
to be blockaded, and there is no longer any
pretext or excuse to submit to the dupli
cate French decrees of Holland, Naples,
&c. any more than to that of Berlin. Whe
ther the government of the United States
will be excused for omitting to Inform the
merchants of the danger of submitting to
those duplicates, by exposing their proper
ty, which has now been confiscated ; or,
whether this govei nment could be suspect
ed to know of this danger itself, are ques
tions for those to investigate and determine
whose property has been sacrificed.
It may not be amiss, however, to remind
the American reader, that the Orders of
Council were not merely intended to de
prive France, Hbllai>& Ac. of trade, but
were formal acts of Blockade, on the pfirt
of the British, post er four to, and in retalia
tion of the formal act of blockade, issued
by Bonaparte against England, on the 24th
November, 1806, from Berlin : and as Bo
naparte will continue to capture American
ships and property, going to or coming from
England, in execution of his decree, It
cannot be expected the Orders in Council
will be rescinded by the British, without
some counter or equivalent stipulation in
their favour, on the part of the govern
ment of the United States. Fortunately
for the people of the United States it is not
in the power of the tyrant of the continent
to exececute bis decree on the ocean, at
least to any great extent, not perhaps to
the of one per cent, for the great
seizures he has got, were blindly thrown
into his lap-— Our confidence was such,
that it required neither risk nor expense to
seiae this property. It is now therefore of
little importance what his decrees may be
for the future, or how long the British may
continue their orders. If the latter were
repealed, no one could go to places they
contemplate, unless they really meant to
subsidize the enemy, and give the half of
their substance to enable him to take the
other half, and knowingly to do what they
have been doing blindfolded for three years
past.— Federal Republican. *
tare between the two coutries. Mr. Burr
communicated his plans to our government,
together with bis vkwaof
sary for their execution; at the same time
announcing his determination of applying
to France, in the event of his proposal*
here being rejected.
That our foreign affairs have received
their, tone from Paris during the whole ad
ministration of Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Mad
ison, no candid and intelligent man can
doubt The interdiction of the arming of
merchant vessels, the abandonment of the
St. Domingo trade, the refusal to revive
Jay’s treaty, the rejection of Monroe’s and
Pinkney's, the instructions given to the for
mer respecting the Chesapeake, the embar
go, the failure of Rose's mission, the rejec
tion of Jackson, and the direct and positive
measures pur sued'to bring about a war with
England are so many proofs of it. A materi
al question to be asked is, what has the na
tion gained by the partiality and crooked po
licy of their rulers ? Nothing but poverty,
contempt and derision. The year preced
ing the embargo, the amount of domestick
produce exported had swelled to the high
est pitch, and we had beside wormed our
selves into a trade in foreign productions,
which enabled us to export from our coun
try an annual amount equal to our own
productions exported. Where is our trade
now, and where are our seamen to carry it
i'in ? The one is engrossed by others and
the latter are dispersed in foreign service.
Instead of coercing France, we crouch be
fore her, whilst her tyrant pronounces
every American cargo, that comes within
his grasp, forfeited or condemned to the
flames; and instead of coping with the
British navy, a report is brought into Con
gress for reducing our shipping to three
frigates and three sloops of war ! Instead
jf an army with which to conquer Canada,
the General, after seeing It dead and buri
ed in Louisiana, has come home to perform
the impossible task of disproving that he
was a pensioner of Spain and a traitor.*
FRENCH INFLUENCE.
For SAVANNAH, Georgia,)
. THE Schooner HENgWX,
JvSTUs Allen, Master, te
RM/M. nove ready to take Freight
■MMMCa at Mose 3 Edbt and Broth
er’s Wharf, to sail in six days. For Freight
or Passage, apply to the Master ou board,
or to RICHMOND & ALLEN.
May If 1810.
For CHARLESTON, (S. C.)
I THE remarkably fast-sail-
>'?Vau * n| ? ABEONA, George
Hitt* Master, being in excek
lent order, will sail on Sunday
next. Fur Freight or Passage, apply to
Abnkx DAGdKTT, or the Master on
board, at Captain Joseph Tillioghast’s
Wharf.
May 1, 1810.
LATEST
The ship Golcouda, has arrived at New-
York from Liverpool. By this arrival Lon
don dates are received tot lie 23d of March,
(one day latest.) It appears Ijy the ex
tracts given In the New-York Gazette,
which we shall publish on Friday, that
every thing was going on well between .
the British government and this country.
The John Adams frigate was to sail from
Cowes the 23d of, March, to touch at Ha
vre, where Mr. Armstrong's Messenger -
was waiting with despatches. ' '
Naw York, Amu. 28.
NEW-YORK ELECTION.
The votes for Govemuur, Lieutenant* -
Governour, Senators and Members of As
sembly, were not all canvassed, when thia
paper went to press, except the latter.
Six Federal Republican Assemblymen art
chosen, and five Democrats.
Queen's county is federal by a majority
of upwards of 100 votes.
JUarrieb, <
At Newport, Mr. Robert W. Hicks,
to Mum Patizncb Smith— Mr. Rich
ard Shaw, io Miss Mary ShkarmaN.
•ieb,
Yesterday, Martha-Ann Rdurxi,,
daughter of Capt, William Russell,} aged
2 years and 3 mouths. Funeral to-morrow
afternoon at 3 o'clock* from her
house in Benefit-street. The relations and
friends are reqeesfcS to'attend withoofi
a more particular invitation;
At Newport, Mr. Goxtom Andkrsom,
in the 28th year of his age.
Drowned— From on board schooner
Susan, Captain Lumbard, on her late pas
sage from Newbury|x>rt to St. Bartholo
mews, Mr Joshua I. GranoAr, Mate
of said schooner, late of this town. He
was an honest, industrious and enterprising ■
youtig ma^i, and his death is sincerely re
gretted by his friends and acquaintance.
American Marine Hat.
POUT OP PROribp.JVC£,
Mat 1; 1810.
ENTERED,
Ship— Commei Ct, King, St. Bartholo
mews.
GREENE & CARTER,
Q IXTY Bales of prime Upland Cotton,
do. da Sea-Island do.
20 Casks of new Rice.
- ON HAND,
63 Bales of prime Upland Cotton,
10 do. do. Sea Island do.
8 da stained do do.
140 Casks of new Rice,
20 Half Casks of do.
also.
Teas, Anchors, Molasses, and a
ral assortment of Groceries at wholesale.
May 1, 1810.
Now landing from on board the Brig Abe
• ona, from Charleston, and for sale by
In the March gale at Cadiz, a British
transport with 156 troops on board, was
driven on shore, and taken possession of
by the French— List Spanish ships on
shore and burnt—Lu Purissima Concep
tion, 112 guns ; El Montanion, 74; El San
Ramon, 74; La Phz, 74—Portuguese, Lr
Maria Primera, 74.—The gale was severe!
at Gibraltar; the American brigs’Argus
and Betsey, and schooner Nimble, were
ashore, but expected to be got off.
Ship Sachem, Quimby, from Baltimore,
struck on a rock, off Yarmouth, England,
in a heavy gale, and went to pieces; Cap
tain, mate, and twq passengers perished.
COTTdi “and RICE™
Brig— Abeona.Hill, Charleston, (S. C.)
Schooners— Morning Star, Babbitt, Ply
mouth. (N. C.) John, Hatch, Charleston,
(S. C.) •
Sloops— Phebe, Rhodes, Plymouth, (N.
C.) Eliza, Currie, New-York; Ruby, Gon
solve, Norfolk.
Sloops— Polly, Brown, New-York ; Juno,
Smith, do. New-York, Brown, do. Rover,
Hurd, Edenton.
The brig Chandler, Capt. Jenckes, ar
rived at Charleston in 8 days from this
port.
The British brig Ferret, (the Latona fri
gate in company,) was spoken 12th in«t.
lat. 36, long. 52, and informed that a French
50 gun ship had had an engagement with a
20 gun ship and a brig, which she beat off
with the loss of her main-mast. K
CLEARED,
Schooner— Betsy Cotton, Forbes, Eden
ton.
Boston, April 26,