The Rhode-Island American, and general advertiser — Providence [R.I.], 1810-03-06 00:00:00, page 1

I Avood at auction.
, yr ILL BE SOLD AT PUBLICK AUCTIOM,
On SATURDAY the 10th of March insL
if fair, if not the next fair day, (Sunday
excepted,)
'T'HF. WOOD on ten acres of woodland,
*■ belonging to the Estate of the late
CKUtsropmn Bkown, of Smithfield, de-
ceased. Said land lies within four and a
half miles of Providence, and is covered
*' with a very thrifty growth of chesnut and
oak, of suitable sixes for ranging timber.
It will be sold in one acre lots, on a liberal
credit, and the purchasers allowed until
the first of April, 1811, to get the Wood
off*.—Sale to commence on the premises at
two o'clock in the afternoon.
SAMUEL ARNOLD, Attorneyfor
Elizabeth Brown,
Executrix on taid Estate.
, March 2, 1810,
ON Monday la-«t, on Mr. Cmurcn’s
Wharf. n SILVER WATCH, mark
ed on the head of the pendait K. M. with a
/ L Silver Chain and Key, and a large Finger-
Ring on the chain. Whoever has found
the same and will leave R at the Office ot
the American, shall be handsomely re
warded.
March 3, 1810.
Amasa and William H. Mason
HWE just received, now landing, from
,he Schooner Minerva, suo Barrels of
superfine Alexandria FLOUR, which they
offer for sale on reasonable terms for Cash
or approved paper.
A They have alto in Store,
StWetersburg clean Hemp, <
Russia Iron of a superiour quality,
Ravens Duck,
Hyson and Souchong Teas, on liberal terms.
FOR ALEXANDRIA,
300 lbs. of Sheep’s Wool, West-India
Goods, and Countiy Produce, for cash, or
liberal credit, to those who are in the habit
of paying their notes when due.
WALTER PAINE.
March 2, 1810. 4t.
FOR SALE,
On termt very accommodating,
ABOUT aeventy acres of LAND, ad
joining the farms >d Messrs. Seth
Hunt and Daniel Evant, east part of
Gloucester, about 12 miles from Provi
dence. One third part of said Land is
well wooded, principally with oak, chesnut,
and walnut, the remainder improved as
meadow, pasture and tillage—all well
fenced. Any person wishing to purchase
■nay know the terms Dy calling on the sub
scriber, in Providence, or Mr Daniel
Evans, near the premises.
Wevt-lndia Goods, or Real Estate in
Providence would be received in payment.
FLOUR.
&LODGET t? POWER,
Offer, on accommodating terms,
THE Cargo of the Brig Industry, Capt.
Gladding, just arrived from Alt xan
dria, 4|r
900 Bbls, of fresh superfine Flour.
March 2, 1810. ’ 6t.
Blank Books ruled and bound to any
pattern—Old Books re-bound.
Wanted, a Journeyman Book-Binder.—
One who is a workman, may receive con
stant employ and liberal wages, bv apply
ing to « JOHN BREWER.
N. B. None but a good workman need
npplv.
March 2, 1810.
Superroyal, Royal, Medium, Demy,
Foolscap. Letter end Draft Paper ; Pen
knives. Quills, Inkpnwder, Inkstands, Sand-
Boxes, Wafers, Pocket-Books, Pencils,
&c. &c.
SCHOOL BOOKS
ef every kind, by the groce, dozen, or sin-
BLANK BOOKS, ♦
as complete an assortment as w->s ever of
fered in this State, consisting of Li gdgers,
from one to seventeen dollars ; Journals,
Day, Waste, Invoice, Record, Letter,
Note, Receipt, Bank, Memorandum, Cy
phering and Writing Books of v irious sizes.
Who want to purchase.
Stone Lime, Potatoes, Apples and Cider,
for which cash will be paid on delivery.
March 2, 1610
THAT he has removed to d Store a
little south of the Baptist Meeting
House, lateh the Dwelling House of Mr.
Thomas Arnold, Cheap-Side ; where those
who are in want of Books, Stationary, or
Binding, are respectfully invited to Call.—
Having lately received a large addition to
his former Stock, he is now enabled to
offer for sale a very handsome assortment
of Books, in the different Branches of Li
terature. >
THE i * bponer MINER
VA, will saMinabouta week.
For Freighter Passage, ap
■SujTply to
AMASA and WILLIAM H. MASON.
REMOVAL.
JOHN BREWER
Informs his Friends, and the Publick,
OLVMV. 11.
’THE RHODE-ISLAM) AMERICAN,
AND GENERAL ADVERTISER. ' ■ >.
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“THE NATION WHICH INDULGES TOWARDS ANOTHER AN- HABITUAL HATRED, OR AN HABITUAL FONDNESS, IS IN SOME DEGREE A SLA KE."— H'A SHING TON.
FRESH FLOUR.
BOOK-BINDING.
STATIONARY.
• LOST,
.Also for tale,
R. and E. CHANDLER
H <»!• ju*t received, and for sale,
ONE I'housand pound* of SKIRTING
LEATHER, and
One Thousand pound* of CLOVER SEED.
February 20, 1810.
Cbrk't Office Supreme Judicial Court,
Feb>unn Jt 28, -zf. D. 18 lu.
W'HEREAS Amelina Spbaguf., of
’ ¥ Gl (arrester, in the County of Pro* I
dence, Wife of Michael Sprague, has
lodged her petithm in said Office, praying
for certain reasons therein stated, that sain
Court would pars a Decree of Divorce,
rendering null and void the Bond of Matri
mony subsisting between her and her said
husband Notice, is therefore hereby
given to the said Michael, to appear, if he
think fit, before said Court, at the term
thereof, to be holden at Providence, with
in and for the county’ of Providence, on the
third Monday of March next, then and
there to shew cause, if any he have, why
the prayer of said petition should not be
granted
Valuable Water Privileges.
I ’ifEhii. ue now offered for salt, on ac-
* commodatiug terms, THREE VA
LUABLE MILL SEATS, situated in the
district of Holland, county, of Hampshire,
and Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
about 60 miles from Boston, 30 from Hart
ford, and 45 from Providence, near the
turnpike road leading from Worcester to
Stt.ff.rd, within seven miles of Stafford,
where there are two Furnaces and one
Forget and »here Ron-Work of all kinds
may be readily procured. There is an am
ple supply of water at all seasons, and suf
ficient head and fall for Manufactories of
..ln>o«t any extent; and Cotton-Mill# might
be erected for about one half, and the busi
ness p osecuted for two-thirds the expense
it would cost in the neighbourhood of a
populous town, as land, labour, timber,
wood and hoarding are che;>p, and a vast
quantity of manufactured cotton might be
vended in the vicinity. Grist and Saw-
Mills would likewise find constant ernplov.
The situation is pleasant and easy of ac
cess ; perhaps Mill Seats combining more
advantages, were never before offered to
the American capitalist One or two hun
dred acres of Land, adjoining the above,
may also be had very low if desired. Gen
tlemen wishing to purchase are desired to
apply to Chester Blashfield. in Pro
vidence, or the subscriber, near the pre
mises. JACOB THOMPSON.
Holland, (Ma»».) Frbruary 21 1810
State of Rhode-Island, fcfc.
Providknce, sc.
THE Subscriber wants a Ten
ant for his Fann io North-Provi
dence, to manage it on shares.
JAMES B. MASON.
March 2, 1810.
CIRCULATING LIBRARY—
Book and Paper-Hanging Store.
WANTON and RATHBONE,
At the Store lately occupied by Mr.
Nathaniel Dearborn,
HAVE established, a CIRCULATING
LIBRARY—BOOK and PAPER
HANGING STORE.
The Circulating Library has been con
siderably enlarged. To Mr. Dearborn's
Catalogue they have added two thousand
volumes of Novels, Romances, History,
Magazines, &c. Their Library has been
selected from several others, lately pur
chased, and the collection of Novels and
Romances is extensive. Every new work
of merit will be received for circulation as
soon as published—Books loaned on the
usual terriMM—A Catalogue will shortly be
printed.
TOBACCO and FLOUR.
Just rect v» d and for sik by
Amasa and William H. Mason,
10 lids first quality Hichnmnd Tobacco,
50 Barrels superfine Richmond Flour,
particularly adapted to the use of piivate
families.
50 Barrels Riead Stuff.
February 20. 1810. tf.
A well chosen assortment of BOOKS in
the vaiious branches of literature ; also
SCHOOL BOOKS of ever) - kind usually
wanted, by the dozen or single, among
which are Alden’s Ist, 2d and 3d Eart;
Webstct *s Spelling Books, Da hoi’s Arith
tr.etick Morse’s Geography, Murray’s In
troduction, Reader, Sequel and Grammar;
Testaments, Bib’es, fee.
The STATIONARY Department is fur
nished with every article usually called
for, as Cap and Hot Na 1 and 2 Writing
Paper; best English W< ve, het-pressed’
gilt and common Letter do. elegant and
common Penknives, imported Quills, Ink-
Powder, Wafers, and best English Lead
Pencils.
FAMILY BIBLES, with and without
Plates, elegant and common editions, at
various prices. SEAMEN’S BOOKS, as
Bowditch’s Navigator, American Coast
Pilot, Bcc. '
Their assortment of PAPER HANG
INGS consists of several thousand rolls of
imported and American patterns. Lately
received from Hartford, (Con.) one thou
sand roils of the most fashionable figures,
with wide and narrow borders, which can
be sold unusually cheap A variety of low
priced figures, from 2s. to 3s. per roll.
Liberal discounts to wholesale purchasers.
March 2, 1810. 6t.
VV. R. DANFORTH, Clerk.
For tale as above.
■ADo for tale.
PROVIDENCE, TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1810.
“ That if any Indian be convicted of
stealing, he shall restore four fold.”
“ That whosoever shall be found drunk
shall pay 20*. and receive 10 stripes.”
“ That If any Indians shall kill their lice
between their teeth, they shall receive 20
stripe*.”
“ That if any Indian be idle a week, or
at most a fortnight, he shall pay 55.”
• These are what Roger Williams in his
MFS. calls savage feasts
And furthermore, it is provided in and
by certain regulation* adopted by the In
dian tribes soon after the great rot which
they were visited about the commence
ment of the sixteenth century ; (which re
gulations are recorded in Shephard'* Clear
Sunshine of the Gospel among the Indians,
p. 4, and in Neal’s History of New-Eng
land, p. 22, vol. Ist.)
Wheiiai information has been given
t 0 J S . jun. Esq. Superintendent of
Indian Affairs, legally l.p pointed by the
Hon. General Assembly, that certain idle
and ill-disposed Indians from Aquetneck.
Porassett, Lugunate, M«nisses, Quonnoni
quot, Misha womet, Mooshausick and the
country east of Pcppassquash, have lately
left their honest employment; and while
their squaws and poppooses are starving in
their wigwams, are skulking about in sus
picious disguises; holding powwows and
nec<minors* at Aquetreck and Moos
hausick ; wherein they contrive mischief
ag tinst tin white people, their benefactors,
and attempt to assume authority* over all
the Indi ms; calling themselves Sachems,
S ■guinrues. Fathers in Council, Winskin
skies, &c. although it is well known that
since the de dh of Tom, last King of the
Narrahiggansits the royal family in the
male line has been extinct, and that all th<
sober end well disposed Indians residing
near Misquamicut, (Charlestown,7 dirt, at
their Council lately held at fihitinunqm -
nutik Pond and adjoatned to Quan <q ion
tang Swamp, elect Joe Cummock for theii
Sachem, Daniel Wobby, Sagamore, Jot
Sequeter, Father in Council, and John
Skeesucks, Winskinsky. Which said
Cummock, Wobby, &c. have made theii
protest to the said Superintendent, and en
tered their solemn protest against the
false titles, riots and usurpations of th<4
aforesaid vagrant Indians, whose conduct
they apprehend will bring disgrace upon
the tribe. And whereas it is the duty of
the said Superintendent, to take cogni
sance of such licentious practices, and to
exercise the authority in him vested, to
prevent the return of these vagrant In
dians to a savage state of life, (which their
conduct of late so strongly indicates,) and
to this intent it is thought expedient at
the present time to republish the laws and
regulations from time to time enacted for
the government of said Indians. Therefore
be it known, that by an act of the General
Assembly, passed A. D. 1750, entitled
“ An Act to prevent all persons in this
State from entertaining Indians, Negroes
and Mulattoes,” it is enacted, •• that no
person whosoever shall presume to sell,
(jive, truck, barter or exchange with of
to any Indian, Mulatto or Negro, any
strong beer, ale, tiller, wine, rum, brandy,
or other strong liquor, upon the penalty
of forfeiting 4s. for every offence.**
“ Ssc. 2d. And be it further enacted.
That all Justices of the Peace, Constables,
Watchmen and others, are hereby em
powered to take up and apprehend any In
dian, Mulatto, or Negro, who shall be found
drunk abroad in the night-time, after nine
of the clock, and, (unless suteh Indian,
&c. shall give a good account of himself,)
shall cause him to be whipped ten stripes.”
XRtgrtllnnp.
For The Rhodelsland American.
HUE AND CRY!
Qj’in so< n began his usual story,
Well, John, what news of fish ? •
Have you of Turbot or John Dorcy,
Seen e’er a handsome dish ! "
Says J>hn, I’ve been the market round,
And search’ll from stall to stall.
But only some few mackerel found,
And those not fresh at all.
ANECDOTE OF QUIN.
Quin’s servant st die accustom’d hour,
Once came to call his master,
With visage long, and aspect sour.
Expressive of disaster.
Well! how’s the day ? says Quin again,
Will it.be wet or dry ’
It seems a drizzling kind of rain—
Was honest John’s reply.
Quin turns in bed with piteous moan,
And not to brood o’er sorrow.
Says— shut the door, and call me, John,
About this time to-morrow.
Portrp.
The other letter say«— “ I prepared a
little furnace, before a Blacksmith's bel
lows, and blew one hour, when 1 found the
clay well melted, and in a fluid state, so
that it run out of the crucible in strings as
thick as a straw, and produced a solid
glass, which could be tb'is drawn from 3 to
4 feel long.”
•
An intelligent and respectable corres
pondent informs us, that there has lately
been found, in the northern part of the
state of New-York, a lingular kind of clay,
which, by the heat of fire, is converted
into pure, fine, transparent glass. The
peculiar properties of this clay were thus
accidentally discovered. Last summer,
while Mr. George Scriba was building a
grist mill at Rotterdam, on tbe Oneida
Lake, in diging a canal for the flume, the
workmen came to a bed nf clay ; of which,
however, no notice was then taken. In
the month of November, a stove was put
up in the mill, for the bene fit of the men
who were employed in finishing the inte
riour of the building. Finding the house
was soon filled with smoke the workmen
applied this clay to the crevices of the
stove and pipe. In the course of a few
hours, the clay had disappeared; and on
examining the inside of the stove, they
found that the clay had been converted
into fine and pure glass. Since that dis
covery, several experiments have been
made, to ascertain the qualities of this new
kind of earth. Two letters have been re
ceived, briefly stating (he result.
One of them says—“ The melted clay,
as it was poured out of the crucible, ap
peared of the consistence of molasses ; and
when it had cooled, it appeared to be clear
and beautiful glass of a green tinge, and so
strong that it was with some difficulty
broken with the hand.”
Now, therefore, in order to insure the
due execution of the foregoing laws, and
by virtue of the authority vested in me, I
do hereby call upon all Justices of the Peace,
f’onstablys. Watchmen, Keepers of the
Houses of Correction and Wock-HoMes,
that they raise a hue and cry after said
Indians, whereby they shall be driven
back to their wigwams, or apprehended
and punished according to law.
I do forbid all Tavern-Keepers, Retail
ers of spirits and others, harbouring any
of the s «id Indians, or giving, trusting, nr
selling them any strong liquors.
1 do forbid all boys and others to sell or
barter to or with said Indians, any red or
yellow beads, shells, perrewincles, pieces
of tin or broken china fur wampum, bear’s
grease or paint, particularly nuddle.
Furthermore, I do command all said In
dians that they immediately return to their
respective employments. That they lay*
aside their savage custom of greasing and
painting their bodies. That they do not
presume to appear any more in their blank
ets without breeches, nor with trinkus in
their noses. That they hold no more ni
commurs, and abstain from their howlings,
which frighten little children and cause
the cows to kick over their milk. And to
the end that the said Indians may h e
no excuse of ignorance for the breach ot
*he lust of the foregoing laws, enjoining
them to pray in their wigwams, I do heie
,publish for their use a form of prayer in
the Indian language, according to the In
dian grammar and dictionary, published in
the year 1776, by the Missionary, David
Zeisberge. And I do require all Consta
bles, &c. to read said prayer to the In
dians by them caught, until they shall be
able to repeat it.
Ki Wetoch melenck, talli epian, Awos
sagame machelendosutsch Ktellewunco
. woagan Ksakimawoagan pejewigt tssch.
Kit file hewoagan hgetseh taNi achquid
haeamike, elgiqui leek talli awassagame.—
Uilineen elgischquik gunigischuk Ach
poan. Woak miwelendammauwineen *n
Tschannauchsowuagaunena eliqui nifuna
miwellendammauwenk sick I’schctschan
ilawcquengik, woak katschi*npawwuneen
li Achquetschiechtowoaganiing, tsqhukund
ktennieen untsihi Mrdhickiing. Alod kni
hi I la'amen keakimawoagan, woak ktalle
wussowaaga, ne wuntschi hellemiwi li hel
lamagam: k.— Amen.
Given under my hand at Mooshausuk,
the 28th day of February, 1810.
(Signed)
“ That there shall be no more powwow
ing among them.”
That all Indians shall lay aside theii
nld practices of howling, greasing their bo
dies, and worshipping the evil spirit; and
shall become Christians, and pray in their
wigwams.”
CAT O’NINE TAILS.
Ry and with, or without, the consent and
advice of
IMP OR TANT DlhCO VER Y.
J- ' ■ S—— jun. Esq.
Sufierintrndrnt of Indian Affair t.
LONDON, December 13.
I he day before yesterday was the day
fixed upon for the final evacuation of (| le
Island of Walcherew, but tn axnHrqurnce
of the strong westerly winds which we
have experienced for these several days
past, we suppose the emharcation would
be delayed. The sth regiment was to
rover the embarcation— and consequently
the last that would embark.
December 14. .
Mr, Maynz, the Austrian Messenger}
we now find, has brought proposals to our
government for a general pease, to be ne- I
gotiated at a Congress to be held in some
city in the nprth west of France. Should
these proposals be rejected. Prince Staft
rrmberg has orders to leave this country.
This important subject will be the first
that will occupy the Marquis Wellesley's *
consideration. .j
A proposal for a cartel has also been re
ceived, but not by the Messenger Mav nt .
Commissionerswill probably be sent im
mediately to some town on the coast of
France to settle the terms of the Cartel.
Yesterday a Cabinet Council was held
at the Foreign Office. There were pre
sent the Lord Chancellor, the M trquia
Wellesley, the fyrkof Liverpool, Bathurst,
Westmoreland, Harrowby, and Chatham.
Lord Mulgrave, the Chancellor of F.»-
clivquer, Mr. Secretary Ryder. and Mr.
R. S. Dundas.
A letter from Flushing, dated Decem
ber 13, says, ** I have to acquaint you that
the whole of the troops in the Isle of Wat
chersn embarked on board the transports
on Sunday last, except the
and on the following day, the dock heads,
together with the whole of the basin, w<rw
• Inwn ap and destroyed. -Therq weitf
2509 pounds of powder, wnkh coMplgtely
■ ■ *•
His Majesty's squadron in the Baltick,
under the command of Vice-Admiral Sir
James Siumarez, and the cruiser* under
his orders on the different stations incident
to that extensive command, have captured
and destroyed 430 vessels of various de
scriptions within the present year, the ag
gregate burthen of which exceeds 45,000
tons, navigated by 2300 men, with 130
guns of different calibers. Of this grand
total, 310 vessels, with 1900 men and 100
guns including 14 stout cutter privateers,
and upwards of 20 armed schooners, are
Danes. Government having fitted out a
great number of vessels of the latter clast
are employed in supplying Norway with
grain during the unexampled scarcity oc
casioned by the present war, which they
are compelled at all risks to attempt.—
The remaining 90 vessels, with 430 men
and 30 guns, belonged to Russia and were
captured in the Gulf of Finland, during
the short summer season, in which are in
cluded an imperial schooner, 10 gun-boats,
and as many armed transports for carry
ing supplies to the Russian army in Finland
and in Bothnia, besides the loss sustained
in the verv severe attacks on the Russian
flotillas in Percollo and Aspo, on the 7th
»nd 25 th of July, amounting in killed and
wounded to 200 men.
December 19.
forfion Sntfllfgencr,
deceived by arrivalt at Philadelphia and Bal
timore.
Yesterday all the King’s Ministers, in
full dress paid their respects toathr Per
sian Ambassadour. Uy the circumstance
<>( his Majesty’s not coming to town yes
terday, his Excellency cannot s’ir out of
doors r as by the etiquette of hie high and
lofty court, he must not shew himself
abroad until he has delivered his creden
tials tn his Majesty at his court. Thia
ceremony is to take place on Wednesday
next, the 20th inst. when his Excellency
will make his formal entry to the Queen’s
Palace, with Eastern splendour.
1 he Persian Ambassadour is a person of
i most noble and dignified deportment.—
He is handsome and elegant. He has a
family which is not considered large, of
only aijety-three children; but it is con
sidered as a mark of peculiar good fortune,
even in Persia, that he had six children
born to him on one and the same day.
It is reported that Lord
army has quitted Badajoz, and proceeded
to Castello Branco. We know aiot wheth
er the report he correct.
As this is np entire new discovery, it will
loubtless receive the attention ofthechym
ists and mineralogists of our country.
-V Yl Spectator.
The Marquis Wellesley has appointed
his bt other-in-hw, Chai lea Cullen Smith,
Esq to the under Secretary of State in the
Foreign Department.
The Honourable Henry Wellesley is ap
pointed Minister Plenipotentiary to Spain
in the room of Mr Hockman Frere.
Number 40.