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Volume 11. PROVIDENCE, TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1810. ' ■ ' Number 46.
Valuable Store at Auction.
O\x SATURDAY, the nil of April, will
>e positively sold ut Publick Auction,
ihat vnlushk- tbrer story STORE. oppo-
* she Che-tp*»tdv, at present occupied by
Mr. Samvel Nightingale. ju<*.
B. & T C, HOH'IN, Anclioaeers.
March 23, 1810. ■, _' ,
B. & T. C. HOPPIN .
Have on hand, for private sale,
FUHTY-Ftiur Hints. of sweet-flavoured
Antigua and St. (. toixßum,
. 10 BoX* aof Havana brown Bugar, .
4io Chests of Suuchoiig lea of the first
»«££ do. do. do.
334 CUc;*s of Congo, do.
25 do. Culhpoi, ’ do.
8 Boxes of Cfiulan, dn ' , *
47- The above Peas are of the G>rH
van’s, He rcules’s and Haitink's cargoes.
. 2 Tons of
A quantity of Bt istof Steel, » "
100 Ma ams of Wrapping Papjr,
4 Tons of Sheathing do.
7 Hhds. of Tobacco of the best quality,
5 do. of retailbig Coffee,
22 Bales of Upland Cotton,
50 Boxes of Chocolate,
5 P»i>ea «f London Particular Madeira
Wine,
1 Quarter Cask do.
LiKSWISK, \ .
4 Cases of Company Nankins, of the
Mtimme chop ; and many other wjicles of
Dry G'ods.
March 93, 1810. 4w.
Valuable Real Estate at Auction.
OS 1 UEtjDAY, the 24th of April tn xt,
al 11 o’clock, A. M. will lie sold witU
out reserve, on the premises, to the high
est bidder, agreeably, to an act of th« Gen
eral Assembly, and under the directi- nnf
the Court nt Probate of the town
dence, the Estate, late the property of
Mujor Gershom Jones. deceased, on the
west side of the river lii sh ld Providence,
being the Lot, House and Store where the
said Ge us hom last lived, fronting north
erly on Westminster-street, easterly on
Fleasant-street, and southerly on a street
about twenty-four feet wide. The Dwell
ing-House is large and commodious, two
•Cories High, with five rooms on a fio< r ;
the Store is about fifty feet by twenty, three
Stories high, all in good repair. Conditions
liberal, and will be made known at the
•ale.
JOHN DORRANCE,
Administrator.
March 23, 1810. Bt.
FQR SALE,
A FARM «ud M-ILLb, situated in the
tows of Clinton, county of Dutches,
and skate of New-York, seven miles north
of PotJghkrepvr, and one and a half mile
from Dr. Can lUlon’s Landing The Farm
ceMuins 77 acres nf Land, and there are
situated on it a Grist-Mill with two run of
stones, in good repair; and a good Suw-
• Mill adjoining, on a valuable stream of
water, with u good share of country cus
tom and merchant’s work; also, two
Dwelling-Houses and a good Barn. For
further particulars, inquire of
MAJOR MARSHALL.
Canton, f New-York.) March 15, 1810.
St. Croix Rum, Brandy, Whale
bone, &c.
Just receh cd and for sale by
GREENE & CARTER, .
At their Auction and Commission Store,
TWENTY Hhds. of sweet-fluvoured
St. Croix Rum,
7 Htfds. of West-India Rum,
5000 Wt. of split Whalebone,
1200 do. Porto Rico Coffee, entitled to de
benture ;
Pipes of Cognac and Spanish Brandy,
100.000 of best Spanish Cigarra,
Boxes uf Raisins.
ON HAND,
10 Pipes of best Gin,
1500 Wt. of Batavia Coffee, entitled to de
benture ;
5000 do. of green Coffee, in Barrels ;
Boxes of Havana Brown Sugar,
Tefls,
Russia and Ravens Duck,
American Cordage.
Chocolate, Wines, Sec &c. composing a
genera) assortment of Gr->cerips at whole
sale.
Jy” Wanted, one set of. the Encyclope
dia. , . .
March 20, 18v>.
*I ’HE Subscriber hereby gives notice to
all persons whom o may concern,
that at a Court of ProbattfXnlden In Smith
field. in December last pasture was duly
appointed Guardian over thb person and
’ CStateofHoPKSTILL frfSmith-
Jkld, widow. And, on the sth day o f
February last ppat, be was also anointed
Guardian over the person and o f
Joseph Spalding, of SmhhfleM. V
. v* BENJAMIN HALL
Smithfield, March 15, 1810.
A GREAT BARGAIN.
von >Xle it tri subscriber,
A CONVENIENT two story DWELI.-
i PNG-HOUSE, nearly hew, suitable
’ for two families, situated on George-Street.
ALSO,
Several minable HOUSE-LOTS, plea
santly situated on the same street. For
kirther information, inquire of
WHEATON BRAGG.
March fl, 1810.
. For BALTIMORE,. j
THB Sloop SALLY. lo*.
yyMV* Rxab, Master, now lying ii
jßjry War re A, will be iu Prpvl
wlSMMpn dabce by the 20th inaunt,
ready to receive Freight, and if sufficient
offers she will then load and aail immedi
ately.- Apply to Benjamin T. Cmand-
LEr, or the Master.-
March 20, 1810.
WHARF FOR SALE.
THEr subscriber offers for ' sale, his
WHARF ESTATE, advantageous
ly situated at the south part of the town,
ronsiating of a'Wharf, Store and Dwelling-
House. - . •
JOSEPH S. COOKE.
Prwidenfc, March 20, 1810. tf.
The AwffiwkL mtietjng of the
Pjiovidknck andNoßtnoH Ttrnw
pike Society will be held on Monday
the 2d day of April next, at tbe House uf
Col. John Waterman, .Innholder, u>
Johnston, at 10 o’clock. A- M.
JABEZ ScPry.
March 20, 1810.
LOST, by the subscriber, a short time
since, twe Notes of Hand, signed bv
Thomas Reynolds, and made payable
to the subscribe r i.one for the sum of g 100,
the- other for g 150, and dated on or about
the 6th of April, 1809. Whoever has found
said Notes, and will return them to the
subscriber, living in East-Greenwich, shall
be handsomely rewarded.
HENRY WEVER.
N. B. All persons are cautioned against
taking or purchasing said Notes, as I have
never transferred them to any person
whomsoever. •
WHEREAS a young man who called
his name Eaton, and said he be
longed to Plainfield, hired a HORSE, SAD
DLE and BRIDLE of the subscriber, on
the 15th instant, to go to Stefihen Brown’s,
in North Providence, but I have'Since bepu
informed he has not been there, which in
duce* me to believe that he is a rogue, and
that he has run away with said Horse, Bcc.
He appeared to be abodt 22 or 23 years of
age, of light complexion, about five feet
seven inches high, had light blue eyes, and
was dressed in a long straight bodied black
coat, black pantaloons, a swansdown waist
coat mixed considerably with red, and
boots—JJr has sometimes gone by the name
of John Kkzkr.-— — Said Horse is about
fourteen and an half hands high, of a dark
cheenut colour, thick sett, and has been
lately nicked. The Saddle was considera
bly impaired by wear, having a hole worn
through the front part of It. The Bridle
has very large plated bits, with one pair of
small black rein* Whoever will appre
hend said Eaton, or Kezcr, and deliver
him with said Horse, Saddle and Bridle
to me in Providence, the
above reward and or
Ten Dollars for the Horse only.
EBENEZER FOSTER.
March 20, 1810.
CLARIONET and FLUTE
to a few scholars. His terms will be mode
fate, and may be seen at Mr. D. Vinton’s
sw», where every necessary infonnation
wilt he given.
March I«.‘ 1810.
Journeymen Tailors wanted.
FOUR or five first rate Workmen at
the Tailoring Business will meet with
liberal encouragement, by applying soon to
CHRISTOPHER SMITH.
Providence, March 23, 1810.
FOR SALE,
A VALUABLE Mill Seat, lying in the
west part of the town of Norwich, in
the State of Connecticut, at the junction of
two large publick roads, and short of four
miles from the head of navigable water.
There are now standing on the place Iron
works and two Mills, which, with from
one to one hundred acres of Land, (or
more if required,) will be sold. The local
advantages attached to this place are more
numerous than are commonly tn be found
for the purpose of establishing manufacto
ries of any kind; added to others, the wa
ter k durable, and the privilege entire, be
ing free from all incumbrances, such as
leases, rents, far. Mr. Eleazf.r Carey,
at the Stage-House, Providence, on appli
cation, will give a more particular descrip
tion of the place. The proprietor would
likewise sell a tract uf consisting of
mowing, pasture and wot. land, suitable
for a dairy Farm, capable of keeping twen
ty cows, or mure, adjoining the above de
scribed place.
JAMES BACKUS.
Norwich, fConn J March 18, 1810. _
LZZM.
MUSICK.
THE young Gentlemen of Providence are
respectfully informed, that, a young
Gentleman, the son of a celebrated com
poser and musician, is now in this town ;
and, expecting to remain here until a re
newal <4 foreign trade, would, as he is un
der the necessity of.prosecuting some busi
ness during his here.'tencfr the
Sheeps Wool and Mutton Tallow.
A QUANTITY of Bbeepa WOOL anti
Mutton TALLOW, for sale by
SAMVEL BUTLER & SON.
March 9, 1810.
Eatt-Greenwich, March 19, 1810.
Thirty Dollars Reward.
From thk Frebman’s Jovanal.
THE MANIACK.
Ohb eve as I wander’d alone, f
Where the poplar with pride rears its head;
Penenth on a morse cover’d stone,
I saw a disconsolate maid!
Her countenance madness express’d,
But yet seem’d with sorrow o’ercast t
A sigh from her -breast*
BurJPforth as she skrttnk fiqap the blast I
I hastily turn’d to depart,
When her voice full of Woe caught my ear i
“Ah I if pity e’er soften’d your heart,
“ Refuse not my story a teary
“ Young Henry besought me to wed,
“ Unsuspecting I flew to his arms j /»
“ Of virtue he robb’d n-w. then fled,
“ A«m) left me, in search trfaew chnrms!
“ From the day on which Mas? t
“ Has reason resign’d her control i'
“ Since of innocence I’ve been bereft,
“ No joys have enliven’d my soul P*
As with faintness she thus told her grief,
On the ground did she pillow her head j
I hasten’d to yield her relief,
But the poor, lovely Mamack was dead!
OTHELLO
Although no man of ritioual principles
has ever doubted the transcendent merit of
George Washington, opinions among
the worthy are divided on the question
whether he was possessed of genius.
In the more ordinary acceptation of the
word genius, its most common criterion has
been A* including inveniMMi and
all the legitimate qualities of genius, I con
ceive the only true mark of that endow
ment is instruction j that great faculty
which General Washington possessed
in the highest degree. With fewer bene
fits from education, than are generally
possessed by those born in the bighcrciasses
of society, in no situation have we ever
seen him at a loss ; and in all his actions,
when he had to look forward to an untried
future, we find his measure! perfectly con
sistent with subjiequeiMt eveifta; shaping the
times to the best results they would admit;
and, as if on jjjrscience, ulti
mately combining solid, exalt
ed advantages, AflMMff AhwHomans it was
a maxim that those actions are most great
and glorious which prodoce the greatest
usefulness. The march fold success of
Hanibal are consideltd evincive of genius.
I ascribe more true genius ;o that Fabius,
who was the cloud on the mountains, that
in due time descended in an irresistible
storm.
The obliquities of opinions, most current
among men are so numerous, that the scale
of genius most approved at large, may,
without vanity, be questioned. The eye of
the world is more pi one to admiration
when dazzled than when enlightened; and
a host uf characters .is ennobled in com
mon estimation by the title of genius, who
in proportion as they have injured man
kind, have astonished the world. To com
bine and govern the worst materials of so
ciety, to overwhelm the tpinority of vir
tue by the numerous band of the deceived,
the profligate and the abandoned, may re
quire the genius uf a Philip, or an Alci-
Diades, of a Cesar, or a Cataline; but to
enlighten, associate, guide, and impel to a
virtuous object the beat members ot society,
and with their aid to carry the Common
wealth forward to the must auspicious des
tinies, if not the evidence of genius, is proof
of something greater. If George Wash
ington, in the conduct of qur at mies, in
the production of our presrttt constitution,
and in an administration of it the most un
sullied and the most effichtßt, was not en
dowed with genius, he mdfo have been
gifted with inspiration; he was either a
heavenly missionary intrusted with prater
natural abilities, or his powers were the
greatest of earthly qualities.
Beus’ Goohlob Hahrsn.
” A monster the mostfierce, sanguin
ary and relentless that has hitherto ravaged
the earth, with hi« fangs fixed in the almost
lifeless carcase of continental Europe, now
casts his eye, with a baleful and malignant
scowl, on our happy country, destined by
him, though vainly I trust, as big future
prey. Two powers alone resist; one with
gvneroua devotion and heroick constancy,
but unequal means ; the other with strength
unimpaired and courage undismayed.—
Against her, as the only obstacle to his de
signs, all his efforts uf fraud and force ire
Extract from an Oration, delivered at
Washington, before the “ Washington
Fox The Rnode-Ibland American.
Society of Alexandria,” by that distin
.guished politician and statesman, Ro-
IDiaceOanp.
Paetrp.
directed.. In the mighty struggle for her
own preservation; she wards off the dan
ger from our house ; but some times in th<
heat of the conflict, she treads inadvertent
■ly on our grass, or finds it necessary to
throw down a fence on a distant part of out
farm. The fierce assailant whom she strug
gles to repel, haughtily and peremptorily
calls on us to resent these trespasser as
inexpiable injuries. He cries out that to
avenge them we must aid him in destroy
ing her. He tells us that to assert our hon
our, and secure our own safety, we must
assist in pulling down the last barrier be
tween ourstlves and him. This demand
he enforces by insults and menaces., each
surpassing the other in aggravation; and
by striking us whenever and tq|prever
he can reach us. Shall we obey his call ?
<Mn*U we blindly or basely submit to be ca
jolled or whipped into this act of self-de
struction f Shall we light the torch which
must consume our own dwelling, in order
to further the views of a desperate incen
diary, who wishes to burn the house of our
neighbour? Ask the spirit of Washing
ton. Ask how he would have acted,* in
a situation so new and so awful. Look to
the maxims of his policy and to his,con
duct for an answer.
“ Discarding all passion, prejudice and
sinister motives from his mind ; raising him
self above the influence of resentment and
of fear ; he would calmly scan the charac
ter of the cuntest, and the nature and ex
tent of the danger to be apprehended fnorn
each contending party. He would quickly
perceive that on one side it was a struggle
for universal dominion, and for indepen
dence and existence on the other. He
would see that in the attack every princi
ple of justice,* and every feeling uf human
ity, were scornfully set at nought; the
rights of nations and of individuals tram
pled under foot; and their prvspei ity and
happiness sacrificed, without hesitation ot
remorse. In the defence against such an
attack he would not be surprised to find
that what was strictly due to others was
sometimes overlooked ; that Weapons, the
use of which in ordinary times could not
be justified, were sometimes employed;
that the blows levelled at the assailan*.
should sometimes through proximity uf sit
uation, and sometimes fhrough want of
sufficient cadtion, rtbound on those who
stood behind the party assailed; or that
leisure or even incliaatiob should not Hl
ways be found, in the pressure of so mo
mentous a crisis, to attend sufficiently to
tomplaints, or make atonement for ac
know lodged though comparatively incon
siderable injuries.
** In estimating the dangers to be appre
hended from either contending- party, he
would perceive that the aggressor being
held in check by his antagonist, and hav
ing no arms long enough to rekch us, could
du us little hurt during the continuance of
the struggle ; but in case of success might
ipstautly overwhelm us. Because success
would unite the long arms of his antago
nist to his own force, already irresistible
wherever it can reach. Washington
would also observe, that the power whicu
this success would place at our door,-has
been uniformly employed in crushing all
whom it could circumvent by fraud, or
master by force ; that its instruments have
in every instance become its victims; and
that while some respect, and even some
thing like forbearance, has sometimes been
shown by it, to such as bravely and firmly
resist, the bitterest dregs in its cup of con
tempt, rapacity and oppression, have al
ways been reserved for those who seek by
meanness and submission to propitiate its
wrath, or soften its fury.
On the other hand he would perceive,
that the defending party, being placed in
contact with us by the nature of its foace,
could do us great mischief durihg the
struggle ; but could never, in case of suc
cess, acquire that species of force, which
alone could render it formidable to our in
dependence, our internal safety, or even
our ultimate and permanent prosperity.—
He would discover that maritime power,
however pre-eminent, may be mischievous
on tbe sea, but cannot unless united with
great military ftfree, be dangerous on the
land ; that it may molest, restrict or de
stroy maritime commerce, but cannot en
danger national independence; the
military force of Britain, even if exerted
against OS, is not sufficient to make a last
ing impression on our c*n»ntry; and that
situated as she is, by the •icfc of • ni<»t
formidable foe, infinitely superiour in mili
tary means, and even threatening her with
maritime competition, she never can think
of employing In an attack on us tbe forces
which mast forever be indispensable for
her own defence. , / •
“ In fine, he would perceive that the
views of Britain are and ever must be con-
''Si ’
*ined to commerce and maritime power,
as the means of defence and independence,
•nd never can extend to forefgn conquests,
for which she is no more fitted than a shark
is for ranging the forest.
“ Hence he would clearly perceive that ♦
we have much injury to feur from the hos
tility and resentment of England, during .
the contest; but no permanent or impor
tantdanger, from her ultimate success.
\ “Reversing the picture he would see,
that should Britain sink in the struggle, the
maritime superiority which she now bolds,
and Which in her hands is checked and
balanced, by the maritime faculties of the
rest of ' Europe, by the formidable militaty
strength of her neighbour and rival, and i
by her own paucity of military meant, ]
must pass into the hands of her
It would be there united with the moat for*
mid Abie mitkary power that the modern
world has seen; which, bv this uniup,
would be thenceforth renderet’<<-e»istjl>le
and omnipotent. The tyger endued with .
the faculties of the shark, would no longer
find the ocean an obstruction to hh rrfvaf ; •
To such a power no qountry would be di»-
tant, no retreat inaccessible. The hands
of the French Empcrour, like those of Ti
berius and Callguln, would reach tn the
utmost extremities of the earth. National
independence, the life''spring of human
dignity, energy and virtue, being crushed
under the weight of universal 'despoti»m,
the human mind would become inert, tor
pid and corrupt; and mankind yould sink * I
again into a state of darlyiess and barba
rism, from which nothing rouse them, *.
but'the long convulsions produced by some
new ,eruption, of fierce but uncorrupted
barbarism.
• “ Such, and not the “ freedom of the
seas,” that shallow and hypocritical pre
tence, set up by knaves as a trap for the
weak, and a cloak for themselves, would be
the ultimate effect, to us and to the civilized
world of the triumph of France in her pre
sent contest with Britain.
“To us the immediate effect would* be,
not snmt interference with our commer
cial rights or speculations; not the exciu
tion of our ships from some countries In Eu-
• ope; but a total destruction of our rights .
•nd freedom on the ocean; the application
<jf our entire means and resources for the
remaining purposes of the despot; the en
tire direction of our »>flairs, at first perhaps
under the name »f advice, but very soon in
the undisguised shape of command; and
should we presume .to resist or refuse, then
an attack <« us here at home, with a conr
bination of external, and, alas • of internal
means, which though we,might successful
ly withstand, would expose us to a long,
gainful aud bloody struggle, calculated tn
inflict unspeakable misery on the g*h«ra- *
tions sustaining it, and tu throw our .covir ■
try a century back in the career uf prow
perjty and improvement.
“ These effects, certain as death, and
permanent as time, the profound wisdom of
Washington would perceive and would
duly estimate.”
From the National Register, of December 3L
Bonaharte't refiudiation qf Jotcfihinc.
Wk felt a chilling horrour on perusing
the particulars of this divorce. The name
of Bonaparte was long familiar to our in •d
as conveying every thing that is abomina
ble land yet’this last act, trifling as it
may appear in the catalogue of hia atroci*
ties, la branded with so moch hypocricy
and ingratitude ; discovers such contempt
of moral, social, and religious obligations ;
betrays so profound a disregard of form*
and opinion, that we do not recollect R
single enormity of his life so hideously dis
gusting. This impression wm OSR ,«<h*»
nected with the ill treatment of
it arose from tbe idea of r man, posMn^F 1
so much power, talents and capaMlky'ffu
doing mischief, whom no endearing tief
can humanise; nor favors, nor familiari
ty, nor services ban fix. Like the tynr,
nothing can subtitle the ferocity of kin <Ra*
position. Like the* tyger, he is sure t>
lacerate the person, who for years, minis
tered to bls wants, and hoped to gab* him
by kindness. The most hardened repro
bates have occasionally discoverers milki
ness of human nature; the vilest egotists 8
trait of sympathy. But Bonaparte alone
displays a savage, unrelenting consistency 1
alone is insensible to the affectioHef Hud ’
sympathies, and amiable wsnkhesem <4
humanity. This divorce has stamptd his S
character, and will give it, through a peM
petuity of ages, a currency, b which not
a particle of its baseness will be lost.
may proclaim to a synod W rascals—that
vile herd of slaves jmd sycephmspt, fataem
he dignifies with tbe thle of senUuih that
the wants of his policy sad the'btere*'
nf France” justified tbe measure, but their ,
fears Will get the bct>r rf their >
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