The Rhode-Island American, and general advertiser — Providence [R.I.], 1810-12-11 00:00:00, page 1

FOR SALE BY
THOMAS VOAX,
On Allen*. Wharf, near the Eplscop
' Church, Providence,
Thirteen Hhds. ©i good tavourc
Rum,
7 Pipes of Brandy,
4 d<r. American Gin,
3 Quarter Casks of Malaga Wine,
1 Bartel of Cherry Rum,
6 Chests Souchong Tea,
5 HalfA hysisdo. do, Baltick’s cargo,
2 Chests of Hyson do.
Loaf Sugar,
Havana White Sugar,
1 Colouring fur Spirits, Bcc. fIGB.
December 7, 1811 X »
\ * Wrifford’s Writing Copies.
Jost received, and for sale by Wh,liai
Wilkinson and Hanky Cushing,
* /Price thirty-one cents*)
ft A NEW FLAN OF WRITING CO
M PIES, with Accompanying Expla
nations and Remarks, written, design
ed, and systematically arranged—By /
WairronD ”
Perhaps i»o Writing Copies, ever intre
duced, are so well calculated for the es
of Schools, as the Set now offered for sab
They are the same as used by the authon
and others associated with him, in pre
during a complete change in a person’
hand writing, by the use of a f« w lesson.
7’4e«e Copies were published but aft\
months since, and are already the onl
ones used in a considerable number q
the Schools in New Hampshire and Mas
sachusetts
December 7, 1810.
COTTON.
Just received by the H. ig GovernourHop
kins. Captain Benoni Cooke, from Sa
vannah,
T.IIRTY-NINE Bales of Upland Cot
ton, part of which is of a very super!-
our quality, selected from the new ci op
and three Bales of stained Sea Island Cot
ton—all of which will be sold on favours
hie terms, by
CHARLES POTTER.
December 7, 1810.
LEMUEL VINTON
Respectfully into, ms the Ladle*
and Gentlemen of Providence and its
vicinity. th <1 he h is tor sale an Sssor.meni
of BEAVER HATS and BONNETS, ot
the iaffst fashions and very nice. Like
wise, low p«fced Men’s andßoy’s Huts,
Yfatr-Drrxmd in the nektest manner a
\ the shortest notice.
Wanted, as an Apprentice, a Lad, from
14 to 16 years of age.
Cash, and the highest price, given for
pll kinds of Hating and Shipping Furrs.
N. B. All indebted to him. by Note o.
Book Account, are requested to make im
mediate payment, and those with whom
be has Accounts ojxn, are requested p.
adjust them the present month.
December 7 1810.
For SAVANNAH, (Georgia,)
. r*7y. THE stanch new ig
. GOVI-,RNOUR HOPKINS,
Henoni ( ooi. Master, (in
■RMMms tendtd us a regular trader,)
Will sail in 8 days. F«u Freight or Passage,
applv to Stephen H Smith, or
COOKE & BROWN ;
Who offer for sale, now landing frorp
the brig Governour Hopkins, 14 Casks of
PRIME RICE, from Drakie’s Mills.
December 7, 1810.
” FOR SALE,
THE well-built Brig War
ren, hurthen 173 tnns. She
has just returned from a vey
age, is about 8 years old, was
overhauled in Boston 15 months since, an»l
found to be perfectly sound and in good or
/ der. For terms, apply in Warren, to
EBENEZER COLE & Co.
Warren, November 30, 1810.
FOR SALE,
I THE Schoone, ‘ SALLY,
about 60 tone burthen. She
KhLAJUk bas lately been through a
wKHbCm complete repair, and will be
«oid on the most reasonable terms. Apply
ta PELEG 8c BENJAMIN EDDY.
Wovemier 27, 1810.
NOTICE.
THE subscribers having formed them
selves into a Company to transact bu
siness, under the firm of the Pbovidence
Dyb-Housk Company, have engaged Mr.
War bus ton, (a partner,) an experienced
Workman from England, -to superintend
■ft* , They have also appointed
Mr. John Wilson, their Agent, and duly
authorised him to conduct the business in
behalf of said Company.
BENJAMIN DYER,
CHARLES DYER,
ELISHA DYER,
§?NEv^n AHBURTON '
December 7, 1810. •
SUGARS.
TAFT & WATERMAN
a HAVE FOB SALB.
HpHIRTY TWO boxes nf Havana white
A SUGARS, of a superiour quality; 23
do. do. brown do.
Jfavember 27, 1810.
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THE RHODE-ISLAND AMERICAN,
AND GENERAL ADVERTISER.
■ -. ■ ..■■•„ xt , ■ ~ s
“TH! NATION WHICH INDULGES TOWAIDS ANOTHER ‘AN If J Jl/ru.! J ■ .nil .._ . ‘ ' ' ' ' ~ ~ --■* ■ '■» -
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Volpme lIL PHOVIDENCeT
Valuable sales of English Goods
at Auction.
On TUESDAY the 18th instant, B. 8c T.
C. Hoppiw will sell at Publick Auction,
d without restriction, .
ONE Hundred and Twenty Packages of
ENGLISH GOODS, received by the
latest arrivals from England, via New-
York, consisting as follows
86 Packages of Broadcloths, Plains and
Cassimerea, of various qualities, co
' lours, Bcc.
3 Cases of Bomba sets, superfine ;
5 Cases of Bomba sets,
- 18 Bales of Rom Kl.nkat.
.1 Cases cd ’
- 1 Ditto Adelphi Cotton Thread,
3 Ditto Scotch Th leads,
2 Ditto Brown Hollands,
« 1 Ditto Muslin Shawls, plain, leno, book
and mull Muslins;
2 Bales of Ginghams,
2 Trunks containing 800 fashionable rea
, dy made Waistcoats,
* 1 Package containing 300 pair of bine
Trousers and Jackets,
L * 1 Ditto containing Duck Trousers, check
ed and Flannel Shirts and Waistcoats;
2 Cases of Mullet Sail, Turtle Twine,
* Log Lines, Bcc.
14 Ditto Glass Ware,
r 5 Casks of plated Cruet Frames, quart
and pint Porter Mugs;
* 1 Ditto Files.
‘ i LIKEWISE,
v 20,000 Pieces of Yellow Nankins, Ist and
C 2tlch<p; •
50 Pieces of Calcutta Duck.
N B. Conditions liberal, and will be made
known at the time of sale. Sales to com I
uh nee at 10 o’clock,* A. M. and continued
at 2, P. M
B. 8c T C. HOPPIN, Auctioneers.
Dectmber 4, 1810.
-j— -
Landing from on board brig Governour I
Hopkins,
FIFTY-SIX Tierces of prime RICE. I
For sale by R S. UPDIKE,
at Blodget 8c Pqwbb’s. I
December 4, 1810.
COTTON and CARPETING.
For sale, at Store No. 3, Maiket-Square, I
directly under 'he American E'gle, by I
. » CHARLES POTTER,
b.EN Hales of North-Carolina I
L v ( O I'TON ; and a large assortment I
i Kid mi osier *«d SciAch Ingiain FLtXJR I
CARPETING. With s gi-neral mnKirtmrn. I
of ENGLISH GOODS, on accommodating I
terms. I
December 4. 1810. tf.
THOMAS JONES ALLEN
RESPECTFULLY informs his friends,
JA and the publick, that hr has establish
ed himself in this city, for the purpose,
principally, of transacting Business on Com
missloti. He solicits their patronage, and I
pledges himself that his time and abilities
shall be constantly employed to promote
he interest of those who may confide any
business to his Agency He has taken the
capacious and Fire Proof Ware-House,
No. 84, Howley’s Wharf.
Baltimore, Novembers, 1810
GREENE & CARTER I
Have just received, and offer for sale,
f 1 1T I Y Hogsheads uf Surina in Molasses. (
30 Ditto Georgia Tobacco, I (
7 Ditto Antigua Rum, I
Boxes </ Havana brown Sugar,
Hogsheads of Havana Molasses,
Pipes and Barrels of American Gin,
SOO Surinam Oranges,
16 Bales of Upland Cotton, new crop, I
very prime ;
1 Ditto Sea-Island ditto, per brig Gov
ernour Httpkins;
60 Bottles of Surinam Peppers, Bcc. Bcc. »
December 4, 1810.
TO LET, '
STORE and WHARF next south '
A of Mr. William Valentine’s.
Apply to
JABEZ BOWEN.
Decqnber 4, 1810.
.NOTICE. ~ \
■ WHITNEY & JfOPPIN
Have just received, and offer for sale, v
FOURTEEN Hhds. of Copperas,
-8- 10 Barrels do.
4 Pipes of Cognac Brandy, 'j
146 Doeen Burton Ale,
1 Pipe of Gin,
2 Hhds of Rum, r
10 Bags of Pimento,
10 do. Pepper, a
6 Barrels of Coffee, t»
10 Boxes of Spanish Cigarra, • P
1 Cask of Allum, h
1 Ton Nicaraqua Wood, ti
150 Groce of Bottle Corks, tl
12 Boxes cf R shins, n
1 Cask of Britannia Tea-Pots; 1
n November 20, 1&1Q.
NOTICE. ' h
r | 'HE Subscriber is empowered to trans-
A act the Business of Mr. A. Ting lx y,
who has to be absent iu>me
months. Those having demands aglhist th
him will present them for payment, and H
from those indebted immediate payment ia nt<
requested- fo
. NATHAN TINGLEY.
December h, 1810.
TO WEAVERS.
COTTON YARN put out to weave at
the Company’s Store, in the Dwellihg-
Honse of Mr. Elisha Draa/in Westmin
ster Street. Great encouragement given
for Weaving fine numbers.
JOHN WILSON,
December 7, 1810.
THE Pbotuiknck Dye-Hous« Com
pany will Dye-Yarn and Cloths, of
all colour*, warranted to be dofte in the
beat m.tnoef, and at reasonable price*.—
Payment far Dying will be wholly received
Hi Yarn. From tbe very general satisfac
tion they have already given, they flatter
themselves no one will be able to excel
them in handsome or substantial colours
1 hey have on hand, for sale, a la ire as
sortment of WEAVING YAKN, ot vari
ous colours;.and calculate to keep them
rfDYBD"YTrf , N ed ’ i "‘ **'
To Agents of Cotton Factories
POCKET-BOOK LOST.
LOSi, yesterday morning, between the
Court-HouVe, in thu town, and Captain
William Church’s Store, a red Moroc
co POt KET BOOK, containing Forty-
Two Dollaretn Bank-Bill*. Whoever has
found the aame, and Will leave it at the
American Office, shall be handsomely re
warded.
November 27. 1810.
RAISINS AND COTTON.
yutr Hr.c&ivtD, and fox sale jbt
JACOB SOESMAN,
TWEN 1 Y HVE B<>xes of fresh Mus
cadel RAIMNS, and
8 Balcs of first quality Upland COTTON.
November 30. 1810. tf.
• NOTICE.
r T*HB connexion in business, lately sub
•* tilting between the subscribers, un
tier the Sim of WANTON & RATH
BONE, was dixsoiv, d, by mutual content,
on the 94: hof November hot. Persons in
debted tn arid firm are srquested tn call
on GEORGE WANTON;'who b author
ised to receive the same J and all persona
having demands against said firm, will pre
sent them to him for payment.
GEORGE WANTON. ‘
GEORGE 9. RATHBONE.
■Vcm/lorF, Dectubtr *, IMO.
r f’HE subscribers hatTsfortned a con
* nexkvn under the firm ef- JONES &
RATHBONE, and offer their services in
tiansactingßusinyst on Commission. They
solicit the patronage of their friends, and
the publick, and pledge their best exer
tions to* promote the interest of thone who
may favour them with their commands.
BENJAMIN D. MINES,
GEORGE S. RATHBONE.
JONES & RATHBONE
Offer for sale, at the Stole in Maifcet-
Street, lately occupied by Mr. Tbomas
Jon xs, the following articles, on liberal
terms:
20 Hh<|s. of St. Croix Rum, of a super iour
quality ;
10 Hhds. of best retailing Molasses,
2 Pipes of Barcelona Brandy.
1 Pipe, «
1 Half Pipe, C l,0 ™ 00 Ma ‘
1 Quarter do. J deiraWlNE;
9 Pipes,
4 Quarter Pipes. J Old Malaga WINE ;
25 Eights da J
10 Barela, j lnt,ia * Poin t GIN ;
20 Cheats Hyson,
10 Boxes do.
5 Cheats Young Hyson, .
10 da Hysoo Skin, ►TEAS.
22 Boxes Souchong,
8 Quarter Cheats Bohea.J
1 Hhd. of double re fined Loaf Sugar,
5 Casks of fresh Ruhina,
10 Hags of Pimento,
12 Krgs of Ginger,
20 Boxes of Spanish Cigarra,
2 Tons of Sable Iron,
1 Tierce of Jones's Scotch Snuff,
/to—Two Hundred Bushels of Buck-
December 4, 1810. 12t.
WIMIOW-GLASS STORE,
No. 17, Mkhchant’s How, Boston.
| J. & D. ECKLEY
HAVE CONSTANTLY FOR SALK,
A FULL supply of Crown WINDOW
GLASS, of every sixe, which will be
repacked, and sold in any quantity to ac
commodate purchasers.
Ponton JVovrmber 28, 1810.
POLLOCK’S PATENT STOVES.
THOMAS POLLOCK
TJEGS leave to info, tn the publick that
- L> he has appointed Colonel Thomas S.
V\ t.HB his Agent here, for making sale of
hi.s Pa 1 EN I SI OVES, and he requests
i hose who wish to be supplied with them
to call at Colonel Webb’s, where they will
are one of the Stoves in use, and be better
< nabitd to judjje of the advantages which
they possess over othtr Stoves, than they
could by any description; they are well
calculated for Churches. Halls, Factories,
and other large buildings; they are aho
suitable for Parlours, Stotes apd Counting-
R oms.
November 30, 1810 tf I
and others.
THE LEGISLATIVE POWER.
.Legislation is the highest civil act that
man can exercise. Clothed with the dig
nity which it throws around his form, he
becomes enlarged and elevated from the
common sphere of humanity, and wields,
with a lofty arm, the destinies of the living,
and of the yet unborn. Contemplating the
immense responsibility of Ms station, the
Legislator must discard all the weakness
of his nature. He assumes an august cha
racter, into which no partialities, no pri
vate interest, no particular friendship, no
party distinctions, must be allowed to en
ter. He must be convinced of his own
importance, and act from his conviction :
When he ceases to do this, he betrays the
interests of himself, of the State, and uf
posterity. In all regulations, therefore,
which prescribe to him the duties of his
situation, or the modes of exercising them,
care should he taken that no circumstance
tend to make him esteem light and uncon
sequentlal, his own conduct in their dis
charge unnoticed and indifferent, or his re
sponsibility unreal.
Different nations, according to their dis
tinct genius or fortune, have vested the
privilege of making laws in different depart
ments. It is a privilege which, wherever
vested, will sometimes be abused; and,
as it is conversant in the moot important
province of government, the abuse of it
is alwajs attended with mournful effects.
Either of the other two departments may
be weakly, corruptly,, or even violently
managed, and yet not totally involve the
general system. But Legislation ia the
foundation of the whole political fab rick.*
TO THE PEOPLE OF RHODE-ISLAND.
• LETTER 111.
isle,
And its tones, the soft tear of compassion ex
citing,
Shall teach by its magick the sightless to
smile.
■ '
’ THE IRISH HARP.
At the%it annual meeting of th* Self tut Harp
• Society, the pupils of the Association, con
sisting of one female, Min O’Re illy, and
eight boys, all blind, were introduced into
the room, and convinced the company pre
sent that the attention of their venerable tu
, tor, O'Nbil, had not been bestowed in vain
It is a pleasing reflection, that in waking
the “ song of other timet," this National
Society is made subservient to the noble
purpose of relieving the dlghtleaa.
At this meeting, Miss Balfour, through the
Secretary of the Society, favoured them with
the following beautiful and appropriate lines:
The Harp, that in darkness and silence for
saken, ,
Had slumber’d while ages roll’d slowly
along,
Once more in its own native land shall awaken,
And pour from its chords all the raptures of
song.
Unhurt by the mildews that o’er it were steal
ing,
Its strings in full chorus shall warble sub*
lime i
Shall rouse all the ardour of patriot feeling,
And snatch a bright wreath from the relicka (
of time.
Sweet Harp I on some tale of past sorrow
while dwelling,
Still plaintive and sad breathes the murmuring
sound i
The bright sparkling tear of fond sympathy
swelling,
Shall freshen the shamrock that twines thee
around.
Sweet Harp! o’er thy tones, though with fer- I
vent devotion,
We mingle a patriot smile with a tearj •
Not fainter the smile, not less pure the emo
tion,
That wait on the cause which assembles I
us here.
Behold, where the child of affliction and sor- I
row,
Whose eye never gated on the splendour of I
light,
Is taught from thy trembling vibration to bor- I
row f
One mild ray of. joy, midst the horrours of I
night. I
Ko more strati bn .wander urfktioWH bpd I
lected, I
From winter’s loud tempest a shelter to find *
No more a sad outcast forlorn and dejected, I
Shall poverty add to the woes of the blind. J
O shades of our fathers, now awfully bending,
To witness those blessings we seek to im
part j
Behold how the glory of Erin is blending,
With feelings the sweetest that spring from I
the heart. I
Still, still these emotions together uniting, I
Let the harp ever sound o’er the emerald I
roa THI RHODE-ISLAND AMERICAN.
Political.
If it be originally defective, or become cor
rupt, the unsteadiness, inequality, and pro
pbetick nods of the superstructure betray
the want of an adequate sapporj. Jf th*
hand of rashneu assaH, or the heavy foot >
of ignorance stumble upon It, the inter- ’. ’a
texture of the extensive frame trembles ’
throughout. If it be wrenched, by the arm
of power, from its proper site, the whole ,
pile tumbles to the ground in shatteurf' ‘ \
ruins. “
The object, then, of political institutions
should be to vest this privilege where it • * *«
least frequently abused.
Anciently, three methods were observed. j
The first was when the Executive and Le- • 4
gislative powers were united in one person 1
This union constitutes a desptnisin, and Is V - 3
eternally inconsistent with the liberty of \ '
the people. It gives the Prince nn coun- \ I
aellor but his caprice, and at the same time,
renders that caprice unbounded and irre
sistible. Such were the AJatick govern
ments, the Roman under the Empgroui*. .
•nd such are now the Ottoman, the Rus- i
•fan, and the Frqich. * '
The second m« thud was that by which
the Legislative power was suffered to,re
nt ainin a body of nobility. This, at the /
same time that it 1., «> the whole, mor* I
tolerable than the former mode, has, how- / •
ever, some disadvantages horn which the ♦ .
other is usually exempt. The samecir
cumstances that rendeY more difficult the
passage of a had law, make it easy for Cor
ruption to stifle in embryo the best. And it * -
may here he observed that Corrupt inn no
where makes an earlier appearance, or
attains to greater influence, than amongst
a nobility, proud of their superiority and
magnificence, and free from all restraint
exclusive of their own Will. But the worst Jj.'
consequence of this mode is It. invariable
tendency to place the two other power. J
government into the same hands which .
hold the Legislative. Princes, the most ar
bitrary, have usually deputed to others the ;
I interpretation of their law., and, for t|at * I
purprne, have erected .tribunals apparent- J
► ly independent. But an arjstoeracy. as iopg j
*■ it continues such, will never permit the • 1
office of Judge or
lelsed byskny who are M member, of its
own body, Self aggrandisement supersede,
the general good. Hence, while the ruling
power of the State is solely occupied in
its own immediate interest., It is easy to
see that contempt, oppression, and misery
must be the portion of the plebeian older.
This form was embraced by many cities
of Grecian origin, who retained their ab
horrence for the rule of one King, but Were
contentedly bowed to that of many. The
government ut Rome, always varying, and
often in the extreme of severity or licen- '
tiousnes.,-displays this character during
the period contained between the abolition
of royalty, and the establishment of popu
lar tribunes. It Is in this period that we
see the wealthy crush and trample the in
digent; that we hear the lash, which tor
tures the unhappy debtor, sounding th rough
'he streets; and that the retirement of
the people to the sacred mount threaten*
the ruin of the Mate. In modern times,
Venice, with her Lion’* mouth, her State In
quisitors, and secret trials; and Poland,
with her uncheerful cities, her uncultivated
fields, her servile multitude of half fed
peasants, and her bloody plains of election,
have formed the most striking example*.
In consequence of the feudal systems in
troduced by the northern nations, this form
of government ha. more prevailed in Eu
rope since the overthrow of the Roman
Empire, than before.
The third method was the only one which
the ancients denominated free; and was,
perhaps, as far removed from liberty a*
either of the others. It was that in which
the people exercised.legi.lat ion, as well as j
all the other political powers, in their pro
miscuous assemblies. In these, the low
and the high, thesimpte and the wise were
mingled together without distinction; the
ighorant had an equal voice with the mom
learned, and the vilest with the moat wor
, thy. Here, also, obtained that pernicious
union of the three powers of government in
one body of men : a union which, wherever
it obtains, is the death of liberty, security
' and peace. The multitude, Inflamed by
some momentary circumstance, or some
interested decl.imer, decreed the law, de
eded upon Its application, executed Its be
hest, aqd, the next moment, bitterly be
wailed its own rashness. Am<>« g.t man- t
kind, the many are always io be led or im- *
pelled by the few. Independence of thought,
and originality of actin' pertain but to a
small portion of the human race : the rest
.Wait to receive the direction of some im
pulse. A very few lend ng *q»im., if allow
ed to ferment without res'Frint, tree able to
set the whole mass in motion. And, a« the
best disposed men are usually the most