The Rhode-Island American, and general advertiser — Providence [R.I.], 1810-06-08 00:00:00, page 2

B vxow ta* »atKMAW*s joubmax.
B' .Witb the Mtqp •< Mach sox
' > pleasing recollection* are uswxiated—
K> Early >u life he possessed the confidence of
jp Wa»miV«tqm. upon whose talents as well
Bi. as Virtues, every tongue and every heart,
f in Ibis the Hst abode of Liberty,Relights
K to dwell.' Fame has also attributed to
Mr Mttliusi the original proposition, in the
l| * "iskfidßiure of Virginia, which led to the
K' formation of the great and venerable CM«
| vetftioa, to whose labours we are indebted
Bp fot the present admirable Constitution of
I .' our Repub'rck. To his eloquence alone,
I opposed cothat which drafted at the rain
■ and ditlilitd at the dew, from the lips of
|| * Patrick Henry, whom the* Virginians, in
I Cha pkuitudr of their entbueiasuck adora
[* * tiwi, believed to be a greater orator than
Cicero or.Chatham, is the adoption of that
constitution, by Virginia, and of course by
the United States, to be ascribed. In the
first Congress which assembled under the
operation of the new system, he was the
leader of the federal or constitutional, in
opposition to the auti-federal or anti-consli
tutfinial party. And When he seceded from
his old political connexions, and became
tfeo raiWus intxb iarks of the demo
cratkk his magnanimity as well
| as ingenuity, was atill ike theme of trniver
sal praise.
I t - Ao Sccretaiytf State, under the admin-
Mtratiua of leffersuo, the present President
displayed superiwjr abilities. He always
appeared to bo at home at aay point in the
vast fields of diplomacy. Mik knowledge
I at the Law* of Nations is accurate and ex
tensive. -
Tha character of Madison is more esti
mable (bun that of his predecessor. His
i prhata lite is without a stain. His general
deportment Is decorous and dignified. He
has wandered much (ess than Jefferson in
the Btoomhins regions of Fancy, and much
more'in those illuminated by the Sun of
Reason. Hia mind is more liberal, and of
Course less mean. His philosophy Is less
minute, ami of course more practical—
His political theories were acquired In a
better school, and are of course less dan
gerous.
ffinstcad of being the president of a fac
tion, he might have been the man of the
people. It was hoped and believed that
bo would become so. The political bark,
long tossed in the dread chaos of French
iUftucnce, It was hoped ,would, under .the
auspices of a pilot so excellently educated,
regain the port of naiiuiul prosperity.
Qiwto-terra st aft oilers tandem
Visa, aperirc proaul moutes, uc volvcre fumum.
V«Aa rcmia insurgin.ua. ~x » , [
At the comtneuvement of the fourth pre
sidency, tins land again appear* d. The
blue mmuKubCs oacc more bounded the
delightful prospect, and sIBCKe ascenucu
fiymtenxuytoWW and villages. Thkaails
tell, we rose upon the oar*, and steeled in
X direct course for the haven of peace and
plenty. But alas I the Gallo-Jeffersonian
poison bad taken too deep a root in our
whole system. Fahnurus soon became be
wildered, and it was almost a miracle that
We escaped the rock* of desolation and
despair.
it was very generally believed that
Madison would have more nerve than
Jtffersou. But a melancholy experience
proves that be does not possess so much.
Peihaps the annuls of ail ages can produce
no parallel te the tout want of system
Which pervades the present course of our
policy. The men of administration arc
cmbairassed, perplexed, distracted, “ and
find no end, in wandering maaes lost.”—-
And yet, although a large portion of theii
own'party, loudly proclaims their imbecili
ty.and another portion even question* their
integrity, their partisans *tb triumphan
at almost all the elections, by great ano
increasing majorities. Such are the ioex '
J. plicabie political phenomena of the present
age and generation I
The natural current of events, indepen
dently of our own agency, may give us
peace and commerce. But what can again
give us dignity and honour ? It is easy to
descend into the deep and dark vale 01
Jeffersonian and Madisonian ignominy ;
But again to ascend to the high and brigh
mountain of the glory of Washington, would
require an eff<>A beyond all our powers.
4b»m the /t JUidun qf jiftrU 21.
Loan Collingwood.
, By the death «>f Cuthbert L* rd Colling
wood, f’.ngland has lost the great abilities
of a man, whose whole existence was sa
orillced to her naval sen ice, and whose
every thooght was devoid to her naval
name. Unlike too many, afkbiiious only of
commands which are suited only to their
private views, be fled wherever his c«up
try sent him, and has said “never in hia
life had he declined aYa 11." It will give
encouragement to every young aspirant in
the navy, whose professional preferment'
may tardy, to be told that he was a
Midshipman nearly fifteen years, while It
will give this animating lesson, that perse
verance like his insures success. His Lord
ahiptooce a Lieutenant was soon made, and
soon p<*ted; his brilliant career and sub-
- eequebt exertions in the West-Indies, on
the Ist of June at Cape St. Vincent, and at
Trafalgar, are too well known to require
an eulogy, for they conld not be exceeded
We are informed, that in the progress
of the •• action of trespass on the case”
brought by E. Livingston against Thomas
Jefferson, the federal court for this district
has ruled the plaintiff to give security for
the costs, as is customary in such cists,
where required by the other party.
ygi CHARLESTON, May 26.
The Brhjsh ship George, which put into
this port some days since, has been ordered
to leave the port,plunder the construction
given by governmt to th e coiicern
ing commercial intercutrse, she cannot be
permitted to take in a Cargo, she having
arms on board for defending bsrsclf a gains!
the privateers of her enemy. \ ' W
His Lordship's judgement was sound and
firm, his mind acute and penetrating, his
wit so very lively, it led him Constantly to'
pun; and though general punsters must be
frequently insipid, he seldom failed to pro
duce the equivoque he wished. To his re
ligious duties he constantly attended ; his
religion, like himself, was without terrour,
pure without fanaticism, and genife with
out levity, The Latin he bad learned at
school he had never forgotten, and though
he knew but sufficient French to maintain
a general correspondence on the coast, and
could scarcely manage Spanish at all, he
was notwithstanding a gotxi scholar, but a
scholar of the/Old school. He was always
perfectly dignified in his deportment, with
out that execrable pride which we often
sec assumed as a cloak to conceal a want
of worth. A rich vein of native worth
within him, its assumption was unnecessa
ry. Unprejudiced he was not; one preju
dice he had, which was singular as his
mind was liberal. He deemed it the boun
den duty of every Englishman, to hate a
Frenchman as hia natural foe; and no man
hairdth* national character, and the
nation mure cordially than he. As be
sometimes exptViacd a respectful pity for
the Spaniards, ‘and as the love of his coun
try whs the leading feature of his noble
soul, this probably arose from a concealed
opinion he entertained " that universal do
minion would be the fate of France."
Lord Collingwood had not seen any of his
rdlatpes for a considerable period before
his death. When serving in the Channel,
he generally kept at sea from the fear of
losing a general action, tpd when in port,
he staid but a few days, attending on board
to the minutia of his ship, and sleeping,
only on shore whilst his cabin was being
caulked. otHI no #an was more alive to
dome.»tick fealings; his heart rebounded
with joy at a packet from his family, and
in s letter wiittea but a few months ago,
he says, “ I wish much to see poor dear
Lady Collingwood; but she knows my
country wants my services, and she is too
good a woman to expect it." The writer
«.nce conversed with him on the battle of.
Trafalgir ; he said with energy, “ Mr, H.
oOuld I but once more meet them, I should •
lie contented and happy.” He stepped
•qtojiis boat from Plymouth dock, on tbe
first day of April, 1805, at one o’clock,
weighed at four the next morning, and re
turned a Peer and a corpse. His Lot dship,
with Nelson, was lovely in his life, in death
they were not divided—they were both
Scipios, the thunderbolts of war, the glory
nf tUrh-name and the nation. Blest and
brave Collingwood I the recolieatloii of thy
worth will long and late outlive thee ;
whilst the tears of my countsy bedew the
laurels that adorn thy lamented bier I
Worcester College, Oxford
in valour and exteat. Ha was born « Naw*
castle, waa of a family ancient and respect
able, bat perhaps uitjil latterly, declining,
and was educated at the scMI here, a
cotemporary of Lord Eldon and Sir W.
Scott, of whose concurrent good fortunes
in life, he frequently spoke with great
satisfaction and delight. He married the
daughter of Alderman Blacket, by whom
he has twp daughters of a marriageable
. age, having previously lost a brother in the
service, who fell a sacrifice tp the climate
in the West-Indies. His Lordship was nt
a middle stature, but extremely thin, and
temperate in bis general habits, ate always
with an appetite, drank moderately after
dinner, but never indulged afterwards in
spirits or in wine; while his personal at
tention to the lowest guest at his table was
always universally observed. It was his
general rule in tempestuous weather, and
upon any hostile emergency that occurred,
to sleep upon his-softs in a flannel gowu,
taking off only his epanletted coat. The
writer of this just delineation has seen him
upon deck without his hat, and his grey
hair floating tq the wind, whilst torrents
of rain poured down through the shrouds,
and his eye, like the eagle’s, on the watch.
Personal exposure, colds, rheumatism,
ague, all—nothing seemed to him when
\is duty called. In the memorable autumn
of 1805, when he with difficulty got the
Dreadnought in the stream of the Gut uf
Gibraltar, he stood upon the poop, smiling
at 35 sail of the enemy, with only five sh ; ps
under his command ; ynd when they wore
back, he wore himself in tbeir face, and
actually blockaded the Bay of Cadis, they
within.
tfte Jteaito
RICHMOND, May 23.
The extraordinary and unaccountable
detention of the frigate John Adams, has
given rise to a well grounded apprehension,
that Bonaparte is about to close the series
of outrages on our national rights and hon
our, by signal act of violence. The
absolute flhurc of a national vessel, would
not transcend In a very high degree, the
numerous caudognfof atrocities which he
has heaped upon nation.
The legislature of the State of Connec
ticut has made a new Arrangement of their
* *
ing smoke and flame seemed to ascend to
heaven, and fall 'again to earth in a show
er of burning cihdejs. Our powers of de
scriptiun would fail us were we to attempt
to paint this scene as it really was. The
gleaming of the flame, contrasted with
the blackness of the horizon—the scenery
around, with thd attendant circumstances,
presented a picture (alas! too real!) awful
ly magnificent!! I
One of these mills (Morton and. Wilson’s)
was built on the most modern construction,
and had every improvement and conve
nience, which rendered it not only one of
the first in the United States, but in the
world.
.Awful Destructive Conflagration.
About 1 o’clock yesterday morning the
cry of fire was beard in our streets. The
cause of this alarm originated in the large
and extensive finill lately erected in Bran
dywine, by Moitou and Wilson. Elefore
the citizens had arrived at the spqf from
Wilmington, the whole roof of the buHd
ing was envelope! in a miss of fire; and
in spite uf the uuittd exertions of the people
oi Brandywine and Wilmington', the mill
in which the fire began, together .with the
one adjoining, wtre entirely consumed.—
One man in thecobfijuOn got bis teg broke.
We have heard ot ho other accident
I'hiq wjs truly fortunate, for during the
busiest pirt' of TAis melancholy scene, a
mill-stone which! was ro|frd nut of one of
the mill doors, tt><>k a direction down the
hill, and through the crowd, who parted
before it quick eijough to suffer it to pass,
which it iortunbtdly did without doing any
injury ! It Is stated that there were from
11) to 12,000 bushels of grain in these mills,
ihe whole of which we believe will be lost,
liesides large quantities of fleur, flour bar
rels, hogsheads, ftc. lost and damaged.—
We can give no giiess at tile immense loss
of property sustained by this unfortunate
event; we uiay, however, venture to say
i$ 40,000 at a inodqrare computation. The
night was calm ; (nd the volumes of curl-
ro animadvert upon Great-Britain coupling
her in his reproaches, and 'attributing to
her an equal defect of justice and friend
ship. tnis was no more than per
forming a duty to which the government
paper is <>ound ou all occasions and through
every change of circumstance; yet the
comparison of the conduct of the latter with
her enemy, is selt-evidentty unjust and un
supported. One of the rash, unbecoming
nid false imputations he makes to eluci
date his paralhtl, will strike every one.—
tie intimates that if Great-Britain and
France possessed the power to execute
their malevolent intentions, they would not
suffer a neutral plank tofoat. Has or
lias not the" f&trner the power to accom
plish this? It never before was denied that
she holds this exorbitant power in her
bands; and that she does not avail herself
of it, must be ascribed to her wanting the
null, and not the power.
The publick mind sickens with the re
petition of the name of Mr. Jefferson, as
much as it does with hearing of his nostrum
xU - They are, therefore, very
tortunately placed together in the conclu
sion of the piece, because they thus make
•»ut one caput ntortuum, which may he
avoided without much trouble.-* Red. Hep.
WILMINGTON, (Del.) Jufte 2.
*
WASHINGTON. May 51
' X U mode def Intelligencer.
Wt team that CoßiAedure Kodgera is
ordered co France in the Constitution.—
The new Empress is to send she Nf of
tbe Presidetit some wedding cake. Mr.
Dawsgp goes out in the Constitution as
bearer of 'the imperial presentnot in the
quality of ambassadour, as some of the
federal papers, regardless of truth, may
assert, to Vilify our government as wanting
economy, Mr. Dawson is to receive only
tbe emoluments of % member of Congress,
which is to cease as soon as he returns
This kind attention of the Empress is indi
cative of the good disposition Of the FrenclT
government towards us, and gugurs a
speedy restoration of perfect harmony be
tween the two nations. ■
BALTIMORE, June 1.
Tbe Intelligencer, from which we have
copied a long extract'upon foreign affairs,
begins at length to speak, in a manner
Somewhat becoming, of the hostility of
France, and the hopelessness of expecting
her to return to a course of mure just treat
ment The observations upon this subject
are worthy of notice as a tardy confession
of what could be no longer concealed ; and
what might not ham been expected, there
is even transfused into them here and there
a species of American feeling and a rising
indignation. But Jest the composition should
be faultless, the editor passes from France
NEW-YORK. June 5.
Addition to fefferton't " Sutfihu Rnenut ”'
On Tuesday last the Circuit Court of
the United States termlnnatcd its session
at At the conimencement of
the term there were pending twenty-three
indictments and civil suits in favour bf the
United States, chiefly for pretended viola
tions of the embargo laws. In five of the
cases, the defendants had not been served
with process—one was discontinued, and
one continued by agreement of the parties;
one other was continued dn motion of the
defendant, and four on ihotion of the Dis
trict Attorney. In three the " learned At
torney" entered a nolle, and the other
eight was tried and issued against the Uni
ted States.
If it should be asked how it happened
that the District Attorney was so success
ful in these prosecutions, armed as he is
with the purse and the of the na
tion, it tnsy be replied, that it arose princi
pally from certain pitjudices of the Court
against convicting persons of offences with
out law or evidence.—Judge Livingston,
who presided, and who alone decided moat
of the cases,seemed to entertain an opinion
that the United States were bound tn prove
the guilt of the accused, and that if they
did not, or if their witnesses proved his in
nocence, that it was the duty of the Jury
to acquit. He also thought that certain*
vince cf Carracaa.
• Inhabitants of Venezuela! this is the vote
of tbe city of Qarracas. All its first and
highest authorities, have solemnly acknow
ledged it, by accepting and swearing to ob
serve, with due obedience, the decisions of
.the people by their representatives; and
we, in obedience to the jeered duties im
posed upon us, make it known to yoii, and
we invite you to join in that union and fra-
■ teniity which calk us to the same duty and
interest. If- the sovereignty has been pro
visionally established with a few individu
als, it is not for the purpose of establishing,
over you, an insulting sr oppressive usur
pation, nor yet a disgraceful or shameful
slavery; but ibtet tbe urgency andnecessi
ty of the moment, as well as the novelty
and importance of tire object, impcriouslje
require it for the common security. This
use It* puts it out of our power to make,
manifest to you on this hasty occasion, the
extension of our generous ideas: But you
must reflect, that if we acknowledge and
loudly claim the sacred rights of nature,
to protect our civil subjection, in defect of
the central and legitimate common au
thority, which united us, we du not the less
respect in you those inviolable rights, and
therefore we shall opportunely call ypu to
the exercise of the supreme authority, in
proportion to the greater A lesser number
uf individuals which shall fall to the lot of
each province. This is, more or less, tbe
result of the deliberations which on the
spur of the moment we have’to propose to
the department of Venezuela. Confide
therefore friends, in the sincerity of our in
tentions and haste to reunite your senti
ments, and affections to those citi
zens of this capitol. That the Holy Reli
gion which we have inherited from our
fathers, may always be for us and for our
descendants, the first object of our admira
tion aiO- the strongest bond to unite our
will—That the European Spaniards may
be'treated and caressed throughout the
Country with the same affection and con
sideration Hat ioursclvrs, they being our
brothersand being cm dially and moat sin
cerely united in our cause, upd in this way,
resting the basis of our social edifice upon
the indissoluble foundation of fraternity and
union, we shall transmit to our most' distant
generations thf pleasing recollectjou dour
happy efforts, and peihaps, we may obtain
the satisfetion of beholding out' beloved
sovereign Ferdinand yiL over
the glorious destiny of the people Of this
comujqf. •- • ■ •
Martin Tovmb fopTH,
.. Jose pg las' Liam os a.
Car ramp, 1810? A
Last evening die wind'ihifted frdm S. to
N. N. W. and this city wks blessed with a i
shower of rain, lx. jog the first rain for a
month. During tbe gust, afla*h cd light
ning strnck the mast of the sloop Ann and
Sarah, uf NeW-London, lying in tlie Coffee
house slip, which* it spirt ip, three pieces
from top to bottom. No injury .was re
ceived by the crew on board.
grant national property, thesebpol fend;
and the thanoginsenj of it fias been com
mitted to the earn of the Hon, James Mill
house, one of the Seniors from that Stah
in die Congress of the United States. Or.
accepting the office of Commissioner.of th«
School Fund, Mr. Hillhouse resigned hia
seat in Che Senate. Mr. Hillhouse has beVn
a Member of the National Legislature 19
years, and at the time of his resignation.'
From the Gazette of Carracas, of April 27,
. , :1810. •
Concluaion of the Proclamation iaaued by
. the ConatUutid Authority of the Pro -
in either House. That he was one of the
ablest, will not be disputed, by those, who
are capable of forming a just estimate oi
talents and services. The Hqn. Samuel
W. Dana is chosen to Hili
house in tbe Senate. w. foal.
TRANSLATION.
was probably one of tbe oldest Members
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HARTFORD, June 2.
BOSTON, June 5.
ARTILLERY &LECTIOM
Yesterday was celebrated the anniver
sary of the establishment of the Ancient
and Honourable Artfilery Company. From
respect to the objects of this institution,
and its *ge, the day is always Com memo- *
rated in a festive rngnner, and marked
with peculiar ceremonies. Nearly UO
years have expirM since the birth-day of
this respectable military corps. Distin
guished individuals of successive genera*
rations have been its members; aqd m
their time rendered much service to their
country.
At 12 o'clock, the Company escorted hia
Excellency the Commander in CMef, his
Honour the Lieutenant-Gevernour, (be Se
nators of Suffolk, the Representatives of
Boston; and a targe number of Jpivß aod
Military Officers, to the Meeting-House of
the Rev. Mr. Emerson, WherOm appro
priate Ser men, was delivered by the Revw
Mr. Lowell; after which, the Procession
was renewed, joined by hit Excellency the
British Minister, and other guests, and es
corted to Faneuil-Hall, where a aumptueot
entertainment was provided.
Ax the fiUU a number of volunteer toaete
were gfeeb, of which we only had an op
poHmdftr of procuring the fellow tog;
' By the Bfitiah
petual harmony between the United States *
and Great-Britain: May the swords of the
Ancient and Hteumrable
against those who would interrupt ft."
By the Han. Mr, May our pre
judices agalnat the British Nation; likn
those against her Minister, vanish upon a
more intimate acquaintance."
By a Repreaentativc from Berwick-*.
" Love of country, fidelity to publick trust
The man who is ever governed by them,
will never be forsaken of tris country, or oi’
those friends whose friendship is worth
preserving.” ,
In the afternoon the Company iparched
to the inclosed lot on the common, where
the late Officers delivered the insignia of
their rank to his Excellency the Govern
our, and the new were invested therewitli.
The following gentlemen Tiro elected
Officers fef the current year:.
* Major Daniel Messinger, Captain.
Mr. Jonathan VVnitn*y, Lieut.—
Mr. Janes Bird, Ensign.
Junes.
After putting our paper to press, we
were favoured by Mr. Abiel Wood, jun.
with Dublin papers to Sth May, [received
by Captain Bang, from St. Michaels,] vou
taiuing London dates te the 2d May ; ami
Paris to 19th April. Their qpntents are
unimportant. It was expected
would be prorogued after the
Birth-day. It is said Mr. Yorke is to
be First Lord of the Admiralty. Consid
erable embarkations oi trpope from Portu
gal and Cadiz were about'taking place.
■ 1 ■ '■■■>
A letter received in town, from CutUana.
dated 28th April, 18fo, says, " Yesterday
a complete Revolution took place in the
government of this Province. The Gov
ernour and all the officers appointed by
the Supreme Junta of Spain, were dhnriss
ed by the people of the Province ; another
Provincial Junta appointed in their place,
and the country declared independent, un
der the auspices of Ferdinand VII. should
he ever appear on the throne. This revo
lution has extended to the Gerrocoa, where
that Province, in conjunction with all the
alier Spanish Provinces in America, have
declared their independence.
The Robert Jeffery, so inhumanly put on
shore on the barren Isle of Sambrero by
Captain Lake, of the British ship Recruit,
as mentioned in a late Centiud, h Mwllr«
rales of lav, devised for the prdtoctioe of
Ae rights of citiltps, and sanctioned by
the experience of ages, ware worth RfW
varvibg. These ideas appeared
ro the District Attorney. They had never
once occurred to him while yistitutfag
these prosecutions. His only inquiry was,
are tbe embargo laws glorious displays of
democratick Wisdom, and can I get fees
for harrassing people with endless suits for
suspected violations uf them I With those
motives he excited histransceodant talents,
those talents formerly put in requisition to
punish our Printers, our Clergy and our
Judges Cor soiling (ha apotleaa fame of Mr.
Jefferson, and the result, in both cases, waa .
alike honourable to- tbe prosecution, and
alike worthy uf the party to which he be
longs. „ >
If any inquisitive being should Inquire
as to the expense attending these high ef
forts of the District Attorney, he may in
quire in vain. Vulgar eyes cannot dis
ci iminate between economy Us the
ducting of publick offices swindling.
What if uur merchants are taxed with
great sums in defending against frivetaui
and vexatious suits .* Do not these suits fill
the pockets of the Attorniep, the Marshals
and Hie Clerk ? And did not Jefferson ap
point these men (o office because their
pfiAete Were cmyfty/‘
The United States pay whether they
gain or lone their causes, and the whole
avails of all these, and a host of similaF
vuks, will ensue to the increase of Mr. Jef
ferson's “ surplus revenue."
WTICR.