The Rhode-Island American, and general advertiser — Providence [R.I.], 1810-09-21 00:00:00, page 3

•' PORTUGAL AND SPAIN.
Of war event* ia Europe, those occur*
. ring la aad expected from Portugal excite
the moot interest. Advices from Lisbon to
the Bth August have been received. From
Cadis they ®re not so late. The reports of
the flight of Lord, Wellington's army, so of
ten repeated and so readily belie ted, are
effectually refuted. Before the surrender
of Ciudad Rodrigo, we believe the Head-
Quarters of the English and Portuguese
army were advanced to Almeida, to the
eastward of the river Coa ; but after the
capture of that city, Lord Wellington
chose to cross the Coa, and take a position
on the Mondego river, where his Head-
Quarters were at the 2d August'; and at
the same time, Crawford's corps was not
far from the bridge-head he so gallantly
defended on the 24;h July. It seems, how
ever, by a Lisbon article of the 4th August,
that the French had crossed tha Coa, and
had been before Pinhel, but had recrossed
that river, and had proceeded for Vai de
la Mula, probably to communicate with
Junot. e
The Portuguese Province of Tralos
Montes, on the left of thp Anglo Lusitanian
army, was menaced by a small French
corps, under Generals Junot and Keller
man, which had crossed, the Douro near
Zamora, and was proceeding by Miran
da. While on the the allied ar
my, General Regnier, tn th a strong corps
(about 18,000) was manesuvring in Spanish
Estremadura—the passes of the mountains
of which he had entered by Coria, and
was probably marching to join the left of
the French Grand Army, under Massena,
-(Prince of Essling) whose bead quarters
continued in the neighbourhood of Ciudad
Rodrigo; while his advanced corps were
near the Coa. General Hill, with a corps
/of British troops communicating with a
Spanish corps under Marshal Romans at
B-<d joz, bad been cfoserving and following
Regnier's movements, and in consequence
had quitted Portaiegrc, cross* d the Tagus,
and would probably join Lord Wellington
ex early as Regnier Could Prince Massena.
The Spanish troops under Romans and Bal
las u-to* harrassrd Regnier's rear guards,
and had killed and taken some hundreds of
thvm but to disperse them, the Duke of
Tre* iso, (Mortier,) had advanced from the
Sir »ra Morens into E tremadura with a
•mall corps. These movements had oc
casioned many skirmishes, which were re
ported in the French accounts to be always
favourable to their troops, and in the Span
ish and Portuguese statements to be a sc
ries of patriotick successes. We believe
it to be the practice on both sides to he
silent on the subject of disasters, but loud
in the report of all advantages.
A Quettion for Independent Amerieant.
Suppose Bonaparte Meals from us pro*
perty to the amount of** & 40,000,000 be
tides insulting our government and abusing
(Marring and poisoning in prisun) our sea
men, and afterwards restores to tome of
his particular adherents 40 or 50.000 dol
lars, f/net iy way qf emoting Mt trap)
is he not our most auperembent friend, a
prodigy of an ally, cqd ought we not to
make common cause with him and declare
*ar against Great-Britain f
Th* Prince Massena had been rein
forced by d«t.»cbmen« from most of the
garrisons in the not th and Centre of Spain;
•was apparently waiting for those which
our accounts from St. John de Luz, in July,
aay were then passing mto Spain; a» well
as for the junction of the corps under Reg
nier. Lord Wellington-wae also receiving
fresh Portuguese militia,- which were offi
cered by the English, principally non-com
missioned, and incorporated with the Bri
tish corps. In the afftir of the tete-du
ftont on the Coa, these troops behaved ex
tretnely well. And of the 10.000 troops
Which were sent from England in July, a
great part had arrived, and of that part a
large proportion was cavalry.
. To supply his large army, Massena had
been clothed by Bonaparte with unlimited
powers over all the provinces in its vicini
ty ; and, on the other hand, the Ponu
guese Regency had invested Lord Welling
ton with similar powers, and particularly
the sole direction of all the military ingre
dients in Portugal. He was ably seconded
by Marshal Beresford, who had joined the
main army.
The measures which had been taken to
strengthen the M Army qf Portugal.” un
der Massena, had left Spain open to a free
communication of the Spaniards from Ba
dajoz, on the frontier of Portugal, to the
Mediterranean, through Estremadura, La
Mancha, Valencia and Murcia. This had
given fresh activity to the depredatbry
Warfare of the Spaniards on the line of
communication between Madrid and Anda
lusia, and enabled numbers of the Patriots
who had fled into the mountains, to assem
ble in cohorts on the plains.
Since collating the above particulars we
find, that an arrival in Philadelphia from
Lisbon, brings accounts to the 11th August.
At that time no new event had occurred;
buf it was expected an attack or general
battle would take place on the 15th August,
the birth-day of Napoleon, who had given
positive orders to the Prince of Essling to
be in Lisbon by the 30th of August, and be
crowned King of Portugal. Centinel.
LATEST FROM PORTUGAL.
Cb/ty s/ a letter from a gentleman of this
town, to the owners of the shift Union,
dated Tonning, July 16, 1810.'
“ Since my last respects to you an
nouncing the seizure of that part of the
Union, freight and cargo, which by com
promise fell to the rightful owners, I have
Ka short time been cheered with the
se that this compromise would be car
ried into effect. There was a ministerial
report in favour of all compromised cases,
submitted to the Emperour; and Mr.
Warden, at Paris, dnd Messrs. Bonvarlet,
at Dunkirk, wrote me with much confi
dence, thht it would be confirmed. There
was something in it, however, which ap
proached too near to justice to appear credi
ble to me, and I forebora to make to you
any communication on the subject till the
affair should assume a decisive character. I
was convinced of the propriety of this mode
of procedure, which by not inspiring you
with fallacious hopes, saved you from new
disappointments. Upon receiving a letter
from General Armstrong of the 30th ult. in
which he says, “ a ministerial report In fa
vour of compromised cases has been made
some time ago; but it does not appear that
the report has been adopted by the Em
perour. It may be well to make up your
mind far a total less." His apprehensions
were well founded* far Mi next letter of
the'sth instant, brought me the final issue
of this unfortunate business. He therein
says, ** the America and the Union were
condemned under the decree of the 23d of
March, by the new Commission of Com
merce, over which the Emperour himself
presides." Notwithstanding I have been
an long witness of the system of. plunder
which has been adopted, yrt I must avow
that I felt a momentary shock, that even
by the Napoleon code, a vessel taken on
the high seas and forced by a French pri
vateer fatoa French port, should be con
demned for Arriving there. The last hope
pl rescuing any part of the Union’s con
cerns being now extinguished, I am com
l>elltd, though very reluctantly, to enclose
the account of the disbursements I have
made in attending to them. The season of
the year, and the rate of exchange, has
made the charges very heavy ; but I doubt
not that my draft on you of this date, in
favour of Mr. Otis Ammidon, fortheir
amount, will meet with due honour. I
have charged nothing for the fatigue I have
suffered, the time I have spent, and the
anxious attention I have paid in the prose
cution of your claim. I have indeed omit
ted some of my actual expenses, such as
the commissions of Perigord, my banker at
Paris, on the money advanced there, and
the loss of drawing on Hamburg, Bcc.
There will be other demands of a similar
nature from' Mr. Warden, at Paris, and
Messrs. Bonvarlet, at Dunkirk, but they will
not, I trust, amount to much, and I shall
push the latter bard to indemnify them
selves from the spoils of the Union.
The good people of New-Eng!an<t have
for four weeks past been much alarmed by
the report of mad dogs being at large, and
have been often cautioned to beware lest
they bite. It is now ascertained that these
frothing animals are no more or less than
disappointed democrats, whose rage since
defeat is so great as to gi them the hy
drophobia. The better to guard our fel
low-citizens against them, we would ob
serve, that they may be universally known
by their red face*, striped backs and naked
ness, and their serpentine motioo.
" I feel extremely mortified that my ef
forts have been in vain, but you will, I
trust, be persuaded that they were neither
cool or feeble."
The repeated and aggravated depreda
tions, which, for a longtime past, have
been Committed on our unprotected Com
merce by the government of France, seems
to have excited in this country hardly an
emotion of concern. With philosophick
indifference our citizens view these sei
zures and confiscations of their property,
and imprisonment of their fellow-citizens,
while the government are wrapped in apa
thy, or bound by the spell of submissive ac
quiescence. The following letter was re
ceived io this town, a few days since, from
a gentleman of great talents and respecta
bility, now resident in France, whose poli
tical sentiments have ever leaned towards
that immaculate nation. He sailed from
this country for France, having the charge
of an immense property, which he has
seen, in spite of every exertion, wrested
from him by the merciless grasp of an up
relenting tyrant. His partialities have,
however, cooled, and he has become feel
ingly sensible of the injustice and unheard
of robberies of the Emperour. We vouch
for the correctness of this extract, which
we hope will meet with an attentive pe
rusal. Will our democrats any longer de
ny the enormities of Napoleon, or justify
our government which so dastardly bends
and submits ?
At the Supreme Judicial Court, now in
session in this town. Chablis Matron,
Esq was admitted an Attorney and Coun
sellor at Law in all the Courts of this State.
Pmibencr,
FRIDA F, SEPTEMBER 21, HlO.
The Edeoutfe (N« C.) wariffte states
the yellow fever to be raffing in the city
of Elisabeth, in that Baatl seppran-d to
have been introduced thr reiujfrom Havana,
deven'persona aw reparsed te have died.
A shock of Earthquake wps felt on the
20tb Aagisst, at Bt. Doming^during which
many inhabitants deserted their houses.
Extract qf a letter from a respectable
gentleman to hit friend in Booton, dated
New-Madrid, (Louisiana, J August 30.
“ We have had no Eastern Mail at St.
Genevieve these four weeks. The mail
carrier was murdered on the road from
Poet Vincennes to Kaskaskia, and the mail
stolen ; and nothing has been heard of It
since. *lt is conjectured that the mischief
was done by the Indians living on the Lit
tle Wabash. The mail has come through
once since ; the rider .had several arrows
discharged at him, and a tomahaw; bnt
received no damage."
From the Columbian Ccntinel qf September 12.
Mr. Russell,
The depraved musical taste that has
long pervaded a majority of our churches,
has eve; been a source of affliction to ma
ny. Frivolous, unmeaning rhapsody has,
for a long period, supplanted the composi
tions of approved masters} and light, un
finished musick has been adopted, to the
exclusion of that which is genuine and so
lemn, and alone suitable for the worship
of God. A reformation io most devoutly to
be wished by every true friend to pure and
correct psalmody. This truly laudable
work has already been » gun. Societies
have been formed whose avowed object is
the attainment of this desirable end.—
Among these we notide frith pleasure the
exertions and influence of the Handel
Society of Dartmouth College, and the
Middlesex Musical Society of Massachu
setts. These Societies profess to adopt and
encourage the compositions of the great
master, whose name the formes of them
bears, and of autbours who have written ito
a similar style. To render this kind of
musick an object of publick attention, the
above-mentioned Society propose meeting
at Concord N. H. on the 19th day of the
present month, for the purpose of perform
ing some pieces selected fof the occasion.
We understand the Rev. Mr. Woeces
teb, of Salem, will pronounce an Address,
and that the following pieces will be per
formed, vis. Old Hundred, Giardini's Cam
bridge, Anthem, ** Arise, Zion,"
and Handel's Grand Halielqjah. We
bail this as an occasion auspicious to the
prevalence of correct musical taste; and
we joyfully anticipate the time, when our
ears shall no longer be stunned by the Ba
hai canfusion of voices, and the solemn im
pressioM of religious truths put to flight,
by the airy rhapsody of the present day.
47" The foregoing observations are pe
culiarly applicable to the different socie
ties in this town. In no place in New-Eng
land is there so little attention paid to sa
cred musick as there Is here. The Reli
gious Societies are unpardonable negligent.
Their tunes, which are few in number, are
badly selected, and very badly sung; and
it is not uncommon that the same tune is
sung twice or thrice on the same Lord's
Day; The tapes, Old Hundred, Wells,
Mear, fee. are rejected, and songs desti
tute of harmony, and tvholly unfit for re
ligious occasions, are adopted. It is to be
hoped, that our Churchna will imitate the
above laudable example, and encourage
Musical Societies, who shall adopt the
compositions of the most correct authours.
By far the most eloquent writer which
this country has produced, is Fisher Ames;
indeed, as a political writer, he may safely
challenge a comparison- with any in the
English language. His works contain a
fund of political wisdom, conveyed in a
style, easy, chaste, and Eloquent. His
writings and speeches as they have been
collected and published, are n publick trea
sure. They ought to* be in the hands of
every American. To our yemth, who are
emulous of distinction, they should be a
manual; written as they are with the pen
of genius, and fraught with deep political
knowledge, embellished by the graces of
polite literature. He possessed that illu
minat ion of mind—-that ftrofihetick sagaci ■
ty, which divines the futuiefrum the past—
** Turns on all hands its deep diocernisg eyes j
•* Sees what befell and what may jet befall
Concludes from both and best provides for ail.’’
He was not lew happy than Burke in
drawing wisdom from tbtUrnasures of his
tory. HeAnew that " history is philoso
phy teaching by example.? jk statesman
should be wise from the experience of Other
nations. In history a vast volume is dis
played to the instruction of mankind; but
few indeed know how to riad it with pro
fit ; and draw the lessons from it which It
toaches. This knowledge Ames possess, d
ia an eminent degree ; ond he per|>etuAlly
illustrate*, embellishes and enforce* bit
principles, by arguments derived from the
historick page.
No man ever had the interfot of Ms
c-nuntry more at heart; nr entertamed a
more ardent attachment to <hrpnre repub
lican principles of Rs con«uiet'»*; and
one ever more clearly ta< dangers to
FISHER AMES.
In this town, on Wednesday last, Susan,
infant daughter of Mr. Rufus W, Dunham.
This soul, too pure for earth,
its flight for heav*n.
The funeral will be solemnized this after
noon, at S o’clock, from her father's house
on Constitution Hill, where the relations
and friends of the family are requested
to attend.
The ship Asia, and brig Swift, of this
port, and ship Hampden, of Newport, were
left at Copenhagen, July 30.
The brig Mary-Ann, Martin, of this port,
sailed from Cronstadt July 14, for. home.
A large American ship, formerly be
longing to New-York, was ready for sea at
Lisbon, August 8, bound to London, with
900 Merinos. She is commanded by a Bos
tonian.
In Germany, 19th July, Louisa Au
cusra Amklib, Queen of
Prussia. She was born 10th March, 1776.
and died while on a visit to her father, the
Duke of Mecklenbourg Stretits. She was
a woman of great beauty, and possessed
all the arts of faei nation. She has left
four sods and three daughters.
—i
a Melt both are exposed ; or more forcibly,
and eloquently panted them '•»*. Durii |
liis last years, the welfare nf his country
engrossed hK wh.de *nu|: and he exerted
all its powers, which have never been ex
celled, in warning her of her dingers, and
endeavouring to avert-them. This unceas
ing anxiety, (it is said by those who inti
m-rtely knew him,) preyed upon his health
and brought him prematurely to the grave.
He appears to have been one of those men,
whom heaven sometimes endowq with ex
traordinary powers, for the instruction of
mankind. In this portentous crisis, he
ought to be consulted as an oracle. Every
person who does not read his writings is
guilty of a neglect of duty—for in them,
though dead, he yet speaks. The rancour
of party has never dared to impeach the
purity of his motives; and no one who
reads his works can doubt the uncommon
powers of his mind. It is to be hoped that
all, without distinction of party, who have
the welfare of their country and the per
manency of its free government at heart,
will read them. And surely, no one, un
less his soul is benumbed and blackened
with prejudice, can read them without
both profit and delight. * Fed. Reft.
Jharrfeti,
In this town, last evening, by the Rev,
Mr. Gano, Mr. Consideb Bushes, to
Miss Catharine Dowd.
Schooner— Britannia, Brown, Middle
town.
The Peterson, of Newport, from Ton
ningen, for Kiel, was brought to, about 20t!i
July, by a Danish privateer. *
Philadelphia, September 11.
American HSarine Itjtt.
Fresh and Salted Meats.
His friends from the country are invited to
call at this good stand with their Poultry,
Bcc. where doubtless they will meet with a
ready sale.
All persons having open accounts with
him ere requested to call aad settle the
same.
As administrator on the estate of the
lute Dr. Joseph Lee, the subscriber re
quests all indebted to said estate, to call
speedily and make payment.
DAVID PECK.
September 21.1810.
Afoo/U_Providence, Brown, New-York;
Becca and Betsey, Pearse, Bristol,
' Captain Jones, from Canton, via Cape
of Good Hope, reports the capture of the
ship Thomas, Troubridge, of and from
Madagascar, by the British squadron off
the Isle of France, and ordered for the
Cape of Good Hope. Also that an Ameri
can ship from Canton was captured and
sent into the Isle of France, and that an
unsuccessful attempt had been made to cut
her out by a British frigate. Captain J.
left no American' vessels at the Cape of
Good Hope.
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vidence, called the Montgombht
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same Estate, on the west aide of the street,
back of the house. The Buildings will be
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Apply at this Office, er to
1 v THOMAS DANFORTH.
Posteth September 20, 1810.
THE subscriber has taken a stand be
tween the Rev Mr. Wilson's Meet
ing-House and the Town-Pumps, in Wey
basset-street, opposite Captain Wanton
Stiexe’s, where he purposes to keep for
sale a constant supply of
FOR SALE BY
ABORN & JACKSON,
TWENTY. Hhdk. of prim. Fayetteville
Tobacco,
20 Barrel* of prime Beef,
2000 Boshela of Lisbon Salt.
Bf/iteir.ber 21. 1810.
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Seftrmbeb 21, 1810.
ENTERED.
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■CLEARED, '
Brig— Dolphin, Packard, Buenos-Ayres.
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Mr. and Mrs. DARLEY. 1
Os Monday evening, >uptem
ber 34,1M10, will be presented u cele
brated Tt igedv* called
VENICE PRESERVED,
Or, A PLOT DISCOVERED.
Jxfller, Mr. Hat per.
Pierre, Mr. Taylor.
Duke of Venice, .Mr. Adams. .• i
Friuli, Mr. Robertson.
Bedemar, Mr. Darley.
Renault, Mr. Andersen.
Eliot, Mr. Barnbs.
Officer, Mr. Morgan.
Conspirators, flee.
Belvidera, < Mrs. Darley.
To which will be added, the celebrated (
Comtek Opera of .
Love Laughs at Locksmiths.
Captain Hpidire, Mr. Darley.
With the additional Song of “ Let Fame
sound the Trumpet.”
Vigil, Mr. Morgan. • .
Tot ter ton, Mr. Bates.
Risk, Mr. Barnes. j
Solomon Lob, Mr. Robertson.
Grenadier, Mr. Adams.
Lydia, Mrs. Darley.
The Curtain will be drawn up, and the
Performance commence at half past Z
o’clock precisely.
07’Tickets tb be had, and Places in the
Boxes taken at the Office in Front of the
Theatre, from 4 o'clock, P. M. to the rising t
of the Curtain.
September 21, 1810.
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™E Brigantine HIRAM,
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sO/frY ter, will sail by the first of
■KWe October. For Freight or Pas
sage, apply to the Master on board, or to
WALKER HUMPHREY,
South End.
N. R. She may be chartered for said
port on very reasonable terma.
September 21, 1810.
FOR WILMINGTON, (N. C.)
. THE staunch and fast sail* ‘
ing Schooner FREEDOM,
will positively sail by the first
wMSSBoen day of October. For Freight .
or Passage, apply to Stephen Abxold, . ‘ ’
(West-Bule:)
tVno aas roa salb, ,
Twenty-Nine Bales of prime
UPLAND COTTON.
September fl, 1810. tf. |
and a generous price,
given fur Straw Braid and Trim
mings. Apply to William Paul, oppo- j
site the Town-Pumps, Broad-Street.
21, 1810.
BC7* Drawing nest month. ;
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