The Rhode-Island American, and general advertiser — Providence [R.I.], 1810-12-18 00:00:00, page 1

NOTICE.
z l ’HE Subscriber hereby gives publick
notice, that the has been appointed
Administratrix upon the Estate of Wil-
I? , late* of Providence, deceased,
and has of that trust. She there
fote requ«sta>ll persons who are indebted
to th* Estate of the said deceased, to call
•0 GARDMKX Da«<2itt, Esq. and make
f VMrmeht without delay, he having been
••V authorised, as her Ajjem and Attor
ney, to settle said Estate; and, also, all
persons who have claims against the said
4 Estate, to exhibit them to the said Dao-
Bitt, as soon as may be.
ANNA BURR, Mmimttratrix.
Dtcember 11, 1810.
JFZw han from. New- York,
Ladjes of Newport and its
vicinity, that she has selected, from the
latei' European importations an elegant
assortment of the most fashionable MIL
LINERY, among which are thd following
Articles, viz.
Black and white plain 4 qr. and 0 qr. Lace
Netts,
figured ditto, suitable for Veils and Man
tles;
Elegant long and short black and white
Lace Veils,
A great variety of superb Lace Shawls,
Caps, Handkercheifs and Whisks;
Infants* Lace Caps,
Plain and figured mull mull and jaconet
• Muslins, of a fuperiour quality ;
Handkerchiefs and Habit Shirts,
India and British book Muslins,
Plain and figured
Thread and Cotton Laces,
Pink and buff Scotia Silks,
Black Mode and Crape,
White and coloured silk Cords andTasseh,
Long black, white and colouted Beaver and
Kid Gloves;
Habit ditto.
Silk and cottnn lace Armlets,
Coloured Silk Handkerchiefs,
Tamboured leno ditto,
A large assortment of Ribbons,
Artificial Flowers, Feathers and silver
Wreaths;
Wax Beads,
Betadeaus,
Tortoise Shell Combs, of various sizes ;
Mvrino long Shawls,
Worsted Tippets,
Gentlemen’s Neck Pads,
A variety of ladies* Caps and Turbans
Straw, silk and velvet Hats and Bonnets; I
Straw Trimmings, of various kinds. |1
She flatters herself to m *rit a coatings H
aace of their favours, by strict mtertinsK *
ner endeavours to please. . jl
'Newport, December 13, 1810. - .
Washington Socfetfrl
Till. Members ot HLTWashi nctqN Hl
HifurvoLF itY so%Ware herdb* <
notified, thatfVm of iiiS H
Seetety will he flhuAbrm* JMt H
X 2i Tl i R 2r AY ’ ,hp SM M two
® «<*'«. "* *l. A punctual attendance is
tequdsted.
4r Order of Jam Bowin, JPretident, 1
: ~ , JOHN HOLROYD, Sec‘ry. !
December 14, Ifffo.
: THE RHoDE-'iSt AND/AMERICAN,
AND GENERAL ADVERTISER. ■ * ’
— ==■ <
BLODGET & POWER
Offer on accommodating terms, now land*
Ing, and recently received,
Havana Molaues;
JSd%m A
35 do. St Croix 5 < * U4,HieB » *
9 do. Havana Coffee,
30 d«. Georgia Tobacco,
25 Pipes of Providence Gin,
50 Tierces of new beat Rice,
250 Barrels of Wilmington Tar,
80 Boxes of Havana browri Sugars, i '
8 do. 13 by 14 Glass,
50 Bags oLCalcutta Sugars,
80 Chests of very first quality Hyson,
Hyson Skin and Souchong Teas;
25 Tons of St* Petersburg chat Hemp,
Russia and Havens Duck, ■
76 Bates of blue and white Calcutta
'Goods, including Gurrahs, Baftas/
M> tnoodies, Sannahs, Camas, Ro
utt aI, red and blue Giila and Madrass
pattern Handkerchiefs, Emmies,
and a variety of other descriptions of
» their various kinds;
3 Cases of best Nankin, black, 18 yard
Saltins;
2 do. do. black Sarsnets, 30 yards;
4 do. Choppa Rom al Handkerchiefs,
1 do. Nutmegs and Cloves,
20 Havana
3500 Weight of Cork,
English Goods of various kinds,
Exchange on London.
flT* Cash liberally advanced on Goods
deposited for publick or private sale.
December 14, 1810.
Turk’s-Island. Salt, Bohea and Souchong
Teas, a quantity of ground Ginger, una
dulterated; Crackers in Kegs, best Vir
ginia Cigarrs, small and large Nail Rods.
They want to purchase,
A pf Potatoes, Cheese and Ci
der.
December 14.1810.
HAVE received a Cargo of fresh fine
and superfine FLOUR, which they
offer for sale on accorymodating terms.
Likewise for tale,
FRESH FLOUR.
R. & C. RHODES
Volume 111.
MRS. SANDS,
TO LET,
>THE STORE Md WHARF next sooth
- 1 of Mr. William Valkntinr*s.
Apply to
JABMI BOWEN.
December 4, 1810.
Perhaps no Writing Copiaa, ever intro
duced, are so well Calculated for the use
ot Schools, as the Set now offered for sak
1 hey are the same as us. d l»y the authou*
and others associated with him, in pro
ducing a complete change hi a person’s
hand Writing. by the use of a few lessons
ZAeae Cofact were fAtbliahcd but a few
month* »ir&, and are already the only
one* used in a considerable number of
the School* in New Hamfishire and Mas
sachusetts.
December 7, 181(X
COTTON.
J«**t received by the Brig Governour Hop
kins, Gaptain Bknoni Cookb, from Sa-
■s of Upland Cot*
a of a very superi
□m the new crop ;
td Sea Island Cot
: sold on favoura*
ES POTTER,
INTON
forms the Ladies
rovidence and its
<le an assortment
d BONN'ETS, of
try nice. Like.
*’•*. ‘ ow Pl’* ce d Men’s and Boy’s Hats
Hats Dressed in the neatest manner at
the shortest notice.
Wanted, as an Apprentice, a Lad, from
14 to 16 years of age.
Cash, and the highest price, given for
all kinds of Hatting and Shipping Furrs.
N. B. All indebted to him, bj Note or
Book-Account, are requested to make im
mediate payment, antf those with whom
he has Accounts open, are requested to
adjust them the present month. ' 1
December 7, 1810 I
Wrifford’s Writing Copies.
Jutt received, and tor sale by William
Wilkinson and Henry Cushing,
( Price tAirty-one cente,)
“A NEW PLAN OF WRITING CO
x *• PIES, with Accompanying Expla
nations and Remarks, written, design
ed, anti systematically arranged—By A.
Wrifford” '
FOR SALE BY
THOMAS POAX,
On Allen's, Wharf, near the Episcopal
• Church, Providence,
THIRTEEN Hhds. ol good flavoured
. Hum,
7 Pipes of Brandy,
4 d<>. American Gin,
3 Quarter Cask, <>f Malaga Wine,
1 Bvrret af Cherry Rum, x * '
6 Chests Souchong Tea,
5 Half Lhes sdo. do. Baltick’a cargo,
2 Chests of Hyson da
Loaf Sugar,
Havana vVhite Sugar,
Colouring for Spirits, Ac. Ac.
Decimber7, 1810.
Jy* Cash given for Wood and empty
Rum Hogsheads, at the Distillery,
December 11. 1810 tf.
SAMUEL ABORN, STEPHEN H.
SMITH, & DANIEL T. ABORN,
W E ! ‘* ten Distillery, belonging to
®®r- John Cqhlis, at the south end
, w here they inh.nd carrying on
the Distilling of Molasses. Those who wish
to have Molasses Distilk d, may have it
done on reasonable terms, by applying at
the Distillery. The business will lie con
ducted under the firm of Samuel Aborn
& Co. who have for sale, a lew Hhds. of
New England RUM.
•FOR SALE BY
RICHMOND & ANDREWS,
I 'EN Tons assorted English Iron,
d £ do * Rusaia dO
- Pieces Russia Duck,
120 do. Ravens da
Russia Sheetings,
10 Tons clean Hemp*
10 Crates assorted Earthen Ware.
io Hhds. Molasses
200 Salted Hides, '
10 Chaldroiu Liverpool Coal,
40 Boxes Spermaceti Candles.
18 Bales Upland Cotton,
6 Hhds. Windward-Island Rum.
December 11, 1810.
FOR SALE,
f THE w «U'built Brig War-
WpatSfe ****. burlhen 173 ton *- She
TMflflHr just returned from a voy-
age; is about 8 years old, was
overhauled in Bostou'fMl months since, and
found to be perfectly sound and in good or*
der. For terms, apply in Warren, to
EBKNEZER COLE A Co.
Warren, 3O, 1810.
FOB SALE,
THE Schooner SALLY,
vjfcflWhg* about 60 tons burthen. She
wiwwwryP has lately been through a
complete repair, and Will be
6o * < * °9L!^ e reasonable terms. Apply
t 0 * benjamin bmdy:
JHrvetober rr, MfO. -
PROVIDENCE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 18K).
subscribers, being appointed by
the Court of Probate, to administer
011 1 « E . fctate lhe ,a ’« William Tat-
loh, Pa inter, deceased, and taring riven
bond at the law directa,’notify all person*
uiVi’ n 5. tlcn ”‘»ds against raid Estate to eM
hibiutbe tame for settlement; and all in
debted .to said Estate, arc Called upon to
make immediate paymrrit to John Am
mw», who win attend at hlishop for
that purpose. . .
ELIZABETH TAYDOR,
... -Administratrix.
JOHN ANDREWS,
-Administrator.
A%wmier3o, 1819.
I STOP THIEF!
Twenty-Five Dollars Reward.
Q 1 OLEN from the Stable of the subscri
ber, on the night of the 10th instant. a
bright bay MARE. SADDLE and BRI
DLE. Said Mare was eight years old.
about fifteen hands high, with a small star
in her forehead, her near hind foot white to
the fetterlock, a natural trotter, and when
I pushed over reaches and bears hard upon
the bit, carries her head rather foW, has a
switch tail, her mane newly thinned, and
when taken was smooth shod. The Sad
dle was some worn, with a hole near the
pommel. The Bridle new, with full-plated
bits. Whoever win apprehend said Thief,
so thart he may be brought to condign pun'
ishment, andlretura said Mare, Saddle and
Bridle, shall receive Twenty-Five Dol
or T J or the Mare, Saddle and Bridle, i
Fifteen Dollars. ’
n t JOSIAH KEENE.
December 14, jgio.
COTTON and CARPETING.
For safe, at Store No. 3, Market-Square,
. directly under the American Eigle, by
CHARLES POTTER,
°* North-Carolina
X O 1 roN; and a ,ar &® assortment
?? Scotch FLOOR
« G ’. Whh “ K e,,eral assortment
of ENGLISH GOODS, on accommodating
December 4. 18IQ.
fc NtFPtN *
Have just received, and offer for sale,
■FOURTEEN Hhds. of Copperas,
■L 10 Barrels do.
4 Pipes of Cognac Brandy,
146 Dozen Burton Ale,
1 Pipe of Ghi,
2 Hhds of Rum,
10 B igs of Pimento,
10 do. Pepper,
6 Barrels of Coffee,
10 Boxes of Spanish Cigarrs,
1 Cask of Allum,
1 Ton Nicaragua Wood.
150 Groce of Bottle Corks,
13 Boxes cf Raisins,
,1 Cask of Britannia Tea-Pate;
November 20, 1810.
Have just received, and offer for sale,
‘E’lFl Y Hogsheads of Surinam Molasses,
A 30 Ditto Georgia Tobacco,
7 Ditto Antigua Rum,
Boxes of Havana brown Sugar,
Hogsheads of Havana Molasses,
Pipes and Barrels of American Gin,
800 Surinam Oranges,
16 Bates <>f Upland Cotton, new crop,
very prime;
1 Dino Sta-hland dittos per brig Gov
ernour Hopkins;
60 Bottles of Surinam Peppers, Ac. Ac.
December 4. 1810.
JONES & RATHBONE
Offer for sale, at the Stora in Market-
Streef, lately occupied by Mr. Thomas
Jones, the following hrtiClM. «n liberal
terms: • , • T
30 Hbdaof Sl • aupurioav
10 Hhds. of best retailing Molasses,
2 Pipes of Bdfcefona Brandy,
1 Half* Phw ■’{London Particular Mar
1 Quarter’i.i <»ciraWlNE;
2 Pipe* )
4 Quarter Pipes, £oid Malaga WINE;
25 Cights da j
10 Barrels, } lnd ** Point GIN ;
20 Chests Hyson,
10 Boxes do. I
5 Cheats Young Hyson,
10 da Hyson Skin, >TEAS;
22 Boxes Souchong,
8 Quarter Chests Bohea,J
1 Hhd. of double refined Loaf Sugar, I
5 Casks of fresh Raisins,
10 Bags of Pimento,
12 Kegs of Ginger,
20 Boxes of Spanish Cigarrs,
3 Tons of Sable Iron, I
1 Tierce of Jones’s Scotch Snuff,
-dleo— Two Hundred Bushels of Buck I
Wheat.
December 4. 1810. At.
Copartnership formed.
” I 'HE subset ibers have formed a eftn*
A nexion under the firm of JONES &
RATHBONE, and offerMteir services in
transacting Business on Carnap is lion. They
solicit the patronise of their friendk, and
the publick, and ptettee their best exer
tions to promote the Interest of those who
may favour them with their commands.
BENJAMIN D. JONES,
GEORGE S, RATHBONE.
GREENE & CARTER
NOTICE.
pugnant. but na near as may be, to the
laws of England which clause being, I
tion imposed upon the power of the legis
lature, except that its laws •• ba not re-
TflE GENERAL assembly.
This immense importance of Representa
tion, and the consequent power of the Rep
resentative, require other regulation than
chance and variable opinion. There are
xwa tfrtngs wh kh appear more dif
ferent to the view of men than power at a
distance, and power in hand. And, though
the mind of the Legislator be not corrupt,
yet it may, at times, be deluded: though it
be not, in itself, aspiring, it may be un
thinkingly led by the lawless ambition of
another. But, setting aside these considera
tions, and confining ourselves to the forma
tion and organization of a legislative body,
it is necessary, in the first place, that these
be effected by sbme pre-existing power;
and, IK the next, that they be not incon-
with the grand principles which au
thorize the existence of the body. The
effecting power is, ultimately or imme
diately, the People. And the instrument
wherein they declare the institutions which
shall regulate the branch of government
now under consideration, as well ms the
others, is a Constitution. The authority
of Sir William Jowks,* I confess, makes
the idea of a Constitution more extensive.
Hut the spirit of Freemen has taught us to
acknowledge no instrument as such, which
has not received the free discussion and
express consent of the people. Such ait
instrument we have not, unless we consider
in that light a charter granted and “or
dained by the especial grace, certain know
ledge, and meer motion” of a Royal De
bauchee, and dutifully accepted by a loyal
colony. This charter, hi all its provisions,
refers to our situation as a colony. The
powers and regulations which it gives to
the legislative body seem to have for one of
their most important objects the conversion
of the Indians; a thing which wat to be ac
complished, but which success has now
rendered an affair ofjest/rday, and with
out influence upon the present times: for,
by the pious seal and astonishing vigour of
our forefathers, scarcely two hundred of
the race, converted or unconverted, remain
in the State for farther experiments.
By the charter ore a see ruined the num
ber which shall constitute the Senate, and
the proportion in which the several towns
shall deputize to the lower House. The
manner in which the two Houses shall
nominate the military, and the inferiour ex
ecutive officers is also ascertained. There
is nothing said of the qualifications uf elec
tors and members; nothing of the distinct
provinces of the two Houses ; nothing of
the forms necessary to pass a bill, or make
valid an election ; nar is there any resrie-
• Letter to Constitutional Society.
ro« THE AHODI-TSLAND AMERICAN.
TO THE PEOPLE OF PHODE-ISLAND-.
LETTER V.
Like Autumn, rich in ripening corn,
Came manhood’* sober reign j
My harvest moon scarce filled her horn,
When she began to wane.
Close followed age, infirm old age,
The winter of my year;
When shall 1 fall before hi* rage,
To rise beyond the sphere!
I long to cut the chain* away.
That hold my soul a slave,
To burst these dungeon.walls of clay,
Enfranchised from the grave.
Life lie* in embryo,—never free
Till Nature yields her breath ;
Till Time becomes Eternity,
And Man is born in Death.
There wu a time,—that time is past,—
When, Youth ! I bloomed like th*ci .
A time will come,—’tip coming fr^s^'-'
When thou shalt fade like me •
Like me through varying season*
And put enjoyments mourn
The fairest, sweetest Spring shall change
To Winter in it* turn. ~ ‘
Summer my youth succeeded soon,
My sun ucended high,
And Pleasure held the rein* till noon,
But Grief drove down the sky.
In infancy, my vernal prime,
When life itself wa* new,
Amusement pluck’d the wing* of time,
Yet swifter still he flew.
THE OLD MAWS SONO.
■ Y JAM** MONTGOMERY.
Shall Man of frail fruition bout I
Shall life be counted dear,
Oft but a moment, and, at moat,
A momentary year ?
Political.
PoetnC
|| presume, .now void, it appears that the !•»
=s— glsiature, when once formed, is, In a man
•ter, Ahnipotent. It construes its own pow*-
ers» and is directed, in its proceedings, onfr J
y its own ideas of right. It can even <M
away all the regulations which relate ttf -
its own formation .’•for how shall k he beuntf
' by tha charter it receives, when it has de
cided that it is not bound, beyundntoasare •
by the one it gives? *
The Representative* of one session have
a* much power as those <e>nJJer ; .
acts of a publick nature, AutAlhbly of
this yfcar cannot, and ought not, to bind, ir
revocably, that of the next. Hence, front
- de „J
fining its own powers, and ertTblishinh Iti
own principles, it results that its poWerd
are never defined, and its principles never $1
permanently established. AU its'regula
tions, even its very nature, may be changed
twenty times in a year, provided partied
are nearly equal, and alternately fluctu
ating. Whereas, io a Constitution, we h«v4
an idea of a fixed and steady rule, confirm
ed by a deliberate act of the people, bind
ing on every part of the government, and • d
not to be altered in its smallest tittle but bd
a solemn reference back 'to the power M
which it was established.
VALERIUS.
fbom tub NKwpour Maueuav.
“ Sic wlo, Sic Jubea, atet fra rati one voluntas*
1 hk House of Representatives auhe last
session of the General Assembly having
resolved, that the Govemour’s cl urn au4
exercise of the right to vote in the choice
of,a Senator, as a member of the Grand
Committee, “m the Jrtt instance,'' wad >
an unwarrantable assumption of power, anti
H subversive of the privileges o f the General
Assembly; and that, according to usage
from the first settlement of the State, he'
was entitled to “ a coating vote only; *
very important question arises, between’
the Executive and one branch of the Le
gislature. That he did claim this right* *
vote, and did exercise It without citing Any
precedent for his conduct, and wi bout thd
consent, either tacit or expressed, of the
Grand Committee, is admitted. Having *
in such an important question, as the elec
tion of a Senator of the United State,, de- .
parted not only from hi* own practice, but /
from that of his fkther, who filled the chair
of State sixteen years ; and having made
this innovation without the consent of the
body in which he presided, and without
producing any positive statute, or ancient
or modem precedent, to justify his conduct,
it was to be expected that his Excellency’, ‘
friends would have brought before the pub
lick the conclusive nensdn, drawn from a*
necessary construction of the Charter an 2
Laws, or from the satisfactory rule, of
H analogy, by which the correctness of tin,
very novel proceeding had been demon- '
strated to his Excellency's own mind. Tha
•ame authorities and reasoning which con
vinced Him, may convince his constituents.
I have waited ih vain for this vindication.
A reference to the imperfect memory of an
obscure individual, not remarkably emi- .
nent for the correctness of bis narrative,
will not Justify to the candid pubUck a de
parture from' the acknowledged usage 0/
the last thlrfrjtaA T he pr . ctic , Q[
ernour Hopkins, if he ever assumed thia
right of voting, was not thentioned in de- '
bate, and therefore could not havf -influ
enced the determination of the question by
| the Governour. Indeed it may be safely
affirmed, that according to any evidence
yet produced, Gnvernoor Hopkins never
claimed nor exercised any such right If
the evidence to be derived from oral tradi
tion, or common report, were Ml complete
se evidence of this kind ever can be,
might still be said, that the disuse of thia W
prerogative for the last thirty years, not !
only should induce us to require the mots
safisfactoiy proof of records before we ath '
rnitted the former existence of such a prac
tice ; but that the usage of the Igst thirty
years demonstrated conclusively, that such
a practice, If it ever in a few solitary in
stance, obtained, had been relinquished,
froth a conviction that it waa contrary to
law. At least it may be contended, that
the usage of the last thirty years ought not
to be departed from until it is proved lb be
an Illegal or mistaken one.
I Without Inquiring into the motives which
induced this “ unwarrantable aaeurpfition
flower, aud thia infringement yf the
firivilegea yf the General -Ataembhf* hj
the first Magistrate of the toromu> wealth, '
I would beg leave.briefly to lay before the
Freemen of thia Stkte, by whose (pinion all , '
publick officers must stand or fall, some of
whit I can conceive to be the unanswerable
reasons and authorities to establish the .po
sition maintained by ;be House of Rcprm
sentatlvea, via. that the Govsrpour in such -4 •
cans ha, »• only the casting vice." “ . •IW
• Number 18.