The Rhode-Island American, and general advertiser — Providence [R.I.], 1810-12-28 00:00:00, page 3

•• Mr. Senator Giles appears to be all in
all in the United States Senate ; for we
find that a bill has been postponed on ac
count <(f hie abedßcefrom his seat. He is
quite an altered person. Now he dearly
loves the Union of the Statee / which dur
ing "Old Brimborian*a" administration
he swore ought to be diaaolved i but timea
change and men change also.”
5. - December 24.
Im The “New-England Scxsiety,” of this
on Saturday celebrated the 190th an
niversary of the landing of their forefathers
at Plymouth, by a publick dinner at the
Tontine Coffee-House.
A meeting of the citizens friendly to a
renewal of the charter nf the Bank of the
United States, *ai held at Philadelphia
on Thurday the 20th inaunt.
Extract 'if a letter from a gentleman in
the Mtetdaeiftfii Territory, dated Gibson
Port, November 13, 1810.
<• 1 have just time before the departure
M*f the mail to inform you of my arrival here,
though it was attended with considerable
difficulty and a warm conflict with the
Choctaw Indian*. On the 7th instant, four
of th* above nation wpll armed attacked
|woafus whore we were lodged, and b»tu
ns very sorely, and tore every rag of cloth
ing from my body, then carried u* prison
ers about 4 miles, where we remained until
morning before we were liberated.”
corrupt offioet* of th* United State* gov
ernment The late Marshal (spoken of i’
x the annexed paper,) was the friend of L.
£. and all Burr men—the present Marsha,
fg a good u*an, but weak and sometimes <■
madman. The District Attorney was th<
Ute Major of the l<h regiment United
States Infantry. He is without principle
and in proof, boasted that he had lived tw<
The Right Rev. the 'Arch
bishop of Baltimore, and the Bishops of Bos
ton, Philadelphia, and Bard'stown, (Ken.)
have directed that en every Sunday and
Festival the Catfcirtick pastors shall offer
Wp prayers for the deliverance of theii
Chief Pastor out of the hands of his ene
Bries; and that all Priests, at the daily
celebration of mass, beside* the proper
collects, shall add for the Pope, a* in
the miasal.
months In General Wilkinson's family, b
order “to blow him up"—he wasignoran
of his duties as a military man; but re
signed on his arrival at Orleans, through
the influence of Thomas B. Robertson, the
Secretary of that Territory, (who isa Ran
dolph or Clark man,) the inveterate enemy
of Governour Claiborne and the United
States government. fFAig 1 .
By the arrival last evening of the ship
we received London papers, LloydAf
Listb and Price-Currents to the 2d of No
▼enftber, inclusive. In the Times we find
thefollowing extraordinary article:—
London, November 3.
We have received, upon authority of
which in common cases we should enter*
tain no doubt, a commercial decree by Bo
naparte of a most singular nature. We
are aauered of he appearance io a Dutch
English, would contribute not a little
to support a rendezvous there.”
Other letter • say, the Spanish fort at
.Mobile is a regular fortification, and that
the inhabitants have placed their valuable
effects theiete, and will defend them.
SUSPECTED MURDER.
. On Tuesday night the wife of William
Sear*, in the neighbourhood of the Fish-
Dam Fotd, Wake county, was .strangled
to death. Sear* himself alarmed the neigh
bour*, and »aid his wife died by
—but from some hints from his
eon, the father has been suspecud and ap
prehended for committing thfcmeed.
Colonel Constant, of the 6th United States
regiment, has leave of absence on a long
furlough. He is to renounce hi* pay but
to retain his rank, until called into actual
service, to obey which call he holds him
self in readiness.
In the House of Assembly of this State,
the Resolution for instructing our Senators
to vote ageinat the renewal of the charter
of the United State* Bank ha* been nega
tived. Yeas 35, Nay* 38.
NEW-YORK, December 22.
A letter from * gentlemtn at Fort Stod
dert. la the Mississippi*Territory, dated
November. 13. 1810, says, “The report
that the English have (Aken possession of
fensacola, ia false. The Baton Rouge
Floridan Independents are on the march
agaipst the Mobile and Pensacola. If we
have a with England, Pensacola and
Mobile must be ours or New Orleans must
fall. From Pensacola an enemy's fleet
could annoy New Orleans essentially ; and
the Creeks and Choctaw nations, who love
Lieutenant Partridge of the United State*
army has ascertained, that the height of
the Round Tofi mountain near Cattkill, is
3566 feet above the level of the sea ; and
High Peak in the tame vicinity 3486 feet.
« UNITED STATES BANK.
NEW-YORK HIGHLANDS.
' FOREIGN NEWS.
December 19.
Raleigh Pafier, Dec. 13.
Mr. Barr, who has arrived in Salem
from Sweden, confirms the account of the
arrival of the French Crown Prince of that
Kingdom at Helslnburg, and of his imme
diate progress for the seat of government.
The next news will be of the death or de
position of the present Rpyal Usurper.
The letter! from Washington speak fiip
_p<htly of approaching War ; and that Mr.
King, latd resident in Spain, b to be sent
Mumark, to negotiate restitution of the
American recently sequestered
there.
We are unable to indulge any hope of
her Royal Highness* recovery. She re
%
The Pecember term of the District
Court, for the District of Maine, closed in
this town on Tuesday last, after a session
of one week. All the actions that were de
cided, with one exception, were brought on
copies of bonds, given to Jeremiah Clarke,
late Collector of the Customs for the Dis
trict of Yoi k, to secure the payment of
duties. The copies were made out from
the minutes of hi* monthly and quarterly
return* to Washington. There was not a
solitary case in which it due* not clearly
appear that Clarke had received full satis
faction for the bonds. Thus must individ
uals suffer, and be put to trouble and ex
pense, in consequence of the makonduct
ofthhbsmewwimller. It wtafrdy would
be equitable for government to ascertain,
in some way less expensive than by suit,
whether payment has actually been made
on Clarke’s bond*, and, when they find it
to be the fact, forbear to commence ac
tions. At this term, John Kinsly, of Steu
ben, in the county of Washington, was ar
raigned to plead to an indictment, found
against him at the last term, for aiding
one Asa Keith, of Bridgewater, in the
county of Plymouth, in the commission of
the crime of piracy. The Court, upon ar
gument, decided, that he could not legally
be put on trial agaihst hi* will, until Keith,
the principal offender, who had not been
taken, should be convkted. He was or
dered to give bail, with sufficient sureties,
in the sum of one thousand dollars, for his
appearance at the next term of said Court.
Captain Smith, arrived here last even
ing, from Martinique, was boarded in the
Sambrero passage on the 2d December by
a copper bottomed French national brig,
of 18 guns, direct from Nants, whodetain
ed them only a few minutes, and put on
board 3 Spanish seamen, which they had
taken from a Spanish schooner laden with
silks, and captured on her passage from
Cadiz to the Havana. The Frenchmen
had also put on board the brig Eliza, Gor
ton, (bound to Georgetown,) 3 more Span
iards—and did not pretend to molest Ame
rican vessels, although he had it in his
power. Captain Smith says, to capture
more than a dozen. Captain Smith did
not learn her passage from Namz, but pre
sumes It must have been short, as she was
a swift sailing vessel.
paper; and though wt have not seen the
antrument there ourselves, we must state
hat, short of this, the external evidence
.or it* existence is as strong and well au
hentlcated a* that of any real fact can
well be conceived to be. The reason assign
d for so extraordinary a production is that
tome English goods had been smuggled in
to Nieuport by hiding them between the
planks of the ship, shaped on purpose for
the occasion; the Captain of which was ar
rested and sent to Paris. Others hope that
Bonaparte has ordered the decree In a fit
of rage on receiving bad news from Portu
gal. The following is the substance of It:
< especting which it Is probable that it only
means to speak of British manufactures,
and not of colonial productions :
In addition to the above articles, there
is another which specifies the punishment
on the merchant or smuggler, via, to be
branded on the forehead with letter* V. D-
“ Art. 1. All merchandises of whatever
description, the produce of the English
manufactories, which are at present in
France, or in any other country, (without
exception) where French troops are sta
tioned, shall be publickly burnt.
“ Art. 7. These shall every where be
established especial Courts of Judicature
to detect smugglers, and persons concern
ed in illicit traffick; and to inflict punish
ment by imprisonment, for a term not les*
than three, nor more than ten years.”
The Corsican can carry his spite and
malice but one step further, by ordering
every Englishman found in his dominion*
to be hung>; not' doe* any thing prevent
this but the fear of the “ law <f reprisals.**
It now comes out, from the obscure hints
in the English papers, that the King's dis
order is no less than a return of his mental
derangement of *BB. He is so ill as to be
unable to affix the sign manuel, which has
caused some difficulties in Parliamentary
proceedings.
BOSTON, December 26.
FROM THE WEST-INDIES.
PARAGRAPHS.
London. October 31.
PRINCESS AMELIA.
PORTLAND, December 17.
JEREMIAH CLARKE. *
Paris, October 19.
mahted In much dig tamo state of debility
through yesterday, It is thought, in ty
still survive some days longer. Her phy *
sicians now prescribe thg most powerful
stimulants, vis. the strongest jellies, with
boiled garlick in them, and a considerable
quantity of vinegar, from the hoteat West-
India pickles, in her drink. Sir H. Halford
and the Princess Mary, sit up wjth her
Royal Highness every on one of
whom she continually her head,
being able to lie but on MO stilb. ’rierper-ll
son is so reduced, that the ytmag hl'dy, U
lately coining into we(tit< r Wt s' Mr with ||
the greatest facility, whenever she wishes
to be removed.
Several trading vessel*hiflfe)>een wreck
ed in the heavy g..lcs last Week, off the
coast of South Waits; an fries fi ship
of 600 tons burthen w*sM jb* Kingwood. 1
on Thursday last, but al i>'crew
were I
providmiiidly saved. 5 7 I
probibruire,
FRIDAY, DECEMB&# M, I«M> ”
-r •• ■ x .. tyi RW teuton yr -X?
FJRBS ‘ j > ‘
On Tuesday evening l«st,ibe ciiisefts of
this town were alarmed by the cry of fire,
which proved to be io soim
on the west side of the riser. By tjte ac
tive exertions of the citiaens, it Was for
tunately soon extinguished. We under
stand it originated by a person carrying a
candle into a stable.
We learn that on Wednesday evening
last a Cotton Factory at Sterling JCon.)
was totally destroyed by fire., Mie fire
commenced al 7 o’clock, P. M. And intone
hour the building was entirely consumed,
without any thing of consequence being
rescued from the flames. It » MW to ||
have caught from a lighted candid being
carelessly carried into the room tin which
was deposited the cotton that gad been
picked, and instantly to have enveloped
that part of the building in flames. The
loss is estimated at upwards cd 20,000 dol
lars. It is hoped chat this will prove a cau
tion to others, and induce them io guard,
not only against probable danger, but also
against the indiscretion of those who may
be intrusted to work in buildings, of this
kind. 1
The elections under the new constitution
of West-Floiida were held the 10th No
vember. In new Feliciana, John Rhea is
elected Senator; and Messrs. Johnson,
Barrow, Griffith and Scott, Representa
tives. The United States troops were ap
proaching West-Tlorida.
THE STUMHLIJVG BLOCK.
We republish, for the information of the
publick, the official notification of Mr. Fox
to Mr.JM.WM. «d jbg blsdMufoJhXU tkr
filbetelhest, which »r hffaistar at tb«
time Infot med our government, ought tn be
considered as a favourable one, from the
trade still left open for neutrals. What
proof has the President that a
force was not stationed to compel the ob
servance of it ?—Lords Holland and Auck
land, in their note to Messrs. Munroe and
Pinkney of December 31. 1806, declare
that a competent force was allotted for the
purpose ; therefore some evidence of the
blockade, not authorized by the law of na
tions', ought to be adduced to convince the
people that our administration have not
gone too far in requiring Great-Britain to
renounce it. JV. Y Gaz.
From Mr. Secretary Fox to the Ameri
can Minister.
Downing' Stmkbt, May 16. 1806.
•* The undersigned, his Majesty’s Prin
cipal Secretary of State for Foreign Af
fairs, has received his Majesty** command*
to acquaint Mr. Munroe that the King,
taking into consideration the new and ex
traordinary meant resorted to by the ene
my, for the purpose of distressing the com
merce of his Subjects, has thought fit to di
rect that the necessary measures should be
taken for the blockade of the coast, rivers, '
and ports, from the river Elbe'to the port
of Brest, both inclusive; and the said coast,
rivers and ports are, and must be consider
ed a* blockaded—bnt that his Majesty is
pleased to declare, thatsuqh blockade shall
not extend to prevent neutral ships and
vessels, laden with goods Wta bdlhaxhe
property of hi* Majesty** encodes, anq not
being contraband of w*r, frM apptadch
ing the said roasts, and entering into and
sailing from the said rivers and ports, (safe
and e acept the coast, rivets arid ports, froto
Ostend to the river Seine, already pi a
state of strict and
which are to ba considered fstd-corttiaUed,V
provided the said ships and vesscß to ap
proechlng and entering, (except asMbre
styl) shall not have been hdtoa at any*peet II
belonging to or in the poasessiba of his Ma
jrsty’s enemies, and that the sold shqfe and
vessels to sailing from the said rhrsrs and
ports, (except as aforesaid) shall not be,
destined to any port belonging to or In the
possession of any of his Muf sty’s enemies,
nor have previously broken fee blockade.
•• Mr. Munroe is therefore requested to
apprise the American Consuls and mer
chants residing In England, that the coast,
river* and ports above-mem toned, must be
considered as being it a state of blockade,
and that from this time all the measures
authorised by the law of nations, and th*
Btrt,
At Boaton, Edward Grat, jun. aged
.18, member of the Senior Clava in Harvard
University.
At Rehobeth, Colonel William Bvl*
lock,* aged 95 years.
In our last we published the death of
Miss Olive Wilmarth, of Rehoboth.—
Since then we have received the following
testimony of her worth, with a wish that
wo would give it to the publick :
The early exit ofthis very amiable and
virtuous young lady is much lamented by a
numerous train of relatives and a large cir
cle of acquaintance ; but the purity of her
heart, exhibited in her life, io an evidence
that she now inherits another and a better
world. It is from the last dying momenta
of the pious that we learn the triumphant
fact, that a life of virtue, and a heart of
faith, can dissolve the monster death of ail
Ms terreurs.
M Our smitten friends
** Are Angels, sent on errands hill of love :
* for us they sicken, and for ut they die ”
•Friends of the lamented dead, go and
imitate her virtuous life, that, when called
to the world of spirits, the«consolations
which strengthened her soul to look undis
mayed into eternity, maybe yours. It is
the ehrhtlan alone who can view the disso
lution of nature unmoved, and fixing the
eye of faith on future worlds, can, with
holy triumph, •• ask the monster where's
hte sling?” and salute the opening tomb
With ** O grave wberehs thy victory ?•
mpectlva tr*hties«tetween Ma Majesty
and the tfiffereat neutral powers, wHI be
adopted and executed with v<*
seis attemjping to violate the said block
ade*, after thi* antic*.
“ The undersigned request* Mr. Mun
roe to accept the aasuraaces at high cun-
MderattoTt.
(Signed) •• C. J. FOX.”
James Munroe, Roy. Wc. IVc.
The River Perdido to not found on the
Maps, but is about 10 miles east of Mo
bile Point, and about 40 West of Pensa
cola.
, If this country was fairly purchased, we
certainly ought to have it. We aught to
have had it before.
If Florida was purchased in 1803, it
ought to,have been delivered up with Loo-
Islatnh -
It France could not then “either doubt
or hesitate”—-neither ought wp to have
done it. If the country was fairly ours,
why not “ cause our rights toJbe respect-'
ed ?” We ought then to have “ euetained
our fags”— and, if necessary, to have sus
tained it “ wizA our cannon.** Thi* would
have been Washingtonian.
But Napoleon must then “ take part
with Bpahty* and we were silent
Now the tables are turned. England
take* part with Spain, and we may have
Florida— we can get it.
When France " look part with Spain,”
we did not “ cause our rights to be re
spected”—we chose to adjust the title by
“ amicable negotiation.”
Now England “ take* part with Spain," .
and we are bold a* Hon*. We are now
ready “ to our flag"— and to sus
tain it “ with otif Cannon” It will be
time enough to negotiate— after the war is
over, *
On Wednesday morning last, by the
Rev. Mr. Gano, the Rev. Samuil Bloss.
jun. of Stafford, (Conn.) to Mra. Emma
Gorham, of thia town.
At Mendon, (Mass.) on the 16th instant,
Mr. Pardon B Howard, of thhitmvp, to
Miss Sabra Taft, of the-form#mite.
h;.«
it/-WILLIAM HAM presents to his
feliow-cititens his sincere thanks for their
timely and spirited exertions at the fire on
Tuesday evening last, in rescuing his fami
ly and property from the very imminent
danger to which they were exposed.
XHarrteO,
In thia town, on Monday evening last, by
the Rev. Mr. Gano, Mr. Enos Angell,
of North-Providence, to MlssCatharine
Gorham, of thia town.
An inquest was held this morning, be
fore James Browne, Esq. City Coroner, on
the body of a seaman, named George D.
Dunham, a native of Newport, (R. I.) It
appeared that the deceased, being intoxi
cated, h*d been fighting in a house of ill
fame, in Chalmers's Alley, was severely
beaten, and violently thrown into the
street; and that he died of the wounds and
bruises he received In the course of the
night. The 4gfy brought in a verdict, that
he cane toHi detoth-by vfofewc*. cwamk
ted by some person or persons unknown.
Charleston Paper, Dee. 11.
A CARD.
No—lf Florida be oura, we'ought to have
it. VVe ought to have had it before. If it
be ours, let us hav* it yet. But let us try
negotiation fret— and our Cannon afler
warde. If we muitjfyAz for it—it is war.
If we enter upon that country with force
and arme, we wage war— and that, by
the constitution, is vested only in Con
greve—not in the President.
I say, if Florida be ours, we ought to
have It—but let us have it CONSTITU
TIONALLY J Washingtonian.
4 4 /
Hhterlcan jffiarine'lfjft.
PORT OF PROVIDENCE,
DECEMBER 38, 1110,
, entered.
Brig— Industry, Gtidding, Tt*rk*-lal
and. *
Schooner— Harriot, Grafton, Ch*rh**nn.
CLEARED,
Shcfu— Polly, Brown, New-York; Live
*y, Smith, Norfolk. ♦,
We loam from Newport, that on Mon
day evening last, a brig from Havana, un
der Spanish colours, for Bristol, was c*st
Away on Brinton’s Reef, and soon went to
pieces. Her crew consisted of twenty per- *4
sons—ten only were saved, who drifted
ashore on the quarter deck of the vessel.
SchooneF Three-Friends, of Burlington.
(or Brunswick,) dismasted, and deserted;
raa fallen in with, lat. 34, tong. 71. , 4
A list of vessels detained at Copenhagen,
in the year 1810, has been received; |t J
names, among others, the Live-Quk, ug ' J
Scarborough, liberated and sailed for Riga ; *
Experiment, Baltimore, liberated ; Cstha- *• '
rine- Jane, New-York, do:—Fisher Amaa, «
of Boston, condemned in both conrt* > Mag- - -|
net, of Portsmouth, do.; Statira, of New-
York, do. At Oalburg, Fanny, of Ne*h>
York; Olive-Branch, of New Bedford 4 ‘te >
Nimrod, of New-York, condemned, aad, CflM'
appealed —At Callemburg, Industry
Philadelphia; Philip, Henry, William and r?
Jane, and Delaware, uf New-
Dolphin, waiting sentence. CeMuf,
Fresh Imported Dry Goods At
Auction.
On TUESDAY next, January 1, 1811, A
If T. C HOPPIN will sell at Auc
tion, at their Office, without reserve, a'- 'to
few Package* of seasonable Goods, gms* .
stating of
ONE Bale of real superfine Broadcloth*.
7 Bales of low-priced do.
1 Bale of Ginghams,
1 do. Domet Flannels, ' . . ,
2 Cases of Brown Hollands,
2 do. Adelphi Cotton Threads, *
2 do. fashionable figured Muslin*,
Bale* and Cases of Cassimeres, Tabby Vol- IP
vets, Calicoes, India Cottons, Xticlh* o*ll- ■
coes, Buttons, twilled and plain Cotta<* * r
Shawls. Handkerchiefs, flee. Bcc.
iTT" Conditions liberal, and will be made v
known at the time of sale. Sale to con*
mence at 10 o’clock. A. M.
28, 1810.
COTTON AND RICE.
Just received per schooner Harriot, Caps*
tain Grafton, from Charfoaten,
TWO Hundred and Kevenlv-Five Batea ■
of Prime UPLAND CQTtXJN. and
iO half and 14 whole Casks of new RICE,
for sale by '
B. & T. C. HOPPIN.
December 28. 1810.
Buenos Ayres Hides, Tallow, •
Wool,
TAYLOR A TALBOT A
HAVE received, by the OeargAdn
Mary, from Buenqs Ayres, wd>lr
fur sale on accommodating terms,
A QUANTITY OF
Ox Hides, Sheeps Wool, « .
Horse ditto, Horse Hair,
Deer Skins, Tifllow,
Dog ditto, Hum Plates,
Sheep ditto, Biscacho and Zetbo * mJ
Calf ditto, Skins. 4*
ALSO, Ml. 1
Nutria Skins, packed suitable for the ™ * i
Chinese market.
They have on hand, 4
Twenty-seven Rale* of Sea-Ishnd, and ’ “
16 Bales of Upland Cotton, of a superiuur
quality; a quantity of Sde-Leather, Cor- , W
dage, Duck. Twine and Horn Tips.
December 28, 1810. tf.
MOLASSES. '
ONE Hundred Hhds. excellent Havttus
MOLASSES, landing, for sale on fa
vourable terms.
BLODGET 8c POWER.
December 38, 1810. ‘
Providence Insurance Company.
THE Stockholders of the Provid'ENCX • mF'
Insurance Comfamt are hereby
notified, that their annual Meeting. w|H be ’
holden at their Office on MONDAY the !
7th of January next, at M o'clock ia the ’
Forenoon, for the purpose bf eheosingAhlr
te*n Directors, and set tag on suehr other '
business as may come before them.
OTIS AMMIDQN, President,’ t
December 28, 1810. * (
Anatomy and Surgery.
THE Subscriber will commence a coora*
of LECTURES on ANATOMY anl
SURGERY, in Boston, on Tuesday, Jan
uary first, 1811.
WILLIAM INGALLS.
December 28, 1810.
DISSOLUTION.
THE connexion in businexs of tlw sub
scribers, under the fi> m of Cn a rlis * «
F. BcSamukl C. Blodoxt, Is dissolved
by mutual consent. * >
CHARLES F. BLODGET, . fl
SAMUEL C. BLODGET. fl
Charleeton, (S C) December 9. 181 a I
DANCING SCHOOL. ’ I
MH. CARPENTIER Nangfctfolfo fo- I
forms the Ladies and Gentlemen of • I
Providence, that his Bekond Quarter will I
commence on WEDNESDAY next, Janu
ary 3d, at Mr. CrxvfotlW*s Half. t
December 28. 1810. I
DOLLARS. 'jj
A PREMIUM given for Spanish milled
DOLLARS by . J, jf WOOD.. |
December 38,1810. ' tt, |