The Rhode-Island American, and general advertiser — Providence [R.I.], 1810-12-07 00:00:00, page 1

Q. HqrriN will sell at Publick Auction,
wltlfuut restriction,
ONE Hundred and Twenty Package* of
ENGLISH GOODS, received by the
latest arrivals from England, via New-
York , consisting As follows
86 Package jnf Broadcloths, Plains and
Caasiftieres, of various qualities, co
* Jours, &r.
3 Cases of Bombazets, superfine ; •„ •
5 Cases of Bomtasets,
10 Bules of Hose Blankets,
2 Cases of Shalloons,
1 Ditto Adelphi Cotton Thread, w /•
3 Ditto Scotch Threads, '
S Ditto Brown Hollands,
1 Ditto Muslin Shawls, plain, leno, book
and mull Muslins;
2 Bales Bf Ginghams, ♦
2 Trunks containing 800 fashionable rea
dy made Waistcoats, • J
1 Package containing 300 pair of bldv
Trousers and Jackets,-
1 Ditto containing Duck Trnusers, check
ed and Flannel Shirts anti Waistcoats;
•3 Cases of Mullet Sail, Turtle Twine,
Log Lines, &c.
14 Ditto Glass-Ware,
5 Casks <>f plated Cruet Frames, quart
and pint Portur Mugs;
1 Ditto Files.
LIKEWISE,
20,000 Pieces of Yellow Nankins, Ist and
> 9d ch- p;
•50 Pieces of Calcutta Duck.
N B. Conditions liberal, and will be made
known at the time of sale. Sales to com
m<-nce at 10 o'clock, A. M. and continued
at 2, P. M
B. 8t T. C. HOPPIN, Auctioneers.
December 4. 1810.
~real Estate.
BLODGET & POWER
Will sell at Auction, positively, and with
out reserve, WEDNESDAY, Decem
ber 12, 1810, at 11 o’clock, A. M. on
the piemises,
THE elegant, well-built and convenient
BRICK DWELLING-HOUSE, in
W estminster-Street, belonging to, and re
cently occupied by Mr. Isaac Grken
• WOOD, th»ee stories high, thirty eight fret
square, on the corner of two streets. Also,
the LDT on which it stands, forty feet
front, holding that breadth one hundred
feet deep. The Estate can be viewed any
time prior to, and at. the sale, on applica
tion to the subscribers. The owner having
removed nut of the State, has decided to
have the Estate sold at all events, on the
best terms procurable ; and having given
directions accordingly, it will be done. It
•ffvrs the handsomest chance for specula
tion in that description of property, that
has or may occur for many years.
Conditions-—5OO dollars cash, residue 4
months.
BLODGET & POWER, Auctioneers.
December 4, 1810.
RICE.
Landing from on board brig Governour
Hopkins,
FIFTY-SIX Tierces of prime RICE.
For sale by R S. UPDIKE,
at Blodget & Power's.
December 4, 1810.
COTTON and CARPETING.
For sale, at Store No. 3, Market-Square,
directly under the American Esgle, by
CHARLES POTTER,
Bales of North-Carolina
AN CO I’TON; and a large assortment
of Kidminster and Scotch Ingrain FLOOR
CARPETING, with a general assortment
of ENGLISH GOODS, on accommodating
terms.
December 4, 1810. tf.
THOMAS JONES ALLEN
Respectfully informs his friends,
and the publick, th<t he has establish
ed himself in this city, for the purpose,
principally, of transacting Business on Com
mission. He solicits their patronage, and
pledgeshimself that his time and abilities
•hall be constantly employed to promote
the 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, November 5, 1810
GREECE & CARTER
Have just received, and offer for sale,
TUFTY Hogsheads of Surinam Molasses,
30 Ditto Georgia 'I 'obaCCO,
F D|UO Antigua Rum,
B<We* of Havana brown Sugar,
Hogsheads of Havana Molasses,
•AA a an * Barrels of American Gin,
100 Surinam Oranges,
16 Bales of Upland Cotton, new crop,
very prime; %
1 Ditto fea-Island ditto, per brig Gov*
ernour Hopkins; 6
60 Bottles of Surinam Peppers. &c
December 4, 1810. . 1V
i TO-LET,
T«E STORE and WHARF hex!
| ' ,ABEZBOWEN - '
Or TUESDAY the 11 th mttaßt, B. & T.
Valuable sales of English Goods;
THE RHODE-ISLAND AMERICAN,
AND GENERAL ADVERTISER. 9
■■■■■■ i ■■ ■ T "* WATIOW WBICB TOWARDS AW ° TMgIt ~ AW HABITUAL
Volpmb in. PROVIDENCE, ~FRH)AY, DECEMBER 7, 1810
.—_—— ! , . * Number 15.
at Auction.
r*or CHARLESTON, (S. C.)
i THE Sloop EDNA, Timo
-JB’SSSv* thy Bearsk > Matter, will
«*U by th* 9th instant. A
few Passengers may be ac
commodated, and a few Barrels Freight
received, on very liberal terms, on board
said Sloop, lying at William Potter’s
Wharf. Apply to the Master on board, or
to EVERETT & STILLWELL
December 4, 1810.
FOR SALE,
l I Tltn&X THE well-built Brig IPar-
I taJgijKjv* ren, bunthen 173 tons. She
bas just returned from a voy
wBHMEw age, is about 8 years old, was
overhauled in Boston 15 months since, and
found to be perfectly sound and in good or
der. For terms, apply in Warren, to
I EBENEZER COLE & Co.
Warren, November 30, 1810.
FOR SALE,
1 THE SALLY,
about 60 tons burthen. She
ba» lately been through a
■AwCfea complete repair, and will be
j M>hfl on the most reasonable terms. ’ Apply
to PELEG & BENJAMIN EDDY-.
November 27, 1810. ;
11 NOTICE.
connexion in business, lately sub
sisting between the subscribers, urn
der the firm of WANTON-6c RATH
I BONE, was dissolved, by mutual consent,
I on the 24 hof November last. Persons in
debted to said firm are requested to call
on GEORGE WANTON, who is author-
I *. Zcd to receive the same; and all persons
having demands against said fi. m, will pre
sent them to him for payment.
j| GEORGE WANTON,
GEORGE S. RATHBONE.
Newport, December 3, 1810.
I Copartnership formed.
*T'HE subscribers have formed a con
nexion under.she firm of JONES A
RATHBONE, and offer their services in
I transacting Business on Commission. They
I solicit the patronage of their friends, «nd
and pledge their heft exer
tions to promote the interest of those w|m
may favour them with their commands nI
I BENJAMIN D. JONES,
l GEORGE 5. RATHBONE.
i JONES & RATHBONE .
I Offer for sale, at the Store in Market-
Street, lately occupied by Mr. Thomas
Jokes, the following articles, on liberal
terms:
I 20 Hhds. of St. Croix Rum, of a superiour
quality ;
10 Hhds. of best retailing Molasses,
2 Pipes of Barcelona Brandy,
1 Half’Pipe. ? London Particular Ma-
1 Quarter do._s deira WIN E *
2 Pipes, A
4 Quarter Pipes, Cold Malaga WINE •
25 Eight* da J
10 Barrels, ] Ind «-Point GIN ;
20 Chests Hyson, . > >
10 Boxes do.
5 Chests Young Hyson, rv . o
| 10 da Hyson Skin, >TEAS;
I 22 Boxes Souchong,
I 8 Quarter Chest* Bohea, i
I 1 Hhd. of double refined l.naf Sugar,
5 Casks of fresh Raisins,
10 Bags of Pimento,
12 Kegs of Ginger,
20 Boxes of Spanish Cigarrs,
2 Tons of Sable Iron,
1 Titrce of Jones's Scotch Snuff,
•«»<>■—T wo Hundred Bushels of Buck
Wheat.
December 4, 1810.
! NOTICE.
' I '‘HE Subscriber is empowered to trans
act the Business of Mr. A. Tingley
who has embarked, to be absent some
| mouths. Those having demands against
nun will present them for payment, and
i from those indebted immediate payment is
requested. 7
NATHAN TINGLEY.
December 4, 1810.
RAISINS AND COTTON.
yusr HKCkIrED, aud foh FALK Ar
JACOB SOESMAN, •
TWEN 11 h IVE B<<xe» «f fresh Mus-
Cadel RAIMNS, and
8 H ks of first qu dity Upland COTTON
November 30. 1810. t f
POCKET-BOOK LOST.
T (hl, yoetda} morning, lx tween the
A-J t-H‘ UM*, tn this town, and Carr sin
\\ illiam Church’-* Store, a red Motor
co PQI Kh T-HOOK, containing Portu-
Tv>o bollart in Bank-Bill.. Whoever h*s
f Miml the same, and w.Il leave it at the
Office, shall bu handsomely re
warded. 7
November 27, 1810.
For WILMINGTON, (N. C.)
-LtCßx THE Schoo " vr BETSY,
John Anthony, Master,
will sail in Six or Eight days.
For Freight, (which will be
taken low,) or Passage, apply at the Store
of Henry P. Franklin, or the Master
on board, lying at Goveroour Bowen'a-
Wharf.
~ December 4, 1810.
NOTICE.JL
WHITNEY & HBplin
Have just received, and <£r for idle,
POURTEEN Hhda. of
* 10 Barrels do.
4 Pipes of Cognac Brandy,
14t> Dosen Burton Ale,
1 Pipe of Gin,
2 Hhds- of Bum,
10 Bogs of Pimento, K
10 do. Pepper,
6 Barrels of Coffee, /
10 Boxes of Spanish Cigarrv
1 Cask of AllutH,
1 Ton Nicaraqua Wood,
ISO* Groce of Bottle Corks, wW
12 Boxes of Raisins, ,
1 Cask of Britannia Tea-Pots.
November 20, 1810.
FRESH FLOU&
JUST received by the sloop Little-Sarah,
from Alexandria, and for sale by the
subscriber, at his Shop, next door to Messrs.
Samuel Butler W Son'ejkwe, 200 Barrels
of fine and superfine FIJpUR, fit for fkmi
lies use.
.Also, on hand,
50 Barrels of Tar,
20 do. Turpentine,
30 do. Rosin,
20 do. Pitch,
8 do. Varnish,
6000 Sava nah Reeds, or Canepoles,
Carolina Flooring Plank,
W. O. Barrel Staves, and
Groceries, as usual.
JOHN ANDREWS.
November 20, 1810,
COTTON AND RICE.
Receii cd per Brig Telegraph, and Schoon
er Mercury,
Hundred and Fifty Bales of prime
Upland COTTON, selected from the
new crop;
20 Bales ditto Sea-Island ditto,
49 Casks of RICE.
On hand,
30 Hogsheads of Georgia Tobacco, and
1 Cask of best Carolina Indigo,
For sale uu liberal credit, by
ALEX. JONES.
November 20, 1810.
COTTON, SUGAR, &c.
FOH SALE KT
GREENE & CARTER,
Received per the brig Telegraph and sloof
> Providence,
’T’WENT Y-FIVE Bales of Upland Cot
torn very prime; • yg,,
5 bug*, If
quality ;
1 Pipe real old 4th proof Cognac Brandy,
1 do. old Madeira Wine,
20 Chests of Bohea Tea,
10 Hhds. of Antigua Rum.
ALSO,
17 Boxes of Havana Cigarrs
Chests of Hyson Tea, *
Bolts of Kat ens Duck,
November 20, 1810.
POLLOCK’S PATENT STOVES.
thomas pollock
T> F.GS leave to inform the publick that
he has appointed Colonel Thomas S.
Webb his Agent here, for nitkuißsale of
his PA 1 EN 1 bl OVES, and he i equests
those who wn»h to be supplied with them
to call at Colonel Webb’s, where they will
see one of the Stoves in use, and be better
enabled to judge of the advantages which
they possess over other Stoves, than they
could by any description; they are well
calculated for Churches, Halls. Factories,
and other large buildings ; they are also
suitable for Parlours, Stores and CouniiiiK-
Rooms. B
November 30, 1810 tf.
. 1 hirty Dollars Reward.
A BSCtAsDED uom my service on Wed
needay Evening, the 21st instant
.n indented NEGRO SERVANT, named
DULijf, 18 years old, about 7 inches
> high, thick set, round favoured, and thick
lips.. Whoever will apprehend said Runa
way, and retui n turn to me, shall receive the
above reward, and all necessary charges.
All persons are forbid concealing, harbour
ing, employing or cariying away said Run- 1
aw.iy on p< nalty of the law.
GEORGE C NIGHTINGALE.
Crane ton, November 30, 181 j.
TO BLACKSMITHS.
I A IWTACK.i.vHTH, who is a workman
■TX at Ship Work, would meet with libe
ral encouragement and vonstant employ
by applying at Eddy’s Point, to 1
EPHRAIM SOUTHWORTH.
November 30, 1810.
To all whom it may concern.
■’’PHE Providence Hat Mamufjx
r TURING CoMr.yNY being about to
make an annual settlement of their con
cerns, earnestly request all persons with
whom they have unsettled accounts to calf
and adjust Hie same ; from such as cannot
make it convenient to pay immediately
notes will be accepted.
Bor eale, ae ueual,
E large assortment of Men’s, Youth’s
and Childrens’ Beaver, Castor and Plated
HATS, at wholesale or retail Also, an
excellent lot of Camel’s Hair.
J Cash giveirfor Muskrat and Rabbit
Skins. -
ARNOLD BUFFUM,
11/A mo. 23,1810.
Poetry
A RECKONING WITH TIME.
■* GBQBOB COLMAN— THE YOUNOBB.
C omb on, old Time !—nay, that is stuff;
Gaffer! thou com’st on fait enough ;
Wing’d foe to feather’d Cupid !
But, tell me, Sand-man! ere thy grains ’
Have multiplied upon my brains,
So thick to make me atupid.
Tell me, Death's Journeyman!— but no ;
Hear thou my speech—l will not grow
while J try it ;
For, though I mock thy flight, *tis said.
Thy forelock fills me with such dread,
* I new trt/e thee by it.
List, then, old It— Wat— and Te-Ae f
I’ll state accounts swixt thee and me: *
Thou gav’st me, first, the measles ;
With teething wouldst have ta’en me off ;
Then mad st me, with the hooping-cough,
Thinner than fifty weazles.
Thou gav’st small-pox, (the dragon, now,
That Jenner combats on a cow,)
Anti, then, some seeds of knowledge;
Grains of grammar, which the flails
Of pedants thrash upon our tails.
To fit us for a College.
And when at Christ Church, ’twas thy sport
To rack my brains with sloe-juice port,
And lectures out of number :
Fresh-man Folly quafls and sings,
While graduate Duthess clogs thy wings
With mathematick lumber.
Thy pinions, next, (which, while they wave,
Fan all our birth-days to the grave,)
I think, ere it was prudent,
Balloon'd me from the schools to town,
Where I was parachuted down,
A dapper Temple-student.
Then, much in dramas did I look;
Much slighted thee, and great Lord Coke ;
Congreve beat Blackstons hollow;
Shakespbabb made all the statutes stale,
And, in my crown, no pleas had Hale,
To supersede Apollo.
Ah, Time ! those raging heats I find.
Were the mere dog-star of my mind j
How cool ia retrospection!
Youth’s gaudy summer-solstice o’er,*
Experience yields a mellow store ;
An autumn of reflection I
Why did I let the god of song
Lure>c frojn law, to jmn his throng,
Gull’d by some slight applauses ?
What’s verse to A when B I
Or what John Bull, a comedy,
To pleading John Bull’s causes I
But though my childhood felt disease,
Though my lank purse unswoll’n by fees,
Some ragged muse has netted,
Still, lionest Chronos ! ’tis most true,
To thee,—(and, faith, to oihert too !)
I’m very much indebted :
For thou hast made me gaily tough,
Inured me to each day that’s rough,
In hopes of calm to-morrow ;
And when, old Mower of us all,
Beneath thy sweeping scythe I fall,
Some rsw dearfriendt will sorrow.
Then, though my idle prose, or rhyme,
Should half an hour outlive me, Time,
Pray bid the stone-engravers,
Where’er my bones find church-yard room,
Simply to chissel on my tomb,
Thank Time for all hit favourt !"
Political.
FOB THE RHODB-ISLAND AMERICAN.
TQ THE PEOPLE OF RHODE-ISLAHD.
LETTER 11. ■
The continuance of this state of things ;
appears to be principally attributable to
two causes; first, an indefinite and gene
ral fear of change in the abstract; and,
aecondly, the jealousies and rivalships <*-
isting between different towns and disti icts.
The fear of change is, undoubtedly, a
far less dangero-.-s principle, under moat
circumstances, than its opposite. A mad
ness for immediate innovation, or a gra
dual dereliction from establbhed-customs
has ruined some of the finest governments j
and, io our own times, tbp wretchedness
which infatuated Fraacc has induced up
| on herself, stamps so awful an impression
upon the minds of men, that the very
words, ” Political Reform,” have become,
in a manner, detestable. But, however well
founded this impression may be, when con
sidered in its origin, yet surely, when it is
allowed so much force as to destroy all dis*
Unctions, and foreclose all reasoning in re*
spect to the changes proposed, it becomes
prejudice, and is unjustifiable. We should
also reflect that while France has suffered
by innovation, Poland, unhappy Poland,
long torn by domestick factittns, groaning
amidst the impious chaos of civil war, and,
at last, perishing by a bloody dissolution,
owes all its miseries to the fear of infringing
a constitution, vicious in every leading prin-
ciple. I would not here infer that our mode
of government is equally faulty with that
which ruined Poland; ndr that the cuUmi
li?s of that most d»»fortunate State pre pro* i
bably about t<x ( |»e represented by ours. But 1
I would impress upon your memory, my
fellow-citizens, that the extreme love/and
the extreme fear, of change, are equally
removed from V wise and safe policy.
In passing to the second cause mentioned
above, I hesitate and pause from
grief, but from almost certain d«epair th.it
any thing can be efhc.ed by rpirauatraocea.
I would fain rept esent that jealousies, rj
vahhips, and broils of separate interests
are the hotbeds in which the ; uin of free
States is uniformly planted ; or, to apeak#
perhaps, more properly, that they are poi
wfcidw ■aiwcwfsHHg through the vehse
of the political body,* unerringly p. q< trate *
to its vital recesses, and aie a thousand
times more virulent and fatal than any
which can be externally applied. I would
say that nothing can uphold that people 1
which effects its own division, and strives V
for its own overthrow. But how often, jn
the various stages of time, has all this been *
said ! How often have the sublimest talents*
of the human race been employed in sug
gesting, in painting, and enforcing these
sentiments with all the arguments ut wis
dom, all the energy of passion, all the p<-
thos of feeling! If, then, fellow-citizens,
the persuasive entreaties of sages, and-the
warning call of experience, be rejected,
there is little hope for the success of nest
representations. But let not so sacred mo
nitors be rejected. Turn to the pictures
they present and see that wherever conci
liation and mutual concessions have taken
place, States have flourished, and grown
with heaven-imparted strength, from Co- •
lonies to Empires ; but where an opposite ' j
policy has been allowed; where clashing
interests havrj been pel mitted to raise their
discordant voices, and the eyes of mutual
suspicion have glared with guilty watch- j
•ulness, the pioudest kingdoms have de
clined, and withered into impotency. Let
not then the barkings of distention in- 1
tercept the course of improvement. Let
not all measures tor the publick good be
defeated by the narrow tenacity of local
predilections. Let not all patriotick ar- ,
dour Ire buried under cold calculations for
exclusive privileges, which, in themselves,
are as merely ideal, as, if subMantiul,
they would be unjust. Let the northern and
jhe southern, the internal and the mari
time districts, be willing mutually to yield ' *
a little to equalise their rights, and work
together for the general advantage.
U should be particularly observed that
there is, In this, no proposal to infringe and
newly mould a con.titution already estab
lished by a publick act, and confirmed by
long and uniform operation; but, on the
contrary, to establish a constitution where j
none previously exists, to substitute order
for irregularity—to give steadiness to the
Executive—certainty to the decisions of
the Judiciary, consistency to the ordinances
of the Legislature—and, in fine, solidity,
permanence and respectability to the whole*
In order to effect this, the limits of the au
thority possessed by each branch of gov
ernment must be clearly marked. No de
partment must be allowed to construe, at
will, its own privileges, and the nature of
its relations to the others. There must be
a plain, unambiguous Book thr Law, on '1
which the people may look, and thereby
judge their rulers. Indeed, unless the gene
ral or provincial despotism of some dema
gogue interpose its prohibition, a constitu
tion for this State will, at some period, be
adopted. Events are not always R> paw in
the still and even current of security. There
are times, in the destinies of every; na« •» •» *
lion, when the turbid violence of the storm
breaks up and fearfully deforms the tran
quil surface of repose: Times when the
bark shall be swept by warring blasts,
hurled by distracting eddies, and dashed
by the wild fury of factious surges. Tn
these times, happy m that bark which bears
a firm sheet anchor; for the season of
equipment is past
Shall we, then, wait till power prevents,
>r necessity impels f er shall we improve
he moments of exemption, in providing '*
tgainst emergencies ? No period will pro
bably occur when a system can be intro
luced under so many forwarding circum
tances, or attended with so little danger.
Ve begin generally to perceive, in many
ate instances we have full sensibly per
eived, the want of an unwavering stand
rd. We have men amongst as whose jm>-
itical sagacWy and comprehensive wisdom
re equalled only by their ardent and in
red attachment to the principles of liber
ie ; men wbo could rear a civil monument
> their own and tbeir r country's honour.
Ve are a people young io years, young iu
•bits, and, though the seductive path of