The Rhode-Island American, and general advertiser — Providence [R.I.], 1810-12-14 00:00:00, page 3

rv* • ■"W’y --w’-
itoMM .MiMttant thfiflM house should
SCT Jirjent. .JEn as possible.
The Speaker pkt the question on Troup’s
h was lost. The reading of
the dqpumenia was then resumed and eon
tinned tot about an hour more, but the
house adjourned before they were gone
through.
* [One of the documents Is a despatch
11 from Mr. Cox, Consul at Tunis, relative to
T ‘ls misunderstanding with (he Bey ]
pression of our commerce and trade, led
every individual of this great community to
look for intelligence to decide his doubts,
and evidence to confirm or dispel bis fears.
N-» country that ever claimed g fair title
. to independence, was ever so miserably re
duced as we are by the wavering and in
constant policy of government, or by the
incidental embarrassments of tlje times.
Our commerce was once flourishing and
respected.- Our flag waved triumphant on
every sea/and the name of an American
carried a sure claim to respect. Within a
few years past, from some cause, which no
man of common sagacity can be at a loss
to discern, this scene has changed; our
commerce is shackled by novel restrictions,
our property confiscated by the edicts of
other powers, and American policy Is a re
proach in every'quarter of the {lube.—
Thus situated, and manacled b’JT external
and internal restrictions, the victimsuf ex
pe rim ruts,- and the martyrs of a vain con
fidence in the professions of men, where
are we to look for information and aid but
to the Executive of the land ? Where can
honest enterprise find assistance but in
the government which ahould protect it ?
Where are the unfortunate, whose suste-
marks upon the late Message of the Presi
dent of the United States to Congress.—
Nothing has, perhaps, for many years, been
looked for with more eagerness, nor read
with more avidity, than this document at
this time. The unsettled and precarious
situation of our affairs with almost every
European power, and the consequent de-
•rm of usurpation, to look for redress but
to the plighted faith and support of their
Country. In this emergency it was not ir
rationaj -fojtnpe for information, and we
hope ft wilt not be deemed toryisin to de
ny that ddr expectations have been grati
fied. • '
The Message of the Executive begins by
telling us that " the embarrassments which
have prevailed in our foreign relations, and
to much employed the deliberations of Con-
- Agreeable to our promise we shall at
tempt to glvi to our readers some few ra-
States f ossessed of official information upon
thia point ? Does he know that the decree*
of Berlin and Milan were the only decree*
of France Which have affected our com
merce ? He'well .knows that the Bayonne
and Rambouillet decrees were i»sued upon
the' tame principles as those which havr
been revoked, and are in fact a refinement
upon them. How cat he declare solemnly
to Congress that those obnoxious decrees
graas, jpake it a primary duty to commu
nieMe tnrr« wcaintitn «hnt
. branch of our national affairs." From this
we should have expected that the ruler of
• country, who was communicating intelli
genet to the Representatives of his consti
tuents, intended at least to indulge them
with a fair and full disclosure of the situa
tion of the country, in relation to the bel
ligerents of Europe. After this candid ac
knowledgment of duty, what information
have we received ? None but what has
been known since the issuing of the Presi
dent’s proclamation in November. We
are told that information has been received
that the edicts of France, which in any
way affected neutral commerce, were re
pealed by that government on the first day
of November. Is the President of the United
are revoked, when half yet remains, and
that half poaseasing the force of the whole.
Copies of the act of Congress, he tells us,
were transmitted to our Ministers at Parh
and London. Did the Emperour deliberate
from Spring until Autumn upon the revoca
tion of his decrees, and has nothing trans
pired of the consecutive determination ot
the British government* When the repeal
of the Bertie and Milan dacraea were no
tified to that government, did no commit
nications pass, has no answer been received
in which the absolute 'determination of
Great-Britain is made known ? She has
ever avowed a readiness to repeal her Or
ders in Council whenever the French de
crees were nullified. Mr. Madison must
have determinate information upon this
point, which it was his duty to communi
cate. The depredations of France he mo-
nance has been taken from them by the
destly acknowledges are not
The repeal of her decrees would have been
better received Had our property been re
leased. Afterward comes the consolation
to merchant and mariner,
that tlWHMtdge of our own resoutces,
which swhave acquired by these restric
tions, more than compensates for the loss
of property in France. Thus the mer
chant is consoled, for no doubt our claims
have been thus liquidated by France.—'
Vpon a request, (for they dtre not de
mand,) a restitution of property from Buna-
Protyibence,
Friday, December u, isio.
parte, hw replies to us fo the language of
Mr. Madison, * My decreeshaVf taught
you yftur resources.;—liad they never
havq been made, you would still have been
ignorant df your means; by this, I have
therefore more than repaid you. Toil on,
ye industrious Americans, hereafter a new
lesson shall teach you new resources, and
• new decree shall deposit your surplus
sago in my coffers." * Philosophy may thus
support itself under such sophistry, but it
is surely contrary to the sober dictates of
common sense.
The following letter, dated November
15, 1810, from our Secretary of State, to
our Minister kt London, was among the
Documents read tarCbngress on Wednes
day the sth instant
Mr. Smith to Mr. Pinkney.
Sir—From a view of the conduct of the
British government, in relation to a Pleni
potentiary Successor, to Mr. Jackson, as
presented in your several communications,
including even those brought by the Hornet,
at which date and on which inviting occa
sion the subject does not appear to have
been within the attention of government,
the President thinks it improper, that thf
United States should continue to be Repre
sented at London, by a Minister Plenipo
tentiary. In case, therefore, no appoint
ment of a successor to Mr. Jackson, of that
grade, should have taken place at the re
ceipt of this letter, you will consider your
functions as suspended, and you will ac
cordingly take your leave of absence,
charging a fit person with the affairs of the
Legation.
Considering the season at which this in
struction may have its effect, and the pos
sibility of a satisfactory change in the sys
tern of our relations with Great-Britain,
the time of your return to the United States,
is left to your discretion and convenience.
(Signed) R. SMITH.
Wm. Pinknet, Esq.
It is stated from an authentlck source,
that the Spanish Minister in Washington
has despatched a cutter to Cadiz to com
municate to the Spanish Regency and Con
gress, the measures which President M <di -
son has. taken foi the invasion and occu
pancyof West-Florida. From the spirit,
which the Spanish Congiess has exhibited
on other subjects it is not improbable they
will take this invasion of their territory in
dudgeon, and will pass acts In retaliation
injurious to the commercial interest of.the
United States in the territories under their
jurisdiction. The facts on the subject'of
this measure of the government may be
seen in the President’s Proclamation.
Botton Centiml.
Hon. James Turner is re-elected a Se
n*s«e «d United StMtaa.in Murtß-C a ro
lina.
For sever*! reasons, we have been in
duced to notice a communication from a
writer in a late democratick paper, who in
a very feeble, and indeed pitiful manner,
has attempted to draw one side of a parallel
between the aggressions committed on our
government by France and England.
He begins by abruptly charging the fe
deralists with making much noise and cla
mour about French influence, without ad
ducing any proof in support.
The last clause of this charge we consid
er too obviously groundless to merit refuta
tibn, even by a recital of a few of the ma
ny reasons, why federalists do, and ought
to use such language. Treating this part,
i here fore, with the contempt it deserves,
we will notice a few blunders in the com
munication, which, whether owing to the
mthour’s inattention or inability, are too
gross to allow it that silent contempt, to
which but for them, it certainly would have
been consigned.’
After making several observations, which
would not pay for transcribing, the writer
proceeds to ask, if the federalits have not,
“ with a lie in their right hand," advocated
a war with France, excused the depreda
tions committed on our commerce by the
British, and palliated the murder and im
pressment of our seamen, ficc.
What he means by the expression, “ a
lie in their right hand,” in the connexion
in which he has used it, we are at a loss to
determine i and we presume it would re
quire microscopick vision toascertaifi what
it stood for in his own mind. He would not
expose his ignorance so much, as to say
that a lie is implied, in advocating a war
with France, or in excusing the conduct of
Britain in impressing our seamen. As all
this may be done without swerving from
strict veracity, rather thsn suppose the
writer meant thus, we would charitably
conclude he meant nothing.
A lie, according to its common accepta
tion, and also the manner in which he usee
It, is the verbal expression of something for
truth, which is in reality false. But a lie,
accoiding to this definition, much more
frequently finds its way to the mouth than to
the hand ; and this, probably, will ever be
the case, until by an exchange of duties,
the hand have learned to speak, and the
mouth to handle. But to go no further on
this point, we will merely add, that the ex
pression, "a lie in the right hand,” is a
COM MUN 1C ATIONS.
INTERESTING.
k«d Wholly without gleaning. Tj , . .
The writer Continues bis remarks,
adds, that the federalists excuse the perfi
dy of tbe British, in iwtusH« toea«otiontbe
pro< eediugs of one of their Ministers,. and
also the insolence offered to ODr govern
ment by the other.
This charge naturally divides itself foto
two parts. The first is, that the federal
ists excuse the perfidy of-the British, in not
sanctioning the prixxedings of a Minister,
who had gone counter to hfo orders. It
must be obvious to every <*>«, that do gov
ernment, however inimical to ours, justly
incurs our censure, by refusing to saMtiou
the proceedings of their Minister who ia
treating with us, or any other vio
lates the directions prescribed for his con
duct. The case here adduced, K strictly
applicable to the writer’s atiuetotey More
need not be said on the poverty «this part
of the charge. Its entire want of every
feature, which would make the authour
willing to acknowledge it as his own, is
plain to all.
lu the other division of the charge, as
the reader will perceive the federalists are
censured for excusing the conduct of Great-
Britain, in refusing to sanction tbe taso
■lerxe offered to our jgovertktetejt by their
other Minister. This Charge as U la bi ought
is weighty indeed. What, palflate the con
duct of a government, whd pbrfidjoutly
refuses to sanction the insolence offered to
us by their minister ? This, indeed, is cri
minality more criminal.
If the writer did not mean as he says, he
is certainly guilty of unpardonable neg
lect in his expressions; for the part of the
charge which we have last noticed, as it
stands, is truly ridiculous; and discovers
extreme want df discernment.
„ Waving farther remarks on this portion
of the communication, we would observe,
that the writer proceeds with the same
circumspection, and says, although the re
publicans charge the British with having
whipped.us with scorpions, they as readily
acknowledge that the French have whip
ped us with cords. To this pharisaical
sentence, (to which he ought, like the
man of old, to have subjoined thanks in
behalf of his party, that republicans are
not as other men are,) he adds an inquiry
whether the federalists exhibit such trails
of patriotism and impartiality ?
If in the query here made, we are to
consider the writer as a representative of
his brethren, We have a true specimen of
republican patriotism; which, by the way,
is nothing more nor less, than an open
avowal of the reception of an injury, and
quiet submission to the same. Does the
safety and freedom of bur country depend
on such patriotism at this ? Are we in mo
menta of danger, to look to men of this de
scription for aid and support ? Are such
Use guardians and bulwark of our country ?
If so, we are daily and hourly exposed to
the unmerited insults of other nations; and
even to become submissive bondmen, to
those powers, who would disgrace us by
their pretensions to equality.
Instead of nicely weighing the excess or
difference between French and English ag
gressions, and scrupulously observing which
way the balance trembles, we ought like
independent Americans, as we profess to
be, to poise ourselves on our own resources,
and nobly resolve to repel them both.
If a man can be serious, in considering a
jrumble confession and quiet submission to
unmerited injuries, a lest of patriotism, we
should indeed consider his situation exalted,
were we to place !>>m at the very fag-end
of " submission men ” Should this modern
Demosthenes appear in another Anti-
Phillippick we would recommend to him a
revision of his composition, lest he should
get another lie into the right hand of the
federalists, and also censure them for ex
cusing the perfidy of Great-Britain, in not
sanctioning the insolence offered to our gov
ernment by their Minister. A.
A scribbler in the last Phenix,who
signs himself •• Roger Williams," reminds
me of an advertisement I once read, which,
for the amusement of your customers, I
would wish you to republish.
Yours, &c. LYDIA.
Ran away, from the town of Whifi-Ras
cal, about the middle of September last, a
slovenly looking old about six feet
four inches high, and of adulterous com
plexion. He had on when he went away,
a scarlet cloak, which he called strict
honesty, buttoned with impudence. He
wore away a vest which he called good
mannera, but it was bo threadbare that it
shewed the lining, which was made of false
hood ; and you might see bisaAirr (for he
had only one) through his pocket-holes of
shameful hypocrisy, self conceit, and cun
ning cheating. He had a broad brim hat,
which ha called lavful gain, but it was
known to be made of the fur of extortion,
lined with btasfihemy, and dyed with lies.
The hatter’s name was u Swf( Witness.**
His breeches, he called fidelity, but they
were woven in'the loom of deceit, and but
toned with broken promises. His shoes he
called by the name of Religion, but they
were made of the father of hypocrisy,
tanned with the bark of presumption, and
curried hi the shop of deviltry. He often
AD VE R TISEMEPTT EXTRA.
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frequ£ted office, spending his I
iliqe
ditef'Wnd seekfog an opportunity to betraj
dte Bfoocent. A reward of thirty-nine
LRfiffßs will be given to’the saM runaway,
If vW«med to IFnie rirMsrfNxr,
.To CoPUXSPOMDKMfS.
IT* The Poem of “ David and Lydia'*
in imitetion of Dryden’s ” Vulcan and Ve
nus," is received, but we deem it improper
at this time to give it insertion. It will be
kept on file, and may hereafter appear. '
tT The " Ghoet qf an Injured fYffe,"
“ David't Soliloquy,” and several other
CommuMications, are unavoidably deferred
for want of room.
touastem ~
teieb,
At South-Kingstown, Mr. Elisha Wat
son, in the 71st year of hie age.
In Rutland, (Ver.) Hon. Is a a st Smith,
late Governour of Vermont, aged 52.
American JBarirt Itet
PORT OP PROVIDENCE,
December 14, 1810.
ENTERED,
Sloofit— Providence, Brnwn, New-Yavk;
Lh<ly v fimith, Georgetown, (tel.)
. CLEARED,
Schooner— Betsy, Anthony, Wilmington,
(N.C.) .
Slooft — Rolla, Earle, Charleston. •
The Dover, of Providence, sailed from
Gottenburg, in company with a fleet of 30
sail, all American, the 3d of October.
The sloop Mount-Hope, W. Cornell,
master, arrived at Bristol on Monday last,
in 15 days from Havana. Captain Na
thaniel Phillipa, late master of the schoon
er Hiram, of Bristol, came passenger In
the Mount-Hope. The Hiram sailed from
Havana a few days previous to the late
tremendous gale, and tyas cast away on
the 27th of October on Cago Lavero, about
40 leagues to leeward of Havana; Captain
Phillips and his crew fortunately saved
their lives by jumping into the long-boat
soon after the vessel struck. The boat
was washed from the deck by a heavy sea,
and without any exertion of the people,
dashed by the next Wave on the beach,
where they landed safe. On surveying the
island, after the gale had abated. Captain
Phillips found l»sa small trunk in the crotch
of a tree several feet from the ground, and
about four miles distance from the wreck.
The trunk was unopened. He also found
part of the stem of a schooner, painted
“ Edwin, of Charlettqfi." By the spars,
&c. he judged she must have been about
70 tons. Part of her cargo was scattered
on the beach, consisting of Spermaceti
Candles, Onions, and Apples. (Newtown
Pippins.) The apples were of great ser
vice to Captain Phillips and crew, there
being 19 water on the Key. Captain
Phillips thinks the* crew of (he Edwin must
have perished, as none of them were to be
found. When the gale was over he and
his crew rowed their boat to M.n iel, and
thence to Havana, where he met his friend
Captain Cornell, who brought him to Bi is
tol, his home. Captain Phillips has been
51 years a sailor, and 34 years a ship-mas
ter, and this is the first vessel he ever left
brhind him. Probably no man in the Uni
ted States has made so many voyages to
the West-Indies, having been 78 voyages
to o r e island, (St. Dumingo,) before the
revolution there.
Captain Phillips mentions 21 sail of ves
sels to leeward of Havana, and 3 between
that port and Mantanzas, that were totally
lost in the gale.
Who has just returned from New- York,
INFORMS the Ladies of Newport and its
vicinity, that she has selected from the
latest European Importations an elegant
assortment of the most fashionable MIL
LINERY, among which are the following
Articles, vie.
Black and white plain 4 qr. and 6 qr. Lace
Netts,
Figured ditto, suitable for Veils and Man-.
ties;
Elegant long and short black and white
Lace Veils,
A great variety of superb Lace Shawls,
Caps, Handkeicbeifs and Whisks; f
Infants’ Lace Caps,
Plain and figured mull mull and jaconet
Muslins, of a superiour quality ;
Handkerchiefs and Habit Shirts,
India and British book Muslins,
Plain and figured Lenos,
Thread and Cotton Lscet,
Pink and buff Scotia Silks,
Black Mqde and Crape,
White and coloured silk Cords and Tassels,
Long black, white and coloured Beaver and
Kid Gloves,
Habit ditto.
Wreaths ;
Wax Beads,
Bandeaus, -
Tortoise Shell Combs, of various sißes;
Merino long Shawls,
Worsted Tippets,
Gentlemen’s Neck Pads,
A variety of ladies* Capa and Turbans,
Straw, silk at.d velvet Hats and Bonnets ;
Straw Trimmings, of various kinds.
She.flatters herself to merit a continu
ance of their favours, by strict attention in
her endeavours to please.
Newport, December 13,1810.
Silk and cotton lace Armlets,
Coloured Silk Handkerchiefs,
Tamboured leno ditto,
A large assortment of Ribbons,
Artificial Flowers, Feathers and silver
MRS. SANDS,
W'-.
|f -Merino Sheep at Auction. ' W4 , 4 -4*|
THMpAY, F*i»ay, the 14th lust. will -4
be sold at Pubilck Auction, without n» , -I
Ovation, nt (he Barn-Yard of SamubC < W
i W»bt(Moalk, Esq. In GeorgmStreet,
ifIWRYY fafl-blbota Metifto AH HEP,
y fee* hue third H/m», all th* . •;#]
& frOtshtUg from the cargd iZtbe ship .J
limi, CamW Robmab, from Villa . J®
KK) of the Flock, aecoospani*
eiWh docuravhts to prove the saW. w CJwl
are pronounced by the beat judges the finest
lot of Sheep that have yet been risen in tltta Jj
country.
<7° Conditions very liberal, and sssdg y
known at the bain* Sales at 11 u'ckjqk, ' , /j
A. M. ! ' /i
B. k T. C. HOPPIN, d
December 14, 1810.
NOTICE. ' W'H
THE Subscriber hereby gives
notice, that she hits been aptfnhHM
Administratrix upon the Estate of **
liam Bu kb, late of Providence, ;
and has accepted uf that trust. She there* ■
fore requests all persons who are indebted ■* >'
to the Estate (if the said deceased,. fo CPU f -
on Gaxdnir Daggett* Esq/.
paymeht without delay, he having bemi ?(>*.. IV j’l
duly authorised, as her AgedtaW t'■
ney, to settle'said Estate; ph^,■ : <
persons who have claims WgainM the ‘rU ’
Estate, to exhibit them to the iaid'P<<i*.Y
gkt*, as soon »s may be.
- ANN A BURR, ./tfrwtftfrafri*., J' :
ll, >6lO.
TO-MORROW, the 15th HU , k .
stain, willhn.soM nt Pubitck. Awfitum,
at the Dwelling-House <J the late, Mr'*
William Buna. irfßenefit Street, -
A great variety «f Artjcloa, worthy the
attention of purcHaeers, consisting, in part,
<>f Household Furniture, Sleighs and Vat***
riages » and also, a number dT Swipe K ;fV i ’ , •■p*'
and several valuable Horses. " '!
t7* Conditions will be.Mberal apd known
at the time of sale. Sale to commence jH
10 o’clock in the forenoon. * M
December 14,1810.
BLODGET k POWEIi .<
Offer on accommodating terms, now land*
Ing, and recently received,
25 do. St. Croix 5 <•*'«*»» ?
, ♦ 9 do. Havana Coffee,
30 do. Georgia Tobacco, ‘ ]
25 Pipes of Providence Gin,
50 Tierces of new beat Rice,
250 Barrels of Wilmipgtm. Tar,
86 Boxes of Havana brown Sugar*,
8 do. 12 by 14 Glass, f ‘ A *
50- Bags of Calcutta Sugars, Xk i
80 Chests of very first quality Hyson, T.f
Hyson Skin and Souchong Tom,; •
25 Tons of St. Petersburg clean Hemp,
Russia and Havens Duck,.
76 Hales of blue and white Calcutta
Goods,'lncluding Gurrahs, Bahat, »
Mamoodies.'Hannahs, Cossas, Rea'
mal, red andbiue Gillaand Madrgit? *
pattern Handkerchiefs, Emrrties,
and a variety of other descriptions of
their various kinds;
2 Cases of best Nankin, black, 18 yard
S tttins;
2 do, do. black Sarsnets, 30 yards;
4 da Chpppa Hom al Handkerchiefs, -"’1
1 do. Nutmegs and Cloves,
20 Hnvanu Ox Hides, /•
3500 Weight of Cork, z , ,
English Goods of various kinds,
R&xchange on London.
(JT* Cash liberally advanced on Goods
deposited for publick or private sale.
December 14, 1810. ’ .
i R. & C. z RHODES
HAVE received a Cargo of fresh fine
apd superfine FLOUR, which they
offer lor sale on accommodating terms.
Liketvite for tale,
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 Rod*
They want to fiurchaee.
A quantity of Potatoes, Cheese and Cy
der.
Washington Benevolent Society.
THE Members of the Wasbinoton
Benevolent Society are hereby
notified, that an adjourned Meeting of said
Society will be holden at Washington Hall
on SATURDAY, the 22d instant, at two
o’clock, P. M. A punctual attendance is
rrques'ed. v
• STOP THIEF!
Twenty-Five, Dollars Reward.
STOLEN 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 bind foot white to
the fetterlock, a natural trotter, and when
pushed over reaches and bears hard upon
the bit, carries her head rather low, has a
switch tail, her mane newly thinned, and
when taken was smooth shod. The Sad
dle was some worn, with a bole near the
pummel. The Bridle new, with full-plated .
bits. Whoever will apprehend said Thief,
so that he may ba brought to condign pun
ishment, and return said Mare, Saddle and
Bridles shall receive Twenty-Five Dol
lars; or for the Mare, Saddle and Bridle,
Fifteen Dollars. g
JOSIAH KEIBE.
December 14,1810. F
DOLLARS.. -
A PREMIUM given for Spanish milled
J. B. WOOD.
December 14,181*. ■ <N.
JDecemier 14,1810.
By Order Jabbx Bowin, President,
JOHN HOLROYD, Secfy. '
December 14, 1810.
F/tESHFLOVJt.