The Rhode-Island American, and general advertiser — Providence [R.I.], 1810-08-03 00:00:00, page 1

J. B. WOOD’S
gener al price-current of bank notes,
THkV *»» ucnnDir XU (H. CJ
new-hampshire.
Bill! of the New-Hampshire, ditto payable in Philadelphia, Portsmouth, 7 j to 2 per cent dis.
Union, Stratford, and Exeter B-rnks, •*’’’*’’**' 2to 3 do.
Concord Banks, - --••*********’’* 7« ,i n
Cheshire, Cooa, and Hdfcborough Banka,
MASSACHUSETTS.
Bills oftlie United Stales Branch, Massachusetts, Union, and Boston Banks, .... Par.
Salpm Fasex Bevcrlv. Marblehead, Newburyport, Gloucester, (Cape-*)
Ann,) Plymouth, Worcester, P*ci4ck, jtantucket, and Hallowell C 3-4 to 1 per cent. dis.
and Augusta Banks,- - - - '•* . ( j o
Portland, Maine, and Saco Banks, ' « j‘
Bedford, and Lincoln and Kenntbeck BanksJ ’ * *3O to 35 do’
Penobiieo*, 20 do’ '
Northampton, CONNECTICUT-
Bills of the Middletown Hartford, New-Haven, New-Londe®, Union, 7 <o j ©ent. dis.
? » 14^. -M.au.
VRUMAKT
Brtu of tbe Vermont flute Bank. ’ per cent, dia-
RHODE-ISLAND.
Bilb of the Providence, Exchange, Rogv Viliams, Bank of Rhode
Island Newport, Rhode-Inland Union, Bank of Bristol, Commercial, V-~Par.
Warren, Rhode-bland Central, and Narraganset BanksJ
Waslungton Bank, per cent. d».
KENTUCKY.
Bills of the Kentucky Instmmee Company,l2 1-2 per cent. dis.
NORTH-CAROLINA.
. Bfßs of the Cape Fear, and Newbern Banks, ..•-•••••12 1-2 per cent. dis.
SOUTH-CAROLINA.
Bills of the United State. Branch Batik, • • P» r
State, and South-Carolina Banks, »3 per cent, dis,
- - OHIO< ~
Bills of the Marietta, Miami Exporting Company, and Chillicothe Banks, 20 to 30 per cent. dis.
NEW YORK.
Bills of the United States Branch Bank, • • •
Merchant., Manhattan Company, Bank of New-York, New-York State,l
Bank of Albanv, Mohawk, Farmers’, Bank of Hudson, Bank of Co- Par.
tumbia, and Mechairiek’s B mk, •••••• -••*••• j
NEW-JERSEY.
Bills of the Jersey, Trenton Banking Company, Newark Banking and ?
Insurance Company, and Bank of New-Brunswick, ... - - 5
< ’ PENNSYLVANIA.
Bills of the United States Bank,-Par.
Farmers’ and Mechanicks’, Philadelphia, Bank of Pennsylvania, and > ~ p gr
Bank of North-America, ....,J
Bills of the Pennsylvania Branch Bank at Pittsburg per cent. die.
DELAWARE.
JHHs of the Farmers’ Jlank, Bank of Delaware, and Bank of Wifming-} 2 to fl per cent dis.
ton and Brandywine,s
MARYLAND.
Bills of the United States Branch Bank, *Par.
Union Bank of Maryland, Bank of Columbia, Hagerstown, Bank of Bal-'A
timore, Branch of the Farmers* Bank of Maryland, Mcchanicks* Bank s 1 to 2 per cent. die.
•f Baltimore, Farmers’ and Commercial Bank, and Franklin Bank, J
VIRGINIA.
Bills of th> United States Branch Bank,Par.
Bink of Virginia, Mtath. Branches,l per cent. dis.
. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
■ vin« ef lbs Union Bank, Bank of Alexandria, and Bank of Potomack, 2to 3 per cent, dis
LOUISIANA TERRITORY.
Bills of the United Stales Branch Bank, . . . . P»r.
Bank of Louisiana, • 10 per cent. dis.
(XT To the above Discount there will be a email advance for email eumt, and Bills under
$ dollars, net tf thie State.
United States and Boston Bills, or Specie, will be given for any Bills received at par,
ftr half per cent, for sums over JJ2U —under g 20, 1 per cent, advance.
Any dietant Banking Company, wiehing their Bille to be received at ran, willpleaee to make
dtkangelhente accordingly, and they will be duly attended to.
The most punctual attention will be paid to ail Letters, (post paid,) addressed to J. B.
Wood, enclosing Bills to be exchanged, and the earliest remittances made *o any part of the
Union, per Jtret, ar ndt to exceed the eecond m0i7........A1i Bank Notes that he passes will be
wasiXstSd oood, and should any counterfeit Bills be received an Lettere, they will be
returned..—Bank Notes examined gratis ...... Office houre from 6, A. M. to 7, P Af.
Price uf Stocks—-Providence, (R» I.)
Six per Cent • ••♦*-••-- 100 per cent.
Three db. • • •«*••••• 63 do.
State Notes, • r Fluctuating.
Providence Insurance Shares, 8 a JO per cent adv.
WaAingtoh, do. do. • • • • a • • 16 alB do. do.
Hope do. do. • • - 121-2 do. do.
Marine do. do. 20 do. do.
Providence Bank, do. • •••••• 18 a2O do. do.
Exchange do. do. • « ■• • • - • 18 a2O do. do.
Roger Wffitaasdo. do. 95 do. do.
Course of Exchange—Foreign Bills. '
BiHs on London, at 39 days, • • • ("CaehJ - • 3 per cent. dis.
do. do. 60 do. • • • do. -. • . • 81-2 do. do.
do. do. 90 do- ... do. . • • 4 do. do.
40. on Amrtetdath, 60 do. • • fPer Guilderj . . None,
do. do. payable la London at 00 days, r None,
de. on Hamburg, payable in do. at do. . . . None.
.IVL.MD BILLS.
Bills on Baltimore, 30 days sight, 14 a 1 per cent. dis.
do. on Philadelphia, do. do. • • • • . x * do. do.
So. oh Ntw-YoA, do. do. do. do.
do. on Philadelphia, 00 day! do. 1 a 2 per cent. do.
.de. ea New-York, da. da *..... do. do.
Premiums of Insurance.
Ite shy pdrt in CreaLßMuih, * 3a 8 1-2 pet eeht.
5* France, .... a Jfo feturance. ...
>• Sweden or - - . - * 8a 10 do.
Russia (in the Baltic*) oat nW dMse, . * . . • . 18 a2O do.
>- Archangel, out and heme, - - • i . . • • 10« 12 do.
. Within the Stretgfak, not higher than Sicily, a 19 do.
Within the Streights, not higher than Sardinia, . - 9 do.
Without the Straights, , as . k.... 4 do.
To the Brazils, . <t . . • . • u • 3 1-2 a 4 do.
Lisbon or Cadis, • . . . . . • • . 2a 3 1-2 do.
ax Africa • 4 . vfrlotd the Slreighte, - • • 4 do.
Madeira, 3a 3 1-2 do.
Canaries, 3 1-2 a 4 do.
Cape de VeH», kc.a . . BW3 1-2 do.
•- Persia and India, Bag do.
as. China, - 5 do.
West-India Istands generally, • 2 1-2 a 3 do.
Coactwue, per single risk, • . . i s ■. 1a 1 1-2 da
Discount Days.
At Proridehce Bttdt» • v • Mondav.
-M- Roger Wfflhrtns Bank, Wednesday.
Exchange Bank, . - * Friday.
The above Paioe-CkeaewT, Sjr«»o<k, ExcNAwat, kc. are corrected every Friday, by
LoTtIRY NOTICE. '
r T'ICKETB in the “ Wkahrisgrae Bfbnutnent Lottery" 50.000 highest nrixr) rke
A to 3U: 50 en the first nf KepMinber next.—Tickets also rise in the “ fine Lotte
•ry" (8 12,900 higher pi be) to 8 6, the firtt of August next
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Volume II-
THE RHODE-ISLAND AMERICAN,
AND GENERAL ADVERTISER.
"TH* XATfOW WHICH IWDULGXS TOWARDS AKOTBMI AM HAtITVAL KATBBD, OR AW HABtritAL WDNESS, IS IM SOME DIGRIK A TA 7*o AT.
PROVIDENCE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1810.
SMITHFIELD BILLS
A RE received tor Merchandise at par,
■a*, and will be exchanged by the sub bri
bers for Bills of the Providence Banks, at
half per cent, discount.
GREENE' & CARTER.
JugUßt 3, 1810.
A PREMIUM given for Spaniah
milled DOLLARS, by
J. B. WOOD.
For sale by the subscriber,
FORTY Bale* of Upland Cotton.
70 Barrel* of mess and prime Pork,
60 Barrel* of Herrings,
20 do. prime Beef,
1 Hhd. of WeiUlndia Rum,
Dry Goods, a* u*ud.
ALSO,
Throasell and 'A uter Frame Spindles,
warranted of the first quality, and made
to pattern with Fliers complete. Sample*
of which may be seen by applying to the
subscriber, or al the Scituate Factory at
Maswansacnt Pond.
ELISHA DYER.
Jul " 12t-
TO BE LET,
A SHOP and TENEMENT, on Main-
Street, nt the head of Packet Wharf.
For term's, apply to
ALEX. ADIE.
July 31, 1810.
Boston and Providence Accom-
modating Stage,
SETS oft from Mi Hoydkw’s Inn, Mar-1
ket-Squtrt, Bnaton, everyday at six'
o'clock, A. M. exchange* horses at**tfffc
half-way house, in Wilpole, and arrives in*
Providence at two o’clock. P- M. leaves
Colonel Macomber’s, Providence, every
day at six o'clock, A. M. exchanges horses
at the half-way house, Walpole, and ar
rives in Boston at two o’clock, r. M —Fare,
two dollars each passenger. The Stage*
H<x>ks are kept at Mr. Boy den'd, Market-
Square, J. Clurke't, Brattle-bquare* With
ington't, Broomfield's-Lane, and ham
fihear't, Hanover-Street, Boston ; and in
Piovidence, at Colonel Macomber't, di
rectly opposite the Bridge, and at Mr.
dlhheuv
TRA&K&GAY,
JOHN NEEDHAM A CO.
Boston, July 28, 1810. Bt.
BY an act of Congi ess, passed on the 26th
day of March, 1810. it is required that
the number of inhabitants within the State
ot Rhude-Island be taken, omitting in such
enumeration Indians not taxed, and distin
guishing free persons, including those bound
to service for a term of years, distinguish
ing also the sexes and colours of free per
sons, and the males under ten years of age,
and those of ten years and under sixteen,
those of sixteen and under twenty-six,
those of twenty-six and under fony five,
those of forty-five and upwards, and distin
guishing free females under ten years of
age, those of ten )ears and under sixteen,
those bf sixteen and under twenty-six,
those of twenty-six and under forty-five,
those of forty-five and upwards.
* Tanneries, Distilleries, Sugar Refiners,
Breweries, Paper Mills, Oil Mills, Snuff
Mills, Chocolate Mills, Gun-Powder Mills,
Glass Works, Fullihg-Miils, Carding Ma
chines going by water, Hemp and Flax
St tinning Mills, Rope Walks, Iron f/Vorko,
dietinguinhing Furnaces, Air Furnaces,
Forges, Bloomeries, Rolling and Slitting
Miffs, Cut Nail Factories, Trip Hammers,
Steel Furnaces.
And by another act, passed on the first
day of May, 1810, it is required that an ac
count be also taken of the several manu
facturing establishments and manufac
tures within the State of Rhode-Island;
and the Marshal of the District is author
ized to cause the same to be effected by a
competent number of assistants, (winch
will commence on the first Monday of Au
gust next.) You are therefore, hereby re
quested to be seasonably prepared with
written statements on these several mat
ters for my assistants, as they may call on
you. on or after the first Monday of August
next; and your attention Is particularly
called to the following species of manufac
turing establishments, without excluding
others:
J/* The jirintere qf newt/iafiere within
thio State are Yeyueoted to give the above
two or three imertione, and draw on their
patriofiem for reman eration.
It is to be expected that all the good citi
zens of this State will faithfully attend to
these important objects, and readily give
to my assistants, in the execution of Uuir
duties, every needtul aid, that tbe above
said acts of Cdngress may be folly and
punctually executed, agreeably to tbe true
imeat and meaning of said acts.
E. X. DEXTER, Marehal.
July 23, 181 V.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
A AM ART active LAD, about IS ot 16
years old, io tend in a Grocery-Store,
io this town. Owe wtoaoan come well re*
commended, cun write a good bond, and
understands figures, will fiod good encour
igerfient. For farther information, inquire
at Tut AMitAif.mb Orricv..
N. B. One from tfie country would be
prefei rod.
July 31, 1810.
July 31, 1810.
the CitixtsMs of the Srxrt of Rttoox-
31, 1810
DOLLARS.
ItZ-iMD.
Proad, O proad, citeprofani Viaaiu.
F ar from these walls and hallowed shrine,
** Ye sons of vice and pride, depart t
" And dread the flaming wrath divine,
“ Which bums against the guilty heart.
“ Sons of Ambition, shun this place
M Nor bend your bloody footsteps near,
“ For deeds of murder find no grace,
“ Hear no approving sentence here.
H And far depart, ye motley crew,
“ Who bow to Fashion's changing nriee,
* Virtue has form’d no place for you,
* She scorns the sacrifice of fvule.”
Thus spake the Trumpet’s swelling notes*
Pour’d from the Temple’s vaulted dome—
But soon a milder musick floats,
And bids the friends of virtue eome.
“ Haste and approach these sacred walls,
M All you who Vice and Folly scorn ;
M Attend, your parent Goddess calls;
“ Come and her hallowed courts adorn.
** Come you, who, at your country’s call,
" Have dared the blood eqcrimsoned plain,
“ Here in the Patriot’s glorious hall,
* In Virtue’s Temple ever reign.
“ Next these, I place that honest man,
•< Who scorn’d to take a Faction's par%
And, in the Legislative clan,
Sull spake the feelings of his heart.
“ And hither haste ye private good,
•• Who moved in less exalted sphere,
«* And bore the taunts of nobler blood-*
“ 1 hail you as my children here.”
The muhick ceas’d, and at tlie gate,
A numerous, various throng appear’d;
In different garbs the suppliants Wait ;
In diffenat tongues their pleas are heard.
First at the shrine a warrior form
Appear’d, and frowning urg’d bis claim;
Told how he dar’d the murd’rous storm.
And gain’d in blood a deathless Fame.
Loud muttering thunders roll'd around
And lightnings drove him from the shrine.
The Statue of the Goddess fofwn’d
And beam’d with majesty divine.
'• Depart from hence, ye sons of Hood,
*’ Begooe forever from my tight t
" Ye murderers of the brave and good,
“ Be lost in never-ending night.
Next came a form majestick mild ;
Deliberation on his brow;
His face with heavenly radiance smil’d,
As to the shrine he bended low.
“ For thee, oh Goddess fair,” he said,
“ I sail’d adown the stream of life,
“ Nor, till my wretched eeufitry bled,
“ Adventured in- the fields of strife.
•• No wild Ambition fir’d my teal,
•• I fought to make my touhtry free,
” I never bow’d to Vice’s control,
” My life was dedicate to thee*
The Goddess heard, and bade A train
Of Seraph forms their clarions raise,
And pour the swelling lofty slrafti
Eternal in the Patriot’/ praise.
« And haste,” she said, “ a garland frame,
“ With laurels weave the verdant round,
•• And let the meed of deathless fame
“ Upon tl*e Warrior’/ brow he bound.
•* Let him within my courts
•• My most approv’d, my noblest gon i
“ Here place forever by my side
“ This Patriot, Hero, Wash is o fox."
The force of nature is eminently displayed in
the following elegant Ballad.
Twas on a cliff whose rocky base
Baffled tbe briny wave.
Whose cultur’d heights tbeir verdant store
To many a tenant gave.
A mother, fed by rustick cans,
Had wander’d with her child;
Unwean’d tlie babe; yet on the gran
He froiick’d and he smil’d.
With what delight the mother glow’d,
To mask that infant joy:
How oft Would pause, amid the toil.
To contemplate bar boy.
Yet soon, by other cares estrang’d,
And pteas’d survey’d tlie scene-
Twss now the mother, from the toil.
Turn'd to behold her child :
The urchin gone ! her cheeks were flush’d i
Her wandering eye was wild!
Site saw him on the cliff’s rode brink.
Now careless peeping o’er I
Her thoughts the child forsook i
Cavelest he wanton'd on tbe ground,
Nor caught his mother’s took,
Crept was each flower that caught his eye,
Till scrambling o’er tbe green.
He grin’d the cliff’s unsheher’d edge,
so» t«b nnoou-rsuawD amkbicam.
THE TEMPLE OF VIRTUE.
A FRAGMENT.
(Original Portrp.
ELEGANT BALLAD.
mow .
SELECTED.
OSCAR.
He turn’d and to his mother smiled ;
Then sported as before.
Sunk was her voice ; ’twas vain to fly»
’Twas vain the brink to bravo:
Oh nature! it was thine alone,
To prompt the means to save.
She tore the ’kerchief from her breast,
And laid her bosom bare:
He saw, delighted i left the brink,
And sought the banquet there.
Fog Thb Kuodk-Islaxd American.
MORAL AND RELIGIOUS HINTS.
Na XXXVIII,
MISSIONARY EXERTIONS.
Th* glory of God, the lave of Christ, Md
the salvation of stoners, miggest constrain*
Ing motives for propagating the gospel. The
coinrpand to teach all nation/, and rise?
promise that the word shall not return
void, present a warrant and encourage*
went to vigorous exertions for converting
the heathen. Christians have always re
cognised the obligation, and professed a sub
mission to this duty ; yet they have crimb*.
ns Dy neglected the means, ortgnobly slum
bered in the work. t
In the dark period of ignorance and
pression, when the church fled before an
implacable enemy, it was impossible to de
vise liberal plans, or prosecute any bene
volent design for the enlargement of the s
Redeemer’s kingdom. Her ahuaiion pre
cluded every generous effort But why, i»
more prosperous times, did believers abated
in their seal ? Why, for the space of three
centuries, when placed beyond the reach!
of persecution, have no strenuous measures
been adopted for extending the knowledge)
of the Saviour? Men, eminent for thrir
piety and talents, have, in MccMon, been
raised up in Che church. Many, during
this long interval, have defended the truth,
and, by their invaluable writings, recom
mended the excellence and power of god
liness. Faithful and learned ministers have
indefatigaMy laboured; and the Lord hath,
often /ent a plentiful rain, andconfirmed
hie inheritance when it war weary ; Bug
still an extensive pi omulgatipn cl the gospel
has not been weijcuriy attempted. NotW\
ing since the primitive yges of Christianity,
deserving the line, has appeared, until
the present period. Now, at a season (be
most unpromising, when wars, revofat*oaa
and confusion prevail; now, when infidel
ity assumes a formidable aspect, increases
its votaries, and arrogantly threatens to
crush revealed religion ; at this very times * *
under all these inauspicious circumstances,
see the church enlarging 1 the place qfher
tent, and etr etching forth the curtain* qf
her habitation ! She break/ forth on the
right hand and on the left, to inherit the
Gentile/ and make the desolate citice to flg
inhabited. All, who embrace the doctrine*
of grace, in every nation, seem inspired
with the same spirit. Vast plans are form
ed, immense expenses incurred, and the
most distant continents and islands become
the objects of attention. Now, the deplor
rable state of those who dwell in the
of the /badow of death, and perish for lack \
of knowledge, excitea cosnpaUion. ( Socie
ties are instituted to facilitate the work;
and men, zealous and intrepid hi the service
of their Lord, readily offer to visit the M
termrnt ends of the earth and cheerfully
submit to the toils and dangers insepara
ble from missionary labours.
In these events do we not behold what
John foresaw In vision and predicted I And
I raw another angelfying in the midst qf
heaven, having the everlasting goafiel tf>
preach unto them that dwell on the earth,
and to every nation and kindred and
tongue and people, saying, with a loud
voice, fear God and give glory to him*
far the hour qf hie judgement i» comet
and worohifi him that made heaven and
earth and the ecu gnd the fountains qf w*-
fere. In this vision John saw, that after,*
lapse of time, a singular movement would
commence, not in a solitary corner, fart
in the very midst of the churches—th*t
the gospel, in its parity, would be sent to
the moot distant lands, and success crown
the benevolent work. The ordinary exer
cise of the ministry, nr the feeble attempts,
which, fit different times, might be made
to propagate the gospel, veto rot the ob
ject of this vision. It was something be
yond the common standard, which the
Apostle beheld with admiration and rape
tore. It was such piwachtag and such
propagation of the goe|»cl as John never
before contemplated. There was a mag
nitude io the plan, a concurrence of senti
ment, a speed in the execution, a Reel ia
the efforts and a prosperity in tbe enter
prise, which distinguished this from *U
, >wmer
The event here described comprehends
ameries of causes apd effects, >
moral
Number 83.