The Rhode-Island American, and general advertiser — Providence [R.I.], 1810-05-29 00:00:00, page 1

Just received and now ready for sale at the
Store of
CHARLES POTTER,
No. 3, MARKET-SQUARE,
A GREAT variety of India Cottons of
the latest importations, which are
offered for sale remarkably low among
them are,
Berboom Gurralis, Mow Sannahs, All
bad Emerties, Chittabilly Baftas, Choude
gerry Batlas, Chandpore Cossas, Bcc. Bcc.
Brussels Carpeting of a superiour quali
ty and various patterns, some of which arc
..ry.ksunt.
1 Bale blue Gilla Handkerchiefs, T entitled
1 da Booty Romal da >to dc-
2 do. blue and white Cwtas, Jbenture
JOCasks new Rice.
14 Bales Upland Cotton.
May 25, 1810. 16t»
For Freight or Charter,
THE n.mark4ny fast-sail
i*>K Brig PANTHER, Tao
mas Laing, Master, bur
then 850 Barrels, in excel
lent order, and has good accommodations
for passengers. Apply to the Master ou
board, or to
• . JACOB SOESMAN.
May 23, 1810. tf.
NOTICE.
THE publick arc hereby hfformed that
the Copartnership ot COOKE and
ELLIS, (Tatloks,) was dissolved by mu
tual consent, on the 24th instant.
THOMAS COOKE,
CYRUS ELLIS.
May 25, 1810.
TWELVE Hhds. of sweet flavouied
Rum, •
3o Hhds. of retailing Molasses,
20U0 Wt. of Coffee,
40 Boxes of Soap,
40 do. Spermaceti mould Candles,
2 Pipes of first f>roof French Brandy,
five years old,
1 Pipe of Holland Gin,
A quantity of Hyson, Hyson Skin and Sou
chong Tea,
For sale on reasonable terms, by
JACOB SOESMAN.
I f - May 25, 1810. tf.
Fashionable Summer Goods.
WATSON and GLADDING,
Na 7, Cheap-Side, sign of the Bunch of
Grapes,
HAVE this day received, and are now
opening, a large assortment of STA-
PLE AND FANCY*GOODS, comprising
every kind in demand. Additional supplies
; J are arriving constantly from New-York
and Boston, and vending at a trifling profit,
which makes it an object well worth the
attention of those in search of Dry Goods
to can at their Store. They have a few
Cases of black and coloured Lustrings,
double Florence Silks of the first quality,
India Cottons per bale, piece dr yard ; su
perfine Spring Broadcloths of all colours,
Linen Cambricks, Linen Pocket-Handker
chiefs, one Case of Silk Shawls, Silk Vel
vet, £btton Cambricks, cheap ; fancy Mus
lins, Silk and Cotton Hose, Diipities, Bri
tish Shirting, Russia Duck and Sheeting,
per bale or piece, at reduced prices; su
Jierfine Silk and Cotton Ginghams, Queen’s
ancy Muslins, tamboured Walking Dress
es, long Shawls, Ladies* Cravats, black
Silk Veils, cut, dot, seeded, loom seeded
and spidernet Muslin ; superfine Colerain
Linens, Britannia Linens per case or piece,
cambrick and common Dimities, black
Crapes, linen arid cotton Diapers, Worst
bed Web, superfine mixed, black and
drab Cassimvres; blue and yellow Nan
* ( kins, Washington Stripes, Cntton Cassi
meres. Imperial Cord, Silk Velvets, Bar
celona Handkerchiefs, Madras do. with
every other article, too numerous to men
tion, which are offered at wholesale and
retail, for cash or approved credit.
May 25,1810. tf.
AMAN that is a good workman at the
Clothing Business,and can bring good
recommendations, will find employment by
applying to
STANFORD NEWELL,
Charles-street, North. End.
May 25, 1810.
Copartnership Farmed.
THE Subscribers inform the puftlick,
that they have this day entered into
business, (as Taylor*.) in company, un
der the firm of COOKE 8c NICHOLS, at
the shop heretofore occupied by Cooke
and Ellis, for the same purpose ; where
every favour in their line, will be puncty-.
ally and faithfully executed.
THOMAS COOKE,
ELDRIDGE NICHOLS.
May 25, 1810.
-
Looking-Glasses, Paints, Ship-
Chandlery, &c.
T OOKING GLASSES of various kinds,
JL* wholesale and retail, very cheap.—
Likewise, a complete assortment of Paint*
and Ship-Chandlery, Water Colour* in
boxes. Frost* of different colour*, Spirit* of
y Turpentine, Varnishes, Window-Glass of
' every size, with every article generally
kept in a Paint and Ship-Chandlery Store.
Burnish Gilding,Mouse, Ship, Sign
and Ornamental Painting, executed as usu
al, nearly opposite the Providence Hank
* ‘ PETER GRINNELL & SON.
May 15, 1810. tf.
•■•■**■ • ‘ * - , > -■
THE RHODE-ISLAND AMERICAN,
AND’GENERAL ADVERTISER.
India Cottons, Carpeting, &c.
Volume 11.
“ THE NATION WHICH INDULGES TOWARDS ANOTHER AN HABITUAL HATRED, OR AN HABITUAL FONDNESS, IS IN SOME DEGREE A SLAV R."-WASHINGTON.
A VERY extensive assortment of the
most fashionable ENGLISH, INDIA
and SCOTCH GOODS, viz.
Real superfine black, blue, bottlegreen
and mixed Broadcloths; do. low priced
superfine Cassimeresof all colours, do. low
priced—superfine Imperial Cord, Imperi
al Cotton do.—Velvets, white, black and
buff Jeans ; white Cambrick*, from I*. 6d.
to 10s. per yard; Jaconet Cambricks,
lace, pearl, seeded, India, tamboured and
every kind of fancy Muslin ; Book Mu*
tins, Cambrick, common and Furniture Di
mity ; elegant 6 and 7-qr. twilled Shawls;
worked bordered long Shawl*; red, pink,
buff, white and blue Saragossa Cambricks;
womens* white, black and slate Cotton
Hose ; mens’ do. a great variety of Cali
coes of the newest style; elegant 3 and 4-qr.
Silk Ginghams ; 3, 4 and 6-qr. light and
dark large and small Plaid Cotton Ging
hams ; white, black, red, buff, lead and
fawn twilled Cambricks; black and co
loured plain do. 6-qr. plain black Silk Lace
for Veil*, Tabby Velvet*, fancy silk and
leno Bonnet Handkerchief*, Italian Plaid,
plain Florence, India plaid mid plain Lu
string* of different colours, black and pink
Sarsnet*. black and purple Satins, Modes,
6-qr. silk damask Shawls, Madras, Banda
no and Canton Handkerchiefs, black Silk
Handkerchiefs, Grandurels, Cotton Casd
rneres, short and long Nankins, Sattinets,
Mandarin Camblet, Dimity, Satin, fine
and coarse Linens, Hrown Holland, Dia
pers, Sheeting Cotton, Gilla Handker
chiefs, Camel's Hair Shawl* and Scarfs,
Cotton Laces, Silk Lace Sleeves, red and
black Morocco childrens’ Hats and Jockiev,
Silk, Pins, Needles, cotton and linen Sew
ings, Silk Gloves, long and short Kid do.
Bed Laces, India Cottons of every descrip
tion, with a variety of other Goods, not
particularized ; all of which are fettered to
the publick very low.
Alto for tale.
Ten Hhd*. of first quality Fayetteville
Tobacco, which will be sold considerably
lower than the Market price.
May 22, 1810. tf.
Gloves,
Gentlemens* Silk and Beaver do.
Ladies, black, white and slate silk and
Cotton Hose;
Gentlemens* do.
Black Crape,
English and India Shirting Cottons of all
descriptions.
Elegant Furniture Chintzes,
A very large assortment of Ribbons of the
most fashionable kinds,
Linen Cambricks,
Blue Nankins, Ist chop ;
.Yellow do.
Cotton Cassimere, «
Grandurels,
While and coloured Jean,
Black, scarlet, blue, slate and brown Tab
by Velvets;
Black Sinchaws and India Sarsneta,
7-qr. Damask Tablecloths.
2,3, 6 and 7-qr. Cotton Diaper,
Barcelona Handkerchiefs,
Bandano do.
Childrens* Cotton do.
Looking-Glasses,
3,4 and 4 1-2 Pins,
Ivory Combs,
Russia Sheetings,
Ditto Duck,
Childrens* Morocco Hats,
With many other articles, too numerous
for a common advertisement— chea[i Jor
cash.
No. B, Market-Square, 7
May 22, 1810 5 tf.
N. TINGLEY,
and now opening for sale at Store No. 5,
Spring and Summer Goods.
Just received, and this day opening at
JQHN R. CARPENTER’S
STORE,
coes ;
Ginghams,
White and coloured Cambricks,
Figui ed do.
Lace and common weobed Sleeves,
Single figured Leno Muslins,
Spotted and tamboured do.
White and black Lace Veils,
Cotton Laces,
Fine hair corded Cambrick,
Sart«;ossa do.
Black and coloured twilled do.
Cambrick and common Dimity,
Elegant Marseilles Vestings,
Ladies* black and white short Kid and Silk
THE Members of the Federal
Adelphi are requested to wear
Crape on the left #1 m for three weeks,
as a testimony of respect for the Memo
ry of their deceased Brother Jacob
Eames.
By order,
J. H. CLARKE, Rec. Sec'ry.
May 32, 1810.
For Sale, Freight, or Charter,
i THE staunch and fast-sail-
in « Bri S CANTON, 112
tons burthen, 4 years old,
wSHMEb built of the best materials,
and can be sent to sea at a small expense.
For terms apply to
SPOONER RUGGLES, or
STEPHEN ARNOLD.
May 22, 1810. tf.
AVERY large supply of SPRING and
SUMMER GOODS, among which
Hie the following:
Superfine, middling and low-priced Cali-
Of the latest Importations into Boston.
yusr RECEIVED KT
FRESH GOODS,
Cheap-Side,
PROVIDENCE. TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1810.
be shocked by indecent vulgarity, andon*
moral feelings be lacerated by the lips of
the profane. In short, there is no compro
mise on this question, a Theatre must
either be perfect in its kind, or it cannot be
a place of innocent or elegant recreation*
That such has been the deplorable condi
tion of ours, for sometime past, has been
admitted by the advocates of the drama
themselves. If gentlemen will recur to the
discussiohs recently carried on, they will
find this fact made abundantly evident.—
The advocates of the Theatre did not
undertake the vindication of ours, but
grounded themselves on the proposition
that} a Theatre might fiouibly be made
useful. Although we were no parties in
that controversy, and had no interest in it
distinct from the other member* of the
community, yet we did conceive then and
do conceive now, that this hypothetical
state of the Theatre, completely abandon
ed the question in dispute. The question
was not, what a Theatre might be made,
but what ours actually wat. Here then,
we have the evidence of the gentlemen
themselves, who vindicate that specie* of
amusement, that our drama was not wor
thy even of the paltry encouragement it re
ceived. Various other consideration* be
sides moral ones, concur to operate on our
minds with the force of conviction, that the
Theatre .cannot receive suitable encour
agement in this town. The population is
not sufficient, nor the wealth of it* inhabi
tants competent, to give to the dram* that
liberal encouragement which alone can
render it respectable. Such then being
the case, the property so vested, must of
course lie dormant and unproductive. No
rational hope can be entertained that the
Theatre will ever become lucrative to the
proprietors, and it has been already shown
that from a combination of unfavourable
causes, it will on it* present establishment
Ire dangerous to the moral* of the rising
generation. Property so vested, which can
not be productive of good, ahd may be pro
ductive of much evil, ought to be applied
to purpose* more worthy of publick patron
age. A number of respectable and patri
otick citizen* have recently combined for
the purpose of establishing a Library and
Reuding-Ruom, denominated The Provi
dence Lyceum, nml have already obtained
a charter of incorporation. The advan
tage* resulting from an institution of this
kind, we presume, require no comment.—
A plate of general resort, where moment*
of leisure may be improved either in mo-
And let each face be dress'd in smiles;
Let ev’rj heart be light as air,
And laugh at gloomy sorrow’s wiles."
Thue Anna sung, but ah! her song
Was interrupted oft with sighs;
She thought of Hbnby, absent long,
And tears bedim’d her beaming eyes.
Twelve months revolv’d since Hfnby bade
His love and native groves adieu,
When as he claspt tha trembling
’ Hfc be forever true.
“Ah I fly ye hours!" the maid exclaim’d,
“ And waft my Hbnby o’er the deepi
“ Let him not be by storms detun'd,
“ Nor advene winds my sailor keep."
She ceas’d, and through the coppice sprung
A youth, and claspt her in his arms!
“ My Henhy I” falter’d from her tongue.
And hush'd were all the maid’s alarms.
' LORENZO.
Gentlemen,
W k presume all argument is unnecessa
i y to convince you that the Theatre on its
present establishment, is perfectly incom
petent to answer theatrical purposes.-
Without entering into the question so often
discussed, and about which so many have
differed—whether a Theatre is or can be
made subservient to moral purpores, it
may safely be affirmed of ours, that it can
not be made a source of delicate or saluta
ry amusement or instruction. A Theatre,
unless it combines splendour of scenery
and decorations, with excellence of per
formance, must from its very nature be in
adequate to the object of its institution. It
descends from the elevated rank of chaste
and elegant amusement, to a scene of low
buffoonry, harlequin amusement, juggling
imposture, and is degraded to the despica
ble level of a puppet-show. Instead of be
cotning the resort <4 tife
the polite, the ears of mqtoffy wltf often
FROM The FREEMAN'S JOURNAL.
SONG.
« A
Away with grief and anxious care,
For The Rhode-Island American.
To the Profrietors of the Theatre tn
IBiScellanp.
Providence.
Pottrp.
1810.
On the 27th of Nov. Mr. Brownell
delivered to me your letters of the 11th,
14th and 23d of the preceding month, and
on the Saturday following I had a confer
ence with the Marquis Wellesley, in the
course of which I explained to him fully
the grounds upon which I was instructed
to request Mr. Jackson’s immediate recall,
and upon which the official intercourse be
tween that Minister and the American
government had been suspended.
M Lord Wellesley’s reception of what I
said to him was frank and friendly; and I
left him with a persuasion that we should
have no cause to be dissatisfied with the
final course of his government on the sub
ject* of our conference.
[The following advertisement is copied
from a Virginia paper. If the renowned
General Wilkinson had ever followed the
trade of a blacksmith, wo should be strong
ly inclined to the opinion that this son of
Mars, must from his style of writing, have
served his apprenticeship with him. If
not, undoubtedly he is a lineal descendant
Vulcap.] Con. Mirror.
Friends and Fellow-Citizens,
Having beep recently informed that
• James .White the present Captain, is about
to resign his commission, I am induced by
the solicitation*. of my friends to offer my
self as his successor. It seems that a per
son frim Maryland, is now making appli
cation which excites in my mind the live
liest emotions of indignation. He may be
a person totally unqualified, and like many
others who are promoted, bring disgrace
upon himself and his friends: whereas the
case with me is very different—l have,
from my youth, filled my vacant hours
delightfully with the science and practice
of military tacticks. My age is 27, am 6
feet high, well proportioned, weighing 214
lbs. nett. I am a blacksmith by trade,
sound in all my limbs ; to these bodily ac
complishments, may be added, athletick
vigour, and a countenance extremely mar
tial. Who would not feel proud of having
a commander of this description ? Who
would not proudly rally under the standard
of one so eminently calculated to inspire
courage at that awful moment which tries
men’s souls? and overshadow, with the
American Eagle, the field of MXrs.
Fellow-Citizens! I indulge the warmest
hope, and I think a reasonable one, that
the undertaking will be crowned with suc
cess :—Nay, the person who, choice,
never deviate* from the path of patriotick
rectitude, shall be promoted—/ never de
viated from the path of patriotick recti
tude, therefore I shall be promoted.
CHARLES HUMPHRY.
2B, 1810.
■JntrrwttnifWoruineurei.
Extract of a letter from William Pink
ney, Esq. to Robert Smith, Esq. Secre
tary of State, dated London, March 21,
rals or literature, is surely an important
acquisition to any community whatever.—
Those hours which might otherwise be de
voted to the festivals of Bachus, to low and
criminal pursuits, to the invigoration of
habits which reiterated indulgences may
confirm beyond the power of
may be thus employed in a manner wor
thy of a rational and aq accountable being.
On this point we forbear to enlarge, as we
know the sense of the community is with
us. We forbear likewise to cite as exam
ples, the most splendid cities of Europe, or
of this continent, which have derived, and
are still deriving benefits from such insti
tutions, in confirmation of our principles.
What we have,respectfully
to submit to your consideration is this,
the propriety of investing the property,
now perniciously devoted to the purposes of
theatrical degradation, to the patronage and
support of The Providence Lyceum. The
terms of admission, and all such subordi
nate questions may be reserved for future
consideration and arrangement. We state
only the broad and general proposition, in
which, for reasons already given, we hope
you will heartily concur. NUMBERS.
A new Qualification for Office.
J7* It seems by the following that de
mocrats lutve a new standard of worth and
capacity for office, which is humbly recom
mended to our awful Legislature to adopt
at their ensuing election in a senatorial
choice. The candidate observes that he
weighs 214 pounds, and has therefore at
least the qualification of an hog for office*
We have no doubt of his success in the elec
tion before a body of men where a pair of
steelyards decides by its vibration on the
merits of the candidate. Rhode-Island may
probably follow a precedent so illustrious.
R. I. Amer.
It is known to your Lordship that Mr. * j
Jackson arrived in America, as the suc
cessor of Mr. Erskine, while the- dissp- *
pointment produced by the disavowal of
the arrangement of the 19th of April, was
yet recent, and while some other causes of
dissatisfaction which had been made to as
sociate themselves with that disappoint
ment, were in operation. But your Lord
ship also knows that his reception by the
American government was marked by all
that kindness and respect which were due
to the representative of a sovereign wijh
whom the United States were sincerely de
sirous of maintaining the most friendly re
lations.
Whatever were the hopes, which Mr.
Jackson's mission had inspired, of satisfac
tory explanations and adjustments upon
the prominent points of difference between
the two countries, they certainly were not
much encouraged by the conferences, in
which, a* far a* he thought proper, he
opened to Mr. Smith, - soon after his ar
rival, the nature and extent of his powers,
and the views of his government. After
an experiment, deemed by the govern
ment of the United States to be sufficient,
it appeared that these conferences, neces
sarily Hable to misconception and want of
precision, were not likely to lead to anjt. -J
practical conclusion.
Accordingly, on the 9th of October, Mr.
Smith addressed a letter to Mr. Jackson,
in which, after stating the course of pro
ceeding which the American government
had supposed itself entitled to expect from
him, with regard to the rejected arrange
ment and the matters embraced by It, and
after recapitulating what Mr. Smith be
lieved to have passed in their recent inter
views relative to those subjects, he Inti- «
mated that it was thought expedient that
their further discussion*, on that particular
occasion, should be in writing.''* j
It is evident, my Lord, from Mr. Jack-
son’s reply on the 11th of th* same month, J
that he received this intimation (which, 1
carefully restricted as it was, he seems te |
have been willing to understand in a gene- I
ral sense) with considerable tenstoility.— I
He speak* of it in that reply a* being with- I
out example in the annals of diplomacy; I
against which it was fit to enter J
bi* protest; as a violation in his person of 1
the most essential right* of a publick Min- -*
ister; as a new difficulty thrown in th* ' w
1
way of a restoration of a thorough good 1
“ We agreed in opinion that this inter
view could only be introductory to a more
formal proceeding on my part; and it was
accordingly settled between us that I should
present an official letter, to the effect of
my verbal communication.
“ Having prepared such a letter, I car- <
ried it myself to Downing*street a few days
afterwards, and accompanied the delivery
of it to Lord Wellesley with aonfe expla
natory observations, with which it is not I
presume necessary to trouble you. You
will find a copy of this letter enclosed and > $
will be able to collect from it the substance
the greater part of the statements and
'remarks which I thoughts ( my duty to
make in the conversation aWe mentioned:
“ A copy of the answers received on tii>
day of its date, is enclosed. * *
(COFY.j
Gbeat CuusxrlaWo Placb,
January 2rf, 1410.
In the course of the official correspon
dence which has lately taken place be
tween the Secretary of State of the Uni
ted States, and Mr. Jackson, his Majesty’®
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni
potentiary at Washington, it has unfortu
nately happened that Mr. Jackson baa
made it necessary that I should receive
the commands of the President to request
his recall, and that in the mean time the
intercourse between that Minister and the
American government should be suspended.
lam quite sure, my Lord, that I shall
best consult your Lordship’s wishes and
the respect which I owe to his Majesty’s
government, by executing my duty on thia
occasion with perfect simplicity and frank
ness. My instructions, too, point to that
course as required by the honour of the
two governments, and as suited to the con
fidence which the President entertains in
the disposition of his Majesty’s gdvern
ment to view in its true light the subject to
which they relate. With such induce
ments to exclude from this communication
every thing which is not intimately con
nected with its purpose, aqd, on the other
hand, to set forth with candour and expli
citness the facts and considerations which
really belong to the case, I should be un
pardonabte it I fatigued your Lordship with
unnecessary details, or affected any -re
serve.
Mr Lord,
Number 64.