Rhode-Island Republican (Newport, R.I.), 1805-01-24 00:00:00

Rhode-Island Republican.
AN INDISSOLUBLE UNION OF THE STATES, IS ESSENTIAL TO THEIR LIBERTY AND EXISTENCE.—WASHINGTON.
Published weekly, by OLIVER FARNWORTH, (Printer to the STATE, and of the LAWS of the UNITED STATES,) Thames-Street, NEWPORT.
Fowling Pieces.
Two Boxes English Fowling Pieces, just arrived from London, for sale by WALTER CORNELL, No. 106, Thames-Street. N. B. A beautiful assortment of Brads and Ibs, just received. Newport, Jan. 17.
FOR SALE BY
SIMEON MARTIN,
5 Hhds. good retailing Molasse, 300 wt. Hatt and Club Suet, 150 Boxes white & brown Havana Sugars, 500 Bushels Liverpool Salt, 30 Boxes plain Glass ware, each containing 80 Staws of half pint Tumblers, 10 pr. Straw—6 pint Decanters—6 half pint do. —12 wine Glasses, and 6 Salt Cellars, 40 12 bottle empty Gin Cales, 100 Bbs. Superfine Flour, 110 Bbs. of good Shipping Herring. Newport, April 4.
THOMAS D. STALL,
INFORMS his friends, and the public in general, that he has opened a Grocery Store, in his house in Thames-Street, late the property of Joseph Rogers, where he offers for sale the following Goods at a very low price:
Loaf, lamp white, powdered and brown, Hyson, Young hyson, Souchong, hyson skin, and bohea, Sherry and Malaga, Brandy, Jamaica Spirits, W. India Rum, N. England Rum, Bell Holland Geneva, Molasses, Rice and Flour, Coffee, Boston Chocolate, No. 1 and 2, Fresh box & cask Raisins, Cinnamon, Cassia, Mace, Cloves, Nutmegs, Allspice, Ginger, Pepper, Cayenne, Mustard, Indigo, Starch, Alum, Copperas, Powder and Shot, New-York Soap, Mould & dip Candles, N. York Lamps, twine & paper Tobacco, Lorrillard's best bladder Snuff, Cotton & wool Cands, A complete assortment of fishing Lines and hooks, deep sea lead Lines, clothes Lines and bed Cords, Broomcorn, Wrapping and writing Paper, Thread, needles, pins, tapes, &c. &c.
A general and extensive variety of Crockery and Glass Ware, With many other Articles too tedious to mention. Newport, April 19, 1804.
Nicholas Webster,
INFORMS the Public, that he has opened a GROCERY STORE in Broad Street, in the house, late the property of Mr. Caleb Earl, where he has for sale a general assortment of WEST-INDIA GOODS.
Among others, are the following articles: Rum, Brandy, Gin, Cherry-Rum, Molasses, Flour, Rye, and Indian Meal, Teas of various kinds, Coffee, Chocolate, Raisins, Currants, Pepper, Ginger, Allspice, Cinnamon, Nutmegs, Butter, Cheese, Candles, Onions, Tobacco, Snuff, Powder and Shot, Lamp-Oil, Loaf and Brown Sugars, &c. ALSO,
A general and extensive variety of Crockery and Hard Ware, Men's and Women's Shoes, &c. &c. with many other articles too tedious to mention; all which will be sold at the most reduced prices. Newport, Nov. 21. Goss
THOMAS D. STALL,
INFORMS his friends, and the public in general, that he has set to running a very handsome Coach, for the purpose of accommodating Ladies and Gentlemen, who wish to ride for pleasure. They may be assured of riding remarkable easy, and with the greatest safety, as Mr. Samuel Place (who is well known as an able and experienced driver) will take charge of the carriage. It will always be ready to go to any place required, either for a short or long distance, by making reasonable application at the Store of the said Thomas D. Stall, in Thames-Street, where the books will be kept; and the first name entered will have the preference. The price will be as usual, according to the distance. Newport, May 30, 1804.
One Hundred Dollars reward.
STOLEN from among the Goods saved from the wreck of the brig Minerva, stranded on Beaver-Tail, on the 27th ult. One Bale, containing twenty pieces fine German shirting Linen; one bale, containing five pieces Russia Sheeting; and one bale, containing two pieces of Russia Duck.—As very few such Linens are imported, it is requested that shop-keepers & others will be upon the look-out, if any are offered for sale. Whoever will give information to that the thief or thieves may be brought to justice and the Goods recovered, shall be entitled to the above reward, and Fifty Dollars for the Goods only.—All necessary charges will be paid by SIMON DAVIS, of Newport, or JAMES D'WOLFE, of Bristol. January 9th, 1805.
Take Notice.
THE Subscriber having been duly appointed by the Town of Newport (at a meeting, held Jan. 3, 1805) as Inspector of Chimneys, &c. and having given bonds as the law directs—He has employed a number of Sweepers, and is now ready and will enter immediately upon the duties of his office—and hereby cautions and forbids all persons from employing any chimney sweepers, except those under his direction. It is his design to go regularly through the Town, but should any persons wish to be waited on before their turn would come in course, they will please to apply at his house in Thames-Street, when they will receive immediate attention. JOHN WANTON.
Fire Inspector's Office, Jan. 9, 1805.
N. B. A part of the Act passed at the above mentioned meeting, requires that all chimneys in which fire is regularly kept, shall be swept once in three months, and such as are used occasionally, shall be swept at the discretion of the Inspector.—Also, when it becomes necessary for the safety of the inhabitants, or their property, that the Inspector be authorized and empowered to cause to be removed all combustible matter, alter and repair all dangerous and defective Hearths and Chimneys, Fire-places, &c. at the expense of the Proprietor of the premises; and when any difference in opinion arises respecting such removal, alteration, or repair, such difference shall be submitted for decision to three men, annually chosen for that purpose, whose decision shall be binding.—The said Act also provides, that in case any person shall oppose the said Inspector in the execution of his office, by refusing to have his chimney inspected or swept; or in any other particular, such person shall be subject and liable to a penalty not exceeding Ten Dollars, to be recovered by prosecution before any Justice of the Peace; and it shall be the duty of said Inspector, by and with the advice and direction of the aforesaid Committee forthwith to prosecute for the same.
THE Creditors of Henry Potter, of South-Kingsville, in the County of Washington, Laborer, are hereby notified to appear at the next General Assembly, to be held at Providence, on the fourth Monday in February, A. D. 1805, then and there to show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of his petition for the benefit of the Insolvent act, made and passed in June A. D. 1756, for the relief of Insolvent Debtors, ought not to be granted. THO. PECKHAM, Dep. Sec'y Newport, Jan. 15th, 1805.
THE Creditors of Christopher Holt, of Tiverton, in the county of Newport, Cordwainer, are hereby notified to appear before the General Assembly, at their next Session at Providence, in February, A. D. 1805, and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of his petition, praying for the benefit of the Act made and passed in A. D. 1756, for the relief of insolvent debtors, should not be granted. THO. PECKHAM, Dep. Sec'y. Newport, January 15th, 1805.
BOARDING HOUSE.
THE subscriber hereby informs his friends and the Public in general, that he has removed to Wickford, and occupies that spacious and pleasantly situated House, the property of Mr. Oliver Spink, directly opposite to the dwelling house of Daniel B. Updike,—where he will receive Students for the Washington Academy to board, at One Dollar and Forty Cents per week, including lodging, washing, &c. He will also be pleased to accommodate Gentlemen and Ladies who may visit Wickford, with board, lodging, &c. on the most reasonable terms.—He will use his best endeavors to pay every necessary attention, and his utmost exertions to please, and every favor duly acknowledged by their obedient servant, WESTGATE WATSON.
To be Sold by
JOSEPH LYON, 150 Barrels Tar, 150 Barrels Pitch.
LAWS OF THE UNION.
[PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.] EIGHTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
At the Second Session, begun and held at the City of Washington, in the Territory of Columbia, on the Fifth day of November, 1804. AN ACT For the disposal of certain copies of the Laws of the United States. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That three hundred copies of the laws of the United States, which have been procured by the Secretary of State, in obedience to the law passed for that purpose, and three hundred copies of the Journals of Congress, which have been procured in pursuance of the resolution of the second of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, shall be placed in the Library of Congress.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Senate, for the time being, be, and he is hereby authorized to receive three hundred copies of the Laws of the United States, out of the one thousand copies reserved by law for the disposal of Congress as soon as the same shall be printed, after each session; which he shall cause to be placed in the library, and distributed respectively with the sets of copies mentioned in the first section of this act; excepting only, that at the close of the present session which will complete the Eighth Congress, and in like manner after each particular session in future, which shall complete a Congress, he shall cause the several copies reserved by him as aforesaid, for all the sessions of each respective Congress to be bound in one volume, making three hundred volumes for each Congress, as aforesaid, which he shall cause to be placed in the library, assorted with the respective sets of copies mentioned in the first section of this act. And the several copies of the Laws and Journals of Congress, mentioned in this act shall not be taken out of the library, except by the President and Vice-President of the United States, and members of the Senate and House of Representatives for the time being.—And the expense of binding shall be paid, from time to time, out of the fund appropriated to defray the contingent expenses of both Houses of Congress.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, for the time being, be, and they are hereby empowered to establish such regulations and restrictions in relation to the copies of the Laws and Journals of Congress, directed by this act to be placed in the library, as to them shall seem proper, and from time to time, to alter and amend the same: Provided, that no regulation nor restriction shall be valid, which is repugnant to the provisions contained in this act.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That to make up the deficiency of the appropriation heretofore made, for the purchase of four hundred copies of the Laws of the United States, the sum of eleven hundred and forty-four dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, payable out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated. NATL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. BURR, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. APPROVED, JAN. 2, 1805. TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT,
Concerning Drawbacks on Goods, Wares, and Merchandise. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of the sixth section of the act, entitled, "An act for laying and collecting duties on imports & tonnage within the territory ceded to the United States by the treaty of the thirtieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and three, between the United States and the French Republic, and for other purposes," as prohibits the allowance of drawbacks of duties on goods, wares & merchandise, exported from the port of New-Orleans, other than those imported into the same place, directly from a foreign port or place, shall be, and the same is hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That any goods, wares, or merchandise, which shall be exported from the United States, or the district of Mississippi, in the manner prescribed by law, to any foreign port or place, situated to the Westward or Southward of Louisiana, shall be deemed and taken to be entitled to such drawback of duties as would be allowable thereon, when exported to any other foreign port or place; any thing in the act entitled, "An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage," to the contrary notwithstanding.
This act shall commence and be in force from and after the first day of March next. NATL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. BURR, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. APPROVED, JAN. 5, 1805. TH: JEFFERSON.
Latest Foreign Articles.
From London papers to November 24, received at New-Bedford, by the arrival of the Kingston, capt. Stevens.
FRENCH OFFICIAL PAPERS.
(From the Paris Monitor, Nov. 5.) Circular Note from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, to all the Agents of his Majesty the Emperor at the French.
Aix-la-Chapelle, 18th Brumidor, (Sept. 5,) Year 12. YOU must, Sir, have observed and known, according to my instructions at the time of the communication of the Note of Lord Hawkesbury, to the Foreign Ministers residing in London, the impression which this publication of the strongest maxims of political and social morality could not fail to produce on the mind of the government with which you reside. I think I ought to return to the subject; I, therefore, send you officially a copy of this note, and expressly charge you, by order of his Majesty, to make it an object of special conference with the Ministry of —.
The project which the English government has conceived for the last half century, gradually to abolish the tutelary system of public law which unites and engages all civilized nations, developed itself with a fearful progression. Will other governments refrain from making opposition to such an enterprise, till there no longer exists any moral bond which may preserve their rights, guarantee their engagements, and protect their interests?
The powers of the Continent have seen with what audacity the faith of oaths has been sported with by this government, and solemn treaties violated even before they were carried into execution. The maritime nations every day experience its tyranny. There no longer exists a theoretical principle of navigation, any written convention, which has not been scandalously violated on every shore and in every sea. Neutral States know, that even in using the rights which still remain to them, with the most timid circumspection, they expose themselves to insult, to pillage, and to extermination.
Those States, in fine, which have the unhappiness to be at war, no more rely on any reciprocal principle of moderation and justice. All the bonds existing between them & neutral powers are broken. Approach to the coasts and entrance into the ports and islands, though situated at the distance of 200 leagues from the station of their squadrons, have been prohibited by simple proclamations.
Thus the English government has hitherto opposed to every power, according to its particular position, a maxim injurious to its honor and subversive of all its rights. It now attacks them altogether, and the more completely to attain its end, directs its blows against morality itself, and if I may so speak, against the religion of public law.
In all countries and in all times, the Ministry of Diplomatic agents has been held in veneration amongst men.
Ministers of peace, organs of conciliation, their presence is an augury of wisdom, of justice, & of happiness. They speak & act only to terminate or prevent those fatal differences which divide princes & degrade nations, by the passions, murders, and miseries which war produces. Such is the object of the Diplomatic Ministry, & to the observation of the duties it imposes, and to the generally respectable character of the men who exercise this sacred Ministry in Europe, is that quarter of the world indebted for the glory and happiness it enjoys. But these happy results torment the jealous ambition of the only government which finds its interests in the ruin, the disgrace, and the servitude of their government.
It wishes Diplomatic Ministers to be the instigators of plots, the agents of disturbances, the directors of secret machinations, vile spies, and cowardly conspirators; it charges them to foment sedition, to excite and pay assassinations, & it would endeavor to shield the infamous service with the respect and inviolability which are due to the Mediators of Kings, the Facilitators of Nations.
"Diplomatic Ministers (says Lord Hawkesbury) ought not to conspire in the country in which they reside, against the laws of that country; but, they are not subject to the same rules with respect to states to which they are not accredited." Admirable restriction! Europe will be filled with conspirators, yet the defenders of the public law will have no right to complain.

There will be always some local distance between the chief and his accomplices. The Ministers of Lord Hawkesbury will pay for the crimes which they will cause to be committed; but they will have this prudent deference for public morality—that they will not be at once the obligators and witnesses of the fact.
Such measures are the height of audacity and hypocrisy. Never has the opinion of cabinets, & the common sense of nations, been sported with so little shame. His Majesty the Emperor thinks it is time to put an end to this disastrous train of principles, subversive of all social order.
You are in consequence ordered to declare to the government with which you reside, that his Majesty will not acknowledge the English corps diplomatic in Europe, so long as the British Ministry shall not abstain from charging its Ministers with any agency in war, and not retain them within the limits of their functions.
The evils suffered by Europe arise only from this, that it is every where believed, that we are bound to observe the maxims of moderation and liberality, which being just only from reciprocity, are not obligatory, except to those who submit to be bound by them. Hence governments have as much to suffer from their own justice as from the iniquity of a Ministry which acknowledges no law but its ambition and its caprice.
The evils of Europe arise again from this, that public law is considered under a partial point of view, whereas it has neither life nor force but as a whole. The maritime law, continental law, and law of nations, are not points of public law, which may be considered and observed separately. The nation which pretends to introduce arbitrary rules into one of these parts, loses all its rights to the privileges of the whole. The systematic infractor of the law of nations, places himself out of that law, and renounces every interest founded on the maritime and continental law.
His Majesty the Emperor regrets having to order measures which are an absolute interdiction against a government; but all persons who reflect will easily perceive, that in this he only acts according to facts.
The English Ministry, by the universality of its attacks, has placed the coasts, the isles, the ports, the neutral powers, and commerce in general, in a state of interdiction. Recently, in fine, it has proclaimed the prostitution of the Ministry the most sacred, and the most indispensable to the tranquillity of the world. His Majesty believes it his duty to call the attention of all Governments, and to inform them, that without new measures, taken under a sense of the present danger, all the ancient maxims, on which are founded the honor and independence of States, must immediately be annihilated.
(Signed) C. M. TALLEYRAND.
The following is an extract of a letter from the Minister of General Police, to the Marshal Bernadotte, ordering the apprehension of Sir Geo. Rumbold.
Paris, 18 Vendemaire (Oct. 10.) (After stating that M. Rumbold is following the system of Messrs. Drake and Smith, and that the British Ministry has avowed a plan of conspiracy "which is proved, besides by the conduct of Mr. Taylor, and the original papers in my hands," Fouche proceeds in the following terms:)
"In consequence of these new and subversive principles, his Majesty the Emperor, has caused it to be declared, that he will not recognize any diplomatic character in the English Agents who have been placed, by their own Government, out of the Law of Nations, and the common law of civilized nations; they desire then that M. Rumbold be considered as any other English individual who should adopt criminal practices, and be seized if it be in your power to do it, taking every measure to secure his papers. I invite you, Marshal, to take all the necessary steps to accomplish this object.
I have the honor to be, (Signed) FOUCHÉ."
ENGLISH MERCHANDIZE.
The General of brigade Alexander Roussan, charged with the command and superintendence of the coasts and ports of the Meuse.
To the Lords of the Magistracy, forming the government of the city of Rotterdam. Head-quarters, Rotterdam, 24th Brumaire, Nov. 15th, 1804.
GENTLEMEN,
I have the honor to inform you, that the General in Chief having received fresh orders from his Majesty the Emperor relative to commerce, and the extraordinary measures to be adopted against England, has charged me to acquaint the Merchants, that ships known to have come from England, or the captains of which shall declare on oath that they come from English ports, shall be seized.
The moderation of the General in chief made him exclude from this measure all colonial produce, and apply the seizure only to prohibited merchandise; but he has received orders to seize the whole cargoes of the ships, if there be any English merchandise on board.
Such seizure is to take place, and to be effected without any exception or modification.
Yet such is his affection, that he has charged me in his letter of 21st Brumaire (12th Nov.) to inform the trade, that he will not put this measure into execution till after the expiration of 14 days, in order to give the merchants time to make the necessary dispositions, for the arrival of the ships consigned to them from London or other neutral ports.
I request you, therefore, Gentlemen, to inform the trade of the same immediately, and in the official way, and to acknowledge the receipt hereof. I salute you with particular esteem. (Signed) ROUSSEAU.
London, Nov. 22.
On the arrest & carrying off of Sir George Rumbold, the British Minister to the Circle of Lower Saxony, the Senate of Hamburg sent the following Note to the Ministers residing there:
"It is with the deepest regret that the Sen-
ate is obliged to inform your Excellency of an occurrence, which is, in every respect, of a most serious nature, and which has filled the Senate with the greatest sorrow. Last night a detachment of between two and three hundred French troops landed secretly in the suburb called Hamburger Berg, proceeded to the Grindel, and there surrounded the country house of Sir George Rumbold, Baronet, Chargé d'Affaires from his Britannic Majesty, to the Circle of Lower Saxony, seized him, and carried him, with some of his effects, to Hamburg. As it was impossible for the Senate to prevent this occurrence, which did not come to their knowledge till after it had taken place, it now only remains for them to employ every means to claim the liberation of Sir George Rumbold, and the restoration of his effects. The Senate begs your Excellency to be assured they will leave no means untried, as far as lies in their power, to obtain that end.
(Signed) WIDOW. Hamburg, Oct. 25, 1804.
The Moniteur of the 11th inst. in the Paris article, says—
"Mr. Rumbold, English Agent at Hamburg, arrested within cannon shot of the advanced post of the French army of Hanover, & carried to Paris, has been liberated through the protection of the King of Prussia, and has been sent to England by the way of Cherbourg. If the proceedings against this worthy associate of Drake, Spencer Smith, and Taylor, had been completed, they would have furnished instances as remarkable as those of his accomplices."
November 24.
Altho' Ministers have not received any dispatch directly from Mr. Frere, announcing his intended departure from Madrid on the 10th of this month, yet the probability of such an event leads us to believe that the intelligence is in substance true. We never could see the smallest possibility of negotiation after the capture of the Spanish frigates, a measure which, independent of pre-existing differences, must have been so difficult to conciliate, either with the pride or the interests of Spain.
The distress of that Power, and a natural anxiety to save such part of her American returns as were expected home, might dictate a system of evasive procrastination, though this appears doubtful, since the event which has occurred was calculated to excite a quick feeling of resentment, which could only be displayed with dignity but in an immediate termination of diplomatic proceedings. If Ministers have grounds to justify the war, they must have existed long before the orders to seize Spanish vessels, for the conduct of Spain, however hostile and averse to negotiation, after that will appear sufficiently natural.
Parliament, it is now understood will be farther prorogued to the 15th January, and the Proclamation will appear in to-morrow's Gazette.
PARIS, Nov. 4.
Yesterday an English three masted vessel from St. Peter'sburgh, with twelve guns, and 20 men, and a cargo estimated at 500,000 livres (above 15,000l. sterling) ran ashore near Calais; the vessel was seized and was safe, and the crew were made prisoners.
A decree has been published, permitting the exportation of grain to Spain and Portugal, from the departments on the frontiers of Spain, and certain ports.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE!
GOTTENBURGH, Nov. 2.
Yesterday morning about 2 o'clock, a dreadful fire broke out here, which continued to burn with unremitting fury until ten, during which time (the houses being chiefly of wood) it consumed the whole south-west part of the city; the large new barracks which were built with brick, and cost 40,000l. sterling, the two royal magazines of grain, the custom-house, and the episcopal house, the Freemaçons charity school, together with between two and three hundred houses were entirely destroyed: The distress of the sufferers, particularly of the poor, at this inclement season, is very great, but every means is taken to alleviate it: The rich and patriotic merchant, Mr. John Hail, has, with a humane zeal which always distinguishes him, opened his spacious house and premises for as many as it will contain, and has given up his private Theatre for the use of the Freemaçons charity children: Several others have followed his example. It is ascertained that the fire has dislodged more than 7,000 people, and has sadly deformed one of the handsomest cities in the North of Europe.
LATEST FROM TRIPOLI.
A letter from an officer on board the President, dated Syracuse harbor, Sept. 28th, states the following facts, which are too interesting, too illustrative of the high heroism of our seamen, and too honorable to the memory of the deceased to be withheld from the public.
"I wrote you from Gibraltar the 13th August, and from Malta the 6th inst. since which we have been off Tripoli, and arrived here two days since. Two days previous to our arriving off Tripoli, a boat was filled with 100 barrels of powder started in loose, and 300 shells; the command was given to our friend Somers, who had with him Lieutenants Wadsworth and Israel, with about 20 men, his orders were to get in as nigh the town and batteries as possible and put fire to the train, he had with him a small boat to effect his escape from the harbor, off which was captain Stewart in the Syren, waiting for him. When we arrived off Tripoli we were informed that he got well in and set fire to the train, but by some accident it was supposed the train communicated to the dry powder before they got off a sufficient distance from the vessel. But by an arrival here last night of a small vessel from Malta, the captain of whom was at Tripoli at the time of the explosion, he informs that Somers had got well in; when two gun boats full of men were sent to board him,
which they effected, 100 Tripolitans being on board of his boat, he found he must either fall into their hands or blow himself up; he chose the latter and with his own hands put the match to the powder, which instantly dashed to pieces the boats, and every person in them. About 100 shells fell into the town and castle, at this instant there was the greatest consternation every where, and with 200 men I believe the castle might have been taken."
Among the brave fellows, who thus ended their days, and laid a well founded claim to glory, where capt. Somers, of Jersey, lieut. Wadsworth, of Massachusetts, midshipman Israel, of Maryland—whose names have been stated before, but which are now given with greater precision to prevent mistakes.
The vessel blown up was a lugger, of but little value, taken from the enemy.
Extract of a letter from our Correspondent at Washington, dated January 9.
"I have recently received a letter from a friend who accompanied our fleet to the Mediterranean written at Malta, under date of 20th Sept. ult. I will extract a part of it for your use. If you have become possessed of the same or nearly the same information before you receive this, which I think probable, you will give me credit for good intentions, and the account between us will be settled."
"The following extracts will, perhaps, be acceptable:—
"Commodore Barron's squadron arrived here on the 5th and fell in with Commodore Preble, off Tripoli, and on the 9th inst. The enterprise of this judicious and gallant commander has effected astonishment here. You will undoubtedly have the facts in detail before the public. With the small force under his command, he has stamped an impression on the Barbary miscreants, which will not be erased this generation, and has restored the character of our arms, to its proper value among the neighboring nations. As evidence of this conclusion, I extract the following paragraph from a letter addressed to the Commodore, by a distinguished Commander in the British navy; whose abilities and valor have raised him to high rank, great eminence, and to the government of the most important post in this sea."
"I beg leave to repeat my congratulations on the services you have rendered your country and the fair breadth escapes you have had, in setting so distinguished an example to your countrymen, whose bravery and enterprize cannot fail to mark the character of a great and rising nation in a manner that will ultimately be attended with the best and most important consequences to your country."
"If I were to offer my humble opinion, it would be that you have done well in not purchasing a peace with money. A few brave men have been sacrificed, but they could not have fallen in a better cause—and I even conceive it better to risk more lives, than to submit to terms which might encourage the Barbary States to fresh demands and insult."
"Thus much from the letter of the British commander (probably Sir Alexander Baily) to commodore P. on which my friend observes:—This encomium has the more weight, as it comes from a quarter too independent to use adulation, and very capable of judging of the most brilliant actions."
My friend then adds—
"The pope of Rome expresses himself thus on the subject:—'The American commander, with a small force, and in a short space of time, has done more for the cause of Christianity, than the most powerful nations of Christendom have done for ages.' [Ev. P.]
From WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.
"Further accounts have been received by our squadron before Tripoli. The fire ship, which, we supposed, had taken fire accidentally, was blown up intentionally by the crew. Two Tripolitan gun boats were so near as to endanger the capture of the fire-ship, and rather than to be taken and to be defeated in their design, the crew heroically blew up the ship, and blew themselves and the Tripolitan gun-boats into atoms."
"This act and the bombardment of the town of Tripoli by our squadron, so terrified and dismayed the barbarians, that they abandoned the town and fled into the country; and, had only 200 men landed, the town and the Bashaw's castle might have been sacked and reduced to ashes. The prospect of obtaining our own terms grows daily more flattering, and in a short time we may expect to hear that a secure and honorable treaty has been made, by means of our cannon, and the heroism of our countrymen."
[Aurora.]
THE Hon. Court of Probate for the town of Newport, have allowed the further term of six months from this date, for the creditors of Edward Stanhope, late of Newport, Baker, deceased, to exhibit their claims. The subscribers will receive said claims on the first Mondays in February, April, and June next, at the Office of Daniel Lyman, & Gold S. Silliman.
WILLIAM S. N. ALLEN, } Commis- GOLD S. SILLIMAN, } sioners.
All indebted to the estate of said Edward, deceased, are earnestly requested to make immediate payment to
MARY STANHOPE, Adminx. THOMAS D. STALL, Administ'r. Newport, Jan. 7th, 1805.
SAMUEL JAMES, HAS FOR SALE,
AT his Paper Hanging Manufactory, which is in the House he now occupies, opposite to Mr. Lewis Peck's, on the West-Side of the Bridge, Providence, a great variety of
House Paper and Bordering,
of the newest and most elegant Figures at wholesale and retail, on as good terms as can be purchased in America.
A generous credit given to those who purchase by the quantity for retailing.
N. B. The above is printed on good paper, and the work well executed, by and under the direction of a workman from Europe.
April 2, 1804. 183
Washing Machine.
THE subscribers having purchased the patent right for the counties of Newport & Bristol, for making, using, and vending to others to be used, a Machine for the purpose of washing clothes, fulling, scouring, and cleansing cloth, under the original patent right, which was granted by the Congress of the United States of America, unto Daniel S. Dean, of the town of Beckman, in Dutchess county, State of New York, on the 20th day of February, 1804. All persons are hereby forbid making, using, or vending said Machine, within the counties aforesaid, under the penalty of the Law, without the authority of us, or our agents, being first granted them. Any person may be accommodated, by calling on BENJAMIN PITMAN, jun. JOSHUA NICHOLS.
N. B. Those who may wish to purchase the Patent right for the county of Bristol, please to apply as above.
Newport, Sept. 19. 1804.
THE Court of Probate of the town of Westerly, having appointed the subscribers Commissioners, to receive & examine the claims of the creditors to the estate of Capt. Oliver Lewis, late of Westerly, deceased, represented insolvent; and six months from the fifth day of November 1804, being allowed for that purpose:—Notice is hereby given, that they will attend on said business at the dwelling house of the Widow Elizabeth Lewis, in said Westerly, on the first Fridays in December, February, and April next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon on each day. No accounts will be allowed unless properly authenticated.
SAMUEL BROWN, 1 Commis- JOSHUA VOSE, } sioners.
All persons indebted to said estate, are requested to make immediate payment to ELIZABETH LEWIS, Adminx. JOHN CROSS, jun. Administ'r. Westerly, Nov. 9th, 1804.
Washing, Fulling, &c.
NOTICE is hereby given, that we the subscribers, have purchased the patent right for the counties of Washington and Kent, for making, using, and vending a Machine for the purpose of washing clothes, fulling and rolling cloth, under the original patent right which was granted by the Congress of the United States of America, unto Daniel T. Dean, of the State of New York, on the 20th of February, 1804.—All persons are hereby forbid, making, vending or using such Machine, within the counties aforesaid, under the penalty of the law, without the liberty of us, or our agents being first granted them. Any person, upon applying to us for an individual right, or on a larger scale, may have the liberty granted them for a moderate compensation. FORDEN RATHBUN, ROBERT H. NILES. Wickford (N.K.) 24th 7th Mo. 1804.
GEORGE THOMAS,
Confectioner, Distiller, and Fruit Preserver, HAS FOR SALE the following Articles, viz. box and cask raisins; figs; almonds in shell; prunes; currants; nutmegs; Cloves; Cinnamon; allspice; black and Cayenne pepper; ginger; mustard; spice bitters; tea; coffee; cocoa shells; chocolate No. 1 and 2, prepared with and without vanilla; brown, powdered & loaf sugar; Cordials of all kinds; ginger preserves.—An assortment of Preserved Fruits in brandy, olives, anchovies, pea nuts; best Frontignac, Sherry, Teneriffe and Malaga Wines; Sirrup, already prepared for punch, superior to any commonly used; 1st and 4th proof Jamaica Spirits, & Antigua Rum; best Spanish Segars; with an elegant assortment of Glass & Crockery WARE, which he is determined to sell very low.—Punctual attendance and the smallest favors gratefully acknowledged.
A new supply of PATENT CHIP FOR BONNETS.
THE Subscriber having purchased of the Patentees the exclusive Right of making and vending the Patent Chip in and for the State of Rhode Island, hereby cautions and forbids any Person or Persons either making or vending said Chip for Bonnets, within said State of Rhode Island, on Penalty of the Law of the United States in such Case made and provided—unless they have been duly and previously authorized by the Subscriber for making or vending the same.
Twenty Dollars Reward will be given, by the Subscriber, to any Person who may discover, and produce satisfactory Proof, of any Person or Persons making or vending the aforesaid Chip within the State of Rhode Island.
JONATHAN NICHOLS.
Mr. WILLIAM DOUGLASS, being appointed Agent for vending said chip for the Town of Newport, will keep a constant supply at his Store for sale.
Newport, Dec. 20, 1804.
For sale at this Office, the SCHOOL MASTER'S ASSISTANT, By NATHAN DABOL—Price 50 Cents.

NORFOLK, (Virginia) Jan. 7.
With regret we announce the loss of the Schooner Polly and Peggy, of Portsmouth, (Virginia) from Antigua to this port, laden with rum, fruit, &c. commanded by the eldest son of Mr. George Beale of this Borough, who with the rest of the crew we are sorry to add is lost. She went to pieces on Currutuck, near Knotts Island, on or about the 20th ult. We learn that 60 or 80 hds. of the rum has floated ashore, and two dead bodies, one supposed to be that of the captain who was a very promising young man and much esteemed by all his acquaintance.
We also learn, that there are a number of vessels ashore to the southward of Cape Henry.
In the gale on Thursday last, a boat with 6 negroes on board, upset off Patterson's wharf, five of them were drowned, the other saved himself by clinging to the boat.
Capt. Walsingham, in 74 days from Lisbon bound to Philadelphia, put in here yesterday. On the 25th of Dec. Capt. W. fell in with the crew of the ship Pelican, Capt. Lewis, (19 in number) who had quitted that ship two days before in the long boat. The Pelican was from Surinam, bound to Newport, Rhode-Island, with coals for ballast, and foundered in lat. 37, 40, long. 73, 20—several of the crew are much frost-bitten.
In addition to the preceding, our marine memoranda will be found to contain details of great distress on the coast, and we apprehend that yet further and greater distress has been suffered, for we do not recollect at any period for many years past, so much bad weather as has been experienced for the last 10 or 15 days.
The following statement of John Heath, Esq. one of the Executive Councillors of Virginia, upon the faith of whose word, the assertion was originally made, will fully discover the overbearing and persecuting spirit of Judge Chase, who is now under impeachment.
"In May Session of the Federal Circuit court for the Middle district of Virginia, in 1800, held at the Capitol in the city of Richmond, when Judge Chase presided—I visited the Judge at his Chambers, in the house of a Mr. Crouch, on the subject of an injunction, for a Mr. Gordon vs. Mr. Smith of Baltimore; and during a conversation with the Judge on this subject, Mr. David M. Randolph, the Marshal of Virginia at that time, stepped in, with a paper in his hand. The Judge instantly accosted him, by asking him what it was he had in his hand—Mr. Randolph replied, it was the panel of the Petit Jurors summoned for the trial of James T. Callender.—The Judge then emphatically said, "have you any of those people or creatures called democrats on that list or panel?" Mr. R. hesitated for a moment, and then replied: That he did not know; he had not made the discrimination, or words to that import. "Then, says the Judge, "look again, and if you have, strike them all off."—To this the subscriber will depose.
JOHN HEATH.
FROM SPAIN.
Capt. Allen, from Cadiz, which he left on the 19th Nov. informs, that when he sailed, war was confidently expected with England.—An English fleet of 7 sail was off Cadiz. Capt. A. understood, as he came out, that they had captured and detained, a Spanish frigate from Cadiz, and that another frigate which failed at the same time, had escaped. The day Captain Allen failed, Flour was sold at 17 dollars per barrel, and wheat at about 3 dollars per bushel. Newbedford pap.
FIRES. —At New-Haven, on the morning of the 2d inst. a store owned by Mr. Henry Yorke, and occupied by Mr. Lent Hotchkiss; a house owned by Mr. John Chatterton, and occupied by Mr. Daniels, baker, and Mr. Manice, tobacconist; and a store, dwelling-house and an old building,
owned by Messrs. Atwater and Dagget, were consumed.—The loss of personal property was also considerable. On the 3d, a stone cutter's shop was consumed.—At Dunbarton, on the 22d ult. the house and furniture of Wm. Stinson—loss estimated at about 3000 dollars.—At Nottingham a house owned by Col. B. Colley, occupied by Mr. Randal.
We hear that a house at Saco, in the county of York, (Mass.) was destroyed by fire last week; and that the owner perished in the flames. It is said a maid-servant had taken a child from the house during the fire, without being observed by the parents, who supposed their infant was in its crib; the father rushed forward to preserve it, but never returned.
FOR THE RHODE-ISLAND REPUBLICAN.
THE Laplander: Ah! I have made a small mistake! the Landholder, as he calls himself (and it is probable he holds as much land as far as did when he proudly offered all the kingdoms of the world as a bounty!) the Laplander, we should have said the Landholder, because he has said so, though in distinctness he ought to have blended the two and called himself the Landholder: This Landholder, or Land-lubber, self-styled "the Landholder," has in the last Mercury come out with his fourth number of "any thing or nothing," or the Lord knows what for it surpasseth the sagacity of the son of man to conceive the drift and object of these rare productions. They bring to mind this old, and therefore venerable saying, that
A man of words, and not of deeds Is like a garden full of weeds.
It is true they give rise to a current of thought; but then it is entirely of a jarring, a ludicrous description, such as is exemplified in the following anecdote.
There was a certain Lawyer who was remarkably squint-eyed; and the more his sensibilities were excited, the more his eyes would squint. He happened to be concerned in a very interesting case, and the zeal which he felt in it, operated to distort his optical organs to an unusual and truly laughable degree. A brother lawyer who sat over against him, and who had attentively observed the ambiguous, and inextricable cast of his eyes, humorously inquired of him what he was looking at? Looking! Why (said he) I am looking at the true point of the case!
The Landholder who writes in the Mercury, may have had his attention occupied by the true point of a case: But his manner of writing, like the Lawyer's eye, is so very much askew, that we are not only at a loss about the point, but even about the case itself.
So it has been said that at a time when Judge Chase presided in a Circuit Court in this town, he abruptly stopped one of the Lawyers in his argument, and gravely inquired of him which side he was of? This, however, we do not mention as being applicable to the Landholder. Whatever uncertainty may attend a conjecture relative to his particular object, few will doubt the complexion of his general principles in politics.
Suppose it should be propounded that he was pressing for, and paving the way to the Spring Election; or the next choice of Representatives to Congress; or of a President of the United States: Who, judging from what he has yet said, would acquiesce in either proposition? Is it that he calculates upon a beginning de visu , and educating the public in the science of politics according to his own maxims of a judicious, and prosperous administration: If the people of Rhode-Island, aspiring to his instructions, become improved by his counsel, public gratitude requires they should rally round his person, and remember, and reward him.
It is more than probable however, that his four first numbers, however generously and patriotically meant, will eventually prove to be superfluous; for as there is a possibility of traveling too far back, tho' it were even in the laudable task of reformation, so there is an appearance that the Landholder has laid his rudiments too low for the profession of those whom it would seem he considers as his pupils.
NEWPORT, Thursday, Jan. 24, 1805.
By an arrival at New-Bedford on the 15th inst. European dates are received down to the 24th of November, twenty one days later than before received.—A selection of the most interesting articles will be found under our Foreign head.
It appears that the trial of William P. Van Ness and Nathaniel Pendleton, (who were the seconds in the late duel between Gen. Hamilton and Col. Burr) has terminated in the city of New-York.—The jury, without retiring from the box, returned a verdict of guilty; by which they are rendered incapable of sustaining any office of honor or profit in that State for the term of twenty years.
The trials of Richard Riker, and Robert Swartwout, for having been concerned in a duel, are to take place at the session now holding.
It is stated in letters from Malaga, that during the last fall not less than 27,500 persons had fallen victims to the fever in that city; but the beginning of Nov. the number of deaths averaged not more than 60 daily.
COMMUNICATION.
The great benefit the inhabitants of New-Port must have derived this winter, had a bridge been thrown over Howland's ferry, in the article of fire wood only, is very apparent, as it is well known there is a large quantity of wood within a few miles of that ferry, which might thus have easily been transported to this town.—This being true, it behooves our mounted men, on whom alone it devolves, to render so essential a service to the town, as well as themselves—to subscribe a sufficient sum this winter, for building a permanent bridge of stone, so as to be able to commence their operations as early in the spring as possible. The advantages (as well as honor) arising from this, would alone recompense them in a short time—they would find in a few years, that this same bridge stock would be much more valuable than any they may hold in either of the Banks or Insurance Companies of this town.—The merchant as well as mechanic would be greatly benefited, as the number of their customers will increase in proportion with the farmer's expense, ease and safety of traveling, &c.
The distress which many of our fellow-citizens experience for the want of food and fuel, is and must be great; and as wood is scarcely to be had at this season of the year, even by those who have money to purchase, it is the duty of those who have provided themselves with that valuable article for the winter, to supply the poor who are perishing for the want of it.—It is their duty also to be prudent in the use of it, as well as charitable in bestowing—I say duty, because I consider it incumbent on the rich to assist the poor. Many there are, I know, who keep three or four fires constantly consuming fuel, when one or two would suffice; and much of that might be spared which is lavishly and ostentatiously burnt at a time when little is required. To them, the severities of winter and hunger, are not however, known. Disipating their property in the luxuries of dress and taste, they will not allow a moment's serious reflection, to call a shade over the gay scene which fortune has spread before them. But the rigid winter of life will perhaps overtake many of them unprepared. At any rate, their pampered appetites must soon be satisfied from an unwelcome dish, served up by the hand of death—who impartially deals out to all the same coarse fare. Think of this, ye rich! ye vainly wise! nor withhold your bounties from the poor.
HUMANITAS.
Smoking of Pipes & Segars.
A correspondent requests the publication of the following law, (which is still in full force) for the information of those who profess ignorance of it; and trusts that the citizens of Newport generally will aid and assist the officers of the Police in carrying the same into effect, though any person be found violating a regulation so proper and necessary in a town like this, exposed to total destruction from a single spark of fire, inadvertently thrown or dropped so as to communicate, while passing the streets, &c.—and also wishes it to be known, that it is the determination of a very respectable number of citizens to make complaint and prosecute, without any respect to persons.
In Town-Meeting, Dec. 12th, 1799.
VOTED. That no person be suffered to smoke a pipe or segar in any of the streets of Newport, after sunset, upon the penalty of paying a fine of One Dollar, to and for the use of the Town, to be prosecuted and recovered before any or either of the Justices of the Peace in said Town, who are required to take cognizance of the same.
A true copy from the Records.
Witness, JONATHAN ALMY, Town Ck. Newport, 23d Jan. 1805.
CUSTOM-HOUSE.
District of Newport, Jan. 23.
ENTERED.    Sloop Fame, Brown,  Newyork    Schooner Sally, Thornton,  Edenton    Do. William, Tryon,  St. Christophers    CLEARED,    Brig Hannah, Dayton,  St. Thomas    Schooner Commerce, Ball,  Charleston.  
Arrived on the 20th inst. Sch. William, of Hartford, Josiah Tryon master, 19 days from St. Christophers. Left at Batsisterre, (Guada.) Dec. 26, Sch. Nancy, Smith, for Boston, to sail in ten days. Brig Supiel, Bosworth, of Boston, for Savannah; brig Sally, Vail, of New-Haven, to sail in two days for New-York. Left at St. Christophers, January 1st, brig Eliza, of New-Haven, Elijah Mix master, to sail in 8 days. Jan. 16th, in lat. 35, long. 71, 30, spoke the brig Angerousia, ten days from Martinique, for New-York. Jan. 17th, in lat. 36, long. 72, spoke the brig Eliza, Edward Gitswold master, 16 days from Martinique, for New-York.
Arrived on Tuesday, ship Charles and Harriet, Phineas Clarke, master, 35 days from the Isle of May—owned by Sheldon, Ruggles & Co.
During the storm on Wednesday night, the 6th inst. the Packet Hancock, of Providence, from New-York, with a very valuable cargo, & a number of Ladies and Gentlemen passengers—ran upon the rock called Goose-Island, about 14 miles East of New-Haven light-house, and three quarters of a mile West of Falkland-Island light-house, bilged and took. We are happy to add, no lives were lost. It is mentioned in a New-Haven paper, that one of the passengers lost 4000 dollars in bank bills, contained in his trunk which lay under a quantity of other articles in the fore-peak. Several other vessels ran upon the same reef about the same time, and received considerable injury. They were deceived in the distance by the glazing of ice which covered the light-house lanterns.
The Sac and Fox nations of Indians have ceded to the United States a valuable country, with a front of
609 miles on the Mississippi. It contains 80,000 square miles, and is equal to 51,200,000 acres. The treaty ending this territory, was signed at Louis, the 3d November.
That ferocious and dangerous animal, the Catamount , now extinct at Boxford, (Mass.) and have been killed near Andover. Inhabitants of the former town frequently in the late season, loosed sheep, without being able to account for it; and several persons have reported that they had seen in the woods some animal of an uncommon and terrifying appearance, but without giving much attention. Some time last month however, a young man having occasion to go through the woods, as it part of the woods, he took with him his gun, merely charged for a squirrel in case he should chance to see one. As he was passing on, his dog, perceiving a squirrel at a little distance, began to bark; but as the young man was going to the place to shoot him, he perceived a large, long bodied, fierce looking animal, apparently of the cat kind, making towards him. He turned and ran, and winged with terror, sprang upon the trunk of a fallen tree, which lay in a slanting position lodged upon another, and which he could scarcely ascend in another circumstance. He had got to about sixteen feet from the ground, when calling his eyes down, he beheld his enemy just on the point of making a leap at him, which caused him immediately to jump to the ground, so that each gained the other's place at the same instant; the young man then suddenly presented his gun at the face of the creature, and fired his small charge, but could not determine whether it injured him; but he immediately sprang from the tree again, seized upon the pan, and with his enormous claws scratched and tore the flock. It was fortunate for the young man, that he took the gun for the object of his vengeance; it undoubtedly saved his life; he wrested it from him, turned and ran, and the creature who at one bound might have fastened his claws into his prey, did not pursue him; this is attributed to his missing him at his first firing, which is said to have the effect in some measure to disconcert and discourage him. [Salem Reg.]
A fatal practice. —Dr. Waterhouse, in one of his late college lectures, stated an alarming fact, viz. that instances of depraved health had increased and were increasing among scholars; and that there were more medical consumptive complaints within three or four years past, than for upwards of twenty years previous. The cause of this declining health being sought for, it was found to originate principally from an indolent or sedentary habit brought on and continued by the custom of smoking segars.
NOTICE is hereby given to all persons having any demands against the estate of David Melvill, late of Newport, deceased, to present their accounts for settlement; and those who stand indebted, are desired to make immediate payment to D. MELVILL, Executor. Newport, Jan. 24th, 1805.
LOST,
Off Coasters Harbor, the 12th of January, 1805, a Pine Skiff, painted red, inside and out. Whoever takes up said Skiff, and gives information, or delivers her to Samuel S. Carr, of Newport, shall be generously rewarded by EBENEZER SLOCUM.
The Hon. Court of Probate of the town of Newport, having appointed the subscribers, Commissioners, to receive and examine the claims of the creditors to the estate of Isaac Dayton, Esq. late of said Newport, deceased, represented insolvent, and allowed six months from the eighth day of this present month, for that purpose.—Notice is hereby given, that they will receive all claims against said estate at their respective dwellings, at any time within the period above mentioned.
No accounts will be received unless properly attested. DANIEL DUNHAM, jun. } Commis. WILLIAM ENNIS, } All persons indebted to said estate, are requested to make immediate payment to MARY DAYTON, } Executrix. BENEDICT DAYTON, } Newport, Jan. 23, 1805.

EDITOR, To publicity to the following, you will be obliged a friend to Gruper. Mi ere longer I follow a found, be No longer a dream I pursue; pupiosa, not to be found, the attainable treasure, adieu!
and light thee, in splendor and dress inets regions of pleasure and taste: ed wrought thee, and seem'd to possess, petuous prov'd thee a vision at last, air cible ambition and hope, e voice of true wisdom inspires; sufficient, of Peace be the scope, nd the summit of all our desires.
be may be the lot of the mind, hat seeks it in meekness and love; rapture and bliss are conferr'd o the glorified spirits above.
AN INQUIRY.
L me, Oh tell, who's that fantastic fair, temples such a wreath of blossoms bear? e blue eyes so tremulous, impart palpitation to lover's heart. een those gentle hills, obscurred from sight, ch Cupid claims as his especial right, hat dear valley blooms the rose, and lips double fragrance from her ruby lips, nd catches all its deep vermilion grace from the contagious crimson of her face: Her robe so green and airy, floats behind, And gaily flutters in the wanton wind. I ask'd a zephyr hov'ring on the wing, Who this could be? He softly whisper'd— Spring!
SHEFFIELD ATTWOOD,
Has for Sale on Commission, 20 pipes Gin, 10 hhds. Jamaica Spirits, 8 hhds. St. Croix Rum, 10 hhds. brown Sugar, 12 hhds. good retailing Melasses, 300 bushels old Corn, 200 quintals scale Fish, 50 barrels prime Beef, put up in the best manner for Shipping. 60 hhs. New RUM, Cabin & Ship Bread, 100 barrels prime and mess Pork.—4 1/2 Sundry dwelling-houses, situated in different parts of this town; and a quantity of Sheep and Hogs for shipping.—Likewise, Any quantity of Mahogany Furniture of the newest fashion on reasonable terms. Newport, Nov. 15th, 1804.
Just received, and now offered for sale by
ISAAC AUSTIN,
SUPERFINE, second-best, middling, and low priced Broadcloths, Do. do. Cassimeres. Do. do. Toilets, Swansdowns, &c. From 5 4 to 9 4 excellent Role Blankets, Cambricks, various widths and prices, Scotch & India Book-Muslin, and Book-Hand- kerchiefs. A few pieces of royal patent Cord, very supe- rior. An extensive assortment of Hats, from 75 Cents, to 6 dollars 50 Cents each. Also, warranted Groceries, as usual, consisting of Hyson-skin, Souchong and bohea Teas, East and West-India Sugars, Coffee, Pepper, Ginger, Nutmegs. Fresh Flour. Excellent Havana Honey, Molasses, &c. Cash, and a generous price will be given for good clean Flax-Seed. Newport, 12th Mo. 4th. 1804.
S. Shumway & Co.
HAVE received a supply of fashionable HATS, real beaver, to sheep's wool— prices from 7 Dollars 50 Cents down to 50 Cents— Best qualities, good, bad and indifferent. All of which will be recommended as they deserve, at Store next south of Wm. Moore, jun. & Co. near the Ferry Wharf. Newport, Dec. 26.
Henry Moore, & Co.
HAVE for sale cheap for Cash or approved Notes on either of the Banks, 20 Hhds. Jamaica Spirits, 6 Dits. St. Croix Rum, Dits. Hollands Gin, Dits. Brandy, 50 Boxes of Havana Sugar, of excellent quality, 60 Bbls. Flour, Benninghoff's Snuff, All kinds of Teas, Cakes of Raisins, &c. &c. Likewise, a great variety of Dry Goods, with a handsome assortment of Cutlery, &c. Also, a quantity of DRY HYDES.
FALL GOODS,
JUST received by NATHANIEL SWEET, & Co. and now selling at their Store direct- ly opposite Gen. Martin's. N. B. Said Sweet and Company, most gratefully acknowledge the support which they have received from their customers since the commencement of their business, and hereby in- form the public, that having purchased their Goods with ready Cash this Fall they are de- termined to sell them much lower than they have ever done before. October 26, 1804.
Black Morocco CORK-SOLE SHOES, (very essential at this season of the year) at One Dollar 50 Cents per pair, for sale at the New Shoe-Store of Charles Coggeshall & Co.
THEY have just received an elegant assort- ment of almost all kinds of Boots & Shoes, viz. Men's fine Shoes, common and coarse do. Kid and Morocco Slippers, Misses do. Satin and Florentine with heels; all kinds of Boys & Children's Shoes—common & Swansdown Boots. As many of the Boots and Shoes were manufac- tured in this town, it is hoped that they will meet with a speedy sale. Boots and Shoes made at the shortest notice by applying at the above Store.—Rips mended gratis.
Likewise, 700 wt. good SOLE LEATHER, at 26 1/4 Cents per lb.
They have also for sale, a large assortment of TRUNKS, of the neatest kind; and an assortment of Boot- Legs. Boot Webbing & Binding may be had on the most reasonable terms.
N. B. Orders for TRUNKS, of any dimen- sion, can be furnished at the above Store on the shortest notice.
Newport, Nov. 22, 1804.
BOOKS.
W. R. WILDER,
Has this day received a fresh supply; among others are the following.
BONAPARTE and the French People—a new publication, price 2 Dolls. Graydon's Digest of the Laws of the United States, price 4 Dolls. 50 Cts. Spanish Dictionary, 2 vols. price 7 Dolls. 50 Cts. Do. Grammar, 1 vol. price 1 Dol. 75 Cts. Homer's Odyssey, 2 vols. price 1 Dol. 50 Cts. Jackson's Book-keeping 1 vol. price 1 Dol. 50 Cts. French Spelling Books, price 50 Cts. Murray's Lecteur Francais, 1 vol. price 1 Dol. 25 Cts. Perrin's Exercises, French, price 1 Dol. Murray's Grammar, large, price 75 Cts. Do. do. small, price 25 Cts. Do. English Reader, price 87 1/2 Cts. Do. Sequel, price 1 Dol. Do. Introduction, price 62 1/2 Cts. With many other new and valuable publications, all of which will be sold as low as at any Book- Store in the United States.
School BOOKS of every kind in use, at wholesale and retail, at prices not to be under- sold—Stationery, a complete assortment— Seamen's Books, Charts, Scales, Dividers, Qua- drants, Mathematical Instruments, &c. as usual. Newport, Dec. 26.
For sale by W. R. Wilder, 17 barrels North Carolina Pork, in good order, at a low price, and six months credit.—Apply soon.— Also, about 5000 Hoops—for Cash or 60 days.
Nathaniel Nason,
RESPECTFULLY informs the public, that he has taken a Shop three Doors North of the New Church Lane, where all kinds of TIN WARE, can be furnished at the shortest notice, and on as reasonable terms as can be bought in this Town. Constant attendance will be given and the smallest favor acknowledged.
Stove Pipes, either of Tin or Sheet-Iron, made with dispatch. Cash, & the highest price, given for old Pewter and Lead. Newport, Oct. 27. 160
CHEAP GOODS.
JOHN BOURS, jun.
RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the public, that he has purchased the whole stock of Goods, lately belonging to John Bours, jun. & Co. His assortment is excellent, and will be sold remarkably cheap, either by Whole- sale or retail. He thanks his friends for past favors, and solicits a continuance of them. Newport, Dec. 12.
FOR SALE BY
SAMUEL VERNON, jun.
700 dried & salted Hides, A few Boxes of white and brown SUGAR, now landing at the Long Wharf.—Also, Cognac Brandy,—Holland Geneva,—Ver- digrease,—and LoadSUGAR. Newport, Feb. 9, 1804. 75
John & Henry Cahoon
Have for sale at their Store on Benitter's Wharf,
FOURTH proof JAMAICA RUM, HOLLAND GENEVA, ALICANT BRANDY, SUPERFINE FLOUR, RYE & BUCK WHEAT, do. POWDER, per cask, SHOT, by the bag, ROSIN, by the bbl. Ship and Pilot BREAD, by the quantity, Ready made COLOURS, different kinds.
William C. Baen,
RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the public, that he contemplates taking a Partner in trade the ensuing spring; but previ- ous to that time wishes to dispose of his present stock, which is now offered at a very little more than first cost.
Elegant plaid Calicoes, at 2 3/4 and Carpets, at 5/9 per yd. Newport, Jan. 3, 1805.
BENEDICT SMITH
Has for sale, T A R, By the 100 Bbls. or less quantity.
William Douglass, at the Head of Broad-Street, HAS constantly for sale, a general Assort- ment of West-India and other GOODS.
CASH, and Three Cents per lb. given for Cotton and Linen RAGS.
ONIONS by the bushel or bunch—4 cents per bunch, and much less by the 100.
For sale as above.
A new one story BUILDING, 30 feet by 12, to be removed from the spot on which it now stands, as soon as possible. For further particulars apply as above.
Also, One whole and complete share, in the Sofquehannah purchase, about 5000 acres, in the State of Pennsylvania, and about 150 miles from the city of Philadelphia, recorded July 9, 1795, on the Company's Books at Tioga Point, in said State, and will be sold cheap for Cash, or West-India Goods.
Just received, 2000 wt. fresh Chocolate Shells, and will be sold cheap to those who pur- chase to sell again, and by doz. or single pound. Every Master of a vessel ought to have more or less on hand; as they are good and handy, and will keep good in any climate— Please be advised once to try, And after that you'll always buy.
CHEAP AND GOOD COFFEE.
Just received from Albany, a new kind of PEAS, which are an excellent substitute for the West-India Coffee, and equally as palatable.— They also make a fine dish, when boiled with pork. When I was on the raging seas, I feasted on good Pork and Peas.
BOOTS, SHOES & BUCKETS.
THE subscriber takes this method to inform the Public, in general and his friends in particular, that he carries on the Boot, Shoe, & Bucket-Making business, at his Shop two doors west of John Gardner's, Esq. in the Ferry Wharf Lane—where he is ready to attend to their calls, having procured the best of materials therefor.
A good workman at the last mentioned branch of business, (if he calls soon) will find ampley and good wages, by applying to JOSEPH DYRE. Newport, May 28, 1804. 91
THE Court of Probate of the town of West- erly, having appointed the subscribers Commissioners, to receive & examine the claims of the creditors to the estate of Capt. Nathaniel Stillman, late of Westerly, deceased, represented insolvent; and six months from the fifth day of November 1804, being allowed for that purpose —Notice is hereby given, that they will attend on said business, at Paul Rhodes' Hotel in said Westerly, on the first Wednesday in December, February, and April next, on each day. No accounts will be allowed unless properly authen- ticated. SAMUEL BROWN, 1 Commis- JOSHUA VOSE, 2 sioners. All persons indebted to said estate, are requested to make immediate payment to JOHN CROSS, jun. Admin'r. Westerly, Nov. 9, 1804. 18
A fresh supply of PATENT CHIP FOR BONNETS. THE Subscriber having purchased of the Pa- tente the exclusive Right of making and vending the Patent Chip in and for the State of Rhode Island, hereby cautions and forbids any Person or Persons either making or vending said Chip for Bonnets, within said State of Rhode- Island, on Penalty of the Law of the United States in such Case made and provided—unless they have been duly and previously authorized by the Subscriber for making or vending the same. Twenty Dollars Reward will be given, by the Subscriber, to any Person who may discover, and produce satisfactory Proof, of any Person or Persons making, or vending the aforesaid Chip within the State of Rhode-Island. JONATHAN NICHOLS. N. B. Messrs. CHARLES COGGE- SHALL and Co. being appointed Agents for vending said chip for the Town of Newport, will keep a constant Supply at their Store for Sale. Newport, Dec. 6, 1804.
THE Hon. Court of Probate for the town of Westerly, having again lengthened the time until the last Monday in February next, for the settlement of the estate of Joshua Kinyon, late of Westerly, deceased, represented insolvent: The subscribers hereby give further notice that they will attend upon said business at the dwell- ing house of Sylvester Gavit, Esq. in said West- erly, on the second and fourth Mondays in Janu- ary, and second Monday in February next at 9 o'clock A. M. No accounts will be received unless properly attested too. THOMAS HOKSIE, 1 Commis- THOMAS NOYES, 2 sioners. All persons indebted to said estate are once more desired to make immediate payment to MARY KINYON, ISRAEL CHAPMAN, 1 Adminis- LUTHER PALMER, 2 trators. AMOS CROSS, Westerly, Dec. 10, 1804.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscri- bers, Executors to the last Will and Testa- ment of John Hadwen, late of Newport, in the State of Rhode-Island, Merchant, deceased; have taken upon themselves that trust, and give notice as the law directs:—And all persons having demands upon the estate of the said John Hadwen, deceased, are requested to exhibit the same; and all persons indebted to the said estate, are called upon to make payment to ELIZABETH HADWEN, Exec'tx. BENJAMIN HADWEN, Exec'tr. Newport, 20th of 10th Mo. 1804.
Wanted Immediately,
A JOURNEYMAN Boot & Shoe-Maker, who is well acquainted with the business. —Also, an active Boy, about 14 or 15 years of age, as an apprentice. Apply to the subscriber, who keeps constantly on hand, a general assort- ment of BOOTS and SHOES.—Those who favor him with their custom, may depend on having their work well done, at the shortest no- tice. JOHN W. DAVIS. Newport, Dec. 6, 1804.
SAIL-MAKING.
THE subscribers having entered into partner- ship, under the firm of Dunham and Spooner, hereby inform the Public, that they carry on the Sail-Making business, in its various branches, at their Sail Loft, on the wharf of the late Gen. John Malbone, at the South part of the town. Those who may favor them, with their custom, may depend on punctuality and dispatch. All favors will be gratefully acknowledged, by CHARLES C. DUNHAM, WING SPOONER, 2d. Newport, April 3, 1802. 795
John F. Townsend, & Co.
HAVE just received, in addition to their former Assortment, a great variety of FALL & WINTER GOODS, All which will be disposed of on the lowest possi- ble terms. Newport, Oct. 30.
RICHARD BARKER,
RESPECTFULLY informs his friends, and former customers, that he has removed to the house of Mrs. LILLIBRIDGE, on the Pa- rade, one door east of Mr. Charles Fiske's Apo- thecary Store, where he will continue to keep a private BOARDING-HOUSE. Two or three steady boarders may be accommodated at low as at any Boarding-House in Newport. Newport, Oct. 17, 1804.
C. Taber & Wm. Gardner,
Have for Sale, FORTY Hhds. Sugar, part of which is of the 1st quality for retailing, 12 Hhds. & 60 bags Coffee, A few Hhds. old Demerara Rum, Several quarter casks old Sherry Wine, And 2500 bushels Turks-Island Salt, part of it very coarse and white, suitable for Dairies. Newport, July 26, 1804. 99
Just received, and for sale by
JACOB RICHARDSON,
at the Post-Office, HOUSE Paper of every kind, American, English, French, and Hanpung, in ad- dition to his large assortment of 5000 pieces, with Borders. He has just received a number of new Books for sale or circulation. Muffs and Tipits, a large assortment— Men's fur Gloves, Muffs, and Caps—Fur Skins, Ruffs, gray, white, and spotted. Also, Tickets in the Wickford Academy Lottery. Writing Paper of every description, by the ream or quire—States of all sizes, with a gene- ral assortment of Stationery. Charts, European Pilots—West-India and American ditto. English Mustard, by the pound—Sweet Oil, by the flask.
A list any Published, And now ready for sale at this Office, by the thou- sand, gross, dozen, or single. The Rhode-Island Almanack, for the Year of our Lord
1805:
Calculated for the meridian of Newport, but will serve for any of the adjacent States. By BENJAMIN WEST, L. L. D. Containing, beside the usual astronomical calcu- lations, a great variety of matter, useful, in- structive and entertaining.
Hard Ware, Stationary, &c.
DAVID MELVILL,
RESPECTFULLY informs his friends, that he has just received a very handsome assortment of Hard Ware, Cutlery, Ironmongery, Japaned Ware, Cabinet Furniture, Stationary &c. &c. Also, Deep sea Lines and Leads, hand do. Fishing Lines, Bed-Cords, &c. &c. Lines. Also, New-York Manufactured TOBACCO and SNUFF, Consisting of Negro Head; Pigtail; Ladies' Twist, & cut Tobacco; Maccabaw and Scotch SNUFF, of the best quality at the Manufac- tory prices. Cash given for Lead. Newport, Dec. 20, 1804.
JOSEPH BRIGGS
HAS for sale, 50 barrels best mess and prime PORK and BEEF.—Also, the best quality of Jamaica and Grenada RUM. Newport, February 23. 177.
Wants a place,
A WET NURSE, who can procure good recommendations. Enquire of the Printer. December 12.