Rhode-Island Republican (Newport, R.I.), 1804-01-19 00:00:00

Rhode-Island Republican.
AN INDISSOLUBLE UNION OF THE STATES, IS ESSENTIAL TO THEIR LIBERTY AND EXISTENCE.—WASHINGTON.
Published weekly, by OLIVER FARNSWORTH, (Printer to the STATE, and of the LAWS of the UNITED STATES.) Thames-Street, NEWPORT.
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HENRY POTTER, Jun. N. B. Various articles in the Grocery line, may be had as above. Newport, Jan. 12, 1804.
WHEREAS the Court of Probate of the town of Newport, have appointed the subscribers Commissioners, to examine the claims of the creditors to the estate of John Gabbard, late of Newport, Mariner, deceased, represented insolvent.
DANIEL DUNHAM, Jun. J. Commis. JAMES CHAPPELL, J. Justices. All persons indebted to said estate, are desired to make immediate payment to JOHN TILLINGHAST, Admin'r. Newport, Jan. 4, 1804.
THE Hon. Court of Probate for the town of Newport, having appointed the subscribers Commissioners, to receive, examine and adjust the claims of the creditors to the estate of Rebecca Pettipace, late of said Newport, deceased, represented insolvent.
SAMUEL CARR, J. Commis. WILLIAM HELME, J. Justices. All persons indebted to said estate, are requested to make immediate payment to SAMUEL STERNE, Admin'r. Newport, Jan. 4, 1804.
WHEREAS the subscribers, being appointed by the Hon. the Court of Probate of the town of Newport, Commissioners, to receive, examine and adjust the claims of the creditors to the estate of Nancy James, late of Newport, spinster, deceased, represented insolvent.
JOHN TILLINGHAST, J. Commis. NATHANIEL SWEET, J. Justices. All persons indebted to said estate, are requested to make immediate payment to JOHN IRISH, Admin'r. Newport, Jan. 3, 1804.
THE subscribers, having been appointed by the Hon. Court of Probate for the town of Newport, Commissioners, to receive, examine and adjust the claims of the creditors to the estate of Edward Stagg, late of said Newport, Baker, deceased, represented insolvent.
WILLIAM S. N. ALLEN, J. Commis. GOLD'S. SILLIMAN, J. Justices. All persons indebted to said estate, are requested to make immediate payment to the subscribers, MARY STANHOPE, J. Admin'r. THOMAS D. STALL, J. Justices. Newport, Jan. 3, 1804.
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From the NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
REMARKS ON THE Amendment TO THE CONSTITUTION, PROPOSED BY CONGRESS TO THE SEVERAL STATES.
Respectfully addressed to the State Legislatures. (Concluded from our last.)
ANOTHER serious evil contained in the bosom of this provision, which time will surely develop, is a schism between the people of America and the several States in the union. For in the first instance the people, through their electors, are to vote for a President, and in the second instance, in case a majority of the whole electoral votes are not united in one man, the House of Representatives, voting by States, are to choose the President from the five highest candidates presented to them.
Further, the present provision may issue in no election of a President or Vice-President, anarchy may ensue, and the constitution be lost. This is an evil that requires no amplification to impress upon the heart of every American and friend of liberty its solemn magnitude.
But in array to all these arguments is bro't the assertion that the retention of the discriminating principle is intimately interwoven with the rights and interests of the smaller States of the union. We are told that the present constitution was the offspring of concession, and that in the organization of the respective departments of the government, under the influence of a mutual spirit of accommodation, the democratic and federal principles were blended together in various masses.
That the constitution was eminently the offspring of compromise, and that its features partake of both the democratic and federal principles as indispensable; but that any change in the relative force of these principles cannot be made without disturbing the harmony of its parts and endangering the existence of the whole does not follow. The instrument expressly provides the means of change, as well in relation to the general structure of the departments of the government as in relation to the delegated powers.
ally expressed. Besides, if the argument hold good that no alteration ought to be made that affects the relative power of the large and small States as fixed in the constitution, whereby the rights and interests of the small States shall be disturbed, it also holds good that no such change ought to be made as will impair the rights and interests of the large States.
It is, however, sincerely believed that, so far from having this effect, its operation will be eminently to secure the rights and interests of the smaller members of the confederacy.
Let it be recollected that the proposed amendment is made not for the present time, but for a long futurity; and that in appreciating its influence we are consequently not to confine our view to its present, but to extend it to its future effects upon the union. In the permanent designation of large and small States we must look to that period when the population of the country will be greatly advanced, and when the larger part of the soil that is arable will be the seat of a compact settlement.
That the constitution was eminently the offspring of compromise, and that its features partake of both the democratic and federal principles as indispensable; but that any change in the relative force of these principles cannot be made without disturbing the harmony of its parts and endangering the existence of the whole does not follow. The instrument expressly provides the means of change, as well in relation to the general structure of the departments of the government as in relation to the delegated powers.
crease of States, and of consequence a diminution of the relative magnitude of each State.
Though all these causes have not yet existed, yet such as have existed demonstrate in their effects, the correctness of this train of reasoning. In a period of thirteen years the number of the States has been increased from thirteen to seventeen, and two of the new States have emanated from two of the largest States in the union; and it is soon expected that another new State will be taken from the State which at present is the third in population.
If this reasoning be correct, the whole superstructure of argument, predicated on the distinct interest of larger and smaller States, and the disposition of the one to oppress the other, is fallacious; as the scene made up of the several States will perpetually shift, and as there will be high and commanding inducements in the large States to a sub-division of their parts.
Independently of this view, it is impossible that the large States, fugitive and scattered as they are, can cordially unite systematically to oppress the minor members of the confederacy. Those large States, as they now exist, are to be found in the northern, the middle and the southern parts of the union; and the theatre of their existence will soon embrace the western country.
Further, the idea that the larger States will unite in oppressing the small is perfectly visionary. Not laying adjacent to each other, they will feel all that diversity of interest that arises from remote position, from the want of an intimate acquaintance and habitual intercourse of their citizens, and from other accidental causes closely interwoven with their feelings, habits and polity.
It is presumed to be altogether unnecessary in this place more than to notice the true, common place remark, that great and powerful communities, no less than great and powerful individuals obey the common laws of human nature in feeling mutual jealousy of and ill-will towards each other.
Actuated by a spirit of ambition proportionate to their power, and each aiming at the possession of the sceptre, they will constantly develop more dissonance than con-

end of view; while, on the other hand, the small States, divested of these powerful causes of discord, will more frequently unite.
These arguments are, it is believed, conclusive answers to every objection made to the designating principle on the ground that it will enable the large to oppress the small States. But there remains to be taken one view of this subject, which, it is trusted, will carry with it the force of demonstration, and establish, upon ground which cannot be shaken, the position that the small States are peculiarly interested in the adoption of the designating principle.
Whatever may be the constitutional rights conferred upon the respective States, it is indisputable that in every crisis of danger arising from a want of harmony among them the physical power of each will be considered as constituting the principal means of offence and defence, so in the adjustment of the leading interests of the union there will be a point of accommodation and concession, beyond which the powerful members of the confederacy will not go, and this will be determined by an estimate of the benefits derived from the union compared with the evils real or imaginary flowing from it. It need not therefore be concealed that the very existence of the union must & will forever depend upon a reciprocity of interests among its several members.
The moment this is destroyed, that moment, the only efficient inducements to the larger States to preserve the national compact are also destroyed. In vain, under such circumstances, will the alleged obligations of moral rectitude be pressed on the large States; they will deny, and justly too, the right of one generation exclusively and determinately to legislate for all succeeding generations, and declare, that, knowing no obligation other than that derived from the general good, they will submit to no power other than that which flows from the national will. In such an event what will the constitution be worth? Will the small States be able to save it? Will they be able, even to save themselves, on its wreck? The large States may take care of themselves; but where will the small States find their safety?
Any provision then in the constitution which shall destroy this reciprocity of interest, which shall annihilate the vital principle of a republic that the majority shall govern, any provision which shall invert the eternal order of things in free communities, by rendering a great majority the puppet of a feeble minority will unavoidably tend by a march of human events, not to be resisted by any temporizing palliatives, to destroy the union itself, and with it to destroy not only the constitutional rights, but the very safety, perhaps existence of the small States.
But without looking to this awful calamity, we shall find other evils likely to result from the present provision of the constitution, which it becomes the wisdom of the small States to contemplate with a fixed attention. We are told by the opponents of the designating principle that its adoption will produce a combination of the large States; and that thence they will command forever the election of the chief magistrate of the union. But from what premises is this conclusion drawn? Is it the tendency of security to produce combinations? Are not they, on the contrary, the usual and almost exclusive results of a sense of danger? If then you secure to the large States those great and essential rights of a republican government, to which they consider themselves entitled, and take from them all ground of dissatisfaction or idea of persecution you will proportionably make them secure, and in proportion to their security & satisfaction, will be the measure of their good will to the smaller States, and their indisposition to form to their detriment unjust confederacies among themselves. Further; there existing no sense of oppression, so powerfully calculated to unite men and communities, they will be left to the influence of all those extensive sources of diverse, if not hostile views, which the great, the aspiring and ambitious feel towards each other. From the operation of these causes they will rarely be found in conjunction; and their habitual difference will enable the small States frequently to interpose with effect in the designation of the chief magistrate.
Reversing this state of things, by denying to the large States those rights to which they are entitled, and in proportion to the insecurity of their tenure, and their idea of persecution, will be their spirit of combination among each other. Viewing the small States as possessed of more power than they are justly entitled to, and viewing them as the instruments made use of by factions or by ambitious men to frustrate the will of the majority, they will naturally look upon them as enemies, and will soon make them such. The effect will be (if such can under any circumstances be the effect) the consolidation of the large States; and that consolidation will, even without the designating principle, in such event, command the election of the chief magistrate. For let not the small States deceive themselves; they will not, they cannot be united in any measures hostile to the large States. Some of their number will, from principle or prejudice or error, go along with the large States. Besides, let it be recollected that the large and small States are separated by an ideal line; and that although there are large States, and small States, there are likewise those of an intermediate grade, & which will some attach themselves to one and some to the other. Let it also be recollected that many of the small States are rapidly rising in importance, and that viewing their permanent relation, they will be most apt to unite their destinies with those of the larger States. Is it not then next to certain that the operation of these causes will increase, the electoral votes at the command of the larger States to a majority of the whole, in case they are driven into combinations?
This branch of the subject is susceptible of much wider illustration; but as the points, not here noticed, have been fully and ably illustrated in the debates of Congress, I shall not repeat what has been already so well said.
In the third place, is the proposed amendment commensurate to the object in view?
By the adoption of the designating principle, it will forever ensure a fair expression of the public will; it will make the chief magistrate the depository of national confidence; it will frustrate the machinations of faction; it will prevent a collision between the different States, and between the people and the States; and it will prevent a division of the nation into two parties actuated by personal attachment and antipathy.
With respect to the subordinate provisions of the amendment, little need be said in addition to that which has already gone to the public. Some of the provisions, like the constitution of which it is proposed to make them a part, are the offspring of concession. The friends of the great principle of designation thought justly that they could not give too much for it; and if the eventual succession to the Presidency of the Vice-President, who in a remote contingency is eligible by the Senate, be a departure from the spirit of republicanism, let it at the same time be recollected that the interests of the small States are increased by it in perhaps as great a ratio as it is pretended they are impaired by the designating principle, and let it also be recollected that nothing great can be found either in the moral or physical world without alloy.
With these remarks I close an enquiry, which has had nothing but truth for its guide and the public welfare for its end. In the words of the enlightened Congress of 1777 on submitting the articles of confederation to the several States I say, in language of the sincerest respect, to the same bodies.
"Let them [the provisions of the proposed amendment] be examined with a liberality becoming brethren and fellow citizens, surrounded by the same eminent dangers, contending for the same illustrious prize, and deeply interested in being forever bound and connected together by ties the most intimate and indissoluble; and finally let them be adjusted with that temper and magnanimity of wise and patriotic legislators, who, while they are concerned for the prosperity of their own more immediate circle, are capable of rising superior to local attachments, when they may be incompatible with the safety, happiness and glory of the general confederacy."
PUBLIUS.
NEW-ORLEANS, December 13.
In consequence of dispatches received by the colonial prefect and commissary of the French government, citizen Laufer, on the evening of the 25th ult. a conference took place on the Monday following, between the prefect, on the part of the French republic, and his excellency, Gov. Salcedo and the Marquis de Casa Calvo, brigadiers in the army of Spain, and commissaries of the Spanish government, on the part of his Catholic Majesty, at which it was agreed that on the succeeding Wednesday the province of Louisiana should be formally delivered to the French republic. On Tuesday dispositions to that effect took place. Early on Wednesday the Spanish colours were displayed from a lofty flag staff erected for that purpose in front of the town-house, where at about eleven o'clock the Spanish troops were paraded, having a company of Mexican dragoons on their right, & the militia of New-Orleans on their left. The commissaries of the Spanish government proceeded to the town-house at twelve, and shortly after the colonial prefect repaired to the same place. The public square, the streets, the balconies and even the house tops, were crowded with spectators anxious to witness a scene so interesting to the inhabitants. The prefect presented to the commissaries of Spain, an order of his Catholic majesty dated October 12, 1802, for the delivery of the colony, and likewise his credentials of powers from the first consul to receive the same, bearing date the 6th of June 1803. These papers being read, the keys of the town were delivered by the governor to the prefect; and the marquis Casa Calvo pronounced the oath of the people of Louisiana to his Catholic majesty to be dissolved. The records of these proceedings being read a signal was fired for the descent of the Spanish flag, which was followed by another for unfurling that of France. The Spanish troops withdrew: the prefect announcing to the militia, in a brief address, the change of government—and gave them a commander. It gives us great pleasure to be able to State that the utmost harmony and good intelligence has presided over the intercourse between the agents of the two nations. The punctuality and good faith which have been observed on this occasion, by the Spanish commissaries, & the magnanimity of their behavior must command the esteem and win the confidence of all nations. The prefect having assumed the reins of government, commenced and completed the arduous and important duties of organizing the civil and military departments of the colonial government with a celerity which experience only could have enabled him to perform: the wisdom of his measures may be attested by the harmony and order that prevail among the vast variety of the inhabitants of this country. On Thursday a dinner was given by the Prefect to seventy-two French, Spanish and American gentlemen, in celebration of the preceding events. After dinner the following toasts were drank:
The French Republic and Bonaparte. To Spain and Charles IV. To the U. States and Thomas Jefferson. [For each toast, a treble salute of 21 guns each.]
The dinner was succeeded by a brilliant illumination, concert, ball, &c. The assemblage of nearly one hundred ladies at the ball, was truly beautiful, brilliant and interesting. On the evening of the 8th instant, a fête perhaps more magnificent than that of the prefect, and more numerously attended, was given by the marquis Casa Calvo in compliment to the commissary of the French government, and in celebration of the happy fulfilment of their respective commissions.
The American citizens here have formed themselves into a corps of volunteers, offered
their service to the prefect and been received as auxiliaries to the militia of the town in which capacity under the command of Daniel Clark, Esq. they perform regular duty, patiently waiting the arrival of the American troops who are shortly expected here in company with General Wilkinson commander of the American troops, and his excellency Wm. C. C. Clairborne, governor of the Mississippi territory, who have been appointed by the President of the United States, commissioners to receive the government of Louisiana.
It ought to be observed, that the Americans, in thus offering their services, were urged by a regard for the peace of the city and protection of persons and property, which was threatened by a rumor that the native militia would refuse to serve. They muster under the colours of their own nation and perform regular duty as nightly patrols, and at the town house.
From the AMERICAN DAILY ADVERTISER.
THE Legislatures of the United States are earnestly requested to give serious attention to the following excellent mode of insuring against fire, which is now practiced in Germany, and which is by experience found to be of the greatest utility. It is extracted from Renger's tour through that country, lately published, and will be well understood wherever mutual assurance companies are established; but as the principles of it are much more extensive than those embraced by any of those companies, it would become far more useful, if generally adopted in the United States.
In order to pave the way for its introduction, the Legislatures of the different States might authorize its adoption in any division of country, township, town, parish, hundred, borough, district, &c. whenever two thirds of the citizens of such division should by such regular method as the Legislature may devise vote for its adoption—the tax assessors and collectors might be then authorized to carry it into execution, and whenever experience should have proved its efficacy, the law might be made general for the state.
PLAN.
Through the whole principality of a German Prince, let it be ascertained, all the houses, barns, cottages, stables, and buildings of every kind, except public edifices, are numbered. Every proprietor delivers a statement in writing of the value of his houses and moveable effects, in doing which he is allowed to estimate them at any amount he thinks proper—commissioners appointed by the government examine into and correct these estimates: their determination is final. Let a cottage be ever so small, the proprietor is obliged to insure it, with the little property it contains. Every house being thus insured, the insurance money is half yearly called for, and cheerfully paid, as it is only the proportional part of such losses by fire as may actually have happened, generally very trifling; and sometimes, when no fire happens, no call is made—losses by fire are thus speedily and easily repaired; should even a fire be considerable, yet as the whole principality bears the loss, the payment is to the bulk of the community scarcely one shilling per annum.
The Printers of the different newspapers of the United States will, it is hoped, as friends of public good, give the above a conspicuous place.
A. B.
For the RHODE ISLAND REPUBLICAN.
WE can't but notice a curious paragraph which appeared in a late Newport Mercury, under the Norfolk Head, about two English tars having run away from a British ship and bit upon a scheme to become Americans, and obtain protection from the Custom-House.
It would be inconvenient to give the whole of this article, as it is somewhat lengthy; and those who have noticed it will doubtless remember the terms in which it was couched, and the palpable improbability with which it was attended; for the very statement itself gave the lie to the existence of the fact.
How is it possible that any American Editor, who has a regard for the peace, and safety of his country, and the protection of its citizens, can be so injudicious in the selection of his articles of intelligence? How is it possible that any man can so far surrender himself to the ravages of an unworthy resentment as to offer up the public tranquility as a sacrifice to political disappointment and wrath? Is it not clear that provided the article alluded to should obtain credit, our mariners are no longer safe upon the sea! that their protections become useless, and that they are at all times liable to imprisonment! It would seem indeed that it was the device of some British incendiary to prepare the public mind in America for an acquiescence in their imprisonment of our seamen; to destroy at once the validity of protections, and to open a wide, and an effectual door to the recruit of their navy.
But is this the only object of our federal Editors in the aid and countenance which they are disposed to give it? No, they foresee a further purpose it is like to answer them: And that is, the probability it carries of involving this country in war. It is virtually saying to the British (who have already invaded the rights of our neutrality in various instances) go on brave fellows—set no bounds to your rapacity—you are fools to respect the national rights of America—the bath become unworthy even of existence—seize her citizens at your pleasure—detain them in hostile thralldom—force them into your service—make them light, and spend their blood to defend you in the wars which your amiable arrogance hath provoked, and we will readily and cheerfully pledge to you our efforts and influence that you shall be justified!
But can it be supposed that our Government will tamely submit to the continued annoyance, and captivity of its citizens in traversing the ocean? Is it not bound to assert their
rights—to protect their persons—and when impressed and torn from their country and kindred, to demand their release, and even forcibly to interfere in restoring them to freedom! it certainly is: And it will as certainly fulfil the obligation.
It follows, then, that if these people can by any means of intimation encourage and induce an extension of the practice of impressing American seamen, that they in the same proportion jeopardize the peace and tranquility of the country; and hence the article in the Newport Mercury about Englishmen's obtaining American protections.
The irregular conduct of the intendant at New-Orleans which excited so much consternation for a season, has eventually proved the means of signal benefits, and advantages to this country: But it is not the less evident that that conduct in the intendant—his having violated the treaty by which we were entitled to a right of deposit on the Mississippi, was owing to some machination, some secret advice and direction of some of the rank blooded opponents of the present administration to involve it in a war, that they might have occasion to reproach it. That this was the case, appears from many circumstances which took place at the time, and which have since taken place. It appears as we humbly conceive from the very paragraph, which has given occasion to these remarks.—VINDEX.
INDEPENDENCE OF ST. DOMINGO.
St. Domingo—According to the latest accounts from this Island the blacks had possessed themselves of every part except Cape Nicholas Mole. The English had taken all shipping belonging to the French and conveyed the views as well as the army of Rochambeau to Jamaica.
The following proclamation of the independence of the island has been published by the three principal military chiefs:—
PROCLAMATION OF DESSALINES, CHRISTOPHE AND CLERVEAUX, CHIEFS OF ST. DOMINGO. In the name of the black people and men of Colour of St. Domingo.
The independence of St. Domingo is proclaimed. Restored to our primitive dignity, we have claimed our rights: we swear never to yield them to any power on earth: the frightful veil of prejudice is torn to pieces, and is so forever. Woe be to whomsoever would dare again to put together its bloody tatters.
O! Landholders of St. Domingo, wandering in foreign countries, by proclaiming our independence, we do not intend to forbid you indiscriminately from returning to your property: far be from us this unjust idea. We are not ignorant that there are some among you, that have renounced their old errors, abjured the injustice of their exorbitant pretensions and acknowledged the lawfulness of the cause for which we have been spilling our blood these 12 years. Toward these men who do us justice we will act as brothers; let them rally forever on our esteem and friendship: let them return among us. The GOD who protects us, the GOD of freemen bids us to stretch out towards them our conquering arm. But as for those who intoxicated with a foolish pride and interested slaves of a guilty pretension, are blinded so much as to think that they are the essence of human nature, and they affect to believe that they are destined by Heaven to be our masters and our tyrants, let them never come near the land of St. Domingo; if they come hither, they will only meet with chains and deportations; let them stay then where they are; and tormented by their well deserved misery and the frowns of the just men that they have too long mocked at; let them still continue to move the pity and concern of nobody.
We have sworn not to listen to clemency towards all those who would dare to speak to us of slavery; we shall be inexorable, perhaps even cruel, towards all the troops who, themselves forgetting the object for which they have not ceased fighting since 1789, should come from Europe, to carry into execution the plans of servitude. Nothing is too dear, every means are lawful to men from whom it is wished to tear the first of all blessings. Were they to cause rivers and torrents of blood to run; were they in order to maintain their liberty, to conflagrate the seven cities of the globe, they are innocent before the tribunal of providence, that has not created men, to see them groaning under a harsh and shameful servitude.
If in the various insurrections that took place some inhabitants against whom we had not to complain, have been victims of the cruelty of a few soldiers or cultivators too much blinded by the remembrance of their past sufferings, to be able to distinguish the good and humane land owners from those that were unfeeling and cruel; we lament with all feeling souls to deplore an end and declare to the world whatever may be said to the contrary by wicked people, that the murders were committed contrary to the wishes of our hearts. It was impossible especially in the crisis in which the colony was, to be able to prevent or stop these horrors. They who are in the least acquainted with history, all know that a people, when assailed by civil dissensions, though they may be the most polished on earth, give themselves up to all kinds of excess, and the authority of the chiefs always but poorly consolidated in a time of revolution, cannot punish all those that are guilty, without always meeting with new difficulties. But now a days the Aurora of peace lets us have the glimpse of a less stormy time, now that the calm of victory has succeeded to the trouble of a dreadful war, every thing in St. Domingo ought to assume a new face, and its government hasten forward to be that of justice.
Done at the head quarters, Fort Dauphin, November 29, 1803. (Signed)
DESSALINES, CHRISTOPHE and CLARVEAUX. B. ARIEL, Secy. (True copy)

OF LOUISIANA Extra of a letter from Deacon Joseph Cottrell, dated Upper Louisiana, St. Charles district, June 17th, 1803. who removed there from Woodstock, (Vermont) in the year 1801. "When I ride or walk out, and behold the beautiful appearance of these numerous & extensive meadows, I'm surprised & astonished; I am left as it were, in wonder & amazement; and ere I am aware, my soul ascends to God in devout extacies. It is impossible to describe the beauties that surround me; but I will make an attempt at it. The most romantic description of a Shakespeare, or a Ralcliff, are here realized.—About one half of this country consists of numerous and extensive meadows, agreeably interspersed with copse, glades and groves of the best of timber and fruit-trees. No rough broken land—but some nearly level—other gentle swells and sags exactly right—exceeding rich and fertile. Some clothed with grass of different kinds and of good qualities; others filled with herbs and weeds, and the whole abounding with lillies, roses, and hundreds of other beautiful flowers, which in succession adorn earth's lap, from April to December. The ground affords many rich roots, both for food and phyic. And for fruit, first the strawberry, large and sweet, ripe the first of May: The black and dew berries, a large kind of blackberries, raspberries, gooseberries on shrubs, black haws, service berries very sweet, black cherries, plums of various kinds, and crab apples in abundance. The paw-paw or custard apple, on a small tree, and of the size and shape of a kidney, and is like the mandrake, which grows on an herb resembling the ginseng, the bignels of a small apple, yellow and sweet. The mulberries very sweet. The honey locust abounding every where. The locust tree grows very large & fruit, is durable for rails, &c. The pruscimm, which exceeds all the rest for richness and sweetness; they grow on small trees, are the bignels of small apples of a deep yellow, soft as a plumb; their juice makes excellent liquor, very good to put in puddings, &c. Various kind of grapes, they are good to make wine, vinegar, &c. The hazelnut, black walnut, butternut, hickory nut, and various kinds of persans. The forest timber is various kinds of oak, hickory, ash, elm, black walnut—very large and straight, butternut, linn and bass wood, cherry, honey locust, mulberry, maple sugar tree, sycamore and cotton tree. "I have just been viewing my corn, which is rising of six feet in height—We have one distillery in our neighborhood. There is a great merchant from Germany, who is building mills on the Derdon river—he builds on a large scale, calculated to cost 15000 dollars, with a ship and boat yard on the Missouri."
National Legislature.
EIGHTH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. FRIDAY, Dec. 30, 1803. An engrossed bill for the relief of John Coles was read the third time and passed. On the motion of Mr. Nicholson, the House went into a committee of the whole—Mr. Varnum in the chair—on the articles of impeachment against John Pickering, district Judge of the district of New-Hampshire, impeached last session of high crimes and misdemeanors. After reading the articles, in the first instance entirely through, and afterwards by paragraphs, and several depositions called for, the committee reported their agreement to the articles. The House took up the report of the committee. Mr. Tenney called for the reading of several depositions which being read, Mr. Tenney said he had called for the reading of the depositions to show that Mr. Pickering had sustained a respectable character, and that his recent conduct had arisen from insanity. For this reason he thought the articles should not be agreed to by the House. Mr. Nicholson replied, that at the last session the House had determined that they would impeach John Pickering. It became therefore, their duty at this time to furnish the Senate with the articles—Whether John Pickering was insane or not, it was not for him to decide; but he was clearly of the opinion that the insanity, if any, was the gentleman from New-Hampshire, proceeded from constant and habitual intoxication. This information he had obtained from the most respectable sources. After the last session, Mr. N. said when he perceived the charges made in some public prints against the House of Representatives for impeaching a man laboring under insanity, he had made it his business to enquire into this fact; in consequence of which he had received information by letter from several respectable men in New-Hampshire, stating that the judge was under the influence of habitual intoxication. It was also stated, in the deposition of the Marshal, that the last time the judge was on the bench, he went directly from a grog-shop, and was in a state of intoxication. The report was agreed to without a division. On motion of Mr. Nicholson, the articles were ordered to be enrolled, in correspondence with the practice of the House. On motion of Mr. Nicholson, ordered that eleven Managers be appointed on the part of this House. Mr. Jackson moved that the Managers should be appointed by the Speaker. This motion was supported by Messrs. Seffle, Findley, and Thatcher; and opposed by Mr. Dennis, Dr. Mitchell, and Mr. Gregg; and negatived. It was then moved that the appointment should be made by ballot. This motion was supported by Messrs. R. Griswold, S. L. Mitchell, Gregg, Elliot, Holland, G. W. Campbell, Dennis, Skinner, Bedinger, and Sandford, and opposed by Messrs. Smith, Nicholson and Alston, who advocated an appointment by vote given viva voce .
The question being put, it was, without a division, resolved that the appointment should be by ballot. The ballot was postponed till Monday. Messrs. Southard, Elmer, and Sloan, representatives from New-Jersey, appeared and took their seats. TUESDAY, Jan. 3. A message was received from the President of the United States as follows: To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America. I now lay before Congress the annual account of the Fund established for defraying the contingent charges of government. No occasion having arisen for making use of any part of it in the present year, the balance of eighteen thousand five hundred and sixty dollars, unexpended at the end of the last year, remains now in the Treasury. TH. JEFFERSON.
NEW-YORK, January 7. Extra of a letter from a gentleman in Kaskaskia, (Indiana Territory) to his friend in Philadelphia, dated December 8.
"Captains Lewis and Clark (Commissioners appointed by the President to ascertain the source of the Mississippi, &c.) arrived here six days since, and this day set out again, proceeding on their voyage up the Mississippi. They appear to be gentlemen well qualified for the enterprize, and in good health and spirits, and seemed disposed to brave every difficulty. But from information, however, from high authority, I am persuaded the Spanish government will not at this moment permit them to enter the Mississippi river. Thus situated, they will be under the necessity of remaining below its mouth, until the existing differences are adjusted between the United States and that nation."
BOSTON, January 11. DISTRESSING ACCOUNT. December 28, 1803, the Schooner Farmer, J. P. Schott, jun. master, sailed from Boston for the West-Indies. In the afternoon anchored in Nantasket Roads, and lay there waiting for a favorable wind until January 2d, 1804, when the set sail with the wind to the N. W. that evening, about 8 o'clock, it was discovered that the vessel was on fire, and after searching found the fire to be under the hearth of the steerage fire-place. Every exertion was made to extinguish the flames, but to no purpose; and about half past 10 o'clock the captain and crew were obliged to take to their boat; the fire then bursting through the quarter deck. They were about 10 or 12 leagues from Cape-Cod light-house, bearing about W. by N. the wind blowing a gale from the N. W. and were left to the mercy of the waves, without bread or water; at one o'clock the gale abated, and the wind came round to the eastward. They then steered west in hopes to make land; and at half past 9 o'clock in the morning, discovered land. It came on to blow and snow very hard; and at about half past 12 o'clock, as they approached the land, the surf on the east side of Orleans beach (Cape Cod) ran to a prodigious height, and a long distance out. The first comb of the surf, which was about 12 or 14 feet, filled the boat; the next which immediately followed, overset her, and all hand were washed out. Capt. Schott, William Farrie, and Francis Stillin, washed on shore; and Joshua Steenbaken, Thomas Coates, John Botworth, Jacob W. Bell, and Julius Augustus, were drowned. The next day Thomas Coates and J. W. Bell were picked up about 5 miles from where those who survived went on shore, and were decently interred in the burying ground at Orleans. The survivors received great benefit from the humane house, which stood near the place where they were drifted on shore, although it was destitute of fire works and clothing. They were treated with the greatest humanity by the inhabitants of the Cape. Capt. Schott arrived in town on Monday. On the 26th ult. a duel was fought near Fredericksburg, Virginia, by Mr. W. Thornton, and Mr. Francis Conway. They were both mortally wounded, and died in the same hour on the succeeding day.—Each left a maternal parent, and brothers and sisters, to mourn his fate.
NEWPORT, Thursday, Jan. 19, 1804.
Our readers are invited to an attentive perusal and examination of the "Remarks on the Amendment to the Constitution," by PUBLIUS, which are commenced in our last, and have closed in this day's paper. Let them contrast his cool, profound reasoning with the inflammatory, sophistical rant of the memorable Senator Tracy, whose Speech is now circulating in most of the federal papers in the United States.—This is the man who during the last administration contended in Congress for a war of extermination, and wished every man, woman & child in America, to be armed against every man, woman and child in France. We will next week give a sketch of Mr. Tracy's political character, and leave the public to appreciate his peculiar regard for the small States, and his unbounded attachment to the American Constitution.
The House of Representatives of Pennsylvania have adopted the Amendment to the Constitution, Yeas 64—Nays 9. The Amendment has also passed the House of Representatives of the State of Ohio by a large majority.
From Washington, Jan. 6. "The Senate of the United States was formed the 4th inst. into a Court of Impeachment, and articles of impeachment of John Pickering, District Judge for New-Hampshire, were presented by the Managers of the House of Representatives.—Yesterday a motion was made in the House of Representatives for the appointment of a committee of inquiry into facts preparatory to the impeachment of SAMUEL
CHASE, the celebrated Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States—this motion was debated until the hour of adjournment, late in the afternoon, and will be resumed this day." From Washington, Jan. 7th. "The motion to inquire into the conduct of Judge Chase, was carried this day, in the House of Representatives, by a large majority. The debate thereon has continued three days, and has been animated.—There ought to be much more of inquiry into and much more of publicity of the conduct of the thorough going federalists than has hitherto appeared; and it is to be hoped, that having begun the work, the Republicans will proceed therein seriously and with spirit, and discharging their functions faithfully, expose the nefarious practices of their predecessors.—Chase is an individual—but there are hundreds who deserve the execrations which would be poured out upon them by an indignant people, were their wicked acts brought to light."
Printers always in want of Money.
The printers of several of the newspapers in the city of New-York, lately came to an agreement to raise the price of their daily papers from 8 to 10 dollars per annum; and of their semi-weekly papers, from 3 to 4 dollars. We hope the following extract from their address will be noticed by the patrons of the REPUBLICAN, particularly those who have been indebted to us two or three years.
"It deserves to be mentioned," says the address, "that the above items (types, paper, &c.) including the price of labor, require prompt payment; whereas it is well known that Newpapers give a more extensive credit than is allowed in any other business; and it is an evil sorely felt by the proprietors of them, that they are obliged to collect the large sums-total necessary to meet their engagements from a thousand different customers, scattered over the city and country. Besides the difficulty and expence attending this mode of collection, it must be obvious that a greater proportion of loss is incurred in this business than in any other. "Subscriptions alone, allowing them to be quadruple to what were ever known in this city, would not support a newspaper establishment; in fact, it is the advertiser who provides the paper for the subscriber. It is not to be disputed that the publisher of a newspaper in this country, without a very extensive advertising support, receives a less reward for his labor than the humblest mechanic."
The following sketch of the character of Mr. Jefferson, is copied from the Columbian Magazine, printed at Philadelphia in the year 1787.
MR. JEFFERSON. —Let us describe to you a man, not yet forty, tall, and with a mild and pleasing countenance, but whose mind and understanding are ample substitutes for every exterior grace. An American, who, without ever having quitted his own country, is at once a musician skilled in drawing, a geometrician, an astronomer, a natural philosopher, legislator and statesman.—A Senator of America, who sat for two years in the famous Congress which brought about the Revolution, and which is never mentioned without respect, though unhappily not without regret: A Governor of Virginia, who filed that difficult station during the invasions of Arnold, of Phillips, and of Cornwallis; a Philosopher in voluntary retirement from the world and public business, because he loves the world, inasmuch only as he can flatter himself with being useful to mankind. A mild and amiable wife, charming children, of whose education he himself took charge, a house to embellish, great provisions to improve, and the arts and sciences to cultivate; these are what remained to Mr. JEFFERSON at the time this character was drawn, after having played a principle part on the theatre of the new world, and which he then preferred to the honorable commission of Minister Plenipotentiary in Europe. His knowledge indeed was universal. Sometimes natural philosophy, at others politics or the arts were the topics of our conversation; and it seemed as if from his youth he had placed his mind, as he has done his house, upon an elevated situation, from which he might contemplate the Universe.
DIED.—At Norfolk (Vir.) Mr. WILLIAM STEVENS, son of Mr. Thomas Stevens, of this town, in the 21st year of his age.
Wm. C. Baen, Esq. Co.
BEG leave to inform their Friends and the Public, that they are about to dissolve their connexion in Trade, and offer for sale their stock, which will positively be sold at the original cost.
CHESA-SIDE, Newport, Jan. 18. 72
WE the subscribers, having been appointed by the Hon. Court of Probate for the town of Tiverton, to receive and examine the claims of creditors to the estate of Robert Mosher, late of Tiverton, Yeoman, deceased, represented insolvent:—Do hereby give notice, that six months from the second day of this instant, are allowed to said creditors to bring in and prove their claims; and that we shall attend that service, at the dwelling-house of Obadiah Mosher, in said Tiverton, on the last Thursday in the month of February, April, and June next ensuing, from one to five o'clock, P. M. REDFORD DENNIS, } Commissioners. PHILIP SISSON, } Tiverton, Jan. 17, 1804. 172 All persons indebted to said Estate, are desired to make immediate payment to JOHN MOSHER (of Newport) Executor.
For Sale at this Office, BONNET PAPERS of the nicest kind, by wholesale or retail.—Also, PLAYING CARDS of the first quality, per dozen of single packs.
Notice.
THE Stockholders of the Rhode-Island Bridge Company, are requested to meet at Mr. Townsend's Coffee-House, on Tuesday, 24th inst. at 11 o'clock, A. M. Newport, Jan. 16, 1804:
THOMAS VOAX,
SUGAR-REFINER, Has for sale, South-end Thames-Street, A constant supply of West-India and Refined Brown SUGAR, in barrels and bags, suitable for the use of families. Newport, Jan. 18, 1804.
Doctor Gustavus Baylies;
IN addition to his former assortment of Medicines, has just received (consigned to him by a wholesale vender to a number of Patentees) the following patent Medicines, for sale, on the lowest terms, viz. Lee's genuine Windham Bilious Pills: Doctor Rawson's genuine Anti-Bilious & Stomachic Bitters: Doctor Rawson's genuine Itch, or Beautifying Ointment: Doctor Cooley's Vegetable Elixir, or Cough Drops; for consumptions, asthma, spitting of blood, shortness of breath, and every other species of disease, to which that organ of life, the lungs, is perpetually exposed. Doctor Noufer's Worm Destroying Powders, or a sovereign Medicine for the destruction of every species of Worms which infest the human body. Thomson's Aromatic Tooth Paste for the Teeth and Scurvey in the Gum's: and Hinkley's Infallible Remedy for the Hæmorrhoids, or Piles. Doctor BAYLIES, availing himself of this opportunity to tender his thanks to his friends, for the confidence they have hitherto reposed in him as Practitioner of Physic and Surgery, begs leave to assure the public, that the various branches of the medical profession continue to occupy his attention. Bristol, Jan. 16, 1804. 72 3m
State of Rhode-Island, &c. &c. Jan. 16th, 1804. THE Creditors of John Banister, jun. of Newport, are hereby notified to appear, if they think fit, at the General Assembly to be holden at Providence on the fourth Monday of February next, there to shew cause, if any they may have, why his petition for the benefit of an Act passed June, A. D. 1756, for the relief of insolvent debtors, ought not to be granted. B. HAZARD, Dep. Sec'y.
WHEREAS a commission of Bankruptcy, under the hand and seal of the Hon. DAVID LEONARD BARNES, Judge of the District Court for the Rhode-Island District, has been awarded and issued against Cyprian Sterry, of Providence, in said District, Merchant; and he being declared a Bankrupt, is hereby required to surrender himself to the Commissioners in the said commission named, on the twenty-third day of January inst. and on the eighth and twenty-third days of February next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon of each day, at Ammi-don's Golden Ball Inn, in said Providence, and make a full discovery and disclosure of his estate and effects:—When and where the creditors are to come prepared to prove their debts; and at the second meeting, to choose an Assignee or Assignees; and at the last meeting, the said Bankrupt is required to finish his examination. All persons indebted to said Bankrupt, or that have any of his effects, are not to pay or deliver the same but to whom the commissioners shall appoint. By order of the Commissioners, SAMUEL W. BRIDGHAM, Clerk. Providence, Jan. 11th, 1804. 72
THE subscriber hereby gives Public Notice to all concerned, that he has taken upon himself the trust of an Administrator upon the estate of Jacob Taber, jun. late of Tiverton, Mariner, deceased; and as such, he requests all Persons who have any demands upon the estate of said deceased, to bring in the same; and all those who are indebted thereto, to make payment without delay to REDFORD DENNIS, Administrator. Tiverton, Jan. 17, 1804. 172
CARDING MACHINES.
THE subscribers have erected two Machines for Carding Wool, at the Great Falls, in the town of Fall River: The price for carding wool of one colour into rolls, is ten cents per pound; mixed wool twelve & an half cents per pound; and hatter's wool carded into batts, is five cents per pound. The wool must be prepared for carding in the same manner as if to be carded by hand. There must not be more than one pound of grease to nine pounds of wool. In addition to the hard labor which will be saved, the rolls from these Machines will make yarn much more even, and of course, better cloth. A much greater quantity can be spun in the same time with much more ease, than can possibly be spun of rolls carded by hand.
The subscribers have also erected a Machine for picking wool; and any person who may wish to send their wool in the fleece (and grease with it) can have it picked and greased for one cent per pound; if the subscribers find grease, two and an half cents per pound. All favors will be gratefully acknowledged, by the public's humble servants; BENJAMIN BENNETT, JOHN JONES. Fall River, (Mass.) Jan. 13, 1804. 172
For sale by O. FARNSWORTH, Alden's Spelling-Books, 1st, 2d, and 3d Parts.

The following elegant lines, cannot fail, we pre- sume, being acceptable to the reader of poetic taste, as they convey to the heart sentiments, effectingly true, and at the same time of a moralizing and instructive nature.
THE ROSE. HERE, Julia, turn; thy wandering thoughts compose, And mark this silent, but expressive rose; Its fading bloom may give some wise alarm; Each leaf can moralize as well as charm. E'en while upon the bosom of the mead, In waving pomp it rear'd its beauteous head; The lighting zephyrs gently play'd around, And breath'd its balmy fragrance o'er the ground; While yet 'tis frail'd, adorn'd on every side, Some envious hand destroys its blushing pride; Blest but to flourish, blooming but to fade, It droop'd in youth, and languishing decay'd. Hence learn, my Julia, life's uncertain reign, How soon approach the years of age and pain; We just emerge from nothing into day, Raise our gay heads & view our kindred clay, Pleas'd with this circle of returning toys, We join the circle of terrestrial joys; Hope smooths our passage, renders all serene And paints a Paradise in every scene; Alas, how fleeting! soon the day appears, When all these phantoms are dissolv'd in tears; Death blasts the world's fond pleasures in our view; And bids us taste th' affectionate adieu. Nor trust, my fair, to beauty's soft'ning power, Tho' rich with trophies, 'tis a fading flower: Health's roset charms tho' lasting for a while, Stooh leave that cheek where once they lov'd to smile. Then till improve the beauties of thy mind, Where all the virtuous graces are combin'd; Let these superior charms thy care employ, For these alone afford unfailing joy.
ALONZO.
GOOD NEWS.
The substance of a Letter from the Rev. Dr. ROGERS, of Philadelphia, to a gentleman in Providence, dated November 7th, 1803. "It is truly gratifying to hear of the re- vival of our dear Redeemer's cause at Boston. From all quarters, and from all my numerous correspondents, it appears that the same precious interests is obtaining amazing accessions. Brother Richards, of Baltimore, writes me that Mr. Rope, of North-Carolina, within the period of 18 months, baptized upwards of 1300 persons; and that a son of his, aged 12 years, was licen- sed to preach; further Southward a Mr. Fur- man had baptized 93 in one day, and in a few days after was to baptize 100. Dr. Furman of Charleston, in a late letter, communicates good tidings relative to the work in Savannah and other parts of Georgia, as well as in South-Car- olina. Numbers had been baptized and the work of Grace was going on with power. He particularizes a religious concern in the town of Beaufort, and principally among people of the hottest rank. A Judge Clay, an excellent scholar and a man of great ability, who has since been baptized and is now engaged in proclaiming salvation by the Cross. Yesterday week I re- ceived a long letter from brother Rhos of Som- erset, in this State; he had then just returned from the Red Stone Association; upwards of 3000 attended to hear preaching, which continued for several days, commencing each day at about 9 o'clock, A. M. and ending just after dark, one preacher following another without intermis- sion; the people standing the whole time as if they were wedged in as to closets, and nailed as to attention. Many cried out under a sense of guilt, others were ascribing glory to God; others were smitten by the word, &c. In short, it was similar to the revivals in Kentucky. Brother Rhos adds, that the work is progress- ing eastward. Blessed be God we are not without some foretastes of heaven in this metrop- olis. We have a second church constituted and flourishing; they have nearly completed in the Northern Liberties a handsome brick meeting- house. During Mr. Ustick's illness and since his death I have been necessitated to officiate for the old Church; and since the latter end of March I have baptized for the two churches, 30 per- sons in the Rivers Delaware and Schuylkill, on two occasions at least in the presence of 5000 spectators and eleven candidates at each time. Between 20 and 30 in the City and Liberties have been baptized by other ministers. Two are to be examined this evening, whom God willing, I shall baptize in the course of the week. Our Association was held at Cohasset; letters from 20 Churches were read; to many of them there were considerable additions. Total, 305 by baptism, & only 39 deaths. Among the bapti- zed Brandywine Church, was a Quaker woman preacher, of great piety and excellent character; she had been a public friend for upwards of 20 years; and is now an astonishing advocate for the doctrine of free, Rich and Sovereign Grace. Our brethren also in India, are perform- ing wonders. Millionaire Carey and Cham- berlain write me word that 15 Hindoos had been then (March 18th) baptized in the Gan- ges; among whom was a Brahmin, a Hindoo priest. The work was going on. The army was dying away, and numbers flocking to Ser- vice to enquire after this new way. One thing we learn, by the above, among many others, that true Religion flour- ishes wonderfully in the United States, even though the Manfully abused Mr. Jefferson is President."
Remarks.—The 18th of October was to be observed as a day of fasting and humiliation throughout England and Ireland; and the next day for the same purpose in Scotland.—The Editor of the "Political Observer," in notice- ing this "solemn mockery," adds— "When they were fasting and humbling themselves in England, did this passage of scrip- ture once occur to them—Behold ye fast
for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness!—Is it such a fast that I have chosen, a day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush, and to spread sack- cloth and ashes under him? Canst thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord? Is not this the fast that I have chosen, to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burthen, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break ev- ery yoke."
BOOK-BINDING, With Neatness, Elegance, and Dispatch.
JOHN BREWER Respectfully informs the Public, THAT he has taken the Room, back of Mr. WILDER'S Book-Store, for the purpose of Book-Binding.—Those who may favour him with their custom, may rely on having their work done in the best manner, and on the most reasonable terms, at short notice.—Account- Books, ruled to any pattern; old Books re- bound. Newport, January 6, 1804. 71f
WINTER GOODS.
JOHN F. TOWNSEND & Co. HAVE just received a large supply of Wool- en and other GOODS, purchased with cash, & which they offer for sale unusually low; Among which are, best superfine broadcloths; second, middling & low-priced do.; low-priced and fine Ladies coings and Orleans cloths; flannels; baizes; waistcoating; blankets; ribbed and plain velvets; 6-4 & 4-4 white, black and coloured, cambric mullins; white fatin; bor- dered and black 5-4 & 6-4 camel's-hair shawls; Turkey-down shawls; coloured and black fatins; cotton and silk umbrellas; counterpanes; black bombazine; one box men's hats of an ex- cellent quality, and one trunk of coloured lute- strings, of assorted handsome colours; with a variety of other Goods, too tedious to enum- erate. Those who may be indebted to them, where the debt has been three months standing, are desired to call on them, and settle the same. Newport, Jan. 4, 1804. 70
REAL ESTATE.
ON 25th March 1804, will be sold at Pub- lic Auction (unless previously disposed of at private sale), the real estate, now in posses- sion of Nathaniel Sweet & Co. the property of Stephen A. Wanton.—Possession given on said 25th March. For further particulars and terms of payment apply to GARDNER & DEAN, Advs. Newport, Jan. 4, 1804. 70
FOR SALE BY
SAMUEL VERNON, jun. COGNAC Brandy, 4th proof, Holland Geneva, Verdigris ground and Yellow Oker. Newport, Nov. 4. 62 St. Croix Rum, 3d proof, Good Retailing Sugars, 2d 3d & 4th proof French Brandy, For Sale by CONSTANT TABER, & WILLIAM GARDNER. Newport, Oct. 20. 70
MEIN & ROGERS
HAVE FOR SALE, FIFTY Hogheads West-India Sugar, 1400 wt. St. Domingo best green Coffee, St. Croix & Jamaica Rum, 40 qr. cases Gunpowder, 4 crates assorted Liverpool Ware, 7 pipes Brandy, — Holland Geneva, 200 bgs. Superfine Flour, Bohea Tea, German Steel, &c. Also, at Retail, a constant supply and gen- eral assortment of Groceries, Crockery, & Glass Ware. Newport, Oct. 20. 104f
For Sale,
BY the subscriber, a valu- able real estate in the town of South-Kington & county of Washington, commodiously situated within half a mile of the Court house in said county. Said estate consists of about seven hundred acres of excellent land in two farms; one lying on the west side of, and adjoining the highway that runs northward from Little Rest, containing about two hundred and ten acres; with a good farm house and out houses thereon, also a very valuable orchard of about six hun- dred apple trees in the prime of bearing; and a suitable proportion of arable, pasture and wood land. The other farm, is very pleasantly situated on the east side of said highway, and is the homestead of the subscriber; containing about five hundred acres of valuable land, with a large and commodious dwelling-house and convenient out-houses thereon, in good repair and very suitable for a dairy—an excellent well of water a good garden & orchard well inclosed—the meadows good and inclosed with good walls; a large proportion of excellent pasture land, and several groves of fine timber, perhaps not inferi- or to any in said county, both for ship timber, mills and firewood—said farms are also well wa- tered with never-failing water. The above pre- mises will be sold together, or in parcels as best suits the purchaser or purchasers; the condi- tions of payment made easy, and an indisputable title made thereof, and possession given on the 25th of March next, if required.
WILLIAM POTTER. South-Kington, Nov. 3, 1803. 70
NOTICE.
THE Partnership of FAISNEAU and CO- NELL, Hair-Dressers, was dissolved on the 17th inst. by mutual consent. Newport, Dec. 28, 1803. 69
SHERRY WINES.
THE subscriber has just received from Bol- ton, a few quarter-casks of Sherry Wine, of a very good quality, which he will sell on reasonable terms.—Likewise, Boston Chocolate, warranted, No. 1 and 2. NATHAN B. MILLER. Newport, Dec. 25. 69
FOR THE LAST TIME.
THE subscribers hereby give Public Notice to all concerned, that they have taken up- on themselves the trust of Executors to the last Will and Testament of Philip Cory, late of Tiv- erton, deceased; and as such, they request all persons who have any demands upon the estate of the said deceased, to bring in the same; and those who are indebted thereto, to make pay- ment without delay to WILLIAM CORY, BARNEY HICKS. Tiverton, Dec. 28, 1803. 69 6w
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 whole- sale and retail, on as good terms as can be pur- chased in America. A generous credit given to those who pur- chase by the quantity for retailing. N. B. The above is printed on good pa- per, and the work well executed, by and under the direction of a workman from Europe. May 14, 1803. 6m
FLOUR STORE
On Col. CHRISTOPHER CHAMPLIN'S Wharf,—By JOHN BOURS, jun. & Co. Who will always have on hand a sup- ply of the best Superfine FLOUR. Newport, Oct. 20, 1803.
Nathan B. Miller
RESPECTFULLY acquaints the Public, that he has for sale, at Mrs. Elizabeth Miller's, on the Parade, the undermentioned articles, which he will dispose of on moderate terms, viz. Barcelona Brandy, 4th & 5th proof by the pipe, or less quantity, of an excellent flavour, Amsterdam Geneva, 4th proof in pipes, Malaga Wine, by the quarter cask, Port Wine, ditto do. Likewise (just received) a few quarter casks ex- cellent Sherry Wine, fit for family use. Boston Chocolate, No. 1, & No. 2, by the box, and a few bags Chocolate shells, by retail. A few boxes 21 inch pipes, tipped, Zant Currants by the barrel, fresh and good— with several other articles in the Grocery line. Newport, Nov. 9th. 62
Dry Goods for Cash only.
THE Subscriber, intending to quit the line of business he at present pursues, has marked all his Goods, including a box of Hats admitted, at not exceeding 5 per cent. (the usual profit being 20 per cent.) on cost, by retail many lots, and some at cost. A large quantity of the above Goods, es- pecially Broad Cloth and other Woolens, were purchased at a very low advance, upon the ster- ling cost. He likewise offers for Sale or Lease, his Estate, situate on Thames-Street (formerly the property of Aaron Sheffield). For terms, apply to EBENEZER SHEARMAN, or JOHN R. SHEARMAN. Newport, Dec. 12, 1803. 67f
William Tillinghast,
HAS just received a handsome Assortment of FALL & WINTER GOODS, Which he is determined to dispose of on the most reasonable terms. Newport, Dec. 13, 1803. 67 6w
FOR SALE, BY
SIMEON MARTIN,
SIXTY Hhds. good retailing Molasses, Two tons Hart, Club, and Halbeck Steel, Twenty boxes brown Havana Sugars, Two thousand bushels Exuma Salt, suitable for pork, beef, and fish. Also, Just received from Amsterdam, per ship Eagle, (Daniel Austin Master). 35 Boxes plain Glass Ware, each containing 80 flasks of half-pint Tumblers, 10 per straw— 6 pint Decanters—6 half pint do.—12 Wine Glasses—6 Salt Cells. 51 Boxes fluted Glass Ware, each containing, 400 half-pint Tumblers—2 quart Decanters, 4 pint do.—4 half-pint ditto—36 Wine Glasses—6 Salt Cells. 10 Pipes Weeds Gin—5 casks White Lead. 30 quarter casks of Pistol Powder, 4 casks Shot, of various sizes, 3 ditto Linseed Oil, 100 Dutch Cheeses, weighing 18 & 22 lbs. each, 200 (12 bottle) empty Gin Casks. Newport, Jan. 29, 1803. 122f
JOSEPH BRIGGS
HAS for sale, Eleven Hogheads 3d and 4th proof Grenada RUM, of good flavor. Newport, Nov. 9. 164
Wm. C. Baen, Esq.
Have received their supply of GOODS SUITABLE for the Season—which will be disposed of at the most reasonable prices, for Cash only.—Also just received, an assortment of very nice English Kid SHOES—very low. Cheap-Side—Newport. Newport, October 26, 157
THOMAS VOAX,
SUGAR-REFINER, Has for sale, South-end Thames-Street, LOAF SUGAR, LUMP Ditto, BROWN Ditto, MOLASSES, SYRUP—and VINEGAR. Newport, Dec. 22. 68
THE Hon. Court of Probate for the town of Westerly, have appointed the subscri- bers to receive, and examine the claims, as Com- missioners to the estate of Joshua Kinyon, late of Westerly deceased:—Give Notice, that six months having been allowed by the said Court from the 26th of September last, past, for the above purpose, and that we shall attend upon said business, at the dwelling house of Sylvester Gavet, Esq. in said Westerly, on the first Mon- day of January, February, and March, at 9 o'clock, A. M. No accounts will be received until properly attested to. THOMAS HOXIE, J. Commsrs. THOMAS NOYES, J. ditto. All persons indebted to said estate, are re- quested to make immediate payment to MARY KINYON, ISRAEL CHAPMAN, } Adminrs. SHUBEL PALMER, } ditto. AMOS CROSS, } ditto. Westerly, Oct. 20, 1803. 150-6m
WANTED,
AN active Boy, about 14 or 15 years of age, as an Apprentice to the Copper- Smith & Brass Founder's business. One from the country will be preferred. OTIS CHATEE. Newport, Dec. 27, 1803. 69
INDIGO.
TWO Hundred wt. of excellent INDIGO for sale by JOHN HAZARD, jun. Newport, Nov. 16, 1803.
GEORGE THOMAS,
Confectioner, Distiller, and Fruit Preserver, HAS for Sale the following Articles, viz. box and cakes raisins; figs; almonds in shell; prunes; currants; sultana; cloves; cinnamon; allspice; black and Cayenne pepper; ginger; mustard; spice pots; tea; coffee; cocoa shells; chocolate, No. 1 and 2, prepared with and without vanilla; brown, powdered & leaf-sugar; Cordials of all kinds; ginger pre- serves.—An assortment of Preserved Fruits in brandy, olives, anchovies, pears, nectarines; best Front- tignac, Sherry, Teneriff and Malaga, Wines; sirup, already prepared for punch, superior to any commonly used; 4th and 5th proof Jamaica Spurria, and Antigua Rum; best Brandy; & with an elegant assortment of Glass and Grocer- ry WARE, which he is determined to sell very low.—Punctual attendance and the smallest cus- tom gratefully acknowledged. Newport, July 2, 1803. 161f
WANTED,
A quantity of good Clean FLAX-SEED, For which a generous price will be given by JOHN BOURS, jun. & Co.
FARM FOR SALE.
THE subscriber has for sale, a Farm (on the backside, so called) in South-Kington, situate on the post road which runs through said Town, from the South Ferry to Connecticut, about a mile and a half from the Atlantic O- cean, and near the salt ponds where fish and fowl may be had with facility; it contains about one hundred and sixty acres, with a dwelling house and other buildings thereon, is well watered with a well and a number of springs that never fail, and is well proportioned for mowing, pasturing and tillage, with a good orchard, and is situated on the South of said road, with a grist mill near the same; and likewise two hundred acres of wood land, on the north side of said road, near said farm, a great part of which is well covered with young wood of a large growth; the wood land will be sold separate or together, as may best suit the purchaser. For further particu- lars, enquire of JONATHAN PERRY, South-Kington Jan. 10th, 1804. 71
William Douglass,
At the Head of Broad-Street, HAS constantly for sale, a general Assort- ment of West-India and other GOODS.—Also, 6000 wt. of FLAX, (four different kinds and prices) very cheap for cash. He has just received, and offers for sale, 600 wt. fresh Chocolate Shells, very cheap. And One Ton first quality of clean FLAX. Cash given for Cotton and Linen RAGS.
A Good Bargain.
FOR sale by the subscriber, a substantial Dwelling-House, pleasantly situated in Newport.—It will be sold very low for CASH—or on a reasonable credit. HENRY HOWLAND. November 3rd, 1803. 164