Rhode-Island Republican (Newport, R.I.), 1804-07-12 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.
New Variety Store.
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, and directly opposite W.R. Wilder's Book-Store, where he offers for sale the following Goods at a very low price:
Loaf, lump, white, pow. ... Nutmegs, Allspice, Ginger, Pepper, Cayenne, Mustard, Indigo, Starch, Alum, Coppras, Powder & Shot, New-York Soap, Mould & dip'd Candles...
A general and extensive variety of Crockery and Glass Ware, With many other Articles too tedious to mention. Newport, April 19. 1804.
THE Hon. Court of Probate for the town of Westerly, having lengthened the time to the last Monday in August next, for the settlement of the estate of Japheth Kinyon, late of said Westerly, deceased, represented insolvent.—In conformity thereunto, the subscribers gives notice, that they will meet at the dwelling-house of Sylvester Garet, Esq. in said Westerly, to receive and examine the claims against said estate, on the second and 4th Mondays in July, and second Monday in August next. No accounts will be received, unless properly attested.
THOMAS HOXIE, { Commis- THOMAS NOYES, { sioners. All persons indebted to said estate, are requested to make immediate payment to MARY KINYON, LUTHER PALMER, ISRAEL CHAPMAN, AMOS CROSS, { Administrators. Westerly June 10. 1804. 93.
John & Henry Cahoon
Have for sale at their Store on Banister'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 Douglass,
at the Head of Broad-Street, HAS constantly for sale, a general Assortment of West-India and other
GOODS. Fresh ESSENCE of SPRUCE, per gallon or quart. The first quality Sythes and Sythe Sticks, complete—Rakes, Hoes & Hoe Handles, Fork Tails, &c. One ton FLAX of various qualities.
This day received 1000 weight clean FLAX. CASH, and Two Pence half Penny per pound, given for Cotton and Linen RAGS.
BENEDICT SMITH
Has for sale, Tar, Rosin, and Turpentine, By the 100 lb. or less quantity. Newport, April 4. 1804. 83
To be Sold by JOSEPH LYON,
150 Barrels Tar, 150 Barrels Pitch. Newport, June 6. 1804. 92
To be Let,
The lower part of a dwelling-House in a pleasant part of the town, with four rooms; and a well of excellent water in the yard. Enquire of the Printer. Newport, June 13. 1804. 93
LAWS OF THE UNION.
[PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.]
EIGHTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES,
At the First Session, begun and held at the City of Washington, in the Territory of Columbia, on the Seventeenth day of October, 1803.
AN ACT
Making provision for the disposal of the public lands in the Indiana Territory, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the powers vested by law in the Surveyor-General, shall extend over all the public lands of the United States to which the Indian title has been or shall hereafter be extinguished, north of the river Ohio, and east of the river Mississippi; and it shall be the duty of the said Surveyor-General, to cause the said lands to be surveyed into townships six miles square, and divided in the same manner, and under the same regulations, and to do and perform all such other acts in relation to the said lands, as is provided by law in relation to the lands of the United States, situate north west of the river Ohio and above the mouth of Kentucky River: Provided, that the whole expense of surveying and marking the lines shall not exceed three dollars for every mile that shall be actually run, surveyed and marked: And provided also, That such tracts of land as are lawfully claimed by individuals within the said boundaries, and the title whereunto has been or shall be recognized by the United States, shall be laid out and surveyed at the expense of the parties respectively, in conformity with the true boundaries of such tracts. And it shall also be the duty of the said Surveyor-General to cause to be run, surveyed and marked, such of the Indian boundary lines of the said lands as have not yet been surveyed; and with the approbation of the President of the United States, to ascertain by astronomical observations, the positions of such places north of the river Ohio, and east of the river Mississippi, as may be deemed necessary for the correctness of the surveys, and to be the most important points of the geography of the country.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That for the disposal of the lands of the United States north of the river Ohio, and east of the river Mississippi, in the Indiana territory, three land offices shall be established in the same, one at Detroit for the lands lying north of the State of Ohio, to which the Indian title has been extinguished; one at Vincennes for the lands to which the Indian title has been extinguished, and which are included within the boundaries fixed by the treaty lately held with the Indian tribes of the Wabash; and one at Kaskaskia, for so much of the lands included within the boundaries fixed by the treaty of the thirteenth of August, one thousand eight hundred and three, with the Kaskaskia tribe of Indians, as is not claimed by any other Indian tribe: and for each of the said offices a register and a receiver of public monies shall be appointed, who shall give security in the same manner, in the same sums, and whole compensation, emoluments, and duties, and authority, shall, in every respect be the same in relation to the lands which shall be disposed of at their offices, as are or may be by law provided, in relation to the registers and the receivers of public monies in the several offices established for the disposal of the lands of the United States north of the river Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky river.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That every person claiming lands within any of the three tracts of land described in the preceding section, by virtue of any legal grant made by the French government, prior to the treaty of Paris, of the tenth of February, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-three, or of any legal grant made by the British government, subsequent to the said treaty, and prior to the treaty of peace between the United States and Great Britain, of the third of September, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, or of any resolution, or act of Congress, subsequent to the said treaty of peace, shall, on or before the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and five, deliver to the register of the land office, within whose district the land may lie, a notice in writing, stating the nature and extent of his claims, together with a plot of the tract or tracts claimed, and may also on or before that day, deliver to the said register, for the purpose of being recorded, every grant, order of survey, deed, conveyance, or other written evidence of his claim; and the same shall be recorded by the said register, in books to be kept for that purpose, on receiving from the parties at the rate of twelve and an half cents, for every hundred words contained in such written evidence of
their claim; and if such person shall neglect to deliver such notice, in writing, of his claim, or to cause to be recorded such written evidence of the same, all his right, so far as the same is derived from any resolution or act of Congress, shall become void, and forever be barred.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the register, and receiver of public monies, of the three abovenamed land offices, shall, for the lands respectively lying within their districts, be commissioners for the purpose of examining the claims of persons claiming lands by virtue of the preceding sections. Each of the said commissioners shall, previous to entering on the duties of his appointment, respectively, take or subscribe the following oath or affirmation, before some person qualified to administer the same, "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will impartially exercise and discharge the duties imposed upon me, as commissioner for examining the claims to land, by an act of Congress, entitled, "An act making provision for the disposal of the public lands in the Indiana territory, and for other purposes."
It shall be the duty of the said commissioners to meet at the places where the said land offices are by this act established respectively, on or before the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and five; and each board shall, in their respective districts, have power to hear in a summary manner all matters respecting such claims; also to compel the attendance of witnesses, to administer oaths, and examine witnesses, and such other testimony as may be adduced, and to decide thereon according to justice and equity, which decision shall be laid before Congress in the manner herein after directed, and be subject to their decision thereon. The said boards, respectively, shall have power to appoint a clerk, whose duty it shall be to enter in a book to be kept for that purpose, full and correct minutes of all the proceedings and decisions, together with the evidence on which such decisions are made; which books and papers on the dissolution of the boards, shall be deposited in the respective offices of the registers of the land offices; and the said clerk shall prepare two transcripts of all the decisions made by the said commissioners in favor of the claimants to land, both of which shall be signed by the said commissioners, and one of which shall be transmitted to the Surveyor-General, and the other to the Secretary of the Treasury; and the lands, the claims to which shall have been thus affirmed by the commissioners, shall not be otherwise disposed of until the decision of Congress thereon shall have been made. It shall likewise be the duty of the said commissioners to make to the Secretary of the treasury a full report of all the claims filed with the register of the proper land office, as above directed, which they may have rejected, together with the substance of the evidence adduced in support thereof, and such remarks thereon as they may think proper, which reports, together with the transcripts of the decisions of the commissioners in favor of claimants, shall be laid by the Secretary of the Treasury before Congress at their next ensuing session. Each of the commissioners and clerks aforesaid, shall be allowed a compensation of five hundred dollars in full for his services as such; and each of the said clerks shall, previous to his entering on the duties of his office, take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation, to wit: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will truly and faithfully discharge the duties of a clerk to the board of commissioners for examining the claims to land, as required by an act of Congress, entitled "An act making provision for the disposal of the public lands in the Indiana territory, and for other purposes."
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all the lands aforesaid, not excepted by virtue of the preceding section, shall with the exception of the section "number sixteen," which shall be reserved in each township for the support of schools within the same, with the exception also of an entire township on each of the three above described tracts of country or districts, to be located by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the use of a seminary of learning, and with the exception also of the salt springs and lands reserved for the use of the same as herein after directed, be offered for sale to the highest bidder, under the direction of the surveyor-general or governor of the Indiana territory, or the register of the land office, and of the receiver of public monies, at the places respectively, where the land offices are kept, and on such day or days as shall, by a public proclamation of the President of the United States, be designated for that purpose. The sales shall remain open at each place for three weeks and no longer: the lands shall not be sold for less than two dollars an acre, and shall in every other respect, be sold in tracts of the same size and on the same terms and conditions, as have been or may be by law provided for the lands sold north of the river Ohio and above the mouth of Kentucky river. All lands other than the reserved sections and those excepted as abovenamed, remaining unsold at the closing of the public sales, may be disposed of at private sale, by the
registers of the respective land offices in the same manner, under the same regulations, for the same price, and on the same terms and conditions, as are or may be provided by law for the sale of the lands of the United States north of the river Ohio and above the mouth of Kentucky river. And patents shall be obtained for all lands granted or sold in the Indiana territory, in the same manner and on the same terms as is or may be provided by law for lands sold in the State of Ohio, and in the Mississippi territory.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all the navigable rivers, creeks and waters, within the Indiana territory, shall be deemed to be and remain public highways; and the several salt springs in the said territory, together with as many contiguous sections to each, as shall be deemed necessary by the President of the United States shall be reserved for the future disposal of the United States: And any grant which may hereafter be made for a tract of land, containing a salt spring which had been discovered previous to the purchase of such tract from the United States, shall be considered as fraudulent and null.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the several provisions made in favor of persons who have contracted for lands with John Cleves Symmes and his associates, by an act entitled "An act to extend and continue in force the provisions of an act intitled "An act giving a right of pre-emption to certain persons, who have contracted with John Cleves Symmes or his associates, for lands lying between the Miami rivers in the territory north west of the Ohio, and for other purposes," shall be and the same are hereby continued in force until the first day of June next: Provided, That the register of the land office and receiver of public monies at Cincinnati shall perform the same duties, exercise the same powers, and enjoy the same emoluments, which, by the last recited act were enjoined on or vested in the commissioners designated by the said act: And provided also, That no certificate for a right of pre-emption shall be granted, except in favor of persons who had, before the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred, made contracts in writing with John Cleves Symmes or with any of his associates, and who had made to him or them any payment or payments of money for the purchase of such lands: nor unless at least one twentieth part of the purchase money of the land claimed, shall have previously been paid to the receiver of public monies, or shall be paid prior to the first day of January next. And every person who shall obtain a certificate of pre-emption, shall be allowed until the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and six, to complete the payment of his first installment: Provided also, That where any person or persons shall in virtue of a contract entered into with John Cleves Symmes, have entered and made improvements on any section or half section prior to the first day of April last (having conformed with all the foregoing provisions in this section) which improvements by the running of the lines subsequently thereto shall have fallen within any section or half section other than the one purchased as aforesaid, and other than section number sixteen, such section or half section shall in that case be granted to the person or persons who shall have so entered, improved and cultivated the same, on payment of the purchase money agreeably to the provisions made by law for lands sold at private sale; but nothing herein contained shall be construed to give to any such person or persons a greater number of acres than he or they had contracted for with John Cleves Symmes as aforesaid.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That every person who may have heretofore obtained from the commissioners, a certificate of a right of pre-emption for lands lying between the two Miami rivers, on account of contracts with or purchase from John Cleves Symmes or his associates, and who has paid his first installment; and every person who may obtain a similar certificate by virtue of the preceding section, and shall, on or before the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and six, pay his first installment, be permitted to pay the residue of the purchase money in six annual equal payments.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That fractional sections of the public lands of the United States, either north or of the river Ohio, or south of the State of Tennessee, shall, under the directions of the secretary of the treasury, be either sold singly, or by uniting two or more together, any act to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, That no fractional sections shall be sold in that manner until after they shall have been offered for sale to the highest bidder in the manner herein after directed.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That all the public lands of the United States, the sale of which is authorized by law, may, after they shall have been offered for sale to the highest bidder in quarter sections, as herein after directed, be purchased at the option of the purchaser, either in entire sections, in half sections, or in quarter sections; in which two last cases the sections shall be divided into half sections by lines running due north and

south, and the half sections shall be divided into quarter sections by lines running due east and west. And in every instance in which a sub-division of the lands of the United States, as surveyed in conformity with law, shall be necessary to ascertain the boundaries or true contents of the tract purchased, the same shall be done at the expence of the purchaser.
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted , That no interest shall be charged on any instalment which may hereafter become due, in payment of any of the public lands of the United States, wherever situated, and which have been sold in pursuance of the act, intitled "An act to amend the act, intitled "An act providing for the sale of the lands of the United States, in the territory north west of the Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky river," or which may hereafter be sold by virtue of that, or of any other act of Congress: Provided , That such instalments shall be paid on the day on which the same shall become due; but the interest shall be charged and demanded in conformity with the provisions heretofore in force, from the date of the purchase, on each instalment which shall not be paid on the day on which the same shall become due; Provided however , That on the instalments which are or may become due before the first day of October next, interest shall not be charged, except from the time they became due until paid; but in failure to pay the said instalments on the said first day of October, interest shall be charged thereon in conformity with the provisions heretofore in force from the date of the purchase.
Sec. 12. And be it further enacted , That the sections which have been heretofore reserved, and are by this act directed to be sold, also the fractional sections, classed as by the ninth section of this act directed, and all the other lands of the United States, north of the Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky river, shall be offered for sale in quarter sections, to the highest bidder, under the directions of the register of the land office, and of the receiver of public monies, at the places respectively where the land offices are kept, that is to say: the lands in the districts of Chillicothe, on the first Monday of May; the lands in the district of Marietta, on the second Monday of May; the lands in the district of Zanesville, on the third Monday of May; the lands in the district of Steubenville, on the second Monday of June; and the lands in the district of Cincinnati, on the first Monday of September. The sales shall remain open at each place no longer than three weeks; the lands which may be thus sold, shall not be sold for less than two dollars per acre, and shall in every other respect be sold on the same terms and conditions, as is provided for the sale of lands sold at private sale. And all the other public lands of the United States, either north of the Ohio, or south of the State of Tennessee, which are directed to be sold at public sale, shall be offered for sale to the highest bidder, in quarter sections: Provided however , That section number twenty-six, of the third township of the second fractional range, within the grant made by the United States to John Cleves Symmes, on which is erected a mill dam, is hereby granted to Joseph Vanhorn, the proprietor of the said dam; and also that section number twenty-nine of the second township of the fourth entire range be granted to James Sutton, and also that section number twenty-one of the ninth township of the twenty-fifth range be granted to Christian Van Gundy on their payment of purchase money, agreeably to the provisions made by law for lands sold at private sale.
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted , That whenever any of the public lands shall have been surveyed in the manner directed by law, they shall be divided by the secretary of the treasury, into convenient surveying districts, and a deputy surveyor shall, with the approbation of the said secretary, be appointed by the surveyor general for each district, who shall take an oath or affirmation truly and faithfully to perform the duties of his office; and whose duty it shall be to run and mark such lines as may be necessary for subdividing the lands surveyed as aforesaid, into sections, half sections, or quarter sections, as the case may be, to ascertain the contents of such sub-divisions; and to record, in a book to be kept for that purpose, the surveys thus made. The surveyor general shall furnish each deputy surveyor with a copy of the plat of the townships, and fractional parts of townships contained in his district, describing the subdivisions thereof, and the marks of the corners. Each deputy surveyor shall be entitled to receive from the purchaser of any tract of land, of which a line or lines shall have been run and marked by him, at the rate of three dollars for every mile thus surveyed and marked, before he shall deliver to him a copy of the plat of such tract stating its contents. The fees payable by virtue of former laws for surveying expenses shall, after the first day of July next, be no longer demandable from, and paid by the purchasers. And no final certificate shall thereafter be given by the register of any land office, to the purchaser of any tract of land, all the lines of which shall not have been run, and the contents ascertained by the surveyor general or his assistants, unless such purchaser shall lodge with the said register a plat of such tract, certified by the said district surveyor.
Sec. 14. And be it further enacted , That from and after the first day of April next, each of the registers and receivers of public monies of the several land offices established by law, either north of the river Ohio, or south of the State of Tennessee, shall, in addition to the commission heretofore allowed, receive one half per cent. on all the monies paid for public lands sold in their respective offices, and an annual salary of five hundred dollars, the register and receiver of the land office at Marietta excepted, the annual salary of whom shall be two hundred dollars. And from and after the same day the fees payable by virtue of former laws, to the registers of the several land offices, for the entry of lands and for certificates of monies paid, shall no longer be demandable from, nor paid by the purchasers of
public lands. And it shall be the duty of the secretary of the treasury to cause, at least once every year, the books of the officers of the land offices to be examined, and the balance of public monies in the hands of the several receivers of public monies of the said offices to be ascertained.
Sec. 15. And be it further enacted , That from and after the first day of April next, the fees heretofore payable for patents for lands, shall no longer be paid by the purchasers. And it shall be the duty of every register of a land office, on application of the party, to transmit, by mail, to the register of the treasury, the final certificate granted by such register to the purchaser of any tract of land sold at his office: And it shall be the duty of the register of the treasury, on receiving any such certificate, to obtain and transmit, by mail, to the register of the proper land office, the patent to which such purchaser is entitled: but, in every such instance, the party shall previously pay to the proper deputy post master, the postage accruing on the transmission of such certificate and patent.
Sec. 16. And be it further enacted , That the President of the United States shall have full power to appoint and commission the several registers and receivers of public monies of the land offices established by this act, in the recess of Congress; and their commissions shall continue in force until the end of the session of Congress next ensuing such appointment.
Sec. 17. And be it further enacted , That the several superintendents of the public sales directed by this act, shall receive six dollars each, for each day's attendance on the said sales.
Sec. 18. And be it further enacted , That a sum, not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, be, and the same is hereby appropriated, for the purpose of carrying this act into effect; which sum shall be paid out of any unappropriated monies in the treasury.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JESSE FRANKLIN, President of the Senate, pro tempore. APPROVED, March 26, 1804. TH: JEFFERSON.
FOR THE RHODE-ISLAND REPUBLICAN.
IN looking over what I suppose the writers in the Mercury call an answer to some observations which appeared in the Rhode-Island Republican of the 28th ultimo, in reply to a question which had been previously put to the Editors of that paper, concerning the definition of the term refugee , I found very little worthy of notice. Every sentence in the Mercury of the 30th ultimo, which comes under the head of Newport, evidently appears to be the offspring of a low, grovelling, contracted, envious, and malicious mind. Every sentiment which it contains, is tinged with the deepest dye of illiberality. Every invective which it pours forth, is fraught with an envious and malicious hatred, towards every Republican in office. And every with which it expresses, obviously denotes the chagrined which the writer and the party for whom he labors have experienced, at their ill success in their attempts to tumble the present officers of government from their places, for the purpose of raising themselves to the same elevated situations.
But notwithstanding the weak and illiberal remarks contained in the paper of which I have been speaking, I observe in it some observations, to which I am very glad to have an opportunity of replying. It is not however, the intrinsic merit of those observations, which has induced me to notice them; but the tendency which they have to deceive those people, who are either wholly unacquainted with the conduct of the Federalists ; or are too much engaged in domestic concerns, to inform themselves of the object which these designing men have in view. I now allude to an accusation in the Mercury of the date last mentioned against the Republicans, which impliedly charges them, with having been guilty of persecuting Federal strangers . On this ground, I am ready to meet the writer in the Mercury, or any other federal writer. Of all the people in the world, one would suppose that a federalist would be the last person to complain of persecution against strangers. Witness the torrent of abuse, which has been constantly flowing from every federal press in the Union, for eight or ten years past, against every republican emigrant to this country. Mr. Gallatin, a worthy and respectable citizen of Geneva, a man possessed of talents seldom equalled, and of a most extensive information, hearing of the happy prospects of this country, and being assured by the written declarations of its most eminent citizens, that strangers would here be hospitably received and kindly treated, left his native country, his friends, and dearest connections, here to seek the residence of liberty, and either die in her defence, or enjoy the invaluable blessings, which never fail to flow from her mild and peaceable government. He arrived here, a little before the beginning of our revolution. When that commenced, he instantly joined the friends of our country, and warmly advocated the principles of the revolution. During the whole of the war, with a firm and independent mind, which neither danger nor the prospect of gain can vary from the right line of justice and principle, he steadily kept in view the main object of the revolution, and constantly advocated that glorious cause, for which the heroic Warren bled, and for which the immortal Washington for eight long years in the field contended. After the adoption of the Constitution, he was chosen by the inhabitants of one of the Districts of Pennsylvania, to represent them in the Congress of the United States. In that situation, there was not a single member of that honorable body cotemporary with him, who did not acknowledge his abilities to be great, and his information extensive. At the commencement of Mr. Jefferson's administration, he was appointed Secretary of the treasury of the United States. In that capacity also, he has acquitted himself in a manner, which not only reflects the highest hon-
or upon his own character, but exhibits to the world an uncontroverted proof, of the sound judgment and unshaken integrity of our present Executive. Now let me ask, what has been the conduct of the Federalists towards Mr. Gallatin. Did they not attack him with the ferocity of tygers, the very first instant that he took part in the present political contest in this country? Have they not for more than three years past, been continually censuring, condemning and calumniating the conduct of Mr. Jefferson, in appointing him to the office which he now holds? And after all the tumult which they have made about this worthy Genevan, what crime do they alledge against him? The crime of being a stranger . Yes, that is the only accusation which they have brought against him, for the support of which, they have not the least shadow of evidence to offer. And all this is done by the executive friends of strangers—yes, of federal strangers .
Next to Mr. Gallatin, on the list of persecuted strangers, stands the once venerable and learned Priestly. As this worthy and respected sage, neither held or desired to hold any office under the government of this country, it might have been reasonably expected, that a character so pure and unspotted as his, would have escaped the pestiferous exhalations of federal calumny . But alas! what a different lesson has experience taught us. For the enormous and unpardonable offence of advocating the cause of Republicanism; and for the heinous crime of teaching mankind, that by nature we are all entitled to equal rights and equal privileges; and that the consciences of the many, ought not to be chained down by the tyrannic power of the few; an almost irresistible torrent of the foulest slander, and of unprovoked abuse, was incessantly issuing against him from every federal press, and every federal mouth in the country. Such was their hatred, their persecuting and merciless javelins of slander and malice, was not sufficient to appease their unprovoked, yet vengeful rage. Yes, had their power been equal to their hatred, they would have entirely stripped him of his honestly acquired literary honors; and thereby deprived him of the only desirable reward of virtue and talents. But happily for mankind in general, and fortunately for the honor of our country, their base attempts to detract from the merits of that great man, have been treated by every honest and enlightened American, with that detestation and contempt, which they so justly deserved.
Let me now pass from the ill treatment of which the Federalists have been guilty towards some eminent strangers in this country, and take a general view of their conduct, towards all those strangers, who have at any time emigrated here, considered in an aggregate or collective body. And here let me ask who were the makers and advocates of a law, which deprived every stranger here residing (who had not gained a citizenship) of the inalienable privilege of being tried by a jury, and subjected him to the tyranny and caprice of a single individual? Who were the makers and advocates of a law, which made it necessary for every stranger coming into this country, to reside here fourteen years, before he could be admitted to the privileges of a citizen? Answer; the Federalists . Were it not you? yes, it was you, who of late it seems, are alone become the friends of strangers: yes, let me repeat it, you are the friends of federal strangers ; but most implacable enemies to every republican stranger.—And it appears by the laws just mentioned, that you are of opinion that every stranger ought to be presumed republican, until the contrary appears. And in this particular, you judge very right. For it is certainly more consistent with the common dictates of reason and humanity, to suppose the principles of a person with whom we are unacquainted, to be well founded and correct, than to suppose them without any foundation in nature, and wholly fallacious. But it is not necessary to have recourse to laws which have some time since expired, in order to show the amicable disposition of the federalists towards strangers. A late Newport Mercury, represents "Irish and Scotch, English and French aliens," as being either downright renegades, or as possessing a character not much different. Time after time has it been confidently asserted, in almost every federal paper in the United States, that the greater part of the emigrants to this country, either escaped from the halter, or brought with them scars or wounds occasioned by the cat-o'-nine-tails.
This is the ungenerous treatment which strangers have generally received from federalists . But what can be more barbarous and savage, than such general charges, unsupported by the least colour of evidence, against a whole body of people? If any of the emigrants to this country have been guilty of crimes before their emigration here, let them be individually charged with the same; and let their several offences be specified; and let their accusers prove the truth of their accusations; and then, every honest American will join in detesting those wretches, who, it shall evidently appear, have either escaped from justice, or brought with them the marks of an ignominious punishment. But to condemn every stranger, the first instant he sets his foot upon our shore, before any thing of his character or even his name is known, as having been guilty of some enormous crime, is cruel and unchristian; and altogether repugnant to the maxims of those laws, for which the federalists profess to feel so great a degree of veneration.
Now, gentlemen writers in the Mercury, let me ask you, if what I have here related concerning the manner in which you and other federalists have treated strangers, is not strictly true? Yes, you must say (if you answer with truth and candor) we cannot, we dare not deny it: For if we were to question the truth of your interrogatory, the observations which have flown from our own pens, will rise up and call us liars. Then, gentlemen, repent of your past conduct towards those strangers who have suffered so much from your unprovoked and slanderous abuse? Is it because that you are regenerated,
and become new creatures, that you feel so feebly touched at the distresses of persecuted strangers? I hope, gentlemen, that this is the truth of the case. I hope that the implied profession which you have lately made, of feelings of love and compassion towards persecuted strangers, was dictated by the sincerity and philanthropy of your hearts. And when by a line of conduct uniformly consistent with those principles which you have impliedly professed, in indirectly accusing the republicans of persecuting strangers, you have convinced me that your professions are the result of impartiality and candor, and not of ostentation and party spirit; I will gladly follow your example, and zealously imitate your virtuous conduct. But while you lay down one rule of conduct to day, because it best suits your present purpose; and for the same reason another rule to morrow; I shall be very careful how I imitate you.
To give a direct answer, to the implied charge of persecuting federal strangers, which you have brought against the republicans, I shall at present decline. And my reason for this is, because it is so general that I know not to what part of it, or in what manner, to direct an answer. When you will point out some federal stranger whom the republicans have persecuted, and shew how they have persecuted him; then I will answer you with pleasure. But till then I decline all further reply, to this new & unfoanded charge, which you have brought against them.
WILLIAM TELL.
District of Rhode-Island, ss.
BY virtue of a warrant from the Hon. David Leonard Barnes, Esq. Judge of the District Court for the Rhode-Island District,—Notice is hereby given to all persons concerned, that a libel is filed in said Court, by David Howell, Esq. Attorney of the United States for said District, against three bags of Coffee, imported into the Port of Newport, in the Schooner, German Peggy, Elisha Small, Master, without having been included in the manifest of said Schooner's cargo, contrary to the statute in such case provided—and that trial will be had on the aforesaid libel, at the District Court which is to be holden in Providence on the first Tuesday of August next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon.
WM. PECK, Marshal. Dated at Providence, July 2d, 1804.
Rhode-Island District, ss.
BY order of the Hon. David Leonard Barnes, Esq. Judge of the District Court for the Rhode-Island District—Notice is hereby given to all persons concerned, that a libel is filed in said Court, by Isaac Gardner and Sylvester Kinyan, against the Sloop Mary-Ann, of Sandwich, in the District of Massachusetts (but now lying in the port of Newport) Samuel Bourne, Master, for wages alleged to be due to them the said Gardner and Kinyan, as mariners on board said Sloop—and that trial will be had on the aforesaid libel, at a special District Court to be holden at Providence, in said District of Rhode-Island, on the twenty-third day of July inst. at four o'clock in the afternoon of said day.
WM. PECK, Marshal. Dated at Newport, 4th July, 1804.
Carding Wool.
THE Public are notified, that JONATHAN NICHOLS and JOSEPH CUNDALL have erected Machines for breaking and carding into Rolls Sheeps Wool, at the Mills of said Cundall in Portsmouth, on this Island. Those who wish to have their wool broken or carded, may depend on having the Work done well, and with Dispatch. After the Wool has been duly picked and greased, with one Pound of soft Grease or Oil to from 10 to 16 Pounds of Wool, it should be sent in Sheets or Blankets, in which the Rolls may be packed and transported to any distance without injury.
NICHOLS & CUNDALL. Portsmouth, July 3, 1804.
Wanted Immediately,
AS an Apprentice to the Copper-Smith and Brass-Foundry business, a smart active boy, about 14 or 15 years of age. One from the Country would be preferred.—Apply to OTIS CHAFEE, Newport, July 5th, 1804.
At a Town Council held at Newport, Monday, July 2d, 1804.
IT is Voted and Resolved, That no empty Cart or Trucks, or Fishermen, with their Benches, be allowed to take a stand in Thames-Street, on the penalty of paying a fine of Twenty-five Cents, to and for the use of the Town, to be recovered before any or either of the Justices of the Peace, on the complaint of any of the Inhabitants of said Town; and that the said Truck- and Carts, when not employed, repair to and take a stand on either of the Streets, leading from Carr's corner, Banister's wharf, A. Crary & Soc's wharf, and next southerly of the Dwelling-House late Col. John Malbone's, or on the North side of the Railing on Washington Square.
Witness, JONATHAN ALMY, Council Clerk.
For Sale,
THE Ship Angeronis, 157 tons burthen. She is a strong, well built ship, sails remarkably fast; and will be only 2 years old next fall. She was built for a Charleston Packet, but is so constructed as to answer the business of any vessel of her size. And if not sold at private sale previous to the 24th of August next, she will on that day be sold at Public Auction. Those who wish to purchase, will please to call on either of the subscribers.
BENJAMIN CHURCH, ISAAC BURDICK. Newport, July 12, 1804.
Newport, July 12, 1804.

NEWPORT, Thursday, July 12, 1804.
There is one thing in the last refugee paper worthy of notice. It is worthy of it, in exactly the same sense that a convicted, and condemned malefactor is worthy of his punishment. Allusion is here had to the piece which appeared with the signature of "A Mechanic." Now it is beyond all controversy, from the mere internal evidence of the piece itself, that it originated among the Mercurial tribe of refugee scribblers; and that they fraudulently assumed the signature of "a mechanic" in order to give it credit, and procure for it a degree of attention which the thing without such a signature, would be in no wise calculated to claim.
Are the public solicitous to know who the author of the piece in the last refugee paper, with the signature of "a mechanic" is? A slight attention to a particular concatenation of facts will sufficiently disclose him: And it may be necessary that he should be known, because any secret agency upon public sentiment, doth not correspond with the prevailing temper of the times.
We shall not at present go into the circumstances which will warrant the assertion, that "parson Shaw who reads the law," is this self-styled "mechanic;" but shall leave them for a fut day, when necessity may more immediately call for them. We have only to lament, for the present, that that admirable piece of composition should detain him from the office, and his studies, the whole forenoon of Friday last. He certainly gave himself full time to digest his conceptions, and to arrange his ideas—and therefore is utterly inexcusable to himself, and his party, and to "the editor and printer of (the Mercury) who is one and the same person," for intermixing I and as so profusely. So much for the "grave parson," by way of exordium. If he has any answer to make to it he will be attended with great patience and pleasure.
The deranged parson hath taken us up, for saying that the procession formed, and moved as mentioned in our last; and asserts that "there are few persons in this town who have not noticed this wilful misrepresentation." If the grave parson can find no better materials than this to work upon, he may as well hang up his fiddle. Alas! we sigh!—for fear that he will become a broken editor. For such materials, although manufactured by the parson's own hands, will never quit cost, much less yield a profit in market. And without a profit, the parson knows that the shop must be shut up.
If the procession did not move according to the order agreed upon by the committee of arrangement (which was previously published, and to which we referred, for the sake of brevity in giving the proceedings of the day), we reverentially ask the parson in what order it did move? As the parson is fond himself of asking questions, he, in his turn, ought to answer some. "Four societies (says the parson) were mentioned in the previous arrangement, and but one of them moved in the procession;" and hence concludes that to say the procession moved according to those previous arrangements, "is a false representation, calculated to deceive the honest yeomanry in our country towns." How sender the parson's conscience is! Suppose three particular public characters had been invited to attend and had declined an attendance, would it therefore have been incorrect to say that the procession moved according to a previous arrangement? Suppose parson Shaw had been invited to attend as a student at law, by whom, "after a full investigation of the subject the invitation was rejected." Now it is evident that he would have made a distinct and distinguished member of the procession; but could not the procession have moved according to the previous arrangements without him? "No small pains (says the parson) were taken by several characters, in this town, to induce the Masonic Society to move as a society, with the intended procession;" "but after a full investigation of the subject (it is a wonder he had not added, and hearing all the evidence in the case) it was determined by a large majority in convention (possibly the majority might have been out of convention, parson) that it would be improper for them to make their public appearance, and consequently the invitation was rejected." If the parson had been sojourning among us for any considerable length of time, he might have spared himself the "no small pains" (for it appears to be hard work for him to reveal his intelligence) of the last recited remark. Suppose the parson should be informed that the attendance of the Masons was not expected when the invitation was given—that they had been invited the last year, had then declined the invitation, which was repeated at the present time entirely out of compliment, and that the society was mentioned in the order of procession agreed on with that view entirely. Suppose he should be informed that the same was the case with the Marine Society, a great number of whom did attend the procession, and move together? Would it not vary the case, from the original understanding of the parson, so as to induce him to reverse his judgment, even without argument? But what was this "large majority in convention" that the parson seems to dwell about? Was it more than seven? Perhaps the delicacy of the parson's conscience will not induce him to say that it was. And did not their vote extend farther? Did it
not embrace a determination that they would not as a society attend any public procession but their own?
The parson speaks likewise about the number of the procession. There is no doubt that he counted them agreeable to orders, and would probably make as favorable a report to his employers as circumstances would possibly admit. There is a double object in this, more familiar to the parson than the maxims of law. With respect to the number, if he has not got them with more correctness with respect to the procession, than he has with respect to those who dined at the State House, his arithmetical as well as his every other faculty is most grossly defective.
He talks of the Pharisees, and of sacrificing to Moloch. His sacrifices have been abundant; but whether they have been to the Pharisees or to Moloch, let those whom his fame hath reached pronounce. But above all—the parson says he feels himself "bound to state facts, that the people may judge of the soundness of that cause which requires so much art and misrepresentation to support from falling into ruin!" Is he not here a little too fast? Will he not upon reflection be of the opinion himself that his zeal to serve his masters has outrun his policy? For though the parson has pronounced heavy judgments against misrepresentation, yet few will believe but that, however amiss, the parson would have them if possible in favor of his own objects. His conduct in the course of his short editorial career, hath fully convicted him of this. But what cause is that, which, according to the parson's opinion, is so hard to be supported from falling into ruin? The cause of AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE! This was the object of the celebration; the cause of the procession, and the subject of the Oration. Will the parson say in this bold and explicit manner, that it cannot be "supported from falling into ruin"? He must have more influence than he had at Little-Compton; more inspiration than he possessed at the place whence he struggled thither, to enable him to effect its ruin in the town of Newport. Indeed, indeed, he is but a weak place in the system of degenerate Federalists, from which its most precious secrets are continually trickling, and streaming about; a defective slave which occasioneth the keg to leak. His stupid arrogance will effectually blow their machinations, & entail abortion on all their projects. Better, far better were it for them if they had retained their former editor, who had served them faithfully, & with infinitely more dexterity, and not have suspended him for the sake of passing his stipend over to the assistance of the grave, & reverend parson.
"The galled jade winces." "The Editor and Printer of the Mercury" is one & the same person," say the refugee editors. A more palpable falsehood perhaps was never uttered by man. And if the said Editors will put us to the proof, it shall be made to appear in glaring capitals. We will not to irritate, neither do we with to contend with the Billings-gates of Wapping. But unless they conduct themselves in future with a little more decency, we will drag them from their lurking places, and exhibit them to the public in their true characters. And even though they may have been clad in Clerical habiliments, under the guise of hypocrisy, it shall not screen them from the scrutinizing eye of justice.
TOWN OFFICERS.
At a Town-Meeting, legally held at the State-House, in Newport, Tuesday, June 5th, A. D. 1804.
Town Clerk—Jonathan Almy. Town Council—Thomas Freebody, John Gardner, William Tew, Samuel Vinson, Caleb Green. Town Treasurer—Edmund Townsend. Town Sergeant—Thomas Melville. Assessors of Taxes—Thomas Peckham, John B. Mumford, Jesse Lillibridge. Collector of Taxes—Robert Taylor. Sealers of Weights and Measures—Billings Coggeshall, Philip Burgess, Daniel W. Hoskie. Vendue Masters—John Gardner, Silas Dean, James Chappell, Henry Bull. Overseers of the Poor & Workhouse—Robert Taylor, John Tillinghast, Job Townsend. Town Audit—Caleb Gardner, Samuel Vernon, jun. Anthony Dixon, Francis Malbone. Sealers of Leather—William Prior, Thomas Mumford. Surveyors of Bark—Robert Taylor, Eleazer Read. Fence Viewers—Robert Taylor, Benjamin Willbour, Benjamin Cornell. Clerks of the Markets—Samuel Carr, Red Market; Job Greenman, Brick do. Robinson Kelly, Fifth do. Surveyors of Joiners Lumber—Edmund Townsend, Walter Nichols, James Taylor, Job Townsend, Robert M. Townsend, Stephen Goddard, Robert Lawton, jun. John Tillinghast, Caleb Lyndon. Constables—Daniel Danham, James Chappell, John Richards, Samuel Vaughn, Thomas Tew, Benjamin Lawton, Edward Gorton. Valuers of Estates, when disputed in Voting—Ebenezer Shearman, Thomas Tew, Job Townsend. Packets of Beef, Pork, and Fish—Joseph Warren, John Newton, Benjamin Clarke, Elisha Norton, John Henshaw, William Borden, William Oman, Philip Allen. Overseers of the Small Pox—Thomas Townsend, Benjamin Barker, John Warren, John Williams, John Wanton, Henry Peckham. Surveyors of Lumber, in which is included Singles and Clapboards—Thomas Hudson, Jesse Lillibridge, Daniel Dunham, Elisha Gibbs, John Tillinghast, Fleet S. Greene, Daniel Dunham, jr. Job Townsend, Asa Sisson, Samuel Orr, 3d. Corders of Bark—Ephraim Macomber, Christopher Bennett, Benjamin Dunham, Samuel Tripp, John Tayer, Job Warren. Corders of Wood—Samuel I. Carr, Nicholas Hart, Samuel Tripp, Walter Burns, Benjamin Dunham, Adam Wise, Gregory Swazey,
Henry Gladding, John Harwood, Joseph Peckham, William Read, John Tayer, Joshua Davis, Stephen Weaver, John Hubbard, Samuel Collins, John Burdick, Joseph Warren, Jonathan Heath, Daniel Thomas.
Surveyors of Wharf Logs and Round Timber—Fleet S. Greene, Jesse Dunham. Gaugers of Casks—Billings Coggeshall, William Lyon, John Price, Ephraim Macomber, Robert Dunham, John Newton.
To superintend and have the care of the Fire Hooks & Ladders—Nathaniel Swinborne, Samuel Carr, Elisha Gibbs, Henry Bull, William Freebody, Edward Thurston, Jesse Dunham, Samuel Simpson.
To Visit the Almshouse, Work House, & Penitentiary—William Langley, John Yeomans, John Slocum, Benjamin Hadwen, Benjamin W. Cate, James Perry.
Fire Wardens—Thomas Freebody, George Champlin, Caleb Gardner, Francis Malbone, Thomas G. Pitman, John L. Bots, George Gibbs, Robert Taylor, John Slocum, Daniel Lyman, Samuel Vernon, jun. Daniel Dunham, jun. John Handy, Simeon Martin, William Deane, Stephen Cahoon.
Surveyors of Ship Timber and Oak Plank—William Lee, William Goddard, Benjamin Mavell, William Lee, jun. Jeremiah Greenman.
To Examine Houses, respecting Buckets, Trap Doors, and Ladders—Benjamin Barker, Benjamin Lawton, Joseph Dyer, Stephen Cahoon, Seth Yates.
Town Crier—William Allen, jun. Field Drivers—Thomas Horwell, James Chappell, Jonathan Lake, William Catwell, Benjamin Wilcox, Robert M. Franklin, Solomon V. Litchfield, Lawrence Clarke.
Overseer of Stone and Gravel Ballast at Goat-Island—Thomas Freebody.
Inspectors of Sea Coal, Char-Coal, & Fire Wood—John Warren, William Borden, Thomas Arnold, Samuel Collins, William Freebody, Samuel B. Carr.
Keeper of the Almshouse & Work House—John Williams.
Drummer—Benjamin Lawton.
Surveyor of Land—Jabez Denson.
Sunday Constables—Daniel Dunham, jun. Thomas Weaver, jun. First Ward; Elisha Lawton, Benjamin Cornell, Second Ward; William Langley, John Yeomans, Third Ward; William Prior, Nicholas Hart, Fourth Ward; Henry Sherburne, Richard Hazard, Jesse Lillibridge, Fifth Ward.
To Superintend Building of Chimneys, placing Stoves & Stove Pipes—Thomas Tew, James Chappell.
Surveyors of High Ways—John L. Bots, Job Townsend, First Ward; Walter Nichols, Richard Simpson, Second Ward; John Coggeshall, William Burroughs, Third Ward; Stephen Cahoon, John Thurston, Fourth Ward; John Slocum, Robert N. Auchmuth, Fifth Ward.
Inspectors of Nuisances—Benedict Smith, Joseph Warren, Job Townsend, First Ward; Samuel Vaughn, Lawrence Clarke, Second Ward; John Wanton, Robert Lawton, jun. Third Ward; Samuel F. Gardner, John B. Mumford, Fourth Ward; John Thurston, Elisha Anthony, Fifth Ward.
The notice "to a correspondent" in the last refugee paper respecting "L's" remarks on the Oration "delivered on the 4th inst." is meanly insidious. There is no kind of probability that any such communication was ever made to the refugee Mercury jobbers; but that that article was a sheer fabrication, in order, if possible, to intimidate the author of the Oration, and to induce him to decline a publication of it.
But after asserting that parson Shaw never wrote in their paper (which by the bye was no doubt parson Shaw's own assertion, as the writer of the paragraph which contained it) what subterfuges, and direct barefaced falsehoods will they not be guilty of. For let it be distinctly understood, that it can be incontrovertibly proved, that parson Shaw has wrote for the refugee paper, and has shown his pieces before they were published. He is, therefore, by his own deliberate act, completely precluded from exercising on this occasion any tricks of evasion or equivocation.
As to the Oration; it was a good one, such an one as did honor to the occasion, to the thronged and respectable auditory to which it was spoken, and to the speaker; such an one as we could wish to see in print, that the visages of speculative worth, & conceited excellency might be set with an immortal blush, and an inextinguishable conviction of the vanity of political arrogance, and a spirit of domination.
Capt. Bruce, who arrived at New-York from Gibraltar in 66 days, was informed by capt. Decatur, of the United States schooner Enterprise, then at Gibraltar, that it was the intention of commodore Preble to bombard Tripoli—and that he was building gun-vessels for the purpose. He was also informed, that a 64 gun ship, and 2 other British vessels which he had spoke 2 days previous to his arrival, were destined to reinforce Lord Nelson's fleet off Toulon, to enable him to dispatch a squadron to bombard Algiers.
More Squally appearances. Capt. Croker, arrived at New-York, from Cadiz and Gibraltar, informs, that when he left the latter port, which was on the 20th of May, it was reported there, that the Tunisians had declared war against the United States.
Arrived here the 6th inst. Brig. Neptune, Samuel C. Taggart master, 62 days from Amsterdam. Spoke the following vessels, viz. On the 7th of May, the brig Ida from Rhode-Island for Amsterdam, 40 days out, all well. In the English channel, on the 16th of June, spoke the ship Pennsylvania, Henry Niddell master, 20 day out, in long. 39, 40 west, bound for Antwerp.
Arrived on Tuesday evening, in 10 days from Charleston (S. C.) schooner Polly, Merick, Phillip Russell master, bound for Boston.
On Thursday last, (supposed about sunset) a most audacious and cruel murder was committed on SALLY TALBOT, a young Girl, 13 years of age, of Canton, in the county of Norfolk. This inhuman act is supposed to have been perpetrated by a Mulatto Fellow, of said Canton, about Nineteen years of age, by the name of JACK BATTES, after having first ravished her! Battes has a broad face, thick lips, large and flat nose, about five feet seven or eight inches high, uncommonly large feet for one of his years, and speaks low and moderate—He absconded from said Canton on the night of the first instant, before he was suspected.—[We hear that the villain has been taken.] Ded.pap.
EUROPE.—London papers to the 10th May, have been received by arrivals at this port. Nothing however of importance has transpired since our former dates. A change of Ministers in the British Administration has taken place, and a plan reported to the House of Commons. The British Minister has left the Court of Madrid, and the Dutch preparations for the "invasion," are said to be in great forwardness.—Capt. Merrill, from Lisbon, informs, that the Portuguese Government had declared war against the Moors; and that a ship of the line had sailed from Lisbon, to cruise in Tangier Bay.
At Peterham (Mals.) on the 18th ult. a very uncommon form of lightning, thunder, rain and hail, took place. The day was remarkably warm and sultry—the flashes of lightning were in quick succession, and the thunder very heavy and awful—the rain and hail resembled a solid body of water and ice—all the windows to the north and east were instantly dashed to pieces, and the houses filled with water and hail, which was from four to twelve inches in depth, and for three days after the storm, cartloads of hail stones were to be seen in different places. Bost. W. Mag.
MARRIED.—"At Warren, Mr. PASCHAL ALLEN, Cashier of the Bank, to Miss MARY CROADE daughter of Mr. John Croade
DIED.—"At Philadelphia, on the 22d ult. WILLIAM SAVERY, an eminent and faithful Preacher of the Gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, among the people called Quakers."
At Bristol, last Friday morning, in the 85th year of his age; the Rev. Mr. USHER.
CUSTOM-HOUSE.
Table with 3 columns: Ship Name, Origin, Status. Includes entries for Ship Angeronia, Brig Hannah, Brig Neptune, Sloop Fame, Sloop Lydia, Schooner Pegasus, Schooner Bonetta, Ship Bayard, Sloop Unity, Schooner Federal.
The statement and resolves of the Artillery Company of the town of Newport, are necessarily deferred till next week, for want of room. An account of the celebration of the 4th of July at Bristol, is also omitted for the same reason, but shall have a conspicuous place in our next.
Dancing School.
M. CARPANTIER informs the Ladies and Gentlemen of Newport and its vicinity, that another quarter commenced on Tuesday, the 3d instant. Newport July 12, 1804.
For Sale by
Philip M. Topham, SEVERAL dried Spanish HYDES, and a few Hogheads good MOLASSES. Newport, July 12, 1804.
PATENT CHIP FOR BONNETS.
THE Subscriber having purchased of the Patentee 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. Mr. WILLIAM DOUGLASS, & Messrs. CHARLES COGGESHALL and Co. being appointed Agents for vending said chip for the Town of Newport, will keep a constant Supply at their Stores for Sale. Newport, July 3, 1804.

From the CHARLESTON CITY GAZETTE.
ODE.
Written by Mr. J. HODGKINSON (the celebrated Comedian) and sung on the day set apart by the citizens of America to celebrate the peaceable possession of Louisiana.
WHEN Superstition held her rod O'er Europe's sons degraded; Man's life depended on a nod; His ev'ry right invaded! Fair Liberty, her exil'd head Hid from despotic sway; And man's bitter tear she shed Upon her weary way.
No settled habitation she For ages e'er could gain; The earth o'er run with bigotry, To hear her would not deign: 'Till Enterprize, discover'd had A region yet unknown; To this she flew with foul full glad And claim'd it as her own.
Columbia she nam'd the land, And vow'd they'd never sever. This is the soil for freedom's band, It shall be free for ever. And when occasion call'd her forth To war against oppression; God gave a Washington to earth, T' assist her due possession.
One dark'ning spot she saw remain, Yielding to foreign force; This she petition'd Jove to gain, T' illumine Freedom's course. The L'ites assembled soon, They heard the message given; And to decide upon her boon, Was now the cause of Heaven.
Idols rose, and this opinion gave: I'll read them to the field, Columbia's sons are truly brave, Their rights they ne'er will yield. When Peace and Mercy, hand in hand, With Pity at their side, Cried, let not blood imbue the land, Where Virtue shall preside.
See Europe and her slaughtering hosts, Humanity affright! There let Ambition make her boasts, There lead her sons to fight: But let Columbia, great and free, Away with maddening rage; Her rights assert with dignity, It forced—the war then wage.
Says Jove, by Styx, I think it best, And hope you will agree, To grant fair Liberty's request— LOUISIANA'S FREE! Peace wav'd her olive branch—Truth cried All sanction the decree. May patriot Wisdom still preside! LOUISIANA'S FREE.
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
Fresh Spring GOODS,
JUST received, and to be disposed of on the most reasonable terms, for CASH only, by W. C. BAEN. Newport, April 4, 1804. 83
Hemp & Flaxen Lines.
THE subscriber makes and keeps constantly for sale, at his house next to the Hay-Scales southerly, in Broad-street, a general assortment of Lines, viz. Deep-sea Lines, Latchet, do. Log do. Coddo. clothes do. Hand do.—Also, Bed Cords, White Rope, Seine Twine, and small Fishing Lines of all kinds, by wholesale and retail, on the most reasonable terms.
BENJAMIN TILLEY.
Cotton Lines of every description may also be had as above. Newport, April 2, 1804. 83
Rhodes & Hammond
HAVE FOR SALE, (Wholesale and Retail)
JAMAICA spirits 4th proof, Cognac Brandy 2d do. Barcelona do. 4th do. Holland Geneva, Havanna brown, Do. white, Loaf 1st and 2d quality, & SUGARS, Lump Hyson, Souchong, } TEAS of the & Bohea } first quality Coffee, Pepper, Pimento, Ginger, Mustard, Nutmegs, Allum, Saltpetre, Bennenhove's Snuff, Superfine Flour, Glass, Ware, A few bales Cotton Wool of an excellent quality. 20 Barrels Mels & Prime Beef & Pork, &c. &c. Newport, June 7, 1804. 98
MEIN & ROGERS
Have for Sale at their Store, head of Banister's Wharf, Thames Street,
JAMAICA Rum per Hhd. Amsterdam Geneva per pipe, Spanish Brandy per ditto, Cognac ditto per ditto, Tar per bbl. Flour (superfine) per bbl. Coffee, W. I. and Bourbon, best quality, Madeira & other Wines per qt. case. Also, a general assortment of GROCERIES wholesale and retail at the lowest prices. N. B. A Consignment of Trunks and Paper Hangings. Newport, May 28. 159tf
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 employ and good wages, by applying to JOSEPH DYRE. Newport, May 28, 1804. 91
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; teas; coffee; cocoa shells; chocolate, No. 1 and 2, prepared with and without vanilla; brown, powdered and loaf-sugar; Cordials of all kinds; ginger preserves.—An assortment of Preferred Fruits in brandy, olives, anchovies, peas-nuts; best Frontigniac, Sherry, Teneriffe and Malaga, Wines; syrup, already prepared for punch, superior to any commonly used; 1st and 4th proof Jamaica Spirits, and Antigua Rum; best Spanish Segars; with an elegant assortment of Glass and Crocker-ware, which he is determined to sell very low.—Punctual attendance and the smallest favors gratefully acknowledged. Newport, July 2, 1803. [61tf]
NEW SHOE STORE.
JUST OPENED BY
Charles Coggeshall & Co.
AT the corner of the New-Lane, next door North of Messrs. John Bours, jun. & Co. Thames-Street, an elegant assortment of almost all kinds of Boots and Shoes, viz. Men's fine Shoes, common and coarse do. Kid & Morocco Slippers, Misses do. Sattinet and Florentine with heels; all kinds of Boys and Children's Shoes—Common and Suawarrow Boots. As many of the Boots and Shoes were manufactured 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.
They have also for sale, a large assortment of TRUNKS of the neatest kind; and an assortment of Boot-Legs. Boot Webbing and Binding may be had on the most reasonable terms.
N. B. Orders for TRUNKS, of any dimension, can be furnished at the above Store on the shortest notice. Newport, April 19, 1804. 85
FOR SALE, BY SIMEON MARTIN,
100 Hhds. good retailing Molasses, 1500 wt. Hart and Club Steel, 350 Boxes white & brown Havanna Sugars, 3000 Bushels Liverpool Salt, 30 Boxes plain Glass ware, each containing 80 flasks of half pint Tumblers, 10 pr. flasks—6 pint Decanters—6 half pint do.—12 wine Glasses, and 6 Salt Cellars. 40 12 bottle empty Gin Cases, 100 Bbls. Superfine Flour, 120 Bbls. of good Shipping Herring. Newport, April 4, 1804. 83
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 assorted, at not exceeding 5 per cent. (the usual profit being 20 per cent.) on cost, by retail; many less, and some at cost.
A large quantity of the above Goods, especially Broad Cloths and other Woolens, was purchased at a very low advance, upon the sterling 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. 67tf
NEW HAT STORE.
THE subscribers inform their friends, and the public in general, that they have taken the Store of Mr. Henry G. Champlin, directly opposite the Union Bank, where they have just opened a complete assortment of HATS, of the latest importation and of their own manufacturing, which they intend to sell as cheap as can be purchased in Newport, or New-York, and of equal quality. They have also on hand Hat Trimmings of all kinds. Benjamin & Solomon G. Weaver. Newport, April 19, 1804. 85
Hard Ware, Stationary, &c.
DAVID MELVILL, jun.
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, and Clothes-Lines. Also,
New-York Manufactured TOBACCO and SNUFF
Consisting of Negro-Head; Pigtail; Ladies' Twist, & cut Tobacco; Maccabau and Scotch SNUFF, of the first quality, at the Manufactory prices. *Cash given for Lead. Newport, June 27, 1804. 140tf
P. BRIDGES,
RESPECTFULLY informs the Ladies of the town of Newport, and its vicinity that she has commenced the MILLINERY business in all its branches, at the house of the late Capt. Baker, in King Street. Those Ladies who favor her with their commands, may depend on having their articles made up in the most approved taste, on moderate terms; having recently brought over from England the latest fashions, and which will be regularly supplied within the season. Ladies morning Dresses, and Children's Pelisses made. June 22, 1804. 195
JAMES G. PECKHAM,
(Nearly opposite Mr. Israel Pease's store)
HAS lately received, from New-York, a fresh supply of Jewellery, Fancy Goods, Hard Ware, &c. which, together with his former stock, makes his assortment complete. He has on hand, a variety of Ladies' Bonnets and trimmings of the latest fashions.—Also, Trunks of various sizes, which will be sold cheaper than can be purchased in this town. N. B. Cash given for old Gold, and Silver. Newport, July 5, 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, 1801. 60tf
To be Sold or Let,
AND possession given the 25th inst. a convenient two-story Dwelling-House, with four rooms on a floor, well calculated for two families, having two cellars under it, with a well of excellent water in the yard. Also, a two-story building, on the same lot, calculated for business of almost any kind, with a cellar under the same.—Said lot is situated on Spring Street, being about 116 feet square, and extends back to the Street eastward of it.—Any person wishing to purchase, or hire, may know the terms, by applying to WILLARD BRIGGS. Newport, March 14th, 1804.
SAIL-MAKING.
THE subscribers having entered into partnership, 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. 79tf
MEDITERRANEAN PASSPORTS.
Notice is hereby given, that it has been deemed expedient to change the form of the Mediterranean Passport issued to vessels of the United States; that from the eighth day of July next, those of the new form will be issued at the custom houses to every vessel, for which application may be made on a compliance with the terms prescribed by law and surrendering the former passport of which she may be possessed, if any, in which latter case no fees will be required for the exchange: and that by an arrangement agreed upon by the Barbary powers, with whom we are at peace, either the old or the new form of passport will be sufficient to protect the vessels of the United States, from capture until the 1st of July 1805, after which the old form of passport will be unavailable and the new one alone in use. Department of State, } 23d of May, 1804. } 6m
Samuel Watson
INFORMS his Friends and the Public, that he carries on the Boot and Shoe-Making business, at his Dwelling-House on the North side of the Red Market, and keeps constantly on hand Suawarrow Boots of all sizes, as cheap as can be purchased in this town. Newport, May 9, 1804. 83
State of RHODE ISLAND and PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.
In General Assembly, June Session, A. D. 1804.
RESOLVED, That the sum of ten thousand dollars be appropriated to the purchase of the evidences of the registered public debt of this State, under the direction and management of Commissioners to be appointed by the General Assembly.
Resolved, That Samuel Vernon, senior; Henry Sherburne and Nathaniel Hazard, Esq's. be appointed Commissioners to purchase the said evidences of the said registered public debt, in such way and manner, and on such terms, as they may think most advantageous to the public interest: That said Commissioners give public notice of their appointment, in the newspapers, advertising the creditors holding such evidences, to send to the General-Treasurer, on or before the second Monday of September next, sealed proposals of the terms on which they will sell the same; and that if proposals, equally advantageous to the State, shall be made for the sale of a greater amount of said debt, than can be purchased by the sum hereby appropriated, the amount thereof shall be applied, in a ratable proportion to the demands of the several creditors.
Resolved, That the sum appropriated as aforesaid, be subject to the order of the said Commissioners, and be paid out by the General-Treasurer accordingly; and that said Commissioners report, from time to time, to the General Assembly, their proceedings under these resolutions.
Resolved, That it shall be the duty of the several Town-Clerks, to read the foregoing resolutions to the freemen, to be assembled in annual town meeting in August next.
A true Copy: Witness, SAMUEL EDDY, Sec'y.
IN obedience to the before recited Act, the Commissioners therein named, are ready to receive proposals from the creditors to this State's Registered Debt, and request that the same be transmitted to the General-Treasurer, at his Office in Newport, free of postage, by the time limited in said Act.
SAMUEL VERNON, HENRY SHERBURNE, NATHANIEL HAZARD, } Commissioners. Newport, June 26th, 1804.
* * All the Printers in this State, are requested to publish the foregoing Act and Notice, in their news papers until the second Monday in September next.
JOHN F. TOWNSEND & Co.
At their Store in Thames-Street,
HAVE a beautiful and choice assortment of Fancy and Substantial Goods, among which are, calicoes and chintzes, dimities and mouselines, furniture calicoes and chintzes, laces 6-4 silk damask shawls, 9-8 5-4 and 6-4 cambric ditto, very fine and other cambric muslins, ladies' white and black superfine and other cotton hose, fine India book muslins and handkerchiefs, black and coloured lustrings and fattins, cotton and linen table-cloths, very fine diaper napkins, English diaper and fine linens per piece, ladies silk, cotton and kid gloves, linen and cotton fine pocket handkerchiefs, umbrellas, bed lace, blue, yellow and black nankenees, men's very fine ribbed cotton hose, men's black and white best English silk hose, vest and coat gilt, plated and other buttons, per groce, pins, coloured and white threads and tapes, India calicoes and checks, bohea tea at 1/9. lb. per 1/2 dozen, black and white handsome camels hair shawls, excellent bandanna handkerchiefs, counterpanes, men's fine and other quality hats, best superfine cloths and cassimeres, with a variety of other woolens. Likewise, Three bales India cottons. Most of these articles were purchased cheap at New-York auctions; a considerable portion are a fresh supply, to make a more general and fashionable assortment. N. B. Those who are indebted to them, are requested to make speedy payment, as they intend closing their business in Newport in a few months. The house they occupy will then be rented. 93tf
Serious Notice.
THE subscriber once more calls on all persons indebted to him, to make immediate payment either at his dwelling in Little-Compton, or at the house of Cornelius Seabury in Tiverton, (Four Corners) in order that he may be enabled to settle his accounts with others.
He has for sale, a new Dwelling-House, of 34 by 25 feet; together with a Store adjoining it, of 17 feet by 17, and a small lot of land, of an excellent quality, and as pleasantly situated as any country seat whatever. For terms apply to the subscriber now on the premises. GEORGE COOK. Little-Compton, April 9th, 1804. 84-3m
FASHIONABLE HATS.
S. Shumway & Co.
Have this Day Received, A LARGE supply of fashionable HATS, imported this Spring, which will be sold at the lowest possible prices. Newport, May 9, 1804. 88
ALL persons having any just demands against the estate of Mrs. Amy Simmons, late of Newport, widow, deceased, are requested to exhibit them to the subscriber for settlement; and those indebted to said estate, are requested to make immediate payment to JOSEPH LYON, Executor. Newport, June 6, 1804.
Tickets in the Warwick Channel and Road Lottery (One Thousand Dollars: highest Prize) for sale by O. FARNSWORTH.