Rhode-Island Republican (Newport, R.I.), 1802-07-17 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.
John Mosher & Company,
INFORMS the Public, that they have purchased the Trading Stock of Thomas Green, and continue the business in the same Store.
Said Mosher & Co. would also inform the Public, that they have reduced the prices of said Stock to very low rates, and have just received a very handsome supply of stock
Spring Goods;
Which, in addition to the old Stock, makes the Assortment complete—all which they are determined to sell
VERY CHEAP FOR CASH.
The smallest favors will be most gratefully acknowledged.
All those indebted to THOMAS GREEN, on Note or Book account, are desired to make payment to said Mosher, & Co. who are empowered to settle the same.
Newport, May 20, 1802. 86tf
Nathaniel Nason,
INFORMS the Public that he has commenced the TIN PLATE Working Business, at the house occupied by his father David Nason, nearly opposite the foot of the Church-Lane, where all kinds of Tin Ware is manufactured in the best manner, and at the shortest notice, of the best materials. All orders for any kind of Tin Ware, executed immediately. Constant attendance given, and the smallest favors acknowledged.
Newport, June 27, 1802. 92tf
Entertainment,
BY RICHARD BARKER, at the House formerly occupied by Capt. Robert S. Potter, sign of the Anchor, a little south-east of the State House, where Ladies and Gentlemen may depend on being accommodated to their satisfaction. Punctilious attendance will be given, and all favors gratefully acknowledged by the public's obedient servant. RICHARD BARKER.
Newport, April 2, 1802. 79tf
Green & Tillinghast,
HEREBY inform their old Customers and the Public in general, that they have just received a large Assortment of
Spring Goods,
which they are now selling at the most reduced prices at their Store, by Wholesale and Retail. Newport, May 20, 1802. 86tf
John A. Shaw, & Co.
INFORM the public that they have taken a shop next door but one North of the Coffee-House, where they carry on the Watch-Making business in all its branches; and have for sale, warranted and common English and Geneva Watches, gold Necklaces, silver tea and table Spoons, Sugar-Tongs, &c.—Looking-Glasses, Tea-Trays, Waiters, Dressing-Cases, Plated and Wooden Castors, Suspenders, Knives and Forks, Globe Audrons, Shovel and Tongs, brass and japanned Lamps, Candlesticks, dart and common Walking Sticks, Scotch, Rappee & Makabou Snuff, Starch, Writing Paper, Dutch Quills, Britannia Coffee Pots, &c. &c. Together with an assortment of Jewellery and Perfumery.
Cash given for old Gold and Silver. Punctilious attendance will be given, and the smallest favors gratefully acknowledged. Newport, Feb. 12. 72tf
MARY MUMFORD
RESPECTFULLY informs her friends and the public in general, that she carries on the Tinning business, in the South Shop of the same House where it was carried on by her deceased husband. She has at present on hand, a large assortment of TIN WARE, which she will dispose of very cheap for Cash.
Those persons who will please to favor her with their custom, may depend upon having their work faithfully done, and the smallest favor will be gratefully acknowledged.
For sale as above, an Assortment of JAPANNED WARE, Glass Lamps, and Two large Franklin Stoves. Newport, June 13, 1802. 89tf
FOR SALE, AT
W. R. Wilder's Book Store,
ABOUT 500 Rolls PAPER HANGINGS, of last year's stock, which will be sold at cost. Also, this day received, and for sale as above, a very elegant assortment of PAPER HANGINGS of new Figures, which will be sold at the manufactory price. Newport, April 3, 1802. 79tf
For Sale,
SEVERAL Lots of Land, lying between the Rev. Mr. Hopkin's Meeting House, and the Stone Mill, on Mill Street.—Enquire of JOHN BANISTER. Newport, March 29, 1802. 76
THE Court of Probate for the town of Newport, having appointed the subscribers commissioners, to examine the claims of the creditors to the estate of WALTER EASTON, late of said Newport, deceased, represented insolvent; and twelve months being allowed for that purpose:—Notice is hereby given to all persons having demands against said estate, to bring them in to either of us, within said time, or otherwise they will be precluded according to law.
EDMOND TOWNSEND, } Commissioners. THOMAS PECKHAM, } Executors. All persons indebted to said estate, are requested to make immediate payment to MERIBETH EASTON, DAVID BUFFUM, JOHN SLOCUM, Newport, 4th Mo. 5, 1802. 82tf.
JOHN R. SHEARMAN,
HAS opened an Assortment of DRY GOODS, (at the shop formerly occupied by Mrs. Sheffield) a few doors below Mr. Thomas Townsend's Coffee-House. Newport, June 3, 83tf
SAMUEL VINSON,
RESPECTFULLY informs his friends, and the public in general, that he has just received by the latest arrivals at Boston, a new and beautiful assortment of
ENGLISH GOODS,
Which he offers for sale very low, amongst which are the following articles—
 Linens, Ladies fine cotton Hose with lace clocks,  Furniture Callicoes, Silk Gloves,  Dimities, Kid ditto,  Muslins, Cotton ditto,  Mouselins, Umbrellas,  Cotton Cambricks, Parasols,  Coloured Ditto, Book Muslins,  Madrass Do. Jacksonet Ditto,  Twilled & plain Nankeen, Fans,  Black Cambrick Shawls, Vetvet,  White Do. Silk do. Velvet Bindings,  Black & coloured Mullins, Ruffles,  A great variety of Callicoes of the newest patterns, Callimancoes,  Lace Scarfs & Veils, Tammees,  Mouselin, Ditto, Black and coloured Bombazets,  White Chip Bonnets, White and coloured Velting,  Coloured Ditto, A great variety of Ribbons, Silver and Cotton Trimings,  White Chip Hats, English Kid Shoes,  Men's Leghorn Hats, Silk Handkerchiefs,  Silk, Ditto, Linen & Cotton Do.  Common Sattins, Laces and Edgings,  Bonnet Ditto, Silk Stockings,  Lutestrings, Sewing Silks,  Black, white, and coloured Gauze, Threads,  Crape, Tapes and Pins,  Cotton Hose, Plated handled Knives and Forks,  Black Do. Desert Ditto,  Hemp Do. Trunks of different Sizes,  Men's Gloves, 
ALSO, A great Variety of Articles too tedious to enumerate. GOODS received on Commission at said Store. Newport, May 29, 1802. 87tf
Sail Making.
THE subscribers having entered into partnership, under the firm of Spooner and Dunham, 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 WING SPOONER, ad. CHARLES C. DUNHAM. Newport, April 3, 1802. 79tf
To be Sold or Let,
THAT large and commodious House in Thames-Street, next South of the Brick-Market, late the property of WALTER EASTON, deceased, with the Wharf and Stores, belonging to the same. For further particulars, enquire of MERIBETH EASTON, DAVID BUFFUM, or JOHN SLOCUM. Newport, May 7, 1802. 84tf
To be Let,
EITHER the whole, or a part of a large convenient House, Garden, and Chaise House, with a good well of water, with or without Furniture, in Clarke Street. Enquire of NICHOLAS GARRISON. Newport, June 25, 1802. 91tf
LAWS OF THE UNION,
[PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.]
SEVENTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, at their first session. Begun and held at the City of Washington, in the Territory of Columbia, on Monday, the 7th of December, 1801.
AN ACT
To abolish the Board of Commissioners in the City of Washington; and for other purposes.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the first day of June next, the offices of the commissioners appointed in virtue of an act passed on the sixteenth day of July in the year seventeen hundred and ninety, entitled, "An act to establish the temporary and permanent seat of the government of the United States," shall cease and determine; and the said commissioners shall deliver up unto such person as the President shall appoint, in virtue of this act, all plans, draughts, books, records, accounts, deeds, grants, contracts, bonds, obligations, securities, and other evidences of debt in their possession which relate to the city of Washington, and the affairs hereof to render their superintendence or care.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the affairs of the city of Washington, which have heretofore been under the care and superintendence of the said commissioners, shall hereafter be under the direction of a superintendent, to be appointed by and to be under the control of the President of the United States; and the said superintendent is hereby invested with all powers, and shall hereafter perform all duties, which the said commissioners are now vested with, or are required to perform by, or in virtue of any act of Congress or any act of the general assembly of Maryland, or any deed or deeds of trust from the original proprietors of the lots in the said city, or in any other manner whatsoever.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said superintendent shall have power to appoint the accounting officers of the treasury, and to account for all monies received and expended by them in their capacity, as commissioners, and shall immediately thereafter pay to the said superintendent, any balance which may be found against them upon such settlement.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said superintendent shall pay all the debts heretofore contracted by the commissioners in their capacity as such, the payment of which are not herein after specially provided for, out of any monies received by him arising out of the city funds.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said superintendent shall, under the direction of the President of the United States, sell so many of those lots in the city of Washington which are pledged for the re-payment of a loan of two hundred thousand dollars, made by the state of Maryland, in the years one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, and one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, to the commissioners for the use of the said city, as may be sufficient to pay the interest already accrued on the said loan, and the interest and installments thereof, as they may respectively become due: Provided, That if in the opinion of the President of the United States, the sale of a sufficient number of the said lots, to meet the object aforesaid, cannot be made without an unwarrantable sacrifice of the property, then so much money as may be necessary to provide for the deficiency is hereby appropriated and shall be paid out of any money in the treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the said superintendent shall, prior to the first day of November next, sell under the directions of the President of the United States, all the lots in the said city, which were sold antecedent to the sixth day of May, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, and which the said commissioners are authorised by law to resell, in consequence of a failure on the part of the purchasers, to comply with their contracts; and the monies arising thereupon shall be applied, on or before the first day of November next, to the payment of the sum of fifty thousand dollars and the interest thereon to the state of Maryland, which said sum was formerly loaned by the said state to the commissioners for the use of the city of Washington: Provided, That if a sufficient sum to meet the objects aforesaid, shall not be produced by the sale of the whole of the lots aforesaid, then so much money as may be necessary to provide for the deficiency is hereby appropriated, and shall be paid out of any money in the treasury of the United States, not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That after the debts already contracted by the commissioners shall have been discharged, all monies advanced out of the treasury in pursuance of this act, shall be reimbursed by the said superintendent, by paying into the treasury all monies arising from the city funds, until the whole sum advanced, with the interest thereon, shall be repaid.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act, entitled, "An act to establish the temporary and permanent seat of government of the United States," passed on the sixteenth day of July, in the year seventeen hundred and ninety, as relates to the appointment of commissioners shall be and the same is hereby repealed.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful to open books in the city of Washington, for receiving and entering subscriptions for opening the canal to communicate from the Potomac river to the Eastern branch thereof, through a part of the city of Washington, under the management of Thomas Tingey, Daniel Carroll of Duddington, Thomas Law, and Daniel Carroll Brent, which subscriptions shall be made personally, or by power of attorney: the said books shall be opened for receiving subscriptions, and continue open until the sum of eighty thousand dollars shall be filled up, in shares of one hundred dollars each; and that each person shall, at the time of subscribing, pay down ten dollars, being one tenth of each share; and after fourteen days previous notice, by advertisement, there shall be a meeting of the subscribers, and they are hereby declared to be incorporated into a company, by the name of the "Washington Canal Company," and may sue and be sued, as such, and make all necessary by-laws and regulations for the proper management of the business thereof: And such of the subscribers as shall be present at the said meeting, or a majority of them, are hereby empowered and required to elect a President and four directors for conducting the said undertaking, and managing the said company's business for, and during such time not exceeding three years, as the said subscribers or a majority of them, shall think fit. Each member shall be allowed one vote for every share, by him or her held at the time, in the said company, and any proprietor by a writing under his or her hand, executed in presence of two witnesses, may depute any other member or proprietor to vote and act as proxy for him or her, at any general meeting.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the shares in said company shall be deemed personal, and not real property, and transferable in such manner as the company shall direct.
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the President and directors so elected, and their successors, or a majority of them, shall have full power and authority to agree with any person or persons, on behalf of the said company, to cut such canals, erect such locks, and perform such other works as they shall judge necessary for opening the canal aforesaid, and the works thereof;—and out of the monies arising from the subscriptions, wharfage and tolls, to pay for the same, and to repair and improve the said canal, locks, and other works necessary thereto, and to defray all incidental charges, and also to appoint a treasurer, clerk, and such other officers, toll gatherers, managers and servants, as they shall judge requisite, and to settle their respective wages.
Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer of the company shall give bond, with such penalty, and such security, as the said president and directors, or a majority of them shall direct.
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That the said president and directors, so elected, and their successors, or a majority of them assembled, shall have full power and authority to demand and receive of the proprietors, the remaining nine-tenths of the shares, from time to time, as they may be required by previous advertisement, at least one month in the Washington, Georgetown, and Alexandria Gazettes; and if any of the said proprietors shall refuse or neglect to pay their proportions within one month after the same so ordered and advertised, as aforesaid, the said shares of defaulters shall be forfeited.
Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That the said president and directors, so elected, and their successors, or a majority of them, shall not begin to collect wharfage or tolls, until the canal is made passable for boats and scows to pass through the same from the Potomac to the Eastern Branch.
Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That every president and director, before he acts as such, shall take an oath or affirmation for the faithful discharge of his office.
Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That there shall be a general meeting of the proprietors on the first Monday in June, and the first Monday in December, every year, in the city of Washington; to which meeting the president and directors shall make a report, and render distinct and just accounts of all their proceedings, and on finding them fairly and justly balanced, the proprietors, then present, or a majority of them, shall give a certificate thereof, and at such half yearly general meetings, after leaving in the hands of the treasurer such sum as shall be judged necessary for repairs, improvements or contingent charges, an equal dividend of all the

net amount of the wharfage and tolls hereunder mentioned be ordered and made to, and be paid to the respective proprietors of the said company, in proportion to their several shares. And be it further enacted , That the sum of the expenses of the said company, not only in cutting canals, locks, and in maintaining and repairing the same, and in temporary employment and improvement of the same, but also in the payment of the principal of the debt, be paid by the said company, and the company is hereby authorized to collect the same rates of wharfage on all vessels and materials landed on each side of the said canal, as are legally received at the wharfs of the said company: And it shall and may be lawful for the said president and directors, for fifty years, or so much longer as their principal sums remain unpaid, to demand and to receive at the most convenient place for all commodities carried through a lock or locks of the said canal, not exceeding half a dollar on each ton weight, and a quarter of a dollar on each ton weight, the wharfage shall produce the annual sum of eight per cent. on the sums expended by the said president and directors, exclusive of the tolls, and the tolls shall cease, and the canal and erections, shall be entirely free for passage; and when the wharfage shall exceed the annual interest of twelve per cent. on the principal and interest, the said president and directors shall appropriate one half of the surplus to such public purpose as Congress may direct, or reserve the same as a fund to pay off the principal: Provided always , That all public property shall pass free of toll and wharfage. Sec. 18. Provided nevertheless , and be it further enacted, That in case the said Washington company created by this act shall not, within the term of five years, complete said canal in such a manner as to admit boats drawing three feet of water to pass through the whole extent of said canal, that the said canal shall revert to the United States, and all right and authority hereby granted to said company shall cease and determine.
NATHANIEL MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ABRAHAM BALDWIN, President of the Senate pro tempore. APPROVED, May 1, 1802. THO. JEFFERSON, President of the United States.
WHEREAS Abigail Suttell, of Newport, in the county of Newport, wife of Richard Suttell, of said Newport, did, on the eighth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and two, lodge her petition in the Clerk's office of the Supreme Judicial Court, for the said county of Newport, praying for various causes therein stated, that the bonds of marriage between her, and her said husband, might be dissolved, and a decree of divorce pronounced:— This is, therefore, to give Notice to the said Richard Suttell, and to all others concerned, to appear at the next Supreme Judicial Court, to be held at said Newport, in and for said county of Newport, on the fourth Monday in August 1802, and show cause (if any they have) why the prayer of said petition ought not to be granted.
P. M. MUMFORD, clerk. Newport, July 8, 1802. 93
JUST RECEIVED, And for Sale at the Store of JOHN A. SHAW & Co.
A BOX of the Newest Fashion'd JEWELRY, direct from Europe, consisting of the most Fashionable Ladies EAR RINGS. July 8, 1802. 93
City of Jerusalem.
A MODEL of that ancient and oriental City, as it stood when our Saviour died upon Earth, or, as Josephus has described it, while it stood in its primitive State. The principal transactions of our Saviour, from the time of his being taken, until his Crucifixion. The glorious Temple of Solomon, with all its wonderful Out-Works, the fame of which, together with the amazing wealth and grandeur of King Solomon, drew Sheba, Queen of the South, to visit him at his Court, to behold its amazing wonders; and, on sight of them, confessed, that same fell short of what she beheld, as it far exceeded her expectations.—This famous Model, being so well known in the United States, as well as in the West-Indies, and being the production of an American Artist, is allowed by all who have honored it with their company, to be a Miter Piece of Workmanship, so that a further comment is deemed unnecessary. The whole of this Work is comprehended in 16 Feet by 9; and may be seen at the House of Mr. NICHOLAS GARRISON, in Clarke-street, at the small Price of Twenty five Cents for grown Persons (Half-price for Children) from ten o'clock in the morning, till ten in the evening. Newport, June 21, 1802. 91tf
Life of General Bonaparte.
Just received and for sale at the Book-Store of W. R. WILDER. THE LIFE OF BONAPARTE, First Consul of France, from his Birth to the Peace of Lunéville—with an Elegant Head.—Price only One Dollar. Newport, June 4. 88tf For Sale as above, LICHORN HATS, covered with black silk, and green under—By the doz. or single.
WAR DEPARTMENT, May 24th, 1802. Notice is hereby Given,
THAT separate proposals will be received at the office of the Secretary for the Department of War until the expiration of the 31st day of July next ensuing, for the supply of all rations, which may be required for the use of the United States, from the 1st day of October, 1802, until the 30th day of September, 1803, both days inclusive, at the following places, viz. First. At Niagara, at Detroit, at Michilimackinac, and at Fort Wayne. Second. At Cincinnati and St. Vincennes. Third. At Fort Massie, near the mouth of the Ohio, and Kaskaskia. Fourth. At South West Point, Telfies, Knoxville, and on the road from Nashville to the line between the Chickasaws and Choctaws, and any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the State of Tennessee. Fifth. At the Chickasaw Bluffs, Natchez, Fort Adams, Mobile, and on the road from Natchez, to the boundary line between the Choctaws and Chickasaws, and at any place in the Chickasaw or Choctaw country, between Bear Creek and Natchez. SEPARATE proposals will also be received as aforesaid, for the supply of all rations which may be required for the use of the United States, from the 1st day of January 1803, until the 31st day of December, in the same year, both days inclusive, within the several states herein after-mentioned, viz.
Sixth. At Fort Wilkinson, at Cockspur Island, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the States of Georgia. Seventh. At Charleston, at Rocky Mountain, on the head waters of the Santee, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the States of South and North Carolina. Eighth. At Norfolk and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the State of Virginia. Ninth. At Fort McHenry, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the State of Maryland. Tenth. At Fort Mifflin, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the States of Pennsylvania, New-Jersey and Delaware. Eleventh. At Fort Jay, at West Point, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the State of New-York, excepting Niagara. Twelfth. At Fort Trumbull, at Fort Wilcott, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the States of Connecticut, Rhode-Island and Vermont. Thirteenth. At Fort Independence, (Boston harbour) and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the State of Massachusetts, the District of Maine excepted. Fourteenth. At Portsmouth, at Portland, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the State of New-Hampshire, or District of Columbia.
A ration to consist of eighteen ounces of bread or flour, or when neither can be obtained, of one quart of rice, or one and an half pound of sliced or bitten Indian meal, one pound and a quarter of beef, or three quarters of a pound of pork, one gill of rum, whisky or brandy, and at the rate of two quarts of salt, four quarts of vinegar, four pounds of soap, and one pound and an half of candles to every hundred rations. The price of the several component parts of the ration, as well as substitutes and alternatives, must be specified. The rations are to be furnished in such quantities, as that there shall at all times, during the term of the proposed contract, be sufficient for the consumption of the troops at Michilimackinac, Detroit & Niagara for six months in advance; and at each of the other posts on the western waters, for at least three months in advance, of good and wholesome provisions, if the same shall be required. It is also to be permitted to all and every of the commandants of fortified places, or posts, to call for at seasons when the same can be transported, or at any time in the case of urgency, such supplies of like provisions in advance as in the discretion of the commandant shall be deemed proper. It is to be understood that the contractor is to be at the expense and risk of issuing the supplies to the Troops and that all losses sustained by the depredations of an enemy, or by the means of the troops of the United States, shall be paid for by the United States, at the price of the article captured or destroyed, on the deposition of two or more credible characters, and the certificate of a commissioned officer, ascertaining the circumstances of the loss, and the amount of the articles for which compensation shall be claimed. The privilege is to be understood to be reserved to the United States of requiring that none of the supplies which may be furnished under any of the proposed contracts, shall be issued until the supplies which have been or may be furnished under contracts now in force, have been consumed, and that a supply in advance may be always required at any of the fixed posts on the sea-board or Indian Frontiers, not exceeding three months. HENRY DEARBORN, Secretary of War. 88—91
Brafs Foundery.
THE subscriber informs the public that he carries on the Braf Foundery business in all its various branches, at his shop in Spring-street, nearly opposite Mr. John Banister's.—He also Makes and Repairs House and Gun Locks. Those who may favor him with their custom, may depend on punctuality; and every favor will be acknowledged by the public's humble servant, WILLIAM TRICKETT, Newport, June 18, 1802. 90tf
LITTLE-COMPTON—TOAST.
"The State of Rhode-Island—May she harmonize with her sister States in New-England, and convince them, that though lost , yet not least in the exercise of rational freedom." Reader, whoever thou art, recollect that the above Toast was drunk at a mock celebration of the Fourth of July, 1802, by the Federalists of Little-Compton. Contrast the sentiment it contains; with the following pertinent and judicious observations from the Aurora ; and then judge ye, whether the Toast is not an insult upon the people of this State. But it is hoped that Rhode-Island will indeed be the " lost " to join the New England rule," for the dismemberment of the Union. This would be what the Federalists call "the exercise of rational freedom."
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
A brief Review of the State of the Union, previously to the commencement of the Twenty-seventh year of Independence, for the 4th of July, 1802.
THE magnitude of our subject indicates it an object for a volume, but the urgency of time dictates its compression into narrow limits. Brief sketches may be attended with the best occasional impressions, and may enlarge the collection of materials for the man of business, the political economist, the historian and the statesman.
The American establishment is human —its agents are men , with like imperfections as their forefathers in the old and new world—with like passions as their European contemporaries.—Wherever, therefore, they have deeply erred, it will be criminal to suppress a proper notice of things which ought in prudence and virtue to be cured. In the last moments of the British North-American Provinces, there existed circumstances in many of them, impairing the rights of conscience in man , and of course impiously derogatory from the Majesty of Heaven. An existing law of New-York continued it (though Canada fell in 1763) felony of death, without benefit of clergy, to a Roman Catholic minister of religion to be found within the province, and many circumstances had been ingeniously combined to give a degree of "exclusive establishment" to the church of England in their city and ancient counties. In some of the eastern colonies, there were like ingenious modifications of laws and measures, producing favor to the independent or congregational church, and interfering particularly with the rights of conscience of the Hebrew and the Roman, as well as others. Even at this time, in some of the eastern states, under the self deceiving influence of ancient habits and reasoning, free-men of the best moral and religious characters are compelled, under certain circumstances, to contribute to the support of ministers and churches whose conduct and tenets they disapprove and disbelieve. Let us remember, that if the ministers of a church, preach doctrines which irreproachable men sincerely and innocently disbelieve and disapprove, they may think it a duty to neglect the doctrines, and not to contribute to the support of the teachers.—They may look with pious anguish at the example of ministers of the mild and self denying Jesus resorting to the kathy  flaves of the civil power to enforce by distrress collections from themselves, from the poor, from the widowed and from the fatherless of other christian sects, the much needed pieces of silver for the propagation of reprobated error.
In Maryland the Catholic church was held before the revolution, under the ban of government. In Virginia the public lands and public treasures could be obtained only by the church of England. The Pilgrims from the old world, hunted out of Europe by civil and religious persecution , banished in their turn, even the harmless members of the non resisting churches out of their new asylum.
Williams and Penn , in Rhode Island and Pennsylvania, had planted the genuine seeds of true religious liberty . Fostered by them, and protected by Divine Providence, the Heaven descended plant that deep, rose high, and spread its roots and branches through the whole soil and atmosphere. It is however to be remembered, that the Declaration of Independence did not necessarily reach the subject of religious liberty. It was from domestic and interested sources, that religious liberty principally suffered, and not much from the immediate interposition of Great-Britain. Some applications from the eastward in favor of religious sufferers, were passed over for a time in silence, lest the cause of civil liberty should be injured by ecclesiastical dissensions. Since our final establishment, as independent States, by arms and treaties, under the favors of Heaven, the sublime examples of Williams and of Penn have received the unalterable sanctions of many of the states, and of the body of the American nation. In the reforms of their constitutions and laws, the governments of the Union and of several of the states have either expressly or in effect excluded the control of the rights of conscience and the divine government of the human soul from any sacrilegious interpositions of our legislative bodies.
Such has been the advancement of some of the individual American states, in the all important concerns of religious liberty, since July, 1776, such the advancement of the national body politic—and such should be the deportment of the remaining states, if they desire to keep the injured from emigration, and to secure the esteem of their sister states:—such should be their return to the walks of practical piety, if they desire to obtain the favor of the sole and supreme governor of the human soul.
The population of our country, since 1776, has taken a course eminently favorable to its independence. There are very imperfect data from which to assert the precise numbers of our people in that year. But it is believed that 2,100,000 persons of all descriptions, differs little from the truth. By the census of 1791, our
numbers were nearly four millions, and in 1801 the census proved them to be about 5,305,000. Thus it appears that the natural strength of our nation is two, and one half times that, which it was at its birth, 25 years before the date of our last enumeration; and it is an interesting fact to the preservation of the union, that the central state is the first in white population. Pennsylvania has 600,000 free inhabitants, and lies in actual contact with New-York, New-Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and the new state on Erie and the Ohio.
It was believed, in 1776, that territorial disputes would shake the interior of the United States. Virginia led the way to internal and domestic peace, by a voluntary constitutional cession to the three contiguous States of North-Carolina, Maryland of Pennsylvania, of all the countries covered by their respective charters; without price and without condition;—Massachusetts and New-York are quieted—Jersey and Pennsylvania, and New-York and Pennsylvania have settled by mutual consent—to have the two Carolinas—to have Georgia and South-Carolina—judgments unalterably confirmed, have settled the controversy between Pennsylvania and Connecticut:—The United States and Georgia have amicably settled, and no dispute remains open but that between Massachusetts and Connecticut. If they do not agree, the Union will make the loser acquiesce. The boundaries between the British provinces and us, as well as those between Spain and the United States are likewise adjusted.—Lines of demarcation between the Indian country and our acquisitions of the right of soil, are clearly ascertained and faithfully observed. Difficulties about internal boundaries and neighboring limits might have been productive of vast evils in our infantine state, but they have not occurred—the chances of quarrel are removed by the settlement of the limits—and the favorite child of Columbus is arrived at the 27th year of manly sense and strength.
The sum of our exports in 1775, when our commerce ceased, is difficult precisely to determine. There are data from which it may be fixed, at the highest, at nine millions of dollars. In the last returned year our exports of our own productions and manufactures were about four times that sum, and our whole exports were above ten times that sum. Our total exports were, by the return of September, 1801; NINETY THREE MILLIONS of dollars. They were shipped directly to every maritime state in both hemispheres, in every clime, in every sea.
In 1776, our exports were confined to national bottoms, but now we have the opportunity, if necessary, to support our agriculture and manufactures by the prudent use of the ships and vessels of all amicable foreign nations. Thus we may ever have some neutral carriers from the European states, while others were warring with each other, which may prove highly beneficial to agriculture. If we find it prudent to exclude foreign ships, we have only to pass the necessary laws; and shut them out as formerly. If we find the use of foreign ships, either profitable or necessary, we can, by reason of our independence, admit them, which was not formerly the case, when the British parliament made all our laws of trade and navigation.
The tonnage, loaded by the United States, in each of the last three years, was the second in the world, and though it may decrease on the peace, it may be safely presumed, that it will not fall below the third. Whatever we lose in tonnage, we shall gain that and more in domestic industry and skill—in agriculture, arts and manufactures.
The moried and commercial corporations of the United States are more perfectly solid, and in a more undoubted state of credit, than those of any other nation upon earth.
Our public Rocks and public credit are in the same happy situation. If the people of the United States had remained connected with the ancient empire, they would have owed a share , amounting to two thousand three hundred millions of dollars of the British public debt, and they would have been above one fourth of the whole nation. They now owe, including the state debt, about one 30th part of that sum, while the British nation owes about twenty-nine thirtieths. So firm is our independence in regard to the order and efficiency of our finances, and the comparative moderation of the public burdens. FRANKLIN.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
LONDON, May 20.
THE registers which have been opened in France, for deciding whether BONAPARTE shall be Consul for life, are said to be filling very fast; and that the vote will be almost unanimous. It has been proposed to add the further question "shall Bonaparte have the right of NOMINATING HIS SUCCESSOR?" This too, would probably pass in the affirmative, and almost anything else, among French freemen. CARNOT voted against Bonaparte, and added "I have signed my own proscription." He was urged by some friends to erase this addition but firmly refused. Fearing the consequence, they opened a new register and omitted his name. "On, step by step, he went"—
The transition from appointing Bonaparte Chief Consul for life, to the giving him the privilege of nominating his successor, was not difficult. Few, therefore, will be surprised to hear, that a proposition has been made to add this privilege to the vote now under the consideration of the people. This proposition has not originated with the Tribunate, the legislative body or the Senate, but has been made to the Prefect of the Department of the Seine by the twelve Mayors of Paris.—The Prefect has adroitly answered that, though he can only order the literal execution of the orders given by government, yet "that nothing prevents the citizens from spontaneously expressing their will on this subject, at the same time that they de-

side on the question proposed by the decree of the Consul. He adds, that a number of the votes received, since the 2nd, at the Secretaries of Prefecture, a great number have been given in with the amendment which forms the object of your proposition. The same freedom may be left to the voters who shall present themselves at the Secretaries of the several Mayoralties."
May 21.—Translation of a Hand bill distributed 13th May, through Paris:—
"My opinion upon the recompence due to Bonaparte."
"It is proposed to the French people to nominate Bonaparte Consul for life? Has the importance of the services which he has rendered us been well considered, and is this recompence sufficient? Is it not the interest of every Frenchman to prevent the return of Revolutionary sufferings, to annihilate anarchy forever, and to avoid, in future, the intrigues of those partisans who promote and excite re-elections? When a state without a Constitution is only governed by the caprices of its kings, hereditary right may be dangerous; but when a government, equally wise and powerful, is organized; when a man, equally extraordinary and surprising, compels it to be respected and esteemed; when the whole world unanimously acknowledge his rights to the sovereign power, is not the right of inheritance necessary, and ought not the gratitude of the French to fix it in the family of their Hero? In short, is not France upon recovering its ancient limits, sufficiently extensive to honor herself with the title of Empire? And where, in the pages of history, shall we find an Emperor sufficiently magnanimous to be compared with the Titus who governs her? I submit these questions to my countrymen—they induce me to express my own with. I desire that the French people may proclaim Napoleon Bonaparte first Emperor of the Gauls, and fix in his family the hereditary power, upon re-establishing the Salic Law."
(Signed) "BONNEVILLE AYRAL, Chief of Battalion of the 14th of the Line."
Extra of a Letter from Paris.
"The business of voting, in consequence of the appeal to the people, goes on with great alacrity. From the information which I have collected and compared, I think I may fairly say, that seven out of ten, votes for the Consulate for life, have also voted as an amendment, "that Bonaparte shall be empowered to chase his successors." There is only one abatement which prevents it to this general likelihood of success; and this arises from the high price of bread, which is now in Paris at six sous the pound. It is supposed that, from this circumstance, Bonaparte will lose 60,000 votes in Paris alone."
West-India News!
"BERMUDA, June 26.—By the Penelope, from Martinique, we learn that the Saints are given up to the French forces, and that Martinique is to be given up on the 25th or 27th of July next; for which purpose a large fleet is already arrived there to take off the troops. A number of the French residents at Martinique are flying to Trinidad to make settlements at that island.—Six British sail of the line were lying at Martinique a few days ago."
"By this vessel we also learn, that a mutiny and assassination had nearly taken place at Martinique, on the 4th instant. The negroes had all been apprized of the intention a few days before by hand bills; but on the evening of the 3d of June, two negroes went into an Irishman's grog shop where they were disagreeing, on which the Irishman gave one of them a blow on the head with his fist, which knocked off his hat which contained one of the bills; he was immediately secured, with about 40 others, and the bill sent to the governor, who immediately issued orders through the island for every person to be under arms. Their intention was to murder every white on the island. The business was planned at Guadalupe by the negroes, the ringleader of whom was apprehended at Martinique and sent back to Guadalupe in irons, with a request that he might be tried there and executed; or a retaliation was threatened."
"By this lucky discovery perhaps thousands of lives were saved, for even the militia might be partly off their guard on that day."
"There can be no doubt but that our ports will be continued open all the year. Interested persons frequently report in America that these ports are shut, by which means we are deprived of the usual trade of the Americans."
"It is astonishing what number of ships, brigs and other vessels pass daily in sight of these islands since the peace—a proof of the increase of commerce."
MISCELLANEOUS—DOMESTIC.
Progress of Truth.
The election of officers to compose the city council of Washington, as organized by an act of the last session of Congress, has terminated favorably to the Republican interest—there being 8 republicans to 5 feds.
The total majority of votes by which the republican members of Congress have been chosen from 12 districts in New-York, is ELEVEN THOUSAND and TWENTY-SIX. The majority by which the federalists were chosen in the 3 remaining districts is Only eleven hundred and thirteen!
In the Legislature of Vermont of 1798 there were twenty-three Republicans only—in 1799 fifty-two—in 1800 seventy-five—and in 1801 they had a majority of TWENTY.—"How are the mighty fallen!"
Extract of a letter from Concord (N. H.) received at Portsmouth, dated June 12.
"On counting the votes for Governor, it appeared that the whole number was 10, 66 of which 9, 584 constituted a majority—Gilman had 10, 377, and of course was elected by a majority of 795 only (having but that number more than was necessary to elect him) and not by a majority of 1624, as had been erroneously stated—for had 1624 been deducted from Gilman's votes, it would have reduced them to 8755, which would have been 831 short of a majority. By this you will perceive what a falling off there has been from the Gilman interest in the course of one year, he having last year a majority of more than 4000. In the three large counties of Rockingham, Hillsborough and Strafford, which lie in the neighborhood of Gov. Gilman, Langdon had a majority of 1021 votes; but this was outweighed by the majorities in the distant counties of Cheshire and Grafton."
eral Congress men, were taken as full proof, but bad times, when the people examine for themselves—Fine times when we could rent six hours on the repeal of the Judiciary, but bad times when confined to write a column or two on Bohea Tea and Sugar—Fine times when we had subjects of argument, but bad times when obliged to repeat, "Virginia," "great Virginia," "aristocratical Virginia," "Jefferson's Virginia," thirty times in lieu of other topics—We can continue in this strain which that writer has chosen, but it is sufficient—He and his junta may, in their political mania, rage, and tear—and however mortifying it may be, they must bid "Farewell, a long farewell to all their greatness."
NEWPORT, Saturday, July 17, 1802.
IT is not without some reluctance that we are obliged to notice the continual misrepresentations which are palmed upon the public thro' the source of the federal newspaper in this town. Ever wishing as far as possible to avoid editorial contentions & reflections, from which no good commonly accrues, we have foreborne noticing many of their assertions, which were both untrue and nefarious;—notwithstanding, as it is made a part of our duty, we shall not shrink from the task. The piece we allude to, appeared under the Newport head in the Mercury of the 13th instant.—While we can hardly command our risible powers from bursting forth at the production, and cannot easily determine whether it merits a serious refutation—we think we can recognize an other, not the Editors, as the author of it. The writer appears in his first setting out to be so far at enmity with Virginia, that he is carried to extreme lengths, and comparing the people of these New-England States, with those of that State, is led, we could hope, into inadvertent errors.—As he is inclined to think a man may (in his elegant language) "get drunk for a few cents" in that State—and as that gentleman might possibly have known whether there was any material difference in the expense of getting intoxicated in different States, we are surprised he should not be accurate in this most material part of his statement. Another error of his, that little or nothing but whisky is drunk in that State, and vice versa, little or nothing but bohea tea in this. If that writer had not employed quite so much of his time in harlotting with those which plainly manifest the extreme delicacy of his choice, with those whose visage are, if possible, as black as his intentions, to the exclusion of domestic endeavours—he might have known that tea is drunk in all the States—and that the tax is not grievous: He might have known that none of the taxes he so much complains of were imposed, and only a very few are retained by the present administration. Even admitting that these taxes are paid by a particular class of people, till the consumers, who are not the poor as he would make us believe, have ultimately to pay it: And if that "gentleman" will suffer himself to reflect a moment on the dependence the different classes have, the one upon the other, he must be convinced (if he is not in-convincible) that it is hardly possible to affect one class, without affecting the others.
If we may draw any inference from the incoherent expressions which the writer uses, we should suppose that he is displeased with the repealing of the internal taxes. Every one knows that an house tax was always oppressive, and our's particularly so, because the actual expense of it, nearly emerged the whole amount. The tax on licences was unequal. The duties on vellum, parchment, and paper, were truly obnoxious, and every effort was made to evade them. He ought not therefore be so far provoked, because the "places which have known him, shall know him no more," as to sport wantonly with facts. But according to our customs, which after his encomiums, he cannot dislike, we can answer a few of his pretended facts, with a different kind of facts. That "gentleman" must possess a very poor memory, if he has forgotten, when persons held two offices, and had two salaries under the general government:—Witness, when Mr. Jay, who was then Chief Justice of the United States, & at the same time appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of G. Britain. Witness, when Mr. Ellsworth, who was then Chief Justice, was appointed one of the Ministers Plenipotentiary to the Court of France. Witness also, when John Quincy Adams, the darling son of President Adams, was Minister at Berlin, and also had a lucrative appointment to Sweden—with many other instances. And now forsooth, because the people have raised the Republicans to office, (and the offices must be filled with somebody) a hue and cry is raised, and federal clamor stalks abroad at noon day. Because a Judiciary, an expensive, needless Judiciary, passed in the last midnight frantic moments of a former administration, and having no other object in view, save a federal rallying point, and to give four births to almost a score of thorough-going feds, was repealed, all is gone! all is lost!—The Constitution is violated, yes, violated! And if we were to fix on the person best acquainted with violation, in every sense of the word, we should speak to this declaimer in scripture diction, "thou art the man."—In the language of that "gentleman"—Fine times! fine times! for aristocratical federalists, in the reign of Mr. Adams; but bad times indeed, when the administration of Mr. Jefferson commenced. Fine times, when they had the rule and government over us; but bad times, when they must be governed. Fine times, when they could punish "the swinish multitude," for sedition; but bad times when the people thought, spoke, and acted freely. Fine times, and equal taxes, when we were in power, but bad times, enormous times, when we can do nothing but fied fault with the work our own hands have made.—Fine times when federal state have more than a proportion of votes, but bad times when Kentucky and Tennessee, vote according to their numbers.—Fine times when the Speeches of fed-
eral Congress men, were taken as full proof, but bad times, when the people examine for themselves—Fine times when we could rent six hours on the repeal of the Judiciary, but bad times when confined to write a column or two on Bohea Tea and Sugar—Fine times when we had subjects of argument, but bad times when obliged to repeat, "Virginia," "great Virginia," "aristocratical Virginia," "Jefferson's Virginia," thirty times in lieu of other topics—We can continue in this strain which that writer has chosen, but it is sufficient—He and his junta may, in their political mania, rage, and tear—and however mortifying it may be, they must bid "Farewell, a long farewell to all their greatness."
Various reports concur in stating, that an attempt has lately been made on the life of Bonaparte. One account says, a conspiracy was formed against him by 15 Generals, who are now under arrest—Massena & Angereau, are said to be among the number.
DIED.—At the Havana, of the Yellow Fever, MATHEW CHALLENGOR, of Freetown, son of Walter Challenger, a young gentleman of an unblemished character. In this town, on Wednesday, Mr. HENRY CLARKE—a respectable citizen.
METEOROLOGICAL TABLE. Fabreheit's Thermometer—1802.
Table with 5 columns: Day, Barometer, Thermometer, Winds, Weather. Data for July 9-15.
CUSTOM-HOUSE. District of Newport, July 16.
ENTERED. Sloop Leopard, Warren, Providence. Sloop Semiramis, Justin, New-York. Brandywine, Cozzens, Martinique. Olive-Branch, Sandelew, Beacon Island. Fame, Justin, New-York. Lady Washington, Winflow, Dittto. CLEARED. Sloop Betty, Cockrall, New-London. Schooner Union, Young, Dittto. Deborah, Holmes, Boston. Sloop Polly, Diman, Bristol. Schooner John, Brown, Havanna. Sloop Eliza, Blevin, New-York. Schooner Commerce, Shearman, Havanna. Sloop Sally, Spencer, Norfolk. Polly, Luther, Dittto.
GARDNER & DEAN, Have just received a Consignment of 15 packages of DRY GOODS, which will be sold at Auction on Wednesday, 21st instant, at 9 o'clock, A. M. for approved indorsed notes, payable at the Bank of Rhode Island in 60 or 120 days for all sums over 100 dollars, consisting of the following articles, viz.
FIFTEEN pieces superfine Broadcloths, 15 Do. Cassimeres, 20 Do. Dimities and Muslinets, 40 Do. Cotton Cambricks, 50 Do. Linen and Dowlas, 20 Do. Checks, 30 Do. Marsailles and Ginghams, 30 Dozen Cotton Hole, 50 Pieces Calicoes, 30 Do. Brown Hollands, 1 Box Hats assorted, 1 Do. Knives and Forks, And a Variety of other Articles. And at Private Sale, 20 Pipes of high fourth-proof Barcelona BRANDY. Newport, July 16, 1802.
ON the seventh day of July instant, Ann Randolph, of Newport, in the county of Newport, lodged a petition in the Clerk's office of the Supreme Judicial Court, for the said county, praying that, for the causes therein stated, the bond of marriage between her, and her husband John Randolph, might be dissolved, and a decree of divorce promulgated:—
Notice, therefore, is hereby given to the said John Randolph, and to all persons concerned, to appear at the next Supreme Judicial Court, to be holden at Newport, in and for said county, on the fourth Monday of August next, and show cause why the prayer of said petition ought not to be granted. P. M. MUMFORD, Clerk. Newport, July 8, 1802. 93
To be Sold at Auction, On 6th day next (Friday, the 23d instant) at 11 o'clock, A. M. on the premises,
THAT large and commodious House in Thames-Street, next South of the Brick-Market, late the property of WALTER EASTON, deceased, with the Wharf and Stores, belonging to the same. Terms of payment made know at time of Sale. MERIBETH EASTON, DAVID BUFFUM, JOHN SLOCUM. Newport, 7th, Mo. 17th 1802.
For Sale, by the Subscriber,
JAMAICA RUM by the hoghead, Dittto SUGAR by the hhd. or barrel, Dittto MOLASSES, all of 1st Quality. JOHN MEIN. Church-Lane, July 12, 1802. 94 1/2
Wants to Purchase,
A SMALL Farm, of about 15 or 20 acres, on Rhode Island, for which Cash, and a generous price will be given. Enquire of the Printer. July 17, 1802. 94 1/2
Twenty Dollars Reward.
DESERTED from Fort Wolcott, this morning, about two o'clock, the two following Soldiers, viz:—CHERRI VOYART, a Frenchman, about 5 feet 10 or 11 inches high, dark complexion, short black curly Hair, dark eyes; had on a round Hat, Uniform Coat, bound with Yellow binding, White cloth Vest, and Red Sheeting Pantaloons.—THOMAS REDWOOD, an Englishman, about 5 feet 10 inches high, dark complexion, short black Hair, speaks broken English; had on a round Hat, Uniform Coat, white Jeans Vest, and white Russia Sheeting Pantaloons. Whoever takes up and secures said Defectors, in any Goal, or delivers them to the Commanding Officer at Fort Wolcott, in the Harbour of Newport, shall receive the above Reward, with all reasonable expenses, or Ten Dollars for either of them. LLOYD BEALL, Captain of Artillerists Commanding. Fort Wolcott, July 16, 1802.
WHEREAS Elizabeth Langley, of Newport, in the County of Newport, wife of George Langley, of said Newport, did on the fifteenth day of July, A. D. 1802, lodge in the Clerk's office of the Supreme Judicial Court for said County, her Petition, praying that for the reasons therein stated, the bonds of Marriage between her, and her said husband, might be dissolved, and a decree of divorce promulgated:— This is, therefore, to give Notice to the said George Langley, and to all persons concerned, to appear at the Supreme Judicial Court, to be holden at Newport, in and for said County, on the fourth Monday of August next, and show cause (if any they have) why the prayer of said Petition ought not to be granted. P. M. MUMFORD, Clerk. Newport, July 16, 1802.
FOUND,
YESTERDAY, a small Sum of Money in Bank Bills. The owner proving property, may have it again by calling on the subscriber, after paying for this advertisement. JOSEPH W. PAUL. Newport, July 10.
ON the twelfth day of July instant, Elizabeth Carr, wife of Caleb Carr, of Little-Compton, in the County of Newport, lodged in the Clerk's office of the Supreme Judicial Court for said County, her Petition praying that for divers causes therein set forth, the bonds of Marriage between her, and her said husband, might be dissolved, and a decree of divorce promulgated:—
Notice, therefore, is hereby given to the said Caleb Carr, and to all other persons concerned, to appear at the Supreme Judicial Court to be holden at Newport, in the County of Newport, on the fourth Monday of August next, and show cause (if any they have) why the prayer of said Petition ought not to be granted. P. M. MUMFORD, Clerk. Newport, July 16, 1802.
BETSEY OXX, of Newport, in the County of Newport, wife of William Oxx, of Bristol, in the County of Bristol, Mariner, on the thirteenth day of July, 1802, lodged in the Clerk's office of the Supreme Judicial Court for said County of Newport, her Petition, praying that for the causes therein stated, the bonds of Marriage between her, and the said William, might be dissolved, and a decree of divorce promulgated:—
This is, therefore, to give Notice to the said William Oxx, and to all persons concerned, to appear at the Supreme Judicial Court to be holden at Newport, in and for said County, on the fourth Monday of August next, and show cause why the prayer of said Petition ought not to be granted. P. M. MUMFORD, Clerk. Newport, July 16, 1802.
Ten Cents Reward,
RAN away from the subscriber, on the 30th of June last, an indented negro Boy, named JOSIAS CESER, in the 19th year of his age, has a scar of a burn on one of his Ribs, a short thickset fellow, had on a fust hat, a round olive coloured jacket and trowsers; any person who will secure him in jail, or return him to the subscriber, shall receive the above reward: Masters of vessels, and others are hereby forbid harboring, trusting or employing him on penalty of the law. STEPHEN CONGDON. North-Kingstown, July 5, 1802. 93 1/2
THE petition of Elizabeth Vaughn, of Newport, in the county of Newport, wife of Nathan Vaughn, praying that, for the causes therein stated, the bonds of marriage between her, and her said husband, might be dissolved, was, on this eighth day of July 1802, lodged in the Clerk's office of the Supreme Judicial Court, for the county of Newport:—
This is to give Notice, therefore, to the said Nathan Vaughn, and to all persons concerned, that they appear at the Supreme Judicial Court, to be holden in said Newport, in and for said county of Newport, on the fourth Monday of August next, then and there to show cause, (if any they have) why the prayer of said petition ought not to be granted. P. M. MUMFORD, Clerk. Newport, July 8, 1802. 93
ALL persons who have any demands against the Estate of JAMES DYER, late of Middletown, deceased, are hereby requested to Exhibit them;—and those who are indebted to said estate are requested to make payment without delay, to
ELIZABETH DYER, Executrix. Middletown, July 1, 1802. 93

ELEGANT LINES.
WHEN, rais'd by th' Almighty hand, This beauteous fabric first appear'd: Eternal wisdom gave command, All nature with attention heard.
Here ocean roll thy swelling tide; Here spread thy vast Atlantic reign: From European eyes to hide, That western world, which skirts thy main.
While ocean kept the sacred charge, And fair Columbia lay conceal'd, Through Europe, discord roam'd at large, Till war had crimson'd ev'ry field.
Black superstition's dismal night, Extinguish'd reason's golden ray; And science, driven from the light, Beneath monastic rubbish lay.
The crown and mitre, close allied, Trampled whole nations to the dust; While freedom, wand'ring far and wide, With pure religion, both were lost.
Then, guided by th' Almighty hand, Columbus spread his daring sail; Ocean receiv'd a new command, And zephyrs breath'd a gentle gale.
The western world appear'd to view, Her friendly arms extended wide; Then freedom o'er the Atlantic flew, With fair religion at her side.
Tyrants, with mortal hate pursu'd, In vain their forces they employ; In vain the serpent pours his flood, Those heav'n-born exiles to destroy.
No weapon form'd against my flock, Shall prosper 'gainst the Almighty Lord, Their proudest threat'ning's thou shalt mock, And I will be thy shield and sword.
On fair Columbia's verdant fields, Soft peace shall shed her heav'nly dew; While her pure light fair science yields, And freedom swell the glorious view.
A curious mistake was made in a late paper. In announcing the Repeal of the Internal Taxes. By the mistake of a letter, it was stated that the Internal Taxes were repealed!
Such mistakes are not, however, unpre- cedented. In England, a few years since, an address to the King was draughted, containing professions of loyalty and affection. By a mis- take in the superscription, instead of being di- rected To His Britannic Majesty, it was endorsed To His Satanic Majesty!
And when the Northern Tiger Sowarow, was hourly expected to march with his myri- ads of destruction to assist in exterminating Frenchmen and Freedom from the face of the globe; a London paper exultingly announced, "That an army of 100,000 Russians (meaning Ruffians) were soon to march to the conquest of the French Republic!
The number of bullocks annually consumed in London, is estimated at 10,000—of sheep and lambs, 776,000—of calves, 210,000— hogs, 210,000—pigs, 60,000—besides a varie- ty of other animal food.—London contains 864,845 inhabitants.
BON MOT. A person having purchased a Watch, placed it in his box, and running across the floor, says to his wife, Where shall I drive a nail to hang my watch upon, that it may not be disturbed and broke?—I do not know a safer place (re- plied his wife) than in our meat barrel, I am sure no one will go there, to disturb it.
Wm. Moore, jun. & Co. HAVE FOR SALE, At their Store near the Red Market,
A New and General Assortment of Seasonable DRY GOODS;
A few Boxes English and American HATS;
A Large Stock of Cutlery, Hard-Ware, and GROCERIES,
WHOLE-SALE and RETAIL, warranted as Cheap as at any Store in the State.
—ALSO— 20 Hhds. Good flavor'd Tobago RUM. 8 Do. Antigua and Jamaica RUM. 4 Pipes Holland GIN. 3000 wt. COFFEE. A few Casks TEA. 50 Kegs Negro head TOBACCO. A few Bags of PIMENTO. —LIKewise—
On Credit, for approved Notes payable at Bank, if applied for soon.
20 Hhds. good retailing Molasses, SWEDISH IRON, per Ton, or single Hundred.
Newport, May 5, 1802. 671f
William Douglass, At the Head of Broad-Street,
HAS constantly for sale, a general Assort- ment of W. I. India and other
GOODS. Newport, May 5, 1802. 671f
NICOLAS GEFFROY,
Watch-Maker, in Newport, AS Constantly on hand, an elegant assort- ment of warranted, and common English, and Geneva Watches and Time-Pieces, which he will sell on reasonable terms.
He also carries on the Goldsmith's & Silversmith's Business, in all its branches, and likewise will make, or repair, any kind of Jewellery, in the neatest fashion.
He has likewise for Sale, Wholesale and Retail, all kinds of Jew- ellery, imported and of the latest fashion; officers' gold and silver epaulets; plated and brass can- dlesticks; plated and Britannia tea-pots; forks, knives and spoons; plated spoons, forks and knives; tea-trays; coffee and tea urns, silver and silver; cutlery ware of all kinds; knives and dag- gers; dress-glasses; suspenders; trusses; horse-whips; razors; Hapkin's famous razor-strops; best Beau- ver hats; perfumery of all kinds, from London and Paris; hair-powder; starch; Barley-sugar, and sugar-plums; Spanish segars; best Malabou & Scotch snuff; and a great variety of other articles, too numerous to insert in an Advertisement. Newport, May 13, 1802. 191f
Francis Anderson,
TAKES this method to inform his customers, and the public at large, that he has re- moved to his New Store, at the south side of the market, on Newman's wharf, where he pro- poses to carry on business under the firm of
Anderson & Heath:
He has the same Assortment as before, and will sell as low as can be purchased in the State. He returns his sincere thanks to his former custom- ers, and begs for a continuance of their favors.
N. B. Masters of vessels may be supplied at the shortest notice, by calling at their Store.
They have on hand, a quantity of excellent CHEESE, at wholesale or retail— very cheap for cash.
Newport, May 22, 1802. 781f
John & Henry Cahoon,
HAVE FOR SALE, At their STORE on Banister's Wharf,
BROWN SUGAR, by the barrel or box; Molasses, by the hoghead; Flour, by the bar- rel; Powder, by the cask; Sheathing-Paper, by the hundred; Candles, by the box; Iron Cadoos; and genuine SPANISH SEGARS.—Also,
HONEY, by the barrel or gallon —New-York Soap, by the box—Negro-Head To- bacco—Best 4th proof Jamaica Rum—Iron Stoves—Salt-Peter—Hams—Butter, and Hog's Lard, &c.—LIKewise,
LIQUORS, of the best kind, a general Assortment—and various other Articles in the Grocery Line—a complete Assortment of which they propose to be constantly supplied with.
MASTERS of Packets, Pas- sengers, &c. may be supplied at said Store, on the shortest Notice—with any Article they may want—and their Favors gratefully Acknow- ledged.
GREEN CHAIRS, per Dozen— Bar-Iron, per Hundred wt.—Mouldings and Cor- nel, per barrel—Paints, per Hundred bunches, or smaller quantities— LOAF-SUGARS, and a variety of the best of TEAS.
Newport, Feb. 20, 1802. 31f
A great variety of
TRUNKS,
From 1 Dollar 12 1/2 Cents, to 8 Dollars. To be sold, at the Shoe Store of THOMAS COGGESHALL, next door North of Mr. James Taylor's Apothecary-Store.
TRUNKS furnished at said Store, of any dimension, on the shortest notice.
Newport, June 5, 1802. 821f
BETWEEN one and two thousand weight of
Oakum,
which will be disposed of, either in large or small quantities, as may best suit purchasers.
CASH, and the highest price, given for old JUNK, as usual. JOHN WILLIAMS, Keeper of the Work-House. Newport, Feb. 12. 721f
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, Tea 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. 81f
JUST PUBLISHED,
And now selling at this Office, a Sermon, entitled
THE GOODNESS OF GOD
And of all Holy beings, expressed in hating the wicked.
By ELIJAH NORTON, A preacher of the Gospel.
LUMBER.
THE subscribers, having entered into Co- Partnership under the firm of Sheldon & Ruggles , would respectfully inform the public, that they have taken Wickham's wharf, next southward of Col. Sherburne's, where they have for sale on reasonable terms, a complete assort- ment of Eastern and other Lumber—such as merchantable pine Boards & Plank, clear Boards, clear Joist—merchantable pine Do. square Oak- Timber, pine Do. spruce Do. Oak Joist, Hem- lock Do. Spruce Do. Birch and Beech 3 inch Plank for bedsteads; red Cedar, locust and white Cedar Posts, for garden fences; Cedar & Pine Clapboards; good Kennebec and other Shingles and Laths, &c.—Lumber of any di- mension or kind can be procured from the East- ern country at short notice.
They also have for sale West-India Rum by the Hoghead or Barrel; New-England Do. Sugars by the Hoghead or Box; Molasses by the Hoghead; Cordage of all sizes by the cwt. or smaller quantity; Nails of all sizes; Pitch, Tar and Turpentine, &c.
DANIEL SHELDON, BENJAMIN RUGGLES. Newport, May 15, 1801. 91f
CASH, PAID FOR
LINEN & WOOLLEN RAGS, BY
Christopher C. Olney,
Delivered at his Mills, or at his Paper Ware- House.
WHERE he has for sale, at wholesale and retail, all kinds of Paper, viz. Fool- scap Writing Paper, No. 1 and 2.—Vellum Let- ter do.—Pot do.—Wrapping do.—Bonnet do.— Clothier's do. 1st quality.—Sheathing, with and without Sand.—Book Binder's Boards.— Candle Paper, and Sagar Loaf Blue.—ALSO,
A complete Assortment of Blank Account and Record Books.—LIKewise Account Books made and ruled to any pat- tern, to suit the purchaser.—A complete As- sortment of School Books, and Stationary of all kinds, &c.
Also, Warranted Chocolate, by the Box, or pound, Cocoa Shells, by the Bag.
N. B. Wanted, one or two Boys, from 12 to 14 years of age, as Apprentices to the Pa- per-making and Clothing business.—To such great encouragement will be given.
Providence, March 3, 1802. 741f
TO BE SOLD,
A FARM,
LYING in Exeter, State of Rhode-Island, about 8 miles from Wickford, contain- ing 180 acres of good Land, with two Dwelling- Houses, and other out buildings. It may be purchased together, or in separate divisions. Payment will be made early.—Also,
A share in the Ohio Company, containing nearly Twelve Hundred Acres of excellent Land. For further particulars apply to PARDON TILLINGHAST. Exeter, Feb. 25. 501f
FOR SALE, BY
SAMUEL VERNON, jun.
COGNAC Brandy, Claret Wine in casks and boxes, Silks, Britannia Linens, white wine Vinegar, Vendegreale, & House-Paper:— The above articles are entitled to drawback, and are now landing from the Brig Hannah, from Bourdeaux, at Mr. Robert Stevens' wharf.
He has also for sale, Russia and Raven's Duck, a few Demijans and long and short Corks. Newport, Nov. 7, 1801.
Clark Bliss
INFORMS his friends, and the public, that he has removed from Banister's wharf, to the dwelling-house belonging to Capt. Caleb Gard- ner, in Thames-Street, formerly occupied by Capt. Wing Spooner—where he has for sale, a General Assortment of
West-India Goods:
Among others, are the following articles, viz. Brandy, West-India Rum, 4th proof Do. Gin, New-England Rum, Wines of different kinds, Molasses, Loaf and Brown Sugars, Coffee, Tea, of various kinds, Chocolate, Raisins, Pepper, Allspice, Cinnamon, Nutmegs, Flour, Rye and Indian Meal, Butter, Cheese, Soap, and Can- dles; various kinds of Glass Ware, Stone Ware, Knives, and Forks, Jack Knives, Pen Knives, large and small Spoons, Chest Locks and Files, Crockery and Tin Ware, Axes, Hatchets and Hoes, Men's and Boys' Shoes, Clogs, Brimstone, Lampblack, Stone Lime, Lamp Oil, Powder, Shot and Flint, Fishing Lines of various kinds, Leads and Hooks, deep sea Leads and Lines, Bellows, metal Tea Pans, writing Paper, wrap- ping paper by the ream, Bed Cords, Log Lines, Marlings, fishermen's Clogs, Oak Kegs holding from one quart to six gallons, Buckets, Coffee and Pepper ready ground for use; and a num- ber of other Articles not mentioned.—Captains of vessels, and others, may be supplied on the shortest notice, and every favor gratefully ac- knowledged. Newport, May 7, 1802. 841f
Hard Ware Store.
THE Subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the public, that he has just re- ceived by the latest arrivals at Boston from Liv- erpool, a general assortment of HARD WARE, direct from the Manufacturers, which he will offer for sale, in Providence, at the Store of Mr. Isaac Pitman, directly opposite the Baptist Meeting House, by Wholesale only, upon reasonable terms as can be purchased at New- York or Boston.—They are now opening, and will be all opened in a few days, by HENRY GREW. Providence, May 21, 1802. 871f
To be Sold,
A LOT of Land, containing upwards of 3 acres, fronting Tanner & Warner Street, with a House, well finished; paved Cellar; and never failing well of water. Also, a Stable and Chaise-House.—Likewise for sale, a Lot, front- ing Broad-Street and Tanner Street, with a large commodious Dwelling-House; Shop, Stable, and Chaise-House. For terms, apply to OLIVER READ. Newport, March 20, 1802. 771f
Benjamin Thurber,
Has just received, by the latest arrivals from New-York & Boston, and has for sale, at the sign of the Bunch of Grapes, No. 30, William- Street, a fresh Assortment of New Fashionable
FANCY GOODS,
For the approaching Season. Among which are,
PLAIN and striped Italian Lutestring, English, French, & India do. English & India Satins, Black and colour'd Pe- long do. Persian, Modes and Saf- nets, Fashionable white Chip Bonnets, Leghorn Bonnets and Hats, Dunstable & Straw do. Blue and Yellow Nan- keens. A large & fresh assort- ment of Calicoes and Chintzes, very cheap, White fringed Shawls of various prices, Colour'd and white bor- dered do. White fringed Tippitts, for Ladies, Camels Hair, silk and chintz Shawls, Large black Barcelo- na fringed Handker- chiefs, Blue, red, and purple Copperplate, Ginghams, Bengalls, & Craps, White & colour'd glaz- ed Cambricks, Cambric Muslin, Jacquet & striped do. Black Muslins, 6 3/4 wide, Dimity and Mulls, Vest patterns, Silk, twill, plain and striped Nankenees, Irish Linens, 7-8 & 4-4, Silk and Cotton, long Gloves and Mts., Black and colour'd short silk Gloves, Glove Ties, of various prices, Black and white work'd Vails. Back & white Paris- net Gauze, Black, white, pink, & Yellow Crapes and Tiffanies, Fancy check and plaid Ribbons, Umbrellas, Ladies long and short stick Parrils, Silk & Cotton fancy Stockings, Black Fan, Fancy ditto, Black velvet Bind- ings, India Cottons, of va- rious prices, Russells, Durants, Morsees, Wilbets, Rattinees & striped Russells, Black and colour'd Sewing Silks, Diapers, Brown Hollands, Jeans and Fustians, Oil Cloths for Tables, Strip'd Custers, Check Quality & shoe Bind- ing, Tapes and Bobbins, A large assortment of Ladies Morocco, cloth and fancy Shoes, Children's ditto, A large Assortment of Looking Glasses, China & Delft Ware, London and Bristol Pewter, Kaives & Forks, Tea ditto, Brass & Iron Candle- sticks, Warranted Spanish, French, & Carolina Indigo, Cotton Wool, New fashion'd Tea Pots, &c. &c.
The above will be sold at the lowest advance for Cash. Providence, June 1. 188—8w
FOR SALE,
By JOSEPH BRIGGS,
A few Hhds. 4th proof Jamaica Spirits good flavored.
3 Hhds. 3d & 4th proof Antigua Rum. 30 Barrels best N. Y. Superfine Flour. 2 Casks Malaga Wine. 20 Hhds. of good retailing Molasses.
A few Casks of
SHERRY WINE,
of an excellent quality. Newport, May, 29. 501f
TO BE SOLD,
A FARM,
LYING in Brook- lyn, in the County of Windham and State of Con- necticut. Said Farm contains 220 acres of excellent land, well proportioned for plowing, mowing, woodland, and pas- turing, of the best quality; with Two Dwel- ling Houses, and suitable Barns and out houses, with an Orchard that has never failed of making one hundred barrels of Cider in a year, and some years three hundred barrels. Said orchard contains the greatest variety of excellent fruit, (such as Pairs Peaches, Quinces, &c.) of any farm in the Country. The Turn-pike road leading from Norwich to Woodstock, runs through said farm.—It lies nearly square, and is well watered. Any Gentleman who wishes to purchase a good farm, may be accommodated, by calling on the subscriber, living on the pre- mises. PETER SCHUYLER PUTNAM. Brooklyn, June 18, 1802. 91f
FOR SALE,
The Launch Sloop LOUISA,
BURTHEN 74 tons, five ye. old, now lying at Stevens' wharf; in complete order, and is ready to receive a cargo immediately. Inventory may be seen, by applying to either of the Subscribers. ROBERT LAWTON, BENJAMIN MARSHALL. Newport, June, 13, 1801. 891f
For Sale on Reasonable terms,
A Quantity of Window Frames and Sashes, for 7 by 9 and 6 by 8 Glass. Enquire of the Printer. Newport, May 21, 1802. 851f