Rhode-Island Republican (Newport, R.I.), 1804-09-13 00:00:00

Rhode-Island Republican.
AN INDISSOLUBLE UNION OF THE STATES IS ESSENTIAL TO THEIR LIBERTY AND EXISTENCE.—WASHINGTON.
Published weekly, by OLIVER FARNWORTH, (Printer to the STATE, and of the LAWS of the UNITED STATES,) Thames-Street, NEWPORT.
ROBERT EMMETT.
We sometime since signified that we had received from a friend in Ireland, an authentic copy of the address of ROBERT EMMETT, to Lord NORBURY, one of the judges before whom he was tried for treason. It appears that the government had taken the perfidious pains to prevent the publication of Mr. Emmet's real speech, and tortured the sentiments of their victim, into meanings and assertions the most remote from his character and his wishes. The real speech has been sent to America by a friend, "as the only country in which the virtuous living can find a refuge, or truth find a certain passage to posterity through a free press." The spurious edition was given before; the reader may compare them, and compare the government by which it was done with the most abhorred that, has existed, or that now exists. [Aur.]
MY LORDS,
WHAT have I to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced on me, according to law? I have nothing to say that can alter your predeterminations, nor that it will become me to say with any view to the mitigation of that sentence which you are here to pronounce and I must abide by. But I have that to say, which interests me more than life, and which you have labored, (as was necessarily your office in the present circumstances of this oppressed country) to destroy.... I have much to say, why my reputation should be rescued from the load of false accusation and calumny which have been heaped upon it. I do not imagine, that seated where you are, your minds can be so free from impurity, as to receive the least impression from what I am going to utter.... I have no hopes that I can anchor my character in the breasts of a court constituted and trammeled as this is. I only wish, and it is the utmost I expect, that your lordships may suffer it to float down your memories, untainted by the foul breath of prejudice, until it finds some more hospitable harbor to shelter it from the storm by which it is at present buffeted.... Was I only to suffer death, after being adjudged guilty by your tribunal; I should bow in silence and meet the fate that awaits me without a murmur: but the sentence of the law which delivers my body to the executioner, will, through the ministry of that law, labor in its own vindication, to consign my character to obloquy: for there must be guilt somewhere; whether in the sentence of the court or in the catastrophe, posterity must determine. A man in my situation, my lords, has not only to encounter the difficulties of fortune, and the force of power over minds which it has corrupted or subjugated, but the difficulties of established prejudice.... The man dies, but his memory lives: that mine may not perish, that it may live in the respect of my countrymen, I seize upon this opportunity to vindicate myself from some of the charges alleged against me. When my spirit shall be wafted to a more friendly port; when my shade shall have joined the bands of those martyred heroes who have shed their blood on the scaffold and in the field, in defence of their country and of virtue, this is my hope. I wish that my memory and name may animate those that survive
me, while I look down with complacency on the destruction of that perfidious government, which upholds its domination by blasphemy of the most high; which displays its power over men as over the beasts of the forest; which sets man upon his brother, and lift his hand in the name of God against the throat of his fellow, who believes or doubts a little more or a little less, than the governmental standard; a government which is steeled to barbarity by the cries of the orphans, and the tears of the widows which it has made. [Here Lord Norbury interrupted Mr. Emmet, saying, that the mean and wicked enthusiasts who felt as he did, were not equal to the accomplishment of their wild designs.]
.... I appeal to the immaculate God; I swear by the throne of Heaven, before which I must shortly appear; by the blood of the murdered patriots who have gone before me, that my conduct has been through all this peril and through all my purposes, governed only by the convictions which I have uttered, and by no other view, than that of their cure, and the emancipation of my country from the super-inhuman oppression under which she has so long and too patiently travelled; and that I confidently and assuredly hope that wild and chimerical as it may appear, there is still union and strength in Ireland to accomplish this noblest enterprize; of this I speak with the confidence of intimate knowledge, and with the consolation that appertains to that confidence. Think not, my lord, I say this for the petty gratification of giving you a transitory uneasiness; a man who never yet raised his voice to assert a lie, will not hazard his character with posterity by asserting a falsehood on a subject so important to his country, and on an occasion like this. Yes, my Lords, a man who does not wish to have his epitaph written until his country is liberated, will not leave a weapon in the power of envy to impeach the probity which he means to preserve even in the grave to which tyranny consigns him. [Here he was again interrupted by the Court.]
Again I say, that what I have spoken was not intended for your lordship, whose situation I commiserate rather than envy; my expressions were for my countrymen; if there is a true Irishman present, let my last words cheer him in the hour of his affliction. [He was again interrupted, Lord Norbury said he did not sit there to hear treason.]
I have always understood it to be the duty of a judge, when a prisoner had been convicted, to pronounce the sentence of the law; I have also understood that judges sometimes think it their duty to hear with patience, and to speak with humanity; to exhort the victim of the laws, and to offer with tender benignity his opinions of the motives by which he was actuated in the crime, of which he had been found guilty: that a judge has thought it his duty so to have done, I have no doubt; but where is the boasted freedom of your institutions, where is the vaunted impartiality, clemency, and mildness of your courts of justice; if an unfortunate prisoner, whom your policy and not justice is about to deliver into the hands of the executioner, is not suffered to explain his motives sincerely and truly, and to vin-
dicate the principles by which he was actuated.
My lords, it may be a part of the system of angry justice to bow a man's mind by humiliation to the purposed ignominy of the scaffold; but worse to me than the purposed shame, or the scaffold's terrors would be the same endurance, charges and imputations laid against me in this court; you, my lord, are a judge; I am the supposed culprit; I am a man, you are a man also; by a revolution of power, we might change place; though we never could change characters; If I stand at this court, and dare not vindicate my character, what a farce is your justice! If I stand at this bar and dare not vindicate my character, how dare you calumniate it? Does the sentence of death which your policy inflicts on my body, also condemn my tongue to silence, and my reputation to reproach? your executioner may abridge the period of my existence, but while I exist, I shall not cease to vindicate my character and motives from your aspersions, and as a man to whom fame is dearer than life, I will make the last use of that life in doing justice to that reputation which is to live after me, and which is the only legacy I can leave to those I honor and love, and for whom I am proud to perish. As men, my lord, we must appear on the great day at one common tribunal, and it will then remain for the searcher of all hearts to shew a collective universe who was engaged in the most virtuous actions, or attached by the purest motives.
[Here he was interrupted and told to listen to the sentence of the law.]
My lord, will a dying man be denied the privileges of exculpating himself, in the eyes of the community, of an undeserved reproach thrown upon him during his trial, by charging him with ambition, and attempting to cast away for a paltry consideration, the liberties of his country! Why did your lordship insult me? or, rather, why insult justice, in demanding of me why sentence of death should not be pronounced? I know, my lord, that form prescribes that you should ask the question; but form also presumes the right of answering! This, no doubt, may be dispensed with; and so might the whole ceremony of the trial, since sentence was already pronounced at the castle before your jury was empannelled; your lordships are but the priests of the oracle, and I submit; but I insist on the whole of the forms. [Here the court desired him to proceed.]
I am charged with being an emissary of France! An emissary of France! And for what end? It is alleged that I wished to sell the independence of my country! And for what end? Was this the object of my ambition? And is this the mode by which a tribunal of justice reconciles contradictions? No, I am no emissary; and my ambition was to hold a place among the deliverers of my country, not in power, nor in profit, nor in the glory of the achievement! Sell my country's independence to France! And for what? Was it for a change of masters? No! But for ambition! O, my country, was it personal ambition that could influence me? Had it been the foul of my actions, could I not by my education an fortune, by the rank and consideration of my family, have placed myself amongst the proudest of my oppressors? My
country was my idol; to it I sacrificed every selfish, every endearing sentiment; and for it I now offer up my life. O God! No, my lord; I acted as an Irishman, determined on delivering my country from the yoke of a foreign and unrelenting tyranny, and from the more galling yoke of a domestic faction, which is a joint partner and perpetrator in the parricide for the ignominy of existing with an exterior of splendor and a conscious depravity. It was the wish of my heart to extricate my country from this doubly riveted despotism.
I wished to place her independence beyond the reach of any power on earth: I wished to exalt you to that proud station in the world.
Connection with France was indeed intended; but only as far as mutual interest would sanction or require; were they to assume any authority inconsistent with the purest independence, it would be the signal for their destruction; we sought aid, and we sought it as we had assurances we should obtain it; as auxiliaries in war, and allies in peace.
Were the French to come as invaders or enemies, uninvited by the wishes of the people, I should oppose them to the utmost of my strength. Yes my countrymen, I should advise you to meet them on the beach, with a sword in one hand, and a torch in the other: I would meet them with all the destructive fury of war, and I would animate my countrymen to immolate them in their boats, before they had contaminated the soil of my country. If they succeeded in landing, and if forced to retire before superior discipline, I would dispute every inch of ground, burn every blade of grass, and the last entrenchment of liberty should be my grave. What I could not do myself if I should fall, I should leave as a last charge to my countrymen to accomplish, because I should feel conscious that life, any more than death, is unprofitable, when a foreign nation holds my country in subjection.
But it was not as an enemy that the succours of France were to land; I looked indeed for the assistance of France; but I wished to prove to France and to the world, that Irishmen deserved to be assisted; that they were indignant at slavery, and ready to assert the independence and liberty of their country.
I wished to procure for my country the guarantee which WASHINGTON procured for America. To procure an aid which by its example would be as important as its valor, disciplined, gallant, pregnant with science and with experience; who would perceive the good and polish the rough points of our character; they would come to us as strangers and leave us as friends, after sharing in our perils and elevating our destiny; these were my objects, not to receive new taskmasters, but to expect old tyrants; these were my views; and these only became Irishmen. I know your most implacable enemies are in the bosom of your country.
I have been charged with that importance in the efforts to emancipate my country, as to be considered the key-stone of the combination of Irishmen, or as your lordship expressed it, "the life and blood of the conspiracy." You do me honor over much; you have given to the subaltern all the credit of a superior; there are men

engaged in this conspiracy, who are not only superior to me, but even to your own conceptions of yourself, my lord; men before the splendor of whose genius and virtues I should bow with respectful deference, and who would think themselves dishonored to be called your friends, who would not disgrace themselves by shaking your blood-stained hand....
[Here he was interrupted.]
What, my lord, shall you tell me, on the passage to that scaffold, which that tyranny of which you are only the intermediary executioner has erected for my murder, that I am accountable for all the blood that has or will be shed in this struggle of the oppressed against the oppressor, shall you tell me this; and must I be so very a slave as not to repel it?
I do not fear to approach the omnipotent judge, to answer for the conduct of my life; and am I to be appalled and falsified by a mere remnant of mortality here; by you too, who, if it were possible to collect all the innocent blood that you have shed in your unhallowed ministry in one great reservoir, your lordship might swim in it!
[Here the judge interfered.]...Let no man dare when I am dead to charge me with dishonor; let no man attain my memory by believing, that I could have become the pliant minion of power in the oppression of the miseries of my countrymen; the proclamation of the provisional government speaks for our views, no inference can be tortured from it to countenance barbarity or debasement at home, or subjection or humiliation or treachery from abroad: I would not have submitted to a foreign oppressor, for the same reason that I would resist the foreign and domestic oppressor; in the dignity of freedom, I would have fought upon the threshold of my country, and its enemy should enter only by passing over my lifeless corpse. And I, who lived but for my country, and who have subjected myself to the dangers of the jealous, and watchful oppressor, and the bondage of the grave, only to give my countrymen their rights, and my country her independence, I am to be loaded with calumny and not suffered to relent, and repel it!...No! God forbid!
If the spirits of the illustrious dead participate in the concerns and cares of those, who were dear to them in this transitory life....O ever dear and venerated shade of my departed father, look down with scrutiny upon the conduct of your suffering son; and see if I have even for a moment deviated from those principles of morality and patriotism, which it was your care to instil into my youthful mind; and for which I am now to offer up my life.
My Lords...you are impatient for the sacrifice....the blood which you seek is not congealed by the artificial terrors which surround your victim; it circulates warmly and unruled through the channels which God created for noble purposes, but which you are bent to destroy, for purposes so grievous that they cry to heaven....be yet patient, I have but a few words more to say....I am going to my cold and silent grave; my race is run; the grave opens to receive me, and I sink into its bosom! I have but one request to ask at my departure from this world. It is the charity of its silence!....Let no man write my epitaph, for as no man who knows my motives, dare now vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let them and me repose in obscurity and peace, and my tomb remain uninformed, until other times and other men can do justice to my character.—When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then, and not till then, let my epitaph be written—I have done.
FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE, The School-Master's Assistant , By NATHAN DABOLL.
FOR THE RHODE-ISLAND REPUBLICAN.
CRISIS No. III.
WE are induced to postpone, for the present, the further consideration of the subject which our last number embraced, in order to take up a matter of more immediate, and pressing necessity. A paper called the "Connecticut Gazette" printed at New-London by Samuel Greene, "has recently been put into my hands" and a piece pointed out of the most reprehensible and infernal import. As it appears, most palpably, the object of the person who composed it to stigmatize, traduce, and defame the name and character of this State; and to raise a hue and cry against its present policy, and republican principles in general, no time ought to be lost in administering an antidote to counteract the bane with which it is pregnant. It is indeed a melancholy, and painful reflection that society is doomed to be cursed with such demons of flagitious enormity, whether in Connecticut or elsewhere: But painful as it is, it ought not to discourage the honest and well-disposed part of the community from pursuing with inflexible intent the dictates of their reason, the paths of patriotic virtue, and "justifying the ways of God to men."
In order to acquire a correct understanding of this subject, it is proper that the reader should be apprised of those remoter circumstances which have conspired to give rise to it, which will enable him to trace to their source the different principles it involves and places at issue. Be it remembered, then, that the State of Connecticut, like most other States in the Union, is divided in sentiment on this great political question—Ought the republican principle to prevail? Those in that State who uphold and espouse the negative of this question, are quickened, and exasperated in their exertions by various circumstances. 1st. By the personal and emolumentary advantages which they have derived under an aristocratical system: 2d. By the relative advantages which the habitues of this system affords them in the contest, by reason of the prejudices which it has inculcated upon the minds of the people: 3d. By the intrepid spirit, irresistible ability, and unyielding perseverance with which they are pressed, and pursued by their opponents. The aristocratical jonto look at what they are: They behold themselves in the exclusive possession of all the honors, and powers, and glory of the government: They consider that these heights of preferment, and comfortable profits they have hitherto been able to defend and maintain to them, and their associates by the early means of connivance, duplicity and deception, practised without opposition upon a credulous, priest-ridden people, who, amused with the sounding brats, and tinkling symbol of their chains, have had no disposition to say why do ye so . Amid these luxurious, and monopolized enjoyments, they suddenly lift up their eyes, and behold in rapid progress an awful prognostic of their political dissolution.
"As on the cruel hook the tortured quorum Convulsive twirls in agonizing folds,"
they are instantly seized with heart-reading paroxysms of refined and metaphysical rage. What is the consternation? Why the spirit of democracy has infused itself into the minds of the people! They have the audacity to encroach upon our peculiar province ; they have the audacity to meddle with politics ; they have the audacity while leaning on the lee, or standing at the plough to think , to exercise their rational faculties , and to say what will be best for them ! In the language of the piece, before alluded to, they proceed and proclaim "from that fanatical spirit of liberty , and equality , which among democrats is the order of the day, we have every thing to fear!" It is true, because they with for nothing short of universal dominion. The idea of political equality which sets at nought the factitious and paltry distinctions of birth, and fortune; which casts a placid, and benignant eye upon the attributes of merit; and, unmindful of the towering and ostentatious pretensions of specious, hereditary, or artificial greatness, extends to its modest claims the just and generous hand of approbation, protection, and support: Such an idea—such a principle, they vehemently argue "dooms to destruction our learning our laws, and religion." What is their learning ? Is it the means of reasoning well in the investigation of truth, and the communication of it to others! No: It is the art of eternizing a system of prejudices; of perpetuating the blackness of the darkness of ignorance among the body of the people, that they may the more tamely wear the yoke, and bear the barthen which that learning covets to palm and impose upon them! What are their laws ? Are they those eternal rules of right, and distributive justice, which existed, as the warm, and vital principles of universal science, when the God of nature laid the foundation of the earth, and stretched out the canopy of heaven; and which will continue to exist perfect, and immutable, until heaven and earth shall be lost in each other? Or, are they the semblance of these rules of right and justice? Were they framed, and enacted in a spirit caught from the altar of freedom, and with a view to extend, cherish and preserve it? Were they engendered in righteousness, and are they committed to the memory (for it is the unwritten law , it is that law by which their conduct in conclave , in secret council , in accustomed combination , is regulated, of which I speak; and about which they are more tenderly concerned, and "tremblingly alive," than for any other:) & was it devised for the greater security, tranquility & comfort, of the greater number of individuals? No: It is instituted for the purposes of personal, exclusive, and pecuniary benefits! Too refined and elaborate for ordinary discernment and observance;—too frail and forbidding to be embraced by the rustic , they exist as the peculiar and established counterfeign of insidious usurpation. Like the airy visions of the night, they flee the sound and solid slumbers of contentment, and integrity, and continually flit around and haunt the ardent, and dreaming fancy of restless ambition,
goading it on to the accumulation of a far greater, and more eternal weight of enormity, and outrage. Such are the "laws" in the "destruction" of which they have "every thing to fear." And what is their religion ? Does it consist in the hallowed precept of doing to others as they would be done unto ; or in the scriptural disposition of doing justice, loving mercy, and walking humbly, before the God of nature ; or in the evangelical desire of peace upon earth and good will among men ? In this particular we will not judge of them otherwise than by their conduct. By their fruits shall they be known ; and let him who is omniscient exercise his holy prerogative. If they are hypocrites let them consider the sentence proclaimed against hypocrites, while we hasten to the point in hand.
The " law " about the future validity of which, they are laboring under such deep, and nervous sensations, such violent twinges of the most tender and susceptible part of the human system, is that by means of which they have in times past, and in a considerable degree, propagated a kind of political trepidation through the public mind. A complicated variety of " Tub-plots "—" Tailor-plots "—" Ocean-Massacres "—" French Invasions "—" Clews to conspiracy "—" X, Y and Z negotiations " have to this end been successively invented, and their efficacy experimented to the bare end: and, for a season, they were attended with success. The political world is prone to alarm; and the impressions which have been eternally practised upon it, renders this propensity not only justifiable, but eminently meritorious. Watchfulness, vigilance, and alacrity to detect and expose the cobwebs of delusion, which artifice and intrigue are continually weaving and hanging along the roads, which we all must travel, to catch, enthrall, and destroy the credulous and unwary:—These things, I say, are indispensably necessary, and will continue to be necessary so long as political vices exist. When a virtuous individual discovering these deep laid snares, points them out to his neighbor, and discloses them to the world, he is entitled to the highest esteem, and richly deserves the most perfect approbation. On the other hand, he who would give a false alarm , in order to betray them into these snares, and to expedite their thralldom, "deserves the bitterest execration, and severest punishment that can be inflicted by an injured country."
In virtue of this " law ," interrurom , which is but a slender branch of the admirable system they have devised, it is the constant bent, and aim of a certain set of inspired, exclusive and privileged law-givers, to raise up and set in array two metaphysical, fanatical beings, the one of which they have baptized by the name of Federalism , and call it the image of their faith : The other, they seem yet at variance among themselves, what definitive name to give it; but halt among a variety, as if in forlorn suspense, for still more genuine deformity to frame one more intrinsically offensive than yet has been heard of. This they very generously transfer to the possession and enjoyment of their political opponents. Their own they characterize as holy, just, and true—as meek, and lowly, and contrite—as omniscient, and beneficent—as omnipotent and propitious—and industriously labor to deck, adorn and garnish it with tinted glare, and fascinating splendor: The other as a fierce, bloody-eyed, fiery-hearted monster, laden with crimes, "and drenched in slaughter." These two artificial beings it may easily and well be supposed, are natural and implacable enemies. And thus is Federalism (which is now-a-days another name for unwarrantable political assumption & usurpation!) Thus is federalism , and jacobinism , alias republicanism , alias democracy , alias anarchy and confusion , alias pillage and plunder , alias slaughter and destruction , most judiciously arraigned in contest! Thus are federalists and republicans placed at issue.
Now this must be a warm struggle: for here is Heaven and Hell in direct opposition, and actual combat. On the one hand, we hold Angels discomfited! Cherubims , and Seraphims routed and put to flight! On the other, infernal devils triumphant, and bearing off the palm of victory with loud acclaim!
"Hard is the task, and difficult to deem, Whither shall bear the balance down."
Let us attend, for a moment to the progress of this paradoxical conflict. It is, it seems, indispensable for the Angels that they are considered, and believed to be such, or else they are radically, and ipsa facto deprived of that quality, and all the virtues and advantages attending it: And that the devils are considered as, and believed to be devils , or they will wax stronger and stronger in proportion as they throw off and redeem themselves from the crushing weight of the imputation; and the angelic host be eventually cast down to the mansions of despair, where there is nought but weeping and wailing , and an unavailing gnashing of teeth. Hence every angelic limb and joint is briskly at work: And hence that paragraph in the Connecticut Gazette .
"If (says that paragraph) there be any who think this description (a most glowing one indeed which it had been previously given) too highly coloured let them peruse the following bill, some years since introduced by a democratic member into the Legislature of Rhode-Island , bearing in mind that the same reflects jacobinical spirit which dictated that bill is now among us, employing every means which wickedness can suggest to overturn our State government, and erect on its ruins a fabric of confusion."
That the reader may have some idea of this bill, we will here introduce one provision of it, which will fully comprehend its general spirit. The provision follows.
"And whereas the continuation of a Republican Government, depends upon supporting the principles of equality: Be it, therefore, further enacted: That forever hereafter, at the end of thirteen years respectively, there shall be a general abolition of debts, and an equal distribution of property!"
The strictest enquiry after the author, and
mover of the Bill, of which the foregoing is an extract, and which appeared at length in the paper before mentioned, has sufficiently ascertained the following facts: 1st. That it was the bantering (as the phrase has been) of a vigorous, and hot-headed federalist: 2d. That it was conceived and born, when federalism in this State was all, in all, and the standing order of the day: 3d. That it never was "introduced into the Legislature" any farther than was sufficient to render it a topic of conversation: 4th. That when this purpose (which most probably was the very purpose, for which it was created and made) was answered, it suddenly vanished, and existed only in rumor and report: 5th. That it hath since been performing a pilgrimage to some unknown land, until it made its appearance of late in the knowing land of Connecticut.
It now remains to apply, and improve those facts, which we shall do at some future time.
CRISIS.
FOR THE RHODE-ISLAND REPUBLICAN.
TO CIVIS.
WE have seen your address in the last Mercury, and have concluded to take some notice of some parts of it, least your vanity should lead you to mistake our silent contempt for silent respect.
"As an inhabitant, Sir, of the town of Newport, and as a warm advocate for her respectability, and due influence in the Legislature of this State, I am grieved to find her in her present debased situation."
CIVIS.
As to your being warm, that the hair of your head doth witness; but as to your being our advocate, 'tis the first time we have heard of it, and hope it is not true. If your piece be a test of your abilities, from such advocates good Lord deliver us. As to your being grieved at our debased situation, if you do not lie, which there is some reason to believe, all we can say is, that you happen to belong to that class of men, if men they may be called, who are foolish enough to fancy what does not exist, and then weak enough to grieve at the phantom.
"It is, Sir, with extreme regret, that I find myself placed in circumstances which so imperiously demand a declaration, wounding indeed to the feelings of many, painful to some, disgraceful to others, but obvious to all, viz.—that the town of Newport has lost that commanding influence in the Legislature of this State to which she was formerly entitled by the talents, respectability, and meritorious services of her representation."
CIVIS.
You were then placed in circumstances that compelled you to make that declaration. It would be pleasant to hear what were those circumstances, and how you came so caught. But imperious necessity is an excuse for any thing, and we are glad you have it in this case; for by your own account of the declaration, it is one that places you in rather a ridiculous light.—It is, you say, a declaration, wounding indeed to the feelings of many, painful to some, disgraceful to others, but obvious to all.—So it wounds the feelings of many, without giving pain; it gives pain to some, without wounding their feelings; without doing either, it disgraces others; and to finish the picture, it is obvious to all. Think of that, Master Brooke, an "obvious declaration." It was really cruel in those tyrannical circumstances to compel you to appear like a fool; and the regret with which you submitted, was indeed very natural.
"I do not wish to be censorious, neither do I mean to descend to personal invective."
CIVIS.
Well, then, how came you to be censorious, and to deal in invective? More imperious necessity I suppose. Necessity is the tyrant's plea; but here it seems to be the tyrant himself. It is lucky, however, that, though you are forced to be censorious contrary to your will, and scurrilous contrary to your intention, that you cannot be forced to be either with any effect. Nature has interposed her interdiction, & there you are met again by imperious necessity.
"I am however from duty constrained to appeal to the good sense of the inhabitants of this town, and to ask them," &c. CIVIS.
And pray who made it your duty?—Do you conceit yourself somebody?—Are you guardian to the town? To have a guardian at all is degrading enough; but to have one who himself wants a guardian, is too bad. Perhaps, however, you mean only a sort of offer to become our guardian. You put us in mind of the foolish Frenchman, who offered to come and be king of the United States. One offer is about as modest as the other, and about as likely to be accepted.
After all, what do these imperious circumstances and this imperious duty oblige you to tell us? Why truly that you do not like our representatives. You admit, that their private characters are fair and unexceptionable; or to use your own words, that they may be men calculated to shine, in their private pursuits, with honor. Your meaning here is probably English, though your language is not. Making every allowance for the weakness of your intellects, one would think it impossible for you not to perceive that this admission refutes your calumnies. You admit them to be honest, yet impure to them conduct that imports the grossest dishonesty—not merely of treacherously betraying, but of openly and uniformly opposing our interests. We have been witnesses of their conduct, and have witnessed no such thing. You will excuse us for using and codifying in the evidence of our own senses.
But their abilities are not of a size for their places. As to the competence of their abilities, it is a question rather above your competence to decide. On comparing them with the standard of your own, you must feel their superiority; but you have not enough to comprehend the degree of that superiority, or of their suitability to discharge the duties of their stations. If you will enquire of men who have common sense, you will find that our representation is not deficient, either in information or talent; and that we have no reason to complain on that score.

But they have not their due influence in the Legislature. This complaint is a little singular in you, who represent them as being bent on mischief. We confess, however, it would be too severe to require consistency, of such minds as yours. In other parts of the State, your friends have been in the habit of complaining, that our representatives had too much influence. —We wish you would agree among yourselves, whether they have too much, or too little. If they have too much, we will put you in; —if they have too little, whatever changes we make we will certainly leave you out. So long as our representatives are complained of, both for having too much, and too little influence, we thence have pretty good reason to be satisfied that they have their due share.
TOWN OF NEWPORT.
FOR THE REPUBLICAN.
MR. FARNSWORTH.
I OBSERVED in the last Newport Mercury a production under the signature of "A Freeman of Portsmouth," containing the most gross falsehoods, which demand notice. Whether the writer is an inhabitant of this town, or a far famed ex-preacher and bankrupt, lately imported into Newport, to edit the Mercury for our men of virtue and talents, is of little moment —it is enough, it is too much, it is indeed incredible, that the debasement of human nature is such as to authorise, through any agency, the charge of corruption and bribery upon those who know nothing of these offences but from the usual practices of the very men who sanction the charge. —Bribery has been the order of the day among our federalists —they have by bribery carried their candidates for three years past. Bribery is the soul of the federal party here. Brute Gold has been, at every election, liberally distributed, by our rich Englishman and his under agents, who have often triumphantly boasted, "that they had all the money." A pure democracy has almost fallen a prey to the intrigues of one well instructed in the venality of the British system. We were virtuous though simple; & I cannot conceive that any one of the deluded beings who have been debauched by federal bribes, and who have had the donor of mustering in the federal ranks on town-meeting day, has become so simple, to contemptible, and so vile, as to barter his vote for "a gill of New-England rum." That a federalist should have been purchased so cheaply, will not be credited by republicans. Republicans do not hold federalists thus cheap. But Mr. Printer, the truth is, that many good citizens, hitherto laboring under delusion, are returning to correct habits, and spurn not only at the gold, but the threats of our aristocratical Lord and his subs. —and to this change is to be attributed the success of the republicans at the late election. —Nor again shall corruption and bribery triumph. The federal faction has sunk —no more to rear its hideous head in the midst of a virtuous yeomanry. That the majority in our town has been infamously slandered and traduced, and that the minority are really guilty of the crimes charged upon the majority, will be evident to the reader who shall peruse the depositions herewith published.
Red satisfied, Citizens of Rhode-Island, it is an absolute falsehood that the republicans of Portsmouth have received money "from the town of Bristol," to aid them in their struggle. Neither has a republican been detected in putting into the box two votes at one time . Neither has a republican Moderator admitted a disputed federal voter at one election, and refused a republican voter, qualified in like manner, at another —thus disregarding both law and justice, and trampling upon the privileges of freemen. Neither have the republicans at command a foreigner, with his two-hundred-dollar-deposit , pledged for the detestable purpose of debauching the morals of our citizens. —Where shall we look for the "blush"? Alas! Thus lost to shame is the federalist, that in vain do we cast our eyes over his countenance in the hope to discover a suffusion indicative of that passion. Let others blush for them when they consider the following facts: —At a town-meeting in Portsmouth, one of the people called quakers —one who sits on the high seat, brought forward a person to be qualified as a freeman, upon his oath , but the poor creature, when told that his property was insufficient, and, as charity induces to believe, rendered conscious of the crime he was about to commit, fainted; being carried out of the house and duly instructed, the miserable object was produced a second time, and again, when pressed to take the oath , faltered and retreated; but being a third time ushered into the presence of the moderator, the affirmation was tendered to him, by request of the pious quaker, and the man was then qualified, and voted like a true federalist —like a friend to order and religion . Pause a moment, reader; Reflect that the affirmation is provided by law for the accommodation of the consciences of quakers principally! What an abuse of religion! What a prostitution of christianity! The victim could not face his God; but urged by the pious quaker he could affirm ! He could not swear ! —This is not bribery and corruption. It is federalism! Another fact to create a "blush": Many of the pious quakers have contributed their mites to support the practice of bribery lately introduced into Portsmouth. Thus are the quakers found among the persecutors of the friends of man and his rights; and perhaps this is not surprising to him who recollects that persecution has ever originated in what the world calls "steady habits;" for our Saviour was persecuted by the "steady habits" of the Jewish Sanhedrim —the protestants were persecuted by the "steady habits" of the Roman Church, and the quakers were persecuted by the "steady habits" of the Church of England. Are not the quakers getting into the track of the "steady habits" of this world, and ready to pursue with vindictive rancour those who differ from them in politics? This is the common course of human nature, and we must not be astonished should they, the
power once in their hands, persecute in their turn for conscience-sake, as well as for political principles. It is only of the quakers of Portsmouth I speak —for the society of friends generally I entertain every sentiment of respect.
Thus much, Mr. Farnsworth, for the present —should it be found necessary to add in future, you shall hear from
A Republican Citizen of Portsmouth. Portsmouth, Sept. 11th, 1804.
DEPOSITIONS.
JOHN FISH, of Portsmouth, in the county of Newport, of lawful age, testifieth and saith, that Nathan Sisson , of Portsmouth, in the month of August, offered this deponent twenty-five dollars, if he, the deponent, would not go to town meeting.
JOHN FISH.
PELEG BARKER, of Portsmouth, in the county of Newport, of lawful age, testifieth and saith, that Daniel Chase , of Portsmouth aforesaid, on the twenty-sixth of August, 1804, offered this deponent ten dollars, if he (the said deponent) would not go to town meeting; and furthermore, he the said Peleg Barker deposeth and saith, that Ezbon Barker , on the same day above said, offered one other sum of twelve dollars, if he, the deponent, would not go to town meeting.
PELEG BARKER.
EDWARD COOK, of Portsmouth, in the county of Newport, of lawful age, testifieth and saith, that on the twenty eighth day of August, 1804, at town-meeting, in said town, and before voting, James Shearman , town Sergeant of said town, offered this deponent ten dollars if he would go home and not vote.
EDWARD COOK.
JONATHAN THURSTON, of Portsmouth, in the county of Newport, of lawful age, testifieth and saith, that Daniel Chase , of Portsmouth, repeatedly sent for him in the month of August, 1804, previous to town meeting; that he waited on said Chase , who said to him, I know you have been neglected; that there was money appropriated for you, and that you had not received any; and I now make you a present of Four Dollars, and if you will come and stay at my house, you shall be welcome —it shall not cost you any thing, and we will give you more money. And furthermore this deponent testifieth and saith, that he was offered by another man, Ten Dollars, to go and hire a Republican to stay at home on town-meeting day.
JONATHAN THURSTON.
Portsmouth, September 10, 1804. Personally appeared the above named John Fish, Peleg Barker, Edward Cook, and Jonathan Thurston, and being duly sworn, severally made oath to the truth of the above depositions by them respectively signed, Before me , GILES LAWTON, jun. Justice Peace.
For the R. I. REPUBLICAN.
MR. EDITOR. I AM not one of those who are disposed to treat the reasoning of a man of common sense with levity or burlesque. But when such absurd declarations are made, without truth or reason, as those of a pretended "Mechanic," in the Mercury of the 25th ult. my ribbly nerves are on the stretch, and reason will occasionally give place to modest sallies of satire.
Since "Mechanic" and his brother, have had little or no weight in endeavoring to destroy the justly acquired popularity of Mr. Jefferson, and can have no share of the loaves and fishes —every thing, of course, done under his administration, must be conducive of disorder and ruinous to the state; for every act of government militates against their aristocratical system, and is an innovation upon their anglo federal charter. Were they only admitted to a share in the administration, all would again be very right, & "every body would be growing rich." There is nothing that will so effectually stop a disaffected tongue, as gold: Its powerful charms make every thing to glide so smoothly on with them, that were they to live under the tyrannic government of a Turkish Signior, they would chant the amiable virtues of their sovereign, and the mildness of the laws.
If Mr. "Mechanic" is seriously disposed, with rather more "decency" of language than that which marked his last production, to support his declamation of the present administration's having been a ruinous one to this State —I will hear him with as much patience and pleasure as the ridiculous assertion will admit of, and endeavor to enter into a learned discussion on the subject. Many of his assertions, the most palpably false, malicious, and vile, shall be passed over in silent contempt. Others, which are libels in themselves on my character, shall be noticed. He says, I "entertain a sovereign aversion for mechanics in general." If he can prove this by any thing that I have said, he is a profound logician and scholar indeed; and however old he may be, I am certain it must have taken him all his days to have made so great a proficiency in that arduous study: He could have no time then to spare for a seven-years apprenticeship to mechanism. So far, however, from entertaining any aversion either to the arts or artisans themselves, it was my earnest endeavor to divest a pretended "Mechanic" of the title he had thus arrogantly assumed, knowing that he assumed it merely for a political purpose, and not from the desire of being ranked among that useful and respectable class of citizens. To gain them over to his political principles, he roundly asserts that the mechanics have little or no employ, and that the State thereby is in a ruinous condition. The known falsity of this, will consign him to merited infamy. —He next accuses me of using "billinggate language," which is laughable enough. —What is this last production of Mr. "Mechanic," but a "mass of puerescent matter" indeed, flowing as it were for the want of industry in a direct channel from
some "necessary" appendage! —But I will raise my reader to his next accusation, the only just one which he has charged me with, and which I am proud to bear —that of being a friend to the Irish;" as though it were a crime to be a friend to oppressed humanity. —My feelings have been too long lacerated with the melancholy accounts of that suffering nation, oppressed by unfeeling tyrants, and loaded with accumulated sorrow, not to commiserate their depressed, unhappy condition. —And can any be found in America, fond of liberty and life, who have heard, of the fate of Emmett and a host of Irish patriots, who still remain friends to their oppressors, and enemies to their cause! —Thy name, oh Emmett, will remain a lasting monument of thy love of freedom and thy country, while tyrants shall dread even the sound of it —thy virtues will be interwoven in the wreath of time, and thy name shall be engraven on the shield and helmet of liberty.
One thing more, so utterly false, shall not escape my notice, viz. my "having repeatedly attacked innocent individuals." It would require more facts & logic than Mr. "Mechanic" possesses, & fill more knowledge than his shallow pate is capable of containing, to make this clear, even to his own readers. —I defy him to do it. —It is by no means a trait in my character. But this bare assertion of his, is in perfect unison with the rest of his composition. Were it even probable that I could obtain the real name of the writer of "Mechanic," it would be no inducement, no satisfaction for the enquiry. It is not impossible he may have once been obliged to make nails, and thus become a mechanic , in some convenient building —as many a one, equally as respectable as he appears to be, has had that opportunity, by a remarkable faculty of working at all trades.
But I have done with Mr. "Mechanic," being well assured that it is not from a contest with such "billinggate" writers, that I am to reap "immortal fame," but rather "accumulate a due share of contempt."
CORRECTOR QUIZ.
NEWPORT, Thursday, Sept. 13, 1804.
By the Packet , Capt. Trott, papers have been received from London to the 25th of July. In these accounts there is some amusing speculation about a speedy war between France and Russia; but tales of this complexion have been so often repeated, that even credulity herself will not listen to them. It is certainly probable that Alexander does not regard the recent elevation of Bonaparte to the Imperial Dignity, with perfect satisfaction; yet whatever may be his predilections in favor of the Bourbons, we are decidedly of opinion that he dare not venture upon an irruption of peace. All that can be done by England, to press him onward to hostilities, we are firmly persuaded has been attempted; but the Emperor of Russia must be even more weak in mind than his unfortunate predecessor, if he becomes the dupe of such advice.
It is averred that when Gen. Hedouville quitted Peterburgh, he made the following declaration to the Russian monarch —"The Emperor of France does not wish for war with any one; neither does he dread it with any one! A long peace is his wish: But the history of his life affords no room to imagine that he is of a temper to allow himself to be insulted or dictated to."
Sweeden, who may be considered as in the national suite of Russia, has grumbled somewhat too; but it is likely that the whole will terminate in a pacific manner.
Admiral Cornwallis has resigned the command of the channel fleet, but his successor is not named. As it is common, in Britain, for commanding officers to follow the fortunes of their leaders, this resignation may have been made in consequence of Lord Vincent's having retired from the board of admiralty.
It is publickly asserted that the British ambassador at Peterburgh has been recalled, and that Ld. Gower, the eldest son of the Marquis of Stafford has been sent to that Court with additional powers.
Notwithstanding all that has been said about the perfect recovery of the King of England's health, there is room to entertain a doubt upon that subject, especially as Dr. Symmons, the physician of the lunatic hospital, is continually about his person. —The parliament was to be prorogued on the 31st of July.
In France they are full of bustle, on the coast with the gun boats, and in the capital in affairs relative to the approaching coronation of Bonaparte, which is to take place at the Hotel des Invalides , on the 10th of November next. It appears that more than 9 tenths of the people of France had voted in favor of the Imperial Dignity being perpetual in the family of the Emperor. All the Powers of the Continent have acknowledged Bonaparte's title, excepting England, Russia and Sweden. [ Bost. Chron.
A letter from Capt. Stewart, of the brig Syren , dated Syracuse , April 25, received at Philadelphia, announces the capture by him of the brig Transfere , a Grecian vessel, from the Archipelago, laden with valuable merchandise, and 19 Turkish soldiers bound to Tripoli. —The commodore had valued, equipped, and taken her into the service of the United States. The Syren was to proceed the following day to join the blockade of Tripoli.
The following letter gives an account of another capture by our vigilant and enterprising squadron:
Extract of a letter from an officer on board the United States Schooner Nautilus , dated Syracuse , April 21.
"We send you a brig we captured off Tripoli, floating in, under English colours, in violation of the declaration of the blockade of that port. Being advised by commodore Preble, we
send her to America for adjudication. We had an engagement for an hour, with 11 gun boats off Tripoli, within half gun-shot of the batteries. We drove them into port, without any loss on our side."
New-York, Sept. 4.
"Our best friends." —His Majesty's "Sera-vants" at the hook persevere in their acts of amity. They continue to offer their kind protection to "American Commerce."
The American ship John, Patterson , master, from Bordeaux, belonging to Thebaud and Longcamp, merchants, arrived the 1st inst. As it resolved to try to what pitch British insult and aggression might be carried, the Leader chased, and, when but eight miles east of the Hook, with the pilot on board, commenced and kept up a continual fire at the John until she was in 4 fathom water! The grape-shot fell on board the John so thick that the men were driven below for shelter. —Capt. Patterson had several of the grape-shot that were fired at him which lodged in the quarters of his vessel. The Leader fired one hundred and six rounds at the John ! To morrow I shall lay authenticated facts before the public on this subject. One hundred and six rounds fired in our own waters, at one of our ships, by the vessel of a foreign power! It is too much; it is beyond human endurance.
Apprehensions for the safety of the Leader induced her commander to discontinue the chase. Arrived in four fathom water the Leader was fearful of pursuing the John any farther, lest she should ground. She here hove to, and, within hail, poured into the John volleys of musketry!
Two privateer brigs each carrying 18 guns and 150 men, are cruising under Spanish colours, off the north side of Porto-Rico, and in the Mona passage they rob every vessel they board; have run several ashore, and burnt or sunk others.
Brig Dispatch , Harding, (of Boston) from New-Orleans, for Belfast, has been captured by a French privateer; Capt. Harding, his mate and supercargo were put on shore at Havana.
Brig Calena , of Milford, Con. foundered in a squall, about a month since, in lat. of W. I. Three seamen were drowned, the rest of the crew were saved on a part of the quarter deck, on which they drifted to the island of Montserrat.
The Neutrality , Norris , from New-Haven for St. Domingo, is taken by a French privateer, and sent into Porto-Rico.
The Orange , from Newport, for Jamaica, and the Sally from L'Ance-au-Veau for Baltimore, have been taken by French privateers and carried into Barracoa. N.Y. Paper.
A SATIRICAL POEM.
In the press, and shortly will be published, ( Canto the First ) THE HAMILTONIAD, OR, AN EXTINGUISHER FOR THE ROYAL FACTION OF NEW-ENGLAND, WITH Copious Notes, Illustrative, Biographical, Philosophical, Critical, Admonitory and Political; being intended as a high heeled shoe for all limping Republicans.
By ANTHONY PASQUIN, Esq. Sic transiit gloria mundi! Here to day, and gone last Sunday!
wide Irish edition. The Monarchists fain'd and sob, And sudden all Boston town; Cause Freedom goes up, up, up, And the Tories go down, down, downy & Parody on Swift's ballad.
Price to subscribers 25 cents, to non-subscribers 31 cents. —Subscriptions received at this office.
Taken up adrift,
ON the 6th inst. in Narraganset Bay, between the White Rocks and Connant Point, a SKIFF, about 18 feet in length, oak bottom and pine sides —and appears to be almost new. The owner may have said skiff, by proving property and paying charges.
EDMOND ARNOLD, jr.
Narraganset Bay, Sept. 9, 1804.
To be Sold,
A NEW one story building, 30 feet by 12, to be removed from the spot on which it now stands, as soon as possible. For further particulars apply to
WILLIAM DOUGLASS.
Newport, Sept. 12, 1804.
FOR SALE,
A LIKELY bay HORSE, six years old, excellent in saddle and harness —sold for no fault. Enquire at this Office. Newport, Sept. 12, 1804.
In Town-Meeting, Aug. 28th, 1804.
VOTED, That the act respecting the Emptiness Carts and Trucks standing in particular places, be repealed, and that the same be published in one of the Newspapers in this town. Witness, J. ALMY, Town Clerk.
WE the Subscribers being appointed by the Hon. Court of Probate for the town of Tiverton, to receive and adjust the claims upon the estate of Samuel Durfee , late of Tiverton, deceased, yeoman, represented insolvent; hereby give notice, that we will attend on the first Monday in July, and the five following months, from 10 till 2 o'clock, P. M. at the office of Thomas Durfee, Esq. in said Tiverton, for the purpose aforesaid.
THOMAS DURFEE, } Commis- BENJAMIN HOWLAND, } sioners. Tiverton, June 6th, 1804.
An Abridgement of Murray's GRAMMAR, for sale at this Office.

FROM THE ALEXANDRIA EXPOSITOR. LINES to the memory of ROBERT EMMETT, the Irish Patriot.
YE true sons of ERIN, go weep o'er the grave, Where lies the sad corpse of your brother and friend; Nor think that a tear can dishonor the brave, As you sigh to the breeze for his mournful end.
His country he lov'd and lamented her fate, And strove to restore her to freedom and fame: But infamy's minions the vampire of state, Had wantonly robb'd her of honor and fame.
Enrich'd in his soul were virtue and science, Benevolence held her abode in his breast; To th' illusions of vice he had e'er bid defiance, Religion his shield, and bright honor his crest.
Each gale that his sacred dust shall blow over, Shall kiss it, and waft the sweet scent of his name, To shores far remote, where every lover, Of freedom and virtue shall cherish his fame.
Not only to ERIN his fate shall impart, A lesson which folly alone will despise; But engrav'd it shall live in each honest heart, That values the blessings Columbians prize.
OUR ADAMS, our HANCOCK, and WASH- INGTON too, By the hand of some base born slave would have died; If our fathers had not, to their fore-father's true, Stood firm, and the malice of Britain defied.
But think not, Hibernians, your tears can re- move, Or atone for the debt to his mem'ry due; His spirit reminds you from mansions above, How nobly he died to give freedom to you.
Then on with your armour, and swear by his name, By his blood stain'd corpse, and his gallant re- nown, That you'll ne'er yield it up till your country's fame, And rights are achiev'd, and her tyrants put down.
* Samuel Adams.
William Douglass, as the Head of Broad-Street, HAS constantly for sale, a general Assort- ment 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.
Henry Moore, & Co.
HAVE for sale cheap for Cash or approved Notes on either of the Banks, 20 Hds. Jamaica Spirits, 6 Ditto. St. Croix Rum, Ditto. Holland's Gin, Ditto. Brandy, 20 Boxes Sugar, 30 Bags Ditto, 60 Bbls. Flour, Benninghove's Snuff, All kinds of Teas, Casks of Raisins, &c. &c. Likewise, a great variety of Dry Goods, with a handsome assortment of Cutlery, &c. Newport, August 15th, 1804.
SAIL-MAKING. THE subscribers having entered into partner- ship, under the firm of
Dunham and Spooner, hereby inform the Public, that they carry on the Sail-Making business, in its various branches, at their Sail Loft, on the wharf of the late Gen. John Malbone, at the South part of the town. Those who may favor them with their custom, may depend on punctuality and dispatch. All favors will be gratefully acknowledged, by CHARLES C. DUNHAM, WING SPOONER, 2d.
Newport, April 3, 1802. 79tf
To be Let, A CONVENIENT Dwelling-House, well calculated for boarding and lodging, situated on the street leading from Mr. Robert Steven's house to his wharf. Likewise, a retail shop, on the fourth side of the Red Market, being an excellent stand for business, adjoining the Dwel- ling-House of Mr. William Freebody. For particulars, enquire of SPENCER HALL. Newport, August 2d, 1804.
Dry Goods for Cash only.
THE Subscriber intending to quit the line of business he at present pursues, has mark'd 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, es- pecially Broad Cloths and other Woollens, was purchased at a very low advance, upon the ster- ling cost.
He likewise offers for Sale or Lease, his Estate, situated on Thames-Street (formerly the property of Aaron Sheffield.) For terms, apply to EBENEZER SHEARMAN, or JOHN R. SHEARMAN. Newport, Dec. 12, 1803. 67tf
NOTICE is hereby given, that we the sub- scribers, have purchased the patent right for the counties of Washington and Kent, for making, using, and vending a Machine for the purpose of washing cloths, scouring and fulling cloth, under the original patent right which was granted by the Congress of the United States of America, unto Daniel T. Dean, of the State of New-York, on the 29th of February, 1804.— All persons are hereby forbid, making, ven- ding or using such Machine, within the coun- ties aforesaid, under the penalty of the law, without the liberty of us, or our agents being first granted them. Any person, upon applying to us for an individual right, or on a larger scale, may have the liberty granted them for a mod- erate compensation.
BORDEN RATHBUN, ROBERT H. NILES. Wickford (N.K.) 24th 7th Mo. 1804.
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 qr. cask. 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
SAMUEL JAMES HAS FOR SALE, A T his Paper Hanging Manufactory, which is in the House he now occupies, opposite to Mr. Lewis Peck's, on the West-Side of the Bridge, Providence, a great variety of House Paper and Bordering, of the newest and most elegant Figures at whole- sale and retail, on as good terms as can be pur- chased in America. A generous credit given to those who pur- chase by the quantity for retailing. N. B. The above is printed on good pa- per, and the work well executed, by and under the direction of a workman from Europe. April 2, 1804. 183
FOR SALE BY SAMUEL VERNON, jun. FRESH superfine Richmond FLOUR,—a few Hds. of James River (sweet scented mountain) TOBACCO,—Cognac Brandy,— Holland Geneva,—Verdigris,—and Loaf SUGAR. Newport, Feb. 9, 1804. 75
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, & Bucker-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
John & Henry Cahone 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.
HOLMES WEAVER, CABINET & CHAIR-MAKER, HAS for Sale, a number of pieces of the most Fashionable Furniture, As Cheap as can be purchased, of equal elegance Newport, Nov. 15. exii
JOSEPH BRIGGS HAS for sale, 50 barrels best mels and prime PORK and BEEF.—Also, a few Hds. first quality retailing MOLASSES. Likewise, 10 or 1200 weight of excellent LARD. Newport, February 23. 177.
To be Sold by JOSEPH LYON, 150 Barrels Tar, 150 Barrels Pitch. Newport, June 6, 1804. 98
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
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.
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.
BENEDICT SMITH Has for sale, Tar, Rosin, and Turpentine, By the 150 lb. or less quantity. Newport, April 4, 1804. 83
Hard Ware, Stationary, &c.
DAVID MELVILL, jun. RESPECTFULLY informs his friends, that he has just received a very handsome as- sortment 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; Maccabaw and Scotch SNUFF, of the first quality, at the Manufac- tory prices. *Cash given for Lead. Newport, June 27, 1804. 140tf
FLOUR STORE On Col. CHRISTOPHER CHAMPLIN'S Wharf,—By JOHN BOURS, jun. & Co. Who will always have on hand a sup- ply of the best Superfine FLOUR. Newport, Oct. 20, 1803.
HOUSE PAPER. JUST received, and for sale at this Office, a new & general assortment of elegant PAPER HANGINGS, which will be sold as low as can be purchased in the State. April 19, 1804.
PATENT CHIP FOR BONNETS. THE Subscriber having purchased of the Pa- tente the exclusive Right of making and vending the Patent Chip in and for the State of Rhode-Island, hereby cautions and forbids any Person or Persons either making or vending said Chip for Bonnets, within said State of Rhode- Island, on Penalty of the Law of the United States in such Case made and provided—unless they have been duly and previously authorised 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.
Rhodes & Hammond HAVE FOR SALE, (Wholesale and Retail) JAMAICA Spirits 4th proof, Cognac Brandy 2d do. Barcelona do. 4th do. Holland Geneva, Havana brown, Do. white, } SUGARS, Loaf 1st and 2d quality, & } Lump Hyson, Souchong, } TEAS of the & Bohea } first quality Coffee, Pepper, Pimento, Ginger, Mustard, Nutmegs, Allum, Salspetre, Benninghove'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. 92
Take Notice. WILL be leased out at Public Vendue, on Tuesday, the 24th day of September, at the house of Elizabeth Durfee, on the premises, at two of the clock, P. M. that beautiful and pleasant place, late the property of Oliver Durfee, Esq. deceased—containing 151 acres of excellent land, with a convenient two story dwelling-house, new crib, an excellent well of water, and a fine young orchard. Said place will be leased for two or three years, and is one of the pleasantest places on the island. Also, will be sold at said Vendue, sundry articles of house- hold furniture, farming utensils, and some live stock, if not previously disposed of at private sale.—Conditions of sale, and lease, to be made known at the time and place. ELIZABETH DURFEE. Middletown, August 29, 1804.
Doctor Nortrop's CELEBRATED Patent Bitters, for the cure of the Jaundice and all bilious complaints, for sale at this Office—Price 50 Cents per Box. BONNET PAPERS of the nicest kind, by wholesale or retail, at this Office.
Nathaniel Nason, RESPECTFULLY informs the Public, that he has taken a Shop three Doors North of the New Church Lane, where all kinds of TIN WARE, can be furnished at the shortest notice, and on as reasonable terms as can be bought in this Town. Constant attendance will be given and the smallest favor acknowledged. Stove Pipes, either of Tin or Sheet-Iron, made with dispatch. *Cash, and the highest price, given for old Pewter and Lead. Newport, Oct. 27. 160
MEDITERRANEAN PASSPORTS. Notice is hereby given, that it has been deemed expedient to change the form of the Me- diterranean Passport issued to vessels of the U- nited 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 applica- tion may be made on a compliance with the terms prescribed by law and surrendering the former passport of which they may be possessed, if any, in which latter case no fee 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 ves- sels 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
FOR SALE, CHEAP for Cash, three excellent Feather Beds, the best of live Geese Feathers.— They will be sold separate or together, as may suit purchasers.—Enquire of the Printer. Newport, August 29, 1804.
Cherry Lumber. TO be sold by the subscriber, a quantity of Cherry-Tree Boards, Joist, and Plank. JOHN TILLINGHAST. Franklin-Street, Newport, August 30, 1804.
Last Notice. THE Hon. Town Council of the town of Newport, having allowed three months longer from the date hereof, for the settlement of the estate of Jonathan Simmons, late of said Newport, Black Smith, deceased:—Notice is hereby given to all persons having any demands against said estate, to bring them in immediately or they will be precluded agreeably to law. WILLIAM C. ROBINSON, } Commis- THOMAS G. PITMAN, } sioners. And all persons indebted to said estate, are required to make immediate payment to ELIZABETH SIMMONS, Exec'tx. EDWARD SIMMONS, Exec'tr. Newport, September 3d, 1804.
To be Sold at PUBLIC AUCTION, ON Friday, the 28th of September instant, the real estate of John Gabbard, late of Newport, deceased, pleasantly situated on the Point. Sale to be on the premises, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon. JOHN TILLINGHAST Admin'r Newport, Sept. 5, 1804.
French Town Catholic Seminary Lottery. THE public are informed that the above lot- tery will positively commence drawing at East-Greenwich on the first Monday of De- cember next. THOMAS FRY, PARDON TILLINGHAST, } Man- GEORGE CARD, } agers. East Greenwich, September 3d, 1804. Tickets in the above Lottery, at two dollars 50 cents each, may be had at this Office.
Copartnership Dissolved. THE Copartnership of Abraham Tilley and Co. is this day dissolved by mutual consent, and the business in future will be carried on by Abraham and George Tilley, who have for sale, at their Rope Wsk. opposite the Duck Manu- factory, north end of the town—Cordage and Cables of all dimensions, Bolt Rope, Worming, House Lines, Marine, Cod and Log Lines, Deep Sea and Hand Lead Lines, Bed Cords, White Ropes, &c. &c.—by wholesale and retail. They also take in Hemp to manufacture in the best manner and on the lowest terms. They return their thanks to their employ- ers, and hope by giving ample satisfaction, and a ready attention to business, to merit their en- couragement. Newport, August 11, 1804.
WATCHES. A CONSIGNMENT of four dozen Silver WATCHES, remarkably cheap for cash, or approved credit, just received, and for sale by WALTER CORNELL. N. B. They are well calculated for coun- try traders. Newport, Sept. 6, 1804.
Fashionable Bonnets, JUST received, a variety of Dunstable, Chip, and Leghorn Bonnets, and Gipsey Hats— on the most reasonable terms—By WM. C. BARN. N. B. Silk Gloves, 5s. per pair—Also, a variety of English GOODS, as usual—Cheaper than ever. Newport, August 29, 1804.
For Sale, A FEW casks of superior Sherry WINE,— Enquire of the Printer. Newport, August 30th, 1804.