Rhode-Island Republican (Newport, R.I.), 1802-07-24 00:00:00

Rhode-Island Republican.
AN INDISSOLUBLE UNION OF THE STATES, IS ESSENTIAL TO THEIR LIBERTY AND EXISTENCE.—WASHINGTON.
Published weekly, by OLIVER FARNWORTH, (Printer to the State, and of the LAWS of the UNITED STATES.) Thames-Street, NEWPORT.
Twenty Dollars Reward.
DESERTED from Fort Wolcott, this morning, about two o'clock, the two following Soldiers, viz:—CHERI VOYART, a Frenchman, about 5 feet to 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 Russia Sheetings Pantaloon.—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 Sheetings Pantaloon. Whoever takes up and secures said Deserters, 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 expences, or Ten Dollars for either of them.
LLOYD BEALL, Captain of Artillery 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 shew cause (if any they have) why the prayer of said Petition ought not to be granted.
P. M. MUMFORD, Clerk. Newport, July 16, 1802.
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.
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 shew cause, (if any they have) why the prayer of said petition ought not to be granted. P. M. MUMFORD, Clerk. Newport, July 8, 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.
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 fear of a burn on one of his Ribs, a short thickset fellow, had on a furr 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, treating or employing him on penalty of the law. STEPHEN CONGDON. North Kingstown, July 5, 1802.
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 shew cause why the prayer of said Petition ought not to be granted. P. M. MUMFORD, Clerk.
Hard Ware Store.
THE Subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the public, that he has just received by the latest arrivals at Boston from Liverpool, a general assortment of HARD WARE, direct from the Manufactories, 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 as 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.
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.
William Douglass, At the Head of Broad-Street, HAS constantly for sale, a general Assortment of West-India and other GOOD S. Newport, May 5, 1802.
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.
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 Chaife-House.—Likewise for sale, a Lot, fronting Broad-street and Tanner Street, with a large commodious Dwelling-House; Shop, Stable, and Chaife-House. For terms, apply to OLIVER READ. Newport, March 20, 1802.
For Sale, by the Subscriber, JAMAICA RUM by the hoghead, Ditto SUGAR by the hhd. or barrel, Ditto MOLASSES, all of 1st Quality. JOHN MEIN. Church-Lane, July 12, 1802.
Clark Blifs
INFORMS his friends, and the public, that he has removed from Banister's wharf, to the dwelling-house belonging to Capt. Caleb Gardner, 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, Teas, of various kinds, Chocolate, Raisins, Pepper, Allspice, Cinnamon, Nutmegs, Flour, Rye and Indian Meal, Butter, Cheese, Soap, and Candles; 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, Corks, Brimstone, Lampblack, Stone Lime, Lamp Oil, Powder, Shot and Flints, Fishing Lines of various kinds, Leads and Hooks, deep sea Leads and Lines, Bellows, metal Tea Pots, writing Paper, wrapping paper by the ream, Bed Cords, Log Lines, Marlings, Seamen's Chests, Oak Kegs holding from one quart to six gallons, Buckets, Coffee and Pepper ready ground for sale; and a number of other Articles not mentioned.—Captains of vessels, and others, may be supplied on the shortest notice, and every favor gratefully acknowledged. Newport, May 7, 1802.
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.
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.
FROM THE AURORA.
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.
(CONCLUDED FROM OUR LAST.)
WE are about to enter upon the twenty-seventh year of our Independence, without one dollar of national excise or land tax, which leaves those two sure and great sources of revenue for any unexpected or inevitable contingency of foreign attack upon us; for we war not upon the rest of mankind, it being against the genius of our country and government to commence unnecessary wars, particularly of ambition.
Our fisheries and coasting trade, sure nurseries for seamen, probably employ more tonnage and mariners than all we possessed in 1776. The China trade is completely open to us since that year, and instructs our commanders in the management of the largest ships, in all the varieties of seas and climates, in the arts of preserving men and ships in long voyages. The vast increase and bulk of our produce rendering our exports capable of filling more ships than those of any other country, we are able to compensate amicable foreign powers for a liberal treatment, with more ease to ourselves and advantage to them than any other nation.
Our consumption of the finer manufactures of pieces goods, and of many other kinds, renders us the most important of all customers to the foreign manufacturing countries. This circumstance alone enables our country to effect reasonable arrangements with all foreign governments. It is capable of being rendered eminently conducive to the security of peace, and to exemption from foreign injustice and injury.
The agriculture of the United States of 1802, bears the most favorable comparison with its true condition in 1776. The improvement and extension of our farming buildings, the extension of the irrigation of hills and mountain sides, the introduction of the large red clover of Flanders, the care and improvement in the business of compost and manure, the recovery of worn-out fields, the superiority of our draft cattle, and of the principal breeding animals employed or raised on farms, the increase and improved qualities of butter, lard, cheese, salted beef and pork, bacon, candles, flour, tobacco, rice, cotton and all other things produced by agriculture, the prices of farm lands, and the vast extension of household and shop manufactures, which immediately benefit the cultivators and land holder, are abundant evidences of the improvement, extension, progress and vigor of American agriculture. All our exports of American and foreign growth and manufacture, were in 1789 about seventeen millions and a half of dollars, and in one of the last years the American articles alone were worth double that sum, though a much greater value is employed and consumed by our manufacturers at home. This flourishing and improving condition of the landed interest, increases with a sure and ready pace. The United States have obtained a new million of dollars, from foreign markets, for each of the last five years, on the article of American cotton alone.
The situation of the United States is, in no respect, more improved since the 4th day of July, 1776, than in regard to the progress and establishment of the useful and necessary arts and manufactures, and the production and economy of the raw materials and supplies necessary for their continuance and extension. Though our breweries are very much increased, we have entirely discontinued the importation of malt. We have established four glass-houses in Pennsylvania, one in the state of New-York, one in Boston, and one in Maryland. There may be others unknown. We have excluded foreign loaf and lump sugars by making ourselves three millions and a half of pounds per annum. The carriages for the conveyance of persons amounted in November to thirty-three thousand, and there are more made in America, for we export many more than we import. The wool and fur hats of Pennsylvania alone, were, in 1790, about 212,000, and were more than her consumption, and we find hatters in all towns, small and great, of the northern, the middle, the southern and the western states. The general use of cotton clothing will leave us much more wool for our hatters. We import wool from foreign countries, which was not allowed by the British trade laws in our colonial state. Our flitting mills were but three or four before the revolution, for when we were beginning to increase their number on account of our limited quantities of iron, coal and wood, of our innumerable mills, the dearness of labor, and the arts we were drawing from Ireland, Germany, Britain, and other parts, an act was passed by a transatlantic legislature, prohibiting the erection of any more mills for rolling and slitting iron or copper.—It was said in the British parliament, by a statesman, ranked among the most favorable to us,
that America must not be allowed to manufacture a bob nail. Thus were our arts to be restrained—our arts and trades checked—we to be taxed with all the charges of importing goods we could make ourselves, and to use goods, made in England; by men burdened with their immense and increasing imposts, taxes and excises. We formerly imported many shoes, boots and slippers from England, but though importation is now open from all foreign places we export more than we import of Cordwainer's articles. All our working carriages, ploughs, wheel-barrow, hand-barrow, corn fans, wheels for spinning wool and flax, are made here; or at least we import less of these things than we export. Our importation of distilled spirits, deducting our exports of them, is not half as large in proportion, as formerly, owing to the considerable increase of breweries and the great extension of the domestic distilleries from grain, fruit and molasses. The cabinet work, picture framing and other ornamental work are become extensive, excellent and elegant, and are far beyond our consumption. The American engravings are equal to those of Great-Britain in 1776, and more might be said. The recent Literary Fair has produced an extension of American book-printing and all connected and auxiliary arts, twenty or thirty, perhaps forty or fifty times beyond their state at the era of Independence. The manufacture of quadrants, the compass, pentagraphs, theodolites, hydrometers, thermometers, and other scientific instruments has kept full pace with typography. The soap manufactures of leather exceed all our resources in hides and skins, for we import much of those raw materials and some dressed, nearly all of which are made up into manufactures. The domestic or household manufactures of wool and flax, are equal to all the raw materials we raise and import, and we also manufacture much hemp, importing considerably in addition to our production, and exporting very little in the saw state. The domestic manufacture of cotton is universal, even in the interior countries of those states which do not produce it; and in the cotton-raising states it may be computed as equivalent to ten yards of various cotton cloths for every person. Our iron branch is so great as to call for large importations to supply our manufactures, instead of the export of pigs and bars which took place in 1775. Ship building is vastly increased, and the quality and size of our ships are far superior to those of the vessels built before the revolution. The manufacture of gunpowder, brass and iron cannon, iron ball and shells, muskets, rifles, swords and other instruments of defence, are prodigiously advanced, and it is conceded on all hands, that it is necessary to foster, and even force these military branches. The manufacture of silver plate, and of all articles of silver, gold and fancy work wants no aid to enable us to supply two such nations as our own. We export soap and candles by millions of pounds, and the two manufactures of the dairy. Glue, starch, hair powder, tin wares, and many other articles, the detail of which would fatigue, are made in America to the extent of our consumption. A great and sure domestic market for our raw materials, fuel, provisions, forage, and building materials for our manufactures has thus been created since 1776. Manufacturing tenants for our towns, villages, houses, work-shops and grounds have been attracted and fixed; and independence on foreign nations has been increased and firmly secured by a recurrence to our own agricultural and manufacturing capacities.
Such are a part only of the numerous and great ameliorations of our situation, since the Declaration of Independence.—May each return of the day we celebrate, witness more and more of the like happy dispensations of a beneficent providence. FRANKLIN.
From the VERMONT GAZETTE.
THE history of the present era, is a record that will engage the attention of future philosophers, and philosophers, and its pages will draw forth the sigh, or give rise to the smile of complacency, in proportion as the republicans of America are alert or remiss in the preservation of their rights, unconsaminated with the leaven of aristocracy. Affectionately attached to Great Britain, as colonists, and having studied her rules and imbibed her habits, as subjects, it is not to be wondered at that we retained a degree of fondness for royalty; that the good sense of America preponderated, and produced the federal constitution, and a republican form of government, in the then existing state of things is more rationally a theme of wonder. We have passed through a long series of struggles, common sense against despotism; we have heard a national debt pronounced a national blessing; we have seen the war worn soldier robbed of seventeen and six pence on the pound, and the speculator finding the price of blood at par; we have seen a standing army, not fifty yeomen of the guard as the tyrant of England began with, but an assemblage of worse than useless thousands rise up among us; we have seen additional thousands spring provisionally to aid the standing army in their parade

duty; we have had eighty thousand volunteer militia called for and organized, in times of perfect peace; we have seen agents, contractors, excisemen, impost officers, tax gatherers, stamp officers, &c. in thick augmenting clusters, rise, live and fatten on the public cost; we have had alarms, conspiracies, and treasons, springing in quick succession, to feed the small and aggrandize the great: But scenes are changed and wisdom speaks aloud; to make her charge effectual, all should listen.
Our prisons are no longer crowded with victims to sedition laws; our country once more affords an asylum to the distressed from every quarter of the globe; our useless standing army is reduced to necessary guards; our provisional army is extinct; our navy agents, navy architects, contractors, excise officers, &c. are returning to the usual occupations of life, instead of eating bread they never earned; and a judicious system of economy is swiftly producing our discharge from debt.
But are we yet secure? No fellow citizens, by no means. Your enemies are insidious, they are busy night and day. Be on your guard! every effort will be made to undermine your government, and restore the former order of things. On the state governments the general government essentially depends;—keep the streams pure and the river will not be corrupt. Treason reformed aristocrats with decency, but place your confidence in republicans of 1775 and 1799, when virtue was deprest, and despotism suckled to insult it. Mind your duty! attend to your elections! give no credit to vague reports, be vigilant, and Heaven who gave a Washington to guard your realm, and bade a Jefferson obtain attention, will, we may firmly trust, approve his labors and secure your rights.
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
Additional to, and amendatory of, an act, entitled, "An act concerning the district of Columbia."
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the circuit court of the county of Washington, in the territory of Columbia, shall have power to proceed in all common law and chancery causes which now are, or hereafter shall be instituted before it, in which either of the parties reside without the said territory, in the same way that non-residents are proceeded against in the general court or in the court of chancery in the State of Maryland.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the circuit court of the county of Alexandria, in the district of Columbia, shall have power to proceed in all common law and chancery causes which now are, or hereafter shall be instituted before it, in which either of the parties are non-residents of said district of Columbia, in the same way, and under the same regulations observed by the district court or by the high court of chancery in Virginia, in proceeding against non-residents.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the courts for the counties of Alexandria and Washington, shall hereafter be held at the periods following, to wit: for the county of Alexandria, on the fourth Monday of June and November, and for the county of Washington, on the fourth Monday of July and December in each year; and all process heretofore issued from the offices of the said courts and not yet returned, shall be returnable to the first day of the sessions of the said courts, respectively, and all causes now depending in the same shall stand adjourned and continued over to the next sessions of the said courts, as established by this act. And the said courts are hereby invested with the same power of holding adjourned sessions that are exercised by the courts of Maryland.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That no capias ad satisfaciendum shall hereafter issue on any judgment rendered by a single magistrate, or in any case where the judgement, exclusive of costs, shall not exceed twenty dollars; but that in such cases, execution shall be only on the goods and chattels of the debtor, and shall issue by order of the justice who may have taken cognizance of the action, from the clerk's office, and shall be returnable thereto. That all such executions be returnable on the first Monday in every month; and that the same, and also the warrant to bring the party before the justice, be directed to one of the constables, whose duty it shall be to obey the same: that each of the said constables shall give bond, with one sufficient surety, to be approved of by any one of the district judges, for the faithful execution of the duties of his office, in the sum of five hundred dollars. That the clerk's fees for issuing and filing the return of every such execution, shall be twenty-five cents; the constable's fees for return and service, shall be fifty cents; and that a commission of eight per cent. be allowed the constable for every sum thereon by him levied.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That so much of the original act to which this is a further supplement, as concerns the jurisdiction of the courts of this territory to cases between parties who are inhabitants of, or residents within the same, shall not be construed to extend to any case where, by the laws of Maryland and Virginia, respectively, attachments may issue to affect the property of absconding debtors, or others having property within the district, and whose persons are not amenable to the process of the court.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That
the taxes to be levied in the county of Alexandria, shall hereafter be assessed by the justices of the peace of the said county, and the poor of the town and country parts of the said county of Alexandria shall be provided for respectively, in like manner as the county and corporation courts were authorized to do by the laws of Virginia, as they stood in force within the said county, on the first Monday of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That no part of the laws of Virginia or Maryland, declared by an act of Congress, passed the twenty-seventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and one, "concerning the district of Columbia," to be in force within the said district, shall ever be construed so as to prohibit the owners of slaves to hire them within, or remove them to the said district, in the same way as was practised prior to the passage of the above recited act.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That so much of two acts of Congress, the one passed on the twenty-seventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and one, entitled "An act concerning the district of Columbia;" the other passed the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and one, supplementary to the aforesaid act, as provides for the compensation to be made to certain justices of the peace thereby created, and for compensation to jurors attending the courts within said district, except so much thereof as relates to their traveling expenses attending the same, shall be, and is hereby repealed: And jurors, in future, shall serve in the said courts, and be summoned to attend the same in like manner as jurors serve and were summoned in the courts of Virginia, prior to the passage of the above recited act.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That ordinary licences, retailers licences, and hawkers and pedlars licences, shall be granted by the circuit court of the said district, in the respective counties, as the same were heretofore granted by the courts of Maryland and Virginia, respectively. And the several judges of the said circuit court shall have like authority to grant such licences in vacation, as the justices of the courts of Maryland and Virginia heretofore possessed; and the money arising from such licences shall be applied to the use and benefit of the said counties, respectively, in such manner, and for such purposes, as the justices of the levy courts in the same shall appoint and direct.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the marshal of the district of Columbia be, and he hereby is authorized and directed, with the approbation of the President of the United States to cause a good and sufficient jail to be built within the city of Washington, and that a sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars be, and the same hereby is appropriated to that purpose, to be paid out of any unappropriated monies in the treasury.
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the corporation of Georgetown, in the district of Columbia, shall have full power and authority to tax any particular part or district of the town, for paving the streets, lanes or alleys therein, or for sinking wells, or erecting pumps which may appear for the benefit of such particular part or district. Provided that the rate of tax so to be levied shall not exceed two dollars per foot front, and that the same shall be enforced and collected in the same manner that the taxes which the said corporation had heretofore been authorized to lay and collect.
Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That articles inspected as one port in the said district shall not be subject to a second inspection at any other port in the said district.
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be authorised to cause the militia of the respective counties of Washington and Alexandria to be formed into regiments and other corps, conformably, as nearly as may be, to the laws of Maryland, and Virginia, as they stood in force in the said counties, respectively, on the first Monday in December in the year one thousand eight hundred; and that he appoint and commission, during pleasure, all such officers of the militia of the said district, as he may think proper; that he be authorised to call them into service, in like manner as the executive of Maryland and Virginia were authorized in the counties of Washington and Alexandria respectively, on the first Monday of December, one thousand eight hundred. And that such militia, when in actual service, be entitled to the same pay and emoluments as the militia of the United States, when called out by the President.
NATHANIEL MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ABRAHAM BALDWIN, President of the Senate pro tempore. APPROVED, May 3, 1802. TH: JEFFERSON, President of the United States. FOR THE REPUBLICAN.
SEVENTY-FIVE—NO. III.
THE pen of "seventy-five" has been for some time silent. Its silence has been owing to the reluctance with which it moved in public criticisms. But as it was by imperious necessity that it was at first aroused from its slumbers, and stimulated to action: So the same necessity continues to exist in an aggravated degree.
I have taken occasion, in a former number, to indicate the existence of designs under the former administration, of placing the government of America, upon the same footing with that of England, and of instituting a Policy that should vie with that of Britain in rival colourings. The evidence which we have had, is times past, to this point most, to every intelligent and impartial mind, be clear and unequivocal. Such indeed as carries home to the understanding and the heart, the most positive and painful conviction of the fact. Under the stimulating energies of this conviction, the citizen
of the United States, at a seasonable, and proper time; and in a manner that commands the highest praise, exerted themselves to effect a reformation. They were successful because they were right. Nor have they since, as it is firmly believed, seen any reasons why they should condemn their conduct in that particular, that have been founded in reason or the general welfare. Disappointed partisans may rail, and rant: they may rend, and torture their ingenuity for subjects of complaint; they may light up, and station their political glow-worms in every part of the continent, and by the philtering powers of patronage set them "a-gog," to annoy and baffle the present administration; they may forsake the real merits of subjects and descend to the base craft of ridicule, irony, private scandal and personal abuse, from which the virtue, and perfection of angels would not be exempt; they may treat elaborately, and lengthily of the maggots that by possibility might occupy a particular cheese, which in the abundance of their wit, and pungent drollery, they emphatically call the mammotb ; amid the sultry gloom, and feverish distempers of their disordered minds, and imaginations, they may fancy, and proclaim to the world, an "insurrection" among them, and dexterously connect the cunning affection of the fact with the existing state of politics in the country. Such themes they may continue to employ, with wanton, tedious and treasonable zeal, in order to alienate the affections of the citizen from the government under which he lives, and which he has chosen; to render it contemptible in his sight; and thus to effect its subversion and with its subversion, their own long contemplated project of erecting upon its ruins one that shall raise them to the condition of Lords and Masters over the dejected and oppressed mass of mankind.
Now let it be asked—does all this prove that the people of the United States have done wrong? does it prove that they have been hasty, and harsh, and committed an act unworthy of them, and which they ought not to have committed? On the contrary, it is not an additional proof that their jealousies were founded, that their resentment was right, that they have acted with a found discretion, an honorable and laudable impulse? It is such the remper of the party they at that time opposed, what were they to expect from its full tide predominance? If the peaceful exercise of a natural right according to the dictates of understanding and conscience has brought down upon the people these roaring cataracts of hissing venom, and implacable wrath, what would they not have suffered if, at the time for exertion, they had let down in trembling obedience? Fetters, and chains would e'er long, have connected them with the dust. And as this would have been their doom, so it would have been their desert; for, as it has been well said, that people who dare not vindicate their rights, do not deserve to be free. Why, in the formation of the Constitution, was the elective franchise referred to the nation, to be exercised according to its discretion? It is a hallowed provision in the noble charter of American liberty which irradiates the whole Eastern hemisphere. It was ordained as a check upon the venality, the insolence, and the arrogance of rulers. Who are to judge of the propriety and necessity of its exercise but those to whom its exercise is reserved? And what proud assessment shall rise up and say they have judged improperly, and without occasion! Is freedom the burthen of our selfish song? Do we, with raptures which none but Americans feel, reach out infants to lift the praises of Liberty, and shall our throats be choked, and our voices stilled, by artificial storms, and tempests, the handy work of some lurking, under-trapping, newspaper scribbler, or his still more bloodthirsty and ferocious master! Shall they set up a speculating partial interest in opposition to the common weal, and be tolerated in insinuating continual anathemas, and practicing proscriptions against those who maintain, and cherish, the principles of our revolution, the Spirit of seventy-five ! Shall revenge, and malice be suffered to take the lead, to blend and confound the principles of right and wrong? Shall it scatter firebrands, arrows, and death, and meet no frown of insulted and indignant justice? In fine, there cannot be an apter comparison of the political bubbles, which weekly fill the federal papers, than by likening them to the "tubs" which whalemen throw into the sea to attract and amuse the attention of the victim for which their lances are sharpened and prepared. It is thus they gain the opportunity of piercing him with arrows of steel, and of draining his substance. It is thus the federalists expect eventually to proclaim their triumph, that mankind can only be governed by terror and coercion.
These reflections were excited by reading the last Newport Mercury . It contained a paragraph, which appeared under the Newport head, relative to "the French Revolution;" and after a train of insidious observations concludes with the question, "shall Thomas Jefferson be President for life, with the power of nominating his successor?"
No remarks at present will be offered upon it; but at some future time the subject shall be resumed, as its importance claims an explicit attention. SEVENTY-FIVE.
One of the federal Newspapers has lately very handsomely announced "an insurrection in the mammotb cheese;" and devotes about half a column in comments upon it as a material fact. This is like some of the "delightful launch" they used to have in the "reign of terror," when old Neptune would not hesitate to walk with his tread forty miles down a river to see the show.
Just received, and for Sale at this Office, The Danger of Despising the Divine Counsel :
Exhibited in a Discourse, delivered the Lord's Day after the Execution of the late unfortunate JASON FAIRBANKS. By THOMAS THACHER, A. M.
Newport, R.I. July 16, 1801.
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 held at Newport, in the County of Newport, on the fourth Monday of August next, and there cause (if any they have) why the prayer of said Petitioner ought not to be granted. P. M. MUMFORD, Clerk.
FOR SALE, The staunch Sloop LOUISA,
BURTHEN 74. tons, five years old, now lying at Sevens' 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. 89
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. 791f
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 fresh
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. 861f
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. 891f
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. 861f
TO BE SOLD,
A FARM, lying in Brooklyn, in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut. Said Farm contains 220 acres of excellent land, well proportioned for plowing, mowing, woodland, and pasturing, of the best quality; with Two Dwelling 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 premises. PETER SCHUYLER PUTNAM. Brooklyn, June 18, 1802. 91
Just received, and for sale at this Office,
THE HISTORY OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF JOHN ADAMS, LATE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. Likewise,
THE NARRATIVE OF THE Suppression by Colonel Burr, Of the above History.

WAR DEPARTMENT, May 14th, 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 Massac, near the mouth of the Ohio, and Kaskaskia.
Fourth. At South West Point, Tellico, 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 Wolcott, 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 harbor) 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, & district of Maine.
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 bolted Indian meal, one pound and a quarter of beef, or three quarters of a pound of pork, one gill of rum, whiskey 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 contracts, 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 depositions 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, 83-971 Secretary of War.
Brafs Foundery.
THE subscriber informs the public that he carries on the Brafs 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. gotf
The New-York Evening Post, a paper said to be printed under the inspection and control of Hamilton, has said "that Duane was the principal calumniator of Mr. Adams, but he wanted the manhood to avow it." In answer to which, the following Note, written by Duane, appears in the Aurora. For purity and spirit, it is worthy of attention.
THE Editor of this paper holds in sovereign contempt the insinuations of Hamilton's editor, and is persuaded that the want of manhood would be found on trial to rest with him. The Editor of that paper should know that truth was not calumny—that the editor of the Aurora was not the last who had the manhood to openly expose the odious acts of Mr. Adams and his administration—that it was not a calumny that John Adams charged the Puckney with subornation to the British—that he offered to prove it in a court of justice, and that John Adams withdrew the action by a noli prosequi , because he found it would be proved;—that John Adams hated Dr. Franklin, and transferred his hatred to his grandson, and openly rewarded an attempt to assassinate the grandson of Dr. Franklin.
The editor of that paper should know, that it was the editor of this who had the manhood to express the criminal conduct of his whole administration—his fiery rage for war—his open professions of monarchy—his connivance at the corrupt intrigues of Lison—his shameful charges for coaches and horses as household furniture—his distribution of secret service money—his withholding the particulars of a large sum of money belonging to the public—his horrid transactions with St. Domingo. He should know that having dared to lay these transactions before an injured country, when his house was hourly surrounded by assassins—when a man, afterwards rewarded with a seat on the bench, declared he should be made away with—when thirty ruffians led on by the bully Miercken, attacked his life—when opinion was silenced almost every where else, he dared and dares to publish the crimes of those profligate days and profligate men. He should know that it has been the character of this paper to be cautious of condemning without evidence—but with full evidence to spare no man who deserves his principles; Hamilton's editor should know from the example of his patron that no individual, however artful, daring, treacherous or insidious, can succeed against the public opinion of America.
We are at a loss to determine whether it is their own ignorance and stupidity, or their contempt of the public understanding, which can find in the recent events in France, reasons to contemn republican principles, or impudently to charge the republicans of America with inconsistency for not bestowing the same applause on Bonaparte as first consul, as when he led the republican legions of France to triumph over six armies of the combined despots in one campaign. It must be attributed to their own incorrigible stupidity, for the plain and unequivocal effect of an adherence to principles of right is totally distinct from an attachment to men. The former never changes, the actions of men, though they are contrary to principles, do not either alter their nature nor diminish their value. Arnold at Stillwater, at Quebec, at Saratoga, in spite of a profligate character, excited the admiration and gratitude of his country; his valor and intrepidity shed lustre on the American cause, for which he then fought successfully—but when the same Arnold for 5000 British guineas, attempted to betray his country into the hands of the enemy—when he menaced the country with "a deluge of American blood"—when he set fire to New-London—were the principles under which he first fought changed—did he then merit the applause and honor, and attachment for his country? Did his betraying his country and rendering himself infamous, alter the nature of virtue, liberty and justice —Were not the principles unchanged? It is the excess of stupidity or of a baseness as corrupt as that of Arnold, that could attach odium to principles because men have deserted and abused them—Are those who adhere to the principles of truth and liberty under all vicissitudes inconsistent, because they do not admire and approve of the actions of the same men, when those actions are not only inconsistent but destructive of each other? ib.
Extract of a letter, dated Washington (Pennsylvania) June 21, 1802.
"Political affairs are perfectly well in all this quarter of the state; an occurrence at the last court however, demands public attention. Numbers of useful and respectable emigrants from Europe who have been for some years settled in this part of the state applied at the last court to be admitted to the rights of citizenship conformable to law, but judge Addison would not permit a single person to be naturalized. He at first insisted that the law of last session did not alter the restrictions of the former law. Finally, however, after even Rofs and all his party had laughed at the judge, he declared there was no evidence of the law being in existence, for he had not received any official copy of it. A person whom you know, produced the newspaper of Mr. Israel, in which the laws are published by authority, and offered to make oath of his having seen the official letter of the secretary of state directing the publication of the laws in that paper. This would not satisfy him, he would not take any evidence of the authority—and several persons are deprived of rights which the laws entitle them to, but of which a judge at his discretion has dared to deprive them. I trust that this additional act of misconduct will be taken up by the legislature, and that he will meet the dismissal which in my judgment he merits."
A person of the name of John Michael, who formerly held a commission in the army of the United States, and who goes out of military service in consequence of a law of Congress, has
made an attack upon the administration, because he was not retained in the service—he begins a letter on the subject of his discharge in this way, "My long contemplated sentence of destruction has at length come to hand. Our infamous President has ordered me into civil life."
If any thing were wanting to prove the evils of military establishments, this man's detestable idea of going into civil life is to him destruction —and the President, (whom he nevertheless was willing to serve) is infamous for taking him from idleness. Aur.
PARIS, May 8. FRENCH TRIBUNATE.
Observations against the establishment of a Legion of Honor.
SAYY ROLLIN attacked the plan as contrary to the letter and spirit of the constitution. "A free state contains only magistrates and citizens—Those who with to defend the plan, rely on the 87th article of the constitution; which declares that national recompences shall be given to those warriors who shall have rendered conspicuous services in fighting for the republic. I only see in that a promise of granting to our brave soldiers individual recompence; but to discover in this article, an order of chivalry, a privileged corps, one must forget our language and our constitution.
"The people ought not to tolerate a body bound by oaths, and more powerful than the people, to undertake the defence of the constitution. The people should be subordinate only to their Magistrates, and those Magistrates are designated by the constitution.
"Tribunes, to accept a Legion of Honor , is to accept of a Patrician Order ! It is the introduction of an hereditary and military Noblesse into the republic.
"After twelve years of frightful calamities, which the genius of France (guided by one of those extraordinary men who are necessary to finish revolutions) has surmounted, to accept of such an institution, armed with power and privileges, would be to go back to the point from which we set out. What do I say? It is going back to those barbarous ages that gave birth to the feudal system, which began with war horses, fine coats of armour, and joustings, but which ended with enslaving of Europe for eight centuries.
"Such is the case now in Russia and in Turkey, where the condition of the citizen or subject is subordinate to the class of soldiers. In a free state, the civil officer ought to have the first place.
"It will be quite different in the Legion of Honor, and will it not be shameful, that an officer, who shall have carried a redoubt at the point of the sword, should have a higher rank than Montesquieu, the author of the immortal work "Spirit of Laws?"
"For many ages our Kings even did not dare to trust the defence of their states to knights errant or to orders of chivalry. Why this exclusive denomination of Legion of Honor , as if honor was an exclusive privilege? Honor is not given, it is acquired. Often those to whom it is given have not deserved it, and those have deserved it to whom it has not been given. Besides one of the dispositions of the plan postpones the execution till the 1st Vendemiaire, year 12. I do not see why the sanction of it should not be postponed for the same term. I vote its rejection."—This speech was ordered to be printed.
CHAUVELIN opposed the plan that was now presented; and thought that both the authors and defenders of it had very widely departed from the object they declared.—Without doubt it is incumbent on us to discharge the great debt of national gratitude to our brave warriors; we must confirm what has been already decreed, and add other rewards of a new, honorable, and distinguished nature. But, can it be necessary to incorporate civil functionaries in an organization altogether military?—In the ancient Republics, military exploits have been often rewarded by civil distinctions; a crown of laurel or of oak leaves adorned alike the head of the warrior and the magistrate, the poet and the artist; but this will be the first time that heroism in civil offices is to be repaid by military honors, that are nothing in the eyes of reason, if not gained in battle. If the oath required of this corps was necessary for the security of our rights, it should be taken by the army in general, and by all Frenchmen. It is superfluous, it can only tend to call in question that equality which the law confederates, which is dear to all Frenchmen, which was introduced by our manners for half a century past, and which was rather acknowledged than required in 1789. Such a corporation as this would partake of the vices of Noblesse , on account of the distinction conferred upon it; it would, like the clergy, possess itself of estates in the mort-main , and would, like them, continue a separate order in the State. The authors of the plan represented this institution as a useful intermediary between the power of the government and the public opinion; such doctrine is altogether unconstitutional; in a representative Government the constituted authorities are the only intermediaries between the government and the people. In France, it is the Tribunate, the Senate, and the Legislative Body that are the constitutional intermediaries. In order to pay the great debt of national gratitude it may be necessary to strike out a new coin, but this coin however should not be struck at the expense of the French people. He voted for rejecting it.
LONDON, May 25.
The Times announces the approaching arrival of a French commissary, deputed to concert with our government a fixed plan for the commercial relations of the two countries. M. Otto received yesterday, a courier who brought him this intelligence.
For Sale at this Office, The Public Laws of the State of Rhode-Island, passed since the year 1798.
NEW-YORK, July 14.
Last evening the brig Tiger arrived at this port in 30 days from Bordeaux. She left the river on the 10th of June, and brings Paris papers to the second of that month. Our readers will perceive that nothing very important had transpired since the date of our former advices.
The London papers mention that on the 19th of May, M. Otto received a courier from France who was the bearer of a formula inclosed in a large book, wherein the French residing in England, are to write their votes on the question, "Shall Napoleon Bonaparte be consul for life?"
NEWPORT,
Saturday, July 24, 1802.
By the latest Philadelphia papers, it appears that the Yellow Fever, has again commenced its ravages in that city.
A grand Caucus has been lately held at Boston, where a system of opposition has been regularly organized. There were delegates from several of the states. Mr. Studdert, from Washington, is now on his return home from thence.
The Vice President is said to be on a tour of the Eastern States. Aur.
A letter from Paris, dated the last of April, observes, "that Bonaparte wishes to fix the consulate in his family, by naming his brother Joseph; and to employ his influence in procuring his election, to the exclusion of Moreau, the successor to the consulate long since designated by the public voice. It is even said, that it was for the completion of this purpose that Joseph Bonaparte was withheld from accepting the embassy to England. The clergy here are not at all pleased with the clause adroitly slipped by the first consul into the treaty with the pope, and by which all the pious bequests in favor of the church and the clergy are to be vested in the state annuities. The oath which they have taken "to disclose all plots, &c." renders them the mere agents of government, and by this clause the fortunes of the clergy will always be at the mercy of government. This will be a lever sufficiently powerful at all times to counterbalance the clerical influence."
METEOROLOGICAL TABLE.
Fahrenheit's Thermometer—1802.
   Days Thermometer Winds. Weather.   Max Min Force Direction Day Night    1 71 79 SW SW Fair Fair  2 72 80 Do. Do. Do. Do.  3 74 82 Do. Do. Cloudy Do.  4 72 74 Do. Do. Do. Do.  5 72 85 Do. Do. Cloudy Do.  6 73 81 Do. Do. Fair Fair  7 76 84 Do. Do. Do. Do.  
CUSTOM-HOUSE
Distress of Newport, July 23.
   ENTERED. From    Schooner Azubah & Ruthy-Carrey Havana  Sloop Eagle, Greene Baltimore  Brig Concord, Slocum Charleston  Sloop Sally, Farnum New-York  Brig M'neal, Hoyt Annapolis  Sloop Two Sisters, Earl New-York  — Abigail, Hazard Hudson  — Leopard, Wentworth Providence  — Lady Washington, Winslow Ditto  Schooner Sally, Jenckes Alexandria   CLEARED. For  Sloop Semiramis, Justin New-York  — Sally, Ryon New-Providence  Schooner Nancie, Vickery Havana  — Mount-Hope, Bennett Alexandria  Sloop Phebe, Reynolds Charleston  — Polly, Dungan Bristol  — Two Sisters, Earl Providence  — Lydia, Oxx Bristol  — Eagle, Greene Providence  — Rebekah, Hicks Warren  
To be Let,
HALF of a genteel House, at the South part of the town, including the Chambers and lower rooms. Enquire of the Printer. July 23, 1802. 95
Adjourned Sale.
To be sold at Public Auction, at eleven o'clock this day,
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 known at time of Sale.
MERIBETH EASTON, DAVID BLUFFUM, JOHN SLOCUM. Newport, 7th Mo. 24th 1802.
To be Sold by Sheffield Attwood,
FIFTEEN hogheads clay'd Sugar, 20 hogheads good retailing Molasses, 150 Barrels Herring.
Also—
Forty Acres of good Land, four miles distant from this town, which is well watered, and well walled.
Sundry Dwelling-Houses, situate in different parts of the town.
He carries on the BAKING Business as usual and can furnish any quantity of Cabin Bread on short notice.
He has a Moses boat of 15 feet on hand; and will furnish others of any dimension, on the shortest notice.
Newport, July 24, 1802. 96

ON INDIFFERENCE.
OH! could indifference sooth a woe-worn breast, Or wipe the trickling tear from misery's eye; Could Stoic dulness make a mortal blest, Forbid a tear or sigh e'en a sigh.
No more should mem'ry bring her painful store, No more the heart should feel the pangs of grief; Misfortune influences the soul no more, Nor teach the tearful eye again to weep.
But ah! unfeeling dulness is a woe, Then cease, nor with indifference to gain, Dear shade of Petrarch! winst, for you know A thousand pleasures are not worth one pain.
Let gentle sympathy's divine control Guide every action of my youthful breast; Let pity's softness vibrate through my soul, And teach me transport when another's blest.
Then when the stream of life shall cease to flow, Affliction's family shall round me moan; E'en kind humanity shall feel a woe, And misery drop a tear upon my urn.
ALPHONSO.
Revival of Religion.
From the Western and Southern parts of the United States accounts are daily received of a marvellous and almost miraculous Revival of Religion, accompanied by a happy reformation in morals and manners among all denominations of Christians, and all classes of Citizens.—In this flare, it has been observed, that bibles were never in so great demand, or such high estimation, as at present.—Where are now those false Prophets , that predicted a total destruction of Religion, corruption of Morals & licentiousness of Manners, from the election of Mr. JEFFERSON to the Presidency? [Bost. Chron.]
The illuminations in London, on the celebration of the late signing of the definitive treaty of Peace, were, beyond description splendid and beautiful. Private efforts seemed to vie with public magnificence. The evening was clear, and all London, say the accounts, seemed in a blaze. The House of M. Otto is said to have been the most fancifully and extensively decorated and appeared to be one sheet of fire. Drury Lane Theatre claimed the next place in point of brilliancy; and after that the Bank of England, which had lighted at once twelve thousand variegated lamps.
The American Citizen, noticing some remarks of the Baltimore American, says—"The Editor is informed that the facts exhibited in the narrative are of minor consideration, when compared with those contained in a pamphlet which we now have in the press, and which will be published in a few days. It will be proved beyond all controversy that Mr. Burr carried on a negotiation with the federalists during the presidential contest in the house of representatives to place him in the executive chair! It exhibits a scene of dishonorable intrigue on the part of Mr. Burr that will astonish all America, except those federalists, who are acquainted with many of the transactions. The author invites Mr. Burr, in the pamphlet, to a judicial investigation of the facts he states.
In a high-toned aristocratic paper, a new charge is brought against President JEFFERSON, which is this—"That every Sunday he rides to meeting on horseback (instead of going in a coach and four, as Mr. Adams did) and hitches his Horse, at a long row of hooks, among the HORSES OF COMMON PEOPLE! "—According to the ideas of these Aristocratic gentry, not only the MEN in power but also their HORSES, ought to be invested with peculiar privileges and prerogatives, and cautiously kept at a distance from the "vulgar herd."
The legislature of the Mississippi territory which met on the 3d of May, 1802, has passed an act establishing a college to bear the name of "Thomas Jefferson."
WHEREAS Abigail Suttle, of Newport, in the county of Newport, wife of Richard Suttle, 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 promulgated:—
This is, therefore, to give Notice to the said Richard Suttle, 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
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
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 Caddies, Suspenders, Knives and Forks, Globe Andirons, Shovel and Tongs, brass and japanned Lamps, Candlesticks, dart and common Walking Sticks, Scotch, Rappée & Makabau 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. * * * Punctual attendance will be given, and the smallest favors gratefully acknowledged. Newport, Feb. 12. 72tf
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 held at Newport, in and for said county, on the fourth Monday in August next, to show cause why the prayer of said petition ought not to be granted. P. M. MUMFORD, Clerk. Newport, July 8, 1802. 93
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, LEGHORN HATS, covered with black silk, and green under.—By the doz. or single.
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— Linen, Furniture Callicoes, Dimities, Muslins, Muslinets, Cotton Cambricks, Coloured Ditto, Madras Do., Twill'd & plain Nankeens, Black Cambrick Shawls, White Do., Silk do., Black & coloured Muslins, A great variety of Callicoes of the newest patterns, Lace Scarfs & Veils, Muslin, Ditto, White Chip Bonnets, Coloured Ditto, White Chip Hats, Men's Leghorn Hats, Silk, Ditto, Common Sattins, Bonnet Ditto, Lute Stripes, Black, white, and coloured Gauze, Crape, Cotton Hose, Black Do., Hemp Do., Men's Gloves, Ladies fine cotton Hose with lace cloaks, Silk Gloves, Kid ditto, Cotton ditto, Umbrellas, Parasols, Book Muslins, Jaconet Ditto, Fans, Velvet, Velvet Bindings, Ruffs, Callimancoes, Tamnies, Black and coloured Bombazets, White and coloured Vesting, A great variety of Ribbons, Silver and Cotton Trimmings, English Kid Shoes, Silk Handkerchiefs, Linen & Cotton Do., Laces and Edgings, Silk Stockings, Sewing Silks, Threads, Tapes and Pins, Plated handled Knives and Forks, Desert Ditto, Trunks of different Sizes, ALSO, A great Variety of Articles too tedious to enumerate.
GOODS received on Commission at said Store. Newport, May 29, 1802. 87tf
NICOLAS GEFFROY,
Watch-Maker, in Newport,
HAS Constantly on hand, an elegant assortment 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 newest fashion. He has likewise for Sale,
Wholesale and Retail, all kinds of Jewellery, imported and of the latest fashion, officers' gold and silver epauletts; plated and brass candlesticks; plated and Britannia tea-pots; dirks, small swords and bayonets; plated bits, stirrups and spurs; tea-trays; coffee andirons, shovel and tongs; cutlery ware of all kinds; night and day spy-glasses; ladies and gentlemen's pocket-knives; dressing-glasses; suspenders; trays; horse-rubbs; razors; Hopkin's famous razor-strops; best Beaver hats; perfumery of all kinds, from London and Paris; hair-powder; starch; Barley-sugar, and sugar plums; Spanish Segars; best Makabau & Scotch snuff; and a great variety of other articles, too numerous to insert in an Advertisement. Newport, May 13, 1802. 19tf
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, SWEDES IRON, per Ton, or single Hundred. Newport, May 5, 1802. 62tf
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 BECKHAM, } * * * All persons indebted to said estate, are requested to make immediate payment to MERIBETH EASTON, } Executrix. DAVID BUFFUM, } JOHN SLOCUM, } Newport, 4th Mo. 5, 1802. 82tf
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 assortment 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, Hemlock 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 dimension or kind can be procured from the Eastern 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. 45tf
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
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
John & Henry Cahoon,
HAVE FOR SALE, At their STORE on Bannister's Wharf,
BROWN SUGAR, by the barrel or box; Molasses, by the hoghead; Flour, by the barrel; Powder, by the cask; Sheathing-Paper, by the hundred; Candles, by the box; Iron Caboose; and genuine SPANISH SEGARS.—Also, HONEY, by the barrel or gallon—New-York Soap, by the box—Negro-Head Tobacco—Best 4th proof Jamaica Rum—Iron Stoves—Salt Peter'd 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, Passengers, &c. may be Supplied at said Store, on the shortest Notice—with any Article they may want—and their Favors gratefully acknowledged. GREEN CHAIRS, per Dozen—Bar-Iron, per Hundred wt.—Mouldings and Cornel, per barrel—Onions, per Hundred bunches, or smaller quantities—LOAF-SUGARS, and a variety of the best of TEAS. Newport, Feb. 20, 1802. 35tf
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. 86tf
Nicholas Webster,
INFORMS the Public, that he has opened a GROCERY STORE in Broad Street, in the house, late the property of Mr. Caleb Earle, where he has for Sale a general assortment of WEST-INDIA GOODS.
Among others, are the following articles: Rum, Brandy, Gin, Cherry-Rum, Molasses, Flour, Rye and Indian Meal, Teas of various kinds, Coffee, Chocolate, Raisins, Currants, Pepper, Ginger, Allspice, Cinnamon, Nutmegs, Butter, Cheese, Candles, Onions, Tobacco, Snuff, Powder and Shot, Lamp-Oil, Loaf and Brown Sugars, &c.—ALSO,
A general and extensive variety of Crockery and Hard Ware; Men's and Women's Shoes, &c. &c. with many other articles, too tedious to mention; all which will be sold at the most reduced prices. Newport, Nov. 21. 8tf
CASH PAID FOR LINEN & WOOLLEN RAGS, BY
Christopher C. Olney,
Delivered at his Mills, or at his Paper Warehouse,
WHERE he has for sale, at wholesale and retail, all kinds of Paper, viz. Foolscap Writing-Paper, No. 1 and 2.—Vellum Letter do.—Pot do.—Wrapping do.—Bonnet do.—Clothier's do. 1st quality.—Sheathing, with and without Sand.—Book Binder's Boards.—Candle Paper, and Sugar Loaf Blue.—ALSO, A complete Assortment of Blank Account and Record Books.—LIKEWISE
Account Books made and ruled to any pattern, to suit the purchaser.—A complete Assortment 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 Paper-making and Clothing business.—To such great encouragement will be given. Providence, March 3, 1802. 74tf
FOR SALE, by the Subscriber,
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. 72tf
JUST PUBLISHED,
And now selling at this Office, a Sermon, entitled
GOODNESS OF GOD
And of all Holy beings, expressed in hating the wicked. BY ELIJAH NORTON, A preacher of the Gospel.
TO BE SOLD,
A F A R M,
LYING in Exeter, State of Rhode-Island, about 4x miles from Wickford, containing 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. 50tf
FOR SALE, By
SAMUEL VERNON, jun.
COGNAC Brandy, Claret Wine in cases and boxes, Silks, Britannia Linens, white wine Vinegar, Verdigrease, & 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.
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. 50tf
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. Punctual attendance will be given, and all favors gratefully acknowledged by the public's obedient servant, RICHARD BARKER. Newport, April 2, 1802. 79tf
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 manufacturer's price. Newport, April 3, 1802. 79tf