Rhode-Island Republican (Newport, R.I.), 1802-12-18 00:00:00

Rhode-Island Republican.
AN INDISSOLUBLE UNION OF THE STATES, IS ESSENTIAL TO THEIR LIBERTY AND EXISTENCE.—WASHINGTON.
Published weekly, by OLIVER FARNSWORTH, (Printer to the STATE, and of the LAWS of the UNITED STATES,) Thames-Street, NEWPORT.
NEW GOODS.
To be sold at WILLIAM PECKHAM'S HARD WARE Store, by PECKHAM & MASON, A fresh supply of GOODS, viz.
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Also, striped & plain hair sheeting, red, crimson, blue and white, wide and narrow bunting, buff, mixed and blue broadcloths, fine yellow canvass, for samplers; No. 12 assorted threads, by the pound; nutmegs, pepper and spice; tea, coffee and sugar; hogs skins, foal leather and sheeps wool.
It would be too tedious to mention all the articles in the Store—with all those who are in want of any article in the Hard Ware line, to call & see for themselves; they will be waited on with pleasure, whether they purchase or not.
CASH given for Bees-Wax, Beeswax Tallow, old Copper, Brass, Pewter, & Lead.
All Persons indebted to the firm of PECKHAM & MASON, are earnestly requested to make immediate payment, as the term for which they entered into Copartnership expires on the 1st of February next.
Providence Dec. 9, 1802. [115]
WILLIAM HELME
Respectfully informs his Friends and the Public,
THAT having employed an experienced Workman from New-York, he has for sale, at his Manufactory on the Point (by the large or small quantity) mould and dipped tallow Candles, hard and soft Soap, warranted to be of equal quality to any imported.
Newport, Sept. 3, 1802. cif
Public Entertainment.
THE subscriber inform the Public that he has opened a House of Entertainment in Water-Street, in the town of WARREN, sign of the Ship; west of Cole's Inn.—Constant attendance will be given, and every attention paid to Ladies and Gentlemen, for their accommodation, by the Public's humble servant,
PRESERVED ALGER.
October 23, 1802. cviiiif
TO BE LET,
AND possession given immediately, a convenient two story Dwelling-House, on the Long Wharf, but a few rods below the foot of the Parade. For terms, apply to
WILLIAM RYAN.
Newport, Dec. 10, 1802. 1159
From the (New-York) AMERICAN CITIZEN,
FORGED LETTERS.
THESE celebrated letters have already been given to the public, and it is therefore deemed unnecessary to reprint them.
Rutledge, although a member of Congress for South Carolina, has resided with his family at Newport near five years. During this period, he has of course written many letters that have passed through the hands of the Post-master of that place. The population of Newport, it will be recollected, is small, which, with the familiar arrangement of the Post-office, an arrangement very dissimilar to our own, enables the Deputy Post-master to know the handwriting of every man who is in the habit of corresponding extensively through that channel. The Deputy Post-master and Mr. Rutledge have been intimate ever since the latter resided at Newport. Mr. Richardson, senior, has also seen Mr. Rutledge write frequently, from all which circumstances it will hardly be doubted that the former is well acquainted with the handwriting of the latter. Let it be added that when at Newport, Rutledge spent much of his time in the Post-office. These seemingly trifling remarks are made that the reader may understand what is to follow.
We all remember the calumny disseminated in the federal prints concerning Mr. Gerry when he returned from his mission to France. The spleen of the federal party it seems, however, could not be exhausted through that channel. Anonymous letters were sent to the pacific minister, overloaded with invective and execration. Vast piles of this description were received by him and are now on his files. We all, too, remember the part Rutledge acted in the mad measures of that day; his zeal for war, his harsh & empty declamation on that favorite subject, with which he offended the ears of his colleagues in the House. On war with France all the hopes of the party were founded. Out of the bare anticipation of that precious object of federal solicitude, issued the army, the navy; the alien and sedition laws, an increase of taxes, discord and disunion, and all those acts which menaced the country with anarchy and the loss of freedom. The anxiety of Rutledge for the success of the mission, which Hamilton so wisely and benevolently deplored, that is, for such a diplomatic correspondence between the accredited agents of the two governments as would inevitably lead to an immediate rupture, was correspondent with his exertions in the House of Representatives to produce the evil. What, then must have been his indignation when he found that, principally through the wisdom and integrity of Mr. Gerry, we were snatched from all the horrors, and all the consequences of war! His passion was unlimited and his hatred of Mr. Gerry inexorable.
When Mr. Gerry returned from France, Rutledge was in Newport. To give vent to the heart, when overloaded with passion, is not unfrequently consoling. Rutledge "uncorked his Demi-John of gall," and poured it out upon the unoffending head of the returned minister; but in that base, sneaking, and dishonorable manner to which—it will be by and by proved—we hope in the presence of the nation—he has long been accustomed. The facts on this subject are simply these; and we beg to be understood that we state them well knowing our amenability to the Law.
Rutledge, in his customary familiar manner, immediately after the return of Mr. Gerry, visited the Deputy Post-Master at his office, in Newport. After walking about the office and conversing for some moments, he very cunningly, and when not seen, as he thought, drops a packet of letters upon the floor. He continued his conversation and walking for a few moments, and, as if accidentally, kicked the packet. He immediately exclaimed, Richardson, how careless you must be to lose a letter for the Post lie here on the floor to be picked up in this manner! He little suspected that the Deputy Post-master saw him drop it! Rutledge picked up the packet and handed it to Mr. Richardson who looked at the superscription and put it into the box. Rutledge, after some conversation, left the Post-office. When gone, Mr. Richardson took the packet out of the box, saw that it was directed to Mr. Gerry, and in an instant recognized in the superscription the hand writing of Rutledge! We have this from the best authority; the Post-Master is ready to meet Rutledge in a court of Justice on the truth of this statement. The letters contained in the packet were anonymous. The handwriting of them has been compared with that of the two forged letters addressed to Mr. Jefferson and signed "Geffroy," and found to be the same!
This was the first, but by no means the last time that anonymous letters, directed in the hand writing of Rutledge, sometimes even deliv-
ered at the Post Office by himself, and at others, by his girl, have been sent to various persons. Nay, we are authorized to state, and we do so on a full conviction of its truth, that the self-same Rutledge, while in Newport, has written a letter or letters in the name of a man who never lived there, a name indeed entirely unknown in that town, and either delivered it himself at the Post-Office or sent it by his girl. The handwriting was known by the Deputy Post-Master, and, when necessary, will be attested to. Such is this lover of order, this friend of religion and good government, on whose honor Mr. Blake can so confidently rely! Truly he is a very honorable man! We trust, says the Morning Chronicle, that the motives of the Republicans of Newport for exposing the scandalous practices of Rutledge, "were not improper." How benignant was the thought and decorous the language of this "Supporter of the Administration."
"'Twas pretty, 'twas vastly pretty."
The fact is that Rutledge is an old and hardened offender in this line of conduct. The thing has become with him a steady habit.
FROM THE PROVIDENCE PHOENIX.
THE Federal Editors catch at the unintended and inconsiderate paragraph from the Argus , relative to the charge against Mr. Rutledge with as great avidity as if the opinion of the Editor of that paper was to bear all sway. Although the Editor of that paper has taken upon himself to impeach the judgements of the most respectable Republicans in this State, yet we submit it to the public consideration, if the opinions of Forty or Fifty very respectable citizens who have carefully compared the forged letters with the acknowledged hand writings of Mr. Rutledge, and have seen all the evidence and weighed all the circumstances relative thereto, are not as likely to be well founded as the opinion of the Editor of the Argus , who had never seen the forged letters nor made any comparison of hands. The Editor of the National Intelligencer , after having noticed the affair relative to Mr. Rutledge, has the following very modest & judicious observations, viz.
"It is neither the purpose of these remarks, or the wish of the writer, to pass judgment upon the individual accused. But without doing this, some appropriate observations may be made. The letters are unquestionably forged. There is no doubt of their origination in the basest intentions of whoever may have written them. There is no doubt of their being not only base, but mean and pitiful. There can be little doubt of their being the production of some one hostile to the President, or in other words of some federalist. Whether, therefore, they be ultimately ascribed to Mr. Rutledge or not does not affect the malignity and meanness of the motive to which they owed their existence. They prove the low arts which are used by the opponents of a man whose candid and open deportment should awaken the generosity even of an enemy."
"With regard to the appropriation of the letters to Mr. Rutledge, we will not suffer ourselves even at this late day to form an opinion. We hope, we wish to believe them not to be his. For the honor of human nature, we wish in this case to avoid feeling the superior weight of positive, over negative testimony, and of that which is official, over that which is derived from mental dependants ." National Intell.
Thomas Paine—Thomas Paine!
ALAS! what would the poor tory scribblers do, if it was not for Tom Paine? They had expended all their ammunition upon the President, but Paine's arrival seems to have furnished them with a fresh supply. Their pious souls are greatly grieved, lest he should revive the old "Common Sense" principles, and expose the woolens in sheep's clothing in their proper colours. The attacks on Paine are natural; for it cannot be expected at this day, that the man who united all American hearts in favor of Independence , should be exempt from calumny and defamation. These tory scribbles, however, are a pack of cowards; for while he gives his name to the public, they are obliged to lurk in the dark, and dare not meet him on an equal footing. They want all the fox to themselves; but Paine is determined to have part of the sport, and plays with his enemies with a peculiar dexterity. If they will begin with him, they must take the consequences; he has never suffered himself to be beat down by a few barking pup-pies. If they will rouse him to the combat,
they must take their chance among the armory he brings into the field of battle. He will fight in his own way, & whoever is wounded must cure themselves in the best manner they can. Whether he fights fair or not, in the opinion of his enemies, is no consideration with him; for being on the defensive, he levels his blows wherever he thinks they will do the most execution. As they say Paine is no Christian , he seems determined not to follow the precept, if thy enemy strike thee on one cheek, turn to him the other also. If they strike him he will return the blow, and to use a vulgar saying, the "hardest must tend off." There is no doubt if Paine had been let alone, he would have let them alone. But he tries wanted to make fun with him, as the Philistines with Sampson of old, and if he pulls the house down about their ears, they must thank themselves for the catastrophe. They wanted to place a fool's cap on his head; but he, generous soul, is for putting a gold wig on theirs. If the enemy fire grape shot, he discharges red hot double headed. When they engage with such an antagonist, they must take things as they come. He has a large magazine of warlike stores, and he will fire while there is a shot in the locker. Let the series then fight it out.—While we can only look on as spectators. Bost. Chron.
Extract of a letter dated, Washington, November 29th, 1802.
"Upon stepping out of the carriage, I was surprised and pleased to find Thomas Paine, and your request soon arose in my memory, after a few moments conversation with him. I had resolved to go to Lovell's hotel, and there I had an opportunity of satisfying myself that he does not fully answer any description given of him by his enemies or friends. Years have made more impression on his body than his mind. He bends a little forward, carries one hand in the other behind when he walks. He dresses plain like a farmer and appears cleanly and comfortable in his person, unless in the article of snuff which he uses in profusion. His address is unaffected and unceremonious. He neither fluns nor courts observation. At table he enjoys what is good with the appetite of temperance and vigor, and puts to shame his calumniators by the moderation with which he partakes of the common beverage of the boarders. His conversation is uncommonly interesting, he is gay, humorous, and full of anecdote—his memory preserves its full capacity, and his mind its irresistible and I may say its obstinate determination to pursue whatever object it embraces. I am proud to find a man whose political writings, upon the whole, have never been equalled, and whom I have admired on that account, free from the contaminations of debauchery and the habits of inebriety—which have been so grossly and falsely sent abroad concerning him."
The late President ADAMS, in his letter to Mr. WYTHE, of Virginia, says that "the happiness of the INDIVIDUAL is the end of man;" and that "all Divines and moral Philosophers will agree" in this sentiment. In the latter assertion certainly he is incorrect; for many, if not most of our Divines and moral philosophers hold, that the glory of God, the creator, is the end of man, as well as of all other creatures. What would our federal clergy have said, had President JEFFERSON published such a sentiment? Pittsfield Sun.
VERMONT
Correct Republican principles has progressed as fast in this State, as in any of the States in the Union. In 1798 the Vermont Legislature gave a majority of 106 to the federalists, and now it gives a majority of about 20 to the Republicans!
Green Mountains echo Heaven's decree, Love JEFFERSON and LIBERTY.

NEWPORT, Saturday, December 18, 1802.
"RUTLEDGE'S CASE,"—REVIEWED.
A CANDID public will readily conceive our apology for again embarking in the controversy against Mr. John Rutledge. We were at first induced to give publicity to the suspicion, from the atrocity of its nature; and the violence of the presumptions which conspired to confirm it. The affair was undertaken with reluctance; was resolved upon with great deliberation, and circumspection, and with a full allowance for the claim, and privileges of private character! The tumult, and perils that would attend the enterprise were also considered.—The incessant barkings, and railings of a federal throng, elothed in incivility, insolence, and menace, which actually took place, were anticipated. But
"Though perils should abound As thick as thought can make them, and appear In forms more horrid; yet our Duty As doth a rock against the chiding flood Should the approach of this wild river break And stand unbaken."
If the public had been apprised of the existence of the suspicion; and had known of the evidence in our possession, and within reach, to substantiate the charge, what would they have thought, and said if we had forborne to make it? Should we not have rightly forfeited our claim to confidence, as a sentinel in the department of liberty and order? When this same Rutledge, in secret combination with others, was operating in every way which an evil imagination could devise to throw the government of the country into confusion, and disorder, were we not justified in a case like the present, in presenting him to the public in his true colours? Without the strongest grounds, no one can suppose we should have attempted it. What could we have done if we had not been fortified by seven-fold battlements—the sound, and ponderous battlements of truth ? What sort of a hand is it supposed we should have made of it, if we had not right , and justice on our side, when we unavoidably had to oppose all the talents, all the learning, all the ingenuity, and raging perseverance in the country? What egregious folly would it be to fabricate an imputation of the kind against one of the most powerful men, of a powerful, undaunted, and desperate party! What mortal could have withstood the savage violence which arose among them, in consequence of the charge that has been made, had he not been supported by a conscientious rectitude, and the cogent ascendancy of invincible evidence.
Let us indulge a few thoughts upon the ground of probability. For in a case like the present, probabilities argue much. It is agreed on all hands that the Letters in question were written in this town. To which side of the political line is it most likely they owe their origin? Were they forged and palm ed upon the President by a Republican ? What motive could any person of that "shade" of political sentiment have in doing it? The Letters certainly were not calculated to operate any good to the cause, or to any individual of the party. Our opponents, in attempting to account for their origin, expressly say that they arose from a disposition "to quiz the President"—and add further, that Mr. Adams, during the time of his administration, had received hundreds of them, which he made no fuss about, but put them to their proper use. The gentlemen may be perfectly right in both these suppositions: But, though it is quite immaterial what Mr. Adams' practice in such cases was, for he is no example of imitation; yet the matter of the " quiz ," as they are pleased to express it, operates exceedingly in our favor. For, to adopt their dialect, who are the " quizzers "?
We shall not stop to define what we understand them to mean by this new-fangled term. Its sound, and the substances that use it, sufficiently impress its import.
So far, then there is but little, or no probability that the letters originated with a Republican . But some of Mr. Rutledge's particular friends, aware of the difficulties that would beset them on this ground, have raised a more sensible, and masterly formisile, because their more strenuous, and interested attention to the subject, by giving them a better view of its safest grounds, enabled them to do it—that it was a deep laid machination, on the part of Mr. Rutledge's political enemies, which had for its object his political subversion. That Mr. Rutledge has his political enemies we do not wish to deny: His insidious, illiberal, and malignant conduct, as a party-man, richly entitles him to them; and would amply apologize for pursuing him to the last extremity of justice. But that he has, or has had, any in Newport that would descend to such a stratagem to wreak a just resentment, we should take upon us to contradict, if the circumstances of the case before us did not, of themselves, sufficiently contradict, and disprove it.
The forged Letters were dated, one the first, the other the seventh of August, 1801. The answer, which was received by Mr. Gessroy, was dated the 17th of September, 1801. The publication of the forged Letters was made on the 18th of September 1802. These facts cannot be controverted. More than a twelvemonth , therefore, had elapsed after the answer had been received, before the scene was disclosed. Can it be supposed, with any colour of rationality, that if it had been laid, as a " gunpowder plot ," to blow up Mr. Rutledge, it would have lain so long dormant? All writers who have undertaken to delineate the operations of the human heart, and affections; and who profess, and evince the most competent knowledge of them, describe them as being exceedingly anxious, and hasty on such occasions;
as being exceedingly moved between the times of the first foundation of a plot, and "its last dread execution;" and as suffering no season to escape, at which it might be made. Now if it was as they pretend, why should it have lain, till as the slumbers of the night, for more than a year? Let even federal ingenuity ascribe a cause.
Was the delay occasioned by the want of a favorable opportunity? Did the forged Letters originate in the atrocity of a subtle fiend, who all this time lay crouching beneath the bush, watching the moment when with advantage he might dart upon the character of the accused? What a stupendous model of fraudulent sagacity must he have been! He must have had, indeed, the eyes, and the wits of inspiration. His "skill, and charms," must have been enough to make the forest dance; or the bolted ordinary vomit up its mouldering deposit. At the warfare of his wand, rocks must have opened, and poured forth rivers of "oil, and wine;" or floods of "gaul, and bitterness," at his command. But, still more strange, these powers, which he had possessed, and exerted, all at once forsook him, and left him a victim to his own unaccountable! He had waited a twelve-month, for a lucky chance to play this prodigious prank; and, at length, came out at a time the most inauspicious to his purpose. Was not last winter "a more convenient season"? When this contemplated victim was absent at the seat of Government; his friends away: Was not that the moment to launch upon his destruction? Why break forth when in the majesty of pride, with his face, and eyes, directed to the clouds, he was daily stalking our streets, the first champion of " honors , and power, and glory;" with his numerous train of friends, and intimates, at his side?
Again. At the time on which those Letters bear date, scarcely one in Newport, except Mr. Rutledge's accomplices in conspiracy and rebellion, knew, to any extent, what the complexion of his politics was. Though he had been for some time in the National House of Representatives, and had there acted "a non-descript" part, "of equivocal" aspect; yet nobody suspected the lengths which he was capable of going. It was not till the last Session of Congress, which was last winter , that he came forward with his " section, and froth, out of season ." It was not till then, that the eyes of mankind were fixed upon him, as "a monster of such horrid mein." So that the supposition of a plot against him is altogether unfounded, and premature.
Again. If it had been a plot, the person who undertook it must have counted upon his hand-writing. But the hand-writing itself declares to the contrary. So far from its being "an attempt to imitate," (as some good Gentlemen have sworn) it was evidently "an attempt" to dissemble . At the beginning of each of the forged Letters, the letters and words were very much forced , and were traced the contrary way, from that which Mr. Rutledge always (as far as the acknowledged specimens produced extended) leaned his writing. This unnatural, and labored distortion, as the Letters (both of them) proceeded, gradually wore off; and became more and more natural, and, apparently, easy. This relapse, (if the term is a proper one) appeared to be occasioned from the fatigue, as the Letters were lengthy, of varying his natural hand. But even in the most forced parts of it, there was, as has been sworn to by many who made the comparison, an exact, and striking similitude in many instances. And the more natural parts was to every free and unprejudiced mind, beyond all manner of doubt, the hand writing, or cloven foot, of the " honorable " Rutledge. But we shall have occasion to speak more fully on this point in the sequel.
Gentlemen have sworn that the Letters in question, bespoke "an unsuccessful attempt by some person to imitate" Mr. Rutledge's hand-writing: The truth of the case is, that they proclaimed an unsuccessful attempt by Mr. Rutledge himself to alter, or dissemble his own hand: Their oaths to the contrary, in any wise, notwithstanding!
There is another consideration which might here be profitably made.
If it had been "an unsuccessful attempt" in any person "to imitate" the hand-writing of Mr. Rutledge, that person must have belonged in Newport; for it would be madness to suppose him to be a flying dragon, or a bird of passage. If there had, in fact, been such an "attempt," so far as it was "unsuccessful" it would inevitably have disclosed, at least, some broken features of the hand-writing of the person who made it. Because all that it had failed of the imitation, it must have retained of its own peculiar description. For it would be easy to "put on immortality," as it would be to put off, at once, every appearance of one's usual hand-writing. Here would have been vestiges whereby they would have traced, and detected, the lurking perpetrator. But have they done it? Have they attempted to do it. They have asfected, indeed, to make some surmises of the kind; but when those surmises were like to come to the test, how quick did they haul in their horns!
A certain ingenious philosopher, when asked how he came by his belief in the existence of a God—replied, that he "believed it, from the seven-fold difficulty of disbelieving it." Something so in the present case. We do not believe it was an attempt to imitate Mr. Rutledge's hand-writing, from the seven-fold difficulty of believing it.
If the preceding observations are founded in truth, and we defy the whole hosts of adversaries to show ought wherein they are false, we have gained two material points: 1st. That the forged Letters were written in Newport: And 2d. That they were wrote by some Federalist . The ground of controversy is then narrowed down to this single question:—Who, among that honorable body has the superlative honor of being their author? The " honorable " member from South-Carolina has been tenderly designat-
ed; and on full conviction of his guilt, most solemnly charged. Our evidence in support of it we offered at an early stage of the business; but as our opponents seized it like ravenous wolves, and threw by all the arts of distortion, perversion, & misstatement, to destroy its merited effect on the public mind; and as these observations have already been protracted beyond the limits of a moderate article; and beyond what was even intended at this time, we under the necessity of asking for further opportunity to develop and disclose the true merits of the case, and to place the testimony respecting it upon a fair and equitable footing.
We desire, that the observations which shall be made in the several stages of this review, may all of them be preferred in the minds of our readers until we arrive at the close; to the end that they may then be enabled to decide with precision, certainty, and satisfaction; and that there be some end to the business.
If the advocates of Mr. Rutledge could evidence so much tranquility as to wait until we get through what may be considered as the opening of the case; we promise to wait, and hear with patience their replication, and defence; and if they make no misstatements, and will embody their testimony fairly, to say nothing after. This is certainly a candid proposition on our part: Such an one as the public, and the truth, are entitled to a compliance with from them. (To be continued.)
Federalism, by the last Mercury (observes a Correspondent) appears to be at, or about low-water-mark. The piece under the Newport head, respecting Thomas Paine, must certainly have been written by some bedlamite; or some one of the legion of Pandemonium. It exhibits an outrage upon piety, sentiment, and decorum, unparalleled in the annals of his satanic majesty. Speaking of Paine, the editor says, "He bears in his hand the torch of discord, lighted at the fires of hell—he disdains to pay to virtue , the tribute of hypocrisy —the people are not yet so lost to themselves; to every principle of gratitude, and honor; to their inborn notions of moral right; to their religious habits, and affections, as to go hand in hand with; to foster in their bosom; to crown with the wreath of their applause, a monster of discord, and faction; a treasonable conspirator against their constitution; the calumniator of Washington; the scoffer of their Saviour; and the blasphemer of their God!!!"
O! Enough—enough: "Have mercy upon us, miserable sinners." The potent energy of his words has shaken the foundations of the earth; and made its centre jump upon the surface . Nature lies in convulsion;—mountains of inconceivable dimensions rush to and fro, like a beggar's can, kicked by the impetuous foot of some sportive, inconsiderate wag. The skies have alighted to make room for the larks; the sun itself, arrested by a bailiff in Gibion, is held to bail for a million of money. The moon has been struck with a club in the valley of Ajalon, and there stands with the blood dripping from his nose. " Virtue " is ravished of " the tribute of hypocrisy ."
These certainly must be dying struggles.
Next to the doctrines of our holy religion , the principles of free, elective government ought to be most perseveringly inculcated on the rising generation. On the duty and the means of perpetuating them, every Republican should consider himself personally addressed in the language of inspiration; " and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them, when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up ." Sun.
The enemies of freedom always take pains to secure the influence of seminaries of learning in their favor. President Adams says, " Monarchies and Aristocracies are in possession of the voice and influence of every university and academy in Europe ." Our monarchists and aristocrats exerting themselves to produce the same effect in the United States. It is their darling policy to poison the fountains of education. ib.
John Baptist Albee, a firm republican, is elected Governor of North Carolina. The votes for Governor
were for Mr. Ashe 103, for William Polk 48, for Joseph Taylor 19.
British Influence. The following anecdote, which is derived from an authentic source, will serve to show how far this predominated in the heads of some of the late administration.—"On the day that the official account arrived of Lord Nelson's having defeated the French fleet, at Aboukir, in Egypt, the ex-president had some papers to sign, which were sent him from the Secretary of State's office; and, to the high diversion of the clerks, he returned them to that department signed—" JOHN NELSON, President of the United States!! " [Chron.
GEORGE THOMAS, Confectioner & Distiller, INFORMS the Public, that he has taken a Shop next South of Messrs. Gardner & Dean's Auction-Room, and adjoining Mr. Nicolas Gessroy's, Watch-Maker, where he has constantly for Sale, in addition to a complete Assortment of Confectionary, the following Articles, viz.
Fresh Malaga grapes; box and case raisins; figs; almonds in shell; prunes; currants; nutmegs; cloves; cinnamon; allspice; pepper; ginger; teas; coffee; chocolate, No. 1 & 2; do. prepared with and without vanilla; brown, powdered & loaf-sugar; Cordials of all kinds; best cherry wine; together with a small assortment of fashionable
Crockery Ware: In addition to which he expects to receive shortly, a complete assortment of Wines, Liquors, and other articles. Punctual attendance given, and the smallest favors gratefully acknowledged. Newport, Dec. 18. [15tf
State of Rhode-Island, &c. NEWPORT, ss. Dec. 15, 1802. WHEREAS David Lawton, of Exeter, in the county of Washington, and State aforesaid, hath filed his petition in the Clerk's office of the Supreme Judicial Court for the county of Newport, against his wife Elizabeth Lawton, now residing in Palatine, in the county of Montgomery, and State of New-York; praying for divers causes therein stated, that the bonds of marriage between him and his said wife be dissolved, and a decree of divorce promulgated:—Notice, therefore, is hereby given to the said Elizabeth, and to all persons concerned, to appear at the next Term of said Supreme Judicial Court, to be held at Newport, in and for the county of Newport, on the first Monday of March next, and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of said Petition should not be granted. [6w] P. M. MUMFORD, CLK.
JOHN M. MANSFIELD, At his SHOE STORE, corner of Church Lane, Thames-Street. KEEPS constantly for sale, a general assortment of warranted SHOES, among which are—a beautiful variety of the most fashionable Kid Slippers for Ladies, just received.—Also, A fresh supply of Moroccan Shoes; Ditto, with cork soles, made plain & to lace—Florentine Shoes—Gentlemen's fine & common Shoes—a large assortment of men's and boys' thick do.—Children's do. of almost every description. The smallest favor will be gratefully acknowledged. Newport, Dec. 10, 1802. 11519
TO THE PUBLIC. Newport Long-Wharf, No. 12. Keyes and Brigham, Have constantly for sale, PRIME and met PORK—prime mess, mess and prime BEEF, of the first quality, re-packed in the best order, suitable for domestic or foreign use.—Also, by the keg or box, LARD, first fort—refined moola tallow CANDLES, first quality; dipt ditto—No 1 and 2. Bar SOAP.—Likewise, corned, and fresh BEEF. December 10, 1802.
John & Henry Cahoon, HAVE FOR SALE, At their STORE on Banister's Wharf, BROWN SUGAR, by the barrel; Hibberts; Molasses, by the baghead; Flour, by the barrel; Brown Stout; Raisins per cask; Candles, by the box; Iron Cabosjes; and genuine SPANISH SEGARS.—Also, HONEY, by the barrel or gallon—New-York Soap, by the box—Negro-Head Tobacco—Best ash proof Jamaica Rum—Iron Stoves—Salt-Peter's Ham—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.
ST MASTERS of Packets, Puffengers, &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—Midgings, per bushel or barrel.—Onions, per Hundred bunches, or smaller quantities.—LOAF SUGARS, and a variety of the best of TEAS. Newport, Dec. 18, 1802. 3tf

REMARKS upon the Ægis .
WE now fulfil our engagement respecting the opinion which has been given in the affair of the forged Letters, by the Editor of the Ægis . He has made his second entry in this interesting drama. The first was merely to volunteer a candid opinion, which the purveyor of the Mercury confidently transcribed into that paper, and rendered in return the tribute of compliment. We are well aware that these folks always stand ready with their compliments to exchange them for personal, or party favors:—It is their peculiar mode of procuring mantles to cover the deformities of guilt. And we are much mistaken, if the Editor of the Ægis has not, in this case, given bounds to his candor to the prejudice of his conscience. What his politics are, is nothing to the present question. Though, as an able auxiliary in the vineyard of liberty, and republicanism, we may respect, and revere him; yet, as a hasty, and officious meddler in this affair, an affair which, it seems, he knows nothing about, we shall not hesitate to oppose, as it is in our power, and incumbent on us, to confute and confound him.
To his mere "opinion" we should have replied; but, in that case it must necessarily have been short; for we could only have asked what avail the "opinion" of a man a hundred miles off, who had not seen the Letters, or known any of the circumstances which attended them, but from newspapers which by accident he might have seen, and those, possibly, all of one side, could be of in the neighborhood of the transaction, where all the circumstances were notorious and familiar? Are not the citizens of Newport competent to form their own opinions? Are they to bow in reverence, and humble themselves before the supreme sagacity of the Editor of the Ægis ? What new lights did he pretend to throw on the subject? None at all! He merely advanced what he called "a candid opinion," which, according to his own account, was formed from part of the evidence. From its newspaper dress, and appearance, it might possibly have carried some ascendancy with those who will not give themselves the trouble to reflect; but with the thinking part of the community who had much better means of information, than could be obtained at Worcester , where the Ægis is printed, it could not weigh a straw. And the editor of the Mercury, however complimentary for favor, or facetious in compliment, has paid a very miserable one in attempting to palm it upon them.
But we might have been spared these observations; for, as was stated, the Editor of the Ægis has since made his second entry, and, as if distrustful of the "opinion" he had given, undertakes to exhibit the balance of facts, or preponderance of testimony upon which, he says, that opinion was predicated. It is fortunate that he has done so; because we are thereby enabled to travel on more solid ground, and to place it in his power to rectify his mistake.
One of the facts he has thus stated does not happen to have any existence in the case. The others are unattended with those circumstances which are necessary to explain them. And all do not make up one eighth part of those that do really exist.
He says—"six gentlemen, out of ten, who compared them with specimens of Mr. Rutledge's hand writing, have made oath that there is a very striking similitude, and that they have no doubt the letters were written by him.—The other four were of a different opinion. It is understood the six gentlemen, whose affidavits have been published are all republicans."
Now he is entirely in a mistake about a difference of opinion between the four, and six gentlemen who have deposed. Though they may have adopted different modes of expression; and though the one may be more forcible than the other, yet they, undoubtedly co-operate to the same effect, and amount, in fact to the same opinion. The language of the six is, that they are compelled to believe that the hand-writing of the forged letters, and the hand-writing of the other letters, to wit, the specimens of Mr. Rutledge's writing, are done by the same hand. The language of the four is, that on examination of the forged letters, and comparison of them with letters and notes of John Rutledge, they perceive the greatest similitude of hand writing, and that the former are written in a constrained hand, such as a person would write who was desirous to disguise his own. Can here be said to exist any difference of opinion? Here, then, the opinion of the Editor of the Ægis (though "a Democratic paper," (as the Mercury-boy says) slumps in once.
His saying, that he understands the six gentlemen to be republicans, implies that he understands the four are not. That he should be misinformed relative to the state, and merits of the case of Mr. Rutledge, is not strange; for we are very sensible that every pains has been taken, abroad as well as here, to distort it to an appearance in his favor; but how he could obtain such cramped information upon a very collateral & inferior point, it is difficult to conjecture. And why he should mention it, among the reasons for his "opinion," is not less strange. It is, at any rate, also a mistake.
But he might have informed himself, (if he wished for correct information,) from the same paper which contains the depositions of the "six" he has mentioned, that there were NINETEEN gentlemen of respectability in this town, who had certified and made oath to the similitude between the hand-writing of the forged letters and others acknowledged to have been written by Rutledge. And that about the same number in Providence gave an opinion to the same effect.
Further.—He mentions the depositions of three persons—Betsy Chapman, Rhody Chapman, and Polly Osborne. This last he distinguishes by denominating her "a young girl." Nobody has pretended that Polly Osborne lived with Mr. Rutledge, at the time of the date of
the forged letters, or that she was the person who carried the letters to the Post-Office. Therefore, her deposition is entirely irrelevant, and superfluous, and ought to be laid out of the case.—But, says he, "Rhody Chapman testifies that at the time alluded to, she was frequently in Mr. Rutledge's family, and is positive there was no white girl or woman, and no young female domestic of any sort, in the family at that time," to wit, "the time alluded to!" How cogent! How conclusive! But its cogency ought not to preclude consideration. There was not only "no white girl or woman;" but there was also "no young female, or domestic of any sort in the family at that time!" If we were disposed, we might here indulge a vein of humour, relative to the reputed gallantry of Mr. Rutledge; but it would not be to the purpose, and we forbear. Many inquisitive spirits might be inclined to ask how Rhody came to be so particular? To satisfy which, it ought to be considered that she did not indite her deposition herself; but was under the operation, and control, of Mr. Rutledge's humble co-adjutors. All the agency she had in it, was, if she could by any possible stretch of conscience, give it her passive and tacit sanction.—But what does all the particularity amount to? Had Mr. Rutledge no female children? Did no foul of petticoat description dart his doors during "the time alluded to?" Rhody has sworn to too much: It discredits her testimony; which, if it should be admitted to be true, would argue nothing as to the main point in controversy. And it is surprising that the Editor of the Ægis would offer it as a ground for any other opinion, than that the was improperly wrought upon; or that the hiring defenders of Mr. Rutledge were desperately pushed, for even a colourable defence.—Indeed, Polly Osborne never made oath to any thing: And it has been proven, by the depositions of Wm. Moore, jun. and Mrs. Osborne, that Rhody swore falsely.
There is another circumstance which he offers as affording "confirmation strong." "In addition to this (says he) Betsy Chapman swears that she went to live in Mr. Rutledge's family, about the last of August, (which appears to be "the time alluded to" by Mrs. Rhody ) and that while there, she never carried letters to the post-office or any other place."
No person has been identified, as having carried the letters to the post-office. But there is at present, the strongest reasons to suppose that Betsy Chapman was the person. When the suspicion was first made public against Mr. Rutledge, relative to his having forged the letters in question, he, or his friends employed their jack-a-boes to suppose, and, if possible, to wipe it away. They were many in number, and incorrigible in impudence, and effrontery. They instantly repaired to such points in the chain of circumstances, as their ingenuity taught them would most likely cut off the concatenation of proof. Betsy Chapman they saw, and obtained her deposition. We have not travelled in bogs to meet their prevarications of testimony; we shall not, therefore, offer any conjectures relative to the manner in which they obtained it. We do not say that they colluded, or inveigled; that they offered rewards for perjury, or raised expectation by splendid appearances: On these points let those who have studied their characters think, and judge for themselves. But be it understood, that Betsy Chapman is a young girl, of indigent circumstances, without education, and uneducated. She is, therefore, a fit instrument in their hands, and a proper subject for them to work upon.
Further.—The Editor of the Ægis says, "one witness (Mr. Kinlock, a particular friend of Mr. Rutledge) has sworn that Mr. Richardson, the Post Master, told Mr. Rutledge, "on the first enquiry, he did not know who brought the letters." This is misformation. But we cannot enter into a detail of it at this time. It shall be satisfactorily explained in the course of a review of the subject, which is already undertaken.
On the whole, we believe that the grounds which were offered by the Editor of the Ægis for his gigantic "opinion" to stalk upon, are pretty thoroughly destroyed.
It brings to mind the story of the sailor, who said he was sure of salvation—for he had been to meeting where the minister was preaching against sailors, and said they would all certainly go to perdition. And looking round for arguments to illustrate and prove it, happened to spy a fly standing quietly on the cushing:—Sailors, said he, will all go to perdition—as sure as I catch this fly. He struck at the fly but did not take it. Mr. Blake says, at the fly, but has missed his aim. His "opinion," like the fly, might have stood in tranquility, if his reasons for it had not appeared; but they have frightened it, and it is gone. Thus much for Mr. Blake, his opinion, and the fly.
We have to apologize to Mr. Blake, for the freedom we have taken in these remarks.—It was against our feelings: But in this case we are governed by the dictates of the first law of nature. Such are the desperate extremities to which it has been pushed, on the part of the accused. Not by legal means: Not with an open and liberal deportment; not by evidence, or argument: But by subtlety, and fraud; by craft, and connivance; by conspiracy, and machination; by declamation, scurrility, and abuse.—Vv embarked in it from motives of duty; and we trust they will be strong, and lasting enough to bear us through.
Arrived here, in distress, on Sunday last, brig George, of Newbedford, Jacob Tabor master, from Turks-Island, 19 days, bound to New-York. Left at the Isle of May, October 11, brig Meantor, Jacobs, of Philadelphia; ship Draper, Howell, of New-Haven; ship Wanderer, Pitch, of Boston; ship Atlas, Estlin, of Nantucket; brig John, Hovey, of Boston; schooner Jubiter, Clemens, 32 days from Boston, bound to the Cape of Good Hope.
Sailed from Turks Island, November 23, 1802.—Schooner Union, Welton, of Providence; brig Sally, Smart, of New-York. Left there, ship Susan, Freeborn, of Newbedford; ship Urania, Stone, Newburyport; brig Adonia, Treadue, of Portsmouth, N. H. Schooner Betty, Coffin, of Nantucket; brig Minerva, Pain, of Norwich; schooner Edward and Edmund, Weecock, of Philadelphia; several other vessels—names unknown.
Before we had determined to commence the review of "Rutledge's case," we had placed in type the piece from the (New-York) American Citizen , which appears in the first page of this day's paper.—It will be found to contain a charge, other than what we have brought against him, relative to his anonymous letter to Mr. Gerry; which, though not new to us, will doubtless be new to the public. But the Editors of the Citizen have traced him back further than our information extended.—They have shown him as an actor in the X, Y, Z, mission to France; and through the whole, we observe in him the strictest consistency of character.
MARRIED.—At New-York, the 14th inst. by the Reverend Mr. Sreebeck, Mr. GEORGE WASHINGTON PITMAN, to the amiable Miss MARY SPIES, Daughter of Mr. John Spies, all of that city.
Summary of European Politics. LONDON, October 17.
The state of politics both in this country and on the continent, seems more perplexed and confused than it has been at any period since the conclusion of the treaty at Amiens. We do not, like several of our cotemporaries, pretend to an exact knowledge of what passes in the British Cabinet, or in the Councils of foreign Powers; but we feel little difficulty in observing that grounds of discontent have taken place between this country and France. They may have originated in the delay which has occurred with respect to satisfactory explanations relative to certain articles mentioned in the Definitive Treaty, & particularly to the settlement of the Island of Malta; they may have been produced by the slow progress which during the last month has, we learn, been made in the treaty of commerce; and, perhaps, our government has thought its interference called for in the present distracted state of Switzerland. Certain it is, that remonstrances of a strong kind have been transmitted to the First Consul on the part of our Government, and we have reason to believe that they are supported by a new system of politics, adopted by the Cabinet of St. Petersburg.
While the political horizon is thus clouded, and our funds are seriously affected by the gloom that prevails, the affairs of Switzerland become every day more critical. The mandate of the First Consul has been transmitted by his Adjutant-General Rapp, to the confederates inimical to the new constitution; but the answer of the Diet met at Schwitz for the regulation of the Government has not yet transpired. It is improbable that they will refuse to acknowledge the dictates of Bonaparte; for they can have little hope of success in opposing the incursion of a French army, now assembled at Huningen, on the frontiers, which, it is calculated, will consist of not less than 40,000 men.
General Ney, the commander in chief, is already arrived, and his troops may be in sufficient force to enter Switzerland before the confederates can organise a force adequate to make head against the threatened invasion.
The affair of the indemnities in Germany is still exposed to fluctuation and conjecture; the eleventh sitting of the extraordinary deputation has taken place without any measures of decision. Letters from Vienna of the 27th ult. indeed state that the Emperor had issued orders for his troops to evacuate Passau, but this intelligence is given in too vague a manner to be credited.
The Batavian mail, which arrived yesterday, has brought unquestionable assurances that a project had been entertained by a powerful party to change the Constitution of that Republic. This design has been effect-
ually counteracted by the prompt interference of the First Consul. On the 9th inst. the French Minister Semonville, paid an official visit to the administration of the States, and in the presence of the Secretary of State for foreign affairs, informed him that he had received, by an express from Paris, "Orders to inform the administration of the States without delay, that the First Consul had learned with as much surprise as indignation, that persons fond of revolutions were again desirous to disturb the tranquility of the Batavian Republic, and even employed for that purpose the most respectable names; that the First Consul as an ally of the Republic, invited the Government to employ every means to maintain the order of things established by the Constitution.
This information was followed by the arrival on the same day of dispatches from Citizen Smits, the Batavian Minister at Paris, reiterating, at the special instance of Talleyrand, the sentiments of the First Consul with respect to the meditated alteration in the Constitution.
The reported cession of two ports to France by the Dey of Algiers, has given rise to much speculation; but we are inclined to treat it as one of those conjectures that are hazarded merely for the purpose of amusing the public mind. France is not actually in want of these harbors, and the regency of Algiers could not be very desirous of having neighbors, whose force would be too powerful to resist.
We are yet without any satisfactory intelligence respecting the departure of General Andreossi from Paris. Part of his baggage is already arrived, and the rest is every day expected. Lord Whitworth continues ready to set out for Paris at a few hours notice.
October 23. The intelligence from Switzerland continues to be very confused and extraordinary.
An admiralty express reached Plymouth on Thursday morning, ordering all the men of war lying in that port to take in stores and provisions for four months, and prepare immediately for sea.
PARIS, October 18.
The report of an approaching war increases every day, and produces a great sensation. The Consul has received with much haughtiness the remonstrances made by M. de Markow, on the subject of his hostile plans against Switzerland; but this imperious tone may conceal considerable inquietude as to the views of different powers, and his own personal situation.
The Consul answered M. de Markow in these terms:—"I had rather fall by nobly daring than by an excess of timidity."
Adjourned Sale.
ON Monday next, (the 20th inst.) at 12 o'clock, will be sold at Public Auction, the following Bank Stock, viz. 1781 Dols. 77-100 6 per cent. Stock of the United States. 1175 Dols. 15-100 3 per cent. do. 847 Dols. 9-100 6 per cent. deferred, do. 157 Dols. 46-100 5 per cent. Stock of Massachusetts. GARDNER & DEAN, Auct. Newport, Decemr 17, 1802.
NOTICE.
All Persons having any demands on the estate of Capt. John Coggeshall Almy, jun. late of Newport, deceased, are hereby requested to bring them to the subscriber for settlement; and all persons indebted to said estate, are required to make immediate payment to JOHN COGGESHALL ALMY, Exr. Jamestown, Dec. 17, 1802. 116
REMOVAL.
Nathaniel Nason, RESPECTFULLY informs the public, that he has removed from the house of his late owner David Nason, to the shop of Mr. Thomas Howland, directly opposite—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 favors acknowledged. Newport, Dec. 18, 1802. 116 Cash & the highest price given for old PEWTER and LEAD.
For Advertisements see Supplement.

INVOCATION TO POVERTY.
OH! POVERTY! of consumptive hue, If thou delight'st to haunt me still in view; At least continue what thou art—my friend! Whene'er example bids me be unjust, False to my mind, or faithless to my trust; Bid me the baneful error quickly see, And shun the world to find repose in thee: When vice to wealth would turn the partial eye, Or in'st that my ear to sorrow's cry; Or courtier's custom would my reason bend, My foe to flatter or desert my friend; Oppose kind POVERTY, thy temper'd shield, And bear me on, unvanquish'd from the field, If giddy fortune e'er return again With all her idle, restless, wanton train; Her magic glass should false ambition hold, Or Av'rice bid me put my trust in gold; To my relief, thou virtuous goddess, haste, And with thee bring thy daughters ever chaste; Health, Liberty, and Wisdom, sisters bright! Who's charms can make the worst condition light. Beneath the hardest fate the mind can cheer, Can heal affliction, and disarm despair; In pains, in torments, in pleasure can bequeath, And dress in smiles the tyrant hour of death!
PARODY—BY A NEWS-PRINTER.
*TO dun—or not to dun? that is the question: Whether 'tis better that the purse should suffer (For lack of cash) by baneful emptiness, Or, by a gentle dun to fill it up; To dun!—to get the money—and be enabled To live & pay our debts! 'Tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To dun—to be denied, Denied with "call again"—Aye there's the rub; For in that "call again," what evils come— What disappointment fore, chagrin and woe; What time is wasted—and what shoes are worn In consequence—must give us pain. It is this That makes so many debts not worth collecting; 'Tis this which sickens business to despair, And keeps from honest labor its reward. While thus in language of complaint we speak, We don't forget our many, many friends; To them a debt of gratitude we owe— To them our gratitude we freely pay. Buoy'd by their kindness, fill out our bark shall fail, Enjoy the pleasing calm, nor dread the boist'rous gale.
Last week's omissions.
LONGEVITY.
Within one mile of the meeting house, of the 1st parish in West-Springfield, (Mass.) there are now living 8 persons, whose ages, added together, amount to 700 years; and three persons whose ages are 280 years.
There are also now living (in one house) in Portsmouth, on this Island, 6 persons, whose ages, added together, amount to 430 years; and the ages of 4 of them are 319 years. It is something remarkable to find six people, all residing under one roof, whose ages will average at 72 years each, which is the case in the instance here recited.
Captain Perrin , of the ship Richard , arrived here yesterday from London, picked up in the Gulph Stream, the wreck of the brig Brutus of Rochester, Shubael Norton , mate; Andrew Southward , Nathaniel Snow , George Barlow , Seth Barlow , and Alwin Phelps , seamen, and Christopher Ronkel , a boy.—The captain of the Brutus perished with the wreck. It must be highly honorable to the character of Capt. Perrin , and a lasting source of pleasure for his reflection, when it is mentioned that the captain of no less than eleven vessels, who passed the above unhappy mariners during the 24 days they remained on the wreck, basely left them to perish, notwithstanding their repeated signals of distress!! [New-York pap.]
A fire broke out, on the 23d Sept. in the commune of Gunthiem near Juizess, by which seven farms were destroyed together with all the cattle, the produce of the harvest, and agricultural instruments which they contained.
A Whirlwind was experienced in England, the 4th Oct. The ship Thames , from the West-Indies, was overset at the back of the Isle of Wight, and the ship and whole crew were in a moment lost.
Was killed, by a fall from the mast, on his passage from this place to Charleston (S. C.) on board the brig Angeronia , Mr. Charles Vigneron, in the 27th year of his age.
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
LAMP-BLACK, (of the best quality) FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE.
To PRINTERS. FOR sale, remarkably cheap for Cash, a good (second hand) PRINTING PRESS . Enquire at the Office of the Rhode-Island Republic .
NEW GOODS. ROBERT LAWTON
INFORMS the Public, and his Friends in particular, that he has just received, at his Store, opposite Mr. Townsend's Coffee-House, Thames Street, an elegant Assortment of Fashionable Dry Goods , adapted to the season—too numerous to particularize in an advertisement. Those who will please to call at his Store, he flatters himself, will find an inducement to purchase, as he is determined to dispose of them at very reduced prices.
N. B. He has also just opened for sale, a quantity of best Irish Linens , seven eighths, and yard wide, by wholesale or retail.—Likewise, a beautiful assortment of Lutebrings , very cheap. October, 23, 1802. c8tf
John R. Shearman Has received his supply of FALL and WINTER GOODS, Comprising purple kid and silk GLOVES and elegant silk HOSE. Newport, Nov. 27, 1802. 113tf
Green & Tillinghast, HEREBY inform their old Customers and the Public in general, that they have just received a large Assortment of Fall & Winter Goods, which they are now selling at the most reduced prices at their Store, by Wholesale and Retail. Newport, Nov. 1, 1802. 86tf
SAMUEL VINSON, RESPECTFULLY informs his friends, and the public in general, that he has just received by the latest arrivals, a large and well chosen assortment of GOODS, suitable for the season; to enumerate which, would be tedious. Those who will favor him with their custom, may depend on having them on the lowest terms. He has likewise received a variety of Muffs , Tippets , and For Trimmings .—Also, a small box of elegant JEWELRY, Consisting of Ladies Necklaces, Ear-rings, Hankerchief Pins, Brooches, Bracelets, & Lockets, of the most fashionable kinds. Newport, Nov. 12, 1802. cxi.tf
William Douglass, At the Head of Broad Street, HAS constantly for sale, a general Assortment of West-India and other GOODS. Newport, October 2, 1802. 67tf
CASH, PAID FOR LINEN & WOOLLEN RAGS, BY Christopher Olney, & Co. Delivered at their Mills, or at their Paper Warehouse.
WHERE they have for sale, at wholesale & 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 Leaf Blue.—ALSO, A complete Assortment of Blank Account and Record Books.—LEEWISB Account Books made and ruled to any pattern, to suit the purchaser.—A complete Assortment of School Books, and Stationery 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, Oct. 26, 1802. 74tf
FOR SALE, By JOSEPH BRIGGS, 30 Barrels best N. Y. Superfine Flour. 15 bbls. Beef and Pork. 2000 Weight best Green Coffee, by Wholesale or Retail. A few Casks of SHERRY WINE, of an excellent quality. Newport, May, 29. 50tf
For Sale, by the Subscriber, that Valuable Real Estate in THAMES-STREET,
CONSISTING of a Dwelling-House, 37 feet by 32, almost new; with a good Cellar; paved Yard, and good Well of water, with a Pump therein; together with the Garden, Wharf, Stores, Stable, Chaife-House, &c. belonging to the same.—Likewise, a large Garden Lot, on the Hill, 126 feet on John-Street , and the same distance extending to Leven-Street .—Also, a good second hand Chaife, Two Horses, one Yoke of Oxen, and an Ox-Cart.—Likewise— A quantity of LUMBER; consisting of clear, and merchantable Pine Boards, Spruce Boards, Joist, Laths, and a few North-Carolina Cedar Shingles. JOSEPH LYON. Newport, Sept. 17, 1802. cxi.tf
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
Dr. GUSTAVUS BAYLIES, OF BRISTOL, Has just received, for Sale, an additional assortment of genuine DRUGS & MEDICINES. —ALSO—
SURGEON'S INSTRUMENTS, OF WHICH ARE, ELEGANT Amputating Instruments, (of the latest Improvement.) Ditto, Trepanning ditto, Breast Pipes,—Ivory Syringes, &c. &c. Likewise, a few modern Medical Books, among which are, James Latta's PRACTICAL SYSTEM OF SURGERY , illustrated with Cases on many of the Subjects, and with Copperplates.—3 Vols. Townsend's GUIDE TO HEALTH , Darwin's Zoonomia —3 Vols. Barberias , on Medicine—a work of very considerable merit, containing a Course of Lectures delivered by the Author, which were translated from the Latin, by William Cullen Brown , and published in the English language at Edinburgh, in the present year—4 Vols.
Dr. BAYLIES likewise respectfully acquaints his friends, that he continues the Practice of PHYSIC, MIDWIFERY, and the various branches of SURGERY. November 29, 1802. 114tf
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. cxii
FOR SALE, The real estate of Peleq Allen , late of Middletown, deceased, (about four miles from the State-house in Newport, adjoining the road,) consisting of between fifty and sixty acres of land, with a dwelling-house, other buildings, and a good orchard thereon; well watered; good meadow, pasture, and tillage land, natural to Barley.—Possession will be given the 25th of March next. The terms may be known, by applying to either of the subscribers. ELIZABETH ALLEN, THOMAS C. ALLEN. Middletown, Dec. 3, 1802. cxivf.
CLARK BLISS, 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 & 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, Crockett and Tin Ware, Axes, Hatchets and Ives, Men's and Boys' Shoes, Corks, Brimstone, Lampblack, Stone Lime, Lamp Oil, Powder, Shot and Flint, Fishing Lines of various kinds, Leads, and Hooks, deep sea Leads and Lines, Bellows, metal Tea 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 use; 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. 84tf
FOR SALE, And possession given on the 25th of March next, A LARGE and valuable tract of LAND, in Hopkinton, adjoining Wood-River.—Containing about Seven Hundred Acres; known by the name of the Ellery Land , and now part of the estate of Col. George Irish , deceased. About Two Hundred acres of said land is cleared, and fit for tillage or meadow. The remainder is mostly covered with Timber of the best quality for ship plank, &c. An excellent stream of water runs through said land, whereon a Saw Mill may be erected at a small expence. The terms may be known, by applying to either of the subscribers. NICHOLAS TAYLOR, JOHN IRISH. Newport, Oct. 23, 1802. c8tf
To be Sold or Let, A WELL finished Dwelling-House, situated on Thames-Street , opposite Mr. Robert Stevens —Also a new Store, adjoining the yard and garden, with a good well of water.—If not immediately sold, the Shop, with some part of the House, will be to let.—The situation, both for health and business, is not inferior to any in town. Conditions may be known, by applying to HENRY G. CHAMPLIN. Newport, Nov. 20, 1802. cxii
Just Published, and for sale at this Office, by the gross, dozen, or single, The Rhode-Island ALMANAC For the Year of our Lord, 1803. Containing a variety of matter, useful, instructive, and entertaining. Great allowance will be made to those who purchase large quantities.
William Moore, jun. & Co. HAVE FOR SALE, At their STORE on the Ferry Wharf—a general Assortment of GROCERIES,—SHIP CHANDLERY,—HARD WARE, &c.
Which they will dispose of on as reasonable terms as at any Store in Newport, by wholesale and retail—among which are the following articles:— 40 Hhs. good retail- ing MOLASSES, Holland GIN, West-India RUM, BRANDY, Loaf & brown SUGAR Hyson skin, Souchong, and Bohea TEAS. COFFEE, GINGER, PEPPER, PIMENT-TO, STARCH, Cathie & N.Y. SOAP, MUSTARD, COPPERAS, Sherry WINE, Malaga do. Spanish fluted INDIGO CASSIA, ALLUM, SNUFF, BRIMSTONE, Wool & Cotton Cards, TOBACCO, 7 by 9 GLASS, COTTON WOOL, German and blister'd STEEL, NAILS—assorted, GLASS WARE, FLOUR, CANDLES 6 tons assorted IRON, per ton or hundred, &c. &c. &c. Likewise, A great variety of DRY GOODS, suitable for the season, Newport, Dec. 4, 1802. 114tf
To be Sold at Public Auction, ON Monday the 20th of December next, at 10 o'clock A. M. (if fair weather, if not the first fair day,) unless disposed of at private sale before: That pleasantly situated FARM in Middletown, late belonging to Beriah Anthony , deceased, containing about 30 acres of Land, with a Dwelling-House, Barn, Corn-house, and other out-buildings thereon. There is two good Apple Orchards on the same, and other Fruit Trees—Two wells of water, one of which never fails; said Farm, lying on the main road from Newport to Howland's Ferry , and about 3 3/4 miles from the State-House. ANNE ANTHONY, Admin'x. Middletown, Nov. 18, 1802. Conditions to be made known at time of sale. cxii
HEAR YE! To be sold, and possession given the 25th of March next, One Hundred and 50 acres of Land of the first quality, lying in South-Kingstown, (Bolton Neck)—about half a mile south of Gardiner's Ferry , commonly known by the name of the Bonner farm —and is bounded as follows: Westerly, partly on the Wetiquagus pond; partly on land of Simeon Potter , and partly on land of George Brown :—Southerly, on the ocean:—Easterly, on the Narragansett Bay , and Northerly on land of the subscribers. Its local situation is far preferable to any in said town.—It is well watered in six divisions, with double wall. For fishing and fowling, none is superior in the State, the pond abounding with perch of an excellent kind, and fowl of a great variety.—The beach affords an inexhaustible source of sea manure, such as rock & ribbin weed, and sea curral. There are two living springs of water on the premises. An indisputable title will be given, and the mode of payment made easy to the purchaser: The terms may be known by applying to JOHN GARDINER. South-Kingstown, Dec. 3, 1802. 114tf
For Sale, by the Subscriber, JAMAICA RUM by the hoghead, Ditto SUGAR by the hhd. or barrel, Ditto MOLASSES, all of first Quality. JOHN MEIN. Church-Lane, July 12, 1802. 94tf
NOTICE IS hereby given, to all persons having any demands against the estate of Captain JOSEPH CONGDON , late of Jamestown, deceased, to exhibit them; and all persons indebted to said estate, are called upon to make payment to MARY CONGDON , of Jamestown, Executrix to said estate; or to EBENEZER SHEARMAN , her lawful Agent, at Newport. November 22, 1802. 113tf
For Sale at Public Auction, ON the first Monday of February next (weather permitting,) unless previously disposed of at private sale, a new two story Dwelling-House, with four rooms on a floor, with a Lot of Land, 60 feet front, situate on Spring-Street .—Also, a two story Shop thereon, calculated for a dwelling-house with a Cellar under it. GARDNER & DEAN, Auctioneers. Newport, Nov. 20, 1802. cxi.tf
N. B. Any person wishing to purchase at private sale, may know the terms, by applying to ROBERT LAWTON, jun. living on the premises.
Take Notice. WE the subscribers, having been appointed by the Court of Probate for the town of New-Shoreham, Commissioners to receive, examine, and adjust the claims of the creditors to the private estate of Nathaniel Briggs , late of New-Shoreham, deceased, represented insolvent:—Give notice to all persons having demands against said estate, to bring them in to either of us, at our respective dwellings, within nine months from the date hereof, being the time allowed by said Court. JOHN GORTON, NATHANIEL G. SANDS, } Commis- N. B. All persons indebted to said estate, are requested to make immediate payment, to BATHSHEBA BRIGGS, Admin'x. New-Shoreham, Nov. 26, 1802. [15