Rhode-Island Republican (Newport, R.I.), 1804-09-20 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.
[THE history of Ireland is a checkered narration of oppression, revolution, and ruin. The gallant sons of Erin have alternately struggled in attempts at liberty, and in the agonies of executions for treasons. Unfeeling and miserably degraded must be that mind, which can view without shuddering, valour, genius and honor, prostrate before the omnipotence of power. In this devoted country, anarchy is the rule of order—penury and persecution the reward of virtue. The laborer goes forth to his work, and returns to a starving family, the mournful messenger of accumulated want. The mechanic and the manufacturer seek in their ingenuity the comforts of competence, while extortion deprives them of the necessaries of life.—Humanity weeps over the distresses of Ireland. There does despotism sway unlimited her iron sceptre. There does innocence languish in dungeons, and the gallows marks patriotism for its peculiar victim—But faint, and feeble, and unmeaning, must be our description, compared with the animated and glowing picture, portrayed by the matchless genius of CURRAN.—The pencil of CURRAN can alone do justice to the interesting scenes, on which it is employed. Well may he be impressive, for deeply has he drunk in the cup of his country's sorrows. The execution of thousands of his fellow-countrymen, the sacrifice of an intended son-in-law—the amiable, the accomplished, the intelligent and patriotic EMANUEL, the consequent disappointment and distraction of a daughter, would have roused his feelings from the most torpid indifference. But the sensibility of CURRAN needed not such incitements. Liberty had chosen him for her own, and in the destruction of this idol of his hopes, every sentiment of his soul seems agitated.]
In presenting to our readers the subsequent display of splendid, independent, and dignified eloquence, from this unrivalled Orator, we forbear to comment on the causes which produced it. Upon such subjects, language must indeed lag behind the rapidity of feeling.—Let it be remembered, however, that a government, which could authorize, and a judicature, which could sanction these savage proceedings, impiously assumes the attribute of justice, and boasts of mercy in its administration! This inimitable effusion of glowing and splendid eloquence was produced in defence of Mr. FINERTY. FINERTY was printer of the celebrated paper called the "Press;" the only one that then dared to speak for the people, and to denounce their oppressors. He was prosecuted for "bringing the government into contempt," by publishing a statement of the trial of WILLIAM ORR, who was sentenced to the scaffold upon the evidence of a perjured common informer. CURRAN did not expect to take any part in the trial; nor did he receive licence 'till the jury were sworn.]
National Register.
CURRAN'S Address to the Jury.
"FEW men see, at once, that they cannot be hurt so much as they think by the mere battery of a newspaper. They do not reflect that every character has a natural station from which it cannot be effectually degraded, and beyond which it cannot be raised by the bawling of a news-hawker. If it is wantonly assailed, it is but for a season, and that a short one, and it emerges like the moon from a passing cloud to whatever original brightness it possessed. It is right, however, that it is law, and that
you should hold the strictest hand over this kind of animadversion that forces humility and innocence from their retreat into the glare of public view; that wounds and terrifies; that destroys the cordiality and the peace of domestic life; and that without eradicating a single vice, or a single folly, plants a thousand thorns in the human heart.
"The learned Counsel has been pleased to say, that he comes forward in this prosecution as the real advocate for the liberty of the press, and to protect a mild and merciful government from its licentiousness; and he has been pleased to add, that the constitution can never be lost, while its freedom remains, and that its licentiousness alone can destroy that freedom. As to that, gentlemen, he might as well have said, that there is only one disease of which a man can die; and when he comes forward to extinguish this paper in the ruin of the printer by a state prosecution, in order to prevent its dying of licentiousness, you must judge how candidly he is treating you, both in the fact and in the reasoning. Is it in Ireland, gentlemen, that we are told licentiousness is the only disease that can be mortal to the Press? Has he heard of nothing else that has been fatal to the freedom of publication? I know not whether the printer of the Northern Star may have heard of such things in his captivity, but I know that his wife and his children are well apprised that a press may be destroyed in the open day, not by its own licentiousness, but by the licentiousness of a military force. As to the sincerity of the declaration that the state has, prosecuted in order to assert the freedom of the Press, it starts a train of thought, melancholy retrospect and direful prospect, to which I did not think the learned Counsel would have wished to commit your minds.—It leads you naturally to reflect at what times, from what motives, and with what consequences the government has displayed its patriotism by these sort of prosecutions. As to the motives; does history give you a single instance in which the state has been provoked to these conflicts, except by the fear of truth, and by the love of vengeance? Have you ever seen the rulers of any country bring forward a prosecution from motives of filial piety, for libels upon their departed ancestors? Did you read that Elizabeth directed any of those state prosecutions, against the libels which the Divines of her times had written against her Catholic Sister, or against the other libels which the same gentlemen had written against her Protestant father? No, gentlemen, we read of no such thing; but we know she did bring forward a prosecution from motives of personal resentment, we know that a jury was found time-serving and mean enough, to give a verdict which she was ashamed to carry into effect. I said that the learned Counsel drew you back to the times that have been marked by these miserable conflicts. I see you turn your thoughts to those pages of governmental abandonment, of popular degradation, of expiring liberty, of merciless and sanguinary persecution, to that miserable period, in which the fallen and abject state of man, might have been almost an argument in the mouth of an Atheist and the blasphemer, against the existence of an all just
and an all wise First Cause, if the glorious era of the revolution that followed it, had not refused the impious inference, by shewing that if man descends, it is not in his own proper motion; that it is with labor and with pain, and that he can, continue to sink only, until by the force and pressure of the descent, the spring of his immortal faculties accules that recuperative energy and effort that hurries him as many miles aloft. It is at that period, that the state seeks for shelter in the destruction of the Press; it is in a period like that, that the tyrant prepares for the attack upon the people, by destroying the liberty of the Press; by taking away that shield of wisdom and of virtue, behind which the people are invulnerable; in whole pure & polished convex, ere the lifted blow has fallen, he beholds his image, and is turned into stone. It is at those periods, that the honest man dares not speak, because truth is too dreadful to be told. It is then the proud man seems to speak, but like a physician baffled by the wayward excesses of a dying patient, retires indignantly from the bed of an unhappy wretch whose ear is too fallacious to bear the sound of wholesome advice, whose palate is too debauched to bear the salutary bitter of the medicine that might redeem him, and therefore leaves him to the felonious piety of the slaves, that talk to him of life, and strip him before he is cold.
"Let me suppose that you had known the charge upon which Mr. Orr was apprehended, the charge of abjuring that bigotry which had torn and disgraced his country, of pledging himself to restore the people of his country to their place in the constitution, and of binding himself never to be the betrayer of his fellow-laborers in that enterprize; that you had seen him upon that charge removed from his industry, and confined in a gaol; that through the slow and lingering progress of twelve tedious months you had seen him confined in a dungeon, shut out from the common use of air and his own limbs: that day after day you had marked the unhappy captive, cheered by no sound but the cries of his family, or the clinking of chains; that you had seen him at last brought to his trial; that you had seen the vile and perjured informer deposing against his life; that you had seen the drunken, and worn out, and terrified jury give in a verdict of death; that you had seen the same jury, when their returning sobriety had brought back their consciences, prostrate themselves before the humanity of the Bench, and pray that the mercy of the crown might save their characters from the reproach of an involuntary crime, their consciences from the torture of eternal self-condemnation, and their souls from the indelible stain of innocent blood. Let me suppose that you had seen the respite given, and that contrite and honest recommendation transmitted to the seat, where mercy was presumed to dwell; that new, and before unheard of crimes, are discovered against the informer; that the royal mercy seems to relent, and that a new respite is sent to the prisoner; that time is taken, as the learned counsel for the crown has expressed it, to see whether mercy could be extended or not: that after that period of lingering deliberation is passed, a
third reprieve is transmitted; that the unhappy captive himself feels the cheering hope of being restored to a family that he adored, to a character that he had never stained, and to a country that he had ever loved; that you had seen his wife and children upon their knees, giving these tears to gratitude, which their locked and frozen hearts could not give to anguish and despair, and imploring the blessings of eternal Providence upon his head, who had graciously spared the father, and restored him to his children. "Alas! nor wife, nor children more shall behold, no friends nor sacred home!" No seraph mercy unbars his dungeon, and leads him forth to life and light, but the minister of death hurries him to the scene of suffering and of shame; where, unmoved by the hostile array of artillery and armed men collected together, either to secure or insult or disturb him, he dies with a solemn declaration of his innocence, and utters his last breath in a prayer for the liberty of his country. Let me now ask you, if any of you had addressed the public ear upon so foul and monstrous a subject, in what language would you have conveyed the feelings of horror & indignation? Would you have stooped to the meanness of qualified complaint? Would you have been mean enough: but I intreat your forgiveness. I do not think meanly of you; had I thought so meanly of you, I could not suffer my mind to commune with you as it has done; had I thought you that base and vile instrument, attuned by hope and by fear into discord and falsehood, from whose vulgar string no groan of suffering could vibrate, no voice of integrity or honor could speak, let me honestly tell you, I should have scorned to fling my hand across it; I should have left it to sit-ter minstrels; if I do not, therefore, grossly err in my opinion of you; I could use no language upon such a subject as this, that must not lag behind the rapidity of your feelings, and that would not disgrace those feelings, if it attempted to describe them.
"Gentlemen, I am not unconscious that the learned counsel for the crown seemed to address you with the confidence of a very different kind; he seemed to expect a kind of respectful sympathy from you with the feelings of the castle, and the griefs of chided authority. Perhaps, gentlemen, he may know you better than I do; if he does he has spoken as he ought; he has been right in telling you, that if the reprobation of this writer is weak, it is because his genius could not make it stronger; he has been right in telling you that his language has not been braided and festooned as elegant as it might; that he has not picked the miserable plants of his phraseology, nor placed his patches and feathers with that correctness of millenary, which became so exalted a person. If you agree with him, gentlemen of the Jury, if you think that the man who at the hazard of his own life, to rescue from the deep the drowned honor of his country, must not presume upon the great familiarity, of plucking it up by the locks, I have no more to say; do a courteous thing. Upright and honest Jurors, find a civil and obliging verdict against the Printer! and when you have done so, march through the ranks of your fellow citizens to your own homes, and bear their looks as

you pass along; retire to the bosom of your families & your children, & when you are presiding over the morality of the parental board, tell those infants who are to be the future men of Ireland, the history of this day. Form their young minds by your precepts, and confirm those precepts by your own example; teach them how discreetly allegiance may be perjured on the table, or loyalty be forsworn in the Jury box; and when you have done so, tell them the story of Orr; tell them of his captivity, of his children, of his crime, of his hopes, of his disappointment, of his courage, and of his death; and when you find your little hearers hanging from your lips, when you see their eyes overflowing with sympathy and sorrow, and their young hearts bursting with the pangs of anticipated orphanage, tell them that you had the boldness and justice to stigmatize the monster—who had dared to publish the transaction!
"Merciful God! what is the state of Ireland, and where shall you find the wretched inhabitant of this land! You may find him perhaps in a goal, the only place of security; I had almost said of habitation; you may see him flying from the flames of his own dwelling; or you may find his bones bleaching on the green fields of his country; or he may be found tossing upon the ocean, and mingling his groans with those tempests less savage than his persecutors, that drift him to a returnless distance from his family & his home. And yet with these facts ringing in the ear and staring in the face of the prosecutor, you are called upon to say, on your oaths, that these facts do not exist. You are called upon in defiance of shame, or truth or honor, to deny the sufferings under which you groan, and to flatter the persecution that tramples you under foot."
"I speak of what your own eyes have seen day after day, during the course of his commission from the box where you are now sitting; the number of horrid miscreants who avowed upon their oaths that they had come from the very seat of government;—from the castle, where they had been worked upon by the fear of death and the hopes of compensation to give the evidence against their fellows, that the mild and wholesome councils of this government are holden over catacombs of living death, where the wretch that is buried, a man, lies, till his heart has time to fester and dissolve, and is then dug up as a witness."
"Is this fancy or is it fact? Have you not seen him after his resurrection from that tomb, make his appearance upon the table, the living image of life & death, & the supreme arbiter of both? Have you not marked when he entered, how the stormy wave of the multitude retired at his approach?—Have you not marked how the human heart bowed to the supremacy of his power, in the undismembered homage of deferential horror? How his glance, like the lightning of Heaven, seemed to rive the body of the accused, and mark it for the grave, while his voice warned the devoted wretch of woe and death; a death which no innocence can escape, no art elude, no force resist, no antidote prevent; there was an antidote—a Juror's oath—but even that adamant chain that bound the integrity of man to the throne of eternal justice, is solved and melted in the breath that issues from the informer's mouth; conscience swings from her mooring, and the appalled and affrighted Juror, consults his own safety, in the surrender of the victim."
"Et qua sibi quisque timebat, Unius in miseri exitium conversa tulere."
* In the Irish Courts of Justice, the "table" is a stand for witnesses.
FOR SALE, A LIKELY BOY HORSE, six years old, excellent in saddle and harness—sold for no fault. Enquire at this Office. Newport, Sept. 12, 1804.
From the BOSTON CHRONICLE.
THE EXAMINER.
A plain and candid Address to the Citizens, on the choice of Electors of President and Vice-President of the United States.
FELLOW COUNTRYMEN,
THE efforts of the enemies of the present administration are peculiarly directed to raise a jealousy between the Northern and Southern States. A division of the respective energies of the whole confederation, is the great object contemplated by a class of men, who are enemies to the peace and happiness of this country. They have been assiduous to foment divisions, and, in every instance, are attempting to excite a local animosity, which they know will ultimately destroy the national dignity of the United States. This party, though they call themselves Americans, are no more, nor less, than the remnant of that faction which, during the trying period of our Revolution, was designated under the degrading appellation of Tories. This is their real title, and may we never expunge the epithet. The same disposition prevails among them at this moment, as in the years '75 and '76. Disunion was then their principal design, and every exertion was then made to divide and conquer.—They know, that by "uniting we stand, and by dividing we fall." The same measures are now adopted by this faction, to bring us into a state of servitude to Britain, as were practiced while contesting our National Independence. Did not the old Tories tell us, that the Northern and Southern States could never harmonize? Did not the British ministry pursue every insidious plan to effect the great purpose of division? Did they not even condescend to place our respective interests in opposition, in order that one State might be benefited by the depression of another? The Boston Port Bill was predicated on this principle, thinking that if the commerce of this metropolis was destroyed, the other States would abandon the cause, in expectation of receiving an advantage, by an extension of their mercantile negotiations. But, fellow citizens, how did this vain procedure of the British, operate on the minds of our Southern brethren? Did they relax in their brotherly attachment? Or did they leave and forsake us in our troubles?—Did they then say that the Northern States were their rivals, and that they would embrace the first favorable opportunity to raise themselves on our ruins? While Britain was lenient towards them, and at the same time bearing hard on Massachusetts, were there any town meetings, or publications in their newspapers, urging the people to improve our misfortunes to their own emolument?—While Boston was suffering under the severity of a ministerial mandate, we could apply with confidence to our Southern brethren for support and assistance, and in no instance did they refuse to grant us relief. The day of adversity, is the period to try, and know our friends. Recollect, fellow citizens, the heart-felt emotions in Faneuil Hall, while reading the affectionate letters from our brethren in Virginia—when every man's countenance turned pale—when famine was allotted for our wives and children—when our merchants, and tradesmen, were deprived of the common benefits which God and nature had furnished within our port: At this momentous period, our Sister States stretched forth their arms, and offered us every succour which patriotism and benevolence could dictate. Instead of the cries of our children for bread—instead of widows perishing for want of subsistence—instead of the mechanic and laborer suffering for want of employment;—our stores were filled with ample supplies, not only of necessaries, but even luxuries, and the industrious citizen had every encouragement to prosecute his daily occupation.
After this display of brotherly affection, where is the honest man who will pretend to suggest, that the Southern States are inimical to the Northern? In what instance has it appeared? How are the Southern States benefited by the present administration more than the Northern? Does a system of economy operate more to their advantage than to ours? Is an Eight per cent. loan more congenial to our interest than to theirs? Is a Standing Army less pernicious to Massachusetts than to Virginia? Is a Stamp Act more salutary to the Northern, than the Southern States? Is a Sedition Law less grievous to our citizens than to theirs? Will a Northern man feel more composed under fines and imprisonments than a Southern man? Will an expensive Judiciary be more grateful to Virginia than Massachusetts? Are not our taxes already sufficient, that we should complain because we are relieved, or shall we execrate the Southern States because they have acceded to the measure of lessening, instead of augmenting our annual assessments?
If there ever was a political infatuation, it is concentrated in the Essex Junto. These men make no other complaint than, that the present administration have repealed certain taxes laid under the former. This is a paradox, which must confound Europe. While other nations are groaning under an additional weight, we are clamoring at the lenity of our government.—While other nations are pressed with new duties, we are eased of old burdens. If any change in the English government had taken place, to lessen one penny tax on 1000l. the whole island of Great Britain would have resounded with Hosannas, in praise of the man who produced it. But, strange to say, we have a faction within the United States, who make more noise against the government for repealing a tax law, than could be made in England on an augmentation of twenty millions of the public debt.
These people pretend to call upon us to support the Washington and Adams administrations. Alas, the former is consigned to the mansions of the dead, and therefore we cannot vote again for him as President. But, were he now alive, could he be in favor of those who urge a division of the States? Would he approve of publications which sow the seeds of jealousy?
Or, would he join a party who are denouncing the place of his nativity? He recommended Union; they plead for disunion. He told us the necessity of adhering to first principles, in our national character—they tell us, that our only security depends on cancelling all former connections, and that divisionary lines are the geographical basis of our future happiness. How can these men presume to prophane the name of Washington, when they are in opposition to the most sacred of his injunctions, and on which he placed the lasting welfare of America? They may hypocritically use his name, but they are avowed enemies to his maxims. They are deceivers, under the mask of Him, who would frown them from his presence, if Heaven would permit him to revisit the summit of Mount Vernon. His grave will never afford a sanctuary from their detestable projects, and though they may call on Washington, yet, could he speak, he would say, DEPART FROM ME, FOR I KNOW YOU NOT.
The Essex Junto have issued a pamphlet, declaring "that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is in danger." Here, fellow citizens, let us pause—and not be led away by founds. Let me ask you, where is the danger? Do you feel yourselves aggrieved? or rather, I would ask, what particular class in society is injured? The man who feels a disproportionate weight, let him speak. If we are in danger, let the danger be accurately described. Certainly a decrease of taxation is no grievance, unless we admit the Hamiltonian doctrine, that "a public debt is a public blessing." A national debt naturally generates taxation, and it is impossible for the citizens of Massachusetts to anticipate any inconvenience arising from a system predicated on a suppression of taxes. The fact is, the Essex Junto are planning "ways and means" of revenue, similar to the British, and are endeavoring to lay every necessary of life under requisition, and by these means, creating a numerous body of excise-masters, house-assessors, and land inspectors, in equal proportion to what are employed in the distressed island of their mother country. If President Jefferson was aiming at undue influence, he would adopt the measures recommended by the Junto, as the officers created by this system, would give him a patronage of ten thousand individuals, dispersed throughout every quarter of the United States.
The plain truth is, this Commonwealth is not in danger, but the BRITISH FACTION ARE IN DANGER, by the economy of the administration. Those who intended to live by a Standing Army are disappointed. Those who expected to receive Eight per cent. for their Loans are chagrined. Those who meant to partake of the blessings of an Excise are frustrated. The Stamp office is abolished, and in the demolition, hundreds are buried in its ruins.
Say then, fellow citizens, where is the danger? If you are in jeopardy now, what was your situation under the old administration? If you are alarmed at the present moment, how great ought to have been your terror five years back? Are you willing to exchange your present state under Jefferson, and make a new experiment under a man by the name of Pinckney, or King? We know what Jefferson has done, but what a new administration may do, under the guidance of a faction, is uncertain. Never leave a certainty for an uncertainty.
As these persons have no claim on Washington, I shall, in my next, examine what benefits are to result to the people, under the plea of Adams' administration. If we are happy now, let not a faction disturb our future repose.
With the many tales of Spanish affairs in the Floridas, are joined reports from Spain respecting the late French treaty for Louisiana. But when the people consider how much needless agitation took place, while the treaty was depending, from the artifices employed on the occasion, they will doubtless, be more upon their guard against rumours.
COMMERCIAL.
With respect to armed vessels cruising off neutral ports, the Evening Post says, the principles of maritime law now recognized throughout Europe are:
"First, That no ships or vessels of war, may lie in wait for, nor take means to learn what enemy's vessels are expected to arrive; and in case they should discover them off the port, they may not go out to capture them; and if they attempt they may be compelled by the forces or ships of war to return into port."
"Second, They may not conceal themselves, in the bottom of bays and gulphs, nor behind the heads of land and small islands of a neutral country, for the purpose of surprising and capturing (even) enemy's ships:—They ought not in any manner to disturb the free and secure approach of any vessel of any nation whatever, towards ports or upon the coast of a neutral state."
CORRECT MEMORANDA.
Charles I. beheaded Jan. 30, 1649. Charles II. proclaimed King, May 8, 1660. Louis XVI. beheaded Jan. 21, 1793. Napoleon proclaimed Emperor May 18, 1804. Duration of the English Commonwealth, 11 years 3 months and 8 days. Duration of the French Republic, 11 years, 3 months, and 29 days. In the Schooner John, arrived at New-York from St. Thomas, came passenger Madame Maria Louis Toussaint, widow of the late General Toussaint Louverture.
WATCHES.
A CONSIGNMENT of four dozen Silver WATCHES, remarkably cheap for cash, or approved credit, just received, and for sale by WALTER CORNELL. N. B. They are well calculated for country traders. Newport, Sept. 6, 1804.
C. Taber & Wm. Gardner
Have for Sale, FORTY Hhds. Sugar, part of which is of the 1st quality for retailing, 12 Hhds. & 60 bags Coffee, A few Hhds. old Demerara Rum, Several quarter casks old Sherry Wine, And 2500 bushels Turks Island Salt, part of it very coarse and white, suitable for Dairies. Newport, July 26, 1804.
WE the Subscribers being appointed by the Hon. Court of Probate for the town of Tiverton, to receive and adjust the claims upon the estate of Samuel Durfee, late of Tiverton, deceased, yeoman, represented insolvent; hereby give notice, that we will attend on the first Monday in July, and the five following months, from 10 till 2 o'clock, P. M. at the office of Thomas Durfee, Esq. in said Tiverton, for the purpose aforesaid.
THOMAS DURFEE, BENJAMIN HOWLAND, } Commissioners. Tiverton, June 6th, 1804.
In Town-Meeting, Aug. 28th, 1804. VOTED, That the act respecting the Empty Carts and Trucks standing in particular places, be repealed, and that the same be published in one of the Newspapers in this town. Witness, J. ALMY, Town Clerk.
To be Sold,
A NEW one story building, 30 feet by 12, to be removed from the spot on which it now stands, as soon as possible. For further particulars apply to WILLIAM DOUGLASS.
Taken up adrift,
ON the 6th inst. in Narraganset Bay, between the White Rocks and Conanicut Point, a SKIFF, about 16 feet in length, oak bottom and pine sides—and appears to be almost new. The owner may have laid skiff, by proving property and paying charges. EDMOND ARNOLD, Jr. North Kingstown, Sept. 9, 1804.
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For Sale,
A FEW casks of superior Sherry WINE.—Enquire of the Printer. Newport, August 30th, 1804.
Just published, and for sale at this Office, and at the Post-Office in Providence,
AN ORATION,
On the Cession of LOUISIANA to the United States, delivered at CHARLESTON (S. C.) on the 12th of May 1804. By DAVID RAMSAY, M. D. Author of the History of the American Revolution, &c. &c.
Also, a few copies of Mr. DAVID A. LEONARD'S ORATION, on the same subject, delivered at Raynham, (Mass.)
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CHARLESTON, (S.C.) Aug. 21. With great regret we have to state that one of the most atrocious and premeditated murders was perpetrated in this city on Monday afternoon on the body of Mr. James Shaw, merchant of this city, by a young man named Richard Dennis, jun. that perhaps has ever been laid before the public.
The circumstances as far as we could collect them last evening, are as follows:—Richard Dennis, jun. keeps the Carolina Coffee House in Tradd-street in this city; on Thursday last Mr. Shaw was there, when Dennis made a demand on him for a small reckoning which he said he owed him; Mr. Shaw told him that he had paid it to the Bar Keeper, that he had discharged it; an altercation immediately took place, some blows passed and Dennis was worsted; this irritated Dennis's son to such a height, that he, tho' a lad of 18 or 19 years of age, challenged Mr. Shaw, who considering the lad beneath his notice, paid no further attention to the challenge than to give him a kick or two in the market on Friday morning. Mr. Shaw it is said, had determined to take no further notice of the affair.—Early yesterday morning, printed papers, signed Richard Dennis, jun. which stated that Mr. Shaw was a patron and a coward, were pasted up at different corners of the street, which Mr. Shaw pulled down: Between two and three o'clock Mr. Shaw dined at an acquaintance's home: He left the table a little before 4 o'clock, and passed down Tradd-street, to go to his business at his counting house; as he turned out of Tradd-street into Bedon's-alley, of which the Coffee-House forms a corner, it is said he was called to through the window: as he turned his face to the window, a pistol was fired and the ball passed directly through his body; he was only able to retreat a few steps, when he fell on a cellar door and died in an instant. Some people who saw Mr. Shaw fall rushed into the house and found that it was young Dennis who had discharged the pistol; he was immediately seized and committed to goal by Justice Bentham. Dennis the elder was in the house at the time; on examining him a pair of loaded pistols were found in his pockets. In consequence of this he was also committed.
Thus, in an instant, has a worthy and industrious man been torn from society. We believe Mr. Shaw was about 28 or 30 years of age. He was a native of the State of Maryland, and has resided in this State about ten years.
On Monday afternoon, a Jury of Inquest was held before J. H. Stevens, Esq. coroner, on the body of Mr. James Shaw, who was most cruelly shot by Richard Dennis, jun. opposite the Carolina Coffee-House, about half past 4 o'clock, when the Jury brought in the following verdict:—"That the deceased, James Shaw, came to his death by receiving a leaden ball into the upper part of his breast; also another ball, which entered near his collar bone, in the right breast; the above mentioned balls having been fired out of a double barreled pistol, at the deceased, by Richard Dennis, jun. and that the said Richard Dennis jun. and his father, Richard Dennis, sen. the said James Shaw did willfully and feloniously kill and murder against the peace and dignity of the State."
NEWPORT, Thursday, Sept. 20, 1804.
ORDINATION.
"Was ordained, to the Work of the Gospel Ministry, and to the Pastoral Care of the first Congregational Church and Society in this town, lately under the Pastoral Care of the late Rev. SAMUEL HOPKINS, D. D. on Wednesday the 12th inst. Mr. CALEB JEWETT TENNEY."
"The Service was introduced with prayer, by the Rev. NATHANIEL EMMONS, D. D. of Franklin, Massachusetts; the Rev. ASA BURTON, D. D. of Thetford, Vermont, delivered the Sermon, from Isaiah xxxv. 5. Then shall the Eyes of the Blind be opened, and the Ears of the Deaf be unstopped.—The Rev. DANIEL SANFORD, of Medway, Massachusetts, offered the Consecrating Prayer:—The Rev. DANIEL HOPKINS, of Salem, gave the Charge:—The Rev. WILLIAM PATTEN, of Newport, the Right-Hand of Fellowship; and the Rev. ELI SMITH, of Hollis, New-Hampshire, offered the concluding Prayer.—The Exercises were conducted with great propriety.—The Music and Odes selected, were pleasing; and a numerous Assembly conducted, in all respects, with that solemnity which became the occasion."
The present administration of our affairs is so happy, that we are the envy of the world, and the astonishment of our internal enemies. Not a prediction has proved true, which they have made. The administration gathers strength, executes its plan, supports the laws, and renders the people happy. Artifice has been employed to deceive without any success, and discontent is left only to those who pursue power, and who are not able to live upon the people.—Salem Reg.
SUMMARY—FOREIGN.
Latest From Europe.
By the fast sailing ship Sally, capt. WENNER, we have been favored with English papers to the 13th of August.
The affairs of Great-Britain wear a very disastrous complexion. The insolent Premier is going all lengths to establish himself in power, but notwithstanding all the energies of his government (and he is the father of that sanguinary system, which it has been fashionable with our Royal Family to call energy) there is an evident sentiment of horror, among the people, toward him and his measures. He contrived by his secret influence with the elder branches of the royal family, to eject poor Mr. Addington from office, whose only criminality, in the eyes of the nation, was his obsequiousness to Pitt.—In the change there is but little alteration of governing
policy, only that the present Minister is the more violent of the two: It is the king log succeeded by king Stork ; how it will terminate, is a secret that no human sagacity can discover.
It appears, by letters from Plymouth, that Ganteume has escaped from the outward road of Brest, with four sail of the line and five frigates. Vice-Admiral Graves had intelligence of the event, few hours afterwards, and failed in pursuit of them, with six sail of the line & two frigates. The destination of Ganteume is not known; the probability is that he is going to Ferrol or the Straits, or to make a dash upon the British East-India fleet.
The election for a member of Parliament for Middlesex, has terminated in the most shameful manner. The candidates were Sir Francis Burdett, & Mr. Mainwaring: The former had a considerable majority, yet the Sheriffs made a return in favor of Mr. Mainwaring.—No act of a government was ever supposed to be more atrocious in principle than this; but it is a la Pitt , and that is saying enough upon the subject.
Ireland is in a state of frightful inquietude to the British ministry. The miserable wretches in Dublin, are starving by groups—their wages not being equal to their exigencies. The following is a fragment of a letter from that unhappy country, copied from the Courier of August 11th, a ministerial paper—"We are sorry to say, that the spirit of combination among the working people, in Dublin, has not been repressed by the recent example made of some of the ring-leaders—[this example means the hanging a few undone, poor creatures, who would not starve in legal silence]—Instead of that, the combination is almost general, amongst shoemakers, tailors, bricklayers, &c. but Scottish mechanics will be invited over, and every encouragement given. The increase of wages is not their great object, but increasing the spirit of disaffection to the Government."
There has been a meeting of the merchants of the city of London, at the Mansion-House, to consider of the best means of contributing to the expeditious conveyance of troops, in case of invasion by the terrible soldiers of Bonaparte; whose very name, in England, concentrates every idea of horror—not to the people, but to the luxurious and worthless Aristocracy, whose fears emanate in their abuse.
We have attentively perused these papers, and are consoled, in some degree, to observe that none of the wiles of the British cabinet have been able to inveigle any of the Continental powers into a participation of their career of blood. The Centinel of Saturday, seemed to brood with a furious delight over the slimy possibilities that were presented by a London paper, of another national alliance with England, in her present desperate state of offence and defence. It is fortunate for the cause of mercy, that Russia and Austria are not so willing to draw the sword of extermination, as the enemies of humanity would desire; and whether this forbearance arises from policy or apprehension, is of little moment, while the carnage is withheld. Bost. Cbr.
ANTWERP, June 24.
Private letters from Paris positively affirm that Georges was offered his pardon both at the Bicetre and in the Conciergerie; but upon such terms, that neither his loyalty, nor honor nor religion, could permit him to accept. Carried to the place of execution, in passing the Chatelet, some persons exclaimed Vive George! and others applauded him; but the police agents arrested them immediately. Georges bowed to several ladies on the quay, who, from the windows of different houses, saluted him with their handkerchiefs. Upon the scaffold, he desired to address the people, but was not permitted. General Murat, who was present, demanded what he had to say; his answer was, that he desired it to be known to his countrymen, that he died as he had lived, faithful to his God & to his King; and as a true Christian forgave even his murderer. Bonaparte, whose conversion he prayed for, and that he might in his last moments meet death with equal hope, consolation, and tranquility. It had been ordered that Georges should be executed the last; but a rumour had reached his fellow-sufferers, that he would be pardoned upon the scaffold.—He demanded of Murat, as a favor, to be beheaded first, to set them an example how loyal men should die: This was consented to. Before the executioners tied Georges' hands, he embraced his confessor, and then, looking up to Heaven, he called out loudly Vive le Roi! vivent les Bourbons! All the other sufferers died with equal firmness, devotion, and loyalty. Ducorpé and Le Mercier went to the town hall just by, only to dictate their wills, and were executed twenty minutes later on that account. Their last words were, Vive le Roi Louis XVIII.
On the day of execution, no less than 28,000 men were under arms, for fear that the people should release the prisoners. Not only the way from the Conciergerie to the Place de Grève was lined with two ranks of soldiers, but all the bridges and streets in the neighborhood were occupied by troops of all descriptions, with even flying artillery—Two thousand Italian grenadiers of the cidevant Consular Guard, kept a quarre on the Place de Grève, and 100 gens d'armes d'elite escorted the prisoners, and surrounded the scaffold.
It appears from the recent and authentic accounts which we have received from the French coast, that the exertions of the enemy are redoubled, and the preparations nearly, if not quite, complete.
The force on the French coast is immense and ready for embarkation. We could also give most decisive reasons why Bonaparte cannot much longer defer the expedition.
The enemy depends on his numbers—he will probably choose a calm for evading our blockading squadrons, and as the passage is short, he expects that, while one part of his flotilla is engaged, the greater part will escape into shoal water, and effect a landing. The defence will be made at several points.
We are not of opinion that Bonaparte will
come in person. He will, it is said, not come with the first division. On the contrary, it is more probable that he will dispatch, with the first division of the army, a number of young, expert, and enterprising officers, who can succeed each other in the command, should any misfortune happen.
DOMESTIC.
Favorable accounts are received from our fleet in the Mediterranean—and we hope soon to have the pleasure of announcing the liberation of the American captives in Tunis, as great exertions are now making therefor.—From the Natchez, we learn, that some disturbances have lately taken place—and many of the inhabitants residing on the Mobile river, have threatened to possess themselves of some fortified places and the adjacent territory.—From Charleston, (S.C.) under the date of the 25th August, we learn "that a very malignant fever raged in every part of the town; that many of the ships' crews were carried off by it—that most of the inhabitants who were able to remove, were gone and going to different places of safety." The fever is also said to rage at Savannah, in Georgia. In the northern States health is general.—We experienced a severe N. E. storm on Tuesday and Wednesday last. Much damage has been done among the small craft on and near the coast. The sch. Union, Capt. Hardy, was lost on Scituate beach—capt. and two men perished—another sch. was lost on Cohasset rocks.—Schr. Lizard of Gloucester, was lost near the same place, and all hands perished—a sch. of about 20 tons was lost on point Alderton, and the people belonging to her. Two South-end fishing boats have not been heard of since the storm.—The Luzerne paper mentions, "it asserted, as fact, a snake has lately been killed in the Cayuga lake, measuring 103 feet 4 1/2 inches in length, and his size proportionably great: From his head projected a horn of considerable length. The skin was to be saved for Mr. Peale's museum, Philadelphia. Bost. W. M. "
"William Tell" shall appear in our next.
MARRIED—In Lancaster, (Penn.) STEPHEN SMITH, Esq. to Miss ELIZA RUGGLES—It is worthy of remark, that each party entered their ninety-third year, on the day they approached the altar of Hymen!
At South-Kingstown, on the 7th inst. Mr. JEREMIAH ARMSTRONG SPRAGUE, to Miss PENELOPE GARDNER, daughter of Mr. James Gardner.
Last Monday evening, by the Rev. Wm. Patten, Doctor Enoch Hazard, of this town, to Miss MARY EASTON, daughter of Nicholas Easton, Esq. of Portsmouth, on this Island.
On Sunday evening, by the Rev. Mr. Eddy, Mr. SAMUEL GREEN, to Miss SALLY SPONER, daughter of the late Capt. Wing Sponer, of this town.
DIED—In Philadelphia, from Sept. 1st to the 8th, 55 persons; 19 adults, 36 children.—In New-York city, from Sept. 1st to 8th, 77 persons; of whom 22 were adults, and 55 children. The most part of flux, consumptions and dysentery—42 of them were infants under two years.—What most excites astonishment is, to find that five of the above were victims of the small pox!!
In this town on Friday last, of an apoplectic fit, Mr. JOHN HADWEN, a most respectable and worthy member of the Society of Friends, in the 84th year of his age. He sustained throughout a character irreproachable. His heart was the abode of all the amiable virtues, and religion the guide of all his actions.
At WM. BRIDGES' ACADEMY,
YOUTH's are carefully and expeditiously taught the English Language, Writing, Arithmetic, Book-Keeping, Geography and Mathematics; where the strictest Attention is paid to the Morals of his Pupils.
His Evening SCHOOL will commence on Monday evening next:—The hours will be from 6 till 9 o'clock.
A convenient HOUSE, consisting of two Parlours and two or three Chambers, in a central part of the town, WANTED. Newport, Sept. 19, 1804.
ISAAC AUSTIN,
Has removed to the Store lately occupied by Wm. R. Wilder, nearly opposite John F. Townsend's, and next door North of Gibbs & Channing's where he offers for sale, a variety of ENGLISH, INDIA, & GROCERY GOODS, of the latest Importations, procured at the best Markets, and which will be sold at moderate prices, for Cash or approved Credit.—Among the Articles lately received, and just opened, are
SUPERFINE, second-best, and common Broadcloths.
do. do. Cassimeres.
A variety of silk and cotton, striped, plain and mix'd Cassimeres, Nankenees and Velvets.
4-4 and 6-4 coloured and white, glazed & plain Cambricks.
India Book-Muffin, and Book Handkerchiefs.
Do. do. Scotch do.
A variety of Gloves and Hosiery.
Barcelons and common, black and coloured, silk Handkerchiefs.
2 bales India Cottons.
Latestrings, Persians, Bengals and Linens.
An assortment of kid, Morocco, calf-skin and stuff Shoes.
A great variety of English and American manufactured Hats, from one dollar to six dollars.
Cotton Yarn, cotton stripes and cotton Bed-Ticks, as usual.
LIKewise,
Young-hyson, hyson-skin, fouchong and bohea Teas, loaf and brown Sugars.
Cotton and wool Cards.
1 cask assorted metal Tea-Pots.
He desires to merit the favor of his customers.
Newport, 9th Month 19, 1804.
CUSTOM-HOUSE.
District of Newport, Sept. 18. ENTERED. From Schooner Commerce, Updike, Newyork Sloop Huntress, Earle, do. Brig Beiley, Arnold, Sagg Harbor. CLEARED. For Schooner Example, Leavitt, Newyork Sloop Phebe, Kelly, Charlestown Schooner Dolphin, Spencer, Virginia.
THEATRE—NEWPORT.
MR. HARPER most respectfully acquaints the Friends and Patrons of the Drama, that the Theatre in this town will be opened on WEDNESDAY EVENING next, 26th inst. with a celebrated Comedy (never performed here) called The Soldier's Daughter.
To which will be added, the Favorite Medical Entertainment of ROSINA; Or, The REAPERS. Characters, &c. &c. in future Bills and Advertisements.
sale at Auction.
ON Saturday, 23d inst. at ten o'clock A.M. a variety of new furniture, consisting of Beds, Bedsteads, and other Bedding; with almost every other kind of Furniture. Also, A quantity of Taunton Ale, Olives, Soy, &c. GARDNER & DEAN, Auct. Newport, Sept. 20.
Washing Machine.
THE subscribers having purchased the patent right for the counties of Newport & Bristol, for making, using, and sending to others to be used, a Machine for the purpose of washing clothes, fulling, scouring, and cleaning cloth, under the original patent right, which was granted by the Congress of the United States of America, unto Daniel S. Dean, of the town of Beckman, in Dutchess county, State of Newyork, on the 29th day of February, 1804. All persons are hereby forbidd making, using, or vending said Machine, within the counties aforesaid, under the penalty of the Law, without the authority of us, or our agents, being first granted them. Any person may be accommodated, by calling on BENJAMIN PITMAN, jun. JOSHUA NICHOLS. N. B. Those who may wish to purchase the Patent right for the county of Bristol, will please to apply as above. Newport, Sept. 19, 1804.
FOR SALE,
SIXTY-TWO Shares in the Stock of the Rhode-Island Insurance Company, by NATHANIEL SWEET, & Co. Newport, Sept. 19, 1804.
N. B. As they are very desirous (for a particular reason) to dispose of the above mentioned stock—they therefore offer the same at first cost. N. SWEET, & Co.
For Sale,
ON reasonable terms, a Lot of Land, containing six acres, three of which are covered with wood—with a new and convenient Dwelling-House, and a small Barn thereon—situated in Portsmouth, a little north of Capt. John Congdon's on the main road leading from Newport to Bristol and Howland's Ferry; and adjoining lands late the property of Mr. George Gibbs, of Newport; commanding an extensive and beautiful prospect of the sea and the main land; and is one of the most pleasant situations, perhaps, that this island affords. Enquire of the Printer. Sept. 20, 1804.
FOR SALE,
(Now lying at CALEB GARDNER'S Wharf) THE Sloop Columbia, forty tons burthen, new last June: She is a good strong vessel, sails remarkably well, and will be sold on good terms, for Cash, or approved paper, at either of the Banks in Newport. For terms, apply on board to STEPHEN WILLCOX, or BENJAMIN PENDLETON. Sept. 20.
For Charleston, (S.C.)
THE fast sailing Packet, Ship Rose in Bloom, Isaac Burdick, Master:—Will sail on the 5th of October. For freight or passage, apply to the Master on board, at STEVENS' wharf, or to either of the subscribers. JOHN C. PHILLIPS, AARON DYRE. Newport, Sept. 20.
Take Notice.
WE the subscribers, being appointed by the Hon. Court of Probate for the town of Portsmouth, commissioners, to receive and adjust the claims on the estate of Joseph Kirby, late of Portsmouth, yeoman, deceased, represented insolvent; hereby give notice, that we will attend on said business any time within six months from this date, (that being the time allowed by said Court) at our respective dwellings. All those indebted to said estate, are requested to make immediate payment to ABRAHAM ANTHONY, Portsmouth, or ELISHA ALLEN, Middletown. Portsmouth, Sept. 17.
This day published, and for sale at this Office, (price 12 1/2 Cts. single—and 1 Dol. per doz.)
"Oppressed Humanity!
OR A Picture of the Distresses of the People of IRELAND:— Portrayed by the matchless Eloquence of CURRAN, and the unrivalled Oratory of ROBERT EMMETT."

THE CHRISTIAN.
WHEN threatening clouds hang o'er And bode my future doom, Distracted on the winds I wait, That bear the darkening gloom.
But oft in such perplexing hours A sudden calm arose, When seem'd to smile the sovereign pow'rs, And all my cares compose.
As late reclind upon the brink, Where troubled waters roll, Where oft the hapless wand'rers sink, I pour'd my heavy soul;
There fell Sophrona, charming child! Alas, I saw her fate! And 'twas the cruel flood beguil'd Her too incautious feet.
But now, my drooping heart to cheer, Her worth and charms arise, And break the chains of cruel fear— She reigns above the skies!
Now like Sophrona, though I fall In passing o'er the stream; To glad remembrance will I call My ev'ry weeping scene.
For blest are they who sorrow know, And grieve at others woe, Whose fates incubiates the brow, As pondering they go.
Yea, saith Jehovah, they shall laugh, And see their troubles cease, And everlasting streams shall quaff From founts of endless peace.
ALPHONSO.
INSTRUCTIONS TO A PORTER. By Mr. BEDINGFIELD.
YOU to whose care I've now consign'd My house's entrance, caution use; While you discharge your trust, and mind Whom you admit and whom refuse.
Let no fierce passions enter here, Passions the raging breast that storm, Nor scornful Pride, nor servile Fear, Nor Hate nor Envy's pallid form.
Should Avarice call—you'll let her know Of heap'd up riches I've no store, And that the has no right to go, Where Pius has not been before.
Lo! on a visit hither bent High-plum'd Ambition stalks about; But should he enter, sweet Content Will give me warning—thus him out.
Perhaps the Muse may pass this way, And though full oft I've bent the knee, And long invok'd her magic sway, Smite with the love of harmony;
Alas though she might please—yet still I know she'll with Ambition come; With lust of Fame my heart she'll fill, She'll break my rest—I'm not at home.
There is a rascal old and hideous, Who oft (and sometimes not in vain) Close at my gate has watch'd askance, In hopes he might admittance gain.
His name is Care—if he should call, Quick shut of doors with vigor throw him; And tell the miscreant once for all I know him not, I ne'er will know him.
Perhaps then Bacchus, for to Care, May think he'll for my favor win, His promises of joy are fair, But false, you must not let him in.
But welcome that sweet power! on whom The young Desires attendant move; Still flush'd with beauty's vernal bloom, Patent of bliss, the Queen of Love.
O! you will know her; she has stole The lustre of her Delia's eye, Admit her, hail her—for my soul Breathes double life when she is nigh.
If then stern Wisdom at my gate Should knock with all her formal train, Tell her I'm busy—she may wait, Or if she chooses—call again.
NOTICE is hereby given, that we the subscribers, have purchased the patent right for the counties of Washington and Kent, for making, using, and vending a Machine for the purpose of washing cloaths, scouring and fulling cloth, under the original patent right which was granted by the Congress of the United States of America, unto Daniel T. Dean, of the State of New-York, on the 29th of February, 1804.—All persons are hereby forbid, making, vending or using such Machine, within the counties aforesaid, under the penalty of the law, without the liberty of us, or our agents being first granted them. Any person, upon applying to us for an individual right, or on a larger scale, may have the liberty granted them for a moderate compensation.
BORDEN RATHBUN, ROBERT H. NILES. Wickford (N.E.) 24th July 1804.
An Abridgement of Murray's GRAMMAR, for sale at this Office.
MEIN & ROGERS Have for sale at their Store, head of Banister's Wharf, Thames Street.
JAMAICA Rum per Hhd. Amsterdam Geneva per pipe, Spanish Brandy per ditto, Cognac ditto per ditto, Tar per bbl. Flour (superfine) per bbl. Coffee, W. I. and Bourbon, best quality, Madeira & other Wines per qr. cask. Also, a general assortment of GROCERIES wholesale and retail at the lowest prices. N. B. A Consignment of Trunks and Paper Hangings. Newport, May 28. 15918
William Douglass, at the Head of Broad-Street.
HAS constantly for sale, a general Assortment of West-India and other GOODS. Fresh ESSENCE of SPRUCE, per gallon or quart. The first quality Sythes and Sythe Sticks, complete—Rakes, Hoes & Hoe Handles, Fork Tails, &c. One ton FLAX of various qualities. This day received 1000 weight clean FLAX. CASH, and Two Pence half Penny per pound, given for Cotton and Linen RAGS.
Dry Goods for Cash only.
THE Subscriber intending to quit the line of business he at present pursues, has mark'd all his Goods, including a box of Hats assorted, at not exceeding 5 per cent. (the usual profit being 20 per cent.) on cost, by retail; many less, and some at cost. A large quantity of the above Goods, especially Broad Cloths and other Woolens, was purchased at a very low advance, upon the returning cost. He likewise offers for Sale or Lease, his Estate, situate on Thames-Street (formerly the property of Aaron Sheffield.) For terms, apply to EBENEZER SHEARMAN, or JOHN R. SHEARMAN. Newport, Dec. 12, 1803. 6718
To be Let.
A CONVENIENT Dwelling House, well calculated for boarding and lodging, situated on the street leading from Mr. Robert Steven's house to his wharf. Likewise, a retail shop, on the fourth side of the Red Market, being an excellent stand for business, adjoining the Dwelling-House of Mr. William Freebody. For particulars, enquire of SPENCER HALL. Newport, August 2d, 1804.
Henry Moore, & Co.
HAVE for sale cheap for Cash or approved Notes on either of the Banks, 20 Hhds. Jamaica Spirits, 6 Ditto. St. Croix Rum, Ditto. Hollands Gin, Ditto. Brandy, 20 Boxes Sugar, 30 Bags Ditto, 60 Bbs. Flour, Benninghove's Snuff, All kinds of Teas, Casks of Raisins, &c. &c. Likewise, a great variety of Dry Goods, with a handsome assortment of Cutlery, &c. Newport, August 15th, 1804.
SAIL-MAKING.
THE subscribers having entered into partnership, under the firm of Dunham and Spooner, hereby inform the Public, that they carry on the Sail-Making business, in its various branches, at their Sail Loft, on the wharf of the late Gen. John Malbone, at the South part of the town. Those who may favor them with their custom, may depend on punctuality and dispatch. All favors will be gratefully acknowledged, by CHARLES C. DUNHAM, WING SPOONER. 2d. Newport, April 3, 1802. 7918
SAMUEL JAMES HAS FOR SALE.
AT his Paper-Hanging Manufactory, which is in the House he now occupies, opposite to Mr. Lewis Peck's, on the West-Side of the Bridge, Providence, a great variety of House Paper and Bordering, of the newest and most elegant Figures at wholesale and retail, on as good terms as can be purchased in America. A generous credit given to those who purchase by the quantity for retailing. N. B. The above is printed on good paper, and the work well executed, by and under the direction of a workman from Europe. April 2, 1804. 183
FOR SALE BY SAMUEL VERNON, jun.
FRESH superfine Richmond FLOUR, a few Hhds. of James River sweet scented mountain TOBACCO.—Cognac Brandy, Holland Geneva, Verdigris, and Loaf SUGAR. Newport, Feb. 9, 1804. 75
Fashionable Bonnets.
JUST received, a variety of Danstable, Chip, and Leghorn Bonnets, and Gipsey Hats—on the most reasonable terms—By Wm. C. BAEN. N. B. Silk Gloves, 50. per pair—Also, a variety of English GOODS, as usual—Cheaper than ever. Newport, August 29, 1804.
BOOTS, SHOES & BUCKETS.
THE subscriber takes this method to inform the Public in general and his friends in particular, that he carries on the Boot, Shoe, & Bucket-Making business, at his Shop two doors west of John Gardner's, Esq. in the Ferry Wharf Lane—where he is ready to attend to their calls, having procured the best of materials therefor. A good workman at the last mentioned branch of business, (if he calls soon) will find employ and good wages, by applying to JOSEPH DYRE. Newport, May 28, 1804. 91
FLOUR STORE
On Col. CHRISTOPHER CHAMPLIN's Wharf,—By JOHN BOURS, jun. & Co. Who will always have on hand a supply of the best Superfine FLOUR. Newport, Oct. 20, 1803.
John & Henry Cahoone
Have for sale at their Store on Banister's Wharf, FOURTH proof JAMAICA RUM, HOLLAND GENEVA, ALICANT BRANDY, SUPERFINE FLOUR, RYE & BUCK WHEAT, do. POWDER, per cask, SHOT, by the bag, ROSIN, by the bbl. Ship and Pilot BREAD, by the quantity, Ready made COLOURS, different kinds.
Carding Wool.
THE Public are notified, that JONATHAN NICHOLS and JOSEPH CUNDALL have erected Machines for breaking and carding into Rolls Sheeps Wool, at the Mills of said Cundall in Portsmouth, on this Island. Those who wish to have their wool broken or carded, may depend on having the Work done well, and with Dispatch. After the Wool has been duly picked and greased, with one Pound of lost Grease or Oil to from 10 to 16 Pounds of Wool, it should be sent in Sheets or Blankets, in which the Rolls may be packed and transported to any distance without injury. NICHOLS & CUNDALL. Portsmouth July 3, 1804.
Nathaniel Nason,
RESPECTFULLY informs the Public, that he has taken a Shop three Doors North of the New Church Lane, where all kinds of TIN WARE, can be furnished at the shortest notice, and on as reasonable terms as can be bought in this Town. Constant attendance will be given and the smallest favor acknowledged. Stove Pipes, either of Tin or Sheet-Iron, made with dispatch. * * * Cash, and the highest price, given for old Pewter and Lead. Newport, Oct. 27. 160
MEDITERRANEAN PASSPORTS.
Notice is hereby given, that it has been deemed expedient to change the form of the Mediterranean Passport issued to vessels of the United States; that from the eighth day of July next, those of the new form will be issued at the custom houses to every vessel, for which application may be made on a compliance with the terms prescribed by law and surrendering the former passport of which they may be possessed, if any, in which latter case no fees will be required for the exchange: and that by an arrangement agreed upon by the Barbary powers, with whom we are at peace, either the old or the new form of passport will be sufficient to protect the vessels of the United States, from capture until the 1st of July 1805, after which the old form of passport will be unavailable and the new one alone in use. Department of State, 23d of May, 1804. 6m
Last Notice.
THE Hon. Town Council of the town of Newport, having allowed three months longer from the date hereof, for the settlement of the estate of Jonathan Simmons, late of said Newport, Black-Smith, deceased:—Notice is hereby given to all persons having any demands against said estate, to bring them in immediately or they will be precluded agreeably to law. WILLIAM C. ROBINSON, Commr. THOMAS G. PITMAN, } Sovers. And all persons indebted to said estate, are required to make immediate payment to ELIZABETH SIMMONS, Exec't, EDWARD SIMMONS, Exec't. Newport, September 3d, 1804.
HOLMES WEAVER, CABINET & CHAIR-MAKER,
HAS for Sale, a number of pieces of the most Fashionable Furniture, As Cheap as can be purchased, of equal elegance Newport, Nov. 15. exii
JOSEPH BRIGGS
HAS for sale, 50 barrels best mess and prime PORK and BEEF.—Also, a few Hhds. first quality retailing MOLASSES. Likewise, 10 or 1200 weight of excellent Hogs LARD. Newport, February 23. 177
To be Sold by JOSEPH LYON,
150 Barrels Tar, 150 Barrels Pitch. Newport, June 6, 1804. 93
Copartnership Dissolved.
THE Copartnership of Abraham Tilley and Co. is this day dissolved by mutual consent; and the business in future will be carried on by Abraham and George Tilley, who have for sale, at their Rope Walk, opposite the Duck Manufactory, north end of the town—Cordage and Cables of all dimensions, Bolt Rope, Worming, House Lines, Marline, Ced and Log Lines, Deep Sea and Hand Lead Lines, Bed Cords, White Rope, &c. &c.—by wholesale and retail. They also take in Hemp to manufacture in the best manner and on the lowest terms. They return their thanks to their employers, and hope by giving ample satisfaction, and a ready attention to business, to merit their encouragement. Newport, August 11, 1804.
Hard Ware, Stationary, &c.
DAVID MELVILL, jun. RESPECTFULLY informs his friends, that he has just received a very handsome assortment of Hard-Ware, Cutlery, Ironmongery, Japaned Ware, Cabinet Furniture, Stationary, &c. &c. Also, Deep sea Lines and Leads, hand do. Fishing Lines, Bed-Cords, and Clothes-Lines. Also, New-York Manufactured TOBACCO and SNUFF. Consisting of Negro-Head; Pigtail; Ladies' Twist, & cut Tobacco; Maccabau and Scotch SNUFF, of the first quality, at the Manufactory prices. * * * Cash given for Lead. Newport, June 27, 1804. 14018
PATENT CHIP FOR BONNETS.
THE Subscriber having purchased of the Patentee the exclusive Right of making and vending the Patent Chip in and for the State of Rhode-Island, hereby cautions and forbids any Person or Persons either making or vending said Chip for Bonnets, within said State of Rhode-Island, on Penalty of the Law of the United States in such Case made and provided—unless they have been duly and previously authorised by the Subscriber for making or vending the same. Twenty Dollars Reward will be given, by the Subscriber, to any Person who may discover, and produce satisfactory Proof, of any Person or Persons making or vending the aforesaid Chip within the State of Rhode-Island. JONATHAN NICHOLS. N. B. Mr. WILLIAM DOUGLASS, & Messrs. CHARLES COGGESHALL and Co. being appointed Agents for vending said chip for the Town of Newport, will keep a constant Supply at their Stores for Sale. Newport, July 3, 1804.
Rhodes & Hammond
HAVE FOR SALE, (Wholesale and Retail) JAMAICA spirits 4th proof, Cognac Brandy 2d do. Barcelona do. 4th do. Holland Geneva, Havanna brown, Do. white, } SUGARS, Loaf 1st and 2d quality, & Lump. Hyson, Souehong, } TEAS of the & Bohea first quality Coffee, Pepper, Pimento, Ginger, Mustard, Nutmegs, Allum, Saltpetre, Benninghove's Snuff, Superfine Flour, Glass Ware, A few bales Cotton Wool of an excellent quality, 20 Barrels Mess & Prime Beef & Pork, &c. &c. Newport, June 7, 1804. 92
HOUSE PAPER.
JUST received, and for sale at this Office, a new & general assortment of elegant PAPER HANGINGS, which will be sold as low as can be purchased in the State. April 19, 1804.
BENEDICT SMITH
Has for sale, Tar, Rosin, and Turpentine, By the 100 lb. or less quantity. Newport, April 4, 1804. 83
French Town Catholic Seminary Lottery.
THE public are informed that the above Lottery will positively commence drawing at East-Greenwich on the first Monday of December next. THOMAS FRY, PARDON TILLINGHAST, } Managers. GEORGE CARD, } Agents. East Greenwich, September 3d, 1804. * * * Tickets in the above Lottery, at two dollars 50 cents each, may be had at this Office.
To be Sold at PUBLIC AUCTION,
ON Friday, the 28th of September instant, the real estate of John Gebhard, late of Newport, deceased, pleasantly situated on the Point. Sale to be on the premises, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon. JOHN TILLINGHAST Admin't. Newport, Sept. 5, 1804.
For Sale at this Office,
WEBSTER'S and Alden's Spelling-Books, by the doz. or single—Bibles, Testaments, Preceptors, Dwight's Geography, Columbian Orator; an assortment of Account Books, Writing, Cyphering and Memorandum Books, Letter Paper, Wafers, Quills, Lead Pencils, &c. A few copies of the Charter of the Newport Bank, and the Rhode-Island Insurance Company, may be had as above. Also, Blanks for Notes of Hand, and Checks on the Newport Bank; Blank Deeds, Justice and County Court Writs and Executions, Postage Bills, Manifests, Bills of Sale, Bills of Lading, & Seamen's Journals.