Rhode-Island Republican (Newport, R.I.), 1802-01-23 00:00:00

RHODE-ISLAND REPUBLICAN.
"LIBERTY is the basis, and whoever would dare to sap the foundation, or overturn the structure, under whatever specious pretext he may attempt it, will merit the bitterest execration and the severest punishment which can be inflicted by his injured country."
WASHINGTON.
NUMBER 17.]
NEWPORT, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1802.
[VOLUME II.]
Published weekly, by OLIVER FARNWORTH, Printer to the State—Near the COFFEE-HOUSE, Thames-Street.
DIRECT TAX.
PURSUANT to an Act of Congress, entitled, "An Act to lay and collect a Direct Tax within the United States"—Will be sold at Public Sale, at the house of Peleg Arnold, Esq. Inholder in the Town of Smithfield, on the sixth day of March next, at one o'clock in the afternoon, the under mentioned Estates (situated in said Smithfield) or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the taxes due thereon, together with costs and charges, unless the said Taxes, Costs and Charges shall be paid previous to that time.
   Names of Occupants in Oct. 1798. Names of Reputed Owners in Oct. 1798. Kind of Estate. Tax Dols. Cents.     Benjamin Arnold. Benjamin Arnold. Land. 1 43   Christopher Angel. Christopher Angel. Land & house. 1 18   Jeremiah Bucklin. Jeremiah Bucklin. Land & house. 2 5   Nathan Cargill. Nathan Cargill. Land & house. 5 14   Jesse Hutchinson. Arthur Fenner. Land & house. 5 55   Amos Keech. Amos Keech. Land. 2 27   Jonathan Newhall. Jonathan Newhall. Land & house. 3 1   Widow Olney. Jeremiah Olney dec'd heirs. Land & house. 7 14   Chad Smith. Arthur Fenner. Land & house. 6 1   Joseph Slack. Joseph Slack. Land & house. 6 55  
Smithfield, December 18, 1801.
JAMES PAINE, Collector of the Revenue.
N. B. The above Taxes may be discharged by calling on Thomas Buffum, at his Store in said Smithfield.
CONDITIONS OF THE RHODE-ISLAND REPUBLICAN.
1. To Subscribers in Town, whose Papers are delivered them, 95. per ann. if paid within the first quarter; or Two Dollars, if not paid until the end of the year.
2. Subscribers in the Country, who depend on casual conveyance, One Dollar and 25 Cents, if paid within the first quarter; or One Dollar and 75 Cents, at the end of the year.
3. Distant Subscribers to receive their papers by mail, One Dollar paid in advance, (exclusive of postage) or One Dollar and 50 Cents, at the end of the year.
For SALE, in Good Repair, By
THOMAS GREEN,
THE large commodious Dwelling-House, in which he now lives, in Thames-street, near Carr's Ferry; a well constructed large convenient Store in the front, the yard and cellar well paved, a good well of water in the cellar, and a cistern in the yard.—Said House is well known to be one of the best stands in town, for every kind of business; and will be set up at Auction (if not previously disposed of) the first Thursday in May next.
Said GREEN having on hand, of the latest importation, a complete assortment of English and India Goods, is determined to sell them for ready pay, at the most reduced prices.
—LIKewise—
Said GREEN earnestly invites all such of his friends and customers, who have open accounts, or anywise indebted to him, to pay or let him, by book, note, or mortgage, to make payment as soon as may be convenient; especially those standing beyond three months (the customary term of credit;) while he hopes his good old friends will continue their favours, and not forsake him now in the decline of life, to whom he devoutly offers his grateful acknowledgments for manifold favours, already received for a long series of time past.
Newport, Jan. 16, 1802.
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BENJAMIN WAITE CASE,
PHYSICIAN,
WITH pleasure embraces the earliest opportunity of informing his fellow-citizens, that by permission of the Hon. Town-Council of Middletown, granted December 21, 1801, he has the satisfaction of exhibiting a proof, that the Kine-Pox is a security against the small-pox.
A son of Mr. William Rider of Middletown, whom he inoculated a year ago for the Kine-Pox, was on the 22d of said December, at his desire, inoculated by Doctor Farnsworth for the small-pox; with matter fresh from a person having the small-pox, the natural way, and residing at the house of Mrs. Elizabeth Allen, and remained there the full term of fourteen days, without the least symptom of the disorder; except a slight inflammation at the punctures, which totally disappeared by the seventh day from inoculation.
The author of this information is possessed of genuine matter of the Kine-Pox.—They who wish to be inoculated, by applying to him, may depend on careful treatment, and strict attention: and such as are unable to make compensation, he will inoculate gratis.
If it should be thought that experience in the small-pox, will better enable a person to determine when the Kine-Pox has taken effect, he would mention that some years ago he inoculated for the small-pox, in the state of New-York.
Newport, Jan. 9, 1802.
William Douglass,
At the Head of Broad Street,
HAS just received Two Thousand weight of long clean FLAX, which will be sold at a very small advance for Cash. Also, West-India and other GOODS, as usual.
Newport, Jan. 9, 1802.
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LETTER
From the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanying a Report, and sundry statements prepared in pursuance of the act supplementary to the act, entitled "an act to establish the Treasury Department."
(Concluded from our last.)
Postages, Dividends on Bank Shares, Incidental.
THE annual proceeds of the duties on postage may not be estimated at less than 50,000 dollars. The dividends on bank shares, at the rate of 8 per cent. dividend, amount to 70,040 dollars; but as the shares themselves may eventually be wanted as a resource to meet certain contingent demands against the United States, those dividends although constituting a part of the revenue, unless it shall be found necessary to sell the stock, and the incidental or temporary revenues shall be omitted in this estimate of the permanent revenues.
These, therefore, are estimated in the whole, at 10,600,000 dollars, viz.
Duties on merchandise & tonnage 9,500,000
Internal duties, stamps excepted 650,000
Proceeds of the sales of public lands 400,000
Duties on postage 50,000
The other temporary resources of the U. States, are:
1st. The proceeds of stamp duties for the 14 months from the 1st of January 1802, to the 1st of March 1803, which under the existing law limits their continuance 260,000 dollars.
2d. The balance due on the direct tax.—The amount paid in the Treasury to the first instant, so far as the same can be ascertained, was 1,245,000 dollars, leaving an outstanding sum of 755,000 dollars; but as this last sum is chargeable with all the expenses of collection, estimated, at the rate of 7 per cent. at 140,000 dollars, the real balance is only about 105,000 dollars; and as delays and perhaps an eventual loss may be expected on the last part of the collection, it would not be safe to estimate the amount, which will probably be paid in the treasury, at more than 450,000 dollars.
3d. The proceeds of sales of public vessels.—Fifteen vessels have been sold under the act of last session of Congress, for 275,767 dollars and 73 cents; of which sum, 80,412 dollars and 83 cents, had been paid on the 30th of Sept. last, leaving an outstanding balance of 189,354 dollars and ninety cents.
4th. The excess of specie in the treasury beyond the sum which it is prudent to keep there, may be estimated at about one million of dollars.
5th. The shares of the bank of the United States, owned by the U. States, are at 33 1-3 per cent. advance, worth 1,134,000 dollars.
These several items, exclusively of several balances due by individuals, and a part of which will eventually be received in the treasury, constitute a sum exceeding three millions of dollars, and may, for the present, be considered as resources sufficient to meet the demands against the United States, which may be eventually payable on account of the sixth article of the treaty with Great Britain, and of the article of the convention with France.
The permanent expenditures of the United States relate, either to the current expenses of government, domestic or foreign, civil and military, or to the payment of the interest and principal of the public debt.
The estimates of appropriations for the ensuing year, amounting to 3,443,147 18 cents, include all the expenses of government, other than those in relation to the public debt, with the exception of those incident to the intercourse with the Barbary powers, estimated after the ensuing year, by the Secretary of State, at 70,000 dollars; of those which may be incurred for the purchase of arms, estimated by the Secretary of war, at 55,000 dollars; and of a part of the Indian annuities, amounting to 11,000 dollars; these items having been omitted in the estimates of the ensuing year, because the balances of unexpended appropriations have been considered as sufficient for those objects by the Secretaries of State and war, respectively. On the other hand, a sum of about 70,000 dollars, in relation to the census and quarantine laws, which is included in those estimates, is a temporary expense.
The particular sums which, under existing laws, seem necessary to defray each particular authorised expense, being detailed in the annual estimates, will not be repeated here; and it appears sufficient to recapitulate the gross amount of the general heads of Expenditure, viz.
    Dolls.      For all domestic expenses of a civil nature, including the civil Department, and all the miscellaneous items of the light-houses and mint establishments, of the surveying Department, of pensions, claims, and contingencies,  780,000    For all the expenses of intercourse with foreign nations, including those of the diplomatic Department, those incident to the prosecution of claims, and to the pro-  500,000   
rection of seamen in foreign countries, and those in relation to the Barbary powers,
200,000
For the military establishment, including all the expenses in relation to the army, to arsenals and magazines, to the fabrication and purchase of arms and military stores, to fortifications, and to the Indian Department,
1,420,000
For the navy Department, including all the expenses in relation to the ships kept in commission, or laid up in ordinary, to the building of new ships, and to dockyards,
1,100,000
3,500,000
Making altogether three millions and five hundred thousand dollars, which sum, deducted from the estimated revenue of ten millions and six hundred thousand dollars, leaves a sum of seven millions and one hundred thousand dollars, annually applicable to the payment of interest and redemption of the principal of the public debt.
It must be further observed, that the sums assigned to each head of expenditure, being deducted from the estimates of appropriations necessary for the ensuing year; and these having been calculated before the re-establishment of peace in Europe was known, they are predicated, for every item which relates to supplies, on the then existing prices. A considerable reduction will take place in every item, which depends on the price of provisions, freight, transportation and even wages. Although the saving thence arising, cannot yet be correctly ascertained, it may not be estimated at less than 200,000 dollars annually. It is therefore believed that, after defraying every expense necessary to support every civil, military, or naval establishment, to the extent now authorised by law; the annual surplus, applicable to the debt, may be confidently estimated at seven millions and three hundred thousand dollars.
The statement [P] exhibits the amount of the unredeemed principal of the public debt as it will be on the 1st of January next, and of the annual interest and charges payable thereon, including the annual reimbursement on the six per cent. and deferred stocks. By the printed statements of receipts and expenditures for the year 1800, transmitted to Congress the first week of the present session; it appears that the unredeemed principal of the public debt (exclusively of the sums passed to the credit of the commissioners of the sinking fund, which are only a nominal debt due by the United States to themselves; and after deducting the reimbursement of the principal of the six per cent. stock, operated by the annual payment of 8 per cent on the nominal amount of that stock) amounted, on the 1st of Jan. 1801, to 80,161,207 dollars and 60 cents.
By the statement [P] it appears that the unredeemed principal will, on the 1st of Jan. 1802, amount to 77,881,890 dollars and 29 cents; the difference of 2,279,317 dollars and 31 cents being the amount of principal paid during the year 1801.
During the same year 1801, more than eight hundred thousand dollars have been remitted to Holland, in part of the interest and instalments on the Dutch debt, falling due next year; which sum is not included in the amount of principal, thus stated to have been paid during the present year. The sums which, on the 1st January, 1801, had been remitted to Holland, in part of the interest and instalments due in the course of this year, and which were not deducted from the amount of public debt on the 1st of Jan. 1801, did not exceed five hundred thousand dollars. The amount of debt actually paid, or for the payment of which provision shall have been made during the present year, will not therefore be less than two millions five hundred thousand dollars. And it is believed, though it cannot at present be precisely ascertained, that the balance of specie in the Treasury, which, on the 1st of January 1801, was 2,557,395 dollars and 38 cents, will not be diminished on the 1st of January, 1802.
The Treasury accounts being settled to the 30th day of September last, the amount of public debt paid during the half year, commencing on the first of April, and ending on the 30th Sept. 1801, as well as the comparative view of the Treasury at the commencement, and end of that period, may be precisely stated.
The payments in part of the principal of the debt, made during those six months, exclusively of certain parts of the unfunded debt, which have been reimbursed, have been,
    Dolls.      1st. To the commissioners of the sinking fund, and to be by them applied, on the first of January next, to the reimbursement of the six per cent. stock,  129,048 33    2d. To the Bank of the United States, on account of the principal of sundry temporary loans, formerly obtained from that institution,  500,000    3d. For remittances to Holland, on account of the Dutch debt, 782,665 dollars and 79 cents; from which deducting 245,980 dollars and 30 cents; being the interest and commu-    
Stolen from the Subscriber,
AND carried away, in the Night of the 12th instant, about Sixty ox-cart loads of Seaweed, deposited in a heap upon the land on the West side of the cart-way, leading from the Cove on the West shore of Coggeshall's Neck. Any person who will give information so that the Thief or Thieves may be brought to justice, shall receive a handsome reward.
THOMAS G. HAZARD.
Newport, Jan. 13, 1802.
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Take Notice.
WHEREAS Judith Stafford, wife of John Stafford, of Tiverton, in the county of Newport, gentleman, did on the eighth day of July, 1801, lodge her Petition in the Clerk's Office of the Supreme Judicial Court, for the county aforesaid, praying for divers causes, therein set forth, that the bond of marriage between her and her said husband may be dissolved, and a Decree of divorce promulgated:—This is therefore to give notice to the said John, and to all other persons concerned, to appear (if he or they think fit) at the next term of said Court, to be held at Newport, on the first Monday of March next, and show cause why the prayer of said Petition should not be granted.
B. HAZARD, Clerk.
Newport, Jan. 13, 1802.
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TAKEN UP,
ON my upper step of the front door, a few days since, a LETTER—under suspicious appearances—directed to Edmund Hammond, in Newport. The person to whom it belongs, may have it, as it was found—(unopened) by paying for this Advertisement.
CHARLES F. BARTLETT.
Newport, Jan. 13, 1801.
4th DOCTOR BARTLETT has secured the Copy right of his Book on "Rules of Health" &c. &c. and it is now ready for the Press.
Take Notice.
ALL persons having demands against the Estate of Benjamin Baker, late of North-Kingstown, deceased, are requested to exhibit them to the Subscribers, for settlement;—And those indebted to said Estate, are desired to make immediate payment to
BENJ. BAKER, Adm'r.
RHODA BAKER, Adm'r.
North-Kingstown, Nov. 10, 1801.
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For Sale,
By JOSEPH BRIGGS,
10 Hhds. 3d proof Windward-Island RUM, good flavor'd.
3 Do. Jamaica SPIRITS, 4th proof.
20 Hhds. of good retailing MOLASSES.
Newport, Jan. 16.
To be Sold,
A FARM in Charlestown, pleasantly situated, lying between the stage road, and the Atlantic-Ocean; containing about Two Hundred and Fifteen acres of excellent land, with a new large two story dwelling-house thereon; a good barn, crib, and other out-buildings.—Said Farm is well proportioned for pasture, meadow and plowland; with a sufficient quantity of wood for the Farm—in well tenced, and partly by the salt pond, which affords a great variety of fish. For further particular enquiry of the Subscriber, living on the premises.
STEPHEN BROWNING.
Charlestown, Dec. 4, 1801.
113
Blank Deeds, and Justice's Writs, and Executions, for sale at this Office.

sons for one half of the year 1801, on that debt; leaves paid on account of the principal, 536,685 29  4th. Evidences of public paid for debt lands, 21,282 66
1,187,016 78
Amounting altogether to one million, one hundred and eighty seven thousand and sixteen dollars and seventy-eight cents.
The balance of specie in the Treasury amounted, on the first of April, 1801, to 1,794,044 dollars and 85 cents, and on the first of October, 1801, to 2,946,038 dollars and 73 cents, making a difference in favor of the Treasury of 1,151,993 dollars and 88 cents; which last sum, added to the above stated payments on account of the principal of the debt, makes an actual difference in favor of the United States of 2,339,010 dollars and 66 cents, during those six months.
The principal of the public debt unredeemed on the first of January, 1802, is, in the statement [P] arranged under four heads, viz.
1st. Six per cent and deferred stocks. The nominal amount of this debt is 41,879,525 dollars 23 cents, and the eight per cent. annuity, applicable to its interest and reimbursement of principal, amounts to 3,350,362 dollars and one cent. As by the effect of this annuity 5,027,740 dollars and 57 cents of the principal shall have been reimbursed on the 1st of January, 1802, the unredeemed principal of that debt will on that day be only,
Dollars, 36,051,784 66
The interest, at the rate of six per cent. on which sum is 2,163,107 08
The part of the 8 per cent annuity at present applicable to the redemption of the principal is, therefore, 1,139,254 dollars and three cents, and increasing each year, at compound interest, shall, without any further provisions, have discharged the whole of the six per cent. in the year 1818, and the whole of the deferred debt in the year 1824.
2d. Three per cent stock amounts to dollars, 19,079,705 63
And the interest on the same to 572,391 16  No provision has been made for its redemption, occasional payments for lands excepted.
3d. All the other domestic debts created under the present government of the union, in order either to discharge other debts, or to meet certain extraordinary expenses. These include the five and a half, four and a half, navy six, 1796 six, and eight per cent stocks and the temporary loans obtained from the bank and amount together to dollars, 12,035,400
The interest on all these constitutes an item of 828,350 50  4th. The foreign debt due in Holland, and at Antwerp, amounts including premiums and gratifications, to dollars, 9,915,000
The interest on which commissions and charges included, is for the year 1802, 476,931
This last debt being payable in installments, at certain fixed dates, and it being necessary to purchase remittances in America, near six months before the payments are made in Holland; the statement [R] has been added, to show the payments, both on account of principal and interest, which become annually due in Holland, until the final redemption of the debt in 1809; and the sums which it will be necessary every year to provide in America, in order to meet those payments. The greater part of this debt becomes due in the course of the five next ensuing years; and the annual payments, on account of principal and interest for that period, exceed, on an average, two millions of dollars. The inconvenience and difficulty of procuring remittances to that amount, and the real injury arising from such heavy disbursements abroad, render an extension of the terms of payment, by partial redemptions, a desirable object; and measures have been taken to ascertain its practicability. —All that seems wanted is, that the gross amount of payments which are to take place during the eight next years, should be more equally apportioned amongst those years; and any greater surplus of revenue which might be freed by that operation, would be applicable to the redemption of those species of the domestic debt which it may be thought most eligible to reimburse.
Whether this operation shall be effected or not, no difficulty is apprehended from want of resource, to disburse every installment as it shall become due; the sum payable in 1803, in which year the largest payments must be made in Holland, amounting, including both those, and all other actually due, on the account of the interest and reimbursement of the domestic debt, to only 7,100,000 dollars, or to 200,000 dollars less than the annuity of 7,300,000 dollars, which has been estimated as the surplus of revenue applicable to that object.
If that surplus does exist, and if it will be sufficient to meet all the engagements of the United States as they become due, the only remaining objects of enquiry seem to be; what impression will, during the next eight years to which these estimates refer, be made on the public debt, by the annual application of that surplus? In what time would the same annuity discharge the whole of the public debt?
The statement [S] exhibits the effect produced at the end of the year 1809, on the debt, by the annual application of that sum (7,300,000 dollars) to the payment of both principal and interest, and shows that at the end of those eight years it shall have paid the whole of the Dutch debt; of the temporary loans due to the bank; of the navy six per cent, and of the five and a half per cent stocks; 5,525,300 dollars, and 38 cents of the eight per cent. stock; 150,387 dollars and twenty-six cents of the four and a half per cent stock; and 11,399,263 dollars and six cents of the principal of the six per cent and deferred stocks, amounting altogether to thirty-two millions two hundred and eighty-nine thou-
sand, one hundred and fifty dollars and seventy cents.
The public debt would, therefore, on the 1st January 1810, be reduced to 45,592,739 dollars and 59 cents, viz. 954,899 dollars and 62 cents of the eight per cent stock; 25,612 dollars and 74 cents of the four and a half per cent stock (both of which would be discharged during the four first months of the year 1810); 80,000 dollars of the 1796 six per cent stock; 25,452,521 dollars and 60 cents of the six per cent and deferred stocks, and the 19,079,705 dollars and 63 cents, three per cent stock.
It is true that this statement is predicated on the supposition that the whole of the remittances to Holland may be purchased at par, which is not probable; but, on the other hand it is calculated on the principle of a yearly, instead of a quarter-yearly payable annuity; or, as if all the payments made in one year, on account of the principal of the debt, took place only at the end of the year, instead of being made, as will be the case, in the course of the year, and stopping the interest from the end of the quarter in which they may be made.—The supposed extra cost of bills on Holland is at least partly covered by that difference, and cannot materially affect the general result.
It may in the same manner be shown that the same annual sum of 7,300,000 dollars, applied to the payment of the principal and interest of the public debt, would, on the supposition that the whole of the six per cent. and deferred stocks may be redeemed at par, and that the whole of the three per cent stock should be reimbursed at its nominal value, discharge the whole of the public debt in seven years and a half, after the year 1809, or within the year 1817.
The only part of the preceding estimates which is liable to any material error, is what relates to the probable annual revenue derived from the impost and from the sales of land. Should these prove to have been correct, it will result that the present revenues of the union are sufficient to defray all the expenses, civil and military, of government, to the extent authorized by existing laws; to meet all the engagements of the United States, and to discharge, within eight years, thirty-two millions of dollars of the principal, and, within fifteen years and a half, the whole of the public debt: that any increase of expense will, probably, either render an increase of taxes necessary, or retard the ultimate payment of the debt; and that any reduction in the present rate of expenditure, may permit a reduction of the present taxes, or be the means of accelerating the redemption of the public debt. All which is most respectfully submitted.
A. GALLATIN, Sec'y of the Treasury. Treasury Department, 18th Dec. 1801.
FOR THE RHODE-ISLAND REPUBLICAN.
Mr. FARNSWORTH,
THE subject which I shall trouble you with, is the Stamp-Act . We all know that the parliamentary stamp-act produced the germ of our Revolution, which suddenly bloomed, and has since diffused so much salubrity, and fragrance. Then the echo was, "Friends, foes, and fires, should yield their treasure up, nor own a sense beyond the common safety." Some, however, have made a distinction between that which was imposed by the parliament of England, and the present; stating as the ground of the opposition to the former, not so much the inequality, and tyranny of the mode, as the want of any right to tax us at all. This, I must confess, is, as far as it goes, a found and proper distinction; but is not sufficient, in my opinion, to justify a congressional stamp act . It is true, that the most prominent characters in our Revolution, directed their exertions particularly to avert the pretensions which England held up of taxing us unconditionally; but it is certain that the bulk of our citizens had other considerations. To them it was immaterial who the taxes were to be imposed by; whether by a body of men called a Congress in their own country, or by a body of men called a Parliament in a foreign country. They knew it was necessary that some kind of Government should be supported, and if it was to play the same game, whether situated in America or in England, was of no consequence to them. Nature and reason declared that they had a right to choose, where, and what it should be. It was obvious that they would stand a better chance of being justly dealt with by an election of men from among them, acquainted with their wants, and their wishes; within the influence of their frowns, and the reach of their censure; than by a nest of intriguers, corrupted by pride, and panting for dominion, three thousand miles off, over whom they could have no possible control. It was therefore they opposed the original stamp act , on two grounds—first, that it was unequal, and oppressive—and second, that by this evidence of infidelity and usurpation, the organ that devised it had forfeited all claim to confidence and allegiance.
When the late stamp act was sent out to the Public, under the authority of Congress, it excited the fears of many, who had strove against the other. But it was not to be removed in the way which the other had been. Circumstances had changed. We knew that it had not arisen from any radical, or constitutional defect, in the government we had chosen, but rather from a topical distemper in the then existing administration, for which the Constitution had provided a cure. It was incumbent, therefore, quietly to wait the return of jubilee; which those provisions authorized the anticipation of.
When you are told that I have often been tempted to place it over my door in capital letters, that I was opposed to the stamp act ; you will not wonder at the very interested part which I may seem to take against it; nor if I mention the inexpressible satisfaction I felt upon reading the observation of Mr. JEFFERSON, in his message to Congress, that it might "be dispensed with." I have always considered it as a badge of slavery; and many of my neighbors,
who were its warm advocates at first, and against whom I have maintained many animated arguments upon it, have, by experiencing its effects, joined with me in sentiment. There are, however, some who buy and sell the stamps at a profit, that are yet vociferous in their favor. But, there are very few of this description: For so principled were the people in our quarter against the act , that they would not be concerned with it, otherwise than they were obliged. My arguments against it, as I have stated them repeatedly in private circles, I will now to state in a more public manner. They arise from the inequality of its operation, and from the perplexity, & vexation it creates. Though it has often been said that it is a tax which is paid by the wealthy, and commercial part of society; I controvert the position by asking, who are the givers of notes ? I mention notes , because they are almost the only legal instruments, with which the country part of the community are concerned. Charter parties, Bills of lading, Bills of exchange, &c. &c. are confined to sea ports, and mercantile towns. Notes are most commonly given by those who are unable to pay their debts; by the poorer, to the rich; and it is required of the giver of a note, to pay for the stamp . And it frequently happens in many parts of the country, that there are none to be obtained within ten or fifteen miles. Here then is a consumption of time in performing that distance, perhaps through frost and snow, together with all the expenses incident to traveling, which often amounts to a dollar or more, out of pocket, paid too, by an indigent citizen, to place a few cents in the public chest. Should they fail in the object of their journey in not being able to procure a stamp , such as is required, there remains no other alternative but to split the sum, and for one or two hundred dollars, to give five, or ten separate notes, which, if transferred from the hands of the original payee, becomes the foundation of as many lawsuits. Can this be equitable, and equal? Can this be a law that is calculated to encourage industry, and economy? Can any one say that it is judicious, and wholesome to the community?
But let us for a moment, consider its operation in another light. In commercial negotiations, we observe that it bears particularly upon the young beginner, who purchases on credit. His notes, at sixty, and ninety days, must cost him ten or fifteen dollars a year merely for an occupation, when a close of his accounts, might declare him a bankrupt, and when the oppulent creditor, who has goods by the ship-load in his store, feels nothing of it.
Other instances of its inequality might be pointed out, as, for instance, its operation with regard to inventories. A stamp of fifty cents is required to these, let their amount be what it may; and whether it consists of the homely household stuff, or, as you may say, the worthless trumpery, which answers the necessities of the poor man; or the gaudy trappings, and sumptuous habiliments of the wealthy. The widow, or estate of a deceased Cottager in Freetown , must pay as much to legalize an administration of his effects, as that of the most opulent gentleman in Boston . Can this be equal? Is it equitable?
In addition to the observations I have made, I shall say but little. But I cannot dismiss the subject, without remarking a further inconvenience (not to say oppression) by which its operation is often attended. The case is this: Two men living at a distance from each other, have mutual claims to settle. They meet for that purpose; the balance is struck, & a note of hand for the same is required. The amount exceeds twenty dollars; consequently it must be on stamp paper . But it is in the evening; the offices are shut, and none to be obtained. The business must, therefore, be deferred until morning. Thus one, or both of the parties may be detained from their families all night, at the expense, perhaps of a supper, lodging, and breakfast, and all on account of a ten-penny stamp . If they are persevering, and will plod from house to house, perhaps thro' wet & rain, they may, after disbursing two or three different families in their retirement, possibly obtain one. But whether they do, or not, they will have a pair of wet feet, and probably thereafter as a consequence, a hoarse cold to charge to the account. These are not merely idle speculations, but naked truths, which I know from actual observation. Nor are they confined to notes merely; but are incident in a greater or lesser degree to many other transactions of the kind. So that I say, generally, the stamp act hangs with a heavy weight upon business, which it ought to be the object of our laws to relieve, promote, and encourage.
Though I believe that hateful imposition upon the Public, will soon be consigned to the shades of oblivion, without leaving any other vestige of its existence, than a remembrance of its deformities; yet I could not consent to let it pass into the political tomb which have already, and very justly, embraced its authors, without bearing an express, and open testimony against it. So far am I, however, from lamenting that it ever existed, that I think it will have a salutary effect of opening the eyes of the People, and showing them the precipice to which they were rushing; and I hope it will be held in everlasting remembrance, that those who had the baseness to project it, have been hurled from the heights to which their merits did not entitle them. In order to render its exit as memorable, and as awful as possible, I would recommend that its repeal be preceded by solemn petitions to congress from every town on the continent, to that effect.
A FREEMAN FARMER. Freetown, (Mass.) Dec. 31, 1801.
FOR THE RHODE-ISLAND REPUBLICAN.
Mr. FARNSWORTH,
You are requested to re-publish the following, from the "Impartial Observer," as it contains facts and sentiments, worthy of serious consideration and attentive perusal of every class and denomination of CITIZENS.
HAVING seen the debates of the Assembly of the state of Rhode-Island, in which Messrs. Pitman and Green, argued against the right of Legislators governing the worship of God or religion, and mention being made in the debates, of the oppressions of the Presbyterians, in the commonwealth of Massachusetts, and living in that state, I shall with diffidence offer my thoughts on the same, to an impartial public. The legitimate design of government is to protect the lives, liberties, and property, of the many units that form the body politic. For these valuable purposes, individuals have to give up a little of their liberty and property, and in certain cases to expose their lives to secure the rest. But the means of pursuing wealth, ease, and comfort, the right of private judgment, and free debate, and the Liberty of Conscience, are unalienable rights, and are not surrendered up to the general will by individuals. By Liberty of Conscience, I mean the right each individual has of worshipping his God according to the dictates of his conscience, without being prohibited, directed, or controlled therein by human law, either in time, place, or manner; for if the worship of God is to be controlled by law, who shall make that law? Shall the P—, who claims infallibility, or the Legislature, whose laws concerning religion prove them to be fallible. But in Massachusetts they have undertaken the solemn work, but how have they succeeded? One year make a law, and the next repeal or alter it. Is God unchangeable, and religion the same at one time as another? If so, how incompetent are changeable men to direct how to worship an unchangeable God. Before the revolution in France, at Calais a man must suffer for daring to call in question the infallibility of the Pope; at Dover, a few miles distance, a man must take the oath of abjuration, curse Pope and prelacy, or be proscribed from all lucrative offices. In Virginia (under the regal government) all the Presbyterians were obliged to pay the Episcopal clergymen. In Massachusetts, all dissenters (so called) have had to pay the Presbyterian preachers, &c. These things have been established by law. If truth, right-eousness, and the laws of God, do not vary with the claims, then these religious law-makers, in attempting to build up the church by human law, are only building up mystical Babylon, who is the mother of Harlots. How just is the remark, that "religious opinions are not the objects of civil government, nor any ways under its controul." If this maxim had been attended to in France, in the days of Charles the IX, it would have prevented a persecution, in which above 80,000 persons suffered death; and in Ireland, in the days of Charles the first of England, 20,000 Protestants were murdered. In England, how many have lost their livings and lives for non-conformity. Had the first settlers of Massachusetts, in the year 1635, attended to this maxim, they would not have passed a sentence of banishment against Roger Williams, because he opposed the interference of law in matters of religion: Nor would the pious forefathers of Massachusetts (as they are called) in the year 1652, and years afterwards, have imprisoned, whipped, and banished the Baptists, and nailed up their meeting-houses, because they built them without their license; nor would they have hung the Quakers in 1659. The religious laws of Massachusetts are frequently varying, but legal force is always used in directing the worship of God! as if the main spring of the kingdom of Christ, rested on human laws, altho' he hath told us that his kingdom is not of this world. A religious law of Massachusetts, passed in the year 1800, enacts, that all towns, parishes, precincts, religious societies, and bodies politic, shall have a teacher of morality, piety, and religion, three months in every six months, or forfeit for the first offence not less than thirty dollars, and for every offence afterwards not less than sixty dollars. As this law is of so recent a date, I shall only observe that whatever penalty is recovered from any town by this law, each taxable person must pay his proportion, of whatever denomination. I have no wish to detail to the public, all the distresses, and sales of property, and imprisonment for taxes that have been made in this State, to preachers, whom they did not wish to hear, and on whose instructions they did not attend. Yet least least some should think Mr. Green was uncharitable to suppose there were any religious oppressions in this State at this time, I shall only mention one instance. In the year 1800, about 6 hundred dollars were taken from the Baptists in Partridgefield, for building a meeting-house for another denomination. To build meeting-houses for public worship is convenient, to reward preachers for their labors of love, is reasonable and scriptural. But is this money to be collected by legal force or moral obligation? If by legal force, then the cause of God is to be directed and supported by the laws of man; but I would ask whether Jesus Christ, or his apostles, ever called upon the rulers of State to make laws, to oblige people to go to meeting, to hire preaching, or to build meeting-houses; if not, then all such laws are anti-scriptural.—Yet if Legislatures suppose they have a right to make laws binding in religious matters, why do they not compleat their code, and enjoin on their constituents, repentance, faith, self-denial, love to God and love to man. These are duties taught in the new Testament and if the laws of man are to enjoin religious or moral duties, these important ones ought not to be neglected. But may we not expect the time soon to commence, when every one shall set under his vine and fig tree (in a religious as well as political sense) and none to disturb or make afraid? Since the exertion of the American Genius has brought forth the man of the people, the patron of science, the defender of the rights of man, and of conscience to fill the chair of State—what may we not expect, under the auspices of heaven, while Jefferson presides, with Burr in our councils, tho' religious bigots, with displaced officers, may growl, like the dog that barks at the moon, whose rising they cannot prevent.
A Friend to Religious Liberty.

From the BOSTON TELEGRAPHER.
MR. LILLIE.
BEING in State-street just after that infamous Address came from the Centinel of Freedom, I there overheard a conversation between Major Ben, Stephen the Wizard, Eben the Great, Copper-Bottom, and Lord Mattrass...
NORTH END.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.
On January 1st, 1802, the Mammoth Cheese was presented to the President; accompanied with the following Address.
THE GREATEST CHEESE IN AMERICA, FOR THE GREATEST MAN IN AMERICA.
SIR,
Notwithstanding we live remote from the seat of the national government, and in an extreme part of our own State; yet we humbly claim the right of judging for ourselves.
Our attachment to the national Constitution is strong and indissoluble. We consider it a description of those powers, which the people have submitted to their magistrates, to be exercised for divine purposes, and not a charter of favors granted by a sovereign to his subjects.
hensions have been, that the genius of the government was not attended to in sundry cases; and that the administration bordered upon monarchy.
Sir, we have attempted to prove our love to our President, not in words alone, but in deeds and truth. With this address, we send you a cheese, by the hands of Messrs. John Leland and Darius Brown, as a pepper corn of the esteem which we bear to our chief magistrate, and as a sacrifice to republicanism.
The late triumphant return of republicanism has more animated the inhabitants of Cheshire, to bear the burthens of government, and treat the characters and persons of those in authority with all due respect, than the long list of alien-edition—naval, and provisional army laws, ever did.
Sir, we had some thoughts of impressing some significant inscription on the Cheese; but we have found such inconvenience in stamps on paper, that we chose to send it in a plain republican form.
May God long preserve your life and health, for a blessing to the United States, and the world at large.
Signed by order of all Cheshire,
Daniel Brown, Hezekiah Major, Jonas Richardson, John Waterman, John Wells, jun. Committee.
P. S. The Cheese was made, July 20, 1801.—Weight 1235 lbs.
THE PRESIDENT'S REPLY.
To Messrs. Daniel Brown, Hezekiah Major, Jonathan Richardson, John Waterman, and John Wells, jun. a Committee of the town of Cheshire, in Massachusetts.
GENTLEMEN,
I concur with you in the sentiments expressed in your kind address on behalf of the inhabitants of the town of Cheshire, that the Constitution of the United States is a charter of authorities and duties, not a charter of rights to its officers; and among its most precious provisions are the right of suffrage, the prohibition of religious tests, and its means of peaceable amendment.
I received with particular pleasure the testimony of good will with which your citizens, have been pleased to charge you for me; it presents an extraordinary proof of the skill with which these domestic arts, which contribute so much to our daily comfort, are practiced by them, and particularly by that portion of them most interesting to the affections, the care, and the happiness of man.
To myself, this mark of esteem from free-born farmers, employed personally in the most useful labors of life, is peculiarly grateful, having no wish but to preserve to them the fruits of their labor; their sense of this truth will be my highest reward.
I pray you, gentlemen, to make my thanks for their favor acceptable to them, and to be assured yourself of my high respect and esteem.
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
January 1, 1802.
On Monday last the Editor of the National Intelligencer, addressed a letter to the President of the Senate, requesting permission to occupy a position in the lower area of the Senate chamber, for the purpose of taking with correctness the debates and proceedings of that body.
It may be necessary to remark that heretofore no stenographer has been admitted in this area: And the upper gallery, being open to the admission of every one, and very remote from the floor of the house, has prevented any attempt being made to take the debates from the impossibility of hearing distinctly from it.
The contents of the letter were submitted by the President to the Senate; and a resolution agreed to, to the following effect:
Resolved, that any stenographer, desirous to take the debates of the Senate on Legislative business, may be admitted for that purpose, at such place, within the area of the Senate chamber, as the President shall allot.
Whereupon, a motion was made to reconsider the above resolution, and agreed to. The yeas and nays being taken, which were yeas 17 nays 9.
It was then moved to amend the resolution by adding after the word "stenographer"—"he having given bond in the sum of with two sufficient sureties in the sum of each for his good conduct."
On which the yeas and nays were called, and were as follows:
Yeas, Messrs. Chipman, Dayton, D. Foster, Hillhouse, Howard, Morris, Ogden, Okott, Sheaff, and Tracy, 10.
Nays, Messrs. Anderson, Baldwin, Breckenridge, Brown, Cooke, Calhoun, Ellery, T.
Foster, Franklin, Jackson, Logan, S. T. Mason, J. Mason, Nicholas, Stone, Sumpter, White, and Wright, 18.
It was then moved, to agree to the original resolution amended, by adding the words, "or note taker" after the word "stenographer," which passed in the affirmative. The yeas and nays being required, were as follows:
Yeas, Messrs. Anderson, Baldwin, Breckenridge, Brown, Cooke, Calhoun, Ellery, T. Foster, Franklin, Jackson, Logan, S. T. Mason, Nicholas, Stone, Sumpter, and Wright, 16.
Nays, Messrs. Chipman, Dayton, D. Foster, Hillhouse, Howard, J. Mason, Morris, Ogden, Olcott, Sheaff, Tracy, and White, 12.
On Wednesday the Editor had, accordingly, assigned to him a convenient place in the lower area, from which he took notes of the proceedings of the Senate.
On the adoption of the above resolution, which opens a new door to public information, and which may be considered as the prelude to a more genuine sympathy between the Senate and the people of the United States, than may have heretofore subsisted, by rendering each better acquainted with the other, we congratulate, without qualification, every friend to the true principles of our republican institution.
The President on Wednesday sent into the Senate a list of all the temporary appointments to office, which he has made during the recess, and now proposed, for permanent appointment.
A gentleman who has examined it accurately, gives us the following analysis of it, which may be relied on. The list itself shall be given, as soon as permitted to be made public.
17 Cases of resignation, declining to accept, promotion, or of death. 2 Of expiration of their commissions, not re-appointed. 21 Of vacancies left unfilled by the former administration, mostly consulships, &c. 21 Of what have been called midnight appointments, to wit: made in the last days or hours of Mr. Adams's being in office. 6 Of restoration to offices, which they had held before. 12 Of removal for misconduct, or revolutionary Toryism. 3 Of Marshals, 1 Attorney—Removed, and republicans substituted, as a protection for republicans against the federalism of the courts. 5 Of removals, to give to those, who have been systematically excluded, some share in the administration of the government. 2 Of removals on grounds of special propriety.
90 In all. Between 40 and 50 justices of the peace, had been nominated on the 2d of March, 1801, for the ten miles square. They were reduced by the President to 30, of whom 25 were of those nominated by Mr. Adams, and 5 added to them.
BOSTON, January 19.
Last evening, about 7 o'clock, a fire broke out in a house on the South easterly side of Fort-hill, occupied by Messrs. STEPHEN and EBENEZER GOFF, housewrights. Before the neighborhood could assemble, the building was wrapped in flames, which soon communicated to a house occupied by Mr. SPEAR; both of which were destroyed in we believe, less than an hour. Scarcely an article was saved from the house where the fire commenced.
The sorrow of the citizens on this melancholy occasion is increased by a report, that a child of Mr. E. GOFF's, about four years of age, perished in the fire.
NEWPORT, Saturday, Jan. 23, 1802.
The following Resolution, or additional rule, passed the House of Representatives on the 8th inst.
"Stenographers shall be admitted, and the Speaker shall assign such places to them on the floor, as shall not interfere with the convenience of the House."
Dr. Leib prefaced his motion by observing, that in the standing rules proposed, no provision appeared to be made for the admission of Stenographers. They had heretofore been subject to the will of the Speaker. However great his respect for the present Speaker, he was of opinion, that they should not depend for their accommodation upon the will of any man; and he thought it became the House on this occasion to establish a precedent which would place those who took the debates above the caprice of any individual.
The Yeas and Nays were as follows:
Yeas.—Messrs. Aiton, Archer, Bailey, Bishop, Brown, Butler, Claiborne, Clay, Clapton, Coudert, Cutts, T. T. Davis, Elmendorf, Gregg, Hanna, J. Heister, Helms, Hoge, Holland, Holmes, Milledge, S. L. Mitchell, Moore, New, Newton, J. H. Nicholson, Smilie, H. Smith of New-York, J. Smith of Virginia, S. Smith, Southard, Sprigg, Stanfard, Stanley, Stanton, Stewart, Taliaferro, Thomas, P. R. Thompson, A. Trigg, J. Trigg, I. V. Horne, Hugar, Jackson, Jones, Leib—47.
Nays.—Messrs. Bacon, Campbell, S. W. Dana, Davenport, Elmer, Foster, Goddard, Griswold, Grove, D. Heister, Lowndes, Mattoon, L. R. Morris, T. Morris, Mott, Perkins, Piater, Read, Rutledge, Shepard, J. C. Smith, J. Smith, Stratton, Tenney, Tillinghast, Wadsworth, Walker, Williams—28.
Resolutions have been sent from the Senate to the House of Representatives of the United States, for their concurrence, approving the gallant conduct of Capt. Serret and his crew in the capture of a Tripolitan corsair of superior force—requesting the President to present Capt. Serret with a gold medal with suitable emblems; and to present the other commissioned officers with swords; and that the non-commissioned officers & crew receive a months pay extra.
From WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.
This day the Senate of the U. States passed the Bill, 23 to 5, fixing the apportionment of representation at 33,000, which will make the House, after the next election, consist of 141 members. It was passed in the House of Representatives, Jan. the 6th, 85 to 4.
In the Senate of the United States, the 7th inst. Mr. BRECKENRIDGE, from Kentucky, moved, that the Judiciary Act, passed at the last session, should be REPEALED. Gen. MASON seconded the motion. Mr. J. MASON moved the postponement of the subject until Friday, January 8.
The National Intelligencer of Jan. 11, contains an interesting Speech of Mr. Breckenridge, delivered in the Senate the 8th inst. on the Judiciary Law, upon which it makes the following remark:
"Never, perhaps, was expectation more completely satisfied, than by the Speech of Mr. Breckenridge. We pronounce it a Chief-d'œuvre in parliamentary annals. For conciseness, for comprehensiveness, for dignity, for appropriate language, and for sound inference, it may claim competition with the ablest similar performances extant. It is the text which will regulate the debate."
[We shall commence these debates in our next]
COMMUNICATION.
Portsmouth Town-Meeting.
IT is well known to all parties, that at the last election of Deputies to represent the town of Portsmouth in the General Assembly, the republicans succeeded in the choice of three by a small majority. In the choice of the fourth the anti-republicans succeeded by a majority of one, which was in consequence of the moderator (who was himself an anti-republican) receiving two illegal votes in their favor.
The anti-republicans, after having caucused it for three months, and after having had a general consultation with the great men of the North of the South and of the East, concluded that if they could bring forward six freemen, and have them propounded timely for them to vote at the April town-meeting, they would be able to carry their point. Accordingly a town meeting was called yesterday (the last day on which freemen could be propounded to vote at the April meeting, the law fixing it at three months) for the ostensible reason of taking into consideration the propriety of instructing the deputies to the General Assembly to endeavor to have repealed a part of the law respecting the qualifications of voters; but in fact, it was for no other reason than to qualify voters. The republicans knew it, and were prepared to meet them. How were the anti-republicans disappointed, and mortified, when they saw the republicans bring forward ten to be propounded, who were admitted, to their six, five only of whom were admitted, the sixth (Major M. R. Johnson*) being objected to, on the ground of his being an alien, not having been naturalized a citizen of the United States. Thus the republicans gained ten votes to their five. And what added considerably to their mortification, was, that on taking the vote to suspend the deputies or not, it passed in the negative, 63 to 51. It must be supremely gratifying to the republicans, to find their cause strengthening and gaining ground daily, notwithstanding the misrepresentations and clamour of a disappointed and degraded faction.
Jan. 21.
* Major Johnson was born in this town before the American revolution, consequently he was born a British subject. He left this country, with his parents, at an early period of life, and remained a subject to the king of Great-Britain, holding a commission in his service during the glorious contest which achieved our Independence. And it is not yet four years since he sold his commission and came back to this country. They knew these circumstances, and knew that according to the present Alien Law, he could not become an American citizen under a residence of 14 years. Yet they had the presumption to offer him to be propounded. We must say, and to the honor of Major Johnson, that we are informed from good authority that it was not his wish to be brought forward, at this time, and that it was not his intention to come forward to enjoy the privileges of an American citizen, until he should be fully qualified by the law of the Country.
[Another Communication, upon the subject of the late Town-Meeting in Portsmouth, is necessarily deferred till our next.]
* Several Advertisements are also omitted.
MARINE NEWS.
Arrived here, sloop Brandywine, Wickham, from Amsterdam. Spoke, Dec. 16th lat. 34° 30' N. long. 48° W. the schooner Flower, Jeremiah Menter, from Amsterdam for Boston, out 68 days, having lost his mainmast, & spung his foremast; had rigged a jury-mast, & put away for the West-Indies—all well.
DOCTOR H. FARNSWORTH,
HAS removed to the House, belonging to Capt. EBEN R. SHEARMAN, in Spring-Street, nearly opposite the House of Mr. ROBERT LAWTON, jun. Newport, January 23, 1802.
To be Let,
THE lower part of the House, Garden, Stable, &c. of the late David Melvill Pewterer. For terms, apply to CALEB GREEN, Newport, Dec. 25.
WHEREAS SARAH, wife of me the subscriber had eloped from my bed and board, and carried away all my furniture, clothing, &c.—This is therefore to caution all persons against trusting or harboring her on my account, as I shall pay no debts of her contracting after this date.
JOHN VENDERSTIN.
Newport, Jan. 23, 1802. 17119

FOR THE RHODE-ISLAND REPUBLICAN.
AMIDST a venal age, Ye who have stemm'd corruption's torrent tide, And, fir'd with nobler rage, Have curb'd injustice, and insulting pride; The great, the good, the brave— So you shall raise the tributary lay, And e'en the Titled Slave, Struck with a secret awe, unwilling homage pay.
Justice shall bless the hour, With shouts of myriads, when your firm decree, Unaw'd by lawless power, Once more Columbia shall be free— Triumphant o'er her foes, To bless with all her charms, a nation's long- ing eyes.—
See from her virtuous Zone The fiend imposture, with deep ruin hur'l'd, By mighty truth o'erthrown, The scorn and wonder of th' admiring world: See truth with powerful ray, Thro' clouds of error and detraction rise, And bursting into day, Holds its firm course, unweari'd thro' the skies.
Still let the venal bard To power his songs of gratulation pay, And for his bale reward To deeds of war and havoc tune the lay; The muse, to freedom dear, To freedom's sons the votive song shall raise, And still with zeal sincere, Shall independence fire, and truth direct her lays.
Freedom, to thee we owe All that adorns, or dignifies mankind, From thy fair fountains flow The purer spirit, and the nobler mind. Long may that holy fire, So much congenial with a patriot's breast, Columbia's sons inspire, Ere yet fair freedom link, by despot force opprest.
Soon may her happy reign Chase from the earth oppression's monstrous brood, And all the impious train Of anarchy, the fiend, that thirsts for blood; Soon, soon may discord cease, Nor war and havoc wale the affrighted plain; But freedom, join'd with peace, Wide o'er the purpled earth extend their bliss- ful reign.
IMPROMTU, On the marriage of Mr. HUSBAND, to Miss BREEDING, of Durham. WHEN single, you were breeding; yet 'Twas known you were a maid; An husband you, when breeding met, And soon a wife was made! Indeed, fair dame, this match has prov'd A very odd proceeding; Your husband, single, breeding, lov'd, You wedded, leave off breeding!
SHOE STORE. John M. Mansfield, RESPECTFULLY informs the public, that he has just received a new and handsome assortment of Ladies' Cork Shoes, and Gentlemen's Morocco Pumps; which he offers for sale, at his Store, corner of Church- Lane, Thames-Street. He has likewise constantly for sale as above, a general assortment of Shoes of almost every description. Also, Ladies' & Gentlemen's Socks. Newport, Dec. 19. 12118 In Town-Council, Jan. 8th, 1802. It is Voted and Resolved, That the Allowance of Bread, until further Orders, shall be as fol- lows:—viz. The 10 Cent Loaf, to weigh 1 lb. 02 oz. 5 Cent do. 1 0 2 1/2 Cent do. 0 8 Saperine Flour, at 8 Dollars per Barrel. It is also Voted, That JAMES CHAPPEL be Inspector of Bread. By Order, JONATHAN ALMY, Council Clerk. Newport, January 8, 1802.
Nicholas Webster, INFORMS the Public, that he has opened a GROCERY STORE in Broad Street, in the house, late the property of Mr. Caleb Hart, where he has for Sale a general assortment of WEST-INDIA GOODS. Among others, are the following articles: Rum, Brandy, Gin, Cherry-Rum, Molasses, Flour, Rye and Indian Meal, Teas of various kinds, Coffee, Chocolate, Raisins, Currants, Pepper, Ginger, Allspice, Cinnamon, Nutmegs, Butter, Cheese, Candles, Onions, Tobacco, Snuff, Powder and Shot, Lamp-Oil, Loaf and Brown Sugars, &c. —ALSO— A general and extensive variety of Crocker and Hard Ware; Men's and Women's Shoes, &c. &c. with many other articles, too tedious to mention; all which will be sold at the most reduced prices. Newport, Nov. 21. 81f
To be sold, and possession given next Spring. A F A R M, LYING in Suffield, State of Connecticut, pleasantly situated, within 40 rods of the Meeting-House and Academy, in said town, and only 16 miles from the City of Hartford, on the great Stage Road leading from thence to Dartmouth College; and from Boston to New- York, Albany, &c. Said Farm contains 100 acres of Land under good improvement; well fenced; with a suitable proportion of Orchard- ing, Mowing, Pasturing, Plow-land, &c. two handsome and convenient Dwelling-Houses; Barns, with good Stables, Out-Houses, two Wells of excellent water, and almost every other accommodation necessary for a Tavern. It is as beautiful and eligible a stand, perhaps, as any in the State, for a Public House, and has been improved as such upwards of 30 years successively. It is likewise central and commodious for a Merchant or Tradesman. A good bargain may be had, and an indisputable title given.—For further partic- ulars, enquire of the Printer hereof, or the Subscriber, living on the premises. SETH AUSTIN. December 12, 1801.
TO BE SOLD, A NEW House, in Broad-Street, complete- ly finished, with a Yard, Garden, and good Well of water. Any person inclined to purchase, may know the terms, by applying at the House of M. R. JOHNSON. Newport, Jan. 9, 1802. 151f
Loft or Stolen, THE 8th instant, a Small Pinchbeck Watch, chased out side case, with a red stone Seal, set in silver. If either Watch or Seal is offered for sale, it is requested to be stopped; and either of the Watch-Makers in Newport, will pay a reward of EIGHT DOLLARS, if recovered and not injured. Newport, Oct. 23, 1801. 41f
Wanted Immediately, 2000 Bushels good clean BARLEY, to be delivered at Newport, for which CASH will be paid on delivery, by ROBERT LAWTON, jun. Newport, Oct. 30, 1801.
LUMBER. BENJAMIN RUGGLES Respectfully informs his Customers, and the Public in general, THAT he will undertake to procure House or Store Frames, or any other dimensions of Timber, Plank for Wharves, &c. of the fol- lowing kinds of Eastern wood, viz. White- Pine, Spruce, Norway-Pine, Hemlock, Black- or Yellow-Birch, for Cabinet work; Cedar, Hackmatack, Maple, Black or White-Ash, Beach, or Rock-Maple;—Also, Masts and Spars of any dimension, and Birch or Hackma- tack, Ship-Timber; any of which, if applied for this Winter, may be delivered here in the course of the next Spring or Summer, on the easiest possible terms. Any person wishing to contract, would do well to apply early in the Winter, that proper time may be had to get the Timber out. He has, likewise, on hand, at his Lumber- Yard, on Slocum's wharf, in Newport, a gen- eral assortment of Eastern Lumber; such as Boards, Timber, Spruce and Hemlock Joist, Window-frame-stuff, Shingles, Clapboards, Ce- dar-Posts, Laths, &c.—A supply of which he proposes to keep constantly on hand. Also, genteel Boarding and Lodging may be had for two Gentlemen, on easy terms. Newport, Nov. 27, 1801. 91f
Wm. Moore, jun. & Co. HAVE FOR SALE, At their Store near the Red Market, A NEW and General Assortment of Seasonable DRY GOODS; A few Boxes English and American HATS; A Large Stock of Cutlery, Hard-Ware, and GROCERIES, WHOLE-SALE and RETAIL, warranted as Cheap as at any Store in the State. —ALSO— 20 Hhds. Good flavor'd Tobago RUM. 8 Do. Antigua and Jamaica RUM. 4 Pipes Holland GIN. 3000 wt. COFFEE. A few Chests TEA. 50 Kgs Negro head TOBACCO. A few Bags of PIMENTO. —LIKEWISE— 100 Bbls. fresh Alexandria FLOUR, for Cash or on liberal Credit, for approved Notes. Newport, Jan. 2, 1802. 101f
FOR SALE, By SAMUEL VERNON, jun. COGNAC Brandy, Claret Wine in casks and boxes, Silks, Britannia Linens, white wine Vinegar, Verdigris, & House-Paper;— The above articles are entitled to drawback, and are now landing from the Brig Hannah, from Bordeaux, at Mr. Robert Stevens' wharf. He has also for sale, Russia and Raven's Duck, a few Demijans and long and short Corks. Newport, Nov. 7, 1801.
John & Henry Cahoone, HAVE FOR SALE, At their STORE on Banister's Wharf, BROWN SUGAR, by the barrel or box; Molasses, by the hogshead; Flour, by the bar- rel; Powder, by the cask; Shot-bag-Paper, by the hundred; Candles, by the box; Iron Caboose- es; and genuine SPANISH SEGARS. —ALSO— HONEY, by the barrel or gallon —New-York Soap, by the box—Negro-Head To- bacco—Best 410 proof Jamaica Rum—Iron Stoves, &c.— —LIKEWISE— LIQUORS, of the best kind, a general Assortment—and various other Articles in the Grocery Line—a complete Assortment of which they propose to be constantly Supplied with. —MASTERS of Packets, Pas- sengers, &c. may be Supplied at said Store, on the shortest Notice—with any Article they may want—and their Favors gratefully Acknow- ledged. GREEN CHAIRS, per Dozen— Bar-Iron, per Hundred wt.—Midlings and Cor- nel, per barrel—Onions, per Hundred bunches, or smaller quantities—LOAF-SUGARS, and a variety of the best of TEAS. Newport, Nov. 7th, 1801. 31f
HAZARD & GARDNER, Have for Sale, At their Store, one door North of Mr. Town- send's Coffee-House, PIPES of GIN—Do. of BRANDY— Do. Old particular Teneriffe WINE. Hyson, Souchong, and Bohea, TEAS. Black Pepper—Brown Soap. 1600 wt. Best Green Coffee. 200 wt. Cassia—Nutmegs—Mace—Cloves. Kegs of Superior Flour of Mustard. Bags of fine Ginger—10 wt. Copperas. Casks of London Porter and Taunton Ale. Crates of common Crocker Ware. 50 wt. Spanish Flute Indigo—French Do. Boxes of Warrented Essence of Spruce— Do. of Muscato and Smyrna Raisins— Casks and Jars of Malaga Do. Sacks of Soft Shell Almonds— shelled Do. in Boxes. No. 1, and No. 2. Boston Chocolate, and a few cases SWEET-OIL. —ALSO— Hogheads of best Retailing MOLAS- SES. Brown SUGAR per Hoghead or Barrell. Newport, Sept. 26, 1801. 361f
To be SOLD, A LARGE Two Story House, in Thames-Street, with four rooms on the floor; with a well of good water, and large Garden; Like- wise, a Cooper's & Carpenter's shop, Chaife-House, Stable, &c. on the same Lot; and a large New Store on the Long-Wharf; —ALSO— A large House and Store on Gravelly Point. For particulars, apply to E. WOODWARD, at his house in Thames-Street. Said WOODWARD requests all persons having any just demands against him, to call on him for settlement, as he is making arrangements to leave the State; and those in- debted to him, are desired to make immediate payment, or renew their obligations. Gentlemen who do not apply previous to his departure, are informed that SAMUEL VER- NON, jun. has full power to transact the busi- ness as aforesaid, in his absence, on whom they will please to call for settlement. Newport, Nov. 13, 1801. 1f
Notification. THE Subscribers, appointed by the Court of Probate of the town of Westerly, Com- missioners, to Receive and Examine the claims of the Creditors to the Estate of Capt. GEORGE POTTER, late of Westerly, deceased, repre- sented intestate:— GIVE NOTICE, THAT six months from the 16th day of November, 1801, is allowed by said Court for the above purpose, and that we will attend on the business, on the second Mondays of Janu- ary, February, March, and April next, at the late dwelling house of the deceased, at ten o'clock, A. M., on each of said days. PAUL MAXSON } om. JOHN CROSS, jun. } ALL persons indebted to the above mentioned Estate, are requested to make imme- diate payment to DANIEL BABCOCK, Administrator. MARY POTTER, Administratrix. Westerly, Dec. 24, 1801. 41f
For Sale, A F A R M ON Point Judith, in South Kingstown, containing about One hundred and fifty acres, with a dwelling house thereon.—The fertility of the soil, commodiousness of situation, and the advantages of fish and man- ure from its shores, are two well known to need a particular description. For terms, ap- ply to JOSEPH CASE. North-Kingstown, Oct. 15. 2v31f
COGNAC Brandy, Claret Wine in casks and boxes, Silks, Britannia Linens, white wine Vinegar, Verdigris, & House-Paper;— The above articles are entitled to drawback, and are now landing from the Brig Hannah, from Bordeaux, at Mr. Robert Stevens' wharf. He has also for sale, Russia and Raven's Duck, a few Demijans and long and short Corks. Newport, Nov. 7, 1801.
NICOLAS GEFFROY, Watch-Maker, in Newport, INFORMS the Public, he has taken into Part- nership Mr. L. TISSOT, a superior Work- man, late from the Watch-Manufactory in Gene- va, who will undertake to make new watches;— and to repair, in the best manner, for watch- makers, or private persons, any new-constructed and complicated Watches, and Time-Pieces.— They will also import, from said Manufactory, at nine months warning, all such Watches and Time- Pieces, as their employers shall order. They have also constantly on hand, An elegant assortment of warranted, and common English, and Geneva Watches and Time- Pieces, which they will sell on reasonable terms. In addition to the above, they carry on the Goldsmith's & Silversmith's Business, in all its branches, and likewise will make, or repair, any kind of Jewellery, in the neatest fashion. They also have for Sale, Wholesale and Retail, all kinds of Jew- ellery, imported and of the latest fashions; officers' gold and silver epaulets; plated and brass can- dlesticks; plated and Britannia tea-pots, dunks, small swords and pagers; plated bits, stirrups and spurs; tea-trays; casters and decanters; silver and tongs; cutlery ware of all kinds; night and day spy-glasses; ladies and gentlemen's pocket-knives; dressing-glasses; suspenders; trusses; horse-rubbs; razors; Hopkin's famous razors-straps; best Beau- er bats; perfumery of all kinds, from London and Paris; hair-powder; starch; Barley-sugar, and sugar plums; Spanish Segars; best Madeira & Scotch snuff; and a great variety of other articles, too numerous to insert here. Newport, Feb. 7, 1801. 191f
TO BE SOLD, (And possession given immediately.) A F A R M, lying in West- Greenwich, about 7 miles from East Greenwich Meeting-house—with a good Dwelling-House, Barn, and Corn-House thereon—containing about Seventy- 4 acres of LAND. Also, an Out Lot, con- taining about 35 Acres; which will be sold together or separate. For further particulars, enquire of JOB HARRINGTON, on the premises. West-Greenwich, Oct. 1.
TO BE SOLD, AND entered upon the 25th of March next, a tract of Land, containing about 40 acres, with a Dwelling- House thereon; situate in North-Kingstown, on the Ten-rod Road, about one mile and an half from the landing. Said Tract is part plow land, and part wood land, and well watered.—Any person inclining to purchase, may know the terms, by applying to GEORGE FOWLER, in Newport, or the sub- scribers, living on the premises. HANNAH FOWLER. SARAH FOWLER. North-Kingstown, Dec. 9.
TO BE SOLD, A F A R M, LYING in Exeter, State of Rhode-Island, about six miles from Wickford, contain- ing 180 acres of good Land, with two Dwelling- Houses, and other out buildings. It may be purchased together, or in separate divisions. Payment will be made easy. —ALSO— A share in the Ohio Company, containing nearly Twelve Hundred Acres of excellent Land. For further particulars apply to PARDON TILLINGHAST. Exeter, Nov. 28. 501f
Just received and for sale at this Office, THE SOLEMN DECLARATION OF THE Late Unfortunate Jason Fairbanks, FROM the original Manuscript, composed and signed by himself, and attested by his Counsel, a short time before his Execution:—To which is added, some account of his LIFE and CHAR- ACTER, and a Correction of the Depositions of the principal Witnesses, from the late publica- tion of his Trial, as they were literally deli- vered in Court. "Tell them the lamentable Fall of me, And send the bearers weeping to their bed!" "Wailings be dy'dain'd, As marks of base and abject minds, nor gave His grief a voice!" The only Conversation held by the Sufferer, at the place of Execution, was the fol- lowing reply to the officer, at his last moment: "All that I have to communicate is already written in my Declaration!" The whole collected and published by EBENEZER FAIRBANKS, jun. a FARMER, of Dedham, Massachusetts.
For sale at this Office. A Summary of the Principal Evidences for the Truth and Divine Origin of the Christian Religion. —ALSO— A concise view of all the most important facts which have hitherto appeared concerning the Cow-Pox. SPELLING-BOOKS, For Sale at this Office.