The Rhode-Island American, and general advertiser (Providence [R.I.]), 1809-10-31 00:00:00

THE RHODE-ISLAND AMERICAN, AND GENERAL ADVERTISER.
"THE NATION WHICH INDULGES TOWARDS ANOTHER AN HABITUAL HATRED, OR AN HABITUAL FONDNESS, IS IN SOME DEGREE A SLAVE." — WASHINGTON.
VOLUME II.
PROVIDENCE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1809.
NUMBER 4.
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS, BY DUNHAM AND HAWKINS, At the sign of the AMERICAN EAGLE, Opposite the Market. $3:50 PER ANNUM—HALF IN ADVANCE.
COFFEE, PEPPER, &c. 2000 lbs. Java Coffee, entitled to debenture... Pepper, &c. Pipes and Barrels best Country Gin, For sale on liberal terms, by CHRISTOPHER R. GREENE, No. 3, MARKET-STREET. October 27, 1809.
NATHANIEL DEARBORN HAS Proposals opened for Printing by subscription, a Course of LECTURES on RHETORICK, by John Q. Adams, late Professor of Rhetorick in Harvard University; to be handsomely printed in two octavo volumes, at two dollars per volume. The subscription is nearly closed, and will be open but a short time longer; when closed, the price will be considerably enhanced.
Also, subscription received for a Novel in three 12-mo vols. from the French of Madame Cottin, authoress of the elegant Novel of Elizabeth, or the Exiles of Siberia, at one dollar per vol. New Works received, for Sale or Circulation:
Thornton Abbey, being a series of Letters on Religious subjects, 1 vol. The Star in the East, a Sermon by the Rev. Claudius Buchanan, LL. D. Warwick's Letters to his Friend, 1 vol. 8-v. Petrarch's Sonnets, Hugginqua, being a collection of the most esteemed productions, exposing the art of making a noise in the world without beating a Drum or crying Oysters, &c. The Cutter, showing the art of Cutting Friends and Acquaintances. October 27, 1809.
This day landing on Martin's Wharf, and for sale by RICHMOND & ANDREWS, FORTY-TWO Hhds. of Antigua Rum. Also, in Store, 8 Hhds. of real St. Croix Rum, 2 Ditto of Nevis do. Turks-Island Salt, Havana white Sugar, Coffee, Round and square Swedes Iron. October 27, 1809.
Copartnership formed. AMEHERST EVERETT & SAMUEL S. STILLWELL having entered into Copartnership, and embarked for Charleston, (S. C.) where they intend to transact COMMISSION BUSINESS under the firm of EVERETT & STILLWELL, inform their friends, and the publick, that they shall be at all times grateful for their patronage. Whatever Business may be committed to their charge shall be faithfully executed, and the smallest favour gratefully acknowledged. October 27, 1809.
Teas, Rum and Brandy. BLODGET & POWER HAVE just received an extensive assortment of the very first quality of Hyson, Young Hyson, Hyson Skin, Sou-chong, Gunpowder, Campoy and Congo TEAS, so circumstanced as to enable them to sell much under the usual prices. ALSO, French and Spanish BRANDY and St. Croix RUM. October 24, 1809.
For Wilmington, (N. C.) THE SHIP ENTERPRISE, is now ready to receive a cargo, and will take a whole cargo or part, on the most reasonable terms, if applied for soon. Said Ship will sail in the course of three weeks at furthest, and immediately if a whole Freight can be obtained. Apply on board, at Butler's Wharf, or to JAMES BRATTELL. October 20, 1809.
For TONNINGEN, THE fast-sailing, staunch Ship UNION, Samuel Young, 2d. Master, will sail for Tonningen with all possible despatch. For Freight or Passage, having excellent accommodations, apply to YOUNG SEAMANS. October 24, 1809.
FOR SALE, And possession given the ensuing Spring. A VALUABLE FARM , pleasantly situated in the town of Palmer, State of Massachusetts, near the stage-road that leads from Boston to Northampton. Said Farm is bounded westwardly on Ware River, and contains 143 acres of excellent Land, with a convenient Dwelling-House and an elegant new Barn. It is well accommodated with ploughing, mowing pasture, woodland and water; 15 acres of rye is now growing on it. The owner can well boast of the best crops raised on it the season past of any Farm in its vicinity. It may be well for the purchaser to view it before winter, so as to pass a better judgement for himself. JOHN M'CLANATHAN. Palmer, (Mass.) October 18, 1809.
BENJAMIN HOPPIN & SON Offer at private sale, BRISTOL manufactured Blistered STEEL, warranted of a superior quality. October 20, 1809.
NEW GOODS. JOHN R. CARPENTER, No. 8, MARKET-SQUARE, is now opening a large supply of FALL and WINTER GOODS, received by the ships President Adams and Packet, at Boston; among which are, SUPERFINE , middling and low-priced
Broadcloths Cassimeres Cassimets Coatings Fearnoughts and Duffs Plains Devonshire Kerseys Drab and mixed Satinets Bombazets Pelice Flannels Rattinets Wildbores Calicoes and Furnitures of all descriptions White and coloured Cambricks Twilled do. do. Pink and dark Ginghams Cambrick and common Dimities A large variety of India Cottons, by the piece or yard One Bale of India Checks of a good quality Linen and Factory Cotton do. A few pieces of Russia Sheeting 50 Bolts of Ravens Duck Brown Linens Oilecloths Velvets Tabby Velvets of all colours Ladies and Gentlemens' black and slate coloured worsted Hose Lamb's Wool Hose Plain and fancy Leno Muslins Book and Jacquet do. A large variety of Ribbons Cotton and Silk Bandannos White and figured Handkerchiefs of all descriptions Pins, Needles and Tapes of all kinds Cotton Threads in Hanks and Balls Leather, Cotton and Netting Suspenders 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12-qr. Blankets, of a very superior quality A variety of Coat and Vest Buttons Basket and Glass Buttons of all kinds Yellow, red, white, green and crimson Flannels of all descriptions, With almost every other article usually called for in the Dry Goods line, too numerous for an advertisement.
As he is Agent for a Cotton and Woollen Factory, he has constantly on hand, a very large variety of HOMESPUN COTTON and WOOLLEN GOODS, such as Sheeting and Shirting Cottons of all widths and qualities, by the piece or yard, brown and whitened. Apron and Shirting Checks of a superior quality Bedtickings of various prices White, black, red, olive, light and dark blue Threads, in skeins and balls, by the pound or at retail Two and three threaded whitened Yarn for Knitting Warp and Filling of all numbers, at Factory prices Woollen Cloths of different colours, from 6 to 18 s. per yard Also, milled Flannels of all colours, of an excellent quality.
All the above-mentioned Goods will be sold at wholesale or retail, on such terms as cannot fail to suit those who may call and see them. If N. B. As he is still Agent for Messrs. BARRETT and SHATTUCK, Silk, Cotton and Woollen Dyers, of Boston, all persons who wish to have any Garments or Goods Dyed, will, by sending them to his Store, have their orders executed with fidelity and despatch. October 24, 1809. tf.
Fresh Imported Goods. TAPPAN and SEARLE, No. 34, Broad-Street, offer for sale on moderate terms. A LARGE assortment of newly imported EUROPEAN GOODS, just received by arrivals at New-York and Boston, comprising an extensive assortment of Cotton, Woollen and Silk Goods, adapted to the present and approaching seasons, with many other articles which have hitherto been prohibited.
Plain and Fancy MUSLINS of every description. Boston, September 25, 1809. 12.
NEW CARPETING. Just received and this day opening at the Store of CHS. POTTER, SEVERAL Bales of fresh imported Scotch INGRAIN and KIDMINSTER CARPETING, some very elegant figures, and of the newest fashions, which are offered for sale at remarkable low prices for ready pay. ALSO, lately received, A number of Packages of WOOLLEN, WORSTED and COTTON GOODS, adapted to the present and approaching seasons, which will be sold on moderate terms for cash or credit. October 3, 1809.
THE Connexion in trade between GILES LUTHER and E. D. PEARCE, was dissolved on the 9th day of March last, by mutual consent. GILES LUTHER. EARLE D. PEARCE. October 20, 1809.
Original Poetry. For the RHODE-ISLAND AMERICAN. THE NIGHTMARE.
FULL often, MARCUS, when a child, You've listen'd till your blood ran cold; With hair erect, and countenance wild, To tales of midnight witches told. How when a man asleep was laid, One came and sat upon his breast, Whipp'd a witch-bridge o'er his head, And rode him to her nightly feast. Yet not a finger could he stir, To slip his bridle, or his load; But panting under whip and spur, She sped him thro' the airy road. She drove him o'er thro' marsh and mire, She plung'd him glowing in the flood, She hurri'd him thro' brake and briar, 'Till every thorn was tipp'd with blood. No rest he found for many a league, Nor heeded she his toil or pain; 'Till wak'd at length by hard fatigue, He found himself in bed again. Tho' wise-heads mostly have agreed, Such scare-crow tales as these to curse, I find when I consult my creed, If not in prose they're true in verse. Each mortal here must bear his hag, Endure her whims, or feel her blows, One teases, whips and kicks her nag, One leads him gently by the nose. To different goals their journeys aim, Some few where truth and virtue dwell, Some lead to fortune, some to fame, And some to ruin, some to hell. Hard fate is his whom love of grandeur, That old uneasiness with back'd, So far'd it with poor Alexander, Who fought, drank, died, and never wak'd. A milder fate attends the lover, He's never jaded to th' extreme, When marriage comes, his jaunt is over, He wakes and lo! 'tis all a dream. That sly old hag, call'd love of money, With silent steady pace is borne; She never whips nor spurs her poney, But toils him with an ear of corn. This ear of corn yclept enough, Rigg'd out before his nose he carries; And though 'tis always so far off, Yet still he runs nor wakes nor wearies. If I should sing of every hag, And every horse she rides upon, I wren my pegasus would lag, Before my story would be done. Some passion rides with red-hot bit, Thro' fire and steel, thro' blood and strife, Many to priests their backs submit, To lawyers some, and some to wife. But MARCUS, we'll to virtue's sway, Commit the reins which guide the mind, We'll run where truth directs the way, Nor be led blindfold by the blind.
Miscellany.
For the RHODE-ISLAND AMERICAN. THE LATITUDINARIAN—No. XX. "Desire pericax" "Referre sermones Deorum, et "Magna modis tenuare parvis." HON. EPI. 3, CAR. 3, 1. 70. Cease with light words to speak of things divine.
WE, in a former number, attempted some strictures on the indecorous looseness of style too frequently used in the composition of Epitaphs; it is not however, to the awful purposes of the dead that this literary licentiousness is exclusively applied; neither is the profanation of things sacred, the vice alone of narrow and conceited minds. Such are usually nothing more than humble imitators; they are puny wits, content with aping the defects of their superiors, without the ability to attain any of their excellencies. The radical and greater evil is certainly to be found in the writings of men eminent and consequently exemplary for science and genius; men who have the dangerous art of so commingling splendour of wit with impurity of morals, and piquancy of expression with utter indecency of sentiment, as imperceptibly to deprave the mind, vitiate the taste, and even to make depravity alluring by the beauty of its garb. As for the miserable copyists of profanity, their apology is at hand, and they are not backward in urging it; they tell of the vices of their superiors, so that all the mischiefs arising from this source may justly be placed to the account of those primary wits, the authority of whose name first plucked from literary impiety "its pointed sting" of infamy, who first by their practice gave currency to this shocking levity on subjects which every well regulated mind must think and speak of not merely with common seriousness, but with awe. There would seem to be a demoralizing
quality in wit which has in not a few instances produced the most open and confirmed infidelity; and in still more is continually emanating in impious looseness of language on the most solemn topics: Extreme brilliancy of intellect, if it must necessarily be accompanied with such a deplorable defection of moral principle, is surely not to be desired by any who estimate the great interest of the soul higher than the ephemeral reputation of shrewdness. It is far better to possess merely such a temperate clearness of understanding as may suffice for a prudent discharge of our temporal duties, having at the same time a steadfast eye upon that great future concern that must meet us when we shall have passed "the valley of the shadow of death." How terrible is the consideration that men should perversely employ the talents with which heaven has endowed them, in aiming their impotent shafts of ridicule against all that heaven has pronounced sacred! If we made use of any human benefaction to effect the injury or attempt the destruction of any human benefactor should we not be reprobated, (and that justly too,) as monsters of ingratitude? Yet men who profess themselves to be enlightened, who even lay claim to the distinction of christians, will practice the same execrable perfidy in relation to that Great Being "who fashioned their members secretly in the dust and saw that none of them was wanting!"
This crime appears sufficiently aggravated when it is understood to exist solely amongst that class of mankind where piety is unhappily deemed a matter of at most but secondary concern; (even here it is only in some measure accountable, not at all excusable;) But when it is found almost predominant in the writings of many who have openly devoted themselves to the service of the Most High, what shall, what can be said of it? What palliative can be found to divest it of its unspeakable infamy? What effectual account can be rendered of talents thus vilely prostituted?—What apology can be urged for not only abandoning, but warring against a behest so high and so consecrated? The admirers of a Swift and a Sterne, should feel sorrow rather than exultation when they perceive such blazes of wit, eccentricity and sentiment scarce relieved or tempered with one expression that partakes of, or that does not militate against their ministerial functions. These were men whose lives were spent in one continued effort to acquire such a kind of reputation as "a good man dreads for its profaneness, and a prudently witty man disdains for its easiness and vulgarity."
From the CONNECTICUT MIRROR.
A SERIES of papers, to No. 10, have been struggling along in the National Intelligencer for some months past, the object of which seems to have been to defend Mr. Jefferson's administration. The writer has conducted singularly, for he was in earnest in his attempt, for his pieces have been published in such an irregular, desultory manner, that his readers must have found it difficult in any considerable degree to keep up the connexion, or to bear the subject in mind. Having seen some of the numbers, towards the close of the discussion, we have kept our eye upon them, and did not mean to let them pass altogether unnoticed. The 7th number was published on the 20th of September, and entitled, "Suppression of Burr's Conspiracy." The first sentence of the piece is as follows: "The annals of nations do not furnish a more irrefragable evidence of talent, than is exhibited in the progress and issue of the treasonable schemes of Aaron Burr." This remark, taken thus by itself, might leave us in some uncertainty, as to its meaning, whether "talent" is intended to be ascribed to Burr for his wisdom in hatching, or Jefferson in detecting and defeating his schemes. The real truth is, that one may about as fairly lay claim to it as the other. There was neither talent discovered in the plot, or in its execution, nor was there talent discovered in its suppression. As Mr. Smith, however, in the next breath compares Mr. Jefferson to Cicero, we may fairly conclude that the first sentence alludes to him, and not to Burr. Mr. Jefferson's adherents have always insisted on his being a great man in all points of character. Here he is declared great in one, and it is worth the trouble to examine into the proof; because
after such a bold declaration on the part of the writer, we have an undoubted right to expect all the proofs will be adduced which the case furnishes. "Now gentlemen, hearken to your evidence"—as the clerk of the court says, when he arraigns a criminal.
In the first place, Mr. Smith shews us how far Burr and Cataline compare, and wherein they do not compare. From this part of the discussion, we shall hardly find any evidence in favour of the above proposition. He then says, that Burr's failure in his enterprise, can only be ascribed to two causes—first, the virtue of the great body of the American people—and secondly, the wisdom and energy of their government. The first of these, he says, presented the greatest obstacle to Burr's success. That may be true; but it certainly presents no evidence of Mr. Jefferson's talents. We then have a brief comparison drawn between the inhabitants of this country, and the Romans, to the disadvantage of the latter. Mr. Smith then talks about Burr's want of wisdom, gives us some of the characteristic traits of profligate ambition, and says, that "although every man possessed of a sound mind knew that the treasonable schemes of Aaron Burr must eventually fall, yet much doubt hung over the period of their entire abortion." He then gives us an account of the manner in which he was carrying on his plot, the arts he used, and the pretences he held out to delude his followers, and draw them into his snares. We now come to the proofs of Mr. Jefferson's consummate abilities, which we give in his own words, lest we should be charged with having suppressed, or perverted something. "It was to avert these dreadful evils that Mr. Jefferson took his measures, which we all know, were conducted with a prudence, a vigour and secrecy, that equalled, if they did not surpass, the best wishes of the patriot. So happily were the means adapted to the end, that without noise or tumult, and with very inconsiderable expence, the head of the conspiracy and most of his subordinate instruments, were brought to the bar of justice, where they received the conclusive award of justice, from their country, however, from the most unaccountable causes, they were screened from the penalty of the law."
"Thus gloriously did Mr. Jefferson display at the same time the powers of his own mind, and the capacity of a republican government, honestly administered to, guard itself against the most dangerous machinations. From these happy results the republican system has acquired, in the minds of all reflecting men, new reputation and strength; it has shewn itself perfectly competent to crush the ablest concerted plans of treason, formed under auspices probably more propitious than will ever hereafter occur. Who will in future attempt to subvert the liberties of his country, after this awful failure?"
Here then is the great man! The modern Cicero!! Here is proof of talent equal to any that the annals of nations furnish!! And what does it all amount to? Why, that Mr. Thomas Cicero, with the aid of Gen. James Wilkinson, in direct violation of the Constitution of the country, and of the unalienable rights of freemen, arrested five or six men on a pretended charge of treason, transported them like felons from New-Orleans to the city of Washington, and the State of Virginia, and after ransacking the country for witnesses, and exerting every nerve that the government possessed, and incurring a most enormous expence to the nation, not a single man of them all was convicted of treason, or of any other offence whatever!! And this is the whole of the case.—What does this man mean in saying, that at the bar of justice, these people "received the conclusive award of justice from their country?" Every one of them that was tried was acquitted. If this was the conclusive award of justice, then the country has declared that they were most unrighteously arrested, and tried. But where is the evidence of talent, the proof of greatness of mind, in this transaction?—Any man that can be picked up, almost, if you will give him an opportunity, has talent enough to violate the law or the constitution; and it certainly does not require any wonderful talents to arrest one man, or half a dozen men. A bum-bailiff would do it as genteely as it could have been done by Cicero himself.
Surely no great man was ever before made out of such materials as these. And it will be found upon examination, that all Mr. Jefferson's claims to pre-eminence rest upon no better foundation. It is true, indeed, that he has been great in one or two particulars—he has been a great demagogue, and he has been a great hypocrite. But he is not, and never was,

the true sense of the expression, a great man. And the host of his admirers are challenged to prove that he is. In making it out, however, they are not to put the world off with assertions without proof, nor are they to deal in mere general declarations. The evidence and the particular. Let them be produced. Let them be produced. Let us see and hear the proof of the great statesman, the great scholar, the great patriot; or let us see and hear the proof of the absurd and stupid adulation which his ears drink in with such exquisite relish, but which is disgusting to all honest and discerning minds, who know how little claim he can justly lay to any virtuous, or praiseworthy distinction among men.
By the Mails.
ALEXANDRIA, October 18.
IT is with sincere regret we announce the death of Bernard Hooe, Jun. Esq. of Prince William county, Virginia. In consequence of an affair which had taken place with that gentleman and a Mr. Kemp, of the same county, a challenge ensued, and the parties met on the Maryland shore on Friday morning last, and on the first fire both were wounded. Mr. Hooe's shot mortal and he expired the same evening.
Thus has an amiable woman been suddenly deprived of an affectionate husband, a large family of children of a tender parent, and the community of one of its most valuable members, by that stigma upon civilized society, the practice of duelling.
STAUNTON, (Virg.) October 7.
Defeat of the Squirrels.
At a muster of Captain Steel's company of riflemen, on Saturday last, near the Cross Keys, in this county, there were five thousand squirrel scalps produced, which had been taken by that company during the last three months.
Captain Stewart's company of militia also produced three thousand at their muster.
Captain Lawer's company also produced about three thousand at their muster.
EASTON, (Penn.) September 29.
PREROGATIVE.
A woman, of the name of Catharine Snyder, was at the last court, in Montgomery county, convicted of having been an accessory before the fact in the crime of arson; that is, she had advised and induced her son, a boy of about ten or twelve years old, who was an apprentice to the Messrs. Langstroth, paper-manufacturers, to go in the dead hour of the night and set fire to his master's paper-mill, which he did, and a property worth 30,000 dollars was consumed by the flames. The court sentenced her to seven years imprisonment at hard labour, and to pay a fine, &c. but alas! what signifies the protection of the law, the verdicts of juries, and the sentence of the court of justice, when a silly and unprincipled governor, by one single dash of his pen, can set all their proceedings at naught. It appears by a Snyderite newspaper, published at Norristown, that Governor Snyder has issued a full and complete pardon for this convicted namesake of his, within three weeks after her conviction. O shame, where is thy blush! There is not a crime that can be committed against society, or an individual, which requires such a degree of depravity of heart, and such a malignity of disposition to perpetrate it as arson. The person who goes in the dead hour of the night and sets fire to a man's property, while he is asleep, is worse than a murderer, for in addition to the wanton destruction of property, murder is frequently the consequence; that is, people are burnt along with their property. If such crimes as this are to go unpunished, whenever the caprice happens to be a relation, or a namesake of the governor, what is to become of us? There is no longer any protection for person or property, we might as well dissolve all law and government, revert to a state of anarchy, and let every man redress his own wrongs.
PHILADELPHIA, October 24.
OUR AFFAIRS WITH FRANCE.
It is impossible to determine what is the present character of our relations with the Terrible Emperor Napoleon. There can be but little doubt of the truth of the fact stated in the last English and Irish papers, that Mr. Armstrong had arrived at Amsterdam. But it is not certain that his journey to that place was the result of despair as to any hopeful prospect from his negotiations. It might be a mere little interlude in the great diplomatic farce of the Congress of Raab, or some such Congress, which is soon to settle, for the fourth or fifth time under the auspices of Napoleon, the political concerns and relations of Europe. While the mighty conqueror was busy in arranging and fixing the fates of European and Asiatic Empires, it is not to be supposed that he could conveniently attend to the little matters which constitute the great interest of America. And why should not the Representative of the United States wait in the imperial anti-chamber, for an answer to his humble petitions, now and then taking a trip to the
waters, or a rural excursion for the benefit of his health, for some half a dozen years longer? Nit d'sperandum is our motto in respect to negotiations with France. We say not that it ought not to be so. We only contend that it is folly to suppose that there is to be immediate war between us and France, because Mr. Armstrong is at Amsterdam. Some accounts state that he has taken his last leave of Paris; others that he had taken his diplomatic fare-well, but was going to return upon some family arrangements; and others again, that he would return in three weeks to resume the duties of his station. The last statement is by far the most probable, when we reflect upon the unsettled state of affairs, at the last dates, between France and Austria.
It is now several years since Bonaparte determined to compel us to join him in the war with England, and since Mr. Armstrong announced this determination to his master, Thomas Jefferson, late President of the United States, who received it with all due trepidation and complacency, and exerted all his powers and all his influence to conceal it, not only from the people at large, but from their Representatives in Congress. This we dare the hardest of the minions of French democracy, and even the great Jefferson himself, to deny! It was not till the imperial determination had been reiterated in the most insulting forms, that the Sovereign People were permitted to catch an indistinct glimpse of what was going on. Mr. Armstrong has been in the Slough Despond several times before, but has happily got out again. He often told Mr. Jefferson that Napoleon was inexorable; that we must do as he bade us, or expect not even the shadow of justice from him; and that he was inflexibly determined to make himself the sole regulator of the fates and fortunes of neutral as well as hostile nations. Mr. Jefferson seemed to have very little objection to all this, because he was still of opinion, as when he wrote the Notes on Virginia, that "the sun of Britain's glory was fast descending to the horizon." Napoleon having taught the South of Europe to suspend all active and almost all passive commerce, and having every prospect of teaching the North of Europe the same lesson, is it not nonsense to suppose that he will remain at peace with us in a commercial point of view, when he can carry on his contest with England only by war against all the Commerce of the Globe?
We are not among the number of those who believe that this anti-commercial state of the world can continue for ages, or even for many years. It must soon produce great and bloody revolutions. But it may continue long enough to chain us to the triumphal car of the Imperial Pacifier. We hope, however, for better things. Thank God, we have no longer a Jefferson to rule and reign over us. The present President, we still believe, is no Frenchman. And if this opinion be correct, we shall soon have war with France and Peace and Commerce with England.
Lord Mansfield has, with a view to the future supply of timber for the British navy, very patriotically raised, since 1803, at Scone, near Perth, 96,000 oaks, part of them from acorns in his Lordship's nursery, and part from young plants. The society of arts, in consequence, awarded his Lordship the gold medal.
LIBERTY OF THE SEAS.
The case of the ship Vermount, recently condemned at Porto Ferrajo in Italy, is one of those complete climaxes of iniquity that seldom occur amongst civilized nations.
This vessel cleared from New-York, and sailed direct for Leghorn, with a neutral cargo on board, valued at 200,000 dollars, and the necessary vouchers, and met with no interruption until near her port of destination, when she was captured by a French privateer and carried into Porto Ferrajo. Every thing was found clear, but notwithstanding, nothing could be done until the case was referred to Paris. Here it was decided by the high court that there was no cause of detention, and the property ordered to be restored. Bonaparte got information of the judgement and suspended it. The case was held over until about three months since, when final sentence of condemnation has been decreed. Such is the conduct of the courts of the protector of commerce, and such the justice from the sycophants of him who is represented as fighting for the liberty of the seas.
BOSTON, October 27.
NO NEWS.
We have received no additional Foreign News since our last. The schooner Rose-in-Bloom, Captain Driver, arrived in this port yesterday from Malaga, one day later than Captain Foster, but brings nothing.
The schooner Pocahontas, arrived at Duxbury on Tuesday; left Lisbon the 16th ult. We can learn nothing of the armistice. A friend has obliged us with the following Extract of a letter from Lisbon, under date of September 15, 1809.
"The Mermaid, Captain Stacy, sailed from Porto the 7th. We could meet no decent offer for her cargo in this river. The nominal price of Indian Corn here is about $1 a bushel, but no sales are effect-
ing. We have taken charge of your consignment of flour, all of which is in store, and must lay over until the demand revives, and the present alarm subsides; which is occasioned by the late news from America, and the number of importations that have taken place.
"Flour is offering ineffectually at $10 per barrel."
Several letters of undoubted authenticity from Norway, state, that the uncontrolled depredations of the Danes upon our property is instigated by French emissaries, and that its fate will be decided by the instructions received from Bonaparte.
October 28.
LATEST LISBON NEWS.
Captain Herrick, who has arrived from the capital of Portugal—which he left so late as the 17th September—informs, that at Lisbon he conversed with an officer of General Wellesley's army who acquainted him that the General was in or near Lisbon, being slightly indisposed; but it was expected would soon rejoin his army:—That the British army was on the Portuguese frontier about 100 miles from Lisbon:—That about 7000 English troops had recently arrived there from England; and that it was reported the transports were preparing to return to Great-Britain:—The inhabitants of Lisbon, he adds, were under no apprehensions of a speedy visit from the French. Captain H. did not bring a single paper. A schooner which sailed four days before him, had a great number of letters &c. on board.
The above intelligence is late:—But it merely corroborates our prior accounts from Spain.—General Wellesley's army has not retrograded any farther than was necessary to obtain supplies from the sea-board; and the French had not been able to follow him.
All accounts agree that one of the Generals in Spain, (General Scarcity,) has been uninterruptedly successful. General Drouet, it is true, has been extending his depredations; and the troops of General Retreat have been on the move; but before the first mentioned General none could stand.
Providence,
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1809.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
By the politeness of Captain WILLIAM RUSSELL, of the ship Mary-Ann, which arrived at this port on Saturday evening last, in 43 days from Liverpool, the Editors of THE AMERICAN have received London papers to the 12th of September, and Liverpool to the 13th. German papers of the 2d of September had been received in England; but they contained no intelligence on the subject of the negotiations for peace. A private letter of that date from Vienna, says, preparations for war had lately been resumed in that city, with greater activity than before the armistice. The firmness of Francis, as well as the jealousies of Alexander, are said to be the causes of the delay in the negotiations.—The brave Tyrolese are very formidable, and the French have suffered much in their warfare with them, without being able to subdue them.
A great clamour is raised against the Earl of Chatham for his late conduct.—They say, justice to the army, justice to the navy, justice to their own honour and the common cause of Europe, demand an inquiry into the causes of the failure of the expedition.
The English troops at the Scheldt are very sickly.—Some accounts state that 12,000 are sick.
A new expedition is to be fitted out immediately, on board of which are ordered 17,000 of Mr. Congreve's rockets.
Accounts from Spain are no later than were before received. Lord Wellington's head-quarters were at Elvas, in Portugal, 140 miles east of Lisbon; from which place he would proceed to Abrantes, on the right bank of the Tagus. General Beresford was at Castel Branco. He was expected in Lisbon the last of August, as it was supposed he had resigned, or was about to resign the command of the army. On the 12th of August, Sir R. Wilson was defeated by Ney, near Puerto de Banos, and compelled to retire into the mountains. Letters from Badajoz of the 25th of August, state, that the siege of Gerona was raised. Whether the English will further prosecute the war in Spain, depends on the issue of the present negotiations in Germany. They have suffered extremely for want of provisions.
Reports of peace between Sweden and Russia were in circulation, by which Russia retains Finland, the Isle of Aland, and the demand of shutting the ports of Sweden against England was abandoned.—They had, on the 19th of August, a severe battle, in which the Swedes were defeated. The piratical depredations of the Danes and Norwegians against our commerce, is carried on with unabated rapacity.
The President's Proclamation restoring the Non-Intercourse Act, was published in London September 12th. It produced considerable advances in the price of American produce. It was to be hoped that Mr. Jackson's mission would be successful; if not, they say, the fault would not rest with
them. A change in some of the members of the British administration was talked of. The following extracts are the most important articles the papers contain:—
From the LONDON GAZETTE of Saturday, September 9.
Downing-Street, September 7.
Despatches, of which the following are copies and extracts, were this day received at the office of Viscount Castlereagh, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, from Lieutenant-General Viscount Wellington, K. B.
Truxillo, August 21, 1809.
MY LORD.
When I marched from Talavera on the 3d instant, with a view to oppose the French corps which we had heard had passed through the Puerto de Banos, and had arrived at Plasencia, Sir Robert Wilson was detached upon the left of the army towards Escalona; and before I marched on that morning, I put him in communication with the Spanish General Cuesta, who it had been settled was to remain at Talavera. I understood that General Cuesta put Sir Robert in communication with his advanced guard, which retired from Talavera on the night of the 4th.
Sir R. Wilson, however, did not arrive at Valada till the night of the 4th, having made a long march through the mountains; and as he was then six leagues from the bridge of Arzo Bispo, and had to cross the high road from Oropesa to Talavera, of which the enemy was in possession, he conceived that he was too late to retire to Arzo Bispo and be determined to move by Venta St. Julien and Centinello, towards the Tietar, and across that river towards the mountains which separate Castile from Estramadura.
Some of Sir Robert Wilson's despatches having missed me, I am not aware by which of the passes he went through the mountains, but I believe by Tornavacas.—He arrived, however, at Banos on the 11th, and on the 12th was attacked and defeated by the French corps of Marshal Ney, which, with that of Soult, returned to Plasencia on the 9th, 10th, and 11th; that of Ney having since gone on towards Salamanca. I enclose Sir Robert Wilson's account of the action. He has been very active, intelligent and useful in the command of the Portuguese and Spanish corps with which he was detached from this army.
Before the battle of the 28th of July, he had pushed his parties almost to the gates of Madrid, with which city he was in communication; and he would have been in Madrid, if I had not thought it proper to call him in, in expectation of that general action which took place on the 28th of July. He afterwards alarmed the enemy on the right of his army; and throughout the service, showed himself to be an active and intelligent partisan, well acquainted with the country in which he was acting, and possessing the confidence of the troops which he commanded.
Being persuaded that his retreat was not open by Arzo Bispo, he acted right in taking the road he did, with which he was well acquainted; and, although unsuccessful in the action which he fought, (which may well be accounted for, by the superior numbers and description of the enemy's troops,) the action, in my opinion, does him great credit.
I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) ARTHUR WELLESLEY.
Miranda de Castenar, August 13, 1809.
SIR,
I have the honour to acquaint you, that I was on march yesterday morning on the road of Grenadella from Aldea Neuva, to restore my communication with the allied army, when a peasant assured us, that a considerable quantity of dust which we perceived in the road of Plasencia, proceeded from the march of a body of the enemy.
I immediately returned and took post in front of Banos, with my pickets in advance of Aldea Neuva, selecting such points for defence as the exigency of the time permitted.
The enemy's cavalry advanced on the high road, and drove back my small cavalry posts; but a picket of Spanish infantry, which I had concealed, poured in on the cavalry a steady and well directed fire, that killed and wounded many of them.
The two hundred Spanish infantry in advance of Aldea Neuva, continued, under the direction of Colonel Grant and their officers, to maintain their ground most gallantly, until the enemy's cavalry and chasseurs a cheval, in considerable bodies, appeared on both flanks, when they were obliged to retreat.
The enemy's chasseurs a cheval and cavalry advanced in great numbers in every direction, and pushed to cut off the legion posted between Aldea Neuva and Banos; but by the steady conduct of officers and men, the enemy could only advance gradually, and with a very severe loss from the commanding fire thrown on them.
The Merida battalion, however, having given way on the right, a road was laid open, which cut behind our position, and I was obliged to order a retreat on the heights above Banos, when I was again necessitated to detach a corps, in order to scour the road of Monte Major, by which
I saw the enemy directing a column, and which road turned altogether the Puerto de Banos, a league in our rear.
At this time Don Carlos Marquis de Estrague came up with his battalion of light infantry, and in a most gallant manner took post along the heights commanding the roads of Banos, which enabled me to send some of the Merida battalion on the mountain on our left, commanding the main road, and which the enemy had tried to ascend.
The battalion of light infantry, the detachment of the legion on its right continued, notwithstanding the enemy's fire of artillery and musketry to maintain their ground; but, at six o'clock in the evening, three columns of the enemy mounted the height on our left, gained, and poured such a fire on the troops below, that longer defence was impracticable, and the whole was obliged to retire on the mountains on our left, leaving open the main road, along which a considerable column of cavalry immediately poured.
The battalion of Seville had been left at Bejar, with orders to follow me next day, but when I was obliged to return, and the action commenced, I ordered it to Puerto Banos, to watch the Monte Major road and the heights in the rear of our left.
When the enemy's cavalry came near, an officer and some dragoons called out to the commanding officer to surrender, but a volley killed him and his party, and then the battalion proceeded to mount the heights, in which movement it was attacked and surrounded by a column of cavalry and a column of infantry, but cut its way and cleared itself, killing a great many of the enemy, especially of his cavalry.
The enemy is now passing to Salamanca with great expedition; I lament that I could no longer arrest his progress, but, when the enormous superiority of the enemy's force is considered, and that we had no artillery, and that the Puerto-de-Banos on the Estramadura side, is not a pass of such strength as on the side of Castile, especially without guns, I hope that a resistance for nine hours, which must have cost the enemy a great many men, will not be deemed inadequate to our means.
I have to acknowledge the services rendered me on this occasion by Colonel Grant, Major Reiman, Don Fermien Marquis, Adjutant-Major of the Dragons of Pavia, Captain Charles and Mr. Bolman; and to express the greatest approbation of two companies of the Merida battalions advanced in front, and of the commanding officer and soldiery of the battalions of Seville, and the Portuguese brigade. I have already noticed the distinguished conduct of Don Carlos, and his battalion merits the highest encomiums.
I have not yet been able to collect the returns of our loss. From the nature of mountain warfare, many men are missing who cannot join for a day or two, but I believe the enemy will only have to boast that he has achieved his passage, and his killed and wounded will be a great diminution of his victory.
I have the honour to be, &c.
ROBERT WILSON.
SIR A. WELLESLEY, &c. &c. &c.
LONDON, SEPTEMBER 7.
We lay the following statement before the public, without pledging ourselves for its authenticity:—
"The length of the negotiations between Austria and France has surprised those, who, from the terms of the Armistice, inferred that Austria was prepared to accede to such terms as France might demand. But the delay is said to have been occasioned by Russia, who had spirited up Austria to refuse Bonaparte's conditions, and who feels herself to have been treated by him with considerable slight, and indeed insolence. In the first place, as the Russians advancing into Galicia were to press Austria on that side, the Emperor Alexander felt it insulting to him, that the Austrian arms should be ordered to be taken down, and the French put up, without any previous consultation or communication with him. In the next place, the Emperor was affronted at Bonaparte's stipulating, of his own accord, for the Russian army, that it should cease operations at a certain time, and that it should evacuate Cracow. He requested some explanation with respect to Bonaparte's intentions relative to Austrian Poland, which Bonaparte is said to have declined giving him, alleging that the fate of that country would be decided by the Peace between him and Austria. Bonaparte had begun the negotiations without paying any attention to Russia. The latter, therefore, desired to take part in them, and to send a Minister. Bonaparte alleged that the contest was solely between Austria and himself. Russia urged that as her aid had been demanded to carry on the war, she had a fair claim to be made a party in the negotiations that were to lead to peace. It was at last consented that a Russian Minister should be admitted. On this account the conferences did not really begin till the 27th of last month, though Bonaparte had previously been doing every thing in his power, alternately using menaces, and making promises, to induce the Emperor Francis to subscribe to his terms."
It is rumoured that the Duke of Brunswick, Oels, has received intelligence from

the sentiment, informing him of the Prussian army having been suddenly ordered to be encamped, and of his Prussian Majesty having lately sent three couriers to the Austrian head-quarters.
September 12.
For several days there have been rumours of some changes being about to take place in the Administration. At present we are not able to speak positively upon the subject. The changes said to be in contemplation, are supposed to relate to three Members of the present Cabinet. Indisposition will be the cause of the resignation of one Member. Resign when he will, he will carry with him the respect of the country for having stepped forward and accepted of office at the time he did. The names of the two other Members we need not mention.
AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
The arrival of the vessel from Boston, with the intelligence of a Proclamation having been issued by the American President for re-establishing the provisions of the Non-Intercourse Act, produced a considerable advance yesterday in the price of American produce. The purchases on Saturday, at Liverpool, were to an immense amount. It was at first reported that the Proclamation was a most violent one—and that war was likely to take place. Our readers, however, will see by the Proclamation that its character is very different. It gives no opinion with respect to the refusal of our Government to ratify Mr. Erskine's arrangement. It merely declares that the Non-Intercourse Act remains in force, our Orders in Council not having been withdrawn. Nor do we find the tone and language of the American newspapers particularly violent. Some of them even enter into a defence of the conduct of the British Ministry, and assert that they have done every thing in their power to preserve peace with America. We have extracted an article of this kind from one of the papers. It is to be hoped, therefore, that Mr. Jackson's mission may be successful; at least, if it be not, the fault will not rest with his Majesty's Government.
LIVERPOOL, SEPTEMBER 13.
German papers to the 2d instant have been received; but they bring no intelligence as to the negotiations. A private letter from Vienna, of the same date, mentions that the preparations for war which ceased on the conclusion of the armistice had suddenly been resumed in that capital with greater activity than before. The length which the negotiations have been drawn out is stated by former accounts to have been occasioned as well by the jealousies of Russia as the firmness of the Emperor Francis. The claims of Napoleon to Austrian Galicia are said to be displeasing to the autocrat of the Russians. Advices have been received by the Duke of Brunswick that the Prussian troops are ordered into encampments; but the object of this movement is not obvious. The brave Tyrolese are yet in arms, and, as appears even from the German papers, are very formidable and resolute.
We are happy to find that our brave sailors continue to distinguish themselves on the enemy's coast. Captain Stewart of the Seahorse has destroyed the fort on the islands of Gianuti and Pianosa, and made 100 of the enemy prisoners. The Gazette also contains a letter from Rear-Admiral Martin, detailing the proceedings of the squadron, in their co-operations with the British and Sicilian army, in the reduction of the islands of Ichia and Procida; by which it appears, that a numerous flotilla of gun-boats which were collecting from Gaeta, and other parts of the coast, were attacked by the Cyane, Espoir, and the British and Sicilian gun-boats, when about 40 of them were taken or destroyed. Also a letter from Captain Griffith, of the Topaze, stating the capture of nine of the enemy's vessels in the road of Demata, on the coast of Albania, by the boats of the above vessel, notwithstanding the opposition of a very superior force, three of the vessels being armed.
CREWSHIRE, JULY 27.
Extract of a letter.
"His Majesty the Emperor had quit the army the 4th of July, to go to Hungary, where his intention was to place himself at the head of the insurrection, assembled in Comorn, to put in activity by his presence the immense resources this kingdom and the good disposition of the natives afford; and in the mean time to act offensively on the right of the Danube, while the Archduke was to attract the attention of the enemy on the opposite side. It was only on the 15th that the Emperor had been apprised of an Armistice as incredible in itself as in its form, and that the Archduke, according to the powers he was entrusted with, without waiting the ratification of his Imperial Brother, had already given the orders for its immediate execution. In the mean time Napoleon caused it to be understood that he desired to come to an amicable conference. The Emperor who had only taken the field to procure to his subjects a solid and durable Peace, thought he could not refuse to listen to the overture, and resolved in consequence to avail himself of this unexpected
Armistice, to know the real intentions of the enemy. His Majesty ordered in the mean time that all the means for the continuation of the war should be continued with an increased vigour and activity; and above all, those that related to the formation of a new army in Hungary, whose command his Majesty is determined to take himself. He is finally resolved not to agree to any conditions whatever, which could endanger the future security of his Monarchy. He depends with great confidence upon the support of his faithful subjects, whose zeal and boundless devotion to their Sovereign, and spirit manifested on every occasion, form a remarkable epoch in the history of nations."
August 4.
Head-Quarters of the Austrian Army.
"The Emperor has already concentrated under his own command an army of 200,000 men. There is besides now there a considerable corps destined to occupy the fortresses of Moravia and Bohemia, and to preserve these interesting provinces from a hostile invasion. This corps is even strong enough not to be confined to a mere defensive position, but to act offensively in case the French forces should attack in preference the Emperor's own army."
"His Imperial Highness having signified his wish to resign the command into the hands of the Emperor, his Majesty could not refuse him, and put himself at the head of his army, surrounded himself with persons deserving, by their principles, merits, and talents, the general esteem and confidence. In the mean time, it seems, that his Majesty was sensible he could not refuse to permit that conferences for a peace should be entered into. They have taken place since the Armistice, and are to be continued at Raab, or its environs. But nothing shall be able to make his Imperial Majesty deviate from the principles and firmness which have hitherto been the basis of his conduct."
MUNICH, August 10.
"The Duke of Dantzick marched with the first division of the Bavarian army to Sterzing, in order to support the division of General Royer, who had met with some resistance from the insurgents of the Pusterthal, in the mountains between Sterzing and Brixen. At the same time the 3d Bavarian division had met with insuperable obstacles in the passes of the Oberintha, which the insurgents had blocked up. In consequence the Marshal retreated over the Brenner from Sterzing, and arrived on the 11th at Innsbruck, where the whole corps was cantoned. The rebels drew near Innsbruck, and they succeeded partly by threats, and partly by persuasion, in arousing the inhabitants of the neighbouring districts into rebellion; so that the corps was on all sides environed and cut off from the rest of the country."
"On the 13th, a great body of the insurgents collected round Innsbruck, and commenced a general attack. The battle lasted till six in the evening, when the insurgents were compelled to abandon the field, leaving 1000 among the dead. The next day the insurgents remained dispersed at a considerable distance from Innsbruck; and the column stationed at Rattenberg attacked the enemy with success, and frustrated their design of possessing the bridge over the Inn, by Rattenberg."
"The same day the Duke sent his wounded which could be moved to Kustein; and marched with the first Bavarian and French division of General Royer to Schwarz. He was followed on the 15th by General Deroy, who was to cover his retreat through the Upper Inn Thal."
August 19.
"His Excellency the Duke of Dantzick has marched with the first division of the Bavarian army from the Tyrol to Salzburg."
AUSBURG, August 16.
"Scarcity begins to be felt in the Tyrol, whither several hundred carriages, laden with flour and wheat, have been sent from Bavaria."
HELIGOLAND, August 25.
"With regard to the peace with Austria, nothing new has transpired; and reports on this subject continue to be fluctuating and uncertain as ever."
"Letters from Berlin were received here on the 23d instant, by a most respectable house, stating, that a very serious misunderstanding had arisen between Napoleon and Alexander, both with regard to Galicia and Turkey, as well as to some other fresh encroachments, which Bonaparte intends to make upon the Continent. He is said further to demand the cession of all the territories which Prussia holds on her side of the river Oder, including Berlin, Stettin, &c. Prussia will, it is said, be indemnified for her new sacrifices by the cession of Austrian Silesia. The same accounts add, that the greater part of the Prussian army had received orders to hold itself in readiness to march, and in the first circle in Berlin a more intimate connexion between Russia and Prussia was also confidently talked of."
The Warsaw article, by this day's mail, plainly shows, with what insolence and unbecoming hauteur the Gallician Usurper treats the troops of the Emperor of Russia, while in Galicia; even the Polish General assumes a tone, in speaking of Russia, that savours more of protection
than respect for so great a power. In all probability we shall, ere long, hear of a new series of most momentous political occurrences on the Northern Continent.
VIEVNA, August 12.
"The negotiations with Russia, respecting the Porte, have hitherto delayed the signing of peace; but well informed persons unanimously assert, that its chief conditions are already definitively settled. In this manner the news of the preliminaries of peace having been actually signed ought to be interpreted."
"The French prisoners of war are now exchanged for Austrians. Several transports of the latter, who were on their march to France, are for this reason returning."
"On the 9th instant died here, General Vukassovich, of the wound he received in the battle of Wagram. He was in the 54th year of his age."
"Instead of Count Stadion, Count Metternich has taken upon himself the department of Foreign Affairs, ad interim , and is to hold a conference with Count Champagne, in the castle of Altenburg."
"On the 3d instant apprehensions were entertained at Trieste. A squadron of ten English men of war appeared in the morning of that day, in sight of that port. Upon this, the seven Russian ships of the line and frigates, went into the inner harbour, and delivered part of the heavy guns to the French garrison, who planted them on the coast batteries. On account of the infernal invention of Congreve's rockets, all fears have not subsided."
ROYAL BAVARIAN ARMY.
Seventh corps of the Army of Germany.
"Advice having been received that Andrew Hoffer, Captain of the Rebels of Passayer, dares to send emissaries about the country, who circulate false rumours to seduce the inhabitants to take up arms again, it is ordered that every body who is found unprovided with a legal pass from his Magistrate, out of the limits of his village or its districts, shall be imprisoned, delivered up to a Military Commission, and executed in the space of 24 hours. The Bailiffs, Burgomasters, and Military Commandants are made personally responsible for the execution of this order."
INSPRUCK, August 15.
"Along the whole neighbouring frontiers of the Tyrol, general insurrection unhappily prevails. Wounded men have been brought in here from the environs of Hindelang, 5 leagues south from Kempten, the notorious Chief, Hoffer, of Passayer, had the audacity to reply to the order to appear in Innsbruck by the 10th of August—That he would come, but accompanied by 10,000 sharpshooters. It is he who occupies the Brenner, with a large force of peasants. The attempt to dislodge them from the pass of Burgh, not far from Sterzach has not succeeded. They defended themselves not so much with arms as pieces of rocks and beams of timber, which they hurl from the high mountains on both sides into the narrow valley."
CHUR, August 14.
"A corps of French troops, which General Fiorello detached from Verona, under General Aylmer, to the Italian part of Tyrol has been engaged not far from Trent, where the road divides to Carinthia and Verona, with the Voralberg insurgents, chiefly from the Pusterthal; but the latter had such an advantageous position, near the pass of Clausel, that it became impossible to dislodge them. It will at last be necessary to reduce those deluded wretches by famine."
LINDAU, August 16.
"Tranquillity in the Voralberg is yet very precarious. From Bregenz to Feldkirch the inhabitants are indeed disarmed; but in the mountainous districts of Montafun and on Mount Adlerberg, which lie between Tyrol and Voralberg, the insurrection has broken out anew, at the instigation of the Tyrolese."
MUNICH, August 16.
"In the night of Monday, the 14th inst. the corpse of Brigadier Maximilian Count Von Arco, was brought here under escort, he having been killed by a shot through the head, on the 13th, in an engagement with the Tyrolese insurgents near Scharz. The King had entrusted him with the chief command of the volunteers. He received his wound when he rode to reconnoitre near the Abbey. His death causes general mourning, and the King hearing of the loss shed tears. The 1st and 2d legions of the national militia are now to be put on foot. The third class, without the exception of rank or office, must then do military duty and mount guard."
"The regiment of light horse, and some battalions of infantry, passing a hollow road near Scharnitz and Scheraz, suffered much from the stones and blocks the insurgents rolled down."
LISBON, August 29.
"No intelligence has arrived since my last of the 21st inst. to induce us to think our situation at all mended; on the contrary, every succeeding account from our army is more and more discouraging. Sickness has thinned our ranks and reduced Sir Arthur's force very far below what was expected. It is confidently asserted, that he has not more than 15,000 effective men with him. General Crauford is on this side of the Tagus with nearly 7000 men. Marshal Beresford was ex-
pected here yesterday; but whether he has arrived or not, I have not yet heard. His coming has a strange effect on our feelings; it is supposed he has resigned, or is about to give up his command. If in the Spanish armies jealousies and insubordination reign to the extent reported, every good man will regret it; but his regret ought not to be confined to that army; some portion of it is wanting for that of Portugal, which has certainly caught the contagion. In a word, events that were easily foreseen, are taking place, the consequences of which cannot but be unfortunate."
"The Portuguese Gazettes tell us that Ney has left Piacenza, and proceeded towards Salamanca. I fear he has gone to menace the northern parts of this kingdom, to divide the attention of our Generals, and that a serious attack will soon be made."
From a New-York paper of October 27.
IMPORTANT.
The ship Thomas, Captain Law, arrived at the mouth of the Eyder, in 32 days from New-York. A letter from the supercargo, dated the 4th ult. to his owners in this city, says,
"Of the Texel, was boarded by the United States schooner Enterprise (sent there some time since by government) and was informed that the ports of Amsterdam were shut against American vessels; and, that all American vessels that had entered the Texel had their papers returned to the commanders of the several ships (except those that had been spoken by the British cruisers) were ordered to proceed to sea; but were ultimately prevented from sailing by an embargo which has lately been laid on ALL American vessels."
"The British Packet Lady Pelew, so long detained for Mr. Jackson's despatches, sailed yesterday at one o'clock."
"We have seen a letter from a respectable democratic house in Baltimore, stating, as a report founded on the first authority, that Mr. Jackson had sent a note to the Secretary of State, informing him, that he would agree to settle on the terms agreed upon by Mr. Erskine, provided our government would extend their non-intercourse to the ports of Holland as well as those of France."
"If this is correct, and Mr. Jackson can settle on no other terms, nothing decisive can take place till the meeting of Congress, as the President has not the power of extending the non-intercourse."
"It is also reported, on the authority of letters, that Mr. Jackson has sent his last despatches, by express, to go out in the L'Africaine frigate—so that she will sail immediately after the arrival of those communications."
"On Sunday last, two companies of United States Infantry passed thro' here from New-York, on their way to Fort Independence. They made a very orderly and soldier-like appearance."
"Our readers may remember that in our last we solicited the attention of our Deputies to the subject of forestalling, at the ensuing session of the General Assembly. The following communication from one of those gentlemen is intended as an answer."
COMMUNICATION.
"IN reply to the author of the hint that appeared in The American on Friday last, on the subject of forestalling, the writer would suggest that several attempts have already been made in the General Assembly to obtain an act to prevent forestalling in this market; but so powerful an opposition has uniformly met it as to render it impracticable."
Married,
On Sunday evening last, by the Rev. Mr. Gano, Mr. ISAAC HOWEN, sen. to Miss HENRIETTA C. DOWNER, all of this town.
Died,
At Johnston, on Saturday last, Mr. HENRY GREENE, aged 31.
American Marine List.
PORT OF PROVIDENCE.
OCTOBER 31, 1809.
ENTERED,
Sloops—Susannah, Yorke, Philadelphia; Jefferson, Pittcomb, do. Providence, Currie, New-York; Warwick, Saunders, do. Ann, Comstock, do. Juno, Comstock, do.
CLEARED,
Schooners—Belvidere, Brewer, Charleston (S. C.) Sarah and Hannah, Bowers, do. Patty, Wicks, Wilmington, (N. C.)
Sloops—Polly and Betsy, Bolles, Savannah; Sophia, Bolles, do. Eliza, Currie, New-York; Betsy, Farmer, do.
Arrived, on Saturday evening last, ship Mary-Ann, Russell, in 43 days from Liverpool. Left at Liverpool, 15th September, ship Columbia, Cook, of and for Providence, in six days; Rufus King, Clarke, of Providence, just arrived from Savannah, time of sailing uncertain; Eagle, Hudson, of and for Newport, in 3 days; George Washington, Gardner, of Newport, for New-Orleans, in six days; Rapid, Murphy, of Newport, just arrived, time of sailing uncertain; Ceres, Callender, of and for Boston, in 10 days; Sally, Webber, of Boston, for Charleston, in 10 days; William Tell, James F. Trott, of and for Boston, in 16 days; New Packet, J. S. Trott, of and for Boston, uncertain; Governor Gore, Nickerson, of Boston, just arrived; Henrietta, Nichols, of Boston, for New-York, in 5 days; Canowa, Harris, of Boston, uncertain; brig Sally, Harris, just arrived from Boston, with the loss of her deck-load; ship Massachusetts, Buntin, of Newburyport, for Charleston, (S. C.) in 10 days; Honustus, Freeman, of and for New-Bedford, in 6 days; Frances, Price, of New-Bedford, for New-York, in 10 days; brig Dolly, of New-Bedford, uncertain; Franklin, Tallman, of Bath, for Boston, in 12 days; ship James Cook, Cox, of Portsmouth, (N. H.) uncertain; John and Adam, of and for Portland; Betsy, Leach, of Portsmouth, (N. H.) for New-York, in 10 days; William, Carlton, of Wiscasset, uncertain; Commodore Rogers, Gage, for New-York; Isabella, Butts, for New-York, in two or three days; Columbia, Hazard, of and for New-York, in 6 days; Minerva, Smith, of and for Philadelphia; Augustus, Towns, of and for Baltimore, in 15 days; Maryland, Inott, for Baltimore, in 14 days; Edward, Nichols, for Savannah, in 10 days; United States, Stimson, just arrived from
Charleston; ships Franklin, Gray; Caroline, George; Thomas, Wilson, and brig Stephen, Barry, of New-Orleans, uncertain; brig George Barclay, Breaze, uncertain; Retrieve, (Captain dead,) uncertain; ship Georgia, Pierce, uncertain.
Capt. Russell sailed in company with the Bayard, J. Wood, master, for Newport, and brig Vigilance, of and for Castine; of the N. W. Buoy, was boarded by a boat from the American ship Huron, of Boston, 26 days from Bath, Capt. Farnum, who informed him that the ship Savannah had just arrived, and gone into Hoyle-Lake, to perform quarantine, as she was from New-York, having a short passage. American produce had risen very much before Capt. Russell sailed, on account of the arrival of two pilot boats from New-York, in short passages, with the intelligence of the Non-Intercourse Act, and Embargo Laws, being again renewed. Spoke, September 24th, brig John, from Quebec, bound to Bristol; on the Grand-Bank, schooners Resolution, Rebecca, and Ploughboy, all of Marblehead, fishing.
Left at St. Ubes, September 7, ship William Bradford, Fales, for Bristol, in 6 days.
Left at Lisbon, September 17, brig Caroline, Jones, of this port, ready for sea.
Schooner Renown, arrived at Charleston, October 16, in 4 days from this port.
Boston, October 28.
The United States frigate Constitution, Commodore Rogers, sailed from below New-York, on a cruise, 25th inst.
The United States brig Nautilus, Lieutenant Sinclair, commander, proceeded from Washington, 19th inst. off the coast.
Captain McLellan, in ship Francis, from St. Ubes, arrived at Portland; spoke off the Western Islands, a packet from Bayal for Lisbon, having on board six of the crew of ship Juno, Bugby, of Hampden, Maine, which ship foundered in lat. 41, long. 42; she was from St. Ubes for Boston; Captain B. and remainder of the crew went over to St. Michael's in the long boat to seek a passage home.
Marine Insurance Company.
THE STOCKHOLDERS of the MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY are hereby notified, that a Dividend of Ten Dollars on each Share will be paid on or after the first day of November next, at their Office.
By order,
BENJAMIN CLIFFORD, Sec'y.
October 31, 1809.
BENGAL GOODS.
On FRIDAY, the 3d of November, will be sold at Publick Auction, at No. 62, Broad-Street,
TWO Hundred and Fifty Bales and Cases of Calcutta Piece Goods; consisting of Gurrachs, Mamoodies, Basias, Cassas, Sannas, Checks, Custas, Chints, Buclochs, Seersuckers, Gilla, Sooty Romal, Madras, Bandano, and Choppa Romal Handkerchiefs.
Terms liberal, made known at the time of sale, which will commence at 10 o'clock. Boston, October 30, 1809.
SALE AT AUCTION.
On MONDAY the 5th of November next, at 11 o'clock, A. M. on Lyon's Wharf,
THE Ship HOPE, as she came from sea, now lying at said Wharf, burthen 162 tons, a remarkable fast sailer, and can be sent to sea at a small expense. Terms liberal, and made known at the time and place of Sale. HENRY BULL, Auctioneer. Newport, October 30, 1809.
INDIA GOODS, &c.
BLODGET & POWER
Have just received, and offer on accommodating terms,
TWENTY Bales of Gurrachs, Mamoodies, Checks, &c.
ALSO,
10 Pipes Spanish Brandy, 7 Chests Bohea Tea, 100 Hhds. Molasses, 50 Boxes Havana brown Sugars. October 31, 1809.
COTTON.
Received per sloop Jefferson, Capt. Pittcomb, and sloop Susannah, Capt. Yorke,
TWO Hundred and Eighty-Four Bales UPLAND COTTON, for sale on liberal terms. ALEX. JONES. October 31, 1809.
NOTICE.
THE Members of the FEDERAL ADIELPHI SOCIETY are hereby notified, that a Meeting of said Society will be held in the Senate Chamber, in the State-House, TO-MORROW Evening, at 7 o'clock. W. R. DANFORTH, Rec. Sec'y. October 31, 1809.
THE subscriber, being appointed by the Honourable Town-Council, Guardian over JOSEPH EDDY, Shipwright, hereby forbids all persons trusting him, as he will not pay any debts of his contracting after this date. THOMAS TABER. October 31, 1809.
A GREAT BARGAIN!
FOR SALE,
A VALUABLE FARM, pleasantly situated in West-Greenwich, adjoining land of Dr. Stephen Allen, about fourteen miles from East-Greenwich, eight from the Cotton Factory in Coventry, and thirty from Newport, lying on the main road leading from East-Greenwich to Sterling. Said Farm contains 186 acres, well proportioned into mowing, ploughing, pasturing and woodland. It is well watered, and has a good Dwelling-House and Barn standing on it. It will be sold altogether or in two lots, as may best suit the purchaser or purchasers. Any gentleman wishing to view the Farm, or to receive further information, may call on BENJAMIN or BENJAMIN WATERMAN, in Coventry. Coventry, October 30, 1809.

Ginger, Window-Glass, &c. Just received and for sale on very liberal terms, by C. R. GREENE, FORTY-four Kegs of ground Ginger, 16 Boxes of Window-Glass, of various sizes; Rice by the Cask, 4 Hds. of W. I. Rum, 25 Bbls. of Prime Beef, 3000 Bunches of Onions. October 17, 1809.
Fall and Winter Goods. This day received, and now opening at WATSON & GLADDING'S, CHEAPSIDE, at the sign of the BUNCH of GRAPES.
SUPERFINE black, blue, bottlegreen, mixed, drab and corbo Broadcloths; double milled do. double milled Cassimeres, low-priced do. lead, scarlet, drab and black Pelice Flannels; black and green Cassimeres, black, green, bottlegreen, crimson, lead and corbo coloured Bombazets, at reduced prices; 3 Bales of low-priced Broadcloths, cheap; first chop Rose Blankets, from 7 to 12-qrs. made of the finest Wool; Flannels of all colours, cheap; India Cottons, per bale, piece or yard, at reduced prices; Cambricks, Dimities, Fancy Muslins, hailstone, dotted, cut, striped, plain, leno and spidernet Muslins; Silk and Worsted Hosiery, British Cottons, black twilled Cambricks, black and plain Lustrings, milled hailstone Muslins, Ginghams, Calicoes, Chintz Furnitures, black and plain Silk Handkerchiefs, with articles too numerous to mention. They have also received this day, direct from the manufacturers, Ten Trunks of MUFFS and TIPPLETS, viz. real Sable, Elk, Bear, black Jenett, North-West Sable, North-West mock Sable, and Canada mock Bear, which will be sold at the most reduced prices. October 17, 1809. 12t.
NOTICE. THE Subscriber having taken into Partnership JOHN FYFE, will in future transact business under the firm of PETER HATTRICK and Co. PETER HATTRICK and Co. Have received, at their Store, Main-Street, next door to Messrs. Adams and Lothrop's, and at New-York, which will be here in a few days, A HANDSOME ASSORTMENT OF Scotch and English Goods, suitable for the present and approaching seasons, consisting in part of the following, viz. SUPERFINE , mid-Ginghams, ding and low-priced White and coloured Broadcloths; Cambricks, Rattinees, Shirting Cottons, Coatings, Velvets, Plains, Bindings, Blankets, Hosiery, Flannels, White Threads, Cassimets, Brown Hollands, Cassimeres, Printed and Pullicate Satinets, Handkerchiefs and Bombazets, Shawls, Rattinees, Plain and fancy leno and book Muslins, &c. &c. which are offered for sale on accommodating terms, by the piece or package. ALSO, A few Bales of best Ingrain and common CARPETING, and three Boxes of white Linen THREADS, by the Box and Bale only. September 29, 1809. tf.
Just published at the Shakespeare Gallery , New-York, and for sale at the Providence Circulating Library , THE Rambler's Magazine, No. 1, price 31 1-4 cents per number, to be continued as often as sufficient matter authorizes. ALSO, A few copies of the third American edition of Coleb's in search of a Wife Webster's large and small Dictionary Walker's do. do. The World Dissected for the instruction of Youth in Geography, price 4 dollars Geographical Cards, price 2 dollars Ledgers, Journals, Day and Cash-Books, made of the best paper, and well bound, ruled for 1. a. d. and dollars and cents Single Plays, a good assortment. October 20, 1809.
THE subscriber having determined to move from this town, offers for sale at Publick Auction, on Tuesday the 31st instant, at his Shop and House, west side of the Bridge, Anvils, Vices, and other Tools, with many articles of Iron-Work, suitable for ship-building. Also, several articles of Household Furniture, among others, one elegant Mahogany Secretary. 17 Sale to commence at 11 o'clock. He offers at private sale, His HOUSE and LOT, where he now resides. N. B. He requests all who have accounts open with him, to call and adjust them as soon as possible. MOSES HASKELL. October 20, 1809.
MR. SMITH informs those Young Gentlemen who wish to acquire the accomplishment of DANCING, that his Evening School will commence on the 31st of October, at 6 o'clock, P. M.—The terms, and place of tuition made known at his House. October 24, 1809.
NOTICE is hereby given to all those who are indebted to the Estate of Colonel CHRISTOPHER OLNEY , deceased, or the late firm of CHRISTOPHER C. OLNEY and Co. to call on the subscriber and adjust the same, as he is particularly desirous of making a speedy settlement without the disagreeable necessity of putting his accounts into the hands of an Attorney. N. G. OLNEY. October 20, 1809.
MR. and Mrs. SMITH inform their friends, and the Publick, that they have taken the commodious House in Weybosset-Street, lately occupied by Mrs. RENFREW , and the Establishment for the Education of Young Ladies, recently under her superintendence; and, having provided ample assistance, they will teach the following Branches, viz. Reading, Writing, Arithmetick, (including Domestic Book-Keeping,) useful Needle-Work, English Grammar, (comprising Orthography and Punctuation,) the Art of Composition, or the perspicuous, accurate and grammatical construction of Sentences; Geography, with a particular reference to Maps; the Elements of Astronomy and a general view of Ancient, Modern, Natural and Biographical History.—Also, Ornamental Branches, viz. Embroidery, Drawing, Painting, Musick and Dancing. The Quarter will commence on the 1st day of November next. Terms made known at the Academy. N. B. Should any be desirous to understand those principles of Moral Philosophy which are applicable to the Domestic Sphere; or, still further, to improve their taste for Polite Literature, by reading some of the Classic Authors in the original, by an acquaintance with the French Language, the Elements of Criticism and other subjects, they will be properly instructed. October 24, 1809.
BOSTON and PROVIDENCE STAGE-OFFICE. THE publick are hereby informed, that the Stage-Books for Boston, are kept at EBENEZER FOSTER'S Inn, near the Market; where Ladies and Gentlemen are invited to call and take their seats. 17 Extra Carriages at the shortest notice. JOHN NEDHAM and CO. July 14, 1809. tf.
WE the subscribers being by the Honourable Court of Probate, for the town of Bristol, appointed Commissioners to receive and examine the Claims of the Creditors against the Estate of WALTER DALTON , late of Bristol, Merchant, deceased, represented insolvent, hereby give notice, that six months from the date hereof are allowed to the Creditors of said Estate to bring in and prove their respective claims, and that we will attend at our respective dwellings for that purpose. RICHARD SMITH, jun. } Comrs. JOHN W. BOURN, } All persons indebted to said Estate, are requested to make immediate payment to BENJAMIN BOSWORTH, 2d. Administrator. ELIZA DALTON, Bristol, April 3, 1809. 6 m.
TO BE SOLD, AN excellent spot of Land to erect a Publick-House and Store of English and West-India Goods upon, about three quarters of a mile west of Sturbridge Meeting-House, on the Worcester and Stafford Turnpike, and where the turnpike leading from Providence and from Connecticut to Springfield and Northampton intersects the one last mentioned. The situation is very pleasant, and where a Publick-House and Store is much wanted. The purchaser may be accommodated with any quantity of Land from one acre to thirty. The terms will be made easy to the purchaser, and if more agreeable the subscriber will be ready to contract for the erecting and finishing the necessary Buildings for the purposes abovementioned.—Those roads meeting on this spot, will make it a central place for business, and a better stand than can be found within thirty miles of the same. For further particulars, inquire of the subscriber, one mile west of said Meeting-House. DAVID WIGHT, jun. Sturbridge, October 5, 1809. 6t.
TAKE NOTICE. WILLIAM PEARCE Respectfully informs his friends, and the publick in general, THAT he continues keeping a Tavern at his house in the village of Wickford, town of North-Kingstown, next door to Philip Tillinghast, Esq. where the greatest attention will be paid to those who may please to favour him with their company, and may depend on having the smallest favour gratefully acknowledged. 17 The house may be well known by its end fronting the street, and the sign of a bunch of grapes. Wickford, (R. I.) February 22, 1809. 1y
FOR SALE, FOUR Acres of good Land, pleasantly situated in North-Providence, on the north margin of Wanasquatucket River, and on the south side of the Pleasure Road, not exceeding one mile and an half from the Market-House in Providence—with a Dwelling-House, Work-Shop, Barn, Wood and Chaise-House, &c. There are from ninety to one hundred thrifty Fruit-Trees thereon standing. Said property may be bought on liberal terms by applying to KINSLEY CARPENTER. N. B. The above situation is well worth the attention of any person in want of accommodations for bleaching, colouring and weaving cotton yarn. North Providence, October 12, 1809.
FALL GOODS. This day opening at the Store of C. POTTER, No. 3, MARKET-SQUARE. SEVERAL Packages of Fall and Winter Goods, consisting of Broadcloths, Pinins, Cassimeres, Satinets, Serges, Baizes, Flannels, Coatings, Fearnoughts, Bombazets, Durants, Worsted Hosiery, and a great variety of other articles suitable for the approaching season. ALSO, A variety of Furniture Chintz and Dimity, chintz coloured Bed Lace and Fringe, with every other article usually kept in an English Goods Store; all of which will be sold low for cash or approved credit, at wholesale or retail. September 29, 1809. 12t.
CONSIGNMENT. For sale at the ARM and BEE-HIVE, AMERICAN PRODUCTION, WHITE LEAD in oil, in kegs of a quarter cwt. each; also RED LEAD , in kegs of 1 cwt. each, warranted pure, and offered on condition, that if the purchasers shall not be satisfied, it may be returned in a week, and the money repaid. Also, by the Barrel, Philadelphia chemically refined LAMP OIL , that requires only trial to be approved.—Likewise, Summer-strained OIL per Tierce. One Sett of Philadelphia made Chairs. September 26, 1809. 12t.
SHERRY WINE. SIXTY Quarter-Casks of Sherry Wine, of a superior quality, and imported less than 10 days ago, can be bought from GEORGE W. MARTIN, At a very reduced price for cash or negotiable paper. Newport, Church-Street, } August 26, 1809. tf.
WANTED, A MAN to take charge of the Carding, and another to take charge of the Spinning in a Cotton Manufactory.—Also wanted, a Man who understands Colouring Cotton Yarn and Cloth. None need apply unless they bring good recommendations. Inquire at The American Office. October 13, 1809. 6t.
HE wishes to hire A MAN acquainted with Blue Dying, three or four machine-makers, also one who understands Bleaching, and several Young Women, to work in the Factory. Application may be likewise made at said Factory. JOHN K. PITMAN. September 22, 1809. tf.
THE subscriber wishes to purchase a quantity of STRAW BRAID, of different kinds, for which prompt pay will be made. HE HAS FOR SALE, American Cotton and Woollen manufactured GOODS. ISRAEL DAY, jun. High-Street, October 17, 1809.
Christopher R. Greene, At his Store, No. 3, Market-Street, Offers for sale on very liberal terms, FIVE Hds. best retailing MOLASSES , 5 Quarter Casks superior SHERRY WINE . October 13, 1809.
FOR SALE BY SALMON ARNOLD, At his Store on the Long Wharf, CORN at wholesale and retail, Alexandria superfine and fine Flour, of the first quality. ALSO, New Milk Cheese. May 5, 1809. tf.
BANK NOTES OF any of the BANKS in the STATES of VERMONT, NEW-HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS, RHODE-ISLAND, CONNECTICUT, NEW-YORK, NEW-JERSEY, PENNSYLVANIA, DELAWARE, MARYLAND, VIRGINIA, KENTUCKY, OHIO, NORTH-CAROLINA, and SOUTH-CAROLINA, EXCHANGED, on the most accommodating terms, by J. B. WOOD, who can furnish TRAVELLERS, or those who wish to make remittances to the different States, with BANK NOTES that will be current without any discount, and at the shortest notice. ** Information on Bank Notes gratis, to those who will take the trouble to call. The smallest favours will be thankfully received. 17 Office hours from 6 o'clock in the morning until 6 o'clock in the afternoon. Exchange-Office, Providence, } June 13, 1809. 6 m.
FOR SALE, THE Property belonging to the subscriber, next south of Edward Thurber's Store, consisting of a good Dwelling-House, two stories high in front and three stories back. The lot measures 45 feet on Main-Street, running through to the Street leading over Mill Bridge, fronting there about 50 feet, with the out-buildings thereon standing. Also, two other Lots, about 25 feet by 50, with a good Barn thereon standing, north of Mill Bridge. Likewise, a good House, 40 feet long and very convenient, a good Barn and Wood-House, at the foot of the hill, on Smith-Street, all in good repair; one good House-Lot, near Dr. Stephen Randall's, 50 feet front and 100 back. ALSO FOR SALE, One third of the Brig GEORGE WASHINGTON . N. B. All persons indebted to the subscriber are earnestly requested to call and settle the same, without further notice. ASA HANDY. May 16, 1809. tf.
JOSEPH S. COOKE WISHES to purchase a few thousand Yards of Satin Straw Plait. ALSO, Plain Braid and Trimmings, for which the highest prices will be given, at his Store opposite the Market; where is for sale a large and valuable assortment of DRY GOODS, of the latest importations, at wholesale or retail, cheap. 17 He will also purchase all kinds of HOMEMADE WOOLLEN GOODS, if application is made soon. September 19, 1809. tf.
TEAS, &c. TAFT and WATERMAN Have for sale, at reduced prices, HYSON, Young Hyson, Hyson Skin, Souchong and Bohea TEAS, of the best quality, and just imported in the ships Arthur and Derby. ALSO ON HAND, Prime Pork, new Mess and Prime Beef, &c. &c. September 26, 1809. 12t.
THE Creditors of BENJAMIN CARTER are informed, that a Dividend is declared and ready to be paid, on application at the Office of BLODGET and POWER , to WILLIAM BLODGET, jun. Assignee. October 3, 1809. 6t.
WANTED, A MAN to take charge of the Carding, and another to take charge of the Spinning in a Cotton Manufactory.—Also wanted, a Man who understands Colouring Cotton Yarn and Cloth. None need apply unless they bring good recommendations. Inquire at The American Office. October 13, 1809. 6t.
CONSIGNMENT. For sale at the ARM and BEE-HIVE, AMERICAN PRODUCTION, WHITE LEAD in oil, in kegs of a quarter cwt. each; also RED LEAD , in kegs of 1 cwt. each, warranted pure, and offered on condition, that if the purchasers shall not be satisfied, it may be returned in a week, and the money repaid. Also, by the Barrel, Philadelphia chemically refined LAMP OIL , that requires only trial to be approved.—Likewise, Summer-strained OIL per Tierce. One Sett of Philadelphia made Chairs. September 26, 1809. 12t.
SHERRY WINE. SIXTY Quarter-Casks of Sherry Wine, of a superior quality, and imported less than 10 days ago, can be bought from GEORGE W. MARTIN, At a very reduced price for cash or negotiable paper. Newport, Church-Street, } August 26, 1809. tf.
WANTED, A MAN to take charge of the Carding, and another to take charge of the Spinning in a Cotton Manufactory.—Also wanted, a Man who understands Colouring Cotton Yarn and Cloth. None need apply unless they bring good recommendations. Inquire at The American Office. October 13, 1809. 6t.
CONSIGNMENT. For sale at the ARM and BEE-HIVE, AMERICAN PRODUCTION, WHITE LEAD in oil, in kegs of a quarter cwt. each; also RED LEAD , in kegs of 1 cwt. each, warranted pure, and offered on condition, that if the purchasers shall not be satisfied, it may be returned in a week, and the money repaid. Also, by the Barrel, Philadelphia chemically refined LAMP OIL , that requires only trial to be approved.—Likewise, Summer-strained OIL per Tierce. One Sett of Philadelphia made Chairs. September 26, 1809. 12t.
SHERRY WINE. SIXTY Quarter-Casks of Sherry Wine, of a superior quality, and imported less than 10 days ago, can be bought from GEORGE W. MARTIN, At a very reduced price for cash or negotiable paper. Newport, Church-Street, } August 26, 1809. tf.
WANTED, A MAN to take charge of the Carding, and another to take charge of the Spinning in a Cotton Manufactory.—Also wanted, a Man who understands Colouring Cotton Yarn and Cloth. None need apply unless they bring good recommendations. Inquire at The American Office. October 13, 1809. 6t.
CONSIGNMENT. For sale at the ARM and BEE-HIVE, AMERICAN PRODUCTION, WHITE LEAD in oil, in kegs of a quarter cwt. each; also RED LEAD , in kegs of 1 cwt. each, warranted pure, and offered on condition, that if the purchasers shall not be satisfied, it may be returned in a week, and the money repaid. Also, by the Barrel, Philadelphia chemically refined LAMP OIL , that requires only trial to be approved.—Likewise, Summer-strained OIL per Tierce. One Sett of Philadelphia made Chairs. September 26, 1809. 12t.
SHERRY WINE. SIXTY Quarter-Casks of Sherry Wine, of a superior quality, and imported less than 10 days ago, can be bought from GEORGE W. MARTIN, At a very reduced price for cash or negotiable paper. Newport, Church-Street, } August 26, 1809. tf.
NEW GOODS. PETER BROWNELL, No. 9, CHEAPSIDE. HAS just received a large assortment of Goods, suitable for the present and approaching seasons, consisting of the following articles, viz.—Bottlegreen, black, blue, smoke and mixed Broadcloths; red, green, yellow and white Flannels; Coatings, Plains, drab, bottlegreen, black, brown and mixed Cassimeres; black, scarlet, snuff and slate Bombazets; Wildborea, Duroys and Rattinees, black, snuff and slate Tabby Velvets, common do. Silver Cords, 73 pieces of Calicoes of different prices and figures, pink, buff and blue Ginghams; white, black and coloured 4 and 6-gr. Cambricks; Furniture, Cambricks and common Dimities, English Shirting Cottons, Cotton and Worsted Hosiery, India Cottons of all kinds, India and homemade Checks, Jacquet and Mull Cambricks, figured and plain Lenos, spidernet, laced, seeded, veined and Book Muslins; white and black Laces, black and white Footing Lace, 4, 5 and 6-gr. Cotton Shawls; Pullicat, Madras and Canton Checks; Silk Hankerchiefs, Cotton and Silk Bandanees, white and printed Pocket-Handkerchiefs, Copperplates and Chintzes, No. 3, 31-2, 4, 41-2, and 5 Pack Pins; White Chapel Needles, 3, 6, 7 and 8-gr. Cotton Damask Diaper; Diaper Napkins, black, green, pink and white Sarce nets; black Crape, black Satins and Lustrings, Ladies' short Kid and long and short Silk Gloves, Coat and Vest Buttons, Leather and Cotton Suspenders, Marking Canvass, black and white Bonnet Paper, Ribbons, Shoe and Quality Bindings, Tapes and Bobbins, 26 and 28 inch Umbrellas, Gentlemen's Beaver and common Gloves, Linen Cambricks, Brown Linens, Cotton Thread in balls and hanks, of all colours and kinds, Cotton Yarn and Cotton Bedticks, with almost every other article usually kept in a Dry Goods Store, at wholesale or retail, on such terms as will not fail to suit every person who is in want of Goods. Town and country customers are requested to call and see for themselves.—Every favour will be thankfully received. October 10, 1809. tf.
JOHN YOUNG, At the first corner Store south of the Market, HAS FOR SALE, A VERY general assortment of GENUINE GROCERIES, viz. Old Madeira, Teneriffe, Sherry, Lisbon, Port, Claret and other Wines of the first quality; old Cognac Brandy, superior old Jamaica Spirits, Geneva, Cherry Rum, best Cordials of various kinds, Bourdeaux and Martinique, in Bottles; Mace, Nutmegs, Cloves, Citron, Cinnamon, Allspice, Pepper, Ginger, Starch, fresh Turkey Figs, Prunes, Muscadel and Bloom Raisins, Sultana and Cask ditto, Currants, soft shelled Almonds, excellent Bottle and Flask Oil, Table Salt in baskets, India Soy, Catsup, Loaf and other Sugars, Olives, Capers Nasturtions, Anchovies, preserved Sweetmeats and Fruits of different kinds in Brandy and other Syrups, Tamarinds, Spermaceti and Mould Tallow Candles, Windsor Soap, Bar ditto, Cayenne Pepper per lb. or bottle, Peppercorns in bottles best Brown Stout Porter and excellent bottled Cider—Gunpowder, Hyson and other Green and Souchong TEAS, of the last importations, warranted good; Coffee, No. 1 and No. 2 Chocolate, &c. &c. 17 A few handsome LIQUOR CASES, with white Glass Bottles, very convenient. CIGARS. A number of Boxes first quality Spanish Cigars of an excellent flavour, will smoke free, and are acknowledged by the best judges to be of a superior kind. Fresh Lemons, Oranges and Limes. Preparation for Punch, of an excellent quality, in bottles. N. B. Madeira, Port, Claret, Sherry and Lisbon Wine, of very superior quality, in bottles—recommended by Physicians to those who are sick, and by J. Y. to the well and healthy. ** Cash given for empty Bottles and good clean Mustard and Hemp-Seed. Past favours gratefully acknowledged. September 1, 1809. tf.
VIALS WANTED! CASH given for clean VIALS at the shop or lodgings of DR. JACOB FULLER , in Broad-Street; who is ready at all hours to attend those who are disposed to employ him in the various branches of his profession. October 17, 1809. 6t.
MILL SEAT. THE Subscriber offers on very accommodating terms, a PRIVILEGE for a GRIST-MILL, within a few rods of the Stone Factory in Warwick, about 13 miles from Providence. The mill might be erected for a small expence; the water taken from the boom of said Factory. It is well situated for custom, being in quite a populous neighbourhood. He wishes to hire A MAN acquainted with Blue Dying, three or four machine-makers, also one who understands Bleaching, and several Young Women, to work in the Factory. Application may be likewise made at said Factory. JOHN K. PITMAN. September 22, 1809. tf.
THE subscriber wishes to purchase a quantity of STRAW BRAID, of different kinds, for which prompt pay will be made. HE HAS FOR SALE, American Cotton and Woollen manufactured GOODS. ISRAEL DAY, jun. High-Street, October 17, 1809.
Christopher R. Greene, At his Store, No. 3, Market-Street, Offers for sale on very liberal terms, FIVE Hds. best retailing MOLASSES , 5 Quarter Casks superior SHERRY WINE . October 13, 1809.
THE subscriber offers for sale the following Farms in the State of Connecticut: ONE in the north Society in Coventry, on the road leading from Hebron to Tolland, containing about 110 acres of excellent Land, about two miles from the Meeting-House, half a mile from a School, and 100 rods from a good Grist-Mill and Saw-Mill. The Farm lies on Skungamug River, has about 23 acres of interval, the remainder upland, and consists of mowing, ploughing, pasturing, wood and timber land; will cut from 35 to 40 tons of hay annually, is well watered by the above river, and a number of living springs. There are on the premises a very neat, convenient Dwelling-House, Barn and Out-Houses entirely new, and nearly finished; a Well of Water which never fails, within ten feet of the door; a thrifty young Orchard just beginning to bear, and an old one somewhat decayed. Two in the first society in Hartland, pleasantly situated about one mile south of the Meeting-House, and within 20 miles of Hartford; one contains about 240 acres, with a large, good one story House, with two chimneys, well finished, and convenient for two families; three Barns, Out-Houses, &c. all in good repair; has about 40 acres of mowing, 150 of ploughing and pasturing and 50 of wood; has good Orchard, is well watered and well fenced. The other Farm contains about 60 acres, with a small one story Farm-House, Barn and Orchard; well proportioned into mowing, pasturing, ploughing and woodland; well watered and under good improvement. Possession given immediately. Three Farms pleasantly situated in the north part of Granville, they adjoin each other, and contain about 330 acres, and are extremely well calculated for the settlement and neighbourhood of a family connexion. One contains about 125 acres, with a two story House and Barn, and three flourishing young Orchards; will cut annually from 25 to 30 tons of good hay. One of 115 acres, with a one story House, Barn and young Orchard, will cut from 25 to 30 tons of hay; and one of about 90 acres, with a one story House, Barn, and a young Orchard; will cut from 8 to 12 tons of hay. These Farms are well watered, well fenced, and suitably proportioned into mowing, pasturing, ploughing and woodland; and will be sold separately or together, and possession may be had immediately. Also one in Blanford, of fifty acres, with a House and Barn; well watered, under good improvement, and well proportioned into mowing, pasturing, ploughing and woodland. The above Farms will be sold on reasonable terms, and long credit given for a considerable part of the purchase, on the payment of annual interest. The subscriber also offers for sale, an eligible and convenient stand for a Tavern and Store, in the town of Vernon, on the Hartford and Tolland Turnpike Road; twelve miles from Hartford, and about the same distance from Stafford Springs; lately occupied as a Tavern and Store by Mr. Lebbeus P. Tinker, and now occupied by Mr. James Chapman; consisting of a neat, spacious well finished House and Store, two Barns, one entirely new and large, having sufficient stabling, and every necessary accommodation for a Tavern; about three acres of Land, including a Garden, with considerable fruit, and an Orchard that will produce from 20 to 30 barrels of cider annually. Also, ten acres of Woodland, within one mile of the above stand. Also, one hundred thousand acres of Land, in New-Connecticut; part of which lays in the flourishing towns of Hartford, Vienna, Nelson, and Rootstown; settled from thirty to sixty families in each town. These towns are well watered, and well accommodated with roads, Grist-Mills and Saw-Mills; the land is of a good quality, the water is good, and the country remarkably healthy; and part is situated in three entire towns of about 15,000 acres each, and in several tracts of land from one thousand to four thousand acres, not surveyed into lots, and which the subscriber will sell either by the whole township or tract, or by any less quantity, as may best suit purchasers. It will be noticed, that the price of land, in the unsettled towns and tracts, will be considerably less than those towns which are settling, and will not only give to an individual or company who may purchase, the advantage of a first choice, but also will secure to them, the rise in the value of the lands. A good title, and the most liberal terms given to purchasers. EPHRAIM ROOT. For further particulars, apply to JOSEPH ROGERS, Esq. at Hartford, Connecticut. Hartford, (Con.) October 8, 1809. 6m.
PATENT SPRINGS. MR. JAMES ARMOUR, jun. of New-York, obtained of the President of the United States Letters Patent, dated June 27, 1808, securing to him throughout the United States the Spiral Spring , applicable to all kinds of Carriages.—And whereas the Subscribers have purchased of the said Patentee the exclusive right in the following places, viz. JONATHAN NICHOLS , of Providence, for the State of Rhode-Island; and JESSE WHITMORE , of said Providence, for the Counties of Worcester, Bristol, Plymouth, Barnstable and Nantucket, in the State of Massachusetts. Said NICHOLS makes, and will always have on hand, Springs to supply the demand in the above mentioned districts, and warrants the Springs manufactured by him for the term of one year. The above mentioned Springs have been in use in New-York, Philadelphia, and the principal part of New-Jersey for more than a year. In this town, within two months, there have been eighteen pair of Chaise and two pair of Coach Springs sold and in use; they are highly approved as possessing more ease, convenience and durability than any other Carriage-Springs in use. Any gentleman wishing to purchase, may be supplied by applying at said Nichols's shop on Eddy's Point, or to Jesse Whitmore , a little south of the Court-House in Main-Street. JONATHAN NICHOLS, JESSE WHITMORE. October 10, 1809. tf.