The Rhode-Island Republican (Newport, R.I.), 1809-10-25 00:00:00

THE RHODE-ISLAND REPUBLICAN.
No. 32.
NEWPORT, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1809.
Vol. 1.
NEWPORT, R. I.
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED ON WEDNESDAYS, BY WILLIAM SIMONS, No. 15, MILL-STREET.
TERMS.
The paper is printed once a week, at 2 dollars a year, one half in advance.
Advertisements conspicuously inserted, at the rate of 1 dollar and 50 cents a square, for three weeks—smaller one in the same proportion.
Printing, in all its variety, executed with accuracy and despatch. Orders respectfully solicited.
JOSEPH BRIGGS,
No. 63, Thames-street,
HAS for sale—100 bbls. Prime Pork, warranted; Gin, per pipe.
Also—An assortment of GROCERIES.
N. B. He transacts Commission Business. Those who are disposed to favour him in this line, may depend on his exertions in their behalf.
STORAGE for goods may be had by applying as above. July 26.
GODFREY WENWOOD,
HAS FOR SALE, On the most reasonable Terms,
A QUANTITY of Ship and Cabin Bread; Alexandria and New-York Flour of the first quality; Molasses by the gallon; coarse and blown Salt by the bushel; Ginger and Pearl-Ash by retail.—Also, Mystick Tyle by the dozen, and Philadelphia Bricks by the hundred; Hops by the pound; Malt by the bushel or smaller quantity; Wheat Bran by the bushel; Coal by the bushel.—Also, A quantity of Bricks and Tile, made of Pipe Clay, suitable for Ovens.
Newport, Aug. 30, 1809.
NEW GOODS.
P. O. RICHMOND,
HAS just received and is now opening at his Cash Store, No. 150, Thames-street, a very extensive and general Assortment of fresh imported DRY GOODS , consisting of superfine and common Broadcloths, Cassimeres, Coatings, and flannels of various descriptions, bombazets, rattinets, wildbores, India cottons, cotton cambricks, fine cambricks shirtings, India and Scotch book muslins, and muslin handkerchiefs, long lawns for pocket handkerchiefs, plain and figured leno, ladies best long, white and coloured kid and silk gloves, black and slate coloured worsted hosiery, brown linens, one box fine and low priced Irish linens, of an approved bleach, and one bale rose blankets, with a great variety of other articles suitable for the present and approaching season, which having been bought for cash, can be afforded lower than has been sold for several years past.
Newport, October 11, 1809.
Fearing & Fairman,
HAVE just received in addition to their former supply, an assortment of FANCY DRY GOODS , which will be sold on the most reasonable terms.
Newport, September 6, 1809.
LOPEZ & DEXTER,
OFFER FOR SALE,
 36 Puncheons St. Croix RUM;  11 Pipes 4th Proof Spanish BRANDY;  15 do. 1st do. Country GIN;  10 do. Madeira WINE;  24 Quarter Casks Lisbon do.;  75 Chests Souchong TEA;  8 do. Hyson Skin do.;  26,000 lbs. West-India COFFEE;  15 Bags PIMENTO;  74 Bales Upland COTTON;  100 Boxes Muscatel RAISINS;  55 Barrels N. Y. inspected Prime PORK;  60 Tons assorted Swedes' IRON;  700 Quintals CODFISH;  15 Boxes Window GLASS;  150 Reams Wrapping PAPER;  100 do. Writing do.;  3 Hogsheads LOAF SUGAR. 
—ALSO—
The following Fresh Imported.
DRY GOODS:—
 3 Cases India Silks;  600 Pieces Blue Nankeen;  200 do. Yellow ditto;  250 do. White ditto;  3 Bales Superfine Broadcloths;  2 Cases Cotton Sewings;  4 do. Fancy Prints;  1 do. English Sewing Silks;  1 do. Men's and Women's Gloves;  2 do. Cotton Shirting;  1 do. Fancy Muslins;  1 do. Marseilles Vesting;  1 do. Cambric Muslins;  1 do. Bombazets;  1 Bale Cassimeres;  1 Case Velvets;  100 Pieces Russia Diaper;  50 do. Red, Yellow and Brown Bandanas. 
Newport, August 16, 1809.
PUBLICK HEALTH.
BATHING-HOUSE.
FOR the accommodation of those Ladies and Gentlemen, who wish to partake of the luxury of the Bath, the BATHING HOUSE will be opened every day, from sunrise until 9 o'clock in the evening, Sundays excepted, when it will be closed at 10 o'clock in the morning.—Tickets may be had at the Medicine Store of SAMUEL W. VINSON , and of the Proprietor. Ladies will please to pass in at the door No. 72, Thames-Street. Gentlemen will enter at the east door of the Bathing-House, Pelham-Street. Subscribers will be furnished with Tickets on account of their Shares, as heretofore.
Newport, April 19, 1809.
Miscellany.
MR. ADAMS'
CORRESPONDENCE CONTINUED.
To the Printers of the Boston Patriot.
SIR,
ON the 24th of August, 1780, transmitted to Congress, by another conveyance, duplicates of the declarations of Sweden, Denmark, &c. relative to the maritime confederation.
September 4th, wrote to Congress, news that the outward bound West-India fleet of 52 sail, and 5 East-Indiamen, on the 9th of August, fell in with the combined French and Spanish fleets, about sixty leagues from Cape St. Vincents, and were most of them taken, the frigates, and 4 East-Indiamen alone having escaped. This is the account:—we may possibly hear of some deductions. But the account in general is authentick, and of very great importance, as the value of the property taken is large, the number of seamen considerable, and the disappointment in the fleets and armies of our enemies in the East and West-Indies, and in North-America, difficult to be repaired. The news has been from the 22d of August to the 3d of September, in travelling from London to Amsterdam, where it makes very great sensation indeed. We had at the same time, news of the capture of most of the Quebec fleet, by an American frigate and two brigantines.
September 1, 1780, wrote from Amsterdam to Mr. Luzack, I have received a copy of the constitution of Massachusetts, of which I beg your acceptance. It has not yet been published in Europe, as it now appears accepted by the Convention, although the report of the committee was printed in the Courier de L'Europe, some months ago, and in the Remembrancer, as well as in the newspapers in London. I find many gentlemen here are inquisitive concerning the American forms of government; so that, if you can find room to print it by small portions at a time, in your paper, you would not only gratify the curiosity of your readers, but perhaps do a publick service to a cause which is honoured with your approbation.
To tell you the truth, as I had some share in the formation of this constitution, I am ambitious of seeing it translated by the Editor of the Leyden Gazette, which, without a compliment, I esteem the best in Europe, both in point of style and method.
Mr. Luzack accordingly translated and published it.
September 2, wrote to Mr. William Lee, at Brussels, "A packet has arrived at Bilbao from America, with news of the arrival of De Ternay, at Rhode-Island. A vessel has arrived here yesterday from Philadelphia, and another from Virginia. The enemy has retreated from New-Jersey to New-York, driven back by the militia. The people are in high spirits; trade very brisk; and privateering successful. I am so much of your opinion, that I wish Congress had a Minister Plenipotentiary at the Hague, Petersburg, Stockholm, and Copenhagen."
September 4, wrote to my correspondent in London, "I have only time to acknowledge the receipt of your's of the 25th and 29th ult. which were very acceptable, and enclose two newspapers and the act of Massachusetts establishing an Academy of Arts and Sciences."
September 5, wrote to Mr. Dana, at Paris, "The news of the capture off St. Vincents, is confirmed in abundance from London, and we have news at the same time of an American frigate and two privateer brigs taking most of the Quebec fleet. You will see Gen. Washington's and Gen. Green's account of Kniphausen's defeat and retreat from the Jerseys. There are associations for forming banks at Philadelphia and another at Boston. The Massachusetts constitution is accepted by more than two thirds of the people, and is to take place the first of October."
Same day, wrote to Mr. Dumas, at the Hague, "the capture of the British fleet is of great importance in itself, on account of the property, the men, and the disappointment to the enemy.—But when we consider it as a precedent, it is more interesting still. This is the only wise method of warring with Great Britain. When France and Spain shall adopt the policy of convoying their own commerce and cruising for that of the enemy, this war will soon be brought to a conclusion. Such a capital success in one of their first essays will be likely to convince the two courts, as well as their marine officers, of the utility of such measures, and induce them to pursue them, which I wish with all my heart."
I saw with pleasure the revival of the American Philosophical Society at Philadelphia, and the establishment of an academy of arts and sciences at Boston. In a new country and a young society, such institutions are perhaps more useful and necessary, than in older nations. But in order to render them more useful to the world, would it not be proper to promote some connection and correspondence between them and the academies of Europe? Would it be unworthy of any scientific or literary company to send these infant societies copies of their printed memoirs and transactions? Science and literature are of no party nor nation. They belong to the great commonwealth of mankind. I hope
that one of the first objects of the new societies in America, will be the formation of botanical gardens, and collections of the birds, beasts, and fishes, as well as trees and plants, which are peculiar to that country, in order to a natural history of it. An ample field this.
Is it not wonderful, that it does not occur to the friends of England in the United Provinces, that the best means they can use to shew their friendship to her, is to convince her of her error. She is rushing like a madman down a precipice. Is it humanity or friendship to spur her on?
It is amazing that avarice itself does not stimulate the misers who lend her money, to stop their hands. The only chance English credit has for salvation is to stop short, acknowledge American independence—make peace, and secure as great a share as they can of American commerce, before it becomes established in other channels.
Can it be friendship to England to fill the universe with most abominable lies, in order to keep up a false idea of her power and the weakness of America?
September 5, wrote to Mr. Luzack, "Inclosed is an abridgment of a pamphlet published in London, last winter. I beg your perusal of it, and your candid opinion whether it would be of service to our cause, which is the cause of mankind, and especially of Europe, to publish it."
This was Governor Pownal's Memorial to the Sovereigns of Europe, which I had procured to be translated, by a masterly hand, into very good French. Mr. Luzack published it, and it was much read and admired. It was thought to be highly favourable to the American cause.
Though the idle sport of imagination in my next letter was as little to my purpose then, as it now is, yet whimsical as it is, I will not suppress it.
September 5, 1780, wrote to Congress, "As eloquence is cultivated with more care in free Republicks than in other governments, it has been found by constant experience, that such Republicks have produced the greatest purity, copiousness, and perfection of language. It is not to be disputed, that the form of government has an influence upon language, and language in its turn influences not only the form of government, but the temper, the sentiments, and the manners of the people. The admirable models which have been transmitted through the world and continued down to these days, so as to form an essential part of the education of mankind, from generation to generation, by those two ancient towns, Athens and Rome, would be sufficient, without any other argument, to shew the United States the importance to their liberty, prosperity, and glory, of an early attention to the subject of eloquence and language."
Most of the nations of Europe have thought it necessary to establish, by publick authority, institutions for fixing and improving their proper languages. I need not mention the academies in France, Spain, and Italy, their learned labours nor their great success. But it is very remarkable, that, although many learned and ingenious men in England, have from age to age, projected similar institutions for correcting and improving the English tongue, yet the government have never found time to interpose in any manner—so that, to this day, there is no grammar nor dictionary extant, of the English language, which has the least publick authority, and it is only very lately, that a tolerable dictionary has been published even by a private person, and there is not yet a passable grammar enterprized by any individual.
The honour of forming the first publick institution for refining, correcting, ascertaining, and improving the English language, I hope, is reserved for Congress. They have every motive that can possibly influence a publick assembly to undertake it.
It will have a happy effect upon the union of the States, to have a publick standard to which all persons in all parts of the Continent may appeal, both for signification and pronunciation of all words in the most predominant language.
The constitutions of all the States in the Union are so democratical, that eloquence will become an instrument for recommending men to their fellow citizens, and a principal means of advancement, through the various gradations and offices of society.
In the last century, Latin was the universal language of Europe. Correspondence among the learned, and indeed between merchants and men of business, and conversation of strangers and travellers, was generally held in that dead language. In the present century, Latin has been too generally laid aside, and French has been substituted in its place; but has not yet become universally established, and according to present appearances, it is not probable that it will be. English is destined to be in the next or succeeding century, more generally the language of the world, than Latin was in the last, or French is, in the present age. The reason of this is obvious; because the increasing population in America and their universal connection and correspondence with all nations, will, aided by the influence of England in the world, whether that be greater or smaller, force their language into general use, in spite of all the obstacles that may be thrown in the way, if any such there should be.
It is not necessary to enlarge further, to
shew the motives which the people of America have to turn their thoughts early to this subject: they will naturally occur to Congress in a much greater detail than I have time to intimate.
The authority of Congress is necessary to give such a society reputation, influence and authority, through all the states, and with other nations. The number of members of which it shall consist; the manner of appointing them; whether each state shall have a certain number of members, and the powers of appointing them; or whether Congress shall appoint them; whether after the first appointment the society itself shall fill up vacancies; these and other questions will easily be determined by Congress.
It will be necessary that the society should have a library, consisting of a complete collection of all writings concerning languages, ancient and modern; they must have some officers, and some expences, which will require some funds as indispensable. Upon a recommendation of Congress, there is no doubt the legislature of every state in the confederation would readily pass laws making such a society a body politick; entitle it to sue and be sued, and to hold an estate real or personal, of a limited value in that state.
I have the honour to submit these hints to the consideration of Congress, and to hope that nothing in them will give offence to them or their allies.
I ask leave to subjoin a few facts in explanation of this letter and of a paragraph in my letter to Mr. Dumas, of the 5th of September, 1780, relative to natural history and botanical gardens.
In travelling from Boston to Philadelphia, in 1774, 5, 6, and 7, I had several times amused myself at Norwalk, in Connecticut, with the very curious collection of birds and insects of American production made by Mr. Arnold—a collection which he afterwards sold to Gov. Tryon, who sold it to Sir Ashton Lever, in whose apartments in London I afterwards visited it again.—This collection was so singular a thing, that it made a deep impression upon me, and I could not but consider it a reproach to my country, that so little was known even to herself of her natural history.
When I was in Europe, in the years 1778 and 1779, in the commission to the king of France, with Dr. Franklin and Mr. Arthur Lee, I had opportunities to see the king's collections and many others, which increased my wishes that nature might be examined and studied in my own country as it was in others.
In France, among the academicians and other men of science and letters, I was frequently entertained with enquiries concerning the Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, and with eulogiums on the wisdom of that institution, and encomiums on some publications in their transactions. These conversations suggested to me the idea of such an establishment at Boston, where I knew there was as much love of science and as many gentlemen who are capable of pursuing it, as in any other city of its size.
In 1779, I returned to Boston in the French frigate Le Sensible, with the Chevalier de la Luzerne and Mr. Marbois. The corporation of Harvard College gave a publick dinner, in honour of the French ambassador and his suite, and did me the honour of an invitation to dine with them. At table in the Philosophy Chamber, I chanced to sit next to Dr. Cooper. I entertained him during the whole of the time we were together, with an account of Arnold's collections, the collections, I had seen in Europe, the compliment I had heard in France upon the Philosophical Society at Philadelphia and concluded with proposing that the future legislature of Massachusetts should institute an academy of arts and sciences.
The Doctor at first hesitated—thought it would be difficult to find members who would attend to it; but his principal objection was, that it would injure Harvard College by setting up a rival to it, that might draw the attention and sections of the publick in some degree from it. To this I answered, first, that there were certainly men of learning enough that might compose a society sufficiently numerous; and secondly, that instead of being a rival to the University, it would be an honour and advantage to it. That the president and principal professors would no doubt be always members of it, and the meetings might be ordered wholly or in part, at the College, and in that room. The Doctor at length appeared better satisfied, and I entreated him to propagate the idea and the plan, as far and as soon as his discretion would justify.—The Doctor accordingly gave the project so judiciously and effectually, that the first legislature under the new constitution adopted and established it by law.
Afterwards when attending the convention for forming the constitution, I mentioned the subject to several of the members, and when I was appointed by the sub-committee to make a draught of a project of a constitution to be laid before the convention, my mind and heart was so full of this subject that I inserted the chapter fifth, section second,
The encouragement of Literature.
"Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education, in the various parts of the country, and among the different

of the people, it shall be the duty of the Legislature and Magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to cherish the interest of literature, and the sciences, and all seminaries of them, especially the University of Cambridge, publick schools and grammar schools in the towns; to encourage private societies and publick institutions by rewards and immunities, for the promotion of agriculture, arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manufactures, and a natural history of the country, to countenance and inculcate the principles of humanity and general benevolence, publick and private charity, industry, frugality, honesty and punctuality in their dealings: sincerity, good humour, and all social affections and generous sentiments, among the people."
I was somewhat apprehensive that criticism and objections would be made to the section, and particularly that the "natural history" and the "good humour" would be stricken out; but the whole was received very kindly, and passed the Convention unanimously, without amendment. This gave me great encouragement to hope that a natural history of the country would soon be commenced under publick authority: But it has been only within four or five years, that any thing has been undertaken in earnest, and that by private subscription, aided however with a generous grant, by the Legislature, of a township of land, which it is to be hoped will be followed by other and more efficacious assistance—for the publick property is never more honourably or profitably employed, than in promoting establishment of such extensive and permanent benefits to the present age and to posterity.
JOHN ADAMS.
Quincy, July 31, 1802.
From the (Philadelphia) Aurora of May 14, 1803.
TAMMANY SOCIETY.
THE anniversary of this long established and consistent society, was celebrated on the 12th inst. with its usual festive gaiety and harmony; there men of consistent and steadfast principles through evil times, found the same principles undiminished by prosperity—unchanged by envy—by petty passions—or by personal disappointments; the living rule growing out of the eternal principles of liberty and representative government—the rights of social man and adherence to the will of the majority—which have always governed this social and steadfast community of republicans, were seen and recognized on this occasion with unabated delight, with an union grateful to the mind of every man, who views the state of the world, and knows the value of union in times which threaten, once more to "try men's souls."
The distant reader may not perhaps know the nature of this institution: and among its members, which cannot amount at this time to less than 1000, there may be some who enjoy all its pleasure, as the resort of good principles, who are not aware of its origin.
The custom of European nations to adopt some saint as a patron, a relique of the early monkish times; perhaps gave to an Indian chief of the Leni Lenap (or Delaware) tribe the innocent prefixure, which the mother church allows only to those who have passed the ordeal of canonization .
Tammany, an Indian chief, whose abode was in one of the beautiful vallies which now form the neighbourhood of Germantown, had distinguished himself by his urbanity and hospitality, his kindness and affection to the early settlers of this city; and many anecdotes are told of him, which would not dishonour the sanctity of those saints, whose names have a day appropriate, a legitimate place in the calendar.
The virtues of the generous Indian chief, pointed him out as a fit patron to a body of sturdy whites, who during the revolution, associated to commune over the affairs of their country, and to enjoy a cheery hour amidst the horrors of British desolation, and "from this fountain sprung forth many waters;" after the revolution, the association was preserved to commemorate what it had been originally instituted to cherish and sustain: and had nearly evanished with the spirits of those who went to join the great spirit ; but successive vicissitude—the occupation of the western posts—the British depredations, and treaty intrigues of 1793-4—the reign of terror in 1797—and the disorders stirred up in this state by men "between whom there were but slight shades of difference," at the period of the Louisiana purchase—from time to time, by awakening apprehensions, have successively contributed to keep this society constantly organized, a body of vigilant, steadfast, and faithful , publick watchmen. This society has, in fact, been the principal rallying point of republicanism through the political storms of past years—and on Thursday, perhaps, exhibited, for number and character, as respectable and independent a body of men as can be found in any part of the union.
There are traits in the externals of this society which it may be proper to note—they assume Indian attributes and ceremonials: but like all other societies, these are emblematical: the hospitality—fidelity—zeal—and sincerity of the Indian tribes is proverbial; these the sons of Tammany are solicitous to keep constantly before their minds; they use emblems and hieroglyphics —these, if they did not originate, at least obtained greater currency and a more marked standing, at a period when under the name of CINCINNATUS , an institution was reared which threatened the establishment of an hereditary aristocracy; some humorist among the Sachems of the society of Tammany , gave to this body the en-ter-name of COLUMBIAN order , and by the adoption of
emblems, sought to bring on the floor of equality an order which threatened to rear itself up on the ruin of the equal principles sought for in the resolution.
The Cincinnati , in consequence of the vigorous exposition of its dangerous tendency by EDANUR BURKE, has ceased to be pernicious or alarming; and the emblems of the Tammany Society , which were intended to taught the vanity of hereditary honours out of countenance , remain as innocent memorials of their origin, and ensigns by which the union of the tribes upon the principles of the revolution, is to be maintained— union, and harmony, on the sound principles of democracy , are its tenets—apostasy, and perfidy , to the cause of the people, are the causes of exclusion.
LONG TALK,
Delivered by the Grand Sachem, General LEIB.
BROTHERS—
THE partiality of a committee has again imposed upon me the task of addressing you. Not many moons have passed over our heads since I discharged this duty, and you will attribute my appearance before you at this time, entirely to the pleasure I feel in obeying the will of the Society, and to the disposition I at all times entertain to contribute my mite to its stock of amusement or profit.
This Society, Brothers, under the name of an Indian Chief, has other than savage objects in view. Revelry and riot make no part of our institution, and although we dedicate one day in the year to mirth and glee, these are not to be unmixed with useful purposes. While we permit our hearts to expand with kindness and brotherly affection towards each other, let us not be unmindful that the circle of our interest is not bounded by our constitutional limits. The Tammany Society comprehends a larger space—it embraces within its scope the American people.
One of the noblest purposes of man is to improve the condition, to enlarge the happiness of his fellow man. Connected, and intimately too, with human happiness are political institutions of the world. Man can be only truly happy when he is free, and he can only be free when the powers of government are in his own hands. In the United States the people are free because they govern, and they are happy because they are free. They will both—and their will is the law.—To preserve these blessings is the great end of our institution.
The time was when another country dictated the law to this, or in other words, when the British government held us in a state of dependence—when we were not free to do as we thought best—a long and arduous contest gave us independence, and freedom, such as no nation ever did, or does now enjoy, has hitherto been its attendant. Political institutions, without example in the history of the world, have grown out of our self-government, and the wisdom and will of a whole people are substituted for the dictation of the one or the few. To preserve and improve those institutions, to perpetuate the inheritance, acquired by the heart's blood of our country, is the duty of every son of Tammany , and makes a part of the bond into which he enters when he becomes of our fraternity.
The struggles of a great nation for the rights of man, kindled the flames of war in the trans-atlantic world. The enemy to American freedom and independence, nay, the foe to human happiness, unfurled her bloody banner, and the tyrants of Europe were subsidized as crusaders against the liberties of the French people. The war thus began, has had but short intervals of peace for years, and the plains of Europe have been crimsoned with the blood of the innocent and the unoffending. The war of monarchs against the people has produced their enslavement; and the dawn of liberty, which at one moment cheered and gladdened the world, has sunk again into impenetrable darkness—Republican France has submitted its neck to the yoke of a new dynasty, and liberty has been exiled from Europe. France, awakened by liberty, has prostrated all continental Europe at her feet, and is now engaged single handed with the author of all her calamities and all her glory. In this contest, the fiend of human repose, is labouring to involve us—war is unfriendly to freedom, and we have sought to avoid it. The blood of freemen is as precious as that of monarchs, for in this land of liberty, every freeman is a king, and therefore have freemen endeavoured to prevent it—war, dictated by necessity, and entered upon for all that is dear to man, still is an evil;—and to cast the chalice of misery from our lips, has been the assiduous and unremitting endeavour of a democratick administration. The dignified moderation of the chief magistrate has not met a correspondent temper, neither has his inflexible justice and impartial observance of neutral law secured us against insult and outrage. It would seem as if Heaven's decrees were at last to be fulfilled, and that all mankind was to be arrayed against the common enemy of man, to give human nature repose, and to afford a respite to the calamities of the world.
The measures of the administration have been fraught with wisdom—they have been conceived in a scrupulous and nice regard for the publick welfare, and have been persisted in with a firmness worthy of a good cause. To avoid war was an imperious duty, as long as it could be avoided without a sacrifice of the permanent interests of the nation, and hence the non-importation and
the embargo. No measure could be better calculated to avert a war, than an embargo; no expedient could have been resorted to so fit to command respect for, and an observance of, our neutral rights. 'Tis true, that a partial inconvenience must result to ourselves from the measure; but the true mode of appreciating its value and its benefits, is by comparing it to a state of war. The small sacrifice of interest can never be placed, by an enlightened, a virtuous, and humane people, in competition with the waste, and the carnage, and the horrors of war. If our common highways were infested with robbers, and the traveller was sure to be robbed if not murdered, madness could only dictate an exposure. The common highway of nations is thus infested, and wisdom suggested the propriety of our remaining at home.
To indicate peace, the Romans shut the temple of Janus, and we, in a liberal imitation of their example, have shut the temple of Plutus. We have considered gold as of less value than blood, and the happiness of a free people as not dependent upon the number of their counters. Rational men calculate the profit and the loss of an enterprise, and humanity commands us to be niggards of human misery. As mere calculators according to arithmetical rules, how immense would be the difference between an embargo and a war?—As christians and as philanthropists, where is the man whose cold-blooded virtue would dare to advise the sacrifice of his species on the altar of mercantile avarice?
Who is there to whom the shrieks and groans of our fellow-citizens on the frontier, under the scalping knife and tomahawk of the merciless savage, would be music?—Who is there that wishes to behold the agonizing scene of a wife and a mother, weeping and tearing her dishevelled locks over the body of her scalped husband, and the mangled frames of her children?—Who is there that desires to trace the footsteps of the savage by desolation and blood, to see our frontier hamlets rising in flames, and to hear his yells in the war dance around them?—Let such monsters rail at a measure of peace, let such rail at the embargo.
Are there any among us, who would behold without emotion, the bombardment of our seaports, the conflagration of our cities, and the tragedy of Copenhagen acted upon our shores?—If there be, to them must the embargo be detestable.
Who is the man of blood that considers war a pastime, and views its horrors with the composure of a theatrical exhibition?—To him must peace prove a curse, and excite the same sort of anguish as the sight of Paradise to the fallen Angels.
[To be concluded next week.]
ADDRESS
Of the New-York General Republican Committee TO JAMES MADISON, President of the United States.
ESTEEMED AND RESPECTED SIR,
Your Republican, fellow citizens of the City and County of New-York, at a general meeting, directed us to address you to express the high confidence which they repose in your talents and integrity, and their full determination to support the rights and government of our country.
Your election, Sir, to the chief magistracy of the union, was an event which afforded us the greatest satisfaction. Your ancient and uninterrupted friendship with Mr. Jefferson, the experience which you have obtained in a long course of publick life, together with the integrity, ability and usefulness with which you have filled many of the most important stations in society, are valuable pledges to your country of the patriotism, discernment and firmness, with which the government will be administered.
We rejoice the more in your well merited elevation, because in manifesting the attachment of the people to republican principles, and to those practical rules of election which are so essential to the preservation of order, we have acquired an additional valuable proof of the practicability of the representative system.
The dispensations of Divine Providence, and the voice of our country, have chosen you to preside in a most interesting situation of affairs. To your wisdom, and to that of Congress, we cheerfully submit the nature and character of the measures to be adopted. Conscious that these only properly belong to the regularly constituted authorities, we are happy to add, that, in the present instance, the dictates of duty are united with the voice of affection.
We cannot but entertain a proper sense of the aggravated and long continued injuries which our country has sustained from the principal belligerent nations of Europe. Attached to peace, while peace can be maintained with honour; but still more ardently devoted to the essential rights to the United States; while we should deplore the necessity of resorting to more vigorous measures, we should become consoled by the reflection that patriotism and justice produced them.
In stating the full confidence which our Republican fellow-citizens repose in you, and in the majority of our national representatives, we are also happy to express a full determination to support the freedom and interests of our country and the measures of its government, in war and in peace, with our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honour.
That your administration may be pleasing and satisfactory to yourself, as well as prosperous to the American people, and that your name may descend to posterity united with
those of Washington and Jefferson, are among the first and most fervent of our voices.
We are Sir,
With affection and esteem,
Your Republican fellow-citizens.
ABM. BLOODGOOD, Chairman.
JUDAH HAMMOND, Secretary.
MONTPELLIER, SEPTEMBER 24, 1809.
Gentlemen,
Your letter of the 16th ult. covering an address by the General Republican Committee of New-York, having been duly received, I now enclose an answer, with a tender to you of my respects and good wishes.
JAMES MADISON.
Abraham Bloodgood, Chairman.
Judah Hammond, Secretary.
General Republican Committee of New-York.
To the General Republican Committee of the City and County of New-York.
I have received fellow-citizens, your address bearing date the 15th inst. with a due sense of the kind sentiments it expresses, and of the favourable light in which it views my advancement to the Executive Trust, and the several considerations which led to it.
In proportion as the present situation of our Country is interesting, it is consoling to find the conviction becoming universal, that the difficulties rendering it so, have resulted from the accumulated wrongs committed by the principal belligerent Nations, in spite of the justice and forbearance of the United States, which ought to have averted them, and that the only remedy is to be found in a firm and patriotick support of the measures, devised and pursued by the Constituted Authorities.
The pledge and example of this duty, presented in your address, is entitled to the highest praise. Devoutly praying that a sympathy and emulation every where, may, under the divine blessing, have the happy effect of preserving to our Country the advantages of peace, without relinquishing its rights or its honour, I tender to you and to those whose sentiments you have conveyed, my cordial respects and my best wishes.
JAMES MADISON.
September 24, 1809.
Political Miscellany.
FOR THE RHODE-ISLAND REPUBLICAN.
No. II.
Deulatory remarks on American Literature.
HAVING in my last shewn the inconsistency of Federal doctrine, respecting wealth, honour and respectability, I will now devote a few moments to discover the fallacy of their pretensions in regard to talents and religion. Voltaire in assigning reasons for the striking difference between the state of Europe of late years, and its situation two centuries ago, in regard to literary distinctions, makes the following judicious and appropriate remarks. "Original genius occurs but seldom in a nation where the literary taste is formed. The number of cultivated minds, which there abound like trees in a thick and flourishing forest, prevent a single individual from rearing his head far above the rest. It is precisely because there is at present much light and much cultivation in France, that we are led to complain of the want of superior genius." The present situation of America in point of literature is perhaps similar to that of Europe, two centuries since. Although our country abhors every distinction which savours of monarchy or nobility, although our constitution views every citizen with a just and equal eye, although our laws are well adapted to dispense "exact and equal justice to all men," yet young and just entered the bark of being, she has not yet been able to realize every thing she has designated, or all that her citizens have a right to anticipate. Some of the most prominent and conspicuous talents in our country have been fostered in England, and have been indebted to British soil for their existence—many of great eminence and intrinsic worth, annually emigrate to America, considering our country a proper theatre for the display of their talents. But amidst the motley group which annually emigrate, we find but a few Priestleys, and but a few Emmetts.
We find men shackled with the prejudices of the old country, men who come to America for the express purpose of poisoning, with that influence which talents generally command, every noble sentiment which is cherished by our citizens. We have likewise many among us (all of them Americans) destitute of national pride insensible to American glory, prepossessed with the formalities of foreign institutions, who have been in the habit of sending their sons to England, that they may there complete an education, which our own country could afford them equally as well. To these men I would recommend a thorough perusal of Washington's Farewell Address; and particularly of that part which relates to education.
Should we even for a moment suppose (which however I am unwilling to admit) that England opens to the youthful mind a greater field for improvement than our own country, are not the evils attending the education in the former country, so much greater than those in the latter, as at least to counterbalance, if not preponderate the superiority of advantages. The habits formed in youth, seldom if ever desert us. Lord Ba-

can observe that it is more difficult to unlearn errors than to learn them; that a person who has been instructed in error until twenty, cannot renounce what he has learnt, or explode the rules in which he has been instructed, under sixty years. According to this process of reasoning, Christopher Gore would not have been calculated for the Chief Magistracy of Massachusetts, nor Charles C. Pinkney for the Presidency of the United States, before they had each arrived at ninety. It is my fervent wish, that the good people of Massachusetts, will soon tell the former gentleman that they can dispense with his further services until he arrives at this age. He and his friend Mr. Pinkney, if their faculties are not impaired by time, may then be proper candidates for office. They may then be legislators as famous among our countrymen as Old Nester among the Grecians. Not denying then, that the Federal party have an equal share of talents in our country, although five eighths of which they arrogate to themselves, are of English manufacture, I will now proceed to make a few remarks on the modes of instruction practised in the United States. If science, here, is not yet conducted to every man's door, it may with propriety be said, that in no country is knowledge and information more generally diffused. If every man is not a philosopher or a deep read politician, he is at least able to scan the measures of his government, and judge of the conduct of his rulers. In different parts of our country, schools, academies and colleges are erected, where if every one cannot receive a publick education, all can receive such an one as will render them competent to all the common occurrences of life. Having evinced in a manner too plain to be misunderstood, that there is in the aggregate, as great acquirements in our country as in any other, and that if the arts and sciences have not arrived at as great perfection as in other countries, they are yet in a state of progression; and if our literary taste is not yet formed, we consequently have as many specimens of original genius as any nation in the world, which can be proved both by induction and by exhibiting examples.
I am now induced, for obvious reasons, to turn my attention to the mode of education in my native State. The question has been propounded, and often to no purpose, for I have not until very lately, been able to solve it, why Rhode-Island, foremost in our revolutionary career, rendered so illustrious and distinguished during our late war, should be so far behind her sister States in literary establishments, and institutions for the diffusion of knowledge. I began at first to search for its solution, in the charter and laws of our State. My search was fruitless. I well knew that this State, which was the last to adopt the constitution of the United States, would never consent to have her individual rights consolidated with, or absorbed in those of the general government. In reading at last some of the late acts of the Assembly, I found, among other things, enacted, "that each and every town in this state, shall annually cause to be established and kept at the expence of such town, one or more free schools," &c. &c. But to my great surprize, before I had gone far, I found this liberal and enlightened act was repealed, yes! repealed before it was carried into operation. Why the good people of this State could have emerged from darkness to light, sunk again into darkness, before they could have experienced the benefits arising from the prolific rays of the sun of science, was to me a mystery, whose hidden recesses were a long time impervious to my sight.
I, at length found that to the patriotick exertions of a man whose greatness that power has constituted, which Bolingbroke says every dunce may use, this State is greatly indebted for the repeal of the above act.
EURYALUS.
FOR THE RHODE-ISLAND REPUBLICAN.
PATRIOT—No. II.
Mushroom-patriots rise, to sink Unnerved by the populace they scorn; Despise'd—they float in insignificance, And vanish like the air of sportive bubbles.
IN New-England, patriotism is cherished by a considerable portion of her citizens. Some are blinded by their own interest, some by the interest of others, and all appear blind to the interests of their country. This charge is applicable only to those of our citizens who are the component parts of the Synarchy of patriotism , of which the Essential is the upper crust . Among them we discover lawyers, merchants and clergymen labouring jointly in support of patriotick principles. Their hypocritical professions are productive of all the evils which an opposition to the laws of the general government, can possibly entail on our country. The populace are too often deceived by the professions of men, diametrically opposed to them, political principles. Every election witnesses the ascension of some one of them to the hobby-horse of power , on which they ride over the heads of the people, regardless of their rights. Unhappily for the freemen of New-England, their hobby-horse is often misplaced, and their expectations disappointed. They more frequently hearken to the professions of a candidate for office, than they look to his practice. They do not so much consider the inconsistency of his general conduct as the plausibility of his promises. Thus, the people are blinded by the base intrigues and unparalleled corruption of office-seeking patriots.
Lawyers, whose political principles are as corrupt as their opposition to our government, and their attachment to England is notorious, form a class of patriots whose good qualities will never be despised. They compose an almost impenetrable phalanx, whose insignificance only is terrible—a volunteer corps, ready at a moment's warning to step forward in defence of traitors, or to support instructions. By them, the cause of England is plead gratis, and whatever else pays them for the job is pocketed gratis. Whatever may be the differences between the United States and the court of St. James—however unjust the tenor of her conduct towards us, she is sure of the support of all the patriotick lawyers of
New-England. Britain has at our bar as able defenders as at the court of the king's bench . The persecuted Burr found able counsel in the southern states, who voluntarily proffered their best services in support of his just and righteous cause. These men, it is presumed, were a little tainted with juicio patriotism . It is with regret we acknowledge that no Jack Ketch can entangle a member of this class of patriots in his fatal noose. The murderer and extortioner can walk with safety in their ranks, and the assassin spill the blood of his innocent victim at noon-day with impunity. And why is this suffered? Why does he not receive the punishment which he deserves—the ignominious death which both divine and moral law pronounce on his guilty head? Is it not because he is a patriot ?
The overruling power of a class of patriots called merchants , has gored too many of our fellow citizens to the adoption of principles from which the heart revolts with abhorrence. Every advantage is taken of the unsuspecting part of the community, whose poverty has placed them in a state of dependence. The merchant furnishes them with the necessaries of life. They are unable immediately to meet his demands, and must either suffer the horrors of confinement, or become the tools of his ambition—Thus is the right of suffrage, which ever ought to be held sacred, trifled with. The voice of the people becomes merely the echo of a few individuals, whose mercenary views extend no further than self-agrandizement, or momentary interest. The poor labourer does not reflect that he is compelled to forge ignoble chains for himself and his posterity, more dreadful than the damp walls of a debtor's prison. He either does not consider that the patriotick merchant , who controls his conduct, and points out the path in which he treads, is infringing on his dearest rights, or dares not utter a syllable derogatory to the proceedings of an unprincipled faction. The man who presumes to stem the current of this tide of patriotism, is immediately proscribed, and suffers martyrdom on the rack of popular contempt. His character, however fair, is assailed, and calumny spreads around him her sable cloud. Malicious insinuation, and malignant slander involve him in all the insignificance which their deadly poison can attach to his name. If he is a man of genius, he is viewed with an eye of envy and scorn. If he professes a regard for the constitution he is termed a Jacobin . If he supports the government of our country, he is greeted with the title of French partizan . Such are the patriotick means employed to depress and overwhelm the spirits of the virtuous politician. Among the subjects of European tyrants, where republicanism is a by-word, and the professors of republican principles are laughed to scorn—hooted by the rabble, and held up to infamy by the nobility, such proceedings would not appear uncommon. But in this country, where the name ought to attach to it the highest respect, who would have thought that its supporters would be stigmatized with the foulest epithets?
Another class of patriots whose influence is extensive in Connecticut , is highly deserving our notice. Their enmity to our government is displayed in all the solemnity of pulpit eloquence . A part of the reverend clergy , pronounce daily anathemas on the devoted heads of republicans, and invoke the "fire which ceaseth not," to consume their political opponents. Too many of our pulpits from which ought to flow the mild precepts of the gospel , have become political rostrums . The clergy are made the trumpeters of a detestable faction, and their sacred functions prostituted for the more fashionable avocation of political lecturers . In our churches, where a spirit of "peace and good will towards men" ought to be cherished, contention and strife are bred. Deadly animosities are here kindled, and fanned to a flame by the weekly labours of political fanatics . The affairs of "church and state" are blended—the constitutionality of laws and the importance of the christian religion, are contemplated and defined under the same head. Spiritual and political salvation are connected, and a gaping audience awakened to a sense of both, by the precepts inculcated in a single discourse. In Connecticut , where the Clergy are the most influential part of the political body—where the ministers of the gospel are a "check upon the overbearing spirit of republicanism,"
"Grim Superstition rears her sickly head." It is in that state that the conversion of one individual to the principles of federalism, occasions more joy among the " standing order " than the salvation of ten thousand souls from eternal misery.
DELAUR.
From the Aurora.
INFLUENCE OF BRITAIN.
No. VI.
IN addition to the causes which were stated in the foregoing numbers, as operating to create and extend the influence of Britain in the United States, I come now to cite another, which, although not generally adverted to in discussions on the subject, I consider as one of great importance.
There is in this country, and more particularly in the city of Philadelphia, a religious sect which originated in Great Britain, and may be said to exist only in that nation and in this. I allude to the very respectable society of the Friends . The persecutions which were inflicted on these people by the government of Britain, in consequence of their religious opinions disagreeing with those inculcated by the established church, and because they persisted in worshipping the Almighty God, in the mode which they conscientiously believed to be the most acceptable, induced the philanthropick William Penn, and many others of the same religious creed, to emigrate to America, where they founded the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The encroaching exercise of the tyranny of the British government over the colonies at length produced our revolution. The disciples of the Friends being against "wars and fightings," they were opposed to resistance, and they preached up the doctrine of " when smote on the right cheek, turn the left also "—and by far the greater number of them would have endured to this day, the persecutions which had driven their ancestors from England, rather than go to war.
When men are thwarted in their opinions and objects, it is not in human nature to suppress resentment, nor was there ever a conflict, where the bye stander, though a perfect stranger to the combatants, did not in his own feelings espouse the cause of the one in preference to the other. The inference may be readily drawn, which party had the best wishes of the chief body of the Quakers. To this day sir Wm. Howe and his officers, boast of the marked partialities which they received in Philadelphia, and what is not very generous, they speak more particularly of the kindness of the ladies.
There is no object which men seek after
with more avidity than power—nor is there any privation which they bear with worse temper than the loss of it. Under the British government, the principal political officers in the State of Pennsylvania, were occupied by the friends. The revolution placed others in possession of the power which they had so long enjoyed—this very naturally increased their acrimony, and also their opposition to the measures of those who had been instrumental in producing the change. Those who are acquainted with the history of the times to which I have reference, will not accuse the great majority of the society of Friends with being favourable to the establishment of the federal government, or to any other government but that of Great Britain. The pacifick doctrines, however, which they professed, exempted them from martial duties, and gave them a neutral character, which in subsequent times of peace has not been so well maintained.
I shall devote another number to the discussion of this particular part of my subject—in the mean time no one need apprehend that I mean the least offence to this truly respectable body of men. My intention is to tell them some truths which they ought to hear.
A WHIG.
NEWPORT:
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 25, 1809.
VERMONT ELECTION.
The Vermont Legislature convened on the 8th inst. and proceeded to count the votes for Governor, &c. when the following was found to be the result:
For Governor , Gatscha, 14593.
Tichenor, 13467—maj. 1116.
The Lieut. Governor is elected by a maj. of 3121. The average majority for Councillors is about 1000.—Every branch of the Vermont government is now Republican.
NEW-JERSEY ERECT.
The Federal papers in New-England have resounded with the cry that New-Jersey had deserted the ranks of Republicanism. But we know better things. In the council there is 8 Republicans, and 5 Federalists; and in the Assembly there are 24 Republicans to 16 federalists—the false statements in the Federal papers to the contrary notwithstanding.
PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION.
On the 11th inst. the Republicans carried their ticket for Congress, Senate, Assembly, &c. in the city and county of Philadelphia, by very handsome majorities.—notwithstanding the ardent exertions of "the British party in America," under the new name of American Republicans.
TAMMANY SOCIETY
At a meeting of the TAMMANY SOCIETY or COLUMBIAN ORDER, at their Wigwam, on Monday evening last, the following gentlemen were elected to the offices affixed to their names respectively— pro tempore —to serve until the General Election in May next:—
HENRY SMITH, Grand Sachem . SILVANUS MARTIN, Father in Council . JOHN T. SPALDING, Sagamore . SAMUEL THURBER, Treasurer . SAMUEL BROWN, Secretary .
An adjourned meeting will be holden on Monday evening the 30th inst. [ Prov. Phenix. ]
FROM HAVANA.
Since our last a number of letters from Havana, dated the last of September, have been received, which announce, that in obedience to the orders of the Supreme Junta of Spain, the Decrees by which foreign vessels were excluded from the Spanish colonies should be executed. Those decrees have for some time been suspended.
"HAVANA, SEPT. 27."
The governor of this Island (Cuba) with the Intendant, in a meeting which took place yesterday, have agreed that the Royal Decree dated the 10th July last, ordering the execution of the law, called Leyes de Indias , in respect to preventing the admission of Foreigners in the ports of this Island, shall be complied with. [ Boz. Gaz. ]
A THIEF DETECTED.
NEW-YORK, OCT. 18, 1809.
Yesterday afternoon, Nathaniel R. Stanley, a Shoe-maker by trade, whose place of residence is at 303 Greenwich-street, but who for some time past has been absent from home was taken up and carried before the police magistrates for examination, on the charge of having broken open the store of ALLAN MELVILLE, at Boston, and stolen goods to a large amount. The theft was abundantly proved upon him, and a part of the stolen goods to the value of six thousand dollars found in his possession. He was of course committed.
OCT. 19.
We understand that since yesterday the two trunks that were missing, containing a part of the goods stolen out of the store of ALLAN MELVILLE, at Boston, by Nathaniel R. Stanley, have been discovered and are in the hands of the P. O. In one of the trunks was found a dark lantern two bags of false keys, and other implements for house breaking. His accomplices are yet undiscovered.
MARRIED:
In this town, by the Rev. Mr. Gibson, Mr. EDWARD STANHOPE to Miss SUSAN STEVENS, daughter of Mr. John Stevens, both of this town.
At Middletown, by the Rev. Mr. Gibson, Mr. BENJAMIN CLARKE, of Charlestown, to Miss HANNAH RIDER, daughter of Mr. William Rider.
At Providence, Mr. HENRY MACEY, of Attleboro', to Miss ELIZA FRENCH, of Rehoboth.
At North Kingston, Mr. DAVID NORTH to Miss ELIZABETH GARDNER.
In England, Mr. JOHN ROSE to Miss LETITIA LILLY.
DIED,
In this town, on Sunday morning last, ELIZABETH DEAN DEBLOIS, daughter of Mr. Stephen Deblois, aged 2 years and 4 months. She was a promising and affectionate child—the love of both the young and the aged, she alike possessed—her loss is severely felt by them—but she has only departed from a world of pain and trouble, to enjoy eternal bliss and happiness with those who have preceded her.
At Providence, Capt. SAMUEL WHIPPLE. "In our revolutionary war, Fort Mifflin and Red Bank were witnesses of that courage and intrepidity, of which his death bed has been so recent a testimonial."
At Charleston, S. C. Mr. WILLIAM BRATTLE, formerly of this town.
DROWNED. —From on board the ship Franklin , capt. Cozzens, on her passage from Ireland for this port, in September last, Mr. WILLIAM LAWTON, jun. son of Mr. William Lawton, of Portsmouth, in the 18th year of his age. He was a worthy young man, and bid fair to be a valuable member of society—but alas! the dread messenger, Death, has consigned him to a watery grave. He has left a numerous circle of relations and friends, to lament his early exit.
MURDER. —On the 23d ult. one Moses Davis, a seaman on board the brig Intercourse , capt. Gallagher, was murdered by ARCHIBALD DAVIDSON, supercargo and part owner of the vessel, whilst she was at anchor in Wallace's channel, near Portsmouth, in Carteret county, N. Carolina. The murder was perpetrated by a hickory handspike, with which Davidson struck the deceased two blows on the head, in consequence of a dispute which had arisen between them respecting the number of men which were to have been employed before the mast. Davidson has made his escape, and a hue and cry has been issued for his apprehension.
MARINE LIST.
PORT OF NEWPORT.
Entered. —Sloop Pythagoras , Kelley, Boston; do. Huntress , Earl, New-York.
Cleared. —Brig Falion , Star, New-York; sch'r. Deborah , Fry, St. Bartholomew's; do. Betsey , Briggs, Plymouth; do. Venus , Antiquity, Charleston; do.; Nancy, Tobey, do.; do. Hiram , Bliss, New-York; sloop Express , Wood, do.; do. Aurora , Calhoun, do.; do. Orion , Winslow, Newburn; do. Jane , Chase, St. Mary's.
VALUABLE STAND.
FOR SALE, AT PUBLICK AUCTION, On the First MONDAY of December next, [If not previously disposed of at private sale.]
THE Dwelling-House and Lot of the Subscriber, corner of Thames and Pelham-street , directly opposite Mr. TOWNSEND'S Coffee-House. The great advantages of this stand, for any kind of business whatever, are too well known to require a particular recommendation, to claim the attention of any who may wish to purchase.—For terms, (which will be liberal,) apply to
DAVID MELVILLE.
Newport, Oct. 23.
FOR SALE,
TWO Lots of Land, pleasantly situated at the head of Broad-street , adjoining each other, containing 239 feet front, and 79 feet rear, with a large two-story new building thereon fronting the head of Broad-street . The building has been occupied as a Coach-maker's shop, and is well calculated for a Dwelling-House, and with a small expense may be made a beautiful situation.—On one of the Lots is a good well of water.—Also for Sale , Three good Chaises, with round and square tops, and one Gig, all with plated harnesses. Also, Two excellent Chase Horses.—The above may be bought very cheap.—For terms apply to
ISAAC STALL.
Newport, Oct. 25, 1809.
TAKE NOTICE.
WILLIAM PEARCE,
Respectfully informs his friends, and the publick in general,
THAT he continues keeping a TAV- ERN at his house in the village of Wickford , town of North-Kingston , next door to PHILIP TALLINGHAST, 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.
The house may be well known by its end fronting the street, and the sign of a Bunch of Grapes. Wickford, (R. I.) Oct. 25, 1809.
VERMONT PROPHET.
THE Subscriber, intending to make a visit, to the " Vermont Prophet ," informs all persons, who may labour under any bodily afflictions, and who may wish to apply for relief, that he shall leave Portsmouth, on this Island, on Monday the 30th day of October. Any person, who may be desirous of writing, are requested to leave their letters directed to the care of GIBSON LAKE, at Capt. Congdon's tavern, on the east road, or Mr. Stephen B. Cornell's, on the west road. Price for each letter, one dollar, which he pledges himself to deliver safely.
GIBSON LAKE.
Newport, Oct. 18, 1809.
NATHANIEL DEARBORN,
NOT having given notice where his books belonging to his Library may be left now informs his friends and patrons to his Library while at Newport , any books belonging to him, may be left in the care of Messrs. WATSON & HATHORNE, Booksellers, Newport .
Providence, Oct. 16, 1809.
PRIZE TICKET FOUND.
WAS found some time in August last, in the Neighbourhood of No. 4, Wadsworth-square , a Ticket in the Black-River Lottery , State of New-York , which has since been ascertained to have drawn 10 dollars.—Any person, proving property and paying for this Advertisement, will receive the above mentioned ticket, by applying at said No. 4.
Newport, October 13, 1809.

Poetry.
FOR THE RHODE-ISLAND REPUBLICAN.
A N E L E G Y,
INSCRIBED TO THE MEMORY OF A DEPARTED FRIEND.
SAY, gentle SHADE! beyond the tomb, Through death's disclosing vapors shown, What never-fading laurels bloom, In climes, to mortal life unknown?
What regions burst upon thy view, When from thy earthly prison torn, Thou bid'st this world a last adieu, And leav'st thy num'rous friends to mourn?
What orbs celestial meet thy gaze, Where angels lead thy flight above? What suns illumine, with brighter blaze, The realms of everlasting love?
Where fancy's pinions never rise, Check'd by the brazen shades of night. What glories trace, along the skies, The founts of universal light?
With clouds of heav'nly sunbeams spread, What heights, on heights majestic roll'd, Where thy ascending footsteps tread, Creation's whole expanse unfold?
What purer air—what fresher breeze— What milder skies, in endless range— What sweeter flow'rs—what greener trees— What joys proclaim thy happy change?
What worlds, unfolding to thy view, A chain of nameless wonders blend? What scenes that language never knew, From life's expiring lamp ascend?
What numbers of the good and wise, Where they their last asylum found, Pronounce thy welcome to the skies, While Heav'n's high Courts re-echo round.
This nether world, with sad'ning gaze, Would fain thy upward path disclose; And sigh, and look, with deep amazement, Where fate's tremendous portals close!
In vain our wearied orbs of sight, On heav'n's stupendous concave thrown, Would steal one lonely gleam of light, That marks the gate to worlds unknown.
That gate, in midnight darkness hurl'd, Denies our sight admittance there; That light, the terror of the world, Is, death! thy taper's mystick glare.
Suffice, dear SHADE! while life yet grac'd Thy form with friendship's heav'nly glow, Whatever path thy footsteps trac'd: Thy never-dying worth we know.
We know it well—and still shall know, And still lament our parting hour; Thy hand that wip'd the tear of woe, Has lost its heav'nly soothing pow'r.
May kindred angels hence afar, Thy acts of goodness well requite; And hail thee, where yon distant star Beams on the gloomy brow of night.
Thy worth, to mem'ry ever dear, As o'er thy sacred urn we bend, Shall oft awake the grateful tear, And bid the silent pray'r ascend.
And while we weep thy early fall, Our own untimely loss deplore; Methinks, thy loving accents call— "My friends! death listens at your door."
Peace to thy ashes! heav'nly peace, To thee, blest SHADE! from hence remov'd; Thy guardian eye shall never cease, To mark the scenes in life belov'd.
AMUSING MISCELLANY.
FROM THE ANTHOLOGY.
Original Letters, from an American Traveller in Europe, to his friends in this country.
LETTER TWENTIETH.
Rome, Feb. 26th, 1805.
MY DEAR SISTER,
BEFORE I quit this city I anticipate your desire to know something of its topographical situation, and particularly in its relation to the ancient city. I presume that you will feel the same curiosity which I experienced, and that you would ask the same questions. Is modern Rome placed precisely on the same ground with the ancient? Does it cover as large a space? How are its seven hills? Are they still visible? Are they worthy of that name? How is the Tarpeian Rock? Does it respond to the descriptions of it by ancient authors? Or is it that contemptible fragment, which some modern travellers represent it? How is the Tiber at the present day? Is it the roaring Tiber, "chasing with his flood"? Or is it a muddy and contemptible rivulet, as some persons pretend? On the whole, is Rome still so magnificent, and does it yet bear so much resemblance to the famed mistress of the world, as to satisfy your expectations, and gratify your feelings?
I will endeavour to satisfy your curiosity on all these points, observing, however, that I follow no former traveller, but rest wholly on my own personal observation, and the best lights I could procure from plans of the ancient and modern cities.
Modern Rome is erected on precisely the same ground, and is of the same general form with the ancient. Its walls have been preserved for many centuries; but there is this difference in the two cities: ancient Rome was completely filled with edifices, either for habitation or luxury, while modern Rome contains within its walls vast deserted fields, in which the traveller may be lost, without being able to find a solitary or struggling inhabitant to direct his footsteps.
Ancient Rome also was surrounded with suburbs, scarcely inferior in elegance or population to the city itself. On the northern side they are said to have extended to Ostioli, a distance of forty miles, and to have borne so much the marks of a city that, when Constantine visited it, he thought himself already arrived in Rome, when he was at the distance of thirteen leagues. The environs of modern Rome on the contrary, are, as I have formerly noticed, the most desolate and melancholy I ever beheld. If you had known Molevino Heath, in the vicinity of Lon-
don, I could give you an object of comparison, but in our own country I know not where to find one. The plains of Danvers, or the entrance to Salem over the new turnpike will give a very feeble idea of the horror of this scenery.
The modern city, like the ancient, is built upon both banks of the Tiber, which flows through it in a meandering course from north to south. Much the greater part of the city is now, as well as formerly, built upon the eastern side of the river, though the inhabitants of the western side, a turbulent and intrepid race of men, boast of being the true descendants of the ancient Romans.
Rome is about fourteen miles in circumference though the inhabited part of it does not amount to more than one quarter, and is principally confined to the vicinity of the ancient Forum Romanum.
You enter the city, in coming from Florence, by the ancient Porta Flaminia, which is now called Porta del Popolo, and which formerly was the termination of the Via Flaminia, the remains of which are in many places still perceived in excellent preservation. The ancient Forum Populi, which you entered on passing the Flaminian gate, is still an elegant square, called Piazza del Popolo, and is very imposing to a stranger who for the first time visits the city.
Three straight and beautiful streets commence on the south side of this noble square, directly opposite the gate, and go off in diverging lines, one along the banks of the Tiber, another along the centre of the city, and the third towards the celebrated hills, around which are placed the principal beauties of Modern Rome.
The surface of Rome, with the exception of the particular quarter, in which the mountains or seven hills are situated, is in general extremely level; the streets are clean, and well paved; the churches and palaces are in a noble style of architecture, and the houses are much superior to those of most cities on the continent.
This splendid metropolis boasts a vast number of noble squares, which possess two advantages almost peculiar to Rome: I allude to their fountains and their obelisks. The enterprize and the wealth of modern princes are not equal to such vast undertakings. It is necessary that a whole world should be tributary to an absolute prince, to enable him to execute such magnificent and noble works. Whether the emperor of France will acquire the requisite power and wealth, is yet uncertain; and still more so, whether he or his servants will have the necessary taste. The French, if you will pardon me a digression, are a people entirely different from the ancient or modern Romans. They want not only the dignity of taste and grandeur of conception, but they lack the perseverance and patience requisite to the execution and perfection of great designs. They prefer something light and airy, which can be executed as soon as it is thought of, and they are indifferent whether it lasts longer than its novelty.
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ATTENTION!!!
THE Subscribers contemplating a Dissolution of Partnership, an adjustment of their Accounts becomes necessary, they therefore solicit all such as are indebted to them by Note, or Account, to make immediate payment, as their business will shortly be closed.
NATHANIEL SWEET & Co.
July 12.
PLEASE TO TAKE NOTICE.
THE Subscribers respectfully inform their Friends and the publick, that they have entered into Partnership, and taken the well known Stables belonging to Mr THOMAS TOWNSEND, situated in Green-street, where Horses and Carriages for every purpose will be furnished at short notice; particularly Coachmen provided with careful and experienced drivers, for parties of pleasure or travellers; and Saddle Horses either for Ladies or Gentlemen; they will also furnish despatch messengers for any direction. Their Stables being well calculated for the business, Horses will be taken in to keep at reasonable rates for long or short periods; and as they are determined to attend well to every part of their business, they hope to merit the favours of the publick.
JOHN G. EASTON.
WM. E. DRUMMOND.
THE Subscriber from long and intimate knowledge of WM. E. DRUMMOND, and confidence in his Partner, recommends them as worthy the encouragement of the publick.
THOMAS TOWNSEND.
Newport, April 19, 1809.
NOTICE.
State of Connecticut, New-London County, ss. Superior Court, September Term, A. D. 1809.
GILMAN ROBBINS, of Preston, in New-London County, brought his Petition to this Court, against his Creditors, alleging that by means of sundry losses and misfortunes, he has become insolvent, praying that his body may be exempted from future arrest and imprisonment, agreeably to the Act of the Legislature in such cases provided: which Petition is continued by said Court, to the Superior Court, to be held at Norwich, in and for New-London County on the third TUESDAY of January, A. D. 1810, when and where the said Creditors of the Petitioner, are hereby notified to appear, if they see cause, and shew reasons, if any they have, why the prayer of said Petitioner should not be granted.
CHARLES LATHROP, Clerk.
JAMES LANMAN, Attorney for Petitioner.
NOTICE.
THE Lad that was seen having on blue Trowsers taking Cedar Shingles from Wickham's Wharf, on Monday the 9th inst. between the hours of 3 and 5 P. M. is requested to return the same by night or day as is most convenient, that the owner may be put to no further trouble.
N.B. A more particular description might be given of his dress, but that will be omitted for a future advertisement.
Newport, Oct. 18, 1809.
APPRENTICE WANTED.
WANTED an Apprentice, to the Baking business. A smart active Lad about 12 or 13 years of age, who can produce good recommendation, may hear of a situation by applying at the office of the Rhode-Island Republican .
N. B. One from the country would be preferred. May 10.
PATENT SPRINGS.
MR. JAMES ARMOUR, junr. 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 kind of Carriages, and whereas the Subscriber has purchased of said Patentee, the right for the State of Rhode-Island.
The subscriber makes and will always keep on hand, Springs to supply the abovementioned district; and warrant the Springs manufactured by him, for the term of one year.
The abovementioned Springs have been in use in New-York, Philadelphia, and the principal part of New-Jersey, for more than a year. In Providence there have been eighteen pair of Chaise and two pair of Coach Springs sold, and are now in use; they are highly approved, as possessing more ease, convenience, and durability than any other Carriage Springs.
Any gentleman wishing to purchase may be supplied by applying to WILLIAM DOUGLASS, head of Broad-Street, Newport.
JONATHAN NICHOLS.
Providence, Oct. 16.
GENUINE
Patent and Family Medicines.
Celebrated for the cure of most Diseases to which the Human Body is liable, Prepared only by the sole proprietor, T. W. DYOTT, M. D.
Grandson of the late Dr. ROBERTSON, of Edinburgh—to be had wholesale and retail at the Proprietor's MEDICAL DISPENSARY, No. 116, North Second street, second door above Race-street, Philadelphia.
Dr. ROBERTSON'S
CELEBRATED
Stomachick Elixir of Health.
(Price one dollar and fifty cents.)
Which has proved by thousands who have experienced its beneficial effects, to be the most valuable medicine ever offered to the publick, for speedily relieving and curing the cramp, pains and wind in the stomach, and carrying off superfluous bile removing habitual costiveness, sickness at the stomach, severe head ache, &c. &c.
For the dysentary or lax, cholera morbus, severe gripings and other diseases of the bowels, and the summer bowel complaint in children, it has proved a certain remedy and restored to perfect health from the greatest debility.
Persons afflicted with pulmonary complaints or disorders of the breast and lungs, even if in the most advanced state, will find immediate relief.
Common coughs and colds, which are generally occasioned by obstructed perspiration, will be found to yield to its benign influence in a few hours.
In asthmatick or consumptive complaints, hoarseness, wheezings, shortness of breath and the whooping cough, it will give immediate relief.
Dr. ROBERTSON'S
VEGETABLE NERVOUS CORDIAL,
OR NATURE'S GRAND RESTORATIVE.
(Price one dollar and fifty cents.)
Is confidently recommended, as the most efficacious Medicine, for the speedy relief and cure of all nervous complaints, impurities of the blood, seminal weakness and various complaints, resulting from dissipated pleasures, residence in warm climates, the immoderate use of tea, the unskillful or excessive use of mercury, and diseases peculiar to females at a certain period of life.
Under the denomination of nervous disorders, in its full extent, are included several diseases of the most dangerous kind, and are so various, that a volume would hardly suffice to complete a description of them. It pervades with its baneful influence the whole nervous system, writhing the heart with inexpressible anguish, and exciting the most dreadful suggestions of horror and despair. To this demon have thousands fallen a sacrifice in the direful transports of its rage.
The most common symptoms at its commencements, are weakness, flatulence, palpitations, watchfulness, drowsiness after eating, timidity, flashes of heat and cold, numbness, cramp, giddiness, pains in this head, back and loins, hickup, difficulty of respiration and deglutition, anxiety, dry cough, &c.
Since Dr. ROBERTSON'S first discovery of this invaluable medicine, upwards of Two Hundred Thousand persons have experienced its happy and salutary effects, many of whom had been reduced to the last stage, and had given up all hopes of recovering.
Dr. ROBERTSON'S
PATENT STOMACHICK WINE BITTERS.
(Price one dollar.)
These celebrated and well known Bitters are composed purely of vegetables of the most innocent yet specific virtues, and are particularly recommended for restoring weak constitutions, cleansing and strengthening the stomach and increasing the appetite; they expel worms in all ages, but from their simplicity and safety, are a most natural and effectual vermifuge when administered to children; they are gratefully warm and pungently aromatick; they are extremely serviceable in all seasons, but particularly so on the approach of warm weather, when bilious habits experience such a total loss of appetite; they are also a certain preventive against those complaints so common in the spring and fall seasons such as intermittent fevers and agues, long autumnal fevers, dysenteries, &c.
They possess moreover, the property peculiar to themselves, of qualifying and ameliorating those inflammatory pernicious qualities inherent in ardent spirits and so often fatal when taken upon an empty stomach, and convert them into a wholesome pleasant and invigorating stomachick.
From their celebrity as an antidote against the scurvy, they are particularly calculated for seafaring persons, to whose attention they are particularly recommended; they are a very pleasant Cordial Bitters and are recommended for the use of taverns as well as private houses.
Dr. ROBERTSON'S
CELEBRATED
GOUT AND RHEUMATICK DROPS.
(Price two Dollars.)
A safe and effectual cure for the gout, rheumatism, lumbago, stone and gravel, gleet, swellings and weaknesses of the joints, sprains bruises and all kinds of green wound—the cramp, pains in the head, face and body, stiffness of the neck, chillblains, frozen limbs, &c.
Since the above invaluable medicine, were first discovered by Dr. Robertson, upwards of Seven hundred Thousand persons have experienced their salutary effects, many of whom from the greatest debility.
A fresh supply of the above Medicines just received and for sale by
SAMUEL W. VINSON,
APOTHECARY Newport; where Pamphlets containing certificates of cures &c. may be had gratis.
Take Notice that none are genuine without the signature of T. W. DYOTT, M. D.
Newport, September, 6 1809.
For Freight, Charter, or Sale, THE good brig AGENORIA, two decks, completely fitted for sea, burthen about 160 tons, and will carry 200 tons; she may be ready to take a cargo in 3 or 4 days. If freighted to a port where Sugars may answer, 80 hds. of Clayed and Muscovado, from Martinique, is ready to be put on board, or will be sold, at a liberal credit, entitled to debenture. Apply to CONSTANT TABER.
The Progressive Company,
AT THEIR GRAINERY AND GROCERY STORE, No. 11, LONG-WHARF, Have for Sale, Wholesale and Retail, at the lowest current prices,
A Constant supply of Rye and Indian Corn; do. Rye and Indian Meal; Flour, of the most approved brands. An extensive assortment of GROCERIES and LI-
QUORS—among which are— 10 hds. 3d proof St. Croix and Antigua Rum; 20 pipes 4th proof Spanish Brandy; 20 quarter casks Sherry Wine; 20 boxes Raisins; 20 do. Chocolate; Hyson, Souchong, and Bohea Teas, by the chest or lesser quantity, &c. &c. 1600 bushels Exuma Salt, of a superior quality; 1500 do. Liverpool do. 500 do. Turks-Island do. 500 do. Bonavista do. Also—a quantity of well seasoned mer. Boards; Likewise.....Just received,
5 pipes Gin; 5 hds. old Jamaica Spirits; 6 chests Compoey Tea, of an excellent flavour; 1000 wt. Cheese; 200 Meal Bags; 8 crates and 2 hds. Crackery Ware, &c. &c.
*** Cash given for CORN and RYE. N. B. Those persons who have in their possession Meal Bags belonging to the Company, will have the goodness to return them.
WILLIAM COGGESHALL, jun. Agent.
Newport, Oct. 18.
JAMES WESTGATE, BAKER, No. 195, Thames-Street, Offers for sale, 100 bbls. excellent Ship Bread. Groceries of all kinds, Crackers and Ginger Bread put up at the shortest notice. Newport, March 23.
SIMPSON & BARKER, Offer for sale, At the Brick Market 40 bbls. mcss Pork. March 22, 1809.
FOR SALE,
THE House and Lot at, the North part of Easton's point, lately occupied by the Rev. Mr. Bradley.
Also—The Marsts, Spairs, Sails, Rigging, Stores, &c. suitable for a single decked Brig, of 110 or 115 tons, or a high or double decked Brig of 120 or 130 tons.—Apply to CONSTANT TABER. Newport, September 13, 1809.
FOR SALE OR TO LET.
THAT pleasantly situated HOUSE, and LOT, in Thames-street, next north but one of the Brick-Market. The Lot is 52 feet front, and 535 feet back, with a large yard, and an excellent garden, and a good well of water which is never dry. The House is large and convenient, and in complete repair, and is a most excellent stand for a Publick House, having two large and convenient stables, Coach and Chaise Houses, and a shed upwards of 100 feet long. Also, for sale, a number of well broke Chaise and Coach Horses, second hand Chaises and Gigs, with plated harness. The above property will be sold at a great bargain. For terms, apply to TH: D. STALL. Newport, Oct. 18.
FARM.
FOR SALE, by the subscriber, a valuable Farm, situated in the town of Portsmouth, adjoining that of SAMUEL ELAM, Esq. about 5 miles from Newport.—Said Farm contains about 70 acres of excellent Land; a Dwelling-House, Barn, and other suitable out Houses. For terms and particulars, apply to HENRY TEW, on the premises. Newport, Aug. 23, 1809.
FOR SALE,
THAT pleasant situation South of the Brick-Market, about 60 feet on Thames-street, extends about 400 feet west, with a small Wharf. There are two large and very commodious Dwelling-Houses, one fronting on Thames-street, No. 177 and 179, with two convenient Shops in front; the other stands west, very well calculated for two families. JOSEPH ALLEN. Newport, September 13, 1809.
FOR SALE,
THE beautiful and pleasant FARM, improved by the Subscriber, in Middletown.—Also, the House, Garden and Water Lot, situated in Water-street, Bristol; lately improved by Dr. Chillingsworth Foster.—For terms, apply to CARDER HAZARD. Middletown, June 6th, 1809.
TO BE LET.
FOUR CHAMBERS in a pleasant situation in the south part of the town. For particulars, apply to the office of the Rhode-Island Republican . Newport, October 25, 1809.
S. STACKHOUSE'S (NEW INVENTED) PATENT CHURN.
THIS Churn will work much easier than the common one; besides, it has the advantage of collecting the butter in rolls; it may also be made to any size, so as to churn any quantity the possessor may wish; and it may be fixed in such a manner as to work either by hand, water, wind, or any other power. Good Cream has often been churned into the best Butter, by this excellent and simple machine, in eight or ten minutes, and deposited in neat rolls, producing an eighth of the whole more butter than in the common way.
*** The above Churn may be had of BATMAN MONRO, in Portsmouth, or ROBERT & NICHOLAS LAWTON, No. 61, Spring-Street, Newport. August 2.