The Rhode-Island Republican (Newport, R.I.), 1809-06-07 00:00:00

THE RHODE-ISLAND REPUBLICAN.
No. 12.
NEWPORT, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1809.
Vol. 1.
NEWPORT, R. I.
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED ON WEDNESDAYS, BY WILLIAM SIMONS, No. 15, MILL-STREET.
TERMS.
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Printing, in all its variety, executed with accuracy and despatch. Orders respectfully solicited.
Spring and Summer Goods.
NATHANIEL SWEET & CO. having recently returned from Boston with an assortment of elegant and seasonable Goods, flatter themselves, that with these, together with their former assortment, they cannot fail to please those who may do them the favour to call at No. 109, Thames-street.
N. B. Their goods being purchased on liberal terms, will be sold as low as at any store in Newport. May 24.
JAMES MUMFORD,
Sign of the Bee Hive, No. 88, Thames-Street,
HAS just opened a variety of GOODS—among which are—lace and dotted Muslins; Leno do.; white and coloured Cambricks; a complete assortment of corded and plaid Ginghams of the newest fashion; Gentleman's superfine Vest Patterns; Washington Stripes; Cotton Cassimeres; Cambric Dimities; Calicoes, newest prints; best 9-8 London Prints; Silk Chambrays; variety of cotton Handkerchiefs; ladies' and gentlemen's silk and cotton Hose; black Bombazetts; black Crape; silk Gloves; silk Shawls; cotton do.; silk and cotton Suspenders; Durants, Calimancoes, Russells, Ratinet—and a great variety of other Goods, too numerous to mention in an advertisement. May 3. [3m.]
Benj. & Solomon G. Weaver, HATTERS,
TAKE this method to inform their friends and the publick in general, they have REMOVED from No. 90 to No. 91, nearly opposite their old stand, and directly opposite JAMES MUMFORD's dry goods store—where they have just received from New-York, an addition to their former stock, selected by themselves, which makes their assortment of MEN'S, YOUTH'S and CHILDREN'S HATS, as good as was ever offered from any store in Newport, all which they intend to sell as low as can be purchased in this town. Newport, April 19.
NATHANIEL DEARBORN,
Seven doors north of Mr. Townsend's coffee-house,
HAS for sale, an extensive assortment of ACCOUNT BOOKS, as cheap as can be purchased elsewhere. Likewise, Memorandum Pocket Books, Receipt and Note Books; Morocco Pocket Books, Paper, Ink, Quills, Suspenders, Cloathes-Brushes, Tooth-Brushes, Backgammon Boxes and Dice, Indelible Ink for Linen, Combs, Blank and Playing Cards, Quadrille and Chess Boards, Backgammon Tables, Cigars, Inkstand, Scissors, Penknives, Cigar and Tobacco Boxes, black Sand for counting-rooms, Sand Boxes, Wafers, Sealing Wax, &c. &c.
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THE LITERARY DEPARTMENT
Has been replenished with many valuable works. Hume's History of England, with continuation, 12 vols. Pope's Works, Rollin's Ancient History, Homer's Odyssey, Mayor's Universal History Gibbon's Roman Empire, Burke's Works, Tooke's Russia, Denon's Egypt, Depons, Spanish Majne, Robertson's America, do. Charles 5th. Anarcharsis' Travels, Milton's Paradise Lost and Regained, Hervey's Meditations, Salmagundi, &c.
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  Cullen's Practice  Hunter on Venereal    Saunders on the fever  Ball on the Animal    Denman's Midwifery  Economy    Jackson on fever  Chapman's Chemistry    Ballie's Morbid Anatomy  Gale on Electricity     Blaine's veterinary art  
Second hand volumes exchanged or purchased. Old books rebound faithfully at short notice. May 3.
Miscellany.
MR. ADAMS?
CORRESPONDENCE CONTINUED.
To the Printers of the Boston Patriot.
SIR,
WHEN I had received that authentick act of the sovereign authority of France, a copy of which is inserted in my last letter to you, communicated by their Secretary of State, through their Secretary of Legation and Charge des Affaires and our Minister at the Hague, fully complying with all my requisitions, upon mature deliberation I determined to nominate a Minister to France. Some of the communications from France had been accompanied with intimations concerning the characters proper to be employed, which I thought objectionable, and that they might be made a pretext for again rejecting a minister. I considered moreover, that France was an undulating ocean in a violent storm; party had exterminated party, and constitution had succeeded constitution, as billow rolls and roars, froths and foams after billow in the Gulph Stream. I knew, that in the nature of things, an executive authority in five persons could not last long in France or any where else; and we were already informed that the Directory was divided into parties, three against two, and that the majority in the Legislative Assembly adhered to the two, and the minority to the three. A revolution then was to be expected, and the new government might not feel themselves bound by the assurances given by their predecessors. To avoid the possibility of these inconveniencies, I provided as cautiously and effectually against them as I could, in my message to the Senate, which never has been published. If this message had been made publick, with its contents, the publick despatch from France, I have confidence enough in the candour of the nation, to believe that it would have obviated many a silly and many a malicious criticism. It was in these words.
Gentlemen of the Senate,
I transmit to you a document which seems to be intended to be a compliance with a condition mentioned at the conclusion of my message to Congress, of the 21st of June last. Always disposed and ready to embrace every plausible appearance or probability of preserving or restoring tranquility, I nominate William Vans Murray, our Minister resident at the Hague, to be Minister Plenipotentiary of the U. States to the French Republick. If the Senate shall advise and consent to his appointment,
he shall not go to France without direct and unequivocal assurances from the French government, signified by their minister of foreign relations, that he shall be received in character; shall enjoy the privileges attached to his character by the law of nations, and that a minister of equal rank, title and powers shall be appointed to treat with him, to discuss and conclude all controversies between the two republics, by a new treaty. JOHN ADAMS. Feb. 18, 1799.
In this manner effectual provision was made against any and every possible insidious use, of the insinuations concerning characters proper to be employed, and who would be likely to succeed. In this manner also, provision was made against the possible and indeed highly probable and fully expected revolution in the French government. Mr. Murray was not to advance a step towards Paris from the Hague, until after he should have received from the French government, whatever it might be, a repetition of assurances, officially communicated, that he in person should be received.
When this message was received in Senate, it was postponed, as the greatest part of executive business usually was, for consideration. A great clamour was raised among the members of the House of Representatives and out of doors, and an abundance of squibs, scoffs and sarcasms in what were then called the federal newspapers, particularly Cobbett's Porcupine and John Ward Fenno's United States Gazette. And by whom were these written? As I was informed, by Macdonald, the Scottish British commissioner for adjusting the claims of British creditors, and by William Smith, the British agent for claimants before that board of commissioners, of whom Macdonald was one. There were other writers besides these; but I will not condescend to name any others at present. It was given out that John Ward Fenno was the writer of the most important of them, and he was represented as a masterly writer, possessed of a most eloquent pen. But the pen was not his.
This was not all. Something much more serious to me soon took place. A committee of the Senate called upon me, whether appointed on record, or whether by private concert, I know not. I was distressed, because I thought the procedure unconstitutional. However, I was determined that not one disrespectful word should escape me concerning the Senate or any member of it, and to that resolution I carefully adhered; and in relating the conference with those honourable gentlemen, which shall appear in my next letter, the same decorum shall be observed. JOHN ADAMS.
Quincy, April 22, 1809.
To the Printers of the Boston Patriot.
SIR,
THE gentlemen of the Senate informed me, that they came to confer with me on the subject of the nomination of Mr. Murray to France; that there was a considerable dissatisfaction with it, and they desired to know for what reasons I had preferred Mr. Murray to so many others abroad and at home. My answer to the gentlemen was, that I thought Mr. Murray a gentleman of talents, address and literature, as well as of great worth and honour, every way well qualified for the service, and fully adequate to all that I should require of him, which would be a strict compliance with his instructions, which I should take care to provide for him on all points in terms that he could not misunderstand.—That my motives for nominating him in preference to others, were simply because the invitation from the French government had been transmitted through him, and because he was so near to Paris, that he might be there in three or four days, and because his appointment would cause a very trifling additional expense.
They then enquired why I had not nominated Mr. King? I answered that if Mr. King had been in Holland, I certainly should not have thought of any other character. But he was our Ambassador in England, then at war with France, and it would be considered by France as an insult, to send them an Ambassador, who, as soon as he had accomplished his business, was to return to England and carry with him all the information he might have collected in Paris. That the French government would suspect me of a design to send them a spy for the Court of St. James. That I presumed Mr. King at that time would not be pleased to be removed from England to France, for perpetuity or permanence. Besides, that the difficulty of communication between England and France, would necessarily occasion an indefinite delay in procuring the necessary passports, and that much depended upon the promptitude and despatch with which the negotiation should be conducted.
The gentlemen asked why I had not nominated our minister plenipotentiary at Berlin? —Neither the remarks with which they accompanied this question, nor the reasons which I gave them in answer, need to be detailed to the publick.
I added, gentlemen, I maturely considered all these things before I nominated Mr. Murray; and I considered another gentleman, whom you have not mentioned, Mr. Humphries, at Madrid; but the same objections of distance and delay account in his case as well as that of Mr. Adams.—The gentlemen all agreed that there would have been a delay in nominating him more than Mr. Murray.
The gentlemen then enquired why I had not nominated a commission of three or five in preference to a single gentleman. The answer was that I had a long experience of ten years in this kind of business, and had often acted in commissions with various other gentlemen, and I had three times been commissioned alone. That I had found in general that business could be better done by one than by many, in much less time and with much less perplexity. That the business to be done by Mr. Murray would be nothing more than obedience to his instructions, and that would be performed as well by one as by three. That the delay must be great in sending gentlemen from America, and the expense greatly augmented. That very much depended upon the celerity of the enterprize.
The gentlemen thought that a commission would be more satisfactory to the Senate and to the publick. I said although this was not perfectly consonant to my own opinion, I could in such a case easily give up my own to the publick, and if they advised it, I would send another message and nominate a commission of three; but Mr. Murray would be one, for after having brought his name before the publick, I never would disgrace him by leaving him out. The gentlemen acquiesced, and one of them, whom I took to be their chairman, was pleased to say, "after this very enlightened explanation of the whole business, I am perfectly satisfied." The others appeared to acquiesce and took their leave. The next morning I sent another message, which shall appear in my next letter. JOHN ADAMS.
Quincy, April 26, 1809.
Useful Miscellany.
ARTS, MANUFACTURES AND AGRICULTURE.
Morneveck's patent impenetrable stucco or cement, a substitute for slates, tiles and shingles, to cover roofs of houses and other buildings, &c.
Its colour is of a dark and brilliant slate which is the prevailing taste.
Should a house be on fire, and a brand from it be lodged on the roof of an adjacent building covered with this stucco, the brand will not communicate fire to the roof.
There are a variety of valuable trees which are only used for ornament, as for example, "The Lombardy poplar," which cannot when worked up withstand the changes of weather and likewise, "the gum," (which must always be confined to one element) "the willow," &c.
All these might, by the aid of this stucco, be a substitute in building, where the oak, and pine, the cypress, the juniper, &c. are used. In short, it is (as expressed in the patent) "a substitute for shingles, slates, and tile, but may be used for other purposes."
The preparation of this composition may be made throughout the year in any town, and on every farm and plantation, and therewith cover any building, at the easy cost of one cent the square foot; but its application can only properly have effect when put on in serene weather from the spring, to the fall. The patentee laboured under great disadvantages in the experiments he had the honour to make in the presence of the honourable the justices of the supreme court, as the stucco was applied to the shingle in a very tempestuous and stormy season, yet did not fail.
Those gentlemen who may be desirous of obtaining the privilege from the patentee for making and using the impenetrable stucco for any town, country, district, state, plantation or farm, will be pleased to make application to the inventor, P. P. Baltimore, or to his gent H. Hiort, esq. attorney at law in the city of Washington—Letters post paid, will be attended to.
We the undersigned persons have been witnesses to the effect of a stucco or cement, intended to be a covering to the roofs of houses, in order to avert the dreadful calamity of fire. The inventor has informed us that it is easily prepared, is cheap and durable; and as we have viewed an experiment made on it as well by aqua fortis, as by a coal fire, neither of which seemed to have the complete power of destruction; we are therefore of opinion that the same cement is a very useful invention. It appears to be nearly incombustible, and well calculated for the purpose intended, particularly, when it is applied on the roofs of buildings which are shingled. The inventor, Mr. Morneveck, has stated to us that it is equally secure against the heaviest rains; he therefore deserves in our opinion, the patronage of the publick for so useful a discovery.
Given under our hands at the city of Washington this 28th day of February, 1809.
(Signed) JOHN MARSHALL, BUSH. WASHINGTON, WM. JOHNSON, jun. B. LIVINGSTON,
BOSTON, MAY 26, 1807.
To the president and members of the American academy of Arts and Sciences.
GENTLEMEN—As that season of the year is approaching, in which a general apprehension of danger from lightning is most excited, a few remarks, on the various means of seeking safety, may call attention to facts from conduct during thunder.
That the metalick conductor is not a complete guard from the electrick fluid, is testified by two instances on the records of the academy; but granting it to be productive of perfect security, its benefits can be enjoyed by the minor part of society only, whose pecuniary means will afford the expence. In these brief remarks the electrick road will therefore be overlooked, for noticing such particulars as may lead to rational measures, within the power of all who choose to adopt them.
From early life I have been in the habit of observing the circumstances attending an electrick explosion, particularly where the loss of life was a consequence, and no instance has fallen within my knowledge of a person being killed by lightning in a close room. Whether it be a fact that such an occurrence never takes place, I am not prepared to decide, but if, upon extensive enquiry, none such shall be found, it may be inferred, that a close room presents one of the greatest chances of security. On this subject I have found the general opinion to be divided—advocates appearing as numerous for an open as for a close room during a thunder gust.
In cases not admitting of mathematical demonstration, theories are often erected upon vague conjectures and unaccountable prejudices; but it is the dictate of reason that opinions thus founded should submit before the influence of facts—I would therefore offer, for the consideration of the academy, the following motions:
1st. That a committee be appointed for the purpose of collecting information respecting lives which have been lost by lightning, in this or any other country, and of the attendant circumstances in such as they relate to the situation of the person or persons at the time, whether sheltered or exposed; also, whether evidence of any instance can be procured of the loss of life by lightning, in a room, of which the doors, windows, and fire place were closed at the time.
Respectfully submitted, By BENJAMIN DEARBORN.
At a meeting of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, May, 26, 1807.
Read and committed to BENJAMIN DEARBORN, Esq. Rev. Dr. LATHROP, and Rev. Dr. ELLIOT. JOHN DAVIS, Rec. Sec'y.
In pursuance of the foregoing vote, the committee therein named, solicit communications, addressed to any one of them, upon the subject of their appointment;—and as the collection, and comparison of facts may produce a result valuable to society, the committee shall rely on the readiness with which gentlemen will communicate, who possess the information required.

Political Miscellany.
FOR THE REPUBLICAN.
POLITICAL REFLECTIONS.
MR. JOHN ADAMS is doing his country as useful a service as it is possible for any patriot in the evening of his days to perform. His exposure of the manner in which the negotiation with France in 1799, which negotiation ended in a treaty so advantageous to this nation, was opposed, embarrassed, and endeavoured to be thwarted, by "the leading men" of the federal party, is truly interesting. It is no wonder that the President began to discover that he had been deceived—that the country had been wrought up to a pitch of phrenzy, to serve the purposes of men whose views were entirely different from his. Nor is it more strange that the leading men should have considered, what they deemed his obstinate perseverance in his resolution to send ambassadors to France, an unpardonable sin against the party. Though Hamilton could not prevent Mr. Adams being run at the ensuing election of President with Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, yet, as Hamilton tells us in his famous letter, it was designed that Pinckney should come out foremost in the race. Accordingly we find that at the two last elections they have dropped Mr. Adams entirely, and have not even paid him the poor compliment of giving him the few votes they had at their control.
Several important inferences may be drawn from Mr. Adams' communications. 1. The leading men did not wish this country to be at peace with France so long as France continued a Republic. Mr. Adams had declared in a message to the Senate, that he would never send another Minister to France until he had received satisfactory assurances that he would be received as the Minister of a great and independent power ought to be received. Any honest man who at this time reads the assurances Mr. Adams had received, will not hesitate to say they were perfectly satisfactory. The great distance between this country and Europe would have prevented the basis of the negotiation being accurately defined before a Minister was sent, and consequently to require any thing more than a removal of the obstacles which prevented a Minister being sent, was to say that the negotiation should never begin. And what was the main consideration urged by Hamilton, Pickering, &c. in opposition to Mr. Adams' determination?—The probability of the restoration of the Bourbons to the throne of France! There can be nothing which shews more strongly the folly, the infatuation of the statesmen of that day, than this supposition. It is evident that nothing less than the conquest of France by a foreign force could accomplish the restoration of that family. That question was determined in the fields of Champagne in the very first campaign of the coalition. After that, all the efforts of the coalesced powers were directed to the preservation of their own territories. But a Minister must not be sent to France until Louis the 18th was seated on the throne. Mr. Pitt, Suwarrow, and Prince Charles were determined to restore him, and we must continue the enemies of France until it was accomplished. Then we were to grace his triumphal entry into his dominions. As if the partitioners of Poland and the conquerors of France would have suffered any Republic to exist in the world! As if Britain, who had looked quietly upon, and connived at the one of these enormities, and profusely expended her blood and treasure to aid the other, would not have required the assistance of the continental powers to bring back to subjection these her revolted colonies, and to extinguish the last spark of freedom in the universe!
2. We now see distinctly the connexion between the leading men and the British government. It seems that Hamilton relied mainly upon Mr. Pitt's determination to restore the Bourbons. One of the British commissioners under Jay's treaty, and a British agent before the board, wrote in the United States' Gazette the most bitter invectives upon Mr. Adams' conduct. We here see that British official agents have intermeddled in our affairs in the most alarming manner, and that a native American editor did not hesitate to father their political essays, written with a view of preventing any peace being settled with France. Will the tools of the leading men any longer treat this connexion of their patrons with Britain as a calumny, without foundation in facts, and intended unjustly to injure them in the opinion of their countrymen? Or will they endeavour to shift off the load of this grave imputation upon their opponents, by sounding in the ears of the people the stale, baseless, hollow charges of French influence; partiality to France, and prejudice and unreasonable enmity against Britain?—The incessant endeavours of the faction to involve us in war with France, and in what they deemed its necessary consequence, a close alliance with Britain, are now more clearly seen than ever. Mr. Gore's report, in which he counsels Congress to unfurl our banner against the standard of France, is now illustrated by the secret history of past events. When the people of this country see how happily they have escaped the yawning gulf of destruction towards which they were propelled by these men, how must their hearts swell with gratitude towards those faithful and intrepid leaders, who have led them safely through the political wilderness? Had Messieurs Pickering and Gore's plan been adopted, we should have pocketed the bitter injury inflicted on our honour, in the Chesapeake attack; we should have gone to war with France to get rid of the British orders; relinquished our rights to the colonial trade; al-
lowed the British to impress our citizens, not only from our merchant vessels, but from our publick ships of war; submitted to have paid tribute to this new Algiers, and worn in quiet indolence these disgraceful badges of more than colonial slavery. These principles once admitted, it would have been impossible ever to have resisted their practical application. Having lost the sense of shame, which is in nations as in individuals, the great preservative of honourable grandeur, we should have sunk to degradation more rapidly than we had risen to eminence. How different is the prospect which now lies before us, glided with the beams of glory, and adorned with the verdure of prosperity! A settlement of our differences with France follows as a matter of course after the relinquishment by Britain, of her attempt to monopolise and tax the commerce of the world—and this partial adjustment of our controversies with Britain, may be regarded as the sure harbinger of a permanent and honourable arrangement upon all the other points in dispute between the two countries. Even now the slaves of the British ministry anticipate with dread concessions on their part upon the subject of the impressment of American seamen, of the rule of '56, of blockades, and of contraband of war, knowing as they well do, the native magnanimity, uncorrupted sense of justice, and delicate respect for the rights of others, of their countrymen, they are now endeavouring to alarm them, lest their government should induce Britain to concede something to us, which might inflict a wound upon her pride, and dispel the fumes of vanity, with which she is intoxicated. But their occupation's gone!—the British government have seen how small is their influence in this nation, and they must make their minds up soon to retire upon half pay, until some new crisis of national difficulty may arrive, in which they may again attempt to stir up the storm of civil discord, and build their power upon the ruins of their country. Of this we may at least be sure, that they will preserve their consistency to the very last, and will require the ceaseless vigilance of the nation. Those who have been deceived and duped by them, may fall off; but the main body of choice spirits will still continue to watch every occurrence which may open to them the most distant prospect of attaining the object they pursue with untired perseverance.
A FREEMAN.
The writer of the foregoing has requested that the letter of Mr. Adams, to which his communication alludes, might be published in the same paper. The letter of Mr. Adams follows.
MR. ADAMS'
CORRESPONDENCE CONTINUED.
To the Printers of the Boston Patriot.
SIRS,
THE message mentioned in my last letter, was in these words:
Gentlemen of the Senate, The proposition of a fresh negotiation with France, in consequence of advances made by the French government, has excited so general an attention and so much conversation, as to have given occasion to many manifestations of the publick opinion, from which it appears to me, that a new modification of the embassy will give more general satisfaction to the legislature and to the nation, and perhaps better answer the purposes we have in view. It is on this supposition, and with this expectation, that I now nominate Oliver Ellsworth, Esq. Chief Justice of the U. States, Patrick Henry, Esq. late Governor of Virginia, and William Vans Murray, Esq. our Minister resident at the Hague, to be Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the French Republick, with full powers to discuss and settle by a treaty all controversies between the United States and France. It is not intended that the two former of these gentlemen shall embark for Europe, until they shall have received from the Executive Directory assurances signified by their Secretary of foreign relations, that they shall be received in character, that they shall enjoy all the prerogatives attached to that character by the law of nations, and that a minister or ministers of equal powers shall be appointed and commissioned to treat with them.
JOHN ADAMS.
Feb. 25, 1799.
To these nominations the Senate advised, and consented, and commissions were prepared. My friend, Mr. Henry, declined, on account of his age, and Governor Davie, of North-Carolina, was appointed in his place. During all this transaction, no motion was made in Senate, to pass a resolution that a mission to France was inexpedient. With the despatches from Talleyrand before his eyes, I believe no member of the Senate would have been willing to record his name in favour of such a resolution, among the yeas and nays. The deputation of Senators made no remonstrances to me against the mission, or the diplomatick communications on which it was founded, but only against the missionary, Mr. Murray.
I sent an invitation to the heads of departments to assemble in my chamber, to consult upon the instructions to be given to our envoys. They all met me accordingly, and in several long evenings entered into a very serious and deliberate discussion of every article that was to be demanded and insisted on in the proposed treaty. They were all unanimously agreed upon to my entire satisfaction, and reduced to writing. I committed them to the secretary of state, to be reduced into
proper form, to have a fair copy made and transmitted to me, for revision, correction or signature, as there might be occasion.
The yellow fever was expected, and we were all obliged to fly for our lives: myself and all my family to Quincy, and the heads of departments, with the publick offices, to Trenton.
I had repeatedly endeavoured to impress upon the mind of the secretary of state, the necessity of transmitting to me as soon as possible, his draught of the instructions, that they might be finished and signed, and every thing prepared for the departure of the envoys. I waited with much concern, expecting from day to day to receive the instructions; but no instructions appeared. At length, instead of them, I received a letter signed by all five of the heads of departments, earnestly entreating me to suspend the mission!
I was astonished at this unexpected, this obstinate and persevering opposition to a measure, that appeared so clearly to me to be so essential to the peace and prosperity of the nation, and the honour of the government, at home and abroad. I was not a little surprised at the unanimity of the heads of departments, for two of them had always appeared moderate and candid in relation to this mission. My instantaneous determination was to go to Trenton, meet the gentlemen face to face, to confer with them coolly on the subject and convince them, or be convinced by them, if I could. On my way, I called upon Chief Justice Ellsworth, at his seat in Windsor, and had a conversation of perhaps two hours with him. He was perfectly candid. Whatever should be the determination, he was ready at an hour's warning to comply. If it was thought best to embark immediately, he was ready. If it was judged more expedient to postpone it for a little time, though that might subject him to a winter voyage, that danger had no weight with him. If it was concluded to defer it till the spring, he was willing to wait. In this disposition I took leave of him. He gave me no intimation that he had any thought of a journey to Trenton. I lodged at Hartford, not yet purified of the yellow fever, and there I caught something very like it, or at least almost as bad, a most violent cold, attended with a constant fever, which rendered me for six weeks more fit for a chamber and a bed of sickness, than for uncomfortable journeys, or much labour of the head or hands. However, I would not consent to be retarded on my journey, and reached Trenton, where Mr. Hamilton had arrived a few hours before me. Governor Davie had been there some time. Ill as I was, I sent for the heads of departments. Four of them were there. The attorney general was gone to Virginia. Many days were employed in conferences with them, sometimes at my own apartments, and sometimes at their offices.
The inhabitants of Trenton had been wrought up to a pitch of political enthusiasm that surprised me. The universal opinion appeared to be, that the first arrivals from Europe would bring the glorious news, that Louis the Eighteenth was restored to the throne of France, and reigning triumphantly at Versailles. Suwarrow, at the head of his victorious Russian army, was to have marched from Italy to Paris, on one side, and Prince Charles, at the head of an Austrian army, was to have marched from Germany to Paris on the other, and detachments from both armies were to march down to Havre, to receive the king, who was to be brought over by a British fleet and escorted with flying colours to Versailles. I could scarcely believe my own senses when I heard such reveries! Yet the heads of departments appeared to believe them, and urge them as decisive arguments for suspending the embarkation of our envoys till the spring. In vain did I urge the immense distances, the two imperial armies had to march, the great number of towns and cities in the route of both, in positions chosen with great skill, fortified with exquisite art, defended by vast trains of heavy ordnance, garrisoned by numerous troops of soldiers perfectly disciplined, and animated with all the obstinacy and ardour of the revolutionary spirit. In vain did I alledge the military maxim, which would certainly govern both Prince Charles and Suwarrow, that is, never to leave a fortified city in the rear of your army, in possession of your enemy. That the siege of one town would consume the whole season.—That neither the Russians nor Austrians were probably provided with the mortars and heavy cannon necessary for sieges.—Nothing would do—Louis XVIII. must be upon the throne of France.—Well, suppose he is, what harm will there be in embarking our envoys? They will congratulate his Majesty, and if his Majesty cannot receive them under their credentials to the French Republick, he will be glad to settle them in his kingdom, and assure them of his royal protection till they can write home for fresh commissions, and such shall be ready for them at a minute's warning. In vain did I urge the entire change of property in France and the necessity the present possessors were under to defend themselves at every sacrifice and every risque. Mr. Ellsworth had arrived in two or three days after me. I invited him and Governor Davie, to dine with me alone, that we might converse with entire freedom. At table, Mr. Ellsworth expressed an opinion somewhat similar to that of the heads of departments and the publick opinion of Trenton. Is it possible, Chief Justice, said I, that you can seriously believe that the Bourbons are or will be soon restored to the throne of France? Why, said Mr. Ellsworth, smiling, it looks a good deal so. I should not be afraid to stake my life upon it, that they will not be restored in seven years, if they ever are, was my reply. And then I entered into a long detail of my reasons for this opinion. They would be too
tedious to enumerate here, and time has superceded the necessity of them.
The result of the conversation was, that Mr. Davie was decidedly for embarking immediately, as he always had been from his first arrival, and Mr. Ellsworth declared himself satisfied and willing to embark as soon I pleased.
Mr. Hamilton, who had been some time in town and had visited me several times, came at last to remonstrate against the mission to France. I received him with great civility, as I always had done from my first knowledge of him. I was fortunately in a very happy temper and very good humour. He went over the whole ground of the victories of Suwarrow and Prince Charles, and the inflexible determination of the two imperial courts, in concert with G. Britain, to restore the house of Bourbon to their kingdom. That there was no doubt the enterprize was already accomplished, or at least it would be, before the end of the campaign. That Mr. Pitt was determined to restore the Bourbons. That the confidence of the nation in Mr. Pitt was unbounded. That the nation was never so united, and determined to support Mr. Pitt and his resolution to restore the monarchy of France. His eloquence and vehemence wrought the little man up to a degree of heat and effervescence like that which Gen. Knox used to describe of his conduct in the battle of Monmouth, and which General Lee used to call his paroxysms of bravery, but which he said would never be of any service to his country. I answered him in general as I had answered the heads of departments and judge Ellsworth—but to no purpose. He repeated over and over again the unalterable resolution of Mr. Pitt and the two imperial courts, the invincible heroism of Suwarrow and Prince Charles, and the unbounded confidence of the British empire in Mr. Pitt, with such agitation and violent action, that I really pitied him instead of being displeased. I only added, that I differed with him in opinion on every point, and that instead of restoring the Bourbons, it would not be long before England would make peace. I treated him throughout with great mildness and civility; but after he took leave, I could not help reflecting in my own mind on the total ignorance he had betrayed of every thing in Europe, in France, England and elsewhere. Instead of that unbounded confidence in Mr. Pitt, I knew that the nation had been long working up almost to a ripeness for rebellion against Mr. Pitt, for continuing the war. Accordingly it was not long before Mr. Pitt was obliged to resign, peace at Amiens was made, and Napoleon acknowledged. Mr. Hamilton in his most famous pamphlet, has hinted at this conversation, and squinted at my simplicity for expecting peace.
Upon the whole, I directed the instructions to be prepared, the heads of departments were assembled, and the instructions deliberately considered, paragraph by paragraph, and unanimously approved by me and by them. Indeed there had never been any difference of opinion among us on any article of the instructions.
The instructions were presented to the envoys, and they requested to embark in the United States frigate as soon as possible.—For some cause or other in the state of the ship, they landed in Spain, and went by land from Corunna to Paris on the same route which Mr. Dana and I had travelled twenty years before, that is, in 1780. Before their arrival a revolution had occurred, and the Consular government succeeded the Directory.
Had Mr. Murray's nomination been approved, he would probably have finished the business long before, and obtained compensation for all spoliations.
JOHN ADAMS.
Quincy, May 2, 1809.
American Congress.
ELEVENTH CONGRESS—Extra Session.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 14.
Mr. Bacon presented a petition from Charles Turner, claiming the seat of William Bailies, of Massachusetts; and also a memorial from sundry inhabitants of the district, protesting against the election of William Bailies. Referred to the committee of elections.
A petition from sundry inhabitants of Newburyport, praying for the erection of a new light house, and a petition from sundry merchants of Philadelphia, praying to be discharged from certain penalties incurred under the embargo laws, were presented and referred to the committee of commerce and manufactures.
Mr. Randolph, after a variety of introductory remarks, in which he advocated the propriety of reducing the standing military force, and of keeping a watchful eye on the expenditure of publick money, submitted the following resolution:
Resolved, That the troops raised by the act of the 12th April, 1808, entitled an act to raise an additional military force, be immediately disbanded, and that the unexpended money appropriated to that subject, and also any balance of appropriations for gun boats which may be unexpended, be applied towards arming the whole body of the militia of the United States.
Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire and report whether the monies drawn from the treasury since the 3d of March, 1801, have been faithfully applied to the objects for which they were appropriated, and whether the same have been regularly accounted for; and to report likewise whether any further arrangements are necessary to promote economy, to enforce adherence to legislative restrictions, and to secure the accountability of persons intrusted with the publick monies.
The yeas and noes were taken on the question of considering the resolutions, and it was carried unanimously.

After some discussion, the first resolution was referred to a committee of the whole house, yeas 81. The yeas and noes were taken on agreeing to the second resolution, and it was carried unanimously—yeas 124.
Mr J. G. Jackson immediately moved to reconsider this vote, for the purpose of striking out a part of the resolution which he said interfered with the duties of the committee of ways and means—the house agreed to reconsider it, yeas 55, noes 53; but before he had designated the part he wished struck out, a motion was made to adjourn, and carried.—(3 o'clock.)
THURSDAY, MAY 25.
The committee of commerce and manufactures reported a bill to permit vessels of those nations with whom intercourse is permitted, as Sweden and Portugal, to clear out with cargoes of foreign or domestic growth or manufacture. The bill was twice read, and referred to a committee of the whole house to-morrow.
The following resolution, offered by Mr. Livermore, was referred to the committee of commerce and manufactures, with leave to report by bill or otherwise:
Resolved, that it is expedient, that the operation of so much of the act to interdict commercial intercourse between the U. S. and G. B. and France and their dependencies, as prohibits the importation of goods from Great Britain and her dependencies, be suspended until the 10th day of June next.
Mr. Randolph, after some preparatory observations, offered the following resolution, which, after a debate of 4 hours, was adopted without a division, the words in italics having been inserted on motion of Mr. Troup.
Resolved, That a committee be appointed to enquire whether any and what prosecutions have been instituted before the courts of the United States, and by whom, for libels at common law, and report such provisions as, in their opinion, may be necessary for securing the freedom of speech and of the press.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Committee of elections—Messrs. Findley, Clay, Sturges, Troup, Taylor, Van Rensselaer and Gannett.
Of claims—Messrs. Johnson, Seaver, Rutley, Pitkin, R. Brown, Jones and Stanley.
Of commerce and manufactures—Messrs. Newton, Dana, Marion, Cutts, Mumford, J. Porter and M'Kim.
Of ways and means—Messrs. Eppes, W. Alston, Talmadge, Montgomery, Bacon, Rca, (Penn.) and Haven.
On publick lands. Messrs. Morrow, Goodwyn, Bibb, Ely, Boyd, Howard and Sammons.
On revival and unfinished business—Messrs. Southard, R. Jackson and Shaw.
Of accounts—Messrs. N. R. Moore, Stedman and Milnor.
For the district of Columbia—Messrs. Love, Holland, Van Horn, L. J. Alston, Newbold, S. Smith and Gardenier.
On post offices and post roads—Messrs. Rhea, (Tenn.) Helms, John Thompson, Desha, Stanford, Kenan, Calhoun, Smelt, Morrow, Davenport, Chittenden, Goldsborough, Whitehill, Potter, J. Smith, Upham, Wilson, (N. H.) and Baird.
LIST OF MEMBERS,
COMPOSING THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
New Hampshire—Nahum Parker, Nicholas Gilman.
Massachusetts—Timothy Pickering, Jas. Lloyd.
Rhode Island—Francis Malbone, Elisha Matthewson.
Connecticut—James Hillhouse, Chauncy Goodrich.
Vermont—Stephen R. Bradley, Jonathan Robinson.
New-York—John Smith, Obadiah German.
New-Jersey—John Condit, John Lambert.
Pennsylvania—Andrew Gregg, Michael Leib.
Delaware—Samuel White, James A. Bayard.
Maryland—Samuel Smith, Philip Reed.
Virginia—Wm. B. Giles, Richard Brent.
Kentucky—Buckner Thruston, John Pope.
North Carolina—James Turney, Jesse Franklin.
Tennessee—Joseph Anderson, Jenkin Whiteside.
South Carolina—Thomas Sumter, John Gaillard.
Georgia—John Milledge, William H. Crawford.
Ohio—R. J. Meigs, One vacant.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
New Hampshire—Daniel Blaisdell, Jno. C. Chamberlain, William Hale, Nathaniel A. Haven, James Wilson.
Massachusetts—Ezekiel Bacon, Orchard Cook, Richard Cutts, William Ely, Gideon Gardner, Brazillai Gannett, Edward St. Loe Livermore, Benjamin Pickman, Josiah Quincy, Ebenezer Seaver, William Stedman, Samuel Taggart, William Baillies, Jabez Upham, Joseph B. Varnum, Laban Wheaton, Ezekiel Whitman.
Rhode Island—Richard Jackson, Elisha R. Potter.
Connecticut—Epaphroditus Champion, Samuel W. Dana, John Davenport, Jonathan O. Mosely, Timothy Pitkin, jr. Lewis B. Sturges, Benjamin Talmadge.
Vermont—William Chamberlain, Martin Chittenden, Jonathan H. Hubbard, Samuel Shaw.
New-York—William Denning, James E. Mott, Jonathan Fish, Barent Gardenier, Thomas R. Gold, Herman Knickerbacker, Robert Le Roy Livingston, Vincent Mathews, Gurdon S. Mumford, John Nicholson, Peter B. Porter, Erasmus Root, Thomas Sammons, Ebenezer Sage, John Thomson, Uri Tracy, Killian K. Van Rensselaer.
New Jersey—Adam Boyd, James Cox, William Helms, Jacob Husty, Thomas Newbold Henry Southard.
Pennsylvania—William Anderson, David Bard, Robert Brown, William Crawford, Wm. Findley, Daniel Heister, Robert Jenkins, Aaron Lysle, William Milnor, John Porter, John Rea, Matthias Richards, John Ross, Benjamin Say, John Smilie, George Smilie, Samuel Smith, Robert Whitehill.
Delaware—Nicholas Van Dyke.
Maryland—Brown, John Campbell, Charles Goldsborough, Philip B. Key, Alexander M'Kim, John Montgomery, Nicholas R. Moore, Roger Nelson, Archibald Van Horne.
Virginia—Burwell Bassett, William A. Burwell, Matthew Clay, John Clopton, John Dawson, John W. Eppes, Daniel Sheffey, Thomas Gholson, jun. Peterson Goodwyn, Edwin Gray, Michael Swoope, John G. Jackson, Walter Jones, Joseph Lewis, jun. John Love, J. Stephenson, Thomas Newton, Wilson G. Nicholas, John Randolph, John Smith, J. T. Roane, James Breckenridge.
Kentucky—Henry Christ, Joseph Desha, Benjamin Howard, Richard M. Johnson, Matthew Lyon, Samuel M'Kean.
North Carolina—Willis Alston, jun. Jas. Cochran, Meshack Franklin, James Holland, Thomas Kenan, William Kennedy, Nathaniel Macon, Archibald M'Bride, Joseph Pearson, Lemuel Sawyer, Richard Stanford, John Stanley.
Tennessee—Pleasant M. Miller, John Rhea. One not certain.
South Carolina—Lemuel J. Alston, Wm. Butler, Robert Calhoun, Robert Marion, Thomas Moore, John Taylor, Richard Winn, Robert Witherspoon.
Georgia—William W. Bibb, Howell Cobb, Dennis Smelt George M. Troup.
Ohio—Jeremiah Morrow.
DELEGATES.
From the Mississippi territory—George Poindexter.
Indiana Territory—Vacant.
Orleans Territory—J. Poydras.
NEWPORT:
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1809.
Boston, June 5.
LATEST FROM LISBON.
Yesterday arrived the brig Julian, Capt. Williams, 40 days from Lisbon. The French had not made any movements towards Lisbon. Sir David Baird had just arrived with 7000 troops from England, which encreased the British forces on that station to 25,000—the Portuguese army was 30,000 strong, well equipped, and in high spirits.—The combined forces had got possession of all the heights and passes for 25 miles round, completely fortified, and were determined to make a stand against the French, if they approached.
Capt. W. confirms the report of the capture of Vigo by the English.—Also, the capture of Oporto by the French. After the surrender of Oporto, it was given up to the troops for plunder during three days, wherein the most horrid excesses were committed.
The accounts from Spain were contradictory; and but little dependence relied on them.
Extract of a Letter from Lisbon, dated April 22, 1809.
“Our political situation seems to be strengthening daily, as reinforcements are arriving, and no means spared to defend this place; the enemy seems shy of making advances, which is descriptive of weakness in numbers on his part. The rise or fall in value of produce from your country materially depends upon the turn of army affairs.”
Another extract of the same date.
“Trade promises assuming a great degree of activity in this port, if the French are kept out of the country, which we have now great hope of, as we have had important reinforcements from England.”
INDIAN WAR.
A letter from Vincennes, Indian Territory, May 2, says, “We have certain information of there being upwards of 600 Indians, encamped within four days march of this place. Two companies of our militia are out, and encamped near this town. Others are expected to be called out. The Governor sent a messenger to the Indians yesterday.”
The Keene Sentinel mentions, that an American Serjeant and five men lately went into the British territory to seize a soldier, a deserter, who kept a school. The Americans seized him in the midst of his school, bound him, and were bringing him off, when he disengaged himself, and ran. He was then fired upon, and killed. The serjeant and his soldiers escaped.
The reflections of Mr. Jefferson in his retirement must be sweet indeed: his feelings are such at this time as to render him the most happy of men. How pleasant and consoling are his mentions. His country, relieved from many of her sufferings, Commerce in consequence of his measures to be established on a safe and honourable foundation, his successor in office, (whom the Federalists say he nominated) by his accomplishing the end of the Jeffersonian policy, popular even with his enemies. Happy man, blessed with health, the cup of his felicity must indeed be full; but little more can be added to make the evening of his life as joyful as it has been useful and honourable to his country.
[Portland Argus.]
Mr. DUTEE J. PIERCE has been appointed by the town to deliver an Oration on the Fourth of July next.
We invite the attentive perusal of the writings of “A Freeman.” He unites to a style, easy of comprehension, a force of argument, and energy of mind, not often met with. We hope, in behalf of that cause, which claims our united and unremitted support, he will continue to grace our columns with the effusions of his pen.
MASSACHUSETTS ELECTION.
The whole number of votes given in at the late election in Massachusetts, was 53,322, of which Mr. LINCOLN, the Republican candidate had 45,118, Mr. GORE, had 47,916, and is chosen. There were 288 scattering votes. When we are told of New-England influence and determination to dissolve the union, the result of the election in Massachusetts, will show that they can have but little to hope for, where there is so powerful a minority.
It is ludicrous enough to hear the self-styled Federalists talk about Mr. Madison's federalism, and his becoming one of their party. It is but a very few days since these same identical men made the “welkin ring” with denunciations against him for being under “French influence,” being a “citizen of France,” &c. These falsehoods were harmless then, and will continue so now. The exalted fame of Mr. Madison is not to be destroyed by such flimsy artifices. Republicans need give themselves no uneasiness about such spurious allegations. Mr. M. is now the same consistent republican and friend to his country that he was whilst secretary of state, and ever was. Most heartily we wish the federalists generally were such ones as Mr. Madison is. We should then command more foreign respect, and be less convulsed with domestic treason.
[Northampton Farmer.]
We copied in our paper of May 24, from the Boston Palladium, the death of a Miss CLARK, at Dedham, Mass. The Palladium of May 30, contains the following communication:
Having noticed in your paper last week, the death of a young woman of the name of Clark and her infant child, who were placed at Dedham a twelve month since, by a gentleman, and left “unprotected and deserted.” The writer of this has been prompted by motives of humanity to make some enquiry relative to the subject; and is induced to believe the whole proceeding one of those instances of depravity seldom, if ever, equalled in this country. Her friends having been kept ignorant of her fate, (till very lately) a sense of justice to their feelings ought to impel the gentleman who has so long kept her concealed, to give them every information respecting her. He is invited to do it, and is assured unless he comes forward, and makes the explanation required, the most rigorous measures will be pursued to hold his name up to publick indignation and contempt, and bring his abettors at Dedham to the punishment they deserve, for being accessory to his criminal purposes.
Earthquake.—A shock of an earthquake was felt in New-London and the neighbouring towns on Thursday last week. The Gazette says “the sound which preceded the motion resembled the noise of a heavy loaded waggon moving on a hard road.”
FEDESTRIANS.
Lately in England a Mr. Howe undertook to walk from London to Exeter and back again (376 miles) in 6 days for a wager of 200 Guineas. He had only 45 miles to travel the last day.
A Mr. Farmer undertook to walk 120 miles in 48 hours; and lost the wager by being taken sick before he arrived at the end of his journey.
MARRIED,
At Providence, Mr. JAMES BURROUGHS, to Miss SARAH BEVERLY, daughter of John Beverly, Esq.—By the Rev. Mr. Wilson, Master Wm. Riley, aged 17, to Miss MARY HILL aged 34, daughter of Maj. Christopher Hill.
At Boston, Mr. HENRY SIGOURNEY, mer. to Miss REBECCA CARTER.
DIED,
In this town, on Saturday last, Mr. FREDERICK WENWOOD aged 26, eldest son of Mr. Godfrey Wenwood.
At Providence, Mr. AMOS WARNER.—Suddenly, NICHOLAS YOUNG, aged 16, son of the late Nicholas Young, of South Kingston.—Of a consumption, Mrs. MARY L. ABORN, wife of Mr. James Aborn, aged 29.
At Cumberland, Capt. JOHN WALCOTT. His benevolence, usefulness, and honesty, will be long recollected.
At East-Greenwich, Mr. JOHN GLACIER; jun. aged 31.
At Mendon, (Mass.) in an advanced age, Mr. DANIEL BROWN, a private post-rider.
At Boston, Mrs. PRISCILLA WHITE, wife of Mr. Samuel White, aged 63.—Mr. JOHN HELDRETH, aged 29.
At Charlestown, (Mass.) AARON H. PUTNAM, Esq.
At Worcester, (Mass.) Lt. JOHN KENNEDY, aged 69. He was a revolutionary officer of bravery and distinction.
In the island of Jamaica, a black man, by the name of JOSEPH RAM, aged 140. About twenty years ago, he is said to have had a complete new set of teeth. He retained all his senses to the last, except that of smelling—never was habituated to any kind of physic. A few days before his death, he walked four miles. His dissolution was gradual, unattended with pain: it seemed to be a decay of nature.
MARINE LIST.
PORT OF NEWPORT.
Entered—Ship Columbia, Winslow, St. Bartholomew; Brig Grand Turk, Staples, Gottenburgh
Schooner Washington, Thomas, Machias; do. Azubah and Ruthy, White, New-York; do. Renown, Delano, Machias; do. Paulina, Snow, Boston; do. Suke, Hallet, do.; do. Olive, Killey, do.; do. Barbara, Marshall, Machias; Sloop Regulator, Hiller, Norfolk; do. Huntress, Earl, New-York.
Cleared—Schooner Polly, Brooks, Edenton; Sloop Swift, Slocum, St. Bartholomews; do. Fame, Helmes, New-York; do. Mary Ann, Justin, do.; do. Alice, Reynolds, Albany.
SALE AT AUCTION.
On MONDAY, the 11th of Sept next, at 2 o'clock, P. M. on the premises, WILL be sold at Publick Auction, the Right of Redemption, of a House and Land, formerly the property of GEORGE COOK, represented insolvent, now in possession of WILLIAM HOWLAND, situated in Little-Compton.
JOSEPH BAILEY, DAVID DURFEE, jun. PHILIP GRAY, Assignees. Little-Compton, June 6, 1809.
New Store.
MARTIN FEARING and RICHARD FAIRMAN, having formed a connexion in the Fancy Dry Goods business, under the Firm of
FEARING & FAIRMAN,
Have taken the Store No. 134, Thames-street, formerly occupied by Messrs. Gardner & Dean, where they offer for Sale, a general and well-chosen Assortment of India, English and French GOODS, on the most reasonable terms.
Newport, June 7, 1809.
FOR SALE,
THE Dwelling-house, Lot and Out-houses thereon standing, occupied by Capt. Simon Davis—situated in Spring-street, S. E. corner of Mill-street.
Also—the House and Lot at the North part of Boston's point, lately occupied by the Reverend Mr. Bradley.
Likewise—the Masts, Spars, Sails, Rigging, Stores, &c. suitable for a single decked Brig of 140 or 115 tons, or a high or double decked Brig of 120 or 130 tons.—Apply to CONSTANT TABER. Newport, June 7, 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. Chillingworth Foster.—For terms, apply to
CARDER HAZARD.
Middletown, June 6th, 1809.
APPRENTICE WANTED.
WANTED, an Apprentice to the House Carpenter's Business. A lad from 14 to 16 years, (producing satisfactory recommendations) would hear of a good situation, on application at this Office.
N. B. One from the country would have the preference. June 7.
WE the Subscribers, being by the Court of Probate of the town of Middletown, appointed Commissioners to receive, examine and adjust the claims of the Creditors against the estate of Capt. Joseph Taggart, late of Middletown, deceased, represented insolvent, hereby give notice, that six months from the 15th instant, are allowed to the creditors of the said estate, to bring in and prove their respective claims, and that we will attend at our respective dwellings for that purpose.
ALANSON PECKHAM, WILLIAM TAGGART, Comrs.
All persons indebted to said estate, are requested to make payment to
SARAH TAGGART, Adm'x. Middletown, May 29, 1809. [J.6.]
TO THE PUBLICK.
THE Proprietors of the Columbian Museum, (Tremont-street Boston) respectfully inform their friends and the Publick in general, that they intend to continue the improvement of their Establishment;—and by their united exertions, hope to merit and receive a continuation of that liberal support which has been manifested towards them: They express with gratitude, their thanks to all those ladies and gentlemen, who have honoured them by subscribing liberally towards their relief since the destruction of the Museum by fire:—The emblematical Painting intended to perpetuate the memorial of all such Patrons, will be finished soon and placed in the Museum Hall, (which is 196 feet in length and 30 in width,) containing a numerous collection of the productions of Nature and Art, among which are Minerals, Fossils, Petrifications, Shells, Beasts, Fish, Serpents, &c. &c.
The Gallery (which extends round the Hall) contains a large Collection of Shakespeare and other elegant Prints, Paintings, Statuary, &c. &c. too numerous to particularize.
New Regulations.
1. The Price of admittance is reduced to 25 Cents without distinction of age. 2. No person will be admitted without a Ticket, or payment received at the door. 3. The museum will be open every day, and evening, as usual, during the summer season.
DANIEL BOWEN. WM. M. S. DOYLE.
Boston, May 29, 1809.

Poetry.
[We have often read with rapture the poetry of the ingenious SELLICK OSBORNE. He unites in a good degree the prec'ns of Pope, the sympathetic touches of Cowper, and the "simple human nature" of Shakespeare. In 1804, many fugitive pieces were published from an unfinished Dramatick Manuscript. We have waited with impatience for new effusions of his muse. It is suspected the destruction of domestic and comubial felicity, consequent on some ten or twelve months imprisonment under the blue laws of Connecticut, has suspended his harp upon the weeping willows. He is now a Lieutenant of dragoons in the United States service. [N. H. Pat.]
A DISSIPATED YOUTH RECLAIMED.
I MMET, as near the forest skirts I strayed, A remnant of a man; woeful the gloom Of twilight shade, congenial to his soul. He threw askance a look of wild reproach, That seem'd to say, "avunt unkind intruder, These haunts are consecrated to DESPAIR!" Then turning, sought the bosom of the wood. I follow'd him aloof; and oft observ'd His comely, though emaciated form, Alternate, gliding 'neath the hemlock boughs. Or slowly climbing o'er the craggy steep. At length beneath a huge and shelving rock He sat him down; its thick projecting brow A hemlock met, whose high entangled limbs Flung o'er the ground beneath a sombrous shade, And near the root in subterraneous course, A grumbling streamlet flow'd, whose hollow sound Rose through the crannies of the broken earth: "Fit temple of despair!" he said, and then With eyes that gleam'd a sullen satisfaction, He view'd the gloomy scene. "Here, haggard fiend, Thou sit'st, enthron'd, in ghastly majesty— Here will I raise an altar and thereon Lay these weak limbs, a wretched sacrifice!" Then from his bosom he a phial drew, And view'd it with a grim hysterical smile— "O! precious draught!" he said—"thou art to me, Like a cool fountain to a thirsty pilgrim— Thy cordial pow'r shall lull the rankling pain That wrings thy tortur'd heart!" Then to his lips He rais'd, with eager hand, the deadly potion. "Hold! wretched man!" I cried—and rushing forth, Seiz'd his rash hand—while with a ghastly stare, He ey'd me, as an evil genius, sent To cross the fondest purpose of his soul. His cheeks were lean and haggard, and he seem'd A wreck of man, a monument of woe! (I saw him once in happier days, when joy Beam'd in each feature, and the admiring world Deny'd him not the early wreath of fame— But, in a sanguine moment of his youth, Fell Dissipation led his steps astray— Then did no friend with mild solicitude, Reach out a gentle hand, to stay his course, Or to restore him to the path of virtue— Then, torn and destitute, he keenly felt The scorn of an uncharitable world— Whose cool reproach, and frown contemptuous weigh'd)
His spirits down, and drove him to despair!) I press'd his hand, and with a tender smile Proffer'd my service—and, while yet I spake, I saw a tear roll down his faded cheek, Which was a stranger there—for scorching grief Had dry'd, long since the moisture of his eyes, And then methought I saw a gleam of hope, Pome in a languid smile, illuminate his face— A gradual increasing smile, which seem'd Like the returning of the vernal sun, Which comes to chase the wintry cloud away, And bid reviving nature bloom again.  And now, with health and happiness elate, He lives, to virtue and to friendship true— Oft with the grateful musick of his thanks, He serenades my ear—and blesses oft The guardian pow'r that led my curious steps To the intended scene of self destruction. Now I do feel more pride, in having thus Restor'd a youth, from misery and vice To virtue's path—his sorrows sooth'd, and pour'd The balm of friendship on his wounded heart— Pluck'd from his breast the canker of despair, And planted hope's delightful promise there, Than I should feel to rule the state alone, Or wade, through bleeding millions, to a throne!
AMUSING MISCELLANY.
FROM THE ANTHOLOGY.
Original Letters, from an American Traveller in Europe, to his friends in this country.
LETTER SEVENTH.
(Concluded.)
The popes have expended immense sums in vain attempts to restore and maintain the ancient dykes and drains of the Romans but it is too mighty a work for modern enterprize and resources.
Throughout the whole of this road you pass over the ancient Appian way, in many parts of which the old pavement remains, not only entire, but in a perfect state. Here, then, is another among the numerous arts in which the ancients excelled us; or at least if they did not excel us in every part of art, they certainly did in the strength and durability of their work.
As we approach the southern and eastern extremity of these morasses, on our right towards the sea, rises the lofty promontory of Circeio, which Virgil so elegantly describes as the abode of the enchantress Circe. The marshes are so low around it, that it appears to be an island. Hence the mistake, or the designed intimation of its peculiar appearance in the lines of Virgil's Eneid :
Proxima Circe raduntur littora terræ, &c. VII Book, 10 verse.
And in the III. Eneid he calls it an island:
Et Salis Auſonii lustrandum navibus æquor. Inferniq; locus, Ætæq; insula Circes.
I cannot conceive in what manner the enchantress procured, unless by her mysterious art, the luxuries which Virgil describes, for the promontory is not extensive, and appears to be a barren rock.
As you pass Circeio, you discover in front the conspicuous and romantick town of Terracina, situated on an almost inaccessible eminence on the shore of the Mediterranean. Its lofty and romantick rocks form a most noble and beautiful object, as you approach from the Pontine marshes. It was the ancient Anxur of the Romans and in its position and appearance answers the description of it by Horace:
Impositum late Saxi candentibus Anxur.
Except as the colour of the rocks, which are now of a yellow brown, instead of white.
This town was supposed to be a peculiar favourite of Jupiter, to whom the inhabitants erected a temple, the remains of which are still visible. They do not, however, bear the marks either of taste or grandeur. They appear to me just what you might expect village architects to produce. It is true that many, and
I believe some respectable writers have given a very different account of it, and have formed some very grand and imposing descriptions of it; but I am persuaded, that the most of these writers of descriptions never took the trouble to ascend to this temple, which is situated on the top of a very high hill, to ascend which, in this enervating climate, is no small labour.
Certain I am, however, that no man, who has ever seen these remains, which are now incorporated into the body of a catholic church, (where, perhaps, there is as much idolatry as before) can doubt, that the style of the ancient temple was mean and vulgar, at least if the pillars, which are now shewn to us, were really part of the ancient facade. I have been the more minute in this circumstance, of the difference between the real appearance of these ancient remains, and the descriptions of them in several books of travels, because the same thing has occurred to me frequently.
It is a fact, that travellers, who make books, generally follow each other blindly, without either taking the trouble to examine, by their own senses, when on the spot, to see, if the descriptions are correct; and oftentimes perhaps without visiting the objects, which they attempt to describe. I shall occasionally notice these blunders as they occur, of which the description of the temple of Jupiter at Terracina is certainly one. Terracina, in point of position, is one of the most beautiful cities of Europe. The landscapes around it, like all those upon the shores of the Mediterranean, are a mixture of the sublime and picturesque. Surrounded on the land side by rocky mountains, which overhang the city; to the north the eye, ranges without limit over the pontine marshes; to the west the view is terminated by the promontory of Circe, and to the south the Mediterranean stretches before you. On the top of the mountain, behind the city, Theodorick, the most powerful of the Gothick kings, erected a magnificent palace in the Gothick style. The remains of it are still extensive and noble, and together with the rudeness and inaccessible nature of the spot, forcibly recall the barbarous ferocity of the age in which it was erected. With great labour I ascended to the spot, through thickets of myrtle and other evergreens whose beauty and fragrance were enchanting. Under our feet the anethirrhinum, and the daisy and several species of narcissus, now in full bloom (December) enamelled the mountain side. It is not surprising, that in a climate and with a soil so mild and so fertile Virgil should have sung so sweetly of rural scenes.
As you quit Terracina, you enter the kingdom of Naples, and, in my opinion, the most charming country in the world. At this season, so inclement and sterile in the greater part of the inhabited world, the orange and lemon in full fruit, the olive and the cork tree in glossy verdure, the myrtle and the arbutus with their fragrant flowers, enrich and beautify the scenery and regale the senses. Passing a most wretched dirty village of Fondi, which has retained its disagreeable character ever since the time of Horace, who thus contemptuously speaks of it, in a description of his tour to Naples. "Fondianos ubi Audifius Prætor est, libenter reinquimus," you soon arrive at the charming village of Mola da Gaeta, which is admitted to be the scite of the ancient Formia, so great a favourite with the Romans. Here many of their most distinguished statesmen and writers had their villas. Here was the favourite residence of Cicero, whose tomb, in very tolerable preservation, is still shewn at the entrance of this place. It was near this spot, that he was betrayed (you will recollect) by a young man whom he had patronised, and where he was murdered by the assassins of Mark Antony. The spot, on which these villas were situated, is truly enchanting, and justifies the good taste of Cicero in selecting it for his residence.
The sea has however made great inroads upon this place, and you perceive the ruins of palaces and villas submerged at the distance of several rods from the shores. Yours, &c.
HENRY Y. CRANSTON, & CO.
No. 15, Market-Square,
H AVE just received for sale—75 bbls. Alexandria superfine and fine Flour, of a superior inspection; and 50 bbls. first quality Ship Bread. May 17.
FOR SALE,
THAT pleasant situation South of 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. 197 and 199, with two convenient Shops in front; the other stands west, very well calculated for two families.
Also—a Lot of Land, at the south-east part of the town, containing three quarters of an acre. Good title will be given.
JOSEPH ALLEN.
Newport, April 26.
TO BE LET,
And immediate possession given.
THAT pleasant and commodious Room, corner of Mill and Thames-Streets, hitherto occupied by the subscriber as an office. It is unquestionably by far the best situation for a publick office, of any in the town—and at small expence, might be fitted for a dry goods store. For terms apply to
PAUL M. MUMFORD.
May 9.
APPRENTICE WANTED.
W ANTED 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.
"The liberal Man deviseth liberal things."
W HEREAS a citizen of this town has contracted with me, by the year, to educate ten poor Children at a time, in my School, boys of the age of eight years and upwards—this is therefore to inform those who wish to embrace such an opportunity, to apply to Mr. GREEN BURROUGHS, capt. NATHANIEL SWEET, or to me, the Subscriber, to whom it is entrusted what applications may be proper. No regard will be had to the religious or political sentiments of their parents or friends. ELEAZER TREVETT. Newport, May 3, 1809.
TO BE LET,
THE Dwelling-House and garden, in Spring-Street, occupied by the late John Banister, Esq.—For further particulars and terms, apply at the house. March 22.
PLEASE TO TAKE NOTICE.
T HE 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.
PUBLICK HEALTH.
BATHING-HOUSE.
F OR 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.
PLEASE TO TAKE NOTICE.
A S the partnership of SARAH SANDS & CO. will shortly be dissolved, those to whom they may be indebted are requested to call immediately and receive their dues; and those indebted to them to call and settle their accounts previous to the 10th of June, as the business must then be closed. SARAH SANDS & CO. Newport, May 24, 1809.
NEW ACADEMY,
Barney-Street.
T HE publick are informed, that the new and airy ACADEMY of Mr. Trevett's, is ready for the reception of pupils. He flatters himself that the pleasantness of the situation; the accommodation of the building; together with his determination to pay every attention to those placed under his tuition, will ensure him a portion of the publick patronage. N. B. The Scholars will, as usual, be publickly examined (by the Rev. Clergy) quarterly. Newport, April 25, 1809.
NEW HOTEL.
T HE publick are informed that the subscriber has taken the house formerly occupied by Mr. OLIVER VARRS, north of the State House, in Broad-Street, where Parties and Clubs may be accommodated with private rooms, &c. Suppers prepared on Short notice. Persons may be accommodated with Boarding and Lodging. All kinds of refreshments provided; and good accommodations for horses, &c.
Pastery and Cake of various kinds, together with Porter, Mead and Beer, constantly at hand.
Families can be supplied with Calves head Soup, dressed turtle fashion, every Friday. Calves-Feet Jelly kept for sale. Cordials, of various kinds, a constant supply.
As the subscriber has been at considerable trouble and expence in obtaining one of the first Cooks from the city of New-York, he flatters himself he shall receive a portion of the publick patronage. Every attention will be paid to those who may visit his house, where the smallest favour will be gratefully acknowledged by the publick's most obedient servant,
CATO BARKER.
N. B. Horses and Carriages, to let. Newport, May 17, 1809.
TAKE NOTICE.
W E the Subscribers, being by the Hon. Court of Probate for the town of South-Kingstown, appointed Commissioners to receive, examine and adjust the claims of the creditors against the estate of JONATHAN CARPENTER, late of South-Kingstown, Yeoman, 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. NICHOLAS NORTHUP. DANIEL STANTON.
All persons indebted to said Estate, are requested to make immediate payment to TIMOTHY CARPENTER, Administrator. South-Kingstown, April 10, 1809. [M.31.]
NOTICE.
W HEREAS the keeper of the Hospital on Coaster's Harbour, is about leaving it; and it is the opinion of the Town Council that some suitable person should go on immediately. Application may be made to JONATHAN ALMY, Town Clerk. SAMUEL VINSON, President April 5. Town Council.
HENRY Y. CRANSTON & CO.
No. 15, Market-Square,
R ESPECTFULLY inform their friends and the publick in general, that they have for sale at their Store, the following Goods, which they would dispose of for Cash or approved Credit: viz.—6 hds. St. Kitts high 2d, 3d, and 4th proof Rum; 10 pipes Gin, of an excellent quality; 8 bags Coffee; 6 kegs Virginia Tobacco; 20 kegs Ginger; 6 chests Souchong Tea; 30 quintals Cod Fish; 1000 lbs. Cordage; 12 dozen Bed Cords; 50 lbs. Sewing Twine; 4 bags Pimento; 300 lbs. Loaf Sugar; 100 reams Brown Paper; 20 do Foolscap do. &c. &c.
Those who are indebted to them by Note or Book Account, are requested to call and settle the same. All Orders from their distant customers will receive punctual attendance. Newport, April 26, 1809.
JASON SPRAGUE,
Offers for sale, at his Store, in Washington-Street, No. 4,
100 bbls. fresh superfine Alexandria and New-York Flour, by the barrel or larger quantity; 2000 wt. Cabin Bread; 60 barrels pickled Cod; dry Codfish by the quintal or larger quantity; Pork; Beef; Rice by the tierce; Loaf, powdered and brown Sugar; Souchong and Bohea Teas; Coffee; Molasses; West-India, New-England and Cherry Rum; Wine, Brandy and Gin, by the barrel or less quantity; Ginger, Allspice, Pepper, Cinnamon, Soap, Candles, Starch, negro-head, pigtail and leaf Tobacco; Segars by the thousand or less quantity; Men's and Women's Shoes; Boots; writing and wrapping Paper; merchantable and clear pine Lumber; Hogs-head Shooks, Oars; black and bright Varnish; Rosin; a few barrels gurry Oil. Also, a small quantity of Flax.
Which Articles may be had on reasonable terms, for Cash or approved credit, and the smallest favours gratefully received. Newport, March, 21, 1809.
ABNER HATHAWAY,
Broad-Street,
H AS for sale, many kinds of LUMBER, consisting of Timber, Joist, Boards, and Shingles; Cedar and Pine Clapboards. Also—white oak Plank and round Timber; with a good assortment of birch and maple Bedstead Joist.
Nails and Hollow Ware, of many kinds; cast iron Oven Frames and Doors, on an approved construction. Corn and Potatoes, by the bushel or larger quantity. Newport, April 5.
SALE AT AUCTION.
By order of the Supreme Judicial Court—will be sold at Publick Auction, on the 10th day of the 8th month, next, at 10 o'clock, A. M. SO much of the Real Estate of PETER B. HAZARD, late of South-Kingstown, deceased, as will amount to the sum of Two hundred and seventy three dollars, together with incidental charges.—The Vendue to be on the premises, lying in Point Judith, in said South-Kingstown, where the conditions of sale will be made known.
THOMAS B. HAZARD, Administrator. 5th month, 8th day, 1809.
NOTICE.
T HE partnership of WILLIAM BURROUGHS & SON, was dissolved on the first day of January last. Those to whom they may be indebted are requested to call immediately and receive their dues; and those indebted to them are desired to make speedy payment. Accounts and notes, the payment of which has been repeatedly called for, will, without discrimination, be put in suit in ten days from date, unless previously settled. WILLIAM BURROUGHS. WILLIAM G. BURROUGHS. Newport, April 12, 1809.
WILLIAM G. BURROUGHS
Transacts business on his own account, at the store formerly occupied by WM. BURROUGHS & SON, 50, Thames-Street.
Wanted immediately—an active young Man. Good recommendations will be required. April 12.
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. mess Pork. March 22.
NOTICE
T HE MANAGERS of the Newport METHODIST CHAPEL LOTTERY, have determined to commence Drawing said Lottery on the first MONDAY of SEPTEMBER next. Newport, May 31, 1809.
APPRENTICE WANTED.
W ANTED an Apprentice, to the Cabin making business. A smart active Lad, about 14 or 15 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. April 5.