The Rhode-Island Republican (Newport, R.I.), 1809-08-02 00:00:00

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.
SCHEME OF THE SECOND CLASS OF Rhode-Island Coal Lottery.
Table with 3 columns: Ticket count, Prize amount, Number of prizes. Includes totals: 15,000 Tickets at 5 Dollars each, are 75,000 Dollars. 1 Prize of 15,000 is 15,000. 2 do. of 2,300 are 5,000. 2 do. of 1,000 are 2,000. 4 do. of 500 are 2,000. 50 do. of 100 are 5,000. 60 do. of 50 are 3,000. 4000 do. of 7 are 24,000. Total 66,000.
Subject to no deduction, and not two Blanks to a Prize. Capital Prizes determinable in the following manner: The first drawn Blank on each day's drawing, except the days on which the Prizes of 500 dollars come out, shall be entitled to 100 dollars each, and the last drawn number on every day to 50 dollars. First blank on the 2d day, entitled to 500 dollars.
Table with 3 columns: Day, Prize amount, Number of prizes. Includes: Do. - 5th - do. - 500. Do. - 10th - do. - 1000. Do. - 13th - do. - 500. Do. - 15th - do. - 2,500. Do. - 18th - do. - 500. Do. - 20th - do. - 2,500. Do. - 25th - do. - 15,000. Do. - 28th - do. - 1000.
The two Prizes of 2,500 Dollars each will be drawn as follows: The first drawn blank on the 15th day of drawing, will have the first 500 Tickets from No. 4001 to 4,500 inclusive; and the first drawn blank on the 20th day, will be entitled to the second 500 from No. 10,501 to 11,000 inclusive; but should the first blanks on the 15th and 20th day's drawing, be either of the numbers from No. 4001 to No. 4,500 inclusive, and also from No. 10,501 to No. 11,000 inclusive, then in that case the first drawn blank succeeding (not one of those numbers) shall draw, and be entitled to the respective 500 Tickets.
Five hundred numbers will be considered one day's drawing, and the fortunate blanks determined accordingly. The drawing will commence in September next. Prizes less than 500 dollars will be paid in 30 days; of 500 and 1,000 in 60 days; and the highest Prize in 90 days after the drawing is completed, in current Bank Bills.
BENJAMIN B. MUMFORD. } Managers JAMES PERRY. Boston, June 1, 1809.
TICKETS in the above Lottery, may be had of the Managers, of J. C. SHAW, and of L. ROUSMANIERE, at the office of the Newport Mercury. Newport, July 5, 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.
Samuel Sterne & Son,
No. 13, Bannister's wharf, Have for sale, W. I. and N. E. Rum, by the hhd. or bbl. Gin, per pipe or bbl. Brandy, by the bbl. Molasses, by the hhd. Teas, by the chest and qr. chest, Coffee, by the bag, Loaf and brown Sugar, Flour, by the bbl. Chocolate, by the box, Candles, by do. Dried Fish, by the quintal; Dexter and common Lime, by the cask, Mess and prime Pork and Beef, by the bbl. White Beans, by the cask or bushel, Lorrillard's Snuff, in bladders, 2000 wt. excellent old Cheese. Sailor's Mattresses, With a general assortment of Groceries, at retail.
Also—a variety of old notes and accounts, in exchange for cash or country produce. Those who are necessitated to have them, will do well to make immediate application, as what remains on the first of September, will be transferred to other hands, and then they cannot be obtained to so good advantage. June 28.
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.
NEW WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Grocery and Commission Store.
George W. Martin,
No. 2, Church-street, Has for sale, A Genuine assortment of GROCERIES, comprising every article in demand, which he will exchange cheap for cash or negotiable paper.—Those who please to favour him with their custom, may be assured of procuring genuine and warranted articles.—Town and Country Grocers will find it advantageous in calling at No. 2, where they may make good speculations. N. B. Country Produce received in payment for Groceries, or to sell on commission. Newport, July 18, 1809.
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, Russels, Rattinet—and a great variety of other Goods, too numerous to mention in an advertisement. May 3. [3m.]
JOHN W. DAVIS,
Has just received and now opening at his Shoe-Store, No. 100, Thames-Street.
An Elegant and well chosen assortment of ladies and gentlemen's SHOES, of the latest patterns, viz:—Ladies English kid Slippers and Ties, different patterns; do. do. spangled Sandals; Ladies French silk quilted Slips and Ties; Ladies, misses and children's black, blue, red, green, yellow, fig and tea coloured morocco Slips and Ties, with and without heels; men's and boy's morocco, and seal-skin Dancing Pumps; men's and boy's calf and seal-skin fine Shoes; Also, black, red, green and yellow morocco Skins, horse-skin, calf-skin and neat-leather Boot Legs, Boot Tops, Skins for binding, Boot Webbing, silk Cord.—Likewise, A handsome assortment of HATS—He keeps constantly employed, a number of experienced workmen in his Manufactory, from which his Shoe-Store is constantly supplied with warranted Boots and Shoes of every description. Measures taken as usual for Boots and Shoes, and made at the shortest notice. Also—a few pair, of low priced Morocco Slippers, at fifty cents a pair. The smallest favors will meet with due attention, and be received with gratitude. All orders from town or country will meet with punctual attendance. Wanted, Two experienced workmen in the above business.—Also, A lad as an apprentice, 14 or 15 years of age. One from the country would be preferred. Newport, June 12, 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.
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.
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.
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.
FOR SALE,
THE North half of the Dwelling-House, No. 208, Thames-street, formerly the property of Isaac Dayton, deceased.—Also, TO LET, the Shop No. 83, Thames-street, three doors north of Mr. Townsend's Coffee-House, with two rooms well furnished, and a privilege in a kitchen, and other conveniences.—Also to Let, two Shops on the Point, in Washington-street, opposite the estate of the late Capt. Benedict Smith.—For further particulars enquire of EDWARD VOSE. Newport, July 19, 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 CARTER HAZARD. Middletown, June 6th, 1809.
NEW HOTEL.
THE publick are informed that the subscriber has taken the house formerly occupied by Mr. OLIVER VARNS, 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.
HENRY Y. CRANSTON & CO.
No. 15, Market-Square, RESPECTFULLY 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 hlds. St. Kitts high 2d, 3d, and 4th proof Rum; 10 pipes Gin, of an excellent quality; 3 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.
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.
Miscellany.
MR. ADAMS' CORRESPONDENCE CONTINUED.
To the Printers of the Boston Patriot. SIRS,
IN page 26, Mr. Hamilton says, that the mission "could hardly fail to injure our interest with other countries."
This is another of those phantoms which he had conjured up, to terrify minds and nerves as weak as his own. It was a common place theme of discourse, which, no doubt, the British faction very efficaciously assisted him in propagating. I know it made impression on some, from whose lips I too often heard it, and from whom I expected more sense and firmness. It appeared to me so mean, servile and timorous, that I own I did not always hear it with patience.
Which were those other countries?—They could not be Spain, Holland, or any countries in the north or south of Europe which were in alliance with France or under her obedience. They could be only England, Russia and Sweden; for we had nothing to do with any but maritime powers. And what interest of ours could be injured with any of these powers? Would any of these powers make war upon us, and sacrifice the benefits they received from our commerce, because we made peace with France, asserted and maintained our impartial neutrality, and stipulated nothing inconsistent with their rights, honour or dignity? If such chimerical fears as these were to govern our conduct, it was idle to talk of our independence. We might as well petition the King and Parliament of Great Britain to take us again under their gracious protection.
In page 36, he says, I "might secretly and confidentially have nominated one or more of our ministers actually abroad for the purpose of treating with France, with eventual instructions predicated upon appearances of an approaching peace."
Mr. Hamilton had entirely forgot the constitution of the United States. All nominations must be made to the Senate and if the President requests and the Senate enjoins secrecy, secrecy will not be kept.—Stephens Thompson Mason was then a member of the Senate—and if he had not been, there were twenty other means of communicating the thing to the publick.—Had secrecy been requested and enjoined when Mr. Murray was nominated, every man whose emulation was mortified, would have had the secret in three hours. But had the secret been kept, Mr. Murray must have gone to Paris with his full powers, or must have communicated them to Mr. Pichon—the French government must have appointed a minister to treat with him—their full powers must have been exchanged—neither the French government nor their minister would have kept it secret. And why all this cunning? That we might not give umbrage to England. This very motive, if there had been any thing in it, would have induced the French to proclaim it to all Europe. In truth, such a sneaking idea never entered my brain, and if it had, I would have spurned it as unworthy a moment's consideration. Besides, this would have been the very indirect, circuitous mode that Mr. Hamilton so deeply deplores.
In this page 37, another instance is given of my jealousy, and suspicious disposition. The most open, unsuspicious man alive, is accused of excessive suspicion.
I transiently asked one of the heads of departments, whether Ellsworth and Hamilton had come all the way from Windsor and New-York, to persuade me to countermand the mission. How came Mr. Hamilton to be informed of this?
I know of no motive of Mr. Ellsworth's journey. However, I have already acknowledged that Mr. Ellsworth's conduct was perfectly proper. He urged no influence, or argument, for counteracting or postponing the mission.
Unsuspecting as I was, I could not resist the evidence of my senses. Hamilton, unasked, had volunteered his influence with all the arguments his genius could furnish, all the eloquence he possessed, and all the vehemence of action his feeble frame could exert. He had only betrayed his want of information, and his ardent zeal to induce me to break my word and violate the faith of the government. I know of no business he had at Trenton. Indeed I knew, that in strict propriety he had no right to come to Trenton at all without my leave. He was stationed at Newark, in the command of his division of the army, where he ought to have been employed in accommodating, disciplining and teaching tactics to his troops, if he had been capable of it. He wisely left these things to another officer, who understood them better, but whom he hated for that very reason.
I have no more to say upon this great subject. Indeed I am weary of exposing puerilities that would disgrace the awkwardest boy at college.
JOHN ADAMS. Quincy, June 7, 1809.
To the Printers of the Boston Patriot. SIRS,
IN page 20, Mr. Hamilton says, my "conduct in the office of President was a heterogeneous compound of right and wrong, of wisdom and terrors." As at that time, in my

opinion, his principal rule of right and wrong, of wisdom and error, was his own ambition and indelectable pleasures, I despise his censure and should consider his approbation as a satire on my administration.
"The outset," he says, "was distinguished by a speech which his friends lamented as temporizing. It had the air of a luring for the favour of his opponents at the expense of his sincerity." Until I read this I never heard one objection to that speech, and I have never heard another since except in a letter from a lady, who said she did not like it, because there was but one period in it, and that period was too long. I fully agreed to that lady's opinion, and now thank her for her criticism. Since that time I have never heard nor read, except in Wood's History, any objection or criticism.
That address was dictated by the same spirit which produced my conference the next day with Mr. Jefferson, in which I proposed to him the idea of sending him to France, and the more serious thought of nominating Mr. Madison. It sprung from a very serious apprehension of danger to our country, and a sense of injustice to individuals, from that arbitrary and exclusive principle of faction which confines all employments and promotions to its own favourites. There is a distinction founded in truth and nature, between party and faction. The former is founded in principle and system, concerning the publick good; the latter in private interest and passions. An honest party man will never exclude talents and virtues, and qualities eminently useful to the publick, merely on account of a difference in opinion. A factious man will exclude every man alike, saint or sinner, who will not be a blind, passive tool. If I had been allowed to follow my own ideas, Hamilton and Burr, in my opinion, with submission to Divine Providence, would have been alive at this hour—General Muhlenburgh, of Pennsylvania, would have been a Brigadier, under Hamilton, in the army, as long as it lasted; and the great body of Germans in Pennsylvania, instead of being disgraced with imputations of rebellion, would have been good friends of government. I have not room to develop all this at present.
But I soon found myself shackled. The heads of departments were exclusive patriots. I could not name a man who was not devoted to Hamilton, without kindling a fire.
The Senate was now decidedly federal. During President Washington's whole administration of eight years, his authority in Senate was extremely weak. The Senate was equally divided in all great constitutional questions and in all great questions of foreign relations, and such as were the most sharply contested were brought to my decision as Vice-President.
When I was elected, the States had been pleased to make an entire change in the Senate. Two births of that honourable body were now decidedly federal. And prosperity had its usual effect on federal minds. It made them confident and presumptuous. I soon found, that if I had not the previous consent of the heads of departments, and the approbation of Mr. Hamilton, I run the utmost risk of a dead negative in the Senate. One such negative at least I had, after a very formal and a very uncivil remonstrance of one of their large, unconstitutional committees in secret.
I have great reason to believe, that Mr. Jefferson came into office with the same spirit that I did—that is, with a sincere desire of conciliating parties, as far as he possibly could, consistently with his principles. But he soon found, as I did, that the Senate had a decided majority of republicans, five or six to one, a much greater majority than there was in my time, of federalists, which were never more than two to one.
In the House of Representatives, in Mr. Washington's time, the majority of federalists was very small. In my time, it was somewhat larger, but still small. In Mr. Jefferson's time, the majority of republicans was immense, two or three, or four, to one. Consciousness of this strength had the same effect upon republicans as it had upon federalists in my time. It made them confident, exclusive, and presumptuous. Mr. Jefferson found it impossible, as I did, to follow his own inclination on many occasions.
It may be thought presumptuous, in me to impute errors to the nation; but as I have never concealed from the people any truth which it was important to them to know, nor any opinion of my own, which was material in publick affairs, I hope to be excused if I suggest that the general sentiment in most parts of the continent, that all the danger to liberty arises from the executive power, and that the President's office cannot be too much restrained, is an error.
Corruption in almost all free governments has begun and been first introduced in the Legislature. When any portion of executive power has been lodged in popular or aristocratical assemblies, it has seldom, if ever, failed to introduce intrigue.—The executive powers lodged in the Senate are the most dangerous to the constitution and to liberty of all the powers in it. The people then ought to consider the President's office as the indispensable guardian of their rights. I have ever, therefore, been of opinion, that the electors of President ought to be chosen by the people at large. The people cannot be too careful in the choice of their Presidents; but when they have chosen them, they ought to expect that they will act their own independent judgments, and not be wheedled nor intimidated by factious combinations of Senators, Representatives, heads of departments, or military officers.
The exclusive principle which has been adopted, and too openly avowed by both our great divisions, when the pendulum has
swung to their side, is a principle of faction, and of honest party. It is intolerance! It is despotism! It destroys the freedom of the press! The freedom of elections! The freedom of debate! The freedom of deliberation! The freedom of private judgment! And as long as the Senate shall be determined to negative all but their own party, the President can have no will or judgment of his own. I most earnestly entreat all parties to reconsider their resolutions on this subject.
JOHN ADAMS.
Quincy, June 8, 1809.
Literary Miscellany.
MISCELLANEA—No. I.
LETTERS.
OF what vast importance is the use of Letters!—What a noble invention—an invention bespeaking angelick intelligence! Who can too greatly admire this illustrious effort of human genius! Who can render sufficient gratitude to heaven, for such an invaluable gift! By these the wisdom of ages is accumulated at our feet—by these the flowers of the imagination shall unfading bloom "through the long tract of future time." But above all, how are the social virtues diffused! How is the enchanting voice of Friendship echoed far! How are the nobler feelings worked in the bosom of sensibility!—Emphatically did the bard exclaim, in tender rapture,
"They live, they speak, they breathe what love inspires, Warm from the soul, and faithful to its fires; Shed the soft intercourse from soul to soul, And waft the sigh from Indies to the pole."
THE WILD IRISH GIRL.
DROPPING the epistolary form of the narration, and resuming the tale in the third person, is a manifest fault in the work. It destroys that simplicity and uniformity which should pervade writings of this kind. Its abrupt termination is another glaring defect.—The reader's expectation is on the wing; and something more is looked for than what is detailed in the letter of the Earl of M——.
SOLITUDE.
SOLITUDE has its advantages and disadvantages, as peculiar circumstances predominate. It is highly favourable to the acquisition of abstract knowledge, and conspicuously operated to give to the sages of antiquity those brilliant talents, which have secured them immortal fame. But to those of a melancholy temperament, or whose souls have been im-molated upon the altar of adversity, solitude is deleterious. The lover, sighing for the dear object of his heart, should never seek solitude. "Its shades are delusive—Peace is not within them." For such the scenes of variety and noise are the best adapted. Let him rush into the vortex of a busy world—amid the commotions of associated man, and the image of his mistress will be gradually effaced from his anxious mind, or new beauty "light up another flame, and put out this."
A DEAF AND DUMB MAN'S IDEA OF ETERNITY.
MASSIEU, a deaf and dumb pupil of the Abbe Sicard, being requested to explain his ideas of eternity, replied, "It is a never-ending line, without beginning or without end. It is a day without yesterday or to-morrow."
Political Miscellany.
FOR THE REPUBLICAN.
THE RETROSPECT CONTINUED.
We come now to that offer which was made, by our government to G. Britain, and which of itself disproves the calumnies of the opposition, and demonstrates the impartiality of the last administration. It will be remembered by those, who find it not for their bosom's peace to forget, when last summer, it was stated, in the National Intelligencer, that our minister in England was instructed to make this offer, that it was much doubted by the opposition; but they made no hesitation in declaring, that, if such an offer was made to G. Britain, no doubt she would accept it; and if she did not, that then all would be united against her. It was not long, however, before it was flatly denied, in the opposition papers, that such instructions were given to Mr. Pinkney, and this upon the credit of a British ministerial print, which stated, that such an offer had been made, but clogged with certain conditions with respect to impressment, which the interest and honour of G. Britain would not allow her to accept of. Thus the minds of the opposition were prepared by their leaders, to resist the testimony which was soon to be furnished, and which was furnished by the documents accompanying the President's message at the opening of the last winter session of Congress. And thus the information given in the Intelligencer, for the purpose of satisfying and quieting the minds of the people, had no other effect, but to give notice to these leaders, of what was to come; and, therefore, gave them more time to prevent its happy effect upon the minds of the community!
The opposition had no doubt but that G. Britain would accept of this offer if made, they, therefore, thought they were treading upon sure ground, and might assert, without any danger of its being put to the test, that if G. Britain rejected this offer, they would
then rally under the standard of the administration. Thus they hoped to gain a credit for patriotism, which might be cheaply purchased, without endangering the interests of his Britannick majesty, or betraying their old friends, or renouncing their anti-republican and Jeffersonian principles.
But G. Britain did reject this offer, to the astonishment of all parties in this country, and for reasons (if the true were assigned by Mr. Canning) the most absurd, ridiculous and quixotical, that ever influenced a council which directed and controlled the interest and happiness of a great nation. What then were the opposition to do? They were pledged (if their assertions and promises are any pledge) to renounce G. Britain and all her works, upon the manifestation of such a hostile disposition of hers towards us, as would be furnished by a rejection of such an offer. But they never expected to be called upon to redeem this pledge. There were but two courses for them to pursue, the honest one of doing as they had promised and rallying in support of their country; and the dishonest and shameful one, of still opposing their own government, and still justifying G. Britain. They chose the latter; and to save appearances, to cover their disgrace, to draw away with them, into the downward road, those who had so often been the victims of their deceptive arts, they boldly and bravely came forward, in open day, in the midst of that light which manifested their shame and falsehood, and denied that this offer was ever made to G. Britain. Those who were in the habit of giving more credit to the assertions of British ministers, and to the professions of a corrupt British ministry, than to the language and assurances of their own Government, found a sufficient reason to believe that this offer was never made, in that it was never accepted; notwithstanding the obvious suggestion of common sense, that before an offer can be rejected, it must be made. The logic of the opposition (if logic it may be called) ran thus: G. Britain will accept of your offer, if made, but she has not accepted of it, therefore it was never made. To do away all the effect which the documents, mentioned, might have upon the publick mind, in some of the opposition papers, and particularly in the Boston "Centinel," they were given to the people in garbled extracts, under the head of "An Analysis," accompanied by explanations and false assertions, by which they were made, like the witness upon a rack, to speak and bear testimony as suited the pious and holy inquisitor. It was not thought safe to let the members of their catholic church read the text for themselves, and make their own reflections and commentaries, this might lead to political heresies and divisions; the example therefore of the church of Rome was followed, and the orthodox commentaries of the fathers, took place of the writings of the Evangelists and Apostles. They were thus fed with milk, for fear that republican meat might prove injurious to their anglo federal constitutions.
Mr. Canning refused to comply with our offer to raise the embargo as to G. Britain, if the British orders in Council should be rescinded as to us, and to keep it on as to France, if France refused to repeal, as to us, her decrees, for fear, as he states, that if G. Britain should do it, before France repealed her decrees; the world might mistakenly construe it into "a concession, made, not to America, but to France." The sentence of this long and insulting letter of Mr. Canning is sufficient evidence that this offer was made, and that it was rejected, it is as follows: "These considerations compel his majesty to adhere to the principles, on which the orders in council, of the 7th January and the 11th November, are founded, so long as France adheres to that system by which his majesty's retaliatory measures were occasioned and justified." If there were no other testimony of the fact but this, it ought to be sufficient to convince the most credulous, that at the time this offer was made, nothing short of a repeal of the French decrees, obtained by us, or done voluntarily, could have procured for us a repeal of the British orders in council. The reason why "these considerations," do not now "compel his majesty to adhere to the 'Orders in Council,'" is because other "considerations compel" him to abandon them, which are to be found in our embargo and non-intercourse; measures, which the opposition told us, tended only to the injury of ourselves, and to the benefit of G. Britain. We have also now received offers of reparation for the attack on the Chesapeake, notwithstanding the existence of the restriction upon British armed vessels, concerning which the British ministry made formerly so much difficulty. This restriction continued, according to the terms of the non-intercourse law, until the rising of the last session of Congress.
I have passed over, for brevity sake, the appearance in a Boston paper of Mr. Canning's letter to Mr. Pinkney, of the 23d of September last, which was not the answer to Mr. Pinkney's official note, making the said offer, (that answer, bearing the same date, having been published among the documents accompanying the President's message) but only a misrepresentation of certain unofficial conversation, which passed between himself and Mr. Pinkney, which became of no importance, as they were superceded, by an official and a written communication, the language of which, though susceptible of misrepresentation, could not be misunderstood. The reason why this letter did not accompany the documents, was because the reply of Mr. Pinkney to it was not received; and justice to Mr. Pinkney required that the antidote should accompany the poison. The object of this letter for which Mr. Pinkney was at a loss to account, was explained by the manner
of its appearance. It must have been written for the purpose of furthering the interest of the British ministry in this country, and so ashamed was Mr. Canning of it, that it was not to be found among the documents furnished to the parliament of G. Britain. Lord Grenville in commenting upon this letter, was asked, from the ministerial side, "what page in the printed papers?" and he thus answered: "No page, my Lords; it is not from the printed papers I produce this letter, but from an American newspaper. The noble Lords opposite after every communication moved for, after so many declarations of their readiness to grant the fullest information, HAVE NOT THOUGHT PROPER TO PRODUCE THIS LETTER; why they omitted so doing remains a MYSTERY, and requires explanation." The appearance of this letter thus, drew from the President the answer of Mr. Pinkney, which had been then received, but not communicated to Congress with Mr. Canning's, because, having reference to mere conversations, which had been superceded by a formal official note, they were thought of not sufficient importance to be made the subject of a special message. The answer of Mr. Pinkney happily destroyed all the bad consequences which might have been produced by Mr. Canning's letter, and this legerdemain of the British faction recoiled, with much effect, upon its authors.
I cannot close this imperfect retrospect, better than with an extract from the message of President Madison to Congress, at the opening of the last session in which he bears testimony to the uprightness of Mr. Jefferson, and shields him from those calumnies, which were aimed at him, at the same time that praises were lavished upon himself.
"Whilst I take pleasure in doing justice to the counsels of his Britannick majesty, which no longer adhering to the policy which made an abandonment by France of her decrees, a pré-requisitoire to a revocation of the British orders, have substituted the amicable course which has issued thus amicably; I cannot do less than refer to the proposal heretofore made on the part of the United States, embracing a like restoration of the suspended commerce, as a proof of the spirit of accommodation, which has at no time been intermitted, and to the result which now calls for our congratulations, as corroborating the principles by which the publick councils have been guided during a period of the most trying embarrassments."
NOTE.
The above was written before the late news from England arrived. It is now sent to be published because it completes the retrospect, and may be of some consequence to those, who wish for correct information, and who require to have their memories refreshed. One of the objects of the writer, which was to prove the heretofore insincerity and hostile disposition of Great-Britain towards us, the late news must confirm, and, unhappily, demonstrate that this disposition and insincerity has met with no change for the better.
It is fortunate, however, that the Devil has so plainly shown his cloven foot, those who are not determined to serve him, must now renounce him, and all his works. Let us be united, and we have nothing to fear, and every thing to hope.
To the EDITOR of the REPUBLICAN.
SIR, Some days since, observing two men engaged in conversation, I took the liberty to attend to the subject which they were discussing. One of the men appeared to be a native of Ireland, and one of those unfortunate persons, who have been driven from that ill-fated country by the cruel persecutions of the British government. His remarks made so forcible an impression on my mind, that I have been induced to commit them to paper, and send them to you for insertion if you shall deem them proper.
"YOU, Sir, who have never been beyond the confines of your native country; who have never seen, who have never felt the oppressions of the Old World, may, with great propriety, prate about the usurpations of Bonaparte. You who have your knowledge and information through the medium of men who are unfriendly to the interest and welfare of America. I am ever disposed to pull down tyranny of every kind. It is immaterial to me whether I am deprived of my liberties by Englishmen or Frenchmen. Should the minions of either France or England pollute the sacred soil of America for that purpose, I would hazard my life to repel them; I would willingly lavish my small fortune to expel them. In the language of an inspired patriot, I would dispute every inch of ground, burn every blade of grass, and the last intrenchment of liberty should be my grave. Bonaparte has of late done much evil; and whether the crimes he has committed will be registered against him in Heaven's chancery, or against those men who were the primary movers of those wars he has waged with such unexampled cruelty, I cannot divine. Time was when I admired the man, when I venerated his character; but when he became a tyrant and usurper, I denounced him as unworthy of one whose all is embarked in the cause of humanity. When he renounced the cause he first espoused, and assimilated too much the characters of his enemies, I held him up to the world as an object of scorn and detestation. British crimes I have seen; British oppressions I have felt. My enmity to England is not founded upon any thing I have read, any thing that has been handed down to me in oral tradition, or any thing that has been told to me in story. No! but upon more than twenty years experience of their cruelties and oppressions!"
From the AURORA.
On the fourth day of June last, we published the following reflections on the conduct of Great-Britain.
In what has the embargo terminated? The aggressor has offered us an apology, which was accepted.
But in what situation does this leave us? Are we as well in every other respect as we were before that event?
No! We have been tricked, worse than the tricks of a horse jockey.
We have been tricked into a repeal of all our retaliating laws.
We have been tricked to send our numerous ships to sea, and are thereby exposed to the rapacity of the cheat.
We have been tricked out of our experience and our principles, for we have been

led to repose faith and confidence where we have ever been betrayed or cheated.
What is not less singular, whether it be considered as an act of mental blindness or infatuation; we are tricked out of our equal relation to the belligerents as a neutral nation.
Our interdicting laws and proclamations are withdrawn peremptorily, upon the simple condition promised that the obnoxious orders in council would be withdrawn.—Ours are bona fide withdrawn.
Nor is this all—our ships bound for ports in Europe, if they go into ports of France, are subjects to be treated as we treat theirs, perhaps confiscated. Wherever France has influence, it is scarcely to be supposed that the vessels of a nation from whose ports she is interdicted, will be treated better.
But the cheat is manifested in another respect. The new orders of council setting our laws at defiance, proclaims Holland in a state of blockade as well as all France, Spain and Italy. But the ports of the Baltic it is said are left open to us. But supposing that France had neither power nor influence in the Baltic, six ships would be sufficient to conduct the whole of the American trade with the north of Europe.
Here then is another part of the cheat, the object is to resort to the use of the American flag, to bring those supplies from the Baltic, which are refused to the British flag; and thus the American flag, by the new orders of council, is to be made subservient to carry on a trade, in which America is herself a rival; and thus our ships are, if they succeed in the Baltic voyage, to bring Britain naval stores: and if they are taken or confiscated by any of the allies of France, or France herself, still the injury is to the American ship owner, and we are thus tricked on every side.
To what these unprecedented occurrences will lead, it is not easy to anticipate. But it would indeed be most extraordinary if, while all the world is struggling to maintain the freedom of the seas and the rights of neutrals, that the only existing neutral should be the dupe of the victim of the common disturber and enemy of the United States, and of the peace of the civilized world.
From the New-York Journal.
THE LATE NEWS.
The intelligence brought by the late arrivals from Europe places our country in an interesting situation. It is clearly ascertained that the British government has declared that the agreement made by Mr. Erskine, with our government was not authorised by his instructions, and would not be approved by that government.
The particular part of that agreement which his Britannic majesty cannot approve is left wholly to conjecture. It is not specified in the new order of council, and some time must probably be taken to give it the most plausible appearance.
Without waiting to see the dress that may be given it by the British ministry, we presume there is not a man in the Union having the least regard for his reputation, who will venture to maintain, that the engagement entered into by Mr. Erskine with the President contains a single stipulation in any respect unjust.
Whether he acted without authority, or exceeded the powers granted in his instructions remains at present unknown. But if that matter were to be decided by the contradictory declarations of himself and Mr. Canning, who, on comparing the solid fabric of his reputation with the pert shiftings and equivocations of the punning Secretary, could hesitate to decide?
Besides, all the circumstances attending the mission of Mr. Oakley—the situation of affairs at the time—promptness of the arrangement with our government, and his immediate return, speak a language not to be misunderstood.
When Mr. Oakley left England the government had no reason to expect the least relaxation in the system of the embargo. On the contrary, the propriety of its continuance had been intimated by the late president, and the resolutions reported by Mr. Campbell passed with an unparalled unanimity. Instead of a partial repeal of the embargo appearances indicated, that it would be backed by a total non-intercourse at least, as preparatory to the last resort.
In addition to the probable loss of our market for our raw materials became manifest by the encroaching advance of price. Their armies had also been driven out of Spain in a crippled and horrid condition, without time to dress the wounded before their embarkation.
Under this situation of things was Mr. Oakley despatched with new instructions to Mr. Erskine to make certain propositions to our government. It was not to negotiate "a treaty on all the points of difference," but to make specific proposals contained in his new powers.
Can it be that the British government on a subject of sufficient importance to induce them to send a special messenger three thousand miles, to make a few short propositions, would have them so obscurely drawn by mistake as not to be understood? The idea is too preposterous to admit of a moment's consideration.
The new order of council however says, that the agreement made by Mr. Erskine is not only unauthorised, but is also such as his majesty cannot approve. Why not? Was there any thing wrong or unjust in it? Did it sacrifice a single right or just claim he had against us? Did his minister stipulate for any thing more than strict justice towards us? This cannot be pretended. It is evident therefore, that an agreement to do us justice does not meet the approbation of the British government! This consideration should induce every friend to this country to unite his utmost aid in the support of our just rights.
Let the Pickerings and the Randolphis of opposition, and their coadjutors, cease to oppose measures dictated by wisdom beyond the reach of their understanding, nor longer embarrass the government in its struggles with foreign nations, by exciting the people to rebellion.
Let those who have honestly doubted the sincerity of the administration in its negotiations with Britain, now tear the film from their eyes and behold with detestation the authors of their delusion. Let them no longer believe that England means us no harm—that our causes of complaint against her are mere pretexts and fictions—that our differences would be settled without difficulty if the negotiations were conducted with sincerity on our part. The reverse is now made evident.
The scandalous fact is unblushingly avowed, and stands recorded in the infamous records of the Court of the Queen's Palace, that his Britannic Majesty cannot approve the agreement made by his minister in his name to do us justice. In this point of view it is immaterial to us whether Mr. Erskine was or was not authorised.
And let it in a particular manner be remembered, that these misrepresentations about the disposition of the British government to do us justice, and the want of sincerity and good faith in the negotiation on our part, were amongst the means used to stir up that clamour and opposition, which, by threatening rebellion, produced that partial repeal of the embargo which was so unfortunately made, and is in all probability the principal cause of this renewed injustice from Great Britain.
And shall we tamely cower without resistance to the unjust pretensions of this imperious nation? Shall she who is so completely dependent on the importation of raw materials and the exportation of her manufactures to foreign markets for sale, and who is already threatened with the loss of her extensive possessions in the East, and excluded from the principal part of continental Europe, be permitted to mark out the only track of our commerce, as if we were her colonies, and domineer us into a degraded submission to her injustice? Let the universal answer of our citizens be, No!—Her unjust designs are too palpable and flagrant; we will lay aside all unfounded jealousies and suspicions against our own government, and by uniting, put forth our whole strength against foreign aggression; and success is sure to attend our united exertions in maintaining our just rights and real independence.
Mr. Erskine, we are informed by letter, has left Philadelphia for Washington. We are authorized to say, that he has expressed himself in strong terms against the conduct of his government, and had taken leave of his wife's relatives in that city, after having convinced them that he had not exceeded his OFFICIAL instructions. [N. Y. Journal.]
NEWPORT:
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1809.
NEW-YORK REPUBLICAN MEETING.
On the 28th of July a meeting of the Republican citizens of the city and county of N. York, amounting to near ten thousand persons, assembled at the Park, for the purpose of adopting Resolutions expressive of their determination to support government in any measures they may adopt, in consequence of the late pernicious conduct of Great Britain. The Resolutions are highly patriotic and spirited; but owing to their length we are obliged to omit them.
Mr. Cole, a messenger bearing despatches from France, arrived at New-York, on Saturday last, in the brig Syren, and proceeded immediately to the seat of government. The Syren left L'Orient on the 20th June.—Nothing had transpired.
YELLOW FEVER.
"The Long Island Star, of the 27th inst. states that the disease which has for some days past excited so much alarm at Brooklyn, has considerably abated, and as umed a milder aspect. From 12 to 16 persons are said to have died since the 1st inst. The greater part of those who fell victims to the disease were of intemperate habits, and whose circumstances did not admit of the comforts and advantages of a careful attendance; add to this the filthy state of the dwellings where it broke out, which are situated in a dirty and narrow street near the water."
TIMOTHY PICKERING,
The leader of the British party in America, has been charged in the Baltimore Whig, with having "written to his nephew, SAMUEL WILLIAMS, Esq. now residing in London, to apply to the British minister, for aid and protection in the mediated separation of the United States, which application was made to Mr. Canning last summer."
We do not take upon us to determine whether the above is true or false, but when we reflect on the conduct of this factious British partizan, and his recent declaration that "Great Britain has done us no essential injury," we confess we are very much induced to believe the account. It must be recollected also, that the names of gentlemen of great respectability are given, which appears to carry considerable weight. We hope for the honour of our country, that the Colonel will be able to exculpate himself from a charge of so black and disgraceful a nature.
AMERICAN JUBILEE.—Just as the prospect of land, and the pleasure anticipated ashore, are enhanced to the mariner, by his escape from pressgangs, squalls, tempests, quicksands, shoals and dreaded shipwreck; so were the free sons of Columbia impressed with more than ordinary gratitude for the integrity of our Union, and the happiness of our people, from recollecting the diabolical attempt of the "British faction" to sunder the one, and destroy the other. Hence, the late anniversary has been hailed, in every section of the United States, with unusual demonstrations of satisfaction. At Washington, at Baltimore, at Philadelphia, at New-York, at Albany, at Boston—at every spot from which we have heard—no expense has been spared to celebrate the day with suitable grandeur. The genius of the orator—the pencil of the painter, and the inspiration of the poet, have all been put in requisition to furnish an oblation, worthy of the Goddess of Liberty. This annual tide of publick joy, of national sentiment, wit and feeling, will alone (perhaps) preserve the great ocean of freedom from stillness, stagnation and rotteness. How must it gladden the friends, and chagrin the enemies of human rights, and social harmony, to find that in most cases the plots of the wicked miscarry!—Efforts to divide have but knit us together in stronger bonds of affection; and proved the truth of the inscription on an ancient temple.
"Madness and Discord rear the fan of Concord." Oppression produced madness; madness, supernatural strength, which broke the shackles of slavery, as Sampson snapt the withes which bound him—and effected liberty; and from liberty have resulted harmony, security, national strength and respectability, Baltimore Whig.
From the Columbian PHENIX.
THE VERMONT PROPHET.
These three words have for a short time rung in the ear of the publick, without a perfect knowledge of the reason for which they were "joined in holy wedlock." Having observed an advertisement in the Amerat. N. H. Cabinet respecting the great man, we have thought it our duty to give to "an anxious publick" all the information we have acquired on the subject. It seems that some time ago three men were digging a well in Colchester, Ver. when they were suddenly saluted with a voice—"Heal the sick." One of them, supposing himself called to the great work by Heaven, attempted it and failed; the second failed also; but the third, a Mr. Austin, a respectable farmer, considerably advanced in years, and a member of the society of friends, commenced the business, and according to some reports has been eminently successful.
As a mode of treating disorders is merely to look at the person afflicted, or read the letter which is sent him, when he declares, that they will get better soon, or if they are not in their last sickness they will recover.—The advertisement above mentioned says, that he has performed almost miraculous cures, only by having the name and complaint sent him in a letter, and that it is generally believed he is endowed with supernatural power. The advertiser offers to carry letters for 50 cents each.—We have heard of a great many epistles being forwarded to this "wonderful doctor" from this town and vicinity; but have not learnt the performance of any "miraculous cures." It is said the prophet heals his fellow-creatures gratis, and it is also said that in a short time, calls upon physicians will be entirely out of fashion.
Since penning the above, we understand, that many applications have been made to St. Austin by a number of young ladies who wish to get married, for husbands; we do not know whether he has any success in this branch of business.—The person who has advertised in our paper of this day to carry letters, informs us, that he has seen and conversed with the doct., who told him, that he was 63 years of age; that his commission to heal the sick was received from heaven 13 or 14 years since; and that he has been in the practice about 5 years, in which time he has performed many astonishing cures without the aid of medicine. Mr. Cole says his house is continually crowded with people, and his baskets with letters; and that he has been compelled to neglect his farm, and hire a person to read the letters he receives.
MARRIED,
At Jay, (Maine,) Mr. SOLOMON GOODALE, to Mrs. ELIZABETH COLE, each 72 years of age.
DIED,
On his passage from the Havana, on the 14th ult. Mr. NATHANIEL BENTLEY, of this town, aged 26. At Pautucket, Mrs. PHEBE DEAN, aged 80. At New-Port, Rev. STEPHEN FARRAN, an eminent divine.
At Boston, Mr. JONATHAN CUSHING, aged 77.—Mr. HENRY HYDE, aged 26.—Mr. WILLIAM TIDMARSH, aged 52. At Weymouth (Mass.) very suddenly, Capt. GEORGE LITTLE, aged 55, formerly commander of the U. S. frigate Boston.
At Andover, (Mass.) the Rev. JONATHAN FRECH, pastor of the South Church in that town, in the 70th year of his age, and the 30th of his ministry.
At New-York, capt. JOHN GALLOWAY, aged 53. On his passage from Savannah to Boston, Mr. GEORGE HOWARD, aged 21.
At Saratoga Springs, (N. Y.) Mr. ALEXANDER THOMAS of Walpole, (N. H.) aged 35, editor of the "Farmer's Museum."
At Martinique, Mr. JOHN HICKS, aged 26, merchant, of Boston. It is a remarkable fact, that the deceased is the fourth son of Mr. Zachariah Hick, (all estimable and enterprising young men,) who have died in foreign climes, on voyages of business. At Bombay, Mr. JOSEPH C. ALLEN, of Providence, in the 28th year of his age, son of the late, Paul Allen, Esq.
Drowned.—On Sunday, the 23d inst. at Little-Res, in attempting to swim across a pond, Mr. SAMUEL RATHBONE, in the 41st year of his age, son of Mr. Roger Rathbone.
In Southwick, 15th inst. (drowned) four young ladies, three of them from fifteen to sixteen, and one eleven years old, viz. JULIA, daughter of Mr. John Stratton, jun.; MARY, only daughter of Lt. Roswell Langdon; and CHARLOTTE, and ORPHA, daughters of Mr. Clarke Cannon, all of S. They had assembled near a pond for the purpose of picking cherries, but finding them scarce, entered into a bout with a view to collect pond lillies; by some means they overset the boat, and before assistance could be afforded, they all perished; their bodies, the next day, in separate coffins, were laid side by side in the same grave.
MARINE LIST.
PORT OF NEWPORT.
Entered.—Brig German Peggy, Davis, New-York; Swedish Schooner Harriet, Lee, Turks-Island; do. Friendship, Drinkwater, Philadelphia; Sloop Orion, Mason, Newbern; do. Express, Wood, New-York.
Cleared.—Ship Mount Hope, Breece, Rio de Janeiro; do. Triumph, Sherwood, New-York; Schooner Mercury, Levitt, do.; do. Paragon, Jackson, Edenton; do. Polly H. Terry, do.; do. Success, Hallett, Boston; Sloop Golden Age, Landers, New-York; do. Fame, Walden, do.; do. Halcyon, Davis, do.
Clap & Nichols,
TAILORS,
No. 67, CORNHILL, BOSTON,
HAVE just received an assortment of the best Superfine CLOTHS AND CASSIMERES, CONSISTING OF
  7 pieces dark Navy blue,  Best Superfine English, French and Dutch BROADCLOTHS.    5 do. black,    5 do. bottle green,    3 do. olive,    2 do. London smock,    2 do. drabs,  Superfine Milled and Single CASSIMERES.    1 do. dark mixed,    Also, Coatings and Devonshire Kerseys;    Black, Blue, Scarlet, White, Fawn and Drab,  
Nankeens, Nankenees cotton Cassimeres; Jeans, white and coloured, for summer Pantaloons;
Black silk Florentines; Plain silk Velvets; White and figured Mercelles and Nelson's Cord, for vestings; Webb's silk cotton and morocco gilt Suspen-ders; Gilt, plated and steel large and small fashion-Aable coat Buttons; Millery, Engineers, and Navy coat and vest Buttons, by the gross or dozen, warranted not to tarnish.
The above articles are as good as can be found in Boston Market, and will be sold at a fair price.
N. B. Officers in the Army or Navy, can be furnished with Uniform of any description, of the latest modern style, and of the best materials.
Gentlemen of Newport who are in the habit of procuring their Cloths in Boston, are requested to call on CLAP & NICHOLS, were they will find cloths and fashions to suit their fancy. Boston, June 21, 1809.
NOTICE.
THE Subscribers have formed a connection in business, under the firm of WANTON & RATHBONE.
GEORGE WANTON, GEORGE S. RATHBONE.
Newport, August 2, 1809.
Wanton & Rathbone,
At the Store, No. 93, Thames-street, lately occupied by NATHANIEL DEARBORN,
HAVE established a CIRCULATING LIBRARY, consisting of a well-chosen assortment of History, Novels, Romances, Plays, Magazines, &c. comprising more than 2000 volumes; many of which, (particularly the Novels and Romances) can be found in no other Library in America.—Every new work of merit will be procured for the Library as soon as published.—In the course of a few days they will receive 1000 more volumes for Circulation, and will then publish a Catalogue.
FOR SALE AS ABOVE..... A General Assortment of BOOKS, in the various branches of Literature; SCHOOL BOOKS, by the dozen or single; SEAMAN'S BOOKS and JOURNALS; BLANK BOOKS, of various sizes and patterns; WRITING, WRAPPING, and LETTER PAPER, by the ream or quire.
The Stationary Department will be constantly furnished with every article usually found in a Stationary Store.
Just Received and for Sale— 5,000 Rolls of PAPER HANGINGS and BORDERS,
of the latest and most fashionable Patterns.—Retailers can be furnished at Wholesale with Paper Hangings as cheap as can be purchased at any Manufactory in New-England.
Also, Just Received, for Sale or Circulation, Memoirs of the Hon. THOMAS JEFFERSON, with a View of the Rise and Progress of French Influence and French Principles in the United States—2 volumes.
HUNGARIAN BROTHERS, by Miss Porter—2 vols.
THADDEUS OF WARSAW—2 vols.
EXILE OF ERIN—1 vol.
WOMAN; or, IDA OF ATHENS, by Miss Owenson—2 vols.
N. B. Persons having in their possession, Books, loaned from the Circulating Library, nearly opposite the Post-Office, will please return them to Wanton & Rathbone's Library.
TO LET—The shop next south of Mr. E. P. Fairbank, hair-dresser, and lately occupied as a Book Store and Circulating Library. Newport, August 2, 1809.
WANTON & RATHBONE,
At the Old Stand of GEORGE WANTON, No. 92, Corner of Market-Square,
OFFER for Sale, a large and extensive Assortment of HATS, from the lowest priced Felt, to Superfine Beavers.
Just Received— SIX CASES HATS, warranted inferior to none manufactured in America, or Imported.—This additional supply, including Messrs. Youth's, and Children's Black, with one case of fashionable Drab HATS, renders their assortment complete.
Also, For Sale as above— WRITING and WRAPPING PAPER, PAPER HANGINGS; SCHOOL and SEAMEN'S BOOKS; STATIONARY, &c. Newport, August 2, 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 MONROE, in Portsmouth, or ROBERT & NICHOLAS LAWTON, No. 61, Spring-Street, Newport. August 2.
NOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber, executor to the last Will and Testament of EBENEZER SHEARMAN, late of Newport, Mariner, deceased, has taken upon himself that trust, and given Bonds as the law directs.—Therefore all persons having demands against the Estate of said EBENEZER SHEARMAN, deceased, are called upon to exhibit them, and all persons indebted to said Estate, to make payment to JOHN R. SHEARMAN, Executor. Newport, August 2, 1809.
NOTICE.
THE Subscribers are, by the Court of Probate of the town of Westerly, appointed Commissioners to receive, examine, and adjust the Claims of the Creditors against the Estate of Henry G. Champlin, late of said Westerly, deceased, represented Insolvent; and hereby give Notice, that Six Months from the 29th day of May, A. D. 1809, are allowed to the Creditors of said Estate to bring in and prove their respective Claims; and that we will attend at the Dwelling-House of the widow Nancy Champlin, in said Westerly, on the second Mondays of August, September, and November next, for that purpose.
THOMAS HOXIE, JOHN CROSS, } Commr's. Westerly, June 22, 1809.
All persons indebted to said Estate, are requested to make immediate payment to NANCY CHAMPLIN, } Adm'rs JOSEPH PENDLETON, }
SIMPSON & BARKER,
Offer for sale, At the Brick Market 40 bbls. mcss Pork.
March 22, 1809.

Poetry.
THE FAIR THEIF. BY THE LATE EARL OF EGREMONT.
I TELL with equal truth and grief, That little Kirt's an arrant thief; Before the urchin well could go, She stole the whiteness of the snow; And more, that whiteness to adorn, She stole the blushes of the morn; Stole all the softness ether pours On primrose buds in vernal showers.
There's no repeating all her wiles; She stole the Graces' winning smiles; 'Twas quickly seen she robb'd the sky, To plant a star in either eye; She pilfer'd oriental pearl for teeth, And stole the cowslip's sweetest breath; 'The cherry steep'd in morning dew, Gave moisture to her lips, and hue.
These were her infant spoil; a store To which in time she added more: At twelve, she stole from Cyprus' queen, Her air, and love commanding mien; Stole Juno's dignity, and stole From Pallas sense to charm the soul. She sung—Amaz'd the Syrens heard, And to assert their voice appear'd.
She play'd—the Muses from their hill, Wonder'd who thus had stole their skill; Apollo's wit was next her prey, And then the beams that light the day; While Jove her pilf'ring tricks to crown, Pronounc'd these beauties all her own; Pardon'd her crimes, and prais'd her art, And 'other day she stole my heart.
Cupid! if lovers are thy care, Revenge thy vot'ry on the fair; Do justice on her stolen charms, And let her prison be my arms.
AMUSING MISCELLANY.
FROM THE ANTHOLOGY.
Original Letters, from an American Traveller in Europe, to his friends in this country.
LETTER FOURTEENTH.
Naples, Jan. 5, 1805.
MY DEAR SIR,
AFTER waiting impatiently for a suitable day to ascend Vesuvius, we have at last accomplished the arduous undertaking; arduous indeed it is to ladies though hundreds of women of refined habits have summoned resolution to accomplish it. The ladies of our party were extremely exhausted, and I much feared whether, after encountering so much fatigue, they would at last succeed in attaining the summit, but they succeeded, and certain I am, they will never attempt it a second time.
Vesuvius is one of these topics so oft discussed that it has been worn threadbare. Little is left to interest attention, and the most ingenious man can do little more than repeat, perhaps in a new style, the observations of twenty who have preceded him. Still more difficult is the task of those, who, not professing to possess any rare talent at description, shall feel themselves impelled, from any cause whatever, to attempt it. Yet we are unwilling to suffer our labours and pains to remain unnoticed, at least by our friends.
The ascent to Mount Vesuvius is certainly a work of extreme labour and fatigue; and though it is open to all the world, yet the proportion who visit it, is extremely small. It is therefore very natural that they should wish that their friends at least should know the detail of their exertions, remarks, and impressions, though they may be convinced, that any circulating library will afford them much better and more agreeable descriptions. Protestng then, that I write for my own amusement, and not for that of my friends I shall give some short account of my visit to Vesuvius. But if my dull description shall inspire a wish to know more of this celebrated phenomenon, I would refer you to the witty but incorrect effusions of Dr. Moore; the classical remarks of Abbe Richard; the plain detail of Swinburne; and the correct, learned, and thorough statements of that learned commentator on Vesuvius, Sir William Hamilton.
Leaving Naples in a carriage at about 10 o'clock, A. M. we proceeded to one of the most beautiful roads in the world, to Portici. The day was uncommonly fine, a circumstance indispensable in visits to the mountain, as the ascent in bad weather is impracticable, or if practicable, would be uninteresting. Portici is a delightful village, lying upon and open to the enchanting bay of Naples, at the distance, of four miles from the city. It is situated at the foot of the mountain, which on this side may be considered as extending to the sea, for the ground from this spot to the crater is one nearly uninterrupted ascent. This spot has been, from causes very obvious to a person who views the country, more subject to the calamitous and destructive ravages of the mountain, than any other place. After the existing inhabitants and their immediate predecessors, the modern Italians had lived in peaceful ignorance on this place for several centuries. They accidentally discovered about fifty years ago, that it was built upon an ancient city, which after some investigation of the inscriptions found in it, proved beyond all controversy to be the ancient city of Herculaneum, which was buried in the year 79 of the Christian era, by the same eruption which destroyed the elder Pliny, and which the younger Pliny has eloquently described.
Examinations recently made have established the fact that the matter of six different eruptions had, in different ages, passed over this devoted spot; and I cannot doubt, that, until this volcano shall by the consumption of its combustible materials be extinct, this unhappy town will forever be subject to attacks of this nature. I shall omit the description of the Museum of Portici, till I give my friends some account of Herculaneum, with which it is naturally connected; but I shall at present ask you to accompany me to Vesuvius. About a mile beyond Portici, at the little village of Resina, you quit your carriages, and mount on mules and asses, accompanied by active guides, who are perfectly accustomed to the steep passages of the hill. For a distance of three miles you keep constantly and gradually ascending amidst, or in sight of the several streams of lava, which have successively flowed from the mountain in different eruptions. The Ciccones (for so they call these guides by way of ridicule) are perfectly acquainted by tradition with the dates of the several eruptions, and with the course of the stream of lava. My guide had accompanied Sir William Hamilton for several years, and was the bearer of an honourable certificate to that effect. I have therefore full confidence in the accuracy of his account; besides which, I found the common people were well acquainted with the same facts. This indeed is not extraordinary, when we consider, that the great eruptions, which produce extensive torrents of lava, take place but once or twice in an age, and that they are the most interesting events which can possibly occur to these unhappy people. If the Scottish peasantry
could recollect whole poems of their Edda, and transmit them from age to age unimpaired; if the Iliad of Homer was in the same manner preserved by the Greeks for several hundred years, as has been often asserted; it is not surely remarkable, that these awful phenomena, which have occurred but about twenty times since the birth of our Saviour, should be as faithfully recorded, and the history of them transmitted, by those who live in the perpetual terror of their recurrence.
The lava of 1779 and of 1794 make the most conspicuous figure. Both of them proceeded from breaches in the side of the mountain, and ran towards the sea, a distance of four or five miles, destroying every object which they encountered in their way. What indeed, human or terrestrial, could withstand these liquid torrents of fire, rolling along with a slow, but unvarying pace, extending several hundred yards in width, and seventy feet in height! Wherever they have taken their course a mournful face of desolation is visible, which centuries only can change, but which the art and industry of man cannot hasten, or even affect.
The lava presents a surface harder than rock, a surface which resists the hardest metals, unless accompanied with great exertions or art. It affords no paludium for vegetation, and thousands of acres, which issued more than a century past are still destitute of a verdant spire. Succeeding eruptions sometimes cure the very evil which preceding ones occasioned. When the eruption does not proceed to extremities, but only terminates in the emission of ashes and other light volcanick substances, these form a lodgment upon the naked lava, and soon produce a soil capable of producing and supporting vegetation in the most luxuriant degree. I passed through rich and fertile vineyards on the side of the mountain, planted over the bosom of an ancient body of lava, but which had been covered by the succeeding eruption of ashes. No lands are superior to those which are formed in this manner.
A more dismal and gloomy prospect cannot be found, than that which immediately surrounds you as you approach to Vesuvius. The perpendicular part of the hill itself is one vast body of black cinders intermingled with pumice stones, and other volcanick particles, unrelieved by a single living plant.
At the foot of this little hill vast streams of ancient lava, taking various courses, as the valleys or inequalities of the ground directed, present an aspect equally dreary, and vastly more tremendous.
These bodies of lava are generally of a dark brown colour, resembling in appearance and construction of the parts, the cinders of blacksmith's coal. Although the great body of the lava is perfectly vitrified, and when cold forms an opaque and solid ponderous body, more compact than any stone, yet the external surface consists invariably of scorice, intermingled with pumice stones, and other light bodies, exhibiting the appearance I have just stated. The surface of the lava is also extremely unequal. It resembles the sea in a storm, or as the sea would look if its waves were in the moment of convulsion congealed or petrified. These great inequalities have been attributed by philosophers to the swelling of the lava, when in a state of fusion. This is certain, that it is in that state subject to great convulsions.
(Letter 14th to be continued.)
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.
ABNER HATHAWAY, BROAD-STREET,
HAS 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.
Negro Head Tobacco.
SAMUEL CARR & SON have for sale, at their store, on Perry-wharf, Newport , A quantity of Negro Head TOBACCO, by the keg—warranted of a good quality; if proving otherwise and returned within three weeks, in good order, it will be taken back. If cutting the kegs in two would be more satisfactory to purchasers, they shall be indulged. July 12. [3 m.]
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 .
M. B. Their goods being purchased on liberal terms, will be sold as low as at any store Newport. May 24.
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.
FOR SALE,
An Excellent Farm,
LYING in the town of Little Compton , L. (R. I.) about half a mile from the sea shore, on the main West road leading to Seaconit Point ; containing about 190 Acres of profitable well watered Land.—On said Farm is a convenient Dwelling-House, Stable, and Crib; with a good Orchard, &c.—Conditions of sale made easy; and a view of the premises, to any person inclined to purchase, by calling on the Subscriber.
ROBERT WOODMAN.
Little Compton, July 21, 1805.
War Department, July 8, 1809.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:
THAT Separate proposals will be received at the Office of the Secretary for the Department of War, until 12 o'clock, at noon, Wednesday the 25th of October next, for the supply of all rations, that may be required for the use of the United States, from the 1st day of June 1810 inclusive, to the 1st day of June 1811, within the states, territories and districts following, viz.
1st. At Niagara, Detroit, Michilimackinac, Fort Wayne, Chikago and in their immediate vicinities, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the territory of Michigan.
2nd. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the states of Kentucky and Tennessee.
3rd. At Belle Fontaine, Fort Osage and Belle Vue and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the state of Ohio, and the Illinois, Indiana, and Louisiana territories, except Fort Wayne and Chikago and their immediate vicinities.
4th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the Mississippi and Orleans territories.
5th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the district of Maine, and state of New Hampshire.
6th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the state of Vermont.
7th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Massachusetts, the town of Springfield excepted.
8th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island.
9th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of New York, Niagara and its dependencies excepted.
10th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the state of New Jersey.
11th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Pennsylvania.
12th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the states of Maryland and Delaware.
13th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the state of Virginia.
14th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the state of North Carolina.
15th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the state of South Carolina.
16th. At Ocmulgee Old Fields and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the limits of the state of Georgia.
17th. Proposals will also be received as aforesaid, for the supply of all rations which may be required by the United States, for the troops which are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the town of Springfield in the state of Massachusetts; and for the armorers and other persons employed in the United States' Armory at that place, from the 1st day of June 1810 inclusive, to the 1st day of June 1811.
A ration to consist of one pound and one quarter of beef, or three quarters of a pound of pork, eighteen ounces of bread or flour, one gill of rum, whiskey or brandy, and at the rate of two quarts of salt, four quarts of vinegar, four pounds of soap, and one pound and a half of candles, to every hundred rations. The prices of the several component parts of the ration shall be specified; but the United States reserve the right of making such alterations in the price of the component parts of the ration aforesaid, as shall make the price of each part thereof bear a just proportion to the proposed price of the whole ration. The rations are to be furnished in such quantities, that there shall at all times, during the term of the proposed contract, be sufficient for the consumption of the troops at Michilimackinac, Detroit and Chikago, for six months in advance; and at each of the other posts on the western waters, for at least three months in advance, of good and wholesome provisions, if the same shall be required. It is also to be permitted to all and every of the commanders of fortified places or posts, to call for, at seasons when the same can be transported, or at any time in case of urgency, such supplies of like provisions in advance, as in the discretion of the commandant shall be deemed proper.
It is understood that the contractor is to be at the expence and risk of issuing the supplies to the troops, and that all losses sustained by the depredations of an enemy, or by means of the troops of the United States shall be paid by the United States at the price of the articles captured or destroyed as aforesaid, on the deposition of two or more persons of creditable characters, and the certificate of a commissioned officer, stating the circumstances of the loss, and the amount of the articles for which compensation shall be claimed.
The privilege is understood to be reserved to the United States, of requiring that none of the supplies, which may be furnished under any of the proposed contracts, shall be issued, until the supplies which have been or may be furnished under contracts now in force, have been consumed; and that a supply in advance may be always required at any of the fixed posts on the sea-board, or Indian frontier, not exceeding three months.
W. EUSTIS, Secretary for the Department of War.
July 10—
NOTICE
THE 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.
New Granary & Grocery Store.
No 11, Long wharf.
WILL be kept constantly for sale CORN and MEAL, wholesale and retail.—Also, Just received, a Quantity of RYE.
Also for Sale—Flour, Salt, Molasses, Gin, Rum, Brandy, Sugars, various kinds, Coffee, and Teas, of different qualities.
Likewise, Baltimore Superfine Flour by the Barrel.—Also, Rice, Pimento, Ginger, Soap, Candles, and a quantity of Butter, by the firkin.
The above Goods will be sold, wholesale and retail, for cash or approved credit.
Wanted as a purchase—a quantity of CORN and RYE, for which Cash will be given.
MICHAEL FREEBORN.
Agent for the Progressive Company. Newport, July 19, 1809.
NOTICE.
ALL Demands against the Estate of HENRY R. THURSTON, late of Newport, mariner, must be rendered to the Subscriber within twelve months from August last; otherwise they will be disallowed.
DANIEL VAUGHN, Administrator. Charleston, (S. C.) July, 1809.
P. O. RICHMOND,
Has just received (at his Cash Store, No. 155, Thames-Street,) in addition to his former assortment—
A LARGE supply of India Buttons; Checks; Calicoes and Muslins, of every description; Cotton Shirting; black and white Cotton Cambricks; plain and figured Lenó; Spider-net and Book Muslins; London print and Fancy plaid Ginghams; Ladies' long and habit Silk Gloves; do. white and coloured Kid do.; plaid and plain Lustrings; Gentlemen's and Ladies' white and coloured Hosiery; Common and Cambric Dimities; Sewing Silks; Silk Umbrellas; and Bandanna Handkerchiefs; with a variety of other seasonable GOODS; all of which having been bought at Auction in Boston, can be afforded lower than was ever sold in Newport. Newport, July 26, 1809.
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.
For Sale,
THAT valuable and well-known Lot in Thames-street, next North of Messrs. RHODES & CAHOONE'S Store, which as a stand for business, is equal to any in Newport.—Also, One Lot No. 15. Long-Wharf. Indisputable titles will be given.—For further particulars enquire of
WILLIAM S. N. ALLAN.
Newport, July 26, 1809.
Lots of Land.
FOR sale, by the subscriber, three Lots of Land, on Division street , near the Trinity Church, suitable for building. These Lots are pleasantly situated, and in a healthy part of the town. They will be sold on moderate terms, if applied, for before the 21st of August—at which time they will be sold at Publick Auction, if not previously disposed of at private sale.
NORTON WILLBOR.
Newport, July 26.
PECKHAM & BARKER,
Weybasset-street, Providence,
HAVE lately received direct from the Manufacturers a supply of HARD-WARE,
Consisting of—Frying-Pans, Shovels, Spades, Shovels and Tongs, Handirons; 200 doz. cast-steel and common Files of all kinds; large and small smith and bench Vices; Cast Steel in bars of different sizes; iron and brass Wire, of all numbers; weights in sets, from 1-2 oz. to 4 lb. 7, 14, 28, and 56 lb. do. with Scale-Beams, assorted; 50 dozen Knives and Forks; consisting of white ivory, polished stag, white bone, and black horn handles; Desert do. of different kinds: tutanna and iron table and tea Spoons; 50m. best white chapel sharp, between and blunt Needles; an extensive assortment of pen and pocket Knives, Scissors, Sheers, &c. &c. Their present supply added to their former stock, makes an assortment equal to any in this country. Those in want of Goods in their line will do well to call and see for themselves, as their articles are too numerous to particularize in an advertisement.
N. B. They have just received a small assortment of MILL SAWS, made by E. WATERS of Sutton (Mass.)
They continue to give Cash for old copper, brass, lead and pewter.
Providence, July 20, 1809.
REMOVAL.
NATHANIEL DEARBORN,
HAVING removed from Newport, and commenced business in Providence, in the BOOK-BINDING and STATIONARY line—tenders his thanks to his Friends and Customers, for their patronage during his residence in Newport; and solicits a continuance of their favours, with an assurance that all orders and directions in his line shall be executed with fidelity and despatch.
All Persons against whom he has Demands, are requested to call on Robert Rogers, Esq.—with whom they are lodged for collection, with an expectation of a settlement within a month; in order to enable him to satisfy all Demands against him. July 26th, 1809.
NOTICE.
ALL persons having demands against the Estate of MARY ANTHONY, late of Newport, widow, deceased, are requested to exhibit their accounts; and those indebted to make payment to
ANTHONY DIXON, Administrator.
Newport, July 19, 1809.