The Rhode-Island Republican (Newport, R.I.), 1809-08-09 00:00:00

His Excellency J. Fenner THE RHODE-ISLAND REPUBLICAN.
No. 21. NEWPORT, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1809. Vol. 1.
NEWPORT, R. I. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED ON WEDNESDAYS BY WILLIAM SIMONS, No. 15, MILL-STREET.
TERMS. The paper is printed once a week, at 2 dollars a year, one half in advance. Advertisements conspicuously inserted, at the rate of 1 dollar and 50 cents a square, for three weeks—smaller one in the same proportion. Printing, in all its variety, executed with accuracy and despatch. Orders respectfully solicited.
Truth,—to the Publick.
THE best way from Boston to New-York, and from New-York to Boston, is by the way of Newport, that remarkable healthy and delightful place, so pleasant and agreeable to travellers, (Norwich way to the contrary notwithstanding.)
The Proprietors of the Commercial Line of Stages from Boston to Newport, are desirous of making the travelling and conveyance as easy and as expeditious as possible to all those doing business, as well as to those that travel for pleasure; they are determined to spare no pains in accomplishing this object.
With a leading breeze the Packets are generally from 15 to 22 hours, from New-York to Newport, and the Stages are from 10 to 11 hours going to Boston.—Frequently, Gentlemen leave New-York in the morning, and arrive at Boston the next day at night. The roads are good, and have excellent accommodations; the stages and horses are as good as any in America; the Packets belonging to Newport, and kept as New-York and Newport Packets, are thought to be the best in the known world, and are so acknowledged by all those who are judges:—They are fast sailers furnished with elegant accommodations, and with every convenience that can be wanted. The Proprietors of the Commercial Line of Stages have established waggons, to go through to Boston and Newport twice a week. They leave Boston Tuesdays and Fridays, and arrive at Newport on Mondays and Thursdays.—Leave Newport and arrive at Boston same time.
Congress at their last session, passed a law establishing a Land Office for the purpose of entering and clearing goods subject to drawback, in Boston and in Newport, in order that the merchants might obtain their debentures on such goods as should be sent over-land to Boston or to New-York.—Merchants in New-York and Boston, as well as all others, wishing to have goods transported over-land expeditiously and safe can now be accommodated. All goods and Articles, that may come direct to the care of JAMES PERRY, and landed on his wharf in Newport, will be attended to, and forwarded as directed.
J. PERRY, Newport. J. TRASK, } Boston. A. WHEELock, } SMITH & DRAKE, Taunton. The Printers of the Boston papers are requested to publish the above. Newport, July 19, 1809.
SCHEME OF THE SECOND CLASS of Rhode-Island Coal Lottery.
  15,000 Tickets at 5 Dollars each, are 75,000 Dollars. 1 Prize of 15,000 is 15,000   2 Prizes of 2,500 are 5,000 2 do. . . . 1,000 . . . . 2,000   4 do. . . . 500 . . . . 2,000 4 do. . . . 500 . . . . 2,000   50 do. . . . 100 . . . . 5,000 50 do. . . . 100 . . . . 5,000   60 do. . . . 50 . . . . 3,000 60 do. . . . 50 . . . . 3,000   4000 do. . . . 7 . . . . 34,000 4000 do. . . . 7 . . . . 34,000   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.
  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. . . . 23th . . . . 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 blank 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 blank 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. ROUSMAN-IERE, at the office of the Newport Mercury. Newport, July 5, 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.
M. 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. Faisneau, 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 Fells, to Superfine Beavers.
Just Received— SIX CASES HATS , warranted inferior to none manufactured in America, or Imported.—This additional supply, including Mens', 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.
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 neats-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 punctilious 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.
S. STACKHOUSE'S (NEW INVENTED) PATENT CHURN.
THIS Churn will work much easier than the common one; besides, it has the advantage of collecting the butter in rolls; it may also be made to any size, so as to churn any quantity the possessor may wish; and it may be fixed in such a manner as to work either by hand, water, wind, or any other power.—Good Cream has often been churned into the best Butter, by this excellent and simple machine, in eight or ten minutes, and deposited in neat rolls, producing an eighth of the whole more butter than in the common way.
The above Churn may be had of BATMAN MONRO, in Portsmouth, or ROBERT & NICHOLAS LAWTON, No. 61, Spring-Street, Newport. August 2.
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 Leno; Spider-net and Book Muslins; London print and Fancy plaid Ginghams; Ladies' long and habit Silk Gloves; do. white and coloured Kid do.; plain 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.
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 in Newport. May 24.
PECKHAM & BARKER,
Weybosset-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 56lb. do. with Scale-Beams, assorted; 57 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.
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, Lorillard'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.
JASON SPRAGUE, Offers for sale, at his Store, in Washington-Street, No. 4,
100 bbls. fresh superior 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; Hoghead 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.
Miscellany.
MR. ADAMS' CORRESPONDENCE CONTINUED.
To the Printers of the Boston Patriot. Sirs,
IN page 29, Mr. Hamilton says, "when an ordinary man dreams himself to be a Frederick," &c.
To this I shall make but a short answer. When a Miss of the street shall print a pamphlet in London, and call the Queen of England ordinary woman, who dreams herself a Catherine of Russia, no Englishman will have the less esteem for his queen for that impudent libel.
There is something in the 24th page, of a graver complexion. It is said, "that the session which ensued the promulgation of the despatches of our commissioners was about to commence. This was the session of 1798. Mr. Adams arrived at Philadelphia. The tone of his mind seemed to be raised."
Let me ask a candid publick, how did Mr. Hamilton know any thing of the tone of Mr. Adams' mind, either before or at that conference? To make the comparison, he must have known the state of Mr. Adams' mind at both these periods. He had never conversed with Mr. Adams before, nor was he present at that conference. Who was the musician that took the pitch of Mr. Adams' mind, at the two moments here compared together? And what was the musical instrument, or whose exquisite ear was it that ascertained so nicely the vibrations of the air, and Mr. Adams' sensibility to them? Had Mr. Hamilton a spy in the cabinet? Who transmitted to him, from day to day, the confidential communications between the President and heads of departments? If there existed such a spy, why might he not communicate these conferences to Mr. Liston, or the Marquis Yrujo, as well as to Mr. Hamilton? He had as clear a right. I believe that all the privy counsellors of the world but our own, are under an oath of secrecy; and ours ought to be. But as they are not, their own honour and sense of propriety ought, with them, to be obligations as sacred as an oath.
The truth is, I had arrived at Philadelphia, from a long journey, which had been delayed longer than I intended, very much fatigued; and as no time was to be lost, I sent for the heads of departments, to consult, in the evening, upon the points to be inserted in the speech to Congress, who were soon to meet.
My intention was, in the language of the lawyers, merely to break the questions, or moot the points necessary for us to consider; not intending to express any opinion of my own, or to request any opinion of theirs upon any point; but merely to take the questions into their consideration, and give me their advice upon all of them at a future meeting.
I observed, that I found, by various sources of information, and particularly by some of the newspapers in Boston and New York, that there was a party who expected an unqualified recommendation of a declaration of war against France.
These paragraphs, I was well satisfied, were written by gentlemen who were in the confidence and correspondence of Hamilton, and one of the heads of departments at least, though I gave them no intimation of this.
I said to the gentlemen, that I supposed it would be expected of us, that we should consider this question, and be able to give our reasons for the determination, whatever it might be.
The conduct of the gentlemen upon this question was such as I wished it to be upon all the others. Not one of them gave an opinion either for or against a declaration of war. There was something, however, in the total silence and reserve of all of them, and in the countenance of some, that appeared to me to be the effect of disappointment. It seemed to me, that they expected I should have proposed a declaration of war, and only asked their advice to sanction it. However, not a word was said.
That there was a disappointment, however, in Hamilton and his friends, is apparent enough, from this consideration—that when it was known that a declaration of war was not to be recommended in the President's speech, a caucus was called, of members of Congress, to see if they could not get a vote for a declaration of war, without any recommendation from the President, as they had voted the alien and sedition law and the army. What passed in that caucus, and how much zeal there was in some, and who they were, judge Sewal can tell better than I. All that I shall say, is, that Mr. Hamilton's friends could not carry the vote.
My second proposition to the heads of departments was to consider in case we should determine against a declaration of war, what was the state of our relations with France, and whether any further attempt at negotiation should be made.
Instead of the silence and reserve with which my first question was received, Mr. Hamilton shall relate what was said.
Mr. Hamilton says, "It was suggested to him, Mr. Adams, that it might be expedient to insert in the speech, a sentiment of this import, that after the repeatedly rejected advances of this country, its dignity required that it should be left with France, in future, to make the first overture; that if desirous of reconciliation, she should evince the disposition, by sending"

a minister to this government; he would be received with the respect due to his character, and treated with the frankness of a sincere desire of accommodation. The suggestion was received in a manner both indignant and intemperate."
I demand again, how did Mr. Hamilton obtain this information? Had he a spy in the cabinet? If he had, I own I had rather that all the courts in Europe should have had spies there; for they could have done no harm by any true information they could have obtained there; whereas Hamilton has been able to do a great deal of mischief, by the pretended information he has published.
It is very true, that I thought this proposition intended to close the avenues to peace, and to ensure a war with France; for I did believe that some of the heads of departments were confident, in their own minds, that France would not send a minister here.
From the intimate intercourse between Hamilton and some of the heads of departments, which is demonstrated to the world and to posterity, by this pamphlet, I now appeal to every candid and impartial man, whether there is not reason to suspect and to believe, whether there is not a presumption, a violent presumption, that Hamilton himself had furnished this machine to his correspondent in the cabinet, for the very purpose of enraging me, at unawares, of ensuring a war with France, and enabling him to mount his hobby horse, the command of an army of fifty thousand, ten thousand of them to be horse?
Hamilton says, "the suggestion was received in a manner both indignant and intemperate." This is false. It is true, it was urged with so much obstinacy, perseverance and indecency, not to say intemperance, that at last I declared I would not adopt it, in clear and strong terms.
Mr. Hamilton says, "Mr. Adams declared, as a sentiment he had adopted on mature reflection, that if France should send a minister here to-morrow, he would order him back the day after."
Here I ask again, where, how, and from whom did he get this information? Was it from his spy in the cabinet? Or was it the fabrication of his own "sublimated, excellent, and intemperate imagination?" In either case, it is an entire misrepresentation.
I said that when in my retirement at Quincy, the idea of the French government sending a minister here had sometimes occurred to me, my first thoughts were, that I would send him back the next day after his arrival, as a retaliation for their sending ours back; and because the affront offered to us had been at Paris, publicly, in the face of all Europe, the atonement ought to be upon the same theatre; and because, as the French government had publicly and officially declared that they would receive no minister plenipotentiary from the United States until the President had made apologies for his speeches and answers to addresses, they ought to be made to retract and take back that rash declaration, on the same spot where it had been made. They might send a minister here, consistently with that offensive declaration. This was my first thought; but upon mature reflection, I saw that this would not be justifiable: for, to retaliate one breach of principle by another breach of principle, was neither the morality nor the policy that had been taught me by my father and my tutors. Our principle was, that the right of embassy was sacred. I would therefore sacredly respect it, if they sent a minister here. But I would not foreclose myself from sending a minister to France, if I saw an opening for it, consistent with our honour; in short, that I would leave both doors and all doors open for a negotiation. All this refutation came from myself not from the heads of departments.
All that he says in this place and in the beginning of the next page, of my wavering, is false. My mind never underwent any revolution or alteration at all, after I left Quincy. I inserted no declaration in my speech, that I would not send a minister to France; nor any declaration, that if France would give assurances of receiving a minister from this country, I would send one. Nothing like that declaration was ever made, except in my message to Congress, of the 21st June 1798, in these words: "I will never send another minister to France, without assurances that he will be received, respected and honoured, as the Representative of a great, free, powerful and independent nation." This declaration finally affected the peace.
Both the doors of negotiation were left open. The French might send a minister here without conditions—we might send one to France upon condition, of a certainty that he would be received in character.
What conduct did the French government hold, in consequence of this declaration? They retracted their solemn and official declaration, that they would receive no minister plenipotentiary, in future, from the U.S. without apologies from the President, for his speeches and answers to addresses. They withdrew, and expressly disavowed all claims of loans and douceurs, which had been held up in a very high tone. They even gave encouragement, I might say they promised, to make provision for an equitable compensation for spoliations. They promised to receive our ministers, and they did receive them, and made peace with them—a peace that completely accomplished a predominant wish of my heart for five and twenty years before which was to place our relations with France and with Great Britain, upon a footing of equality and impartiality, that we might be able to preserve, in future, an everlasting neutrality in all the wars of Europe.
I see now with great pleasure, that England professes to acknowledge and adopt this
our principle of impartiality, and I hope that France will soon adopt it too. The two powers ought to see, that it is the only principle we can adopt with safety to ourselves, or justice to them. If this is an error, it is an error in which I have been invariably and unchangeably fixed for five and thirty years, in the whole course of which I have never seen reason to suspect it to be an error, and I now despair of ever discovering any such reasons.
Nevertheless, Mr. Hamilton calls the declaration that accomplished all this, "a pernicious declaration!"
Pernicious it was to his views of ambition and domination. It extinguished his hopes of being at the head of a victorious army of fifty thousand men; without which, he used to say, he had no idea of having a head upon his shoulders for four years longer.
Thus it is, when self-sufficient ignorance impertinently obtrudes itself into offices and departments, in which it has no right nor colour, nor pretence to interfere.
Thus it is, when ambition undertakes to sacrifice all characters, and the peace of nations, to its own private interest.
I have now finished all I had to say on the negotiations and peace with France, in 1800. I find I must say something of the peace with England, in 1763.
In the meantime, when I look back on the opposition and embarrassments I had to overcome, from the faction of British subjects, from that large body of Americans who revere the English and abhor the French, from some of the Heads of Departments, from so many gentlemen in Senate, and so many more in the House of Representatives, and from the insidious and dark intrigues as well as open remonstrances of Mr. Hamilton, I am astonished at the event.
In some of my jocular moments I have compared myself to an animal I have seen, take hold the end of a cord with his teeth and be drawn slowly up by pullies through a storm of squibs, crackers, and rockets, flashing and blazing round him every moment and though the scorching flames made him groan, and moan, and roar, he would not let go his hold till he had reached the ceiling of a lofty theatre, where he hung sometime, still suffering a flight of rockets, and at last descended through another storm of burning powder and never let go, till his four feet were safely landed on the floor.
In some of my social hours I have quoted Virgil:
Pata obstant, placidasque viri Deus obsequi aures. Ac velut annosa validum cum robore quercum Alpiæ Boreæ nunc hanc nunc flatibus illuc Errantem inter se certant; et ecce Conservant terram concrescit stipite frondes: Ipsa haeret scopulis: et quantum in virides ad auras Ethereæ, tantum radice in Tartara tendit. Haec secus assiduis lino atque hinc vocibus heros Tunditur, et magno persentit pectore curas. Mens immota manet; lacrimæ volutantur inanes. Lib. 4. 440.
His hardened heart nor prayers nor threatening move; Fate and the Gods had stopp'd his ears, As when the winds their airy quarrels try, Justling from every quarter of the sky; This way and that the mountain oak they bend, His boughs they shatter, and his branches rend; With leaves and felling mast, they spread the ground, The hollow vallies to the echo sound; Unmov'd the sturdy plant, their fury mocks, Or shaking, clings more closely to the rocks: Far as he shoots his towering head on high, So deep in earth his deep foundations lie; No less a storm the Trojan hero bears; Thick messages and loud complaints he hears, And bandied words still beating on his ears. Sighs, groans and tears, proclaim his inward pains, But the firm purpose of his heart remains. Dryden, B. 4. 186.
But this is all levity. There have been sober hours, not a few; and I know not that there has been one, in which I have not adored that Providence of Almighty God, which alone could have carried me safely through, to a successful issue, this transaction and so many others, equally difficult, and infinitely more dangerous to my life, if not to my reputation. JOHN ADAMS.
Quincy, June 10, 1809.
Literary Miscellany.
MISCELLANEA—No. II.
RUINS OF PALMYRA.
WHAT reader has not sighed as he pored over the description of Palmyra? This unfortunate city was the capital of a mighty kingdom; "the pride and emporium of the Eastern world." But, alas! its opulence is no more; its splendour has departed; its grandeur is mouldering in the dust. But, even in ruins, its remains are magnificent, and nobly exhibit
"The mournful traces of the fame it bore." Its Corinthian columns of white marble still tower in architectural beauty. "Superb arches a colonnade extending four thousand feet in length, terminated by a noble mausoleum, temples, fine porticos, peristyles, intercolumniations, and entablatures," though "dispersed and disjointed" by the ravages of time, and the hand of unsparing war, forcibly arrest the view of the scientific traveller. What spectator can behold its fallen glories unmoved, or forbear to drop the pitying tear as he treads those proud monuments of decay! Sweetly has the bard poured forth his strains on this melancholy subject.
"Far in the regions of the morn, The rising sun surveys Palmyra's palaces forlorn, Unveiling in his rays. The Spirits of the desert dwell Where eastern grandeur shone; And vultures scream, hyenas yell, Where beauty held her throne."
"In wild magnificence decay The palsied fabrics frown, For storms have rent their strength away, 'Till breezes rock them down."
"Then oft the pilgrim, as he stands, Sees from the broken wall, The shadow tottering on the sands, Ere the loose fragments fall."
"Destruction joys, amid those scenes, To watch the sport of Fate, While Time between the pillars scans, And bows them with his weight."
LETTERS OF MADAME DU MONTIEL.
THIS novel, from the pen of Madame le Prince de Beaumont, breathes the spirit of piety and religion. It strongly inculcates moral rectitude, and "resignation to the decrees of the Almighty." The narration contains nothing improbable; it is not diversified by incident. No obsceneness shocks the feelings of delicacy; no premeditated murders chill the blood with horror. The tender solicitude of a mother—the affection and gratitude of a daughter, are displayed in language easy and perspicuous. The work is fitly calculated for the younger part of the female sex, and "exhibits to their view, a pattern truly deserving their imitation."
For the REPUBLICAN.
LICENTIOUSNESS OF YOUTH.
It is impossible to describe the licentiousness of the present age, or portray the prevailing vices of the times in a colour which they deserve. Scarcely has the youth assumed the appearance of manhood, ere he bids adieu to every principle of virtue and morality. He views with an eye of scorn the sacred precepts of his superiors, and considers religion as the effusion of a frantic mind or enthusiastick bigotry. Raised by self consequence above the common class of mankind, he engages in every species of debauchery: his sensual appetites are gratified. At one time he wallows in the lap of desire, at another he reels from the brothel regardless of his reputation; and having reached his destined home amidst the sneers of the populace, retires to rest until the fumes of copious draughts of intoxicating liquors have ceased to operate on his brain. He awakes. What, to a sense of his deplorable situation? No; but to again renew his iniquitous course of life—again to continue his midnight revels. Once more he visits the billiard or the card table. Another debauch unstrings his nerves: His feeble, tottering, emaciated form is no longer able to support him. Pale disease attacks and conquers his constitution—He sinks beneath its influence, and unpitied dies.
Political Miscellany.
From the AURORA.
WHAT SHALL WE DO?
This continues to be the enquiry—yet the matter appears very plain. Had our embargo been respected, or had there been virtue enough in the country to enforce it, we should have escaped this dilemma, by escaping contact with the belligerent powers, by shewing them also that we could not execute our own laws, we showed foreign nations how little they had to apprehend from us—who disregarded our own laws and government. As there is not virtue enough to stand upon the safe and effective policy of our embargo; we must even take the consequences; let the commerce that will not be faithful to the nation or to itself, "manage its own affairs in its own way, unnumbered by so much regulation," let its venality chastise itself; when those who clamored because their property was snatched from the jaws of maritime rapacity, shall have experienced the effects of their infatuation or the wide spread corruption, there will be then a different temper in the mercantile portion of the community. They will better appreciate the policy which they opposed; and tho' it will be too late for many of them, who will fall the victims of their foreign attachments and their domestic sedition, the nation will even then profit by individual misfortune; the American merchant will find that honesty is the best policy, and that a slow and sure profit, is preferable to the hazards of enormous speculation; and that the counsels and protection of a prudent government, are much more to be relied upon than the hollow professions and punick perfidy of a foreign government. The birds of passage will pass to other climes.
In a general national view, we have repeatedly said, we cannot go to war; we cannot undertake in our present situation, more than a merely defensive system—we may be prepared, and we ought to be prepared, for defence; to resist buccaneering invasions of our seaports or coasts and our frontiers; we may place our armed ships on our coasts, and within our 3 miles jurisdiction, maintain, like the powers of Europe in 1780, an armed neutrality; we may resist oppression, and repel invasion, but afford no room for even suspicion of aggression; our merchantmen also may arm; and our government may declare to the world its determination neither to infringe the laws of nations, the rights of others, nor submit to the infringement of our own. Commerce may then calculate its own risks; those who prefer keeping their ships and property to crying after it, have their choice; the government should not pledge itself to engage in a war, to sustain those who pay no respect for our own laws; who have violated them, and who have involved us in the present dilemma; the yeomanry of the nation shed their blood to establish in-
dependence; the merchants have proved faithless and unworthy of the blessings given them: the yeomanry now should not be forced into a war, nor to fight mercantile battles; the merchants paid no regard to the sympathy of the yeomanry who were ready to make every sacrifice of privation, for the common good; the merchants do not understand common good; particular profit is their common good; particular prompt should therefore sustain the risque which it creates; the dangers it has tempted; the oppression which it invites; the hostility which its cupidity has created.
We cannot go to war in the present state of the nation. There are traitors among us; who have acquired confidence not only from impunity, but from the attitude bestowed upon them ; from the feasts to which their treasonable doings which have been the motives for inviting them; from the success of their iniquitous stratagems upon public credulity; and even from congressional credulity!
We cannot go to war: Not from physical inability: Not from mental incapacity: Not from want of resources: Not from want of men: But from the want of a national character. The American people have exhibited a phenomenon in the political world—
A people, in which a small party composed of materials the most incongruous and repulsive, has in one shape or another governed or influenced its destinies; and on more than one occasion nearly committed in fate!
While the great mass of the people, thro' apprehension of being factious, or of being suspected of any other than honesty, have been led to do what was not only dishonest, but perhaps more destructive than the worst effects of faction.
The people, by their temporising, hoped to escape a collision with the nations of Europe; they made no discrimination between right and wrong—the question of national right has been made subservient to the money per centage , and thus by listening to the syren tongue of momentary lucre, we have perhaps been running up an account that may end in the total loss of all our gains.
At this moment it looks as if we were not only on the verge of a war; but of a war with all Europe; not with one side of the combatants, but with both sides.
The saying that extremes meet was never so severely demonstrated—England, by corrupting and plundering, and bullying all nations, has left herself without a single ally or friend in the world; and we have brought ourselves to exactly the same condition, by a different process; tho' the real causes are the same—England is at enmity with all the world—and we are without a single friend, when we might, by a wise policy, have all the world and justice on our side.
The excessive wisdom of the tenth congress, will probably, besides the established and irremediable disgrace, entail a curse upon us to remote posterity.
Can a nation be fit for war which could not—or if it could not, discriminate between the amount and manner of the aggressions experienced from England, and those experienced from France?
The merchant who sends a ship to Europe in the present state of things sends her to certain destruction; the measures pursued towards the belligerents will satisfy neither; for it cannot be denied that there was an abject condescension to the oppressor of the seas, and a shocking want of justice and even of common prudence in regard to the other.
The effect will be an embargo, of a nature that cannot be broken with impunity, where marshalls cannot connive, nor judges under their tenure of office, violate the laws; the embargo will be determined by a foreign jurisdiction, for the American flag will be excluded from every port of Europe.
This will be the result of the wisdom of the tenth congress!
The British have reasserted their blockading proclamations, and shut our flag out of the best part of Europe; and the French have, for our reputed or tacit acquiescence, probably determined that our ships shall be confiscated if they enter any other port.
"The bane and antedote are both before us."
We have no security now but a voluntary embargo, that which you loathed you must return to—or perish; you must either do this or arm and fight your way!
FROM THE SAME.
To those who have preserved files of the Aurora, it is recommended to turn back at their leisure and read what was published for their information on the subject of the embargo, and on what would be the consequence of the repeal of that law. If they would lend them to their neighbours to freshen their memories it might enlighten their minds and be of service to the community. It is true the Aurora did not escape censure from some, for its bold assertions at that time, and its direct support of the Jeffersonian system, or as it in ridicule was called, the Terrapin system. Many of those pretended wise heads, who then affected to scoff at, and turn with scorn against, that system will soon lament that it was changed, and indeed already begin to wish that, like snails, they could keep their house over them—that, like Terrapins, they had kept close within their shells. "Give us commerce," cried some; "nay, we will have commerce," cried others; and so loud was the clamour, that, in an evil hour, it was granted by a partial repeal of the embargo law, permitting vessels to sail for any port of one of the belligerents, and that one which most annoyed and distressed our commerce,

Why this was so, it is needless now to repeat—but we may ask, and as it is a fair question, we hope it will be answered—What good has resulted from it?
What ill would result from it has been predicted; the files of the Aurora will shew it, and to our great regret, a short time will prove it.
Let those who cried out for foreign commerce, to overstock the British market, and frightened congress into a compliance with their will, exult, if exultation in the distress of their country can afford them pleasure—that there are such among us there can be no doubt, all are such whom we now find vindicating the British government in their refusal to ratify the engagement of Mr. Erskine—an engagement which required nothing of them; it was a simple promise to cease to plunder our property—which, in plain language, they tell you they will not cease to do, if you dare attempt to move without their permission.
Yet we have men among us who dare attempt openly to justify this language.
Others are exalting the generosity and magnanimity of the conduct of Great Britain, for not seizing on all the American property they can find afloat, as tho' no nation had a right to navigate but themselves.—Great God, can such men dare to call themselves Americans? To what a disgraced situation would such men, had they the power, reduce our country? To our present critical situation they have reduced us—and still have the impudence to insult us, in justifying the conduct of Great Britain, to which country they would wish to see us reduced to a state of bondage, to which country they have long strove, nor strove in vain, to have our commerce confined, although she is not equal to consume the fifth part of our produce.
Such is our situation. When or how a change can be effected, we will not say. But this we do assert, until we force England to do us justice, we must be content to remain without any intercourse with any power on the continent of Europe.
It is not only the insolent restrictions of the British government which will deprive you of intercourse with them, but their own laws and regulations will interdict you from their ports, and this to punish the marked preference shown to Great Britain, and your submission to her regulations. Where is the difference in supplying directly or indirectly? If there is any, it is not worth noticing—France, Holland, Denmark, Italy, &c. &c. will regard it as the same, let the friends of that commerce attempt to put what varnish they may on it.
No vindication will be offered for the conduct of France when she has injured us—for the property she unjustly seized or detained, our government has demanded restitution, and I hope will persevere until it is done. It should, however, be understood, that very little of the property seized by the French in American vessels, is owned by our citizens—it is British property, covered by forged papers, manufactured in London.
On England we have large demands for captures, and there too I hope we will insist on restitution.
That nation, its friends describe as honest, just, and liberal—let her give proof to us of the former, and we may expect the same from France—till we force her to do us justice, I fear we shall not receive it from any quarter—but be shut out from all.
NEWPORT:
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1809.
A report is now in circulation, that Mr. ARMSTRONG, American Minister at Paris, and Mr. CHAMPAGNY, Secretary of Foreign Relations for that government, is about settling the preliminaries of a treaty between the United States and France. If this is a fact, the conduct of Secretary CANNING may be accounted for; as he no doubt will never authorize his Parliamentary Puppets to consent to the opening of a trade between the U. States, and the continent of Europe.
A more infamous and malicious publication perhaps never exceeded the one lately issued from a press in the city of New-York: it is entitled "Memoirs of Thomas Jefferson." The author of this work is an Englishman, and every line carries the stamp not only of his literary genius, but his loyalty to the country which gave him birth and employment. We would recommend the perusal of it to all true Britons, Federalists and Aristocrats, as according perfectly with their political taste and spirit. The more so as it is a professed eulogium upon the ever good faith of the British government, and an insidious attempt to bring that of the United States into the greatest disrepute. Y.
Every time we are injured by the British which by the bye, is not very seldom, we hear the cry of French Influence ,—and yet the most fastidious have not been able to shew any proofs of the charge; and it is our opinion that British agents are employed to raise the hue-and-cry merely to cover their own perfidious deceptions. Where there is one merchant in this country who has any family connections in France there are one hundred who have family connections in England; "a Doubt this, who can." Add to this the difference in mercantile and other connections, and there will be found "a fearful odds indeed!" ( Essex Register. )
Some Pickeroon in yesterday's Gazette asks the following questions;—"Why is it that so much clamor is now raised against the British?" This question is answered by the Snow-broth blooded writer with as much composure as if "Great Britain had done us no essential injury," and every aggression offered to the United States by that perfidious government finds in this writer an "able advocate." Can it be possible that "An A-
MERICAN," can be so lost to all love or respect for his country as to denominate the just indignation of his fellow citizens by the odious appellation of a clamor ! No it is not possible, and the writer be he whom he may, (even if it be Timothy himself ), has disgraced the name of "An American" by attaching it to such disgraceful insinuations. ( Essex Register. )
It is probable that Timothy Pickering's career in wickedness is nearly run, if certain particulars published by the Baltimore Whig are true. We do not think it safe for us to repeat them—but the subject will be laid before the U. States Senate at their next Session. The charge is so very serious and the present state of the evidence so unfavourable to Mr. Pickering, that it cannot be passed over slightly either by himself or the publick. Mr. Pickering has denied the charge in terms which do him no honour, but are every way calculated to increase the suspicion of his guilt. They are, however, in true Pickering style of abuse and billinggate.— Nat. Egis.
Certain persons in Massachusetts have for two years past repeatedly said and written, that King George III. is disposed and desirous to give us honourable satisfaction. Perhaps some of the persons who say and write this, know, or think they know, what that proposed honourable satisfaction is. If they do know what it is, they cannot do a greater favour, than by communicating it to the American people.
It would now be really a curiosity to know, what " satisfaction " the special envoy, Mr. Rose , was authorized to offer our government. Perhaps Parson Osgood , or Spring , or General Pickering , or " OUR WRITERS ," may in their next publick address have the goodness to inform us.— Bos. Patriot.
SLAUGHTER!
These Frenchmen have as many lives as cats, after being killed two or three times, we find them rise and fight again, just as if nothing had happened. Bonaparte, besides being half a dozen times poisoned, stabbed, and killed in the field of battle, has lost five or six legs and arms; which appear to have grown out again like the second set of teeth; Masena , whose eyes were blown out once, and afterwards stabbed by Bonaparte in a big passion, appears to have got a new pair of eyes, and to have recovered from the stab; so as to be able to command the left wing of the grand army at the battle of Esling; however, though he has not been killed there, they tell us was killed at Esling, has been since promoted to the command of the second corps d'armie; general Despague who fell at Eckmuhl, is now reported to have been killed a second time at Esling; and general St. Hilaire , who was fighting the Austrians under the archduke John on the Drave, we are told was at the same time fighting and killed at Esling; however, his ghost appears to act under prince Eugene still; and that the readers of news should perfectly understand what miraculous fellows those French are, who are killed so often and rise again and fight, we now give the following, which is as much to be depended on as such accounts usually are.
List of the French killed and wounded in the battle of Esling, on the Danube, the 21st and 22d May.
   KILLED. WOUNDED.     General Lasnes Marshal Massena duke of Rivoli   Mouton General Oudinot since dead.   Clarier Clement   Fouler Percy   Durasnel Dorsenna   St. Hilaire La Grange   St. Sulpice   Lallemand   Molitor   Delon 34 Colonels, 1500 officers, and 45,600 privates, killed and wounded.   Debenay   Berutel   Leroux   Chaharide   Despagne  
The names given as Chaharide was perhaps intended for Clapurede, who being killed we may expect to hear of doing something extraordinary, in the next battle; and Durasnel in like manner; indeed with 45,000 lost in the action, one must conclude that the reason the Archduke retired from the place 24 miles was to avoid the shocking sight; and that after killing 45,000 out of 60,000, he must have spared the remaining 15,000 out of mere compassion, or to tell what befel the rest. [ Aurora. ]
It was reported at Bordeaux, that 60,000 French troops were on their march to Spain, and that it was the intention of Marshall Duke of Eichingen, Treviso and Dalmatia, and the Generals Suchet and Kellerman, to let the English penetrate a little into the interior of Spain, and thus draw them into a snare.
It is stated in a Bordeaux paper of June 17, that the Servians had gained considerable advantages over the Turks, and the Russians have taken Varna, on the Black Sea, 45 leagues from Constantinople.
A letter from Rotterdam, says, "the war between Russia and Turkey has begun with the defeat of the latter, and the capture of Ismael."
To cure weak Eyes.
Take a spoonful of Italian Chamomile Flowers and boil them in a half pint of fresh milk, and when cool, dip a fine linen rag therein, and wash the eye during the day, for a week, and afterwards with clear water only for a few days; the eyes will feel cool and the sight will become invigorated. Am. Da. Ad.
BRITISH CAPTURES.
The following vessels have recently been captured by the British, and sent into Jamaica:
Schr. Ann Eliza, of Philadelphia from St. Thomas. Sw. schr. Kitty, St. Thomas to Hayti. Fame, Ford, and sloop Robert, Stocking, from St. Barts. to do. Schr. Jane, Tyott, Jacquemell to Curraoa. Am. schr. Greyhound Holmes, St. Jago to St. Domingo. Br. John Willis, St. Barts to Jacquemell. Sw. Eliza, Do. Do. John, Chero, Do. Do. Br. Phoenix, Brouski, Curraoa to Cuba. Fan-dango, Larris, St. Barts to Hayti. Br. Favorite, Winster, St. Thomas to Do.
The sch. Mt. Vernon, from Newburyport, was seized at Trinidad, by the guard ship, for taking in Sugars contrary to law and condemned. Boston Chronicle.
FRENCH CAPTURES.
Col. Thorndike, of Beverly, has received a letter from Paris, by the Syren, informing him of the capture of his schr. the Mary, capt. Darcom, taken by 2 French boats, within a few hours sail of her port in Sardinia, and carried into Civita Vecchia, where it was expected she would be condemned, on the pretext of wanting the French Consul's certificate. Three American vessels which had arrived at Naples (names not mentioned) were also seized, and the property sequestered—Civita Vecchia is nominally under the Pope's dominion, and Naples under King Joachim, but all Italy is really under the control of Napoleon.
Capt. Devereaux, of the schr Jefferson, of and from Philadelphia, came passenger in the Syren. His vessel was captured in the Mono passage, by 2 French 74's on her voyage to Maracaibo. The French after plundering her of the most valuable and portable articles, took her crew on board, and BURNT the schooner.
Schr. Shadow, Mathews, hence, for Messina; brig Carolina, Drew, Boston to Messina; and schr. Kate, Thompson, Baltimore, to Naples, are captured and sent into Naples! schr. Ann, from Beverly, is sent into Civita Vecchia.
The schr Nat-&-John, from Salem to Kingston, was plundered by a French privateer off St. Jago do. Cuba.
AN INTERESTING CAUTION.
The non-intercourse law is now in operation against England, without any new act of the government of the U. States; or in other words, the British orders in council never having been revoked, the non-intercourse law never ceased to be in force.— Balt. pap.
A requiem has been sung at Bordeaux, on the 16th of June, for Gen. Lasnes, who died of his wounds on the 24th M. y.
MARRIED,
At Boston, by the Rev. Dr. Lathrop, Mr. JOSIAH GILLMORE, to Miss CLARISSA GARDNER.—B. M. WATSON, Esq. to Miss ELIZA PARSONS, eldest daughter of Chief Justice Parsons.—Mr. WILLIAM BENNET, to Miss MARY MANLING.
DIED,
At Scituate, Mrs. LYDIA WALKER, aged 26, wife of Mr. Pardon Walker. At Taunton, Miss SUSAN BREWER, aged 29, daughter of Mr. Daniel Brewer. At Port Constitution, near Portsmouth (N. H.) Mr. SAMUEL STEVENS, aged 27, of the wounds he received at the explosion at the fort on the 4th ult. At Wilton, (N. H.) Rev. JONATHAN LIVERMORE, aged 80. At New-York, capt. JOSEPH GALLOWAY, aged 39, of the ship Bever , lately returned from Canton. At Baltimore, JAMES CROXALL, Esq. merchant, aged 38. At Washington City, Mr. JOHN DEMPSEY, late chief clerk of the Senate of the U. S. At the Havana, on the 8th ult. Mr. AMOS T. JENCKES, merchant, late of Providence; very much respected and regretted.—Mr. LEVERETT HALL, merchant, late a resident at New-Haven, (Con.)
MARINE LIST.
PORT OF NEWPORT.
Entered.—Brig Olympus, Talbot, Turks-Island; do. Russell, Newton, Exuma; do. Fox, Daggett, Philadelphia; Schooner Jane, Daggett, do.; do. President, Tapp, do.; do. Three Friends, Kelley, Norfolk; Sloop Sally, Read, Philadelphia; do. Fame, Walden, New-York; do. Aurora, Waite, do.; do. Golden Age, Landers, do.
Cleared.—Swedish Schooner Harriet, Lee, St. Bartholomew; do. Ocean, Burney, Turks-Island; do. Federal, Gardner, Wilmington; Sloop Huntress, Earl, New-York; do. Express, Coggeshall, do.
Sales by Auction,
On THURSDAY, the 10th instant, at 10 o'clock. (If fair, if not, the next fair day.)
At HENRY Y. CRANSTON & Co's. STORE,
No. 13, Market-Square, (without the least reserve.)
10 Hhds. sweet flavoured high 3d and 4th proof W. Island RUM; 50 Bks. FLOUR; of an inferior quality. 75 do. CABIN BREAD; 10 do. PIMENTO; 10 Bags COFFEE, &c. &c.
HENRY Y. CRANSTON, Auct'r. Newport, August 8, 1809.
FINAL NOTICE.
THE subscribers finding a former notice respecting the settlement of those accounts neglected by a number of persons, hereby notify such persons, that all those unsettled accounts which may be of more than one year's standing on the first of October next, will at that time, be put into the hands of an attorney for settlement.
EDM. TEO: WARNING, W. TURNER, DAVID KING, Newport, Aug. 9, 1809.
For Sale,
ON reasonable terms, a fashionable new CHAISE and HORSE. Apply to SAMUEL WATSON. Newport, August 9, 1809.
Bernard Hill, jun.
No. 45, Broad-street,
OFFERS for sale—50 quintals Cod Fish, first quality for retailing; 1000 lbs. Sewing Twine; 500 lbs. Deep-sea and Hand Lines; 1000 lbs. clean flax Tow; Carpet Chain and Filling, constant supply; do. Housing; Marine, Bed Cords, Log Lines, Cod Lines, Pack Thread, &c. &c.
The above Goods will be sold, wholesale and retail, for cash or approved credit.
Also, for sale—A House Lot, lying in a central part of the town of Warren. Newport, August 9, 1809.
New Wholesale and Retail Grocery and Commission Store.
John Gardner & Sons,
At the East store, in the house late the property of Mr. MARVIN MORRIS, Providence, OFFER FOR SALE,
FRENCH and Spanish Brandy, Holland Gin, Rum, Leaf and Brown Sugars, Molasses, Rice, Coffee per bbl. or small quantity, Flour per bbl. or quarter, Hyskins and Souchong Teas, best Virginia Tobacco, New-York Soap, Ginger, Starch, &c. &c. all first chop.
JUST RECEIVED, a small assortment of HARD-WARE GOODS—Factory Cotton Cloths, Yarns, Sewing Threads, Balls, &c. at Factory prices.
Many kinds of Country Produce will be taken in exchange for W. I. Goods, on accommodating terms.
Goods received on commission will be strictly attended to. Providence, Broad-street, August 5, 1809.
NOTICE.
THE gentleman who a few days since came to my Compounding room on pretence of business, and who took from thence about $14, is hereby informed that his account stands debited with that sum—and unless he speedily leaves that amount with the printer hereof, his name will be exposed to the publick.
It is desired that the gentleman will use the necessary precaution of not again appearing at my Store, unless he should be anxious to receive just compensation for the theft.
WILLIAM G. BURROUGHS. Newport, Aug. 9, 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.
For Sale,
THAT valuable and well-known Lot in Thames-street, next North of Messrs. RHODES & CANOUSE'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.
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.
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.
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, } Comm'r's. Westerly, June 22, 1809.
All persons indebted to said Estate, are requested to make immediate payment to NANCY CHAMPLIN, } Adm'r's. JOSEPH PENDLETON, }
SIMPSON & BARKER,
Offer for sale, At the Brick Market 40 bbls. mess Pork. March 22, 1809.

Poetry.
To the EDITOR of the REPUBLICAN.
Will you please to publish the following, Elegy, and oblige, A CUSTOMER.
ELEGY,
On the death of Dr. DANIEL TURNER, who died at St. Mary's, in Georgia.
By S. PERRY, JUN.
Tell tyrant, Death! 'tis thou who makes the tear Course down the cheek of beauty in distress, 'Tis thou who points the sad and silent bier To friends by mournful agony oppressed.
Hail, holy Friendship! prepare the tender muse To sooth the sorrows of the throbbing heart, Let her with skill the sovereign balm infuse, And calmness sacred, to their woes impart.
How soon, alas! was TURNER call'd above, To tread those regions, which are far away; Abroad in deep immensity to rove, Enwrapt in splendours of celestial day.
How oft dear shade, where Brown majestick stands, Led by fair science, and the muses' call, We join'd the numbers of the social bands Or conn'd the lectures of the learned hall.
In sickly climes, where curst Miasma reigns He sought to scatter genial health around, Releas'd the Georgian from his wretched pains, And made the smiles of confidence abound.
No more we find him soft'ning human woe; No more his eye will trace the scenes of life: He bids adieu to all things here below, To father, mother, brother, sister, wife.
AMUSING MISCELLANY.
FROM THE ANTHOLOGY.
Original Letters, from an American Traveller in Europe, to his friends in this country.
LETTER FOURTEENTH. [Concluded.]
The lava of Vesuvius is a very different substance, or to speak more correctly, a collection or combination of substances, from what we should be led to believe from the polished specimens of it which we have seen in America. Those which I have seen in our country are solid, compact, and close-grained, capable of receiving a high polish. It is true that the inferior part of the lava is of that description, but none of that sort presents itself to your eye as you pass over the different courses of lava.
It is the general opinion of philosophical gentlemen, that the lava is a combination of the several mineral bodies, which are found in the interior of the mountain, and which, by an extreme heat, are reduced to a state of fusion, and thus produce an homogeneous, or apparently homogeneous body. The great and general principle of union is esteemed to be a bitumen, which unites the metallic, earthy, and calcarious parts. This is inferred from the action of the lava after it issues from the mountain. It is always found in a state of violent effervescence, continually endeavouring to dilate itself, and throwing up in its agitations the lighter and imperfectly melted parts. This scum, or froth, which the literary call scoria, has a perfect resemblance to the half-burnt coals or cinders, which we see at the door of a blacksmith, light, shining, and full of small cavities. This, together with the small pumice-stones, and other light bodies, which run upon the lava after the eruption, forms the external surface, and is all which can be seen of the form or nature of it, except where it has been artificially opened.
The efforts of the internal air produced by effervescence are observable in the irregularity of the surface of the lava, which is thrown into an infinite variety of singular and grotesque forms. With the aid of imagination many philosophers have seen in these beds of lava regular aqueducts with their arches, curious caves, and romantic grots, and in one instance they have believed that they discovered a complete temple with its dome and internal configuration. But I was not equally happy in my remarks. I discerned nothing on it but a wild irregular, misshapen torrent, suddenly arrested by the refrigeration of its parts.
In almost all the eruptions of the few last centuries, the lava has most usually burst the sides of the mountain, not having, I presume, sufficient agitation to raise to the crater, and there to find its natural vent. After issuing from the orifice thus forcibly made, it has taken its course exactly like other fluids, according to the slope or descent of the ground, seeking the lowest vales, and turning away from any obstacle, which it encountered.
Most writers represent its motions as extremely slow, estimating its progress at half a mile an hour; but I am persuaded this must refer to its motion after it had been some time out of the crater. It is a very dense body, and extremely easily refrigerated, but a Mr. Hayter, an English clergyman, sent hither by the Prince of Wales to assist in the examination of the manuscripts at Portici, assured me that the last lava ran three miles in a very few minutes after its first eruption, but soon cooled and proceeded with its usual sluggishness. I shall however procure a regular and exact account of the phenomena, which attended the late eruptions, and of which no account has yet publicly appeared in England.
After passing over several miles of the country, which has been laid waste by this destructive volcano, you arrive at an hermitage, which was built and is preserved, I believe, chiefly for the refreshment of those, whose curiosity led them to visit the mountain. This hermitage, called "Il Salva tore," or "the Saviour," is situated upon a little eminence at the distance of one mile from the base of the perpendicular part of the mountain. It is raised so high, and the hill on which it stands is so solid, that it is perfectly secure from the effects of ordinary eruptions, and has hitherto been free from the effects of the earthquakes, which always prevail here in periods of eruption, though many proud cities and rich plains, at a much greater distance, have been laid waste by them.
To this spot, in times of volcanic violence, the literati and other inhabitants of Naples repair to view the grand and imposing spectacle of convulsed Nature. Here, at the distance of only one mile from the crater, they can calmly and securely witness all the phenomena, count the number and duration of the earthquakes, trace the progress, and mark the extent of the liquid torrents, which issued from the required surface of the mountain. After taking some refreshments here, you proceed over the valley, called "Atreo del Cavallo," amidst little mountains and valleys of rude lava, to the base of the perpendicular hill, which contains the crater. This part of the hill appears to be wholly formed of the ashes, cinders, and light bodies, which have issued from the crater. They are so extremely light, moveable, and destitute of tenacity, that it is impossible to form a tolerable path in them. Though it had rained exceedingly hard all the preceding day and night, yet it had not produced the least degree of consistence or solidity in the volcanic mass. These circumstances render
the ascent of Vesuvius peculiarly difficult, which its great steepness would alone have rendered sufficient. Although this last ascent is not more than 1600 feet perpendicular, or about one third of a mile yet it requires nearly an hour to ascend it. We at last however reached the crater, and I was most amply repaid for all my toils. The former descriptions given of the crater of Vesuvius are in no degree applicable to its present state. New eruptions perpetually change its appearance; and the last, which happened only two months since, has totally altered it, having ruptured one side of the crater, and forced down an immense torrent of lava. I observed by the book of records, which they keep at the hermitage, that many ladies had descended into the crater. Had I been ignorant of the history of Vesuvius, I should have been astonished at this boldness; but I know that at certain times, it is as easy as the ascent of the mountain, and not more dangerous. No fire or eruption of any moment had taken place for eight years preceding the present eruption. The sides of the crater even now are not difficult of descent; but, in lieu of an immense empty basin with a hole in the centre, the crater now exhibited fourteen small burning mountains, whose mouths were still vomiting up smoke and hot sulphureous vapours. These mountains were composed of half-burnt rocks, covered with sulphur, and the smoke issued, as in a coal-kiln, from a thousand crevices. To ladies the descent would at present be impracticable; but Mr. Randolph, of Virginia, and myself, let ourselves down into the crater, and mounted on one of these new-formed hills, which had no existence three months ago, and which another hour may annihilate. We found the stones still insufferably hot, and the sulphureous vapour was so powerful, that we were afraid either to proceed or remain, and retreated back again to the banks of the crater with precipitation.
I have several specimens of these stones, loaded with sulphur, which we took hot and smoking from the new mountain we ascended. We proceeded to that part of the crater, which the last eruption had broken down, a circumstance which has not happened before for a long period of time. I found the sides of the late ruptured orifice perpendicular, and about twenty or thirty feet deep. The width of the gulph, which the lava had forced open, was, I should conjecture, more than one hundred feet, and it had carried away the side of the mountain in the same manner for a very considerable distance.
The crater itself is about six hundred feet diameter, as near as I could judge, and is the most awful and tremendous object in its present state which I ever beheld. The thick volume of smoke prevented my making as accurate remarks on its interior formation, as I could have wished. The mountain has continued ever since that day to be very turbulent, and I think that another eruption may be soon looked for.
The descent of the mountain is as rapid and easy, as the ascent is laborious. Incapable of supporting yourself in that rolling sand, you abandon yourself to your fate, and arrive at the bottom in the space of five or ten minutes, traversing the same distance, which had cost you an hour to ascend.
Yours, &c.
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. Newport, April 19, 1809.
THE Subscriber from long and intimate knowledge of WM. E. DRUMMOND, and confidence in his Partner, recommends them as worthy the encouragement of the publick. THOMAS TOWNSEND. Newport, April 19, 1809.
NOTICE.
ALL Demands against the Estate of William R. Thureton, late of Newport, mariner, must be rendered to the Subscriber within twelve months from August last; otherwise they will be disallowed payment. DANIEL VAUGHN, Administrator Charleston, (S. C.) July, 1809.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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 to purchase—a quantity of CORN and RYE, for which Cash will be given.
MICHAEL FREEBORN.
Agent for the Progressive Company. Newport, July 19, 1809.
HENRY V. 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 hhds. 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.
JAMES WESTGATE, BAKER,
No. 193, 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.
Negro Head Tobacco.
SAMUEL CARR & SON have for sale, at their store, on Ferry-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.]
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.
FOR SALE.
An Excellent Farm,
LYING in the town of Little Compton, (R. I.) about half a mile from the sea shore, on the main West road leading to Second Point; containing about 140 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, 1809.
War Department, July 6, 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, Chicago 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 Usage 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 Chicago 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 Chicago, 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 commander 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.
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 Bond 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.
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. 82, 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.