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The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1812-01-22


A young English nooicman was Introduced
at an assembly OF one of the 6rst ladies' of
Naples, by Ncapolitan gentleman. While he
was there, his snuff box was stolen from him.
The next day being at another house, he
srw a person taking snuff out of his box. lie
ran 10 his friend. I" There" said he, "tha,
man ia blue, with gold embroidery, is taking
snuff out Of the box which was stolen from
me yesterday Do you know him Is not he
a sharper Z" "Takc care" said the other, " that
is man of the 6rst quality" do not care
Cor his quality" said the EngIishman, I" l
must have my stuff box again, III 20 and ask
him for it," Pray" said his fricnd. "be
quiet, and leave il to me to get back your snuff
box" Upon this assurance the Englishman
went away, after inviting his friend TO dine
with him the mex, day. He accordingly came
and as he en,ered-arhcrc," said he, I"
have brought you your snuff box. -" Well"
said the Englishmai,, " how did you obtain
1t "--" Why" said the Ncapolitan noble.
man, did not wish TO make any noise
about Ii, therefore PICKED as nockef II u."
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1812-01-22

0FFER az private sae. reasonable terms, for ap-
- froped tabcr, at their sere sn iers-.vharf -
l34 bags Coffee /;
Is boxes Havana brown Sugar,
13 pipss Providence Gin
4 do. Brandy;
% kegs Tobacco
80 bLls. and % half bbls. prime Beef;
20 bbls. and IL half bbs. do;
81 do. prime Pork,
Is do mess do.
l7 chests Hyson
z do H) son-skin
IL do young-ii,son
10 do. souchong Ian
9 do. Campoy
~ do. Dohca
50 quarter-chests Bohea
N. Is. CRAssroS & SHAW offer 10 their
Friends and the Pubck in general, their wsrtnest
acknowledgements of gratitude, for the liberal sup
port which they have received since the commence
aent OF their establishment, and solicit the ccntnu-
OF their business.
A. .lct
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lysmmediaie cppgeanen 10 uadt.l
Two Stays, bull, in the best manner
ard in complete repair. For particulars inqu ire
an L. WM. 9. NICHOLS
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JOHN BANS il,k,
Has for sale \, !, c,,,;.,.,,, ,,,,.e
spipcs MAsoN's best india-point
GIN
5 bbls. Mess Pork.
With a general assortment OF GROCERIES as
usual.
also, JUST RECEIYED.
An assortment of Swedcs Iron, OF a su-
pcricur quality in fat and square Bars
sept "a.
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~ YETrR rIsDEnHoRs, Ese.

~ YEIER XANOEuHONN, EoSs
THOU mighty and transcenJsnt sage,
The wonder Of this wondrous age,
In whose capacious, potent mind,
The pow'rs Of nature arc enshriDd,
Permit AN humble bard 10 swell his lays,
With notes OF grateful aud unfsiyned praise.
What partial god inspired thy soul.
When thou didst into being roll
What powr supreme, propitious, smil'd,
And haipd thee fortunes fav'rite child
What guardian genius did from. heav'n descend,
10 guide Thy steps and aid celestial lend
IN wisdom thou dost Gar excel
What ancient stories proudly tell,
Or modern annals can display,
(The aiming wortnies oftbc day,)
Save one, whose name, the raptur'd muse ere long.
In knowledge Of orthography,
No man can boast so well as thee,
johnson, confounded lowly bends,
And Sheridan no more contends
And Of Fredonia's states the brilliant pride,
Webster must now more attempt TO guide.
On grammar thou dost boldly soar
Beyond the ken Tmortal lore,
Priestly and Perry, Ash and Lowlh,
Illustrous sons ot British grewth,
Must sink with Murray's celebrated fame,
And be, hereafter, scarcely known in name.
From thy inventive brain has sprung,
New beauties Of the Euglisb tongue,
Harris and Horne, 70 thee must own,
Is due the need Of high rcnowni
Ages unborn to thee shall homage give,
1by lustrous fame in distant regions live.
How pure, how smooth thy dction flows
What force commands! what pathos slows
What brance docs thy page illuInc
Exceeding TuIly, Blair or Hume
Thy peerless letter, lucid and sublime,
With loud eclat shalt mock the wastes Of time.
Then courage take, nor yainly fear,
The " worlds dread laugh" or poignant jecr,
Though satire harl its shafts Of hane,
And bornbast eulogi.e thy names
Thy learning, talents shall for ages shine,
And fadsless la.lreh round thy temples twine.
~~
"A broad hint.
{ As the coinng Of new words has become very
fashionable among certain class of writer's, PETER
TrSDEpuoRN has dared to aspire to like honour.
lie thinks that the adjective suphsnack is elegant
No tho noun eupseaisw, which makes such distin-
gAishcd figure in some dictionaries It will not be
necessary 10 inform, the classical reader, that both
ter are derived from the same Greek radicals viz
ca, sgnifying r,l, and phrmi, ~ sag, and that the
cpithet euphrmsck has much the same meaning as
-.. Il Il
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1812-01-22

,1ddressed to fhaf Leviafhan in Erudifion,
AicHoIAs BRowx, Esq, Eirsf Senator 81
Rhode-Ixiand oceaGoned BY his Jamous
and inimitabte LETTER Of AfrH7 1910.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1812-01-22
CERTYFICATEy.

I, JONATHAN kflIGSLEY, of Wind
nccticnt, do hereby certify, that my wife, ZILLAn
KINosLxl, was afflicted IN the winter of 1909 with
extreme cough, loss OF appetite, &c. and though
cncing any particular benefit, was induced % make
trial of Or Rogers Vegetable Pumonic Deter
geutand after using two three cakes she experi-
cnced its beneficial etiecis ard in the course Of
few months recovered 'sr usual state OF health,
winch she had previously been so much alarmed
sbou, e,<l ~ lh,ns II is entirely owing 10 the
valuable medicine called Rogers Vegetable Puimo-
mic Detergent. JONATHAN KINGSLEY.
windham, Jul, IL, ieU.
y 7, PHILLIP SALISBURY, Of Ncw.IIs-
ven, State Of Connecticut, do hereby Of my own
free will and accord, cert y, that about the Begin
ming ~f tive yssr 1911, was seized with most vic.
lent pain IN my right side, which produced cough:
this pair and cough increased until April, when
fonu1 myself weak especially in my lungs and
r MY kuccs that scarcely able 70 walk abroad,
concluding therefore was fast approaching to the
grave by CONSUMPTION, l was greatly alarmed, as
alsa my family but on hearing Of DR. Rogers
Vegetable Pulmonic Detergent, Tor Coasumptivc,
Ashma,ick and Catarrhal complaints, Immediately
nisde application to the spotlecary, and obtained
cake, which took according 10 the direction,
which when had taken all Of il, found mysel re-
stored to my health and strength far can be ex
pccted Of man in the Sist year Of his age which
medicine truly and consci0ntousy believe was
solely by the blessing or God, the OF the res
toration of my health. PHILIP SALISBURY.
City Of New-Iiaven, September l9, 1871.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1812-01-22
GROCERIES
William White,


MS JUST RECEIYED md
Offers for sale, at the store, Long wha, formerly
occupied by the I'rogressire Compa,,y, NO. IA.
By YHHOLE&iLE3 q RE1.iIL,
General Assortment of Grocery, Crockery, and
Glass Ware, Sc--cc NsisrISc Or
Rum black Pepper
Gin Ctsger
cosni,es BRANDY ri%sn'o
Spanish Table Salt
Molssses Alexandria FLOUR
!;y:ss ay:ss .ll. TEAS. M'.ss'"s Sns.s'%s's Paper
sSsss'"s sssss $ Ts..s: Tssss..
Coffee Rice
Chocolate Soap
Loaf Candles
HAVANA cr1CAp Cheese
White 4 Butter
Brown aud Meal
NALSO,S
500 quintals Codtishi
500 boxes English iicrrings. M
10 dozen sets OF Measures l.
100 bbls prime Beef;
SO do. Mess do.
30 do. Mess Pork
80 do Prime do.
1000 bbls. best Keg Butter,
10 kegs Lard;
700) lbs. Checsci
10000 punches uninns
bales Upland Cotton;
80 hhds. Molasses;
% bags West India Cotles.
oSy W. Shingles, with Quantity of Boards
and LatIls. of the first quality.
The abovn articles are ~ be sold OF tho most rcs.
sonablc terms fo>cash or approved credit.
Aug. g.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1812-01-27

The business Of our Legislature has not
yet assumed any particular asperity of party
feeling Excepting the debate on the an
swers TO His Excellency's Speech, there has
been very little discussion, or any commune
cations made to awaken lively controversy.
Yesterday resolutions were offered in Sc.
nate, for altering the Senatorial Districts,
and for calling on the Executive 10 point out
all such assasslns, incendiaries, and other
conspiraors, whom he may suspect as be-
ing instrumental in disturbing the public
peace also for such information as he may
have respecling impressed American sea
men ana, ALSO, as to the employment Of
any Ministerial Printers, in destroying our
own, &reestablshing over US British gov
ernmer. This Resolution occasioned con.
siderable conversation, but was finally lost.
The Governor sent 10 the House mes
sage, recommending the supply of such
cioathng, &C. as may be required for an
srmy,if raised for an offensive war. The
bill for paving the members of the House,
out of the Treasury, passed IS follows, viz.
Yeas 24l, Nays l82.-Bostsn Gazette
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1812-01-27
FROM WASHING TON, 2

The Volunteer Bill has been before the
House for the last three or four days The
report Of the committee contemplated the
commissioning the officers by the President
This stumbling block has created all the
mischief 1t is now found, that the ExecH-
tive Of the Union has no authority 10 COM
mission local officers and that the volun-
tecrs, or militia, must be under the controssl
ofthe separate states. On this subject there
has been much debate but the preponder-
ancy of opinion has been against the Report.
There is no doubt bu. the administration
mean something of hostile nature but it
is the opinion Of many sound heads, that the
system will terminate in peace.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1812-01-27
portlano,
Monday, January 27, 1912.
CONGRESS,

CONGRESS.
Jan. 10th, the house rcceded from all
their amendments to the military bill,
except that which relates to general and
staff officers-which article the Senate
has since receded from and on the
! lth, the President approved andapIa.
ced his signature TO the bill :--scs That
we have now Law Of the land for rails
ing an additional army Of Is 900 men
In effecsing which Ten weeks, only, have
been consumed. Al this rate, It Con-
gross continues in session six months,
they will be able TO pass fzyo lazvs and d
haJ.-Why should they hurry business
when they could not earn 81 much ss
sir dollars per day at home Mia
Widgery says there Is nothing like
self-he says he kIews it BY him
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1812-01-27
Ty the aeails.
From the Wsshingtonian
BANKRUPTCY.

When our Democratic Editors hear
of a Bankruptcy in England, they are
chuckling at once, as ifthst nation was
onthe verge Of ruin. They wish to see
England fall for what ?--That the
Tyrant of the world may triumph
That Bonaparle may be all III atl-and
we become part Of the French family
that is, ITS SLAVES
But look at home. What is Bank
ruhtcy doing here 2-More than tavo
thousand si-r hundred Bankrt91tcies have
been advei tised, in the State OF New
York alone, since last April. Did our
country ever before exhibit such mel
anchoIy proof Of" general distress pre-
vailing among our citizens !"-Did il
exhibit such proof, at any period, du-
ring our revolutionary war !--It is be-
heved not.
And yet this IS the frmt Of our I" res
trictIve energies'-1he fruit of the
Aahot- on Sysfepl,' "a system, which
has for its object, THE RUIN OF
ENGLAND, by non-rntereoursc poll
cy-by destroying her commerce. A.
las I. what ruin awaits our own citizens
underthe operation Of this dreadful sys'
tenn, before we shall bring England
down The Editor of the {" .Aorfherr
Herald" thus happily portrays,he scene
oil ruin around him.
In the columns, where, but a few
months since, were advertised rich Car
goes for sale, We now behold" No;ic,
is hereby given 10 all Me creditors, &c
while the unfortunate bankrupt is pre-
senting his schedule, certified or
oath" and in the language Of the faller
WooLsEY, addressing the Commission
ets,
Here--'ske an inventory cf ell have,
Totie last penny thy robe,
AM my integrity 70 Heaven, is all
now dare callmy own"
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1812-01-27

Washington appointed him Secretary
of the Treasury, station which Gerry
eagerly coveted, and to fill which he
had the vanity 70 think bis talents were
adequate Washington well knew the
character Of Gerry, and never appoin-
ted him 10 any important and conhden-
isl station. Is it then wonderful that
Gerry should have coDcocted a morbid
fountain Of iInplicable animosity against
the friends of Washington, and espe-
ciaIly against Hamilton who was his ia
vorite Alas, we cannot but lament the
frailIy Of human nature.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1812-01-27

-" A solitary native Briton had
urged in the federal convention, but ur-
eed in vain, n1onarchicai project"
LII Gov. Gerry here means Hamilton,
il unfortunately happens that Hamilton
was native american, and did mol pro-
pose any" monarchlcal project. It's
astonishing that man, who has the
nerve and courage 10 make such asser-
tons, should be in constant hystericks,
and tremble, like sick girl, at the
thoughts of arson and assassination,
and " that flaming Etna." They fear
20 do zurong, and noughf 6at that.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1812-01-27

about the Isl inst. about 1000 hogs
were driven into CanaGl, from the
American side OF the lines.
Guery.--ls this the " couihons'
which the honorable gentleman from
Cumberland contemplated raising, OF
only the advanced guard2
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1812-01-27
Pi7a'e Correspondence foy IKE feu York Ever
tx Post

w ASKING TON, JAN Ia.
A question all important to ii,e princi
pies OF the Constitution has been agiiated
Tor several days IN the House Of Represeu
tstiycss TO wit /: Whether The Militia ofHe
Cn'tea Ssaies, and 0fiees. BY the several
Sfafes. can Be marched on q me Usifei States.
IN The prosecutions 81 Foreign Wv? The at.
nrmatve OF The question was holden b.,
Mr.. Cheves, Of South Carolina, in an IN
genlous speech, by Mr. Speaker, and 9th.
ers.
Mr.. BECKER, (of d. Tork) took the floor
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1812-01-27

LeSlSlzfArc OF Massachusetts.
IAN. l5-Ihe House sppoin,ed q
committee OF three to consider and II
necessary 10 report on the miLtiQ taEs.
"A bill to Prevent the arrest OF dead
bodies, has PASSED to be ensrosscd -
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1812-01-27

to-day. and IN ! speech Of great clearncss
and strength. without word too much or
TOO little, successfully defended the Militia
oftLe States, against being carried out CT
the u States for foreign conquest. Tho
tie speech was not long il brought home 10
my mind perfect conviction Oh the ques
ton"
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1812-01-27


His Excellency, towards the conclu-
sion of his folio rhapsody, says,
The length of this address, produ-
ced by the critical state of our public
affairs, firevents mention OF other sub
jects."
.Argaf, if his speech had not been halt
so long, he could have made +" mem
ton" of tsvice as many subjects. He
seems to maintain with HudIbrass that
cords are 7yind, and that the more he
says, the more he is inflated with emp
tiness. Ifhis Speech had not been so
long, he could have made a mention Of
other subjects, which he is now COM
PEELED to" communicate by message"
Gerry quotes the honest Peter Por-
cupine to prove that there are in this
country writer's in the pay of the En-
gl,sh Ministry, and that these pros
tituted writer's attack the reputation Of
both sexes" The plant and cour-
ieous Answer Of the House recip-
rocates his Excellency's sentiment, and
makes I" mention" that his Excellen-
cy's oracle and authority was one Of
those same prostituted and lying wri-
tiers. Newgate contains the " morbid
fountain" whence flowed his Excellen-
cy's information. Peter could not sub
sist In this country, even when basKing
in the full blaze OF the cock ade times Of
the reign of terror of the" Duke of
Braintree )" but now, since " we have
turned to sentiments worthy of former
times as Jefferson says in his love let
tel to Tom Paine, let him escape to
this happy land, exhibit the record Of
his conviction as letter of recommen-
dation, call himselfa friend Of govern
ment, lsmpoon Washington, libel HAM
ilton, caiumniate the Soldiers Of Revo-
luton, stagmatize the friends of the
Constitution as old Tories and Royal
lists, and ridlcule and reylle all the ven
cradle institutions OF our ancestors
and he will undoubtedly be courted
and cherished in the families ofour Ru-
lers, was Tom Paine, or made a
Colonel in our Standing Army, or Sta
toner to Congress, as was Daane-
The shortest road TO ofice--fat office
lis to become Democratic Editor.
David Everett, Sslock Osburn, Benz.
Austin, Silas Halsey, William Pechin,
M Jones Wilson Of Trenton, john
Binns, ]. L. Calender, Tony Pasquin,
Parson Bentley, Anthony Campbell,
] b. Colyin, and many others, have re-
ceised either the most solid and sub
stancial rewards, or the mos. ilsttering
ciylIities, obHging all their Aohcs ana
symhathie8, on account OF their Iahours
at" the polluted press, the flaming
lima Of flarfy SHIRT"
AS Ills Exceilency and the oracle"
whom tie Democrats called the Hoary-
headed IncendfarB are in constant fear
OF fire, and insist thai they were not
born 10 be d'0wned, and are afraid Of
dyingin their 6edS, we think that Bo-
dy Guard or PrEtorian Cohort oaghl
immediately 10 be stationed around the
Palace of his Majesty.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1812-01-27

Yesterday the Volunteer Bill, as reported
BY the committee for raising $4,000 men,
was ordered to a third reading by MAORI
ty of II votes.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1812-01-27

The French Vice Consul a, savans
fah, Geo IN note add4e Ia tie
Co'lec'or a that post intoAne Airn TIN y.
IN consequence OF the latc lsi0us en-.
croachment committed Oh the fag and
subjects OF his master, in ijts ely, he
has received orders 10 retire. But
that, when that ua7yaraRfa6le CRIME
shall be punished il Is probable he will
be ordered 10 return, Sc-Ifthis chap.
is disposed 10 relire, il IS probable the
citizens Of Savannah will not object,
nei h-r do we.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1812-01-27

self" Some of his wnithy coITcrrcs
appear eq4aLy kae7riag MIR. Madison
must commission III the officers
Fifteen hundred OFFICERS and ten
priyates--perhaps u Hundred or pos
sibly by next July 4th, thousand
'PRIVATES The Presidents Iouse.
on levec nights, will hardly hold he
big hats and long swords. Nineteen
hundred thousand dollars have been az
propriated for the purchase Ct cannon,
stores, Sc.-.At the last dates tie house
was engaged in the bill lur laisirg 60,
COO volunteers which had been or
dcrcd 10 third reading BY majority
OIL votes. It's supposed Congress
will continue in session little less than
FIVE weeks longer. llthey observe the
same deIiberation in passing the yoIun-
teer bill that they did in that for raising
the standing army, we shall barely get
slice OF the Canada ME before next
Christmas.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1812-01-27

Extracts 1 ON lie Salem Gazette
We once heard OF an Officer Of the
Customs assert that there was not a
Revenue Officer in the employment Of
Great Britain, from the highest 10 the
lowest, that could not be bribed From
what ne formed his opinion of the cor
rupIibiIity OF men in such service, he
did hot say. Our Canada neighbors
however seem disposed to turn The Ia
oles agrinst US in that respect for the
Canadian Courant saws,
"This town 8fontrealJ has for several
mon .hs past been constantly ,bited with
Custom House, or deputy Custom-house
Officers Of the United States. Some OF
them, We are informed, make heavy pur.
cbases Of Goods for the purpose OF snug
Cling, While others are here watching such
= attcinptto snuggie for the purse OF in
tormings and gaming to themselves the
booty"
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1812-01-27

Gov, Gerry opens the tomb of Ham
ilton TO insult his remains, for two rea-
sons-Because Hamilton, more than
any other man, devoted his talents and
influence 10 procure the adoption OF
the Federal Constitution and, because
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-10-06

They had taken nothing but had re- taken.
on the 2Oth inst the British brig Diana, Of
Glasgow, from Jamaica, bound home, load
ed with sugar and coffee, which had been
captured by the Swordfsh privatcer, Of
Gloucester, l l days previous. The St. Do
mingo had carried away her mizsntopmast
in Il violent squat the night before, and
same time parted CO. with a brig Of war,
which sailed with them.
Admiral Warren, was az first inclined TO
send the Howard to Halifax, because he had
heard ,hat our privateers took all Amcri-
can vessels from England with goods.
LORD WELLIWGTON'S TICTORY.
The Howard sailed from the Downs Aug.
II but put ,ito the island of ST. Mary's,
IScil.y, whence she departed on the 24th.--
While there, paper was procured which
contained Lord Weilimgton's account OF the
dc feat The French at Salamanca, and the
events Immediately. subsequent. This pa
per was gwen to admiral Warren. The
latest dispatches from Lord w. were dated
July %, ut Oimedo, which is about so miles
is. OF Nalladolid. In TIE great battle the
British had 400 killed and 1900 wounded {;
the Portuguese 400 killed and 1900 wound
ed. The lossof the French in Killed, woun =
ded. and prisoners was reckonetl at IL 900.
l-Marmont was wounded. Every British
Lieutenant General was wounded. A let
ter was received from Sir Howard Douglas,
(acting with Santocildes who had joined
Lord w dated Medina del Campo, Aug
/, 2, stating that his iordship's headquarters
were that day at Cueillar, (E of Olmcdol
! and that the French had abandoned 400o
sick and wounded at Valladoiid The Bri-
fish were advancing, and daily making pr
soncrs., Joseph B0naparte had approached
to Segovia, but learning the dispersion OF
MarmCnt's army. retired aTaiu. The lin.
munitions were general III London after
Lord eilington's dispatches we've publish
ed, and the Prince Regent immediately Gre
ated him Marquis of Wellington.
1t was still expected in England that tin c
repeal of the obnoxious Orders in Council
would produce a Peace with the United
States.