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The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1814-04-27
AN ACT


For the relief Of Daniel M'Cauly and Samuel Ralson.
BE n enacted By ne Seaae and House of Reiresea-
fafiues Of ne United States Of s'neca ia Congress
sem6led, That Daniel MCauiy, Of South.Carolina,
aud Samuel Ralston, of North-Carolina, who inn
ported into the United States from the United King
dom OF Great Britain and Ireland, on board the ship
Auna, Captain Emory, and the ship Thomas Glib
bons, Captain Rockwell, and the ship Phpsburg,
Captain Word, certain goods, wares and merchan-
dies Of the manufacture OF the said United King
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, and which were
shipped board such ships in the year one thous-
and eight hundred and twelve, shall be entitled to,
and may syea themselves OF all the benefit, prvi-
lege, aud provisions of the act, entitled " An acr
directing the Secretary Of the Treasury 10 remit
fnse, forfeitures, and penalties in certain eases,
passed the second day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and thirteen, in like manner, anu un-
der the conditions az ii the said goods, wares,
aud merchandise, had been shipped from the United
Kingdom of GreatBr,tain and Ireland, before the f-
teen,h day of September, one thousand eight hun-
dred and twelve.
LANGD0N CHEyES,
Speaker Of The House Of Representatives..
4. GERRY,
vice-Presiden, Of the United States, and
President Of the Senate.
April 6, 18l4.-.9tfrOved, JAMES MADISON.
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TO LET.

THAT pleasant Hovse situated in Thames.street,
J. corner of the street leading to Mr. Gibson's
Meeting House, consisting Of three rooms on tie
Hoor two chambers, and shop in front, with yard
and suitable out houses For further particulars ca
quire ofthe printers. H. hPrh 10.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1814-04-27
AN ACT
For the relief of the owners OF the cargo Of the brig

AN ACT
For the relief of the OF the cargo Of the brig
--.-~---.-e s--r--e- pstrinta.-.
BEH enacted By the Senate and Honse Of Rep,csen'
fasivss Of he United States Of .9crica. Congress
assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be,
and he is hereby authorized to remit the fines, pen
allies, and forfeitures incurred by Jonathan Davis
and others, who imported into the port Of Prov-
dence cargo Of merchandise from the Havana, in
the brig Patricia the thirteenth day Of June, one
thousand eight hundred and thirteen Provided how.
ersr, That nothing in this act shall be considered
renting any penalty incurred by the brig Patri-
ota under the act of July sixth, thousand eight
hundred and twelve, except so Gar as respects the
cargo. LANGDON CHEVES,
Speaker .f Tie House Of Represeatdiires
Il. GERRY,
Vice President Of the United States, and
President Of the Senate
April 6, 1814-.4bbr0red, JAMES MADISON
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-06-27
From the Hertimer Amspcaa Ju,s .

Moye Econmy = Every days experi
ence proves h51v qrictly, osr rulers adheI
to that rigid fyitem Of economy eita0
lifhed BY the great fage Of Montieeis
In relation to the prelent war. coneeiss
in madness and brought forth in follys
we have had frequent occafon to msa-
lion the economy with which II Is oroie-
cuted. 1t is not necsAary for our pres
en-, purpofe, for Us 10 men'ion the cir
cumtfance of ten poles and ten pins being
made at Philadelphia, and transported
zid .4Bayto Niagara o. the tranfpora-
ton Of Cannon Balls frsm l'iniburghs
via The fame route to the FINK place Nor
do we with to recall 70 ns;n1 shs ccoaoniy
Of purchaiing Vinegar a, Bolton, for the
troops at Creenbuih g mics from lba-
NY and the transportation Of il fton
thence, when it nigh, have been puf-
chafed at Albany. as chap if nor, cheaper,
than at the former place We dhall
therefore content ourfelves, for The pres
ens with mentioning the economy made
DIE of by our government, in furnifhing
our Ontario land & /sa forces with Cannon
Balls, Grape, &c. IA miles from Rome,
towards Sackctt's Harbor. there is fur-
mace Efficiently large to furni'h Cannon
Ball, necefary for taking the Who OF
Canada, and for any thing that we know,
for battering down the walls Of Quebec,
together with every lyramid or Sf0ne MI
in the Britifh dominions Mr.. Lssss e
Rome, has contracted with government
for furnifh;ng large quantity of Cannon
Balls, to be deIivered in Aezu Iork, Cen
tlemen in New Yo,k aud Albany have
contracts for furnithing Cannon Balls,
dtkvered at Rmu! Wagons are not
unfrequsntIy feen paiIi,g each oihrr
frcighted with Cannon Balls, fone bound
from Rome to Ne,u Tork and others from
". York to Rome! all defined for Cana
da !! !! Such is the management Of the
war department of the u 5. under the
guidance of fuch men as James Madifon,
John Armarong & Co A pretty fpec-
,acle indeed for munitions Of war to be
fent from Rome to Sackett's Harbor, via
New York! Who can wonder that our
Administration has become the laughing
ftock Of the world
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foreigll 9utslsigeuce.
LONDON, xAY =.


As to the ftate of opinions in Ameri.
ca, it appears, that, having heard of the
low ttate of Napoleon's affairs, the people
there were counting, with confidence, on
an immediate peace. They had not then
heard of the actual dethronement Of Ma.
poleon, and of the confequent language
Of our public prints, accompanied with
itatements relative to troops Immediately
to be TENT off to America. VIVA, effect
thefe will produce in the minds Of
the people & of the government there,
know not bur, 70 fowly do they gener-
ally move,i il is not probable, that the troops
will meet with any thing like an army to
oppoie them. The Americans have no
experienced officers. They have no di-
cipline. They win, too, ! dare fay, think
that 5ecaufe they beat England in the lat
war, they can do it again, and much ca
Ger having now Eve times as numerous
population. But, in the ira place. they
will not have to contend againtt fuch
Generals as they had to contend agalnft
before, nor fuch officers and folders.
They sill, if our troops really fhould
land in their country have to contend
with thofs who have defeated French ar,
mics with Kill Of all forts; experience
in the men as we'll as the officers; with
courage, dilcipline, and the habit of VIC
tory. All thefe will require fomc.hine
more than the Americans have yee
thought of.-rhen in the laff war. A.
mericans had three great maritime pow
ers on her Gce, and one power to fend
her aid in officers and men Do they
now look for aflifance from the friend.
ihip Of Ferdinand or of Lous, or of the
S2vsreigu Prince gftbe United Netherlands !?
Which of the three do they intend to
apply to! Or do thsy expect that the
Emperor Of Ruiia, who is ihor,!y to
come or vile to England, viii, in or.
der to prefeTvc their Liberties, fend an
army OF cofacks TO their aGiltance round
by the way OF Kamskatka Verify, JON
athan, ii you repafr in fuch vain hopes,
you are upon your lat legs, if the
project Of our pubic writers be adopted
by the Government.
Cebbet'i Wssky Regjfey. .
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lzens will continue to manifef the fame
regard to order, & that they will feek re-
lief and fafety in fuch manner only, as
wifdom and jufticc thall dictate, and the
Conititu.ion Of our country will juitlfy. =
But, although we believe that peace may
now be attained, if fought " III the fpi,it
Of candor and reconciliation BY our xu-
lers," the recent aitoniiEing events in ku
rope have leAened our aprehenfions of the
probable coniequences Of the War. 1t
may be War OF fuiFering and diigrace,
but thanks to mcrciful Providence, il
Cannot terminate in our lavery and feb.
jugasion. The arm of the mighty cp.
pre6or, in whole caufe our Government
fermed difpofed to engage, is broken.
Europe is delivered from thraldom, ana
our Liberties ranfomed from his grafp.
The gigantic defpotifm which nearly ex
terminated freedom from the Garth, fu5.
vcrted the independence Of nations, and
defolated the world, is at length over.
whelmed, and the empire of peace and
order eitablifhed on its ruins. Thou. h
We cannot forefee nor predict, with cer-
tainty. the refult Of theie mighty chan.
ges, YET we cannot refrain from congrat-
ulating your Exeellency and our country,
that the tremendous conflia which, has
70 long .pread havoc and carnage through
the earth, is clofed. and Of joining the
general voice Of er.ancipatec nations, in
gratitude to him :" who ruleth among the
mighty, and turneth heaclong the coun-
Gil Of the froward."
The Senate will endeavor to keep in
mind your Excellency's precepts. "to
purdue cilintereited and impartial courfe
Of conduit. and to guard the rights and
insereRs Of their conitituents. with fead.
mess and fidelity"
They have witnef1ed too much Of the
baleful influence of party. to fufFsr il to
'siAead them from the path Of truth and
duty, and they will mott fincerely CO OPP
crate with your Excelleney in every effort
TO reftore to their country PROPERTY and
Peace.
In Senate, June 8, 1919. Read aud
accepted.
JOHN PHILLIPS. P,slasns.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-06-27
(TRAssLAr,oN)
NOTICE 10 FREN-HMEN.

The French fubjeds now in the
United States, are officially informed,
that decree Of the Cnoicrva,ive Senate
Of the I'D Of laif April, pronounces the
cepoGtion of Napoleon Bonaparte, as
the Emperor Of the French, and abfolves
Tor deliyers) the people and the army
from the oath Of ddelity that they have
taken to him that the French Senate
by another decree, of the date Of the 9th,
recalls to the Throne Of France the aus
quit houfe Of Bourbon in the perion Of
Loms Sfniaaas Xapier, brother to Louis
XVI and finally. that by an att of the
nth Of the fame month, the Emperor
Napoleon has abdica,ed the Crowns of
France and Italy.
Even,s e. comfortable and Deceive for
the iafery and happiness Of France cannot
but in,esett, in . lively manner, all
Frenchmen in the New World. Their
Miniitev, who doubts not their fensi-
men,s under this circumitance, and
would like to be The interpreter OF them
to their foversisn. Informs them tina, the
Coniuis arc authorised BY him to receive
their aa Of Addiction to this great revo
luton They arc informed thai the
white cockade is hrnceforrh the French
eokade, and the ra,lying Ggn Of all the
friends Of the throne and ut their oouns
try.
Girsr At Ke/6mgssu. fbif I3tb day q
Jsxs, 1874. SERukiEk.
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Legislature Of epassaebusetts.
Answer of the Senate
10 the Speech of his Exeslleney the
Governor.

AyH pkak your ExeeNsny,
THE Senate of Maiachuletts have
sitneaed, with emotions of ardent graft
nde to Heaven, the reelection of your
Ixcellency to the Office of Chief Magis-
rate Of this Commonwealth. The abiIi-
hintegrity and pa,riotifin, 70 confpicu.
- in the public administration and the
nvate life of your Excellency, affords
'ne itrongef aHurance Of the difnterefted
zsal With which your Excellency will con.
snue to feek and promote the PROPERTY
ND happiness of the people. In times
domeftic turbulence and external
anger, they looked to your Excellency
council and afliltance, and in your
MOON. moderation and 6rmnefs, they
ave found a fure and certain guide.
inc fpirit Of party turbulence has been
necsed, abufes reformed, the rights Of
: people alcertained and preferred, the
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-06-27
DEATH.

The most sensible motive 70 abate the
passions, il death. The tomb is the bes,
course Of morality /; study avarice IN the
SDffin ofthe miser; this is the man who &C
STIMULATED heap upon heap, riches upon
Sches-see few boards enclose him end
aseA square inches Of earth contain him -
Study ambition in the grave Of th& enter
trising man see his noble designs, his ex.
tensiye projects, his houndless expedien,s,
ne all shattered and sunk in this fatal gulph
&human projects Approach the tomb Of
the proud man, and there investigate pride |:
See the mouth that pronounced lofty ex.
pfessions condemned to eternal silence; the
piercing eye that convulsed the world with
kar, covered with midnight gloom the
formidable arm thar distributed the des,i
MES Of mankind, without motion or life !!
Coto the tomb ofthe nobleman, and there
audy quality; behold his magnificent Ii
les his Royal ancestors, his hattering in
seiplions, his learned genealogies, are all
gone, or going to be lost in the same dust |!
Study righteousness at the grave oil the
yciuptuous see his senses are destroyed /;
~ organs broken TO pieces, his bones scat
tered It the graves mouth, and the whole
temple Of sensual pleasures su5verted from
isfoundation.
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wAsHiNC JUNE Ia.
IMPORTANT.

We underttand that the dispatches re-
ceivcd by our government from Mr..
Crawford by an arrival from France, are
OF an amicabe nature. We are ALTO ins
formed that Mons. Scrrurier is to retain
his prefent fituation under the proviGon-
al government Of France.
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~cnitorial.

OF all the difpofsion' and habits which lead to
political PROPERTY, religion and atty, are in.
dependable fupports In vain would that man
claim he ,ru,e Of pa.rio,ifm who fhould iabour
10 fubvers ,hefe great pillars If human hanpnef,.
shefe 6rme1 props Of he duties Of men and citizens
The mere politician equally with he piou. man
cughtt to refpeet and to chsrfh hem = A volume
could not trace al their connexions with privM
and pub'iek felicity Let Il 6mp'yAe afked where
the fscurity for properly for reputation for life,
= the ferfe Of religious obligation defer, the oath
which are the innrumen,s Of investigation in courts
djeaice; and let Y. with caniion indulge the fup-
po6s;oa. thar morality can be main aimed wi hour
religion. whasever mar b CONCEDED to the iaau-
eace Of refined educa'i,n on minds Of peculiar
Arueture, rsasoa and experience both forbid Us TO
szpeet thar national morality can prevail in ercu
fea Of religious principle -Wssi.g''ss Lvsy
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PORTLAND Ga,rtte,

BY ARTHUR SHIRLEY,

At two dollars per snnun-one half in al
sance. All who become subscribers TO sh,'
pager, will be considered A. such until they pa
Up all srrcarages aud order its discon,'nuanee.
All Communicates. or Advertise msnis sen
shrough abe Mail, mus, be pet PAID or the posi-
sge will be charged; and all advertisement
Except where there is previously an sccoun
open.) must be accompanied with the psy 70
insertion. or an additional charge Of ssssny Ec
eents viii be made.
CJThe price Of Advertising 10 one dollar e.
m Administrators or commissioner's notices.
rs cents for smaller advertisements.
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VIHGLNT8 :

4 T q Court of Chancsry held for Aiben,srle county
IA lac 18th day OF July, 1914,
Ludlow & Nnnrod BranlhaIn Co,,h5,:,,a.fs
and
Nathaniel Barnley, administrator Of Ambrose bowel
deceased, John DowelI, Richard DoweIl and Re,rg n
bullock, distributes ofthe estate Ofthe said mbrose
DoweI decd. De.uly,,fe
1hisdsy CAME the oomplainants aforesaid by their
counsel usd the Defendants John Dowcp RicFard
Dowell and Reuben Bullock not having entered their
appearance and given security according to the Act
oi Assembly, and the rnles OF this Court aud
II appearing 10 the satisfaction of the court
that they are not inhabitants of this Common
wealth, on the motion OF the complaiuauts by their
sad eo,nsci-h rs orotsedGg tie Court, that the said
defendants do appear here the first Monday in Sept
next * answer the bill oI the Compainants * that eopy
OF this order be forthwith inserted in some spa,e,
published IN The City ~ Richmond for two months snc-
eessvey and also posted at the front door o tie Cont
House ftIis County for the same time
II C0by. IsSfe,
JOA.N.NICROL.9S, c. ne.
JuIv
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PHILADELPHIA, Auy. so.


X.
The Directors of the Banking institutions
OF this City, having after mature deliberations
Thought 1t necessary to suspend the payment
| OF specie they deem 1t their duty to submit
TO their fellow citizens, the circumstance
winch induced them to adopt this measure.
from the moment when the rigorous bloc
kade of the ports of the United States pre-
vented the expectation of our produce, TO-
reign supplies could be paid for in specie ONLY
and as the importation of foreign goods into
the Eastern states has been very large. if
mas tor many months past occasioned a con-
tlnued drain from the banks.-This drain has
been much increased by a trade in British CO.
vernment Bills OF Exchange, which has been
most extensively carried On, and has caused
very large sums to be exported from the u.
States.
To meet this great demand for specie, the
Course OF trade did for considerable time
enable us to draw large supplies from the
Southern States but the unhappy situation of
affairs there, having deprived us Of that re-
source, and circumstances having occurred
which have in a considerable degree OCCASION
ed alarm and distrust, it became a serious
consideration, whether the Banks should con-
tmue their e1<ertions TO draw within their
vaults the specie capital of the country and
thus facilitate the means of exporting it from
the United States; or whether they should
suspend the payment of specie before their
means were exhausted--The directors were
fully sensible of the inconveniences which a
measure OF this nature must occasion and
were they not fully convinced that the situa-
ton OF affairs must soon leave them no alter
native, it would not have been adopted.
But believing the publick interest will be
best promoted by stopping the payment of
Specie, before the monied capital Of the conn
try is further diminished and that by adopt-
ing the measure at this time, the Banks NAV
hereafter resume their accustomed operations
with less difficulty, they have unanimously a.
greed to 1t, and confidently hope this deterfni-
nation will, under existing circumstances,
meet the appreciation andsuppoit OF their fell
low citizens
The directors are making the necessary
eXcrtions to render the measure they have
thus reluctantly adopted, as little inconveni-
ent as possibe-and to facilitate the Tnanare-
ment OF such concerns as have heretofore
been usually conducted with the aid of specie.
the payment Of which will be resumed as soon
asst can be done with propriety and safety.
JOSEPH p. NORRIS,
President Of the Bank Of Pennsylvania.
JOHN MORTON,
President of The Bank of North America.
DAVID LENOX,
President Of the Philadelphia Bank.
JOSEPH TlAGERT,
President OF the Farmers and Mechanics
Bank.
HENRY PRATT,
PRESIDENT pro TEN. Of the Commercial Bank
ct Pennsylvania
THOMAS PARKER,
President Of the Mechanicks' Bank.
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such length as to threaten to drain the Banks

such Z length as to threaten to drain the Banks
wholly OF specie.
To meet such a crisis, two modes presented
themselves A free curtailment of discounts
or suspension of specie payments Each
required most attentive consideration.
IL was easy to see that the FIRST measure
could not be carried much farther without
producing the most serious result.
The resources Of our citizens are derived
principally from the Southwark & Westward.
The balance has long been and will probably
continue ruinonsly against us to the East
ward.
Lie measure adopted ~ our Banks IRE
sulrihg from imperious necessity of refusing
deposits OF Southern and Western notes, had
closed the principal channels whence supplies
to meet engagements were calculated on.
And eNenn Southern notes were as current
here rs formerly, they would not apply AN "a
dequate remedy to the evil for recent vents
VIII oblge our creditor citizens TO INDULGE their
debtors in that quarter.
ne Curt;ulucnts at Bank for some time
past, and the almost total stoppage of bust
ness, had so far narrowed the resources OF
our citizens, as to incapacitate them from aid
ing each other on emergencies, in the usual
manner IN such cases. it required not the
spirit OF prophecy to foresee the effect of any
further pressure
Ahe other alternative,-of temporarily sus-
penang the payment OF speCie-ncXt came
under consideration. 1t was one of those bold,
decisive measures, which nothing but an e,<-
traordinary crisis could either ggcst Oh JUS
tify.
lie, however, wore not the revolving features
OF novelty Ithad saved England from bank
luptcy. 1t had been recently tried and found
adequate to its object at New-Orleans. Il WAS
also adopted at Baltimore last week.
ON a full and mature consideration of all
these facts, it was judged both prudent and
proper to tollowsthe example set so long ago,
and found successful by the Bank of England.
II Friend TO Ptl6kck C,-eoLf.
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EeraNnaA. Georoin.


Before me personally appeared Jas. Smith
iatc commander, aud Jobn Jackson. late Sc,
cond lieuI. ard Saml. Griffin, late prize mas
ter Of the private armed American scboon-
CT lovely Lass--David Smith, late p,ize
master IN tie piiyat Iarmed American
schooner Rosamond, Richard Harris late &C.
cond lieutenant Of the private armed Ame
r'can Schooner Mary Ann, recently arriv-
ed ~ the cartel Anslostan from Jamaica, who.
bc'nS duly sworn, depose and say that the
said private armed vessels Mary Ann and
Lovely Lass we're captured by the enemy in
the month % May, 1919, and sent TO Kingston
IA Jamaica q that David Smith was prize
master OF an cnemy's vessel, re-captred ard
sent tn Ilnaica. That these depopcnts. with
many other American prisoners. were ;mue-
diatsly after their arrival in Jamaica sent ON
board the I'Amethyst lriscn shin. and there
Rept close prisoners until transferred into The
cartel 1Nnelastan, period OF about IS months
hat these deponeuts shad been informed
wa. sc.erN urgent applications were made
80 80 sterling. then commandinr, for the;r
release or par e and subsequently, to his
bnccessor IA. Brown, without success thot
@'ese oeponcnts themselves likewise addres,-
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Treatment of .Amerfcan pyison,rs

Americans read the following afidavits.
and see how your countrymen are treated bv
the British. Come to this Office and look at
the provisions which many of them, now in
orr city, subsisted on for Is months. A sam
PIE OF it has been left By the Marshal foryour
inspection. Go 70 the E2>change and hear the
poor fellows recite the miseries they have ,in-
dergene while in British prisons and if there
Is man who hears them, & does not feel a
gov OF indignation, we pronounce him dead
10 the mort noble symptoms Of the soul