The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1794-05-26 00:00:00, page 4

Anecdote of ANKERSTROM,
The rffofotf Gustavus 111.
Ankerstorm was principally
impelled to the murder of the King
by the fpiric of revenge which he had
long harboured io his breast. He had
formerly been accused of a crime a
gaioft the state, and, by the monarch's
particular command, was feot hand
cuffed 300 miles to take his trial, al
though a Captain in the guards, and
•although all noblei on like occasions
had ever been treated with the regard
due to their rank. The tribunal ab
solved him of all guilt ; bur his ac
quittal could not wash away the re
,membrance of this dignity. It ha!
been observed, that men of the cool
' ©ft tempers ever have the greateff per
tinacity of sentiment. Ankerftrom
A Bacchanalian flight in the rage
of a "Fever.
FILL me a bowl ; fill,fill it high :
Drink, give me drink, or quick I die.
Let sober churls load life with cares,
And vex their heart with idle fears.
Give me a bowl, Tllgulph it down,
And all my cases in arrack drown.
' Let spirits phlegmatic me teaze ;
Let parjons declaims the, please,
And fly ones m, condud condemn,
Whilst snug with their bottle, a —hem !
Give me a bowl, I'llgulpbit down,
1 And all m, cares in attack drown.
In days of yore, as sages tell,
Truth la, buried in a well ;
And I believe with all my foul,
Wisdom lies buried in a bowl.
For Jballow drafts diflurb the brain ;
Drink deep, and lo ! you wi/dom gain.
Then large, and deep, Tllgulpb it down,
And dulnefs in wife arrack - drown.
SICKNESS! Iyield to th, fukduirig sway;
A livid palenejs o'er each feature seals ;
Wildly Irregular my puljes play.
And all my frame a liftleft langor feels.
Dim are tbefe eyes •which once refulgent Jhone,
And faint the tbrokings of this aching breast,
My fathering voice has loft its wonted tone.
And all my jorrows are by figbs expref.
Few are the transports I can hope to jhare,
labile here a ling'ring viaim I remain ;
Anticipation heightens my dejpair,
And retropeaion /barpens ev'ry pain.
Thefports of youth in which I o© partook,
Alas !no more th' approving fmi le can wake ;
On ev'ry sane I caf a beedlejs look,
Nor know but that may be the las I take.
E'en thefweet converje of the Nymph I love,
Os late so pleasing, now difgufs mine ear ;
And, Should an angel whisper from above,
Its fine toned accents I could fearcely hear.
No med'eine mint with Efcitlapidn art,
Can eaje my spirits or assuage my pain,
For lifts warm tide scarce issues from my heart.
And clofel, creeps along each circling vein.
Whene'er by chance theft weary eyeballs flay
On yon fair mirror to its office true.
My meager form I jbudder topurvey,
And almof doubt if 'tis myjelf I view).
How changed ! bo w alter'd from my former plight,
When youthful vigour ev'ry fnew strung,
And fancy wing'd her bold excurfive flight,
And notes of rapture warbled on my tongue.
The dreams of pleajure which Ithen purju'd,
No more jhall lure me with their Jplendid guije ;
Nor jhall my love of fame be hence renew'd,
For ficknejs yields not to the great or wife.
The frowns of censure and thefmiles of praije.
And all that fortune, all that fate decree,
The jame indifference in my bojom rai,e,
For all, alas ! is vanity to me.
Alike regardless of my friends or foes,
I wait the dawning of that dreadful hour,
Which to affiaion brings a welcome dose.
And lifts the foul above misfortune's power.
Then, when exempt from each terrestrial tie,
My trembling Jpirit wings the fields of space ;
Congenial fouls may quit their native Jky,
And failing bear me to the throne of grace.
I mount, I fear, I'm irt the Jkiej, \b
Where fber dulnefs ne'er can rife.
Where wisdom dwells now, now I know,
For wisdom 'tis to banife woe ;
And borrow deep oppreft my foul,
'Till I drank wisdom from the bowl.
Bring a larger bowl, l'll gulph it down.
And dullness in wife arrack drown.
An ELEGY written by a young gentleman
in a Consumption, a short time before his
Death.
SEAT OF THE MUSES.
nails, that made part of the charge,
.and found that they were ten in num
ber. No, said he, the other was bet
ter loaded ; in that there were 12.
On the day of execution, the white
and red, for which his complexion was
. Tbe Moralifl.l
Q Thou monster ! if like a man—
' but O thou wretched wretch, if
thou be like a woman deprived of rea
son, besotted understanding, causes er
ror in judgment; debauches the mind,
defiles the conscience, hardens and
Deels the heart—it is the work of
darkness—it is an annoyance to mod
esty, a gate of debauchery—it is a dis
closer of secrets, a betrayer of truth, a
depriver of honesty, a forerunner of
misery, cracks mens hearts and cred
its, empties their purfety consumes
theireflates, violates all the rules of
temperance, occasions lofi of confi
dence, reveries the order of nature,
causes profane, scurrilous and cursed
speeches, fightings and murders—it is
the mother of mifchief and father of
all vices, the nurse of riot and fury,
the school of lying and slander, an im
pairer of health, deforms the visage,
decays the brain, memory, body and
mind, renders the body so filthy,
loathsome and odious, as to be for
bidden by all who behold it—it de
cays moral virtues, destroys private
and publick societies—it has its vio
lent ambitions, destroys love and all
confidence between those that ought
to be mutual friends, and confidence
loft from ill rewards can never be ful
ly regained. The firft of blessings is
thus destroyed.
There is no Happiness without Virtue.
[Concluded.]
NEITHER are we to value our
selves upon a day or an hour, or
any one adion, but upon the whole
habit of the mind. Some men do
one thing bravely, but hot another ;
they will shrink at infamy, and bear
tip agiinft poverty: In this case we
commend the faft, and despise the
man; % foul ii never in the right
place until it be delivered from the
cares of human affairs : We must la
ant of the police, the second pistol was
'unloaded, and he was asked if the
other had,contained a similar charge.
Let me fee, said Ankerftrom. He
greatest ealmnefs to drink a glass of
lemonade. The King came in; An
kerftrom rose, mixed with the crowd,
fired one pistol, threw away the oth
er, and returned with unexampled
fang-froid to finish hit beverage.
When carried before the Lieuten-
some distance from Stockholm, and
even the ladies used to walk our to
was rather considered as a mark of
refpea, than as an insult.
counted the nails, or rather heads of
a great service to my country." In
the like calm manner he submitted to
the fatal stroke. —He had been three
times whipt before.
His head was fixed on a pole at
evinced both. When after a long
lapse of time he had resolved to kill
the King, and was waiting for him at
the mafauerade, he fat down with the
remarkable, remained unaltered, and
posts to which his quarters were to be
nailed, at the four corners of the fcaf
fold : 66 This is then my grave,"
" 1 thank you for your attention, and
hope to meet you in a better world ;
for I am convinced I have rendered
visit it. One morning rhe hair was
found curled and powdered ; which
his demeanor bespoke the most per
fect unconcern. Observing the four
said he ; "I rejoice to fee it."—He
then turned to the minister of religion
who attended him : " Sir," said he,
bcur and climb the hill, if we will ar
rive at virtue, whose feat is on the top
of it; He that matters avarice, and is
truly good, stands firm against ambi
tion ; he looks upon his last hour,
not as a punishment, but as the equity
of a common' fate ; he that subdues
his carnal lusts, shall easily keep him
felf untainted with any other : So that
reason does not encounter this or that
vice by itfelf, but beats down all at
a blow. What does he care fol ig
nominy, that only values himfelf up
on conscience, and not opinion ? So
crates looked a scandalous death in the
face, with the fame constancy that he
had before prafttfed towards the thir
ty tyrants : His virtue con fecraced the
very dungeon: As Cato's repulse was
Cato's honour, and the reproach of the
government. He that is wife, will
take delight even in an ill opinion
that is well gotten; it is ostentation,
not virtue, when a man will have his
good deeds published ; and it is not
enough to be just, wh,re there is hon
our to be gotten, but to continue so,
in defiance of infamy and danger.
But virtue cannot lie hid, for the
time will come that.fhall raise it again,
(even after it is juried) and deliver it
from the malignity of the age that
oppressed it : Immortal glory is the
shadow of it, and keeps it company
whether we will or no ; but some
times the shadow goes before the fub
flance, and other whites it follows it :
And the later it comes, the larger it is,
when even envy itfelf shall have giv
en way to it. It was a long time that
Democritus was taken for a madman,
and before Socrates had any esteem in
the world. How long was it before
Cato could be understood ? Nay, he
was affronted, contemned and reject
ed ; and people never knew the value
of him, until they had loft him: The
integrity and courage of mad Rutiiius
had been forgotten, but for his (offer
ings. I speak of those that fortune
has made famous for thejr persecu
tions : And there are others also that
the world never took notice of, until
they were dead ; as Epicurus, and
Metrodorus, that were almost wholly
unknown, even in the place where
they lived. Now, as the body is to
be kept in upon the down-hill, and
forced upwards; so there are some
virtues that require, the rein, and oth
ers the spur. In liberality, temper
ance, gentleness of nature, we are to
check ourselves, for fear of falling;
but in patience, resolution and perse
verance, where we are to mount the
hill, we stand in need of encourage
ment. Upon this division of the mat
ter, I had rather steer the smoother
course, than pass through the experi
ments of sweat and blood: I know it
is my duty to be content in all condi
tions ; but yet if it were at my elec
tion, i would chufe the faireft. When
a man comes once to stand in need of
fortune, his life is anxious, suspicious,
timorous, dependent upon every mo
ment, and in fear of all accidents.
How can that man resign himfelf to
God, or bear his lot, whatever be,
without murmuring, and chearfully
fobmit to Providence ; that Ihrioks
at every motion of pleasure, or pain!
It is virtue alone that raises us above
griefs, hopes, fears, and chances ; and
makes us not only patient, but willing,
as knowing that whatever we fuffer,
is according to the decree of heaven.
He that is overcome with pleasure
(so contemptible and weak an enemy)
what will become of him when he is
come to grapple with dangers, neces
sities, torments, death, and the disso
lution of nature itfelf ? Wealth, hon
our, and favour may come upon a
man by chance ; nay, they may fl
cast Upon him without so much as
J A Mt^ROB IN SON,
of Pembroke, Pof Rider,
N/rOST refp^afully begs leave
to inform his friends and the public.
That he has con/raded with Mr.RussELL,
of Concord, to ride post from his office, for
one year, begirißing May 12th, 1794, and
convey to the fubferibers therefor his news
paper, entitled, - ° "
The Mirrour.
He proposes to prosecute his route as fol
lows, viz. from Pembroke, through Canter
bury, Northfield, Sanbornton, Meredith,
Gilmantown, Loudpp, Chichetter, Epsom,
Allenftown, Deerfield, Candia and Chdfer.-
He will supply gentlemen in any of the a,
bove towns, with the Mirrour, at EIGHT
SHILLINGS a year—The papers fo^ll be
regularly delivered every week, andthe ut
most punduality observed on the part of ife
post, and in return he will expeff pundnal
payments from his customers, at the end of
the year—or quarterly, if copy^nient, /
He solicits the cuftoiri and patronage df
the inhabitants of the above towns, whom
he will endeavour faithfully to serve. I =%
All bufinels entrusted to his care shall be
attended to with fidelity, and every favour
gratefully acknowledged, by the " pubft's
humble servant, '-"
JAMES ROBINSON.
Pembroke, May 12, 1794.•
: N. B. Os tboje who cannot
conveniently pay Cafr, be will receive Rye, Corn,
^c.at case pM& fofcthe year, if delivered next
winter, at placets which , will be appointed iv the
•rejpeaive towns ; and notice jhall befeafonably
given, at what places the payments will be re
ceived.
THE Printer of the Mir ROUR prefects bis
grateful acknowledgements so bis patrons
in Pembroke, Canterbury, Northfield, Sanborn
ton, Meredith, Gilmantown, Loudon, Chic hefter,
Epjom, Allenflown, Deerfield, Candia and Ches
ter, and informs them, that Mr. fames Robinson,
of Pembroke, has contracted to ride ,of through
laid towns, for the term of onejear from the 12th
day of May inflant, and convey the papers tofub
jeribers weekly during J did term—i he Printer
flatters himfelf, that as said Robinson has entered
into bonds for his punctuality and fidelity, be will
give general fatisfaction.=—-As be is riding for
himfelf it is nectfar, that a settlement foould be
made by all the cuflomers in said towns, to the time
when be began—Their accounts are made out from
No. 29 to No, 80, (at the rate ofjevenjhillitgs a
year) which completes a year from the time Mr. :
Flanders began riding—which accounts are due
to the printer—and which, he hopes, they will be
so good as to di,charge,, as fan as convenient, as
be is in prefect REAL want ofjomeibing to pay
the Paper Maker, Post, and other charges.
The accounts will be lodged with the persons
who will receive thtpay, and when paid /hall be
receipted for, by their bumble fervant,- :
E. RUSSELL. r
looking after them ; but virtue is the
work of industry and labour ; and cer
tainly it is worth the while to purchase
that good which brings all others a-,
long with it. A good man is happy
within himfelf, and independent up
on fortune ; kind to his friend ; tem
erate to his enemy ; religiously just ;
indefatigably laborious ; and he dis
charges all duties with a constancy,
and congruity of actions.
JOSI A HA BBOT T,
of Nfuxbeftff,
INFORMS his friends and the public, that
he has contrasted with the Printer of the
Mirrour, to ride post from his office, for
one year, beginning May fth; and convey
said paper to the fubferibers therefor in the
following towns, viz. Bofcawen and Salifou
ry, on the rivet road, Andover, Newchefter,
.Bridewater, Alexandria, Plymouth, Cocker
mouth, Campton and Newhampton,
The price of the Mirrour will be eignt
(hillings a year, delivered Weekly—He folios
the custom and patronage of the inhabitants
<of said towns— All business entrUftedto him,
Ihall be attended to with fidelity , and favours
gratefully acknowledged, by thejf huttife,
servant, ?JOSlAfi ABBOTT.
Newchefter, M#y §, 17 94.',
K, In consequence of the Mirrour's
being increased to almost double its firft size,
a small addition has been made to the price ;
and eight shillings a year, tor a paper of its
present size, is ascheap as can be afforded—
it is cheaper than any paper published in the
Newengland ftatefr-A?rd the Editor assures
his customers, that he will not raise the price
of the Mirrour above eight shillings, let
the size be increased ever so much. :
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