The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1794-02-10 00:00:00, page 4

FOR THE MIRROUK.
MR. RUSSELL,
• My avocations do not permit me to hand you
any original productions of my own, but
„ as Twifh to. contribute to the amusement
of your readers—l (hall occasionally, fend
you some extrads from a manufeript.
The following I think deserves publica
tion ; if you think so, you will give it a
place in your paper.
MARCUS.
AH me ! fall the roses expire,
And I cease to feel or to)peak ?
'Shall her eye lose its innocent fire.
And the lily pale over her cheek ?
To me foe is all that loft,
O m?y foe forever he mine ;
Her will Jhall be always a tfk,
Too , leafng for me to decline.
lown tbejoft bondage—and love
The form that has J, read oat the frare.
Nay more —the confinement approve.
For pleasure and rapture are there.
O cease, my Fidelia, to upbraid
A heart that beats only for thee,
'Tisthere th, beauties have made
An image that never can fa.
Too oft has thy delicate foul ,
Dealt out my fond,rtfon abroad;
Can the needle e'er fray from its pole,,
Or the mfer relmtyJb h ; s hoard ?
As Joon Jhall another divide
And ftealtbe prom,' tribute away ;
To theeandfnejeehng allied,
I fbould always be hhppy and gay.
1 aft not the trappings of wealth.,
To heighten the Jeene with its glare ;
Had'ft thou but the blossom of health,
I think that 1 Jhould not de, pair.
If the warm aspirations of love,
Could call down a bluffing below ;
On theeJhould it light like a dove,
And chafe from thy bojom its woe.
All blef be the hand that bestows,
Ifee, 6 the delicate Jlrife !
The lily give place to the rofq
Fidelia returning to life.
From the American Minerva,
An obliging correspondent hrs furnifhed the
following statement ofthe debt due from
rhe United States to France with the peri
ods when the refpedive instalments be
come due. . ,
State of the French Loan from September 3, 1793,
onward.
CT^fr ~~ Ihtereft. Principal.
1793. Sept. 3, 85333,30 ^77,777,70
Nov. 5. 29,629,56 185,185,17
179+ J am 1- 55,555>5° .
Sept. 3. 69,444,40 277 777,70
Nov. 5. 22,222,20. 185,185, 17
^95- J^ I- 55>5§5>5 o
.Sept. 3. 55^55,50 277,777,70
Nov.. 5, 14,314,73 185,185,50
1796. J^, 1. 55,555,50
Sept; 3. 41,666,60 277,777,70
Nov. 5. 7,407,36 185,185,17
1797. Jan- I. 55355,50 185,185,17
Sept. 3. 27,77% 70 277,777.70
^7O J am '• 46,296,27 185,185,17
Sept. 3. 13,888,80 .
Sept, 12. 227,777,70
1799- Jan. I. 57,037,3$ "85,185,17
1800. Jan. „. 27,777,70 185,185,17
1801. "Jan'/ i. 18.518,4$"" 185,185,17
1802. Jan: 1. 9,259,23 185,185,17
Nevsyork; Dec. 18.
-: Mofabufetts. <"
BOSTON, January 30.
Suffice of Wither received hr a gentleman in
this town; from a ref,enable Merchant, in
Newyork.
NEW-YORK, fo.^ .
" You will have heard, of the unaccount
able manner in which the American publick
have been sported with, by the French Min
ister within these few days; in his hasty an
nunciation of news said to have been recently
received from Europe :—Chagrined at rhe
development of his conduct in Southcaroli
na, by the unanimous voice pf a large state,
he was determined to catch at the firft op
portunity to attain a momentary eclat ; He
accordingly upon she firft ' rumour which'
came from the vessel which had arrived from
Europe, dispatched an express to this city,-
containing the intelligence you mull have
fe^n,, His satellites gave it currency ; and:
although many of their leaders knew it to be
falfe ; they joined in the momentary exulta
tion. They are now completely chop fall
en ; not so much because th^ news has hot
proved true,as from he circumffance of their
darling Minister's imprudence and haste.—
The fad is, there is news here 26 days later ;
araf tenets to th^laft of November, from'
Oftend, and (eve;al from rcfpe^blePeople
in the capital, and o her parts of France,
which totally contradict the hufirf 4 and
fay, that no gdion, or evertt of ch^quence
has transpired, since the [etreat of he com
bined forces oyer the Sambre. rThe Duke
ofYork , was)?t-ttielitter p^tt of November,
not far from Valenciennes; ready to march
to the fuccour ^ Oftend, should it be attack-
Tbe Pierides.
Pt(Tengers in the sloop inform, that
very little dependence it placed on the
accounts daily circulating at London,
and that they know as little of the real
fixation of the several armies as we
in America, such pains are taken to
keep the people in ignorance. That
the King of Prussia's with drawing
par; of his army to fend into Poland,
(where unexpected disturbances re
quired force to quell) has caused great
'murmuring^ between the allied pow
ers at war. , That very few in Lon
don believed that the allied powers
would ever corner France ; that the
people continued to be much oppoed
to the war, and are much oppressed
by ir. And that the Duke of York
was momently expelled in London,
having (it was said) been recalled, and
Sir Wm. Erskine appointed in his
(tad.- Upon the whole, the
RUMOURS which were imposed on
thecitizens of London, Havre, &c.
and afterwards contradicted, appear
to be those which lately creffed the
Atlantic in various directions, and
caused us to be (oarers in the general
deception.
Efttrafi ofa letter from a gentleman in 'Liverpool,
to bujr[end in Newyork, dated Oaoher 2g.
" I have this instant received a let
ter from ourfriend P.H. now in Tou
lon, with a cargo of grain from Bal
,imore ; he mentions that the Spani
ards have blen completely defeated in
several engagements, and are running
out of France fafter than they came
in ; that the French' are every where'
victorious, and that the National Con
vention sent orders to the different ar
mies, to be before Toulon by the firft
bf November ; andthat of every true
son of liberty. That the that they
may be fuccefsful is my sincere Wish.
and tint of every true fonof liter,
[That the combined armies have been
petered is true, but kept from being
blade public for fear of disheartening
the troops, and of encouraging those
who are difaffeded to the British gov
ernment. ;
'• I must now inform you how mat.
cere Rind in this country. In several
counties the people have rofeupa^ainft
Government, with the Cry of, No war!
The miitia have beeri .called out,
which hes exafpetated the people so
touch, that they have come to are
falutipn not to give up, until they re.
ed—of wliich there did not appear much
apprehension when the vellels failed. As to
the news of the recapture of Toulon ac
counts from that solace, nearly as late as Ge
net's Havre intelligence have been received.
It was then supposed to be out of danger,
from the forces investing it, but they were
speedily to be joined by the forces from be
fore Lyons. The insurgency, in La Vendee
I am credibly informed has been crushed
completely.
Newyofk, Jan 22,
Last Monday came into port the
(hip Hunter, Capt. Hacker, and yef
cerday the sloop Hiram, Capt. Har
ris, both from London, bringing Lon
don papers to the 18th of November.
We do not find, by these papers, that
any very important aftons bad taken
place since the grand defeat of the
despotic army, near Maubeuge, O&.
15 and 16, and the siege of Nieuport,
Oft. 22,25; but a variety of reports
were circulated in London, from time
to time, particularly of the CAP
TURE of the DUKE of YORK,
which were afterwards contradicted.
Extras of a letter from a gentleman of undoubted
veracity, whose information may be depended
on, now in France ;to his,riend in Boflon, dat
ed " PARIS, OCT. 20, 1793.
" The state of France is much altered
within a few weeks for the better. Liberty
must triumph, and I thank God there is such
a nation as the French to defend her caufe—
fome distresses must happen— some wrongs
must be committed—but the principal is
eternal, and must finally prevail."
From EUROPE.
On this plan, the points to attend
to in a beast, are those where the -val
uable joints lie ; the rump, the hip,
the back, the ribs, and, after these,
the flanks, that is to fay, the back
ward upper quarters, but the beliy,
shoulders, neck, kgs and head should
be light, for if a beast has a disposi
tion to fatten or be heavy io these, it
will be found a dtdudion from the
more valuable points. It has been
said, but improperly, that a barrel on
four short flicks would repre ent the
true form, but that shape (wells at the
top and bottom, whereas the back of
a beast should be square, strait and
flat, or, if any rising, it should be
from a difpofi ion to fatten and swell
about the rump and hip bones—and
the belly should likewise be cuite ftrAt,
for if it swells. it thews weight in a
bad point He thinks the shortness
of the legs of no importance, nor are
the neck, head, horns, ikin, and col
our, which are fancied to be great
signs of good or bad creatures. Thick
hides .are generally esteemed worse
thriving beaft', than others of thin
hides. —Mr. Bakewell thirks pate col
ours, as white, yellow, &c. denote
finer meat. If all these points were
agaioft a beast, yet if his carcase was
made well, and shewed a turn to fat
ten, he would prefer him to an ill
made beast with all those unimportant
points in his favour
He judges whether a beast has hit
right disposition to fatten, by feeling.
He had rather depend on feeling on
ly, than on feeing, without feeling.
In sheep, the hand only can tell
whether the back is fiat and broad,
and free from a ridge in the back
bone. There is a great difference in
the feeling of lean bullock : The hip
bone should be covered with some
thing under the skin that feels oily
and foft, the fame, along the back
bone and on the ribs, with a good
'flank. I> beaftsthat will not thrive
!well, there is nothing of this foftneb
to be preceived, but the hide is tight
and hard. There is indeed sometimes
in such, a frothy looseness, unlike the
^etyfW
this in words; b^ ^^^^ uhder
ftand and praMfe it perfectly.—Mr.
Bikewai pays no regard in croffirig
teheed, W^ fuccefiffiews it of
io cofow^r^l
a fo^Jtte^
THE . leading idea that has gov
erned Mr. Bakewell, in all his
exertion, is to procure that breed of
cattle, which, in a given quantity of
food, will give the most profitable
meat —that in which the proportion
of the ufelul meat to the quantity of
,offal is the greareft^ also, in which
the proportion of the best, to the in
ferior joints, is the greatest.
Therefore, a great head, dewlap,
or horns/ or an over thick hide, —
are rather offal, than meat.
ceive a redress of grievances, and no
war; I affare you, my friend, itis real
ly alarming, and should France invade
this country, ds they have threatened
to do, they will find thata majority of
the people will flock to their standard,
Should parliament not make some very
great concessions soon to appease the
people, the event will be the downfall
of monarchy in Greatbritain, The
truth of the above I will answer for,
and you have my leave to make it
as dublic aspoffible. I am your friend
and humble servant,
COMMUNICATIONS from the AGRICUL
TURAL SOCIETY.
EXTRACr.
From Arthur Young's Annals.
Vol. VI. page 446. The account of hisqif to
the cekbrntedMr. Bakewell.
To Farmers.
"J T"
LATELY published,
And for SALE at the Mirrour Office,
COMPEND
OF
MILITARY DISCIPLINE
FOR THF
TROOPS of NE^HAMPSHIRE.
SELECTED,
Chiefly from the Regulations of Baron Stiu
ben, and Major General Sull lVA n.
To which is added An ACT for regulat
ing the Militia of this State.
The whole adapted to the ferefent "Militia Eflab
lijbment throughout the United States.
^ not e. The Honourable General Court
will,it is expected, pafsan Ad, at thei[ pre
sent session, in alteration qnd amendment of
their former Militia Ad-^As very material
alterations will take place, the Printer has,
by advice,omittted the A&,page-in 1,92 —
and waits the receipt of th< new h& —which
shall be immediately printed, and presented
to those who purchase this Compend before
it is added.
*, The above Booh may be bad at the fol
lowing places, Mr. Harris's, Maj. Dunean's &
Mfrs. Manley & Partridge's fores, Concord ;
Mr. Foster's, Lieut. Bartlett's & Mr. Swett's
fores, Pembroke ; Mr. Town's and Ejq. Wig
gin's fores, Hopkinton ; Mr. Adam's ft ore, Hen*
niker ; Mr. Disc's dore, Bojeawen; Mess. Wil
der ^Bowers's, and Mr. Williams's fores, Sal
ifoury ; Mr. Flanders's and Mr. George's fores,
Warner ; Major Stark's fore, Dunbarton ; Doc
tor Kelley's, Ware ; Mr. Lewis's fore, Canter
bury ; Major Dunean's & Messrs. Ward &
Caching's fares; Sanbornton ; Mr. Burn's fore,
Gilmanton ; Mr. Wood's fore, Loudon ; Rl/ffh.
Sergeants' fore, Chefer—and aljo of the pefrid
crs from this cffie., ). :.
—— — - = u_ — ___
q°HE proprietors of Nortbbu-
I n Bridge) to be ere&ed over Merri
mac River between Safar, and Northfield,
are hereby notified to meet at the house of
Major David Macc rillis, in Canterbu
ry, on the second Tuefday in February next,
Kt one of the clock, P. M.to agree on a mode
pf procedure in^ere&ing Aid Bridge, and to
tranfad any other business necessary.
I By Order of the Hon. General Court,
h , JONATHAN EASTMAN.^
I 'Concord, Jan. 24, 179, 66
The kind of cattle that were most
esteemed, before, Mr. Bake weh's day,
whre the large, long bodied, big bon
ed, coarse, gummy, flat tided kind.—
This difeerning breeder, on the con
trary, introduced a small, clean boned,
round, short carcafed, kindly looking
cattle, and inclined to be fat—and it
is a fa&, that these will both eat less
food in proportion and make them
selves sooner fat, than the others —•
they will, in truth, pay more for their
meat, than any other fort, in a given
time.
One of his sheep was killed, weigh
ed 46 lbs. a quarter ; it Cut fix inches
of fat between the tail and the loin,
along the back, three inches and at
the division of the quarters, through
the ribs, fix inches, and a quarter —
yet his are usually of a moderate size,
it is the fhipe and disposition to fat
ten that makes them so heavy. Let
the food be what it may, they will
eat left, and. fatten more, than other
breeds of flieep. It is by rhefe prin-,
ciples that Mr. Bakewell has gradual
ly formed his breed by feteaions.,
The fame rules of judging are ap
plicable both to sheep and cattle.
The points to examine a sheep,
the general fo r m of his carcase, are
rhe fame as in an ox. The flatgefil
and breadth of the back, a spreading
barrel carcase, with flat bellies, and by
no means curved and hanging—with
such a disposition to fatten as is indi
cated in the bulls and cows. In such
the fat goes into the meat, instead of
making tallow. He would have the
fat not run to tallow, and all the offal,
as the head, p'uck, hoofs and bones
very small, his own breed are remark
able so. keeps in pickle a neck of
his own mutton which is four inches
and a half thick with the fat do the
bone.
SHEEP.