The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1792-12-31 00:00:00, page 3

The Stems of common Field
Nettles, prepared in the lame
Manner as Flax, will yield a
Thread capable of being wro't
• into durable Cloth.
NEWYORK.
NE WY OR K, December 15.
A Vessel arrived here on Tuefday from &/-
faf, via Rhodefend, brings Intelligence to the
10th of Oaober ;—That the Duke of Brunj
wick's Army, having met with great Loss by
Sickness, Defection, hunger, and various Dis
-1 tresses ; having been obliged to eat their Hors
es, are retreating ; or, if they are able, attempt
to leave France much fafter than they advanc
ed. They have given up their trifling C n
quefts, and railed the Siege of dbio^vilh.
That the French Princes deceived the Duke
of Brunswick, as the Loyalists in this Country
deceived General Burgoyne, and that mat
ters were like to turn out similar to the Sara;
toga capture, which that it may, we detonny
wish. Dumourier's Army are on their
Heels, and the French pursuing their adv^n
tage.
The foregoing is the Substance of the Pa
pers received by the above Arrival; but we
daily exped a further proof of this important
Piece of News.
December 15. —The Electors of
President and Viceprefidtot of the
United Stales , for the State of Dela
ware, have unanimeufly made Choice
of George Washington, and
John Adams.
Extras of a Letter from a Member of
Congress, dated Philadelphia, 19th of
November 1792, to bis Friend tn
Martinfburgh, Virginia.•
'' We have spent much time exam
ining the Communications from the
Executive, fefptaing Tranfaftions
during the Recife ; these Communica
tions are voluminous, and cennot be
detailed in a Letter ; but the Opinion
which I have formed, as the Refold of
the Investigation, is, that the Negotia
tions of last Summer, and our former
Treaties with the Indian Tribes, have
confirmed them in Attachment to the
United States, and disposed to peace
(the Influence of rival Powers notwith
ftandihg)a Majority of the Creeks,
Cherokees, Chocktaws, and Chicka.
fa ws—to this is owing the Failure of
the intended Expedition against the
Cumberland Settlement. The Wabafo
and Illinois Indians have likewise agreed
to treat, and 16 of their Warriors are
on their way to this Place, which will
have a salutary Effe&, if the Miami and
other Weftern Indians can be lubdued,
—I fay subdued, because I believe
there is no Alternative, although en
deavours to obtain Peace will proba
bly be continued through the Winter;
but if they should continue their Hof
tilitiei fuccefsfully, the other Tribes
cannot, and perhaps will not with to
restrain their young Men from Plun
der ; they will confequentfy keep cyr
Frontiers in a State of Alarm and Dis
tress, and by provoking Retaliation on
the Part of our People, render the
War general.
" I will give another Opinion,,
which is founded on concurrent Ad
vices from Europe and the southern
States of America ; it is this, that there
will be a great Demand for Corn dur
ing the present Year ; it will therefore
be iroprudent for our Farmers to fell
their Wheat at icw Rate—ihe great
Abundance of their Crops nptwitb-
Randing."
CONNECTICUT#
NO R WI C H, December,
On Thursday evening last, a young
Man by the name of Cook, aged 19,
was instantly killed in this town by
the bursting of a Swivel.—The Cir
cumstances as near as we can collect
were as follows: —In celebration of the
day (being Tbankjgiving) a number of
Boys had aff.mbied, and by pillaging
dry Casks from the Stores, Warves,
&c. hid erected a Bonfire on the Hill
I back of the Landing, and to make
then, rejoicing more lonorious, fired a
Swivel leveral times, at last a fopfilh
fondnefs for a loud report induced
them to be pretty lavish of their Pow
der, and then fill the Swivel with Turf
—thed eceafed torched fire to the pow
der-— the Explosion burst the Swivel
into a multitude of Pieces, the largest
of which, weighing about seven
pounds, passed through the Body of
the Deceased, carrying with it his
Heart and Entrails, and was afterwards
found in the Street 30 or 40 Rods
from the place where it was fired.—
While the serious lament the unhappy
accident, they entertain a hope that
good may come of evil, that the Sav
age practice of making Bonfires, on
the evening of Thanksgiving, may be
exchanged, lor some other mode of re-
Ijuicing, more confident with the gen
uine spirit of Christianity#
Hilar....■■ '
MASSACHUSETTS.
SALE M, December 18.
The Committee for Ihnoculation on
the Neck, inform the Town, that they|
have discharged &1 the Patients, and
will soon render the Neck free from
Infeaon. They are happy in declar
ing the fafe return of all the Patients,
amounting in number nearly to two
hundred ; the greater part of whom,
and all of the last Clafi, were under
Dr. Little ; and they add with plea
su re, that they had the Small Pox, in
the mildew Manner. They join with
their Patients in publick Thanks to the
Physicians. for their unwearied and
fuccefcful Exertions.
NEWHAMPSHIRE.
CONCORD, December 31, 1792.
The lafeft Intelligence from Gaudaloupe and,
Martinique, announces that on the if of Aroem
ber, all quae Peace between the Planters and Citi
zens. Produce avas at moderate Prices :, White
Sugar from 13 to 16 Dollars ; brmn do.from 8
to 9 do. Molasses 2 Piftareens a Gallon ; Fife,from
7 to 8 Dollars a hundred.
In November, the voefern Part of Hispaniola
was reflored to Peace ; the northern and southern
Parts of the Ifand fill present Pictures of Defla
tion and Dfrejs ; but the Preparations which
are confanti, making encourage the Hope of Peace.
We are informed that the General Court of
th State fin'feed their Sefton at Exeter, on Fri
da, last ; when the, adjourned to meet next in this
Town. We have not ,et heard the Particulars
of an, particular Bufnefs tranfoae+at this Session,
except what we last Week gave as Hearfa,, re-J
. fpeaing Hopkinton, which is now confirmed.
As an enlightened People will
seldom or never be governed or
contrcled in their political Affairs
by mere projeffng Patriots, with
out perf<nal Honour and Probity,
—so, on the other Hand, artful
and unprincipled Scekets will
ptaife the publick Virtue and ter.
telligence in exa& Proportion to
that Want of Discernment and
Ignorance which they realife to
be the only Tenure on which
they hold the publick Favour.---
Hence you may cbfeive thatfim
ple, feafible Plans of diffufing
Knowledge among the great>Bo
dy of the People, are generally
loft, by being overshadowed by
Plans totally impracticable from
their Magnitude. This Imprac
ticability constitutes their Excel
lence with those whose Intcreft it
is to perpetuate Ignorance.
" Corruption of the best is always
the worst ;" this remark applies to
many modern refinements on some of
the most important principles of free
dom and civil policy.— The reason is
obvious ; these refinements are either
the varnish of fuperficial minds or the
deductions of unprincipled Sopbifts,
who profane the facted name of Liber
ty by prostituting it in the fuipofes of
individual ambition, and lust of pow
er.
^ Hili —
(, What Law can be mere frill, than the
Post Office Law cf rhe United States ? which
with rigorous Ajperit, denounces Sentence on allihe
[detected] Offnders in that Department ?
And yet,let me ajk, Can human Wifdomform Laws
which human hgenuit, will not evaae ? Let me
further as, How are theje who find in the Peg
Office Department to be detected ? — The Printer
of this Paper dircas of bis Papers weekly to fever al
Printers in Newyork, Philadelphia, atd elfe
wbere, and has found bis Brother Printers Jo kind
as to return him theirs, in man. In fiances—- Bur,et
thug which have been mos confanti, received are
now and then omitted for a Week — Whether the,
are not regularl, forwarded b, the Printers, or
whether the, are loft out of a LOCKED Port
manteau, between Philadelphia and Concord ?
lam not able to determine : But one or the other is
certain!, the Cafe.*-New if I did not depend prin
cipal!, on the Papers I receive from m, Brethren of
the Type, for Materials wherewith to cempofe m,
own NmJpaper, I fhculd net feel the Stoppage of
a Paper tofafbl, as I new do. If this ma, pass
unnoticed, I think we ma, fairl, conclude there is
but very little Virtue or Energy in the Lew, or the
Framers of it.— Yet IfeppoJe they hxill arfixer me,
" If e'er wrong Steps in Government are made,
'' Wb, then the Blame on Nobody is laid !"
THOSE Persons who are difpefed to en
courage the Fftablifhment rs a Library
in PEMBROKE,^ desired to attend at the
Houfeof Mr. Anthony S. Stickney, cn
Wednesday Evening next, at fix o'Clcck, to
form themselves into a Society for that Fur
pofe, Monday, December 3 I& ____
WANTED to take, a BOY, 12003
Years old, to jive in a private Family. En
quire ofthe Printer. December 31.