The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1792-09-06 00:00:00, page 3

Canada, but what their business is I
cannot learn."
We are informed, that a sergeant,
corporal, and twelve men were lately
killed near Fort Jefferfoo, by a party
of Indians. -
[We most sincerely lament (fays
the editor of the Pitsburg Paper)the
loss of such valuable men' as Col.
Harden, and Major Trueman, and
would suggest the propriety of fend
ing those members of Congress, who
proposed, and so strenuously Support
ed pacifick measures to, be adopted
with the Indian nations at this time,
with the next message or invitation
for a treaty.]
RICHMOND, Aug. 10.
Last week arrived in this city, four
teen Indian warriors, belonging to
the Catawha nation. It is laid that
their visit here, is to offer their fervi.
ces to the United States, to fight
against the hostile tribes, which are
now at war against us. .
PENNSYLVANIA..
' PHILADELPHIA, Auguftii.
To the colonists of St. Domingo, now refid.
ing in the United States of America.
MY DEAR COUNTRYMEN,
THE advice 'which the consul general of France
caufedto he inverted in the Gazette the i3 f ^ °j
this month, muji neceflarily, if not foe/pended, at
bast retard, the armaments oft he continent intend
edfor St. Domingo. This delay may ,reduce mis-
Jortunes of the most serious nature to that colony,
deprived as it is at present of the usual produaions
of its foil. We ought my dear countrymen, to fly
to the assistance of our brethren, and do every thing
for them that our weak rejources may permit — 4
therefore, I call upon you to depofa, each according
to his abilities, a pecuniary contribution, in the
hands of the Consul of France, refilling in the place
ofyour abode, requeuing him to transmit what be
shall bave received, as soon as possible, to the con
fab of France refding in New, ark, Philadelphia,
and'Charlefton, according to his difance from
each of these three cities, who will remit the mon
ies so collected, to him, amongyou, whom ycu Jhah
'bavefo chosen in each of these three cities,.for the
purpofc ofdispatching wefels, loaded with provi
,fans,for%. Domingo ; and that ev,ry part -q/
the colony, may receive an equal proportion of the
dfffance, it Would be proper tbw the monies seti t
-to &^^rl,.fesuld be ap,fywt&Lt&fad.Rs6
lance to the cap from whehcefame may befentu
the northern province.
What iscolkaed at Philadelphia will be ap
,r,,ruued for Portauprince, from whence the
wefternpart may be supplied ; and what is collet
adin Cbarlefton, will be appropriated for Les
Cayes from which place assistance will be diJiri
butedto thejou/hern part. If on the arrival of
the wefels, the platesfor which the, fall be sent
Mirefufficiently provided for, they Jhall be fen;from
,hence to the parts of the island which Jaffer the
most.
Such, my dear countrymen, are the reflexions
which my lovefor my brethren has inspired me
with, and lam well perfaaded that you will ap
prove of the means which I have pointed out to
give efeato afentiment which is engraven on the
heart of every one of ns.'
./ LOMBART.
P. S. I cannot Efficiently recommend expedition
toysuin deputing,our contribution,jo that the as-
Jiflance may arrive before the winter, a time in
•which the most prefng wants arejelt. Point cut
W/j the persons whom you charge with the rtegocia
tion,fo that those who may bejudged the most pro
per, may begin without loss of time to provide the
intended /applies.
On Tuesday yarning quay ,itrtfed a melan
eboll, event at Mr.Heriry Kizer's powdermill, in
the lower Meriontownjhip, Montgomery county,
between the hours of nine and ten .7- There was a
large quantity of powder in the mill, which by ac
cident took f re 0,4 blfdP ^"b great explofon,
which vlas heard at Schuylkill ferry, and was
ibpresn< posed so be an earthquake. Mr. Kizer;
and three others, 'were blown to pieces ; oxa
a Mr. Hen, Fraily, a copartner of Mr. Ki^er,
was so wounded that bis life is despaired of.
Ayoung woman, <wbo happened to be near the mill
at the time it blew up, had both her legs broken,
& was otherwise very much injured,by one of the
rafters, which was. carried from the building by
4he violence of the erplofan. ..
CONNECTICUT.
NEWLONDON, Ang.g.
4gentleman belonging to this city, new at 4ux
Cayes, in a later datea July if, thus writes,
“The fvhite people and mulattoes have made peace
in this quarter, and the planters are going on to
their plantations, med will soon make molafs,
.there being but few Americans here, the price mus
fall.” . '
MASSACHUSETTS.
>BOSTON, Aug. 25.
Great uneafitas in many qfthe Britife Weftm
dia Ifandsfas been excited by the de^feof the
J^fiti/bparliament, resting thefave trade.—
Revolutions and independence are loudly TM, *
of. " c
; e
In addition to the foreign intelligence, wican 7
briefly add, that Paris continued, in great ferment t
—that the king dared not appear in publick—that C
vast num hers were daily leaving France —that [
the change in the French admini jiration as pro- I
ceeding solely from the king was deemed the most a
important event that could ever have taken place ;
the ifue is expeaed to be either a counterrevolution,
or the assassination of the king , that the king off
Hungary was not dead, but was roery ill; and a
that the Britijh government bad equipped for 1
tea afleet of observation, under lord Hood.a
Auguf zg. .
Dire&from France.f
Capt. Hawes of the ftp Nero, arrived at Bed- r
ford,from L'Orient, which be left thefrf of Ju- <
ly, confirms the account of the affair between', <
Gen. fayette's army, and the Andrians, and. t
of the execution of the murderers of Gen. Dillon.- J.
Hefurthcr adds, that the French armies were in a
high spirits : that Mons had been evacuated to 1
the French army, and that a great quantity of mi-,
i litary fores were found therein : that Mobs were t
ver, frequent in all parts of France—one of which, 1
of about 15,000, lately entered Paris, and def
manded the king and dauphin, whom they crown-,
ed with the civick diadem, and after parading i
; the dauphin among them far a foort time, they dij-1
persed ; qnd that the occasion of this measure Was, 1
the dismiffion of the king's minifer.,
On the 18tb ult, the powdermill in Springfield |
Was blown up, by which unfortunate accident, 1
Mr. Nathan Kennedy, the only workman then in 1
• \tbe mill, was so burnt and bruised, as to survive 1
\tbe misfortune but two hours. This is the second,
\inftance of the kind which has happened in that i
"place in the course of thirteen years .•' two aa.iveb
young men were killed on the same spot, when the ]
frf explosion took place.
■'■■■■■M«"*Mwa3airiitfTtaMßnß»B«M>iii!il• 1
, NEWHAMPSHIRE.
PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 30.
'The military policyof Gen. Fayette seems
1 in every refpedt to be copied from the con
rdud of the American Fabius at the be
• ginning of the war with Greatbritain. By
, fkirmiihes with the enemy on the frontiers,
?he will teach his soldiers the absolute
^neceffity of discipline, and will give them
qthe habitude ofwar, without venturing a de-
Jcifive action with troops, who have been
/taught from their infancy, to look upon
^themfelves as mere machines, and are as ab-1
folutely such, in the military line, as the!
I cannon and mortars that attend them.
? It is mentioned in a Boston paper, as an
• extraordinary article, that the deaths, within
'a few weeks pafi\ of Mr. Stephen Sexton, of|
r someas, Conn, tetat 57, and Mr. James)
'Devereaux, of Marblehead, a:tat 21 —were'
^both of the 4oek.jaWG:both ^^^wd'^
^runriitig nails into their feet ; and both ofj
!whole deaths were in about 9 days after the^
'accident.--In addition to these, died, in this'
e town, on Saturday last, a young man by'
/the name of Smith, ofDover, with the fame!
fdiforder— occasioned by running a small
•so bone into the bottom of one of his feet, a
' bout 9 days before his death. Also on
/Sanday last, was drowned in the river, a
:young man by the name of Butler, son of
^captain Butler, formerly of this town.
; CONCORD, September 6.
EVERY man ft entitled to allying;:
and he has a natural and unalienable right'
' to acquire the means of subsistence in any;
part of the country he pleases, provided he
acquires it by honest industry. He who gets
Ta living by his own industry and application'
Ito his own business, without bafeiy endeav
ouring to injure his fellow men, is a good
citizen, and deserves publick patronage.-
The increase of trade and commerce, of man
ufa&ures and mechanicks, and of Literary
' arts and institutions, in a country, are signs
favourable to its profoerity, Where trade
and commerce flourifh, where the arts and
' sciences are encouraged, there will men of
' genius and abilities delight.to fix their hab
* itation ; and there u ill the people become
refpe&able and happy. The increase of mer
' chants, tradefinen and mechanicks, denotes
' the prosperity of a single town; as does the
} emigration of foreigners, that of oar coun
%ry at large.—Shall no more than one doc
' tor, one lawyer, one merchant, one black
smith, one Shoemaker, one taylor, and one
barber, reside in the fametown? Is it uh<
;juft and scandalous for TWO of a trade to
jinhabit one town? No! Let as many as
' can get a living, live in the fame town, the
fame neighbourhood ! no matter whether
one, two, orten ; each and all have claims
proportioned to their exertions, and the ser
vice they render to the community. When
a town or countiy is overstocked with trades
I men or inhabitants, some must necessarily
/remove. In a free country, like ours, every
'man has a right to efta blith his business
I where his interest inclines him, notwithftand
'ing he may be surrounded by his brother
tradesmen. When a man appears to be ant
ing upon knavish principles, he ought not to
be countenanced : but when an artisan, who
is master of his art, tenders his best services
to his fellow citizens, and ufefhis candid ex
, ertion to please, benefit .and enlighten them,
he ought to be patronized by a people who
1
• Iff
are capable of giving him support. # The^
credit of a town will "rife, in profortion as it
encourages trade, literature and methanicks.
The mote ufeful trades, the more credit does
the town and its inhabitants acquire. No
country can afford tradesmen a better Sup
port than ours ; and none ought to be more
liberal ; especially in fopport of Literature
and the Arts and Sciences.
IT may be said by many, that ONE print,
er is enough for this little country town ; —•
and that TWO cannot get a living in it.—^
But it is impossible to determine this point till
a thorough trial be made ; we do not depend
wholly on Concord, nor five or fix adjacent
towns X we are in the heart of ah extensive,
rich„and growing country, which is inhabit
ed by people of a generous mind, and a lit
erary and enterprifiag genius ; who will love
to encourage the Art of Printing, when it is
established on principles of general utility,
and prosecuted with alacrity and spirit. it
is certainly for the interest of a town, to have
more than one of the fame trade-in it. Where
there are two, they serve as a check and a
spur to each other, and both will exert them
felv^ more that either* would alone : For
where there is no enemy, no extra exertion
is requisite to win the battle. Suppose we
had but one merchant in this town, and to
him we were necessitated to apply for our
decenaries ' of life, should we not be liable to
great imposition ? 1 think the case is clear,
we should. And is not the case similar with
tradesmen ? Give a man authority, and
he will become haughty, imperious, proud !
Allowa man the privilege, and depend upon
it;if he is not possessed of more than a com
mon stock of hanefty, he will gull you of
yoyr money for half its value.
We hear from different parts of the coun
try, that the late hail storms have dohe con
siderable damage to Indian corn—some fields
which our informant saw, Were so torn to
pieces as to give them the appearance of cat
tle having been in them.
We commiserate the Lovers of Cider, on
the present profped of their haying but very
little next winter ! ,
Weare sorry to fay. That the late severe
drought (which was more excessive than any
jrecoHected by the oldelt man among us) has'
^materially injured Indian corn ; and it is ap- 1
tyrehended, that fall feed will be very short. I
ißutwe are happy to add, at the fame time,
that English grain was in general good.
By gentlemen from Boston, we learn, that
the Small Pox rages with great virulence in
|thar metropolis. In the course of the laft<
week, tipwards of 8000 perlons were innpc
luta^djin that town. It is also pretty rife in
m^riCTity of Bofton'; afid it is thought by;
;fop,e;that it will circulate thro this part of
the country : for when it is once fairly under
way, it is difficult to conjecture, with any
'degree of certainty, where it will flop.
4 .
Letter of M. Noailles, to the Minifr
>'ter of war.
"I have been orient the unfortu
nate witnesses of the unjuftifiablel
crime, committed against the officers,'
and of the murder of- the Austrian!
prisoners. I fee daily my fellow citi
zens oppressed, and their property
laid waste—l hear the generosity of|
lour enemies praised—and contraftedj
byihe devastations of our troops—,
who,with their title of patriots, belietel
they are permitted to perpetrate
every crime. I know not of any
means to prevent these disorders-my
confeience, therefore, commands me
to place my resignation in the hands
of the king. I therefore beg you to
transmit it to his Majesty."
At the ballon the king of England's birth night,
the queen of that monarch floore a dress, the dia^.
minds alone on ^hich, cofl one hundred thou
sand pounds fter ling !!
Accounts are received in London 1
from the new colony of Blacks at Sier
ra Leona, dated March 16 ; they
are proceeding with the utmost dili
gence in clearing the land and build
togof hoofer—fome have been fiek,
arid, some have died—Mr. Clark son
the ftyerintendant had been sick, but
was recovering.—The climate is de
scribed as being more (alubriout than
had been expeaed. The united
consent of all the neighbouring chiefs
has been obtained to establish the fet
fement-and the dispositions of king
Naimbaoha have appeared through
out to be extremely friendly.
~fl warrant has received the fign^
tuft of<he king of Greatbritain for a
grant of £13,592 for the CTanfpon^
gfoh of Blacks from Novakou# to the ^
above fatleroenc.
Nothing is more pleating to
a generous' mind, than to fee
the means of knowledge and in
flruaion increasing and encour
aged. It affords pleasure to e
very friendly heart, to behold
our youth growing in learning,
their ferocious tempers amelio
rating under the foftering in
fluence of a good education ;
the foft tints of erudition differ-'
ing sweetness through all their
manners. Placed under the tu
ition of a young gentleman of
eminent abilities, we may in
dulge the most pleasing antici
pation of the improvement of
our tender offspring.
■-—■
Yesterday being the day to
which the Convention for alter
ing and amending the constitu
tion adjourned, to meet in this
town, a quorum of members
met at the Court House, and
adjourned to 9 o'clock this morn
ing. By the returns already
.examined, it is supposed that
the people have adopted all.
/he last proposed amendments,
and the Convention expert this
, day to organife the constitution.
He, who in questions of right, vir«
-tee, or duty, lets himfelf above all
1 possible ridicule, is truly great, and
flhall laugh in the end with truer
mirth than ever he was laughed at. _
_— —-¥
FOR THE MIRROUR.
MR. EDITOR,
THE eftablifkment of
- cademy and other I r y
institutions in this .town, ^ an
object very definable , and u^ 1
be both beneficial and honora
ry to the town. We have men
of interest enough to raise a fund
(efficient for the support of an
academy, in as eligible a man
'ner, in this town, as in many
pother towns, where Free Schools
are kept. We only want a little •
exertion of publick spirit, and
the end would be accomplished.
'Let our men of interest and in t
tiuence step forward, and speak
[the word, and the thing would
be done. And let, me ask, how
could they better appropriate
their money, than to the Sup
port of a seminary for the in
ftrudion of the young and riling
generation? SENEX.
From a Correspondent.
A SYLOGYSM. Proposed for Disputation.
MAN is a rational Being, but a&s contrary
to Reason; therefore, irrational.
ELIJAH RUSSELL presents his compli
ments to his friends, and the publick in
general, and informs them that he has lately
furnifhed himfelf with suitable materials,
and proposes carrying on the Printing Eufi
nefs, in its pleating variety.—He offers his
best exertions, in the line of his profeffion,
for the benefit of this flourifhing country—
He is furnifhed with paper of different quali
ties, suitable for elegant Book Work, and at
fo types of different sizes—Gentlemen, who
may please to employ him, may depend on
their work being done with elegance, accu
racy, and dispatch—and on as low terms as
his brother printers in general work.
BLANKS,
Os various kinds— Writing Paper, of differ,
ent qualities—and several forts of pamphlets,
mav be had at the Mirrour Office, for
Caih; or LINEN or COTTON RAGS,
of any colour or quality.