The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1794-05-19 00:00:00, page 1

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[Vol. ll.— Num. 82.]
From the St. Cbrifofar Ro,al Gazette.
St. DOMINGO.
THE weftern part of this colon,
I is fe^rated from the northern
part by the Mole of St. Nicholas,
which lies on both coasts. At the
head of the Cape is a good, fafe and
commodious harbour. It stands di
redly opposite to Point Maizi, in the
island of Cuba ; and seems naturally
destined, by this portion, to become
the most important post in all Ameri
ca, for the convenience of, navigations
The opening of the bay is 1450 toif
es bread. The road leads to the har
bour and the harbour to the bafon.
All this great recess is wholesome tho'
the waters of the sea are almost in a
ftite of stagnation there. The bafon,
which seems as if made for the pur
pose of careening, has not the incon
venience of close harbours ; itisope#
to the weft and northwinds; and
)et, if they blow ever so hard, they
can never interrupt or retard any work
that is done in the port. The penin
fota where the harbour is situated ris
es gradually to the plain, which stands
upon a very large basis ; it seems, as
it were, a fiogle mountain with a broad
flat top, defeending with a gentle
^opeto unite with the rest of the
ifland.r^^ ^^^
The plain of the Cape is to Leagues
j in length, and about four in breadth.
FCThp&^ta watered ; but
there is ,mota riveww<re ailoop can
g^Vp above three miles. Ail this,
m^ uw%re#@
roads 491 feet q wide, aed,p^
each fide with hedges of citron tiees.
Effete &8l would^atfWed perfeft
e'd in their kind, had they been orna-i
merxed with satoram, ± fl^fg^ '^°'^n
^frrf6Moa delightful shade for
^rivellffi'i'n& prevented that teircity;
^fy^& &^ already
Begins to feel. fo^.^fa
This is the counny of America,/
which produces a Y greater quantity of
Qwraa^^W
plain is, mfflta&A, a ridge of
Wlffn^Owhich ^ in depth from'
&Wst faffi Few of them;
^tevery high ; feveral'of them may
$e cultivated Uthe very fammir, and
feto^i nafoffra tern
•Wh9^nfihWAffi^f^^
-areal ^fa &teWg fine
tert#totfbrlm& ~? ^ ™*^
^TO &p&b now tut by 29 straight
tfffi,°W@% cheers of houses,
feffiffiltd 9 dp; bet these;
are too narrow, and having no
@; &@ the ffi&f be prom-i
fnenc in the centre, ate always dirty ;|
, I&tohey paired only in the middle,
the kimneh, which are not even On
each GWfyteWdfei ^
common Ifyf^reffiining
r ^7^ r ^3*^
'% p fo^^^
^CT ~-^^ .
^4^^ tos oQira^'^
%hicti wereworth2l,Br&fo,^ 6
' tefirchw^346 10 0
'which were worth 496,^4 ^o
518 quintals, 6ilb,
of arnotto, which
were worth 32,633 26
26,892 quintals,
8?lb. of cotton,
which were worth 6,723,205 00
14,124 hides which
were worth 164,657 0 b
43 quintals, 461 b.
of rope yarn,
which were worth 43,460 0 0
90 quintals, 19 Ib.
of black cassia,
which were worth 2,435 0 11
92,741 quintals,
921 b. of wood,
which were worth 908,368 3 8
And in small pro
duftions, some of
which belonged to
the other colonies t,352, 148 ° o |
And in money 2,600,000 0 6
^ ti£^ ^/ fc : / — I
The total of all
these foms pro
duces an income
of 94362,178, 16 9
Or, 393-424 1 - 2s. 4 3-4^ '
The aftoniming wealth of this col
ony was produced by 385 fugar-bobf
es for raw lugars, and 263 for earthed
fogars ; b, 2,587 plantations of indi
go ; by 1,418,336 cotton plants }
by 92,893,404 coffee trees ; and by
7576^6 cotton trees.'
At the fame period, the cattle of
the Colony amounted to 75 958 borf
es crumbles, and 77,904 head of horn
ed cattle. Its provisions coafifted of
^1756,225 banana trees ; 1,178,229
trehches pf maniac ; 12,744 plats of
maize ; 18,738 plats of potatoes ;
11,825 plats of yarns ; and 7,046
plats of small millet.
The labours occupied 32,050 white
perlons, of all ageSfnd of both sexes;,
%j^6 negroes, or free mulattos, and:
±^#6 . nocifr
deed reckon & number of these
fivei'at tiiote than 240,005 ; but it
is well known, tbit it that time every
planter concealed as many as he could
Trom the searches of the Treasury, in
order to avoid the rigour of the im
'pofts.,va \ 1
These cultures and these inhabitants
are distributed over,46 parishes, some
of which are 20 leagues in circumfer
ence.' Ttolimit, of a great many of
most of
them have nothing but huts or ruins
of their churches Divine service is;
^@ performed in ^ny of them with
)%&&§ The churches of
the fowh and of the weftern parts are
*&i&r the direction of Dominican fri
ars,' and tliofe of the north under Ca
^^^^*° ^ftd the fe
suits. They have all a large village
or a tow, belonging to them.
'tyh,ffol TIMES. 11
T)oWN with Arifto&acy— let
tis have Liberty and Equality," said a
Member of a Democrarical Society to
a southern State. The rightsof @
forever. Ail toen are borri free and
equal. ” Pray, fir, said a moderate
man” how many Gave. ^ yo^
^;^^:t
oyerfeet drive about the gelds and
grain bondage!^ v yes, revert!, out
BY RUSSELL.
MONDA Y, May 19, 1794.
not so many as my neighbours. But
is not a negro, a man ? Yes certainly.
Then if all men are born free and
equal, the negroes are born free; and
pray, fir, who gave you a right to
enslave them ? Oh, as to that, I ain
easy; the blacks live very well, bet
ter than they would, if free. But, fir,
let us try this point. Let us tensive
you and your fellow democrats, who
are masters of 30 or 50 blacks, let us
fee, if you think it better 10 be a Have
than a freeman. Suppofel had half
a dozen sturdy fellows here to bind
you hand and foot, and carry you to
Bermuda, there to grub up pine
stumps for a matter. " Why, indeed,
I should fight hard before you would
get me there." I believe so—and
suppose your (laves should take arms
and fight hard to gain their freedom,
could you blame them ?—Now what
is the object of your democratical so
ciety ? " To preserve liberty Mid e
quai rights," But legislatures are con
stituted for this purpose—legislators
chosen by the freemen of the ftatei
* True; but they may abuse their
powers."=-Sb may your society. And
to guard your society from abusing
powers that do not belong to them,
I would recommend, a popular socie
ty of your (laves to be formed to
watch over their matters, and it is a
thousand times more necessary than
your institution. And 1 will tell you
another thing, if you carry your prin
ciples much farther, your (laves will
take you at your word—they will fay,
they are bom free ^nd equal, as well
as other men, and they will form a
democratic society among themselves,
for defending their righthand will
hurl ybu from your arittocriycal pre
eminence., Call it not trifling. The
business is an embryo in your own
principles, and if you succeed in over
throwing our government, it is more
than probable, you will be left a prey
to the exasperated spirits of your flavel.
Your fafety is in a union with your
northern brethren who are determin
ed to maintain our government:
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Some Particulars relative to th last Saffirings of
MARIE ANTOINETTE.
, HER fenrence of death was hawked
about in all the dens of the Jacobin
faction before it had been pronounced
by the Revolutionary Tribunal, and
we are informed, that Chaumette
(Attorney of the Commons of Paris)
formed the nefarious proje& to make
the Queen fuffer by the depositions of
her own child.
Chaumette caused him to be intox
icated, with an intent to suggest the
horrible depositions which were put
in the mciuth of this innocent unhap
py viatm. Chaumette willed to
carry so far his execrable scheme as to
make the child appear against his
mother, and oppose both face to face
in the open Court; but the Com
mons of Paris refufed their affeat fol
th^ diabolical metfure, left the pubfe
dbould take notice of the chiki'B intor
ication, or look upon the whole as a
flagrant imposture.
I# The poor Queen was confined in
an obfeure and close room ; her b&l
consisted of ftraw§ one mattress, and
Irtold and tattered coverlid ; and,
(hamefu) to tell I the four gendarmes
never quitted her chamber even when
decency required tneir aoienec.
food was fach as was given ro&m-
; t, _— — ——— —
[Price 75. per ann.]
NEWHAM.
mon prisoners; her health was visibly
declining ; her hair became grey ;
and.the monsters, fearing left a natur
al death might deprive them of their
Wretched vidim, harried her to the
fcaffcld.
Some days Before her death the was
dressed in black, and even slept in this
mournful attire, expeding every in
stant to be dragged away from her
bed of woe by the executioners. She
wished to die in mourning for her un
fortunate consort ; but the barbarous
regicides deprived her even of this last -
convolution, arid compelled her to put
on a white waistcoat.
The truly / wretched orphan the
Dauphin declines in health every day;
It is believed he is wafting away by
the operation of flow poison. His
murderers will of course Accuse his de
parted mother of this crime, t ill
even hid they intend to carry their
iniquity so far as to make it a princi
pal charge in the intended set of ae
cufation again# his virtuous aunt, the
truly deplorable Princess Elizabeth.
[Georgia Ga%ette.\
From th Independent Gazetteer.
IT was the sentiment of the great
Pitt (Earl of Chatham) that
"No Lawyer was ever a good Statef
mau. They are all; said he, pdifr
cians, and crafty politicians ; but ner
er yet was there an able statesman
among them!
"The JuboES too, said his Lord
(hip, are very fond of polities, but they
should never be foßfered to have any
hand or (hare in the executive gov
ernment § they are too apt to make
their judicial bufinels bend to their
political views.'' If he was now liv
ing, what would that great and able
statesman fay to our present Congrefil
Nine tenths of which ate lawyers;
young praaitiooers at the bar 1 who
go to the market to advance their cir
cum&ces, as notoriously as a milk
woman to fell her milk.— It is whif.
pered, we. may soon expe& to fee in
print something like an hiftory of our
lawyers at Court, and of their rapid
progress in the money-getting way 1
Much fig been said about the fuwdihg
bufaty ; but of all funds that of rr
funding will be the most unpleasant 1
CRAGNEZ HONTE:
' ^ PATRIOTIC TOAST.
" THE American Printers. May
their fingers be attacked with the
Ihaking-palfy, their type-boxes hurled
in confusion, whenever they attempt
td compose matter which can in the
least degree tend to depreciate the
merit of those sentiments, which guid
ed the hearts, and strengthened the
hands of the font of freedom, at the
ever memorable and critical period of
'775!
Stray Colts.
gTRAYED Q,famra tbe f^jerihr, on
Saturday, the 3d infant,
TWO COLTS.
One of them is a black mare, t<wo,ears old,,octi
a- m^mm^^enihi.*^
and bar decked. - -
Th other it a red more, afar old, trots all;
dark mane and tail; of middling fa, and has no
•white abont ber.
^Whoever will take up the said
COLTS, and return them to me, or give informa
tion vbere tbg ma, be bad, fall be bandffo,
regarded for their trouble, and all fr&fo
Ifo m @^ T^ 1