The Federal mirror — Concord, N.H., 1796-09-27 00:00:00, page 2

The war in the rough part of the
Alps was difconragmg to the soldier,
ruinous co the Republic, and render
ed it jtppoffible to foppl, the army
with provifipm. -•
Buonaparte wag not commander in
chief: He was obliged to bpport
the execution of plans he difapprov
td of. It was always hit idea to
make an end of the fkirmilhea of
^^ !° d ^ @ like an impetuobb|
torrent into the guini of Piedmont.
1 had an opportunity of employ
ing Buonaparte in the defence of t^
Mediterranean. He fulfilled hii mil
(ton with fuccefi, and in a short time
he fared immense sums to the Re
public, by fending off two thirds of
the cannoneers.and cannona which
were Rationed on the coast, particu
larly in pheea where a defiant was
impraHicabte. He had terminated
thteepemipn when, on a sudden the
committeeof, public fafety removed
hia^com the corps of artillery iti
which he con ftantty served, and tranf
ferred him to the infantry, the partic
ular duties of which he was unsc.
quainted with. By this capricious or
der, they expected to force him to
give in hit refignatioo. Wiffifog to
'B out for Paris in order to clear
himlelf of the imputations which
might have prejudiced the 'commit,
tee agsinft him, he tolicited a fur
lough for two mcn:hi. I was sorry
for his departure ; yet was obliged to
obey. His fucctffor had arrived. I
had , furlough expedited for him.
The committee were callous to hit
just demands. At that time mi itary
employments were fold by a fashion
able lady : she had negotiated about
Buonaparte'# post with an officer who
had resigned on the ioh of August,
and who wished to effect a reconcilia
tion' with the Republics or rather to
put himlelf in a Situation to be useful
co that idol which those people call
their king.
[This happened in the summer of '95
after the triumph of the moderate
over the terronftf. Saliceui, Bu
onaparte, Vandamme, and many
other diftinguilhed Corsican and
French officers, were then difplac-j
ed and treated as terrorifti.—Au
rora Edit.]
At my return from the army of
Italy, I found Buonspme ready to
give to hit refigoaiion, and determin
ed to m^ke a journey to Constantino
ple, to serve tefyh sg^nft Auf
triri : he had already made applica
tion to that purpose.; rhe.commerce
were inclined to content ; but jean
Debrie defined this step with fi m
nefi he obfe^ved that it would tea
fab to the republic, and fkiful cffi
cers of artilery were not in such a
bundaoce tbit they Should & permit
ted to leave their co,ntry. This fcan
dalQUS struggle bet weep Jan Debrie
and the committee was not fettled
when the iofurre€tion of the jgth
Vendemaire (Odobet sth) 1795,
took place. Barrai was appointed
general in chief of the interior the
had feed Buonaparte at the siege of
Toulon, he knew bis aaivity, hit tab
cots, and his courage, and chose ty#
for bis second in command.—Every
body knew how he Swept the rebell
ipm,fobje& ; he hurled a carcass in
femidft of the assembly of the feej
tiop « U Pelletier, and this was Suf
ficient tq disperse the conspirators and
ff,them so flight.
The remainder part of Buonap
arft&ArtS^
^^ would be lupetfluotfy
& only add, that at his departure $
for the army 1 Spoke to him of hit
,outb.fe'^Ffo d (replied rebate
ypr& Shall %OM*l^*»*^^
.^ it Side Ind fafer, his
face thia and pile, but bfylooks an.
oounce the pride of a freeman, & the
Spirit of a fotdier. In danger he pof
feffee the great fang froid, and fear
h "^ ^ ctf ' ro ^ hhtat Whatev.
er difficulty he might be involved in,
he never derpairi df the successes of
hit undertaking; hay it feema that
gohaclet add to hit tranquility.
Like Jourdan add Pichegru, he,
reserved in large competes f but in
the circle of frienda he likes to fyeak,
and exprffa itimfetf with Wraft
and precision Literary, philosoph
ical and political difeuffiopt attraa
highly his attention. In liming
dy, he harbora a vigorous and daunt
left foul, a generous arid feeling heart,
th acute underftloditig and well col.
tinted mind.'
This is the mah whom the com*
miitee of public Tafecy, in 1795, °*
verwhemecl with disgust, whom ihey
intended to exclude from bur armies.
Hefo fappofed to be a terrorist iI
would fay,' a republic™, and theri I
Should perhaps have come nearer the
truth. -
From a P^ffon Pane/.
CURIOUS EXPERIMENT.\
The following experiment on fit
ting hogs hn been made. It merits
attention. Oe hog, out of eight,
was put into a cage made of planks,
one fide of which was made to move
with pegs, exactly to fit the fi2e,of
the hog so that he could only fland
up to feed, and lye down on his bel
ly, with Small.holes at the bottom for
the water to drain off, and a door be
hind to remove the foil. The cage
flood upon four feet, a foot from the
ground. He weighed alive when put
into the cage, lift. ilb. was kept five
weeks and four days, and then weigh
ed alive 18ft. gib. having eaten two
bushels of barley meal, and about
leight bushels ot boiled potatoes. The
other seven hogs, though larger when
put up, weighed from one to two
done left wheo killed.,
The advantage which the use of
Oxen givesover Horfet, confifti in
the following particulars :
I They require left food,
Will perform more labor,
Mke beter manure, ^/
Aod,i When they have become
so old as to be unfit lor service, wil
fell for Slaughter, and bring a consid
erable proportion of their original
cost : A Horse, on the contrary,
when worn out, is good for nothing.
CURE for CANCERS.Q
D&r Moseley, a ri/puabb EnglifoPoyfici^
r«omm%fi the Jollying method of euro for
Curare, which be affirteto be exjailibh.
,RECIPE.
SPREAD a plaifter of diachylon
with gums upon thin leather, the Size
of the cancer :— Suppose the plaifter
to be as large as a crown piece, or a
Spanoifo dollar—sprinkle on it a fcru
pte ot corrosive fublimare of mercury
finely powdered ; and so in propor
tion to a larger or smaller plaifter.
This plaifter must be applied co the
cancer, and-remain on it forty eight
boon % but if there is any apprehen-?
fion th, him not done its office in
,haforime, it must remain longer.
Then take it off, and apply a poul
tice of bread and milk, with • little
olive oil, which must be renewed fre
quently, until the cancer comes en
ti'ely out by the roots as .it were.
The part is then to be dressed, digest
ed and cured, as a common ulcer, A
purge or two with calomel must pre.
cede <he application.= No other pre
patatioo is neceffaf,, untefe the pa
tienc is grofi, and requires a cooling
regimen. Bark so Sometimes oeceffa
ry to forward the dijtftioft and cum
AN ENTERTAINING STORfr.
EX7 R .ACTED FROM L^/TOPjLECflrify
concirriwg "oratory, ft
„4 HR plains in which Lima,the
capital city of Peru, is placed, are the
^ Soft beautiful in the ,Srld. They
rare of vaftg^Q reaching from the
foot of Andesorthe Cordelier Moun
tains, to the sea ; and are covered
with groves of Olive Trees, .of Or
anges and Citrons, watered by many
streams, one of the principal among
which, waffiing the walls of Lima,
falls into the ocean of Callao, in
-which latter place is laid the fceneof
tbeeofuing hiftory.
To this city, Don Juan de Men
dezs had come over with bis father
from old Spain, yet an infant. The
father having borne many noble em
ploy meats in Peru, died much es
teemed and honored, than rich. This
young gentleman had in early youth
concived a very strong passion for
Donna Cornelia di Perez, daughter to
r^ wealthy merchant, who dwelt
inre'eity of Callao, at that time the
best portin the whole weftern world.
But although the younglady who
was reputed the most accomplished
person in the Indies, returned his af
feaion, yet he met with an insupera
ble difficulty in the avarice, and in
fifxibe temper of the father, who
, preferring wealth to every other con
sideration absolutely refufed his con
sent. n^jength, the unfortunate lov
er saw himfelf under the aece ffity of
returning to his native country,the
most miserable of all mankind, torn
away forever from all that he held
most dear.
He was now on board, in theffff
of Callao, the ship ready to fail for
Spain, the wind fair, the crew all em
ployed, the paffeogers rejoicing in the
expectation of feeing again the place
oF their nativity. Amid the Ihouts
and acclamations wih which the
whole bay resounded, Mendoza fat
Upon the deck alone, overwhelmed
with sorrow, beholding those towers
in which he had left the only person
who could have made him happy,
whom he was never more to behold ;
a thousand tender and melancholy
thoughts passed through bis mind.
In the mean time, the serenity of
the iky is disturbed ; fuddea fhfhrs
of lightning dart across, which ia
creating, fill the whole sir with flame.
A noise is heard from the bowels of
the earth, at firft low rumbling, but;
growing louder, and soon exceeding|
the roaring of the most violent thun
der This was instantly followed by
a trembling of the earth ; the firft
Shocks were of fbort continuance, but
in a few moments they became quick
er, and of longer duration. The sea
teemed to be thrown up into the fkv,
the arch of heaven to bend down
ward. The Cordeliers, the highest
mountains of the earth, (book and
roared with unutterable noitei, fend
ing forth from their burning fees,
riven of flame, and throwing opim,
menfe rocks. The houses, arsenals,
and churches of Callao tottered from
fide to fide, and at lift tumbled up- I
on the heads of the inhabitants. &I
, Those who had not perilhed in this
manner, you might fee of every age I
@3 sex, rulhing into the ftreeti and
public toads, to escape from the like I
ruins.—But even there, was no fafe-J
ty ; the whole earth was in footio%l
nor was the ocean less disturbed ; the I
(hip in the,arbor were some of them
torn from their anchors, some of 1
them fallowed up in the waves,.l
feme dashed 04 the rocks, many I
drott feversl miles up into sbel
bod. The whole town of Callao,
prffa.lourffli^ with halfl
the wtakh of the disappeared;\
$ being partly engulph^,. partly car-^
ried away in exptofion by minerals 1
butfting from the entrails of the
? '!'! h °.™ quantities of rich fpoik
b 1 of furniture and precious goods,-were
;l afterwards uken up floating, some
.leagues eff at fat. so the midst ol
;I this aftoniffiing confufion, Mendoza j
11 was perhaps the foie human creature
. I unconcerned for himfelf. He beheld
, I the whole tremendous scene froki the
,I Trip's deck, frightened only for the
I deftru&OD falling on his beloved
; I Cornelia. He saw arid mourned her
I fate, as unavoidable, little rejoicing M
I his own fafety, fide©life was now be.
I come a burthen.
1 After the (pace of an hour this ter-
I rib!e hurricane coded ; ,rth regain-
I ed her (lability, the so his caJmocfs.
I He then beheld close ty thq.tehP'
I hii (hip, floating upon aftbite tree,
I (to a bough of Which (he clung) one
linI in the dress of a female. Hewite
touched with companion § he ran to
I tier relief ; he finding her yet breath
ling, and raising her up,how unfpeafc
lable was his aftoniffimeot, when he
I beheld in his arms hi# beloved, hit te
Imerited Cornelia! the manner of
I whole miraculous deliverance is thus
I recorded. ,'
I In this universal wteck, as ft were,
lof nature, in which the elements of
I earth and water bad changed their
pUCes, sissies were bourn up into
I the midlands, trees, houfei and men
into the deep, fi happened that this
I fair one was hurried into the tea, to-
Igather with the tree, to which in the
Ibeginninglbeginning of the commotion flic had
Ic^ng, aad was thrown up by the
I fide of (he vessel wherein her Men-
Ideza was, which, was one of the few
that rode out the amazing tempest,
1 cannot paint out to you the emmo
-Icions ot his mind, the joy, the amaze-
Iment, the gratitude, the tendernels—
I words cannot express them. Happy
Ipair ! the interpoficiopof Providence
I in your favor was too visible to dif
puce your being at least united forev
er. Thrice happy Mendoza, how
I wonderfully, was thy constancy
I crowned=ihy merit rewarded^ Lo,
I the wind is fair I haste, bear with thee
I to thy native Spain this inestimable
prize. Return, no less justly tri
lumphant, than did formerly the illuf
-Itrious Cortez, loaded with the spoils
l of Montezures, the treafurei of a new-
Ily difeovered world.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
—- —wraaferomtt.
I French official accounts of haltles
I mthe Rhine. '^ ^ -;-
I °\?<A"~-~V
IFROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORY. $
I Citzra Lfflato-e, JULY 6.
" Y 71CTORY is as faithfuls the
I V armies of the Repubic in
I Germany, as (he has been in Italy.')
We have to announce to you a battle
I gained at Renchen.
I "The army of the Rhine and Mo.
felle, after its brilliant passage of the
Rhine, had fucctffively engaged ft;
teveral combats, which were the pre
lude to the most important opera-
I tions. A general battle took place
lon the 10th at Renchen. The Re-
I publican troops alternately employed
in imitation of the fkilful chiefs who
I commanded them, that national bold,
refs which overthrows every thing
that opposes its impetuosity. andfyft
lunftuken courage ,htyfflfo^ : k
I effort. The enemy left io the pow
rel^be French Mramfe f cannon, <
£I2OO prisoners, 600 hotfes, and fy
field of battle covered with dead to $;
I dies.=Their loss is enormous. ,Su&
£is the expression of Moreau,&©& /,
^Bander in chief, &ty