The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1793-05-06 00:00:00, page 4

THE Voice of my beloved Sounds,
While o'er the Mountain tops be bounds ;
He flies exulting o'er the Hills,
And all my Soul *witbtranfport fills.
With gentle Voice be chides my J^%
My fair one rife and come away,
The featur'd Clouds are fled at lafl,
The Rain is gone the Winter's past.
'The lively vernal Flowers appear, -
The warbling Choir enchants our Ear ;
Now fits the Turtledove alone,
And makes ber Jweetly pensive Moan.
Awake my Soul, and Tune my Tongue,
To join in Nature's gen'ral Song ;
Awake to gratitude and Jing,
The kind Return ofcbeering Spring.
With joyful Voice bis prafes Sound,
Who fits and rolls the Seasons round ;
Who fill fulfills what be ordain'd,
That tbefe (bould last while Earth remain'd.
He fends his blessings from above,
And crowns the Tear w 'th tend'ref love ;
Great Source of good ! Almighty King !
Thy smiles can give eternal Spring —
Can jwee/en all our youthful Joys,
And give us more than Age dejiroy, —
Can guide us through this darkjome Maze,
And cheer the Winter of our Days.
Eternal GOD ! on me beflow,
Thy ricbeft grace, while here below,
That I may rest in tby Embrace,
When days, and Months, and Years ,Jball ceaje.
Extra^from an EngliJh Paper.
American Bull.
AN American Paper pre
sents its Readers with the Ad
dress of the Marfeillois to the
Amaricans ; applauds the Spi
rit and Condua of the French;
extols their Victories, styles
them the second free People
upon Earth, (the Americans
are the firfl) hails the fwift
approaching Period of univer
sal Freedom —and advertises,
in Different Lots, tbe Sale of
fix hundred .and thirty Ne
groes !
-
,A CLERGYMAN feeing his Son ar
bout to take a Glass of Brandy, fays to
APEDANTICK Gentleman who was
travelling, and above common Lan
guage, stopped at an Inn to get his Horse
and himfelt Refreshment. Seeing fame
Boys when he alighted, ordered one to
circumambulate his Horse two or three
Times about the Mansion-, then permit
him to inhale a moderate Quantity of a
queous Particles, after which to give him
proper vegetable Nutriment, and he would
make him pecuniary Satisfadion. The
Boy being unaccustomed to such Lan
guage, run into the House and told his
Father a Prince was without Doors, who
spoke French : The Father comes out and
heading the Man scold, asked him what
was the matter ? Sir, fays the Gentleman,
I invoke all the genii afteftis's, that your
Offspring rejected me, and refufed to put
in pradice my Desires. Now, Sir, you I
implore to enforce Obedience upon them,
by Corredion —and then immediately to
provide me some nutrious Substance, to
strengthen Nature, cured over vegetable
Fuel as I abhor the fulphurious Tindure
of Minerals—remember to get me some
stimulus with it.—The Innkeeper, with
out much Hesitation, concluded him a
Madman, and with his lusty Wife seized
and tied him Hands and Feet, to a Ring in
the Barn Floor,, than went for a Dodor,
who put a moderate Blister on his Back,
which in three Days brought him his wan
dering Senses.
A Clergyman obfervcd to
his Friend, that upon the last
Sabbath, he was much disturb
ed by a Cow, who looked in
at the Door, and bellowed in
his Face. Sir, fays the other,
^ Calf has no right in the Pul
pit.
A HYMN TO SPRING.
THE PIERIDES.
HILARITY^
MANY are earl, called, and long
taught in affliction's school: soon
as puberty arrives, in blitbfome youth,
amid the (anguine Expectations of a
sprightly Mind, disease draws ber fa
ble Curtain about them, and successive
Tears roll away in languishing Sick
nefs — But Death does not always de
nounce bis approach by a lingering
Disease: for how many of our Ac
quaintance do we daily behold, clad
in a mourning Garb, lamenting the
loss of their Friends, who now lie
under the cold cloded Dust ; whose
Cheeks, but a few Months face, flujh
ed with Health, and Limbs glowed
with Activity : some wiping the re
iterated Tear for the loss of amiable
Companions —some, tender Parents —
some, affectionate Brothers and Sif
ters- and some Children on whom
they fondly doated.—Ma, they view
the Rod, and him who bath appoint
ed it : so improve their Affliction, as
to raije them above the trifling A
musements of Life, di/arm Death of
its Terrours, and render them exqui
fitel, Happy in the blifsful Regions
of eternal Day.
Man's Pocket.
[By Doctor Franklin.]
AT this Time, when the gene
ral Complaint is, " that Mo
ney is scarce," it will be an Aft of
Kindness to inform the moneylefs
how they may reinforce their pock
et!. I will acquaint them with the
true Secret of money catching, the
certain Way to fill empty Purses,
and how to keep them always full.
Two ffmple Rules well observed
will do the Business.
1. Let honesty and Industry be
thy constant Companions. And,
11. Spend one Penney less than
thy clear gains.
Then Ihall thy hide bound Pock
ets soon begin to thrive, and will
never again cry with the empty
Bellyache : Neither will Creditors
insult thee, nor want oppress, nor
hunger bite, nor Nakedness freeze,
thee ; the whole Hemisphere will;
(hine brighter, and pleasure spring
up in every corner of thy Heart.
Now, therefore, embrace these Rule,
and be happy. Bihifh the bleak
Wind of Sorrow from thy Mind,
and live independent. Then shalt
thou be a MAN, arid not hide thy-
him, " Son, do not drink that filthy fluff,
for ardent Spirits is the worst Enemy you
have." " I know it, Father," replied the
Son, " but we are commanded to love
our Enemies, so here it goes."
Tbe Way to make MONEY plenty in every
felf at the Approach of the Rich,
nor fuffer the Pain of feeling little,
when the Sons of Fortune walk
on thy right Hand. For Inde
pendency, whether with little or
much, is good Fortune, and plac
eth thee on even Ground with the
proudest of the golden Fleece. Oh,
then, be wife, and let industry wake
with thee in the Morning, and at-
tend the until thou reached the E
vening Hour for rest : Let honesty
be at the Breath of thy Soul, and
never forget to have a Penny when
all thy Expenses are enumerated
and paid. Then (halt thou reach
the Point of Happiness, and Inde
pendence shall be thy Shield and
Buckler, thy Helmet and Crown.
Then (halt thy Soul walk upright,
nor stoop to the silken Wretch be
REFLECTIONS.
(Continued.)
England.
LONDON, Jan. 29.— The fol
lowing is the French Statement of
their own Forces, and that of their
Enemies, according to M. Condor
cet. We will leave our Readers
co make their own Comments re
seeding its Accuracy.
We are from time to time giving
the Account of our Enemies, but
it serves only to fill outrages. For,
lik,e the Spartans formerly, the
French now ask not how many are
they, but where are they ? Well
then, they are 130,0%) Germans on
the Banks of the Rnlne ; 35 000
in Luxembourg ; 40,000 Imperial
ists, who will not be ready until
May ; 25,000 Dutchmen; 36,000
Englishmen ; 50,000 Spaniards ;
12,000 Italians. In the Whole,
350,000 Men as their utmost Ef
fort. And at Sea, BoEnglifh Ships,
40 Spanish, 12 Porcuguefe, 6 Itai
ian, 15 Ruffian, 40 Dutch ; the to
tal, 193, which we will call 200 —
We will oppose to this great Mad
ness, arising from the Despair of
Kings, the great Rage of our Rev
olution. On Land, 200,000 Men
in the North, driving like Madmen
into Belgia, Holland, Weffpbalia and
Brifgau ; 30,000 in Sava, ; 20,000
at Nice & the neighbouring coun
tries ; 80,000 for Spain ; r 40,000
encamped in reserve, and 50,000 in
the Fortrt ffes ; the Amount in all,
420,000 determined Men. And
on Sea, 50 Ships, 80 national Frig
ates, 200 Frigates fold for Priva
teers, 1500 Corsairs, People " Sans
Culottes et fans quartier," & 80,000
Men ready to land whenever we
please. What will result from this
great Bustle throughout Europe ?
The Eftablilhment of LIBERTY
throughout the World.
cause he hath Riches, nor Pocket
an Abuse because the Hand that of
fers it wear! a Ring fee with Dia
monds,
ST. JOHN'S, March 26.—An
Express arrived on Sunday Even
ing, from General Cuyler at Bar
badges, the Purport of which, we
are told, is, to prepare Barracks for
the Reception of a Regiment of
Foot that may be momently exped
ed here, in Addition to the present
Garrison.—We are also well inform
ed th^ two Ships oft War of 74
Guns each, two of 50, 2 Frigates,
and 4 forty fours, come with the
Troops ; they are supposed to be
in these leas, and a great many oth
ers were immediately to follow.
His Majesty's Ship of War, the
Trusty, arrived Yesterday at Eng
lish Harbour from a Cruize.— We
are told, she took, and sent into
Dominica, a small French Privateer,
which attempted to board her in
the Night, thinking she was a light
Merchantmans
" The firft Volunteer Company
of this Town, and eldest in the
Kingdom, have embodied them
selves into a Regiment, confiding
now of upwards of 500 —their dni
Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, April 13.
ExtraEl of a Letter from Belfaft.
News !
Antigua.
form is green faced with yellow,
and leather Caps : The military
Force stationed here is augmented
from 4 or 5 Companies of Foot, co
a Regiment with two Troops of
Horse, Artillery, &c. In ffiorr,
the whole Kingdom is in arms, and
there is at the ptefent Moment
twenty Volunteers for one there
was in the Time of the- American
War."
Extrafl of a Letter from Frederica,
(Sr. Simon's, Georgia.)
" The Indians have just killed
two Persons on St Mary's, and two
on the Altemaba, and carried off a
number of Horses, Large Parties
of the Creeks were hunting last
Week within this State, but no
mischief was done by them. There
are a number of Families here that
have made their Retreat from the
hostile Indians, and Families are
constantly passing from the Main."
By a Letter received from Port
auprince, dated March 15, we are
informed, that that Eland is still in
the greatest Confufion, and no prof
ped of better Times,
On Wedriefday two extraordina
ry fine Oxen were exhibited in the
Streets of this City. They were
fatted by Mr. James Cooper of
Newjerfey, and weighed at the
Northern Liberty Scales in the pre
sence of Mr. Michael Wolf.
BOSTON, April 27.— The Editor
has had the Perusal of several Let
ters from Madeira, of the Date of
March 22; which contain several
Reports of Events, which, if true,
are highly interesting—they are,
' That on the 2iftof March, a
British Vessel arfaed at that Island
from London, which the left the Bth,
bringing Intelligence,
That the French National Con
vention had declared WAR against
Spain That Gen. Dumourier
had engaged with the Pruflian Ar
my under Prince Frederick of
Brunswick, who was cantoned in
Guildres; that after a severe Con-
Aid, the French Army was defeat
ed ; and that Get). Dumourier had
put an End to his Mortification by
shooting himfelf.—Arid,
That the American Minister at
Paris, Mr. Morris, had been killed
by the Mob, in that City.
The Letters add, that the British
Coriful at Madeira, had been spoken
to by Mr. Pintard, and others,to as
certain the foundation of the Re.
ports, and the Consul informed
them, that he had received no au
thentick Advices on the Subject ;
and that the Intelligence was cur
rent in London only as a Rumour.
A Letter from LiJbon, March 5,
confirms the Account of the Decla
ration of War against Spain ; and
adds, that a French Cruiser had ta
ken a Spanish Ship which had on
board 100,000 Dollars : and that
a Fleet was arming with Vigour at
LiJbon.
When Captain Robertson left
Liverpool, it was currently reported
and believed, that General Dumou
rier had had a severe Engage
ment with the Prussian Forces, and
defeated them.
The firft weighed 2,4481 b. The
second 2,240. Total 4:6421b.
Maffaebufetts.
From the CENTINEL.
FAT OXEN.