The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1794-04-21 00:00:00, page 3

doubt of the fitft article being alto
gether supported by their own prin
ciples; but foppofiog that article ft
well as the rest to be consonant to
their former usage, I with to know
whether the prefect republicans im
ported any thing more than was be
tore pradikd. Lord Grenville an
swered that the only reason for re
newing them was, left the present ln
ftruaion being a revocation of that
of the 6th Nov. might glfo be deem
ed to revoke theie articles which were
connected with in Hs Lordship
then explained the motives which had
induced this government to issue the
prefect infttuition. The firft, he said
was the sincere defre of admiaiftra
tion to maintain the best undferftand
ing and harmony with the U, States;
the second v ^. ^t he could not
mention to m uffi ially, but what he
still thought it right 1 fhuuld be ap
prited of, that ne mifcdoception of
their motive# r 0c be entertained,
that he was ^ eof the delicacy of
speaking to a Foreign Minister con
cerning the internal state of his coun
try, neither could he expert an an
swer from rn%o the luffed, but that
their second reason was by thfeir con
dull toAake away every pretext from
evihifpoled pet font among us, who
According to the intelligence he had
received, were endeavouring to irri
tate our people against Greatbritain,
as well as to oppose the measures of
our government, and in short to re
duce ui to 'the present firustion of
France, a misfortune which they de
precated at well for our fake as for
the common welfare and tranquility
of mankind. He further took occa
fim to observe with refpe& to the
conduit of our government in main
taining dur neutrality, that although
there was some matters with, which
this government is not perfearv fatis
fed (and to which tor the fame rea
son they refrained from giving that
be juftified in doing) yet from the
b general tenor of the conduit of our
government the, were convinced it
■rat their desire to maintain a fair
Neutrality, which was an additional
emotive for their present cooduft.
F lof course (aid nothing of our in
ternal affairs nor of those of France.
I allured him however that our gov
ernment had been perfectly sincere in
[every measure relating co our neutral
ity ; that they adopted it from a
conviction that it war both just and
politic, and had pursued it acceding
to what they- conceived to be just
^principles, knowing that such con.
Urffccould entitle ui to the benefit#
to be derived from a neutral firua
tion. I concluded by diking what expla
nation could be given to what was pass
ed in this bufineU ; and of the effe&
of the inrftuaion of the 6th of Nov,
'upon such veffete as might, during
2 months it hid been in force, have
fallen into the hands of their ene
mies ? Lord Grenville anfweredjhar
The Order of the 6th November was
intended to be temporary, and cal
culated to answer two purpofa, one
was to prevent the abuses which
might take place in consequence of
the whole of the St. Domingo fleet
having, gone to the United States ;
the t&r was on account of the at
tackdefigned upon the French Weft
iodia ifhnds, by the armament un
der Sir John Jervis and Sir Charles
Grey ; but that it was no longer ne
oeffiry to continue that regulation for
those purposes. He added that the
inhroaions of the 6th Nov. only au
thorized the vessels to be brought in
for legal adjudication, and upon be
ing told that notwithstanding such
were terms made use of yet that the
officers who would have to aft under
FROM THE EAGLE, &c.
If we fee right, we fee our woes,
Theo what avails is to have eyes ?
.From ignorance our comfer flows,
And sorrow, from our brin, wife.
Wearied we lb ud lie down in death ;
This cheat of life would take no more,
If fame were thought an empty breath,
___2lD^li§ but a petjured where.
PRIOR
Happiness bav q fa defined
fa certain acute was, the art of
being adroul, deceived perhaps no or
der in jneteh merits congratulation more,
than that cajoled cinder of " good eaf,
men." whom haves call dopes. Ama
dis de Gaul, or an, other knight err mt
of old rom nee m, cordially curses the
malignant enchanter, who by the touch
of a talt[man, causes the gorgeous caftte
to dwindle to a cot or the wrinkle of a
witch to mar the bro: of peerlofs dam
sel The dupe, whom the un?eflefling
" million" too often deride for being
galled, would have equal rea/on to up
braid that impertinent and pretended
friend, who in the game of human ar
tifice feould Hand behind bis chair, and
inceflantl, tell him, that be was cheated.
Altbough, 1 cannot agree with that ec
centric orator,who barrangued in praise
of Ignorance ; although 1 cannot print
paradoxes, like Rousseau's pronounc
ing the arts and lettuces useless, and
barbarism a blfog. yet I would fervent
ly implore those gamefeme genii who
delight in the mocker, of mortals, that
the, would never unbilled from toy eyes,
that fclet, which conceals from their
view the foib.es of the frieud 1 refpea,
and the fratties of the woman I love.
In life's pilgrimage, curiojit, muff be
'4^'W, f# ^ #/ £^ ' '"^ te # dejeaion
trade we should not parcel, " fee,
fill left contemplate the deformities of
ZAARA, or The Detail, One of the
most amiable weekaeffes, as the poorld
calls them, in uncle Tobftchara^er,
as del ne ted b, Sterne, was, that'
jnWgbt cheat binate times a day, if
nine times were not [efficient for your
itepofe. .
The author of Hudibras acknowledg
es, that
; * Doubtless the pleasure is as great, *%
@f being cheated, as to cheat § ° I
it, muff conceive it to extend to con
demnation, because ocherwife the or
der was unnecessary, as without it
they had been authorized to bring to
adjudication all such vessels as they
previously deemed liable to condem
nation :He replied that the case of
every vessel must be decided by its
own merits, but that he conceived go
vessel would be condemned under
that inftruftion which would not hive
been previously liable to the fame
sentence. [informed lord Grenville
that 1 should communicate this in-'
ftrument to you by the Packer, He'
said he should likewise forward it by
the fame conveyance, and at the fame
time would fend an answer to my
memorial on the king's inftrudion
of the 8h of June, to be communi
cated to you by Mr. Hammond.
I remain, with sincere relpeft, dear
fir, your faithful and obedient fervanc,
THOM AS PINCKNEY.
The Secretary of State.
A Newburyport paper of April Sth, fays,
" Yesterday afternoon the patriotic inhabit
ants of this town were agreeably entertained
by an appearance, at this time rather novel
A large number of jovial Tars, with oakum
cockades in their hats, and the American
standard displayed, attended by military mu
fie, paraded the streets in a peaceable and
orderlymanner—thereby Shewing theirready
will to take an a&ive part (whenever their
country should fee fit to call upon them) in
repelling those lawless depredations which
our insidious enemies, the Britfb have been
wantonly committing upon our trade and
commerce —-Brave Lads! may that fire
of patriotism, by which you appear to be ac
tuated, still continue to blaze—and if called
upon, may you ever let our haughty foes know
that AMERICANS are not to be trifled
with by the " we will," of a British puppet,
or the proud inference of his fychophants."
—— — ——c—mrerc^raararem^xara^^
From the HARTFORD GAZETTE.
Advice to Candidate: for Congrejs in Co>;—=t.
FIRST, and above all, youmult be
a practitioner in the law, acute at
intrigue and harrangue^-no .chatter a
bout experience or political fcience—
thefe are out of quetlioo—you must
be thought fomeching of an author,
and of course write and publish in the
newspapers, in prose and rhyme, tak
ing care to hfh, or lampoon, att char
aders, and some printers, who dare to
think, speak, or publish any thing,
about a certain clafi of men and meas
ures, or in favour of the French revo-.
luuon. You must get admitted, by
the aid of the clergy, a member ohtie
abolition society, become their anni
versary orator, if ftoffible; make a
hand some flourish, and then you may
flatter some of them, and abuse the
rest, this will fix you faft among the ,
Seat. i —-You must keep well with
your brethren of the faculty, especial
ly those tinaured with modern phi 1
lofophy, for they all hang together,
and will toon push you forward out
;f their way I Wear a lerioua phiz, if
you can, and work yourfelf into the
lower house of assembly i when you
get there, be careful to declaim to the
best advantage, upon coufcince aas,
Negro bills, and such tike popular fub
jefli'— this will suddenly fit you, like
other#, of the featta,tot the nomin
ation and feat in Congreh. Apropos,
if you become one of the SteUiregi, it
may occafionly serve you, but in this
,ou must be circumfped. No mat
ter whether you have much property,
that's an eld notton—yeu can vett away eth
but 1 affirm that the fatisfaDion is great
er, and that the dupe is happier than the
knave. It it better to be the merry
punch of the pupet faw,than the mas
te< juggler, who comprehends the whole
trick. How foolijbl, conduffs that cu
rious impertinent, who fwedrs that the
glittering crown of the theatric monacb
is nothing bat tinsel, and rufas behind
the feenes to view the algors in an un
dress. The naked skeleton even of de
light. to adopt a happy pbrafe of Dr.
J HNSfN, is loathsome $ and those in
qufiiive beings, who wifo to farve) ev^
co object Stripped of its trappings, re
ferable children, who doth their gilded
toys to pieces, to know what is inside.
hqwfavenefs has, in ever, age, been
the cause of a world of wfebief. How
much better would it have been for " us
and our hopeful poflerit,! if our grand
parent Eve, bad been content with ;n
--ntant ignorance without hankering af
ter thole carfed crab apples, which have
let " the children's teeth on edge " —
From this habit of tearing off the veil
from every objcfl —bow many misshapen
woofers have bideorfly yawned to the
curious eye, and exhibited mff naked
and nauj,ous disproportion. Ho : ma
ny noble, bow many ecclefiaflical beads,
recent from the guillotine, have gasped
on the ground, because Tom Paine
railed at the mob for thit fervilit, to
the ruling powers, and taught them the
" Rights of Man." If happy igno
rance bad been our hereditary queen, no
perfection civil orreligious would have
urged non conforming, maims to the
flake, or the fcaffold ibe bells on St.
Bartholomew's night would not have
tolled ; Luther would not have de
faced the painting, nor mutilated the
fl sues of the R«mtfo Church ; Cal
vin'* proselytes bad been a vfonary
bnd, feeble and iufign faant, as the
madcap foakers. Mother Chinch and
bet d^gbiers wan'd bavk never quar
relled for prudency ; lawn fit ve^
would not have been rent by one fide,
nor g c y coats figged ibri¥ ^l%
*l9 her. But all the members of the
great family would have sung what
ditties the, pleaded, and chopufed st a
way with- ——Contended wb are, and
contented we'll be, boys!
m—tett. —— _=__=_—._____
RAN away fiom me, the fob
fcriber, on the thirteenth inftan^, an
indented BOY, named ,
Jimes Hannaford ;
in the nineteenth year of his age ; about §
feet four inches high ; light complexion;
short hair. Whoever will take up said run
away, and return him to me, shall have* one
penny reward, and no charges paid.
All peffons are forbid truft
jng, harbouring og employing said runaways
at they would avoid the penalty of the law.
& DAVID TILTON.
Gilmantown, April 14th, 17^„
A RICH Farmer's ton, who had
been at the uhiverfity, coming
home to visit his father and mother,
and being one night at (upper with
them on a couple of fowls, he told
them, that by logic and arithmetic, he
could prove thole two fowls to be j.
Well, let us hear, laid the old man—,
Why this, cried the scholar, is,#/ &
this, continued he, is two ; two and
one, you know, make three. Sim
you have made it out fa well, answered
the old man, your mother Iball bave
tbefift fowl I will have the second,
and the third you ma, take for,our
great learning.
A LL petfood who arc indebt
-4 A ed to, or have any demands on, theeT
tate of Amos Russ, late of Henniker, deceas
ed, are hereby notified to bring in their ac
counts to the fobfcriber, living in Warner,
for settlement, by the firft of Sept. next.
\ BENJAMIN FOSTER.
Warner, April 14th,,1794. 78
This was the fatal dialogue between Mi
randa & her father, in the porch of his house
—tor the was admitted no further. He shut
the door against her and retired to his cham
ber. The wind blew hard, and the rain beat,
and the dared net encounter tb,4enweft ;=
^efTma^lrto tl^^
eiing babes to her besom, and hoping that
the morning's dawn ^ri^ld bring mercy a +
long with it But w!raj|tiie L^raing dawn
ed, the was no more tyPhe servants found
her a clay cold corpse, and the two children
weeping beside ih-—-When Molvolio was
called to fee the foedacle, he funk down on
the floor—life, indeed, returned, but peace
abandoned him forever. He loves the chil
dren, but lays, Heaven, in all its ftorcs of
merty, has not one for him.
lers —merit is fufficient. Having thus ac
complied your withes, in ordeafe perpetu
ate your feat in the national legroture, yo&
must at once enter thrifts with Ma Disox,
right or wrong, bi is no lawyer; oppose his
projects —make long speeches—tickle your
constituents —don't fail to keep Tweet with
the ireafury board, and now and then arthe
heel of a session vote them and their clerks a
little additional pay—be upon terms with
dealers in flocks, junds and land-jobbers—for
there is no knowing, what a day may bring
forth,—finally oppole the reduction of ,tfage
onthofe newspapers recommended by the pre
f— t, but be Sure to retain the privilege of
franking your own letters—these rules duly
observed. may advance and secure your pre
ferment in Con-i—r, and enrollyour names
in the lift of honourables^
A FRAGMENT.
_ T\OES nature refufe to plead
=/for me, (said Miranda,
kneeling before him) or does she
plead in virin ? You broke the sacred
bonds of nature, said the old man,
when you left a father's food protec
tion, to pursue the fortune of the on
ly man on earth whom he detested.
An heavenly father, exclaimed Mi
randa, forgives the fins of hit chil.
dren ; and shall an earthly parent de
ny the charitable boon a repentant
child demands of him? To that heav.
enly father then, replied he, I recom
mend you ; my doors are no longer
open to receive you : I have made a
vow which shall never be broken. Let
the friends of your husband protest bis
darling—you areminWo more. But these
children, Sir, alas I what have they done ?
Leave me to the cruel fate that awaits me,
but fuffer them not to perish. They are none
of mine ; I am nobthtir parent ; 1 will nev
er press them in my arms ; they will never
set upon my knees ; [ fofter no more ingra
titude ; let him who begot them take the
spade and mattock, and get rhuh bread,—•
Nooffice is beneath the affedim.^ parent,
when children have not becn mffateful—l
am yours no more.
the Unfeeling father.
An Old Congress Man.