The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1794-03-03 00:00:00, page 4

The Pierides.
From the Columbian Centinel.
VIRTUE.
Ad fummun Virtus uno minor est ^avo, dives,
Liber honoratm^ pulcher, rex denique regnunt.
Horace.
The greattf ornament, that mortals have ;
Outvies the brilliant fwbich thepincefs wears ;
Dfyels the gloomy terrours of the grave,
And eajesfarrow of its earth-born cares.
Through the perplexing labyrinth of life,
Where many a thorn diflurbs the trailer's rtf :
Where jaring envy, jealoujy and ftrife,
Attempt admittance through the peaceful breast;
Where fell misfortune indigence pursues ;
And mining affix'nee tempts with all its fore,
Then heavenly virtue checks their impious views
And to the wretch repels his jordid ore.
Full many a snare, the un war, youth await ;
Temptations hover round the tender fair ; <
And ev'ry moment adds a link to fate ;
But virtue fl ands unfrock'd and braves deftair.
Without it—honour's but an empty name,
Alt bo' 'twas purchas'd 6, so rich a gem:
And mere pretention to the lift of fame,
An op'ning rose, that's wither'd to its stem.
The /able weft may mark the pious faint:
The lengthen'd face ma, bolinefsforetel ;
But robb'd of virtue ev'ry charm must faint
And leave its forgers in the road to Hell.
Nations and fates with virtue for their prop
Will rife to honour—and rejpea abroad ;
May upon pace'and grandeur place a hope,
Which none can frufrate but the jons of fraud.
Without it—empires tumble from their height —
' And even Rome=-once mfrefs of the world,
(Who fam'dfscare in Majefly and might ;)
By leaving virtue was to ruin burl'd.
'Tis the sure bass of eternal bhfs’--
Tbe sweet composer rs a troubl'd mind:
A balm that footbs the chriftian in difrejs
- And makes the faffer to bis lot resign d.
THE STRANGER.
Mifceilany.
FOR THE MIRROUR.
MR. RUSSELL,
1 have beard the following flor, rebearfed several
times, but never Jaw it in print 4— if you think
fa, you will pleaje to give'it a place in your
Mirrour. A. B.
T CANNOT tetl in what year the famous
— L-Lerd — lived,who had a great many ten
ants under him ; among which was Jemmy;
perhaps the most cunning of all—who, being
in his Lord’s pasture, and knowing that he
would have to ride to an Assembly in a few
days on his white beast, as he had no other so
good, took occasion to cast her into an old
cellar that was overgrown with bushes— he
did not fail to go over to his Lord’s on the
day, and told him, he had loft his white
horse, which his Lord believed to be stolen.—
Ido not (said Jemmy,) think but I can find her,
be that as it may ; for five dollars, I will pa,
for ber, if I cam’/.— The offer was immediate
ly accepted ; and Jemmy went to cyphering
—after some time, he spoke and said, I have
lately been fludying the BLACKART, and accord-.
ing to my cyphering, the horse is in the pasture, and
ber back is about even with the top of the ground.
—He immediately went and found the beast,
as he left her ; he then demanded his mon
ey, arid went off and left his master not a lit
tle surprised,
Not long after, Mr.= loft a diamond
ring, which was presented to him by his
grandfather, and which he valued very large
ly on that account) after much search, he
called for his servant, and sent for Jemmy ;
the servant, for fear of being found out, for ,
he had stolen it, had caused one of the hounds
to eat it ; and now, for fear of the cypherer,
resolved to tell him what he had done, and
pray him to keep it secret, —Jemmy, after
agreeing with his Lord, for the price of ten
dollars, by his old trade found it in one of
the hounds.
Jemmy was now in the opinion of all, a
cypherer ; indeed his Lord took him to be
so, in a particular manner.
This Lord had a friend, Mr Catch
game, who he went to fee very often, and
who was a Lord likewise, and very rich :—
At supper, a pie was set on the table, made of
an old fox ; for it was but three days before,
that Mr. Catchgame went a hunting, and
before he went, took an oath, the firft thing
he caught he would make a pie of, and the
firft thing he caught, was a fox ; of which
the pie, before spoken of, was made. Lord;
Catchgame offered to lay a very handsome
sum of money, that Lord —— — could not
tell what the pie before them was made of ;
Lord —answered, that he would bet
500 pounds thathe could produce a man that
would tell in fifteen minutes after he came,
without tasting it at all. The wager was a
greed on, and Jemmy sent for ; who, after
hearing the story, went to cyphering, upon
condition of having half what he won.—-
Nothing was said, until ten minutes, when his
Lord told him, if he would tell, he should
have what would be won from Mr. Catch
game, and as the last minute was going, he,
supposing himfelt caught, fays, I must confefs
the old fox is caught at last ; —when his Lord,
supposing the pie to be made of a fox, and
that Jemmy knew it, and by his words meant
to convey that idea, swept the money off the
table on to the floor, and fays, take it ; I knew
you could tell—so Jemmy went home pretty
well pleased. ~ .
France.
NATIONAL CONVENTION, NOV. 2.
CLAUZEL observed, that the pros
titute Du Barry enjoyed immeofe
property belonging to the nation,
which the Sardaoapolis Louis, XV.
had expended on her as the price of'
her debaucheries. He demanded that
all her effeds (hould be confifeated to
the Republick.
Moyfe Bayle said, that this woman
would in a few days be brought be
fore the Revolutionary Tribunal.
EXTRAORDINARY CRIMINAL TRI
BUNAL
JAMES TUNDUTY, ci-devant
noble and an officer in a regiment of
infantry, has been condemned to fuf
fer death, being charged with, and
convided of emigration; After sen
tence of death was passed upon him,
he asked leave to speak, which was
granted.' I’ll die, said he, as I have
lived—the Tribunal shall repent for
having condemned me—my prophesy
will be certain. The President inter
rupted him, and ordered him to be
carried off by the guards. The cul
prit then turning himfelf towards the
fpeaators, exprefled himfelf thus :—
Sovereign, I die fatisfied and content,
since Louis XVII. will very soon
reign over Frenchmen. No, No;
d—n you, cried unanimoudy all the
fpeaators, he shall NOT reign ; and
the repeated cries of “ Long live the
Republick," made the hall resound
from every part. He was guillotined
the next day at 3 o'clock in the after
noon.
Nov. B.—Perigny, a joint comrnif
fioner, who advocated so much the
promotion of admiral Trogolf, has
been guillotined, after having been
conviaed of treachery in the affair of
Toulon.
LAST MOMENTS of the LATE
9UEEN of FRANCE.
When (he heard her sentence read,
(he did not shew the smallest altera
tion in her countenance, and left the
hall without faying a single word to
the judges or to the people. It was
then half past four in the morning,
Oa. 16. The Queen was conduced
to the condemned hold in the prison
in the Conciergerie.
At 5 o'clock the Generale was beat.
At 7, the whole armed force was on
foot ; cannon were planted on the
squares, and at the extremities of the
bridges, from the Palace to the Square
de la Revolution —At 10 o'clock nu
merous patroles passed through the
streets.•
At half past 11 in the morning,
Marie Antoinette was brought out of
the prison, dressed in a white disha
bille. Like other malefactors, she was
conduaed upon a common cart to the
place of execution.
Her beautiful hair from behind was
entirely cut off, and her hands were
tied behind her back. Besides her
dishabille, she wore a very small white
cap. Her back was turned to the
horle's tail.
During her trial she wore a dress of
a white and black mixture.
On her right, upon the cart, was
feared the executioner^ upon the left
a constitutional priest belonging to^
the Metropolitan Church of Notre
Dame, dressed in a grey coat, and
wearing what is commonly called a
bob wig. The cart was escorted by
numerous -detachments of horse and
foot.
Henriot, Rouffiq, and Bonlanger,
generals of the Revolutionary army,
preceded by the rest of the ftaff of
ficers, rode before the cart.
An immeofe mob, especially wo
men, crowded the streets, in fulling
the Queen and vociferating " Long
live the Republick." She seldom cast
her eyes upon the populace, and be
held with a cold indifference the great
aimed force of 30,000 men, which
lined the streets 10 clouded ranks.
The (offerings which she sustained
during her captivity had much alter
ed her appearance, and the hair on
her forehead appeared as white as
(now.
The Queen, without anguish or
bigotry, was (peaking to the Priest
seated by her fide. Her spirits were
neither elevated nor depressed ;=(he
seemed quite insensible to the shouts
of " Vive la Republique 1" She even
(hewed a kind of fatisfadion in look
ing for the moment which might rid
her of her miserable existence.
When Ihe passed through the street
called Rue St. Honore, she sometimes
attentively looked at the inferiptions
of the words LIBERTY and E
QUALITY, affixed to the outside of
the houses.
She afeended the fcaffold with
feemiog haste and impatience, and
then turned her eyes with great emo
tion towards the garden of the Thu
illeries, the former abode of her grear
nefs.
At half past twelve o'clock the
guillotine fevered her head from her
body. She died in the 38th year of
her age.
The executioner lifted and (hewed
the blood dreaming head from the
four different corners of the fcaffold,
which is shewn only from one fide in
all other common executions. The
mob instantly vociferated, " Long
live the Republic !"
A young man who dipped his
pocket-handkerchief in the Queen's
blood, and pressed it with veneration
to his breast, was instantly apprehend
ed. Upon him were found the pa
triots of Louis XVI. and Marie An
toniette.
The corpse of the ill-fated Queen
was immediately after buried in a
grave filled with quick lime, in the
church-yard called de la Medalain,
where Louis XVI. was buried in the
fame manner.
Letter written by Monsieur to M. Ie
Marchael de Broglio, dated Ham,
Nov. 1, desiring him to fend a
copy of it to all towns, in which
emigrants reside.
'' Gentlemen,
" 1 have this' instant received the
.news of the horrid outrage which
has terminated the days of the Queen,
my sister-in-law.
The grief and indignation which
it excites irf me, can be allayed only
by the concern you take in it. True
Frenchmen and faithful fubjefts, we
ought in a twofold degree to feel the
horror of the crime—lt is by redoub
ling our zeal for the service of our
young and unfortunate King, that we
can one day render fucti losses left
greyious, and efface the stain which
mongers would imprint on the French
name. Such I am well convinced,
are the sentiments which animate you.
Such are those which my brother and
I will preserve till we breathe our last
sigh, and foch is the end to which all
our efforts tend.
" Accept Gentlemen, the assurance
of my sentiments towards you.
(Signed)
Lowi St4iiifans Xavier."
Newjerfey.
ELIZABETHTOWN, Feb 5 .
The freedom of the press, and po
litical difeuffion, is a death-blow to
despotism.—The Governour of Can-/
ada, fays a late Boston paper, in imita
tion of his master, has issued his proc
lamation, forbidding dangerous clubs,
seditious publications, and all the train
of French revolutionary procedure,
within his Vice-Royalty : Alas ! Sir
Guy! ca ira. In Englilh —ic will
go on.
Extraff cf a letter from London, to ax Anglo A
merican merchant in Newjork, dated London,
'November 8, 1793.
*' Permit me to give you a specimen of the
times. Our patriotic Lord Mayor (Sir James
Saunderson) had fignified to the tavern
keepers in London, that if they permit the
Society of the Friends of the People to as
semble in their houses he (hould prevent their
renewing their licences ; for these and other
important purposes, he has been made Re
ceiver General of the land tax for the county
of Middlesex, a snug place of 18,000 per an
num.
" One of the members of the society, in
consequence of being thus (hut out by the
tavern keepers, made ah offer of his house and
field, situate on the Hackney road, for the
society to meet ^t (his name is Briellat, a
pump borer in Shoreditch) to choose depu
ties to attend the genetal meeting in Scot
land, then about to be held—the offer was
accepted and the day appointed. The mag
istrates, as nfual were alarmed, and procured
it to be given out that the tree of liberty was
going to be planted in the Hackney Fjelds—
Constables were ordered out and an extra
number made for the day.
" The magistrates met early in the morn
ing, at a house in the neighbourhood—The
society also assembled at the place appointed ;
but furprifedat the hubbub of conftables,&c.
it was purposed that the magistrates should
be invited to witness their sedition, by a dep
utation of members, and accordingly some
refpeaable gentlemen waited on them to re
qneft their company at the meeting. But O !
fad mistake, to think that their Worships,
surrounded as they were with paraphernalia
of office, decriped watchmen, drunken con
stables and thief takers, would herd with the
“ swinish multitude :" no, they chose to re
main where they were, hoping theif mighty
wigs would frighten those Jacobins, as they
are here termed, and prevent any business
being done. However to their mortification
the business proceeded, the society deputed
two persons to attend the General Assembly.
[which has since been held] and then peace
ably retired. Mr. Briellat at whole house
they met, has been up and given bail for his
appearance for encouraging sedition.
“ In consequence of the reports refpe&ing
the planting of the tree of liberty, about fix
thousand persons assembled in the Hackney
fields ; and in order to throw all the odium
of this meeting [if odium there be] on the
Defenders, the following diabolical strata
gem was pradifed : Dr. Priestly lives at
Claptown ; his assistant or afternoon preach
er, a Mr. Morris, in London. A person
went to the Dr's and in much haste informs
him that h§ came from Mr. Morris, who was
suddenly taken dangerously ill, not expeded
to live an hour, and begged to fee him be
fore he died. Dr. Priestly fu/peding noth
ing, immediately set out and run along as faft
as he could. When he came opposite the
field where the Society was assembled, there
was a cry set up,—' here he is,' 'that's him,'
'there he goes,' &c. as though there was a
with somewhere to set a mob upon him, but,
as John Bull had more sense than their wor
ships, he went on without any other moles
tation, and his supposed sick friend was very
glad to fee him.
" What may be God only knows : an aw
ful cloud seems to be hanging over us ; I re
ally fear from the steps taken by the Ministers _
on the one hand, and the high church party
on the other, that things will come to an a
larming crisis with the dissenters, and then
those who now hang between two opinions
will with they had exercised their reason in
time ; a kingdom divided against itfelf can
not stand. .
'' After what I have already observed I
need not add, that we continue in the fame
state of alarm [for the farce must be kept up]
as when you, left England. Little or no trade ;
much distrust and general difeontent ; fines
and imprisonment for fedi ion ydu have heard
of; but as we get more humanized, we are
proceeding to transportation for 7 and 14
years. My rent is 90 guineas per annum,
and my Parliamentary last year were £ z§.
14s. yd.—Ward and Parish taxes £ 21. 3s.
7d. together £46. Bs. zd: in a time of peace.
Fifty million is the price which we are doom
ed, by folly of parties, here to bear for the
support of the war they fay against fanatics
and madmen ; pray which has the strongest
symptoms of lunacy ?"
;CASH given for RAGS.