The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1798-04-03 00:00:00, page 4

the Bitoulet.
PROMPT PAT. .
anewsonc.
ATTEND me each faointfler, each fad
dog aid knave,
PUteach „ a new <w@, your bacon to save ;
No longer for ^ orfor grab
car a«bts <^ttb a
,Sing derry down.
When mount 1, the ladder, 'tie funny to
How queer the rogues look, to think we
Our creditors thus, and the goto
&dta, both debts, with a rub a dub dub.
Sing derry down.
When we march tbro' the city,fo graceful &
ga,,
Ourfait all around as to keep clear the way,
They play our own march on,bar mujical tub,
And huzza, to the tune of our rub a dub dub.
Sing derry down.
But the for, my lads, is the leaf of the joke;
We difaunt tfair gold and tbetrfiver, with
We laugbfefleeves at their wbipjal&b:
But the joke is, to pa, with a rub a dub.
Sing derry down.,
Our creditor's threats «toe regard as a firaw;
If tbrfw us in their debt, we have them in
the law: f ^4
The books then are balanc'd, and why fboald 1
Go on, Mr. Branch, witb ,our rub a dub dub.
Sing derry down.
A COMIC PARODY^
On Philips', celebrated translation of
the Ode of Sappho—Beginning—
" Bleft as the immortal Ged it be," &C,
DRUNK as a fifhmonger is he,
The youth who toping fits by thee,
And hears, and fees thee all the while,
Deeply drink, and sweetly smile.
'Twas wine that made my foul depreft,
And rais'd such tumults in my breast.
For while I quaff'd the claret toast,
My breast was gone, my voice so loft,
My tongue^was mute, the purple stream
Ran quick thro' all my reeling frame,
O'er try dim eyes the landlord hung,
My ears with hollow dittos rung,-
With frequent pints my hear, was (will d,
My blood at unpaid reckoning thrill'd,
My feeble purse forgot to pay,
I curs'd,! bilk'd, and stole away.
ffiffeeUanp.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
NOTICES of BUONAPARTE.
PASCAL BUONAPARTE, a
# godfoo of Gen. Paoli, was
born at Ajaccio in Cotfica, in the
fame year (1769) that that iflaod
became fubjeft to France. His
father who died young, had the
rank of a Major in ,he service of
that power. At the age of ten
year#, Buonaparte was placed at
the royal; fchoql at Brienne—
whence he fas removed to the
military school at Paris. While
there, he difeovered application
and an inclination for the sciences.
In 1785, being then no More ttiaA
fifteen, he was appointed lieutefr
anten second ot the regiment d,
la Fere of artillery, which he join
ed at Valence, Hit person it mid
dle sized, and hit complexion it
dark and swarthy ; hit counte
nance bespeaks nothing remarka
ble, except his black eyes which
arelively, and habitually fixed on
^ the ground. He brought with
^m from Corsica, find preferred
THE
SENTIMENTAL MEDLEY.
both in the royal boulei where he
was brought up, and the regi
ment, into which he entered, Re
publican & elevated ideas, a spir
it of independence, a great deal of^
pride, an extravagant opinion of
his own nation, and a great con*
tempt for the rest of the world.—
This charsder, as little adapted
to military discipline as to society,
pleased neither his commanders
nor his companions : the latter did
not fail to beflow on him those
little corrections which, when giv
enby equals, generally prove ufe
ful lessons; they had however no
good effect onthe haughty and
proud difpofitioo of this young
man. Dissembling, fitent, vaio
and mifanthropick, he read much, -
seldom went abroad, and was al
most always alone ; he studied hifr
tory and politicks, disdaining the
details of his profeffion, which he
hardly attended co. Though nat
urally silent, when the fubjed un
der difeuffion was co his taste,
whenever he deemed the auditory
worthy of him, and more especial
ly when Corsica was the topic of
discourse, then he became animate
ed, and spoke with great energy
and warmth, though not with ele
gance^ On these occasions he
discovered a good memory, a
great degree of penetration and
wit, a knowledge very uncom
mon for his age, and above all
ag extreme tenacity of opinion.—
Such was Buonaparte before the
revolution ; till that period he
had Shewn neither the inclinations,
the virtues, the vices 6r the mao -
ners of his age^ 'His opinions,
the violence of his charader, and
his ambition, would naturally in
duce him to take part in this rev
olution ; he was foppofed to have
had a considerable share in dis
turbance, which agitated Corsica
in 1789. The year following he
rejoined his regiment, which was
at Auxonoe, taking with him a
brother of the age of twelve.—
Ooe of his companions inquiring
why he took so young a man as
his brother with him, he replied,
l with him to enjoy a great fpeaa
cle, that of 4 nation which will
fyeedil, be either regenerated or de
frayed.
Buonaparte attached himfelf more and
more to the Republican party, and ob
tained a rapid advancement. He was for
a fliort time employed in the-war of La
Vendee, and also at the siege of Toulon.
Being at Parison the 13th Vendemaire,'
he shewed himfelf on that occasion one
of the warmest partizaps of the Conven
tion, and very actively seconded Barras.
This last being made Director, Offered
Buonaparte the command of the army in
Italy, on condition that he Ihould marry
the widow of the Vicomte de Beauhornois
who has been guillotined. The young
Italian accepted the terms, and departed
for the Italian army, which he found in
the greatest want of arms, clothes, and
ammunition. - He found the means to
^procure at Genoa, ^ part of whit was
wanting ; and the vid^ies which he ob
tained trdm the beginning of the cam
paign, very soon placed his army above
all want. .".:: '
No person has so much contributed to
the issue of the campaign es 1796, and
by it to the peace which will follow this
war, as Buonaparte. None of th&Gen
erals of the Republic have performed fee-;
vices so important and so dafficuk. He is
the only one amongst (hem who has not
owed all his success to the fupefiority of
his forces, or to political cautes. Adive,
"TO RAISE THEGENIUS, AND TO MEND TH, HEART."
enterprising, able, and, 'above all, fortu-|
nate, he has committed few military I
faults, has not Suffered his adversaries to
commit any with impunity,add has not|
in person experienced one defeat. Thel
war -of Italy, which till 1796, had been, 1
if I may use the ex, region, only an epi I
fode of the general war, be made its prin
cipal and leading objed ; and there where I
the Emperor seemed to have the leaf! to 1
apprehend, he made him experience, the
most sensible losses, anti caused the most I
serious alarms-
THE fflaralffi,
t&CT
Religion it a thing much I
- talked of, but little under
stood ; much pretended to, but
little pradifed. People are as
much deceived themfelvei at they
deceive otheri, who think to use
religon at th^y do their beftcothes,
only wear them to meeting on
Sunday, to appear fine, and make
a show, and as soon at they come
home, lay them aside carefully,
for fear of wearing them out : I
But religion it good for nothing, I
that it made so light a fluff that
will not endure wearing, which |
ought to be a constant covering |
to the foul, at the skin it to the
body; not to be divided from it, I
diwifipn being the ruin of both : I
Noi must it be thought that reli
gioß consists only in bending pof-I
lure of humanity, but iff the fer-I
vent arid humble adoration of the
foul ; not in the lifting up of the
hands and eyei, but in the warmth
of the affection. Outward ges
tures and decent behavior, are
things very fit and reafooable,
being all that the body can pay ;
but it it inward sincerity alone,
that can render them both accept
able.
Banquet of Comus.
Origin of a late Fafoion.
Atari HIGH buck of N. Y. in
consequence of a long hab
it of greasing and duftiog hit pate,
at length became so stocked with
that kind of vermin vulgarly call
ed lice, that the barbet'a comb
war ineffeßual in rooting them
out of hit head. Those pokers
being of the voracioui breed, and
cloyed with a constant paste diet,
soon penetrated through the skin
in search of food, till by continual
knowing rendered the poor vic
tim'# head one complete fore—
And in order to save what little
brainshe had within, he was pet
fuaded to clip off hit beautiful au r
burn hair ! by which meant, with
the aid of the Metallic Points, hit
head was healed just time enough
to attend the .firft assembly in
N. Y.=What little hair remained
he was obliged to curl in every di
reaibo, which, with she addition of
powder & pomatum, completely
covered the late inroads upon the
skull. '
In tbit new accidental head
sel'r our buck the
Assembly ;\ the uncommon fin
guhniiyoithitnovel appearaoce,
«ifew the attention of the whole
group of &@ to new appear
ance#, and the whisper inttaotly
was echoed through the halt-.
One lady Criet, bow elegantly Mr,
Pact's head it drtffed. Did you
ever fee any thing so beautiful fays
another! Oh delightful fay# a
third! how exquifi e those care
left curls, fayt a fourth ; but how
agonizing that quene—thia it cer
tainly some new fafhion just ar
rived from England, and I am
surprised that none of the Ladies,
have got a delightful oddity.——
I wonder what vessel it lately in
—I am so disappointed you can't
conceive—why I have looked my
eyet almost out of my head for
papa's fliip this four days— she at
last arrived and bat not bro't one
new fashion—only conceive how
(hocking--! declare I wish the
I French had taken her—why how
Iprovoking it is=l shall never en
joy one moment's pleasure till we
have some new fafhion—l don't
care what it it, nor how it looks,
or where it is worn, if it can only
be seen and I can be the firft to
appear,! (hall be beyond expression
happy—l won't dance this night
I declare—l am affirmed to be
I seen—only conceive, this white
fattia robe has not been altered
I this fortnight—it ii so old fa(h-
I ioned I am mortified to death—
I do but look at Mr. Pate, how ex-
I siting he is with his curled codr'
cil—Codicil do you call it ?- ——
I why yes—l am fare it is not al!
I his hair—and papa fays after a
I man has wrote hi# will the tail of
litis a codicil-and lam positive
I Mr. Pate has nothing tied up
I there hue the tail of his hair ; —
I therefore it is called a codicil—
I why don't you know that the ,
Ifafhion of expression is altered—a
I tatty person used to be called the
I too, tippy, afterwards the agony ;
I but now it is very vulgar to ex-
Iprefs ourselves any other ways than
I — (he is all in the present—or he
lis al! in the present—what— Lord
I I don't know what, only that it
I the polite expression, and that if
I all we care sot.
A plain, well informed gentle
man, has affined me that he en
tered a barber's (hop the next
morning in order to be shaved,
I but he found matter, journeyman
and boys all employed in docking
I tails. He applied to another
I (hop and so to a fourth, and finds
ing them all engaged io the fame
bufinef# of docking, he finally re.
I paired to bis lodging and shaved
I himfelf.— As Jack came into the
room with the razor and water,
my friend asked. him the r^afon -
I of all the young mens' cutting off
their hair—some fay to fcrach cm
I ealy Miffa—burl tink Maff^on-
I ly to look just like Guy Swan and
I Guy Sweeting, Cuffe Luke, and
I Caesars Wheaton—all name Guy.
THE Philofopheri & Pan, Bnf-
l foon and Raynal, have contended
Ithat the animals of America are in-
Iferior to thole of Europe, in refpeft
fed size and ferocity. But the learn-ty
Ifed of Philadelphia, justly defiroua
I that our country Ihouid not appear
I belittled in the eyes of foreigners,
I have lately mi<tethe p^ and
honorable difeovery, that the Lyon
of America it as grta a brute as
hoy in the world.