The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1794-09-15 00:00:00, page 4

RIGHTS OF MAN: t
By a gentleman lately arrived from England.
if™ OD fave the Rights of Man,
Give him a heart tofan,
Bleffingt so dear ;'
Let them befread around,
Wherever man is found, *
And with a welcome found,
1 Revel bis ear. ,
Bee, bow the univerfe,।
„Darknejs and clouds difperfa
Mankind awake ;
Reason and truth appear,
Freedom advances near,'
Monarchs with tremble fear,
See bow they quake.
Long have we bore the yoke,
Sore have we felt the ftrbke,
Sluggish and tame ,
But now a lion roars,
And a load note be pours,
Spreading to distant fares.
Liberty's fame.
Let us with France agree.
Andbid the world be free.
Leading the way;
Let tyrants all conf,ire,
Fearleft of sward and fire, }
Freedom foall ne'er retire— °
Freedom fall fwaj.
Ob ! the Germanic pow'rs,
By indignation low'rs,
Ready to fall;
Let the rude savage bed,
In their long numbers loaf.
Freedom's all-mighty toad,
Laugh at them all.
God like and great the frife—•
Life will indeed be life,
Should we prevail :
Death in so just a cauje,
Crowds to with loud applauje, . 4 ;
Freed from tyrannic laws,
Bids us all bail. a
Fame, let th, trumpet found,
Fill all the world around, 1
Tell each degree ;
Tell ribbons, crowns and flare.
Kings, traitors, troops and wars,
Plans, counsels, plots and jars —
Frenchmen are free.
God five the Rights of Man,
Give them a heart to scan.
Buffings jo dear,
Let them be f, read arourid, ,
Wherever man is found,
And with a welcome found.
Revel bis ear.
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— HILARITY.
ONE being much abated by a miller, the%
fellow at last told him, that he thought
nothing was more valiant than the collar of
a Miller's thirty—and being asked the reason,
answered, Because every morning it bad a thief
ly the neck, . % :
BERMUDIAN ANECDOTE.„
IN the year 1772, the militia of
that place, in number about 400,
were drawn up, when their Col. in a
most pompous manner, gave the fob
lowingwordscf command:"Gen
tiemen, you that have short knee'd.
^breeches and whole fries, stand in the
front; you that have long trowfers
and no shoes, stand in the rear." Sec
ond word of command : " Turn,
your facet to cousin Sue's potatoe
patch, and, fire." Unfortunately, at
^the very firft volley,a large bull which
was tied to a tree, broke loose, and
made diredly fox the regiment, on
which the Colonel cried out, " the
bull's loose! gentlemen, tree your,
Lives, you are in danger !" The regi
ment immediately dispersed, every
man fearing himfelf as well as he
could.
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On DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
DOMESTIC economy, if not the
most brilliant of virtues, is, at least,
one of the most solid, and most useful
I know of. On this foundation, pub
lic as well as private eftab!ifhmeoti are
ereaed, not to be fatten : this is,the
Mj obfeureroot which nourishes the lux
uriant toilage of those trees which hide
their heads in <he clouds. Want i^
perpetual Source ot corroding cares,
;, pangs of mind, arid wakeful nights.
I Want is often the encourager of bate
I& unjust aaions,whereas economy rids
us of all chefe torments, arid is at once
the comfortable support of our lives,
and the fife guard of our virtues.
It is a (oft pillow on which we re
pose, without dread of the future, ev
er dark and therefore terrible. Nor
is its ufefulnefs limited only to the
present generation ; the circle of its
influence embraces remotest posterity;
a privilege peculiar to itfelf.
ACTS,'
Faffed at the last Session of the Gen. Court,
holden at Amherst.
AAa in addition to an a& entitled, '' An Aa
empowering the Superior Court of Judicature of
this State, to bear and try any caufts refpeaing
or relating to the forfeitures of lands within this
{State heretofore granted, or that may hereafter
be granted,for nonperformance of the conditions
of such grants, to determine and give judgment
therein, that such forfeiture is, or is not incurr
ed, and to judge and decree as a Court of Chan
cer, in certain of the caujes afore/aid.
(Approved June 19, 1794.)
WHEREAS by reason that grantees of lands
in this State, or those who claim title un
der them are frequently unknown, and
process against them cannot be served in
the usual manner.
Therefore, ,
BE it enabled b, the Senate and Houje
of Representatives in General Court
Convened, That whenever complaint
(hall be made to the Chief Justice or
any other Justice of fid court, agree
ably to the direaicns in said aft,it shall
be the duty of such Justice to make,
or requite the clerk to make an order
in writing, direding the substance of
said complaint, with a copy of such
order to be published in some news
paper printed in the county where the
land in question lies, if a newspaper is
printed in such county, otherwise in a
newspaper printed in some county ad
jacent or near the county where such
land lies, and also in the Newhamp
fhire Gazette, 3 weeks successively,
and also to be polled up in some pub
lic house in the (hire town of the
county where the fame land lies, for
the (pace of fix weeks, to be notified
in each way, fix weeks prior to the
fitting of the court at which said com
plaint is to be entered and heard ;
which order being complied with,fhall
be a good and Efficient service of
such process. And the laid court is
hereby authorized and required, upon
proof before them of a service being
made as aforefaid, to proceed, and
determine upon the objeds of said
ad, agreeable to the directions therein
contained, any >w, usage or custom
to the contrary notwithstanding.
And be it further enabled, That
where any dispute shall arise concern
ing any bridges, canals, or locks in
this State, which have been, or shall
hereafter be grated by this State on
certain conditions, the said Superior
Court shall be a Court of Equity, to
determine such dispute between the
State and the grantees, their heirs or
assigns, in the fame manner as they
are empowered to determine disputes
concerning grants of lands, and the
said court are hereby authorized and
empowered to hear and determine the
fame accordingly. Provided, that in
all such disputes the service of the\
original process shall be made on
some principal proprietor or proprie
tors, or their clerk, by giving him,
her or them an attested copy of the
complaint, and order to be made as
aforefaid, or leaving the fame at his,
her, or their usual place of abode, at
least fix weeks prior to the fitting of
the court where such complaint is to
be entered and heard. 1 ,
FROM A NFW WORK, trt'l'4
GfoMhum^i
The AMERICAN REVOLUTION;
Written 'in the Jlyle of assart Hiftory. 1
' CHAP.-fy^
The Eajlindia company Jhip their tea to America,
'barged <witb a duty for the feurpofe of rafog
.a revenue.,
IN the thirteenth y ear of the reign
of George the King, whose do
minions extended from the island of
Britain to the uttermost part of the
earth.
2. The fame year & King made
a decree ro tax the people of the prov
inces in the land of Columbia, for they
had paid no tribute to the King, nei
ther they nor their forefathers. .
3. Neverthelefi,they gave the king
every year a free will offering (not as
tributaries) for they were free men,
and were never in bondage to any :
4. Neither were they seditious to
the interest of C^far, they loved the
king, and meddled not with those
who were given to change : His ene
mies were their enemies, and they
fought the battles of the king.
5. And the decree went forth from
Whitehall (the palace) and it was seal
ed with the king's signet.
6. And the governors of the prev
inces were commanded to make the
thing known to the people.
7. Now when the people of the
provinces had seen the writing of the
decree, Mod knew that it was sealed
with the king's signet, they were sore
ly grieved and there was a very great
murmuring, the found whereof was
like the rufbing of mighty waters.
8. And there were at that time a
company of merchantmen in the city
of Ludd,* that ancient city, who had
a navy of Grips, that went once in
three years to a far country to traffick
„with the merchants of the East for the
Indian weed,
9. And the merchants fold the
weed to the people of the kingdom of
Britain at a certain price, and it brought
much wealth into the treasury of the
king.
1 10. Notwithstanding, it was no bet
ter than the herbage of the field, or
the hyfop which groweth in the gar
den of the hufbindman ; yet the peo
ple loved to have it so.
11. Now the women of the land
put the weed into fine earthen veffefe,
and they put water into the veflfeh,
and they poured out drink-offerings
thereof into cups of enamelled work ;
and it was their morning and evening
potation.
12. And the merchants who traf
ficked in the Indian weed, spake be
fore the king and- said.
13. Thou, O king ! haft made a
decree, that the people of the provinc
es in the land of Columbia shall pay
tribute to the king, in like manner as
we do here in Britain.
14. Be it known unto thee, O.king!
that our store houses are filled with
the Indian weed, by the gains where
of the strength of thy kingdom is
g^atly increased.
15. Nevertheless the people of this
vitym of Britain, are not able to con
fum'e the one half of that which now
ifimour store houses, before the flhips
will atrive from the East ; so the mer
chants will fuffer loss, and the revenue
of the king will fail,
16. Now if it please the king, let
the ships of the merchants be laden
therewith, and let them be sent to the
land of Columbia, to the people of
the provinces, that they may buy
thereof, and pay a tribute to the king
over and above the price of the mer
chants.
17. For lo!thy fervantshave heard
they inhabit a fat land! a land of corn
and wine, that bringeth forth fruit in
its season, and where all the trees of
the sorest do grow !
18. And moreover it hath been
told thy servants, that they drink cut
of vessels of gold and of filverl which
is not seemingly for any to do except
it be the servant sos the king whom
he hath fee over the realm, and dig
nified with great honour.
• London, anciently called Ludd, ,after a
King of that name. ' * 1 ,
119. And the facings of the nr?
chants pie, fed the ki.*g and his r.c
bW; and he commanded th^ it
should be even so, as the merchants
had desired.
20. Then were all the store hoults
set open, and §he Indian weed was
brought forth in chests made of fir
tree, and the cheffl Were lined with
broad sheets of lead,)Q pteferve 60,e t
weed from the waters.\
21. And the chests were put upon
carriages that were part of wood, and
part of iron, and Aoifes were put to
the carriages ; (now there were no
such carriages in the days of Solo
mon.)
22. And they went by the way of
the ftreec of the city, until thou com
est to the tower of Ludd, which look
eth towards the river, where was a
fair haven for ships.
23. Wow when the ships had taken —
in their lading, the mariners spread
their fails to the wind, and unibofed
the rudder bands, and Lunched out
into great deep ; and after they had
set a compofs they fleered a straight
course to the land of Columbia, that
Iteth to the weftwArd Ol Britain twenty
four thousand furlongs.
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EXTRACTED FOR THE MIRROUR.
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
or
Remarkable Events, Inventions,
AND*
The u&a, Country, and Writings of learned
Men.
The whole comprehending, in one view, the
analflis, or Outlines, of Univerfil Hiftory,
from the Creation. (Continued.)
BEFORE CHRIST.
THALES of Miletus, the chief
of the seven sages of Greece,(
travehjoto Egypt, whence, being in
flrufted by the prtefts, he carries home
feme knowledge of geometry, and the
Egyptian theology, 600. Jehoiikim,
King of Judah, is carried away cap
tive, by Nebuchadnezzar, to Babylon,
597. The Pythian games establish
ed by the Amphifyons at Delphos,
591. The city of Jerusalem taken,
after a siege of eighteen months, 587.
562 the firft comedy at Athens, aded
upon a moveable fcaffold. 559 Cy
rus, .the firft King of Persia. • 547
Anaximander, disciple of Thales, dies,
who made the firft map of any repu
tation. 538 the kingdom of Babylon
finished ; that city being taken by
Cyrts, who, in 536; gives an edift
for the teturn of the Jews. 535 the
firft tragedy was aded at Athens, on
a waggon, by Thespis. 526 learning
is greatly encouraged at Athens, and
a public library firft founded. 525
Cam by fes conquers Egypt . 515 the
second temple at Jerusalem is finished,
under Darius. 529 Tarquin, the 7th
and last King of the Romans, is ex
pelled, and Rome is governed by two
consuls, and other republican magis
trates, 508 singing in choruffes in
vented at Athens. 504 Sardis taken
and burnt by the Athenians, which
gave rife to the Persian invasion of
Greece. 486 Prizes for tragedy in
stituted, and the firft gained by Ef
chylus, 48'1 Xerxes the Great, King
of Persia, begins hit expedition against -
Greece. 470 another prize for trage
dy, gained by Sophocles. 458 Ezra
is sent from Babylon to Jerusalem,
with the captive Jews, and the vessels
of gold and silver, &c. 454 the Ro
mans fend to Athens for Solon's laws,
451 the Decemvir created at Rome,
and the laws of the 12 tables compi)-
ed and ratified. 442 a third prize for
tragedy, gained by Euripedes.
(To be continued.) j
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