The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1793-07-29 00:00:00, page 2

Domeflick Miscellany. ,
FOR THE MIRROUR.'
Mr. Russell, 1
A CORRESPONDENT, who enter
tains a high Opinion of the Chaf
a&er and Reputation of the Inhabitants
of Concord, would be very glad to be in
formed, through the Medium of your
Paper, what those Abominable Scenes of
Wtekednefs and Killainy are, 'which are
tranfa&ed in so private and ferret a Man
ner, that no Person; except a certain Gen
tleman, has ever yet been able to discover
them, of their Perpetrators; and which, e
ven the Gentleman bimjelfbas publickly ac
knowledged HE dare not even hint
at ?—lf they be real, it is high time they
were brought to Ligbt, that the base Per
petrators of them may fuffer an exemplary
Punishment—but if they are ideal, and ex
ist no where but in the dusty Brains of a
haughty, bigotted, uncharitable, Sinhuntihg,
Sinfufpeaing Enthusiast, thePublick ought
to be acquainted therewith, left Strangers
inclined to fettle in this reputable and flour
iJhing Town, may be induced by such dark
and malicious Inf nutations to shun it as deep
ly infeaed with the most secret and detecta
ble'Crimes of Debauchery and Wickedness.
Against CALUMNY.
'( FOR THE MIRROUR.
' Mr. Russell, 1 ,
PERMIT me to inscribe on your Mir-
ToUr, a few Thoughts on CALUM
NY and SLANDER.-But what Ihalf,
fay, to awake in the Bosoms of Calumni
ators an Abhorrence of this truly detesta
ble Vice?—Humanity, Reason, Honour,
• Religion, and Honesty, all unite against
it—but these frequently prove ineffedual.
Let me ask those who delight in calumni-
aring fbeir ' Neighbours, ff any Man is
perfea ? Who is there that is free from
Errpur ? ‘ Who is there whose Character
caifriot be justly impeached ? Who is there!
whose Life and Conduct are wholly fpot
lefsand upright ? Is thereany Man whose
Heart is pure? Is there a human Creature
without Frailty ?=— No—there is no
Man blame!efs— Imperfeaion is allotted
tcf Humanity—and there 1, nohe good save
ONE. Why, then, should one delight
in calumniating another ? —'Tis Baseness
in the Extreme,that prompts them to it—
'Tisfeff-Ignorance that keeps them from
blushing at their orfn Enormity. Let
every Man 'turn his Refleaions' within
himfelf/and he need mot Visit Ms Neigh
bour to tind itop^tfeaidhs wherewith to
satiate his helliftr Appetite for Calumny
and Slander' .Let him view bimjelffirft ^
let him search his own Heart ;—let him
knowo himfelf, and he will blush to (peak
Evil of tis, fellow—his own wile Self must
, put him 'to Shatrie. How ungenerous,
how diihoneft'how vile, how detestable,
how unrighteousifis, for one to endeav
our to HOT the Reputation of his Neigh
bour on Account of Faults, of which he
himfelfi, perhaps doubly guilty ! 'Tis
unjust !?'Tis inhuman I—l would advise
fuel/, to look at Home, before they utter
Sl/hder of another—Tis at least Benevo
l/nte/if not Christianity, which lays, If
you canjay no Good cf a Man,l'd, Nothing.—
Silence is better than evil freaking. '
/'Tis the Duty of'boneft Men to-strive
to fuppfefs. Vice of ewer, Kind—But this
perhaps Will come more properly from the
Pulpit than the Pref— And I think it the
Duty of every earthly Reprefen ative of
the Most High GOD, to' speak boldly,
feelingly, and pressingly against all Sin-
Nor will the faithful and honest Minister
fe^r the Envy and Influence of great Men,
t but he will decry the Vices of all, however
high, exalted ,apd influential their Situa
tion in s%ty may bt—And, impressed
, with.a Sehfe of Ins important Charge, he
will be Gmbpldeneg by the,Jufti,ce of his
; Ca^fe-—He will address them with Tear;
in fyffife^s Heart will be, touched^
nor will he be seen to ^ine th^ d. Face,
with,he Handkerchief of H,perif.— "Tis a
poof, mean, contemptible, pitiful, weak,
cobweb Evasion,, that a Minister, tent on
the Efrrind of JehovAh; dare not ad
monith'+is Hearers of their Vices, their
hidden Sins, andfecret Abominations, be
cause those who are of Importance in the
Article of a Salary, arid whose Friendship
he may heartily wft tb preserve, are guil
ty of the fame vjle Pra-icel, for which he
was fully determined, white in his Blent
Study communing with hb God, to in
veigh, in bittereff Terms, against thbfe
of his Flock, whom he esteemed mean &
rLateft Foreign Intelligence.
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England.
1 LONDON,IT ETTERSfrom]
May 16. J I-J Borane have
reached Paris, which state, that
the French General Beygner is
employed in the Siege of the Span
ith City Fa,teabia, which has been
set Fire to in several Places. On
the other Hand the Spaniards had
taken a Redoubt at Andafle.
ft is said that Holland, to accele
rate the Operations of the Cam
paign, has offered to the Prince of
S4XE Cobourg, toempty its
Arsenals, which contain the fineft
Artillery in Europe. This offer,
which it is said, has been accepted,
will prevent the Austrian General
from waiting for the heavy Pieces
of Ordnance now on the Road,
and which are transported with
great Difficulty at an enormons
Expense.
The Duke of York, has written
for 500 more of the Guards. In
the Adion of the 8(h, they loft 35
Skilled, and 40 wounded.
Exl^aa of a Letter from Dunkirk,
April 26.
"We were Y^fterday fummori
ed to surrender by the Commodore
in Chief of the English naval Forc
es to cooperate. The Summons
was brought to us in the following
Manner :,
" On Monday, eight English
Cutters^ which block up our Port,
took one of our Fishermen, and
conducted him to Oflend, where fe
was put iqto Prison. On the sec
ond Day after, the Commodore
liberated him, and gave him the
Summons to carry to Dunkirk,
keeping his Son as an Hostage.
"The Answer of our Com
mandarit, 'Pascal, was short, firm,
energetic, and worthy of a Repub
lican. Our Garrison consists of
2000 Men; and our National
unworthy —fit Subjects of Perdition—or
in other Words; whose Fleeces were the least
valuable. ,These Considerations will
weigh nothing in the Mind of Affile Min
ifter of Chrtst—lt is therefore the Pro
vince of the Pulpit boldly to admonMh all
Classes of Men, arid warn them of theif
Danger, when their earthyl, Pleasures ant
eternal Salvation come in Competition—
And he, who dares free even bint at them, is
unworthy to utter in the hallowed Delk,
Thus faith the Lord.
I will coridude with a few more Obser
vations on Calumny—How common is it
for one Man to calumniate another?—All
great and eminent Men are fare to meet
Slander in their Walks through Life—lt
is a true Observation, well authenticated
;by Hiftory, that if a Man devotes bis Tal
ents, his Tithe, and his Fortune, tothe
Service of' the Publick, ^e is fore to re
ceive the Epithet of Fool, Rogue, or Mad
man.—Those who render the most emin
ent Service, meet the most severe Censure,
For why? Because those who ealumni
ate them have not the Ability TO render
thenffelves as eminent as those they de
fame. All wish to be foremoft onthe^ift
6f Fame ; and those who are leati inpub
lick Estimation, are fore to calumniate'
those who are deservedly great. Many
Patriots and Heroes, & many Statesmen,
perhaps, whose publick -Condu& will bear
the most rigid Scrutiny, live intemperate
private Lives— Against those let Muma&
ity fit Judges and she wift'ftrike Calumny
dumb-lfe Slanderer will .forbear— he
will cast into the'Fire his envenom'd Pen,
just dipp'd in 'bitrereft Gall, to vilify his
Neighbour, & render him contemptible.
Finally —for us cast the Beam out of our oicn
Eyefrf— So lhall Christian Love, Can
dour, and Unanimity, more univer-fally
prevail—
And Ma* pOTfsa little Heaves, below.
-AMICUS
• Guards are determined to make a
I good Resistance.
" The, Forts towards the Ene
my are Scene, and Women ant
l ufelefs People are lent into the in
ferior of ,he Department. The
Engiifh of both Sexes, who were
herein great Numbers, pre to leave
the City in 48 Hours, by order of
the Municipality.
" Some-four and twenty Pound
ers have been placed upon the Bat
teries which are to cover this Port.
" It is this Moment; rumoured,
that 200 Men, of the Dutch Regi
merit of Dopff, are come, with their
Arms and Baggage, to join our ad
vanced Polls, which are partly com
posed of the Batavian Legion."
• Floating Batteries are conftroa
ing at Dunkirk, to prevent the Pos
sibility of an Approach by Sea.
LONDON, May 30.— We faced
a few weeks finee, that the French
Executive Council had sent over
two gentlemen to this country, to
convey tetters to Lord Grenvil
le, with a*view of endeavouring
to open a communication between
the two Governments.——Lore
Gr Enville received these letters.
A time has of course been required,
to convey the proceedings of what
passed to Paris : and wenow learn;
chat an answer from M. le Brun,
the French Mioifter, is daily ex
peded.—We offer no opinion of
what may be the result of this a
gency ; but this is certain, thai
there are persons in this country,
commissioned by the French min
istry, to open the channel of a ne
gotiation, and that they continue
to be occasionally seen by those
who are very intimately conneded
with Adminift ration.
American Intelligence.
Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, July 13.
Extra& of a Letter from St. Euftatia, dated
June 18, 1793, received by Captain Od-
LIN, in 14 Da, from thence.
" An American Vessels this Day arriv
ed-from Martinique, fays, that the British
had begun an Attack upon St. Pierre —
That a very heavy cannonade for 2 Hours
from 3 seventy four gun Ships had been
kept up on one Battery, and that it is
foppofed thatit was either taken or bat
tered to pieces, as they had ceased firing
while he was faming off, and that the
British Forces were determined to carry
on the Siege of the Island and forbid the
Captaian of this Viffel to go into the Port
under Pain of being seized ala lawful
Prize."
On the Morning of the 30th of June,
as Captain Town failed out of St. Mar
tins, he met a Schooner going in from the
windward, who informed him that Ad
miral Gardner had withdrawn his'
Forces from Martinique, and gave up the ]
idea, of besieging that Place, on accountJ
of a Circumstance that happened, viz.—
A French 74 gun Ship and a Frigate hav
ing joined Gardner's Fleet, and hoist 1
ed the white Flag, had threatened, that<
in Case Martinique .was taken, they were 1
resolved to give.no quarters to the Demo-. (
crats, but destroy them every Soul. Thisj
Condod ihocked Admiral GardnerJq
touch that he said he would not fuffer it—
if the Place forrendered, no Person should; ]
injured afterwards The Dispute at <
length became so high that he left them, 1
ana consequently Martinique is relieved 1
from the Horrours of a Siege, although j
not yet delivered from the Villany of those <
desperate Wretches who hate hoisted the i
white Flag, and would, if they could,l
commit the most barbarous Outrages.—l
Providence is good, and will not fufferl
the Schemes of such Men ever to fucceedj
cit so conjedured that these French Ships
With white Flags must be some of those
that left TrhiidW.^
.Exfraa of a letter from Kingflon (Jamaica)
14th June, to a gentleman in this city.
-" I have my fears that some a& that
may be deemed partial, or the impru
dence of some wrong-headed people with
, ou, (for I know there are such) many in
volve you in the war, which I pray God
avert ! You may be assured that all de
nominations of the people under the
British government, view every aft of
yours with - afcrutinizing eye, and pre
tences are not wanting Jto catch at para
graphs, and put the worst conftrodion on
them : this tends to inflame the minds of
the people credulous to believe, and ready
to receive every impression unfavorable to
America. Your printers and writers
Should,be circumfpea, and -the govern
ment rigid in neutrality, which only
can make you fl&rifh."
'This morning M. Genet, as we are
informed, set off far Baltimore, to visit
the unfortunate people, who have arrived
from Cape-Frapcois.—lt was also report
ed, that General Galbaud, and^he Ad
mirals, who ordered the landing of the
Troops at the. Cape to oppose the Com
miffioners,,have been put under an Ar
rest by their own Officers, and ate adual
iy prifoners.=They are charged with
having had ^he design of delivering up
the Cape tothe British.
Extraa of a letter from Nroprovidence,
save 18.
" You will no doubt be surprised to fee
the date of a letter from me at this place;
but when! inform you of the case, and
make you acquainted with the treatment
Americans receive from the British cruis
ers, your surprise will be removed, and
you will probably feel that indignation,
which every. American ought upon such
an # occasion.
" I failed from Auxeayes about a
fortnight since with an American Sloop
round for Baltimore, full of freight when
eight or nine days after leaving' Aux
eayes, I fell in with the schooner May-J
flower, privateer belonging to this porG
who took me into poffeiton as having.
French property on . board, and sent my
vessel & cargo here for trial On their firft
taking, me, they mentioned that Amer
ican property was, not to be disturbed,
but that all French property they were
determinded to have ; and in confequenee.
of an information lodged by one Jaroes
M'Alpine, who was, or a&ed as master
of a schooner belonging to Virginia,, they
were particularly informed that my vessel
and cargo were both'French property ;
this, although an infamous fallhood, had
induced them to libel both sloop and
cargo, and beiffe an entire ftrangef here,,
and destitute of the money necessary t 5
secure sureties for the cost, I am necessi
tated to give up my property, where I
have all the profpea in life of gaining my
claim of the sloop, which God knows is
just, if I had wherewith to support my
claim ; in this Situation I know not what
ro do, and all the consolation l ean hav,
in my mind, is to menace them with the
hopes of revenge..
• "l am not alone in this bufinefs^,/
there are n6w here Seven American ver>L
ids, with the greater part of Jheir car-\
goes libelled, and more expeded every 1
day, many from Auxeayes, which are
likewefe informed against by the laid
M'Alpine, they have likewise libelled the
schooner M'Alpine was in, merely from
his faying Ilie was fold in Auxeayes, and
although the proprietor Was present, and
nothing can be proved to ascertain the
(ale, yet I think, and am ^raid his chance
will be small of recovering her—for it is
hard going to law, Where the Devil fits
judge." - ';
Newyorks :
NEWYORK, July 13.— About a doz
en American vessels, which have been
taken by British privateers, under frivol
ous pretences, are now detained in the
ports of St. Kitts' only.,
fr-\f : f©mneaicut^^^
LITCHFIELD, July to.—On Wednes
day lass a person by thb name of Smith, .
an intelligent foreigner, who for man, :
years resided in the cities of Hartford arid'
Norwich, arrived here on his way to the
eastward, having about five weeks since
efeaped from the weftern Indians, in com
pany with, his two sons, with whom he
had been in captivity more than two
years. He fays he went out from Norwich
in the employ of MA Woodbridge, and
fettled at Mariette ; from whence he was
taken and carried off, his Wife and an in- ~
rant being absent at the time ; who were^