The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1793-03-25 00:00:00, page 4

IMMORTALITY.
By a Student of Dartmouth University.
rir<O hue forever, to a feeble term,
I flow ^ tbethougbt,^^
Thou be^l'f the wounds of accidents andfate.
' &ty but J or thee @ >/en tbeftirt of ebefo,
Thegufttffortune and the breath of time.
To day be lives, to morrow —so morrow where ?,
How painful is the thought to cease to & !
&t check that tbfflbt, though acc@ts a^d iQi
Conform bisnature to a petty florid, fr
nw^tfnt^ of Eterol tyng.
So 'tis with things in wide nature sfield.
The, are ibe mdes of Deity, and fpeah
&fcoQrfiiT<ptguflgc aflhe^rd G^
AWeftindia Planter willing to give his
Slaves names, chit had a Clagic found,
called one of them Demosthennes : This
was too hard founding a word for his Brother
Blacks, and when any of them want him they
invariably inquire for D-d nafinty.
" _— — — — -
THE following remarkable Occurrence
transpired not long since in the State of Nortb
carolina. A Man of 65 Years of Age, was
married too Lady who had two Sifters. In
a short Mme'the Wife proved pregnant, and
was delivered^ three fine Children ; and in
less than twenty Days after, each of her Sis
• ters were delivered of three Children, and the
Unftand supposed to be Father of them all.
As i^feems tobe the g^eral With, that our
AT the close of the day,when the hamlet was fill,
And mortals thefleets offer getfulnefsprove,
When nought hut thefacets offorgetfulnejs prive,
And nought but the Nightingale's Jong in the grove.
'Twas then, by the cave of a mountain afar:
An Hermit his nightly complaint, thus began,
No mere with himfef or with nature at war,
He thought at a sage, tho' befell as a man.
Ah ! why thus abandon'd to darkness arid woe ;
Why thus lonely Philomel flows th, Jad flrain ?
For Jpring Jhall return, and a lover bestow,
And th, bosom no trace of misfortune retain.
But if Pit, in/pire thee, ah,ceafe not th, lay.
Mourn,fweeteft complainer,man calls thee to mourn,
Q!foot he him vfofe pleafew Übe thinepafs away,
Full .quickly they fly, but they never return.
Now gliding remote on the v,ge of the Jhj,
The moon half extinguish'd her crejcent dijplays,
But lately I mark'd, when majeftick on high
She Jhone, and the placets were left in her blaze.
Roll on then fair orb, and with gladnefspurfue
The path which conducts thee toJplendpur again.
But span's faded glpry, no ch^^jball
Abf^l !to exult tn a glory Jujuain r ?r
'Th night, and the lanlifc^H^fon^ no more,'
I mourn, but „ WSUMmW^fo VotfffF,
For morn is a,prpQcfegJ°ur charms t& rtf^f, ,
Perfum'dwitgftybtfr^raKfy^gl^^
dew. {
Norfa for the ravagAfwinterft^urn ; ''
Kind nature the embryobloJfod&m*lftßo& f
But when Jhallfei^^fe the mouldering urn ,
Or when /ball it dawnon the night of the grave.
'Twat thus by the dfaof fafefierce ^", a s ''
That leads to bewilder and dazzles to blind ;
M, eho%went to ream,from Jhade onward tofoade,
Defruaion before me, and furrow behind.
OP"J> great Father of life (then I cry'd} [thee ;
thy creature; who fain would not wander from
Lo, humble, in dust, Irelinquish m, pride,
Broke doubtand Jr am darkn^s,tbou only can'ftfree.
And darkuels @nd doubt, aWnow flying away,
No longer I roam in conjeaireforlorn:
So breaks on, th^raveller,faint and ast ray.
The bright t^h^dlm, effulgence of morn.
See truth, lovers mercy, ?n/ff„b dec,nd,
And nature allglowing in Eden'sfrfl bloom,
On th cold cheek of death,jmiles and roses do blend.
And beaut, immortal awakesjrom the tomb.
The HERMIT— b, Dr. Beattie.
[The following sentimental Lines, entitled,
" THE HERMIT," were published some
Time since in a Paper in this Town, they
are copied into the Mirrour, at the par
ticular Request of a Friend—who has our
sincere Thanks for his Kindness: All future
Favours will be received with Gratefulnefs.]
HILARITY.
THE PIERIDES.
AN arch Prisoner, who had an unfavour
able Countenance, being brought to the Bar to
be tried for Horse dealing, the judge immedi
ately exclaimed, " O here is a noted Villain,
Fm sure! Why, Sirrah, I can fee the Rogue
in your Face." " Aye, my Lord, (fays the
'Fellow) I wonder at that ; for I didn't know
my Face was a Lookingglafs.
Qat@ ofOfficer, adminjiered to the Prtfdent of the
United Stat#.
Monday last the Senate of the United Stales
convened jn the Senate Chamber pursuant to
summonses from the President of the United
States. The Speaker and Members of the late
House of Representatives, the Secretary of the
Treasury, the Secretary of State, the Secretary
of War, the Attorneygeneral, the Judges of
the supreme Court,and other Officers of Gov
ernment ; the foreign Ministers, and a Num
ber of private Citizens, Ladies and Gentle
men; were also present on the Occasion. At
twelveo'Clock precifelv, the President entered
the mil, Mr. Langdon, President pro
tempore of the Senate,tben rose and said : Sir,
one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of
the United Stotesfc now prefer, and ready to
administer to you the Oath required by the
Constitution, to be taken by the President of
the United States. The President then address
Assembly mould tax the Bachelors, it certain
ly is but reasonably that they should, reward
(rather than tax) any old Map who can prove
thus feryiceable in promoting an Increase of
the human Species. Virginia Paper.
IT was from my general Knowledge of
Impositions in case of Indian Chiefs, that in
a late Paragraph I insinuated that those of the
late Party that were conducted to the Capital|
of the United States were not all Sachems.
However, in this Case, it is fonud to be worse
than even there insinuated ; for by a Gentle
man just from the Illinois and Wabafe Coun
try, and who has been amongst the greater
part of the Tribes from whence these Indians
came, we are informed that instead of being
but three, we are assured there is but one chief
amongst them, and that is Baptist du Quefue,
of the Kafkafkias Indians—who have always
been at Peace, and with whom it was fuperflu
ous to treat. The Remainder of these illus
trious Personages are some of them vulgar In
dians, and some out half Indians, and half
Martinico French. One of the Interpreters
is ta Triflima% and understands Little or
Nothing of the Iridian Dialed.
. It may be stated however, that we were
mistaken as to the Expense of the Party as far
as Pittsburgh. It was not 1,900, but 2,300
Dollars.
.X/jlJ'ißwvwiwww 1 1'1 1 ..! e
/PENNSYLVANIA.
PHILADELPHIA, March 6.—Saturday
last the fecondTHbufe of Representatives of the
United States doled its second Session, and;
adjourned without Day.—ln the early Part of
the Session, Business moved with no great Ce
lerity —but towards the Close, a Number of
very essential and important 'Ads were passed
—the Benefit of which, will be experienced by
the Agricultural, Mechanical, and Commer
cial Iriterefts of our Country—while the pub
lick Revenue will be eucreafed without any
additional publick Burthens.
Two of the great Departments of State have
been scrutinized in the Course of the Seffion—
and tho' at this early Period in the Existence
of the Government, the belt feelings of the
human Mind revolt from the Idea or Corrup
tion in its adminiftratiori, or the smallest De
viation from the ftri& Line of Leditude and
Honour, on the Part of its publick Funaiona
ries, yet, it must afford heartfelt Satisfaaionto
every lover of his Country, and its glorious
Couftitution, to find on the severest Investiga
tion, prosecuted by the firft Abilities, that in
the Opinion of a large Majority, not a Spot
or Wrinkle was found to fully the official Con
du& of the high responsible Charaaers con
cerned.—May the Day be far, far distant,
when Similar Investigations, even tho' insti
tuted by the sacred jealousy of Patriotism,(hall
terminate in a less Favourable Result. -
Thirty two Afts were passed during the Ses
sion. t
PITTSBURGH, February fa/
Mr. Scull,
VIRGINIA.
ary 12th
[Received by the Ship Delaware, arrived Yes.
terday.]
" Our Army returned Yesterday to the Ci
ty after an arduous Campaign of near one
Month. They have been fuccefsful in every
Instance, have driven before them and dispers
ed the Rebels, and taken all their important
Posts. But the ease with which the Negroes
escape renders it difficult to reduce them : we
are not numerous enough to keep every Post
which it would be necessary to hold in order to
be completely fuccefsful.
" Fatigue and sickness injure us ma
terially ; yet the Ardour of the Whites
is by no means checked. If all §he
Gitizens shewed as much, our rebel
Slaves would soon be reduced. About
1000 negro Wenches and Children
have come in.
Extraa of a Letter, dated Cape Frances, Febru-
ed his " Fellow Citizens" in a short, but com
prehensive Speech,
judge Cushing then read the Oath, which
the President repeated after him, Sentence by
Sentence, as follows :
1, George Washington, do Sol
emnl, Swear that 1 will faithfully Ex
ecute the Office of PreJident of the United
States ; and will, to the best of m, d
bilit,,„eferve, prated, and defend the
Conflitution of the United Statet.
This finishing the solemn Ceremo
ny, the President retired.
February iQb.
“ This Day a Vessel arrived from
Brefl, 26 Day—She brings Orders to
put the Forts ina State of defense and
to man the Veffeh completely. W@r
appears inviable.
" Final Judgment on the King has
been referred to the Primary Affcm
blies. The Result of this important
Trial, will hasten, or suspend the Plans
of the Powers confederated against
France."
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DRUGS and MEDICINES.
AFreJb and general Afortment
of DRUGS and, MEDICINES, ju, re
ceived and ready for Sale I, tbe §ubfcribirs, on
the most reajonable Terms.
Country Produce will be receiv
ed in Payment, and ^generous Credit given.
Likewise, a general Effortwent
if Clotbiers' DYE STUFFS.
At the fame Place may be bad,.
Engli/b and Weftindia GOODS, on tbe luweft
Terms,offible, by < '-
Thos. & Jona. B. Sargeant.
Chefer, February la, 1793. [1716/11/^l^
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