The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1793-07-08 00:00:00, page 4

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^■■^ THE PIERRIDE^.
PLAIN SAILINGS
Or, Rtfgnation to the St)rm.
BY MR. CHARLES 3. POWELL. .J
7HEN once,our bark is launch'd, boys,
° n Fortune'/ fickle /era,
Ma, Patience be,our Pilot then, and gently
blow, each breeze.
Be Hope,pur mainsheet Anchor to bold ,ou
if difrejs'd,
And Prudence be your Sikgrjman, <wben
forms,our Bark molefl. \ /
Tbd rocks and jbaals tarround Us, to heave us
to an fro,
There's an over-ruling Providence-, that
takes us all in tom ;
No lee-fare then e'er fear, bo,s, tor harbour
an, dread, 11^/:
There's newer ajlee„<vdtcb, boys, Ration'd
at rnaft-bead.
Ne'er fear then fquals or whirlwinds, if all
,our tackle's right,
For Patience,our Jase Pilot, boys, mill Jha,e
your course aright. \ r% ;
Tbo' adverse winds ibould baffle and tatter
every fail)
Be fead, at the helm, hoys, and weather but
the gale.
May Courage, like your main-mafr, ne'er
break, altbo't may bend ;
And Caution be,our compass, lads, mhen
wind and seas contend.
If driven out of course, boys, jet bravely dem
the sea,
Four haven you'll at lafl gain, as sure Osfare
can be.
When once,our voyage is over, and dangers all
are past.
In Wooden-Dock you're laid snug, quite
fafe from ever, blast;
Then what the form has foatter'd you'll nei
ther fear nor care,
'Till ev'ry plank's replac'd, boys, and put
in right repair.
HILARITY.
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A TINKER being met at the last As
sizes for York, by a Barrister walk
ing a little Way out of the City, he jocose
ly clapped his Hand on the Fellow's
Shoulder and alked him, " what news
from Helt?" " Ad—'d deal, (replied
the Tinker) a Wall is just fallen down."
" Well, (returned the Couniellor) it is to
be built up again I suppose ?" " I don't
know, (fays the other) there is a great
Dispute about it, between the Pope and
the Devil." " And how (cried the long
robed Gentleman) do you think the
Matter will go ? "I don't know answer
ed the Tinker) the Pope h^ most Money,
but the Devil has most Lawyers."
NEWS! _
Ireland.
BELFAST, April 20.
Exiraß of a Letter from Carrick
fergui.
" Last Saturday Evening, at
two or three young Tradesmen had
just left off Work, they went to
take a.Walk along the Shore, and
al they walked, one of them dared
to whiffle a Tune, and being espi
ed by a Couple of Dragoons were
instantly seized by them, Sabres
Shook over their Heads, and threat
ened with being cut to pieces if
they Should attempt, to resist——
thus forced to comply, they were
dragged before a Magistrate and
charged with the audacious Crimes,
of playing Volunteer Music, and
attempting to march—to the Hon
our of the Magistrate he set the
young Men at Liberty, after charg
ing them never to tranfgrefc the
Law in like Manner. Next morn
ing (Sunday) one of the Volunteer
Company dressed himfelf in his
uniform Coat, for the Purpose of
going to church, and without any
other Part of his military Dress ;
so soon as noticed, he was attack
ed by the Troopers, who pursued
him into a Friend's House, drew
th& Swords ahd defined him to
(trip.-—Th^ Volunteer model,
answered, " What have I done to;
give Offences where is the Law
to hinder a Man to wear his own
Cloaths." " Sirrah, fays one of
the Troopers, " What I tell you to
do is Law—strip in one Moment?'
" The poor innocent Man in Dan
ger of his Life, was forced ro strip
off his Coat, and go home through
the Street in his Shirt:"
Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, June 15.
Yesterday come on, before the
Hon. Judge Peters, the Cause pf
the libellants against the Ship Wil
liam, of Glasgow.
[The Libel shews, that Robert
Findley, jun. and fix Other Sub
jette of the King of Great-Britain,
are Owners of said Ship § that on
the 3d of May last, within two
Miles of Cape-Henry, in 5 Fathoms
Water, (he Was taken by the CitL
ten Genet French Privateer, and
the Crew detained as Prisoners : —
That the said Ship was, at the time
of her Capture, on neutral Ground,
under Proteaion of the United
States, now at peace with Great
britain ; and that the said Priva
teer had no Authority therefore to
capture said Ship—and prays, that
she may be restored, the Crew re
leased, and Satisfaction made for
the Damages incurred.]
To the above Libel a Plea was
offered by M. Du Ponceau, At
torney for the Captors.
[This Plea feta forth, that the
Citizen Genet, was fitted out by,
and belongs to Citizens of the
French Republick : That the Ship
William was British Property ; and
that by the Law of Nations, and
the Treaty of Amity and Com
merce, and other Treaties subsist
ing between the United States, and
the French Republick, it doth ndt
pertain to the Court, nor is it with
in the Cognizance thereof, to in
terfere, to hold Plea, refpeding the
said Ship or Property so taken as
Prize ; and prays, that the said
Ship may be difeharged from ar
reft.].
Whereupon the Libellants by
William Rawle, Esquire, their
Prodor, filed a Replication,
nearly similar to their former Pe
tition, in which they infilled on the
Invalidity of the Plea urged against
them, and craved a Decree accord
ing to their former Petition.
Issues were then joined, and Mr.
Du. Ponceau, one of the Attor
nies for the Defendant proceeded
in the Argument.
Mr. Du Ponceau insisted on
the Want of Juildidion in this)
or any Court to take cognizance of
this Business, and cited many Cas
es in Point to support his Plea.
Mei Sargeant read several
Cases to confirm the Arguments
of the above mentioned Gentle
man, and reserved himfelf to an
swer whatever may be advanced by
the Attornies in behalf the Libel
lants, after which the Court ad
journed until three o'Clock.
\To be continued.]
Extra# of a Letter Naffan, (New- 1
' Providence) May 7, 1793.
" In Consequence of the War
our Port is now open to foreign
Vessels, to bring Provisions of ev
ery fort. The Demand- will bl|
Ivery considerable, particularly for
I Hams, Flour, Bread, and Indian
ICorn. Out Neighbours of Cuba,
[now our Allies, will take great
!Quantities of Flour—half Barrels
suit them best."
Maffaebufetts.
BOSTON, JUNE 24.
The ingenious Author Os a Pam
phlet lately published, entitled,
6 EFFECT OF SLAVERY ON
MORALS AND INDUSTRY;'
has added an Appendix, in which,
from good Authorities, he has es.
timated, 66 that the whole Proper
ty, real and personal, of the State
q| Connecticut, may be Valued at
42 millions of Dollars. This sum,
he fays, divided by 36 000, the
Number of Families in the State,
gives 1,166 Dollars for the Value
of Property belonging to each
Family in the State." Happy
Country! May it long know the
Benefits it enjoys; and the Things
which make for its Happiness and
Profperiffr
A correspondent fays, that it is
highly 'to the credit of the Ameri
can character, that the decollation"
of-the late King of the French, is
very generally disapproved of ;
and by the dispassionate yeomanry
of the interior country, more than
by the citizens of the lea-ports.—
Although they cannot think Lou
is XVI. free from crimes, for he
was a man, they nevertheless can
not reconcile it 10 their ideas of
justice, that the National Conven
tion, (who previously acknowledg
ed his inviolability,) should stand in
the character of Legiflitors, Accus
ers, Grand and Petit Jurors, Judg
es, and Executive Officers—and
thus thinking, they take the liber
ty to condemn the measure, and
the Men who passed it ; although
they, and every vue American, feel
warm advocates for the entire fuc
ceß of the great principles of the
French ' Revolution. Principles
founded pn the equal Liberty of
All Men, and the EMPIRE OF
THE LAWS. And in every
part of the world, these principles
will eventually find advocates even
among rhofe who are now most
inveterate against the conduct of
the French. A better heart and
founder head, no Man, perhaps,
ever had, than the celebrated Brit
ish Orator Mr. Fox.——His po
litical principles are well known :
But hear what he fays, on the fub
je& before us. Speaking of the
decapitation of Louis, he fays " It
was as. inhuman as it was unjust, to
sacrifice an innocent man to gratify
the cruelty of infamous individu
als : It was (hewing a total want
of every principle of magnanimity,
which ought to be the impulse of
a description of men avowedly en
gaged in emancipating the greatest
nation in Europe from despotism :
It was a cowardly, flagitious, un
paralleled deed, at the bare recital
of which, posterity will Shudder,
and expref# the greatest astonish
ment that it could have been per
petrated in the enlightened ißth
century ! The detention of Louis
was a complete violation of just
ice. Those who had imprisoned
and condemned him had previous
ly declared his inviolability. Then
why outrage humanity by his dread-
ful death, when the law mention .
ithat his dethronement, in cases of
treason against the people, was
the only punishment which could
be inflicted ? Were he to dwell
longer oh the melancholy catastro
phe, his feelings would be too
powerful for him to sustain, he
must dismiss it with the utmost ab
horrence I,"
From the (N. Y.) DIARY.
IT is a circumstance highly grat
ifying to every class of well-difpofr
ed, orderly citizens, to fee that the
high executive authority of the
Union, is so well seconded in hi#
endeavours to maintain.the digni
ty and peace of this happy country,
by the chief magistrate of the state
of New Torki This refledion arose
from information received yefterd,
from a friend, that certain persona
here, unmindful of their duty as
peacable citizens, and regardless of
the confcquences which might re
full to the community at large,
from this rath conduct, had equipc
for sea an armed vessel, and pro
cured acommiffion fromthe French
minister, to cruize against and cap
ture the property of those nations
who are at war with France, though
at peace with America. —My in
formant further assured me, that as
soon as Governor Clinton had
fufficiently ascertained the sass, that
so daring a violation of national
faith was about to be perpetrated,
through the madness & avarice of
a few individuals, with a vigilance
becoming his Station, and a decision
which has frequently marked his ,
character, he ordered the Ship to
be arreted, and caused those per
foos who had entered on this un-y
warrantable enterprize, to be con
fined. This prudent and spirited
condud of our Governor, I con
ceive, entitles him to the thanks ,
of the people of America, and in a
particular manner, demands the
refpeaful acknowledgments of the
citizens of New-York, Many re
fpedable persons in Philadelphia,
sensible of the delicate situation of
this country, relatively considered
with the powers at war, have ex
pressed to the Ptefident of the Unit
ed States, their approbation of that
Proclamation, on which the pres
ent ad of our Governor is found-*
ed. I propose, therefore, with all
deference to the citizens of New-
Tork, £0 present an address to His
Excellency Governor Clinton,
expreffiye of our resolution to aid
him if neceffary,by every means in
our power, to preserve the reputa
tion of the city, and to maintain
inviolated the neutrality proclaim-.
ed, and to declare our entire appro:
bation of the manner, by which he
has been pleased to put a flop to
an ad, at once so unadvised, auda
cious and illegal, a citizen.
Newbampfoire.
CONCORD, July $
Drowned, on Saturday the 29th tilt,
at Bofcaewen, Gideon Goold, 17 Years
of Age'-—belonging to Hopkinton.
Died, at Henniker, last Saturday Sen
night, Dr. Edward Hunter—aged
44, very suddenly— He has left a difcon
olate Widow, and a Number of Children
to mourn the Lofswfa kind Hulband and
tender Parent.t
Died, in this town, on Wednefi
day last, the widow Eleanor John^
son, in the 83th year of her age.