The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1794-06-09 00:00:00, page 4

TCI Ewengland people turned arifto
1™ crati! fays a southern gentleman.
This is very odd. Let us examine the
faft, and compare Newengland aristo
cracy with southern democracy. An
eastern aristocrat is a Newengland far
mer. Nine out of io of all these people
men of small landed estates, confift
ic^ of from 50 to zoo acres of land,
and worth from 1000 to 3000 dol
lars. There is not one in twenty of
them that ever owned a slave ; and
these who have them are getting rid
of them as faft as they can, without
injury to the slaves. The farmer
himfelf, his wife, his sons and daugh
ters all labour in person on the farm
or at the spinning wheel. A farmer
in Newengland who does not labour
in person, is no more to be found
than a planter in Virginia or Carolina
who does. If they have occasion to
hire laboring men, they associate with
them, and eat at the fame table. In
a whole village there is little or no
diftindion of rank—the farmers and
mechanics, the justices of peace and
Mr. Russell^ —By inferring the following
Hint in one corner of your Mirrour, you
will oblige a friend and customer.
WHATis there in naturefo odious and hateful,
As for men in their Jenfee to be Jo ungrateful ?=
1 late help'd a neighbour to what he defir'd, * *
Andfor which until doomsday he might have afpir'd
Had not I— # * * * * Q &I
But now in his turn—* - (to fa, but a word)
Hefwagger'd ^fwell'd like Bute thegreat Lord;
" P u sf d and he blow'd- -tho' this is n't half,
To bear the whole flor, perhaps you wou'd laugh.
But this will evince to all perJons, that he,
fill bite one as ft, as a bug or a flea,
To finifo, and tell the whole flor, off flat,
M, Lord has two faces, altho' but one hat.
CANDIDUS.
Should heaven their prayers so ardent grant,
Thou never company wouldst want,
To make thee downright mad;
Fer mind me, in their wishing mood.
They never offer thee what's good,
But ev'r, thing that's had.
Your/elfin metre fine ;
Ne'er heard afo r.g with praifefneere,
Sweet warble onyourfmutty ear,
Before this ode of mine.
Perhaps the reason is too plain,
Thou tryeft toflarve the tuneful train,
Ofpotent verje afraid;
And yet I vow, in all my time
I've not beheld afingle rhyme
That everJpoil'd thy trade.
There's not afcoeblack in the land,
So humbly at the world's command,
As thy old do venfoot ;
Like lightning dost thoufly when call'd,
Andyet no pickpocket isfo maul'd
As thou, 0 Prince of joot !
What thousands hourly bent on fin,
With Application call thee in,
To aid them to purjue it ;
Yet, when detected, with a lie
Ripe at their fingers ends, they cry,
" The Devil made me do it."
Behold the fortunes that are made,
By men through roguifo tricks in trade !
Yet all to thee are owing —•
And though we meet it every day,
Thejneaking rascals dare to fay,
This is the Devil's doing.
Hath some poor blockhead got a wife,
To be the torment of his life,
By one eternalyell ;
Thefellow cries out coarsely, '''Zounds !
I'd give this moment twenty pounds
Tofee thejadi in bell."
I'meforely griev'd at times to find,
The very infant thou art kind,
Some people jo uncivil,
When aught offends, with face awry,
With base ingratitude to cry,
ODE to the DEVIL.
PRINCE of the dark abodes ! Iween
roar bigbnefs ne'er till now bath Jetn
from A NEWYORK paper.
'' I wish it to the Devil."
FOR THE MIRROUR.
THE TIMES.
SEAT OF THE MUSES.
the blacksmith, all associate on equal
terms. There is no such thing as a
farmer'# commanding his workmen
—he treats them all as his equals.
These people are generally very civ
il and obliging—They make low
bows to each other, and teach their
children to do the fame. This is
Newengland aristocracy.
Virginia democracy is a very differ
ent thing—A democrat in the fou:h
ern Rates is a planter, or other perfoo,
who owns a large number of (laves ;
who is above labour himfelf ; and
not only so, but is above the trudgery
of overseeing his own bufinefi. He
commitsit to a Reward and a negro
driver. , He establishes all the ranks
of the feudal fyftemin his own family.
The planteris king,or lord paramount
—his children are the nobles—the tu
tor, the Reward and clerk, are the
commons—and the laboring people
and the blacks are the vassals. Yet
this planter is a mighty democrat—
a warm stickler for the rights of men
—for liberty—and what is more, e
quality. This little domestic mon
arch writes and spouts incessantly a
bout the funding system and the dan
ger of power. He will not lobor—
not he—that is the business of slaves.
He will not associate with labour
ing people——he will not eat at
the fame table. His sons must not
labor, this would disgrace them —
they are seen at a tavern from morn
ing to night, Tawing on a fiddle, and
playing at billiards.
A Newengland aristocrat, on Sun
day, puts a fiddle and pillion on his
team horse, takes his wife behind him,
and his child on a pillow before, and
rides to church, and when he gets
home he reads a sermon or a chapter
in the bible, and teaches hit children
some catechism. The southern de
mocrat on fundays gets into his coach,
if he has it, or can borrow one, and
accompanied with two or three dirty,
half naked slaves, rides to some of his
friends, or to some amusement. Ie is
vain to deny these things—thousands
of eye witnesses can attest them.
Let the truth then be acknowledged.
Let the charge of aristocracy fall
where it ought. The northern people
are the most democratic in the uni
verse—equality reigns among them
in reality—but they refped law and
order, and when they have a govern
ment they wish to keep it.
THE audacious eagle, king of the
feathered race, having been sur
mounted by a mortal, who has dared,
forty five defferent times to plant his
standard above the states of this sov
ereign, is now chained and fattened
to the car of his conqueror.
The carriage which Mr. Blanchard
has invented, and now offers to the
public, runs without horses, or clock
work, with such rapidity as the con
ductor pleases to give it. An autom
aton in the shape of an eagle perfectly
imitating nature, is chained to the
fore part of the carriage, and seems
to give it motion. This carriage,
built in Philadelphia, is executed with
the utmost delicacy and art. On one
(ide of the box, is represented the pas
sage from Dover to Calais, through
the aerial regions. The Engiifh col
ours are on this occasion seen flying
from the Tower of the Royal Cattle
at Dover : a similar colour is in the
hands of Doctor Jeffries, who, in the
air in the car, is surrounded with bot
tles for his provifion# Opposite to
him is represented the captain of the
aerial equipage, surrounded by phi
losophical instruments. On the o[her
pannet appear the two aeronauts al
most naked —Mr. Blanchard having
CURIOUS CARRIAGE.
YOU also, my brethren, need a
certain degree of phvfiognomy,
and perhaps, princes excepted, no
men more.— You ought to know
whom you have before you, that you
may difeern spirits, & portion out the
word of truth to each, according to
his need and capacity. To whom
can a knowledge of the degree of ac
tual and possible virtue, in all who ap
pear before you, be more advantage
ous than to you ?
To me physiognomy is more in
difpenfible than the liturgy. It is
to me alike profitable for doctrine,
exhortation, comfort corredion, ex
amination with the healthy, with the
sick, the dying, the malefador; in
judicial examinations, and the educa
tion of youth. Without it, I should
be as the blind leading the blind.
thrown every thing into the sea, in
order to lighten the vtffel and escape
a (hipwreck, which they were threat
ened with. Dr. Jeffries is seen emp
tying his bottles of brandy in order to
forget the danger, whilfthis captain
is calculating and working. On the
back of the carriage is represented the
marble monument,ereded in memory
of thii Cingular passage, in the king's
sorest near Calais, on the spot where
the two aeronauts defeended, which
by his majesty's orders received the
name of Canton Blanchard.
peaceably and patiently undermining
the strength of the British empire and
raising our own on its ruins.
" The wealth accumulated by their
amazing industry and commerce,
seemed destined to improve and ag
grandize the United States. Under
such circumstances, if we confuted
our revenge only, we ought to desire
nothing but peace, and the commerce
we lately enjoyed. The truth is,
time fights for us. Time fights a
gainst them. If we will trust to time,
we shall find him a powerful friend,
who will render us conquerors—rich
conquerors."
WHEN I recoiled what immense
portions of British capital, un
til the late interruption of our com
merce, were daily lent to be vested in
the vacant lands of this country, and
other important and permanent im
provements : When I recoiled
how many of the fubjeds of his Brit
annic majesty, were not only fending
their money to add to the riches, but
coming ' themselves to encreafe the
number and force of the U. States—
I recoiled a commerce which was
Every day free of rain (only Sun
days) the doors of the Rotunda of
Mr. Blanchard in Chefnut street, be
tween Seventh and Eight street, will
be opened at 5 o'clock in the after
noon, and halt past five precisely the
experiment with this, curious car
riage begins ; afterwards a great ba
loon will be filled with atmofpherical
air, by means of a new invention like
wise, of the fame author, who fees
with pleasure, that they ate about ap
plying his difeovery to the New The
atre, co give it frefh air : he hopes
that when the salutary effeds of his
invention are properly known, it will
be fuccefsfully applied in vessels, hos
pitals, and generally in such places
where the corrupt air aggravates the
sicknesses.
This carriage, for its mechanism,
is far superior to the one Mr. Blanch
ard conftruded at Paris, in rhe year
1778, wherewith he went to Verfailes
in two hours time, was there present
ed to the king, and took the queen
and ladies of France a riding in laid
carriage.
A WORD TO THE CLERGY.
from a Virginia paper.
AN EXTRACT.
ALL persons indebted to the Estate of
James Jewett, late of Pembroke,
tanner, deceased, are desired to make imme
diate payment —and those who have claims
against said Estate are requested to exhibit
their accounts for settlement to
LUCY JEWETT, Administratrix.
Pembroke, May 28th, 1794. 84
Two flout, healthy BO Y S,
i§ or 16 years of age, as apprentices to the
Tanner's Trade. Apply to
NATHANIEL LADD.
Concord, May 24,1794- 83
" Pray make my compliments and
best wishes acceptable to your bride.
I am old and heavy, or should, ere
thii, have presented them in person.
I (hall make but small use of the old
man's privilege, that of giving ad
vice to younger friends. Treat your
wife always with refped ; it will pro
cure refpea to you, not only from
her, but from all that observe it. —
Never use a flighting expression to
her, even in jest, for flights in jest, af
ter frequent handlings, are apt to end
in angry earnest. Be studious in your
profeffion, and you will be learned.
Be industrious and frugal, and you
will be rich. Be sober and temperate,
and you will be healthy. Be, in gen
eral, virtuous, and you will be happy.
At least, you will, by such conduft,
stand the best chance for such conse
quences. 1 pray God to bless you
both, being ever your affeaionate
friend," &c.
There cannot be a more natural,
effedive, or de finite incitement to elo
quence, than fuppofiog some chataft
eriftic countenance present, of the ca
pacity of which almost mathematical
certainty may be obtained. Having
fix or seven, I have nearly my whole
audience before me. Ido not then
speak to the winds. God teaches us
by physiognomy to aft upon the best
of men, according to the best of
means. LAVATER
THE following is extraded from
a letter of the late Dr. Franklin,
to a newly married friend, a Mr. Al
lyne, who had requeued the opinion
of the American Philosopher upon
his entering into the matrimonial
state. It is superior to Swift's letter
to a newly married lady, on account
of its being more brief, at the fame
time that the inftrudions are equally
perfed. The piece fnould be print
ed in letters of gold, framed and glaz
ed, and hung up in the most confpic
uoui apartment of every house ; for
it would be difficult to find any equal
portion of writing that conveys so
much good advice in such small
bounds.
Every teacher pefftffed of phyfiog
nemieal sensations will easily difeern
and arrange the principal clafa a
mong his hearers, and what each ch(i
can and cannot receive. Let fix or
seven classes, of various capacities, be
feieded ; let a chief representative, a
charaderiftic countenancce, of each
class be chosen : Let these countenan
ces be fixed in the memory, and let
the preacher accommodate himfelf to
each; (peaking thus to one, and thus
to another, and in such a manner to
a third.
A fiogle countenance might rob me
of ardour, or inspire me with enthusi
asm. Whenever I preach, I general
ly seek the most noble countenance,
on which I endeavour to act, and the
weakest when teaching children. Ic
is generally cur own fault if our hear
ers are inattentive ; if they do not
themselves give the key, in which it
is necessary they should be addressed.
James Jewett's Estate.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
LITERARY TREASURE.