The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1792-12-24 00:00:00, page 1

Concord, December 1792.
TO THEPATRONSOF^^R^rURf, AND
THE LOVERS of THE ARTS AND SCI
ENCES, in the State of NewhaMf-
PROPOSAL
of E LI,AH 'RUSSELL,
OF Ccncor D,< ^Newb&mpJhire,)
FOR PRINTING BY SUBSCRIPTION,
-A NEW WORK;to & entitled,
THE
Newhamplhire MAGAZINE:
OR, THE
MONTHLY REPOSITORY of USEFUL
,INFORMATION,
On the following Conditions, q>i%.
I. The Newhampshire Magazine,
&. fail be published in monthly Numbers,
on the firft Monday of every Month.
11. Each Number Ihallcontain sixty four
Pages of Crown Odavo Letter Press— printed
on excellent white Paper, and a good Type ;
and the Work shall be executed with Accura
cy and Neatness.
111. SIX Numbers to complete a Volume ;
which will contain three hundred and eighty four
Pages, besides a Title Page and Index, which
will be given gratis, with the last Number
of each Volume—And, to preserve the Work
clean for binding, each Number shall be stitch
ed in blue Paper. .
IV. The Price, to Subscribers, will be
TWELVE SHILLINGS per Annum, de
livered at the Office.—Six Shillings to & paid
on receiving the firft Number —and Six Shil
lings on receiving the firft Number of each
Volume afterwards.
V. To accommodate all Classes of Citizens,
Country Produce will be iectived, for one
half, of those who cannot pay all Cash—The
Produce to be delivered at the Editor's Office,
at the Cath Price.
K, ON Account of the very great Expense at
tending a Publication of this kind, the Printer is
mceffitated to aJk ONE DOLLAR from each Sub
scriber on receiving the firft Number of each Vol
ume ; which will greatly assist him in prosecuting the
Work with Alacrity .——Those Gentlemen who
may he differed to make 'the firft Payment of Six
Shillings, at the Time tffs&rilbg, will receive
the most grateful Than) of the Ediiot —and the
Money /ball be refunded to them in Case a fuffieient
Number of Subscriber' do net a,year to encourage
the Publication. T
^ The Work shall be begun as soon as
400 Subferibers appear on the Lift.,
To the Citizens of Newham,foire.
THE Encouragement and Support of
every ufeful Art and, Science, in a free
State,is the only sure Mean whereby LiBERr
ty and Independence can be preserved in
their genuine PurifrrnTbe more expanded
the Mind, and the better informed the Un
derstanding of Man is, fa much the better is
he^u alified toenjpy the Rights of Freedom
——Where Ignorance prevails, there Tyrant
ny bears sway—and, by debarring the People
the Meat, of rational and reasonable
Information, Despots usurp Authority, and
make Slaves of the Commonalty''—~Let,us
not, my Fellow Citizens, .by rye Inatterttron
to the Privileges of Freemen, forfeit our
Claim to that most enviable of all Appella
tions! Let us not forfeit those inestimable
Blessings, Liberty and Independence,
which our departed Friends, Heroes, and Pa
triots, fought, and bled, and died, to obtain
for us; and which we are, better qualified at
present to enjoy, than perhaps, any People
under Heaven. — Let i,,sqt, by our literary
Sloth and Negligence, fink into Slavery, ana
dishonour the Memory of those who nobly
fated with their Blood,the Blessings of Peace,
and transmitted tp us Freedom, both civil
-raifofoWtoi&rtffi
{VOLUME LI-
Publifoed by ELIJAH RUSSELL, at his OFFICES inCONCORD, Newhampshire.
NEW MAGAZINE.
. „ 4 — . G UH ^^=tt^'
CONCOR^ MONDA Y, December 24, 1792.
The Mirrour.
/'i" /'.tab •'% ° °
and religious !—But let us rather strive to pre
serve those Blessings, pure and unfuliicd, by
generously aiding and fopporting every Insti
tution and Endeavour, which may serve to
enlighten the Mind, and inform the Under
standing—and which may tend to ennoble the
political and literary Charader of our State.
This (I believe) is the FIRST Proposal
ever offered the Citizens, for Publiihing a
MAGAZINE in this State The Pubdfh
er therefore flatters himfelf, that when they
take into View the Importance of encouraging
Literature and the Arts and Sciences, they
will generously afford him that Support which
the Attempt may merit, in a liberal Subferip
tion.-— -=No Pains or Expense, in his Power
to bestow, shall be wanting on his Part,to ren
der this MAGAZINE worthy the Patronage
of a free, enlightened People, and the Bene,
factions of the Lovers or the Arts and Scien
ces, and the Friends of Literature, in" this and
other States..- rs
The NEWHAMPSHIRE MAGAZINE,
&c. is intended to be comprised of original and
extracted Essays, moral, political, historical,
commercial, agricultural, philofaphical, phy
sical, &c. &c. Poetry, Anecdotes, and a
monthly AUftrad of foreign #( domeftick
Occurrences, which may serve to give the
Publick a just Id&of the Prosperity and poli
tical Situation of opr own and other Coun
tries. To this End the Editor earnestly
solicits the Assistance of the Learned, in this
and the neighbouring States, who with the
Prosperity of their Fellow Citizens— The Aid
of the enlightened, ingenious Sons of Dart
mouth, will be a welcome Offering at the
Shrine of our Magazine—The ingenious
Fair, who are favoured with the Smiles of
the Muses, will recei+eour grateful Acknow
ledgements for their.&op„, Which shall ever
be treated with iriviolable Secrecy, 2nd the
utmost Refped—We shall be particularly
thankful for the Assistance of the ingenious,
judicious Divine, the Moralist, the Philan
thropist, the Philosopher, the Physician, the
Politician, the Sage, the Hero, the Literary
Farmer, the enlightened Merchant, the Hu
mourift, and the inspired Votaries of the Sa
cred Nine.—Under the Auspices of such Aids,
the Editor hopes to be able to present ty enter
taining, inftrudive and valuable: Volume,
which wiftform a jvn@ous REPOSITO
RY of USEFUL KNOWLEDGE —-But,
should he lack.thofe Aids,he can premise noth
ing very flattering from his own Abilities—
He can only promise, that fnch Advantages
(if any)3 may be in his Power, shall be in
defatigably exerted to benefit ang please bis
generous Benefadors ^nd patrons—While he
hopes to meet their friendly Indulgence, he
begs Leave to subscribe himfelf, the Publick's
devoted humble Servant,
ELIJAH RUSSELL.
fc, Subfafyens will be received by the Printer,
by Gentleman in different Parts of the States, and
by the principal Booksellers in the Union.
^E. RussELLrefuf/es the federal Printers
to publijb the above in their Newspapers—He will
return bis Thanks to the Booksellers in the United
States, for their Assistance in receiving end fa
curing Subferiptious.
- -■;■•;. ,■ '■.■"-''‘"■"a . .1.^"4 - - ' ■. ^
LEdisi^Tl^^
FIET H SESSION OF CONGRESS.
HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES
of the UNITED STATES,
_,Jr,f L«l^^ $ i- ■Lill in. t
.;^ Webnrsda% IteffirAe, 14. ?^ -^
THE following Letter from the Secretary
of War, was presented and read,
%ti%^/,/t. 4 .fl(^
Wur Departtoeht; Nroem&r ¥4, 1792!
Learning that the „fa D,wa, e„oint«Tfbr
taki%to fymfer&te the a&roe „timd,„t
Monday, November ig^
A Bill was sent fa m the Senate, " for re
gulating foreign Coins and other perpofes,"
which had paged the Houfe—-t.ead, twice, &id
madethe Order of the Day for Monday next.
Several Papers were received from the Se
cretary of S,ate, containing Sta emems from,
the Trustees of the Fund for reducing the
publickdeOT in putf@ce.Qfan 44 of I^-
grefs. 3'
A Memorial was laid before the House,
from the People called Quakers, refpe&jng the
Indian War, and fuggefling the Importance of
an Inveftigati nos the Grievances of the In
dians, and" the Necetfay of making peace wih
them on just and reafenable terms —Laid on
the Table.
Mr. ^/Z^mfa moved h^ be appointment
of a Committee to take ifc confideratiop the
best means of iricreafing the Number of Ame
rican Seamen, and 10 report a Bill for the Re
lief offick and infirm Seamen—which motions
were agreed to, and a Committee accord
ingly appointed.
The Report of the Secretary of ihe Treasu
ry on marine hofpicals, & of a feled Commit
tee on the lame fubje&, were also referred to
the above Committee.
I—l bate quailed tjicb anxious Ex'feaation for
Rome d&tf the Hodfe, enabling me to attend the Pro
grefofthe Examination ufeoriwbich they are about to
enter,for thefur/oje offurnifeingfuch information
and Explanations aswght conduce to a right under-
Jkinding of facts, in which lam Jo materially im
plicated,the Failure cf a Proportion which lam in
formed WJS made to the flouje with that view has
added to mefolicitude and Regret.
Thus ftuated, Ifeel tayjelf culled upon to aft of
the ,ujlice of the Houje that jome mode may be de
vijed, by which it will be put into my power to be
preJen: during the courje of the ihtendea inquiry, as
well to hear the Evidence on which thejeveral alle
gations contained in the Report are founded, a, to
offer the information and explanations to which
I have alluded." "- .' 1 '
To thisflep lam impelled by a Perjuafion that an
accurate and jatifadory inroeftigation cannot olber
wife be had with equal advantage, ifut all. And
my entire reliance upon the Equity and impartiality
of the Hotije, will not permit a doubt to exist cnmy
parts that such an Irueftigaiion will be, tfallfatly
the Objedl of their desire and pursuit.'
I have ;he Honour to be, Sir, with the
highest Refped, y^ur most obedient humble
Servant, (Signed) H. KNOX.
This Day, rhe BufineL of the House beLg
of a private Na ure, the Doors were not open
ed! —=On Saturday the House did no; raecL
A Motion whs made by Mr. Boudir.ct,
that a Committee be appointed to prepare and
report a Bill, providing for a; regular system
of bankruptcy throughout the United Stares.
The Houfethen,in Committee ofthe whole,
according to the Order of the Day, (Mr. Law
ranee in the Chair) proceeded to the confidera
-1100 of the President's Speech, Paragraph by
Paragraph — The following resolutions were
moved—That it is the Opinion of this Com
mittee, that Prdvifinn should be made for the
Widows and Orphans of thole Persons who
may have been killed while under the Protec
tion of Flags of Truce to the Indian Tribes —
which was agreed to.
On the Paragraph of the Speech relative to
the Intercourse with foreign Naticns, Mr. Mg
Smith moved a Resolution to this Purport—
That Provision ought to be made for that Ob
far This Resolution was agreed to.
The Paragraph relative to the foreign
Loans being read, Mr.Fitzsimons proposed
a Resolution to the following, Purport :—Re
folved, that it is the Opinion of this Commit
tee, that Measures ought to be taken for the
Redemption offo much of the publick debt,
as by law the Government has a right to re
deem ; and that the Secretary of the Treasu
ry be direaed to report a Plan for that pur
pose. rc^/o^/^F^.]
Friday, November 16.
[Number g