The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1795-01-30 00:00:00, page 1

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CONCORD, (NEWHAMPSKIRF,) PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY ELIJAH RUSSELL AND MOSES DAVIS. ^ _
[VOLUME III.]
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LAWS,
Passed by the Legislature of Newhampfhire,
at the Session holden at Concord.
Printed from atteftgd Copies.
An ACTfor the preservation of Salmon and Shad,
in Conneaicut river.
RE it enabled by the Senate and
°Hou/e of Representatives in
General Court convened, That af
ter the passing of this a&, if any
person shall, between the firft
day of April, and c the firft day
of July, in any year, catch, kill,
or destroy any Salmon or Shad,
in any part of Conneaicut river,
within this Stare, or in any
stream within this State, run
ning into said river ; or shall
use any Seine, Net, Spear or
Stab, or any kind of machine or
instrument, for the purpose of
catching Salmon or Shad, within
the limits aforefaid, at any other
time than between the rising of
the fun on Tuefday morning,
and the rising of the fun on
Saturday morning, in the fame
week; such person shall, lor
every such offence, forfeit the
sum of Ten Dollars, to be recov
ered with costs of suit, in an ac
tion of debt, by any person who
shall sue for the fame, before
any Justice of the Peace, within
the county, where such offence
shall be committed ; one half of
said sum for the use ofthe person
who shall sue therefor, and the
other half for the use of the said
county.
And be it further enabled, That
if any Seine, Net, Spear or Stab,
or any kind of machine, or in
strument made or used for the
purpose of catching Salmon or
Shad, at any other time than
that which is by this a& allow
ed for catching Salmon & Shad,
in said river, shall be found in
any part of said river, within
thisState,or in any of the dreams
aforefaid, it shall be forfeited to
the use, and become the prop
erty of him or them, who shall
find the fame and remove it from
said riveh and if any pot for the
purpose of.pitching fifh shall at
any time be found within the
limits aforefai&it shall be for
feited and appreciated in man
^r above memned —and if
any person or ptyfons shall be
tween the firft day of April, and
the firft day of July, in any year,
set, draw, or use tyithin the lim
its aforefaid, anys^n4tfr Net,
'more than ;o toe, in length, for
the purpose df.carching Salmon'
or Shad, such person or persons,
shall, for every fu©h offence, for
feit the sum of Ten Dollars, to
Hfe''^ for'"'and ap-
FRIDAY, January 30, 1795.
■■■■■■■■■■■■■—■ mßm«iinri i-wr ■arMm«a^-ji»^g»*«»'r
it shall be the duty of every town
within this State, bounding on
the State of Vermont, to choose
every year, at their annual town
meeting, a Fish Infpe&or, whose
duty it shall be to infpe& said
I river, and to take and remove
I therefrom every - machine and
linftrument for catching Salmon
lor Shad, which shall therein be
found at any time, other than
that by which it is lawful by this
a&, to catch Salmon and Shad in
said river ; and each of the said
Infpe&ors shall be sworn to the
faithful performance ot his duty,
and be hereby authorized to com
mand such assistance as shall be
Ineceffary to enable him to re-
Imove from said river, every
I machine and instrument, which
shall be forfeited by this a& ;
and every person, who shall be
commanded by any of the In
fpeaors aforefaid, to assist; and
Ifhall actually assist him in tak
ing and removing from said riv
er any of the machines, or in
ftiuments, forfeited as aforefaid,
shall (hare equally, with such In
fpeaor, in the property of the
fame. Provided/neroer^
Tnai the duty ffil„§ffi
each of said In fpeaors shall be
confined within the limits of the
town, wherein he shall be chos
en.
And be it further enabled, That
all a&s & laws heretofore made
relative to catching Salmon or
Shad, in Conneaicut river, be,
and they hereby are repealed.
Approved January gth, I7„>
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Miscellany.
for "t^^rrour.
OBSERVATOR, No. XII.
^tyOTHING is more common than
™ a falfe friend—nothing more rare
than a true oner—One of the ancients
complained that whilst men kept an
exaft account of the number of their
goats and Iheep, they were no ways so
licitous to enquire that of their friends,
who ought to be much dearer to them.
But they would not have had room to
reproach Mr. Lycas, for such negleft:
For some years trace, a gentleman was
in his elofet, and happening to cast his
eye over the fire-place, he saw a little
book in form of a register—Opening
it, he found a manufeript, with the
' following title—" Liss of those who
call themfelvei my friends, under
proper heads." —This whimsical title
exciting his curiosity, he turned over
the firft leaf, at the top or head of
which, was a heart ; but very few
frames were under it. At the top of
the fecerftef Was a purse ; under
whi(ffvtere &ht or ten names, most
of them had been flafed. Over the
thirditeaf was a bottle ; and under it
were# numberless multitude of names.
— Lastly. at the top of the fourth leaf
was a maft* ; and under it so long a
catalogue of nanfa th# they filled all
the rest of the register: '
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Is not this a true, but degrading
•pidure of mankind ? Many of these
milked hypocrites there are, who ap
pear in fheeps eloathing, but inwardly
they are ravening wolvei.
From the hypocrite and difftmb!ing
O Lord ! deliver ME!!
* Alluding to the hypocrisy of pretended
friends.
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Domestic Articles.
Newjerfey.
ELIZABETHTOWN, JAN. 7.
At the opening of a new year it will not
be improper, after having so long exhibited
in detail the situation and operations of the
different nations of the globe, to survey them
cursorily, and by one coup d'aril contemplate
the world.
. France
is the principal adot in the tragedy which
diftrads the European world. Separated
from her by an immehfe trad of ocean, cur
good wishes are almost the only' aihftance we
can grant her. These (he possesses in an emi
nent degree. When we saw her borne down
by the innumerable hordes, which poured,
like a torrent upon her fertile fields from ev
ery quarter —we trembled—but we did not
despond ; —we reflected on the invincible spi
rit of freedom, and relied on that God, who
had refeued us from the most imminent dan
gers. Our fond anticipations were not dis
appointed . —The Almighty smiled upon the
generous efforts of an injured people—France
acquired vigor from misfortune, and from
defeats learned how to conquer.
If a cause, on which depends the happi
ness or misery—not of France, not of the
; present age only—but of mankind and pof
r t'erity.: if the maH-.h3fd-fraig.hr battles and
a succession of victories, unparalled even in
the page, which records the boasted feats of
a C^far or an Alexander: if the most brilli
ant inventions in the sciences can interest the
human heart, then the hiftory of France in
the present ^ra will warm unborn millions
to admiration—to delight—-to gratitude.
The experience of a great nation nowton
firms the truth of that principle, which the
dilates of reason have often warranted the
most profound authors in asserting—that
where liberty reigns, there the beautiful
family of the fc^ncies will flourifh and in
crease. Tha invention of the Telegraphe—
the profoundnefs and success of their re
searches in several articles of Chemiftry—
the perfedion of Aeroftation—and the dis
covery of the Conftantinopolitan fire have
displayed the free born energy of their fouls,
which despotism had damped but could not
annihilate. Like the little Spark just ready
to expire which lies useless and dull, till some
foftering breath excites it to a blaze— -so the
native powers of their fouls faintly twinkled,
till the inspiring touch of liberty roused them
to a flame, which illumines the world.
We are not ignorant bhat France has, in -
the moment of enthufiafm,done things which
cool, impartial justice will condemn :—but
'who will not pardon thole errors which pro
ceed from an excess of ardor in so good a
cause ?
England
is far from being an uninteresting objed.
The man of sensibility views with Sorrow
this part of the piaure, and drops a tear over
the fad hiftory of the victims to ministerial
injustice. Buf'repine not, virtuous Muir !—
repine not, ye his worthy fellow-exiles !—
long ere the period of your banishment has
arrived —long ere fourteen years have rolled
their ample round, England, will cease to be
content with the Shadow of liberty, and,
throwing off the yoke your c'juntrymen, will
seek you in the inheritable climes of New-
Holland, will hail you as th&deliverers of
your,; Country.. Surety that moment will
compensate for years, of Sufferings.
Romantic as^this anticipation may appear
to feme, appearances flew that the tifen'^
this desirable event is npt far distant. I-, II
content has long pervaded the mass of tmg
people—and ministers, instead of benching tffi
the storm likethe reed, choose rather to ¥
itate the ftuborn oak, and resist iftreafori
fays, that, like it, they mil °^W^
up by the roots. Had the^iffi Adminrf,
trafon ufedff^
enaeavourea to jootng^^ people w
fion, they might hare tfeaed theit purpose,
3nd by uppatently yielding to them, have
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, [number 119.]
»*..-MS-WriMUMI IWWniW!<*•«■»■— W<w*l*l*r* iMHfcW at—TOWluM&Pe
really prefefved their own domination. But
how different from this has b&en their con
dtt& ! They have perfected with uniemit
"ng . rigor—they have " blindly dealt de
ftru&on round," and often involved the in
nocent with the guilty—they have added in
sult to injury — they, hive opened ato. 11l those
wounds, which were elofed by the conclufron
of the American war—.they have crimed a
poignard at the bosom of literature, by prof
ecuring the authors cf writifigs purely Spe
culative. But these me^ns have not had the
desired effeft : they have excited the people
to an enquiry into their rights which they
find to have been basely—impiously trampled
under foot by ministerial defpdrifm. Their
complaints resemble the thunder which pre
cedes the volcano ; and their inward feelings
call loudly for jufiicc—for revenge. The
want of an opportunity prevents them from
rebelling at present—this opportunity will
be, however, probably granted, when Eng
land, wearied with a fruittefs contest, calls
home her trocps for tßeir conflicts with
France will light the genial flame of freedom
in theif bosoms, which by them conveyed to
their country, will there glow with increased
ardor.
Holland and Spain
have both been uniuccefsful in warring with
Frenchmen, and in almost innumerable bat
tles have experienced ^ifgrace and defeat.
The republican army has, in many places
in both countries, been received with open
arms by the inhabitants of well fortified
towns and been invited to partake of civic
feftivals, whilst the air was rent by the voices
of thousands Supplicating benedictions upon
them. But where this has not been the case,
neither the hitherto impenetrated fortifica
tions of Vuban, nor the rugged tops of the
Pyrenees could flop the rapidity of their vict
ories. How different have been the strug
gles of the Dutch from those of their ances
tors, the Batavians, when their arms were
nerved by liberty—how different the conflicts
of Sgain from those when She expelled the
Moors.
Germany
participates in the disgrace and loss of her al
lies.
Geneva'
will probably ere long enjoy the blessings of
liberty,as her revolution places her in thg lift
of the nations who are free. Wheq the im
mortal Rouleau daringly lifted the veil of
futurity and Saw his countrymen free, the
profpea filled him with the most rapturous
emotions—how sublime would have been
his joy, had he but lived to the present time,
and how willihgly would he have submitted
to death, when he beheld liberty residing at
Geneva.-
Pruffa
has received a large subsidy from the British'
Court, and, regardless of promifes,has appli
ed the money to a purpose for which it was
not intended, and has joined with
RuJfia
to Snatch " the firft, best gift of heav'n to
man," from
Poland,_
who, stung to the quick by a succession of in
juries from tyranny, has bravely thrown off
the yoke amidst innumerable difficultiefyand
dangers. Their contests have hitherto been
fuccefsful, and the gallant Kosciusko has, in
several engagements led them to victory and
honor. May their efforts be crowned with
success, and may their example te%ch the fro
zen Mufeovite and the Prussian Slave to dare
to be free.
Sweden and Denmark
by their spirited and manly conduct, have
prevented themselves from being embroiled
in war, whilst they still enjoy the advantages
of neutrality. It is probable that, had Ame
rica pursued the fame line of conduct anil a
dopted t^ sequestration bill, much unftecef
fary trouble and expense had been prevented.
The hardy, rugged sons of
Switzerland
, calmly furveytheconvulfions of Europe and,
Secure from the reach of danger, inwardly re-w
;flice at the rlpid advances of liberty. &
iA/rica/lhfia and Southamerica ,
have long been in the
vitude. Xhe tint has longwitneuea a irar*
the w^dfh^res'of^^
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