The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1794-08-28 00:00:00, page 1

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TOR THE MIRROUR.—M^ RUSSELL,
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, I observed a few lines addressed " to
parents who have the privilege of a fchobl,,
and yet negled the benefits of it," which I
think exceeding well adapted to the ptefent
times.— Yes, my dear fellow citizens, it was
a most important admonition ! and happy
Ihould I be, if it might fink deep into your
breasts.— —You, that are parents of good
education, what would tempt you so be with
out it ? And you, that are parents of little or
no education, don't you greatly lament the
want of it ? Yes, surely you do. Then what
excuse can you have for your negligence ty,
Don't ,ou know the talent was put into your
hands to be improved, and not to be hid in
the earth ? Can you exped that melodious
found&ll ever Salute your ears, m/l dene good
&faithful feruant, then ba, tanfaithful over
afro things, I void make tbee ruler ever man,,
inter tbou into the jo, of th, Lord ?— How many
unhappy mortals do we often fee in the busy
world, who can scarcely read, write, or even
fpeli their own names? 4
„ The reasons why so many of bur youth de
light in tfeamufements of mere vanity, and
even in some of a more criminal nature, are
many and various. And the want of proper
education, I think is not the least. When
they come forward in the world thus, in their
ignorance, they are likely to follow examples
of the most criminal kind. And thus they
go on till they arrive at the brink of deftruc
tjon ; then the faithful mirrour, Confeience,
presents a picture, which, like the roll that
fezakißL saw, is inferibed 'noitbifed'with
out, with mourning, lamentation, and w>e!'--.
They fee their end approaching, terrors in
conceivable cover them ! the gulph of eter
nity opens before them ! they look, and Start
aghast at the profpea ! The dreadful cata
logue of their manifold transgressions, adds
td thehorrpr of the feene !—ln thk insup
portable ang^fh of mind, life becomes intol.
erable; and t^eir miserable exigences are
terminated bya death full of terror, under
the taking certainty of a , fearful looking
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anguish, will you be hke to meet with, wto
you enter into the presence of an mjpred,
angry God! Therefore, I intreat one and
all of you to negled this great and important
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prove it-left your offspring Ihould fay unto
you, some future day,>
Blame not ear foiffl,face wefe ,nrf%^
" fyefolgfaewe toekarnt
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and judgment of human nature, and make
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EXTRACTED FO%THZ MIRROVR.
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
Renuirkabl© Eroentsfrfo
The Aira, Country, and Writings of learned
Men.
The whole, comprehending, in one view, the
analysis, or outlines, of Universal Hiftory,
from the Creation. .^,
• V..;.!,^.;,'„ # <i=="'#'..vs'
^BEFORE CHRIST.
I HE creation of the world, and Adam and
Eye, 4004. The birth of Cain, 4003. He
murders his brother Abel, 3875. Enoch
translated to heaven, 3017. Noah's deluge
which destroyed the whole world, that patri
arch and his family , excepted, 2349, contin
ued a year. 2246, the tower of Babel is built
about this time by Noam's posterity ; upon
which God miraculously confounds their lan
guage and thus disperses them into different
nations. About the fame time, Noah is, with
the greatest probability, supposed to have
parted from his rebellious offspring, and to
have led a colony of some of the most trada
ble into the East ; and there, either he, or
one of his successors, to have founded the
Chinese monarchy. 2217 Babylon built by
Nimrod. In this city the celestial observa
tions were begun, and gave birth to much
learning, and the sciences. 2188 Mifraim,
the son of Ham, founds the kingdom of E
gypt. 20§9 Ninus, the son of Belus, founds
the kingdom of Affyria.[lßs6 the kingdom
of Argos; in Greece, diegins under Inachus.
1822 the letters of the alphabet invented by
Memnon, an Egyptian. 1764 the deluge of
°gyg es > which overflowed all Attica. 1635
jofeph dies in Egypt, which concludes the
000 k of Genesis, containing a period of 2369
years. [To be continued.]
Curious flas
Relative to the &cu&ure and mode of multi
plying of the Polypus.
[Fra#, Smellie's Pbil„b, of Natural Hi,or,.°)
wit t? j^ih^L^^^WV''^*^
qrIHE ftrudore of the polypus,
& which inhabit frefh water, pool#
1^ dirchei, is extremely simple. Its
body confifta of a single tube, with
long tutacula, or arms, at one extrem
ity, by which it feizei small. wormi,
itod conveys them to its mouth. 1c
has no proper head, heart, stomach,
or inteftinei of any kind. This fim- (
plitity pf ftruaufe gives rife to an
equal fimplWrty LA the ceconomy and
fuo&ioos of the animal. The poly
pus, though it has not the (|iftin
of sex, is extremely prolific. , When
about to multiply, a small protube
rance, or bud, appears on the furface
of iti body. This bad gradually
fwelli and extends. It includes not a
young polypus, but ft the real animal
in miniatures united to the mother, as
a fucker to the parent tree.. The food
taken by the mqth^ into the
young by means of 1 communicating
aperture. When the shooting poly-
% h^^ @fo,!,
aperture gradually, ctofa, and the
young drops off, to multiply iu fpe
cta in the fame manner. As every
part of a polypus is capable of fend
ing off (hoots, it often happens, that
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mother, begin to fhoffl , and the pa
rent animal carries Several generations
^# to ^^
dire'aion fancy. tan fogged, it not m-
I c tinues to exist but each feaion
Ifeff#&¥tt<he
I fioeet of T&'Rlove'the polypus feemi
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animal du&ility. No division, how
ever minute, ca 6 deprive these worms
of life. What infallibly destroys oth
er #nimalqfervespnly,in the ;polypi/
to multiply the number of individuals.
M. Trembley,* in the course of his
experiments, difeovered, that different
portion! of one polypus could be in
grafted on another. Two transverse
lesions brought into contad quickly
unite, and form one animal, though j
each fiction belongs to a different
fpeciei. The head of one species may
be ingrafted on the body of another.
When x polypus is introduced by the
tail into another's body, the two heads
unite, and form one individual. Pur
ging these strange operations, M.
Trembley gave scope to his fancy,
and, by repeatedly splitting the head
and part of the body, formed hydras
more complicated than ever struck the
immigration of the most romantic
fabulifts.
# The gentleman by whole experiments
most of these fads were difeovered.
Striking infiance of Parental Aft
Jfeaion.
r&he beginning of January 1786,
the Halfewell Eaftiodiaman, Cap
tain Diehard Pier% was unfortunate
ly wrecked on the coast of Dorfetlhire.
Betide several other ladies, Captain
Pierce had two of his own daughters
on board. When the (hip was io tty
extremity of danger, some of the com
pany by swimming, and other feats of
aaivity, got upon a rock. In this
dreadful situation, Captain Pierce @fk
ed Mr. Rogers, his,third m#te, if any
plan could be deviled for faring the
ladies ? Mr. Rogers replied, it is
impossible! but you m^y save your
hit,' Upon which the Captain, ad
dressing himfelf to his daughters, and
enfolding them in hit arms,, laid,
" Then, my dear children, we Iba,l
not part ; we shall perish together !"
Mr. Rogers quitted the ship & reach
ed the rock : An universal shriek was
heard, in which the.yoices of female
distress and horror were lamentably
distinguishable. In a few moments
all was hushed ; the ship, wittyery
person on board, had then gone to the
bottom.
Reflexion.—Parents cheerfully sub
mit to the hirdeft labour, and exp^
themfelfa to the greatest danger, in
order to procure things convene
and neceffar, for their children, or to
pto#t<hea^
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Latest Foreign Intelligence,
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the total of the funds remaining in the fe,
The total of the affignats io circulation, it
5&3>354>6201.
—Root
- official accent of the Cbe
foe Fleet, and the grand
[j,* A VQWA4 CONVEN alO N,JUN& TOtf.'
r'r ertoftbe Na^lAaion
I resented an ear of corn at the Bar of the
l vest.
3 Minute 611046, auynw .va.ww
mtmefetts^
" The valuable present which has just
been offered you, seems to be the forerunner
' of the happy news lam about to communi
cate. The convoy of one hundred and six
teen vessels coming from America, has enter
ed our ports, and brings us subsistence of all
kinds. Our news on the Alps, and towards
north, is equally good. Our troops have re
jtaken possession of the Palatinate 1 Pfrma
§ fens is our own tigain ; and the army of the
Rhine is every where victorious.'
“ But an object still more important is, the
provisioning the Republic.—Here, then, is
an end of that compact of starvation between
England and Spain, which was to desolate
France with famine.
" The solicitude of the committee is great.
The English had united all their forces on the.
ocean to capture this rich convoy. The fife,
ty of the country depended on its arrival.—
what have your committee dohe ?
" It has been secret in its measures. It has
united all its maritime strength.— Jean Bon
St. Andre was on board the Montague ; and
as our fleet was inferior to the Engiifh, in the
number of 14 Blips of the line ; the commit
tee ordered the French fleet to station itfelf
between the enemy and the convoy ; and not
to fight, unless it was to save this valuable
fleet.
" The courage of Republicans, and their z
hatred t® the Engliih, triumphed over every
obstacle. A battle became inevitable ; and
it has been one of the most glorious and
bloody that ever occurred in the annals of
naval hiftory. .
" Our fleet, though 14 ships inferior in
number, and ttyeeward of the English, made
them feel our vengeance, and obliged them,
to abandon to us the feene of aftion. Seven
of our vessels were difmafted ; 10 belonging
to the English fuffered the fame fate,, and
there is every reason to presume, that one of
their three deckers went to the bottom. Our
^feven difmafted vessels are not yet arrived in
pta, and there is reason to apprehend they
are loft. • ,
"Let Pitt then boast of this vidory to his
nation of shopkeepers ( nation homiquiere )—
Already do the English newspapers announce
mat a division of our fleet has taken a Dutch
convoy. But we can tell you better news:
nor a day passes but the commerce of our en
emies affords us provisions and wealth.
"Here then is what the French Marine
has done, now tbatjt is rid of its vermin no- -
Nifty. ^When the details of this viftory reach
us, we will recommend the rewarddut td out
brave sailors. Our applauses shall reach from
one end of the Republic to the other. ~}
" Now that the provisioning of the Re
public is secured, we will unite our forces ;
'attack the vile knaves § and England Bull be
the Spot to which our Republican cannons
Shall be pointed."
When this report was concluded, Barrefe
read the letter from the representatives, Jean
Bon St. Andre and Prieur de la Marne, an
nouncing these happy tidings.
" The English (fays he,) directed their
principal attack towards the Montague ;
they fired 130 fltot^&ri She was attack
ed by fix Ships at one time. Her equipage
is covered with glory—near 300 of her men
ware killed or wounded. Jean Bon St, An
dre was wounded by a block falling upon his
arm. The brave Bazil, Captain of the Mon
tague, was killed.„
" Villaret and Cauvet gave the greatest
proofs of their courage ; and had it not been
& the cowardice of , and some oth
ers, we Should hove taken the ten difmafted
[English vessels. We hope our Seven vessels
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^ At length our objed to fulfilled ; the
American fo^^tofa^^fefe
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these several communications.
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tified much by art as well as by nature.
Tfe General of division Moreau, writes
from Pirmafens, dated the QWfifol
r " The division of the army which Icom
mana,nasjuir pouenca iiicii v ,
[Num. 97.]
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