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BY E. RUSSELL—CONCORD—NEWHAMPSH[RE.
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Miscellany,
FOR THE MIRROUR.— MR RUSSELL,
B, gioi ng'the foilowikg a place in your ufeful pa
per,you imll grtatl, oblige a correjpondent,
IN perufog the Mirrour for August „,
I observed a few lines addreflfed " to all
parents who have the privilege of a school,
and yet negled the benefits of it," which I
think exceeding well adapted to the present
times.—Yes, my dear fellow citizens," it was
a most important admonition ! and happy
Should I be, if it might fink deep into your
breads. You, that are parents of good
education, what would tempt you to be with
out it ? And you, that are parents of little or
ho education, don't you greatly lament the
want of it ? Yes, surely you do. Then what
eicufe can you have 'for your negligence ?—
Don't you know the talent was put into your
_ hands to be improved, and not to be hid in
the earth? Can you exptd that melodious
found will ever salute your ears, Will donegood;
and faithful fervent, tbue haft been faithful over
'4 few things, I will make thee ruler over man,,
enter thou into thejo, of th. Lord ? —How many
unhappy mortals do we often fee in the busy
world, Who can Scarcely read, write, or even
spell their own names ?
The reafqns why so many of our youth de
light in the amusements of mere vanity, and
eta in forte of a more criminal nature, are
many and various. And the want of proper
education, I think is not the least. When
they come forwardin 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 destruc
tion ; then the faithful mirrour, Conscience,
presents a picture, which, like the roll that
Ezekiel law, is inferibed ' within and ^with
out, with mourning,- lamentation, and wee!'—
They fee their end approaching, terrors in
conceivable cover them ! the gulph of eter
nity opens before them 1 they, look, and start
^uri at the prefpeg ! The dreadful cata
loguCof their manifold transgressions, adds
to the horror of the feene !—ln this insup
portable anguish of mind, life becomes intol
erable ; and their miserable existences are
" terminated by a death full of terror, under
the alarming certainty of a " fearful looking
,f or ofjudgment" in the world to come.
Now, my dear firs, if this is the fruit your
children are like to reap by your carelessness,.
what indignation and wrath, tribulation and
anguish, will you be like to meet with, when
you enter into the presence x>f an injured,
angry God ! Therefore, I intreat one and
all or you to neglect this great and important
duty no longer ; but now, while the oppor
tunity is in your hands, I beseech you to im
prove it—left your offspring should fay unto
you, some future day,
Blame not our conduit, face we but pursue,
Thoje ver, Itfons we have learnt from you.
'Philomathes.
FOR THE MIRROUR.
FROM THE WOODS.
MANKIND were made to spread over
the face of the earth and cultivate it ;
'tis not so well for them to go in herds to
gether, or so live very cbmpaa—they spoil
one another;
IT will wonderfully help our knowledge,
and judgment of human nature, and make
prudence more easy in the affairs of the world ;
—to remember, men are but great children,;
and children little men.
/MEANS ought to be adapted to ends—
kiffes and caresses will never cure the cholic.
BE careful to do right, and that you never
do a right thing in a wrong way.
ALWAYS speak accurately and properly
before children, and don't try to make them
speak too soon. J, ';
THE Grecians were governed by the A
theniaas, they by Themistocles, he by his
wife, and she by her little boy.
CHILDREN must be children, before•
they are men—to require of childhood the
prudence of age, i, life requiring a child to
be ; feet high at 4 years old. ^^% '
AT,AD, knowing the peculiar sentiments
ofhis mailer, fgid it was foreordained that hej
tepid break the bowl, and so he could not
help it Very w^l, (aid his.mafter, and I.
#ill make you know soon that it was fdreot
dained #i6^ul^ have 4 [good flagging for;
it—so go get a fi|§k^+: 'WK., '.ro! „rr : ,
, HOUSEKEEPER Sfhould v^eChildren
to break about 6s. worth a piecefti,'year,
.and so when it did happen, much folding
MONDA Y, September 1, 1794.'
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EXTRACTED FOR THE MIRROUR.
CHRONOLOGICAL TABfcs
or
Remarkable Events, Inventions,
AND.
The ^Era, Country, and Writings of learned^
Men.
The whole comprehending,m one view, the
analysis, or outlines, of Universal Hiftory,
from the Creation.•
+ BEFORE CHRIST.
I HE creation of the world, and Adam and•
Eve, 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 Noah's pbfterity; 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. 2059 Ninu„ the son of Belus, founds
the kingdom of Assyria. 1856 the kingdom
of Argos; in Greece, begins under Inachus.
1822 the lettersbf the alphabet invented by
Memnon, an Egyptian. 1764 the deluge of
Ogyg e s, which overflowed all Attica. i6;§
Joseph dies in Egypt, which concludes the
book of Genesis, containing a period of 2369
years. [To be continued.]
Curious Fa&s y
Relative to the ftrudure and mode of multi
plying of the Polypus.
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[From Smillie's Philojoph, of Natural Hijior,.]
THE ftruaure of the polypus,
which inhabit freffi water, pooh
and ditches, is extremely simple. Its
body consists of a fiogle tube, with
long tcntacula, or arms, at one extrem
ity, by which it seizes small worm,,
and conveys them to its mouth. 1:
has no proper bead, heart, stomach,
or intestines of any kind. This 6m
plicity of fyu&ure gives rife to in
equal fimp'icity in the economy and
fundions of the animal. The poly
pus, though it has not the diftindion
of sex, is extremely prolific. When
about to multiply, a small protute
rance, or bud, appears on the furface
of its body; This bud gradually
fwelli and extends. It includes not a
young polypus, but is the real animal
in miniature, united cp the mother, as
afuckerto the parent tree. The fode/
taken by the mother paffts into the
young by means of a communicating
aperture. When the (hoofing poly
pus has acquired ^ certain growth, this
aperture gradually closes, and the
young drops off, to multiply its fp<
ctesip the. fame manner. „A§ every
part of a polypus is capable of lend
ing off shoots, it often happens, that
the young, before parting- with the
mother, begin to Irotfri and the pa +
rent animal carries federal generation
on her own body. There is an&h^r
singularity in the hiftory of the poly
pus. When cut to pieces in every
diceafon fancy can suggest, ic^not ofr
ly continue# to cm*,'but each feaion
soon becomes an animal of the ffi^
kind. Whetis flip mor, farprizing,
when inverted as a man; inverti the
finger of a^glove; the pulffipfem,
to' have fuffered no matercif W^ I
for it soon begins co take food, apd to
perform every other natural fundion.
Here we have a wondeilul instance of
animal ductility# No ditifan, how
ever minute, can deprive these worms
of life. What infallibly destroys oth
er animals, serves only, in.the polypus,
to multiply the number of individuals.
M. Trembley, in the course of his
experiments, difeovered, that different
portions of one polypus cou'd be to^
grafted on another. Two transverse
feaioms brought into contad quickly
unite, and form one animal, though,
each fedion belongs to a different
Species, The head of one species may
be ingrafted on the body of another.
When a polypus is introduced by the
tail into another's body, the two heads
unite, and form one individual. Pur
suing these strange operations, M;
Trembtey gave scope to his fancy,
and, by repeatedly fpliulng rhe head
and part of the body, formed hydras
more complicated than ever ftruckthe
immagination of the most romantic
fabulifts.
?* The gentleman by whose experiments
meft of these fads were difcoveredJ
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Striking instance of Parental As
-fedion. 1,
TN the beginning of January 1786,
A the Halfewell Eafiindiaman, Cap
tain Richard Pierce, was unfortunate
ly wrecked on the coast of Porferihire.
Beside several other ladies, Captain
Pierce had two of his own daughters
on board. When the (hip was in the
extremity of danger, some of the com
pany by swimming, and other feats of
aftivity, got upon a rock. In this
dreadful situation, Captain Pierce ask
ed Mr. Rogers, his third mate, if any
plan could be devised for faring the
ladles ? Mr. Rogers replied, "it is
impossible! but you may save your
teji" Upon which the Captain, ad
dressing himfelf to his daughters, and
enfolding them in his arms, laid,
" Then, my dear Children, we shall
not part ; we shall perish together I”
Ms. Rogers quitted the ship & reach
ed the rock : An uoiver fal shriek was
heard, in which the voices of female
distress and horror were lamentably
distinguishable. In a few moments
al|%s hushed § the ship, with every
person on board, had then gone to the
bd^om..
Rtfb&'mn. —Patents cheerfully sub
mit to <he,hardeft labour, and expose
themfelvei to the greatest danger, jo
older to procure things cppyen,ent
and necittary for their chikhty, or tq
prote& them from injury, , „}[
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' Lat est Foreign Intelligence, "f
National Convention, Zid Prairial, (, mio,)
THE official report made this day by the
Committee of Treafnry, 'Rates, that
the total of the funds remaining in the sev
eral departments of the treasury, the 19th,
at night, amounted to 6jg,,fyftt> .livres.
The lotal of the affighatS in circulation, &
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i^^fofaQ, .- \ 0
French official account of the Cbe•
fro fa,eake Fleet, and tbe grand
^Naval Engagemerit "
' # N.ATIONAL CONV^NTiON; JUNE |6.V%
l&fflWh Effort of the Nopal laiok of the if&
.The Municipality of Chapelle Franclade;;
prcfaited, an ear of corn at the, Bar of the
Convention, the produce of thd present har
vest.
Bar kerb, Organ of the Committee of
Public Welfare, spoke as follows :—
[Num. 97.].
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, " The Valuable present which has just
been offered ycu, seems to be the forerunner
of the happy news I am about to communi
cate. The convoy of one hundred and six
teen vessels coming from America, has enter
ed cur ports, and brings us subsistence of all
kinds. Our news on the Alps; and towards
north, is equally good. Our troops have re
taken puffed!on of the Palatinate, ;, Pirma
fens is our own again ; and the army of the
Rhine is every wherojaorious.
" But an obje& still more important is, the
provisioning the . Republic.—Here, then, is
!an end of that compad of starvation between
England and. Spain, which was to deflate
. France with, famine. - , r
" The solicitude ofthe committee is greats
The English hadunited all their forces on, he
.ocean to capture this rich convoy; The fafe~-
ty of the country depended on its arrival.=
; What have your committee done ?
"It has been secret in°its measures. It has
united all its maritime strength.— Jean Bon
St. Andre was on bo%rd the Montague; and
as our fleet was inferior to the Engliffijn the
number of 14 Blips of th e line ; the commit
tee ordered the French fleet to Ration itfelt
I between the enejpy andthe convoy ; and not
I to fight, unless i§ was so save this valuable
fl cetf .A
'' The courage of Republicans, and their
hatred to the Eogtify triumphed over every
obflacle. A battle became inevitable ; and
it has been one of the most glorious arid
bloody that ever occurred in the annaTs Os
naval hiftoty,, f {, '
" Our fleet, though ,4 ffiips inferior in
number, and to leeward of the English, made
them feel our vengearice, arid obliged them
to abandon to us the feene of adion. Seven
of our veflels were difmafted ; to belonging
Ito the English fuffered the fame fate, and
i there is every reason to presume, that one of
Itheir three deckers went to the bottom. One
seven difmafted vessels are not yet arrived in
port, and there is reason to apprehend the,
are loft.
^ Let Pitt then boast of this viaory to his
nation of ihopkeepers (nation bonliquiere.)—•
Already do the English newspapers announce
that a division of our fleet has taken a Dutch
convoy. But we can tell you better news:
not a day paries but the commerce of our en
emies affords us provisions and wealth.
!' Here then is what the French Marine
has done, now that it is rid of its vermin no
bility. When the details of this victory reach
us, we will recommend the reward due to our
brave sailors. Ou; applauses (hall reach from
one end of the Republic to the other.
" Now that the provisioning of the Re
public is secured, we win unite our forces ;
attack the vile knaves ; and England (hall be
; the spot to which our Republican cannons
shall be pointed."-
When this report was concluded, Barrere
read the letter from the representatives, Jean
;Bon St. Andre and Prieur de la Marne, an
nouncing these happy tidings.
" The English (fays he,) direded their
principal attack towards the Montague ;
, they fired 130 Shot at her. She was attack
ed by fix Ships at one time. Herequipage
is covered with glory-near 300 other men
were killed or wounded. Jean Bun St. An
dre was wounded by a block falling upon his
arm. The brave Bazil, Captain ot the Mon
tague, was killed. # .
" Villaret and Cauvet gave the greatest
proofs of their courage ; and had it not been ^
for the cowardice of— — —-, and some oth
ers, we Should have taken the ten difmafted
English vessels. We hope our seven vessels
will arrive. In the mean time we have or.
dered these cowards to Paris to be tried.
“At length our objed is fulfilled ; the,
; Amerfcari convoy has anchored at St. Mat
thieu, and is coming to Brest. Our fleet to
preparing to go to sea." —The loudest ap;
plaufes were heard during the reading of
these several communications.
Barrere then communicated the dispatches
which announced the advantages gained by.
the land forces. A firft letter, written from
the army of the Alps, states, that our troops °
have taken possession of the valley of Sture,
and of the post of the Barricades, very: dm
portant from its position, anfohich was foty
'tiffed much by art as well as by nature.
; "The General of division, Moreau, writes
|fHmfPirmalins, dated the 14th inst. as fol-
[ ''The divfop of the army, which I com
imarid, has just possessed itfelf of Pirmafens,
jßhotliieh, anti hlteltyW The enemy was
^obliged tofly. Weloft only five men."
Barrere ,hen readia letter from the Head
Quarters at Marchi,, a, dated J^, Ifr,-
nouncing the proceedings of the army of the
Sambre."