The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1793-03-18 00:00:00, page 4

MODERN JOCKEY-MATCH.
AFEW days face, a Mr. ~f Rhyne
beck, having effected a breach in that article of the
tenth commandment wobich forbids him to covet his
neighbour's wife, and feeling a strong property
to violate thefeveuth aljo,proposed to her a# Elope
ment, which was agented to ; tb„ accordingly set
off, and came asfar as E^fcCamp, a place afaw
miles below this, on the oppofte @ o f the river,
where they took lodgings for the night. The hus
band, wobo was absent during hit wife's elopement,
miffing her on bis return home, and getting pome in
. formation of the route they bad taken, immediately
purged, and overtook them at the tavern where they
bad put up, and began to make considerable disturb
ance about the matter ; wbe?t the poffeffir of theft
kle booty endeavoured toflence him, by faying, it w s as
foolijb to make so much bustle for Jo trifling an affair;
that it was evident bis wife liked him bes, or fee
would not have come away with him —and Jelling
him at thefame time, that be was Qillinc to ynake
Ompenfationfor bis loss and trouble—Tbebufband
lifened to hispropofol,.and, after a few minutes ban
tering, accepted, in,xcbange for bis wife, a,
horse, and esine dollars in case to boot, and a bridle
gratis.— The parties seemed equally faisfied ^h
their bargain, though it is thought the bufband rides
the biftaft. , # Catskill, Feb. II„W
«Do os^boU iw&u^d be done by!
Was tau,t by the immaculate J E sus-Qf
I which, hfe Miffipnaries, at least, ought to be
particularly mindful: nor should they teach by
Precept, unless they affi, it by Example.-
The great He ad of the Church, (we are in
ftru&ed in tefacfed Bt>ok)'is hot aßefpeaer of
Pbriirts t^=Mdn^ isnbt fo=Bur, O.
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profane or faced his Fundion, has his Fayour
fte___to whpni he will bepartial, in Spite of
his Profeffion : nor can the best of us, with
ALL me Religion, perfoad^ ourfdves to fol
low the Dictates of Reason so far as to do
to another,as we would another should do un
fete.”—Q^. T RB ffQcA.
A NEW SONG.
Tunc—Hark ! hark! the joy infoiring Horn!
HARK! Hark!aje„us, (Bering Sound
Hails tboje, in chains monarchal, hound ;
Greets ever, Freeman's Ear !
'Tis Freedom's Voice! the glad'ningfong
Barfforth in' Raptures from her Tongue,
Her Galic Cause to cheer !
My Sons,fa cried, the Day's your own,
And Via'ry all your Toils fall crown ;
Fell Monarchy mus die !
In Europe's Climes, no King fall reign :
- But Liberty rule each Domain
Supreme in Majefy !
Columbia smiles 1 her ,oys encreafe!
Her Sons are blef with Plenty — Peace !
The Fruits of Bravery !
Her Heroes, boldly, took the Field ;
Determined) nobly) not to yield
To kingly Knavery ! ' >
From her Example—Frenchmen, then ,
Perff-^Support your Rights as Men; .
And bravely; nubilejots can,
My Standard plant in Galin's ground :
And thunder to the Nations round,
THE DIGNITY OF MAN! I
THE Rev. Mr. Bod ie preached one day at
the .Kirk in Edinburgh, on Hell Torments, repre
fentedtbem to be intolerable, by the extreme cold they
fuffired there. And it being at that time very cold
weather, one of his congregation, 'after sermon, took
apod him to aJk bins the reason of his so doing, when
all the eminent divines had preached it up to be the
reverse. O,fr, said be, I bad good reasons ; for
if I bad told them it was hot, I feould have bad
them all run away to warm tbemfelves.
A N Irife Pries, wbofe Parishioners bad many
of them not made the mos honourable exit out of
this bad world, infixed, when be was baptizing
one of their children, to be paid the nuptial an# burial
fees, as quell as tbofe of bqptifm; and when the
parents afed the reason of this extraordinary de
mand, be replied, " Because I know, as soon as be
is grown up, be will cheat me of my dues, by going
to London to be hanged."
THE PIERIDES. • ?
HILARITY.
A* AB for the better Regulation of
Schools within this State, and for re
pealing the Laws, now in force re-
JpeEling them.
Whereas the Laws refpebling Schools
have been found not to answer the im
portant End for which they were
made: Therefore,
DE it enabled b, the Senate and House
° of Representatives in General Court
convened, That all the Laws of this
State refpeding Schools, be, and they
hereby are repealed.
' And be it further enabled, That the
Selectmen of the several Towns and
Parishes within this State be, and they
hereby are empowered and required to
assess annually the Inhabitants of their
refpeaive Towns, according to their
Polls and rateable Estates, in a Sum to
be computed at the Rate of five Pounds
for every twenty Shillings of their
Proportion for publick Taxes for the
Time being, and so for a greater or
lesser Sum ; which Sums when collect
ed shall be applied to the foie Purpose
of keeping an English Grammer School
or Schools for teaching Reading,
Writing and Arithmetic within the
Towns and Parishes for which the
fame shall 6e assessed ; except said
Town be a Shire or half (hire Town,
in which case the School by them kept,
shall be a Grammer School for the
Purpose of teaching the Latin and
Greek Languages, as well as reading,
Writing and Arithmetic as aforefaid.
And be it further enabled, That no
Person shall be deemed qualified to
keep any such School, unless he pro.
duce a Certificate from some able arid
reputable Schoolmaster, and learned
Minister, or Preceptor of some Acade
my, or President of some College, that
heis well qualified to keep such School.
And be it further enabled, That if the
Selectmen of any Town or Parish, ne
gled to raise and appropriate for the
aforefaid purposes, the Money requir
ed by this Aa to be by them assessed,
collected and appropriated, such Select
men shall forfeit and pay the full Sum,
which they fhal lbe so found Delin
quent in assessing, seasonably collecting
and duly appropriating ; which Sum
shall be recovered by Bill, plaint or In
foimation in any Court proper to try
the feme ; and when recovered, shall
be appropriated for the Purpose of
keeping a School in the Town where
such delinquency shall happen, which
Sum shall be paid out of the Goods
and Estate of such Selectmen. And it
shall be the Duty of the Towncferk
for the Time befng, of the @ive
Towns or Parishes, to fee that fy
Sums recovered of such delinquent Se
le&men be appropriated agreeably to
the true Intent and 'meaning of tty
A& ,
Provided, That this. Ad shall not be
confirmed to extend to the Lands Qf
Nonresidents, but that the Sum railed
tie in Proportion to the Value of the
Polls and Estates of the Inhabitants.
Provided, That the Operation of
this Aft be fafpeoded until the firft
Diy of March next.,
[The above Aapaffed the last Region, at ExetffJ
STATE of NEWHAMPSHIRE.
Published for the Benefit of the Publick.
A RECEIPT to make good Butter of bad.
WHENfrefb Butter has not beenfalted
in proper time, or when fall Butter has
become rancid or mussy, after melting and
feuming it, dip in it a cruff of Bread well
toafled on both fide; and at the end of a
minute or two the Butter will lose its dis
agreeable odour, but the bread will be
found fetid. Or, put the bad butter in
to hot water, flir it well, Jkim it off, and
work it in a churn get t.- B, tbefe methods
large quantities of butter, quite spoiled,
and almofffinking, have been made facet
and good.
FLORENCE, Nov. 16.—We have accounts
Jrom Genoa, that the whole French Fleet is at pres
ent in the Gulf of Specia ;it confJis of 20 Ships of
War, of different fixes ; bejides which, 2I Ships of_
War ar, expekledfrom Toulon with 16,000 Troops.
The fame accounts add, the French Fleet have re
queued of the Public 2000 Cattle, 4000 Bags of
Biscuit, and feme Money.
For Sale, at E. Russell's Office,
[Price gd.j
Some Farraginous R EMARKS
In which the Author joints out the Scriptural
Mode of keeping that Da, ; and he also proves b.
Scripture, (as be fays) that the Cbriflian Church
was newer commanded to keep a Sabbath, as that
was a ,ewijh Inflitution, and only typical of the
coming of Chriji in the FleJb, E-lc. —This
Pamphlet demands the inquisitive Attention and Pe
rusal of the Cbrifian Ministers and Converts.
ENGLAND.
LONDON, Jan. 4.—The Praf
fians occupy the Heights of NaJJau and
City of Frankfort, byt the, Kibg hid
requested a Truce of 3 Months to go
into winter Quarters, The King of
Praffia had summoned Custine to
surrender Mentz in 48 Hours, who re
turned for Answer, that he would al- <
low his majesty 48 Years to confider
of it—he considered himfelf in perfect
Security.
The French have 12 Sail of the -
Line in the Mediterranean, and 16 at
Brest. Spain has a large Fleet equip
ped, 14 of which, with 12 Frigates, ^
have failed towards Corfaa. Expedi
tion unknown.
War feemi to be the Features of the
Cabinet.- —-Commodore Murray,
with his Squadron, has failed for the
Scheldt.
The Courts of Auflria and Prussia
are making the greatest Exertions to
increase their Armies, and form large ,
Magazines of Provisions, Ammunition,
&c. Field marshal Count de Lang i,
appointed Commander in Chief of the
Austrian Armies defined to ad against
France, and was preparing his Bqwp
age for the Campaign with the great
est Expedition.
The Diet of Ratifbon was open on
the 16th of November last, where it
was refolded, that the Electorates of
Cologne Bohemia, Saxony, Brandenburg,
and Brun/wick, should furnifh a trippie
Contingent of Troops, &c. to a& a
gainst the French;
A large Detachment of General
Dumourier's Army had appeared
before Maeftricht, and another Body of
French Troops were arrived at din la
Chapelle.
Upon an AB for the due Observation of
The Lor d's Day.
BUTTER.
ITALY.