The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1798-03-27 00:00:00, page 2

minder, and etch in four or five
different placet. Thii took up
many hourly and the poor cretrure
• all thia while was living, tod, at
every loud crack of the bones,
gave a howl, though not loud, yet
piteous enough to pierce the most
cruel heart,, and mke mankind
forget their hatred to its species,
and pity hi misery. After the,
lege, the snake attacked the scull
in the fame manner ; but this
proved so difficult a talk, that the
monster, tired with hit fatigue, &
feeing his prey in no condition of
escaping, left him for the night at
the foot of the tree, and retired in
to it himfelf to rest. Thii gave
ua occasion of going home, and I
must assure you, I could not deep
for the poor tyger, who was nat
urally so ftrorg and vigorous that,
we left him still alive, though
broken and mangled in this mis
erable manner. In the morning,
I returned with several others to
the thicket ; b# as we'to^ up,
we law a ftraoge change TO the
face of things : the body of the
tyger, which was no longer to be
known as such, but looked like a
red lump of fhapelefi matter, was
dragged to some distance from
the tree, and (hone all over as cov
ered with glue or jelly: When
we arrived, we fate very plainly'
the meaning of all this, for the
snake was yet busied about it.—
He had laid his legs one by one
close to the body, and was placing
the head straight before, and lick
ing the body, (which now had no
remaining Ihape of one, its bones
being all broken) and. covered it
with hii fiaver, which was what
gave it that fhtning look, coating
it overlike a jelly,? and rendering
it fit for fallowing! A great
deal of time was employed in this,
but at length the serpent having
prepared it to bis mind, drew
himfelf up before it, and seized
the head, just as a rattle snake, in
some accounts, does a rat, and be
gan to fuck that, and afterwards
the body, down into his throat.—
This was the work of so much
time, that I left him struggling at
the moulders when I went home
to dinner, and, by the accounts of
those who stayed to watch him, it
wat night before he got the whole
in. The morning following we
all assembled for the last time,
and the very wqmen and children
followed us, faying, that, a, the
prey was gorged, there was then
no danger. I could by no means
conceive the meaning of this, till
I came to the place, but then 1
found it very true : The ftrpent
tadfa loaded hit belly, that he
could neither fight nor run away :
He attempted, on our approach,
to climbthe tree, but in vain ^
and was soon knocked on the head
with clubs. • After having killed
this monstrous serpent, we mea
fared him, and hii length was 33
feet 4 inches. He was immedi
ately cut up, and I affute you, af
forded a fleffi whiter than veal;
and, as they laid that eat of it,
.finer tasted than any Beth what
ever. I hope the curious nature
of this account will plead pardon
for its length ;
And am, worthy Str, ^fe^l
your very humble servant,
R l_^ DV " N '
[The fond of Ceylon nfit, in the Indian
Sea,. It is full of woods, wbiib abfo in
wild foe, ^ The wf wtedinar, ft
@lq^at^c^^™^
one of ohofe teun will /over ten mtn, and
hoop them from the rain : they art very light,
and travellers carry them from place to place,
and ufl them at tents.] [g^ No wonder it
produces f^ch manfrous Snakes /]
Latest foreign intelligence.
^^^*»-
[6 For most of the Foreign and Doroef
tic Intelligence given this day, we afe
indebted to a gentleman from Boston,
who favored us with Saturday's Cen
tinel, from which it is extracted, and
follows.) #
AUSTRIA, (cidroant venice)
Dtc.lfr
ALL the vefell of war belong
ing to the late Republic now
bear the in-coloured flag. The
Venitian navy is no more ; and
the Austrian government will be
eftablilhed on the firft of the en
suing year!
FRANCE.
PARIS, JAN.' 14,
The Steifs appear determined
to resist all encroachments of our
troops on their territory, in the
" tented field." The Directory,
therefore, have wifely disavowed
the conduct of Gen. St. Lyr, and
have expressed their desire hat to
commence an oft rupture be
tween the two republics. The
Swift appear to be firmly united ;
and to a man determined to resist
even Frenchmen, if the, invade
their country. [This is genuine
patriotifm.]
Infurreaion at Rome.
Buonaparte, brother to the Gen
eral, and Amb^ffidor at Rome,
has written to the Directory, in
forming it of an infurreaion which
took place on'the 29th of Decem
ber. A number of people ap
peared before the palace occupied
by the Ambassador, (hooting,
“ Vive la Republique, !' We are
free and come to demand the sup
port of France." Judging them
to be wild fanaricks the Ambas
sador ordered them to disperse,
which they did; but soon after
assembled in greater numbers ;
when the papal troops were or
dered to fire on, and disperse them.
—A feene of carnage eofued —|
several French officers ioterpofed
to put an end to the conflid,
when the brave Gen. Duphoz was
killed, and most barbarously man
gled, This brave warrior, accus
tomed to victory, was the next
day to have been married to the
fitter of Geo. Buonaparte's wife.
The Papal government appeared
to take no notice of these events ;
and the Ambassador quitted
Rome the next day and retired
to Florence. He is speedily to
return to Paris, to give a mere
fall account of these events.
,40 confequ of this event,
4b§ mi^^affairs
had- addressed to citizen Joseph
Buonaparte the following letter :
The Minifar for Foreign Affairs, to Citizen
t%?' PARIS, %„ NIVOSE—JAN. 11. ,
" I have received Citizen, tie diftreff
irig letters which you wrote to me, on
the flocking events which took place at
Rome, on the Bth of Nivofe. The most
? base and perfidious villainy could not
have been carried to a greater length.—,
The French Republic will have a repara
tion worthy of herfelf ; of this ,ou may
be certain. Receive then, this assur
ance, the dnly consolation which can be
given to him who has seen one of the
be@ friends, and one of the moil tetrej^%
id defenders of the Republic die by fas
fide. • ^\
;f ^ '% Notwithstanding the care you have
taken to conceal almost every thing which
? personally relates tp yourconduct on that
horrible day, yen have not prevented us
from difeovering that ydn have support
ed wih magnanimity the honor of the
French name."
COUNCIL of FIVE. HUNDRED.^
Villiers reported a law predicated
on the message of the Executive Dite&o
ry, declaring neutral vessels to be good
prize, ^f laden in whole or in part with
English goods orproduce. In his speech,.
the reporter noticed the address of the
Prefidmt of the United States to Con
grefs, and observed, that the fame prin
ciples were pfofeffed therein as hid been
profeffed by the British Ministry ; and
that these two governments had agreed
together to calumniate France.
ENGLAND.
HOUSE of LORDS, JAK it.
<Lord Grenville brought down
to the House the following mef
hge from hit Majesty:
“ G. R.
“ His Majesty think# proper
to acquaint the House of Lord#,
that hit Mjefty hat received va
rious advices of preparations made,
,aod measures taken in France,
apparently in pursuance of a de
-6 g openly and repeatedly pro
feffed,; of attempting the invafiou
of these kingdoms.
" His Majesty is firmly per
suaded. that by the zeal, courage,
and exertions of his fubjeas, strug
gling for whatever is most dear to
them ; such an eoterprize, at
tempted, will terminate io the
confufion and ruin of those who
may be engaged in it. But bis
Majesty, in hit anxious concern
for the Safety and welfare of hit
;faithful people, feels it incumbent
on him to omit no suitable precau
tion, which may contribute to their
defence.
66 His Majesty, therefore, in
perfuance of the a& puffed for
providing for the augmentation
of the militia, has tboughtit right
to make this communication to
the House of Lords, to the end,
that hit Majesty may cause the
said Militia, or such part thereof
as he fhail think necessary, to be
drawn out and embodied, and to
march as occasion (ball require."
The Message being read,
Lord Grenville moved, that an
humble eddrefs be pretexted to
hit Majesty, thinking him for his
gracious message, and promifiog
the determination of the House,
to adopt such efficacious measures
as the exigencies of the time re
quired.,
This motion was put and agreed
to mm. diff
Capture @f Spanijb Ships.
LONDON, JAN. 18.
From Lisbon we have just
learned, that Sir John Orde's
squadron pff Cadiz, had fallen in
with a fleet of Spanish (hips, rich
I, laden, convoyed by three men
of war, from Havannah ; had
captured the men of war and great
er part, of the merchantmen.—
This was fully believed at Lisbon,
styhen the Packet failed.
Admiral Patker fupercedes Sir
John Orde before Cadiz. Hit
fleet is fufficiently ftroog to keep
the Dons snug in pfo?
Lord St. Vincents has threaten
ed Lisbon with deftrudion, if they
refufe to (Apply bis fleet. ^fo ;
% The Magittrates of Hamburg
have received a notification, th^t
, the town would be entered by
I another body of French troop?,
,uolef, they instantly expelled the
English from that city and port."
CONVOY.\
The Courier of the 18th J^n.
fay#, " A meeting of the Amer
ican merchants was held this day,
for the porpofe of making an ap
plication to Government co grant
a convoy for the outward bound
American (hips."
Two ladies in Holland have
fubfcrib°d 30,000'. each, towerde
(be re-fftabiifhment of the Dutch
marine.
United States Legislature.
FIFTH CONGRESS—--Second Seflion.
HOUSE, &c.—March 5.
A MESSAGE from the President of
the United States, war fed, and
committed to a Committee of the whole.
[This Milage was given in tbs Lfl Mirqr°l
FOREIGN INTERCOURSE
, This important debate was brought to
an issue this day. Mr. Nicholas's amend
ment being under consideration, Messrs.
Read, R._ Williams, and Bayard, /poke
againft> and Mr. W. Claiborne in favor
ofit. At length the question was put :
For the Amendment, . 48
Against it, 52
Majority, 4
Mr. S. Smith moved, to confine the
compenfarion to Ministers Plenipo. to
6000 dels, per annum, except those to
France, Greatbritain and Spain, who
may recti/e 9000. Negatived.
Mr. Nicholas made some observations
on the Secretaries allowed the Extra En
voys at Paris, which, are three. One he
thought was fufficient ; but at the hw
allowed it, he fliould not objeft to the
appropriation ; however, he mould move
an amendment to prevent more than one
Secretary to a mission in future.
' The yeas and nays were called, when
the house resumed, on the renewed a
mendment of Mr. Nicholas, which was '
negatived, as follows :—Yeas 48— Nays
5 2 - .
Mr. Smith renewed his amendment to
limit the compensations to 6000, except
to Ministers to France, Greatbritain and
Spain ; which was negatived.
Mr- Nicholas' motion receding Sec
retaries was also negatived, go to 45.
The bill then passed to be engrossed.
March 6. ' ,
The Foreign Intercourse bill passed.
A ftatemept of the Exports of 17,7,
was ordered to be printed.
THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE,
Was on motion of Mr. Sitgreaves com
mitted to a feleft committee.
Several amended bills came down from
the Senate.
STAMP DUTIES.
The Supplementary Stamp duty bill
was taken up in committee of the whole.
One and an half per cent is <0 be allowed
to all purchasers as stamps above 10 dole.
The duty on debentures repealed —and
a quarter per cent to be added to draw
back retentions. Several amendments
were proposed, but were all negatived, by
great majorities. The committee at
length role, reported the bill, which was
confirmed by the house, and pallet to be
engrossed. ' &
„. march 7.
A considerable number of private bills
passed various stages. (
The Stamp ad amendment bill passed.
. IMPRISONED DEBTORS.
A report for their relief was difeuffed
in committee of the whole and a bill or,
dered.
~ MARCH 8.
DEFENCE OF PROPERTY.
Mr. Sewall, of the committee on the
President's lute message reported.
^ This report after mentioning the
critical and alarming fitua'ion of the U.
States, and the fpoilations on their com
merce, recommends the completing and
-equipping the federal frigates, providing
for their crews, &c. authorizing the Pre
sident to purchase armed vessels, and to
eftablilh cannon foundaries, andjnaking
appropriations therefor. Also, for ex
pending the ballance of former appropri
ations (97,683 dollars) and making fur
ther appropriations for fortifying har
bors, &c. They also recommend the est
tabliftiment in the War Department of a
Naval Agent; &c.,™
The report was referred to
4 Comm nee of the whole,
on the flare of the Unio&
which has a prGfef^^^
others.