The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1793-07-09 00:00:00, page 4

Seat of the Muses.
PETER PINDAR.
AN ODE.
° /T ma y happy ifb f will •**
J.V X I’ve /aid it often, and Ith nk fa flill t
Doctrine la Make the million stare !
know then, each Mortal is an aQual Jove ;
Can brew what weather he fb all most approve,
Or wind, or calm, or foul, or fair.
But here's the mifchief— Mans an ass I fay 1
Too fond of thunder, lightning, (iorm, & rain ;
He hides the charming cheerful ray
That (preads a (mile der hill and plain ;
Dark he must court the fcut Land/pade andfhroud^
Ihe mistress of his foul must he a Cloud !
Who told him that he mufti be curs'd on earth P
■The God of Nature ?—No such thing !
Heav'n whisper d him, the moment of his birth,
“ Dont cry, my lad, but dance and png ;
Don't be too wife, and be an ape :
“In colours let thy foul be dreys'd t ha crape.
** Rofesy^ all'fmootb Life's journey, &ad^rn ;
“ Yet mind me—-if, through want of grace,
“ Thou mean H to fling the ble/fing in my face,
“ "Thou haft full leave to tread u; on a thorn.'
let fame there are, of men I think the worst,
Poor imps / unhappy, if they can't be curs'd—
Forever brooding over Mis’ry’r eggs,
As though life's pleasure were a deadly Jin; .
Mousing forever for a gin
To catch their happiness by the legs.
Ev n at a dinner, fame will be unblcfs'd,
However good the viands, and well drefs'd :
They always come to table with a scowl,
Squint with a face of verjuice o'er each difth.
Fault ihe poor flejh, and quarrel with the fifth,
Curfte cook and wife,and loathing. eat IS growl,
A cart fad, 10, their stomachs fieal.
Yet [wear they cannot make a meal.
1 like not the blue devil hunting crew !
I hate t o drop the difeonten edjaw !
O let me Nature’/ simple Jmile pursue.
And pick e'en pleasure from a flraw I
EXTRACT - —
From a late American Publications
J us return to our native country, and
who tranquil delight, contemplate that hap
py portion of freedom, and that rational gov
ernment alloted to the United States of Ameri
ca. Here ttie mind ot man, as free as the air
he breathes, may exert all its energy, and by
expanding its powers to distant and various
oojetts, its faculties may be enlarged to a de.
gree ( hitherto unknown. Here the equalizing
genius of the laws didributes property co eve
ry citizen : Here all religious opinions are e
qually harrnlefs,and render men equally good
fubjetts, because there are no laws to oppose
and cbncroul them : Here no tithes, no rack
rents, no lordly exadions of gratuities, and
fines for alienation, no arbinary impositions
of taxes, harrafs the cultivator of the foil, and
repress his exertions : Here no beggarly
monks and friars, no princely ecclesiastics
with their annual income of millions, no idle
court pensioners arid titled mendicants, no
(pies to watch and betray the unfufpeding
citizen, no tyrant with his train of hounds,
Ballards and miftrefles, those vultures of gov.
ernment,prey upon the poor peasant, and ex
hanft the public treasury of the'nation : Here
no commercial or corporation monopolies,
give exclusive advantages to favoured indi
viduals, and extinguilh the ardourof national
enterprize ; -od sacramental tell bars the con
-4 feientous fedavyfrom placesol trull and em
olument, or tempts him to dissimulation and
perjury ; here no monasteries, convents and
nunneries, the* retreats of idleness super.
flition and debauchery ;no monkifti prin
ciplesof celibacy; no daily ceremonies of pro
cefGons, and mock-miracles divert the minds
of men from the occupations of ieduftry, or
check the population of the country: fieri
every man finds employment,and the road is
open for thepooreftcitizen toamafs wealth by
labour and oecoDOtny, and by his talents and
virtue to raise himfelf to the highest offices of
State : Hire the laws provide for the poor,
whom age or infirmity has deprived of the
power of obtaining subsistence—and beggary
is banilhed from our doors. Here the.chil
dren of the poorest citizen have atcefstofchoor
at the public expence ; the establishment of
numerous parilh or other private libraries,
with the univerfaLcirculation of neWfpapers,
pamphlets and magazipes, has diffufed a
competent knowledge of religion,art»& gov
ernmet among the substantial inhabitants
while academies and universities well endow
ed and furnifhed with able prbkiTors, nourish
the sciences, and prepare our youth forthe 1
pulpit, the bar, and the cabinet. Here
population hh» exceeded all European calcu
lations ; already has the adive genius of A
merica begun manufacturing eftkblifhmehts;
already do hrir flrips traverse the globe, anef
colled wealth on the ocean, and the iflands^
fforo the Straits of Magef/asrto the^inholpit
able regions of Kamchatjka ; and in the short
period of i yd years since our ancestors landed
oh these shores, a trackless wilderness, iflhab
ited only by fa rages and wU4 beasts, is con
verted into fruitful fields afc meadows, mote
highly cultivated than one half of Europe.
AN EPIGRAM
OF Generals don’t Cell me, of York, and
such boys ;
Nor of Howe—though I mean not their laiL
* rels to taint ;
The General Pin fare that will make the
moil noise.
If the war should go on-^-is General Com*
plaint. (London Paper.)
A N E C D O fE.
AclercAman in New Jersey, owned
a negro by the name of who was by
no means fond of working, and one day told
his matter he conceived it a hardship, * f dar
he poor Hegar man mbs worke io hard, and
mafia do noting.” You aremiftaken Quajb,
my labour is more fatiguing than your’s ; I
do head work, and your’s is merely bodily
exercise; This hint was fufficient for Quojh.
The 1 next day hb was ordered into the woods
to procure fuel—but Quajh Haying longer than
usual, the parson repared to the woods to lea
what detained him'—when behold! the fiift
obp£p that presented icfeif to his view was/
aftrideon alafge maple log in a pensive
attitude. When he enquired the cause, Qua fa
Harting up & rubbing his midnight brow, oh!
mafia me—me have been doing head work»
Well let me hear what your head has done.—
Su ppofe'mafia, dere be five pigeons on dis
tree, and yod take a gun and shoot too of dem '
how many there be left ? Why three you old
finner.—No maffa, dem todertree fly away,
. ~ 1 ■ ■ —I, .
ON INSENSIBILITY.
HERE are some people who seem to be
born Stoicks, and whb poflefs all that Insensi
bility from nature, which others have em*
ployed so much time and pains to arrive at.
A person who has an unfeeling heart is a
stranger to the highest sensations of delight
that human nature is capable of.
- For the American Herald of Liberty .
— —
MR. RAN LET,
Though our Jleepihg thoughts are commonly wild
and extravagant, and seem but the J portings
of fancy, escaped from the band of judgment ;
yet most of our dreamy if we be in health,
afford us plealure, fame of them contain mo
rality and inftruSion. Lately visiting a
friend, and being v^ry hospitably entertained,
I had the following dream. If you tbin/z it
worthy of a corner in your ufetul paper, and
that it may excite thedFle quills in your neigh
hood to communicate waking thoughts to the
public threngh the fame channel, which has
long been our^jfh in the country, by insert
) ing it you vj^nblige your friend and reader,
SoM N j COL VS.
Deerfield, July, 1793.
Y eyes, weighed down with the fatigue
of travel,clofed as soon, as my head was re
clined upon the pillow. 1 fancied myfelf
again mounted, with a long day and a tedious
journey before me. One while I was palling
a desert of land, parched with heat ; again
found myfelf on the brow of a mountain,with
an immenle prbfpeft of the plaiqat a difiance
and a frightful profped of cliffs and precipi
ces under my feet. I next forded difficult
and dangerous ftreams,which had lately been
stripped of their bridges by a frefhet. At
length I entered upon a spot, which fmilcd
under the hand of high cultivation. Delight
ed wi h the profped on every lide, I pafled 2
or 3 miles, expecting at every turn that lome
magnificent mansion would meet my eye,
whose grandeur should equal to the beauty of
the fields around it. I was in some degree dis.
appointed by feeing at a pleasant diftahce
from the road a house of one story high, built
in the simplest flile imaginable. If flood up
on an elevation, 1 paralleLwith the road, hav
ing in front a transparent brook, which had
been decoyed from its natural course into a
bafon. The margin of rhe bafon was cover
ed with Clover and shaded with weeping wil
lows. I flopped a minute to gaze on a spot,
which fimpneity, taste, and originality had
combined to render beautiful. And while I
was indulging the reverie, a boy, drefled in
white, vaulted down the steps from the man
sion, and with a most engaging air, request.
ed in the name of his mistress that I would
alight ants become her guest. I accepted
the invitation with plesfure. We were met
upon the last flair, as we afeended, by the
lady herfelf, who had invited me. There
was ri dignity and sweetness in her afpeft,
which coftimanded reverence and love ; and
while ihe bade her guest welcome, ftie seem
ed grateful for his courtesy in accepting her
invitation. The boy whispered me that
her name was Hospitality. ** Stranger,”
laid Ihe, ft you look furprized and Curious,
** and seem at a loss to decypher the charac
ter of your toft. Know then, it is her bu
*f finefs arid'pleafurri', to give rest to the wea.
** ry ; food to the hungry ; a cup to hind'
“ that thirfteth ; clothing to the naked ; a
“ ftaff to the feeble ; and to pour joy and
11 gladnefsinto rhe heart, which is full of
ct forrbw. I have two lifters within, who by
<r this time are impatient to contribute their
r< quota to your happinels, 1 hasten to in
-0 troduce you.”
[We tuifl Somnicolus ta continue his favours.]
•■\-- ■ ' ■ ;
ALL perlons indebted to,-or have
demands on the Estate of HALE
STEVENS, late of Lee, deceased, arc
defined to fettfe th? fame immediately with
the subscriber. . Wm. MORRILL, delm'r.
Brinftwood, Jfuly 1793*
WHERE Ab? DEBORAH, the wife of me
the subscriber, hath eloped from my
bed and board, and behaved her felt very Un
becomingly—l therefore forewarn all per
fobs harboring or trusting her on my account,
for I do certify that J will not pay any debt
con traded by her (after this date.—
hie
JESSE X THURSTON.
mark. ■ \
JPitntfe St fp h b^‘ Good h üb.
Mlenft&wn, Jun *ji ’ 18, j 79 3,
• This dame diftinguifthes this inflitutionfrom
a ftmilar, one in New-Hampfthire, called
** Phillips' Exeter Academyfounded solely by
the Hon. DoAor PHI LLI p s,the funds of which
are said to exceed ten thou fund pounds currency.
—ln addition to thefefoundations, this gentle
man has bein by ft ar the most murlficent bene
factor to Dartmouth University. Such wife
and pious dift> ibution of property in the life
time of the p ffeffor are the most honourable aij
phty of genuine public spirit dnd dfintereded
pa triotifm ;^5 the man who thus nobly triumphs
o^>er the sordid aifiates of avhrice or a mifta
kt n felft -intei est. Las fur ely a better title to be
ccinonixed, jhdn a whole host of legendary faints
Arid martyrs.
FLOWERS
Selefled from the Garden of Mr. DODD,
being a collection of Reflections 8c Maxims
from that celebrated divine. -—To those.
who have had the perusal of this little
work, no comment is neceflary—it needs
on y reading to be j ftly esteemed.
The above quotation is made with a view
to hold up to just applause and imitation the
truly illuftrous examples of munificent bene
volence therein thentioned —scarcely to be
paralleled in this or any other country.
How much superior is the honor which a
waits such inflances,of giving patriotic boun
ty, to the inferiptions on marble which cele
brate those legacies that are only ratified by
the seal of death !
The appointments of this seminary are li
beral. A preceptor, an assistant preceptor,
and a teacher of writing and practical mathe
matics, are at present well fupporred, and
the funds are laid to be in a growing flare.
Within its orginal delign some higher bran
ches of learning may be taught as ability and ।
opportunity Ihall arise.
From the Impartial Her al Dr— a new pa
per lately eflabhfthed in Newbury-Port—Mas
sachusetts.
EXTRACT
From Topographical Sketches of the County
of ESSEX.
jP ASSING over the river, we enter An do
ver, divided into two parishes. The ge
neral appearance of this place is thriving,
and, for an agricultural town, the buildings,
public and private, are in a flyle of uncom
mon neatness and elegance. The land is of
an excellent quality, and under handsome
cultivation ; particularly that part of it
which is watered by Shawfheen river, a con
siderable stream which takes its rife in
Bedford in the county of Middlesex, and,
palling through Billerica, Tewkfbury and
Andover, difeharges itfelf into Merrimack
river, at this latter place. Inthefouihpar
ifliareapowde .mil! and paper-mill. From
the former of these, large supplies were
furniffied to the army, during the late war.
The paper-mill; is yet in its infancy, but
has already exhibited specimens of its man
ufafture of an excellent fabric. These are
both owned by the Hon. Mr. Phillips,
President of the Senatri, a native inhabitant
of this town, whose unwearied attention to
the political, manufa&ural and literary in
tereftsofhis country are too well, known to
need an encomium here, and have endeared
his name to the citizens of the Commonwealth
in general, and especially to those of the
County of Eflex. Under his auspices, and
by the liberal benefactions of his father, the
late Hon. Samuel Phillips, of Andover,
and of the Hori, John Ph 1 ll^ps^ L. E. D.
of Exeter, in the State of New-Hawpihire.
an Academy was instituted in this town, in
the year 1778. and in the year 1780 an ad
pafled the Legislature, incorporating the
gentlemen above named, with sundry other
relpe&able charafters, by the name of “The
Truftecs of Phillips’ Academy in Ando
ver.’’*
Moral Reflections,
O R
JUST PUBLISHED,
And for Sale by
LAMSON 6? ODIORNE,
At their Book Store, Exeter, wholefalt
and retail, a Pamphlet, entitled
AL L persons having demands
against the Estate of ISAAC WIL
LIAMS, jun’f, deceased, are requeued to
render them iri for feitlement—and all in
debted to said Estate are defined to make im
mediate payment to
ISAAC WILLIAMS, Adm'r.
Exeter, July 1, 1793.
Just Published,
By the Prnter hereof, and to be fold at his office,
a j»w Copies of The
Rev. Mr. MILTIMORE’s
Sermon Oration
ON THE DEATH OF THE
Rev. Mr. JOHN MURRAY, a.m.
Late Pajlor of the Preftbyterian Church in Newburyport.
TO THE PUBLICATIONS OF
Messieurs THURSTON, WOODMAN and COE,
RESPECTING THEIR PRETENDED
DIVINE RIGHT
O F . '
IN FANT BAPTISM.
by SAMUEL SHEPARD.
School-Books—Pidure- Books—
Books for Little Children—and Writing
paper by the Ream or Quire, fold at H.
Ran let’s Office as cheap as can be por
chafed in New England.
Exeter, June, 1793.
v - -
Cafli^ Writingpaper
given in exchange for clean Couen & Linen
RAGS at H. Ranlet’s Printing-Office.
BLANKS of various kinds may
be had* at H. Ran let’s Office
Exeter, June it, 179^
———— 1 ■’■i । > ■ - j - -«« im
anted a quantity of
Green Lamb-Ski/as.
Enquire at this effice. July jj 93.
The Members of the'Eaftern
Diftridl of the Mbw-HampshjreMedjcal
Society, are hereby notified that a Statute
Meeting will be holden at the house of Ben
jamin Lainfton, Innholder in Exeter, on the
thtrd Wednesday of July next
By order of the President,
Levi Bartlett, Recording Sec'ry.
kingfton, June 1793.
Rockinghamjf. ) T>Y the Hon. SAMUEL
J TENNEY, Efq.Judge
of the Probate of Wills, &c, for laid |Co> n y
-—Notice is hereby given, that George Froff
of Northwood, in said County, Trader, hath
petitioned said Judge, representing that the
said Frofl is tenant in common with Jcfiah
Gilman, Esq. and others, of a lot of Land in
Chiehefler, in said County, containg about
fifty acres, being. Lot N°- 91, in the 6th
Range in the 3d Division—that he owns 20
acres of the fame, praying said Judge to
cause his said part thereof to be fetoff to him
according to the law in fucli case provided—
whereupon the said Judge has ordered that
he be heard at the Probate Office in Exeter,
on the 19th day of Aoguft next, at 10 o’clock
before noon, when the said Gilman and others
may appear and (hewcaufe, if any they have,
why the prayer of said petition Ihould not be
granted. Dated the 29th day of June Anno
Domini 1793 * Ey order of the Judge
Wm: PARKER, Reg.
WHEREAS RACHEL, wife of John
Fellows, of Chicheft er, by an agree
ment made by n e rhe fubferiber, to fnpporc
her during her natural life, cn condhicnsof
her living and boarding mith me —and said
RACHEL, having eloped and left my house
and board This is therefore to forbid all
perlons from harbouring, or trolling heron
my account.from this date, as I am deter
mined not to pay any debt Ihe may contract. •
JESSE DOW.
Cbicbefter, May hft, 2793.
Innholder in Sandbomton—
npHE Right of LAND in said
A town, containing about 450 Acres,
which was granted for the ule of Schools,
except 50 Acres thereof.
The conditions of sale may be known by ap
plying to the fubfribers fourteen days previous
and a{ the time and place oft sale.
Samußl Lane, D
Moses Tom son, >
Jonathan Chase.J?
Sandbornton. June 11, 1793.
Public Vendue.
TO BE SOLD,
At Public Vendue, for wh.ch a lease will be
given for the term of cycycj years, ok Wcdnefl
day the 14/^ of August next, at One o'Clock,
P. M. at the house of Joshua Bancs,
A FEW COPPIES OF AN
ANSWER
ALSO