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Death lays bis icy bands oh kings :
Sceptre and crown
Must fumble down.
And I he dull be equal made
With the poor crookedfeytht and spade.
Some men with Jworde may reap the fie 'd,
And plant fir: (h laurels where they kill:
^ut i heir firong nerves at last must yield.
They tarn ' but one another dill.
Early or la e,
They Hoop to fate.
And shaft give up their murmuring breath,
When they, pule captive}, creep to death.
The garlands wither on your bow,
Then b ad no moreyhur mighty dt:ds,
Upon death's purple, altar now
See where the vidor viSlim bleeds ;
All hands mud come
To the cold tomb:
Only the aS ions of the just
Smell jweet, and blojfon in the du ft.
KlNGJames being at Salis
bury, a man wanted to do
fomeching, as he thought, to mer
it the attention of his Majesty; he
therefore climed up to the top of
the spire, arid then came down a
gain very fafe, which made him
talked of by every perfdri, as hav
ing done something very uncom
mon, from the prodigious height;
and expeding some royal favour
for it, he kept very near his Ma
jesty j when being pointed out by
some of his attendants, his Ma
jesty desired him to come near
and asked him if he was the per
son ?—He answered, yes. “ Weil
(fays his Majesty) thou really art
a very clever man, I will give thee
a patent for it.”
I'hefe fine moral stanzas were originally
intended lor i solemn funeral Cong in a
play of James Shirley’s, intitled “ the
Con r ention of Ajax and Uiyfles.” Shir
ley flourished as a dramatic writer early
in the reign of Charles I. but he out
lived the Restoration. His death hap
pened OIL 16, 1666, &t. 92. ft is laid
to have been a favourite song with King
Charles 11, ———-——
THE glories of our birth and ft ate
Are Jhadows, net juhftantial things ;
There is no armour again ft fate :
^jOME good fellows alfconfufion'st be toast,
And success to our excellent cause ;
As we've noth ng to lase so nought cahbelod,
So perdition to Congre/s and laws !
Genet Jews us the way, an example how
great I
. ^hen, like Genet, let us stir up a riot !
May our navies be preferv'd by joins damna
ble feat —
For what but a wretch would lie quiet ?
And •— flailform him a crown.
OkrEmpire has tower'd with a luflre too long’,
‘Then blot out this wonderful Sun ;
Let us arm then at ontef^ in confidence firing,
Complete what Genet has begun.
But grant a defeat—We are bang'd, and
that's all ;
A puni foment light as a feather ;
Yet, we triumph in death, as we Jacobin s
fall,
And go to the Devil together.
As we all are poor rogues, 'tis mofi certainly
right.
At the doors of the rich ones to thunder—
Like thieves who Jet fie to A dwelling by
night.
And come in for a flare of the plunder.
Whoever for tnifchiefinvents the be ft plan
Be ft murders, sets fire, and knocks down,
The votes of oUr Club (ball be givn to that
man, •
DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST*.
ANECDOTE.
SONG,
Sung at the Jacobin Ctlcb.
Poet’s Corner.
On their paflage they have taken Four
prizes, viz.—-a frigate and a sloop of war
from theEaft-Indies,who were dispatched
express with the news of the capture of
Pondicbehry, and had on board the trea
sure and trophies taken there ; they allo
captured a ship in company With the •-
bove, who had ob board, (befide's other
property) B^.ooo dollars j they were sent
ro France under a fufficlent convoy.^ The
fourth was a merchantman, taken near
this coast, and whose arrival is hourly
looked for.
The information received by this fleet
is that the internal affairs of France are
noW in a regular and prosperous train ;
that the Army of the Pyrennees, after se
veral fuccefsful battles, had entered Spain,
and conquered the whole of Catalonia,
except Barcelona : that so rapid were the
fuccefFes of the French arms in that quar
ter, there was little doubt but that by this
time the Carmagnole dance was perform
ing in the environs of Madrid ; that the
batteries raised against Toulon had fuc>
ceeded in cutting off* the communication
between the inner and outer harbors,
which had reduced the town to the great
est distress, for provision, the garrison was
on an allowance of 4 as. of bread per
GENERAL Wurms er having re
ceived orders from the lsuke of
Brunswick to retire behind the Mother,
and enter into winter quarters, on account
of the advanced ft ate of the season, was
preparing to put them into execution,
when he learnt by a def rter, that the
French designed to attack him ; in conse
quence of which he determined to wait
their attack which was made on the 1 ?th,
and in which they were defeated with the
loss of 6000 men killed, and 19 pieces of
cannon taken : our loss was very trifling.
On the kQth we marched to rake up our
poll between the Moier and Zorn :—on
the 20th, the enemy crossed the Zorn to
r vage the country : but on the 2 tft we ob
liged them to repafs it, killed a great num
ber and took 22 pieces of cannon : and
yesterday we returned to our pofltion,
nearly under the walls of Hagenau The
head quarters of the Duke df Brunswick
are at Pirmafen. Odr loss, in the course
of these four days has not been verv grea ,
bur the loss less then 15,000 men. The
left wing of our army his evening drove
the enemy so far as Robatzu.
^OUkL ACH, Nov.
Yesterday a strong cannonade was heard
here all day long, and we learn, this day
that 9006 men of rhe garrison of Straf
bourgh made a sally upon the Austrians,
who being previously informed of their,
design, received them as usual, and re
pulsed them into the fortrefS. }
By letters frOm Genoa, we learn, that
last week a great number of barrels, filled
with gun powder, were found in Porto
Franco, probably hidden there with the
wicked intention of blowing up the great
magazines. On account of this mahoeuvie,
an extraordinary Council Was held, the
result of which was,an order for all foreign
ers to quit immediately the city and har.
bour of Genoa. This morning, ftveral
ships full of foreigners, expelled from
Genoa arrived here.
Norfolk, (Kirg.) Feb. 12.
ON Saturday last arrived in Hathpton
Roads, the French frigate CKVant,
of 40 guns, f om Rochefort and on Moni
day the reihaihder of the French fleet,
confiding of the following veflels, vii.
—-Le Tigre, of So guns; Le Jean Bart, of
74 guns ; La Concorde, of 40 guns ; Le
Semillante, Os 4b guha; Le Papillon
brig : and a corvette. They failed from
France on 26th December last, in compa
ny with two more (hipS of the line. Who
may be daily expelled here or at New-
York.
They have brought out the new Min
ifter appointed to succeed Mr. Genet, and
also Consuls for the different Diftrids of
the United Stages.
g'ermaHy.
Frankfort, no», 2^
CampofSchevickhaufeif, at Hagnau,Nov. 23.
LEGHORN, (Italy) Nov. tL
American Intelligence.
European Intelligence,
AUGUSTA, (Geor.) Dec. 14.
In Senate^ December 12,1793.
Resolved, That Brigadier, General GlaJ~
C'ck. Lieut. Colonel Ambrose Gordon, Ma
jor Robert Forfytb, and the Adjutant General
be requested to fuperin end the ceremony of
cAebrasing the late success of our French Re
publican brethren, to take place on Saturday
next, at fur o'clock in the afternoon.
And that his Excellency the Governor be
riquefted to flue as much powder to the
aforefaid officers, as they may dam fufficient
/or the occa/ion.
Ext/ ailfrom the four nil,
Thomas Watkins. sec’ry.
IntheHoufeof Representatives, Dec- 12,
Read aid concurted,
7. M. SIMrfQNS, C. H. R.
In consequence of the above, we are in.
form d that Lieut. Colonel Gordon has
ordered out the corps of artillery—a company
of infantry, end a troop of dragoons, who
willrretire his Excellency the Governor and
the Honorab t the Lfgift ature, and conduct
them to Republican Square, where a suitable
rtf refitment will be provided on the joyfulac
cation. ■.
PROVIDENCE, (R. I.) Jan. 23.
Capt. James Brown, who arrived here
last Week, from Surinam, informs, that the
brig Nancy, of this port, Capt. Joseph B.
Cooke, had arrived at that place, from Af
rica, with a cargo of slaves, who on the
paflage rose on the white people ; and that
a number of the Negroes were killed be
fore they were supp eTed ; the report of
this intelligence is confirmed by a letter
from Mr. Fleming, the mate of the brig
to his wife, in this town, who writes, he
had like to have been killed.
PRince Edward in travelling
from Canada to Boston, alight
ed at a tavern in Vermont, on the
top of one of the Green Moun
tains — Admiring the profped,
and talking with the Landlady,
who was a woman of taste and
reading, he put his hand on a Bi
ble which was on the desk, and
asked the lady what book it was?
Her reply was, that it was the
Bible. “ The Bible, madam, said
his highness—Do you make much
use of that book ih this country ?
—Oh yes, Sir, said the Lady, it
is a favorite work with us. Bur,
said Edwaad,r d, do you read no other
book ?” Ob yes, Sir, replied the lady
archly, when we wi/b to amufeour
felves we read Peter Pindar.”
The reply and the manner it was
spoken, struck the Prince as dumb
as an oyster.
diem j ’that Toulon had twice offered to
capitulate, but the Convention having
palled a decree for its total definition
the Republican General was determined,
they Ihould surrender at discretion } that
the Prdflia'n army in Alsace meeting with
strong dp'paGtion, had given up the design
of besieging Strasbourg, had recrofled the
Rhine, and totally quitted the territories
of the Republic 5 that Abftria, Flan
ders, Courtray, Menin, and Nieuport were
in poffeflionof the Republican troops, and
Oftend dose befleged ; that the Conven
tion had decreed the seizure of all goods
& merchandize the manufacture of her en
emies, & placed them in the public stores,
paying the former owners for them; & also
that no more should be admitted into France
from those countries during the war ; that
the cruizing frigates on the coaftof France
had been particularly fuccefsful ; and that
the Republic, in spite of the perfidy of the
Toulonefe, will have ready for sea by the
left of February a fleet of 30 fail of the line
well manned. We also understand that M.
Bompard is under arrest at Paris.
Feb- 27. Monday last arrived in the
River, the (hip Rising-Sun, Capt. D. Ol
nev, ol this port, from theifle of Jersey,
(G. B.) which place he left the 29th of
December. Capt. Olney informs,that the
Duke of York arrived in London, from
the combihed armies the loth That Mr;
Pinckney, our Ambassador at London, in
formed him, that the peace between the
Portuguese and Algerine, was negociated
under the aufpicesoflheßnglifhand Span*
ifh courts.
ANECDOTE.
Writing-Paper and Writ,
ing-Books of a very good quali
ty may be had at this Office/
Whoever will return said boys to their
matter free of expence shall have the a
bove reward.
RAN away from the sub
scriber, on the 18th inst. two in
dented boys, named Fheofhelur and Brad
bury Shaw. AU persons are hereby for
bid harbouring or trusting them on my
account, as they would avoid the penalty
of the Law.
THE Commander in Chief reccom
mends, Thit the Non-ccmmiffion
ed Officers and Soldiers of the Infantry
uniform themselves in the following man
ner, viz.—With white frocks and over
halls, with a fringe the colour of the facing
of the diviflon to which they belong.
That the Light Infantry Uniform them
selves with ffiort, dark blue Coats, with
facings and trimmings of the fame colour
of the division to which they refpeflive
ly belong—with white waistcoats andover
halls, with half ga*.ers,and caps in a fugar
loaf form.
That the Uniforms for the MTcbc
short scarlet coats, wi h buft' facings, white
buttons, white waistcoats and overhdi?,
half gaters and caps.
And the Adjutant-General is hereby
direlied to ilfue the foregoing Orders lb
the several commanding Officers of Divi
fiohs, as Icon as may be, and that they if*
sue their orders to the commanding onc
ers of Brigades accordingly.
By order of Hi's Excellency the Governor^
MICHAEL M’CLAREY, Adj. General.
BY virtue of licence from
the Hon. Judge of Probate of Wills,
&c. for the county of Rockingham, will
be fold at Public Vendue, on Tuefday the
25 ;h of March inst. at one o’clock in the
afternoon, at the dweiling-houfe of Dan
iel Clark, late cf Brintwood, Gen*
tieman, deceased, the Real Estate of said
deceased, together with the Reverflon of
the Widow’s third's—Alfo, at the fame
time will be fold iome Goods and Uten-
Hls. Conditions of sale will be made
known at time and place, by
Ebenezer Cram,
P oft-Rider,
BEGS leave to inform those
of his Customers Who are indebted
to him for papers—to make immediate
payment in Cash—as he has lately recei
ved a very loud and diftrefling call from
Mr. Ranlet (the unfortunate fufferer by
fire) to fettle his balance for printing the
papers for the years 1792 and ±793. Ho
hopes none will hesitate a minute as his
principal object is to relieveMr.RANLBT.
March 3, 1794.
WARRANTEE Deeds t
Quitclaim do.
Justice’s Writs & Summons,
Do. Executions, JI fa
ALL persons to whom the
fubferiberis indebted, in this State,
are desired to fend their accounts to hia
house in Exeter, in order for a speedy
payment.
And those indebted to him
either before or after the Revolution, are
alto desired to make payment.
FOWLES.
Exeter, Feb. 13, 1794.
William Samborn.
North hampt on, Feb. 19 1794.
ABIGAIL CLARK, Adm’X.
Brintwood, March 3, 7194.
BLANKS.
General Orders,
Public Vendue.
One Farthing Reward.
Given at Exeter, Jan. 1794.
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