The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1791-09-23 00:00:00, page 4

Where the Watchmen in his round,
Nightly lifts his voice on high.
None accuftom'd to the found,
Wake the sooner for his cry.
SEAT of the MUSES.
VERSES,
Affixed to a yearly Bill of Mortchtf for
the tt cun of Northam,ten, tn England.
[By Mr. COWPER— Author of THE
Task, &c.]
Ne commonentem react fperre,
Despise not my good counsel.
HE who fits from day to day,
Where the prifon'd lark is hung,
Heedless of his loudest lay,
So, your verse man, I and clerk,
Yearly in my song proclaim
Death at hand—yourselves the dark
And the foes unerring aim.
Duly at my time I come,
Publishing to all aloud —
66 Soon the grave (hall be your home,
" And your only suit a Shroud."
But the monitory strain,
OTt repeated in your ears,
Seems to found too much in vain,
Wins no notice, wakes no fears.
Pbafcre's call attention wins,
Hear it often as we may ;
New as ever (dems cur fins,
Tho' committed every day,
Can a truth, by all confefs'd,
Os such magnitude and weight,
Grow by being oft imptefc'd,
Trivial as a pariot's prate ?
Penh and fudgment, Heav'n and Hell,
Theie alone, io often head,
No more move us than the bell
When Some Granger is iacerr'd.
Ch ! then, ere the turf or tomb
Cover us from every eye.
Spirit of inftruaion come —
Make us learn that we must die !
From the[Ddnhury] FA'R ME RS 'Jo u RN A L
" He’s going to the Leeward."
Messrs PRINTERS,
I'VE heard this sea phrase
applied with so much pro
priety to the mifmanagementl
of affairs, that Ithink it may
be proper to give a few hints
to those, to whom the ap
plication can be easily made.
A person (fays the seamen and
so do I too) who does not pay
up his interest annually, and
discharge a imall part of the
principal ; but fuffers on the
firft of January a new obliga
tion to be given with the in
terest of the past year added
to that principal ; he cannot
properly be saluted with a
happy new year : But most
clearly, goes to the leeward,
paying compound interest: when
you hear of a man beginning
to mortgage his property,
for halfitsvalue •.%%, whe
ther he will not fall to the/ee
ward : When I hear of a col
leftor paying rates for ano
Hardly knows what he has fang.
ther man ; that man you may
observe will fall to the lee
ward: When I fee a farmar,
waiting for breakfaft until
eight or nine in the morning
before he is at his work —I
mark him for the leeward.
When I fee fences leaning al
most to the ground, by means
of which the crop is very
much exposed, and a little
time in erre^ing or flaking it
up,would probably save it, and
it is neglected ; the owner is
I mistrust, for the leeward:
When I fee cows and oxen
nightly, standing in the street,
when they might be put into
the yard ; I conclude, the
man it not thorough in his
business and gains very little
to the windward —When I
fee a garden neglected—they
are not acquainted with good
living : When I fee the litter
of a kitchen scattered round
the door, that family seldom
tastes old pork, through the
year : When I am travelling,
and observe a pile cf clarn or
oyster shells in the high road;
I have observed this to be a
sign of too much leeway.
When I fee a man at work
in the field : and he flops his
team and feats himfelf on
his cart or plough, to fee me
or even the Governor himfelf
ride by ; I readily conclude,
that he is looking out for the
fherifl's deputy or****
When I fee a healthy person
in the middle of the day, or
in faa, at any time, loung
ing about taverns and tradef
men's shops ; be has no right
to victuals, more than a thief;
has with stolen goods : and
you may depend upon it he is
destitute of his keel, of course
drives fwiftly to the leeward.
When I fee the bottle stand
ing on a mechanic's (hop
window-board ; I have reason
to think he is charged in the
merchant's . book, Ditto —
when i fee the date of a man's
account negleßed, and it is
filled up with ditto; ditto
and dittos; on that account
the lawyer may expert his
FEE. When I fee the young
attorney frequently among
the FAIR ; I note, in my com
mon place-book, his name,
with (abfaue hoc ) When I fee
two physicians quarrel about
the operation of a cathartic ;
the patient will, very soon,
be carried to the leeward.
Now, when I fee the fhep
l^erd' of our parish, daily tea
ing of it, with the noble few —
I look out on the sabbath
for a foporiferos dose, which
greatly obftrucls the caro
bodurteries—then we ofcourfe
fall to the leeward.
OBSERVER^
We too establishing (under the con
ftitutiohal authority of a King) that
liberty which you have been abe to se
cure under governments of a republican
form ; —,
Liberty, hot derived from Chartered
grants or privileges, which, subverts,
by the introduction ofhereditafy diminu
tions, that equality cf rank, which in
the social state is the unalienable birth
right of man ; and which, encroaching
on the sacred sovereignty of the people,
by pre'enfions founded on birth or ad
ventitious rights fall exhibits, on the
bold and resolute features of a regenerat
ed nation, the fears of its ancient Slavery.
ANECDOTES.
Os Pete- the great. Peter was no
more than twenty five years of age, when
he was seized with an inflammatory
fever, whiCh brought him to the brink
of the grave. The consternation was
general, and publick prayers for his re
covery were made in all the churches.
In these alarming circumstances, the
chief Judge came to bis Majefty,accord
ingto an ancient cuftom',& inquired whe
ther it would not be proper to give li
berty to nine malefactors, who had been
condemned for murders and highway
robberies, in order that those criminals
<van & a.
In the midfl of the perplexing silence
of those surrounding nations, who are
blinded by prejudice, or awed by despo
tism it was grateful to the National As
sembly, and affords a happy refuge, to
hear, resounding from afar, prompted
by fraternal affection, the congratulatory
voice cf America.
A country, fit to receive and nourish
the feeds cf precious Liberty, was only
to be fought for in the trans-atlantic
world ;—ft was there,amongft an infant
people pure and uncorrupt, that the
higher virtues were to be found, suita
ble to carry into effect, those speculative
truth, against which ignbrance& habitual
errour have waged continual warfare :
Truths, which from the pride and ar
rogance of the fcudel fyftem,have been
difdainfully inferred in the lift of Euro
pean opinions, fit only for the dreams
of the philanthropist, and not for the
practical purposes of government; Af
ter the fuccefsful experience of America,
it was difficult to copy the example and
introduce among the degenerate nati
ons of Europe, this invaluable difeove
ry of the new world ; it required the u
nited energy and unremitting efforts
of a numerous people, to support a doc
trine which was combated by such pow
erful enemies,and opposed by such inve
terate prejudi es. But at length the
revolution is effe^ed, and already do
the rights of man, engraved on the most
durable materials, adorn the temples of
liberty in the two hemispheres.
France is fully sensible of the bene
fits she has derived from the influence
of your examples : She gratefully re
members that it was in the bosom of
Pennfylvama diflinguifhed for her wis
dom, that the legislators of America firft
announced to the world, the true prin
ciples of the social fyflem.
May the citizens of that glorious and
happy country, difeover in the decree
of the National Assembly, the senti
ments, by which ; the firft- freinds of
their independence continue to be
animated r may this aa of the people of
France, more closely uniting the two
nations by the kindred tie of congeni
al principles, encreafe their mutual re
lationship, cement their recollection,
that they are reciprocally indebted to
each other for the recovery of their
freedom.
From the National Affimbly of France,
to the Repre/entatnes of the people of
Pennfcl-vania, in answer to one from the
Pennsylvania General Affrably,
Gentlemen,
1 TEXT to the favourable fuffrages
of the people of France, from
whom the National Assembly derive
their powers ; there could be no incentive
better calculated to encourage them to
proceed, until they have finally com
pleted their labours, than the approba
tion of the Representatives of Pennffl.
By order of the.
National Affemll, , France,
J. F. Bureaux Pufy, Prefs dent.
MISCELLANY.
ADDRESS
fHE passion of fear Sometimes ffiews
itfelf upon the slightest occasion, and in
persons the most unlikely to entertain
such a goeft.—Charles Gfßvvus (the
successor of Chrijiina of S^weden)sas be
'eg'ng Prague, when a boor of most ex
traordinary visage desired admittance tc
his tent, and, being allowed entrance,
offered, byway of amusing the King, to
devour a whole hog, weighing two hun
dred weight, in his pretence. The old
General Konigfmarc, who flood by th^
King's fide, and who, soldier as he was,
had not got rid of the prejudices of his
childhood, hinted to his Royal mafler,
that the peasant ought to be burnt as a
sorcerer. " Sir" laid the fellow irrita
ted at the remark, " if your Nujff will
but make that old gentleman, take ts bis
sword and bis fours, 1 ivill eat him be
fore your face before 1 begin the pig.' Ge
neral Konigfmarc (who had, at the head
of a body of' Siveeds, performed wonders
against die A&flrians, and who was look
ed upon as one of the bravest men of
the age) could not stand this proposal,
especially as it was accompaned by a
most hideous and preturnatural expansi
on of the frightful peafent's jaws. With
out uttering a word, the veteran fed
denly turned round, ran out of the court,
and thought not himfelf fafe until he had
arrived at his quarters, where he re
mained twenty-four hours locked up fr<
securely,. before he had got rid of the
panick which had so ieverely affeaed
him.
might address their prayers to Heaven
for bis recovery. The Czar command
ed the Judge to read aloud the heads of
the accusations against those men. The
Judge obeyed, and when he had finifh
ed, the Czar, with a weak Sheltering
voice, thu: addressed him, " Dost thou
think, that in granting impunity to
these wretches, and impeding the course
of justice, I Should do a good action, and
that God, to reward it, would prefer
the prayers of murderers & wicked men,
who have forgotten even Him ? Go, £
command thee, and execute, tomor
row, the Sentence pronounced upon
these criminals ; and if any thing can
obtain from Heaven the refloration cf
my health, I hope it will be this aft of
justice !" The orders of the Czar were
excuted. His health grew better every
day ; and in a little time he was perfect
ly recovered.
the late King of Pruffa. Soon after
this event, in the year 1773, he waited
upon his Majesty at Potjdam, and the
King alked him, " if after what had
happened, he could have still any friend- •
ship for him."—Sire." said the prelacy
"I shall never forget my duty as a good
fubjed to my fovereign."—•' I am,"
replied the King, " still your very good
friend, and prefome likewise much upon
your friendship for me ; for Should St.
Peter refute me entrance into paradife,
I hope you will have the goodness to
hide me under your mantle, and take me
along with you."—" Sire,' returned
the Bishop, " that °w ill sea he possible ;
your Majeft, hat cut it too fart, to admit
of my carrying any contraband goods un
der it." —The King felt the reproof, but
shewed no mark of displeasure by which
the good humour of the company could
be interrupted.
THE Bishop of Ermeland loft a great
portion of his revenue, in consequence
of the occupation of part of Poland, b.
Poverty is longer lived than wealth..
For one suicide, who from "embarrassed
circumstances," plunges into the water,
element, how many hundreds perilh by
the peasant and tardy, but sure and cer
tain, poison of exquifae cookers
AN " Archbishop of Florence told Car
dinal Alexandrino, that man had no-
thing in this world but his poffeffionn
and his body; the firft of which was des
tined to be preyed upon by the lawyers
andthe last by the physicians, For whici
reason, replied the Cardial, we find few
la w y ers w '° have any lawsuits, and fef
physicians who take phyfick.