The Eagle, or, Dartmouth centinel — Hanover, N.H., 1793-07-22 00:00:00, page 1

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E HANOVER: Printed and Fv^ud BY JOSIAH /DUNHA M.
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^ Printing-Office, Hanover,
r7 wl j 2zd. 1793.
„ IGNORANCE is the BASIS or
SLAVERY and DESPOTISM, so
LIGHT ANb KNOWLEDGE are
/ THE PILLARS OF A VIRTUOUS
L fy FREE REPUBLIC.
;Impressed with the
& truth of this idea, and cncourag
^ ed^i^v rfoS% ISGh
r r tnotic Characters, in this part of
the Country, the Subferiber has
I been induced to cftablifh a
{ PRINTING OFFICE at HAN
' OVER, and to commence the
<publication of a Weekly Gazette,
—TO BE CALLED
. The EAGLE:
OR,
, ' DARTMOUTH CENTINEL.
• To T H E--PU-B L fc,
The EDITOR now addresses
himfeif, and humbly solicits all
that aid, patronage, and encour
agement, which weShould natu
rally expe& from a people— free
' and enlightened—independent and
.happy:
The advantages arising from
the encouragement of the typo
graphical Art are very conspicu
ous, when we trace back the h£
.. .fory jof the Ari{ and Sciences %
liberty, since that fortunate era,
when Printing was firft invents
b ed. Then were the Chains of
ignorance burft—thedark clouds
of bigotry .and Tuperfthion be
gan to disperse ;-the DayJlar of
f, ftietae dawned with new luftre
I on Europe ; and the* Sun of Lib
,.erty arose, and began to illumine.
. the world. The utility of a rc
n gular channel of public informa-'
tion, through the medium of a
!free i'rejs,, is too^univcrfally
known to need a comment. —^
• Such is th%prefcnt crisis of af
vfairs, while Europe^ in arms,and
. bur faithful Ally, France, bleeding
l at the altar of FREEDOM, that
3 every AMERICAN, nay, every
I , friend to humanity, feience, and
I virtue, feels deeply interefled in
the event.
iTo a free Press, Americans are
indebted for their /^tyW^^ ;
to this arc they indebted for that
peaceable possession and enjoy
ment of property, which is so
effectually secured to individuals,
& under a free and happy govern
-1 ment ;—and to this—for a feat
wilder their own z/to, where they
may become silent fyeclators of
, the feene,which is now displayed
on the theatre of Europe—a feene,
I the most sublime; And perhaps,
the most important and intcreft
ing, in its confer lienees, ever cx-
Ifr^ibited to mankind !
The EDITOR of THE EAGLE,
[ Begs leave to assure the PUB
[^.L that his PRESS shall be
er IMPARTIAL, OPEN, and
14 FREE but not LICENTI
r °US;"—-hro object is general
Vol. I
utility: It will be his highest anM*
bition to contribute every things
which may .be in his power, F f
inform, amufaand infruff his f^ty|
ders, and to reward, in some me&/¥
sure, his kind and geheroui ii
h/ronr. For this pur pole he In
determined to study VARIETYm
'Htrfiiß objc& ^^ bv^^i^l
fcrmation—fuch as the proceeds
ings of Congress, of the. Rate Ic/V
glfl,ture,andallimportant intell*^
pence, both foreign and domeft'c^^
Next to this, any original or u^
ful hints on politics, agriculture, g
maHufuHurcs,manners, and mffAy
will be gratefully received, and :
Rri&!y attended to.;
The Sons a»a Daught^s of
Apollo are carncftly fcqyefte,„
to lend their aid towards
ing the Aoniax Rill, and'
enriching its FOUNTAIN G !
we hope the Rream i'nay_^'
genuine-=fuoh as Apolli himfelf
would rclifh. New an£ original i
competitions will by cagefl}
fought, and encour&ed• art
fomeDmeS, pernapm agmitter
with no other chirnA
Any matter, origti.^
seasoned with tcur wirfy^kfo^^
perioral satire, will be .cemmrf
meated, pa m ab, ,o^d,,g.
sd4w^^^
'advertrfemems of reaves &
pickpockets, rogues and runaways, •
injoliunt debtors, ilhialured buf
lands, and verves eloped, though,
we cannot with them frequent,
yet, for money's fake, they willy
be readily inferred, and all others
—excepting such as may be
offentiveto true delicacy.
From the flourifhing Rate of this
new country, from the general
encouragement here given to lit
erature, and that noble thirst fol
' knowledge, which warms the
broaft ofevery Republican, tin
Editor is induced to use every'ex
craion to serve the Public; and
feels aflured that he (hall ever meet
their approbation and encourage
ment so long as he continues to
defcrve it.
I am, qrfitb much Re[,c3,
1 & Public's Drooled, and
very Humble., SERVANT, 1
JOSIAH DUNHAM.
' IvffiCEIQNK =
Co%^&^Y>)%
The following extra/? of a letter
from Capt. William Eaton,
to bis friend, written sometime
face, we think not unworthy of a
perusal, and have there fore obtains
ed liberty for its publication.
"To draw amufertent fio M FOLLY, real
or pretended, & buteatb the diptilj of ara
tional mind."
CITIZEN OF THE WORLB r
Still jefe worthy the ra
tional mind to draw amusement
from the inadvertency of a man,
who confides in the fidelity of
his fritrid. ^'And to amuse our
selves at the expehfe of humanity,
bby facrificing the feelings of a
MON D A V/rfu ly 22, 1793.
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^llow rational to our practical
lumor, or momentary gratifica
tion, favors of insensibility. .
|,he quotation, which I have ,
nted, was one of the firft max=
ms which was ever engraved on
ny memory; and so often as I ,
fer^olalfag;
There is no ipecics of wiff
which so much irritates mybreaft,
and no fpeccisof humor so much
excites my indignation, as that,
^hichis Supported at the cxpenfe
^f another's feelings:
It is a filly maxim,that " There
mujl always be one Fool in the com
pany." This maxim has often
been adduced, as an excuse, for
abuse and inhumanity. I have
frequently spent an interview
with company, where it happen
ed to be the misfortune of one
hapless fellow to be dubbed " the
F^l"— and I have as frequently
pitied the fictitious, and despised
the real Fools. At such a feene,
it is not uncommon to fee a
half-fcor.e braces of blackguards
and bla&gOardeffcs pouring
wpole jollies of ridiculous tail
lefy;u'pon tl;e defencelefs vi&im,
from wide Stretched mouthsef
folly ; while nothing can be re
ceived as ^77 ftom the, ."TW ,
-with' Attic halt.
It is an cafy matter for a com
pany to turn the drift of ridi
'cule upon oiie object, but it is ex
tremely disingenuous. No per
sons, perhaps,' are more apt to
indulge this species of inhumani
ty, than WE mongrel, T mean
d°gg er £% : POETS : although
nonearc more apt to flatter them
fetves with the vanity of polleff
ing a large Chafe of sensibility.—
Whether this violation of good
breeding, and of good sense, arif=
csfrom a mistaken notion that
we have a right to render any
body and every body ridiculous,
to promote hilarity; or, from a
misjudged ambition to cred the
temple of fame, I know not: if
from the former, we bleed some
of thefineft and most delicate arte
ries in Nature's. Law .• if'from the
latter, we build our temple on a
basis, which will ever keep the
fuperftru&ure in tremulous agi
tation, fJoften as reflection waves
against the materials, of which
the basis is composed:
"For if no basis bear my rifirig name,
" But the fall'n ruins of another's fame ;
•'Then, teach me, Heav'd, to scorn the
guilty bays; } j
"Drive from my breaG the wretched thirst
for praise,,
" Unblemilh'dict me live, or die unknown,
"O grant me honest praise; or grant me
none !"
Said honest Pope ; —and, was it
not, indeed, a noble sentiment of
a noble foul? {
This letter, though the fubjeft
is general, must remain an enig
ma, and its solution afecret, till
you fee— —2to
, EA TO N.
Wirdfor, Marek 1 „h, 1792.
°
ifflitoitoraire^i^^
.ST.fb EDITOR NEAGLE,%.
SIR,
I SEND you this letter, to
announce my approbationl
of four propefah for printing a Gazette
for us,in this new country ; and to tell, cy
how much I depend upon receiving the
paper weekly of the pofl, as he p:ffes my m
cottage —for the benefit of nr, large fern
;^: o^7^^ know what ,0,
fend newfptyer%6f which tbenffiffßW
two ar three puhlifhed in
and but two or three men in atown,th.2t
rock one,/ the citizens had about-the ,
fame advantages of choosing, that a fam
ous Mr, Hobfon of old had. In fhert, th .
riewfoaper was Juppofed to be the ml, one
in the world, as much as the ftfaher. But
now,fince printers have multiplied,aafome
other profeffions bate done, and as cer
tain species of people did at the waving
of Aarc^'s wand, and since we can have
whatever paper we pteafe/we begin to
grow a jittle niore faltidious. Just like
some of" our backflad;, who t'other day,
knew only that wi^ was wine ; but, af
ter a journey or two to Hartford, or New
jork, icatne every thing but Madeira, a? a
reader of Horace would every thing but 1
'Fahrman; and can distinguish, with th^
greater nicety, Fort, Lifan' ,Malaga,
Ca,e, Sherry, and twenty others, cf
which, perhaps, they never tailed a drop
intheir lives.
But,in fhert,revare to fbit the ff^tf^'
not only of jour "Madeira readers, and of
your Port readers ; but there are yeg 4
,faefoegin feaders, your good old hearty,
whi^face, or' rather, redfacc,g^g readers,
your malt liquor, znd whokforne f,f%
water readers, and four 'infipid wbe,
x??der,. And however greaythe variety
fifTareLrtie^myft all -
Jfoof your paper ; and, ifir is rot
ger than—you knew whufi—will fwk&ffi
nis a cheat : Others, at its colour; and, if
it is very blue, will call you a ILeJbrt ;
Others winfmellof it ; and, if iq smell& 1
like—what's hi, name's there—will
throw it into the fire. The types too miMl
undergo a scrutiny. People have got ro
be,very nice upon these matters: And
some few, perhaps, may examine the
contexts: Now only think whata propor
tion of jour faring geniufe, will
spurn it, becauft they 60 no adyertife-.
ments of vendues, where they may bid
off interval for three farthings an acre.-—
Others might be somewhat gratified, if
you should fabricate now and then a pa
r^graph—how' ten or fifteen thousand
French had cut the throats cf as many
Auftriant. Some mere enlightened and
original than tlie generality, will flick
out a contemptuous lip, at d^Jl im f, s„'•
which you, or your corrcffcndtnts may „
insert, with a view to improve and enfer
. tain the public ; and which, as Solon said
of his laws, are as good, that is, contain
as much learning and solid fenfe,as most of
your readers can bear. All these differ
ent characters, and palates, I far, you
are to consult ; and to prepare diffies ac
cordingly. If there are any, who car
only soup with the front,give them a little
trough by ttemfelves. Let those, who^^
are fond of pork& cabbage,honeft & fall,
utary fare,have far the greaieft foare cf
your paper ; as they will confiture the
greeteft and most interesting part of your
reader. As for thofe,who are conndiffeurs
in ragouts, & high fofoned diffies—their
word is law,foe them a conspicuous fear,
and good attendance. And do not forget
t tea and toast sot the Ladies, andabo^er
for northern bards.
, The freedom I have taken,! hope will
i meet with your approbation ; that other
good citizens may be encouraged to
■ write with the fame plainness and faith
re fulneft, asyoar friend and humble ,fer
' vant,=
GALLIC.
b
;'MOOR', TRAFfLS
[ Through France, Ila?,, fwitzerhwd cna
-" German,, feubtyhed irt^dferkc of Lett's
to his Friend in London,have beertpjF, „
!g <F efec*cd reg celebrated. As it is P'J^