Republican gazette — Concord, N.H., 1801-08-20 00:00:00, page 4

th* OLD SOLDIER, by fintham.
" Pity the fmraiaf t ,„r old man."
CLEAR was the blue expanse, the day serene;
All nature wore ad universal green; (flood!
Smooth pafs'd fair Schuylkill's wave, delightful
As, musing, on its verdant banks I flood,
There wrapt io praise, O bounteous God, to thee.
Who bleft this happy hnd with liberty:
And thou, 0 the instrument in virtue's cause,
Who bravely freed us from oppressive laws !
"An aged soldier in a voice of grief,,
Show'd bis grey locks, and thus implor'd relief:
Oh youth! who, yet a stranger to distress,
Feel not (like me, the extremes of wretchedness!
If, in thy country's cause thy bosom glows,
That country, late o'erfpread by barb'rous foes ;
In whose defence, life's richest blood was drain'd
From these poor limbs, while yet a drop remain'd,
Now, worn with toil, and impotent with age,
Soon Jhalll have this joyless, mortal stage.
Yet, if Humanity, with genial beat,
Expands thy foul to adions good and great,
Some trifling help, (which may you never need !)
Oh give ! and heav'n reward the pious deed.
Once, gay in life, and free from anxious care,
I through the furrows drove the shining shire ;
I few my waving fields with plenty crown'd,
And yellow Ceres, joyous, finite around ;
Till rous'd by freedom, at my country's call,
I left my peaceful home, and gave up all.
Now forc'd, alas ! to beg my hard earn'd bread,
This crazy body longs to join the dead :
Ungrateful country ! when the danger's o'er,
Your bravest sons cold charity implore !
Children of wealth, in downy pleasure bred,
Pamper'd in ease, by favoring fortune fed ;
Who view with thooghtlefs eye the humble poor,
That glean their scanty meals from door to door ;
Ah ! heave for me a sympathetic sigh,
And wipe the falling tear from Sorrow's eye,
• gen. Washington.
©be floral preatbet.
« D^lfafl, ^witb all." Old Copy.
THE peace of society dependeth on J vstice :—
The happinets of individuals depends on the fafe
enjoyment of all their poffeffions._Keep the de
fies of thy heart within the bounds of moderation
—let the hand of justice lead them ,right. Cast
not an evil eye on the goods of thy neighbor ; let
whatever is bis property be sacred from tby touch
— Let no temptation allure thee, nor any provo
cation excite thee, to lift up tby band to the haz
ard of his life. Defame him not in his charader
—bear no falfe witness ag^nft him— Corrupt not
his fervent to cheat and forfake him ; and the wife
of his bosom, O tempt her not to fin. It will be
a grief to his heart, which thou caoft not relieve ;
an injury to his life, which no reparation can a
tone for. In thy dealings with men, be impar
tial andjuft ; and do unto them as thou woudeft
they ihould do unto thee— Be faithful to thy trust,
ana deceive not the man who relieth upon thee ;
be assured it is a less evil in the fight of God to
steal, than it is to betray. Oppress not the poor.
—and deprive not of his hire the labouring man.
When thou felleft for gatytaf the whifperiQ
of confcieace, and be fatnU&h moderations
nrr from the ignorance of rarr make any ad
vantage. Pay the debts which thou contrail^
—for he who gives thee credit, reties upon thine
honor; and to withhold from him his due, is both
mean and unjust : For such things, it has become
common to sue men to the law ; but let tby bon,
or be thy barrier against the law. Finally, thou
son of society ! examine thy heart, call remem
brance to thy aid, and if io any of these things
thou findeft thou haft transgressed, take sorrow
and flume to tbyfelf, and make speedy reparation
to the utmost of thy power.
flUstellanp.
A MOST AFFECTING FACT.
THE following story connot fail of
exciting, in every feeling heart, an im
placable hatred of that diabolical des
potism which, for so many ages, has tor
tured and crushed humanity. It is
taken from the Inferno Dante, and is lit
erally true.
Ugolino, a Florentine count, had been
imprisoned with his four children, by
the archbishop Rugguri, and after his
deliverance, thus relates the horrors of his
prison.
66 The hour approached when we ex
peaed to have something bro't us to
eat : but instead of feeing any food, I
hear the doors of that horrible dungeon
more closely barted, I beheld my lit
tle children in silence, and could not
weep. My heart was petrffied. The
wretches wept ; and my dear Anselm
said, tu gardi Ji, badre, che hai ? Fath=
er,,ou look upon us ; what ai/s,ou ? I
could neither weep npr answer, and
continued swallowed up in silent agony
all that day, and the followin^ight
even till the dawn of day. As W as
a glimmering ray darted through the
prison, that I could fee again those four
faces, in which my own image was im
pressed, I knawed both my hands, with
grief and rage.
" My children, believeing I did this
through eagerness to eat, railing them#
selves suddenly up, said to me, my fath
er ; our torments would be less, if you
would allay the rage of your hungerupon
us. I restrained myfelf, that I might
not encreafe their misery.
"We were all silent that day and the
following.
" The fourth day being come, Gaddo
falling extended at my feet, cried, Padre
moi, che non ni ajute ? My father,
why do you not help me ? and di
ed!
66 The other three expired, one after
the other, between the fifth and sixth day,
famifhed as thou feeft me now. And
I being seized with blindness began to
go gropling upon them with my hands
and feet, and continued calling upon
them by their names, three days after
the, were dead ; then hunger vanquished
my grief."
There is not perhaps, in the compass
of human composition, any tale of more
genuine pathos. And on hearing such
a recital, who can help rejoicing, that
the monfter,* which hath so long rioted
on the sorrows of mankind, is to all ap
pearance, at this moment, in its last agon
ies. May the extreme pang which is for
ever to rid the world of so great a curse,
speedily arrest it, and the song of deliv
erance be sung by the whole human
race. SYLVESTER.
•The&rgch,.
rAty^eman&rving the town crier
Landing in th&rket unemployed,—
tfted him why he quLnot cry, as, usual.
" Good Sir," said man, « I cannot
cry to day-far m, wife is dead."
AGRICULTURAL.
HOLLOWELL, JULY 1/.
MR. EDES, SIR,
Some of your readers will be pleased
to know the result of an experiment I
made on my grafg land with Plaifter of
) Paris. 1
Onthe 13th of May last, I scattered
Plaifter of Paris over two pieces of my
hide bound grass ground, at the rate of
two and an naif bushels an acre, leav
ing some, land between them, without,
any dressing. The whole was mowed
on the 6th of July, and the comparative
FOR SALE, on the lowest possible
term#, about three acres of land of an excel,
lent quality, situated in the northeasterly part ol
Weare, about a quarter of a mile from the meet,
ing house ; with a dwelling house, 24 feet square,
well fiaiffied, except phftering, and very conven
iently conftruaed; a barn, 26 feet square, and 1
/hop, well, calculated for a trader or mechanic ;
with a beautiful young orchard; and a brock
which never fails running across one corner, and
which is very convenient for the purchaser. Fot
further particulars, enquire of the fabferiber al
Fifhersfield, or of Robert Johnson, living near to
the premises. OBADIAH JOHNSON.
July 23, 1801. 26
MONEY—LOST, by the subscriber,
on the 10th instant, between S'ephen Ambrofe'i
and Robert Harris's Store, in Concord, Fourteen
Dollars, in three Bank Bills, viz. one of dollars,
Nantucket Bank, and two 5 dollar Bills. Who.
,er may have found said money, and will return
it to the subscriber, or to Stephen Ambrose, ot
leave It with the Printer of this paper, ihali be
generously rewarded.
STEPHEN CHASE.
Northfield, July 14, 1801.
FOUND, on the sth of May, between
Col. Welker's and George's Tavern, a sum of
MONEY : wrapped up in a paper. The owner
may have it again, by calling at this Office, prov
ing property, and paying for this advertisement.
Concord, July 13. 24
O A FARM in Canaan, for Sale cheap,
for Cash. Enquire at this Office. July 23.
FOR SALE,
A FARM in the town of Wendell, in
the county of Cheshire, containing eighty
acres of LAND, lying on the main road from
Newport to Hopkinton ; which will cut about
twenty tons of hay ; with a house and barn, and
a good orchard ; tillage (efficient ; and well wa
tered ;. with a privilege for a saw mill, and a great
quantity of pine timber near. An, man wanting
to know the conditions, may know by applying
to the man now living on the premises.
CASH given for
HAY—wanted; 10 or 15 tons of Clear
Englilh HAY, for which the CASH will be paid.
Apply to DAVID GEORGE.
Concord, Jul, ig. 24
Olttklp Almanack, FOR 1801.
Explanation— The firft column fhowi the
day of the month, the second shows the rising and
fettiog of the fun in hours and minutes, the third
the leoght of days, and the fourth Ihows the ris
ing ana fettiog of the moon.
AUGUST
Thursday zo 5<37 f 3 34 o=3
Frida, 21 5157 13 3° *34
Saturday 22 5167 13 28 256
Sunday 23 517 7 13 ^ M rile
Monday 24 519 713 22 7'6
Tuesday 25 520 7 13 io 738
Wednesday 26 5217 13 18 8 0
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produce was as follows. The undreffec
land, yielded at the rate of 10 cwt. pei
acre, one of the plaiftered pieces, at the
rate of 31 1-2 cwt. and the other, 36
cwt. per acre.
The Plaifter I used was, I believe
brought from France ; but from othei
experiments I have made with the Plaifi
ter of Novafcotta, I am of opinion that
it will be found to be a valuable manure,
JOHN MERRICK.