The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1798-02-06 00:00:00, page 2

And if any person at any time
from and after the firft day of
September next, thill fell, expose
to fate or offer any meal,,fruit or
other things usually fold by heap,
or any other measure than it afore
mentioned, at co bigoefi and
breadth, such person being com
plained of & conviaed before any
justice of the peace within the
county, of so doing, Ofall forfeit
and pay to the ue of the poor
of the town where the offence is
committed, the full value of the
meat, fruit or other things so fold'
or off fed to Lie wi&cofti.
And be it further enaHed, Th?
the fearer of weights and measures
appointed id each town within
this State, from time to time, (hall
be, and hereby is empowered to
go to the houfetof foch of the in
habitants, having been duly noti
fied as a'o efaid, who thill negle^
to bring or fend in their fcate
beams, (tehrerds, weight and
measures, to he proved and sealed
at the place aligned for that pur
pose, and flhall there prove and
seal chefame, snd (hall receive of
the owner for every scale beam,
fteelyqrd, weight, and measure
proved arid sealed twenty cents &
n? more; and every person that
fhali relufe to have their scale
beams, steelyards, weights and
measures viewed, proved and seal
ed, shall forfeit the sum of ten
dollars, one moiety thereof to rhe
use of the poor of the town, and
the other moiety to the feater ; &
' if any person shall bring hit fcaie
beams, ftetlyardf, weight Os mea.
fores, to be proved and sealed at
any other time than on the day or
• days set by the fe&ler of' weights
and measures for the purpose, he
shall i. like manner p*y three cents
for every.fcale beam, fteehard s
weight or measure that shall be
tried and felled, and erne cent and
an half for such 1, do oat need
feahog. .
and be it further' enabled, Tbit
ifany person fro?i and after the
firft day of September next, shall
fell, vend, or utter any goods,
wares, merchandizes, grain or oth
er commodities whatsoever, by
other scale beams, fteelyardi,
weight, or measures, than such as
shall b^ proved and sealed as this
id requires, in any town. where*
provision is made anti notification
given agreeably to this a(ft, or
fall fraudulently so fell, utter or
vend any goods, wares, merchan
dizes, grain, or other commodities
by any scale beams, steelyards,
weights or meaGres ty,' may &
so sealed, that shall prove utjuft,
the person so offending shall for
feit a him riot Feb than one dollar,
nor more than ten dollars with costs
for each cffence, one moiety there
of to the use of the poor of the
town wher.e the offeree shall be
committed, the other mexe), to
the intom^r who shall prosecute
the f?me. ;'
' And be it further enaaed; That
all lca # e beams; fttelyar& weights
* and meafurei kept &flabdie in
tloev<rW iowr%lmll be plowed
" ty, fried by the public count,
standards, it the end of every five
time io time.
' Albe it further enabled. That
/ffthe tete^ any town in
^\iWSate 'fl** to comply with
- (tar drier n procuring weights
' tyTOri^^' B ^ afale beam, as
fy, this rtfereq^d, they (bill
forfeit the l Um ot^ ^ndred d.l.
lars, to be recovered one half for
the use of the county in which the
neglect shall happen, and the oth.
er half for the ofe of the person
who shall foe for the fame.
And be it further enabled, That
when any sealer of weights and
measures that may be duly ap
pointed in any town where a scale
beam, weight and measures ae
provided accordi g to this adt,
fhril pegle& to notify the inhabi
tants as afortfaid, th al.lforfeit the
sum of fifty dollars, and for neg
letting the duties of his office in
any respect from one to twenty dol
lars, one half for the prosecutor,
the other half for the use of the
town inhere such negleft shall hap
pen ;—and all penalties and com
perlarion mentioned in this aril
may be sued for and recovered by
aaion, bill, plaint or,, information
in any court proper to try the
lam<.
And be it further enabled, Thar
the fea'ef of weights and meafurf
ifor each county, may triage rife of
such seal as ne may think proper,
provided a pefcriprion thereof, id
writing, be lodged in the fecteta
ry'a office before it be made use
of, and that the feeler of weights
and medu^i chosen by each town
tefpraivety shall ofc such feel a:
the town may fcg'ee on, a record
of which being prfvioufly mace
in the town records.
Provided, That this aa foil re
mainin force till fuperceded by an
ad of the general,government.
Approved, December 12, 1797.
'United Sta^^
FIFTH CONGRESS—Se^ Srffe%
HOUSE, &c. —JAN.27.
The following Mirage w^s received froro
the President of the United States.
Gentlemen of the Senate, a^d
Gentlemen of the Hou, of Reprefyatiiej,
THE situation of affairs between the
United States and theChercket,
nation of Indians, having evinced the
expediency of a Treaty with that nation,
for the promotion of juQjce to them, as
well as of the interests and convenience
of our citizens,„l have nominated, and
by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate,, appointed Commissioners, +to
hold conferences and conclude a treaty
as early as the season of the year and the
convenience of the parties will admit.
As we khow very well by experience,
that such negotiations cannot be parried
on without considerable, expenses, I re
commend to your coofideration, the pro.
priety of making an appropriation, at
this time, for defraying such as mar be
neceffiry 'for holding an| lConcluding a
Treaty.
That you may form your judgment
witfi greater facility, 1 flhill cured the
proper officer to lay before you an esti
mate of such articles and expenses as may
be thought indifpenfible
JOHN ADAMS.
firmed Siam, fan 17, 1798.
1\ JAM. i*
'1 The Speaker tai before the Hmfea
communication from the Secretary of
.War; inclofing an estimate of the appro
propriations necelHry for holding a trea
ty with the Cherokee Indians, which was
in substance as follows :
, . Dote
For three CommiffiQncrs, ty days,
at S dollars per day, ±,i6e
Incidental expenses of do. 360
Secretary, at 4 dollars per day, 360
Rations of zoao Indians, , 15,000
Presents to the Indians, 5 000
Stores for the Commissioners, 2,000
Incidental expenses, 1,000
25,000
• This fta'.ement was referred to the
committee of the whole to whom was
referred the former message of the Pre
fi lent on this fabjea.^
.Mr. Ti^inghaft called op hi, refold
fritol refrain a repeal bf %$%?
1 A& which waVreferrH to thefaroe com
• mittee o+the Wholeto whom Wa# referred
1 the repo: t of /hecOrtmiree of ways and
means on this fuhjea
On motion of Mr. Harpe,, the House
resolved itfelf into a comrcirtte of the
whole on the bill provi-li^g the mean* of
intercourse between the United States & °
foreign nations, Mr. Dent in the chair ;
when the bill having been read, and Mr.
Harper having declared with whatfums
it was proposed to fill the blanks, Mr.
Nicholas, after a speech of coufi^erable
length, in which liedwelt upon ?he evils
which had bsen, and were likely to he
produced by an extenfan of dur foreign
diplomatic ititercourfe, proposed fever I
amendments to rhe bill, the-effed of
which he profeffed to be, to restore the
bofinefs of foreign intercourse to the
fame footing on which it flood in the
year 1796, before the ex enfion° took
place.
A long debate eniued; The fpe?k p rs
in favor of the motion, were Messrs. Ni
chrlas, Gallatin and Baldwin ; against
it, M.fffs Harper, Allen and Sitgreaves.
The committee refe, without taking the
qn< ft ton, and obtained leave to firagain.
The estimates of the Sec
retary at War, of the expenf
es For holding a treaty with
the Cherokees, was read.-,--
The total is 25,880 'dollars.
Pay of Commissioners 8 dels,
a day, for 90 davs. Indian
presents, rations, &c, 20,000
dollars. Referred;
FEDERAL FRIG ATES.
On this hibje% the Secret
rib, at War flared, that the
United Spates frigate was
nearly ready for sea, when
<he fever broke out in. Phila
delphia. . That the Conftitu
tion will be ready in- a short
time to receive her officers
and crew, and confcquently
. fit for service early in the en
tuing spring ; and the Con
ftellatioh now ready to leave
the I'etapfco to receive her
iftores, officers and crew---she
may therefore be sent to sea
at a very short notice. He
also reported, that the Vir
giiria revenue-cutter, is anew
and complete vessel, mount
ing 6 fix-pounders, and four
howitzers ; and the one Ra
tioned near the Delaware, is
fufficient to carry 8 four
pupoder%fe. }
Oh this fubjea,the follow
ing kefolution is before Con
grcis:
R : ,.v^; That the PrefiJent us the U.
States, be authorized by law, to pur
ch^fe whoever, in bis opinion the pub
lic ibbcc fh:11 require it, for account of
the Uwed Suits apt exceeding
vtikis, lujUbte to be employed as pub
he armed vessels, for the defence of our
sea cueft, and to,caufe the fame, from
time to time, as occasion may require,
to be aimed, tquipped, manned and em
ployed, in the like manner, and on the
fiine terras of pay, futfiftence, and other
proportion :b!e allowances, as ire direct
€dt^r the naval armament already eftab
lifhcd : And that there be appropriated
a furtherfum, not exceeding dollars,
towards defraying the expends whichl
may be incurred therein.
[Monies wanted to complete the frig
ates, 36 597 dollars, besides thritiftap
Drppria.'iOu. For military fiores, 75,759.
For arms, &r. for tte marines. 3577.—
Pay of the officers, &c. one yCT, 200,000
dois. Subsistence, ii3,s45 p Repairs,
'50,000. Nc/fliry articles on board,
' cartel i^ci&ntai Hpehfes 3 too. Navy
Clerks I^o dels. Yard Keepers, 1000
dols. sent of N>vy yardsdt Pqnfcnoutty,
,N.H and N.wyotk.— Making in the
1 Iwhole, 366,21 2 dollars.]
[' : ^^^tf <’ ? ^±^ '"^
^'^xi^^^^ #rb^
Upon a motion for leave to
bring in a bill to repeal the
>law laying duty on fted
g refem;' &c,^
Greene,' a member f^Mra:
-Island, in puifuance of in
flrelations from that State
^be Yeas and ^Najs were as -
follow: -,
TEAS. ''
Messrs. Aaderfon, Blood
worth, Brown, Foster, Greene,
Jack fon,Langdon, Livermore,
Martin, Mason, Tazewell---
^ NAYS.
Messrs. Bingham, Chip
man, Goodhue, Gunn, Hill.
house, Howard, Hunter, Lati
mer, Lloyd, Marshal, Paine,
Read, Ross, Sedgwick, Tra
cy—ls.
O Four members of the Senate are
abfent—from the states of Newyork, one
— Newjerfey, two —and one from Dela
ware.—These would have voted against
the motion had they been present; in
that case there wruld have been a Bill
greater majority agrinft granting leave.
, Latest European News.
.-_Q^^re—
[ ENGLAND.
: r LONDON, NOV. 16.
Yesterday a humble but
(pitied Addeeft was preferr
ed by both Houfei of Parliament,
to hit Mij fly o° the subject of
the late negotiations at Lisle. In
chit address the Lords and Com
mons properly eflim&e the nefa
rious dtfigqi of the French Direc
tory ; and acknowledge the ard
ency of the desire exhibited by
hirMej.fty to put an end tdthe
horrors of war.—" No facrifice"
fay they, " will consent the French
but that of our Liberty ; „ concef
fan, but tbit of our envied and hap
py Conftituion "—And they con
.c'ode thus, •• Under such circum
fiances, we feel the duty which we
owe, in this great trifa to God and
to our country.' Animated by the
fame sentiments which your M jefty
has been pleaded to declare to your
people and to the world ; attached
'to your Mjfty b, principle, duty &
gratitude and sensible that it is on
ly from courage and firmnefs that
we can look either for prefect fafe
.ty or permanent peace ; we are de
termined to defend with unfoaken
re/olution, your Moffo's Throne 4
the lives and properties of our fel°
low fubsems, the government and
cou/litutien of our country, and the
honor and independence of the Brit
:Jb Empire. We kr^w that 'great
exertions are nectfery ;. we are
prepared to make them ; and placing
our firm reliance on the divine pro
teaton which has always hitherto
been extended to us, we will sup
port your Majfly to the utmost, and
Hand and fall with out Religion,
Laws and Liberties."
His Majefty' s most gracious
Answer.
" M, Lords and G^nhetogn,
f " Nothing could be more fatif
fa&ory to me than thia unanimous
declaration of the fentimeoti of
my two Houses of Parliament.—
They are such as the conduct and
declared intentions of the enemy
could not fail to produce. We
ate engaged in a caofe which in
common co us all ; and contend
ing for every interest which a frep
and independent nation can have
tio taihtain^ Uider the buffing
of providence 1 look 1^
dcnce io the issue of this great con-:
test; but in ever, event my refo
f^p,iH&en.'^ such at*
owe to God, io my CTffi&: