The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1793-03-11 00:00:00, page 4

ODE TO HUMILITY.
Occasioned by the elegant Ode to Innocence.
Humility,/^ Child of Grace!
Pile mortals guardian, and defence.
Since the unhappy human Race
Loft Innocence.
As, when foe made her fad retreat,
Contentment also did depart.
Come thou and fill her vacant Seat
/ Within my Heart.
For, if not Innocence,—yet theft,
(Which might,for me, be near as well,)
Contentment would return again,
With thee to dwell.
Hail, holy, lowly, lovely Maid!
'Tis bliss divine with thee to live ;
Not Heav'n and Earth, without th, aid,
True peace can give.
Since I'm depriv'd of Innocence,
And can no more with her rejide,
Under th, heav'nl, Influence •
Let me abide.
Oh, leave me not ! on thee I lean.
As conscious that I am hut daft !
If you fauld quit me with disdain
PeriJh I mujh
Oh ! spread th, ornamental Fail,
Over m, naked, guilt, Frame,
And may it never, neverfail
To hide my Jhame.
Then will the high and loft, one,
(Hit countenance jerene and bright,)
Look down on me from his high throne
With kind delight.
And the great fudge of Ifreal,. '^
Before whom Sinners Jhall be try'd,
Will never jentence me to Hell
With blasted pride.
ELEMENTS OF PHYSIOGNOMY.
Translated from the Spanijb.
H^ who has a low Forehead and full of
wrinkles— will looklike a Monkey.
He who has a high Forehead will have his
Eyes under it, and will live all the Days of his
Life—and that is infallible.
He who has a long Note—will have the more
to blow and the better to handle.
A great Mouth from Ear to Ear lignifies
much Foam and no Bridle ; but these are not
hard mouthed, but all Mouth.
A little mouth drawn up like a purse, de
notes darkness within—and looks more like a
loop hole than a window. s
A watery Mouth that fpoutters when it
fpeaks,and overflows when it laughs—will
have need of a slobbering bib.
whoever has frizely and black Hair will put
the Berber to much trouble—and he who has
vermine will often scratch his head.
He that is bald will have no Hair—and if he
happens to have any, it will not be on the bald
place.
A TOUCH on the TIMES.
COME liflen and laugh at the Times,
Since Folly was never so ^ipe ;
For every Man laughs at those Rhymes,
That give his ran Follies a Wipe.
We live in a kind of Disguise :'
Weflatter, we lie, and protef ;
While each of us artfully tries,
On others tofaflen the jest.
The Virgin, when firft she is woo'd,
Returns ever, fgh with disdain :
And while b, her Lover purfu'd.
Can laugh at his Foil, and Pain :
But when from her innocence won,
And doom'd for her Virtue to mourn :
When fee finds berfelf loft and undone,
He laughs (though unjust) in his turn.
The Fools, who at Law do contend,
Can laugh at each other's Aiflrefs ;
And while the dire Suit does depend,
Ne'er think bow their Subflance grows less;
'Till hamper'd b, tedious Expenfa
Although to compound they are loth ;
They'llfind, when refer'd to their Sense,
The Lawyers fit laughing at both.
But while we perceive in the FaJhion,
For each Fool to laugh at the other ;
Let us strive, with a generous Companion,
To correal, not contemn one another.
We all havefome Follies to hide;
Which known, would dishonour the best :
And life, when 'tis thorough/, try'd, „
Like Friendship, will fam but a ,est.
THE PIERIDES.
HILARITY.
Sparkling Eyes will be very apt to thine.
Women who have curious Eyebrows, will in
all likelihood have Eyelaflies under them—and
will be beloved if any Body takes a liking to
them.
justed.
c £ it enafled by the Senate and
beaion I. _ Houfe of Representatives of the
United States of America, in Corgrefs assem
bled, That all Claims upon the United States,
for Services or Supplies,-or for other cauTe,
Matter or Things, furnished or done, previous
to the fourth Day of March 1789, whether
founded upon Certificates, or other written
Documents from publickOffices, or otherwise,
which have not already been barred by any Aft
of Limitation, and which shall not be present
ed at the Treasury before the firft Day of May
1794, Shall forever after be barred and pre
cluded from Settlement ,or Allowance: Pro
vided, That nothing herein contained Shall be
construed to affeft loan office Certificates,
Certificates of final Settlements, Indents of
Interest, Balances entered in the Books of the
Register of the Treasury, Certificates issued by
the Register of the Treasury, commonly call
ed registered Certificates, Loans of Money
obtained in foreign Countries, or Certificates
issued pursuant to the Aft, entitled, " An Aft
making Provision for the Debt of the United
States." And provided further, That nothing
herein contained Shall be construed to prohib
it the proper Officers of the Treasury from
demanding anAccount or Accounts to be ren
dered, for any Monies heretofore advanced,
and not accounted for, or from admitting, un
der the usual Forms and Reftriaions, Credits
for Expenditures, equal to the Sums which
have been so advanced. •
Sec. 2. And be it further enaaed, That it
Shall be the duty of the auditor of the treasury,
to receive all such Claims aforefaid as have not
been heretofore barred by any Ad of Limita
tion, as Shall be presented before the Time a
forefaid, with the Certificates, or other Docu
ments in fopport thereof, and jo cause a Re
cord to be made of the Names of the Persons,
and of the Time when said Claims are pre
sented ; which Record shall be made in the
Presence of the Person or Persons presenting
the fame, and shall be the only Evidence that
the said Claims were presented, during the
Time limited by this A&. ,
Sec. 3. And be it further enabled. That it shall
be the Duty ofthe accounting Officers of the
Treasury, to make Report to Congress, upon
all such of the said Claims as shall not be al
lowed to be valid,according to the usual Forms
of the Treasury.
They that have final! Feet will need but lit
tle Shoes —and will have a light pair of Heels.
Whenever you fee a than that has but one
Eye—you may certainly conclude that he has
loft the other.
AN old maiden Lady having taken it into
her Head that the would die in a few Days,
gave Directions to the Sexton of the Parish
to which ffie belonged; to dig out a hand
some deep Grave tp receive her Body ; but be
fore the much apprehended Time arrived,
she met with ajolly young Farmer, who want
ed her Money, arid ihe was prevailed upon to
accompany him to church upon a very differ
ent Occasion.
The honest Sexton happened to be at work
on her intended Grave, as the passed by, when
ffie very generously put a Guinea into his
Hand, and requested him to fill it up again as
expeditiously as possible.
SECOND CONGRESS OF THE UNITED
• STATES
AT THE SECOND SESSION,
Begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, 1792.
AN Irishman meeting another, asked,
What was become of their old acquaintance
Patrick Murphy ? Arrah, now, dear Honey,
answered the other, poor Pat was condemn'd
to be hanged— but hefaved bis life b, dying in
Prijon.
A LADY hearing that a Man in high Post,
where he had an Opportunity of fingering a
great deal of Money, had married his kept
Mistress ; dear me, said she; that Fellow is al
ways robbing the Publick !
An Aft relative to claims against the United
States, not barred by any Aft of Limita
tion, and which have not been already ad-
An Aa refpeaing Fugitives from Justice, and Per
fans escaping from the Service of their Masters.
Se&. I. BE it enaaed I, the Senate, &c. That
whenever the executive Authority of any State
in the Union, or of either of the Territories
north weft or fouth of the River Ohio, shall de
mand any Person as a fugitive from Justice,
of the executive authority of any such State or
Territory to which such Person shall have fled,
and (hall moreover produce the Copy of an In
diament found, or an Affidavit made before a.
Magistrate of any State or Territory as afore
faid, charging the Person so demanded, with
having committed Treason, Felony or other
Crime, certified as authentic by the Governour
or chief Magistrate of the State or Territory
from whence the Person so charged, fled, it
Jhall be the Duty of the executive Authority
of the State or Territory to which such Person
shall have fled, to cause him or her to be ar
rested and-secured, and Notice of the Arrest to
be given to the executive Authority making
such Demand, or to the Agent of such Autho
rity appointed to receive the Fugitive, and to
cause the Fugitive to be delivered to such A
gent when he shall appear: But if no such A
gent Shall appear within fix Months from the
Time of the Arrteft, the Prisoner may be dis
charged. And all Costs or Expences incur
red in the apprehending, securing, and trans
mitting such Fugitive to the State or Territo
ry making such Demand, shall be paid by such
State or Territory.
, Sec. z. And be it further enafled, That any
Agent, appointed as aforefaid, who ihall re
ceive the Fugitive into his Custody, shall be
empowered to transport him or her to the
State or Territory from which he or she shall
have fled. And if any Person or Persons shall
by Force set at Liberty, or rescue the Fugitive
from such Agent vihile transporting, as afore
faid, the Perlon or Persons so offending shall,
on Convidion, be fined not exceeding five
hundred Dollars, and be imprisoned not ex
ceeding one Year.
Sec. 3. And be it also enafled, That when a
Person held to labour in any of the United
States, or in either of the Territories on the
north weft or fouth of the River Ohio, under
the Laws thereof, shall escape into any other
ofthe said States or Territory, the Person to
whom such Labour or Service may be due, his
Agent or Attorney, is hereby empowered to
seize or arrest such Fugitive from Labour,and
to take him or her before any judges of the
circuit or diftrid Courts of the United States,
residing or being within the State, or before
any Magistrate of a County, City or Town
corporate, wherein such seizure or arrest shall
be made, and upon Proof to the Satisfaction
of such Judge or Magistrate, either by oral
Testimony or affidavit taken before and certifi
ed by a Magistrate of any such States or Terri
tory, that the Person so seized or arrested,
doth, under the Laws of the State or Territo
ry from which he or she fled, owe Service or
Labour to the Person claiming him or her, it
shall be the duty of such Judge or Magistrate
to give a Certificate thereof to such Claimant,
his Agent or Attorney, which shall be fuffi-
Gient Warrant for removing the said Fugitive
from Labour, to the State or Territory from
which he or she fled.
Sec. 4. And be it further enaaed, That any
Person who shall knowingly and willingly ob
ftrud or hinder such Claimant, his Agent or
Attorney in so seizing or arresting such Fugi
tive from Labour, or shall rescue such Fugi
tive from such Claimant, his Agent or Attor
ney when so arrested pursuant to the Authori
ty herein given or declared; or shall harbour
or conceal such Person after Notice that he or
she was aFugitive from Labour, as aforefaid,
shall, for either of the said Offences, forfeit
and pay the Sum of five hundred Dollars.
Which Penalty may be recovered by and for
the Benefit of such Claimant, by A&ion of
Debt, in any Court proper to try the fame ;
saving moreover to the Person claiming such
Labour or Service, his right or A&ion for or
on Account of the said injuries or either of
them.
The preceding Ads were approved, February'
twelfth, and received the proper Signa
tures.
Lately publifad, and for Sale at this Office,
A Book, entitled,
the MINISTER preaching his own FUNER
AL SERMON, &c.
Being a Warning from Heaven to all vile Sinners.
Adfo—A Narrative of Whiting Sweeting.