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An Act to ascertain the quality of
Hogs Lard; and making further pro
vision for the Infection of Butter.
BE it enabled by the Senate and House
of Representatives in General Court
affendled, and by the authority of the fame, That
-the lufpeCtor-Gencra?, & Dtpnty-lufpeClor, ap
pointed,or to be appointed by virtue of the ACt,
entitled, “An All to ascertain the quality of
Butter, & for the more effectual irfpeClicn of the
' fame, “ (hall also be Infpe&ors of Hogs-Lard,
and the several fees for infpediou, fines forfei
'turcs, rules and regulations, for the exportation
of Butter, mentioned in the faief ACI, dial! extend
to, and be the fame for, and receding the Dip
ping of Hogs-Lard, packed for exportation,
agreeably to the directions of this ACL
Sect." 2. Be it further enacted, That all Hogs-
Lard exported from this Commonwealth, shall
be infpe&ed, examined, branded and packed in
kegs, in the fame manner as is directed in the
A& for the infpedion of Butter, herein before
named.
Sect. 3. Be it further entßed, That the seve
ral Infpedors of Butter and Hogs-Lard, may
irfpeCt and brand kegs of the following sizes,
when thereto requeued ; viz. Kegs twelve
inches long, and seven and an half inches diame
ter in the heads; or ten inches long, with fix
inches head.
Sect. 4. And be it further enaßed, That if a
ny person or persons (ball export, or (hip for ex
portation out of this Commonwealth, any But
ter or Hogs-Lard, not ipfpeCted and branded,
as by this AR, and the Adi herein before nam
ed to ascertain the quality of Butter, they are
directed, every such exporter or fhipper,and the
mailer of every vessel having on board such un
infpeded Butter or Lard, shall, on conviction
thereof, respectively forfeit and pay the sums
following: The owner or exporter shall for feic
and pay the sum of one dollar ; and the matter
of every vessel having the fame on board, the
sum of fifty cents, for each calk exported, or (hip
ped for exportation. And it (hall be the duty
of any Justice of the Peace, upon any informa
tion given of any Butter or Hogs-Lard being
put on board any vessel as aforefaid, not infpeCt
•cd and branded as required by this Aft, or the
said ACt- to ascertain the quality of Butter, to
issue his Warrant pireded to the Sheriff or his
lYeputy, or to a Constable, requiring them ref
pe&ively, to make seizure of any such Butter
or Hogs-Lard, not marked and branded as afore
faid and to secure the fame in order for trial ;
and said Officers are hereby refpe&ively re
quired and empowered to execute the fame :
and it shall be the duty of every person, when
required, to give the neceff ry aid for that pur
pose, on pain of forfeitingfoe dollars for his re
fufal.
In the House of Representatives, June 17, I&00.
This Bill, having had three several readings,
puffed to be enabled.
EDWD. H. ROBBINS, Speaker.
In Senate, June 17, 1800.
This Bill having had two several readings pas
sed to be enadled.
SAM'L. PHILLIPS, Proficient.
June 17, 1800.
By the Governor approved.
CALEB.STRONG.
A true Copy— Atif.
JOHN AVERY, Secretary.
Heads of the ACTS sassed the last fefen
of the General Court of Nezu- Hampshire.
A bill, intitled an ad for altering the fur-name
of Edward Fagarty, of Portsmouth, in the
county of Rockingham, in said State, Mason.
A bill, intitled, an ad to incorporate the
proprietors of the Social Library in Stoddard.
A bill, intitled, an ad to incorporate the
proprietors of the. Social Library in Warner.
A bill, intitled, an ad in addition to an ad
for arranging the militia into divisions, palfed
December 27, 1792..
A bill, intitled, an ad in addition to an ad
intitled, an ad to incorporate William Simp
, fori, Esq. and such other persons as hereafter
are named with him for the purpose of build
ing a bridge over Connecticut river.
A bill, -intitled, an ad to incorporate Wil
liam Cochran and others, by the name of the
Confochte Society in Pembroke.
A bill, inti tied, an ad directing the mode of
appointing Electors of this State for the election
of a President and Vice President of the United
States.
A bill, intitled, an ad for the relief of Supply
Clapp and others.
A bill, intitled, an ad to incorporate certain
persons for the purpose of building a bridge o-
Ver that part of Pil'cataqua river called little
harbour, from the Couth westerly fide of the
island of New-castle, to the public landing
place in Rye, opposite said island.
A bill, intitlcd, an ad to prohibit any person
from hauling and removing fea-wecd', from the
sea shore in Rye.
A bill, intitled, an ad in addition to an
amendment of an ad intitled an ad to prevent
damage which may be done by lumber to the
Owrers of lands lying on arid adjoining Con
necticut river and Merrimac river.
A bill intitlcd, an ad in addition to an ad
intitlcd an ad to incorporate a company by the
name of the proprietors of the New-Hampshire
Turnpike Road, passed 16th day of June, 1796.
A bill, intitled, an ad to annex Sterling's and
Stark's locations to the town of Conway.
The Alien Law, which frightened
every vicious foreigner in the United
States, has'expired ; and-notwithstand
ing 'the ~ uproar which it caused, has
not, that we recoiled, been executed in
a tingle inßance. %It "probably did
much good in checking the current of
abuse, which impudent foreigners
. poured on the Government and Peo
. ple of this Country, by threatening
them with the dreadful, punifhment-of
being obliged to leave the nation which
they seemed to hate fa heartily !
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A Society has lately been instituted
in the city of Philadelphia, called The
Magdalen Society—“To aid in reftor
ing'to the paths of virtue—to be instru
mental in recovering to honest rank in
life, those unhappy females, who, in an
unguarded hour have been robbed of
their innocence, and funk into wretch
edness and guilt, and, being affixed
with remorse at the mifcty of their fit
nation, are desirous of returning to a
life of rectitude, if they dearly law an
opening thereto."/
IN the preceding number of the Reformer,
the reader will recoiled that it closed with
an insinuating address 'of the evil genius falh
ion ; to which, with regret, my present neces
sity compels me to acknowledge, that her falfe
hoods, and ingenious representations of vice in
the garb of virtue, won'my affe&ions, and plac
ed me in the lift of her converts. An innate
principle of integrity and lave of virtue, were
the most powerful opponents to such a facrifice
of principle to immorality and vice ; but what
are the Godlike qualities of the human heart,
when virtue is mod secure in obfeurity, and
its opposite prevails in every order of society,
infilling its poison into the mind in the very
air we breathe ? Or what could the monitions
of confcicnce, or the power of reason avail, by
resisting the attack of all the depraved youth
ful passions, and the insinuating language of a
Demon of Hell ? The event was certain, and
incontrolably decreed by the frailty of human
nature, ever weak and inclining to error.
That natural facobinifm, implanted in a great
er or less degree in the nature of man, discov
ers itfelf in fomc in every loolc and action of
their lives, and in others accidentally, when
the morose passions are disturbed, by any unfav
orable incident. It requires but the example
or patronage of a few persons of some distinc
tion, to put it in operation on a large sphere of
action, while it eventually abandons its votaries
to the confequcnccs justly attendant on every
species of vice.
Reluctance to restraint and fubje&ion is nat
ural, as the define to satiate the cravings of
hunger ; of consequence, liberty is a harmoni
ous found and graceful co the ear of a man, who
is not a despot by nature, or the groveling min
ion of a tyrant ; but how few who really pos
sess it, are thankful for the invaluable boon; or
even know the buffings they enjoy, under a
government, whose very base is founded on
civil liberty, whose ultimate end, is the peace,
happiness, 2nd welfare of its citizens ; but the
licentious and evil dispositions of jealousy and
envy towards those, whom fortune or merit
has raised to a conspicuous and diftinguiihed
Ration in life, deprive them of that happiness,
of which all would partake, if exempt' from
these unhappy and degrading feelings.
As my domestic life has been affected much
less, than my social and political life, by becom
ing an avowed devotee to the baneful tenets of
Jacobinifm ; I (hall more particularly dwell on
this fubje&, and endeavor to describe the dif
ferent causes of their inimical dispositions to
the measures, and even exigence of our best
possible Government; and of every Govern
ment that has energy enough to be durable by
its own strength, arid not exposed to' the inva
sions and revolutions of every ambitious knave,
or prefumptious fool.
This disclosure of their objects might be de
scribed by a more able pen than mine, but
from none can it come, delineated with more
truth, than from the one who has (as myfelf)
been dipped in this lime pit of pure Democracy,
alias Jacobinifm.
These oppofers of the Federal Government
have used various fubterfuges to assume a more
popular name than that of Jacobin; an ample
proof of the conftrudion they put on the word,
has ever been considered in this Country
as a term of reproach, and for ever will, while
virtue and vice are opposite, or order and good
Government arc preferable to confufion and an
archy. Persons ofehis description have always,
exited in every country since men firft entered
into a state of society, and have ever been dc
figuated by this or some other epithet equally
as opprobrious. The French revolution trans
planted the name, and a large Ihare of the reali
ty into this country.
There are as various descriptions of Jacobins
in America, as ever were nouriflied in the bo
som of any one country since forms of Govern
ment were firft instituted, and they all concur
to obtain the fame end, by nearly the fame
means ; but Heaven be praife', that their eve
ry effort to overturn and destroy, has hitherto
been baffled by the virtue and wisdom of the
advocates of the Federal cause. Though the
whole herd of Jefferfonians mould unite in one
band, with their " arch" democrat for a leader,
and declare eternal war against order, govern
ment, and federalifm, their fate would be like
their gram/ wafer Beelzebub, kicked out of the
society of all good men,' hated by them, and
Stigmatized by God. Tremble for your auda
city, ye enemies of government, who would
prepare a poinard for the bread of the mother,
that, has nourished you with the sustenance of
that body, which you now would crimson
with gore, and make bleed at every vein ; those
wounds so lately made in the contest for the
liberty we now enjoy, you would again tear 0-
pen and become the min derous parricide; than
which crime none is of blacker dye !
It is not the undue prejudice of party spirit,
or any particular personal animosity, that leads
me to this exposure of the deleterious system of
these enemies of the adminiftfation of Govern
ment ; but a thorough conviction of their dan
gerous policy, and an anxious femcitude for the
weal of our common country.
JUNIUS.
For the United States Oracle of the Day.
flltfcellaiw.
THE REFORMER—No. 4.
BOSTON, JULY I/.
COMMENCEMENT.
Yesterday the anniyerfary Commencement
was held at Cambridge ; and the excrcifes per
formed in the following order.
By the Candidates for the Degree of Bach
elor of Arts.
r. A Salutory Oration in Latin —" Compre
hending a Dafertatinn on the Progress and Im
provement of the Eighteenth Century."
2>y ßenjamin Murfton H'atfon.
2. A Forensic Disputation upon this quef
tion—' Whether difference of complexion arise
from difference of climate ?'
By Ti-uotby Boutell and Samuel Siuett.
3. 'Diftinelion'—An English Poem.
By John Knapp.
4. An English Conference upon—' The in,
fluence of Fiction, Precept, and Example in
forming the moral character of Man.'
By Wm. Gray, John Tudor and Benjamin Welles.
5. A Hebrew Oration.' By Samuel t'eazie.
6. An English Conference upon— 6 The na
tural advantages of Asia, Africa, Europe, and
America,By Daniel Kimball, Benoni Perham,
Aaron Putnam and Richard Sanger.
7. An English Oration upon—' Literary
National Characters'
By Jofcpb Stevens Buckminjler.
8. A Greek Dialogue upon—' The Excellen
cy of the Greek Language.' By
Timot'y Flint, Abiel Holbrook and Lemuel Slav,
9. A Forensic Deputation upon this question
—' Whether the right of Suffrage depend in a
ny degree on the possession of property.'
By William Piljbur, and Abner Rogers.
10. An English Poem upon—' Energy of
Character.' By Wafoington Alljion.
11. An English Conference upon—' The
characters of Epaminondas, Fabius, Alfred and
WafhipgtonJ By David Greene, Leonard
Jarvis, Charles Loivell and James Morfs.
12. An English Oration upon—'The Pro
gress of Refinement.' By Jofoua Bates.
At this period an elegant and pathetic Ad
dress was delivered by the Rev. President,
to the Candidates for the Bachelor's degree, in
which, adverting to his present state of health,
he bore a strong and decided testimony to the
truth of our holy religion ; its necessity in or
der to give us proper motives for our actions;
and its advantage in every feene of life, whcth<
er prosperous or adverfc,to lead us to conduct
properly and well. He exhorted his pupils to
love of their country, to industry, to ftrid and
universal integrity, and concluded with his
wishes and prayers for their ufefuluefs, refpe&-
ability and happintfs in this and the future
world.
By the Candidates for the Degree of Mas
ter of Arts.
I. An English Oration upon—' National
Honor.' By Mr. Jan:e: Ricbardf.nl
2. A Valedictory Oration in Latin-
By Mr. IV,n Jenks.
The reiterated bursts of applause which the
young Graduates received, while performing
the various parts alloted them, is better evidence
of their great merit, than'any eulogium we
could bestow ; had we have been so situated as
to bear diftindly the performances. A review of
theexercifes from some one of our classic cor
respondents would be acknowledged with plea
sure.
The President of the United States, bis Ex
cellency Gov. Strong, and his Excellency Gov.
Trumbull, honored the Anniversary by their
piefcnce,and were efeorted to Cambridge by
the Roxbury troop of Horfc.
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crrr of washing ton.
A gentleman at Georgetown, writes
from thence, under date of the 15th
inst. " I have taken frequent walks a
bout Georgetown and the Federal City,
and am very much pleased with both ;
the situation of the city is most charm
ing ; it is a fine open country, and de
lightful views ; not covered with woods
as I was informed in Philadelphia —
There are a great number of very gen
teel and elegant houses. The Prefi
dcnt's hoilfe and the Capitol are noble
buildings.—The country round and
the river Potomac, when viewed from a
bill just out of Georgetown, is a beauti
ful feene. lam certain, every person,
not prejudiced against the removal of
the feat of government, will on his ar
rival here, candidly confefs, that every
advantage is to be derived from this
territory, and that WaflAngton must in
evitably, soon become a flourilhing and
great city."
. PHILADELPHIA, JUNE 26.
Tie following remarkable occurrence happened at
Stockdale, on the loth infant :/
As John M'Fadan was returning from a
tavern, where he had dined and drank freely,
he met the Rev. Mr. Saunders, of Durham, and
in hopes to pass for a wit with his companions,
he cried “ well parson, can you tell me whether
their be one or three Cods, for my part, I think
if they are hearty fellows, the more the mer
rier." “ 1 suppose fir, answered the-parfo#,
“ you have no design to enforce your free think
ing modern levities on perlons who Bill think
it their duty to persevere in the way of their
worthy ancestors." " Nor I, damn it, whether
you think there be one or twenty gdds tis all
one, but twill neither break our legs, or pick
our pockets, to crack a joke, on the Tubjed."
At this inllant, a bird forang from a buffi near
his horse, M'Faden was thrown, and actually
broke his leg in two places.
The Legislature of Rhodeifland have
enacted that no pedlar or hawker Oral!
fell or offer for sale any feathers, in
digo or tin-ware, under penalty of for
feiting those articles, the horse and cart
employed in carrying them, and pay
ing a fine of 20 dollars.
Quere, is not this a commendable
example for NewHampfhirc to pat
tern.
WASHINGTON'S l^cr.