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✓lnd be it further enamel. That the fe
ledmen of each town, and of each pa
rish, (having the privilege and power,
of towns) within this State, fliall take
a lift of the names of all persons living
within their refpedive limits, qualified
in the opinion of the fele&men to serve
as Petit Jurors ; each of whom to have
an estate of freehold, of seven dollars per
annum, or other estate tp the value of
two hundred dollars, and (hall choose out
of such lift, one half of the number of
the names contained therein, feleding
such persons as'fuch feledmen flrall
judge to be most suitable to serve as
Petit Jurors, and shall writetheir names
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OF ALL THE DISPOSITIONS AND HABITS W^ICH LEAD TO POLITICAL PROSPERITY, RELIGION AND MORALITY ARE INDISPENSABLE SUPPORTS. WASHINGTON'S LEGACY.-
Be it further enailed, That the fees
how allowed by law to Petit Jurors for
trials of causes, shall be paid to the
clerks of the refpeCtive Courts,who fliall
pay over the fame tn the Treasurer of
the county where such trials are had.
And be it further enaCed, That the
fame compensation shall be allowed to
Grand Jurors^ as by this ad is allowed
to Petit Jurors for travel and attend
ance.
An ACT in addition to, and in amendment of
an aft entitled " an a& forming and regulat
ing the militia within this State, and for re
pealing all the laws heretofore, made for that
purpose, passed the twenty-eighth day of De
cember, 1792.
BE it enabled by the Senate and House
of Representatives in General Court
convened, That students of Academies,
fliall not hereafter be exempted from,
but shall be liable to do military duty ;
any thing iri the said ad to the contra
ry notwithstanding.
Approved Dec. io, 1800.
An ACT making compensation to
Grand and Petit Jurors.
BE it enabled by the Senate and House
of Representatives in General Court
convened. That each Petit Juror who
fliall attend the Superior Court of Ju
dicature, and each Petit Juror who
shall attend the Court of Common
Pleas, in the several counties in this
State, be allowed one dollar per day, for
eacli days attendance at such Courts,
to be paid together with his travelling
fees as by law allowed, out of the trea
sury of the county where he may at
tend, and such fees for attendance, fliall
be in lieu of the fees received for trials
of causes.
An ACT relative to Grand Jurors.
WHEREAS the travel and attendance of
Grand Jurors at the Courts of Common
Pleas are unnecessary.
BE it enabled by the Senate and House
of Representatives in General Court
convened, That the paragraphs in the
several laws relative to ' the appoint
rnent, travel, attendance and duty of
Grand Jurors at the several and re
fpe&ive courts of Common Pleas in
this State, be and hereby are repealed.
Approved Dec. 6, lßco.
An Aa to alter one of tie terms of the Court of
Common Pleas in the county of Grafton.
Whereas it would be more convenient to
the public, that the Court of Common Fleas,
in and for the county of Grafton,which is now
by law to be holden at Plymouth in said
county on the firft Tuefday of September,
Ihould hereafter be hoiden at said Flymouth,
on the second Tuefday of September :—
.Therefore,
BE it enafied by the Senate and House
of Representatives in General Court
convened, That the court of Common
Pleas in and for the county of Grafton,
shall hereafter be holden at Plymouth,
in said county, on the second Tuefday
of September annually, instead of the
firft Tuefday of September annually ;
any law, usage or custom to the con
trary notwithstanding.
Approved Dec 9, 1800.
ACTS sassed at afcffion of the Honorable Gen
eral Court, convened at Concord, Doc. 1800.
Laws of N. Hampshire.
An ACT allowing a larger per centum of
interest to purchasers of land fold at public
vendue, by coileaors of taxes, than Is by law
now eftabiifhed.
BE it enaded by the Senate and House
of Representatives in General Court
convened. That every purchaser of land,
fold at public vendue, by any Collector
of taxes, for the collection thereof, fha||
be entitled to have and receive, at the
rate of twelve per centum per annum,
upon his said purchase money, instead
offix per centum, as is by law now
established, and all fheriffs, proprietary
collectors and all other collectors of
taxes on land fold as aforefaid, are here
by authorized and directed to govern
themselves accordingly, any law usage,
or custom, to the contrary notwith
standing.
Paged and approved by both branches of the Le
gislature, Dec. 9, 1800.
BOSTON, JAN. 14.
The Directors of the Bank of the U
nited States have declared a dividend
of four per cent for the last fix months,
and an extra dividend of two per cent
afrifmgfyotn surplus profits of the last
three years.
The' Baptisms in the 2d Congrega
tional Society in Marblehead,from May
1,,1771, to January 1, 1801, were 3241.
Marriages 959. Os the fame congre
gregation 98 died in 1800, at home
and abroad!.3o of these by the small
pox, and eight by the yellow fever a
. broad.
bn separate papers, and said fele&men
fyll choose out of said last number one
half thereof, and put them into a box
provided for that purpose, and the pet
ions whose names (hall be so put into
the said box, shall serve as Petit Jurors
at the Superior Court, and the said fe
ledmen shall put the remaining num
ber of the names of the half firft men
tioned, into another box to be provided,
and the persons whose names shall be
so put into the Box last mentioned, shall
serve as Petit Jurors at the Court of
Common Pleas.
And be it further enaßed, That the fir^
fedion of an ad entitled, "an act di
recting and regulating the appointment
arid choice of Petit Jurors,"- made and
paded the seventeenth day of June, A.
15. 1785, be and the fame is hereby re
pealed.
And le it further enaded, That each,
talefman empannelled at either of the
Courts aforefaid, shall Be entitled to rd
ceive fifty cents for the trial of each ac
tion for which he may be empannelled,
to be paid out of die treasury of the
county where such trial mas be had.
And be it further enacted. That for the
entry of every action which shall heie
after be made at the Superior Court
of Judicature, and at the several Courts
of Common Pleas, within this State,
there shall be paid to the several clerks
thereof, by the person so entering said
action, the furri of twenty-five cents in
addition to the present fees for entering
actions at the Courts aforefaid at by law
established, which additional sum of
twenty-five cent) so received, shall be paid
by the several clerks aforefaid, into the
county treasury, where such entry shall
be made, for the use of said county, any
law to the contrary notwith landing :
Provided neverthelf, That this ad shall
not be in force until the firft day of Ju
ly next.
Approved Dec. 10, 1800.
NEW TURNPIKE.
The General Court of this State,
have granted the petition of certain
Individuals, praying for liberty to build
and keep in repair, a Turnpike Road,
to begin at the most convenient place,
at the river road, in the town of Bof
cawen or Salisbury, and to extend in a
weftern direction, till it shall strike the
eafteru bank of Connecticut river, near
ly opposite tc the mouth of White river;
and also to build and keep in repair, a
Turnpike Road, to begin at the east
abutment of White river falls bridge,
and extend foutheaftwirdly ? till it in
terfeds the road firfl mentioned. Ari
undertaking of such public utility, con
venience, and advantage, we doutt
not, will meet the general approbation,'
.and be ericouraged and promoted by,
the liberal and enterprising citizens of
this date.
It is mentianed that Mr. King, the minister
of the United States, at the Court of St James's,
has complained to the British government of
the abuse of the government of the United
States by Cobbett, in the new Porcupine Gazette.
The Legiflitue of Maryland has granted 2000
dollars for the relief of the Sufferers by the yel
low fever at Baltimore.
PHILADELPHIA, DEC. 30.
This morning, an hour before sunrise, three
streaks of Light, in the form of rainbows,
extended themselves over this city from north
to fouth. They maintained their strength from
the horizon. The bows were similar in ap-.
pcarance, excepting that the l&fticft was farther
distant from the other two, than the two were
from each other, There was no fun or moon
vifrble, and the appearance continued unti| the
opening day absorbed the phenomenon. Ques
tion — Can any Philosopher of Moralist give
the cause or design of this appearance ?
—o—p—o—
— writer in a New-York pappt has proved,
that the expenses of a barrel of flour landed in
England, will be eighteen dollars and a half ;
and, therefore at the bounty price lately offered
the American merchants, can make only a
saving bargain by the shipment of that article.
0
We are informed (fays a Jamaica paper of
Nov. 12) that in coufequence of the Americans
being prohibited to trade to Honduras, in their
own bottoms, Mahogany had fallen at that plate
from 321. 10. to 201,'
As it uris neceffary,6n his firft inter
view with his father, to feern penitent
and thankful, that he may fafely carry
on his mifchievous' designs ; *e find
him on his face before David; and, with'
hypocritical signs of contrition obtain
ing the warm kiss of affedion.—Re
ftored to notice and love, how amiable
would he have appeared, even in the
eyes of bad men, had the tenor of his
after life comported with the sum of
his obligation. Had he walked hand
in hand with the good old king, among
the tribes of Ijrael; adifted in corred
ing their vices, praising their loyalty,
redrefling their private grievances, and
in inclining their wills to law ^nd duty.
But " the way of the wicked is as darkness,
they hno<w not at what they stumble."
No sooner had he obtained royal fa
vour, than like all fyepphant office-seek
ers, hojnade a display ofhis vain glory
and consummate arrogance. He pro
cured glittering chariots and champing
horses, to dazzle arid aftonifix the hum
From the DESK.of BERI HESDIN.
“ O that I were made judge in the land,
that every man, who hath.anyfa?t, cr^aufe,
might come unto me, and I would do him
justice." - .
TH IS was the ass "innate prefer of
citizen Absalom, to his difeonfo,
late and uneasy brethren ; who could
not bear the bondage of government,
and encircling arm of law? It has
now become the plaufib'|e litany of our
friends of the people. There is not a fu
rious fhpporter of the Age of Reason
and Rights of Man, but daily pours
forffi in public, dr private, this modest
and encouraging petition.—How con
soling are its fentiments,to these wretch
ed people, who ha% been grievously
opprefTed, by the land tax, alien law and
feditiort aft ! What comfort must it
yield to their agitated and bewildered
minds ?—How sweetly it dlfpels the
terror, created by,a navy and landing
army ? It may be asked, from whence
proceed these agreeable fechtions—
this is the anfwen Most men expect
good actions from fair promises, and if
they get into what they conceive to be
difficulties; will naturally take advice
from those, who offer it, in a plauffble
mid apparently friendly manner. It is
fat'd a drowning man will catch at a
flraw ; and one in fear will fly to a
flranger for protection. These premises
being granted, the conclufiqq follows
of course, that those who are uneasy
under government and believe their
rulers take more pleasure in opprefling,
than in relieving the neceffitics of the
people, will appoint those whom they
are made to believe will case them cf
their burthens. In looking round for
their friends and patrons,, they will na
turally call their eye on those who firft
difeovered to them their imaginary
danger, and slept forth their champions
and avengers. Those are the men who
will, literally, do them justice, Con
feious of chi, effect,how many ambi
tious republicans do we find in the Greets
of the city, advocating the cause of their
ignorant and oppressed brethren ; and
faying (at least between their teeth,)
" Oh, that I was made judge in the land,
that every man who hath any fait, or cause.
might come unto me, and I would do him
justice !"
, Perhaps there is no man's life so com
pletely descriptive, of a modern difor
ganizer, as that contained in the scrip
tural character of Absalom. The son
of illicit iove—the murderer of his bro
ther—and the rebellious monopolizer
of his father's crown. A vain, proud,
lying young man are terms too gentle,
to convey a just description of that foe
to his King, Country and God.. Be
hpld him at the gate of I) a vid's place,
after his return from Gefbur, the hiding
plpce of a fratricide—fpreading discon
tent among his father's household, and
excitiigjealoufy among the ignorant.
The good prophets ofifrael expected to
find Absalom, under a copfeioufnefs
of the great debt of gratitude, which
lie owed his fatl^er —polishing the regal
diadem, with the willing hand of ref
ped arid obedience; and attaching hon
our to David's administration, by com
mending his laws, and proclaiming his
righteousness., . What lets could have
been expeded, from, a son and fubjeCl,
to a mild father and benevolent king—
from one who had been recalled from
banishment, had his crimes pardoned,
and whs feftored to favour? But, a
corrupt tree cannot bring forth good
fruit, A villain at heart is a flranger
to justice,
Political Miscellany
From the Farmer's Weekly Museum.
faying, if the Lord qflill, bring me back a
gain to Jerusalem W refore me. to the king's
favour, then will Ifave s he Lord., Ipray
thee let mega and pay my vow ?'' Noth
ing could delight, David more, than
the appearance of piety in his son ; on
the preferit Occasion, he felt and express
ed the affectionate sensations of a fa
ther."—-Go, iny son, in peace; and the
Go{ of peace be with you." —Where is the
hardened and deliberate villain," who
WQuld. not have retired, confounded,
afnamed ^nd in tears ? He is fending
spies through all tlx tribes of Ifragl, fay
ing; as soon as ye here,he found of thh
trumpet, then ye ihall fay ; Absalom
reignetb in Hebron. This was fervihg
the Lord, with a witness ; but the
Mod High dealt with him, according
to his merits. Judgment, though some
times flow, is always sure ; and rebel
lion begets its own mortality.
Absalom had long since discarded
every sentiment of love and loyalty, &
quieted every social, filial and moral
feeling ; to make way for the damned
ble plebians; from a knowledge that
the ignorant, judge of characters and
things by their external appearance. To
perfed his design, he caused fifty flat
terers to run before him whose business
was similar, to qur, democratic Scrib
blers ; topraife him for virtues, he ne
ver poffefled ; and to proclaim to (he
weary, fadious. and way-worn, that
their friend and patron approached.
Ta counterbalance this ,oftentattous
parade, and to gain the hearts of ia
duftrious arid sober men; he made it
his constant practice to rife up early,
and Hand beside the way of the gate,
leading to the audience chamber ;
there he Saluted with courteous firiiles
and fmerking compliments, the needy;
discontented and dilfolute. Such is the
low craft of all, who Seek the highest
feat in the Synagogue ; of all, who
court favor, and hanker for popularity.
There are a thotifand such spaniels irt
every city and town who with to be
made captains over fifty—to be chosen
representatives.—;appointed afTefTors—
or crecz/ec/junices of the peace.
. Absalom knew from experience, that
flattery was too Subtle for the weak and
unguarded mind, and that its influence
would gain him more danglers, than
he ever could exped from reason and
reditude. “ And it so happened, that
when any man that had a controversy,
came to the king for judgment, then
Absalom called unto him and faid—
of what city art thou ? And he answered,
thy servant is of one of the tribes of
Israel." Sweet condescension, engag
ing pliability—how dost thou win the
Heart of the .weak and oppreifed ?—
thou art a McKean to a Fries—a
Genet to a Randolph. .But mark
the artful high colouring ofa diforga
nizer, in the subsequent verse ; it would
do honor to Honeftus. " And Absalom
said unto him—fee thy matters are
good and right ; but there is no man de
pufed of the king to hear thee." —Such are
the pleas made use of by discontents,
to dishearten the Friends of administra
tion ; such is the. virus infufed into the
jealous mind, to beget caucusing and
riots ! to blind the eye of reason and
put truth out of countenance, Let us
follow up the pitiful design, of this am
bitious youth ; and fee to what great
end his fellow-feeling and patriotic anx
iety tends.—“ O ! that I were made,
judge in the land, that any man who
hath any suit, or cause, might come,
unto me, and, 1 would do him justice."
A ye there was the grievance—poor A B
saqom was not judge in the land ; he
could not fay to this man "go," and
he goeth ; and what worried him more
than all—-there was no probability of
his being appointed ; unless it could be
effeded by lamentation and intrigue.
What can be more charadetiftic of a
little, mean, ambitious, designing and
conceited revolutionist ? It is the very
cant of modern reformers ; the vain
imagination; of .blustering, politicians,
and the covert meaning of our would
be pr&fiderits and representatives.
, Thus he went bn, in his intrigue,
whining and flattery^ tul he had obtain
ed the confidence, of the idle, diffolutc
and difeontented ; among whom was
that ambitious Ravage, Ahitophel.-
Having allotted each patriot his part
in the revolutionary drama, the intro,
du&ory scenes fhift with all tne wild
l)efs,and enthusiasm of directorial preci
pitancy. , ;.,., ;
, The fourth a& opens with the genu
ine spirit of modern innovation.; Cloth
ed with the dark veil of hypocrisy, Ab,-
salom advances with flow and reveren
tial awe, to the good old king—“ Fa
ther, when I was an out -cast at Gefhur, I
vowed a vow unto the I.ord, in Hebron ;
corrupt this veteran servant of the king,
and win him to the cause of rebellion ;
but Joab knew the vileness of Absa
lom's heart ; disobeyed the fammons,
and despised his offers. Confeiou's of
the heiuoufnefs of his intentions, fear
ful of difeovery, and irritated at neg
led, Absalom set fire to Joab's fields
of rye and barley ; with all that petu
lant rancour, with which a diforgani
zer, now-a-days, attacks the property
and charader of one, who has coun
teracted hi< malignant political de
fi^ns
My limits in the Museum will not
permit me to trace the closing scenes
of Absalom's life, with that nice dis
crimination they merit. His triumph
was like the fplend?r of a soap-bubble,
and he fell bythat righteous sword,
which he would have pointed at his fa
ther's hem.; teven by the sword of
Joab,; leaving behind a horrid memen
tQ, for frantic politicians, and hypocriti
cal partizans. BERI HESDIN.
~ From the CFNTJNF.L.
The Consistent FEDERALIST,
No. I.
P>. RUSSELL,.„
THE period has at last arrived, so
often predicted and so jutlly
dreaded from the increase of the force,
and virulence of faction, in which our
happy constitution is surrendered into
the hands of its avowed enemies.
That all the real friends of liberty and
the Federal Government will bemoan
this disastrous event,, there can be no
doubh, But it must be a source of
pleating reflection to the lovers of good
order, that their exertions have been
continued to the last moment, to avert
this justly dreaded calamity. However
dark and gloomy the present profpedts
pfour country may be, it is the duty
of all true patriots, to adopt that ex
cellent maxim of the Rpmans, " never
to despair of the Republic." The
friends of Government (or which is
fynonimous) the Federal party, have
hitherto had a very simple and easy
talk to perform.—For twelve years
pad, they have only been called upon,
to uphold and defend a pure and virtu
ous administration —-an administration
preserving the happiness, peace and.
prosperity of the people, in the simple
and plain paths of law and the consti
tution.
An adrhiniftration, composed of
patriots, tried and approved —unambi-
tious—disinterested — Religious. An
administration devoted to no foreign;
nation, and embittered by no national
antipathies. Not exclusively attached
either to agriculture, manufactures or
commerce, but by turns and equally
the patrons of them all—not hpftile to,
public credit, but nevertheless attached
to a system of economy, and to a re
&idion of the public debt—not the
worshippers of the Goddess of Reason,
and the blind advocates of infidelity,
nor the bigoted persecutors of heretical
opinions, but the open, and strenuous
Supporters of peace and undefiled chrif
tianity;,,>
Hitherto, therefore, obedience and
Support, have been the joint result of
inclination and duty. Federalists have
obeyed because . they approved, those
measures which if they had not ap-,
proved, dqty would have compelled
them to obey.
The feene now will probably be re
versed ! Men whose moral worth, and
whose political conduct have not hith
erto commanded their, esteem, hav^
been raised into the higher offices, by a
party, whole opposition to the Govern
ment has been uncrating and invariable;.
Whatever may be the views of the
leaders, who are thus elevated, it is
impossible to mistake or misinterpret,
the objefts and principles of their tools
and supporters—they are inferibed on
every page of the Times, the Chronicle,
the Beh and the Aurora. Their com
mentary, is to be found in watermellon
frolics—in Charlefto^ mimick executions
and in P/7/farg infurreCtions, Already
are these hungry expectant, partition
ing the booty of slander and calumny,
dividing the offices of men, whom their,
malicious falShoods have deprived of
subsistence. Already some of the bolder
spirits anticipate theeffiock of public,
credit, and the consequent rife of needy
and adventurous Speculators. In ima
gination, the more uhprincipled are
preparing the bags for the gold accu
mufared by industry,'and lolling in the
design ofmurder and usurpation. On
the firft suggestions of his evil spirit, he
sent for Joab, one of the faithful cap
tains of Israel, & the very man whose in
tercession had reftoredhim to hisfather's
favour Absalom's intention was to