Fowle's New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser — [Portsmouth, N.H.], 1786-03-25 00:00:00, page 1

By the UNITED STATES
. 1n ConNGREss assembled,
ARFRITL: o inßs
T HE trust reposed in Congress, renders it their
duty to be attentive to the. condu& of foreign
nations, and to prevent or restrain as far as may be,all
such proceedings as might prove injurious to the Uni
ted States. The situation of commerce at this time
claims the attentionof the {everal {tates, and few objects
of greater importance can present themselves to their
notice. The fortune of every citizen is interested in
the success thereof ; for 1t is the constant source of
wealth and Incentive to industry ; and the value of
our produce and our land must ever rife orfall in pro
portion to the prosperous or adverse {tate of trade.
Already has Great-Britain adopted regulations des
tructive of our commerce with her Weit-India islands.
There was reason to expe& that measures so unequal
and so little calculated to promote mercantile inu v
courfe, would not be persevered in by an enlightened
nation. But these measures are growing into {yltem.
It would be the duty of Congress, as it.s their wilh,
to mect the attempts of Great-Britain with {imilar
reftriGtions on her commerce ; but their powers on
this head are not explicit, and the propositions made
by the legislatures of the several states, render it ne
ceflary to take the gencral sense of the union on this
subject.
Unless the United States in Congress alfembled
shall be vested with powers competent to the protec
tion of commerce, they can never command recipro
cal advantages in trade; and without thele, our for
eign commerce must decline and eventually be anni
hilated. Hence it is neceflary that the eitates thould
be explicit, and fix on some effetual mode by which
foreign commerce not founded on principles of equal
ity may be restrained.
That the United States may be enabled to secure
such terms, they have
ResoLvep, That it be, and it hereby is recom
mended to the legislature of the {everal ttates, to vest
the United States in Congrels alfembled, for the term
of fifteen years, with power to prohibit any goods,
wares or merchandize from being imported into or
exported from any of the states, in veifels belonging
to or navigated by the fubjets of any power with
whom these states shall not have formed treaties of
cominerce.
ResoLvED, That it be, and it hereby is recom
mended to the legislatures of the several {tates to velt
the United States in Congress assembled, for the term
of fifteen years, with the power of prohibiting the
{ubje@s of any foreign state, kingdom or empire, un
less authorifed by treaty, from importing into the U
nited States, any goods, wares or merchandize, which
are not the produce or manufa&ture of the dominions
of the sovereign whose subjects they are.
ProvipeED, That toall a&s of the United States
in Congress assembled, in pursuance of the above pow
crs, the assent of nine states thall be necessary.
CuarLEs THOMSON, Sec’ry.
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United States in Congress aflembled,
M AR CH 3, 1780,
T H E committee consisting of Mr. Kean, Mr.
Gorham, Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Smith and Mr,
Crayfon, to whom were recommitted sundry papers
and documents relative to commerce, and the act paf=
{zd by the states in consequence of the recommendati
ons of Congress of the 3oth April, 1784, report,
That in examining the laws pafled by the states, in
consequence of the-alt of the 3oth April, 1784, they
find that four states, namely, Maflachufetts, New-
York, New-Jersey and Virginia, have enalted laws
conformable to the recommendations contained in the
aé&t, but have rdftrained their operation, until the other
{tates shall have substantially complied. :
That three states, namely, Connecticut, Peanfyl-
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vania and Maryland, have passed laws conforming to
the fame, but have dctermined the time* from witich
they are to commence ; the firit ffom the time of pal
fing their a& in May, 1785 ;- and e Hwo latter from
the 3oth April, 1784. '" i 3 ;
That New-Hampthire, by an a& passed the 23d
June, 1785, have granted tull powers torezulate their
trade, by reitritions or duties for fifteen years, with
a proviso that the law shall be fuipended unul the
other {tates have f{ubitantially done the fame.
" That Rhode-Ifland, by aéts palled in Februaryand
Oc&ober, 1785, have granted pow:r ifor the term of
twenty-five years, to regulate trade between the re.
fpeltive states, and of prohibiting, restraining or regu
lating, the importation only of all foreign’goods inany
thips or vetlels other than thofg owned by citizens of
the United States, and navigated by a certain propor
tion of citizens ; and allo with a proviio reitrictive of
its operation until the other states thall have iubitan
tially complied. &3 ;
T'hat North-Carolina, by an a@ passed the 2d June,
17814, have granted powers similar to these granted
by Rhede-Ifland, relative to foreign commerce, but
unrestrained in duration and clogged with a clause,
that when all the states thali have fubftanfially com
plicd therewith, it shall become an articie of contede
ration and perpetual union.
T'hat they cannot find that the three {tates, namely,
Delaware, South-Carolina and Georgia have paifed
any laws in consequence of the T{:Ognmendations —_
The refultis that four itates have hilly enmplied, three
others have also complicd, but have determined the
time of commencement,{o that there will be a dissim
ilarity in the duration of the power granted ; that
three other states have péli‘c(ﬁaws in“ptirfuance of the
reccommendations, but {o inconf{onant to ’rhem, both
in letter and {pirit that they cannot be deemed com
pliances; and that three other. slates have palled no
a&s whatever.
That although the powers to be vested by the re
commendations, do not embrace every objet which
may be necetlary in a well formed (yitem, yet as ma
ny beneficial effe@s may be expected from them, the
commirttee think it the duty of Congress, again to
call the attention of the states to this subject, the lon
ger delay of which must be attended with very great
evils, Whereupon
ResorLvep, That the recommendations of the
goth April, 1784, be again presented to the view of
the states of Declaware, South-Carolina and Georgia,
and that they be most earnestly called upon to grant
powers conformable thereto.
ResoLvep, That the states of New-Hampshire,
Rhode- Island and North-Carolina, be solicited so re~
confider their alts, and so make them agreeable to the
recommendations of the 3oth April, 1784.
RrsoLvep, That the time for which the power
under the recommendations of the 3oth April, 1784,
is 1o continue , ought to commence on the day that
Congress thall begin to exercise-it, and that it be re
commended to the states of Peanfylvania, Connecti
cut and Maryland, to amend their acts accordingly.
Charles ‘Thomion, Sec’ry.
Tusg CARDS SRPIRTITVALTZ ED.
NE Richard Middleton, a soldier, attending di-
O vine service with the rest of the regiment in a
church in Glasgow, instead of pulling cut a bible, like
his brother soldiers, to find the parson’s text, {pread a
pack of cards before him. This singular behaviourdid
not long pass unnoticed both by the clercyman and the
sergeant of the company to which he belonged. "T'he
latter in particular commanded him toput up the cards;
and on his refufal condulted him after church before
the mayor, to whom he preferred a formal complaint
of Richard's indecent behaviour during divine service.
« Well, soldier said the mayor what excufc have you
to offer for this strange, {candalous behaviour ? If you
can make any apology, or aflign any reason for it, ’tis
well ; if you cannot, alfure yourfelf that.l will cause
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you to be {everely punithed for it." ¢ §ince your Lo
nour is {0“good Teplied Richard asto permu me to
{peak for myfelf, an’t please your worth:p, I have been
eight days unon the march, with a bare allowance of
fix pence a day, which “‘yopx_"“bur_'ibur?wiil ﬁrrelytalluw'
is hardly fufficient to maintain a man in meat, driuk,
wathing, and /other necelfaries 5 aud confequendy that
he may want, without a bible, prayer-book, or any o
ther good book.” On faying this, Richard drew out
his pack of cards, and presenting one of the aces to
the mayor, continued his addre(s to the enagiftrate as
follows : .
¢ When i fee an ACE, may it please your honour,
it reminds me that there is only one God ; and when
I look upon a TWO, or THREE, the former puts
me in mind of the Father and Son, the latter, of the
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. A FOUR calls to my
remembrance the four Evangeliits, Matihew, Murk,
Luke and John; a FIVE, the five wife Virgins who
‘were ordered to trim their lan.ps (there were ten, in
deed, but FIVE, your worship may remember, were
wife, and five were foolith —a SIX| that in fix days
God created heaven and earth ; a SEVEN, that on
the seventh day he rested from all that he had mad. ; «n
EIGH'T, of the eightrighteous persons preserved from
‘the dcluge, viz. Noah and his wife, with his thiee sons
and their wives; a NINE; of the lepers cleansed by
our Saviour ; there were ten, but cne only returned to
offer his tribute of thanks; and a TEN, of the ten
commandments.’ ;
Richard then took the K N AV E, placed it beside
him and pafled on to the Queen, on which he obser
ved as follows : :
¢ This QUEEN reminds me of the queen of Site
ba, ‘who eamie fram the nttermoit parts of the earth to
hear the wisdom of Solomon ; as her campanion the
KING does of the great King of heaven, and of King
Georve the third.
« Well rreturned the mayor® you hdve given me 2
very good description of all the cards except the knave.”
«It your honour wiil not be angry with me « retur
ned Richard I can give you the {ame fatistaion on
that, as any in the pack.” .
¢« No," said the mayor. . :
«Well returned the {oldier’ the greatest knave 1
know, is the sergeant who brought me before you.’
1 don’t know replied the mayor whether he be
the greatest knave or no. bat I am sure he is the
greatest fool.”
The soldier then continued as follows: ¢« When I
count the number of dots in a pack of cards, there
are 265, so many days are there in a year. When
I count how many cards are in a pack, I find 52, so
many weeks are there in a year. When I reckon
how many tricks are won by a pack; I find there are
13, so many months are there in a year, 8o that this
pack of cards is both Bible, Almanack, and Prayer-
Book to me.’ ' ;
The mayor called his servants, ordered them to en
tertain “the soldier well, gave him a piece of money,
and said he was the clevereit fellow he ever heard 1n
Bie e X . ; ;
A singular inflance of ,
PIETY Axp HUMILITY,
“A PIOUS man can do any thing from that
. moment that he can raise himfelf by his
virtue above all difliculties.” This remark of Mr.
MasrLox is confirmed by a noble Anecdote of Mr.
REDMAN, firlt ecclefiattic of the Swedish church
in Pennsylvania. This gentleman was. celebrated
for his abilities and assiduity. The guakers, and
those of other sets, were fond of his -preaching,
and they offtred to fubferibe towards building him -
a- church.—=~When the {ubicription was openéd,
Mis Redman fubferibed more than he was able to
ratie within the slated time. But in order to moke
good' his engagements he obliced himfelf to cauy
mortar at a fettled price per day, "ull he had wade
up the sum he had {ubjcribed. \ -
MAR enR by 1786
No.. 1§36,