The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1793-05-13 00:00:00, page 1

American GIN.
WARD and Cushing
Have for sale, at their Store in Sandbornton,
GI N, pt^
A S they manufacture it them-
A''/elves, the Publick ma, depend on its be
ing put up Proof— And it quill be fold for
the fame Price as in Newburyport.
Rye will be received in Pay
ment at the current Price.
Sandbornton, April 29, 1793. zS^s.
FARM for SALE.
TO be fold, a FAR Min
Bofcawen, containing about 75 Acres
of good Land ; quell nuooded and watered ;
about 16 Acres under Improvement ; with a
good Barn ; also, 70 apple Trees ; lying quitb
in a Quarter of a Mile of Col. Gerrish's
Mills—uhich will be fold on reasonable terms.
Enquire of Lieut. Simeon Atkinson.
Btfcavuen, April 27, 1793. 28
THE Subferiber informsthe
Publick, he now owns a Stallion
COLT, three Years old this Spring, a
bout sixteen Hands high—He wishes not
to fay much in his Favour, only requests,
any Gentleman who is desirous of know-}
ing his Value, to take an opportunity and
view him. He flatters himfelf no Person
will repent the Loss of his Time.
JOSEPH GIBSON.
Henniker, April 18th, '793- 28
MISCELLANY.
Congress of Americas
At their Seffon held at Philadelphia.
AN ACT to regulate the claims to
invalid pensions.
WHEREAS the aa pafled at
the last Session of Congress, in-\
titled, "An Aa to provide for the!
settlement of the claims of widdows
and orphans barred by the limitations
heretofore established, and to regulate^
the claims to invalid penfans, is;
found by experience inadequate to pre-'
vent the admission of improper claims
to invalidpenfans,& not to contain a
Jufficient facility for the allowance of
such as may be well founded: there
fore,l
Be it enaded by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America, in Cph
grefs aiTembled, That the fecond,\
third and fourth feaions of the fail
Aa, be repealed, and that in future)
all claims to fucb penfans Jhallbe reg-'
ulated in the manner following, to
wit.\
Firff, All evidences relative to!
invalids Jhall be taken upon oath or
affirmation, before the judge of the
difirift in which such invalids fe-
Jide, or before any three persons Jpe^
dally authorized b, commission from
the said fudge.
Secondly, The evidence relative to
any claimant must prove decijive dif
abilit, to have been the effea of known
wounds, received while in the aHual
line of his duty, in the service of the
United States, during, the late war.
That this evidence muff be the affi
davits of the commanding officer or
surgeon of the Jhip, regiment, corps,
or company, to which such claimant
served, or two other credible witnesses,
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to the fame effea, jetting forth the
time, and place of such known wound.
Thirdly, Ever, claimant (ball be
examined upon oath or affirmation,
by two physicians or surgeons, to be
authorized by commission from the
said Judge, who Jhall report, in writ
ing, their opinion, upon oath or affir
mation, of the said difabilty, and, in
what degree, it prevents the claimant
from obtaining his livelihood, by
labour.
Fourthly, Every claimant Jhallpro
duce evidences of the time of bis leav
ing the service of the United States.
He muff also produce evidence of
three reputable freeholders of the Ci
ty, Town of County, in which he
ufuall, resided, for the two years im
mediately after be left the service, as
aforelaid, of the exigence of bis dis
ability, during that period ; and as
certaining, of their own knowledge,
the mode of life, employment, labour
or means of Jupport of the claimant.
Fifthly, And the /aid claimant
must produce the evidence of t^o
^credible witnesses. of the continuance
(of his disability, from the expiration
of the said two years, to the time oft
bis application. l
Sixthly, Each claimant muff foew)
a good and fafficient cause why be;
did not apply for a penjion to the per;
son or persons authorized to examined
his claims, on or before the eleventh'
of December, 1788, the time limited
for applications of this nature.
Seventhly, No evidence of any
claimant jhall be admitted whose
claim has been examined and rejeAed,
'on or before the aforefaid eleventh on
I Decern ber, 1788.
!And be it further ena&ed, Tbatty
"the fudge of the diJiria Jhall tranA
mit a lift of such claims, accompa-|
'nied by tde evidence herein direHed,;
•to the Secretary for the Department
"of War, in order that the fame mayl
be compared with the Mufler-rolls^
and other documents in bis office
and the said Secretary (ball make a
Statement of the said claimants to
ICongrefs, with such circumflances
'and remarks, as may be neceflar,, in
border to enable them to take such cr
uder thereon, as they maj judge proper,
I And be it further ena&ed, That
no person not on the pension lift, be
fore the 23d day of March, 1792,
'Jhall be entitled to a penfan, who
'jhall not have complied with the rules
land regulations herein prescribed ;
llaving however to all persons, all
'and Jingular their rights founded up
\on legal adjudications under the aa
intitled " an aa to provide for the
jettlement of the claims of widows
rand orphans, barred by the limita
tions heretofore effablilhed, and to
{regulate the claims to invalid pen
sions :'* But it Jhall be the duty of
the Secretary at War, in conjunction
with the Attorney General, to take
such measures as may be necessary to
obtain an adjudication of the Su
preme Court of the United States, on
the validity of any such right; claim
ed under the aa aforefaid, by the
determination of certain persons flyl
ing tbtmfelves commissioners.
C 0 N CO RD, MONDAY, MAY 13, 1793.
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And be it further enabled, That
no claim to a pension (hall be al
lowed under this a&, which flhall
not be presented within two years
from the passing of the fame.
JONA; TRUMBULL, Speaker
of the House of Representatives,
JOHN ADAMS, VicepreJident
of the United States, and Pref
dent of the Senate.
APPROVED, FEBRUARY 28, 1793.
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
PreJident of the United States.
The Moralifl.
'T'HAT the business of life may
I be tranfafted with ease, pro
priety, accuracy and dispatch, it
behoves the agent to adopt and ob
serve system. There are few duties,
in the performance of which man
would not find an advantage from
the observation of rule. From the
great concerns, in which empires
are interested, quite down to the
circumscribed schemes of individu
als^ plan is necessary. It is as im
portant in proportion to the fub
jeft matter, that a plan of condud
|be prescribed to the natural, as to
foe political body. The necessity
of establishing rules to control the
patter, as well as the former, is
Bounded in the frailty of human
nature. Were man perfect, the
impulse of the moment, on every
occafiQn, would stimulate him to
a& right : And even were his rea
son, as impelled: as it is, always
,ble to hold the reins, he would
seldom err. But since he is frail,
face he is liable to the ebbs and
!flows of passion, he ought not to
Itruft to the disposition of the in
fant : It is highly requisite that
'he, in a serene, peaceful hour,
!lay himfelf under a certain re
jftraint: While in the calm of rea-
Ton he ought to ena& rules, by
which to square his conduft, in the
storm of passion.
# It would not be politick, if it
were pradicable for the great body
of the people to form & alter their
constitution, on the Spur of occa
sion ; or to resolve generally, how
to aft immediately previous to ac
tion : Because a particular object,
directly in view, might take too
|great hold of the feelings, engross
too much attention, and hurry
them on to resolutions, to which
reason would refufe her fanaion.
The multitude is liable to overleap
the pale of found judgment, and
tread the devious path of inclina
tion and prejudice. It has there
fore ever been thought prudept in
enlightened countries, to form a
Scheme of government and a sys
tern of laws, while each individual
was occupied by the. ordinary busi
ness of life, and the arms of the em
pire were folded in peace. States
men, who assemble, while all is
thus serene, upon national con
cerns, jre likely to be under the
guidance of reason, to extend their
views through the territory, and
ttflg^iii&fait' : ... ^&£^ : 'LA&
to form rules, wifely calculated to
govern the multitude, as well in
its convulsed as in its calm seasons.
Their disquisitions and lucubra
tions, have for object, the promo
tion of the peace and prosperity,
rather than the gratification of the
inclinations of their conftituents^
The politician," fitting with the
mantle of peace and Security drawn
over him upon a motion being
made to pass a bill, will appear in
favour of it, if he be convinced
chat the happiness of Society de"
mand such a bill, though he be con
feious, that when it comes into op*
eration, and he is obliged to prac
tife agreeably to it, his feelings,
abftraded from judgment, will be
disposed to wink it out of fight.
These observations, touching the
police of the great political corpo
ration, are not inapplicable to the
economy of an individual. It
would be very imprudent, in an in
dividual, to ered and prostrate his
general Scheme of cohdua agreea
bly to the capricious incitement of
the palling circumstances. So ir
regular are the animal spirits, tak.
ing their temperature from such a
variety of incidents, and when ag
itated, so influential over every fac
ulty, that man, unguarded by pre
vious resolution, is liable to be too
much allured by them : There
fore it is wife for every person,
while each faculty of the mind is
serenely buried in its refpeaive of
fice, and the whole man calm and
bright, to Sketch: out a little bill of
rights, and a confeife code of
edifti, and adopt them as outlines
of conduft. The man who Se
cludes himfelf, while all his difpo'fi
tions and affections are paying hom
age to the olive of peace, to delib
erate on his individual police and
economy, is probably under the in
fluence of reason, will be likely to
eye every propensity of nature, and
eftabliSh a system well contrived,
at all seasons, to control his passions
and direa his faculties : His delib
eration has in view the permanent
approbation of solid judgment,
rather than the fickle plaudit of
wavouring inclination." An indi
vidual while thus, at a retired peace
ful hour, deliberating whether a
particular rule Shall be wove into
the little web of his personal sys
tem, will include it, if he be Satis
fied that his true happiness and
prosperity require it, though he be
convinced that in practice it will
direaly thwart and oppose his in
clination.
As there is but little danger of
the political fabrick, deliberately
contrived, and founded on the
broad basis of an enlightened peo
ple, falling to ruin ; so there is lit
tle hazard of the individual system,
carefully planned, and rested upon
a cultivated mind, being overturn
ed : There are three branches in
the latter as well as in the former
Scheme : Reason legislates—judg
ment adjudicates—and resolution
executes. [See lufl Page]
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