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and conftitutc Judicatories, and
Courts of Record, or other Courts,
to be Holden in the name of the State,
far the hearing, trying and determi
ning all manner of crimes,pleas,pro
ceffes, plaints, anions, causes, mat
ters and things wha» soever, arising or
happening within this State, or be
tween or concerning persons inhabit
ing or residing, or brought within
the fame ; whether the fame be crim
inal or civil, or whether the crimes
be capital or not capital, and whe
ther the (aid pitas be real, perfonaf
or mixed ; and for the awarding and*
jfluing execution thereon. To which
Courts and Judicatories, are hereby
given and granted, full power and
authority, from time to time, to ad
minister oaths or affirmations, for
the better dafcovery of truth in any
of the rights of the people, that the
Judges of the Supreme Judicial
Court (bould hold their offices so
long as they behave well; fubjed
however to such limitations on ac
count of age, as may be provided
by theConftitudon of the State ; and
that they ihould have honourable sa
laries ascertained and eftabliffied by
Handing laws.
36. CEconomy being a most eflen
tial virtue in all States, especially in
a young one ; no pension ffiall be
granted, but in consideration of ac
tual services ; and such pensions
ought to be granted with great cau
tion by the Legislature, and never
for more than one year at a time.
37. In the government of this
State, the three eflential powers
thereof, to wit, the Legislative, Ex
ecutive and Judicial, ought to be
kept as separate from, and indepen
dent of each other, as the nature of
a free government will admit, or as
is consistent with that chain of con
nexion that binds the whole fabric
of the Constitution in one indiflblu
ble bond, union and amity.
38. A frequent recurrence to the
fundamental principles of the Con
stitution, and a conitant adherence
to justice, moderation, temperance,
industry, frugality and all the social
virtues, are indilpenfably neceflary
to preserve the blessings of liberty
and good government; the people
ought therefore to have a particular
regard to all those principles in the
choice of their officers and Repre
sentatives : And they have a right
to require of their law givers and
magi ft races, an exaft and constant
oblcrvance of them, in the forma
tion and execution of the laws neces
sary for the good administration of
government.
days next preceeding the said firft
Wednesday of June ; and (hall be
filled The General-Court of New-
Hamp/hire
The General Court (hall forever
have full power and authority to ereft
The Senate and House shall aflem
ble every year on the firft Wednes
day of June,and at such other times
as they may judge neceflary ; and
shall diflblve, and be diflblved seven
THE Supreme Legiilauve Power,
within this State, ffiall be veiled in
the Senate and House of Representa
tives, each of which ffiall have a neg
ative on the other.
THE people inhabiting the ter
ritory formerly called the Pr
ovince of New-Hampffiire, do hereby
solemnly and mutually agree with
each other, to form themselves into
a free, sovereign and independent
Body-Politic, or State, by the name
of the State of New-Hampjhire.
FORM of GOVERNMENT.
GENERAL-COURT.
PART 11.
THERE (hall be, in the Legifla
tureof this State, a reprefencation
of the people, annually elefted and
founded upon principles of equali
ty : And in order that such repre
sentation may be as equal as circum
stances will admit, every town, par
ilh, or place entitled to town privi
leges, having one hundred and fifty
rateable male polls, of twenty-one
years of age and upwards, may eleft
one Reprcfentative ; if four hundred.
and fifty rateable polls, may eleft
two ReprefenUtives ; and so pro
ceeding in that proportion, making
three hundred such rateable polls the
mean increafihg number, for every
additional Representative.
Such towns, parities, of places, as
have less than one hundred and fifty
rateable polls, (hall be clafled by the
The doors of the galleries of each
House of the Legislature, shall be
kept open to all persons whj behave
decently, except when the welfare of
the State, in the opinion of either
branch, shall require secrecy.
And while the public charges of
government, or any part thereof,
shall be afleffed on polls and estates
in the manner that has heretofore
been praftifed j in order that such
affefTments may be made with equal
ity, there shall be a valuation of the
estates within the State taken anew
once in every five years at least, and
as much ofteneras the General Court
shall order.
No member of the General Court
shall take fees, be of counsel, or aft
as advocate, in any cause before eith
er branch of the Legislature ; and
upon due proof thereof, such mem
ber shall forfeit his feat in the Legis
lature.
matter in controversy, or depending
before them.
And further, full power and au
thority are hereby given and granted
to the said General Court, from time
to time to make, ordain and eftabliffi
all manner of wholeiome and reason
able orders, laws, ftatutes,ordinances,
directions and inftrudions,either with
penalties, or without, so as the fame
be not repugnant or contrary to this
Constitution, as they may judge for
the benefit and welfare of this State,
and for the governing and ordering
thereof, and of the fubjeds of the
fame, for the neceflary support and
defence of the government thereof;
and to name and fettle annually, or
provide by fixed laws for the naming
and fettling, all civil officers within
this State; such officers excepted,the
eledion and appointment of whom
are hereafter in this form of govern
ment otherwise provided for ; and to
set forth the several duties, powers
and limits, of the several civil and
military officers of this States and the
forms of such oaths or affirmations
as ffiall be refpeXively admiriiftered
unto them, for the execution of their
several offices arid places, so as the
fame be not repugnant or contrary
to this Constitution ; and ilfo to im
pose fines, molds, irnprifonments
and other punilhments ; ind to im
pose and levy proportional and rea
sonable afleflments, rates and taxes,
upon all the inhabitants of, and resi
dents within, the said State; and up
on all estates within the fame ; to be
issued and disposed of by warrant,
under the hand of the Governor of
this State for the time being, with
the advice and consent of the Coun
cil, tor the public service, in the ne
ceflary defence and support of the
government of this State, and the
protedion and preservation of the
fubjeds thereof, according to such
ads as are or ffiall be in force within
the fame.
HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES;
ENGLISH ARTICLES.
A TASTE for prominences, it should seem,
is the leading principle of feminine fafh
ions, which, if reftrided in one part of dress,
must be indulged in another. Now, that tou
pees no longer nod towards the chin, nor ganze
bafoms vie with hips of wool, another artficial
prominence has been contrived, where nature
alone should be left to place one, This,
however, if not ornamental is defence ; for it
is conftruded of tin, and,though known by the
name of a tin apron,might be called the maiden s
Jhield.
This unmarried ladies certainly take the lead
in the prevailing protuberand diftindiod : Ari
Astronomer to behold them, might justly infer,
that thefigna of the Zodiac bad been deranged,
and that the Twins had got too near the Vir
gin.
The journals of the proceedings,
and all public afts of both Houles
of the Legislature, shall be printed
and published immediately after eve
ry adjournment or prorogation ; and
upon motion made by any one mem
ber, the yeas and nays upon any
question shall be entered in the jour
nals : And any member of the Sen
ate or House of Keprefentatives,fhall
have a right on motion made at the
time for that purpose, to have his
protest or difient, with the reasons,
against any vote, resolve, or bill pas
sed, entered on the journal.
The members of the House of
Representatives ffiall Tie .chosen an
nually in the month of March, and
ffiall be the second branch of the Le
gislature.
All persons qualified to vote in the
eledibn of Senators, ffiall be entitled
to vote within the diftrid where they
dwell, in the choice of Representa
tives. Every member of the House
of Representatives ffiall be chosen
by ballot, and for two years at least,
next preceding his eledion, ffiall
have been an inhabitant of this State;
ffiall have aneftate within the diftrid
which he may be choien to repre
sent, of the value of one hundred
pounds, one half of which to be a
freehold, whereof he is seized in his
own right; ffiall be at the time of
his eledion an inhabitant of the
town, pariffi or place he may be cho
sen to represent, ffiall be ening or ill
treating any of its members ; or by
obftruding its deliberations ; every
person guilty of a brench of its pri
vileges, in making arrests for debt,or
by aflaultingany member during his
attendance at any feflion ; in aflauk
irig or difturbmg any one of its of
ficers in the execution of any order or
proceedureof the House; in aflauk
ing any witnefs.or other person, or
dered to attend, by, and during his
attendance upon the House; or in
refeuing any person arrested by order
of the House ; knowing them to be
such.—The Senate, Governour and
Council, ffiall have the fame powers
in like cases : provided, that no im
prisonment by either, torany offence,
exceed ten days.
Whenever any town, pariffi, or
place, entitled to town privileges as
aforefaid, ffiall not have one hundred
and fifty rateable polls, and be so
situated as to render the classing
thereof with any other town, pariffi,
or place,very inconvenient, the Gen
eral Court may, upon application of
a majority of the voters in such
town, pariffi, or place, iflue a writ
for their eleding and lending a Re
presentative to the General Court.
General Court for the purpole of
chooling a Representative, and sea
sonably notified thereof. And in
every class, formed for the above
mentioned purpose, the firft annual
meeting ffiall be held in (he town,
pariffi, or place, wherein most of
the rateable polls reside 5 and after
wards in that which has the next
highest number; andfoon annual
ly by rotation, through the several
towns, pariffies, or places, forming
the diftrid.
(To be continued.)
ALBANY, April 15.
The difaffe&ion to tyranny of the British
troops Rationed at the several ports in Canada
(fays a gentleman,who arrived from that quar
ter during the last week) is similar co that
manifefted, not long lince, by a patriotic
band in Europe, who, upon discovering they
were designed to march for the territories of
France, to oppose her righteous struggles for
liberty, to a man laid down their arms, and
positively refufed to use them against a nation
contending for freedom. Our informant adds,
that detentions were daily taking place, in
conlequence of which it was found neceflary
to fire minute guns, in order to deted them ;
but that thL kind of emigration had become
so fafhionable, previous to his departure, that
all endeavours to prevent it proved of no avail
—That a dirtike to his highness Prince Ed
ward, was so generally prevtlent ameng the
soldiery, that on bis regiment being called out,
and thote who had any complaints against him,
desired to hold up their hands as a Cgnal, the
hands of all (except a terjennt and a private)
were immediately railed——and, in short,
that a spirit of revolt was so strongly diteover
able among many, that government were under
the necessity of efing the most vigorous mea
sures to /hut the eyei of the people , who, it seems,
begin to look about them. Yan ke y Doodle I!
The above information we present our read,
ers as we received it. The fame person in
forms, that a number of those dafiardiy Jpirito,
who have forlaken the American standard, in
the Weftern Territory, Were lurking about the
provinces of Canada ; but did not incline ta
join the British army.
Singular Engagement.
“ SAYBROOK, MAY 4.
•* Capt, Daniel Clark and Mr. Phineas Pratt,
of this town, being a few days since at work
in the woods, near a ledge of rocks, difeover
ed two Black Snakes, which they killed ; a
few minutes after which, they found them
selves surrounded by a very great number of
the fame species of snakes, which they engaged,
On the 24'h ult. Jojeph Winjed, a sailor ori
board of the Sloop Fanney, commanded by
Bennet Rose, and bound from this port to the
Eattern shore, attempted to murder the Cap
tain with an axe, while asleep. He gave him
several severe wounds on the head. The
noise having rouled the other sailor, (there be.
ing only 3 perfor.s on board) Win Jed wounded
him allo ; but finding he was likely to be o
verpowered, he ran upon deck and upon being
perfued, jtimpt over board. Not being able to
make the shore, he entreated to be taken on
board, which was granted. Having been car
ried before a magistrate, he was whipped, and
for want of bail, committed to the goal of
Weftmoreland, from which he is by this time
released. He confefled that his intention was
to murder the Captain, in order to get a sum of
money which was on board.
The /hooting of the mulketry astonished me
—and our hunters may undervalue the regular
troops, as marklmen, but 1 have seen shooting
matches in the country, and have never leeri
better shots by rifles, than on this occasion.
The order and ceconomy of the army de.
fervds gr^at praise; silence, industry and difei.
pline. Every morning after parade at io
o’clock, the troops are drawn out to an emi
nence at some distance from the encampment,
to fire at targets ; the musketry and riflemen ;
with premiums for the firft, second, and third
best shots.
** When at Legionville, I saw the grave of
GdJJanuay, enclosed with a fmali paie’ng. He
had fallen in a duel with a Lieut. Jenfer. It
is acknowledged by his apologists that Jenifer^
havig received the fire advanced a lew Heps
and Aot his adversary. It is the firft time I
ever heard of a duelist a&ing so ungenerously..
By the Jaws of the duel he had a right tu do io
— but by the laws of humanry he had no^
But why talk of the laws of humanity in the
case of dueling? It is a strange thing that
this error has been so long able to refill reason.
It is the terror of the ridicule of fooi^. ,,
PITTSBURGH, May 4.
TUESDAY morning last, at 11 o’clock,
the army moved from their winter
quarters at Legion ville, for Fort Washington.-
The Theatres were opened last night forth*
firft time, since the recess. The novelty was ac
Covent Garden, where the musical piece.called
the Relief of was performed, with
many additions. The fpe&acle in this is truly
martial and brilliant.-——The fliew of several
hundred foot and horse in battle array, and the
contrivance, by which the latter have the ap
pearance of motion in the back-ground, while
the front has all the tumult of an adion, werd
admirable.
VIRGINIA.
ALEXANDRIA,^ 2.
From a Correspondent.
American Advices.
By Yesterday’s Mail.
NEWYORK.
April zy.