The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1789-10-31 00:00:00, page 4

A WAKE my friends! some pity
^ow,
Give vent to tears,and bid them flow;
Nor let a wretch condemn'd to die.
Sink down without your sympathy.
11.
Hard lot of mine, mine eyes survey,
A eurfed scold in fine array ;
Whose ceaseless bawling!, endless
ftrife,
Starts up a devil in a wife.
HI.
O ! might I fly to change my place,
And Satan lie in her embrace ;
in feme low cottage would I dwell,
And quit the devil, wife and hell.
IV.
Peace is the bfeffing I would gain.
It's fruit is sweet in sharpest pain ;
But when of peace my lips impart,
She ads the eurfed woman's part.
New mifehief still her fool in flames,
And works like infects in her brains :
, Such rage what power on earth can
still,
Or who fabdue a woman's will.
VI.
When her eternal tongue is dumb.
Not broom, nor tongs, fly round the
room;
The devil then will end bis reign,
And men and angels shout AMEN.
4 ACT/s fobh/b & TREASURY
bEPARTMENt:'
BE it enaftd b, the Senate dud Reuse
if Representatives of the United
Statu of Amtrica,in Cengrife assembled.
That there (hall be a Department of
Trenfury, in which Ihall be the fol
lowing officers, namely ; a secretary
/of the Treafary, to be deemed head
of the department, a comptroller, an
auditor, a treasures, a register, and an
assistant to the secretary of the tree.
fury, whfch affiftantfhall be ippoint
ted by the said secretary.
Ad be it farther enaaed, That it
Ball be the duty of the Secretary of
the Treafary to digest and prepare
plant for the improvement aid ma
aagement of the revenue, and for the
hipport of public credit ; to prepare
and report estimates of the public re
venue, arid the public expenditures ;
to fu perin tend the colledion of the
revenue ; to decide on the forms of
keeping and fating accounts and
making returns, and to grant under
the limitation heron elUbliihed, or;
to be hereafter provided, all warrants
for monies to be iffaed from the tree
foy, in pursuance of appropriations
by law ; to execute such services re
lative to the file of the lands belong.
A FREE thinker, or would be
Athieft, was not long since en
deavouring, in company with two or
three serious persons, to invalidate
the doarine of an over ruling provi
dence, faying, "That all things
came into being by chance ; and with
refpea to a future day of rewards and
punishments, it was only a whim to
encourage methodism, or a bugbear
to frighten old women and children."
On which one of the gentlemen pre
sent replied, " If all things are made
•by chance, as you affirm, Sir; how
do you know but there may be a hell
made by chance; and if so, and you
should fall into it by chance, and so
by chance be eternally miferable,what
b damnable chance will that be ?"
Congress of the United States.
Begun and held at the city of New,ork,
on Wednefdg the 4th de, of March,
178?.
TWELFTH ACT of CONGRESS,
Reflections
—ON A MARRIED STATE—
AN EC D OT E.
Ad be it further enaaed, That,
(hall be the duty of the Auditor to
receive all publick accounts, and as
ter examination to certify the balance
and transmit the accounts with the
vouchers and certificates to the comp
troller for his decision thereon : Pre.
vided, That if any person whose ac
counts shall be so audited, be difitif
fied therewith, he may within fix
months appeal to the Comptroller
against such settlement.
And be it farther raaded, That it
shall be the duty of the Ragifter to
keep all accounts of the receipts and
expenditures of the publick money,
&of all debts due to or from the Uni
ted States ; to receive from the Comp
troller the accounts which shall have
been finally adjusted, and to preserve
such accounts with their vouchers and
certificates ; to record all warrants
for the receipt or payment of monies
at the Treasury, certify the fame
therein, and to traitfait to the Sec
And be it further enaAed, That it
(hall be the duty of the treasurer to
receive and keep the monies of the
United States, and to di/burfe the
fame upon warrants drawn by the se
cretary of the treasury, countersigned
by the comptroller, recorded by the
register, and not otherwise; he (hall
take receipts for all monies paid by
him, and all receipts for monies re
ceived by him, (hall be indorfed up
on warrants signed by the secretary of
the treasury, without which warrants
so signed, no acknowledgement for
monies received into the public trea
sury (hall be valid : and the said trea
surer (hall render his accounts to the
comptroller quarterly (or oftner if re
quired) and (hall transmit a copy
thereof, when fettled, to the secretary
of the treasury ; he (hall moreover, on
the third day ifreffl^bd'o^
grefs, lay before the Senate and
House of Reprefen natives, fair and
accurate copies of all accounts by him
from time to time rendered to, & fe ti
ed with the comptroller as aforefeid,
as also a true and, perfect account of
the fate of the treasury ; he (hall at
all times submit to the secretary of
the treasury, and the comptroller, or
either of them, the infpedion of the
monies in his hands, and (hall, prior
to the entering upon the duties of his
office, give bond, with Efficient fare
ties, to be approved by the secretary
of the treasury and comptroller, in
the fata of one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, payable to the U
njted States, with condition for the
faithful performance of the duties of
his office, and for the fidelity of the
persons to be by him employed, which
bond (hall be lodged in the office of
the comptroller of the treasury of the
United States.
Ing to thb United States, to may be
by law required-of him ; to make re
port and give information to either
branch of the legislature, in person or
in writing (as he may be required)re
fpeding all matters referred to him by
the Senate or House of Representa
tives, or which (hall appertain to his
office ; and generally to perform all
such services relative to the finances,
as he (hall be directed to perform.
And be it farther enaacd, That it
(hall be the duty of the comptroller
to superintend the adjustment and
preservation of the public accounts ;
to examine all accounts fettled by the
auditor, and certify the balances a
rising thereon to the register ; to coun
teriign all warrants drawn by the se
cretary of the treasury, which (hall
be warranted by law: to report to
the secretary the official forms of all
papers to be issued in the different
offices for collecting the public reve
nue, and the manner and form of
keeping and dating the accounts of
the several persons employed therein ;
he (hall moreover provide for the re
gular and punctual payment of all
monies which may be colleded, and
(hall direct prosecutions for all delin
quencies of officers of the revenue,
and for debts that are, or (hall be
due to the United States.
AS Selfifhnefs is very
much the Source of ma
levolent passions, our firft
care should be to subdue
immoderate fel f love. 'A
narrow, contrasted spirit is
inconsistent with that diffu
five benevolence, which is
the glory of human nature.
Excessively fond of our
ielves, our own interests and
connexions, we shall ever
be jealous that others stand
in our way and are forming
designs against us, and of
consequence shall easily in
dulge envy and malice a
gainst them. But while we
keep the felfifh regards
within bounds,there is room
for a generous love to man
kind to operate & expand:
For this purpofc we must
form targe and exalted ideas
of the divine government.
We must not think our
selves the only creatures en
titled to the Creator's care,
but remember, that all
worlds, and all beings in
them are his property, and
under his ity&u, who
notary of the Treasury copies of the
certificates of balances of accounts
gutted as is herein direded.
And be it further enaAed, That
whenever the Secretary (hall be re
moved from office by the President of
the United States, or in any other case
of vacancy in the office of Secretary,
the AlHftant (hall, during the vacan
cy, hive the charge and custody of
the records, books and papers apper
taining to the said office.
And be it further exacted That no
person appointed to any office in
stituted by this ad, (hall diredl, or
indiredly be concerned or interested
in carrying on the business of trade or
com merce, or be owner in whole or in
part of any sea vessel, or purchase by
himfelf, or another in trait for him,
any publick lands or property, or be
concernedin the purchase or disposal of
any public securities of any State or of
the U. Stites,or take or apply to his
Own use, uny emolument or gain for
negociating or tranfading any bull
nefs in the said department, other
than what (hall be allowed by law ;
and if any person (hall offend againit
any df the prohibitions of this ad, he
(hall be deemed -guilty of a high mis
demeanour, and forfeit to the United
States the penalty of three thousand
dollars, and (hall upon conviction be
removed from office, & forever there
after incapable of holding any office
under the United States— Provided
That if any other person than a pub
lick pro cessor (hall i form of an)
such offeree, upon which a profecuti
on ana convidinn (hall be had, on,
haff the aforefaid penalty of three
thousand dollars, when recovered,
(hall be for the use of Che person giv
ing such information.
Frederick A. Muhlenburg
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
JOHN ADAMS, Tice Prudent
-of the United Stated, unu
Preface of the Senate.
Approved —Sep?. 20, 1789.
TfefaTUßß and folly of
ENVY.
(Concluded from our lafl.)
GEO. WASHINGTON.
President of the United States.
AT Public Vendue, on
Tuefday the Third Day
of November next, at the
house of Mr. Jeremiah Lea
vitt, in Exeter, two o'clock
P. M. a HOUSE and about
three quarters of an acre of
Land in Exeter, which for
merly belonged to Mr. „H
--athan Hopkinfon, late of said
Exeter deceased.— Conditi
ons of sale may be known at
time and place.
Exeter, O&. 16,17%;
deftributes to all as he pleat
es, to some more, to others
less as his wisdom fees beft#
When we envy another,
let us alk ourlelves, whe
ther we wilh, on the whole,
to be that man ? If not,r
then^we still think ourselves
much happier than he.—•
What room then for envy ,
We should remember,
that all men have the fame
natural feelings, and the
happiness of others is as
important to them, as curs
is to us. From the iehfati-'
oils which are excited in us
when they treat us with
inhumanity, we mav learn,
^hat painlul feelings we
excite in them by the like
treatment. Let us often
refiea, what fatisfa^ion
we receive from the courte
ous behaviour of our neigh
bours, and thus realize the
pfeafure we give them, when
our condud is dictated by
a spirit of benevolence.
if we place before our
eyes the true pi&ure of an
envious man, we cannot
but despise it. His chief
happiness arises from the
misery, and his chief misery
from the happiness of his
fellow creatures. He re
joices at the misfortunes, &
is grieved at the prosperity
of thole around him. He
takes pleasure in doing evil
to thole who never have in
jured him, and whole only
fault is, that Heaven seems,
in some refpe<fb, to have
been more indulgent to them
than to him ; he is morti-
nefs to his neighbour. Such
a temper is odious to all
men. They that feel it
themselves, detest it in o
thers.
fied at the good which o
thers do, and more mortifi-
ed when he is in such a si
tuation himfelf that he can
not avoid doing some kind-
VENDU E.
TO BE SOLD,
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