The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1789-08-29 00:00:00, page 4

ME N often complain of those e
vils, which are wholly of their
own procuring, and which it is in
their owh power to remove, whenever
they please. Their is nothing more
evident from reason, revelation and
common experience, than the tenden
cy of virtue to the happiness, and the
tendency of vice to the milery of man
kind, both in private and social life ;
but while this is generally acknow.
lodged in {peculation, it is mach^if.
regarded ih pradice. All expedients
TO relieve the burthens and distresses
of the day, without a general reform
of manners; will be but palliatives :
This will effed a RADICAL cure.
? Let wlerty influenced by the fear
Os God, and by lore to mankind use
all their power and authority to en-
Courage righteousness, protest inno
cence, redress wrongs and banilh ini
quit, ; let laws be made with a single
design to advance the general interest,
and be executed with diligence and
fidelity ; let people, in ill ranks, con
feientioufly difeharge the duties of
their refpeftive Rations; let justice
and integrity take place in all private
mtercourfe; let benevotenee -operete
in all exigencies to excite mutual aid
arid facco'ur, so that no man thall be
taiferable,while it is in his neighbor's
rower to relieve him; in all contro
rofies between man -and man or in
htv. let condefeention immediate.
Elegy on CALEB' Btoocg, Est,
who qua: drowned in Boston Har
bour, AUGUST 12, 1789.
That heart to pity e'er inclin'd,
¥et knew no fear at danger's cat!—
That form.'d the friend sincere& kind,
That wifh'd and fought the good of
all.
Pity, with interrupted pace,
Steals here with Friendship to
condole.
Humanity's officious race,
Recab, in vain the fleeting foul,
O do not pass neglectful by.
Do not disdain to vilit here,
Nor blush to heave die heartfelt sigh,
Nor scorn the soldiers tear.
Bedewing oft the turf that hides
The relicks of the glorious dead.
Behold how modest worth and truth
Forevei live, forever bloom,
How lov'd when in the pride of youth.
And how lamented in the tomb.
By serious contemplation led,
'She winds her way along the shore
Where sleep the long-lamented dead ;
And wails her Blodget—now no
more.
Extinguish'd is the vital (park,
>Thatbeim'd beneficence around,
Aitfi clos'd th' enraptur'd eye,anddark
-Where joy's exulting smiles were
found.
Mute is the tongue that evbr mov'd,
In accents generous, kind & sweet,
And cold the heart that always prov'd
Os every social joy the feat, —
VIRTVi the HAPPINESS of a PEOPLE.
O-you, who in the fields of war.
Were fir'd with more than Brutus'
"flame:
And in the plains of peace who dare
To rival Cincinnatus' fame.
And here fair Liberty refides,i
And HONOUR walks with solemn
tread,
THE Muse from Pleafare's airy
throng,
And the world's gilded pagent flies;
Lbnely ihe tunes the foreowing song,
And tears obscure her laughing
eyes.
ThREFORMER.
NUMBER I.
ly flep in to adjust the difference ; let
every man, in his private capacity,
maintain fobriety,purity, temperance,
industry and felf-government, and at
tend more to the culture of his mind;
the improvement of his virtue, and
the regulation of the manners of his
domefticks, than to the indulgence of
pleafureor the accumulation of wealth;
let this be the general spirit& conduct
of mankind, and what will be want
ing to make them as happy as the
condition of mortals will permit, or
as beings in a state of probation can
reafonably desire ?
But if, on the contrary, pride, felf
ifhnefs, and the love of pleasure reign
among all ranks: if injustice, fraud,
idleness, luxury, oppression and other
vices generally prevail, there is no
need of special judgments to make
them miferab'le,and no need of a spirit
of prophesy to forefed their deftrufli
on. Every man therefore, as he re
gards his own and the general happi
ness, is bound to practice virtue him
felf, and promote it among others.
This obligation immediately results
from his present condition as a man,
and from his relation to society, ab
ftradly from the confederation of those
more grand and solemn motives which,
religion proposes,
We-have seen the time, when the
people of this country, alarmed a; the
dangers which threatened them fipm
a usurping and invading pow/r, c3d4
unite in arms for the common defence.
They thought no expence too great
to be incurred, no facrifice toe dear to
be made, that they might refeue their
trembling liberties from the devour,
ing jaws of oppression. Our social
happiness is now in danger from a
nother quarter, from the prevalence
of vice and impiety, from our increas
ing luxury,' extravagance, felfifhhefs
and injuttice : let us exert ourselves,
-with the fame united ardour, to extir
pate this internal enemy, as we have
;to repel a foreign enemy, and we may
hope for equal success ; and fuccels
in this attempt will give cur liberties
a firmer establishment and a more per
manent security than ail the successes
of war.
Whereat the laws refpeaing Schools have
been fatnd not to &nj\ver the impor
tant era for which they were made ;
THEREFORE
BE it enabled by the senate and
HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES,
in GENERAL court convened;
That all the laws of this State refold
ing Schools be, and they hereby gre
repealed.
And he it further enabled. That
the Selectmen of the several towns and
pariihe, within this state be, and they
hereby are impowered and required*
to aflefs annually the inhabitants of
their refpe&ive towns according to
their polls and rateable estates, in
a lam to be computed at the rate
of five pounds for every twenty Shil
lings of their proportion for pub
lic taxes for the time being y and so
for a greater or lesser sum : Which
sums when collected shall be appned
to the foie purpose of keeping an En
glish Grammar School 'or
Schools, for teaching Reading, Wri
ting, and Arithmetic, within the towns
and parishes for which the fame shall
be assessed —Except said town- be a
Ihire or half (hire town —in which
case the School by them kept, shall
be a Grammar School for the purpose
of teaching the Latin and Greek lan
guages,as well as reading, writingand
arithmette-as aforefaid.
And beti^furrbw enabled. That no
person shall be deemed qualified to
ke^p any such School, unless he fco
dute a certificate from fomeable and
reputableSchool-Mafter,learned Mi
nifter,or exceptor of some Academy,
For the better regulation of Schools
within this State, and for repealing
the laws now in force refpeding
them.
An A C T,
Strayed or Stolen,
A Few years since from
' 1 Exeter, a PRINTING PRESS,
several Founts of TYPES, BOOKS,
STATIONARY, &e. ^c. ^c. to a
considerable amount, —Enquiry has
been made —months fpent —much mo
ney expended, &c. to find what rout
they had taken ; but no fans factory
or official account could be had at any
Public Office, in time, to answer the
purpose of obtaining such official pa
pers—nor is it believed any such can
ever be found (if there can,'it would
be ungenerous to produce them at this
eleventh hour of the business,) and it
is a fact, if the state ever made a move
meat towards the office in quefton,
and really took—they did not keep
poffeflion, nor receive any pay for
them —if they had, there would have
been an end of the matter (in this
country) as at that time they had a
right—but not doing it, no officer
could give a certificate and of
course, no compensation for want of
such certificate, could be got, in the
only place to look for the fame, for
that part of a supposed forfeited claim,
as no government will ever pay for
what private individuals plunder, and
often times, as of old, glory in their
frame.
@ Common fame, which perhaps
speaks truth, informs us locks were
broke, and the office, or a part of it,
carried off in the face of day—there
fore, if any bystanders, wheelbarrow
men, carters, water-men, or others,
either of Exeter or Portsmouth, will
come forward and speak the whole
truth, they shall be rewarded, not ac
cording to their work, but according
to what use can be made of then
words, at the present period, against
the living One of the party being
dead, as he left the office, with all his
unaccountablenefs behind him, can
not alter justice, nor prevent others
from refunding, at least, one fold, and
if this is refuted, an action will be
commenced, and which, if possible, loft
in this state, by twiftinga. windings,
and explaining away common sense,
it fhaM be carried where the firft learn
ing, firft generosity, honor, and foun
tainhead cf all justice is seated in A
merica, The GRAND FEDERAL
COURT, at Newyork.
R. L.F.
Exeter, Aug, 1789..' ^____
WANTED,
By the printer hereof, a few pounds
SHEE P's WOOL. *
or President of foms College, that he
is well qualified to keep such School.
And be it further evaded, Tha^f
the Selectmen of any town or paiifh
negleft to raise and appropriate for
the aforefaid purposes, the money re
quired by this aft to be by them assess
ed, collected and appropriated, such
Selectmen shall forfeit and pay the
full sum, which they (hall be so found
delinquent in assessing, feafuoaby col
leding and duly appropriating :—
which sum shall be recovered by bill,
plaint or information in any court
proper to try the fame; and when
recovered, shall be appropriated for
the ptirpofe of keeping a School in
the town where such delinquency shall
happen : Which sum shall be paid
out of the goods and estate of such fe
ledmen. An* it shall be the duty of
the Town Clerk for the time being
of the refpedive towns or parifhea,
to fee that the fams recovered of fuc^
delinquent Selectmen, be appropriated
agreeably to the true intent and mean
ing of this a&.
Provided that this aft shall not be
construed to extend to the lands of
non-residents, but that the sum railed
be in proportion to the value of the
polis and edares of the Inhabitants.
Provided, That the operation of
this aft be fol pended until the ith
day of March next.
.|, Take Notice.
Blanks of most forts ma
be hMatH. Ranlet's tfeg fl, du
V at any office in the fate.,
WHEREAS an unhappy difpnte
has for a long time subsisted
between the inhabitants of the town
of Hopkinton, wi;h regard to placing
their Meeting. Hoefe— and in c^fe
quence thereof the Meeting-House in
said tewn-was lately consumed by fire;
=And whereas I did accuse Captain
StephenHarriman, of being the
means and instigator of burning said
House—which charge I allow to be
very incautious and without any
foundation ; And I do hereby declare
to the world, that I had no design to
represent said Harriman as being the
author of the atrocious deed, any fur
ther than being at the head of the
party who were endeavouring to re
move said Meeting.Houfe,
JOHN MOORE,
Hopkinton, August I§, 1789.
FOUR DOLLARS reward..
NICHOLAS AUSTIN,
BEGS leave to inform
hfs Friends and the Public; that
he intends to set out the second week
in September next, ona tour to Que
bec,— from thence to Mountreal, and
from thence to tne foothward, as far
as the city Marietta,on the Ohio river.
—Any perfoo having commands with
in the circuit of u ; d rout, may per
haps, be greatly benefited by applying
to him at Dover Court, the Ift, ad&'
3d days of September next.—And
any business eniruited to his care shall
be attended to with punctuality.
Middletown, (N.H..) Aug. 30.
DROM the fubferiber,
on the night of the 18th instant, a
pale red coloured GELDING, about.
12 years old, 14 hands high, dark
main and tail, has a large blaze in hi#
face, trots and paces, has large wind
galls on his hind legs. Ans perfoß
who will take up Lid horse and con
vey him to the fubferiber, shall receive
FOUR DOLLARS, reward and all
reasonable charges paid,
JABEZ DODGE.
Exeter, Auguji ty.
FROM me the fubferiber, an ap
prentice boy, named JEREMI
AH KENESTON, about 17 years
old ; had on when he went away, an
olive coloured Coat and Breeches,and
Chintz Waistcoat. Whoever will take
up said runaway and convey him to
his matter, shall have ONE PENNY
reward, and no charges paid,
CT ALL persons are forbid harbor
ing or trusting him on my account as
they would avoid the penalty of the
law. SAMUEL PIPER.,
LOUDON, JULY 21, 1789.
FROM me the fubferiber, en the
9th day of August inst, a fervani
boy, named Nathaniel Weft, about 18
years old—-had on when he went away
a dark brown homespun coat and jac
ket, brown trcwfers, new Ihoes and
new felt-hat—Whoever will take up
said runaway, and bring him to the
fubfenber, clear of expence, shall re
ceive Four Coffers reward.
^ ALL persons are forbid harbor
ing or trusting said runaway as they
would avoid the penalty of the law.
Poplin, Auguf, 13,-1789.
RANAWA Y,
Strayed or Stolen,
RAN AWAY,
^, %ke.Notice.
BILE DUDLEY LYFORD.