The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1792-03-21 00:00:00, page 2

And be it further enaaed, That if
any deputy pest-master or other per
son authorized by the Pollmailer-Ge
neral to receive the portages of let
ters, (hall fraudulently demand or re
ceive any rate of or any gratuity or
reward, other ,than is provided by
this ad for the pottage of letters or
•packets, on conviction thereof he
shall forfeit for every such offence,
One hundred dollars, and (hall be
rendered incapable of holding any
office under the United States. „ ~
And be it further enabled, That no
(hip or vessel, arriving at any port
within the United Status, where a
poftoffice is established, (hall be per
mitted to report, make,entry, or
break bulk, until the maftcr or Com
mander Hull have delivered to tne
poftmafler, all letters directed to any
perlon or persons within the United
States, which under his care or with
in his power, (hall ,be brought in
such (hip or vessel, other than such as
are directed to the o% her or configner;
But when a vessel (hall be bound to
another port than that at which she
may enter tKe letters belonging to,
or to be delivered at the said pore
of delivery, Hull not be delivered
to the pollmatter at the pert of entry.
And it (hall be the duty of the col
lector or other officer of the port, em
powered to receive entries of (hips or
ve(Tels,an oath or affirmation purport
ing that he has delivered all Inch let
ters, except as aforefaid.
And be it farther enabled. That
the post-masters to whom such let
ters may be delivered, (hall pay to
the mafleg commander, or other per
son delivering the fame, except the
commanders of foreign packets^ two
cents for every such letter or packet ;
and (hall obtain from the person de
livering the fame, a certificate fpe
cifying the number of letters and
packers, with the name of the (hip
er vessel, and the place from whence
{he last failed ; which certificate, to
gether with a receiptfor the money,
(hall be with his half yearly accounts,
transmitted to the Postmaster-Gene
ral, who (hall credit the amount
thereof co the post-matter forwarding
the fame.
And be it farther enabled. That if,
any person, other than the Poftmaf
ter-Gcneral, or his deputies., or
persons by them employed (hall take
up, receive, order, dispatch, convey,
carry or deliver any letter or letters,
packet or packets, other than uewf
papers, for hire of reward, or (hall
be concerried in fettling up any foot
or horse port, waggon or tber car
riage by or in which any letter or
packet (hall be carried for hire, on
any established port-road or any pack
et. or other vessel or boat, or any
conveyance whatever, whereby the
revenue of the general port-office
may be injured, every person so of
fending, (hall forfeit, for every such
offence the sum of two hundred dollars.
Provided, That it (hall and may be
lawful for every person to fend let
ters or packets by special messenger.
And be it further ena&d, That the
deputy postmasters or agents of the
Postmaster-General, shall duly ac
count and answer to him, for all bye
or way letters, and Ihall fpecify the
number and rates ia the p@ft.bill.
And if any deputy postmaster 4 a
gent shall negleß so to account, he
or they so offending, frail on convic
tion thereof, forfeit, for every such
offence, a fun not exceeding one
hundred dollars.
And be it further ewAed, That if
any person employed in any of the
departments of the general poll-of
fice, shall unlawfully detain, delay or
open, any letter, packet, bag or mail
of letters, with which he fha+lbe
entrusted, or which shall hav^ come
to iis poffeffion,#&d which are inten
place where the fame (hall arrive ;
and if directed to be delivered at
any other place, with the addition of
the like portages as other letters are
made fubjeft to the payment of by
this aft.
ded to be conveyed- by port: Or if
any such person (hall secrete, embez
zle or destroy any letter or packet,
entrusted to him, as aforefaid, and
which (hall not contain any security
for, cr clarence relating to money,
a; herein after deferfbed, every such
offender, being thereof duly convict
ed, (hall for every such offence, be fi
ned not exceeding three hundred
dollars or imprifomed not exceeding
fix months, or both according to the
circumftanccs mid aggravations of
the offence. And if ary person em
ployed as aforefaid, Hull secrete, em
bezzle or destroy, any letter, packer,
bag, or mail of letters, with which
heihall be engrafted, or which (hall
have qome to his possession, and are
intended .to be conveyed by port con
taining any bank note, or bank port
bill, bill of exchange, warrant of
the Treasury of the United Scales,
note of alignment, of ttock in the
funds, letters of attorney for re
ceiving annuities cr dividends, or
for felling itock in the, funds, or for
receiving rhe intcreft thereof, .or any
letter of credit,or note for or relating
to the payment of money, or other
bond or warrant, draft bill, dr pro
missory note whatsoever, for. the pay
ment of money ; or if any such per
son, employed as aforefaid, (hull deal
or take any of the fame out of any
letter, packet, tag or mail ofletters,
that (hall come to his possession, he
(ha|l, on conviaion, for any such
offence, fufcr death. And if apy
person who (hall have taken charge
of the mail of the United States,fh^ll
quit or deleft the fame, before his
arrival at the next port-office every
such person, so offending, (hall for
feit and pay a sum, not exceeding
five hundred dollars, for every such
offence. And if ant person, concern
ed in carrying the mail of the Uni
ted States, (hall colled, receive or
carry any letter or packet, or (hall
cause or procure the fame to be done
contrary to this aft, every such cf
fender (hall ferfeic and pay,for every
such offence, a fam not exceeding
fifty dollars.
[And be it further enabled. That if
any person or persons (hall rob any
carrier of the mail of the U. States,
of'fuch mail, or if any person (hall rob
the mail, in which letters are sent to
be conveyed by post, of any letter or
packet, or (hall deal such mail,or (ball
Heal and take frem or out of the fame,
or frpm or out of any port-office, any
letter or packet, of such offender or
offenders (hall on convidion thereof,
fuffer death.
△ LL persons indebted to,
4 Aor that have any demands against
the Efiate of JOHN JAMESON,Iate
of Windham, deceafed^ are hereby
desired to exhibit their accounts to the
fubferiber in order for a speedy settle
ment.
John Di nsmoor, jr. Exec'r.
Windham, Feb. 28, 1792.
And he it further enaaed, That the
deputy postmasters (hall, refpe&ively,
pablith at the expiration of every three
months,in one of the newspapers pub
lifhcd at, or nearest the place of his
residence, for three successive weeks,
a lift of all the letters then remaining
in their refoedive offices; and at the
expiration of the next three months,
(hall fend such of the said letters as
then remain on hand, as dead let
ters, to the general poft-office, where
the fame mall be opened and infpeft
ed ; and if any valuable papers or
matter of consequence, (hall be found
therein, it (hall be the duty of the
Postmaster-General, to cause a de
scriptive lift thereof to be inserted in,
one of the newspapers published at the
place most convenient to where the
owner may be supposed to reside, if
within the United States, and such
letter and the contents (hall be pre
served, to be delivered to the person
to whom the fame ffiall be addressed,
upon payment of the postage, and the
expense of publication.
[Remainder in the fourth page.]
The wretch who it fentenc' d t: die,
" May e/cape Cleave justice behind ;
From bis country perhaps be maj fy,
Put oh !. — Can be fly from hu mind?
lAM the moftmiferable of men—•
and, notwithstanding it might be
more prudent to congeal the cause of
my aflliftion, I find an inclination to
difcloie in this public manner, too
ftr° n gly to be refilled. J am-ayoung
fellow of five and sveny, neitle j ri
formed in my person, nor, 1 hopc,un-I
happy in my temper—my fortune is;
easy, my education liberal, and I fop-I
pose 1 am as well calculated to pafs|
in a croud, as the generality cl my;
acquaintance.i
About twelve months ago,! fell pas-I
fionatcly in love with a young lady,'
whole beauty add merit, entitled her
to a rank much more exalted than
what 1 could raise her to, though (he
wasmuch my inferior in point of fer- ;
tune. She was at that time courted
by a young gentleman in the law'—
and matters had actually gone so far,
that a day wa^sappointed lor the so- I
lemnization of he nuptials. Allthis!
1 was very wpll informed of-yetim-'i
petuoufly hurried by the violence of
my pafiion, 1 disclosed it to the father.
He was a man of the wo Id ; —my ci;-
cumft^nces were much better than his
intended fen-in-law ; and he paid
less attention to the happinefi, than
he Viewed far the advancement of his
daughter. Why should I takc cp yourl
time, reader? Maria's match with her
former lover was immediately broken
off, and the unhappy young lady, who
never presumed to disobey her father's
commands, was tern from the man of
her heart,and married to one fne could
never loye. I was in hopes, that a
little time,and a tender behaviour on
my fide, as a man never loved more
fondly than myfelf, would have utterly
erased Mr. Bridgegrove from the
bosom of my wife, and placed me in
his Head. But had I riot been besot
ted with my love, I might have easily
known, that • laudible impreflicn
upon the mind of a sensible womam,
is never to be eradicated :—No, it is
her to deftradion. I have been now
married ten months, and have, 1 flat
ter myfeif, expreffe^ every ad of ten
derness, proper for the lover or the
hufband,but to no purpose. My wife
behaves withthe utmost complaisance,
is uncommonly felicitous to pleafe,but
this conduft is the effeft of her good
sense, and not the confluence of her
love. The little endearing inter
courses between hufoand and wife,arc
fuffered, not enjoyed; I complain of
her coldness, she assumes an air more
gay, and affe&s to be pleased, though
I fee the starting tear, just burning
from her eye,and know the grief that
rankles at her heart. Nay, the more
I carefl her, the more miserable ffie
if made—and I fee her generously la
menting that she cannot place her
heart upon the man that possesses her
hand, and is not utterly unwor
thy of her esteem. O! reader, he must
have no delicacy, no feeling, that can
bear a circumstance like this, nnmo
Fatal consequences of forced
Nuptials.
impossible. When a young raw girl,
indeed, entertains something like a
regard for a man,without knowing the
reason of her esteem, it is nothing but
3 Draggle of desire, or, more properly
fpeaking,the wheyinefs of inclination,
which, in a little time, (he laughs at
herfelf, and, as (he grows in under
(landing, easily (kirns off. But, where
a woman of sense has placed her affec
tions on a man of merit, the paffiou is
never to be erafed,—the more (he pon
ders on his worth,the more reason (he
has to love him ; and (he can never
ceafe'to *.iink of his perfections, 'till
(he is wholly diverted of thoughts.
Unhappy for me, this was the case
Mr. Bridegrove possessed the whole
heart of M#ja, and, in reality, deser
ved it. He is perhaps the most ami
able of men, and, poor fellow, loves
vcable How am I frequently terr r>
madness with reflection, even when f
have her faceted ;o my bofom,to think
her whole foul is at that very moment
running to another man. In her deep,
(lie frequently throws ^e of her arr^
round my neck, and pronounces , the
name of Bridegrovein a manner that
diftreds me. Our little boy (for the
is lately brought to bed) irdtead of a
blcffing, is another (Ource erf anxiety
to us both. I overheard her feftejda,
morning, weeping over the chi^ana
crying, " ray iweet boy, coor Bride
grove ihoeld have been your father."
Can any Situation be so afflicting as
mine ?—1 have made the most amia
ble of women forever wretched, and
torn a worthy young fellow, from the
milire's of his heart. I have brought
all; my furrows , upon royfelf, with the
diftrefiful confideratipa .of having no
right to complain. I deserve to be
miserable. The man who nonld meanly
hope^o te happy in marriage, b, facri
ficing the inclia ation. of the woman
he loves and uA^encroufly lofcs every
regard to her wiiles, while he endea
vours to gratify his own, has no pre
vention to felicity. Had 1 never ob
tained the pefle ffion of Maria,! should
not have been half so wretched as [
am now-lime and ano her object,
would, perhaps, ,have enabled me to
bear her loss— But now, matter ot her
person, to find another in possession of
her heart, and to know that there is
one whom (he holds confidcr;Sly dear
er than myfelf are c< nfidcrarons abfc#
lately infopporrable. ! capric; dr..11
any longer on the febpa—i (ball
ther foie conclude vhh an advice to
my own sex, never to marry $ wt^Gqß
whole heart they know is etigagc.cl,
nor to take a pitiful advantage cla
father's authority, in opposition to her
inclination,, If (he be a good woman,
(he can never forget her hrrt choice,
and if (he be bad, will inevitably
bring Chame and scandal on the fecOnd.
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF "r^I^ENTA^
TUESDAY, FEE. 7.
THE (peaker laid before the boule
a letter hum the ficretary of the
Trcafury, enckfag a report from
that officer,purfuant to thl: orders of
the house of the firft ofNovemter last.
-This report, among other impor
tant particulars, states, That the a
mount fubferibed of. the demeftic
debt of the United States,
Dollars Cts.
principal &interest is 31,797,481.22
Unfubferibed residue
of said domestic debt. 10,616,604. 63
This residue consists of various de
scriptions of public paper—the secre
tary proposes that a further time
(hould be alleged to febferite the
fame. Dollars Cis.
The amount fubferib
ed of the debts of
the individual Rates
is - - - Q Q 7 2 33C: &
The fem which re
mains to be fubferib
ed agreeable to the
aft for assuming (he
State debts, is '- 4,427,665 61
■ ■, il. 11,1.■ 1. lit
21,500,000
To effed a total assump
tion of all the debts of
the feveralStates there
remains to be provided
for-- - 3,903,362. 72
It is proposed in the report that
provifton Ihould be made for this
affumption,at the next session ofCon
-8' e '% L
This report was referred to the
committee of the whole,and made the
order of the day for Monday next.
Mr. Benson of the committee ap
pointed for the purpose, brought in
a. bill for the apportionment of re
presentatives among the people of
the Several States, and making pro
vifimi for a second emuracion, &c.
which was read the firft time.