Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-20
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE
The .Blue Laws"

mons code. The statutes copied below, from
IN ancient volume relating to the history OF
the American colonies, were enacted by the
maone of the 'Dominion Of New Haven
The governor and magistrates convened III
General Assembly, are the supreme power un-
der God of the independent dominion.
From the determination OF the Assembly L"
appeal shall be made.
The governor is amenable to the voice Of the
people.
,nrmininp any question, and casting vote
when the Assembly shall be equally divided,
The Assembly Of the people shall not be
dismissed by the governor, but shall dismiss
itself
The Judge shall determine controversies
without a Jury. ,r,,
No Quaker or dissenter from the established
vorsbip OF this dominion shall be allowed to
i've vote for the election OF magistrate or
any other officer.
No food or lodging shall he offered to Qua
kcr or hereto.
If apy person turn traitor he shall be ban.
;she, and not suffered to return on pam OF
death.
No priest shall abide in the dominion he
,hal be banished and suffer death on his re-
!urn. 49,.
Priests may be seized by any one without
warrant
No one shall cross river but with an au-
lhorized terryman. -
30 one shall run on the Sabbath day Or walk
in his garden, or elsewhere except reverently TO
and from meeting
No one shall travel, cook victuals, make beds,
sweep the house. cat hair or shave on the
Sabbath day.
No woman shall kiss her children on the
Sabbath day.
The Sabbath shall begin 1t sunset on Satur-
day.
TO pick an ear of corn growing in a neigh
Lors garden shall be deemed theft.
\ person accnscd Of trespass in the night
must be judged guilty unless he clear himself
by his OATH
When it appears that an accused has CON
tederates and he refuses to discover them, he
may be racked
None shall buy or sell lands without pernrIs-
sion Of the selectmen.
4 drunkard shall have master appointed by
the selcctmen, who are to debar him from the
liberty of buying and selling.
Whoever shall publish a lie, to the prejudice
Of his neighbor, shall be set in the stocks or be
whipped ten stripes.
No minister shall keep school.
Every rateable person who refuses to pay his
proportion to support the minister of the town
or parish shall be fined by the court GO Is. and
"a 2s. every quarter, until he or she pay the
rate to the minister
Whoever wears clothes trimmed with gold,
silver, or bone lace, above Is. per yard. shall
be presented by the grand jurors, and the Sc
lectmen shall tax the offender 3O0l estate.
\ debtor in prison, swearing he has no es-
tate, shall be let out and sold to make satisfac-
ton.
Whosoever sets fire in the woods and 1t
burns house, shall suffer death, and persons
suspected of crime shall be imprisoned without
benefit of bail.
Whoever brings cards or dice into this do
minion, shall pay fine of five pounds.
No one shall read common prayer books,
keep Christmas or set days, cat mlnce pies,
dance, play cards, or play on any instrument OF
music, except the drum, trumpet and jewsharp.
When parents refuse their children convent
cnt marriages the magistrate shall determine
the point
The selectmen on finding children ignorant,
may take them away from their parents and
put them in better hands, at the expense Of
their parents.
Adultry shall be punished with death.
\ man that strikes his wife shall pay fine
Of ElO.
\ woman that strikes her husband shall be
punished as the Court directs.
\ wife shall be deemed good evidence against
her husband
No man shall court 4 maid in person or by
letter, without first obtaining consent OF her
parents: e5 Is. for the penalty for the first Of
fence; el0 Is. for the second and for the
third, imprisonment during the pleasure OF the
court.
Married persons must live together or be
imprisoned.
Every male shall have his hair cut round ac'
cordlng to cap.
Note-The above laws were originally prin-
ted on blue paper, on which account they were
called the Blue laws.
CALIFORNIA WONDERS Near the confines
Of FRESNO, Tulare, and lnyo counties: in the
vicinity of the head-waters of the keweah,
there exists remarkable piece of country. The
Indians say it is the abiding place of the Evil
Spirit The country is rugged and rocky
mountains, with deep valleys and precipitous
clfS Snakes and reptiles of every description
abound in untold numbers, and, taken i'll all,
rtis wild and most uninviting reg ion. But
aside from this, 4 most curious phenomenon
exists. The ground trem5les and quakes almost
continuously, and the abundant rocks grind and
grit together as if being urged by some terrible
influence. Frequently, deep discharges are;
heard, muh1ed aud dull, like the distant sound
OF heavy artillery. At night the sounds seem
to be more abundant than in the day time.
No Indian can be induced to venture near the
locality, regarding it with superstitious horror.
No theory is advanced by any one to account
Tor the strange phenomena mentioned. We
also learn from William Faymonvllle that above
the hp,1 of (tr,po " N,llo,, in fhjs c0untrV nm
other place similar to the one mentioned exists:
Persons who have visited the last place named
describe the sounds mentioned as like muttied
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