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A NORTHERN STAR,
AND FARMERS' AND MECHANICS' ADVOC 37 5
VOL. IX. NO. 2%,
THEE NORTHEERAN STAR.
ml’:inhd and. Published every Saturday
meming, by CHARLES RANDALL, No.
2, Market-Street, Wurren, R. 1. ‘ 3
. Tensms.~Two dollars per annum, payable in
three months, or $2,560 ut the end of the yenr.
" JF™ Advertisenents conspicuously inserted on
the usial terms of one dollar per square, for three
woéks, and twenty cents for every subsequent in
m‘h; .
WMmisemants will be continuéd till for
n, unless otherwisc ordered and charged ac
f’g‘go papers discontinued until all arrearnges
are paill, except at the option of the publisher.—
Single papers 6-1-4 cents each. |
WARREN.
. . From the Baflslo Emporinm.
. e e A CONTRAST, &
Awa’ with your lasses pinched up in the middle,
D rawn rearward their shoulders, and cramped ev-
- eryrib: »
W ith cheeks like the lilly that faints in the valley,
Ashamed of the labor their grandsothers did.
Bat give me a fioe buxom lassie o” nature,
As round asa melon, as plump as a seal ;
Whose cheeks are as red as a sun-burnt potatoe,
Whose fingers can ply both the rake and the wheel.
Our grandmothers surely had died broken-hearted,
Could they had of the future a glance of the eye,
¥ o see how their impious daughters had parted
With stout linsgy-woglisey, exotics to buy. |
And bang up their distafls, and burnt up their tred-
~ dles,
Aaud suog to their lapdegs their best lallahy :
i‘olitdy dissevering their peas in the n.iddle,
lustead of devouring a whole pumpkip pie.
Och’ we dwindle away every strange generation !
Our wives are all sickly, I've told you the why,
There will not be a man in the whole nation
In fifty years more that is bigger than I.
I'll tell you my height, it’s just three feet eleven,
I'w haunted with hypo, spasmedics and spleen,
A poor sickly dwarflinheriting evil,
Becawse that wy mother in fashion has been.
O ! had the tall Alps been the place of my model,
My mother « Moor without sweet-cake or'plum.
I then miight have sprouted like Alick McDonald,
And looked down with pride apon litde Tom
Thumb. ; '
Couxtern Courrsuie.—-Peter, after
passing regulaTly through the—geados of
appreutice and shopman, had tur some
years been cstablished in business for
himself. is e¢hop, like its master, was
not of the dashing kind, but it had two
tolerable large windows, one on each
wide of the dour, and they were both deit
ty decorated every morniug with such of
his commedities as he judged beautiful.
All went on well for some time ; his gains
were not large, but they were steady and
regulary as himself, and he was perfectly
contented with his prospects, till he be
came acquainted with Dliss Clarinda
Bodkin, a young lady owning to almost
thirty, and withal a great proficient in the
mysteries of milinery and mantua-making .
Their friendship commenced across the
counter ; but Peter’s attentions to his
fair customer soon increased beyond ull
regular moasure, and he was-haunted by
strange dreame ol love and ambition, two
master passions which have overthrown
Jnany a mightier man. ‘Now, if Miss
Clarinda would but have me,” said he,
“we might divide the shop, and bave a
drapery nide and a haberdashery and a
milrinery side,and one would help the
other. I’m sure it would answer. There’d
be only one reat to pay, and a double bu
siness,—and it would be so comlortable,
too !”—and he rubbed his hands and re
solved, as he termed it, to “‘pop the ques
tion" on the very first opportunity. But
when the question was popped, it was re
ceived in a very unsatisfactory manner.—
Perhaps he said too much about the mil
iery side of the shop, and too little a
bout the lady ; er the moment of his dec
laration might have been unfortunately
chosen, as she had just finished reading a
novel, the hero of which was, too proba
bly, a fire-eating, dragon fighting, castle
scaling personage, very differeat from
Peter Snook. After thaoking him for
the preference he had given her, she pro
ceeded to comfort him with the assurance
that she had no_doubt he wouid very soon
be able to find some other persoa perfect
ly qualified to make him happy, but that,
for her own part, she had noden of. al
" tering her condition. And forthwith she
commenced plying her needle with her
“wonted rapdity, u‘ron a piece of work
* she had in her band.
- Peter placed his hands upon his kneea,
_and looked at the fire, and then at the
cold hourted Tair one, and then at the
' fire agu‘m, and so on alternately for gome
time, for he knew not what to say, but
he felt, ns he afterwards described it,
“struck all of a heap, and very uneasy in
his mind.”” At length, just as he had be
gun to stammer out something about hop
. ing “she would think beuter of it,”” one
. of Miss Bodkin’s best customers came
totry on some article of dress, and such
things being out of Peter’s line, he was
ofllfito move off ; and thus terminated
‘the conference. It was some con
sulstion sferwards i~ the wnsnnccesiul
wooer to find that ge had not lost a cus
tomer b&’ a rash declaration of his pus
sion. Miss Bodkin came as before t
his shop, and certaialy she would hav
found it difficult to be served so wel
elsswhere, tor Peter always waited upor
ber himselt, and it she complained of the
dearncss of any acticle, rather than “par
tor a trifle,” he said she should have it a
‘prime cost.” Now, whether he really
did let her have many exceilent bargains
to induce her to conti her visits, o)
whether she felt duwmxbgive Pete
an opportnnity of * tug the question’
a second time, mum uncertain
but so it was, that two successive day
seldoim passed without her havieg occa
sion fur sowething in kis -line, and ehe
made no- scruples of saying that she
should always give him a decided preler
cnce as lung as she found that he did not
churge higher than his neighbors, In this
state things continued from Jaouary till
May, when our linen draper waxed boid
er, and having luid in a choice assortment
of spring patterns, and decked his two
windows with more than usual care, he
ventured to hint how complete the ap
pearance of the shop would be if one of
them were fifled with miliaery aad haver
dashery. His shop-man was out at the
time, and Miss Bodkin and he were
fele-a-tete, the counter being between
themm A iece of musl
P ~im, concerning
which they had been previously bargain
ing, was lying upon t—the ono praising
aud the other examining its texture : u
happened that their hands came in con
tact beneath its folds.
‘The lady was seasible of a very affec
tionate pressure, as Peter exclaimed,
“Take it at your own price, .liss ! and
you have only to say the word, and all
the goods in the shop will be yours on
the same terms!” “La’' Mr Snook!” said
she, “how can you talk s 0?” “I mean
what 1 say, honor bright,” replied he,
“and you kuow it too, Miss. I'm not
'one of thuse that say a thing one time,
and deny it another ; and o, if you've a
‘mind, there’s no more need bLe said about
the matter.” La! Mr Sunook! you hurt
my hand ,” cried Miss Claiinda. ¢ [
wouldn’e for the world,” exclaimed the
ecstatic draper. “Oh! if I could but call
it mine!” And leaning forward on the
counter, he stooped and pressed it eager
-1710 11 Npe™">"Tar Mr -Sweekill azuin
cried the ladv, “how can you be so foolish?
Only consider where we are! Suppese
any body was to come in, whatswould
they think?” ©I don't care what any
body thinks,” said Peter, retainiug the
faintly struggling hand, “I can’t think of
any body but you, and I don’t care who
knowe it.” *‘La! Ideclareif I had
known, I would have sent my apprentice |
for the muslin,” observed Miss Bodkin. |
**Do let my hand go! See! I declare, |
there's certuinly a customer at the door.” |
“Then, tell we, you are not offended ? |
'snid Peter earnestly, and keeping fast |
hold. “No, no,” replied the miliner
‘quickly. “but I should not like to be seen ;
80.” The hand was immediately released
and as the fresh customer was opening
the door, she continued in a gay tone and
maoner, * You really quite terrified
me ! There is a time and a place for all .
things. Give me the muslin now, und— |
I'm sure I don’t kaow what I was going |
to say—but it’s all your fault. ” ¢ Cer-|
tainly, Miss,”” observed Peter, instantly '
resuming his habits of the counter, as the |'
other customer approached, and, folding |
up the muslin with due precision he|'
qaed, “ Any other ixrticle that I can have
the pleasure of showing you Miss?”—
The reply was in the negative, accompa
nied by an arch look and a shake of the
head, which secmed to say, “Oh, you’re
a sad hittle man, Mr Peter Snook, and
can play a double part as well as the rest
of your deceitful sex.”
[N. Y. Transcript.
Recipe for making good cider.—~The
lovers of good cider, saya the Barre Ga
zette, will find the fellowing very simple
!recipe worthy of consideration. Our in
formant has tried this plan for several
years, with entire success, and he assurcs
us that the cider after undergoing the pro
cess, is not iuferior to the best kinds of
wine. |
Take to one barrel of cider, after the
first fermentation, one quart of hard wood
pulverized charcoal, bung up the barrel
tight, alter which let it remain five or six
weeks, then draw it off" into a clean bar
rel. It shonld remain in this way, from
the usual time of .making cider, until
February, when it will become a deli
cious beverage. ‘
’ Fisu Stony. A short time since, says
a French paper, as gome men were fish
ing at the entrance of the Seine, they
caught n small sturgeon, in the stomach
of which was found a portfolio, containing
a number of papers in an excellent state
of preservation, belonging to a naval offi
cer who had beonmxipwreckod & short
time before. His will, discovered a
mong these papers, will enrich a poor sol
dier, who had formerly eaved the deceas
ed officer’s Jify in an engagement, ‘
WARREN, R. I. mu*mnnj. AUGUST 2,.1834.
-| Frox Mexico—Additional, though not
- later latelligence has been raceived ut N.
o |Urleans trom Vera Cruz, We subjomn
e ’lhellbllowmg items : ~ Bad
I| The moto of the Republic beeu
u changed trom *“ God and Liberty ,” 1o
> "*Suntu Anva and Keligiod.? . I'he city
t of Mexico 18 suid to have declived for
t Sunta Aona. The troops stationed at
) Campeacny had likewise declared fos
) ‘Sunta Aona ; but it was supposed that
r ‘lhe place would soon be re-captured, us
' some government (roups were on the
y {narch (o it, and the two vessels of war
3 had been ordered there. T'he State ol
8 Vera Craz also declared for Sunta Anua.
- © A conducta with - $600,000, 14 s
b‘hn pe@t mppad’%r“*.“fiirfiu%
I :
* Santa Auna.
L) In Eoglaud, recently, a man on géing
'to bed, hung up his' watch as usuai, and
19D awaking 1 the moraing, was a guou
fdeal alarmed to tind it had been removed.
T'ho door was locked, und search was
'made in every corner, but mo watch
'could be found. Qa accidentally looking
'iuto a corner for something else, the losi
Twatch was discovered in a lut’s hole, ung
[the ridbun to whicn a seal and key wers
'attached, wlterwards found, forming u
'part of the animals nest prepared for its
[ brood,
It appeucs that the llon. H. A. S.
Dearborn, of Roxbury, is about to
remove from Mussachusetts to the greal
and fertile State of lilinois. “Nor he
alone.” “There is a tide iu the affuire
~ol’ emigration, and the time of this presen:
writing, it is setting, with a strong cur
?rent tuwards that beautiful state, We
hear of tamilies, in every direction, who
are packing up their goods and chattles,
for lllinois. A large mumber will stari
from Middleboro’ aud Duxbury about the
15th of Septeinber nuxt, who are to be
‘Juined Ly other families in the city of N.
York. *“The eastern states are full of
men,”” and we are not surprized that the
euterprising and hardy children of “yan
kee land,” should wish to exchange
these narrow and roeky fields for the
boundiess prairigs of the West,
At the time whien the “Qbio fever,”
was al its height in New KEogland, some
eensible man, who feared that the Atlan
itic States might be enti drained of
their inhnbitu‘gn, ::bli:l}%?l:book, which
gave such a lameatable account of the
perils and sufferings of the se:tlers,that the
fever very suddenly subsided. Whether
any body willl thunk it worth while to check
emigration to lilinois in this way, remains
to be seen. It is certainly destined (o
become a brilliaat constellation in the ga
laxy of the states, and ite future history
will bo none the less brilliant, if it should
be peopled by the sons of the North,
| Taunton Whig.
Cuorera IN Canava. The latest ac
counts are contained in a letter from Que
bec, written on the afternoon of the 16th
instant, which saye that the place has
been sickly for the preceeding three
weeke, About one hundred burials had
taken place within that time, which is
nearly double the usual number. There
are many cases with the usual eymptoms
of cholera ; but no alarm or cessation o
business prevailed. No person much in
town had died ; but there had been deaths
among the settled inhabitants as well as
among the new coiners. ‘A similar state
of things prevailed at Montreal.
A Rac Picker. The French papers
give an account of a rag picker who lived
happily in a blind alley, with his wile and
child, becoming suddenly inflamed with a
| paesion to appear on the boards of trage
|dy, was, in consequence of being dissua
ded therefrom, driven to despair, intem
perance, and suicide. The following is
a translation of his last will : “After hay
{ing well and maturely reflected and sub
‘mitted myself to the tribunal of my own
conscience, 1 have decided (o ronounce
my existence. I declare to all whom it
may concern, that I am the svle author of
the destruction of my commuuity. [ leave
iy wile and child in profound misery, |
aupplicate sociély to remove the thorns
from their path. lam judge, accuser,
and executioner : can there be a moment
more terrible in life 2 Custom, which
has grown into a passion for a subtle and
violent drink, has deranged all my or
gans, and forces me to descend into the
regions of carkness.”
| A gentleman, stopping one evening at
an inn in the north of England, said to
llho maid servant who waited on him, and
who seemed nearly exhausted with the
fatiguing dutiea of her situation—*l have
no doubt, Bally, but you enjoy your bed
when you get into it.”’ “ludeed, no sir,’
she replied, “for as soon as I lie down at
night, I am fast asleep ; and as sovn as |
awake inthe morning, I am obliged to get
up, 90 that I have no enjoyment in my
bed, at all.”
A public dinner is to be givento Sen
ators Welster and Silsbee, nt Salem, ear
ly in August, )
t| Mr. Thomas 3. Allen,was shot through
e , on: Wednesday the 18ih, in the
o, .. ’ :
ets of Hampton, by Major Jobn B.
0 i his death was inmediate. The
o| Norißlk Beacon gives the toliowing ver
y | sion the e:— ¢
. % lodrn that Mr. Allen Wm
1 Hawnpion on Wednesday morniag,
' |ms residence in Y ork couuty,‘ah bis
‘| wite widsghildren, and stopped at the
*| hou ot’lfn. Collier, at the eastern” ex
p uné of the ot?qtreet leading 10 the
' | Draw Bridge. M. ‘A, had come from
d ome with the design ot taking & tg
" {lO the pes i the Steain Boat J
» 2
" | party of pleasure, but some Unexpecte
Lusiics# preveoted, and he remawned
ith his faunly and dined. at Mrs. Col
f lier’s. Shortly after dianer, (between 3
‘ and 4 p’clnck,) Mr. Allen walked up the
street, taking his two little sons with him,
Jund leaviug irs. A. io the porch. He
[had proceeued about 100 yaids, when he
|met Major Cooper, aud tis sou Mr. Geo.
| W. Cuoper. An alercation immediate
|ly took piace, and harsh language was |
laterchanged between Major U, and Mr. t
Allen, We learn that two young men, |
Who were near at the time of the rencon- .
tre, were examined before the inquest,and !«
one of them stated that Mr. Allen struck |t
Major C. several umes with his fist—the ‘:
other deposed tuat Major C. struck the i
first blow. T'he awful resuit was witness- ||
ed by two gentlemen who were passing |
at the moment in the stage for Old Point. |4
The stage had just hove fairly in view :}'
of the parties when they saw Maj C. |,
draw a pistol and level it at the breast of |4
Mr. Allen. ‘The sight of the pistol so |i
terrified the two children of Mr. A. thal J"
they fled with precipitation, crying *¢ oh ! 'f,‘
he is going to shoot ? _ Although these i
‘zen[lgu]eu saw the pis!ul levolleu at Mr m
A. they knowing nothing of what had it
preceded, supposed it was done in sport- '::1
iveness to try the effect on the children,
but did not dream of the design. In a I
moment more the report of the pistol an- uj
nounced the {ell purpose, and iunmediate- | 1o
ly Major C, raised a heavy stick or club ‘v):
and struck the deceased several blows, | o
which felled him to'the earth, alas ! noy- ry
er to rise againo. oi
~ “Jonmons oF THE AFRicAN Siave
Trape. A passenger in the Poland, from
Trinidad, Cuba, iuturms that a few days
belore he sailed, it was reported that a
Spanish named brig had landed a few
miles to'the eastward of that port, about
100 slaves from Africa. When this brig
was about to sail from Africa,a part ol
the slaves on bomd mude their escape,
which 80 much exasperated the Captain,
that he seized upon several memvers ol
the livuschold of the cinets tureatening to
detain them as hostages tll the deserters
‘were returned. Lo this way he succeed
ed in regaining all but six or seven ; but
the natives were so euraged with the
Cnptgnn, that when he went on shore,
they fell upon and put him to death., The
avstages seeing this act from the vessel
and expecting that their turn would come
aext, jumped overboard, and only two or
turee of them succeeded in reaching the
shore, T'he brig then immediately got
auder weigh, in charge of the mate,
I'his report was made by one of the crew
[N. Y. Mercantile.
USE OF GROUND CORN AND
' COBS.
BY MR. OGDEN.
I have been for sometime using corn
and cobs ground together for my cattle,
and with good effect. 1t is an impression
among farmers that there are some nju
rious effects arising from its use. I will
state how they' may be avoided. In the
first place, the corn should be pe: tectly
ripe. In the secoud, a large quantity
should not be ground aut a time, [
should be kept perlectly dry, for a little
will tause the cob to mould. 1o the third,
when this (ood |8 used constaotly, pota
tes or carrots should be given two or
three times a week. With these precau
tions, the cob and corn ground togéther,
will be a wholesome and cheap food for
‘,c.ule. I give my horses eight quarts
per day, and notwithstanding they labor
hard they gain in flesh and perform well,
I grind my corn and cobs in the bone
mill, which will turn out many bushels in
the course of an hour.
A tavernkeeper whose house was in
fested with rats, resolved to try the ex
periment of treating them with a “‘glase
of grog.” He prepared a pan of molas
ey and rum”and placed it in his eellar.
The next'morning he found fourteen of
their ratehips 20 essentially corned, as to
be unable to move. |
1f John Latimer, who left Canada a
bout 9 years since, be still living, he will
hear satisfactorily of his sister, upon in
uiry orby writing to her ut fio. 55,
?Sln,chor-flrut, l('ew York. Editors
will favor the cause of humanity by pub-
Lishing the above. .
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That any
Justice of the Peace or Warden shall and may,
upon his own view and knowlede, or upon the in
tormation or complaintof any freeholder or any
person having a hcense ander this act, issue lius
warrant to apprehend any person selliog or ofiering
for sale any prohibited article as aforesaid, contra
ry to this act, and to seize the article or articles so
otiered for sale, together with all other merchan
dize then with und in the hnmediate possession of"
sach person. And upon trial und conviction of said
offence, such article or articles and merchandize,
together with the carriuge, truck, pack or vehicle
upon or in which the sawe shull have been trans
ported, shall bo forfeited ; one balf to and for
the use of the town or city in which the offence
shall be comwitted. And every person ofiending
shall also be further liable 1o suit, or prosecution
and conviction, according o the provisious of the
first seciion of this act,
Bec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Gen
eral ‘L reasurer sball be and he is hereby authoriz
ed and eu:powered, 1o grant and issue to auy such
persons as he may deem suitable, licenses for of
fering for sale and selling inany town or towns in
this State, the said articles in manner uforesaid,
upon payment of the sum of sixty-five dcllars for
use of the State, and one dollar for his trouble, for
each license by the person upplying therefor ;And{
shall at the tinie of Issuing each license, enter up
‘on a list to be kept for that purpose, tlie name of ‘
the person so licensed, and the date and time of
the expiration of such license : and shall a'so fur
nisi 1o any person who may request it, u state
ment copied from said list of all such liconses as
may be or may have been in force, in any year
designated by the person requesting such stute
wieut. And every such license shall continue in
force for aud during the term of one year from its
date and wo longer ; and shall authorize only the
petson nwined tuerein to sell, and ofler for sale o
aforesaid, and not any other person or persons,
whether pretending 1o be agent or agents of such
persons so licensed or otherwise. ;
l Sec. 47 Aud be it further enacted, That if any
person selliug or oliering for sale, or carrying to be
sold or bartered in manner as in the first section of
this uct mentioned, any of the articles in said sect
ion enutierated, shall after being by any inhabit
ant of this Stute, oruny person having a license
uader this act, distinctly requested to shew his or
her license then in foice uccording to the provisions
of this act, and allow the same to be read, every ‘
such person il sued or prosecuted under this aet,
| shall be adjuged to pay all the costs of such suit
| or prosecation, although it should appear on trial,
‘that he or she had a license duly issued and in
| force at the alleged offence ; and in every mch‘
cuso, the Justice or Warden who shall try the
same, is hereby authorized to enforce the payment |
of such costs by a wiit of execution, if ;the proao-'
cution is by action of debt, and by mittitus, if the
prosecution is by iuformation or complaint,
Sec. 5. Aud be it further enacted, That sn
act entitled ** An act to preveut Hawking and Ped
ling without license’’ pussed at the Janvary Seu-,
ion of the General Assembly, A. D. 1829, and so
much of every act heretofore passed in relation to
‘hawking and pedling us is r«ru;nmt to this act, be
‘and the same is hereby repealed : Provided howey- |
er, thatull persons now holding unexpired licenses '
‘ouder the uct hereby repenled, shall have the li‘hc‘
aud be entitled to sell and ofler for sale under and
by virtue of the same, until the expiration tboreof.'
according to the terms thereof reapectively, in the
same manner and with the same rights and privi- |
leges and subject to the same penalties in all re- ‘
spects, as though the same had been grauted an
der and by virtue of this set: And provided fur-|
ther, that nothing in this act shall be construed in |
[N. Y. Farmer.
any manner to atiectany suit or prosecution which
has been or hereafter may be commenced for the
heretafore violation of any of the provisions of the
act heroby repealed ; but the same shall be pre
procndej in, in the o;mc manner & with the same
effect 10 all intentsan pnrfnm as though this act
had not been passed. I'rue eo(w—wiu-.
HENRY BOWEN, Sec'ry.
AN ACT authorizing cortain Military Officers to
| take their engugements,
Bo it enncted by the General Awembly, and by
the anthority thereof it is enacted, That all milita=
ry oilicers who have not taken their engngementa
LAWSOF R.ISLAND.
. | STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROV}.
e DENC:. PL NTATIONS.
.| B General Assenibly, June Scesion, 1684,
AN ACT 0 regulate the taking of Shell Fish,
S e::d“.. town of Wasren,
0 eit enacted by the General Assembly, and
n| Py the suthority thereof i enacted, That no
Pei=on or porsons not an in it of this State,
¥ hull lake o carry awny fr e shores or wa
©|'ers in the town of Wa3 Clams or other
- ;nell tish, in any Qh.odu ln-'l;:l
¢ {LY any oug person, or one day, under
" l{. mt‘li of rmbnhgfc every such offence,
the eudd of tan doilirs, 10 be recovered upon in*
{c -'m; or complaint made before any two
% w 8 of Ihe Puuob:tfluta i the une h;n‘l
AL R e # '.“”‘
a| ©him who shalr inform and prosecute for the
same. True copy— witness,
3’ HENRY 80. EN, Sec’ry.
*[AN ACT to prevent HawXking and Peddling with- |
k out license in this State, |
, gECTION l. Be it enucted, by the General
: Assewbly, and by the suthority thereof it is |
enacted, Thut no person wuless licensed as here- ||
| inafter provided, shall hereafter ne a Hawker or |
| Pedler, sell or otter for sale uny feathers, indigo, |
| tin ware, silver ware, plated ware, glase ware,
Jewelry, combs, brushes, essences, bouks, silks, |!
:tuble clothe, table coveriugs, oil cloths, counter- | g
panes, bed quilts, bed coverings, damask cloths, |
jdiupeu, or cloths of other walerials, sewing siik, i
| elocks or paper, or shull carry the sawe or uny of
them through, or iuto any town within this State, | F
to be sold or bartered from pucks, horses, carts, |t
trucks, or other vehicles, under the penalty of for-!g
feiting the sum of twenty dollars : to be recovercdlv
by an action of debt, or information os complaint,
and warrant in behalf of the State, before any é
Justice of the Peace or Warden ; one half thereof, |
to and for the use of the person who shall sug, com | V
plain or prosecute for the same, and the other half ;e
’lo and for the use of the town or city, in which p
{the prosecution shall be commenced. = And every | o
individual sale or offer for sale, made contrary to
'lho provisions of this act, shall be deemed and | P
Coustrued as a distinct and seperate offence under | W
this act ; und the person making the same shall be |Jo
’liable to be prosecuted therefor us such, in the man th
ner provided in this act : And the person suing,
informing or complaining by virtue of this act, | [
shall, iuall such cuses be u competent witness on |P!
the trial. de
WHOLE N 0.443.,
ou their respective commissions, be and they ar
hereby severally cdlw%-u take their
ments thereon, withia thirty days from llnm
of this ¢ ssewbly : which -Lll c ap effectual as
though taken wibh the time prescribed by law. -
T". "Wi!m.
mRY BOWEN, Sec'ry.
1| [ From the Addeges of pne! Convear
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A ggw ot theOhartar, and tho oar-
R ) FROCIIER; We 40Al e
e | still g’m " épposed ¥S phoos
ent law 45.t6 the true intention of our
predecessors. The Charter vests the e~
.. |lection of ‘Freemen in the General As»
sembly, and prescribes no qualification.—
| The Company being a land Compuay,
s | with powers of government annexed, and
" {having in view to improve and settle their
" |territory as fast as possible, it would have
, | been natural for them,indépendentl) of the
, |[reason that landed property was then
-{almost the only property, to prefer
» {such members as would take an interest
¢lio the cultivation of the svil. The Com
,ipany was empowered by the Charter to
, {transpcrt to the Colony, for its plantation
-land defence, such persons.as might be
‘lwiiling to accompany them ; and the emi
'{grants became farmers, as a matter of
|course. The Assembly therefore, in fa
, | vorably regarding the agricultural inter
i est, evidently had no political design; and
' [practiced no restriction, in the sepse in
|which a landed requisite is one, at the
| present time. 'The requisite of admission
|was not made a political instiument till
long after. There is reason to believe
that they looked more to the fitness of tho
person proposed for admission than to his
property in land ; though almost every
decent person in those times was a land
owuer of course. These were inhabit
ants not freemen, but their number must
have been small. To show “the. sense
of the Legislature on the subject of qual
ifications, we ask your attention to some
of their Acts.
The Act of March, 16634, declared,
“That all persons whatsoever, that are
inhabitants within this Colony,and admited
freemen of the same, shall and may have
liberty to vote for the electing of all gen
eral officers in this Colony, &c. as is ex
pressed in the Charter of the Colony.”
It also enacted *‘That no person shall
be elected to the place of a cr:puly to sit
in the General Assembly of this Colony,
but those that are freeholders therein,
and freemen of the same.”
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ent
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In the same year it was further declar~
ed “That all men professing Christianity,
wnd of competent estates,* and of civil
conversation, who acknowledge and are
obedient to the civil magistrate, though of
different judgements in religious arfaim,
(Romaun Catholica only excepted) shall
be admilted freemen,” and be permitted
lo choose officers, and to be eligible to
office.
No estate of any kind is required by
the first act ; and none of any fixed value
by the last, to make a freeman. It prob
ably varied, both 1 kind and quantity,
with the opinion entertained by the As
sembly of the applicant’s character and
demeanor. It is important to notice the
distinction made between the electors and
those who might be elected deputies to
the General Assembly. The electors
were to be frcemen—-admitted at first
without any specified qualification, and
next upon having “‘competent” estates: ~
the deputies must have estates in land ,
be freeholders, and freemen, N e i
‘ The act of 1665 continues the quali
'cation of “competent estates,” with
(defining them. (Page 154 of old d.
l In 1566 it was enacted, that the
'men of each town shall have ‘“full powee
igrnnwd them to admit so many’ persons,
inhabitants of their reepective towns, free~
lmc-n of their towns, as shall be by @Jn
adjudged deserving thereof.” It was
'made the duty of the town-clerks of all
the towne, once a year, 10 send a list of
ail the freemen admitted in their respec
tive towns to the General Assembly, the
day befoie the election ; and of the gene
ral recorder to enroll in the Colony’s
book “such persons that shall be sp re~
turned, and admitted freemen of the Col«
ony.”t
Zi‘h« desert here spoken of must hawe
been good character, and usefulness to
the Colony. The towns might and no
doubt did consider wome to be desurving
of admission who owned no land, und ofh«
ers to be unfit who did.
It was enncted in 1724, that po person
should be udmitted n frceman unless he
were a freeholder of lands, &c. of the val
use of 100 pounds, or to the value of 40
shillings a year ; or the eldest son ole;‘
a freeholder ; “‘any other act, custon or
usage to the contrary hercof notwithe
standing.” '
In 1730 it was edacted ‘“That u&
son whateoever shall be admitted o
man of dny town in this Colony unicss
be be a frecholder of lands, &e.: o ithy