The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, December 24, 1756, Page 4

st S S - - o) e . Good will to men that dwell below, Le: peace on earth eternal flow ; Thus heaveuly brealts in fiiendfhip glow. Let men redeem'd their joys refound, And angels pleas'd return the found ; Since wildly through th’ abandon'd tkies, Th’ arch rebel in confufion flies, And a new heaven ard earth take place, Which Adam’s fons reftor’d fhall grace. s Of Goop BRreErDING. b THE Charaller of a ave/! bred Man cannot be drawn to Fe Perfe&ion™ by any.but Dramatick Writers ; becacle they only ‘have the Power of placing him to Advaatage in particular Circumftances and Relations. .fé Other Writers muft be content with general Defcripti- ons, it being as great a Difficulty to define Good Breeding ™ in the Abftra®t, as Moral Virtue, which depends upon Cir- B cumftances, and the Relations in which one Man ftands to O another ; but like Virtue too, it corfills in 2 happy Me- (5' diocrity between two Extremes, of which Bluntne/s is the ' ¥ one, and fawning ferwility the other. © A awell bred Man hath in his Behaviour an equal Mix- g‘—ture of Modefly and Boldnels, of Loguacity and Taciturnity, of Freedom and Referve, and of every other Quality, that %2 Degree which is ufeful or commendable, but whofe Ex- tremes are either criminal or ridiculous. Such a Man is al- YU ways condejcending, without falling into the Meannefs of ©_ Adoration : He is not backward in profefling, but more fo- -~ licitous in doing AQs of Beneficence : He is not {crupulous © of owning his Regard for Merit, and of giving it due Prai e, 5 for Fear of being thought a Flarterer ; nor of exprefling a 8 jult Diflike of Vice however dignify'd, to avoid the Imputa- tion of Rigidne/s. In fhort, all his A&ions flow froma -4 +good Heart, and are noble, generous, fincere, uniform and ' graceful. su. If thefe Obfervations be true, Good Breeding is a focial " Virtue: It is Bemewolence brought into. A&ion with all the " Advantages and Beaaty of Proportion and Symmetry. = « Complaijance is indeed its Refemblance, as a Shadow is of a Subftance ; but Complaifance is only the Varni/s, Good- Breeding is the real Beauty of the Soul, made vifible, and £ fet in the faireft Point of Light. The only Difference a;}tberefore between the virtuous anc the well-bred Man is, that the latter feems to a2 his Part in Life with a fuperior = Grace. ‘ - PORT S§MOU T H. Laft Friday, Monday and Thurfday we had fevere :;3 ftorms of fnow, the wind for the moft part blowing at > N. E. and E. which fwelled the tidesand did fome da- mage to our fhipping, but we daily expe@ to hear of L greater fuftain'd elfewhere on.our Coaft. !'::: Capt. Jamesand Bethune and another veffel bound for £ Bofton, are fill here waiting for a wind. ns A To the PrinTER, Be pleafed toinfert this in ane of your Papers. 1t is well known, that fome Gentlemen Divines of great Judgment and Learning, have aflerted, That our.Firft gatenta Tranfgreflion in Eden is by no Means imputed ta B P S Ry R e~ Markind: ‘Upon which fuppofition, T beg Leave to query, Whether Ideots or Infants, who die befcre they are guilty ot attual Impiety, have any Need of Chrift's Merits ; or if they have, wherein this Neceflge confifts ? It any Gentleman would be pleafed to favour me witha Plain and fatisfattory Account of this Matter, it will greatly = | oblige one defirous of Trath. L §G L be printer of this paper aill always take pleafure to oblige either bis readers or cuftomers, by inferting any thing for the benifit or amufement of th: public: but be is apprebenfive, ¢ that the commencament of any dijputes or queries in or about religion, awill not give thut fatisfatiion to bis readers awbich they may juflly expedl, according to the intent and defignof the papcr, as may be feenin No. v. The [ubjelt of the above 7, query rather becomes a pampblet than a gazette, awhich be i1 willing to make public, if [uid dijputes or queries (bould jfwel{ £ ever Jo large, provided there be a good jubfcription, R ADVRETISEMENTS. Stolen from Daniel Jackfon of zhis Town, laff Friday Evening out of bis Skep, Part of two Pieces ~ «f Broad Cloth, about 26 Yard:, one a Copper Mixture, the. ' other alight Drab. Whoever fball apprebend [aid Thief, F 5 that faid Jacklon may bave bis Clith again, fhall hatl. Tweniy Pounds O/ [en. Reward, and ad neceffary Charges paid by faid Duniel Jackfon. :‘ ; N. B. If the Perfon, who has taken faid Cloth, will retarn. . it bimfelf, or convey it to the Quwucr, there fhall be mo Queffi ans afk d. Portfmcuth, December 17. : ¥ & % All Perfons indebted to, or baving any Demands on the Eftate of John Farrah, late of Epping, deceas’d, are defired to bring in their Accounts to Ezckiel Brown of Epping, Adminifirater to faid Eflate, in order to ~ Settlement. e e s AR A R D et P ) S A To be Sold by Samuel Griffith, Cuoice SwakerooT and ORANGE W ATER, diffilled from good Barbaces Rum, Cheap for Cafb. b Carme to Jonathan Blunt’s of Chefter * an old browwn MARE with an old Saddle and Bridle, on tl_u« | z24th of November laffi : The Owner may bave ber agein paying Charges. — — —— ——————— ~———— —————— ———— Englith Cordage to be Sold by Sobm Nelfon, Cheap for Dol'ars or Famaica Fith. * Thefe are to give Notice, that the |, Houfe, Land and Barn now in the Occupation of Mr. Daniel Lunt g¢7d Mr. Nebemiah Whecler, fir for a private Man or for Trading, fromting on the man Street that leads inte 1he Town of Portfmouth: Jaid Houfe is new and all finifbed. Any Perfon that has a Mindto purckafe faid Houfe, Sc. may Inquire of Hunking Wentworth, E/g; of faid Port/mouth. Portfmouth, Dec. 3. 1756. et s - . s eremrd. PORTSMOUTH, in NEW. HAMPSHIRE, Pritted by Daniel Fouwle, where this Paper may be had at One Dallar per Aonwm, or an Equivalent in Dills of Credit, Computing 2 Dollar at Four Pound, 40 /. to be paid at Entrance.