The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, March 31, 1758, Page 3

wuch as may be, Crimes fo reproackful 1o any People may aot be found among us, or that the Perpetrators of them gay be brought to condignPunijbment,andhave ac- cardirg prepared a Bill for thoje Purpofes, which ave doubt not will meet with your Excellency’s Approbation, The good Time is at Length arrived, when we may retrieve the Miftakes we have committed in the Condu& of the prefent War. We have endeavoured at an immenfe Charge, only to lop the . Branches, without laying the Ax to the Root of the Tree. A united and vigorous Attempt upon Canada has been ‘Jong defir'd and expected, as the beft Methad to de- - cide the Conteft between us and. our perfidious Ene- mies ; and to dry up the Source of thofe Calamities which we have feverely felt from the French and their Savage Allies. Agreeable to our Wifhes, we are now call’d upon to carry the War into the Heart of the Enemy’s Country ; and if we exert ourfelves with Spirit, fuch a Spirit as Neaw England has difcovered upon fome former. Occafions, we have the faireft Profpet, by the Blefing of Heaven, of deftroying at a Biow, that Power that has fo long harraft us, and threatned our Degtra&ion, Delanda ¢ff Carthago ; Canada muft be ' “deftroyed, is the Voice of the Sovereign ; Let it be propagated along our Coaft ; let it penetrate our Woods—Let it eccho from our Hills and Vales, and roufe the Sons of New-England to Arms. Never had a People more to fight for and defend than we ; never was a Call to Aion more ffrong and piercing. Can we forbear to rife at once and make @ united and animated EBffort to fecure to our Jelves and to our Pofierity, all that is warth poffeffing ? ~—1Is there 3 Man among us, who can look with la- difference upon the prefent Crifis ? Is there 2 Man whofe Bofom does not g'ow withan honeft Ardor, to defend his ineftimable Right as a Britith Subject ; his Religion as a Proteftant ; and the fair Inheritance which our Fathers have tran{mitted to us ? —to vindi- _cate the Honor of the beft of Kings, and to revenge the Encroachments, the Infults, the Breach of Trea- ties, and the unexampled Cruelties we have fo long endured. What Numbers of our “Anteflors in for- stier Days, and our Brethren morelatily 5 awhat Num- Bers of tender Women and innocent Ghildren, have pin’d away in a giferable Captivity ;5 or been murdered and ealped by rench and their Indians, whom they Jupport and flimulate 1o praclife thele Barbarities.— Bat perhaps the Time 1s coming, when righteous Heaven will regard Sighs that hawve been fent [from gloomy Dungeons, Prayers prefer’d in Bitternels of Soul, wnd the Cry of Blood, fhed hike Water, in Violation of pli%htcd Faith,& in a Manner fhocking to Homanity. 'f: Waris in any Cifcumftances lawful ; if it was ever right ; if it was ever noble fora People t6 fecure their Lives, their Privileges and Poflefiions, by totally Jubdaing a lawlefs and inhuman Enemy ; certainly we muft be juftified, we muft be applauded, and may hope ig\id of Heaven, in attempting the Con- queft of Canada : A Conquelt to which we are provoked by eévery Motive that can warm a brave and generous Heart. And if ever we engage in this moft important and glorious Enterpriz¢, when can we expedt fo favour- able an Opportunity as the Prefeac? Our gracious Sovereiga has provided a large Armathent, both by Sea and Land, to co-operate with us ; the Difcou- fragement of which the Provincial Officers have jultly complain’d is now taken away ; & they are advanc’d toan equal Rank with the Britith: An Honor which ft is' hoped they will prove themfelves worthy te wear. ~The Britith Miniftry and Nation are ardent- Jy intent upon this grand Defign ; and freely contri- bute the largeft Supplies tofupport and effetuate it. w=Infhort, the Spirit of the -Mother Country, and the Afiiltance it affords us upon this Occafion, equal if not exceed our moft fanguine Expetations. - Bat amidtt all thefe occuring Crrcumftances, {o a- dapted to raife the moft pleafing Hopes ; it is Pity that by forgetting divine Frovidence and multiplying onr Sins, we fhouid provoke Heaven again to difap- point us: Of what Importance is it that we all reform our Mapners, we have lately and very fealonably been reminded by a Proclamation from the Govern- ment. It is haped then, that the People of Neav- England will engage in this Enterprize, with that Spirit.of Piety, as well as true Bravery, which has formerly fucceeded our Attempts, and rais’d our Reputation.— Our Duty is plain, to exert ourfelves with the utmoft Vigour, upon the prefent Occafion; ~—the grand Event is at the Difpofal of Heaven. If we religioully perform the firft, we may hope the beft for the latter. . 8o agreabje were theContents of Mr,S——y P—s Letter, which was laid before the Court by his E—y, that the Houfe unanimoufly voted a Compliance with what was recommended ;. and notwithftanding f{uch great Nambers of our People have lately entered into the King’s Service, as Soldiers,Rangers, Battoe Men, Ship and Houfe Carpenters, and Boat-Builders ; yet fuch was the Zeal of our Government, that they vot- ed to raife 7000 Men, for the prefent Expedition. On. Wednefday lai} a Subfcription was fet on Foot by the General Court, to borrow a Sum of Meney to pay the Bounty givén by the Government to encourage the Infifting of Soldiers for the prefent Expedition ; when, notwithflanding. the unhappy Circumftances of this Metropolis, and the enormous Taxes already paid, which amounts to 13s. and 6d. | per Pound, on the Incomes of Eftates, the Gentle- . men of the Town efigaged in it with foch Alacrity, that in lefs than twenty:four Hours, there was fub- fcribed near Taventy | howfand Pounds Sterling. Arnd . as theGentlemen from ali other Parts of the Province likewife engage in it with the {ame Spirit, it is ex- compleated. : ‘ Friday Nir}* laft an Exprefs came to Town from Hatfield, and nforms, That on Tuefday lat as a Scout was out from Colrain, they difcovered the Tra& of an Enemy, upon which they immediately acquainted the Fort, when Lieut. Hawks, Comman- der of the Fort, difpatched four Men to the neigh- bouring Toewns to inform them of the fame 5 fome- time after the Enemy appeared, about 70 in Num+ ber, burnt his Houfe and Barn, kill’d three Cattle, fome Sheep, &c. fat down roafted fome Meat and fill'd their Bellies ; after that they attack’d the Fort, which had but 8 Men ineit, and engaged it fmartly for three Hours, when they went off, firft telling the Commander, that he might expeét them the next Day with 3000 Men. Major Hawley with the Northampton Regiment is gone in Quelt of the Enemy. Capt. Metcalfin 14 Days from Halifax, arrived here Yefterday, and informs, That Capt. M'Known 3 Days alter he left this Place, was met by a French Privateeer of 4 Guns, which came up fo faft, that he and his People were abliged to take to their Boat and get athore at LeHave ; from whence they went over to Malagafh, where the Schooner Monkton lay, and acquainted her of thefame, when fhe immedi- ately went in Queft of them, foon came up with and retook Capt. M‘Known’s ¥effel, with 7 Frenchmen which the Privateer had put on. board, te carry her to Louifbourg, when the Privateer made off : Capt. Metcalf laft Tuefday Week faw a French Privateer take a Schooner, which is fuppos’d to be Capt. Car- rel from this Place, bound to Halifax ; he was chas’d 24 Hours, at different Times, but being a good Sai- lor got clear. e ’Tis faid the Prifoners carried into Halifax report, that 2 French 60Gan Ships had arrived at Louifbourg from Old France with Soldiers. ‘ o _We hear from Rhode-Hland, That on the 14th Inftant the General Aflembly of his Majefty’s Colony of Rhode-Ifland and Progidence, PlantationsinNew- England, then fitting by Adjournment at South-King- fion, the Honourable STEPHEN HOPKINS, Eiq; was that Day chofen Governor of faid Colony, in the Room of the Hon, WiLr1am Green; Efg; de- ceafed. . Extraf of a Letter from Halifax, dated March 16. “ The Day before Yefterday arrived here the Boreas, a 36 Gun Frigate, Capt. Boyl, in 6 Weeks from St. Helens ; by which there is an Account, That Sir Charles Hardy fail'd 8 Hours before, in the Cap- tain, of 70 Guns,Amhurft Commander, for thisPlace. Admiral Bofcawen is coming with 1 2 Sail of theLine, 4 of them three Deckers, go and 8o Guns, the Reft 60 and 70 Gun Ships, and 16 Frigates of 36 Guns, with a Number of T'ranfports, 8ooo T'roops on board, which were to embark from Ireland by theBeginning of February, and the wholé Fleet to fail early in March : The Admiral commands by Sea and Land, and will inveft Louifbourg immediately on his Ar- rival,without touching here ; and Sir Charles Hardy will cruize off the Coaft, with the Ships now here, *till he meets the Fleet ; they are fitting out with all LExpedition to put out direétly after Sir Charles’s Arrival : Capt. Rous in one of the 5o Gun Ships fails the firt Wind on a Cruize off Loaifbourg :— Capt. Boy took a French Privateer Schooner on thie Banks, of 10 Gunsand 80 Men ; fhe had taken two Ships from London bound to this Place : The Frenchmen fay five other Privateers are now out from Louifbourg.” Another Letter of the fame Date, fays, That Sir Charles Hardy was arrived in a Harbour about 10 Leagues from Halifax. Extral? of a Letter from A/&any, dated Mareh 20. *« Major Rogers has been attack’d by a Thoufand French and Indians : He had two Hundred Men with him, and ten Officets, out of which he and a Licutenant and fifty-feven Men only efcaped. He fays he hath killed at leaft two Hundred Men, and brought eight Scalps with him.” X Other Accoants fay, that the Major firft came upon a large Body of the Enemy near Ticonderago, apon whom he fired and killed at leaft fifty, upon which a greatNumber came out of the Fort and attacked him, whom he drove back into the Fort again ; bat at laft was attack’d by fuch Numbers as obliged him to retreat to Fort Edward as well as he could. ’Tis hoped that many of his Men who were mifling and difperfed in the Woods, may in Time return to the Fort. Saturday la& fell down to King-Road, in order to proceed on ker Cruize, the Proviace Ship of War King George, Captzin Berjamin Hallowell, Cosa- mander, ; PAQRTETSMOUTA. Friday the 14th of April next, is appointed by Authority to be obferved as a Day of publick Fait- ing,Humiliation and Prayér throughout this Province. The Capiains 1'hompfon, Bartlet, Odiorne, Grif - fith, and Goodwin, all from this Place, and Captaia — ~ Tucker of York, are arrived at Barbados. petted the Sum wanted isa!ready or will foon be © ; _ Féar, and informs, That off Cape,Hateras (not off . the Capes ef Virginia, as is mention’d in the Bofion Capt. Keating arrived here lalt Week from Cape Gaz¥te) hie was chafed by a Snow, and fired at fe- veral Times ; the laft Shot fell within 100 Yards of him : He’s fatisfied that fhe was formerly the Maf- fachuletts Province Snow, Prince of Wales, takem by the French laft Year, as he well knew her. e & A Carrier from this Town to Cafco- Bay, hath been found to be of public as aell as private Seswice to the feveral Towns thro’ wbhich be rides ; and as Mr. Sayward bas rode for the pafi Year, who entively depended upon the Subjcription of Gintlemen and other Jmall Profits be expected to make at bis firfi En- trance, be therefore bumbly bopes they will pleafe to pay bim what they bawve.obliged themfelves, and furthet encourage bim in the Jame Serwice, or be mufi feek other Employment. And all Perfons who have taken the Portfmouth-Gazette of bim, are defired to pay him as Joan as poffible. : NN§ Whereas it was proposd in thi Paper fome Time ago to engage a fuitable Perfon to —— c— - _ride as a Carrier onv: a Week from this Town, through “the Towns of Greenland, Stratham, Exeter, Kingftos,. Chefter, Londonderry; Nottingham, “Dunftable, end to return back by Merriiack and Litchfield 5 10 Je? out from hence on Fridays at 12 0’Clock ; there being a Number then awho would bawve encouraged this Under - taking, but a proper Perlon not appearing, it was drop’d; This is to give NOTICE, that the [aid Propofal is again renewed by a greater Number, who bave promil- ed 1o promote it, if a Juitable Perfon appears tooffer, and will trawvel the Road, avhowill then be able 1o judge awbhether the Encauragement offer’d awill be fulfi- cient to fupport the Charge. A Perfon who lives at Greenland, Stratham, o Exeter, and inclires to un - dertake ity will have no Occafion to return to this Tows *till Thiir(days unlefs fome extraordinary Bufinefs (houid obligs bim. _Subfcriptions are taken in by Capt. Jo:.. nathan Blant 2 Chefter, Mr. James Ewens 4# Lon- donderry, and by the Printer beréof. NY Perfon that hath ;—x;y "%/old Pewter to difpofe of, may have Eighteen Shillings Old Tenor, in Cafh, a Pound, or Twenty - Shillings Oid Tenor in New Pewter, or any other Sorts of Goods : Likewife Twenty Shillings Old Tenor for Old Brafs or Copper, by Fames Gooch, at the Sign of the Plats, next Door but one to the Poft-Office in Portfmouth. Porifmouth, March 30, 17 59. TO BE SOLD by the PrinTkr hereof ’I HE Family Companion ; or, The OECONOMY of HUMAN LIFE. First and SeconD ParT. . ~ The ConTENTS of which, are as follows : Of Confideration, Modefly, Application, Emulation; Prudence, Fortitude, Contentment, Lemperance, Hope and Fear, Joy and Grief, dnger, Pity, Defire and Love, Huf band, Father, Son, Brothers, Wife and Ignorant, Rich and Poor, Mafiers and Servants, Magifirates and Subjeéts, Benevolence, Fuflice, Charity, Gratitude, Sincerity, Of the buman Frame and Siructure, Of the Ufe of the Sexfes, The Soul of Man, its Origin and Affeitions, Of the Period and Ufes of Human Life, Vanity, Inconflancy, Weaknefs, Of the Infufficiency of Knowledge, Mifery, Of Fudgment, Prefumption, Covetoyfnels, Profufion, Revenge, Cruelty, Hatred aid Envy, Heavine/s of Heart, Nobility and Ho- nour, Scienteand Learning, Profperity and Adverfity, Pairi and Sitknefs, Death. Price 24 5. Old Tenor. There was fuch a great Demand in Lonpow, for the above Book, that it went thro’ five or fix Edi:ions in a fhort Time to what other Bocks does. At the above Place alfo to be Sold, A Prefent for an Apprentice : Or, A Sare Guide to gain both Effeers and Eflate. With Rules for his Conduét to his Mafter; and in the World, By a late Lorp Mavcr of Lowdm. * The ConTenTts of which, are as follows, viz. Of Lying, Difbonefly, Connivance, Fidelity, Temperance, Pleafure, Excefs,in Eatirg, in Drinking, fir:j/, Goweri- ment of the Tongue, Talking of one's Self, I/l natured Fefis, Offending Women, Family Secrets;, Secrets repofedin gou, One’s own Secrets, Expeitations, Qther People’s Quarrels, Tale bearing, One’s.own Quarrels, Affability, Frugality, Your ‘Mafler's Cafb, Induftry, The Value of Time, Corm- pany, Men of Senje,The Vuigar, Sots, Falfe Complaifance, £ &, e, & ; . PORTSMOUTH.