The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, May 5, 1758, Page 1

v Fripay, May k. x758. - New-Hampfhire - " Containing the Frefbeft Advices From the NEW AMERICAN MAGAZINE. To Syivanvs Americanus, Author of the Nxw AMERICAN MAGAZINE, v i 5 IRy : , The following little Indian Pieceawas found lately, as Jome Labourers avere digging a Well, wrote in Hiero- ‘glyphicks, wpin a Kind of Bark of curious Workman- ip,inclos’d in an Earthen Urn. The Interpreter informs me, thats from [ime Circiimflances, be be- liewes the Speaker was Chicf of the Manta’s, a Tribe of the Delaware Nation ; abhich Tribe, at the Ar- ¢ival of the Englith, inbabited formeavhere about the City of Burlington, in Welt Jerfey. 1t fecms to bave bien delivered towards the Conclufion of a rainons War, in a national Council. The Tranflator, defpairing of doing Fuflice to the laconick Spirit and gmanly Force of the Original, has adapted it to mo- dern Ears, by which, doubtlefs, much of the Fire is 3 lfifl. 3 . OTHING, O my Friends, has fill'd my Soul with more pungent Grief, or brought my hoary Head nearer the Grave, than the calamitous Suc- 9 cels of this War, begun under the Aufpices of Heaven, on Grounds jufter than which never animated the. Sword of our Heroes ; but in- finite Wifdom, for Ends hidden from our Eyes, per- pyits the Enemy to trinmph in Univerfal Succefs. You know my Voice has ever been for an hon- ourable Peace ; you have witnefled, Brethren, my indefatigable Endeavours to fave the Blood of Thou- fands, bot never at the Expence of Honour or Li- berty ¢ For them this withered Arm fhall yet hurl " the Dart, and point the Arrow. Qur perfidious Ene- mies, evér hiarbouring our Deftruftion, who outwit us in War and undermine us in Peace, have now rovok’d our moft fiery Vengeance ; it once was éry Vengeéance ! They have now beheld, through tlie thin Covering of - Boafting .and Rhodomontade, | opr naked Weaknefs 5 yes, they have now foil’d us, | O Shame ! in our own BFigldos. o0l o 8, _ Had ye not vanquifh’d yourfelves, O ye People, the Rancocas had not beaten your Warriors ;' Sunk in Bloth, and debilitated with Effeminacy, you fuf- = ferd the Spirit of your Fathers, that Spirit by which this Nation gain’d immortal Renown, to evaporate, while you yét retain the Name of Mantas, and fondly imagine, that the borrow’d Arts of Luxtry but made you better Men and better Citizens, You have felt your Miftake, as yet but very gently ; but REFORM or sUFFER, is the Cry which muft roufe you, if ever you efcape Deftruflion. . . 384 Begin every Individual with himfelf,and theWork is'well nigh compleated : It is of abfolute Neceflity, that you re@ify Diforder at Home, before you con- quer abroad : Say not your Conftitution the moft excellent and moft neglected, is perfe&t, and wants not. Amendment : Time and Accidents,. which fap .Moiintdins, will ‘render fpiritlefs the beft contrived Lawsandwell-founded Caftoms. Regard well there- fore what is amifs in publick Condu&, ye Sages, and apply a fpeedy Remedy ; for Delays are dangerous, emphatically dangerous, to national Demands. You are not ignorant, that among the Warriors are weak and corrupt Men, of {candalous Lives, and Cantemners of God: You know, :that, as if you were in Jeft, you commifion Boys and Children, (who have more Need of a Difhclout) to command that Force, which, utder Providence, ought to be the Safe gudid of our Lives, our Liberties, and Pro- perties. Can you expe®, with Modefty, that the AlmighityRegards will reft with fuch Armies ?* What avails it; that you guard your Caftles on the Fron- tiers ? Is the Country the fafer, or the Enemy at ail hindered ? When they glrefent themfelves at your Gates, you furrender. How do the young Men fpend their Time at the Caftles which remain ? ¥ Your Commands are, that they. penetrate the Coun- try of your Adverfaries; deftroy their Towns, and carry away Captive their Wives and Children: ‘How many Tnftahces have you of this being done? One or two ‘patriot Strokes you can mention :- And you “think your Duty difcharged in recommending ‘it, when ye ought, ye Chieftains, to head the Bands, and fet the glorious Example. St “You fee the' Land depopulated; and the Tribes araund, at your Expence, enriched with Wealth and with People, flourithing in Commerce and the Arts o Newbury and County of li'oré of Life ; you cannot reftrain the Departure of your People ; butit is your Daty, and it 1s in your Power, by opening the Sluices of Trade, and the Elablifh- meént of all Kinds of Manufa&ures which /ndians ufe, to render their Homes delightfil and eafy. Dive into the Caufes of this fatal Decline, O Sachems! Refle@& with Remorfe on the fupine Negligence of former Rulers, and Yourfelves ! Do yoa not poffefs an excellent Country, abounding in good Things ? And have you not been greatly wanting in its Popu- lation and rational Improvement.? Thereby forget- ting your Duty to the Publick, Yourfelves, and a- bave all, to GOD, who conftituted you his Stewards, to render happy Yourfelves, your Neighbours, and every Thing about you. : . .. But the Way to attone for paft Mifcondud, is to apply the prefent Hour with double Vigour. Sink not, [ befeech you ; for I fee you mov’d, even to Tears, at this Reprefentation. Shake off that Le- thargy, which hangs upon you like 2 gnawing Ser- pent ; from henceforth, let every Maa of this Au- dience be, what he ought to be, juft to himfelf, and he will be fo to othérs. The Enemy is bow at our Doors ; let us make them reafonable Propofals for a {olid and lafting Peace : If they accept them not, we will, O Delawares ! One and All, draw oar Bows ; there is no Medium between Liberty and Death : loft as ‘we aré to the Spirit ot Liberty, for the Manes of our Anceftors, and for the Glory of our Name, we will die or_conquer. : 304 304 30t 10+ 10+ 204 304 JOk 10+ 0+ JO+ 104 04 Y04 O 04 JOF 304 208 204 By Capt. Gardner from Briflol, and Capt. Jacocks Jrom London, who arrived at Boflon laft Week, in 7 Weeks Paffage, we bawe the following F R E S H ADVICES. L EGHO RN, (in Italy.) Fan. 24. HE laft Letters from Barbary bring us Accounts of dreadful Earthquakes in theCountry of Con- ftantipe fituated between Algiers and Tunis ; and fay, that the greateft Part of the Capital of that Kingdom has been fwallowed up or overthrown,and feveral 1600 of the Inhabitants have perifhed. [What city is méant here { The Bruflels gazetteer relates every thing in fo bangling a manner, that it is very ofteh impoflible to underftand his accounts.] : . Daxrzick, (in Poland,) Fan. 25. We learn by 2 Courier from. Konifberg, that on:the z2d Inftant ~ an advanced Party of the Ruflian Army enter'd the Capital of Pruffia, and that General ["ermer was ex- pedied every Moment with fome thoufand Men and that tho’ the Ruflians behaved with all the good Order immaginable, feveral Perfons of all Ranks were retired with their beft Effe&ts.—It is a Paint determined, that as foon as the Snow is thawed, fo that the Paffes may be clear, great Part of the Ruf- fian Army will make long Marches in Pomerania, and at the fame Time another Body-of thofe Troops will crofs Poland, in otder to make a new Diverfion in Silefia. The Ruffian Troops that have already enter’d into Pruffia amount to 31,000 Men. Leirsic, (in Germany,) Feb. 2. Itbeing impof- fible for this City to pay the 800,000 Crowns lately demanded by the King of Pruffia, his T'roops have begun to proceed to military Execution. : %’ARIS, (in France,) Feb. 4. On Wednelday laft in the Afternoon the Count de Clermont fet out for Germany, in order to take the Command of an Army there.—There has been great Talk for fome Days of a Treaty propofed by the Hanoverians, whereby they are to remain Neutér.—By an Arret of .the King’s Countil of State, the Free Gift de- manded of the Clergy of Metz is fix’d at 140,000 Livres. Inspruck, Feb. 6. The Pope has granted a bull to the Ele@or of Bavaria, permitting him to levy on the clergy of his dominions what {iims may be ne- ceflary for keeping his troops in good order, furnifh- ing his contingent to the army of the Empire, and defraying fuch other expences as the fupport of the Houfe of Auftria and the Catholic caufe may require. ALTEN, (in Germany,) Feb. 6. Al the News from the Country of Halberftade. confirm that the Pruflians are in Motion on all Sides, and advancing tothe Number of 18 or zo,00o0 Men, towards Brunfwick., Bremen, Feb. 6. The Hanoverians are advanced up to the very Suburbs, and have already feized on the Leine feveral Veflels loaded with Previfions and Forage. : ; LOTTERY TICKETS, Nuwms. 81. GAZETTE. Foreign and Domeflick. B e — LunensurcH, Feb. 7. The French have given anew Proof of their good Faith. Their Troops which garrifoned the Caflle of Harbourg, and who by their Capitulation were to retire immediatelfto France, and not to ferve during the prefent War againft England or her Allies, #till remain in the French Army ; and alledge (as a Reafon for their fo doing) the Hanoverians breaking the Convention of Bremerwerde : Though ftill the World knows the French were the firt Violaters of that Convention. Pracue, Feb. 8. The exchange of prifaners be- gan the firlt of this month, and was made Man for Man ; bat as the number of Auftrian prifoners far- pafled the Pruffians, the Emprefs Queen propofed to the King of Prufia to pay a certain fum for the reft § whcih his Profiian Majefty bas refufed. Hivpesuewm, (Germany,) Feb. 8. The Pruffi- ans have made great {laughter among the French in the County of Halherftadt. They made 600 Prifo- ners at Hornebourg. The Pruffians feiz’d on every Thing belonging to the French, and found upwards of tooo Crowns among the Effe@s of one of the Officers. Since this Expedition, the French have abandoned near all the Pofts they occupied on the King of Prufiia’s Territories. . Paris, Feb. 9. All the great Preparations of the Englith giveus no Uneafinefls. Our Meafures are fo well concerted, that we fhall fruftrate all their Attempts, as we have hitherto done. If we may judge from their formidable Armaments deftined for America, they are bent upon an Expediton againft Louifbourg or Quebec ; but we have provided for the Safety of thofe two Places, by fending thither Reéinforcements with Provifions and warlike Stores. And moreover, the three Men of War and two Fri- gates that were detained at Toulon by contrary Winds, fet fail about the End of January, in order to reinforce M. de la Clue’s Squadron,which waited for them at Carthagena. As this Admiral has re- ceived Ordets from Court to put to Sea 48 {foon as he geéts this Reinforcement, he will attempt te pafs thro’ the Strait of Gibraltar ; and we doubt not but he will happily execute it, as his Force is very near upon a Par with that of Admiral Ofborne, . Lunesoureg, Feb, 11. All'the troops have or- ders to put in march next tue(day to begin the ope- rations of the campaign. *Tis faid they will attack the enemy in three places at the fame time ; that is tofay, by their right on the fide of Brunfwick, by their center at Hanover, and by their left on the fide of Bremen. The Proffians will form the firft attack, and the Hanoverians the two others. The latter bave already a corps of 15,000 inen upom the Wummie, with artillery and ammunition. They.in- tend, 'tis {2id, to lay fiege to Bremen, where there is a garrifon of 10,000 men. MaGDEBOURG, Feb. 14.. We this moment re- ceive the agreeable news that the fortrefs of Regen- ftein farrendered the day before yefterday, and thag the garrifon were made prifoners of war. We found there nine French cannon, fix field pieces, a great quantity of balls, feveral tons of powder, &c. This news gives usthe more pleafure, as we have loft not one man in the affair. Frankrorr, Feb. 14. Laft thurfday 12,000 re- craits fet out for, Bohemid. We are affured the court of France has refolved to have an army of 180,000 men in Germany next campaign., Accord- ing to the plan of operations wiich, ’tis faid, has been concerted, the Emprefs Queen is to attack Si- le€a with an army of 80,000 men. The army of the Empire, joined by a bedy of 30,000 French, is to att in Saxony ; and the Swedesand the Ruffians are to attack Pomerania and Brandenbourg. The Bavarian troops are cantoned in Moravia. They write from Warfaw, that the Princes Xaverins and Charles will fhortly fet out for the Ruffian army ; and that count de Bruhi has ‘a@ually, by the King of Poland’s confent, refigned all his employments. Hanover, Feb. 17. The count de Clermont arrived here the day before yefterday in the evening. The campaign is like to open very foon in thefe quarters. . The prince of Holftein Gottorp has join- ed prince Ferdinand of Brun{wick with 6 or 7000 Pruffian cavalry from Pomerian : And prince Henry of Pruffia is 4t the head of 14,000 men in the coun- try of Halberftadt : The French on their fide, are preparing to réceive the army of the allies, in cafe it appears on this fide the-Aller. Sold by the Printer hereof.