The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, October 13, 1758, Page 1

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= ,FRIDAY, Oéronn & ,"'!7’58.' g T THE " B OSTO N, Oftsher &. [7ESTERDAY the Great and General Courtor. ‘¥ - Affembly of the Provinceof the Majfachufeits- By, metiat the Court-Houfe in this Town, being the Time to which it was prorogued ; when his Ex- “gellency the Governor was pleafed to open this fecond Seffion of the prefent Afflembly with the following < SPERCH to both Houfes, viz. G i,,g,m‘,fg&Céuicil,mfil Hodfe of Riprefeistarizes, - - FTER our devout end moft anfeigned {5 Thankts to Almighty 'GOD that He « hath given us-the Viflory, I do moft heartily cong-atulate yau. on the Blel- : ! fings that muft be the Confequence of it., By the Reduftion of the Ifland Cape BFeton, and its Deépeadencies, the Key of the Enciny’s only Port is given 0 us : Weé have again the uninterrupted Pcffeflian of the North- American Seas, and the Powers of Tradeare again reftored to His Majefty’s Subjets. " By (he Meéafutes taking in Coufeqaence of this grand Steoke, the Enemy muft be totally fhut oat - fremany Poff¢flions 6n the Coalt of Arlantick, from ‘Labrador to Florida. & : By the Defib&tion of Fort Frontinac, avdithe Enemy’s whole Naval Foree, their Stores ad Ma- ‘pezines at €adarieui, the Donrinion of the Lakes, which;, fooner.or tater, muft be the Dominion of America, is again refiored to the Britip Empire. By the goed Work now in Hand, the very Gates f Canzda mutt; we treft in GOD, be pat intd oor Hidnds : Wé have received.a Chegk,which has fems- what delayed Matrers, ‘and no Wonder that we fhould at the Pof which the Enemy defends as their very Gates: But we have put our Hand again to the Plough, and if we do not look back, it muft go over the very Foundasion of the Enemy's Comntry. - Hivs Majefty’s moft gracious Promifes have been - a p¢at) ocouragement to you, @nd the very Foun- da{?:w,f’ af enabled you to make the Efforts you have done. l{isMajefty hath recommended to Parliament the Service you engaged in-theYear 1756 ; and you wiil fee they have accordiagly prarited £.27,380 19/ 114 1-2d Steding to reimburfe. ycu the Expences you incired/in fupplying Provifions to the Troops that Campagn. This gracious and paternal Regard i HisMajefty ;5 this'kind and =ffeftionate Attention in the Parliament of Great- Britain toithe Intereft of this P ovince,. cannot but affeét us with the warmeft Gratitude ; #nd be an earneft, a certain Aflurance, that we fhall never fail of receiving from thence, a Cpmpenfnzion for our Services in pioportion to (ke Spirit with which-atany Tilme we fhall exert ther. . Gintleinen of the Hatife of Reprefeniatiapes, As it s your Method, and what is tho't prudent for a young Country, to miake a temporary Provifion for the Troops which you may from Time toTifve as Occafron may arife, ud the Service may require, I muk recommend to-ydurConfideration fuch further Provifion as the prefent State of the Service may re- quire—FortheTroops with General ARERCROMBIE ; For the Forces on the Frodtiers ; For the Ship King Getrge. . - Trekre bave fome Expences arifen by fonding of fuch of our Soldicrs to the Army as the Offizers did rot colle® and take with them When they miarch’d 3 and fome by fending batk fuch as rhey foffer’d tore- turn. As the General Coart have done fo much to aflit and fopport the Levies both intheir Grants and in the Laws they provided, fure ’tis but Juftice that if there be any by wholfe Faalts thefe Expences have arifen, they fhould bear them, , - I cannot here omit making my- publick Acknow- ledgments to his Honour the Lieut. Gbvernor for the Labour he tocls, and the Effelts his Labours had, in ftopping fome Evils that were arifing from thele aults. Having beeh informed, that Nambers -of cur Peaple, who havebeen difmiffed from theé Service 'as unfit by Sickhefs for farther Duty, were lying 2pon the Roads in great Want and Diftrefs : As Duwy to- wards Diftrefs, but elpecially to Diitref: brought on by ferving the Publick reqaires, T have with theAd- vice ‘of His Majelty’s Counieil {ent forward Mr. Foye to fee that fuch &3 are real Objedts of publick Care, be taken care of praperly, and on proper Terms, -and that fuch as are not, be not {uffered to lgiter up- on the R62d, bist be feat (0 their refpettive Places, Hampthire Containing the Fre/beft Advices ~ligve been fent to our People. s 5%, by which I thoold izo’p’e 6n one Hand, that Fons who arein Difirels will be negle@¢d, andian. the o- tker, that fuch endlefs, Accodnts as have been {ent in on thefe Occafions, may beavaided. , . Beinc alfo applied to jn’ very prafing Terms, that the Sick of our T'roops wéi€ dying for what'sf Me- dicines proper for. CampDilprders; I could not fuf- fer the People to die, wwhie’l examined the Propri- ety of this frefh Applicatics, thy® o much had been diready graoted—Stme Tuck Medicines chrrefore Gentlemen of the Cowntilyamd ‘Hoaly of Reprefen- tatives. - . ’ _ Zpipst the Bleflings that have attended the Ge- neral Service, T muft acquaint you, that the Enemy, unsble ‘to refift, and not darirg to withiland, thefe - Operations, where the peneral [Forces zre vollefted, lLave by feveral Attempts turn'd their Arms againft, the Eaftern and Weltern Frontiers of this Province, by its Situation, alone uncovered with the general Operations and weadkeéned by the Numbers we have fent off o thatfervice. I received Information ifrom Brigadier Montkton, commanding in Nova-Scoiia, that the Enemy, in Canjan&ion with the Indians of _St. Fobns and Penst/cot, were meditating an Actempt againft George's Fort, and the Settlements there.— The Attempt was made ; but by (+: Meafurestaken to oppofe it, I have the Pledfure to acquaint yen that the Attempt was without Effe@. I had fome Men at the Caftle,which were intended for the Wel- tern Forces : Thefe with fiores and’ Ammunifion were thrown into George’s Fort as s Réigforcenient, The fitting out the Slcop Maffuchufetts' (already in the Pay of this Governsment) 2s a_Tender to the King George, is all the Expence the Goverament wiil incur og this Occafion: . Tue State and Situation of our Frontiers becotne every Day more and morecritical, I muft cherefore earneftly recommend them te your moft ferious Con- fideration. - I fhall direct the Secretary to lay before you all Papers relating to (he Matt¢rs of your Con- fideration. : : Oftoker 3, %758. <+ G* Poonnall The following is the Perfgrmance of a young Centlesman of Fiji‘:m : On Admiral BOSCA WEN's SUCCESS. 1748. Venit faumma Dies, &5 inclatiakile Tempus Dardanie w——iictn/a Danai domiinaritur in Urbe. s Virérir. BR'ITONS 'rejoice at Heaven'sindulgent Smile, On Migity GECRGE, &ALrion's.happyiile. See Brrram’s Genius, and her Arms advance, BOSCAWEN curbs the haughty Pride of France. No more fhe'll boalt that Exirons can give Way, Can bear the Yoke, ard patienty obey, Sirce native Courace warms their gen'rous Breaits, Arnd Vict'ry hoy'ring, fettles on their Crefls. Tho’ Britain’s Glory {feem’d eclips'd awhile, And Fortune tohave fled her envy'd Il ; The Scene’s now chang'd ; again prapitious Fate, Decrees Svccess, to Britain's Free botn State ; Again her Glory thines divinely bright, And fickle Fortune, ftops her hiafly Flight. Ko more we’ll dread proud Galtia’sSors inArms, Théir Indians Fury, or their wild Alarms, Since MARLBRO's Days, are now renew’d again, And Great BOSCAYEN rrrumpuson the Main. p— — oo ‘Head Quarters at'Grevinbroich, Fuly 13. The magazine of forage taken in Duffeldorp, which fur- rendered on the 7th inftant, is very confiderzble. Prince Ferdinaid has put into thit piace & garrifon of three battalions, and has ordered a bridge -of boats to be laid overtheRhine,which will be finifhed today. AmsTERDAM, (Holland) Fuly 10. Some Domel- ticks of the Ambaffador appointed by 'his Catholic Majefty to relide at the Court of Denmark, are-ar- rived &t Rotterdam frem Rouen, on board a fhip which carried his Excellency’s Baggage. This fhip unfockily fell in with fose Engitih Privateers, which nbt ohly plantered the Hmbeffador’s Effefly, to the Amannt of 10,000 Growns, but broke to Pieces his Coach, an Allar, and {2me Otnaments fora Chapel, and threw thea into che Sea. /| - ~ NorwitH, Jaly 15. 1t is réported that a very great Man da taken linto Cullody of two of his Ma- . Fereign and W b}UMB. 100, A Domeflick, jefty's Meflengers, in Confc(;nence-of the Adwertife- ment {o long pubhihed in the London Gazette ; ths abovePer{on havisg procured and remitted to France the Sum of 300,000 [. which it is 1aid, has ensbled them to give Motion'to the Ruffian Army,which had inod ftill dome Time, .. ; BT HBBEHOBBBLETIBERED JUST . PUBLTSHED, And ready to be delivered to theSubfcribers & othe:s; By Bewjamin Mecom, . At the New Printing-Office, in BOSTON, By Mr. Daniel Foxvle, Printer in Portfmiourh ; M3l Hpolt, Poft Matterin Neav. Hawen ; Capt: Gétds in Neavport ; Mefli'rs Parker and #eyman, and Mr, Hugh Gaine, vrintersin New York ; Mr. Dunlap,’ “ét the PoR-Office in Pliladelphia ; and by the Author. ' y ' : (Price One Mill'd Doiiar, ftitch’d.) HOhn Gordon’s Mathematical Traverfe Tables, in EPITOME, {difcovered by him to mealure both Land and Sea) of the Legs of a right angled plain Triangle, to every Angle or Secant in Degrees (and Minutes if required) of a Circle and Peints,and Quarter Poirits of the Compals,” which on bare Infpe&tion,gives the trae Difference of: Latitude end Departure from the Meridian in Miles, Leagues, and thoufandth Pans. Likewife the Con-~ tents of any Piece of Land, ip Chains, Links, and Parts of a Link., Not ooly vfeful to Merchants, Mariners; and Surveyors, (for whom they are chicfly defigned) but al{o to Counfellors, Attorsties, and oiher, Gentlemen, to eafure the Contents in Acres of Bouadaries fpecified in any Draught or Deed with, a Rule and Pencil only,by the Help of Multiplication and Subftrattion, with much more Exa@nefs than by Scdte and. Dividers,. or any ether Iaftruntent whatfoever ; which Methed being more correét than hickerto publifhed ; thefe being she filt Tables of the Kind that ever were made public, capable ta #dfwer all the Ends here propoled, particalarly in’ Surveying. ‘ ik ¢ Thefe Tables will likewife be of great Ufe to all milizary Gentlemen in any Part of the World,~ in forming their Marches, or other impartant Schemes and Defigns of an Army ; for thereby may be cer- tainly krown the Latiiude and Longitude of any Place or Places whatfoever ; the Courfe and Diltance from one City ,Camp, or Garrifon to another, by the He.p of a Compafs, in order to take the true B-aring of any Road or Rivers; and having your Rule di- vided into equal Parts whereby you may make atrue Pian or Dratght thercof. - N. B. To thefe Tables are added, Rules in Prac< tice, Decimal Fraftions, Meafuring, Extra&ions of Roots, &c. Alfo a ufeful Problem of Navigation to find the Couarfe, the Diftance,and Difference of Lea- gitude for Sea or Land, by the Penor Pencil, agree- able to Mercator. 2 The Printing and Pablifhing the above mentioned Tables, has been ftrongly recamrended by the fol- lewing Perfomns, in their own Hand Writing, viz. Fobm Lawrence, Fonathan Hampton, Nicholas Scull, Surveyor-General of Peunlyluanial Mr. Scull’s Recommendation approved by Benja- tnin Franklin, Poft Mafter-General, of Philadelphia. William Ranfled, }Teachers of Surveying and Cept. Fofeph Stiles, § Navigation, in Péiladelphia; Captain Ofwell Eve, Merchant in Philadelphia. Aarén Barr, Prefident of Naflau Hall, in £aff- Neww Fer/ey. . : William Smith, Sen. ) Courifellorsat Law inNeav-, William - Smith, Jun. (York.: Meflieurs Francis Mar/chalk,City Surveyor ; Fobn Natban Huchins and Fames Wragg, Teachers of Navigatior and Surveying ; Leonard Cutting, Tutor of King's College, with Daniel Tread- avell, Profeflor of the -Mathematics, in fard College,~all of New Yoré. g’;::; [j;’ff’; } Surveyors.in Conneficut. The-Rev. Srephen -Hemplead, New Haven. The Rev. Ebenexer Punderfon, | Neavpart, Rbodes ‘The Rev. Exra Stiles,. . - . } o (Ypand, - F. Winthrop,Profelior.of Mathematies,at Harvard- College, in Lambridge, Majlachufetts Bay. 'Qawen Harris, Y Teachers of Navigation and Surs Fobn Leadh, § veying, inBeflon, }Surveyors in New Ferfeyd

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