The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, December 22, 1758, Page 1

\ ) v L F'RIYDAY, DECEMBER 22, 17580' & . H. B New-Hampthire '~G'éniafning the Frefheft Advices On the Conduct of the King of Prufla.. From the Monitor, No. cuxtv. Sept. 9. Go thow, and do likewife. Luke 10. 37. HE Kinc of Prussia, by his condadt, ¥ makes up what he wantsin his exche- quer. He difcovered a confederacy to deprive him of his dominions, and. s “to reduce him toa flate of abjection and céntcmpt.; which nladc i_z. ne'qcffary for h%m to appear atthe head of his armies in perfon. By this he infp’ s his troops on all oecafiona to make the Jaft.effort ; and retrenches all thofe fuperfluities, whichanly ferve for fhow, and do not contribate to viftory, when. the campaign is committed tqofiicers, who vie with each other in their military equipments. As-this wagrior’s ultimate view, in all his altions, is to.give a lufire to majefly by bis good conduct and valour, he reduces ail magnificence to 2 warlike pre- paration ;. admitting 0o expence in his arm:cs,zlthat is not neceflary to infpira refpet for his perfon, 2nd | to throw a aread upon his epemies. He.abhorsthe cultom cf thole camntries, where the army fwells with /fuper/uous equipages, Which rain the officsrs, confame the neceflary forage, multiply ufelefs mouths, and enhance the price of provificns ; and he is particalarly carefal to banilh from the camp every thing that carrios the appearance of we- luptuoyfnes, affedation and Jofinels. e had rather his officers fhould breathe onions and garlic, than e- vaporate thofe perfumes, which indicate an ¢ffeminats | /pirity and enervate.the organs of martial courage. ' _The tables of his general cfficers are allowed to be fpread with plenty of wholefome food ; but.with fuch provifions only as are fuitable to the hardihips of a foldier’s life, for firength, and not for luxury; for to comfaort and raife the {pirits, not to intoxicate the head. = Andin thiz, he himfeif is the firlt exam- pic, Hivown- table admits of nothing rare and ex- travagant ; all is plain, good in its kind, and recom- mends moderation in meat and drink. ‘ “Whre a contrary ufage has prevailed, no nation could ever fapport the extravagances of the army, and no armv could long maintain the charaller of brave, relofnte and undaunnted ; where /Juxury pre- vails we mult not look for courage, ror hope for fuccefs. The man that ftudies his appetite becomes an éaly prey to the enemy, as Zacites remaiks of Vitellius ; of whom he writes s Ventre et gula fibi it hoflis, Therefore the advantages. gained in this part of his condu& by the King of Prufita over his enemies, aré very coafideizble, both 2s to the expence for the maintenance ;3 and to the means for preferving good difcipline, and fot infpiring his forces with trueideas of martial glory. By this medns he curbs that flm ple ambition, wiich prompts young people to df!l- inguith themfelves by a falle po/itenc/s, and b) addif?- ing themfelves to vices, which defroy the fpirit of a foldier ; and he (lems that torrent of profufion, which in other armies con{fumes, in a few months, what he makes to ferve for feveral years, His royel attention thea pafles to the magnificence ofidrels and furniture 3 which he regulates {o, 3s not to be hustfn! to his army. Men that take the field dreffid like wwernen, bedaunbed with ufelefs gold and filver, may therewith encourage the encmy to puth * hard for vifiory ; as the Jberians fought againft the Medes covered with golden fhields ; bat cannot de- fend themf(elves therewith, It is iron and not go/d, that is of moft fervice in the hand of a warrior. Thus the Pruffian Hewo is difpleafed with vain fplendoar 3 recommends the care of arms, horfes, tents, and whatever is neceflary to cover his men from the in- clemency of the weaiher ; and values the ofj‘icer, that prefers his daty to pleafures, and is anibitious ouly 1o give proofs of his capacity and courage. " Ris prefence prevents many fradds in the fupport of his army. Companies and battalicns frequently shn fhort when left to commiflaries and infpeQtors ; whofe interet or private advantage tempts to increale the troops upon paper, whereby the flate is cuarged with real expences for imaginary men, and the fer- vice is difappainted. The provifions, cloathing and fhoeing of the army are fubjeét to many deceits ; and if they are withhe'd or difpenfed in 2 fraudulent or negligent manner, the public money is wafted 5 and murmurings, and fometimes defertions difpirit and weaken the army, But neither negligence nor ava- e e rice will dareto difirels the, where'the commifla- ries or agents know that their exaétnefs lies under the prince’s immediate infpetiion. quiry into the maanery in which fick foldiers are treated in the ‘military hofpitals, contributes to the increafe of his power ; as thereby he preferves the life of many a brave veteran, and [ecures his affe&ti: ons. Itis badpolicy, that dreoping foldiers fhould be regle@ed ; that'the lives iof men-fhould be reck- oned of fo hsle confequencd, ‘as they are in fome armies ; and that there fhoul§ be miore propenfity for- raifing bad recraits; at @ gredt expence to the ‘flute, than [or preférving thole {oldiers, who are inured to war, at le(scharges. | By a ftrict attention to the bad conlequences of thisevil, and (aking care to prevent them, we may aicribe many advantages and great {avings in the Praflian Army. ! g : Ina word, he takes care that nothing appears in his genersl condu, but what is great, premeditated, fericus, aud conformable to the fervice he is engaged in, He baniflres the plealurcs. and’ diverfions that might interrupt the cares, occafioned by his com- mand;-and-which cannot be at all faitable to a prince, who is marching againt an enemy, and knows not bae that in & few days fome of his moft faithful fer- vants thall be facrificed in his fight for his defence. His inwincible courage, in the midfl of. his loffes + his - wifdom to extricate himfelf out of difficulties, and to keep up the fpirit of his' forces ;5 and his juftice, compaffion, and his liberality, fupply thedcficiency of his finances. For what army will ever defert a - pfince, who like Adrian banifhes all effeminacy out of his eamp ;o'ike Vrajan, Sewerus, and. Vefpafian, gains the hearts-of his loldiers, by cating, drinking. and cloathing in a kind of military rufticity ; and like Probus, and other emperors, takes care of the provifions, cleathing, and health ¢f thecommon men. Such an army requires no new taxes for its fup- | port. - T'hepfollow theie prince with choarfulnefs, and he leadsthem on to victory, and to colle&t what- ever is neceflary for their fubfiflance from the ene- ray’s territaries ; which not only fupplies the defici- ency of their raafter’s revenue, but is the readieft way to force an ambitious enemy to equitable terms of peace. A paiicy, which has been always purfued with fuccefr ; and not peculiar to IreEperic the GRreaT, as may be exemplified by the feveral inva- fions of France under the aafpicious conduc of our own kings. - PHILADELPHTIA, December 7. Extral? of a Letter from Loyalhanning, Now. 18, ¢ This Day the General marched with the Rear Divifion of the Army. The Froat Divifion, under the command of Col. Armftrong, is now about 16 Miles frem Fort Du Duquefne, 2nd they have made a good Road to their Camp from thisGarrifon. We have great Reafon to believe that our Army will have fuccels, from the Accounts that the Prifoners taken in the late Engagenient, give ; they were fe- parately examined, and their Reports correfpond one with another.” The party of the Enemy,mention’d in laft Week’s paper to be attack’d by our people near Loyalhan- ping, we hear, caonfifted of above zco French and Indians ; and it is faid they had before taken and fent off Lieut., James Hayes, of cur Provincials, and another Man, : On Monday !aft came to Town 4 perfon from Lovalhaening, but laft from York Town. He ad- vifes, That on the zoth ult. Gen. Forlies was with- in fix Miies of Fort Duquefne, and that on the 22d a heavy Firing was heard from thence at Loyalhan- ning. This perfon was at Loyalbanning at that Time, and heard the Firing, and faid, it continued at firlt for about an” Hoar, then ceafed for fome Time, and began again, and lafted Half an Hour ; and that afterwards a rambiing Noile was alio heard, Jike thdt of Great Guns at a Diftance. .. HALI1F A X, December 2. The Shipsin this Harbour under Adn%ralDurrcH, dre, the Princefs. Amelia, of 80 Guns ; Devonthire, 70 3 Vanguard; 70'; “Pembrook, 60 ; FPrince of Orange, 76 3 Captain, 64 ; Centurion, o ; Suther- land, §0; alfo the Kennington and Porcupine — The Kennington, we hear, is foon to fail for En- gland, and the Porcupine is to Winter here with the zbove Ships. : s+dN.E W -P O R T, Rhode:Ifland, Dec. s. “@he Sloop Rebecea, of this Port, Thomas Stellé . -2 And his perfonalen-’ late Commander; mentioned in this Paper, to be ta- ken by Monf{. Chattlean, and ordered for Quebeck, was obliged to bear away for the Weft Indies : On the 1§th ult. near Meati Chrifto, the Privateer Sloop Polly, from Warren, in this Colosy, mounted with 10 Guas, Daniel Bezrs, Commander, retook her, & has fent herinto this Port. On Friday came it here the Snow Mercury, ia Ballalt, James Brodie, tommander : She was taken on her Paflage from St. Thomas’s to the Cape, by two New- York Privateers, near Monto Chriftc, and - fent Tito that'Plade - The Captain-propos'd a Ran- fom, which was accepted, and with: thatintent left her, but not returning according - to- Agreement, fhe ! was-ordered for New York, but was: obliged to put in here : That on the 1t of November he.faw, going into the Cape, the Count St. Florentine, Monf. Montvit, commander (of whom mention. was made in our News- Letter of ‘OQober z4th, that it was. fufpefled he was loft on the Coaft of Africa, after an Engagement with Commodore Matfh) with two Snows and a Sloop : That two Days after he fpoke with a Gentleman from the Cape, who acquainted ° him, that the St. Florentine had' carried in above 400 Slaves ; and that the had lofy feverai of hes Men in-the Engagement abovementioned. : BOS T O N, December 18, His Excellency Major General AMnERsT accom- panied by feveral Officers in the Army, arrived at New-London from thisPlace lat ThurfdaySen’nighs, and was ta proceed for New York the next Day. . Wedacfday arrived here Capt. William Nichols in ¢ Days from Halifax : 'We have no other Advices from themce than that Brigadier Monckton, with the - Troops which had been with him up the River St. John’s, had all returned, excepting what were ne- : ceffary to garrifon the Fort lately erefted there by them : The Sicknels lately among the Soldiers at - Halifax was greatly abated. s The following Lines were cvritten by @ Lapy upon General AMHERST s leading bis Troops from Bofton, after the Coirqueft of Losifbourg, tojoim our Army that had been repulled at Tionderoga. Bthinks I fee Britannia’s Genius here, Who {miles to find her guardianSons yourcarg Whilit ev’fy Heart with Indignation glows, Warm'd with the Seafs of irjur’d Britain’s Vi'oes. . If ought Be glotious in a Solcver’s Name, To Glory now how jult is Amuerst’s Claim ? Calm from the Triumph which his Valor bought, New Plans of Service ripen in his Thouoght : For us his unremitted Zeal defies The changeful Seafons, and inclement Skies ; With painful Steps the tedious March endures, And gives his own Repole to puarchafe ours. Flufk’d with Succefs the lawlefs Vagrants come, From France their Maxims,& their Gods from Romes Ruflians whb fight not in fair Honor’s Caufe, For injur’d Rights, or violated Laws ; Bat like a Savage Race they roam for Prey, And as they pafs, Defiruction marks their Way. O THOU ! who doft 0’er human Ads prefide; As Virtae is thy Care, be Amuerst’s Guide : The warlike Man, whom ev’ry HHeart approves, Each Tongue applauds, and every Soldier loves : In ev'ry Confliét may Thy Power afford Strength to his Arms, and Vi&ory to his Sword ; Still may he guard the Freedom founded Throne, And add new Lawrels to his Monarch’s Crowa. The following fbort Chara&er of bis Pruflian Majefly is Jaid o hawe been avritten by a Scotch Gentleman, then in Silefia,to bis Friend in London, March 1758 “AS to the Mafic you wrote for, I could not fend it you, except I was at Ber/in. Here in Silefia every Thing bears the Face of War @ and tho’ his Majefly (the King of Pruffia) is (o (ar above other human Minds, as to appear always {erene,and as if he was at Leifure ; yet you may jndge, if its fit to take up a Moment of his Time in talking of Trifles. The Campaign is jult opening : He may be faid to have four or five Arimies under his Infpec- tion, tho’ in different Places. He is the Spring that moves the Whole. His Generals are fo fenfibie of the fuperiority of his Genius, that they look on his Dire&ions, under GOD, as the fure Road to Viclo- ry and Glery.” EX “ Tam of your Opinion, that he is {uperior to all .