The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, March 23, 1759, Page 1

A FRIDAY, Marcr 23, 1759. THE . - New-Hampfhire Gonfaining the Frefbeft Advices ; By His ExceLLEncy BENNING WENTWORTH, Efg; Captain General and Commander in Chicf in and over His MAJESTY’s Province of New-Hampsuire in New-EncrLanp, A PROCLAMATION. IS MAJESTY having nothing more at Heart thanto improve the great Advantages gain’d the laft Year, as well as to repair the Difappointment at Ticonderoga, is determined by the moft vigorous and extenfive Efforts, with the Bleffliog of GOD on his Arms, to a- vert the Dangers that may threaten Norib- America from any future Irruptions of the Freneb 3 at the fame Time relying on his faithful Subje&s in North-America to co-op- perate with, and fecond to the utmoft of their Ability, the large, expenfive, and extraordi- nary Suecours fupply’d by our Mother Coun- try for our Prefervation and Defence, And whereas the Legiflature of this Go- vernment has refolved to enlift and pay One Thoufand Men to be employed in this Un- dertaking, I Do hereby promife and engage, that all fuch able bodied effective Men, as fhall enlift under Perfons. that receive Beating Or- ders from me, fhall be entitled to the follow- ing Pay, Gratuities and Rewards, (viz) Each Non-Commiffion Officer and private Soldier fhall receive at the Time of his En- litment, Twenty two Shillings and Six Pence Sterling, as a Bounty 5 and after he paffes Mufter, and before he marches, a2 further Bounty of 7hirty- feven Shillings and Six Pence to purchafe proper Cloaths ; and alfo a good Blaoket : And that each Private fhall alfo receive Thirty Shillings Sterling per Month for the Time he fhall be in the Service. And further, That all fuch effe&ive Men who ferved in the Pay of this Province the Jat Campaign, and fhall voluntarily enlift in the enfuing, fhall receive Fifty four Shillings Sterling as Half-Pay for four Months. That they fhall not be detained in the Service longer than nine Months, but fhall ‘be fooner difcharged if the intended Expedi- tion fhall be fooner over. And that each Man fhall receive one Month’s Pay Advance; and that no Soldier that fhall enlift and proceed on faid Service, {hall be liable to have his Body arrefted, ftay- ed or imprifoned during the Continuance of the faid Service, upon mean Procefs or Exe- cution, for any lefs Sum than Ten Pounds Sterling due to one Plantiff, Thofe that find themfelves Arms, fhall be paid Twenty five Shillings Sterling, if they are loft or fpoiled in the Service.—And fuch as cannot find themfelves Arms, are to be fup- plied out of the King’s Stores at Albany ; * but as the King’s Arms are very heavy, I “ recommend it to the Men that enlift to pro- vide themfelves with Arms. And I hereby require all Officers, Civil and Military, to ufe their utmoft Influence in encouraging and promoting this Service, fo effential to the Liberty and Being of this - Country. Given at the Council Chamber in Port{mouth the 1515 _Dayof March, 1759, in the Thirty fecond Year of the Reign of enr SovEREIGN Lorp GEORGE rthE Srconp, by the Grace of GOD of Great Britain, Firanceand Ireland, K/NG, Defender of the Fajth, &5¢. B. WENTWORTH. By His ExceuLency’s Command, THEODORE ATKINSON, Secr, | GOD Save tug KING. ' Province of 7 : New-Hamp)bire | By His ExcerLENCY BENNING WENTWORTH,E(q; Captain General, and Commander in Chief of His Majefty’s faid Province. A ProcLAMATION. HEREAS His Majesty’s Squadron of Ships at Halifax, under the Command of the Honourable PuiLrp DuRELL, Efyg; requires a Number of Seamen to make good their Compliments, and fit them for the Service of the enfuing Campaign : Upon Admiral DurerL’s Application to me for Seamen, I bave thought it for His MAJEs- TY’s Service to Promife and Engage 10 all Sea- men that will Inlif} themfelves on board Admiral DureLL, and the Ships under bis Command, to proceed up the River of Saint Laurence, for 1he Lerm of one Year, as follows : % Tbat Paffages fball be provided for them to Halifax, That they fball be puniiually difcharged at the Expiration of the faid Term of one Year. That they fball not be carried éither to Europe or the Weft-Indies. That they fhall be difcbarged in Jome of the Northern Colonies. That they fhall receive Forty Shillings Ster)- ing on their Embarkation for Halifax. And That their Pay fball commence from itbe Dates of their Inlifiments. - Given at Portfmouth the gth Day of March 1759, and in the Thirty-fecond Year of His MAJESTY’s Reign. B. WENTWORTH. By His ExceLLency’s Command, Tueopore ATKINSON, Secretary. e From a late Paper, called the I D L E R. HE defires of man encreafe with his acquifitions ; every ftep which he ad- vances brings fomething within his view, which he did not fee before, and which, as foon as he fees it, he begins to want. W here neceflity ends, curiofity begins,and no {ooner are we fupplied with every thing that nature can demand, than we {it down to contrive artificial appetites. . By this reftleflnefs-of mind, every populous and wealthy city is filled with innumerable employments, for which the greater part of mankind is without a name 3 with artificers, whofe art and labour is exerted in preducing fuch petty conveniences, that many fhops are furnithed with inftruments, of which the ufe can hardly be found without enquiry ; but which he that eace knows them, quickly learns to number among neceffary things: Such is the diligence, with which, in coun- tries completely civilifed; one part of man- kind Jabours for another, that wants are fup- plied fafter than they can be formed,and the idle and luxurious find life ftagnate, for want of fome defire to keep it in motion. -This fpecies of diftrefs furnifhies 2 new fet of occu- pations, and multitudes are bufied, from day to day, in finding the richand fortunate fome- thing to do. Itis very common to reproach thofe artifts as ufelefs, who produce only fuch fuperfluities as neither accommodate the body, nor im- prove the mind ; and of which no other ef- fe&k can be imagined, than that they are the occafions of fpending moncyf and confuming time, But this cenfure will be migigated, when it ’ “}GAZETTE Foreign and Dome/]ick. is ferioufly confidered, that momty and time are the beavieft burtbens of life, and that the un- happieft of all mortals are thofe who bave more of either than they know how to ufe. To fet himfelf free from thefe incumbrances, one hurries to New-Market, another travels over Europe ; one pulls down his houfes, and calls architects about him ; another buys a feat in the country, and follows his hounds over hedges and through rivers ; one makes collefti- ons of Jbells, and another fearches the world for talips and carnations. He is furely a public benefaétor, who finds employment for thofe to whem it is thus dif- ficult to find it for themfelves. It is true, that this is feldom dene merely from gene- rofity or compaffion ; almoft every man feeks his own advantage in helping others ; and therefore itis too common for mercenery officioufnefs to confider rather what is grate- ful than what is right. b o We all know, that it is more profitable to be loved than efteemed ; and minifters of pleafure will always be found, whofe intenti- on isonly to make themfelves neceffary, and to fupplant thofe who are endeavouring te court attention by the fame arts. In the time of war, the nation is always of one mind, eager to hear fomething good of themfelves and ill of the enemy.” At this time, the tafk of News-writers is eafy ; they have nothing to do, but to tell, that a battle was expe@ted, and, afterwards, that a bartle has been fought,in which we and our friends whether conquering or vanquifhed, did all, and our enemies did nothing. Scarce any thing awakens attention like a tale of cruelty. The Writer of News never fails, in the intermifiion of a&ion, to tell how the enemies murdered children and ravithed virgins ; and, if the fcene of a&tion be fome- what diftant, fcalps half the Inhabitantsof a province. On TIME. TiMe is a thort Parenthefis, Placed between the two Eternities And joins the vaft unlimited Abyfs, (Eternal fpace) at its Extremities. The length whereof’s but a contracted fpan And one fmall point includes the age of man. It acn winged moment’s meafur’d by the {un W hilft round the earth the glit’ring Monarch rides, His golden chariot wheels like lightning run, So day and night his conftant courfe divides. Each hour fucceedent always preffes on, And whilft we fpeak the prefent moment’s LA gone. Time’s parent of all fublunary things, And gives them beauty here as well as birth, Their glory down to diffolution brings, And monfter-like devours all the brings forth. They in the morning bloom, at noon decay, And in the evening vanith quite away. Trousanps of vitims daily fall by time A facrifice to her voratious jaws, Not only men but all the world refign, There’s no reprieve allow’d by nature’s laws, Inviolable laws of deftiny = Ordain, that all things born fhall furely die.’ ~ THe ftately fabrick of the univerfe, Wherein the worlds are wonderfully made, Cannot endure the teft of time : Ala(s! They’ll be worn out, & all their beauties fade, From chaos lough! all things fprang up at firft; And all muft be reduced to priftide duft.