The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, March 20, 1761, Page 1

THER , To the READER. HERE is no Man capable of common Reafoning, I but will resdily acknowledge, the Neceffity of Civil Government, and when the Matter is confidered merely asa fpeculative Truth, will freely confefs, that without it Mankind, by their fuperior Abilities, would ¢ be in a much worfe Condition in the prefent State, than the brutal Herds, or finny Shoals. Thata good Go- vernment, is to be eftimated among the principal Blef p fings of Life, and that a mere defpotic Sway, is more eligable than Anarchy, as one Tyrant would be more tolerable thana Multitude. Thefe are obvidus Triths, snd in the ideal View are openly svowed by all.....But - reduce thefe abftracted Notions to real Faéts.. . Eftablith this good Government, and we find that like moft other good Things, it is not to be obtained, without a valu- able Confideration, and annual Payments muft be made for the Purchafe. Government can’t be fupported without Taxes. But when it comes to this, if we may believe the Language of A&ions, to be more fincere and ‘ . fignificant of inwerd Sentiments, than verbal Declara- tions, moft Men think the Purchafe too dear. Whate- ver the Demand is, for I believe it may (afely be affert- ed, there has been no Year within Memory, that there was not s general Clamour againft Rates and Taxes, I ) think [ have feen a Courfe of feversl Years, when the i T'axes were at the loweft, when the Poll-Tax did not exceed Nine-Perice Sterling, and yet People were far Eomplaints of the Burden of Taxes. I have heardofa Complaint to the Court, becaufe a Man whofe Eftate in the Province was worth Eighteen Thoufand Pounds, was i rated Eightéen Shillings. And we frequently hear a Man © ! grumble or rail ata Five Shilling Tax to feed or clothe the Poor, or to enable his Par/fom to buy his Dinner be- fore he was neceffitated to eat it, who will profufely fquander as much on one mad Frolick when it offers, as would more than snfwer all Demands of the Public upon him, for the whole Year three Times over. Now from this uniform fteady Oppofition at all Times sgainft De- 4 mands of this Kind, we may colle¢t that it is the Obliga- " tion to this Duty,which is the trueGround of Grievance. 5 Every ane would be his own Judge, psy what he pleales. . And if all public Demands were to be difcharged by voluntary Centribution, what Proportion can jt be tho’t i would be in this Way, anfwered yearly ?.... Every one defires Prote&ion of his Perfon, Liberty and Property, and other invaluable Advantages, of 2 well regulated ! * Society 3 and yet almoft every one has, and feems to il indulge an Averfion and Enmity to the cnly Means by ' ' which thefe great and good Things are to be had. If ! this Condu& could be chirg’d only on the Populace, " whafe Attention is generally fixed to' prefent Objeéls, ‘ one would not fo much wonder : But to hear fuch as " have 2 Share in the Government; clamor againft their ; . Taxes, to the Support of it ....Such, who by their Situa- ¥ . -’tion, cught to fee the Conneftion between Takes and ) . Proteétion, Property, Peace, &c. ought to have under- flood, that by Virtue of thefe Taxes they are permitted to flecp quietly in their Beds: I fay, to hear fuch proteft ! againlt Taxes, or quarrel with the Officers neceffarily employed as Servants in that Affair, will juftify this Conclufion, that thele worthy Members, really love their Money more than Peace ; and as to the reft, they will T truft to their own Prowe(s, if they fhould chance to meet witha Fellow Bear, that is ftronger..... There are } fome who paliiate the Matter, and fay, < Taxes muft ( be paid, but thefe Gentry, the Tribe of Affeflors, are 4 out of all Bounds, they go neither by Rhyme or Reafon.” ( But this amounts to no more, one Time in ten that thefe / Complaints are made, than this, let me judge for my felf, and pay what [ pleafe, and place the Sum taken ’ from my T'ax, to another, better able, &c. ..:. In fine, b ‘Whatever Pretences Men make of Regard to the Ad- | - vantages of a well govern’d Society, they are certainly (i Enemies to it, when they do any Thing which cbftruéis {1 that Government, or refule to do their Part to advance | it ‘And the better of the Kind any Thing is, as it is ) worth, fo it generally cofts more.. Can he be thought 4 to be a Friend to Learning, who to fave a Groat a Year } to himlelf, would give his Voice, to employ a Novice inftead of a Man of Learning and Experience, for a public School Mafter. And the fame Realoning holds good in all other Cafes, the Means muft precede the End. They that exclude thefe Means in Government, by Defign, are for Anarchy, or thofe glorious T'imes we ' read of, when there was no King in lfrael, and every ome did what was right in bis ewn Eyes. The Confequence af which, fee in the Cale of the Levite and Concibine. It is indeed a very feafible Cafe, to take away the very Pictence of Injuftice and Wrong, in apportioning Taxes, " by a LAW for that Purpofe : And if 2ny are againft fuch a Law, every one muft perceive the Motive. How- ‘ever, though that is not the Cafe, no fuch Law is as yet i Enacted, let us contentedly pay public Dugs, Tribute to whom Tribute, Cuflom to whims Cuffom : Remembering S ——— y Y \ Yo '.;-RVIDA.Y‘, March 2e0. 1761.‘ ’g 'New-Hampfhire Containing the Frefbeft Advices, from Silence on that Head then, but made grievous that there is no Money we cen employ to. better Pur- poles than are the common Rates and Taxes. : PUBLICUS. SEHLISLLEIRDLIREBTHER Charlefloron, South Carolina, Fe&rwry' T4 “ Saturday laft the Governor was plealed to appoint Lauchlane -Mackintofh, Efq; Captsin commsndant of ort Prince George Keowee, where he will relieve Mr. Miln, who has been Commandant of that Fort. Lieut. Col, Campbel} Dalrymple, Governor of Guad- al~ipe, was arrived at Barbados, and daily expefted in his Government. . According to fome lste sdvices from the Northward, it is probable, that the army in this province may - foon be augmented with more regular troops ; and that the famous MajorRogers,with fome other partizans of meri, and as many Indians as can be procured will likewife be fent this way, to a& wherever . they can be of moft fervice. And there are fome hints, that we may perhaps fooner fee peace and fecurity reftored to thefe fouthern provinces than expected. The General Affembly having voted the thanks of the Houfe, and the fum of £. 1500 currency to be pre- fented to Capt. John Stuart, as a gratuity for the many important fervices rendered by him to this province in the Cherokees ; and for his conduét and perfeverance, in the defence of Fort Loudoun ; and have alfo recom- mended him in the warmeft manner to the Lieutenant Governor, as # perfon highly deferving the favour of his Honour,and promotion in the fervice of thisProvince. PHILADELPHIA, Marchb6. His Msjefty’s Ship Lively, Capt. Maitland, has taken and [ent intoJamaica, two Prize Sicops : And theTrent, another of His Majefty’s Ships, Captain Lindfsy, has alfo fent in a large FrenchFrigate, called the Bien Amie, laden with goo Hogfheads of fine Sugar, bound from Martineco to Marfeilles. The Frigate fought the Man i of War almoft en Four, end had 8 Men killed and wounded, and received great Damage in her Rigging, &c. 'The Trent loft onz Man, had another dangeroufly wounded, and her Mafs, Sails and Rigging were con- fiderably dimaged. The Britannia, Capt. Jernings, and the Pembroke Capt. Watkins, both from this Port for Lifbon, are loft on the Coaft of Portugal. N B W "X D R K. Mirch §.. ° | Laft Mondsy Evening, Capt. Collins, late of the Schooner Sally, of this Port,arrived here by Land from Quebec, which Place he left the 7th of February laft : informs us, That the River at Quebec had not been fhut up this Winter ; but that in general it had been a pretty mild Winter there : That the Forces in the Garrilon of %ebec andMontreal were in good Health,andProvifions plenty : And that there was great Friendfhip between the Indians and the Enghfh. Capt. Collins,was bound to Quebeck, but was caft away the gth Day of November laft, in a violent Snow Storm, on the North Shore,a few Leagues above the Ifland of Blefoon after ehtering the River ; the Veffel was loft, but the Captain and Men faved : He fays theIndians told him of a largeSchooner, belonging forBofton, being caft away the fame Time as he was, about g or 10 Leagueslower, but he could not learn the Name of either Vefl:) or Mafter. General GAGE’s Anfwer to the Addrefs of the In- habitants of MONTREAL, inferted in this Paper of the 2d Inftant. G:ntlemen, ; HE Addrefs which you prefented to me on the me- Zancholy News we bave juff reccived, deferves my moft fincere Thanks. The Lofs of a King whoje Aétions during bis whole Reign tended te the Welfare and Hap pinefs of his People, cannot be felt without Grief ; and Gratitude infpires us to reverence bis Memory for ever. He bas left the Threne to a joung Prince, from whom we are well grounded to expelt great Things. Educated under the Princefs, ewha, more thanx Weman, is Bleffed with Dualities that fet ber above: ber own Sex, imbibed the Principles of Virtae, Juflice, Piety, Wifdom and Madera- tion ; what muff we not bope from ¢ Monarch thus formed. Perfuade yourfelves that he will iread in the Steps of bis glorious Anceflors,that the Mildnefs of his Gopernment . will be diffufed on all bis Subjeéis. I cannot but feel the bigheff Pleafure at your approving of my Conduél. You may rely on me whenever it will be in my Power t2 promote your Happinefs ; and if there be an opportunity 1 will smit Nothing that may contribute to make you a Shoarifbing and bappy People. We learn from Albany, that 206 Sleighs fet out from thence for Montreal, about a Month ago, with all forts of Liquor and other neceflaries for the Ufe of theArmy and the French in that Province. Capt. Marlow has difcharged the Sloop T'ryal, Daniel Shaw, Mafter,of and forNew York,from Monto Chrifti,' which he had feized, on the Mafter’s making & proper . Entry of the Goods fhe had on board, s T AT ks S § WEEKS fince thi. PAPER Nuume. 2 33 was firft publifhed. Foreign and Domeflick. " B O S T O N, March16. Laft Thurfdsy Morning about Half an Hour sfter Two the People of this Town were awaked with an EARTHQUAXE,which lafted about twenty Seconds, but withiout, dding any Damage to our Houfes.—It was divid®gvinto T'wo Shakes, with & fhort Paufe be- tween ; sid the laft was the greatet.—The Weather was moderate for the Seafon, like that of the preceeding Day; and a perfe@t Calm refted upon both Land and Water, The Stars over Head fhone clear ; but the Horizon all around was covered with a whitifh Fog, which appeared as if there had been & Light behind it. We alfo learn by fome Fithermen that were upon the Water coming in at that Time, that the Courfe of the EARTHQUAKE was nearly from the S. W. to the N. E. and that they preceived the Noife, as of a diftant rifing Wind, fome confiderable Time before the Shak- ing came on. A . Extract of a Letter from London, January 2,. 17617 ¢ On the 12tk alt. a Treaty was figned in London, be- fween this Court and the King of Pruffia, whe thereby is to receive another Sum of Six Hundred and Seventy Thou-. Jand Pounds : -Tbis indicates ns Peace in 1761. The French appear bent on forcing as into a Peace of their swn, by the immenfe Expences we are at in profecutirg the War on the Continent, and to which theirs bears no Manner of Priportion. The Supplies this Year will be little foort of Teventy Millions. ¢ A very formidable Armament from Portfmouth, which amazed all Europe, tvas very mear failing, and a gosd eaflerly Wind would have put the long conterted Plan iz Motien 5 but after many Attempts to get out, and tempefiu- aus formy Weather, in which many Ve[fels were loflin the Channel, &5¢. Orders were iffued to difembark the Traops, and they are mow ir Winter- Quarters ;5 the Tranfports, bowever, are detained in the Service, and are srderéd to be Sheathed. As Joon as the Rigour of the Seafon abates, Jome important Operations, will undoubtedly take Place. The King of Pruffia contents bim/elf with remaining at Leipfic, bis Victory on the 3d of November, not baving ' induced bim as yet to attempt the retaking Drefden, ¢ Duke Ferdinand of Brunfwic, with the affiflance of a Detachment of 10,000 Men from the King of Pruffia, intended, we are told, te drive the Fremch cut of Caffel s but the French are much fuperiour in Numbers, and it is thought both Armies are now gone into Winter Quarters. The Britifb Troops in Duke Ferdinands Army bave fuffered murh by Sicknefs.” , We hesr from Lunenburgh, that laft Monday died there, after a few Days Illnefs, in the 54th Yesr of his Age, the Rev. Mr, David Stearne, Paftor of the Church in that Town. ; We hear from Newton, that laft Wecek a Boy of abotit 8 Years of Age, Son of Mr. Fenno of that Town, being sflifting in getting up a Horfe in a Barn, accidentally re- ceived a Blow on his Head, of which he died sboutan Hour after. Laft Thurldsy Evening arrived here his Majefty’s Ship Fowey, Capt. Tonyn, from New York ; fhe his bro’t Five Boxes of Portugal Gold, amounting to §6,- ooo 1. Sterling, being Part of the 60,0001. granted by Parliament for the Ule of this Province, in 1759, Capt..Newton informs, that he came out “with the Gibraltar Convoy ; that Capt. Rhodes in a Ship for this Place failed ebout the fame Time; and thac the Captains Ouchterlony and Finglafs, were to fail for New York, inabout a4 Fortnight after. —ee L @ N D O N. Dec. 20. Letters from the.Hsgue mentiop, that the Dutch look upon the King of England’s Death ds one of the greateft Misfortunes that could befal their State, 8s he was always difpofed-to accept of the Apologies mede for Irregularities comitted by their Subjeéts, during the prefent War, without coming to Extremities, from the Regard he had conceived, early in Life; for that Proteftant State, on Account of its hearty Concur-' rence in the Grand Alliance formed by King William againft France; and it is for this Reafon, the States- General are [ending over an Ambaflador Extraordinary. Fan: 1, Letters from Portfmouth, Dec. 24, fay, That Commodore Keppel is going to the Weft-Indies, in his Majefty’s Ship Dorfetfhire, which has been into Dock, and is fheathed : And that the Tranfports, orde- red to be fheathed, are to carry out five of the new raifed Compunies, with the above Commodore. Upwards of 200 Siil of Merchant Ships bound to Jamaica, Antigua, &c. are now in the Downs, waiting tor & fair Wind. Fi Letters from Switzerland sflure us, that the famous Voltaire intends to finith his Career with compofing the Memoirs of hisown Life ; in which will be centaired a Multitude of curious Anecdotes ; and for this Reafon the Publication will be deferred till after his Demile. Itis reported that an Expedition “againft’ Martineco is relolved on, and that Commodore Moore will be fent thither to a& in Corjun&ion with Sir James Dovglals, who i3 now o the Wet-Jadia Sedtion,