The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, March 20, 1761, Page 2

p— ‘, e A AT A A TR TR AATI A In o former Paper we publifp’d an' Extrafl frem His MAJESTY's ProcLamaTioN, fir the Encourage- ment of PIETY, €5¢c. We/ bave fince received the _London Chronicle, wherein is the Proclamation at large, which is as follows : By the KING. A PrROCLAMATION, For the Encouragement of PIETY and VIRTUE, and for Preventing and Pusifbing Vice, Profanentfs and Immorality. " GEORGE R. E moft feriovfly and religionfly confidering,that W it is an indifpenfable duty on us to be careful, i sbove all things, to preferve and advance the B honour and fervice of Almighty God, and to difcourage and fuppre(s all vice; profanenefs, debauchary, and immorslity, which are {o highly difplesfing to God, fo grest a reproach-to our religion and government, and by means of the frequent ill exxmples of the practices thereof ) Have fo fatal a tendency to the corruption of many of our loving fubje@s, otherwife religioufly and virtuoully dilpofed, and which ( if not timely remedied ) may jultly draw down the Divine vengeance on us and our kingdoms : We sllo humbly acknowledgicg, that we cannot expet the bleflings and goodnels of almiglty God (by whom Kings reign, and on which we entirely rely ) to make our reign happy and pro(perous to our- felf and our people, without a religious obfervance of Gad’s holy laws : To the intent therefore that religion, piety and good manners, may ( sccording to our moft hearty defire ) flourifh and increale under our adminil- tration and government, we have thought fit, by the advice of our Privy Council, to iflue this 0.r royal pro- clamaticn, and do hereby declare our royal purpofe and refolution to dilcountenance and punifh all manner of vice, profanenefs, and immorality, in all perfons of what- foever degree or quality, within this our realm, and particularly in fuch as arc employed near our royal per- fon ; and that for thie encouragement of religion and momlity, we will, upon all occsfions, ditinguith per- fons of picty and virtue by marks of our royal favour: And we do expet and require, that sll perfons of hon- our, or in place of authority, will give good example by their own virtue and piety, and ro their utmoft contribute to the difcountenancing perfons of diffolute and debauch- ed lives, that they, being reduced by that means to fhame and contempt, for their loofe and evil a&ions and be- havior,may be thereby alfo enforced the [aoner to reform their il} hibits and pralices, and that the vifible dif- pleafure of good men towards them may ( as far as it is poffible ) fupply what the laws ( probably ) cannot al- tegether prevent. And we do heredy ftriltly enjoin and proaibit,all our loving fubjefls, of what degree or quality foever, from playing on the Lord’s day at dice, cards or any othe: game whatfcever, cither in public or private houfes, ot other place or pleces whatfoever ; and we do hereby require and command them, and every of them, . decently and reverently to attend the worfhip of God on every Lord’s day, on pain of our higheit difpleafure; end of being proceeded againft with the uimoft rigour that mzy be by law. And ior the more effe&tual re- forming all fuch perfons, who by reafon of heir diffolute lives and converfations, are & {candal to our kingdom,our further pleafure is, and we do hereby Rriétly charge and command ail our Jadges, Mayors, Sheriffs, Jultices of the Peace, and all other qur Officers and Minifters,both Ecclefiaftical and Civil, and all othet pur lubjeéts, whom it may concern, to be very vigilant and friét in the dif covery, snd the effc@tual profecution and punithment of all petfons, who thall be guilty of exceflive drinking, blalphemy, profane fwearing and curfing, lewdnels, pro- fanation of the Lord’s day, or other diffolute, immoral, of diforderly praltices; and that they take care alfo effc&tually to fupprefs all public gaming houles & places, and other lewd and diforderly houles, and to putin exccurion the. {tatute made in the tweaty ninth year of the reign of the late King Charles the Second, intitled, «'An At for the better obfervation of the Lord’s day, ¢« commonly called Sunday : And alflo an A& of Parlia- ment made in the ninth year of the reign of the late King Williamn the Third, intitled, ¢ An A& for the more ef- fe&tual fupprefling of blafphemy and profanenefs ; and all other laws now in force for the punifhment and fup- prefling any of the vices aforefsid : and allo to fupprefs and prevent all gaming whatfoevér in public or privaie Houfes on the Lord’s giy; and likewife, that they take gffeétual care to preventall perfons keeping taverns, cho- colate houfes, coffee houles,or other public houfes what- {oever, from felling wine, chocolate, cofice, ale, beer, or other liquors, or receiving or permitting guefts to be or remiin in fuch their houfesin the time of Divine Service on the Lord’s day, as they will an{wer it to Almighty God,& upon pain of our higheft difplesfure. And for the more effectual proceeding herein, we do hereby dire® & command all our Judges of Aflize, and Juftices of the Peace, 'to give ftriét charges at their refpeétive aflizes and {cflions, for the due profecution and punifhment of all pexfons that fhall perfupe to offend in any of-the kinds aforefaid, and alfo of all Perfons that, contrary to: their duty,hall be remifs or negligent in putting the faid laws in exccution ;and that they do, at their re(pe@ive affizes and quarter feffions of the pesce, caufe this our Royal Proclamation to be publickly read in open court imme- diately before the charge is given. And we do hereby further charge and command ¢e- 79 Miniflor in bis refpeétive parifb, church or chappel to 7¢ad, or caufe to be read, this our Proclamation, at leaft four times in every year, immediately after DivineSer- vice, and to incite and fir vp their refpelive suditors to the practice of piety and virtue, and the aveiding of all immorslity and profanenefs. And to the end that all vice and debauchery may be prevented, and religion and virtue prectifed by all cfficers, private foldiers, mari- ners, snd others, who are employed in our fervice by fea and land, we do hereby firitly charge snd com- mand all our officers and commsrders whatfoever, that, .they do take care to avoid all profanenefs, debauchery, and .other immoralities, and that, by their own good and virtuous Jives and converfations, they do fet good examples to all {uch as are under their care & authority; and likewife take care of and infpeét the behaviours of all fuch as are under them, and punifh &l thofe who may be guilty of any of the offences sforefsid, .as they will be anfwerable for the ill conlequence of their negle& herein. : ; Given. st our Court at Leicefter Houfe the thirty fisft day of Otober, 1760, snd in the firit year of eur reign. GOD Save the KING. ABSTRACT of an ACT lately pafs’d the General Affembly of the Province of the Maflkchufetts-Bay, for Repealing the feversl Laws now in Force, which re- late to the Obfervation of the' Lorp’s DAy ; and for making more effe€tual Provifion for the due Obfervation thereof ; The Preamble of which is, WHEREAS it is the Duty of all Perfans apon’ the Lord’s Day cavefully to apply themfelves publickly and pri- oately to Religién and Piety, the Prophanation of the Lotd’s Day is Lighly offenfive to Almighty GOD, of evil Example, and tends to the Grief and Diflarbance of all pious and religious difpofed Per[ons : Therefore, that the Propoanation of the faid Day may be fully prevented, Be it Enafted, That no Perfons whatfoever {hall open their Shops, Ware houfes, or Work houfes, nor fhell upon the Lend or Water, do or exercife any Labour, Bafinéls or Work of their ordidary Calling, Play, Re- creation, &c. on Penslty of twenty Shillings. —That no Traveller, Drover, Horfe conrfer, &c. or any of their Seérvants, fhall travel on the Lord’s Ddy, on the like Penalty. —Thit no Vintnér, Recailer of ftong Liquors, Innholder, of other Perfon Kkeeping a Heufe of public ntertsinment, fhall entertain or [uffer any of the In- habitants of the refpe&tive Towns where they dwell or others, not being Travellers or Lodgers in fuch Houafes, to abide or remain in their Houfes, &c. on Penalty of 10 Shillings, ptyable by fuch Vintner, Inaholder, &c. and everyPes(on fo abiding 10 Shillings ; and upon every Conviflion after the firlt, 20 Shillings, and having been three Times conviéted, fhall be debarred rede wing their Licence ever after.....Any Perfon or Pesfons that fhall be found unpeceflurily walking or loitering in the St ects, Lanes, Wharves, &c. five Shillings, and bound to their good Behaviour, &¢. &¢. &Fc. And that each Town within the Province, fhall annually chufe ceriain Perlons to be Wardens ; the Town of Bofton Twelve, other Towns not lefs than T'wo, or more than Six; Penalty for the Perfons refufing to ferve in the Town of Bofton, Ter Pounds ; and in other Towns or Diftricts, Five "Pounds. And if the Town of Bofton fhall negleét the due Obfervance of this A&, fhall incur the Penalty of One Hundred Pounds ; and ether Towns Fifty Pounds. The Wardens impowercd to enter any Rooms or Parts of any Inn er Publick Houfe on the Lord’s Day ...Pa- rénts and Mafters to pay the Finesfor their Children and Servans.....If any Perlon fhall for the Space of one Month together ablent them’elves from the PublickWor- thip of GOD on the Lord’s Day, they fhall forfeit and pay the Surn of Teen Shillings....And this A& is to be read in every Town and D:ftri&, by the Town Clerk, at the March Meeting every Year, and immediately be- fore the choice of Wardens ; and the Clerk negleéling to.read the fame, fhall forfeic the Sum of Twenty Shillings. . ST HEQVPRSVOLRETLVIBIE To the PRINTER: : 4r 9ox publif’'d Ruves and Maxums 20 be ebferved by the Female Sxx, (in your Paper of December 19 )it will be but doing Fufice to publifp the counterpart, which will oblige many of your Readers, as well as Your Humble Servant, ‘TaB1THA TEMPERANCE. Ruigs and Maxims for promoting matrimonial hap- pinefs, addreffed to ail> widowers, hufbands and batchelors, in Old and New- Englsnd. S man was appointed by God, to be Lord of the Crea- A tion, be fbould govern with a gentle fway, and net alt the part of a tyrant to bis wife, children or fervants ; Jor be who refalves to be feared, cannot expelt to be loved. As the woman is deemed the weaker veffily the man Jbouldugive grains of allowance for her frailties; and if fbe fbould appear to bim, from a miflaken notien, to be tos warm in & wrong caufe, add not fewel to the fire, by a Jpirit of contradiftion, but let her paffions fubfide, before you attempt to convince ber of ber érror, and thin do it with coolnefs and deliberation. Let the bufbandgive bis company o bis wife at bis meals, and other times, as often as his bufinefs will permit, and confult ber upon all necrfJary occafions, as bis real friend ; by obferving [uch a condult, be witl be bester enabled to go through the various incidents of buman life, and greatly leffen bis cares and anxieties. W hether bis wife be in feknefs or in bealth, remember # is bis duty to love and to cherilh ker, even though fbe may not altogether anfwer bis maft fanguine expeliations ; . and this done, mo doubt will remain, but that fbe will chear- Jully obey fo endearing a hufband. In a word, the likelieff way for a man to abiain a good wife, or keep one fo,is to be good bim/elf, PrwiPPITOOLIIETECEVSY & In our Paper of the 6th of February laff we gave onr Readers am Avccsmt of the new Method of luqcu LATIONW, and Ma#ner of ireating the fame 5 which while it tends greatly to emcourage it, and affif thofe that areinclined, is moflly adapted to thofe who are fimewbit verfant in Prallice, or wear ensugh to fome public places, where they can be fupplied with the neceffary medicines, and timely %x’fimu in cafe of Jd’lgtr, Soould they baye refolution [ufficient to perform it themfelves. ® — But ai there are many parss of the country where they neitber have any Prallitioner near them, or can be fupplicd with medi- cines, but thofe of the moft erdinary and common fort ; 1 which means_ they are not likely to get their families in- * oculated by otbers, or to ds it themfelves s either for, coans of refolution to perform it, or adminifier the medicines, if to be got 5 ar perbaps from Prejudice and real feruplesof ~eonfcience. To fuch, it is thought, fome familiar Direitions, which if wel! followed, may prepare them fo-as to bave & much greater chance of baving it faveurable in the natural way, will be of more fervice than a long differtation on Inoculatisn, ET ittherefore be oblerved firft,that thofe who are .. likely foon te be feized with the Smak. Pox: in the natural way, from its being in the neighbourhaod : or in the fame houfe, fhould follow ssnear as they can, the direCtions befare given; asto'theirdiet, drinke; sir, cloathing snd exescife, both before and at the com- - ing on of the fever, by which their humours will be kept in o temperate & fatc, a3 grestly tends to prevent the bsd fymptoms, and’ dangerous- iffue of the difeafe: And then as to medicines, it will be proper to ule, be- fore they are taken ill, (if they have timely notice to prepare for it)all, or as many of thofe mentioned for in- oculated perfons, as they can obtain, or have refolution to give, only with this difference, that sfter every three pills and a purge, they may intermit three oz four days; and then begin agamn, and fo go on till they are feized, or the difeafe gone out of thie neighbourhaod. But if they cannot get thefe medicines, or dsre not ufe thera, then let them take an ounce of Zthiops Minersl ( which may be bought cheap at any Apothecary’s ) and dividing it into eight parts, give a grown perfon one eighth every night, going to bed, in molafles, honey, or fugar and’ watér, and next morning a teafpoonful of Flour of Brim- ftone or Cremor Tartar, or both mjxed, if to be had. But if only one of thofe three things is to be got, then tske the quantity of that one aforefsid, morning, and evening ; and every five or fix days take any purge, if it work upwards and downwards the better, ( thofe who live by the fea, perhaps & pint of fea water would be as good a purge asany. ) But i neither of thele can begot; which may probably be the cafe, far back in the country; then it is adviled (what is frequently kept in the country for the ule of cattle ) to take fome common crude An- timony, in as fise powder as poffible, and commos, Brimftone, rubbed alfo into fine powder, of each of thefe {eperate, or of both mixed, let a grown perfon take a tea/paonful every morning and evening, and purge once a week. ‘I’hus much for preparation before the difeafe. But when taken ill, it is proper, as foon &s you can, 1o bleed all who are above the age of children, or have nat been much weakened by fome other difeafe ; and to - give fardrink fuchthingsashave been already mentioned, or 8 many of them as can be got, efpecially Tartar- Whey, which is made by putting two teafpoonfuls of Cremor Tartar, powder'd into a pint of boiling Milky and then adding as much boiling Water; and, when ftrained, drick frequently of it ; or if this cannot be had, then give, infiead of it, Rennet Whey, with half Water, or, what is thought better fill, Whey made by turning" - Milk with Vinegar, and then diluting it with water, fufficient to make it palatable to the fick perfon, keeping the body open in the fi:ft fever, with clyfters,and noerifh- ing it while the rock fills, with milk and water, panada, gruel, and fuch like ; not forgetting [to purge when the pack is dried, and bleed allo, if & cough or fore eyco remain. * Al feafons of the year are equally proper for Inoculation tha' there is certainly this advantage attending warm wea- ther, that allows us to keep the doors and windswos of the room open, whence arifes fuch a conflant purity of air, as abundanly makes amends for all the inconveniences arifing from beat.— It is thought of wo great confequence in Inocu-’ Jation, whether the Perfon from whom the matter is taken, bas few or many, a good or bad [ort; though prudencé wonld direft to take it from a good [ore if poffible. The propeér. sime taking the matter is juft before it begins to dry, opening a pufile with a lancet or needle, and drawing a thread or piece of lint along one, or more, if necrffary, tilf it iswell wetted with the matier that ouzes out, and then put into a little box to dry ; it will be fiff, if progerly Jfoaked in the matter. About balf an inch of fuch thread will be fufficient for the operation. which is performed by making a [light incifion through the Jkin, till blood appears, on the sutfide of the arm,about the middle between the edbsw and fboutder, long enough to put the thread in, and cover it with a bit of any ficking plaifler, over wbhich a fmall comprefs and roller is proper to keep it on. After a day or two the thread may be removed,and the plaiffer continued or not, juft as you pleafe. But when it begins to inflame,’ which ‘it does as the fever comes on, then apply a frefp plaifter daily, of Diapalma, or [uch like ; and if it fwells ~and grows very bard and red, wafb it with warm milk and water, and apply a powltice of bread and milk twice or thrice a day, till the pock is turned a few days, and then ufe the plaifter again till it is well 5 if it Keeps an open [ore a wee or two, it is the better.— g j \ 0 b ‘