New-Hampshire gazette, or, State journal and general advertiser — Portsmouth, N.H., 1780-07-01 00:00:00, page 1

[y the YOUNG MEN of NEW-ENGLAND,
o+ AWAKE, ARISE, or be forever FALLEN !
: I _ e MirTonN.
W wvmomeits O W long shall we hear the op
pib b elpsicicerok long il
S’ % A : e Ve, ¢l
g ===} garden of the earth, bias™ eve%
+ Spemiomvnde flower and consume every green
thing |-——l am quite an old man : ‘T have
long waited the ‘end of these troubles ; and
there has been the time when I even expedied
to out-ride the florm, and once more to eat
“the bread of peace with my children ; but I
“have lately glofed my books upon that bead,
a,gd, Lfear'ﬂ%ﬂ’hevcr’ open them again. Alas,
alafs! while I am {oliciiing the return of
‘peaceable -fatisfaction—whilé the olive
branch, with fafcinating charm, is alluring
e from hopsto hope,‘fﬁnd my hairs whit
ning, the winter coming ¢n apace, and 1
muit go to the grave if 1 would seek repose.
f always doated upon the liberties of my
country ; and I now, blessed be®*Gobp, fee
her in a ghod way, and moving to the goal:
Buat I was in hopes to'have feen,’ e'er now,
her /2 lroke upon tyranny and her indepen
dence out of the reach of insult before my
death— And I may, poflibly, fee it yei !—if
my counfrymen wou'd only pluck up a lit
tle, wou'd kindle one spark of their native
fire, poflerity wou'd not bethe only fpetators
of the glory and happiness of these States, —
T'hive eyet’b’é@:’n of opinion; and, war as I
sou'd, inculcated uponmy sons, thafW ILI
#/ORE was wanling AU ascoinpiih the migbty
ends of empire, and that the united efforts of
our countrymen, ‘applied ‘but for a few
months, wou'd, at any time, be fufficient for
the most comprehensive purpoles of the
friends to independence.=lt was never the
vigour or perfsverance of the foe that | dread
ed one half {fo much as our own langour, that
Jifilefs security, which if not refified, may
grow into contagicn and {préad thro’ almost
our whole fyftam. I cautipufly said almsf} ;
for there’s a giorious number, who I believe,
will continue to be heroes, and. who will ever
be a godlike exception——witness our illus
trious Chief who outshines the capiains of
antiquity —=witrefs his noble army of {rez
men—2and witn={s those who flill bear about
them the wounds of former conflict, the
badges which Mars has given them of ‘?’ﬁ
lour and virtue !'1 observed that 1 dreade:
not so much the vigour of the foe—Not 1!
{o {ar from it, that I.have cften thought it
was the tutelarGod ot America that inspir
ed her oppre@ers with a fatar ardor, with a
refilefs ambition te'deflry them.— Even theic
conquefls have not bad a bad impreition up~
onme : I viewed them 2s temporary, and
( hdweveor paradoxical ) as neceflary to
out exalta®on ! Look back, my friends, up
_on that series of misfortunes before "V asSH
INGTON triumphed ‘at 7 senfon, ard beat
& veteran army cut of the §erfies.—Remember
the congueft of Canada, and the universal
gloom before STARXs prevailed in the woods
of the North, and GaTes * pursued the
trat} that open’d out of darkness into day.”
And ye who are now chop-fallen at the loss
of a single city in Carolina, may view thate
went 3s a fammons necessary to rouse ye, lett
the last lctbargyghou’d overtake ye, and ye
fhou'ddleep the sleep of death 1— |
My dear countrymen | The tutelar Gop I
jut new mentionéd, tho’ our inflexible
friend, is not the friend of our vices, and his
“ycm cannot be lifted to encourage our inadli-
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NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE ;
+ STATE JourMAL, and GENERAL ADVERTISER.. :
8 ARMY RD LX, Jury i, ibSO.
vity. "Moses ordered-his tribes to fFand Aill
and fee their faivation.—But we, Americans,
claim ot the priviledges of theciacy,nor are
we to exped miracles wrought o »ur day :
We are riot to fland still and gae or our de
'&Yﬁﬁ‘g"c“ s All that ‘we con'd = e, and’
R I?@**"%»»3
for us'already 'The nations have efpoures -
our cause, & the mighty have been awakened
toour_dv%!g:e_, . The powers of Bo,ujboﬁ are
roused, and theiz thunders now command
the ocean. It is said (and I niyfelf know
At) fror these powers we are now about to
‘roceive a noble affitance. RBut is the genius
of Amerieato sleep and todream, whilit her
allies are fighting ber battles ? It fhallnot be,
Jest ingratitude hear and triumph | Every
hbeart thall be now opened, and every arnt®
become nervous in the cause of man! A
French fquardron will be soon on the coast
with eight or ten thousand trocps on board ;
--their monarch expetts that we have a band
.of brothers ready to join them ; that, united,
we may-take vengeance, and silence, at a
blow, the common endmy. Gy s
;O rife my sons ! in emulation pife !SO
The road to glory leads your to the “skies !
Crowns ftlll there are, & fruitful fields remain,
Where never fading laurels ye may gain.
Leave, leave the inglorious vales of peacg
« . behind,
Deaf to domestic cries, te lugury blind. .
March on=—-the bulwarks of your country’s
Bare vourhald hofomsand expend your blocd.
Bid rage and death ascend. rhg fiery car,
And vangeance reign and aggravate the war,
Let no bleft relick of the foe remain,
7Tobear the tidings o'er their native main,
So. shall your names be hung in glory high,
To grace the archives of etereity.
Even Gods with adoration fkall behold
Your deeds emblaz’d in ever during gold.
L 7 V. A B:S,
e e et e e e SR R R
PHILADELPHIA, jueb.
S TR S ‘Bay of Mobile, May 8, 1780,
HAYVE happily cancluded the-expedition which T under
# took again® the'fott of Mobile, which was poffefed by the
Eoglifh ; and 1 have prevailsd on Mr. William Pickles,
Captain of the, Amgrican flcop called the Welt Florida, to go to
gour States on the mutus! service of my own aud your naticn,
and cur commoh s{ufe. The good condu® and bebavour which
thie gentleman hgs'manifefted to-me, and the inbabitaste of this
provinge of Lou'&nna, while he commanded the ship Mozris,
{which was taft away in the hurricane of the 38ih of Augull,
last year,) his experienced valour and services atthe capture of
AV efl lorida with his fchiooner, which facilitated that undertak
ing ; bis rlents/and qualifications 3 the mannerin which hecon
formed to every direétion that I gave him ; entitles him tomy
warmest acknowledgmenta ; and iaduces me t 0 recommend him
to your Excellency's proteéion ; he being a worthy officer, on
whom I willi jou to.billow your favour,
; I have the honeur tobe,
Your most humble and
P (5 cbedient servant, i $
; BERNARDO px GALVEZ,
* o his Excellency the President of Coogrefe, .
ARTICLES of CAPITULATIONS proposed by ELIAS
DURNFORD, Esq; Lieutenaat Goverror of the Province of
WeR-F lorida, Caprain of Engineers,andC ommandant of hisßri~
taanicMajefty's troops. in Fort-Charlottee of Moble,and agreed
to by his Excellency DON BERNARDO »x GALVEZ,
Knight peafioner of the Rojal and diﬁinguimfd Order of
Charles the Third, Brigadier of hisMajefty®s armies, Infpt&or,
Intendant, and Gavernar General of tha Province of Lou_xﬁana!
and Commander in Chief of the Expedition, &¢. &e.
ART. I. gHAT the regular troops composing the g;ruxfan,
' I shall be allowed to go toPanfacola by way of the
~ _river Pardidos, with gheir arms, and car
(kiidge boxes full of smmuoition, snd an efcor to condufk their
baggage ; or, without being searched, to be transported by sea to
the fame place as quick as possible, and allowed fix days Rpﬂ;v}ﬁd‘ 08y
3 A ; : : efuied,
ART. 11. Thefirft article baving been refufed, it is demanded
that ithe troops may march out of the forg, with drume beating,
& tighteen rounds of ammunition in their gariridge-boxes ; and
being at a cerasin distance fiom the covered way, they deliver up
their arms; but the Commandant and the othee officers shall keep
their swords, and neither their bageage nor that of the {oldicia
thall be fearcheds ranted, .
- ART, 111. The Mariaern, mechanfcs,and inhebitants of wh&B2."
evsr denomination, fhyil have liberty o retiry to the places of
their refidence,pundee tﬁe fame conditions as- weig granted to
the inhabitants of the Tatchez; % N
ART, lil. The seamen will be considered as thetrooos ; and the
inhabitants who are in the fort, and have taken srms initsdes,
feace, meft beeome prisoners of war.~ Acd in case Penfacola’
should be sttacked, the inhabitents here most submit to the fame
o kot ds. M’%}im take Stms, sud breome prifoncrs of
T S el azw‘t,; Wainu %‘Jr Tt
nothatmku‘fgﬂﬁaﬁr y tha i‘i“i!'.‘-?ﬁa. méﬁ”ﬁi‘bu&u
$ ¢ i .~:'.’:,‘A ey 138 Mol eTR R” J o
but yet under an eath lot to bear arma during the war, snd the
preventions and cufoma wfual on such oceafions, ‘
- But the inhabitaats who have act bore arme, shall enjoy the,
. faime advanteges a 3 were granted by the ‘capitulation tothofe of
‘Baron Rouge and the Natchez. - v =
« ART. IV, The sick sand woundsd. who may nothe ia 'lspﬂ(
ditioa to be transported, thall 6¢ attended by our Physicians and
Surgeons, and shall be fu:pifhed gratis with lodginge, provisions.
undf'iothu neceffaties, on the fume teums as (be troops andgdnhabia.
tanfe. ’ g L i e 8
ART.IV. The sick snd wounded shall have the fime care
takeen of chem as the troops of his CatholicMajeßy 5 and Kall be
sttended by their own Surgeons; his Britannic Majefly payiog
. the expence, Igreeably to the Commissary’s sccoymie ; sndwhen
cured they shall remain prisoners of war as the othets, agd be sent
to join their refpechive corps. = : R e
. _ART.'V, Theinhabitants who riiay have lodged sny of theis
effedts in the Fort, shall dispose of them o 1 they may think '
préper, i) ; i
- ACT. V. All ¢ffe@» found in the fort faall belong to bie -
- Cathalic Misjefty, - : '
- ART VI The inhs,‘a‘inn‘tu who heve affited in the defence
of thac Forty fhiall be treated v vittnous patripts. I
% U Answered in the Thisd Anricle. - ; :
- ACT: VII. Whatsoever effe&s mas have been taken from the
inhabitants by his most Catholic Mej:fy’s troope, during tbe
Gege, shall b e refloied or paid fory on pioper proofs end voug!hm
beine produced, = : : : {
ART, VII, All cat* Bihich have been Lilled for the vle of
the troops of his Carholic Majesty, fhali be paig for, upon fuffiie
ent proof, 1o those of the inhabitants who havz nat borne arms,
and who have pot been found in & ficuation to be considered 28
efiemies, : ; =
ART. VIIL If there are found inthe fart apy feflirers,fof
- whatever nation they may be, they shall be treated as a’q‘,olh"ér ’
's'hn.p'. R s 3 e ; ¢ ‘,) .
ART,. VIIL If the'e are any deserters whatewer, thay shall be
treated as the other piifonecs, \
ART. IX. The prisoners shall be furnifbed doily with theie
wations erti! excharged.
‘ART. 1X: The cullomary ration of provisions shell be sure |
‘nifhed to the prisoners, s’: expence of his Biitanvic Majefly,
sgreeable to th: Commi s sccounts,
ART.X. The soldiers thall no; be permitted toabandan their
‘cotps or compaunies, or to eater Yato apy other service. \
ART. X, Ths soldiers will be treatcd in such & maoner thet
it will never be fufpedted that there isany design to oblige them
10 quit their own service, to enter into that of another naiion 3
‘but they fhatl remain their wo masters. to enter into the fei
vice of Spain, if they shall desire it of their own free wili.
.. ART. XI. The fort shall be delivered to his Cathulic Ma
‘jefty's trocps to morrow moruing at ten o’clock.
The besieged shall faithfully dstiver all the amunition, "arms,
artillery, powder, pfovifions, and other effe&ts remaining at the
time of capitalation, to the Commissaries who shall be nomina
ted for this purpose, without deftru@ion orsmbazzlement.
A true Copy of the Origipal, in the Bay of Mobile, the
sighth of May, 1780, :
- : - BERNARDO De GA LVEZ.
Pohlithed by Order of Congress, 4
~ CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
- State of New-Hampshire ' Hil'th.rough -
Notice is hercby giventto the
non resident proprictors or onets of the follow=
ing lotts add part of lotts of land in" Peterborough-
Slip, in said county, that so much of heir lots will
be fold by Ané&iow on Tuefdar the fifth d.y of “en
tember next, at ten o'cleck o the far:mx\m,‘ 2¢ the
house of Samuel Grapgs innholder in [iic cown 29
will pay théir Centinental and State tax tcfpc&?vely,
with incid2nta) chaeges, for the yeat 7.9, ualefs
paid to me hefore. No. Range. 1 s, d.
Matthew Livermore, Efg; 18T Dl B ROy
Minister’s lort, . 347 833180
Joshua Peirce, : §@2o: &g 1Y ab
Thomas Wal'iog¥ord, P 34 ARSO
John Lovewel!, j¢ L 19 »2. 2 610
ofeph Blanchard, jr. south) % . ;
g plprt diz. all buvjn acrss, }ot 2 0»6
Joseph Blanchard, jr. fouthpart; 18 .2 7 6 o
" GILBERT McCAY, Constable.
Peterborough-Slip, lupe 75 2780, .«
Warrantee and Quit Claim Deeds 0
be Spld at the Printing-Office. *
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