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NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE.
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GENERAI ADVER TISER.
Vol. XXVIL ]}
From the Chester Chronicle, of May 2,1783.
To the SOVEREIGNS of EUROPE,
\NOUGH of war and defolation—Prin-
E“‘i ces, ’tis time to sheath the {fword—
long may itruft in its {cabbard—"'tis
timeo tocultivate the arts of peace-~to com
pensate for the miseries of ambition, by en
joving with gratitude the blessings of Provi
dence. The goodness of the Creator is so
= bundant, that prosperity may smile on each
nation, if flie seeks not the adversity of her
neighbours.—Why should we jostle one 4no
ther ? There is room enough for us a11,.—
Princes, to youl address myfelf—ye may
prove a blefiing or a cur{e to myriads—Re
member, as your power is great, your pu
nithment wilt be proportionate, if you abuse
it. Think not you are fafe in your palaces,
because you are secure from the terrors of
war : there is 2 more mighty foveredgn
than you, who will sooner or later, call you
to account for the use of the authority he
has delegat-d to you. Let past animof ics
be forgot ; and be it your joint endeavors,
for the future, to contribule to the felicity
of your fubj.cis, , it
It is the misfortune of markind, that
every scheme to promote their good, is ren
dered fruitiefs from.the vices ot the mighty,
the adulation of the courtiers, and the pre
jadices of the vulgar. The Great Henry,
and hic minifier Sully, formed a plan for 2
perpetual peace in Europe, which they con
sidered in the light of an immense republic
—The Monarch was unfortunately murder
ed, the scheme was ridiculed as Utopian,
and men continue to butcher their brethren,
But this is not my present fubjeét ; I mean
to submit to your confidertion the state of
Jiterature. Gy eT aE T
All our knewledge in the polite arts is
borrowed from thoie renowned nations the
Greeks and Romans : they have taught us
to {peak ; they have instructed us to write ;
they have shewn us modeis of patriotism ;
they have humanifed and polithed us ; eve
ry principle of virtue and manners may be
learned from their elegant and attic per
formances. - L Ed _ 5
If we have reaped so miuch benefit from
those works which have escaped the injuries
of time, how unfortunate is it that, among
other arts, they were ignorant of the art of
Printing ? The ravages of war, fanaticifm,
and ignorance, have contributed to the loss
of the most admirable performances. Prin
ces, how meritorious would it be to search
into every corner of the globe for these ce
lebrated works ! What giory to recover the
remainder of Livy of Salluf—Polybius or
Platarch—Menander or Terence ! Nor is
the matter desperate—The Pandedls of Jus
tinian, the Works of Aristotle, and flill later
the Ode to Cerss, shew, that industry may
recover what has been considered asirretriev
ably loft. | b ‘
I thall point ont where probably some of
these standards of perfeltion may be reco
vered. Bt B LR »
~ Though the Turkifth empire, ever since its
foundation, has been inimical to learning,
yet as it was founded on the ruins of the most
celebrated countrics where every art and f{ci
ence was cultivated, it isimprobable that all
the ancient manuscripts have perished in the
places of their nitivity, In Egypt,in Greece,
SATURDAY, Junze 2¢ 1783,
in Asia, there must fiill remain some vefiiges
of their pristine fame. Is it improbable that
the Sulian preserves as curiosities the elegant
rolls found in ancient splendid iibraries ? Is
it not the interest of a Joseph a Catherine, or
a Lewis, fuflicient to obtain permiflion for
some learned men 10 enquire, through his
extensive dominions, for manuscripts to pur
chase a copy ?. | |
How little would be the expence, when
contrasted with the charges of a Campaign ¢
And bow great the acquilition, if fuccefsinl ?
"T'he completeing of a Livy will procure more
true glory, than the conquef of 2 province.
Is it improbal#: that a search in Rome,
once the mistress of the globe, and the reit
of lraly, will not tend to the'recovery of vi
luable manuscripts ? Let the search be carri
ed through those subterranean cavities; orce
the habitation of.the old Romans, on the ju
ing of which modern Rome ishuilt, ¢«
~ Let every private poficfior, and every lib
rarian, publith 2 catalegue of the ancient
books in their custody, .The desire of Alex
ander to engross all the learning, as well as
the power of the globe, was unworthy of
him. Trae glory confitls in the encourage
ment of the arts ; not in the peflcHion of
knowledge alone, but in diffofing it as-much
as poflible. =~ Surely nothing can be more li
diculous than the preserving in cbicurity ihe
finefl works of the greatest mizflers, without
being of the friallcft ufz to a single wnorizil.
fn a particular manner proper perions -
should be appointed to infpeéd the rianu
fcripts found at Herculaneum. —ls such were
found as Fame reports—why are not the
fearned zppointed to peruse ths bepinning
of each manuscript, till they know wh+ is
tlie author, and the fubje@, and from thence
be fatisfied if it be worth 2 further exami
nation.~Let the result of their enquiries be
made public, and the Kings of Spzin and
Sicily will acquire immortal honor.
. As the Saracens, after the evaporation of
that fanataeifm which prompted them to
defiroy all works of genius, encouraged the
arts to which they had been enemies, and
translated most of the celebrated clzflics into
the Arabic, should not 3 lift of Arabic ma
nuscripts in private and public repofiterics
be printed, to fatisfy the world whether any
instruction can be thus obtained ? From this
channel, considerable advantages may be
derived, when the originals are irrecoverably
loft. The King of Spain hasheie given the
example—let him complete the work by a
search for manuscripts in Pompeia and Her
culapeum..... . x 5 o ¥
Princes! ye have in many refpedls the
power of beaefitting mankind.—May. your
inclinations correspond with your abilities !
__ R O M E Apil 32
It is fzid that the King of Naples has by
the late earthquakes loft an annual income
of 50c0,000 ducats, and private persons full
as much in proportion. 50,000 persons are
miffing, of whom 30,000 have perished.
The spirit of retorm with regard to con
vents allually prevails in.ltaly, no less than
in the rest of Europe. The Duke of Modena
has lately fupprefled four in his dominions,
Nk BNN & Smlla -
A Waich-maker has invented an aic gun,
which without re-charging,fires fifteen times
fucceflively. A corps of hunters, it is said;
are to be armed with these guns.
oo BE SN (e R K Bpnildx, |
Li is aifcrted that the Englith in the treaty
of peace with us, will content themselves
with the factory of Surat, inflead ot the
coleny of Negapatnam., ‘. |
ki U N D O N, Apsil. 26,
According to advices {rem Paris, of the
20th inflant, the difficulties that had cccured
in the negociation with Hollard, are 31l re
moved, and the definitivetigaties meeting no
further cbfiruétion, ,will be fiaaliy adjusted
very shortly. The Dutch are to have bick
ail their fertlemenis in the East Indies ; but
the porisin the island of Ceylon, are to ba
deciared peutral, and open to the trade of
ail nations. France is to have,for ten yzars,
in consideration of her protediion to e
Durch, an unlimited and unrefirited right”
of vilting and ufing*ail the parts and fettle
men'!s of the Duich in Asia, so that thips na
vigatirg umder the French flig, may trade
snd refit, &c. in the Datch harbours in the
Bzl Indies. jor that flipuiated time,thefame
2s the fubjefiopt-Hollandh:: o) oo
. Many people are unable to form an ade
(quale idea of the extentof the difiri@s ceded
in America, because the geograpby of that
immense country is not well knewn, - It will
not be amiis thereiore to compare the dis
tricts ceded, with countries with which we
are more acquainted. The following mea
surements are ‘made with accuracy : .
. The river Obio is navigable from FortFiit
to it mouth,which is alengih of 116 miles.
The lands on the banks of the Ohio, and
the Allegany Mountains, the Lakes Ontario
aad Erie,and the lilinois and Miflippi rivers,
contain 233 200 (quare miles,which is nearly.
equal 1o Gieat Britain ard France, whose
contents are ¢cnly 235,237 {quare miles.
. T'he lands between the lilinois, Lakes
Huron and Superior, ard the Miffippi at the
fails of St. Antheny,contain 129 030 square
miles nearly equal to Great Bri:ain and Ire
land which contain onlyl3l Bco fquaremiles.
. The lands from St. Anthony’s Fz!lc to the
South line from the Lake of the Wcods to
the head ot the Miflifippi, contain g coo
{iuare miles, which is more than Holiand,
Flanders, and lreland, which contain only
579c¢8 square miles— | Yt
- East Fiorida alone contains 35,000 square
miles, and isnearly as large aslieland, which
has-only 35 400 square miles— = . .-°
- The United States of America contain 207,
050 square miles, nearly as large zs all Ger
many, Flanders, Holland and Swizeriand,
which contain 207,483 square miles.
“ Choice Lifbori” Feathers,
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- By Timothy Mountford,
On Spring- Hill, Port{mouth, June 16,1783,
_..' Choice Stone Lime, .
TO BE SOLD by ABNER BLAISDELL,
et s e B R
A patr of Surgeon’s Forceps.
—Whoever has found the fame, and will
Jeave it at the Printing- Office, Portimouth,
shall be handlomely rewarded.
... WAR-OFFICE Mayzi, 1783,
| LL officers holding commiflion under the Uni-
A ted States of America, who have beeo prifiners
as war to Great-Britain, are bereby infermed that they
arc absolved from their paoles. B. LINCOLN, =
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