The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle

NEW-YORK. November 28.

CHARACTERS.

"ALL Gen. AMHERST's dispositions were made in the most admirable methods and with that regularity of military arrangement, which makes so considerable a part of the character of that able Commander. And without question, his conduct in his last expedition, by which he obliged the Town of Montreal to surrender without a blow, and conquered Canada, without effusion of blood, deserves every honour and every recompense a grateful people can bestow. The humanity with which he behaved to the conquered, both French and Indians, tho' the one had perpetrated, and the other had at least conniv'd at the most horrid cruelties on the English prisoners, adds a high lustre to his conquest. His troops set not one house on fire, not one habitation was plundered, not one was killed.

None was more distinguished in this respect than Sir WILLIAM JOHNSON. He led into Canada an army of 1000 of the fiercest and most cruel savages which are bred in America, without doing the smallest damage to the country, or offering the slightest injury to the inhabitants. To effect this, he was obliged to exert the most unwearied endeavours, and the whole of those uncommon talents which gave him such power over the minds of all sorts of men, being respected by the regular troops, dear to the Provincials, almost adored by the Indians, and possessed of that genius for acquiring popularity, and that versatile disposition, which we so seldom see united with disinterestedness an integrity. The great victories, by which he has advanced the interest of the nation, have done him less honour than this conduct, by which he has so greatly advanced its character for humanity and moderation."