The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, October 7, 1756, Page 4

Chace, fired several Shot at him, and with Difficulty he escaped being taken. Sept. 5. *Captain Pell fell in with five Sail of French Merchantmen, who all hoifted English Co- lours: He immediately engaged two of them within Piftol Shot, one a Ship of 12 Guns and 40 Men; the other a'Snow of 10 Guns and 35 Men: The Ship endeavoured to run Capt. Pell down, but he prevented her, by giving: her such a Broadside, as made her glad to sheer off:- He then run along Side of the Snow, and gave her another Broadside, when. she ftruck her Colours; but the Privateer having fresh Way, she hoifted her Colours again, and jomned the Refi of the of the Fleet. The same Afternoon Capt. Pell fell on another hip of 14 Guns and 45 Men, and after exchanging two Broadsides, the Seca running high, and the reft of the Ships coming down upon him, was obliged to quit her. - The remainder of this muft be deferr'd-to another Opportunity. New York, Sept. 27. Thursday laft, a Frenchman supposed to be a Spy, was brought here trom Albany, where he was secured by Order of the Earl of London, and is committed to our Goal. * j The same Morning Capt. Jauncey arrived here in 23 Days, from Jamaica. He was ten Days in the Windward Passage, without seeing a Vessel of any Nation whatever. There are now on the Jamaica Station, 2 Ships of 60 Guns, 1 of 50, 1 of 40, and 2 of 20 Guns, and 3 others of 70~and 8o Guns each, daily expected there. ~ 4 . Camp at Lake George, Sept. 20, 1756. ¢ Yefterday one of our Scouts, consifting of 48 Men, com- manded by Capt. Hodges, were ambush’d and fired upon by a larger Party of Indians (about 12 -Miles off, on the Weft Side of the Lake ) our Men fought them about half an Hour, but several of them being kill’d by the firft Fire of the Enemy, who with superiour Numbers had the Advantage of the - - Ground, and had almoft surrounded them, our Party were forced to give way and run off, and were closely pursued by the Indians: Only 5 of the Party are yet returned alive. Imme- diately upon the News, a fresh Party was sent down to their Relict, in one of the Sloops, with two Whale Boats: In the Evening one of the Boats returned, and brought the Bodies of the Captain and g others that were found dead on the Place of Ation, scalped and mangled in 3 very cruel inhuman Manner, and 3 of their Heads cut off: We fear moft of the others are fallen into the Enemy’s Hands. This Day two of our Men being out in a Swamp at a small Diftance from the Camp, without their Arms, were fired upon by an Indian, but not _wounded, on which’ they ran away and were pursued by the Indian, who overtook one of them, a young Lad, and ftabb’d and scalped him before we could give him any Assiftance. ! B O ST ON, Ofober 4. Besides the Articles mentioned under Halifax, we are since informed from thence, that Capt. Spry had taken a French Sloop from Canada, laden with Furs, Fish, &, also a Snow of Force and a Brigantine from the same Place. ’Tis said Capt. Spry had wrote to Governor Lawrence, that the Matfter of the Spow told him, that the Garrison of Ofwego, 15,00 in Number, arrived at Canada while he was there, and that he was informed the French did not lose ‘a Man in the Reduétion of that Place. .+« That several Vessels had been chased off / Halifax, by a large French Privateer Scnooner, her, upper Works and Mafts painted with Spanzsh Brown, and that the Famaica Sloop of War was gone out in queft of her. It is also reported, that Capt. Rous had taken a French Privateer Brigantine of 14 Guns and 150 Men. We have a long confused and uncertain Accoynt of the taking of Ofwegn Fort, given and signed by one Fobn Gael, who belonged to one of the Sloops on Lake Ontario, and who made his Escape #rom the Enemy with 3 others, the Evening after the Surrender of the Fort. To this Account is annexed the Names of the Officers belonging to the 3 Regi- ments of which sthe Garrison consifted; but as they were all made Prisoners, and carried to Canada, and as every one who had Friends or Relations among them now knows. their Fate, think it needless to insert their Names here. Monday laft, his Majefty’s Ship Mermaid (on board of which is his Excellency Governor SHIRLEY) sail’d from this Port for England. Tuesday laft, being Training-Day at Caftle William, in firing one of the 42 Pound Cannon, it split to pieces, by which Mr. Seaver, a Quarter-Gunner, was kill’d on the Spot, one had his Lég so terribly shattered that it has since been cut off; another was much wounded in his Head and Side, and several others reccived some Hurt, but tis hoped they will all do well. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 7. By an Express that arriv’d " here yefterday from Albany, we have Advice, That the French are making some Advances towards our Camp at Lake George, and that General Winslow was apprensive they had some Thoughts of paying him a Visit, and that his Lordship the Earl of Loudon had de- manded of the several Governors in New England a Re- inforcement. 3 % PorT of PISCATAWAY. Entred in, Schooner Rye, Richard Fofs from Chignecto. Sloop Neptune, Luke Mills, and Ship Salisbury, Samuel Appeeton trom Antigua. Btig Britannia, William Gowen from Rbode Island. Brig Three Brothers, Thomas Daricot from Biddeford. Entred Dut, Brig Sally, Thomas Palmer fo Weft-Indies. Schooner Elizabeth, Mark Furnald to Fyall. Snow Minerva, Foseph Hixfon to Antigua. Ship Friends Adwventure, Sohn Briard to Weft-Indies. Ship Elizabeth, Nathanael Adams to Weft-Indies. Cleared Out, Schooner Fortune, Richard Yeaton to Rbode Island. Schooner Charming Molly, Henry Carter to Rhode Island. Sloop Sufannah, Howard Henderson to Rhode Island. Schooner Hound, Robert Oram to Fyall. Brig Dolphin, Samuel Froft to Weft-Indies. Sloop Elizabeth, David Obrian to Liverpool. To be fold by the Printer hereof, A Variety of bound Books and PAMPHLETS, among which are the following, viz. Douglafs’s Summary, Hifforical —and Political of America in 2 Vol. American Magazines in 3 Fol. Barnard’s Myftery of the Gospel. Life of Fenny Cameron. Sure Guide to Heaven. Watts's 44 Sermons, Lyric Poems, &c. . PORTSMOUTH, in NEW-HAMPSHIRE: . Printed by Danzel Fowle; where this Paper may be had at' Ome Dollar per Annum, or an Equivalent in Bills of Credit, computing 2 Dollar this Year at Four Pounds Old Tenor.