The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, December 31, 1756, Page 2

‘70 wounded ; great flaughter, you will fay, in fo fhort a Time as from 30 to 4o Minutes, which was all we took to do our Work in ; but we went about it ferjoufly andfo- berly, for I fuffered not a man to drink any Thing befides Water, until we bad done. 1 loft my Malfter, Cook; and two more, and nine dangeroufly wounded. very partica'ar Providence towards myfelf, having Part of my Hat carried away ; and furely we have great Reafon to be ever thankful to the Almighty, that {o few of us fell in {o furious a Confli& ; for I believe I may without Va- nity fay, it was one of the fierceft that ever was fought. The French Captain bebaved with great Refolution,whilft he forvived, as I could fee piainly by his encouraging, his Men fore and aft : His Name was Guffer_and I am told ke was the Perfon who behaved himfelf %:gallant!y in a Martinico thip, which he commanded in February laft, a- gainft the Experiment, one of our twenty Gun fhips. This was theMan purpofely pitched upon to fubdue me, who've had theHappinefs in the late War to make the French fome- what apprehenfive at prefent. Indeed the Encouragement the FrenchKing had given to any of his fubjeéts that thould take me dead or alive, was no fmall Indncement to ex- cite his Courage ; for befides the Honour of Knighthood and a Penfion of 3000 Livres per Annum, he was alfo to have had the Comwand of a fhip of war ; and further, the Merchants of Marleilles, had promiled him a Gratuity of double -the Value of my Veflel ; to which Purpole a Writing had been pofied publickly en their Exchange. 'I'hisé bidding a great Piice for the poer Liverpool Man.®*The Damage done to the Hall of my Veflel was {mall, but my fails and Rigging were ill treated ; for in the Fore fail only we received vpwards of 170 fhot, great and {mall. - Gréat were the Expeflation of the French on feeing me attacked ; and equally great was their Mortifica- tion on feeing the Xebeck fly. On the other Hand, thofe. of our own Nation, and likewife the Jews who are fettled here, and warmly attached to the Iutereft of our Nation, exprefled their Joy by every Token cf Triumph ; for as the Engagement happened at Ncon Day, within a few Leagues of this Port, we had the whole City f{pe&ators, and therefore it was a kind of pitched Battle between us. -Thas, dear Sir, I bave had the Happinefs to do fome little fervice to my Country, and I hope, Credit to the - Commiffion our good King has been pleafed do honour me with.. What more I can do [ will. ‘ * Fxtra& of a Letter from Leghorn, fept 28. “ When the men of War arriv'd from Sir Edward Hawke, demanding Capt. Fortunatus Wright, the Expre/s [ent to the Regency of Florence brought for Anfaver, That they muft fub- mit and deliver up Captain Wright, for there awas no repelling Force : Accordingly the Guards diliver'd bim. On theisth they carried bim off in Triumph, in company awith a Number of Merchantmen that avere lying there waiting for Conuvay. Capt. Wright bas got 150 brave Fellows on board bis Ship, avhom it is prefumed, he will avenge bimfelf if Opportunity offers. The Fort fired by Way of Difapprobation at parting awith pim, three Guns,but not with any Defign to do any Da- mage. PHITILADELPHIA Dr o J We have Advice from Heidelberg, in Nort n ‘County, that on the 28th alt: in the Evening, th&f Houfe of Belthafar Jagar was aitacked by a Party of Indians, who I experienced- ' faid Jager's, about eleven Years old. killed one Jacob Steinbrobs, and carried offa Daughter of ‘ .’ ?f* And from Begks County, thata Wema.n has been miffing. E from Heidelberg Towafhip for three Weekspalt, [uppo(e&’i,{. t0 be carried off by the Enemy. In a Letter from Jimaica, dated O8ober 271, it is faid that the French had tnen taken but few Veflels, tho’ (upe.' rior to us in Ferce ; and that fix Capital fhips were. daily. expeéted from England. ; NEW YORK, December 33. . 7.0 Capt. Ducket, Keeper of one of the Ferries trom Staten- - Ifland to this Place, was found dead in one of his Paflage-.. Boats, on Monday Evening laft, foon after he had aflited one of his Boats to go from the Wharf with Pafiengers, Verdi& from the Jury, Apoplexy. . ' Letters from the Bay of Honduras inform, That on the 1.3th of O&tober, a Cralt arrived there from the Mufqueto~ fhore, the Skipper of which gave an Account, that one Capt. Garrifon, in a Brig, and Capt. Creamer, in a Sloop, . were both taken a tew Days before, and carried into Port- Mahon. The fame Skipper alfo gave out, That a Body of the Spaniards having landed at. Bluefields, on the Muf- queto fhore, were about erefling a Fortification, when the> Mufqueto Indians came upon them ; and the Spaniards apprehenfive of being overpowered, beat a Parly, which the Indians confented to, but while they were parlying, the Spaniards treacheroufly endeavoured to furround them, and cot them off. The Indians, armed withtheir Lancets, - and feeing Death before them, refolately feil upon ~thé - Spaniards, cuttwo Thirds of them to Pieces, and took thvee +* of their Principals Prifoners, patting the othegs to Flight. - The Indians afterwards towed acrofs Biuefeld® ver, the | three Prifoners at the flern of their Canoces, and then tied them to Trees, and fhot at them with their bluat Arrows, - gradually to put them to Death, ¥k Wednefday, LEvening laft_arrived here from Albany, His Exce!lency John Earl of Loudon, accompanied by feveral Gentlemen of the Army. é . ‘ Yefterday came up the Harliquin Privateer {loop, Capt. Haley, of this Port, and brought in with ber a fice large rich new Fiench Spow, called the Morning Starr, Mon{ —, bound from Martineco to Havre de Grace, ' Cotton, Cocoa, &c valued at about 10,000l. This is the 2] valuable Prize brought into this' Haibour by the” - Harliquin, Hear An Englifh Privateer and a Brig, are carried into Mar. tineco by their Privateers, out of which Port we hear there are 45 Privateers. ) On Tuelday lalt one John Webb, belonging to Shirley’s . Regiment, was refcued by fome of the Inhabitants, fromas . ' °* Number of Royal American foldiers, (Germans) who cut: the poor Man in {o terrible a2 Manner, that he died. . The Coroner’s Inqueft have brought in their Verdi&, - #ilful Murder, in a private Centinel, belonging to the faid Royal Americans, and that diverfe other Perfons of the faid Re- giment, were prefent, aiding, abetting, and encouraying the fame Murder. The principal one is efcaped, and two are in Caftody. B O 8 T O N, Deuembgpsto,. - ——— His Honour the Licutenant Govefuor hazh, by""{riflne;" This Hongur ta¢ Licutenant 130V . . Her Loading y ! is 200 Hogfheads of Sugar, and fundry of Coffee, with - / .