The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, March 25, 1757, Page 2

Peace to all fuch, whofe Notions, ever veerirg, Gommend by Rote, or-cenfure withour Fearing. Such ftill may rage, and rail at our Expence ; " We wage no War with Foes to common Senfe. At Learning’s Shrine, we bend, and firive to reach A modeflt Elegance and Grace of Speech ; To pleale ourfelves, and pleafe the nobler Few, With Joy to {mile on dawning Worth,—like Y ou. For this we chufe a chafte correfted Page, And fhew the nobleft Subjeét on the Stage ; A Hero rifing in loft Freedom’s Caufe, i What Kings thould be, and Ged like ALFRED was, In ev’ry Scene, the Moral is divine, And T'ruth and Mercy breathe in ev'ry Line ; No Thought to fpread a Blufh on Virtue’s Cheek ; No Word but what an Anchorite might fpeak. Then kindly nuife true Genius in the Bud ; It yet thall rile, and blaze for publick Good. Qur well meant Labors take in candid Part, And fpare our Action for our Author’s Heart. What {lighter Failings to our Share may fall, Thick on your Xouth,—and you'll forget them all % Thick, e’re you point the Bolts of Cenfure at us, That, tho’ our T'reat be poor, we treat you GraTis. PHILADELPHIA, March 10. Friday laft Captain Chancellor arrived here in 38 Days from Maderia, and inoiins us, that Capt. Cleve- land, in the Gibraltar Man of War, a zo Gun Ship, came,in there two Days belore he failed, in eleven Days from England, and that on his Pafiage he fell in with a 50 Gun Ship of Morfieur Salverts Squadron, wiich he engaged fornear two Hours. “Capt. Cleve- land tock theMan of Warto be a largeEattIndia Man, and fo pave Chafe, which brought on theEngagement, He bad five of hisMen killedin theAction,and feveral . weanded, his Sailsand Rigging intirely dellroyed, and the Stern of his Ship much thactered. . T'he particular Lofs ofthe Frenchman coeuld not be known, bat was tho’t to be very confiderable, and the Ship much da- maged, as the Crew of the Gibraltar behaved ex- tremely well. Capt. Cleveland brought Advice, That the Militia Biil in England had pafled both Houles of Parliament, and wanted only theKoyal Aflent, which there was no doubt of its getting : That Admiral Byng’s Trial had come on at Port{moath, ard that the Court had been eight Days in examining three Witneffes, by whofe E- vidence it appeared very black on theAdmiral’s Side : That there was a Fleet of 55 Sail of the Line lying at Spithead, ready to put to fea, and 18 Line of Battle Ships in the Bay of Bifcay,under the Command of Ad- miral Weft : That it was faid Admiral Knowles, with 23 Sail of the Line, a Number of Tranfports,and ele- ven Regiments on board, was defigned for the North- ward: That Admiral Norris, with four Sail of the Line,wa: *o go to theEaftIndies: ThatAdmiralCoates, with 6 Capital Ships, and nine Tranfports, was to fail for Jamaica: That 18,0ut of 38 Sail of Merchantmen, that were uiader Convoy of Salvert’s Squadron, had been carricd into England : That three finePrivatcers, fzid to be fitted cut by the Prisces of the Blocd Royal of France, were all taken before they had been 24 Hours ar Sea: That there are faid to be 1 8,000Fench Prifoners in England : and that a great many Veflels are daily taken both by the Englith and French. By a Gentleman frem Virginia we learr, that the Week before 1ait, four Perfons were carried off by the Indians from the South Branch of Potowmack : That the fame Week 17 Cherckee Indians came in to Au- gufta County, and bro’t with them four Scalps, and a ¥rench Prifoner : and that thefe Indians faid eighteen more of their Nation might be daily expeded, with more Scalps and Prifoners, N E W.Y O R K, March 14. Tuefday laft came up the Spanifh Ship mentioned- in laft Monday’s Gazette, to be taken by Capt. Had- den,and to havearrived at the Hook. Sheisnot as yet condemned,— In fearching the Cabb'n we hear, vp- wards of 500 FrenchCrowns and Piftoles were found. Yefterday the Ship Earl of Halifax Packes Capt. Morris, fail’d from hence with the Mail forFalmoutn; in whom was fent Pafienger Baron Diefkaw,theFrench General that was taken by Sic William Johufon, at the late Battle at Lake George. The fame D2y was fent in here by the Privateer Brig Prince of Orange, Capt. Dixon of this Port, the Brig Defiance, Capt. Fones, of Rhode-1fland, andSloop Peggy, Capt, Clofs of 8t. Kitts, a French Letter of Marque Ship, calledthe Le Fidelle, of 12 Carriage Guns, MonfieurAugufta Finne, lateCommander, with 138 Soldiers on board, bound from Rochelle for St. Domingo, but was taken by Capt. Fones, on the 6th of February, off the Ifland of Hipaniola, afier an En- 1 A Parody on thofe two famousLines of Mr. Pope.-- If to ber Shame fome Female Errors fall, Look on ber Face, and you'll forget them all, o —- V—— e e w—t et ey gagement of three Glaffes : Th= So'diers they put on board a Spavith Sleop then in Company, who had at different Times before met with the Privategr Sloops Squirrel. Weefel, and Elizabeth of this Port, all well ‘on board, but had taken nothing. And the pext Day the famePrivateers feil in with, and took a Ship and Sloop from Bourdeaux for St. Domingo alfo; and on the 10:h took another Ship from Bourdeaux for St. Domingo hikewife ; ail which were ordered for this Port, and may be daily expect- ed if not prevented by the hard Norths. By a Letter from Albany, received fince our Jaft, we learn,thata Man was jaift arriv’d from the Seneca Courtry, where he faw feveral French Indians that were juft come in there from Canada, with Prefents, and a large Quantity of Powder and Ball, in order to diftribuce the fame amongft all the Indians that were willing to take up theHacchet againft theEnglith ; that two Englifh Prifoners were lateiy bro’t froin Canada to the SenecaCountry for Sale ; and that feveral Indi- ans had aualy (et cut from thence, with a Defign to captivate and ‘murder the Iahabitants of this, and the neighbouring Provinces. NEWHAVEN, Mach12. On Tuefday Morning laft & little before 5 *oClock, was felt at Weathersfield, Hartford and other Towas, a fmall Shock .of am Earthquake ; attended with a low rumbling Noife, hke diftant Thunder. BOST O N, March 21. Latt Week Capt. Fones arriv’d at Rhode Ifland, in the Privateer Brig Defiance of that Port, and bro’t in with him a Prize Sloop : We hear Capr. Fones in the Courfe of his Croize has taken g Prizes. Extraét of @ Letter from Newport Rhode-Ifland, dated March 15. — I have receiving the following Account from an "~ Officer on board Capt. Fones, who arrived here lalt Satarday, and it may be relied on : Heinforms me, they have taken part of pine Prizes, 1, a'Sloop be- longing to St. Martin's, about 40T ons burthen, Cargo Wine, dry Goods, Prov:fions, and 30 Negroes; 2d. a Sloop from Martinecn to Santilyze, about 80 Tous, laden withWine, Beef, Butter, &c. 3d.a {mall Schoo- ner in her Ballaft ; 4th. one Ditto of 70T ons, 6 Car- riage and 8 Swivel Guns, 6 Negro Slaves, dry Goods, fmall Arms, &c.” This laft in Company with Capt. Dixon of New York ; 5th. a Ship- near 400 Tons, with 12 fix Pounders, 38 Seamen and 200 Soldiers, laden with Wine, Flour, Ammunition, Arms and dry Goods, which is daily expe®ted. Iam informgd by another, that fhe hath 4 Chefts of Money, was bound to the Miffifippi ; 6th. a Sloop 110 Tons, with Wine, Qil, Butter, Small Arms, &c. 7th. a Ship of 300Tons with dry Goods, Wine and Provifions, with 6 four Pounderss, &c. 8th. a Bark of 1go Tong, with Wine, dry Goods and Provifions ; gth. a Sodw 165 Tons, laden with Wine and fundrys, The Sloop of 110 Tons arriv'd here laft Monday, and will make a fire Privateer, ’tis faid {he hath 40 or 50 Tons of Riggirg on board, which was for two 50 Gun Ships buiiding at Mufiippi River.—Jt wou'd be too tedious to men- tion the brave Aétion in taking the abovefaid firong Ship, which fought fmartly 4 Glaffes, when a lucky Shot from Capt. Faones fplit the Ship’s Whee!, and kiil’d 2 or 3 Men ; they found 8 dead on her Deck, &c.” [We find by the Neav York Prints of Monday lafi, that the laft nientioned Ship is arriced there] Capt. Ellery of this Place, and a Naw York Pri- vateer, has taken two French ones,and another Prize. Extralls of two Letters from Providince in Rbode Ifland dated the 12th and 131h of this Inflant. “—Capt. Simon Smith is arrived in g Days from South Carolina, who informs—ThatCapt.Sweating in a Privateer Sloop of this Place has taken and carried into New Providence a Dutch Snow of 150 Tons la- den chiefly with Bale Goods, and had on board 400 Four Piftole Picces, but can’t learn where fhe was bound. : Thurfday lalt, John Harrington was executed at Cambridge, for the Murder of Paul Learned, in Sep- tember laft. : PO RT S M OUT H, On Monday lail; the Superiour Court of Judicature, for the Province of New [lamplhire, was further ad- joarn’d to Mouday the 4th Day of April next. Wednefday Night Jaft, was broke open the Shop of Mr. John Nelfon, Gold{mith, out of which was taken his Cafe containing fundry Sorts of Work, to the Value of four or five hundred Pounds, befides two or three Watches. ’Tis fuppos'd the fame Villains attempted to break into another Shop, but were fea- fonably furpriz'd, and made off : They are now le- gally puffu’d, and ’tis to be hop’d thefe audacious Villains will be found out, and punifh’d according to their Deferts. The Poft did not come in till § o’Clock laft Night, by Reafon of bad Travelling. e e ety s ADVERTISEMEMNTS. Province of 3 O’]"" cg? iS New Hampsuire Court of Vice ddmiralty % lhefl'givell that an Informatiod®®exhibited to faid Ceart agawnit Six Hundred White Pine Trees, &t a Place cailed #7ff River, which runs into Comnedii- cut River, a little above. Fort Dummer, (0 called, 'f:téo,.. Hundred avhite Pine {rees at fundry Places in Copnedli- cat River, between North-£icld and great Sugar River fo calied, Oue T houjand White Pine Logs at a Pjace cal- led Am-fecag Falls in Merrimack River, and Five Hundred W hite Pine Leogs in Suncock River, {o called, declared to be feized in the Proviace of New Hymp- fire, for His Majesty’s Ulfe, as being cut con- trary to the Statutes in fuech Cafes provided——A4ny Perfen or Perfons claiming the Property of faid Trees or Logs, orany of them, may be heard thereonon “Thurlday the 28th of #pri/ next at Three o’Clock in the Afternoon at Port/mouth, in faid Province, if they thall fee Caufe to make out the fame. Lortfmouth, March 17. 1757. 2 P Curiam, fobn Sherburne; D. RF 7 HERE AS. I Tuowuas Dorror ¢f Excter [; in the Province of New Hamplhire, am goiy to jerve my King and Country in the enfui Campaign, and anderflanainy that MIARTHA, my Wof bas a Defign to run me ints Debt during my Abfencer L his is therefore to notify and warn a’l Perfons in Town and Country, againft trufiing the faid MAR THA, for any T hing whatfrever on my Account, for that [will not pay any fuch Debt by ber cantralled afier this Day. Dated at Exeter, March zif, 1757. Tuomas Dovrror. TIIESE ARE 70 GIVE PUBLIC NOTICE,ts* all Perfons, not to tryftor let NiarTua Nimocks, Wife to James.N1mocks, /ate of Bedford, i the Pro- vince of New Hampfhire, have any Thing upon Truft, Joe refufing to live with the faid James Nimocks as ber Hufband 5 therefore any Perfon that fhould truf the Jaid MMARTHA any Thing, be the faid JamEs NiMocks | refufes to pay.any Part thereof. Dated at Londen- ! derry, November 29, 17356. James Nimocks. 8!3:’: EBL, \E:RR ‘ Witnefles prefent. JUST IMPORTED aznd to be Sold by Jossen Bus Good Fya!/ WINES by the Pipe or [maller Quantity. Alfs West Inpia RUM Jy the Hogfbead, or [maller Quantity. 2 P I T T I T I I I T AP ey ey iy HLL Perfons Indebted to the Efate of Mr. I'nomns CHaSE, late of Stratham, in the Province of New- Hampthire, Innkelder, deceafed, are ‘defired g make Jpeedy Pagment of their refpetiive ‘Debts to A?j‘"[.ovz ) CHASE, Addminifiratrix. to Jaid Eflate. And all Per- Jons who have any Claims on the Eftate of [aid Decealed, are defired to bring them in to faid Hdminiflratrix in prder for Settlement and Rifcharge theresf. Sttatham, March 10, 1757. 2 erL—‘Er/onj that kave any Deinands on the Eflate of Mrs.-Ann SLayTON, /atz of Portimourh, in the Province of New-Hampthire, Iunbolder, deceafed ; are defired to bring the fame to Jouy Harvey and Ricuarp Harvey of fzid Portimouth, Sons of the Jaid Decealed, and Adminifirators of faid Fflate, in Order for fettling and paying : Adnd allthat are indebt - ed ta the faid Eflate, are defired to pay the fame to the faid Adminiftratsrs te prevent further Lrouble. Portimouth, March 17. 1757, 2 g oow cmm L o o Ly g | e | R O, R TR s e e ProvincE of % i | OVICE is bereby given to New - HaMmPsHIRE L\‘ tbe. PUBLIC, Ybat the Inhabitants of NEw-CASTLE,and elfewhere, bave peti- tioned the GOVERNOR, COUNCIL and ASSEMBLY for the Benefit of a LOUTERY, in Order to raife Money to huild a BR1pGE over L1TTLE BYARBOUR River from SAuUNDERS’s Point upon- the Main to New CASTLE Upen which Petition the folloming Vte pajid, viz. Province of New Hampsuire, In the Houfe of REPRESENTATIVES, Feb 26, 1757, ¥his Petition baving been Read, ResoLvep, That the Petitioners be beard thereoi the fecond Day of the fitting of the GENERAL ASSEMELY ncxt. after the firjt Day of April mext, and that the Petitioners at their own Co and Charge caufe the Subflance of faid Petition, wit this Order of Court to be Advertized in the New- Hanepthire Gazette four Weeks fucceffively, that any Perfon or Perfons may appear, if they pleafe, and [beer Caufe, if any they bave, why the Prayar thereof foould mot be granted. ANDREW Crarkson, Clerks InCouncrr, End. Die Read and Concarred } ) Turopore Arkinsown, Secretary. 7°0 LE SOLD, a likrly, fircrg, heality NEGRO BOY, about twelve or thirteen Years, af Age, who i bas been tw> Years in the Country. ' Inguire of the Pablifber of tiis Paper. 3 PP — e g el PORTSMOUTH, in NEW-HAMPSHIRE, Printed by Daniel Fowle, where this Paper may be had at One: Dol/ar per Annum, or an ; T Equivalent in Bills of Credit, oxe Half to be paid at Entrance,