The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, May 27, 1757, Page 1

Friday, May 27. 1757, 7 PO, E ith the Frefl:qfl Advices By the Harriot Packet, Capt. Bonnel!, arrived at New- 4 York, we have the followwing Advices. 1« "DRESDEN, (the Capital of Saxony) Feb. 27. AST Week a Skkmifh happened at Oftritz, in ¥ Upper-Lufatia, between Littau and Garlitz, i which amounted to no more than this ; A fmall Body of Auftrian Irregulars attempted to {urprize a Battalion of Prince Henry’s Regiment, quarter’d there ; but as yet, we have not learnt for certain, which Party fuf- ' fered the moft. Yefterday Morning the King's plea- » fure was fignified to a!l the Saxon Officers, who were al- lowed to be here on their Parole, as Prifoners of War, that they fhould leave this City by the 1ith of next ontb, and repair to the different places afligned them Saxony. Thefe Orders of his Pruflian Majefly, are , Shought very prudent, as it would appear very unna- e ral for them to be here, as fo many Spies, at a Time v hen the moft ferious Difpofitions are making for open- * fing the Campaign. The Wives of the Pruffian Offi- ters and Soldiers who came to vifit their Hufbands in their Winter Quarters, are alfo ordered to return to their » refpe&ive Habitations, by the Beginning of next Month, ‘« Dantsick, (in Rigal Praffia) Feb. 17. We are in conftant Expectation of hearing of a Battle between the Ruffian and Pruffian Armies in Courland. By the laft Advices upwards of 25000 of the former had already afs’d the Dwina, and the fame Number were aflem- bled in Livonia, and on the March into Courland. At the fame Time we are affured, the Proffians, to the Number of 24000 Men, are atually encamp’d not far from Memel, and have a large Train of Artillery, which the Ry dians have not, their whole T'rain confiiting of a few {mall Field Pieces, the Cannon from Peter{- 3 burgh, not being as yet arrived ; infomuch that it is thought the Pruffians will attack them to great Advaa- tage ; Field- Maifhal Lehwald,having as it is confidently afferted, pofitive Orders to march into Courland, and attack the Ruffians on the fist Advice of their paffing the Dwina. The advanc’d Guards of both Parties are algeady within a few Miles of each other. ’ kil o it i - o BTy March 1. The Proffians are all iu Motion.—~Admi- ¥al Rowley has hoitted his Fiag on™ board the Harwich. ‘~-Admiral Smith is appointed Admiral of the Blue. Extra& of a Letter from Zittay, in Lufatia, Feb. 21. . ¢ The firk Baualion of Prince Henry’s Regiment having been fent from hence under the Command of Major Goetz, to relieve the Poft of Hirfchfield, on the River Neifla, was attacked there the 1gth Inft. in the Night, by 4000 Auftrians, provided with a Train of Field Pieces. The latter having at Break of Day paf- fed theNeifla, affaulted on two Sides the Poft of Hir{ch- field, which was defended by twa Redoubts, each occu- pied by 50 Men. The Fire from both Parties was at firlk very brifk ; but the Auflrians, by Means of their Superiority, having forced their Way into the Redoubt an the Right Hand, the Pruffians were obliged to aban- don it, and retire to Zittau, after Major Goetz, with 20 Men, had been killed, a Lieutenant, and 19 woun- ‘ ded ; and a Major, an Adjutant, a Captain, and a Lieutenant, made Prifoners by the Auftrians, who took two Field Picces in the Redoubt. The Lofs of the latter « eftimated at 30 Men. The Enemy attacked Her- wigfdorff in the Night, but were beat off by the Pru- flian Artillery. An Englith Ship with 1100 Barrels of Gunpowder, is taken by the Prince de Soubize Privateer. March 8. We learn from the Hague, that all Per- {ons of Penetration appear to be extremely apprehen- ¥ five of the Events of the fucceedirg Campaign ; in + . which, if the Aliies of Vienna are vittorious, the Re- publick will be entirely at the Mercy of Popifh Confe- deracy ; and if his Pruflian Majefty extricates himfelf from his prefent Difficalties, they have no great Rea- A fon to promife themf{clves much from the Condaé they :fiy_q purfukd in the prefent critical Conjunéture of Fairs. { weh 1oy, It is faid the Lords of the Admiralty i ii’ecg to the Merchants, that on its being made appear to thedn that dny Commanders of Men of War ive in their Daty of convoying or pro- bo Privateers, on Notice It with according are to regard Lters of the lately «. The Ngw-Hampfbire BRI AIFIIRBIFBLSD IS IHNILNE ———————— is gone to flop the failing of feveral Fleet of Merchant- men, on Account of the French Fleet being at fea, confifting of near 2o fail of the Line. Itis certain that the King of Denmark has acceeded to the Proteftant Alliance, and will furnith an Army of 25,c00 Men. A very nice feratiny is now making into the caufe of {ome of our publick Mufortunes, by Land and Sea, whether occafioned by Want of Provifions, warlike Stores, Men, or proper Gilicers to command. Extradtof a Letter fror- Cagwerly, duted Feb. 24. “ On Monday laft 25 on: John Maiters wasdigging, in o/dei to drive a L~ g/sft in, to build a Booth for the Farr, his Pick axe firsck againft fomething which founded like Iron ; havin cleared away the Dirt, he found a Trap Door: He mmediately called two Men who were at work near kin ; and having lifted up the Door, two of them went down by a Ladder, and took a Lanthoin with them : when they came up, their Ac- count of it was, that ther: was a Room near 60 Feet in Length, and.about 25 in Breadth ; that they found nothing but a Cheft, which was o heavy, that they could not bring it up : uron this feveral People went down, and breaking open the Cheft, it proved to ble full of old Gold and Silver Ccins; they found a Door too, which they opened, and ia a Clofet found a few Books printed in Saxon Charafiers, and fome Manufcripts in the fame. Sume Men :re employed by the Lord of the Manor, to fearch this Place narrowly, and it isex- pefted we fhall foon have moreDifcoveries madein it.” Extraéi of a Letter jron Mr.Tatem, the Britifh Con- Jul at Meffina, dcted Jan. 9. 1757. ¢ The King George, ‘/apt. Fortunatus Wright, has lately had two fmart En -agements in the channel of Malta, of three Flours ez h, (one in the Night, the other by Day ) with the FHirondelle, a French Polacco of 26Guns and 280 Men ; but notwithftanding the great Inequality of Men, Gur asd Weight of Metal, yet Capt. Wright obliged hir. to (heer off, and they both putinto Malta the 2d of fanuary, to refit ; bat poor Wright bas met with we fe ‘T'reatment here than he did before ; for tho’ be Ii¥d feveral thot under Water, which made it abfolutely neceflary to heave down, yet, by the Intereft of the French Fadtion, he was denied that Liberty ; and afterwards, upon Account of two Slaves having taken Refufe on board him, he has been fequeftered in Port, and cut off from all daily Provifions, and even Water, ’till he reftores them ; but as theJerfey was hourly expefled at Malta, we hope Sir William Burnably will obtain his Releafe. The Hirondelle is one of the Veflels ficted out from Toulon, exprefly to feek him.” For juflice, Britons I le? us loudly call, raitors muft either bleed, or England fall. LL hopes of mercy being now excluded from Mr. Byng, and his fate irrevocably fixed, let us defiit from all other difputes about the inconfiltency of the fentence, and turn our eyes upon thofe who employed him ; upon thofe who are, in the opinion of the whole nation, infinitely more culpable than he ; upon thofe, who though they certainly knew that the French in- tended to invade Minorca, many months bzfore they carried.it into execution, yet negleted to fend out a fleet to prevent fuch invafion § upon thofe who knew that St. Philip’s caftle was to be befieged, and that it had not half a garrifon fufficient to defend itlelf ; yet negleted to fend it a timely and proper reinforcement; upon thofe, who knew that the French fleet confifted of twelve thips of the line, and yet fent only ten againft them, though they had many more at that time lying idle in Harbour ; upon thofe, who, by their negleci,or wotfe, have occafioned the lofs of fuch a mulutude of our fellow fubjeéts lives in America, and brought that ineftimable part of the Britith dominions .into the ut- moft danger of being Ioft. Let us, I fay, according to the numberlefs addrefles of the nation, and general voice of the people, keep our eyes ftedfaftly fixed upon thefe capital offenders ; and moft humbly befeech his royal majefty, thac they may be called toa ftriét ac- count, and that juftice may proceed in its due courle, and be impartially executed on all who fhall be found uilty. y The Com—?t M-——"s Addrefs to bis M-——y. Moft gracious Sir, “HE great C t-M 1 now begin to ficken, ’-I And find at laft that we are confcience. ftzicken, Sad fuppliants in B ’sbehalf we come, And humbly beg that you'll defer his doom. Bound by our oath we cannot yet make clear, F-hat “twas we meant, nor never fhall, we fear, - NumB. 34 GAZETTE, : IPHISVABPYBIPIRXAFFYIZISBLRANI IS Foreign and Domeftick. i e = Wt et We found him guilty, and we found him not; We wifh'd him fav'd, and we’d have had him fhot, But as at land, fo did we find at fea, Ifwe did ope the other could not be. Spare him, great Sir, your royal mercy fhow ; Shoot him, dread Sir, let royal juitice flow : Regard your fubjetts with a pitying eye; Contrive the man may neither live nor die. H:A: L.l P A X, Mg Saturday latt a Party arrived here from Pifguit, who brought Advice, that a Number of French having col- le@ed together about go Head of Cattle, wich an In- tent tocarry them off, which the Englith having Intel- ligence of, {ent outa party of Men to intercept them ; that the French drew up together in order for an En- gagement,but feeing theFnglifh too numerous for them, they immediately betook themfelves to the Woods and made their Efcape, leaving the Cattle, which were diove to the Fort by our party. They alfo bring Advice, That four Frenchmen wer= late!ly taken prifoners and carried into Chegnetio. Tuefday laft the Huzza Privateer, Capt. William Phipps, fail’d from this place on a Cruize, againft his Majefty's Enemies. The fame Day a Long Boat belonging to his Ma- jefty’s thip Nottingham, with 8 Men in her was run down by a floop going to Lunenburg, by which Means 6 of the Men were drowned, the other two were tak- en up by the floop’s Boat. OnThurfday the Privateer Schooner Lawrence, Capt. Malachy Saltar, failed from this place on a Cruize. PHILADELPHIA, Ma 12. Fxtract of a Letter from Lancafter, May 2. “ Friday lafi a Party of the Onondago Warriors lef? this Place, to go to Fort-Cxmberland in order to Join the Southern Indians there, and from thence to proceed againft HMis Majefly's Enemies. To morrew Scarroyaday, < itha Party of the Mobawske Warriors, jets off for Fert dugufia. He has Orders to reconnoitre the Wooa: abont 100t Garri- Jom, and is then to procecd towards Olio, to dijcizer and aét againft the Enemy Indians. We have Advice from Northampton Crunfy, that on the zd init, {4 Feupie wee kilied ticre by e fa- dians, and the Houfe and Barn of one Miller burnt ; alfo, that two People have been lately murdered by them on the Jerfey fide. It is faid, a Number of the Inhabitants (hearing that the Enemy were in their Neighbourhood ) had affembied at the Houfe of one Buflet, over the Mountains ; but that the Indians being afraid to attack them there, madea Feint, as if they had gone off, for fome Time ; and our People imagining it dangerous to ftay longer at their Places, thought of packing up fome of their moft valuable Effelts, and moving away ; which they accordingly began to do, but were way-laid by the Enemy, when the above- mentioned 14 were kill'd. PERTH AMDBOY, May. At a Court of Oyer and Terminer, and general Goal Delivery for the County of Cumberland, one Maurice White, was indifted for treafonable Prattices, in drinking a Health to the Pretender, and D—mn—n to King George. Heis fled from Jultice, and lies fkulking in Philadelphia, or fome Part of Pennfylvania. At the Court in Salem, two Perfons received Sen- tence of Death ; viz. Charles Conoway for the detelti- ble and unnatural Sin of Beftiality, witha Mare ; and Aaron Marfhal, alias Allen, a Deferter, for Horfe fteal- ing : And an Inditment was alfo found againft him, for robbing a Dwelling Houfe, but he was not tried upon that, being before capitally convited. They were both executed on Thur{day the sth Inft. Two was burnt in the Hand for Manflaughter, & one whipt. Extract of a Letter {rom Minifink, in New-]Jerfey, April 23. “ We are under the utmoft Fear and Conflernation, upon account of the Indians hawving again begun their Murders and MafJacrees in the Province of Pmn,':v/jvania, upon the Riwer Delaware, adjoining to this Province : For Yefler- day one of Copt. Venetta's Serjeants was killed in Pmn{jvl- wania, between Henfhaw's Fort, and Samuel Dupuy’s, by Indians, being murdired and mangledin a cruel Manner ; be awas firipped quite naked, bis Belly ript open, und his Scalp taken off : His Horfe was alfo fbot under him avith two Bullets.— Ard laft Week a Perfon was kill'd at m Michael's Fort, in the fame Province ; and three more are miffing, no one knowing what is become of them ; but they avere heard to cry out and bemoan them/elves wery muck. T hele frefb Depredations hawe Jo terrificd us, that we dare not go out to our daily Labour, for fearof being furpriz'd and murdered by the Indians.”