The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, June 3, 1757, Page 2

e RS Y OUN, May 3o, % AST Wednefday being fie Anniverfary Day appoined by the iJ Royal Charter for the Election of His Majefty’s Council of the Tovincg of the Mafachuletts- Bay, the Great and General “Court or Afl'emfii?flid Province met at the Court-Houle in. this Town at ‘g 0’Clock ‘in the Forenoon, and after the ufual Oaths were adminiftred n, and the Declaration fubfcribed by the Members of the Honourable ‘Houlfe of Reprefentatives, they made Choice of the Honourable THo- mas Hugrarp, Efq;"'for their Speaker (whom the Honoarable His Majefty’s Council was pleafed to approve of) and Henry Gibbs, Efq; for their Clerk. After which the Rev. Mr. Ebenezer Pemberton, of this ‘Town, preached a Sermon fuitable to the Occafion, from Deut. V, 29. ‘O that there were fuch an Heart in them, that they awould fear me, and -deep all 7:y Commandments always, that it might be awell with them, and with their Childven for ever. Inthe Afternoon the following Gentlemen were chofen Councellors for the Year enfuing, viz. For the late*Colony of the MassacHuseTTs Bay. ‘The Honourable Fofeph Pynchon, Efq; Thomas Hutchinjon, Efqs Stephen Sewall, Efq; Zjaac Royall, Efq; Eleazer Porter, E{q; Fobn Evving, Elq; Benjamin Pickman, Efq; * Robert Hooper, jun. Efg; * Fames Bowdoin, Eiq; Fobr Osborne, Efe; “Francis Foxcroft, Efq; Facob Wendell, Elq; Benjamin Lynde, Elq; Samuel Danfarth, Elq; Samuel Watts, Efq; Fobn Chandler, Elq; Exekie! Cheewer, Efq; Andrex Oliver, Elq; For the late Colony of Prymouri. Fobn Cufbing, Efq; Sylwanus Bourne, Efq; George Leonard, Efqs ; * Gamaliel Bradford, Efq; For the late Province of Maine. . Mir William Pepperrell, Bart. Jobn Hill, Efg; Richard Cute, Efg; For SacapaHock, William Brattle, Efg; At Large, Fames Minot, Efq; Benjamin Lincoln, Efq; The Gentlemen with this (*) Mark, are new Members. The following Gentlemen are returned to ferve for and reprefent the feveral Towns within this Province, wiz. {For the County of SurroLK. Hatfield, lfrael Williams, Efg; Hon. Tromas Hupsarp,Efq; #efifield, * Mr Matthew Noble = (Speaker. Deerfield,& Y ypy-s B : S § M. Jobn Tyng sk g ey } Elijah Williams,E(q; 2 ) Thomas Flucker, Efg; Hadley, & * Benjamin Prate, Efq; South- Hadley, Roxbury, * Jofeph Williams, Efq; Swnderiand, } Mr. Jofiah Pierce Dorchefier, ® Mr. Samuel How Vilton, o Mr. Jazaniah 7" .ker Braintree, ® Jofiah Q#'=cy, Elg; eymouth,Mr Jaues riumphrey Yingham, Jacob Cufhing, Efq; #sam, Capt. Nathaniel Sumner dfield, * Capt. Peter Coollidge rentham, Mr, “iliphalet Whiting Oxford, & aokline, Jereiay Gridley, Efq; ughton, M. Richard Bayley Jea, ® Piorgas Goldthwait, Efq; ‘or tb” Cey/iaty of Essex. £ 5tn Turner, Efg: ver s, § Dzwiel Epes, jun. Efq; ich, wir. Daniel Staniford W Ja¥eph Gerrith, Efq; A { "‘Lv.'\ichael Dalton, Eiq; n, * William|Collins, Efq; lover, * John (fgood, jun. Eiq; erly, Robert Elale, Elq; poizy, Mr. Thomas Lancafter ifBury, Caleb Culiing, Efq; werkill, Mr. David Marfh efier, William Stevens, Efq; I fic/d, * Mr. John Gould vford, * Mr. Thomas Perley o/bury, Haac Merrell, Efq; iford, * Capt. Benja. Milliken la the County of MIDDLESEX. 1bridge,* AndrewBoardman,Efg; barleflown, James Ruffel Efqg; ‘atertown, John Hunt, E(q; oburn, Jofiah Johnfon, Efq; '9(:*';:’1:-{/’1:“(! } Capt. James Barret Jeavton * Thomas Greenwood,Efq; Budbury, John Noyes, Elq; farlborough, Mr. Samuel Witt Rillerica, Mr. William Stickney ramingharm, Jof. Buckminfter, E{q; Lexington, Benjamin Reed, Efq; oelmsford,Capt. EphraimSpauldiog ading, * Ebenczer Nichols, Efg; b7 e Berjomin Hills #, Elifha Jones, Efq; ord, Stephen Hall, Efgs rblebead, * ]»l'%ob Fowle, Efg; Montague,& 3 *Mr. Fellows Billing New Salem, Brimfield, Nir. Samuel King In the County of WORCESTER, Wosrcefier, Timothy Paine, Efq; Lancafier, * Mr. David Wilder Brookfield, Capt. Jabez Upham *Duncan Campbell, Charlton, (Efgs Sutton, Capt. Henry King Rutland, & John Murray Rutland Diftri&t } (Efg; Leicefler & Spencer Diftri&t, Shrewsbury, * Arcemas Ward, Efqg; Lunenburg, Capt. Jothua Hutchins Dudley, Thomas Cheney, Eiq; Sturbridge, Mofes Marcy, Elq; Hardwick,* Timothy Ruggles,Efq; In the County of PLyMoOUTH. Plymouth, Thomas Folter, Efq; Scituate, * Jofeph Cuthing, Efq; Marjtfield, * John Winflow, Efq; .. Duxbury, Gamaliel Bradford, Eiqs Bridgawater, Diniel Howard, Eiq; Middlebrough, * Capt. Nath. Smith Rochefler, Capt. Noah Sprague Plympton, Mr. Iiaac Bonny Pembrook, * Mr. Jofiah Keen Kingflon, Mr. John Brewfter In the County of BARNSTABLE. Barnflable, * Mr. Edward Bacon Sandwich, ¥ Mr. Thomas Smith Eaftham, * Mr. Jonathan Doane Yarmouth,* Mr. ThomasHowes,ter. Haraick, Nathanie] Stone, Efq; Falmuth,* Capt. Jofeph Robinfon In the County of BrisToL. T aunton, Samuel White, Efq; Rehoboth, * Capt. Timothy Walker Sawanzey, * Mr. John Anthony Dartmouth, * Mr. Benjamin Aken Norton, Mr. Thomas Morey Attleborough, Mr. Jofiah Maxey Dighton, * Mir. Ebenezer Scetion In the County of Yorxk. York, John Bradbury, Efq: itham, Samuel Livermore, Efq; Kittery,* Nathaniel Sparhawk,Efq; ,* Mr. Henry Gardner Rton, hirley & epperrel incoln,Hon.Chambers Ruflell, Efq; In the County of HamMPsHIRE. ringfield, John Worthington, Efq; ricpnpen, } Mr. Gideon Lyman outhampton, William Lawrence, Wells, * Jofeph Sayer, Efq; Beraick, Mr. Benjamin Chadburn Falmouth,*Samuel Waldo, jun. Efq; ( Efqs Scarborough,* EdwardMilliken,Eiq; In Nantucker County, Sherburne, Abifhai Folger, Eiq; e Gentlemen with this (* ) Mark, were not of the Houfe laft Year. Thur{day Jalt came to Town).Japt. Malcom of this Place, who was len by a Prench Privateer an) ence he got to Jamaica, and igfor: : receiv'd there, thas carried into, Port au Prince, from he came away Ad- an of War and T'ranf- + - +wus.ort,on Kennebeck-River,we have Advice, that on the 18th Inftant in the Morning as Enfign Pette, with Nine Men, was retarning ina Boat from Fort Weftern to Fort Halifax, he thought proper to puttwo Men afthore, as an advance Guard ; and when they were about feven Miles above Fort- Weftern, the {aid two Men, who kept along Shorea bout 3 or 4 Rods before the Boat, difcover’d a Party of Indians, (‘17 of whom they counted) and call’d out to inform thofe in the Boat thereof ; upon which the Indians immediately arofe and fir’d upon theBoat three Times, vot being more than 15 Yards diftant, our Peo- ple retnrning théir Fires ; but could ‘not in the Boat recover the Indian fide of the River, wherefore they put acrofs and got to the other Shore, from whence they fired on the Enemy.—One of the Men who made the Difcovery jump'd into the River and {wam acrofs, tho' the Frefhet was very high, the other hid himfelf under a Root, and ’twas fear’d was taken, but in the Evening he got fafe to Fort Weftern ; two of our Men ‘Wwere wounded in the Boat, but ’tis hop’d not mortally : Our People faw them carry two Indians off on their Backs, either dead or wounded. From Albany, we hear, that Scouting Parties of the Bremy appear cften near the Forts at Lake George, and, that lat Week, two of the Regulars being out for fome Wood, were fir'd upon and kill'd by them ; alfo, that they had tajen two or three of the Rangers Prifon- ers, and kill'd %0 others : One of the Regulars was knock'd on the Head with a Hatchet, about 30 Yards from Fort Edward. We hear by a Coafter arrived at Cape Ann, from Dammarifcotta, that at ornear that Piace, asa Number of Fithermen were catching Alewives for Bait, the Indians came upon, kill'd and took near 20 of them. W ednefday laft arrived here theNova-ScotiaProvince Snow of War, Capt. Taggart, in 8 Days from Halifax. Saturday laft arrived the Province Ship of War King George, Capt. Benjamin Hallowell, from a Cruize. Capt. Tufton arrived here laft Saturday Night from St. Croixand informs that off the Capes ‘of Virginia he fell in with a large Fleet of French Merchantmen, homeward bound, wlio took that Courfe in order to avoid our Cruizers. Entred In, Freeman andGardner from Rhode Ifland, Wakley, Dowric’z and Sturgis from Conne&ticut, Wig- gins from Long-ifland, Doliver from Virginia, Mc- Kown from Annapolis Royal, Updike from Jamaica, Bartlet from Opgrto, and Warden from Glafgow. Williamfburg, in Virginia, May 6. By an exprefs arrived here yefterday from Winche- fter, we are advifzd, that about 40 miles above Fort- Cumberland, a fkirmith happened between a party of our forces, and fome Shawanefe Indians, who, by dref- fing themfelves in the fame manner as the Catawbas, had decoyed our People very near them, when they fir- ed upon them, and killed four; the Catawba’s, who were at fome diftance from them, on hearing the fire, immediately came up, and purfued the enemy, killed one of them, wkom they fcalped, and retook one pri- foner, whom thi: Shawanefé had in cuftody. PHILADELPHMIA, Mayig. We have Advice from Lancafter, that 60 Cherokees fet out laft Week fromConecocheague for Ray’sTown, and on their Way met with fome Indians Tracks, which they follow'd till they came there, and then loft them : That they afterwards took a little Circuit round, when they fell id with frefh Tracks, and kept them, till they came up with a Party of Indians, whom they atiacked, and kilied and fcalped four, took two Prifon- ers, and bro’t them,with theScalps, into FortLittleton. Capt. Brown jeft Lairn the Fourth of April, where he heard that the Fleet for America was at Cork, and the Forces embarking ; and that it Was thought they would be ready ta fail about the ioth ult. NE W-Y OR K. May 23. Yefterday was (ent in hefe by thePrivateer Neptune, Capt. Ball, of ths Port, the Snow Enterprize, Capt. Gromwell, of Limrick, which had been taken by a French Letter of Marque Ship from Marfeilles, bound for the Welt Incies ; bat 13 Days after wasre taken by Capt. Ball. We hear from Albany, thata few Days dgo, as a Party of our People were marching between Fort Ed- ward and Fort William Henry, they were fired upon by a large Body of Iirench and Indians, and that four of them was killed, and four taken Prifoners. We hear from Bermudas, that on the 4th of April lafl, they had a thock of an Earthquake there, which contirued about 1alt a Minute, but did no Damage, altho’ it was very hard in fome Parts of the Country. NEW-HAV EN, May 21. Provifions ext ¢emely plenty at Eaftatia, imported in Englifh Veflels f-om Europe and America, and imme- diately bought u» by the Dutch, and in large Quantities openly fent by tlem to the French at Martinico, &c. It is faid the Srench take 4 out of g of the Veflels that come in the Latitude of Antigua, and that they bave taken 15 £3il of Toplail Veflels belonging to Pifcataqua only. A very fatal [.{nd of Small-Pox rages at St. Kitt’s, of which ’tis con }:med, die 5 out of 7. CovrocN, (in }trmany) Feb. 18. We have Advice from Hamburgh | that Baron Soltikoff, Minifter from the Court of Petfrfburgh, to the Circle of Lower Sa ony, has receivey Orders to declare, on all Occafion! where it may befneceflary, that the Emprefs his Sove reign, will neverflay down her Arms, 'till the has p cured Satisilen for her Ally the King of Po diall v, b All Things are getting A Froops, who are to meve out of their Quarters the ;¢ of next Month. Vienna, (Capital of the German Empire) Feb. 25. Laft Monday arrived here an Exprefs from the Princ de Lowenftein, with the News, That onde 2 oth 1niil’ about 4 0’Clock in the Morning, Licuf;. Maguire had attacked and made himfelf Mafter o®he important Poft of Hirfurfield, in Upper: Lufatia, which was guard- ed by a Battalion of the Regiment of Prince Henry of Pruffia. This Attack was made in three different Pla- ces. Lieut. Col. Laudon, at the Head of a Company of Licanians, 200 Croats, and 300 Men from the Re-* giments of Guilay and Forgatfch, fupported by a Squa- dron of Huflars, commanded by Col. Mitrowiky, made an Affault on the Redoubt which covered the Bridge of that Place, where he found two Pieces of Cannon. The fecond Attack was made by Prince Charles de Lichtenftein, who had under his Command 200 Dra- goons, and 3 Companies of the Regiments of Sprecher, Guilay and Stahrenberg, fuftained by 300 Croats, com- manded by Col. Klefeld, and was directed againft the Grand- Bridge, which had an immediate Communica-, tion with the City. The third was made upon the fame Quarter by M. de Noyan, Major of the Regiment+ of Sinceri, with 200 Grenadiers and too Croats. Thefe Attacks were condu@led with the utmoft Bravery, and overpowered the animated Refiftance of the Prafii-: ans, who were obliged to abandon their Pofts. This Enterprize having fucceeded fo well, Count de Maguire, to prevent the Piuflians frof Tallying, made feveral Motions on the Side of Zittau, and atatked the Poft ag Hor{dorff, guarded by a large Detachment of Grena- diers, Dragoons and Huffars. The laft A&tion was con- ducted by Col. Vehla, and M. Etwos, Col. of the Re- giment of Sinceri, who, with fome Hundreds of Huffars and Croats, diflodged the Enemy, and purfued them even to the Gates of Zittau. The whole Lofs of the Auftrians did not exceed 26 Men, befides Count de Neland, Nephew of Marfhal Brown. We had 60 wounded, among whom is Count de Papenheim, M. de Semfchey, M. Pullafti, M. Brig- weiler. Prince de Litchtenftein alfo received three violent Contufions. The Lofs of the Enemy was much more confiderable, and, according to the Report of their Deferters, amounted to oo Men, among whom werd. many Officers. We have made 87 Prifoners, fome of whom are Officers of Diftin&ion. P O "RIT IS M O ok » Extra& of a Letter from Black River in Jamaica, t¢ a Gentlemen in this Town, dated April 15. 175 % ¢ —1 fuppofe e're this comes to Hand, you'l bear of t Danger this Ifland is in— for we are certain of 4 Men g War and two Frigates being arrived at Hifpaniola ; and awe bear by a Rhode- Ifland Captain, avho has given hix Afidawit, that be fell in with 20 large Ships, amongd awbhich was a French Flag, and awe are in bourly Expes, tation of hearirg they are at Port- Royal, where they baveé made as good Defence as poffible, for all the Men of War! there are well mann’d and ready to receive them — thé Merchants Ships of Force are ali bawl'd along ]x.?l”r “~ the Men of War to lend a Hand— We look daily for 16 Sail of the Line under Commodore Coats, who was to fail the 8thof February from England— If be arrives, as we hope be may in 24 Hours, awe fball do wery well in the Ifland, awe have now mine Sail of Men of War here already ; one aeslofl by the two Frigates, called the Greenwich, of 60 Guns, We hear from Fort Halifax at the Eaftward, That one Day lak Week, as four Men and a Boy were going up the River, they were fired upon by 12 Indians, and’ wounded the four Men, fo that one is like to die : the Boy fired and kill’d one of the Indians ; and by timely’ Afiittance from the Fort, prevented the dead Indian: from being carried off,and bythatMeans fav'd hisScalp. By a Schooner arrived here Yefterday in 11 Days from Halifax, we are inform’d, That the Day before: fhe came away, a Bomb Veffel belonging to the Englifh FLEET, putin there, who was parted from the Fleet 7 in a Storm ; and that it was {nppofed they were off Cape Breton Harbour, when faid Schoonér came away. The Fleet confifted of about 130 Sail, with Tranf- ports, PorT of PiscaTAaQua. Entred In, Fofs from Chigneto, Markum from Sal- tortuga, Mofes from Antigua. Cleared Out, Copp for Antigua, Carter for Rhode- Ifland, Markum for Bofton, Underwood and Atwoo for Cafco- Bay. 3 ADVERTISEMENTS. Province of New HamPsuiIrE. NOTICE is hereby given,” That the Annual Meeting o roprietors of the Soctar Linra onday the 6th Day of Fune e there fore defir'd to gd toufe Hallin faid § 2 M,