The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, July 15, 1757, Page 2

nd fired upon them, when it was thought oné was kLil- o’ at a confiderable Diftance ; on which they all went e hear from Shamokin, that one of the Centries was murdered by the Indians, and the Bullock Guard fired by them. e have Advice from Virginia, that 30 Indians left Fre- :{burgh the 23d Inftant, in their Way to the Frontiers, ave out, that they were foon to be followed by a large 7, fome fay 300. NEWSN OR K, Tuyg4. ‘riday laft arrived here, a large Prize Ship called the ception de Ignatio D’lolian, Laorauneo Chiglino, bound in Marfailies to Cape Francois, and was taken off Monto rito the 12th of June, by the Privateer Snow Revenge, st. Koffler, and Snow Hornet, Capt. Spelling, both of s Place, and came in under the Command of Alexander mpbell and Thomas Quill. —She is accounted the largeft ip bro’t into this Harbour fince the War, being upwards 400 Tons Burthen, mounting 2z Carriage Guns, and had h Hands; and was formerly the Warren Frigate cut of gland. Her Cargo confifts of Wine, Oyl, Dry Goods, . She ftood no Engagement.—They left the two Priva- orz off If{abella. Bay the 13th of June cruizing for two other rge Ships which this Prize had {poke to two Days before 2 was taken, bound alfo to the Cape. On the z5th of May Capt. Spclling in the Hornet, off urt Davphin, on Hifpaniola, {eltin with alarge French Ship 26 Guos, fappofed to have at lealt 140 Men on board ; ¢ engaged her from feven at Night, till near One in the farning, in which he difcharged 36 Broad fides, befides wivels and Small Arms ; and difabied the Enemy’s Veffel ymuch, that fhe haul'd off about Two; the Privateer at e fame Time was render’d unable to purfue her, and had ‘0. Men kill'd in the Engagement, Jamnes M’Allifter fhot srough the Heart by a fix Pounder, and one Richard Jones, lled by a Swivel Gun, which a Ball firuck againftinits uarfe. We learn by our Loncen Veflels, That Admiral Ofborn vas fail’d with feven Ships of the Line, and z twanty Gun nips for Gibraltar, having 100 Sail of Merchant Vefiels un- er Convoy : That it was rumoured the King of Pruffia had Battle with the Aunftrians, and came off vi€torious: That e French Fleet were feen at Sea, {ome Leaguesto the eftward of Scilly, confifting of 16 Sail of the Lineand a rge Number of Tranfports : That the Day they left Pli- routh the Unicorn Man of War brought in four Prizes, two f which were Privateers, one of 26 and the other of 16 uns, after a hot Engagement of fome Hours, in which the bot. of the Unicorn waskilled : That three more Regi- nts were to embark at Plymouth for America. And that y left the Ludlow Caftle the z6th of June, in Latg3s ng. 7&. with the Trade bound to Virginia. Ly the laft Mail from Albany, we learn, That on the 25th une, they received an Account from Still-water, that o tranfient Perfons, who had fome Concerns with the onneélicut Forc s ontheir Way to Fort-Edward, were tak- by about (% Frnch Indians at a Place called Scorticoke- et N2 d way from Half moon to Still wacer. \We hear {¢om Albany, That a French Prifoner who was Len near Crown: Point by fome Mohawks, on Sunday the th of June, was bro't to that Place on Saturday the z5th liowing, and relates, That the Garrifon of Crown Point sniifted of only zco Men ; that Ticonderoga was garrifon.- C by three Battaliions of Regulars, a few Canadians and In- ians ; that at both Places they were greatly diftrefled for -ant of Provifions ; but were making greatAdditicns to their ‘orks at Ticonderoga ; that General Montcalm was en- amped at Montreal, where he intended to remain, till he as in‘3rmed of the Motions of the Englith Army. Extra# of a Letter from Autigra, dated May 31. ¢ By an Exprefs from St. Euflatia, we have certain Ad- ce, that the French Squadron at Martinico confilts of one hip of 74 Guns, one of66, three of 64, one of 40, three of 6. 9ne of 16, and one of 12. They have a new General rived there from France: M. Bompar their late General, to take the Command of the Squadron, and has accord- ¥ koifted his Flag, which gives us fome Reafon to ap- éhend they have a Defign on fome of thofe Iflands. There i aifo three large Ships arrived there with a Number of boldiers on board. B o S T © N Juy s, Capt. Andrews informs, That he read a Paragraph in an boglith Paper of the Beginning of May to the following Par- orty viz. * That his Pruflian Majefty has had a bloody Bat- e with an Army of the Auftiians, in which his Pruffian viajefly gain'd a compleat Vitlory, and kill'd (if Capt. A drews remembers right) 30,800 on the Spot.” We hear from Newport, Rhode- Ifland, that on the 2oth nftant arrived there, a Schooner. David Lindfey, Mafter, wdbom Africa to St. Kits, who in Lat. 18, was taken hree Times in one Day, by three different Privaseers ; the irt of which took out his Mate, a!l the Siaves, Stores, and ‘very "['hing of Value, and gave him the Schooner ; the o- ther two Privateers finding nothing but an empty Veflel permitted him to proceed with her. Tuefday laft Cape. Raft late of the Schooner Two: Bro- thers, return’d here {rom the Weft Indies, who informs, that he was taken by a Preach Privateer, within fight of St, Chriftophers, to which Hland he was bound from this Place, and was carried into Guadaloupe ; where he was a Prifoner aboat three Weeks, in which Time one of the largeft Pri- vateers belonging to that Place return’d from a Cruize, who rave an Account that they bad taken a Snow of 8 Carriage ,d 20 Swivel Guns, bound from Liverpoaol to Antigua ; od having put 40 [fauds on board, the Prize fell in with n Englifh Privateer who retook her after a confiderable Re- (ance : Fhe French Privateer could not get to the Aflilt- ce of her Prize 'tifl flie had firuck ; and then engaied th Vellels fome Time very {martly ; but lofing a Number his Men, was obliged to rety: @ to his Port abovementi- et here goo Cinad i when Capt. Rufk Jeft FPriday 1aft arrived here, Capt. Mafterman, fha Prize Snow of about 250 Tons, calied the Coquet, a Letter of Marque, mounting 6 Carriage Guns and had 29 Men ; fhe was taken off Cape St. Mary's on the 18th of Junelaft by the Province Snow Prince of Wales, Capt. Dowfe of this Port : She was bound from Bourdeanx to Canada, and had been out 43 Days when fhe was taken : Her Cargo con- fits of Oyl, Wine, Brandy, and fome dry Goods: She was in Company with 7 or 8 other Veflels, bound alfo to Cana- da, two of which were Frigates of 24 Guns, and 350 Men each : Several of the Men taken in the above Prize inform’d, That there were to (ail from Boordeaux for Canada, in 10 Days after them, a Number of Tranfports, (befides feveral Merchantmen) with 5000 Regular Troops on board, and were to be convoy’d by a Number of Men of War from a certain Latitude ; of which Accoant Capt. Dowie went to acquaint the Men of War at Halifax. Capt. Junkins who arrived here Yefterday in 8 Days from Halifax, brings the agreeable News of the fafe Arrival of the Fieet from New York at that Place ; as alfo of the Arrival ofa 74, a 20, and a 16 Gun Ship, with 12 of the Tranfports from Cork ; and as he was coming out, he met a Number of Tranfports with more Men of War goingin ; and as the Wind was fair, "tis cho’t the whole Fleet, which confifted of near 100 Sail, got in by Tuefday faft. The 16 Gun Ship was fent Exprefs from Admiral Holbourne, to acquaint thofe of Halifax that he was on his Paflage, and had the good For- tune to take three Prizes, one % which was a St. - Domingo Man richly laden, and was hourly expeéted. His Excellency THOMAS POWNAL, Efq; is on board the Fleet, and may be foon expefled at the Seat of his Go- verament. The Floria, Mortimer, from this Place for London, is carried into St. Malo. The Boften Galley, White, from Bofton for London, is carried into St. Malo. A Quarter of an Hour after Two o’Clock, laft Friday in the Afternoon, the Inhabitants of this Town were alarmed by the Shock of an EARTHQUAKE, which however did no Damage. The Philadelphia Commiflioners have bought a fine fhip at New York for a Guarda Cofta, and the Captain is gone to take the Command of her: fheis to mount 16 or 13 Guns, and Men in Proportion. We find an Article inthe New-York Gazette, wherein meation is made, that they had an Earthquake at Lifbon, which almoft totally reduced that Place.—We would now inform our Readers that it is without Foundation ; for Capt, Allen who arrived here laft Week, left that Place buc § Weeks ago Yefterday, (which is near 3 Weeks later than the York Account) and fays that no fuch Thibg had hap- pened at that Time. Extradt of a Letter from Halifax, dated June 29, 1757. — ¢ Yefterday arrived the Hunter floop, Capt. Laforey, with Difpatches from Mr. Holbourn to our Governor ; he left him 400 Leagues off, with 14 Ships of the Line and 67 Tranfports, allin perfe& Health ; we expect him in every Hour. This you may fuppofe gives us great Spirits, af- ter hearing that the French Figet bad got into Louifbcurg.” P. §. Inclofed is a Lift of t¥e Ships under the Command of Admiral Holbouara. Ships Commanders. Newark, Ad. Holbourn, Hoibourn Invincible, Bentley, Terrible, Collins, Northumberiand, Ld. Colviil, Grafton, Holmes, Cornwall, Orford, — Captain, Naflaq, Bedford, Kingfton, Sunderland, Dcfiance, Beard, Tilbury, Barnfley, Windfor, Falkner, Centurion, Mantell, ! Ships not of the Line of Pattle. Port Mahore, Hawke, Biadley, Hunter, Laferoy, I Furnace, Williamfon, Bomb Lightning, Martin, Speedwell, Bomb Granado, Gibralaar Prize, Lt. Stott, A Lift of the Ships that were at Halifax before the Ar- nval of the Fleet. Succefs, Orey, Valture, Scarff, Winchelfea, Hale, ] Baltimore, Cwen, Kennington, Diggs, Jamaica, Thomplon, Nightingaie, Campbell, ' Arc en Ceil, Rous. PO RIS MO UT H About eight 6’Clock in the Evening, following the 17th Day of June laft, being Fridgy, a Windmil! at New Caftle, belonging to Mr. Abraham Trefethern of {aid New-Caftle, was ftrucke with Lightaing,—the Effeéts whereof were very remarkable. Theie were fix Vanes for the Sail, the Vanes were turned to the Weft, one of shich was perpendicular— The Lightning ftruck the top of the perpendicular Vane, cut the Sail thereof, which was farled alunder about the mid- dle, then run down to the Shaft, and run along the Shaft until it came oppofice to the Spindle of the Trundle Head, gouged out a Piece of the Shaft, oppofite to the T'rundle- Head, went through the Shaft, followed the Spindle of the Trundle Head down to the Horns on which the vpper Mill- Stone lay, followed the four Direitions of the Horns, fplit the Runaer or upper Stone into four near equal Parts, one of which was thrown over the Rim ; {plit the main Beam, which was white Oalk, trom Ead to End ; fplit the main Poft at the Top, which was white Oak, and twenty two Inches Diameter at the Top, into tea near equal Parts ; broke the Bed.Stone into fundry unequzl Pieces ; fplit the four Crofs- T'rees, then run down the main Poft, which was two Feet eight Inches Diameter atfhc Bottom, fplit it in fundry Pieces ;. fplit feven of the eightfMioe) ; the Ground tore up at thg Guns. 8o 74 74 68 Men. 6:0 700 too 520 535 520 480 480 480 400 400 420 400 400 350 68 Spry, Ambherlt, Sawyer, Fowlke, Parr, Mackenzie, —_— — 64 (not yet'joined) Shoes it run and tore up the Cround near feventy Ioot, ren down a Hill into the low Ground, where it ended, gouged oat the Rocks as it run in fundry Places,—when it met with a Rock and gouged it out ; it looked as if Sunpowder had been burnt there—Sundry Ropes in'the Mill were bur t afun- der, all the Boards on the North Side and Eaft End gl fun- dry on the South Side were thrown of—The whole Frame of the Mill diflocated and disjointed— A Man who flood a- bout fixty Yards from the Mill, fays, that when the Explo- fion was, and who {a the Flafh, that it appeared as if nine or ten contiguous Houfes had been all in a Blaze—That for two Hours after there was a great Smell of Brimftone, and that it {afted in fome Degree till near two 0’Clock the next Morning—The Clond came from between the Weft and North Weft—The Provincial Magazine for Powder ftands about a quarter of a Mile to the Eaftward of the Mill tha¢ was ftruck. A Son of the Owner of the Mill had left the Mill but about half an Hour before it was firack. N. B. The above Account is given by a Perfos who faw the Mill two or three Days after it was ftruck ; and the fame would have been made public fooner, kad not an' Acount thereof prepared for the Prefs, been miflaid. Entered in, Froft and Atwood from Bofton, Lord from Montferrat, Oram from North Carolina. : Cleared out, Whipple for Briftoll, Lord for Halifax, Lear Hobbs and Rindge for Weft Indies, Tratke for Sa- lem, Millekin for Newbary, Froft for Bofien. ; Advertifements. INOW laying at the Long-1Zarff, And TO BE SOLDby ROBERT TRAILL, A Quantity of TAR, on very reafonable Terms, before it's ftored. WHEREAS itis thought neceflary by a Number of Gentlemen for a public Advantage, That there fhould be a weekly Carrier of Letters, Pacgquets, &c. to {et out every Friday from Portfmouth, and to ride through the following Towns, viz. Greenland, Stratham, Exeter, King flon, Chefler, Londonderry, Litchfield, Nottingham- Wefl, Dunfiable, and to return through Hawerkill: | . ‘THIS is therefore to give Notice to thofe who incline te encourage the above Underiaking, that Sebicriptions are taken in by Mr. Fames Ewins of Londonderry, Mr. Ezckick Greeley of Notringham, and by the Publifber of this Paper, in order to fupport the Charge at firft fetting ost, which pers haps in one Year's Time may do without. ; WHEREAS by an ACT of the |, GeneraL AssEmpLy of the Province of New- Hamp/hire, pasied the 15th Day of March 1757, a TAX wa¢ granted on the Lands in the Town of Bedford in faid Pro- vince, to be aflefled by the Sele&-Men of faid Town, of fix Pence New Tonor per Acre, annually, for two Years then next coming, to be applied for the Ufes in faid A% mention~ ed, on Refidents and Non-Refidents Lands, which is for the firft Year done and committed to me the Subfcriber to colleétz The Tax on the Non Refidents are as follows, viz. The Owner of the Rights originally. " Theodore Atkinfon, Efq; /.2 12s. 3d. Mark Wentworthy Efg; /7 3s. William Parker, Efq; 26 17s. Richard Wibirt, Eiq; /.2 11s. 64. John Tufton Mafon, /3 25. 64. Col. Meferve and others, /.2 125. 64. Jothua Pierce’s Heirs, l.z 115. 64. Soiley and March, /.3 2s5. 64. Daniel Pierce, Efg; /.1 19s. John Wentworth, Efq; /.2 115, 34« Tho- mas Packer, Efq; A3 45. Col. Thomas Walingsford, Lz t1s. 64. George Jaffrey, Elq; /2 165. 64. Capt. Jobn Moffott, /.4 165. gd. Jotham Odiorn, /4 15s. 64. John Neifon, /.4 1s. gd. Benjamin Bicknal, /.3 8s. g7. Samuel Williams, /.2 17s. 64. Thomas Baker’s Heus, 1.2 1os. James Pius, Efq; /.2 1os. Abijab Savage’s Hews, /4 2:. 6d. The Rev. Mr. Brown's Heirs, /.4 55. John Louder, l4 55. Joha Plimpion, /2 i2s. 34. Richard Bill, Efgs - 45 Thomas Daws’s Heits, /2 11s. John Baker, /.4 115 2d. Chedvick Theyr, /3 115, Samuel Hule, .z 104, Thomas Fletcher, /.3 10s. 3d. Jacob Griggs, /6 165, Jonathan Bowers's Heirs, 125, 64, Jofeph Merrell, 125. 64 T'he Rev. Samuel Miller, /3 4s. John Arnel, or Alexan- der Walker, /5 155. 62. Jobn Perfon or Heath, L2 ¥1s. 64. Robert Vorce, .3 19s. 6d. Jofeph Polard, L1 gs. Jonathan Williams, /6 185. 64. Ebenezer Doir, 22 10s, Richard Abbot, /.1 6s. 3d. Col. Tillten or Sigone, /z 11r. 3d. Elizabeth Livefton, /.3 4s. Benjamin Turner, {2 10s. Joha Tuksrman’s Heirs, /.1 5s. Jobn Tufts, /2 18+, 3d. Jonathan Smith’s Heirs, /2 11s. 34 Jona. . than Hill’s Heirs, /2 10s. John Crow, /.2 175. 64. Ben~ jamin Langdon’s Heirs, /3 19s. 6d. Now therefore the abovefaid Perfons are hereby Notified refpeQively to pay to me the Sums aforefaid to each of them mentioned, at Bedford aforefaid, at or before the 22d Day of July Inftant. MatTusw Lirrie, Colleflor, Fuly x. 1757. Province of Neaw- Bampfbire, Portfmouth, July 6, 1757. LL Perfons who have any De- mands upon, or are indebted to, the ERate of David Horney, ate of Port/mouth, in the Province aforefaid, Mari~ ner, deceafed, are hereby defir'd to fettle the fame as foor as may be, with the Subfcriber, Execator of the Teftamene of the {aid deceas’d. Matthew Livermore. Province of New HampsHIrRE, Fxly 7, 1757. HEREAS we the Subfcribers are appointed Commiflioners’ by the IHonourable Judge of Probates, for the Province aforefaid, to receive and examine the Claims on the Eftate of Capt. Jaac Smith, late of Kingflon in faid Provinee, deceafed| reprefented Infolvent : THESE are to give NOTICE toall concern’d, that we will attend that Servige on the third Wiedne(day of this and the five following Morjhs, at the Hpulai Col. Eben- - exer Stevens, in Kingfig b1