The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, July 22, 1757, Page 2

¢ | f By Captain Joy, from Seuth Carolina, there is Advice of #he Garland Man of War, Captain Arbuthnot, being arrived ‘there, with the Tranfports from this Place, and Hampton, 4n Virginia. : : NEW-YORK, Juii, . Monday Evening laft, his Majefty’s Sloop of War the Spy, "William Bayre, Commander, arrived at Sandy-Hook, in 8 Weeks from Falmouth. ~ Friday laf retarned here from a Cruize the Privateer Snow Revenge, Captain Koffler, and Snow Hornet, Captain Spelling, and brought in with them (being in Confort for _fome Time before) a large French Ship, of 400 Tons, “«alled the Four- Friends, taken by the latter the firft Inftant in Latitude 28,°2, Longitude 68, 46, after a fmart Engage- stient of 6 Glafles, as fhe mounted 14 Carriage Gans, and 62 Men, two of which were killed in the Engagement, be- fides the fi-ft Cap:ain, Lieutenant, and a Paflenger wounded. Capt. Koffler’s Chief Mate, named James Lowrey, was fhot through the Head, and William Serjeant and Ezekiel Ran- kin, were wounded.——The Ship failed from Cape- Francois the 22d of June, bound for Bourdeaux, in Company with 2 Brigs, and 2 other Ships, under Convoy of the Greenwich Man of War, and a large Store Ship (formerly a Man of ‘War) who left them off the Cacafes,and returned to the Cape egain.” Her Cargo is Sugar, Cotton, and a confiderable Quantity of Indigo. Befides the above Ship, the Captains Koffler and Spelling, on the 3d of Jane, took a large Schooner bound from Bour- deaux for Caps Francois, laden moftly with Bale Goods, which they left fixteen Days ago, and is efleemed a very va “ lnable Prize. We hezr that a Party of French Neutrals, Who had been for fome Time paft at- and near Weltchefier, made their \ Efcape from that Place, and were taken up near Fort-Ed- /| ward, in their Way to Crown- Point. - / Wednefday nextis the Day -appointed to be obferved asa General Falt throughout this Province. *Tis reported in Town that 2 Skirmifh has happened at Lake George, between a Party of our People, and about 400 French and Indians ; but muft wait till our next, for _ Particulars. B O 8§ T O N, Zily 18 The following young' Gentlemen receiv’d their Degrees as Bachelors of Arts by a Diploma laft Wednefday, viz. T heodare Athinfon, Fobn Vaffull, Fobn Appleson, Charles Ruffil, Fobn Pitts, Peter Chardon, Jonathan Allen, Tufiram Gilman, T homas Toppan, Edward. Bracks, Fobn Haven, Edward Wal- ' ker, Samuel Barrett, Thomas Williams, Feremiak Peckor, 7 as the Duke of N——and Mr. Pitt are together. Fobn Fairfield, Thomas Phips, Theophilus Bradbury, William Pike, Samuel Tuttle, Sumpfon Tuttle, Fedediab Parker, Nathan Holr, Fofeph Wheeler, 5 Capt. Brondfon in a Ship, Capt. Mackey in a Brigt. as ai- fo a Snow, all bound to this Port, failed about the fame Time Capt. Andrews did from Briftol. 3 Capt. Andrews defires the Article relating toa Battle of the King of Prufia’s, which was wrong reprefented in the faft Monday’s Gazette, might be redify’d, not having gi- veo 4 v, fuch Infcrmation.— All Giac hecon Sy e S L ts this ; “Lhat on Saiurday the 7th of May laft being o the City of Briftol, be faw a Paragraph either in the Briftol Paper of that Day, or the London Papers of the sth That the King of Pruffia_had a Battle (butis not certain with whom) and that hegained the Vi€lory : As to ithe Num- ber flan in the Battle he knew not. -The Skipper of 2 Marblehead Schooner, named Grandy, fays, that he was on board of the Ship Havke of 20 Guus, one of Admiral Holburne's Squadron, on the 28th of June laft ; the Captain-of which told him, that there were 10 Sail of French Men of War who Bad failed for America, and 11 Sail of Englith Men of War had failed 2 Days after them from Port{mouth, - Extral of a Letter from on Board the Orford Man of War, i dated at Sea, Mlay 26th 1757. The Fleet fail’d from Cork the 8th Day of May, being jabout go Sail inall ; 14 Line of Battle Ships, a Fire Ship, a ‘Bomb, a 20 Gun Ship, 2 Sloops, 60 Tranfporis, with about “ 500 Troops, and fome Merchant Men from different Parts: A 60 Gun Ship and 2 Bomb was &ill tojoiys them.— The Froops are commanded by Maj. General Hopfon, Maj. f..:fineral Lord Charles: Hay, with berd Fow, and {everal > other Gentlemen of Diftin&ion, and feem to be ail iu good Spirits:——DBefore the Fleet left Ireland, the Somerfet Man of War brought into Kingfale two Ships with about 200 Soldiers bound to Louifburg ; and the Rochefter was Teft in puifuit of 3 more; and ’twas the current Report ‘the Day the Fleet fail'd, had brought them into Beerhaven near Cape Clear.—The Y arkMan of War hizs lileewifetaken 35hips and carried them iatof lymouth with about cooMen morc.— Change of the Miniftry is now believ’d to be fettled, ”» Extra® of a Letter from a Gentleman at Lifbon, dated April 26. 1757. , Fcoz the sth of February to this Day, we have had one marinial Sun fhine :— In the feveral Quarters of the laft Moon, we have had no Repetitions of EARTHQUAKES ; which cannot be faid of the 17. Revolations of that Planet, fince November 1& 1755. (The -Day, mever t0 be forgotten, wwoben that rich a=d famous City met awith that amaxing Defo- lation, as bas been beretofore publifbed.)— The City continues yet as a Scene of miferable Ruins :— The King continues in his wooden Palace :—Nothing can perfwade the Queen to r-fide one Day in a Place furrounded with Walls : When they go a Hunting, they flsep in Tents: —A large Timber Cuftom Houfe is erefting in the Rebecro. —A Fire broke out lately in one of the Baracets of the Roico, which burnt (down near 56 of them ; and had it not been for the Soldiers, oft of the People would bave been burnt in their Beds. — ‘hree of our Packeis have been taken by the French : — therburn, to this Plice, by d Privateer of 35 Guns : —The arw ch and Groyne Pacquets ; the former of which, is re- rted to have had 4 oreat Sum on board :—We have now a B an Ship in cuefhgfher’ DIBIL o e e Extral} of amother Letter from Lifbon, dated May zoth 1757. A Letter from Madeira, dated April the 21, informs, That Commodore Stephens was there, bound to the Eaft- Indies, with the Elizabeth, (70 Guns;) Yarmouth, (70 Guns,) Weymouth, ( 6o Guns,) Colchefter, ( 50 Guns,) and New-Cattle, (50 Guns,) one India-Man,and feveral other Ships :—They parted from Admiral Coates, and fix India- “Man a few Days before :—He proceeded on, with the Convoy uonder his Care ; and ordered the othersto follow - him immediately. At Sea they got Intelligence, That 4 French 74 Gun Ships had pafled by Gibraltar, and exchanged a few Broad Sides with Admiral Saunders ; but being clean Ships efcaped him. It is thonght they were bound your Way ; for they had Troops on board —You may depend on thisas Fa@t: For other Letters from Cidiz and Gibraltar confirm the fame.’ We have Advice from the Weft-Indies, That the Lords of the Admiraity have fent Orders to purchafe two Bermu- das built Veeflels, to be fitted out to cruize about the Iflands, to prote® the Trade againft the Enemy's Privateers : And, that the two Commanders appointed for them were arrived from England. ; Laft Tuefday the Honourable His Majefty’s Council was pleas’d further to prorogue the Great aud General Court or Affembly of this Province to' Tharfday the Fourth of Augaft. Wednefday returned from a Cruize the Province Ship of War, King George Capt. Hallowell. ‘We learn from Ckzgneo, That a few Days ago, a few Indians (fuppos’d to be 5 or 6 in Number) came within half a Mile of the Fort there, and drove off in the Night tweive fat Cattle, which wers not miffed till late the next Day ; when having difcovered their Track, a Party from the Fort purfued it about 40 Miles, but could not oveitake them. Extra® of a Letter from Albany, dated the fecond Inftant. 4« This Afternoon wwe had Newws from the Forts, that Capt.. Putman, with a Party of 60 Men, bud been out to South Bay, and on bis coming there, be difcovered 20 Canoes or French Ba- toes coming down towards bim : He bad the good Luck to fire one or two Vollies on them, and kill'd as is faid, 30 or 40. He is return’d to the Forts avith the Lofs of oneof bis Men, and tvio Slightly wounded. Wedrefday laft Mr. Feremiabh Lincoln came to Town from Fort Edward, and upan Qath has declared, That he was an Eofign under Major Thaxter, and that on the 18th of Sep- tember laft (being out on a Scout with Capt. Hodges) he was taken Prifoner by a Numiber of French and Indianc near Fert William Henry, and was carried by them to Ticondero. g3, and there redeemed by General Montcalm for zoo Li- vres, and fent to Crown-Point, from whence he went to Montreal, where he had Liberty to work for his Living.— That on or about the 1oth Day of Juue laft, he was inform- ¢d, that 3 Veflels had arrived at Quebeck from France, who bro’t News, that 25 Sail, with 3000 Troops were to fail foon after them for Canada —That he was informed by a Number of Englithiien, and others who had been at Que- beek, that by the beft Information they could get, they could not raife above 10,000 Forces there.—He was alfo informed y fevera! of the Fresch Pecils that therp i not shave 6ooo Regular T'roops ia‘all Canada.—That about the 12th of June 300 Regulars and goo Indians marched from Mont- real to Ticonderoga,—That he often heard at Montreal, - that the French defigned to attack our Forts at the Lake ; buc by all the Intelligence he coald get, and Obfervation he could make, they conld not be able to make upan Army of above 5006 Men to go againft them, by Realfon they had fent a great 'Number of their Forces to defend the Ohio, which they heard was going to be attacked by Col. Wafh- ington ; and the Reafon given why the Army was notfent Againft our Forts fooner, was becaafe they heard at Mont- real, that a Fleet and Army was coming from New. England up the River St. Laurence againft Quebeck ; but had given over the Expedition of their coming now, which was the Reafon of their fending fome of their Forces to -the:Ohio, and others to Ticonderoga —That he, the Declarant, with three others, made their Efcape from Montreal on the 14th of June laft, in the Night, and on their March homewards, two of them being fo tired and fatigued that they could not proceed further, went and delivered them{elves up at Crown- Point.—That he the Declarant and the other afterwards ar- rived at Fort Edward, where his Companion was ftop’d by General Webb, as Irc was one of the Regulars taken at Of- wego.—The Declarant further fays, that when he was at Crown- Point Fort, by all the Obfervation he couid make, there was no Battery or any Works thrown up on any Hill neat the Fort. N..B. The French avere fo fbort of Provifions at- Montreal, that they could not Jupport their Priloners in Goal, but lef them &o at large, to provids for-themfedves. Entered in, Renolds, Higgins, Redficid, Holly and Barrets from Conne&icut, Barres, Jeonifon, Dogget, Paaks and Mor- ton from Ph-ladelphia, Taylorand Grane from North-Caro- lina, Dogget from Chignetlo, Junkins from Halifax, Tozer and Atkins from Newfoundland, Goodwin from New-Pro- vidence, Beach from Briftol and Cork, Tbe MISCHIEF of GOLD and SILVER., N Goup and Strver what unfeen Deceit, Makes Mortals Jabour to be curft and great ! O Gorp ! thou Guide to Evil | Bane of Life ! Thou Spring of Mifchief | and thou Source of Strife ! Happy for Man if thou hadt'never been ! Thou pleafing Mifchief ! pregnant Caufe of Sin ! Thy dire Effects in bloody Wars we feg ! Wrongs, Rapines, Murders, all proceed from Thee ! Children, for Thee, their Parents Ruin feek ! And Brothers all the Ties of Nature break ! For Thee weak Parents tread a fordid Road, ' Negle& themfelves, their Family, their God ! Port of PiscaraQua. Entred In, Fennifin and Barns from Boflon. Cleared Out, Heavett for Boflon, Atwoeod for Rbode-Yfland, Underawood jor Cafeo, Orgm and Frofl for Halifax, Brown for' WeR Indies, Wells for gltigua. ; o - i e o m— & “to nine 0'Clock Afternoon on faid Days. Outward Bound, Palmer for Wep- ndics. Advertifements.. Fobn Harmon from Bqfton, Staymaker, At the Houle of Fobn Knight's Efq; néflnf&:e Long-Whar Makes Stays in the beft Manner$ Province of New Hampsuirk. LL Perfons who have an? Claim on the Eftate of Daniel Crockford, late of Port{4 mouth, in faid Province, Barber, deceafed, Inteftate, a hereby defired to fend the fame to J/abella Crockford, Widow, Reli& of faid deceafed, Adminiftratrix of faid Eftate,io order to a Settlement thereof : And fach as are Indebted to faid Eftate, are defir'd to pay the fame to faid. Adminiftratrix 'as foon as may be. ' Port/mouth, Fuly 18. 1757. finy Isapzrza Crockromrp. | e — SOLD by Samuel Griffish O BE of Port{mouth, Goldfmith, for Cne Hundred Dollars, oran Equivalentin New. Hamp(hire orRhode ifland Morey, an alive, ftrong, healthy NEGRO BOY, whas has been'in good Englilh, ana is about the Country three Vears, -fpeaks twelve or thirteen Vears of Age. B — NY Perion having O/d Pewter td difpofe of, xiay have Fifteen Shiliings Oid I'enor pe Pouvnd of Fames d‘wb, next Door bat one below the Pos Orrics in Pordmouth. Likewife all Shop keepers a Country Tradersnay be fupplied with New Pewter for Oi cheaper than they can get in Bofton, by faid Gooch. Postimoutn, July 21, 1757 ; ALL Perfons that have any De mands on the Eftate of Samuel Watfon, late of Dove: in_the Province of New- Hampfhire, Yeoman, deceafed, ar& defired to bring their Claims to Fames Kiclle of faid Dover Under Sherff, Adminiftrator of the faid deceas’d Eftati And all Perfons thatare Tndebted to the faid Effate are defir’d immediately to pay the fame to. the faid Adminifrato prevent fusther Trouble. Dower, Fume 30. 1757. LL Perfons who are indebted t the Eftate of Mr. Jofes Philbrock, late of Rye, de. ceafed, are defired to pay their refpe&ive Bailances to dbiga:: Philbrask, Adminiftratrix on faid Eftate ; and alfo, thofé who have any Demands on the aforefaid Eftate, are defired - to fend in their Accounts to faid Adminiftratrix, in ordy fox - Sattlement. P s — S e e, B O e INOW laying at the Long-War And TO BE SOLDbyROBERT TRAILL; A Quantity of TAR, on very reafonable Terms, before it” flored. W HEREAS itis thought neceffary , by a Number of Gentlemen for a public Advantage, That there thould be a weekly Carrier of Letters, Pacquets, &¢. to fet out evéry Friday from Portfinouth, and to ride through the folla:ving Towns, viz, Greenland, Strathame, Exeter, Kingflon, Chefler, Londonderry, Litchfield, Nottingharm- Weft, Dunflable, ard to setarn through Hawerbill : e 4 e o i <t L —————— [HIS is therefore to give Notice to thofe who incline ta |+ | encourage the above Undertaking, that Subfcriptions arens taken in by Mr. Fames Ewvins of Londonderry, M. Ezeivd R y Greeley of Nottingbam, and by the Publifper of this Pape:gi - in order to fupport the Charge at firft fetting out, which perd ' haps in one Year's Time may do without. ' —_— —_— P e Province of Neaw Hampjbire, Portlmouth, Fuly 6, 1757. ; LL Perfons who have any De-" mands upon, or are indebted to, the Eftate of Dawid, Horney, late of Port/mouth, in the Province aforefaid, Mari- ner, deceafed, are hereby defir’d to fettle the fame as foom as may be, with the Subfcriber, Executor of the Teftament. of the faid deceas’d. Mattheaw Livermore. g e e . ot et et Province of New Hamresaige, Faly 7, 1787, HEREAS we the Sllbfcribefs‘rfyi g500 are appointed Commiffioners by the Honourable ' Judge of Probates, for the Province aforefaid, to receive and examine the Claims on the Eftate of Capt. Jjzacy Smith, late of Kingfin in {aid Province, deceafed, reprefented Infolvens : THESU are to give NOTICE toall concern’d,’ that we will attend ¢hat Service on the third Wednefday of this and the five following Months, at the Houfe of Col. Eben- ezer Stevens, in Kingfion aforefaid, from the Hours of zbrca_‘ : Samuel Winfloww, Ebenezer Stevens.” BN A TO BE SOLD by 'the Printer of this Pfsper, : PRoccedings of the Court-Martial on the Trial of Admiral BYNG, To which is added, The Admiral’s DEFEN(E, &c. A POEM on the Day of Judgment ; iy Dr. Zoung, Author of Nig 7 Books. Thoughts (Price lu 8 billings Old Texo : In Three o