The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, July 29, 1757, Page 3

\ v ¥ . thata 'confidcriblc Namber of Provini\ia}s may be foon expetted from the Northern Colonies ; and a large Body of Highlanders, by the Way of Irefand. June g. Laft Sunday Evening arriv’d in Town rom Fort’Loudeun, at Teneefee, Capt. Poftell of sl :/: Myvincials, and Lieutenant Gray of the In- dependent Companies, by whom our Accounts of the Cherokees appearing to be muck more bearty in our Intereft than ever they bave feemed before, are confirmed : As a Demonfiration of which, five Parties of them are already gone out to War, one beaded by the Great Warrior of Chote, another by the Little Carpenter, a 34 by bis Brother, a 4th &y anotber very aflive Warrior, and a 5tb, even by the Man killer of Telligno, though be bad not . long before returned from New Orleans and the Halbama Fort, but fo much diffatisfied (when be heard bow the Little Carpenter and bis Compani- " ons were received bere ) that be declared at going out 1o War, be would not return without wiping = off all Imputations of Difaffeition to the People ‘of Telliquo. ANNAPOLIS Fahy7. We are informed, that on fatarday laft, as a Man was at work in his Field, on this fide the South-Mountain, not far from Marfh Creek, he heard a {creaming, and looking at his Houfe faw 2 or 3 Indians entering into it, but be- ing unable to fubdue them, and in order to fave his own Life, he made the beft of his Way, and got off ; and " ‘mext Morning 2 Number of Men arm’d went to the place, " own Door, and - to Captivity. ] e B Yol n ong niaft but found the Houfe burnt, and his Wifeand Children are either Captivated or Murdered. - We have an Account from the Weftward, that a few Days ago, one Man was kill’d and fcalp’d by the Enemy, and another fhot thro’ the Belly, but he made his Efcape, though it was thought he could not recover. The Per- fon kill’d was fhot as he was ftanding at his a Boy and Girl carried away in- H AL I F A X, -Fuh ¥ Laft Tuefday the three Regiments belonging to this place, commanded by the Major Generals Hopfon, War- Burton and Lafcelles, were reviewed on the parade by his " Excellency Lord Loupoun, who we hear cxprefs'd his Satisfattion of their performances. Since our laft arrived here his Majefty’s thip Centurion, and apwards of twenty fail of Tranfports. “CTiids WISTATLY Tarly Admirat Hoibvatae, with about Forty fail of Mea of War and T'ranfports, arrived here, to the no fmall Joy of evéry true Britain among us. 3 Pl LA DETLPRTIA Juy 14; We have Advice from Northampton County, that Teedyuafcung is arrived at Eafton, with 130 Indians, in order to hold a Conference with this Government. And we hear from Lynan Townfhip, in the fame Coun- ty, that on the gth Inftant as one Adam Clawfe, with fome of his Neigubours, were cutting down his Corn,they were attacked by a Party of Indians : That of their Num- ber two Men, two Women, and a Girl, efcaped : That Martin Yager and his Wife were killed and fcalped : That Abraham Secler, and a Child of Adam Clawfe’s, were fcalped, but alive, tho’ badly wounded ; one of the Women being thot thro’ the fide, and the other thro’ the Thigh : That two Children of f:id John Crowfhore’s, ©ne of Abraham Seclér’s and one of Philip Athtan’s, “ were murdered, but not fcalped : That upon the Alarm +. given, a fmall party weat out after the Enemy, and .%p with nine of them, at whom they fired fome and it is tho’t wounded feveral ; bat that they after- ¢ LJoft them 2mong the thick Woods. learn from York County, that on faturday the 2d . a Womanp and three Children were carried off by j Jians, the Houfe they were in burnt, and a Cow 3wn, and the Tongue cutout of her Head ; that the bat belonged to the Houfe (whofe Nanie we could ' g:) being at Plow, and a little Boy, his fon, with 4110 § 7 “hin ing the Houfe on Fire, ran off ; but that the Ene- i one of the Horfes out of the Geers, and purfued iht ui, /when they took the Boy, and the Father efcaped. T'i¢ Woman carried off, is the Danghter of one James Furde lin New London, Chelter County. #v % Gentleman from Carlifle, we are informed, that “ixander Miller, of Antrim Townfhip, in Camber- Ceynty, was killed by the Enemy the latter End of » Adosith, and two of his Childeren carried off ; that a Boy, abeat 14 Years of Age, pulled his Father's Body in- ‘%0 the rloufe after he was fhot, by which Means he faved * Jand ~ his 8calp ; and, with two Guns he had there, defended Limfelf till the Neighbours came to his Affiftance. The Wife happened to be out, and hid herfelfamong the Bufh- | estill they were gone, [Tbis is the Perfon that was [hot ar the Time ae beard Fobn wed to be a Miflake ) The fame Gentleman further informs us, that two Mufbet was killed, which pro- Men being in Shearman’s Valley, about the beginning of ! this Month, looking after their Cattle, were fired on by a P 1 other, With great Difficalty, got into Carlifle having eral fhot oles in his Clothes : Thhat a party of Forty {tierokees, and a Number of White Men fet out the éjfiggy oflmt‘ians, when one of them was killed’; but that x Fisft of this Month to range, and ta. géns far as Ray's Town, and were refolved not to return without fome Scalps or prifoners : And that a fmaller party of Indians, with fome white people, fet out a_few Days after from ‘fhearman’s Valley on the fame Bufinefs. _ Extratt of a Letter from Tulpehoken, July 4, 1757 ¢ The Indians are murdering about fix Miles fram my Houfe 5 this is no falfe Report : thy People that were mur- der’d laft Friday, to awit, three Wemen, and four Children, avere only feven Miles from me 3 and if we ge: no 4ffiflance Srom the Ccuntry, all the Inbabitants of Tulpehoken avill move away : the Country fhould rife, and jfend a large Body to drive the Indians off, and keep a flrong guard in the Houfes on the Frontiers, befides the Soldiers, or all will be loff.” Extra& of a Letter from Heidleberg, July 9. 1757. Yefterday, about three or four o’Clock in the Afternoon, betaveen Valentine Herchelroad's and Tobias Bickell's four Indians kill’d tavo children, one about four Vears old, the other Sive ; they at the fame time jcalped a young Woman of about 16, but, with proper care being taken of her, fhe is like to live and do well. A Woman was cut terribly aith a Tomahawk, but not _jcalped, ber Life is difpaired of : three children awere carrvied off prijoners. One Chrifiian Schrink’s Wife, being among theref, bravely defended berfelf and chil- dren for a abhile, wrefted the Gun out the Indian’s Hand awho affautedber, as likewif¢ bis 'Tomahawk, and threw them away, but afterwards. Wwas obliged to- run-to fave ber own Life, and tava of ber children woere taken captives in themean time. Inthis Houfe avere above 20 Women and children who had fled from their exon Houles o take foelter 5 the Men belonging to them were about Half a Mile off pick- ing cherries, and came as quick as poffible to their 4ffifiance, and went in purloit of the Indians, but to no purpofe.” Extra& of a Letter from Reading, July 12, 1757. ¢ Tavo Indians awere feen clofe by this Town on Monday the fourth Inflant, in the Evening. The Day before,or the Jame Day, 1am not fure which, two were feen about eight " miles off. They are frequently Jeen in different Parts of this County. A Scheme is fet on Foot to fecure this Town Sfrom Surprize, ahich 1 bope will fucceed; and, indeed, if awe are not furprized by the French, 1 am.in little Fain a- Bout what the Indians can do us.” / ¢ Saturday laft Capt. Williams arrived here from poole. On his paflage, foon after he left Falmouth, he was ta- ken by a French privateer, belonging to Nantz, and ran- fomed for two hundred Guincas. He was afterwards brought too by another Frenchman. NEW-Y ORK, July 18. A Latter from England, (brought by the Packet) dated May zo, 1757. Various are Reports about the Miniftry, but the following Lift has been handed about, and confidently af- ferted will take place,—which if it does, will prevent the many Addrefles now prepared in almoft every part of the Kingdom from being prefented to his Majefty. - [ Note, this Lift of the Miniftry the Letter-awriter unluckily forgot to inclofe.] Pz1r is the Foremalt, Never were Gentlemen dilmif’d from thair Employimente with. greater Encom. iums from the publick than Mr Legge and Mr. Pitt ;— and we muft needs fay, that Merit was more and better rewarded under their fhort Adminiftration, than it had been for Years before, if a perfon in this part of the King- dom may be fuppafed to be a Judge of Merit ;—feveral Commanders who had diftinguithed themfeives in fmall Vefiels, were, upon their Return home, without any Ap- plication, removed into larger. Others were left unem- ployed, for what Reafon, cannot fay. “ This Day Leters inform us, that an Alliance is altually concluded on, and will be fpeedily declared, be- tween the Court of Great Britain, the Court of Spain, and the Court of Sardinia. .Ia Confequence of which, Don Philip is to be made King of Lombardy, and to bave the Milanefe : The King of Sardinia to have Final (a port Town of Italy) from the Genoefe : Cagliari, the Capital of the lfland of Sardinia, is to be a Port for the Reception of our Men of War in the Mediterranean : and we are jaft informed, that the Court of Spain has or- dered twelve Men of War to be got ready at Cadiz. The viorious King of Prufiia has ordered a lasge Body of Men to Weftphalia, there to join his Royal Highnefs the Duke of Cumberland ; whi!ft himf{c)f with two Armies of about 60,000 each, are thonght to be in the Poflgflion of the City of Prague ; and when he is gone thus far, by all Account he feems determired to make a bold and vi- gorous Attack upon Vienna itfelf ;—a City, which, in 1683, fuftained a Siege of two Months againft the Turks, but was relieved in a critical Hoar by John Scbic/ky, King of Poland, and the Duke of Lorrain. From a regular Lift we are aflured, that 75 liivateers have been taken from the French in the European Seas fince the War. In a London paper of the 1gth of May, *tis faid, Mar- fhal Brown was taken Prifoner by his Pruffian Majefty, and being introduced to the King, was complimented in thefe Terms, worthy the. Congaeror. and the Prifoner : < Monfieur Brown, I have long had a Defire to fee you ¢ but fhould have been much bétter plealed to have had ¢ you near my Perfon in a quite different Situation. B O 8T 0Ny aulely b By Veflels from Halifax we are inform’d, that all the Fleet from Cork, except three Tranfports, were arrived there, and were preparing with the utmoft Diligence to fail on a fecret Expedition.— That 1z fail of Line of Battle thips were in the Harbour of Louifbourg. — That 32 Britith Men of War were in Halifax Harbour, 17 of which were of the Line.— And that the Nightingale of 20 Guns, with his Excellency Governor POWNALL on board, was to fail for this Pory the Day after the laft Veflel left Halifax, and is daily expefled. We hear from London, via Halifax, that his Grace the Duke of New caitle and My, Ditt are again placed at [ ) RN the Head of Affairs: That Mr. Fox had a penfion of 2000!. per Annum for himfelf and Heirs.~-Fhat Lord Anfon has been offered che Chair at the Board of Admi- ralty, but refufed it. —T'hat it was reported before the Fleet left Irelaod, that the Earl of Winchelfea was out of the Admiralty. . Harvarp-CoLLEGE, iz CaMBRIDGE, Fuly 13. 1757, The follorwing are the Names of the young Gentlemen wha rectived their Second Degrees by Diploma, : Jomas Meriam, graduated a Bachelor, Apno 1753. Samuel Foxcroft, Samuel Quincy, Fonathan Webb, Fobn Hancock, William Warner, Bela Lincoln, Phillips Payjon, - Benjamin Church, Samuel Marfball, Danicl i readasell, Nathan Webb, Fames Allen, Nathan Fifk, Fafon Hawen, Jacob Fofter, William Patten, Samuel Weft, Exra Thayer. PrOLR T 8 M OB M S We hear from Wells, that a forrowful Accident hap- pened there lately ; as a Lad was with his Father returna® _ing from a Mill with a Load of Boards, and unknown to - him, the Boy got upon the Boards, and fell afleep ; ‘loon after the Father mifs’d his fon, and looking back, found' him crufh’d to Death by the Wheel ; a dreadful Objeék to a tender Parent. Lust of LETTERS remaining in the Posr-Orrice at Portimouth July 27. 1757. - Walter Conny, Fames Guppy, Fohn Harris, Luke Mills, Mofes Randolph, Edward Roberfon, Thomas Skinner, Titus Salter, Robert Stokell, Andreav Smalley, Mary Stilfon, Haac Tucker, Mary Watts, all of Portimouth.” Faceb Ames of Kittery., Daniel Marflon of Hampton. Fobn Gilman of Exeter. Abrabam Parry, Jojeph Sanburn of Newmarket. Eliphalet Daniel of Durham. Samuel Gerrifh of Dover, Fobn Chamberlain of Marimac, Jobn Bryant, Charles Gerrilh, Nathan Noble, Jofeph Parker, Fobn Robinfon, and Jobn Trott of Falmouth, O THE Immenfe, the Amazing Height, The boundlefs Grandeur of our GOD, Who treads the Worlds beneath his Feet, And fways the Nations with his Nod ; He {peaks ; and lo, all Nature fhakes, Heav'n’s everlafting Pillars bow ; He rends the Clouds with hideous Cracks, And thoots his fiery Arrows through. Well, let the Nations ftart and fly At the blue Light’nings horrid Glare, Atheifts and Emperors thrink and die, When Flame and Noife torment the Air] Let Noife and Flame confound the fkies, And drown the {pacious Realms below,” Yet will we fing the Thunderer’s Praife, And fend our loud Hojannas through. Thas fhall the Gop our Saviour come, And Lightnings round his Chariot play, Ye Lightnings, fly to make him room, Ye glorious Storms, preparehis Way. The Goo of Thunder, ¢ S T sy "Pert of Pifcdiaguo. ¥ Entered In, Robinfon from Bofton, Parfons and Janverin from'Rhode-Ifland. Cleared Out, Randall for Halifax, Florance for North-Carolina, Markham for Weft-Indies, Ellinwood and James for Bofton, Huchins and Robinfon for Cafco, Saltér for Marblehead, Wiold for Newbury, Moore for Rhode-Ifland. Qutward Bound, Arbuckle for Halifax. [ Seé more Neas in the next page. | Advertifements. Province of New-HaMPSHIRE. S it will take fome Time to adjuft the Accounts and pay the Sums due to the Farmers of the Excisk, previous to the Renewal of Licences at' Septemper Seffions, this PuBLick NOTICE is giwen to the concerned, that at the Houfe of Mr. James Stoodley jun. Innkolder in Portfmouth, Attendance will be giwen on Monday, Tuefday and Wednefday tbe 5th, 6th, and y1b of September for that Purpofe by the Farmers thereof. . Portfmouth, July AnprEwW CLARKSON, 28.17%7. Tromas Wk Warprow, Joun KnicaT, jun. Province of Nsw-Hampsuire, July 21, 1757, ‘HERE AS we the Subjcrit are appointed Commiffioners by the Hompurable Fudpz of Probates for the Province aforefaid, to receive and examine the Claims on the Efiate of Samuel Rymes, late of Poril, mouth in Jaid Prowince, Marine, deceafed, reprefented In: JSolwent : THESE are to give Notice to all concern’d, 1 ave will attend that Serwvice on the laft Wednefday of this and the five following Months, at the Houfe of Mr. Richard Harvey, Innbolder in Port/mouth aferefaid, from the Hours of [ix to nine o'Clock, Afternoon, on_/faid Days. Ereazer RusseLr, WiLriam KnicarT. —— ¥ e i R e e | e e TS e b To be Sold by the Printer hereof, 2 - Douglafs’s Summary of America. Nuptial Dialogues and Debates. The Oeconomy of Human Life. Watts’s 44 Sermons. The Hiftory of the Martyrs. e