The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, August 5, 1757, Page 1

[ ad ' ks . FRIDAY, Avcust 5, 1757, { v A 7 THE fe. e EW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE, Containing the Frefbeft Advices Foreign and Domeflick. L O ‘N DO 'N, 'May 13, 90 the PRINTER, & SIR, 7OU will pleafe to infert the following Letter, which Y I received a few Days ago from Bourdeaux. 1 be- Yieve you'll agree with me, that the Fals related in it cannot be made too publick ; as they not only fhew how barbaroufly the French treat thofe of our Country, who have the Misfortune of falling into their Hands ; but ¢hat Inftances of Humanity are not wanting even among . our Enemies; and the prefent, I think, isfo very ftriking, that every Briton mult be filled with the higheft Admira- tion, at fuch unparaleiled Charity. SiRr, Bourdeaux April 23, 1757. AM extreamly chagrin’d, that fo fad an Occafion as the prefent, procures me the Honour of advi- fing you, that I bave now in my Houfe an En- lith Gentlewoman, who, in her Paflage to Lon- don, had been taken by one of our Privateers, and snade a Prifoner of War; a moft deplorable Situation for duoy One, but efpecially a Woman ; for, in fhort, they ftripped her of every Thing. Divine Providence fo ordered it, that I chanced to go to the Goal wherein the _ was confined, to vifit a_State Prifoner, and was there 'y R’ A 5 it 4 firuck with the Sight of this poor unfortunate Lady, whofe vnatterable Diftrefs had all that Effe& upon me, which Compaffion can infpire the Breaft of 'a Chriftian with. Indeed, the wretched Condition | faw her in, was enough to foften an Heart of Stone. The firft Step I took, in order to remove her from this miferable Place, was, to go and throw myfelf at the Feet of cur Commiffary, be- feeching him to permit me to take this Lady home to my own Houfe, and offering myfelf as Security for her. Appearance, whenever fhe fhould be demanded. This Requeftiwas granted, and - nothing ever gave me a more fenfible Pleafure. You may be perfeétly- eafy on her Account; as fhe wants for Nothing, and I endeavourto procure ket all the Recreations in “my Power, to diffipate her Melantholly. . She would pafs her Time much more agreeably than (he does, were I able to converfe with Rer in her own Language, which I ardently wifh I under- flood, for her Sake. ' However, as I have a Grammer, fhe often amufes herfelf with it, and has now made fucha Proficiency in the French, that fhe can explain her Mea- ning tolerably. She feems to have the Temper of an Angel, rever once murmuring at her AfiliGtions, and en- tirely refigned to the Will of the Almighty. Our Com- viffary has juft now informed mie, that an Englifh Pack- .t Boat is thortly expeéted here, which will be a favour- able Opportunity to take her Paflage for England : But if 1 find it tarries too long, I propofe; as fhe is {o anxious to return to her native Country, to fend her in fome ho- net Dutchman, with a RecommenJition to my Corref-~ pondent in Holland, to embark her for London, as foon as poflible ; and you may depénd vpon it, all the necef- fary Precautions will be taken, that fhe may meet with no frefh Moleftation or Embarraffment in the Voyage, I cannot but look on her as the - peculiar Gift of Heaven, fince, notwithftanding all her Sufferings, fhe enjoys a good State of Health, and is blefled with fuch a Calmnels and Serenity of Mind, as furpaffes Imagination. _She was ve- ry defirous of writing to you by this Occafion ; but her Spirits were fo low and confufed, that fhe could fcarce form a fingle Line ; which I am not atall furprized at, confidering what fhe has gone through : and as the Poft is juft fetting out, it only allows me Time to aflure you of her fincereft Regards, as well as thofe of Sir, ; . . Your moff Humble, and Moft obedient Servant.” 13D N Dr 1O NG a2t We hear that his Majefty has difbarfed a confiderable Sum out of his own Private Parfe, to carry on the War at this Junctare, We hear that in the lower Parts of the Weft of En- gland, the Poor are obliged to eat Salt and Grains. RocusvLig, (a fine, large, andrich City of France) April 21. The Robufte of 24 Guns, and 74 Men, that failed from Bourdeaux the 8th of lat Month for Canada, with 150 foreign Voluntiers, on the 13th fell in with an Eng- {ilh Frigate, fuppofed to be, of 36 Guns, and fought her ‘rom two in the Afternoon till § at Night, in which Time fhe had 14 killed and 19 wounded, and her Sails and Rig- ing greatly damag’d. ~The next Day, in the Evening,. khe Frigate attacked het again,” when fhe loft 15 Men, and had 23 wounded, and being much fhattered, would have put into fome Port to refic, but on the 15th at Day- break, the fame Frigate chafed her again, came up with her about a eleven, engaged her a third Time with great Vigour, and fhot away her Main and Mizen Mafts, but, at length, by a fortunate Shot, the Robuite catried away the Rudder of the Englith Frigate, and by that Means efcaped. After fultaining thefe three different Attacks, kaving only her Foremaft and Bowfprit Jeft ftanding, fhe wwald have put into Rochelle to refit, but on the 17th fhe met with an Englifh Privateer, with whom fhe ex- changed fome Shot, but received no Damage, and the next Day arrived here. The Crew compute that in the three Engagenpents they fired 1300 Caanon Balls, and 15,000 Mutket\Shot. The Chevaligr de Cauffade, who was going Paflenger to Canada, was fo wounded that he died Yefterday. Bath, May . From all Parts of the Country, we hear of great Infurre&ions among the'Common FPeople, on Account of the Dearnefs of Corn, &Fc. omwen | e L | 5500 L | o . | S e | ot CHARLES-TOWN, (in South-Carolina ) June . Letters from Antigua of the 13th of May fay, that the French Privateers continue to ruin their ‘Irade ; and . that thofe worlt of Foes to Britons, the Inhabitants of St. Eoftatia, by their confederate Trade and Alliance with our common Enemy, prevent the condemning the few Captures that are brought in ; that no lefs than 20 fine large Englifh Ships hava" been Lrowght pp within Six W eeks at Guadaloupe, by thefe Renegadoes intermixed with the Dutch,in which the French have Part; that thefe Veflels are freighted full with Sugars, and tho’ the Pro- perty may be more than 3 Parts, or perbzps entirely French, yet being under Dutch Colours, and petting falfe Clearances from St. Euftatia, they evade the ftrictelt Ex- amination of Privateers. The next Day arrived in Town 3 French Deferters, who lately made their Efcape from New Orleans, ard fought for Prote&ion among the Creek Indians, by whom they were delivered up to Mr. Pepper, the Agent of this Province, and by him fent hither. Thefe Deferters we hear, have intimated that we fhall not leng remain un- difturbed ; and for that Reafon, have chofen to enter on board fome Privateers rather than abide here. ~ Yefterday artived here Capt. Junkin from Barbadoes but brings nothing new from thence. He touched at Bermuda, in his. Paffage, where he' informs us, a Dutch Schooner of ahout 70 Tons, laden with Sugars, Ceflee, and Indico, had been carried in lately, by Capt. Trott, in a Privateer belonging to that Ifland ; that the whole Cargo, being French, was condemned, but the Veflel releafed ; and that- Capt. Luther, in another Bermuda Privateer, had taken about a Dozen of Ladies and Gen- tlemen, in a Pleafure Boat from the Cape, for whofe ran- fom he got 4000 Dollars, , P L:ADEL P HLA, Juyat. . . Extra& of a Letter from Carlifle, dated Fuly 11, 1757. ¢ On Friday -Morning lait two Indians appeared to two little Boys (Sons of David Dréennen, who lives be- tween 4 and g Miles from this Place) and fired at them ; fhot the’Horfe dead under one of them, and a Ball went thro’ the Boy’s Shirt, under his Arm- Pit, but both efcaped. The fame Day, in'the Eveniug, about three Miles lower down, two Indians “fired at ode Trimble, a Weaver, and wounded him in the Arm, but he got off alfo. Thefe Attemptsof the Enemy have occaflioned the greateft Defertion of the Inhabitants that has yet been in this Neighbourhood. 1 rode on Friday aud Saturday; both Days conftantly, in-Search of the Indians, with a Huraber of my Neighbours, and found every Hotje deferted. Our Provincials are all returned, but made no Difcoveries of the Enemy, tho’ fome of them weve at Franks. Town, and Fort Cumberland, and all of them at Ray’s- Town. There have been Parties in Shearman’s Vailey for 6 or 7 Days paft, but to no Parpofe.” Monday and Tuefday laft his Honotir the Governor, fome of the Genilemen of his Council, and a Committee of the Affembly, {et out for Eafton, to hiold a Conference with the Indians. Extraét of a Leiter from London, May 14, 1757. é It is expelted the Parliament will be adjourned in a- bouta Week. I mentioned the fudden Revolution that bad happened in the Miniftry the Day before my lafi, which is not yet fettled, but faid will be as follows : The Duke of New Cattle firft Lord of “the Treafury, inthe Room of the Duke of Devonthire, who is to be Mafter of the Horle, his former Place; Duoke of Dorfet LordCharh- berlain, in the Room of the Duke of Gration deceafed M:z. Pitt, and Lord Holdernefle, Secretaries of State ; Mr. Legge Chancellor of the Exchequer ; Earl of Hardwick to be reftored to the Office of Lord Chancellor ; Duke of Bedford Lord Lieut. of Ireland ; the.Earl of Winchelfea firkLord of the Admiralty ; Lord Dublin, and Ms. Potter, Paymaiters General of the Forces.” _ NEW-YORK, Juy zs. Monday laft came to Town, in 31 Days, from Nia- gara, two young Men, one named Peter Luney, belong- to Virginia, and the other William Phaips, an Apprentice to Jones Wright, of this City, Shipwright ; The latcer was taken at Ofwego, the 11th of May, 1756, in Com- pany with Charles Carter, of Philadelphia, and James Flanagan and Lewis Dunning of New Jerley, cutting Timber for the Veffels then building on Lake Ontario, and informs us, That Dunning being wounded by a Shot from the Indians, and unable to keep Pace with them in their March, they killed and fcalped him, on their Way to Niagara, where they arrived in four Days after they were taken ; that Carter and Flanagan were foon fent to Montreal, bat one of the Indians ddopting him for his Son, he was obliged to go with them to their Country, where he remained all the Summer, and was ufed ex- treamly well by them : They cften intreated him to for- get his own Country, and be contented to live with them, but as he always teftified his Uawglinguefs to remain in 3 fl%*fifli"ie*fi"fi"fi’%*&’%%%'&%%*%*%#%@%%%#*@#*%%%'&"&'%fih’#%%%'fi'-&"}e'&"fi*&*Xe%iflk%%%&-&%'b'&%*i’*;fi'*i‘ that Situation, they delivered him up to the Commander of Niagara, the 28th of September laft ; that he remain~ ed there till the 1gth ultimo, when he and Peter Luney above mentioned, (who came there with a few Indians from the Weitward to trade) contrived Means to facilitate their Efcape, and accordingly fet out with only one Gun, about 30 Charges of Powder and Ball, and not the leatt Morfel of Provifions, being obliged to fubfift for fix Days on two rotten Fifh, they not daring to fire a Gun, for Fear of being difcovered ; that they walked feveral Miles in the water to prevent being tracked by the Indians, flecping all Day in the Woods, and traveling at Night, that they came.by Ofwego, where there was nothing to be feen but the Ruins of che place.. Two Days before they left Niagara, 2 French Schooners asd an Englith Brig,taken atOfwego, arrived there from Fort. Frontenac, with 280 of the Militia of Canada, and twas faid. 400. more were expeed, but their Deftination not kaown, tho’ it was generally imdgined they were defigned for the Ghio, where great Numbers of French and Indians were gove before, and 'twas thought they intended an Attack on Fort Cumberland 3 that great Preparations were mak- ing in Canada, in order to meet the Englith at Crown Point, where they expected to find not lefs than 30,000 Men ; and that the Shawanefe and Delaware Indians had loft fo many of their young Men of late in fmall Parties, that for the future they intended never to fend out lefs than 100 at a Time. ; Extraf? of a Letter from Fort Edward, Fuly 12, Yefterday nine Mohawks came in here, who had becn out with a Stalping Party at the Bick of Crown Point, and bro’t in with them a French Prifoner, whom they took from a Flank Guard that ‘'was efcorting fome Carriages from Montreal to Crown-Point. This Prifon- . er {ays, that Monfieur Montcalm was to march from Montreal for Ticonderoga the firfk of this Month, with 6000 Men, and had refolved to pay the Englith a Vific at Fort William Henry : That 14 Men of War had lately arrived from Old France, feven of which, he faid weré lying at Quebec, and feven in Louifbourg Harbour ; and that they daily expetted another large Fleet, with a Number of Tranfports. v Extraf? of a Letter from Albany, dated Fuly14. ¢ Yefterday Evening the Poft from Fort Edward bro’t an Account that 30 of our Men who had been out on a > v, W . Scout from Fort Wiliiam* Henry, were furprized by o—— large Number ‘of French and Indians, who fired on them, and killed 19 on the Spot ; and ‘that-of the Eleven that returned, two were much wounded.. Our Indians have~ taken another French Prifoner, near Crown: Poiat, and cirried him to the Mchawk’s Country. ) ; Extruct of a Litter from Fort Hekames, dated July 6. « Since I have been here, we have had feveral falfe Alarms, and continual Advices from the Indians of the Enemy's Approach this Way, but all have as yet proved faife. Yefterddy we difcovered Tracks of the Eoemy, and to Day are informed of a’ Party of the Enemy having taken a Prifoner from the German Flats—A fad Accident happened here laft Night ; one Thomias Smith; a Suttler, has kill’d two of our Indians: I am afraid ic will be of bad Confequence to us, at this critical Junéture 3 it has already prevented a fcouting Party of the Five Nations from going out, as they intended this Morning § inftead of whith they have left us and gone to Sir Wil liam Johafon, B 0.8 T O N;. Lugnf 15" . : Laft Tuaelday the Honourable His Majefty’s Council Were pleafed to iffue a Proclamation further to prorogue the Great and General Court or Affembly of this Pro- vince to Tuefday the Sixteenth Day of Augult next, at Ten o’Clock in the Forenoon, 3 Laft Tuefday fail’d on d Cruize agaifift the French; the Privateer Ship King of Pruffia, Capt. Thomas James Grochy, Commander. : Wednefday lat the Body ofa Dutch-Man, who had belong’'d to the Prize taken by the Province Snow Prince of Wales, was found drowned near the Long-Wharf : He had been miffing four or five Days. By Capt. French, who arrived here on Friddy laft, jn 8 Days from Halifax, we learn, that AL L the Fleec. under Admiral Holbourn, were fafe arrived there, and" tha they were preparing with the utmoft Diligence to fail on Tome important Expedition.. By the Captains Bradford and Chandler from Jamaica; we are inform’d, That on the 1t of July they fail’d from thence, in Company with 120 Merchantment, the greatef: Part of them bound Home, the Refk to'different Parts on the Continent, which they_ parted with .in Lat, 29. lait Tuefday {en’night, under Convoy. of two 20 Gan Ships 2 that about 12 Days before they came out, Admiral Coats fail’d in the Marlborough of go Gnsta join his Squadron which he difpatch’d previous to his Sailing 5 thiat it was generally conje@ur'd there he was gone to makea Defcent upon fome. Part of Hifpaniola ;-that the Admiral has been - exceeding attive in clearing the Coaft of .the Enemy’s Privateers,by keeping fome of kis _Ships conflantly upon the Cruize ; that Capt. Jofeph Pierce of ihis Town, and his Mate, died wpon their Paflage, upon which Admiral . Coats | e