The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, October 14, 1757, Page 2

PA Toip, Capt. Lear, from Pifcatzqna for St. Ritt's ;2 brig, [4pt. Humphrys, from -Bofton for Antigua ; a fchooner, -apt. Mackey, ‘from Philadelphia for Antigua; a fnow, apt. Straughan, from Ireland for Antigua ; a floop, Jofeph Mottey, from New England for St.¥itt’s ;2 {chooner, Capt. Bates, from New-York for $t. Kitt’s. | September . €7efterday grrived Kere the fhip Meary, Capt. fheehan ; the thip George, Capt. Wadham ; and a {now, “apt.-Newten. They came out under convoy of the Cam- Iridge, ‘Commedore Moore ; the Buckingham, Trident, Devonfhire, Prince Frederick, Winchefter, Amazon, and Weezle {loop. The Devonfhire and Prince Frederick left the fieet, but the reft came throughout. The -packet was left i Antigua when the above veffels for this ifland came _2way. And a privateer fnow belonging to Martisico, of 16 guns, which had been taken 2nd retaken by the Amazon, was then in the harboer. September vo. On Thurfday laft was broeght into the road of Bafleterre, a French fhip called the S. Simon, Pierre Gerraud mifter, bound from Martinice for Old France : fhe was taken by Capt. Read, in the'brig Cliver Cromwell, on "Tuefday laft, and is laden with fugar, coffee, and cocoa. The faid brig cut out of Gaudaloupe la%t weck, a floop laden ‘with cordage, &c. which was carried into Montferrat. H A L I F A X, September 24. . Laft Wednefday Capt. Cooper arrived here in 10 Days from Bermudas, by whom we have Advice, that abouta Week before he left that Place, Capt Salter, in the Privateer Schooner Lawrence, belonging to this Place, being on a Cruize a little to the Southward of Bermudas,in a dark Night, found himfelf under the Lee quarter, and within Piftol Shot of a large Ship, which he, taking to be a2 French Indiaman, kept Sight of ill the next Morning, when he fired his Bow Chace at her, which took Effet among the Glafs ‘& Gin- gerbread Work, the Ship not being able to bring her Bread fide to bear upon theLawrence,and fhe continuing the Chace for fome Time, efpy'd 3 other Veflels bearing down for the fhip, one of which was'Capt. Knox, of this place,with whom Capt. Salter agreed to attack her, both together 5 but jut as they were preparing for the Attack, fhe knecl’d open her Jower porss, and fhow’d her Groend Tier of Teeth, which tniade them glad to leave her,fhe being a French 64Gun fhip. PHILADEL®PHIA, September 29. . Since our laft an Exprefs came to Town from Hanover ~Townfhip, in Lancafter County, and brought Advice, that on the 1gth Inftant, three Men, of the Name of M’Clure, wete killed and fcalped there by the Indians ; that oneWil- iam Campbell was dangeroufly wounded ; and that John >ampbell, who was with the others when attacked, efcaped, nd informed, that the Number of the Enemy was about 30. By a Letter from Carlifle, dated the z1ft Inft, we learn, at on the 18th two Children were carried off by the Ene- 1y from M’Cormick’s Fort, near Shippenfbargh : Thaton e 19th two Men were killed and fcalped inConecocheague, bout g o’Clock in the Morning ; one named Robert Ruft, e other Mackron : And that the fame Day, and much bout the fame Time, fix Indians went 'y the Houfe of one corge Miller, and carried away his Wite, and four of his hildren ; they wete feen going into the Houfe by a Daugh- of Miller’s,who was in the Garden,by which the efcap’d, On Sunday a fmall Prize {chooner came up here : the was en by two Rhode Ifland Privateers, one from Jamaica, d one from Bermuda, and bound to Rhode Ifland, we hear, om the Miffifippi, as a Flag of Truce, having feven Enghih rifoners on board ; but the Privateers finding Molafles, and ther Goods, made a Prize of her. We have Advice from Newfoundland, that the Britannia, apt. M’Pherfon, a Letter of marque Ship from this Port, as arrived there, and had carried in with him a Letter of arque Veflel from Rochelle for Quebeck, which he took & 7th of Auguft on the Banks, atter a fhort Engagement. Jer Lading fuppoled to be pretty valuable, confilting of ine, Brandy, Oil, Candles, Salt, and a few dry Goods. s Lalt Saturday died the Reverend Mr. Aaron Burw, Prefident of New Jerfey College; a Gentlemen and a Chriftian ; as univerfally beloved as known ; an agreca- sie Companion, a faithful Friend,a moft tender and affett- ionate Hufbangd, and a good Father ; remarkable for his Induftry, Integrity, ftri& Honefty, and pure und:lembling iety ; his Benevolerce as difinterefted as uhconfined ; an Il sellent Preacher ; a greatScholar, and avery greatMan.” Ls Letter from Charles- Town, in South Carolina, dated b 31/t ult. mentions 1200 Highlanders being then off the ; alfo a Store Mip. NEW.-YORK, Ofber 3. Dn Monday Afternoon laft arrived here the Privateer lw Royal Hefter, of 14 Guns,Solomon Davis Commander, his Port, and brought in with him two rich Prizes, a fhip {now,which he tock on the 11th and 1zth of September ,in Lat. 34. 10, on their Paffage from Porto Prince, in ifpaniola, to Bourdeaux, chiefly loaded with Indigo, fome fee, and fugar. The Ship is about 300 Ton Burthen, lled Levebonnere, mounting 14 fix and four Pounders, d 46 Men, and was commanded by Monf Ballon. The ow is about 260 Ton Burthen, called Le Leger,mounting four Pounders, had 66 Men, and was commanded by (. Trenchere.—Capt. Davis firft defcri’d them about 7. the Morning of the 11th, fteering N. N. E. the Wind brge. About 11 0’Clock he made them to be two deep loaded Merchantmen, they ftill keeping their Courfe ; foon after which he tack’d, and they haul'd their Wind anfl view’d bhim, fhowing fix large Stick Pots one at each of their Boom Ends, and one at each Starboard and Larboard e.Yard Arm. In that Manner they bore down on the Rer, and each gave her a Broad fide, which was return’d o three Cheers only, as they kept the Weather Gage. alf after 12, A. M. by the Condu& of Capt. Davis, the ateer became the Windward Veflel, and then the En- ement began; which continued very warm on both fides 'ome Time, the Hefter receiving the Fire of both §hlp Loow, when Davis, being befogg prepared for boarding, he latter, fhe {cem, 2then and before, by her angeft Ve/(JlRad beft mann'd,. and Hour, “when having kill'. out-right E'even of the French Sailors, and wounded Thirty odd more, the-Reft call'd for Quarters, £nd ‘Capt. Davis ordered her Colours to be ftruck, the French Captain refufing to ftrike at any Rzte, altho’ he #ad hisRight Leg & leftArm thot off, and was then neat ex- piring. During this, Capt. Davis obletving the Ship bear- ing down to affift the Snow, was oblig’d to cut his Grappling, nor had he Time {ufficient to take his Men out of the Prize, and refolutely engaged the Ship for two Hours and half,with only 25 Hands, Officers included, when he was obliged to fheer off and refit, having ali his Rigging cut to Pieces, info- much that he had but one fhroud ftanding to 2 Matt, the fhip in the mean Time making fail, and endeavouring to efcape. Aboqt haif aftér 6 in"the Evening, Capt. Davis got chief of his Men from on board the Prize {fnow, and gave the com. manding Officer of her,repeated Orders to keep his Company all Night ; bot in the Morning of the 12th Sept. finding the Prize had left him, and he ftill in fight of the thip, he gave chafe, and engaged her a frefh for three haif Hours, during which the fprung her Luff three different Times, and fired a Broadfide, when the Hefter bearing down to board her, fke firuck, having 3 kill'd and 7 wounded. Thefe two Prizes are efteemed the richeft brought into Amercia this War, being.valued at upwards of £.80,000. There was four Men kiil’d on board the Privateer, and near thirty wounded. It feems Monf. Trenchere, Mafter of the {fnow, had taken the Sacrament at Porto Prince, in full Affurance not to finke to the Englifh if attacked on the Voyage, which he firictiy adher’d to ¢ for while Quarters were offering him, he was {o invenom'd, that fuddenly grafping a Poli Axe that lay near him, he hove it with fuch vengeance at one of the Hel- ter’'s Men, that the Blow fra&tur’d his Skull, and the poor Man has been trapan’d for it twice fince his Arrival. 'The French Merchant aifo refufed Quarters,altho’ badly wounded and hardly able to make Refiflance, yet, aitempting it, he was fhot thro’ with a Brace of Balis by one of the Hefter’s Men. The Prifoners taken in the above Prizes, inform, that the Day before they engaged the Hefter, they beat off a Dogger and (chooner Privateers, belonging to New Yoik, the latter of which, tho't to be Capt. Arent King, they fuppofe to have funk, as after the firft Broadfide the French {now gave her, fhe feil off, and did nct anfwer any of the falfe Fires made by the Dogger the greateft part of the following Night. On the 4th of Sept. a Weck before Capt. Davis came a-thwart his Prizes, in the Latitnde of Bermuda he met with a heavy Gale of Wind or rather Haurricane, which obliged him to throw over board two of his Carriage Guns, and had his Main maft carried away below the Houods ; fo that he engag’d with 12 Guns only, under a Jury-Matit. Saturday laft arrived here, a prize Brig, called the Mentor, of Bourdeaux, Monf. Jack Miilyou, Mafter, taken on the 23d of Augult laft, by the Privateers George, Goldfinch, and Fox of this Port, in Company with the Privateers Stanwix of Philadelphia, the Thurloe of St. Chriftophers, and floop Thomas of Antigua : fhe was bound from Cape- Breton to Cape- Francois,was a Letter of Marque, mounting 10 Guns ; had taken on her Paflage, the thip Happy Return, of and for Londonderry,from Philadelphia,and ranfomed her for 1000l. flerling.—The Brig made fio MPiiftance, is loaded with Fifh and Cordage,but not withftandiag, tho't to be a Packet. Boat. B O S T 'O uN, -Otoberito. Since our laft returned to this Harbour from New York, the Province Ship of War, King George, Capt. Hallowell, as alfo the feveral Tranfports belonging to this Place, which have lately been employed in his Mejefly’s Service : Seve- ral others left the Hook at the fame Time bound to the Eaftward with the Granada Bomb. At the Commencement at New. Haven, the 14th of lait Month forty four young Gentiemen were admitted to the Degree of Batchcellors of Arts; and feventeen to that of Matfters of Arts. Captain Howland, who arrived here Wednefday lait from Jamaica, informs, That he left Port Morant the sth of Sep- tember lalt; and that on the 3d, Captain Miller arrived there in a Brig from Philadelphia, in 28 Days Paffage ; who faw the following Englith Privateers at the Caucas’s, viz. Snow Mary Anne, Captain Shoals ; Ship King of Pruffia, Capt. Seymour ; Hercules, Capt. Miller ; Sloop Goldfinch, Capt. Dobbs ; Snow Neptune, Capt. Harris ; Snow Dreadnought, Capt. Taylor ; and a Brig, Capt. Wanton, of Bhoci.c 1- fland, alfo two others from Antigua.—That the Brig Prince- CGieorge, Capt, Murray, was Io{t on Plate Wreck, and only one Man faved, who was taken np by Capt. Seymour.—- And that a French Privateer from Louifbourg was taken by fome of our Englifh Cruizers in the Weft Indies. Extraft of a Letter from Halifax, Septembar 19, « The French Fleet willnot come out from Louifbourg to engage our Fleet.—They have a large Chain or Boom acrofs the Harbour, to prevent our Ships going in.— I'hey have been very near, and the tlunter Sloop was fo nigh that the French fired at her from o2 [fland Battery.—The Hun- teris difpatch'd to England.—-Two Mea have been killed near the Laltern Battery on the other fide of the F“I?xrbouli.—:— The Nightingale Man of Wir and the Maft-Ship arriv'd from Pifcataqua the 3d Inftant.” On Friday laft was 7 Night, at Attleborough, feveral Children being at Play in an empty Cart, the Cattle taking Fright ran over {ome Rocks, which threw the Children out ; and one of them a Boy about ten Years of Age, Son of Mr. French, was fo terribly bruis'd that he died in a very fhort T me afcer : The other Children receiv'd no Hurt by their Fall. Lakt Monday one Mr. Sever of Roxbury, being abgut blowing up a Rock, and having touch’d the Fuze, the Fire went out before it reach’d th® dry Powder ; whereapon ta- king out the Quill, he put water into the Hole to wet the Powder, and then endeavou:{d to bore it out ; as he was performing it, "tis fuppos’d the Powder, dry’d by the Heat occafion’d by the Force of th{ [mplement he was ufings took Fire and fplit the Rock in P, and tore off all the Fingers bf gne of highllands whs ; fatter d_taat Town Were playing with fome Fire.-Works, one of them throwing a Squib, accidentally fell irto another’s Pocket, whet'e was upwards of hait a Pound of Powder loofe, Which immediately took Fire, and burnt him in feveral Paris of his Body, to that Degree, that 'tis Doubtful whether he can Recover. Laft Week was breught to Town by Water, from New- York, the Rody of his Excellency JonaTsan Beic Efq; late Governor of New-Jerfey, 10 order to be u‘bpo‘fi at Cambridge, agreable to his Excellency’s Defire, before his Deceafe. On Friday laft his Excellency our Governor came to Town in good Health from New Jerfey. And,- On Saturday his Excellency was pleafed, by Proclamation, further to Prorogue the Great and General Court or Aflem- bly, to Wednefday the Sccond Day of November next. | Custom Housk, PiscatraQua, Ofober 13. ExTerep IN, Trak from Salem, Lindfey from Lynn, Critchett from New London, James from Bofton, Browrd from St. Kitts, « Crearip Our, Vinnard for Philadelphia, Perkins and Moore fe» Halifax, Trafk & Lindfey for Marblehead, Cod- dington, Orr, and Parflon for Rhode Ifland, Critchett, Froft, Swan, Hewett, and James for Bofton. Advertifements. Province of Moo H””WM”'} Portfmouth, O&ober 11, 1757. T HE Subfcriber hereof intends to embark for Newfoundland in a few Days : ALL Per- fons that has any Accounts open with him, are defired to bring them in to CoLBorN BarrELL, who is appointed ta receive his Debts, and anfwer all Lawful Demands upon him: NATHARIEL BARRELL. st s e TO.BE SOQLD, . By Stephen Deblois, jun. At his Store near Capt. Pearfon’s in King fireet, Large affortment of hard ware goods, confifting of cafe knives and forks, razors, {ciffars, fhears, locks, &c. coatand breaft buttons, fleeve ditto, cattoe and pen- knives, a fine affortment of brafs furniture for defks, {naffle bitts, ftirrup irons, brafs chaife and turf nails, faddle heads, white fetts, girth web, &c. clofe bruthes, horfe whips, bellows, candlefticks, fhovel and tongs, hand-faws, fhoe buckles, &c. Horn and ivory combs, {werd and hangers; fewing needles, &c. powder, fhot, frying pans, button earing and ring ftones, foils, flukes and tongues, tea kettles, thumb latches, bolts, plain irons, nails, tacks, brads, brafs & bone ink pots, colour’d beads, gun flints, &c. Worfted caps & bobbingy with many other articles, too many to be here enume- rated. Asfaid Deblois's ftay here will be very fhort, faid Goods will be fold at a very low Rate. Portfmouth, Sept. 30. 1757. 2 . - .l FUST IMPORTED, and to be SOLD, By Nathaniel Barrell, At his STorE on the PARADE in Port/mouth, [ Evonfbire Kerfeys, Yorkfbire plains, bever coatings, fuperfine ftrouds, half thicks, fwan-fkins, bays, from 6 to 10 qrs blankets, cambricks 3qrs and 7 eight garlets, ftriped and piain camblets and camblettes, ftriped and plain callimancoes, figured tobin'd and plain tam- mies, durants, montees, dorfiteens, filveretts ; ftriped, corded, and tobin’d yard and half yard filk veneuans, poplins, ever- laftings, ruflels, fuper damafks, figured grograms, allopenes, bombazenes, crapes, worfted caps ; mens and womens, boys and girls worlted ftockings, mens muffatees ; beverit, caftor and felt hats ; china and bengal taffities, brocaded taffities, padufays, gorgoroons, perfian and other filks : BOHEA TAE, Loar Sucar, Pepper, and other Srices ; Narrs, Steer, and Bar LEAD, with a variety of other Goods Eurs- pean and Wifi India. ‘The faid Goods to be fold cheap for Cafb, or any other futable Pay. Alfo a Quantity of Cuoice STERLING MADERIA WINE, a Number of double fortified new fix Pounders, Carriage and fwivel Guns, for Dollars or Steriing Bills. N. B. The faid Barrery takes Rbode- Ifiand Bills : and for Maflachujetss Money, will fell as cheapas any Merchant of Portfmouth is determined to leave the Country this Fall, he therefore de- fires all thofe to whom he is Indebted, that they would come and receive their Ballances : And thofe that are Indebted ta him, that they would make fpeedy Payment, or they muft expe&t to be fued to next Courc without further Notice. b 4 ~ AKEN up at Newington, in this ~ Province, laft Tuefday, and now in Portfmouth Goal, a NEGRO MAN about Forty Years of Age, five Feet nine Inches high, a flim ftrait Limb'd Fellow; has loft two or three Teeth out of the left fide of his Jaw ; he calls himfelf by the Name of Peter ¢ he has on an old Felt Hat, a double breafted Jacket, a ftripped Cotton Waiftecoat, old Trowfers and grey Stockings : He has been from his Matter, (‘accord- ing to his own Account, who he fays lives at Saco ) five Months. The Owner of faid Negro may have him, by applying to Mr. Benjamin Adams of Newington aforefaid, paying the Charges. z NOTICE thofe that are Indebted to, or have 2 is hereby givep, to all Demands.on he Eftate of Capt. Stephen Fones, late of Dufifam, deceafed 0 come and .