The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, October 21, 1757, Page 2

f§ than- 5o Wien) mef with a Prench Privteer Brig be- \#he Capes Mayze and Nichola, of 16 Guns, and 130 Pl Jrom whom, after exchanging a_few fhot, he got clear i iome Difficulty. ] ¢t H A L 1T P A X, 'September 24. ; Monday laft Capt. Ripley arrived here from Plymduth in W England, and Has bro’t with him the Crew of a fmall hooner belonging to Capt. Rogers of this Place, which ) been caft away a little to the Weftward -of this Harbour, hich Crew were taken up by a Fifhing Schodner and carried APlymoauth, frota whence they arrived here as above. Oétober 1. 'On Mpnday laft 2 Cow belonging toMr. win of this Town, was kill'd'by a large She-Bear, with wo Cubs, néar the North- Weft Arm. Thurf{day laft his Majefty’s Ship Suthetland, arrived here iom New-York : And we hear, that the two Boys belong- ng to Mefli. Carryl and Bayard of thisTown, (who had been n.ifling for near two Months paft, {fuppos’d to have been kil - ed or captivated by the Indians) are alive and well on board aid Ship, i The fame Day an Accident happened here, Vviz. a frefh Party had reliev’d the Guards near the Northweft Arm, one of the reliev’d Guard, belonging to the Highland Watch, having loiter’d behind the reft at a confiderable Diftance, call'd after the others in order to find where they were,which anather of the faid Party, miftaking for the Noife of an In- dian, fir'd at him, and kill’d him apon the fpot. PHILADELPHIA, Ofdber 6. Extrall of a Letter from Virginia, Septcmber 29. Tt is certain true, that a Number of the Inhabitants (I was told 34) were killed and carried off lately from Cedar and Stony Creeks ; and that fome of the Murders were commit- ted within 13 Miles of Lord Fairfax’s Houfe. Ina Letter from Carlifle, dated the z7th ult. it is faid, that at M’Cluare’s Gap, about 7 Miles from that Place, the Wife of one Samuel Wiifon was killed the Saturday before by the Indians. And in another Letter from Harris’s Ferry,wrote the z7th of September, there is Advice, that one Johnfon, a Farmer in Paxton,was killed or carried off by the’Enemy on the 19th of that Month, he not being heard of fince. We learn from Fort Littleton, that two of our Soldiers, who were taken laft Year in Fort Granville, bad come in there, having made their Efcape from Fort Duquefne, and inform, that the Garrifon of that Place did not exceed z00 Men ; and that a Party of Indians had fet out a few Days before they left it, to annoy Virginia and Maryland. We hear from Lebanon; in Lancafter County, that laft Friday four Children were carried off by the Indians. From Reading, in Berks County, there is Advice, that on "Thurfday and Friday laft fome People were murdered in Bern Townfhip by the Indians, and others carried off. ‘N E W .-Y O R K, Ocicher 10. On Wednefday laft returned from a Cruize, the Privateer 5loop Weezel, Capt. Fenton, of this Port, but brought in no ol iz, having met with no Succefs fince taking the floop and i;ooner which we mentioned fome Months ago to be fent to Cape-Fare. On the 4th of Seprember 1alt, in Lat. 33. » N. and Loog. 58. 5. W. at 10 0'Clock at Night, in a fiicanc, the Wind at N. E. to N. W. the Weezel loft her ; Capt. Scars, in the Privateer Catharine, of this Place, ging then about a League to Windward. On the gth fol- owing Capt. Fenton met with the two Fiench Veflels men- lioned in our laft to be brought in here by Capt. Davis, and who then were dogged by the Privateer Schooner Albany, Capt. Arent King, of this Place. Thefe two Privateers en- gaged both the Ship and Snow, from 7 o’Clock in the Even- mg 'till Half after Eight that Night, when the Engagement cealed,and Fenton and King fpokc’ to each other ; foon after yhich King hauled his Wind, and got fo far to Windward of the Enemy, (it is thought with an lutent to keep the Wea- ther Gage all ‘Night) that in a Squall which prefently after happened, he difappear’d, when Fenton being to Leward, and unable under his Jury Mafts to beat up, fuck clofe to the Monfieurs “till 11 o’Clock in the Lvening of the next Day, being the 1oth of Sezr. when 8 hard Gale at §. W. fépanted them ; and on the Day following, which was the th, Capt. Davis happily came a crofs them and took ‘em. . The Weezel having fought under Jury Mafts was taken by the Frenchmen to be a Dogger, as faid in our lait Gazette ; and the Schooner, commanded by King, they fup- bofed to have funk after the fiift Broadfide ; but we have ihe Pleafure of informing the Publick, That Capt. Bayne ar- lived here on Saturday laft, in 11 Days from Bermudas, and ays, That Capt. King in the fchooner Albany was in that fland 15 Days ago, all well ; and the following Letter con- irms it ¢ ! Extra& of a Letter from Bermuda, dated Sept. 22, "6 Capt, Miller, 1 bear, is in Town, and has retaken a Snow. Copt. Arent King, in the Privvateer Schaoner Aibany, is alfo here, but met avith no Succefs.—Capt. Bethell bas been [poke with fF the Yland, without a Moft, and muck damaged. 4 Priva- cer Brig belonging to New York, bas loft both ber Mafls, af- tr'wnrdf Sfell in with two large French Ships, avbo attacked ber, but fbe beat them both off. Tuefday laft the Captains Hunter and Goodin, of this YPort, arrived here from Jamajca-i They failed from thence on the fecond of September, in a Fleet bound for Europe, imder Convoy of his Majefty’s Ship the Humber, of 40Guns : {OF Cape Aatoni they fell in with his Majelly’s Ships the Affitance and Lyne,who then had taken a Brig from Leogan, loaded with Indigo, a French Privateer Sloop of 1z Guns, and a Ship belonging to Bofton, Samuel Dafhwood, late Mafter, which they retook. The Ship had been taken fome Time before, about 5 Leagues from Port Royal, in her Paf- fage from Jamaica for London, and the Mafter and Crew vere put on thore on the Weft- End of the Ifland ; but Capt. Dafhwood taking his Paffage in Capt. Goodin, found his own Ship in Pofleflion of ¢he Englifh at Cape Antoni, wert on Board and proceeded on his Voyage for London. _Richard Thomas, late of a fchooner of _this Port, came _in Capt. Goodin from Jamaica : He was taken ERzo. by Monf. Palanqui, and carried into Port- wlod © Dauricatbis 4 from Glalgdw, ‘for Jamaica, Wére Carried intd thit Port. Monf. Palafqui's Snow ‘mounts 16 Guns, g and 6 Pounders, and carries 140 Men. Latt Sunday fen'night, Patrick Kar was killed and fcalped dt’a Place called Minifink Bridge; and tivo Women and ten Children carried off by the Indians. It feems the Guard that ufed to be keept-at that Place, were Temoved the Sua- day before. . : To the Honourable THOMAS POWNALL, Efg; Licatenant Governor and Commander in Chief ‘of the Province of New Yerfey, &c. ’ The humble ADDRESS of the Borough of Elizabeth. E, the NMiayor, Recorder, Aldermen, and Common- Council, of the Borough of ‘Eliabeth; the oldeft and largett Town in the Govergment of New- Fer/fey, beg Leave to congratulate your Honour wpon your Arrival here, and to affure you, we efteem it no fmall Mark of his Msjefty’s kind Affe&ion for us, that he has been graciounfly pleafed, fo early to provide for us, by fettling the Succeflion to this Govern- ment, in Cafe of a Vacancy, in a Perfon of your known In- tegrity, and Abilities ; and that the ftate of this Province is fuch as requires the wifeft Conduét of fuch 2 Perfon, we need not fuggelt. We could with for your Honour’s canftant Refidence in this Province, in thefe difficult Times ; but fince that is a2 Favour we are not to expeét, yet we may hope ’to enjoy the Eufluence of your Direttion : #0d altho’ you are charged by his Majefty with the Government of the Maffachufetts, we truft you'will not be forgetfal of the Pro- vince of New . Fer/ey. Elizabeth Toaun, By Order of the Corporation. Sept.21, 1767, . Rorerr Ocben, Recorder. His~ Honour’s A NS W E R. ~ GENTLEMEN, THANK you for your kind Reception, and obliging Addrefs. I will at all Ties ufe my beft Care to maintain the Peace, Jecure the Properties and Jupport the Libertics of the Subjed : Upaon this Printiple, azd in Duty to my King and this Province, 1did repair bitber, upon my firft bearing of the Death of your late avorthy Gowernor. 1 eawill at all Times attend to the In- tereft of the Prowince 5 and the' I cannot continue my Refidence long amongf? you, yet whenewer the State of the Province fball require my more immediate Services, 1 wwill immediately repair to it, T. POWNALL. B O S T O N, Ofober 17. Wednefday laft failed on a Cruize, the Province Ship of War King George, Capt. Hallowell. Thurlday Afternoon laft, Mr. Joras Leonard, Innholder, of this Town, who kept the Sign of the Lamb for feveral Yearsl_?afl, was feized with an Apopledic Fit, and died with- in an Hour after. His Remains were decently interr'd laft Evening. Laft Friday was launched at Mr. Jobn Ruddock’s Yard in this Town, the Ship POWNAL, Captain Sample 5 fhe will mount 2o fix Peunders, isto carry 150 Men, and will fail ih a fhort Time on a Cruize againft his Majefty’s Enemies. This makes 4 Ships of War launched by Mr. Ruddock fince the 17th of April laft. Laft Saturday was 7-night an Indian Man, aged about 60 Years, aftet a Hufking. Frolick at Providence, waited at the Door of the Honle wher_e;ghe Company was coming out, and ftab’d a young Man in tii¢ Belly, of which wound be foon .expir'd : The Indian was taken up, and try'd latt Friday, and bro’t in guilty. We hear from Virginia, that the Duke of Cumberland, Capt. Ball, from Briitol, iscaft ahore on Cape Hatteras : She was a Letter of Marque, and had 45 Hands, of which only 13 were faved :—And that a_ Brig, fuppofed from Lifbon, was loft at the fame Time ; alfo a Sloop, loaded with Cotn, but not known where fhe belonged, as all the Hands perifhed. We learn from Albany, that a Soldier of the New Yoik Regiment, who was taken faft july in Colonel Parke:’s un- happy Affair, had got in there from Ticonderago, which Place he had been from sbout twenty Days, and informed, that the French had abguat 2000 Regulars there, bat no Canadians or Indians ; and that General Montcaim was at Montreal. That three French Daferters were alfo come to Albany from Ticonderagy, and fay, that Berry’s Regiment, confifting of two Battalioss, each 500 Men, arrived at Que- beck in July laft : And that they were very bufy ftrengthen- ing ¥iconderago by additional Works. By Capt. Homer who arrived here Yefterday, in g Days from Halifax, we have the following Extra&t of a Leuter from that Place, dared O€lober 4, 1757. * On Saturday Evening, the 24th of September, our Fleet then lying about 10 Leagues S. of Lou.fbourg Har- bour, a violent Gale came up at E. and fo to S. E and blew a Hurricane :—The whole Ficet was reduced to the utmoft Diftrefs : The Grafton of 76 Guns, Devonthire of 66, Naf- fau of 70, Prince Frederick of 70, Sunderland of 60, Not- tingham of 6o, Tilbury of 60, Invincible of 74, Captain of 70, Eagle of 60, and the Centurion of 50, loft their Mafts, and drove at the Mercy of the Wind and Sea, right on Shore ¢ The Admiral, and Wind®%of 6o, weré forced to throw fe- veral of their Upper Deck Guns over-board :—'FheOiford’s {70) Tiller brok fhort off : —The Captain lay Water logg’d for feveral Minutes, iu moft imminent Danger, having nine Feet of Water in her Hold : The Grafton, Devonthire, Naffav, Prince Frederick, Sunderland and Nortingham, be- ing clofe in upon the Rocks, and amongft the Breakers, dropt their Anchors * The Tilbury [we hear, having 450 Men on board] foundered, without Hopes of one Perfon be- ing faved.—In this [aft Excream, the whole Fieet muft in a2 few Minutes have been loft, and every Soul perifhed ; but it pleafed God the Wing, about Noon of the 25th, came (o the W. of S. by which our Ships got off the. Shore, and bore away. This Scene of Diftrefs was fo near the Ifland, that the French could not be ignorant of it : In that there- fore, they fuffered our difabledFleet to come off unmolefted, when they might certai;ly have taken all or moft of them ; we may hope they mult have fuffered alfo.—The Admiral perfevering in his Attefiion to the Defence of this Country, hath colleéted Part of {is diftrefs’d Fleet at Halifax ; difpo- fing of the Reft under ik Command of Rear Admiral Sir 1, iarg b2 can be beft cfitted ; having jin after the State of the Enemy."” ‘efterday arrived Rere Capt. Phillips, in 6 Days from ,Halifax, by him we learn, That the Ferret Slonp of War is fuppos'd to be loft in the above Storm, gs fhe has not been Jfeen or heard of finte. At the fame Time arrived here alfo, Capt. @Menfon, in 9 Wecks from Liverpool, but brings nothing very.mater}al : He informs, That Captain Smith for this Place, was to (aii' from London about the fame Time he did from Liverpoo! ‘under the Maft Ships Convoy ; that off the Weftern. I{lands he was chas’d by a French Privateer for fome Time, but the Weather com.g up thick, he aiter’d hisCourfe and got clear : On the z4th of September, being on the Banks of New: foundland be met with a moft violent Storm, but receiv'd no Damage. The Rev. Mr. Fonathan Edwards of Stockbridee, is ¢ to fucceed the Rev. Mr. daron Burr, deceas'd, fi't‘l:ec hg?: fidentfhip at New- Jerfey College; a Gentleman of whofe Piety and Learning, the Publick has frequently had the am- pleft Atteftations. ; : 3 PORTSMOUTH, Copy of a Letter from a Gentleman of Antigua to his Friend in New- London, dated the 6th of Aug. 1757. “ Our Sloop Hawke has taken a Ship and carried into An- guilla, being an Englith- Dutch Freoch Man, as I can call her by no other Naiue, as fhe was own'd by four Merchants and cledred oht.at London for Cork,where (he had two Own: ers, and there {lie was as an Englith Ship ander our Coloars, and loaded with Provifions for Jamaica, and failed under ou; Convoy, and after parting with the Convoy was bronght too of St. Kitts by one of our Men of War, and having every Thing regular was let go again; but as {oon as fhe got off St. Euftatia Road, fhe went in there and delivered herCargo dnd by Receipts the Mate took, and by his Books, it appear;’ thit feveral French Privateers and othzr Veflels were piftu- dlled out of her. She then took in 415 Hhds. 6 White Su- gar, 49 Bags of Cotton, and 2000 Bags of Coffee, and then was 2 Datchman and bound fot Hollahd, but Governous Devent of St. Euftatia fent up to Antigua fo claim her and Cargo, s his own, as they had two Setts of Papers, Bills of Lading and Invoices, one in the Governour’s Name, the other in the right Owner’s Name,and had alfo a French Pafs tocover her from the French Privateers, as the was chiefly owned by them ; and fince fhe is condemned the Dutch now only claim £. 2000 out of [. 30,000, the Men belonging to her have entered on board of our Privateer and have dif- covered four rore of the fame fort, and on the fame Footing which we hourly expeét totake : They inform us ef twa on the fame Footing which have efcaped and gone from our Seas. I mentionevery Particular, that you and my Coun- trymen may know if any be brought to your Parts. Fog row the Prize Ships at Martinico and Guardaloape all load with Sugars, and moftly go cover'd, as above.” Since our laft arricved bere three Vefels from Hallifax, befides a large French Prize Ship between 3 and 400 Tuns, but brings n0 later Neaws than we have already had. ; Wednefday laft the Reverend Mr. Jofiab Bailey was or? dained 'to the Paftoral Care of the Churchat Hampton- Falls, when the Reverend -Mr. Thomas Barnard of Salem preached a Sermon on the Occafion. Custom -Housg, Piscaraqua, C&ober 20, Exrterep In, Knight, Stone, and Hupleton from Hali- fax, Florance from North.Carolina, Mills fidm Sheepfcor, Nafh taom Rhode- Ifland, Robinfon from Newbury, Grant, Perking and Froft from Bodfton, Tuck and Elliot from Salem, Milis from the Eaftward. Crearep Our, Drew for Halifax, Guppy for Weft: : Indies, Fofs for Annapolis Royal, Kelley and Ingerfol for Newfoundland, Mills for Damifcota, Tuck, Froft and Ei- lingwood for Bofton, Eliot for Salem, Nath for Rhode- Ifland, Trefethen for New London. i Province of New Hampfbire, Of0b. 18. 195%. The General Affembly of this Province, which, agreable to Prorogation, was to have met on Tuefday the 2 5th Day of this Inftant OZZober, is by His Excellency the Gover-< -nouRr’s Proclamation, further prorogued to Tuefs day the 1 5th Day of November next, at 10 0’Clock before Noon. : TuEODORE ATKINSON, Secretary. ALL Perfons having any Demands onthe Eftate of Mr. Danier Lunr, late of Greenland, deceas’d, are defired to bring in their Claims to Jonn WincaTe, Execator to the laft Wiil and Teftament of the faid Deceas'd : And all that are Indebted to faid Eitate, are defir'd to make fpeedy Payment to faid Executor, as they would aveid Trouble. LL Perfons Indebted to, or that have any Demands on the Eftate of RoserT AvvLEN, lawof Londonderry, de- ceas'd, are defir'd to bring in their Accounts to WirrLiam CLeENDANEN, of faid Londonderry, in order for Settlement. LL Perfons Indebted to, or that have any Demands on the Eftate of Capt. Danier Lanc, late of Port/mouth, Mariner, deceas’d, are defired to bring in their Accounts ta Jamges Moses and Joun GrirreTH, of Pors/mouth, Execu- tors to faid Eftate, in order for Settlement. 3 TO BE SOLD, By Stepben Deblois, jun. At his Store near Capt. Pearfon’s in King fireet, A Large aflortment of hard ware goods, confifting of cafe knives and forks, razors, fciffars, fhears, locks, &c. coatand breaft buattons, fleeve dirto, cuttoe and pen knives, a fine aflortment;of brafs furniture tor defks, Inaffle bitts, ftirrupirons, brafefchaife and torf nails, with many other agticles, too manj} to be here enume- rated: Asfaid Deldalls ftay here will Bife ve ort, {al —