The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, November 11, 1757, Page 1

3 me fnorinriame e A AT Containing . the Frefbeft. s oy A LT EA fg(, Qfiober 1. -ig vy . AT, 3 8 i 7~ N Thirfday laft Mr. Hogan the. Younger, went from, O hence with four othier Med in a Boat of Guadalo, a ittle above,the ,Nar;oWs,':{; fetch Wood and a par- cel of fmal Timber,to mend a Boat Wibl}l, ngich'wfvhj;"le they weke cuiting they were firld upan by g Nambép jof Jo- dfafisl}va}lfofidl:dg T{qg;;?:i;fl two ogh'e'r's ‘;’f»gtéuhgledd‘;de,;afiq the' other made his Efcapeto Town and brought'the News: ““The fame Dij Mr. Haifelup of this Town, with another, Min and his Servanc Boy, went up into the Bafon with his Boat for a_Load of Spruce, and as feveral Guns were heard to be fir'd about the Place where he landed, 'tis fuppos’d they were all kill’d, : ; The pext Day abouta Dozen. of arm'd Men went in or- dérto recover the Dead ‘Bodies, but could find only one pamed John Cain, whom they broaght to Town with them ; he receivéd two Balls through his Body, and altho’ his Head bad been clofe fhav’d but two Days before, yet he was fca!p’'d and cruelly mangled. PHILADELPHTIA, ORober 27. We have Advice from Paxton, in Lancafter County, that on the 17th Inftant, as four of the Inhabitants, near Hunter’s ort, were pulling their Indian Corn, they were fired on by a Pajty of Indiaus, when two of them (Alexander Watt, and Jokin M'Kennet) were killed and fcalped, and their Heads cut off ; ‘the other 2 efcaped : That Captain Work, of the Augufta Regiment, coming down with fome Men from Ha- lifax Fort, met the Savages on Peters’s Mountain (‘their Number abouit twenty ). when' they fired upon him, at about 46°Yards Diftance ; apon which his Party returned the Fire, and.pu the Enemy to Flight, Teaving behind them five Horf- es, with what Plunderthey had ‘got':"And‘that one of ‘the Indians was fappofed to be wounded, by the Blood that was feen in thé Tracks, none of Captain Work’s Men, receiving any Hurt, ; = ,.:Capt, Anderfon in a {chooner f;om this Port for: Antigua, is loit on_Anegada Reef, near Tortola. . i3 . On éua&a‘ly' he 23d Inftant arrived at Sandy Hook, the Privateer Prince of Orange, of 20.Guns, James Canton, Commander, belonging to Bermudas. On the 17th of Sept. laft, Capt. Canton took a French Letter of Marque Snow near the Havannah, as fhe was bound fram Port Louis to Merfail- lies, but parted Company with her the 17th Inftans, in Lat. 31, 30, Long, 71, 30. ; , - Friday laft drriv'd here'a: French Ship _of dear 400 Ton, taken a few. Weeks ago by the Privateer Ship King of Pruffia, Capt, Seymour, and Snow Mary- Anne, Capt. Shoals, both of this Port : fhe was boiind from Quebeck, in Canada, to Cape Francois, there to take a Load of fugar, mounted 18 Cartiage Guns,-and had Men in Proportion, and was Paft of aFleet of French Tranfports.that had arrived 4tCanada fome Timé before: fromOld Fraace; ‘but ordered to::the Wekt- Indiés ;' fhe hds fome dry Goods' on: board; and «it is tho't will turn odt a:good Prize. ' Letters from on baard Capt.-Shoals, mention- his having a few Days before they took theé above Ship, met and ea- gaged: a very large Ship belonging to the fame Fleet, of 20 Gung, for niear. 4 blouss ;3 when he:was iobliged to quit hér, having feveral-of hissHands kili’d, and aear 30 wounded. The above Ship had taken;, on the i sth-of September, 2 Snow from ‘Maryland, bound to Batbados, Samiuel Wife, Mafter, and after plundering her of ‘every Thing valuable, fcuttled hef. - Captain Wifeand his: People are now here. About the 8th of September, :Capt: Wile fpoke with the fhip King of Pruffia, Captain Gruchy of Bofton, who 'had weatheréd thie"Galé of Wind that happeéntd ¢ Days before, but Kad léfl'(gme"of his Topmafts. g ¢ We hearthat Capt. Murry, of the Privateer Brig Prince George, of this 'Port, who was faid to be loft on Plait- Wreck, and a'l perifhed fave one' Man taken up by ' Capt, Seymour, is fafe at one of the Iflands in the Weflt Indies, he having to gether with feveril of his Officers, and near 20 of his Men, at_the Time the Veflel ftruck, took to her Long-Boat, and théreby'bappily faved themifelves. T Letters in’ Towih f6mCapt: Waynman, Commander of the Brig King George; «of | this, Part, acquaint us; That on the 2d Inft he took a lal;gq'(hipflbelopging to the above menti- oned Erench Fleet bbund from Quebeck to the Cape, after.a lot Eogagement of thiree Hobrs, in which the Kiag. George had one Man kill'd and feveral wounded, befides being much damaged in his fails :and/Riggiog 4. That her Cargo was of ng, great Ym? but thay (e was a good:fhip, apd .extraordi- nary. well found, and 'i'sa;‘i.,o;ég‘.ted her to New: York : That he was going over to Monto Chfiftisto land his Prifoners,and afterwards to cruize off the Cape, where the French Fleet ftill lay, expeQing to fail every Day i And that on the firft Inft. he fpoke with Capt., Valentine, allwell on board. ns. = o .- khaft Week.a Number of Artificers were fet to Work, to ereét-on the Common, near Frefh; Water, a Range of . Bar- ‘racks, 422 Feetin Lepgth, and will accommodaie; about "1000 Seldiers : This Building is to befinithed atthe Expence of the Corporation, and to be carried on with all - poffible Expedition. ; . { Extradl of a Letter from Col. Thomas Ellifon, of the Ulfter . County Regiment,ito Major Caolden, of the aforefaid Regi- " gent, now. in ‘N‘n.v York 5 dated Neav-Winfor, (juf? above " the HigZ/ai)dl) O&ober 22d, ap Night. . i §*— This Moment Andrew Waiker arrived here, and avels, that Lieut Grahames fent him down to 'acquaint me ARl e congihed early this Morning, at the Houfe of Dachier’s_on the Road from Sho-.. M?"'. Tt was asfoljaws ; - About ffam Rife 'Daniel Letts went out of his Houfeji when ke was:(hot down by a Party ! of Indians, who endgavoured immediately to-rufh into the Houle, but Lett’s th te fons who were in it, hearing theGuns go off, and feeing their Fathér' fall, fiat the Doof.: The In- dians upon this firgve) with their Tomaliwks to break it open ; - but the young-Men had made.:it too fecare " with PJaqks they .had torn up: from ‘the Floor ; 'and the Indians finding their Endeavoars to force the ‘Door were in vain, called to the young Fellows in Englifh, to come out and fight like Men, and not ftay in the Houfe to be murder’d ; when they anfwer'd they were determin’d to fight as fuch, as long as they werealive ; This Difpute lafted an Hour and Half, when the Enemy beingibeat off, fet Fire to the Barn, and : foon after to the Corn €tib; which was adjoining the Dwel- lings ; in Hopes, no Doubt, théreby to fet the Houfe in a - Blaze ; but the three bfave young Letts, who were defend- Ing themfelves in the Loft, kept{o conftant a Fire on the In_dlans, as obliged them to retreat. And this very Inftant of ime, Lieut. Grahamey came to the Houfe, but the Indians were not to be feen ; ayd a Purluit, under Mr. Smedes, was 0, it’s hoped, will overtake them. théy counted Ten Indjans between the Houfe and Barn, and, are pofitive they kill’d, or mortally wounded one of them, by the figns on the Ground, and Draughts thro’ the Briars. One of the young Men was wounded in his Wrilt, srhere the Ball lodged ; and another was grazed, on the thoulder: The old Man was fcalped. There were in the Houfe the three young Men, Eight Wo- men, and a Numberiof Children, who were faved. : Extrali of a Letter fromaur Correfpondent at Fort Herekhei- mer, (commomly called@lackermer’s) fituated on our Fron- tiers, dated O&oberihe 24, 1757. ¢ We, indeed havé continual Alarms, have one even now whilt I am Writing, 2 80y, this Inftant firing at five Indians : They are only, a fcouting Party, after whom we have orde- red a Purfuit 5 and hopg a .good Account. We have often been told we fhould be fattacked at fuch and. fach a ' Time, but it has hitherto proved. falfe.— We are always alert, are now healthy, and full of Spirits, and tguft in God we fhall al- ways be able to give Accoantiof ourfelves, whenever call’d to it by profefs’d Friends, or real Enemies. ¢ As to what Mifchief has been done fince I have been here, take as follows.-—~None but fcalping Parties have ap- peared on the German Flatts : The greatet Number -they confilted of jac by the bell Intelligence we have had, has not been more than Thirty.— July 17, 1757, being Sunday, the firft {couting Party appeared, and attacked on the North-Side of the River, our Garrifon being on the South ; They took Prifoners Nire, and killed Tbree, one of them a Soldier be- longing to the Garrifon:—Auguf? the 5th, on the North fide they killed 7avo, and fcalped them 4~Avgufi the 25th, on the fame Side they killed One, and fcalped him ; alfo wounded another, but did not take him Prifoner.—September 3d, they kill’d and fcalp’d One other, befides wounding 7ave more, but took neither of the Tave Prifoners. Total taken, kill'd, and woundcd, fince the 24th of May, 1757, Ninezeen,” B OSTON, November 7. In the Halifax Gazette of the 22d of O&ober laft there is an Account of the ‘Arrival there of two Flags of Truce from Quebeck, one a Brig, the other a Schooner, but laft from Louifbourg, with a Number of Englith Prifoners lately taken at Fort William Henry, and Patts adjacent. In the Brig arrived Mr. John Samuel Petit, late Boatfwain’s-Mate of -the Maffachufetts Snow. Prince of Wales, Capt. Dowfe, who was taken the fecond Day after he left Halifax, off Lou- ifbourg, by the Flour de Luce;Frigate of-26 Guns, and car- riéd into the.lalt mentioned Place : Mr: Petit, among other Things, gave the following Particulars, Thathe was put on board the Duke of Bayonne of 80 Guns, where he was kept a Prifoner zo Days, but by the kind Offices of Mr. Labore, a French Gentlemen, to whom. he was known, who applied to the Admiral for Liberty for him to go home to his Friends in Bofton, urging in his Behalf.that he-had formerly been the Means of faving a Ship and her Crew which he*met with at Sea in Diftrefs, took Charge of; and bro’t fafe into Louifbourg, and that he might not be fent home to France along with -the reft of the Crew ; the Admiral was at length, with much difficulty prevailed apon to comply with Mr. Labore’s Défire, and promis’d he fhould be fent home by the firt Op- portunity : Mr. Labore then had Leaye to take him afhore to his own Houfe, which he‘accordingly did, where he: was treated very kindly, during whichTime Mr. Labare inform'd him, that fome Indians had lately bro’t in a Number of Scalps, ‘for which they had received the Bounty ; a fhort Time after they were found eut to-be French Scalps, (fup- pos'd fonie ‘of the Néutrals formerly’ fo called) whereupon the Governor and. Admiral immediately order'd the Bounty on Scalps ¢0 be “taken-off,, and ionly to' be paid for'fuch as were. bro't in alive, and alfo ordered that whatever Indian fhould for the future prefume to bring in any Scalp, fhould be feverely punifh'd, 'which; .f true; may ‘be the Means of faving many an Englithmen’s Life. . He alfo inform’d, that it was = v Lckly in the Fleet, chiefly for want of Provifions, and that during the 20 Days he was on board the Duke of Bayonne, upwards of 0o of her Men died ; alfo that during faid Time he had not above - half a'Pound of ‘Meat allowed_ him ; That the Sickfiefs alfo'rages amongft the reft of the Fleet, fome lofing frgm 100/t0-400 0f their Men thereby : Thet 5! the Land Ffirces were'gone to Quebeck, and the Men of War reto: cas bt away : That in the Jaig Storm, one § 25 drove athore, N ' GAZETT&' Foreign and Domefick. Bottom, but that they had got her off again, and w paiting her : That the Number of T'oplail Vefiels 1 Harbour did not exceed 25, among which were 17 L Battle Ships, 4 of which were Flags, and 4 Frigates, Merchantmen : That 2 fmall Privateer Schooner had} and fent in their _a fine large fiew Snow, Capt. Boyd arrived alfo in faid Flag of Truce, and two Schooners, unknown : That all the People, excert 170, belong the Tilbury, who was unfortunately caft away in ti Storm, are fafe : That Previfions of ail Kinds, frefh efpecially, are {o exceeding fcarce, that even the beft] tlemen among them are glad tg catch at a Mouthful then at any Rate ; and that he verily beligve if do not by fome Means or other procare fome 08 muft all inevitably perifh. gt Laft Saturday Morning the Body of Mr. Robert Erd this Town, was found drowned near Winnifimet Ferry Yefterday the Brigantine Duke, William Fleet arrived here in fix Weeks from Jamaica. He cameg the Gulph, where were cruizing 2 Englith 4¢ Gun §| Brig and a Sloop ; fo that the Trade that Way is ver fecured from the Enemy’s Privateers. W The fame Day the Mermaid Man of Wdr, and C| Long in a Maft-Ship, came to Anchor in Nantafket Ra We have a Report in Town, that there has lately I fevere Hurricane at Martinico, by which about 30 Brj were loft, befides other Veflels. 3 A few Days ago the Scarborough Man of War Guns, arrived at Halifax with Difpatches from Grea in a fhort Paffage ; by her we are favour'd withs the following e ' LIST of the Englith Fleet, under the Command of Sir|¥ Hawke, 4dmiral of the Blue, which failed from 1} Wight on the Ninth of September, on a fecret Ex Sures. Guws. Captains Names. Royal George 100 Buckle. Ramillies 9o Hobbs. Sir Ed. Hawke Neptune 9o Galbraith. Ad.Kuowles | C Namure go Dennis. Ci Royal William 84 Whiterong Taylor. | | Princefs Amelia 80 Colby. Ad. Broderick ] | Barfleur 80 Graves: Torbay 74 Magnanime 74 Dublin 74 Barford 74 Alcide 64 America 60 Achilles 6o Dunkirk 6o Medway 6o FRIGATES. Southampton 30 Coventry 30 Jafon 40 Thetis 20 Pottillion 18 Efcorte 18 Beaver 16 Infernal Cormorant 16 Fire-Drak Pelican 18 n Keppel. Howe. A | Rodne” oy Jarars 3ot James Dovglafy Byrao., Darrington. Digby. Proby. Gilchrift. Scroop. Firebips. Pluto Proferpine Bombs. L O N''DO N, A 4. Extral of a Letter from onboard bis Majefly's Ship| 4 Calcutta, Febraary 1, 1757. We arrived in the Gangesthe rzth ult. at happy Rendezvous of our poor Countrymen, cluded their Settlements. We remained the Land and Sea Forces to Rights, 'till the 21t at we failed to Bugi Fort, it being the firongeit th on the River ; the zgth at Night we landed about four Miles from that Fortrefs, and mar next Morning, without halting, except what ¢ Pieces occafioned, which were drawn by I almoft out of fight in Mud and Water, Morning we found ourfelves about two Mile and the fame Diftance from the River ; aboutR Tyger, and Salifbury came too, and bepang Cannonade. The Reafon of this force March, was to cut off the Garrifon’s Retrea Reinforcement from Calcutta,who were then About 10, when we were amufing™ Giir¥. /8 from' the Ships, we were alarmed, and abg after, a Body of 3000 Horfe were within Pt our People ftood the Shock, and our two Field them, with Grape and Round-fhot, which of retreat, tho' they rallied feveral Times with grg The Engagement lafted an Hour, and was 1000 of éur brave Seapoys joined us, who the River fide, with Part of Adlercorn’s Reg left near 5oo Men on the Field, with Horfe one Elephant. We loft but one Officer, Enfig lation of Lord Ancram’s ; our Lofs of Men § ble. At three in the Afternoon we marche River fide, which covered us from the Fort, ing a conftant Fire ; ‘before Night, made fed while our whole Body difpofed themielves Hot for the Befieged, that their Fire did but | At ten we ftormed and took it, whea o Dugard Campbell, going on the Baflion, tg and Seapoys firing from without, as L own Mep, was fhot dead on they