The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, November 18, 1757, Page 3

Py 4 ¥ ¥ « Moantferrat. Snow with the fix Regiments which embarked from Ireland, may be computed to produce 17,000 effe@ive Men. b o5 S’r.wn's in ANTIGUA, Sept. 24. g2 ‘On Wednefday Evening returned here a Flag of Truce ‘ from the French Iflands, which brought down 13 Mafters Jof Englifh Vefels. . ‘T he folloawing Veffels were carried into Guadaloupe, from the 15th of Augufl, to the 20th of September. -@chooner Herrin, Cdleb Hogden, from Pifcataqua, for , Bamfield, from Briftol for St. Chyiftophers. Brig Sally—Trype, from Bofton, the Capt. has not been heard of.—Ship Diomed, Ifaac Rindge, from Pifcatagua, for Antigua. Sloop Tryal, Pardon Tilling- +~ 'haft, from Rhode Ifland for ditto.— Snow —, Ofborn, from Gambia, for ditto. — Sloop —, Hews, from Africa,- for St. Chriftophers.— Sloop —, William Taylor, from Rhode Ifland, for Antigua.— Sloop Tryal, Noah Sco field, from New- London, for Barbados.— Brig Efther, James Sparks,-from Philadelphia, for Antigua.— Brig Lord Charlemont, Robert M’Mahon, from Londonderry, for -ditto.— Brig Betfey, John Farfe, from Briftol for Ja- maica.— Snow Good Hope, Leech Harris, from Bofton for Antigua.—Ship” Pegpy, William Whitfon,from Africa i for St. Chriftophers.— Sloop—, Hammosrd, from Mary- land, for Antigua — Snow,— Whitten, from Bofton, for ;Nevis,© Sloop Elther, Jofeph Warner from New- Lon- don for ditto. Fhe following Veffels were carried into Martineco from the 6th of September to the v 5th. “Snow , Dennis Maclane, from London, for St. Chriftophers.— Schooner Comely Sally, Zebdiel Potter, f¥8m Maryland, for Antigua.— Snow Strathani, Jofeph . Wills, from Pifcataqua, for ditto.— Schooner Charles, 3 Ifaae Holland, from Maryland, for Barbados.— A fhip under Dutch colours, from Cork, for St. Euftatia. T ANNAPOLTIS, Ofober zo. . ‘We hear from Fort Cumberland, that the Week before laft, upwards of 20 Cherokees marched from thence, and about 8 Miles above the faid Fort, upon George’s Creek, afell in with a party’ of Shawanefe and Delawares, and fome JFrench, with whom they had a Skirmifh, which lafted a- bout a Quarter of an Hour ; the Cherokees kept the Field, and brought into Fort Cumberland a Freoch 'Enfign’s Scalp, and his Inftructions, and feveral Match-coats end Moackafleens. PHILADELPHIA, Nov3i. Sunday laft Capt. Lake arrived here from Providence. ' ©Onthe 12th of Oflober off the mouth of the Galph of Florida, he fpoke with Capt. Randal ina Privateer from . New-York, who had drovea Privateer afhore on the Matenzees near Auguftine, Capt. Randal informed him, that M. Palarqui had taken the Guarda Coafta that was " fitted out of Georgia for Prote@ion of their Trade, That _Capt. Seymour in a Privateer from South Carolina had an Engagement with _fi'f’rivatcer Schooner from the Miffifip- pi, but one of Capt.’ Seymour’s Guns burfting and killing . his Boat{wain and three of his Men,he was obliged to lcave her. , - N E w-Y O R K, Nevember 7. Letters {rom Eufopus informs us, That one of their «fcouting Parties had brought in there yélterday fe’nnight a Freng¥iman they feized in an empty Houfe (whence the . Inha*sitants had fled fome Time before) between Mmifink an] one' Joha Broagdhead’s, at a Place called Mamacating, #ibout 40 Miles from Eafopus: And that when he was pat int6 Goal he declared that he belonged to a party of 12 others, Frenchmen and Indians ; that they fet out from "Niagara in Company with nine other Parties of ten Men edth ; and that his Comrades a little before he was taken ~ had gone out to parfue their ptan of harrafing and capti- wating the Englith Sestlers, whillt_himfelf was left behind sn the Houfe to prepare their Victuals againft their Re- turn. It is faid he does not fhew any Congern op his .~ being made prifoner, and that when the fcouting party feized hinf he made a particalar Hallow, and being afked the Occafion, an{wered it was to give Notice to his party, * if they were within Hearing, that he was in that cendition. b B O ST O N, November 14. On the 6th Iaftant died very fuddenly at Hadley, the Hon, Eleazer Porter, Efq; One of his Majefty’s Council for thie Frovince, in the 62d Year ofhis Age. Thur(day lait being the Annivetfary of . his Majefty's : Birth Day, when he efiter'd the 75th Year of his Age ; the fame was obferv'd here by the ufual Difplay of the Colours of the Forts, and Shipping, &c. We have Advice from Louifbourg, by the Way of Ha- Jifax, that the French have raken two: New York priva- *““teers in St. Laurence’s River ; that 6 privateers were out from Louifbourg, and another preparing to fail ; thata ‘Veffel fram New York, and another from Philadelphia, Joaden with provifions, had been taken and carried into Leuifbourg ; that fo many of the French Seamen had di- ed, that they could not fit out more than 7 of their Men . of War to return home, notwithftanding they had pat all the Englith failors they had prifoners there on board their . fhips, to affift in working them. Extralt of a Letter from Briflol, dated Sept. 20, 17§7. "The Ship Effex, Capt. Poynton of Salem, fell down and is to fail the 3oth Inftant, under Convoy of the Antelope . Mau of War, whois to convoy a Fleet 200 Leagues to the Weftward.—A Flect confifting of 17 Sail of the - Line, fail’d about the Middle of September, with 10,000 Troops ; and itis talk'd by fome, that they are bound to Breft, and by others, that th#y are bouad to Martinico, to fubdue that Ifland, and be ready to proceed to North- America in the Sping. : i Captain Chriftopher Prince arrived here laft Friday, in 4 Days from Halifax, and informs; That Col. Lawrenge, with his. Troops, arrived there on Wednefday the 2d Inftant from Chigne&o :—T'havthis Province Ship of War, (King George) Capt. Hailowell, a 20 Gun 'thip, and'a Bomb Ketch, were fent to cruize off Louifbourg ; and that the Ketch look’d into the Harbour falt “Thur{day was 7 night, and counted 1g Topfail Vetlels, the chief Part of which were fuppos'd tobe of the Line :—That one or two Days after, the Ketch met witha Storm and loft her Bow{prit, after_which'the return’d to Halifax ancd gave the above Account.—~And that all the Englith Fleet in Halifax, (except the Satherland and Arch en-Ceil had repaired their Damages fince the late torm, and were fit for immediate Service. In His Majefty’s thip Merthaid, Capt. Innes, and in the Maft thip, came feveral Officg#s belonging to Shirley'sand Pepperrell’s Regiment, who W.re taken at Ofwego: Alfo 32 Carpem‘err]nd”fmnmta‘k_tfi at Ofwego, and who ar- rived at Portfmouth the 3d0f Avgult laft in a Cartel, are come in the Mermaid ; they fay about 5o belonging to this and the neighbouring Goveramen's were fent from Quebec in one fhip to France ; twenty of them died while at Nantz, We hear from No. 4. A new Townfhip near Glafcow in this Province, that on Thaurfday the zoth ult. {everal young Men being in-the Woods hunting for Deer, and fome of them being feparated from the Reft, Luke Viets of Symfbury, being in a Bafliy place, fome of his ‘Companions from the Motion of the Buthes conciuded him to be a Deer,-and firing at the Piace, thot him thro’ tie Bowels, of which Wound he died the next Day, the ~€ul- lets very narrowly mifled anfither Lad in Company who was near the Perfon killed. - Vs Thur{day laft one Samuel Rhodes, who f}#od indicted for the heivous fin of Blafphemy, was try"d before his Majefty’s fuperiour Court,now fitting hes€, and was found Guilty of the fame : The next Day Lé reccived the fol- lowing fentence, viz. To fet'on the Gallows with a Halter about his Neck for the fpake of csie Hour ; to be pub- lickly Whipt 25 ftripes, and tofind facurity for his goad Behaviour for one Year, ' A Gentleman who camel to Town laft faturday from Albany, informs, that Ccl. 'Moxroe, who lately com manded at Fort William Henry, died thereof an Appo- plecic Fit lat Wednefday was 7 Night. . Wehear His Exgellcosg“liord LOUDOUN is pone from Albany to Fort Bdward. "~ "~ ; Laft Saturday Night arrived here Capt. Wells from Antigua, who informs that about zo Leagues to the Eaft- ward of Pifcatagua he was Chas’d by a Snow under En- glith Colours, who fir'd feveral Shot at him, but a breeze of Wind fpringing up, and his Veflel being a good Sailer, foon left him, *Tis fuppos’d the above Snow is from Louifbourg, and is that lately Commaanded by Caprt. Dowfe of this Place PORTSMOUTH, Extra&l of a LerTER, &C. CCYAN there be a Subjelt more- flriking, move engaging, more interefling, than our Country & 1 pretend mot to be a Politician, but at this critical Conjunéiure all aye con- cerned, and you, 1 know my Friend, wiill heartily jeiny, and as a Part of the awhole,as a Member of the Community,as fitting under the Wing of Englifb Liberty,condole,wwith me the mif.r- able State of our Country, precipitating headlang to Slawery and Ruin 5 bow many waluable Fortrefles have awe loff in Europe and America 2 How many Land and Nawal Ar- maments have been cquipt to mo Purpofe @ Whut immenfe Sums bas the Britifh Nation. expend:d, before loaded with a Debt fearce fupportable ? Howw many efour fellow Subjeéis in America bave been, and flill continue to be, captivated and Slain by the blood thirfly Savages ?— How much better are our Affairs in Germany, where all our Hopes feem’d finally to centre > Is mot the Profpe8 even there at prefent very gloamy, at beft dubious and uncertain ¥— What bave we Juffer’d in our Shipping 2 - How univerfal is the Stagnation of the Euglifh Trade ? < Ewen our invaluable Eafl-India Faétories bave felt the Hand, the delpoiling Hand of War.— I fine, almofl every Poft brings frefb Adwice, not of threat ned, but already executed Scemes of Cruelty, Murder, and Devaflation. To whar fpall wve imgute the Lofs of Englith Glory 2 To French p,[,’(). and Vigf/flfltl_, or 000 2 2 O R O Without Jome great ov. [udden Alteration, or miraculous In- terpofition in our Favour, may not the intive Lofs of America be juflly apprebended 5 and Danger, Ciwil Difcord, and Di/- trad&ion at Home ? O 1 my Friend, there is mow, if cver there awwas, Occafion for every trise Patriot to tremble for bis Country ; but let ws bope for the belt 5 there is, you know, Jomé grand political Secrets in Courts dnd Camps, that will ever remain Jo, to fuch vulgar Souls as we. May thé great Arbiter, not of Provinces, or of Kingdoms = only, but of Worlds, Syfems of Worlds, fu difpofe ewery Cir- cumfiance,fo "order it in the Courfe of the Accomplifiment of the great Chain of Ewents, as that all Nations may be quict, Sourifbing in Peace and Harmmy, that the bloody Swerd may ruftin ity Scabboard; that the High Plagg, and the Liclds maybe Strangers to buman Gore. -That the E ngli/h Nation, andthat Part of it efpecially swbich inbakit North America,, may. be once more bappy. > Fhrs is the With of, &c. Yefterday was obferved here as a- Day of publick Thank{giving. i : Since our laft came home to this Town from l¥cw- York, Naruanier Meserve, Bfg; Colonel of the New- Hamplhire Forces. Latt Saturday in the. Afternoon, as one Jobn Hix, of Barrington, was going home from this Town'by Water, he fell over board and was drowned. We bear the French Flag of Trace from Louifourg, which bas been detain'd fo long at Marbl-bead &y the Gowernment of the Majfacbufetts, was to fail from thay Place laft uef= day, with another Flag of Truce from Jail Gowernment for Lovifbourg, with about 170 Prifoners. It was carrently reported, and credited, in Bofton, laft Monday, That Brest was Tak¥N, and likewife in this Town laft Wednefday after the' Polt came in. Upoa Enquiry, it feems the Repott ¢dme by a Veflel from New- foundland into Bofton, (juft/after the News-papers were publith’d) who received thé abqve Account from avother Veffel in a thort paffage{rom England, juft as'they camec away. We awifb this#iay prove-trae, the wery Thoughts of awhich bas revived the drooping fpirits of fonre. | 3 Custom Héuse, Piscataqua, November 17. ExTER'D IN, Parfons from Rbode Ifland, Miliiken freme the Eaflwvard, Froff, Florance and Stockell from Bofion, Moore from Halifax, #iils from Antigua, and Muchemore Srom St Vartin's, Crxearep Our, Moulton for Newbury, and Hart for Advertifements. R rovince of } Port(mouth, November 17, 1757. Neaw- Hamp/bire, WHERAAS there is a Report prevails in the Country, that the Smare- Pox is very brief in this Town, and feveral having died with it, by which many Perfons have not chofe to come to Marker. : THE PUBLICK are hereby informed,’ That after ftri® Enquiry made by us the Sub- fcribers, we do not find the SMaLL-Pox to be in any Houfe inthis Town, butthe Peft Houfe, nor any Perfon thathas rhe Symptoms of it;; and that the utmoft Care will be taken ta find out all fufpected Per{ons, that they may beim- mediately removed. 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