The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, November 25, 1757, Page 1

b iy ¥ S ‘., - - - . ¥ = r . Contaim'flg h. By Capt. Sohier, who arrived at Bolton laft Sunday, in 38 ", Days from Briftol, we hawve the following Articles, viz. BerLIN, ( a flrong, noble City of Germany, ) September 6. § HE firft Account we have received of the Altion in Pruffia of the 3oth of laft Month near the - Villages of Norkitten and Staplacken is as fol- lows: That the Ruffian Army, amounting o 80,000 regalar Troops, had chofen a moft ad- « vantageous Camp near Norkitten. It was compofed of four Lines, each of which was defended by an Intrenchment with a numerous Artillery, and Batteries placed upon all the Emi- mences. Notwithftanding fo great a Superiority, Marfhal . - Letiwald determineld ta attack the Enemy with his Army, . Ay - . Was immedidtely replaced by the difciplined Militia. X which hardly confited of 30,000 Men. The Attack began . at Five in the Morning,and was carried on with fo much Vi- ur, that the Pruffians entirely broke the whole firlt Line -of the Enemy, and forced all their Batteries. The Prince of Holftein Gottorp, Brother to the King of Sweden, at the Head of his Regiment of Dragoons, routed the Enemy’s _ Cavalfy, and aftewards fell upon a Regimens of Grenadiers, ‘which was cut to Pieces ; but when the Pruffians came to the fecond Intrenchment, Marfhal Lehwald feeing that ke " could not attempt to carry it without expofing his whole Ar- ‘my, took the Refolution to retire, which he did in the beft Order, and without the Enemy’s daring to flir cat of their Intrenchments to purfue them. The Pruffian Army returned © it’s former Camon at Velaa, where they fill remain ; as do the Enemy intheir Camp. The Lofs of the Pruffians does ndt exceed 2000, killed and wounded, which Lofs how’eI",}fr e Lofs of the Enémy muft be near 14 Thoufand. Gercral Lapuchin was wounded and taken Prifoner, with a Colonel ef the Ruffian Artillery, but the former is fent back on his Parole.. The Prafian Army had at firlt, made themfelves Maers of above 80 Pieces of Cannon, but were aftewards ebliged to abandon them with 17 of their own, for want of Carriages. The Pruflians have loftno General, “or other ©Officer of Diftin@ion. Lieutenant General Count Dohna is the only one wounded. It is faid therearethrée Ruffian Generals kill'd. g Parrs, Aug. 28. Preparations are mdking along theCoalts to receive the Englith, in cafe they thould take a Fancy to vifit them ; but ’tissprincipally to BresT + and L’ORrI1ENT that the Court turns its chief Care and Attention. "+ BrEsT, @ wery fair noted Port of Frangce, in the LowBre- tagne, the Merropolis of the County of St. Pol-de-Leon, fubjel? \ 1o the French King. It flands on the Arm of the Sea,wvbhere pheve is an excellent Harbour ( unfucce/sfully attempted by the Englith 7z 16¢4) 125 miles W. of St. Malo, and 320 ¥, of Paris. Long. 4. 30 W. Lat. 48. 25 N. : N. B. $i. Pol de- Leon, @ firong City of Francd, the Metro- polis of the County if St. Pol, a Bifboprick, under the Archbifbop of Tours (awbich is a’fuir, large and rich City.) It flands on the Sea, 35 miles N. E.of Breft) right againft” Plymouth in Engfaud,l(’w[/..ifi is a Sea Port Town of Devoulhire, 185 miles S. . from London. ) 120 8. of it. Len. 4. 50 E. Lat. 48. 26. N. Mivran, in Italy, Aug. 30. Onthe Gth of this Month was felt here, and in many other Towns, a Shock of an EARTH- <« QUAKE, which being but fljght, was, for that Reafon, not much regarded. But to Day the Affair rfequires more feri- ous Attention ; for we jult now received the difmal News . that the Shock was very violent, and has done great Damage in Sicily ; and that two thirds of Syracufa (‘ence @ wery famous S and noble City; the Meiropolis of Noto) one of the principal Towns in tht [fland, was deftroyed, ahd near twenty five #houfand of the Inhabitants {wallowed vp or buried under the Ruins of their Houfes. ' Amflerdam, Sept.1 2. Since the 5th of this Month, the Army of the Duke of Cumberland has been encamped on ' two Lines near Stade, and the French Troops begin to hem it ih on different fides. LONDON, S, Sir' William Pepperrell, Baronet, is, by His Majefty’s Council, appointed Lieutenant General of the whole Militia of Pennfylvania, and Captain of Caftle- Wil- liam, Sept.10. The French have dethanded an exatt Lift of the Revenues and Impofts in the Ele@torate of Hanovir 5 of ¥ * the Number of Inhabitants, and the Waggons and Horfes they can furnifh ; of the Cattle; of the Wheat,Rye, Barley, ‘Oats, St and Hay ; ‘as alfo of the Capitals and ready Mo- + " _mey which were in the Pofleflion of the {everal Corpbrations | arg that of arfhll Richelien ; at the Time the French Army entered the Eleftorate : All thefe Liflswere to be exhibited within eight Days. Itis obfervable that this Datch Mail brings no Confirma- tion of the Rumour that the Troops of Brunfwick and Hefle- Caffel had left the Duke of Cumberland’s Army, in Confe- quence of their Sovereign’s agreeing to a Neutrality. The Account of the Arrival of the Duke of Cumberland from the Army in Germany, (fo confidently afferted in (ome public Papers) is without the leaft Foundation ; it wds raifed by one of the Centinels, on fecing the Retinae of Prince Ed- ward pafs him, which he took for th.e Duke’s; and what gave agreater Air of Truth to it, was the Report of the four Men of War that were in theElbe being arrived at theNore: "I'The Hagoe Gazette fays, that it was reported there on Tuefday laft, that on the 3d-Inft. there was a {mart Action be- tween the Army d&dmmanded by the Duke of Cumberland which they hourly ex- be leaft Hint who beat. M w IDAY, NovEMRER 25. 1757, , The New-Hampfhire the Frefbeft Advices We hear that the Draughts lately made from all the Re- giments in Scotland are ordered immediately to Glafgow, in order to embark for America. . A f{inall Gurnfey Privateer having taken a French Veffel worth 400 |. off the Coalt of Brittany, the Captain of the Privateer put his Mate with {even Men on beard her to na vigate her into Guernfey ; but in their Paflage (ecing a Sail near Shore, the Mate confulted with his Crew whether they fhould not bear down, and board them i/ poffible, alledging, that the Sail might be as ill provided to tmake a Kefitance, as themfelves were for the Aftempt off boarding ; and the Refolution being agreed to, they accoidingly bore down, and, without any Guns 6t Small Armphoarded the other Frenchman, when one of them knocked down the Man at the Helm, and, after {everely drubbing the French Crew at Boxing, made themfelves Mafters of the fecond French Veflel ; by which Means, inftead of one, they brought two P:izes into Port. 3 Vice and Corruption reigns with us to fuch a Degree,that it is not in the Power of the moft able Penman to exprels it 3 for the Soldiers have made it a Practice to gather thofe poor, unfortunate Wretches, who have been either ruined by falfe Promifes of Men,or deluded by Bawds, and carry them to the Prifon in the Night Time, and there make fale of them to the French ; and if the poor Creatures will not comply, they ufe them ill,and often cat the Cloaths off their Backs. Sept. .17. Some private Letters by the Mail To day mention a fecond Battle between the Pruflians and Ruflians in which the latter are faid to be totally defeated. Some Accounts likewife mention a Ceflation of Arms be- tween the Duke of Cumberlaud and the French. Sept. z0. We hearthat the Right Hon. the Earl of Loudoun has defired Leave to come Home. Sept. 2. Letters from Hamburg (ay, that above 500 o the Duke of Wirtemberg’s Tioops have found Means to delert in their March, and that ic is befieved he will not be able to fuarnifh above a third Part of the 6000 Men he had promifed to the Emprefs. _ There were 500 Earopean Troops in Chardonago, the Settlement taken from the French in the Eaft Indies ; 150 of whom laid down their Arms, and were releafed on their Parcle ; the others were made Prifoners of War. It is faid, That had the French refafed to fign a Neatra. lity for Hanover, the King of Denmark would have fent im.- mediately 30,000 Men to join his Royal Highnefs the Duke. Sept. 24. Yefterday an Exprefs arrived from the King of Pruffia. After the Forces under Admiral Watfon and Colenel Clive had taken the Town of Chandeuagor, they found therein upwards of 180,000 I.-in Builion. Sept. 30. The Frigate difpatched @ America after the Ar- rival of the lalt Courier from thence, carries pofitive Orders to Lerd Loudéun and Admiral Holboarne to auack Cape- Breton at all Event:. Extraof a Letcer from on board the Neptene [Man of War at Sea, dated September 1. ¢ e 1 take this Opportunity by the Southampton, of inform- ing you we are all awell, We left Spithead the Sih Inflant, and hawve had mothing but light Breezes ewer fince. 1believe mofl People are miftaken in our Expedition, )vz'; nothing tranf- pires 5 but it’s not [0 near Brefl, ave are mow Steering W. by S. the Windat S. S. E. our duchors are flowed Dawid down, and every Thing looks like @ Vaoyage of fime Length. We have fixteen Sail of the Line and as many Frigates ;5 our Long- Bints bave all of them got a Brafs Six- Pounder fitted to them, io co- wer the Landing of the Troops ; we have a great many Bales of Soldiers Cloaths on board, wbich are Green turned up with White 5 but ave can’t guc/s for awhon: theyare drfigned.”’ Bristor, O&ober 1. The COMET, which row appears, may befeen near the Star of the firlt Magnitide, called 74 Lion's Heart, to the Northward of the Eaft, about Four in the Morning, if the Air be clear (for earlier it will be twolow. ) It isa finall round blurry Spot, without any Tail. The loriing Twilight, and the Moon continually appioaching towards it, will foon rendef it invifible, CHARLESTOWN, South Carolina, September 2q. . According to the laft Advices from Jamaica, Admiral. Coats was arrived there from his Cruize, and had taken tiiree Veflels from Marfeilles, bound for Cape Francais. We hear from Georgia, that the Forufications around Savannah, already begin to make a good Appearance ; near 600 Men having been at work upon them for fome Time : That the Creek Chief, called the Cow Keeper, had lately been at Savannah, with 40 other Creeks, and feemed very well difpofed towards the Englith ; but had been concerned in fome Diftarbances lately given the Spaniards at*St. Auguf- tine, by thofe Indians ; and that Governor Ellis was earneft- ly endeavouring to accommodate the Differences between them, which, 'twas apprehended, wonid be a Work of Dif- ficulty. The laft Accounts from the Creeks, are, That Waw.- hatchee, and above 10e of thofe Indians who went with him to Virginia, are returned ; and we are aflured they have been of very great Service, by preventing the Incurfions and Depredations of the Frenth Indians, upon the Bdrders of that Colony. On Sunday laft arrived in Town 17 Upper and Lower Creek Indians : Yefterday thexgiad an sAadience of the Go- vernor, in the Courcil ChamAgg; where they prefenied a Talk to his Excellency from tiglll ol b Vlarric et T s Nuume., 6o. GAZETTE, ' Foreign and Domeflich. formed in Concert with the True Blue ; having only drove a French Packet Boat on fhore and burnt her : She parted with the True Blae on tire zoth, off Cape Florida ; and we fame Day fell in with a Fleet of 72 Saii, from Jamaica. un- der Convoy of the Affitance, Lynn, Sphynx, and Hornet Men of War, with whom Capt. Teder fpoke, and was by them inforined, that they had taken 3 jarge French thip, la- den with Warlike ttores, boand for Mifiilippi. and 3 Priva'xeer floops, of 8 Carriage Guns each ; and that they had alfo drove young Palanqui’s fine Brig afhore, (mounting 16 fix Pounders, with 150 Men) the Owner of which blew herwp as foan as fhe went athore, whereby 135 of her Crew pe- rithed indtantly, and of the remaining 15 miferahly mangle Wretches that were talien op by "¢ Men of S¥aror st inore died within 24 Hours after,’ e We hear, that the late Difference between the Qcconi In< dians and the Spaniards, at St. Augutftine, is happily accom- madated, by the Interpofition of Governor Eliis ; and that fome captive Spaniards, have, in Confequence,been rejeafed. We learn from Antigoa, that Admiral Frankland is gone home ; and that Commodore Moore has made a moft excel- lent Difpofition of the Ships under his command, for the Pro- teclion of the Trade to and from the Iflands. B His Majefty’s ShipWinchelfea, is returned from the Norths ward, having loft all her Mafts, : 3 On'the 21ft alt. died in Chrift Church Parifh, in this Pro- vince, Mrs. Mary Hartman ; remarkable for having lived to the Age of 110 Years. Laft Saturday arrived a Sloop from New-Vork, with Cloathing, &c. for the Forces. The fame Day put in_here the Ship Hampton, Samuel Dathwood, Mafter, from Jamaica for London, having {prung a Lesk. This Ship was taken foon after fhe left Jamaica, and afterwards re taken by the Lynn Man of War, who pug the Matter in Poffeflion of her again. PHILADELPHIA Nov. 10; We have Advice from Shamokin, that on the 25th of lal Month two Indian Squaws arrived there in a Canoe from Nefcopekin, Jofeph Nutimus’s Wife and Daughter, and in- formed, that before they left that Place, an Indian came in, who brought the following Intelligence, viz. That Goof French had come to Diahogo, and were defigned to ihg Northward ; that 100 of them had fet out for Cumber/ai County ; that they had no Artillery with them ; nor wa. i known what particular Scheme they were upon. _ The feflions of the affembly of the counties of Naw: Caf’ 2 Kent, ana Suffex, on Delaware, ended on Saturday 1 % 2 which were pafled, An A& for granting 4000 1. to his Mz jefty’s ufe : An A& for eftablithing and regulating a Militia to continue and be in Force during the prefent. War. .44 An A& for the better Quartering of his Majefly’s Forces We hear from Northampton County, thaton the 2;th o laft Month a Girl was carried off by the Indians, from Hyad- fhaw’s Fort : And that Tecdyufcung had fet off from thence for Wyoming, in order to meet the Commiflioncrs lately: gone there from this Governmeat. N E W.Y O R K, November 14. Abfract of a Letrer from Mount Fobnfon, dated Oftcher 14 “ Yefterday Morning, about g o’Clock, Little C e a Mohawk Indian, with another of the fame Nation, arri ved hereand brought the following fatelligence, viz. That g Days ago, they, with 13 more Indians and one white Maa of the Name of Johnfon, attacked a Party of 18 Frenthmen including an Officer and Serjeant, within two hundred Yards of the Fort of Ticonderoga, and berwixt the Fort and ; pretiy large Encampment, that five of the French were ki led on the Spot, befides feveral wounded 3 and their Scaly together with five French Mufquets, Swords and laced Ha were brought off, notwithftanding their being fo near th Fort, and that they found the Camp alarmed and und Arms ; none of the Indians were wounded,-tho’ the Fror Party fired feberal Shot, only one of fiem had abouta ¥ of the Barrel and Stock of his Piece carried off by - from the French. Cornelids reported that the Pariy Indians with the Scalps were fome Miles off in the Wos being extreamly faint and feeble, 25 they eat nothing | the Engagement but fome wild Fruit they picked up in ! Wodds ; upon which Sir William fohnfon immediate! patch’d fonte of his Servants on Horlebdck, witha R<fi ment of Provifions and Drink, and between four and v Clock the {fame Evening, the Indians arrived at Sir Wil with the Scalps, Mufquets, Swords, &c. which, anmn%: cii afforded me no {mall Pleafure, being the greateft T of Scalps I have feen at once fince I'wame to this Count It was but a Fortnight before that three Scalps were broa in here, from the fame Place by another fcalping Party friendly Indians, who kill’d {ix in all, but no more than th of their Scalps could be brought off, on Account ofa 1 merous Body of French coming up % B Tuefday laft arrived here the Prize Ship mentioned 3| this Paper two Weeks fince to be teken by Capt. Waynma in the King George Privateer of this Pare. Sheis calle Le Saint Efprit, of about 250 Tons Burthea, mounting 1 four Pounders double fortified, and was commanded byMon Thomas Oramfonp, carrying 50 Hands, and bound Quebec to Cape-Francois. _ ) ‘The fame Day arrived here Capt. Codwife in T e ays from Antigua, in a Letter of Margue Sicop, and forms, that while he lay there, on the t12:h of O:tche Snow Dolphin, Chriftopher Sheidron, Maiter, » I{land, was taken by o finall Sccochel