The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, January 6, 1758, Page 1

¥, ) "J‘f - geount: /[ Budlt, becaafe, they are of fuch a nature; that | & ‘ i » g There is noww ‘publifbing in Philadelphia the American - Magazine, or Monthly Chronicle far tbe Britifb Colonies y a Society of Gentlemen ; from which the follovring is, ertrafied, and from Time to Time as the Accounts come to Hand, will be tongnued in this Paper,-if found agreeable "#¢ the Readers in onfral The Defign of this Society, ‘"’qi Part of their Wark, isto Give a Hiftory of the prefent War in North- America, andof evity Thing relating to, o connelled with it i and wwill begin as far back as the ar 145 They promife that the greateft Care aill gkdn oo egual Tuflice o the Affairs of every Colony e did a3 they declare thimfelves perfopally. an, koawn to, the prefent Rulers of this Continent, and de- fire to rewain for ever perfonally unknqwn to the World, #he Public. may with Reafon expet the greatcft Impartiay dity, and Caudor, wbich ought to. diffinguifp Works: of this Katuyre 3 ol 3 ) As this, Work may be of great Serwice to the Public, no . Woshe thy Poffi flirs of this. Paper wwill think them worth pres rvi g, as they will hawe a compleat, Hiflory of the War ) ow jrmyeq, ana be warth double their firft Coffy —— o ) (PH.ILADELPHIA, el From the Amer1GaN. Macazing, for November 1757%. HISTORY, of the WAR in NORTH-AMERICA. 3 . GREEABLE to our plan, we are now to ..., begin our biffory ot the prefent wariin i1« North: dmerica, ~and remarks upon the " three Fremch volumes. ..But, previous b ‘thereto, we haverthought it neceflary to give-a (hore fketch of ‘fome of the moit important ope- + ritionyof the prefent campaign, and thaton a double we prefume our yeaders would-be unwilling to wait entirely for what account we may give of them, 'till i, «+can be done in the regular cou:fe of ur hiltory, Se» condly, becaufe we believe that a brief and exat Rate of them, will be of great ufe at this jun&ture, to remave prejudices and reclify miftakes, which might otherwife Be . hurtful to his Majefty’s fervice, and to the general interelt of thefe colonies. ‘ that we are now entering vnon tha moftdificult and thorsy 51'?,07 oq:! work.. f;goi'-, u? giv; fuch an €ccount’ of pulEic«'m’a’fiéu ‘as-thall pleafe thg many, and yet not offend -the jfew ; to keep fuch an exadt medinny asneither to-be. blinded by power, nor drawn afide by popular clamonr. ; to weigh every cir- camftance cooly, and canvafs.every topic deliberately 5 ¥, abftais from-hally conclufions, and comprehend the fam: and fcope of thipgs ; and, ina word, to perform the parvof feithful Hiflorians thefe, we fay, are things whieh refjuire much afliduity and penetration of genius, :dded toluncommon candor and firmnefs of fpirit. s We dde far from prete‘nding to infinnate that all thefs good quiliiesare to.be founddn us, or in us alone. But if we'kndwrour felves, we think e are conlcious of no views buf thegengral welfare. | We are perfonally un- known td'8iihe piefen: Rulers of.this continent, and we' defire to rémain for ever perfonally unknown to the world. ‘Wethave no hapes ta indulge but thofe of being ¢ho't honelt and 'difinterefted writers, in points of the: $hoft lafting \moment to our country ; ard we have no- thing to fear butthe ignominy of being found otherwife.' We have, therefore, laid down the following rule for our condutt in treating of public matters, which we thall sndeavohr inviolably to obferve, viz. ¢ We fhall take care to lay nothing:before the world,’ < which: might éither weaken- is'as’amation, or be-of ¢ advantage for the enemies pf - our country to know. ¢¢ Bat,.on the.othef hind, we (hall think it our duty to “tpiveé oar readers fuch authentic agcognts of every thing “ relaring to their alon fafety ard happioels, asa free "' people, have a vight toexp=&.""—Indced, we kKaow of o Poworr' here that Will ever defire to abridge Englifh- anen 0f this Liberty,” while it is afed with judgment and difcretion ;'and were fuch an‘attempt eveér to fucceed, e might, along “Wwith 'it, bid‘adien to every other’ {pecies of Lilerty, which is gaarded by it. - » Tiio* we have itito’t tifele general remarks neceflary P . wifodugtion to fome things that we may have oc- " .Jnto fay in the courie of our propofed hiftory, yet t'rey were needlefs with telpect to the Halifux Expedi- 7 m, whigh is to be our prefent {ubje&. . For our ene- 1t es Wil earn nothing from the molft authentic accounts ¥ that tranfallion, but that our Commanders were pru- dent and vigil‘ant,’ and our men eager for action. our colpnies will perhaps learn, that, notwithftanding any hafty cgnclufions to the contrarv, they have been faved in the jfiue. In‘orderto judge of this and every other public ineafure relating to the conduél of the war 4on this continent, we have laid down the following po- fitions'; 'whic:h,: webelieve, will hardly be controverted— 1ft, Thay thefe colonies are an objelt of the higheft wimportance (o the mother ce1gaey, and the chicf b ofits trade pod independencel ey fRIDA‘ ]ANUARV 5? 17;58. f | .New-Hampthire .‘-:Cantaizzin‘g the Frefleff Advices Aud; fis uy Foreigh' and Domefficks 2dly, That it is more for the int'relt of the nation t6 carry on a war with the Fremch m Zimerica, than in any other part of the world, fince all thi"inorey that is fpent in fuch a war circulates in the ¢dldiies, and retorns.in the end to the*mother country. 1§, 3dly,~That, by having the adbirrage of open ports, an eafy navigation, and the greatefl Slency of provifions; &c. we can fupport the war in Americe mach longer,and .with proportionably much lefs exp: *ce, than the French can, ; . 4thly, That, in confequence .ofi:x‘is it is the intereft of the French, 1o be enterprizieg dad bufy to wnprova every little advantage, while it'is oyr intereft, who have much to lofe, to be extremely vigilant,and never to-put macters on the iflue’ of a gu..eral engagement, withont having at leaft-a - very high probabiijty of fuccefs. Upon thefe principles, then it will appear, as our fleet arrived fo late from England, that the expedition could not have been conduéted otherwife than it was, with any degree of fafety to the colopies., For had we rifqued fuch an expenfive armament by - aitacking the French at Louifburg, where, by the beft accounts, it ap- pears now they. muft-have repulfed s with immenfe lois} it would have left them maftessxof the continent. But as things are, our army is fafe, and ready to take the firft opportunity, of ftriking a decifivg blow, another year. T'he fucceeding campaigh will f@an return, and we.may improve by the-fajlures.of the ‘Jalk 5 but had our army and navy béen loft, thro® any precipitate meafure, the mation of Exgland could not at.pyéfent have fpared ano- ther force equal to the former 3 ‘and if that could even have been done, the colonies might have been loft in the inean time. el O Seeing then, on the perifal of the following accoant; this will be fouod to hdve been the general ftate of tiings, we fhall, with the greater freedom, give full weight to the popular remarks and, decifions relative t0 the condu of the late expedition.’ For it will be more for the honour of thofe concerned therein, that, regard- iefs of fuch partial decifions, they did that which was belt on the whole, than, if being fway’d therfcby. they had gained a temporary, Eclat, but loit their credit, and per- haps their countfy in the end. But to proceed : The experience of the carpaigns 1755, 1756, had convinced our commanders in chief, that there would be no énd of the war on® either fide,; fo long'as eur ar- mies aimed at nothing further thza traverfing fromplace to place, either for the defence ofatrack of a few firag- gling forts in.a woody country. ' T'his method of mak- ing war is even moreé -unpromifiag on the frontiers of thefe colonies;than in the thinly ingabited parts of Spain; where the great Peterborough obferved; a General might travel to éternify, with a large arny at his heels, and yet never make conqueft of the country. . A more de- cifive'blow was therefore refolved upon for the cam- paign 1757, and the reduftion of Cape: Breson propofed as tire firt flep, fince that would effeQually pave the way to an honourable peace, ‘or the total reduétion of’ Canada. His excellency the Barl of Loudoun, having: offered this fcheme to thie miniftry in the fali of the year 1756, with an eftimate of the force that:might be re- quifite for the execation thereof, was informed early in the winter, that his defign was approved of, and that he fhould be fupplied timeuily in the {pring with the fuccours neceffary. ¢ + On advice of this, his excellency affembled the gover- nors of Pennfylvania, Maryland, ¥irginia, and North- Coroline, at Philadelpbia, to coafult with them on the moft effe@lual means of proteéting their frontiers from' the atracks of the enemy, while he was employed on the grand expedition. Nothing </as required of them but to aét on thé defenfiwe during his ablence, fince the ifilue of the war would be determined by his fuccefs, and not by any thing of an inferior nature that could be done here, - A plan of defence was Accordingly fettled, the number of troops to be fupplied by each colony fipu-* lated, their defiination fixed, and every thing agreed up-’ on on the part of the {everal governors ; his excellen-” cy's.demands having been thoaght very maderate. s He left Philadelphia on the z7th of March, having ftaid there only ten days. / But previous to this, viz. on the 3d of March, a ge- neral embargo was laid on all'outward bound veflels 3 the ‘reafons for which were ‘faid to be, 1ft. That the enemy might have no intelligence of our defigns ; and- zdly.. TH4t the tranlports for the expedition might be the more eafily fupplied with wies. = Bat as thisembar. go was thought extremely grieyous ta the trading part of our people, a third reafon wasa!fo firongly-inftaua- ted by {ome as the caafe thereof, viz. That it was to favour the contraétors who fupplicgd “he army with pro- vifions, who, being now the fole pdrchafers of our ftaple _of the camp for f.(ce:c%efl a commodity, had it in their powe: b fer swhat priceshey. . . P "ghe men Wag vy : S S ‘n ow e Pxeaea upon it. But thefe things we'miention only ¢4 - fadls, without ‘pretending to' determine which of thefe] or whetliep any, or ail of them,” were'the caufes of the ‘embargo.. Certain it js, that it'was' feverely felt aod - compiaived of. Iowever, i thé beft conftitared go- vernments in tiie world, as well as the beft adminiftred? ccurrences will fometimes happen, 'by which the gdai of thie public_ will become extremely grievous to.ingdivis duals, and the privace views of individuals wiil,’in"thei'q ' tiro, {ometimes prove very' diftrefsfui 1o the pablic.’ Tie munth o 4p,il was chiefly Tpeotin getf’;ng réady theYranipuis whica wEreaken Lp in this hacogur, ded in thofe of New York and Biffon, amdunting to'gv iy On the sth of May being all convened at fl’avufi-?’.vr.{-:f they were ordered to be 'in rtédine.’s to embark the forces. On the 6th Sir Charle; tcrdy, governor of that place, having received his majefly’s commiffion as rear admiral of the biue, hoifted his flag on board :heNx;g'h-“ ingale. The trpors expected every day to embark, and: the commander in chief ¥as-impatient to hear. of tha' fleet from Eqgland, it being now about the time limitted, for their arrival at Halifax, In this flate of fulpenfe, matters continued to the.zoth, when there was a hot’ prefsin New. ¥2r%, and 40a men taken into the fervice. Between the 22d and z5th, the traops were all embark«; ed, and ordered down to Sandy- Hisk, where they camé » to:an anshor. On the 5th of Fuse, his excellency went’ down after them, and embarked on board theSutbirlandy commanded by rear-admiral Haddy, determined how<. ever not to fail without farther ibteliigencei Foribed fore he left Nea-York, viz. on the 27th of May, be had ' learned from the prifoners of fomé French prizes bro'e! ingo, that port by 3 of tieir privateers, * That the‘fzid! ¢ prizes were part of 4 French merchantfleet'vader éca- ¢ voy of s4hps of the line, defigned for LouZun-p, fromi s ¢ which tliey'had parted not long before.”. This intel-, ligence wis farther confirmed by ah exprefs from Boflee- informing'that 5 Frenth menof war and a frigate had | been feen cruifing off Halifax. * His excellency having | no news of the fleet from England, and béinz uhable o proceed againft fuch a force had 5o evnedient 14 hars to continue'at anchor, and difpatch two of oiic’ Mips of War to view the coaft. Thefe ‘having {oon rc:u}n(:\rlf and reported, that they .had feen nothing, the fale’ ventured to unmoor, and failed from the Hook on tha Zoth, their rendezvous, in cale of feparation, being ap- pointed at Halifax ; where, by the favour of heaven, they " arrived fafe on the 3oth following. Great was our uneafinefs beforé tve heard of this event, and ihe fate of dmerica feemed to depend en'y on two chagons, viz. that of our fleet’s efcaping the French, oradmiral Holbourn’s being on the coalt, to clear it, before his ex- cellency could arrive there, which laft. was no doubt firmly expected by him, and the true caufe of funning fo great a rifk, in order to fave as much time as pafiible, of what little was left for the bufinefs of the campaign Admiral Holbour#, however, did not arrive _till the gt of Fuly, and to whatever caufe his detention is to b afcribed, certainly to.that was owing the, ill {uccels of our affairs this campaign.’ Indeed, it rfiighl have been reafonably expeéted, that a fleet from Exglandon a plan that had b€en concerted at leaft 9 months before,would have reached Zerica much earlier in the year than the beginring of Fuly. s i '"The armament from Neav-2ork was the Sutherlanc of ¢o guns, with his excellency Tord Loudoun snd rear admira! Sir Charles Hardy on board, which lead the van) The Nightingale of 2o guns, with general dbercrombid on board, which bro’t up the rear... The Kennington of zo guns on the ftarboard wing, and .the Ferrit flao; of .16 guns on the larboard. The Valture of 14 guns which was fent 2 head for - dif¢overies. There wer twa packet boats, 2 artillery thips, 2 hofpital thips, 2 vi€tuallers and 63 tranfports, making in all 101 fail The vi€tueallers had 2112 tons of various forts of provi fions, and the tranfports had 6 regiments on bpard, viz thie 22d, 42d, 44th, 48th, and ‘two bastalions of raya Americans, togather with 500 Rangers.commanded i} the famots major Rogers, and 100 ° Boflon carpentd] with 6 months provifions for the troops on board € tranfport. ‘ At _Halifax his' excellency found three regimar’ more, viz. the 4oth, 45th, 47th, and 100 men he OG5 ing to the royal artillery. In the harbeur were 4 following fhips, viz, the Nottingham 60 gans, Are 2+ ciel 50, Winchelféa 24, ‘Succeis z2,” Elphiagham zo, Baitmore 16, Jamaica 14, and Speedwellhs2. The forées from New Xork, being landed at were encampedion the windnilbhilf, Sapf ¢ As the gréund’ wai’ rough' and anebinbéred,. employed to makeap sven broad purade vby 840 and revigss, in.su ol