The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, January 20, 1758, Page 2

IS TOL, Ofober 1. ourt ““One of our*Devonfliire cdriefpondents gives us the “following : A gentleman of that county dying, left a - ~awidow and two fons, appointing a gentleman tobe truf- «tee for them, who fome time after married the deceafed’s widow. The eldeftfen coming of age, demanded his “fortune, atid was paid fix or feven hundred pounds, " ~which not being his whole due, he in a little while - :made a fecond demand of a gold watch, fome plate, &c. ‘His father in law told him to meet him one day lalt week, when they ‘fhould be ready. Accordingly the young geutleman came, and being invited up flairs, aw upon a table the things he had demanded. The old gentleman told him, .as they were left to him, he might take what he pleafed ; who replied, if he would deliver them himfelf, he woald accept of them, and not other- wife ; whereupon the young gentleman went down ftairs, and mounting his horfe, his father in-law offered to fhew him a nearer way over the grounds.; and though he defired he would not give chimlelf the trouble, yet he infifted on going with him, walking all the way by the fide of the horfe, .and an opportunity offering, he ftab- bed the young Gentleman in the back, and afterwards in~ the fide, who falling from his horfe, and making an eutcry, was heard by two men in the next field ; and they feeing the old gentleman .over the hedge with a Knife in his hand, were afraid of-him but finding him- felf blown, and threatning death to any perfon who came near him, cat his.owa throat, and died on the fpot. The young gentleman is.now in a fair way of recovery. “Tis faid he ought to have had two thoufand pounds. 5 HALAIFAX Dec 24, .'On Saturday Night lalt the Wife of one Colfon, be- longing to one of the Regiments in this Place, went 0 B=d well to all Appearance, and was found dead ih the Morning. It’s remarkable/that {aid Colfon went out alane in a fmall Boat a filhing, on Saturday Morning, ard as the Night following was very ftormy, apd he not -having been fince heard of, 'tis probable he was " drowned the fame Night. PHILADELPHIA, December 22. Since ourlaft Captain Campbell, late of the Brigan- tine Argo, ofxhis Port, came to Towa. He was bound fiom hence for South Carolina, but, four Days after he left the Capes, was taken by a French Privateer Sloop, of 10 Guns, and. 110 Men, Capt. Enar, belonging to the Miffifippi, and carried to St. Augultine. “The Pri- vateer had taken, before he mét with Capt. Campbell, five Sail of Veflels, one of which, a Snow from Jamai- ca for Liverpoo! ; another from Rhode-1lland ; and a third from the Bay for London, a fhip of good Force, with whom he engaged five hours. The other two Vefiels he does not know certainly who they were, but _thinks one of them belonged to Rhode.Ifland. B O S T 0N, Fanuary 16. Laft Monday Morning arrived here Capt. Starret, m 2 Snow from Glafgow, which Place he loft the 17th of O@ober laft ; he informs, That on the 15th of Novem- r, at two o'Clock P. M. they faw 17 Sail of laige Ships to the N. N. W. of them, ftanding to the Eaft- ward, which, ‘tis fuppos'd, were the French Fleet from Louifbourg, bouad to France : —They were then in Lat. 49, 30. and Long. 36, 8.—On December 23d, at 3 P. M. a Sail gave chace and brought Capt. Scarret'to, which prov'd tobe the Duke of Camberland Privateer, belonging to New York, John Lufh, Cemmander, be- ing then in Lat. 32, 19. Long. 6o, 0o. ; Tuefday lalt in the Afternoon the following tragical Affair was acted at the South Part of the Town,a Ger- man Woman, noted for felling Cakes, having requefted a Neighbour's Child, a Boy of about fix Years of Age, to go on an Errand, which after he bad done, fhe took him into her Rocm, and having faftened the Door, fell to cutting the Child with a very dull Cafe Koife ina terrible Manner : The Screaming of the Child bfought {ome of the Neighbours to the Houfe,where they heard the Blows, but could not get to its Afiftance till they harft the Windosw open, and then refcued the Child from her Hands : Altho’ the Life of%he Child was not thken away ; yet it was a moft fhocking Speftacle, as i¢ was in a Gore of Blood, befides the Wrift being cut, ils Head was hack’'d ail over, many Places of the dkull lay bare, and the Skin and feveral Parts of the Skull lora'd op.as if done with a Hook : What inddced the Voman to ait fuch an inhumane Part in fucha celibe- yate Manaer, it being judged near 10 Minutes from the g+t Hearing the Child fcream) is uncertain ; fhe being very fond of it, and it is {aid was not much in Liquor at that Time. By Letters from St. Euftatia of the 22d of December, and a Gentleman who left that Place the z5th, we dre informed, That Commodore Moore, who commands . all the Englifa Men of War in thofe Seas, had blocked - up Martinico and Guadaloupe, -and fent the Weazle Sloop of War to Euftatia toinform the'Gavernour, that he fhould make Prize of all Veflels carrying Provifions to any of the French Iflands, of what Nation foever, That this Meflage had ftruck the People of Statia, with fuch a Panick, that all Trade was immediately ftopped ; that the Governour refufed to clear outany Vefiels, and that altho’ there were Ten or a Dozen Provifion Vef- fels then in Port, (moft of which had not broke Bulk) not one of them could fefll a Shilling’s worth,—That the Commodore had engaged all the Englifh Privateers toattend and affit the Men of War in diftrefling the French, promifing (hem, that whatever Prizes were ta- o o S — PoxTsmouTH ; Printed by D, Fowwe, where this Psper “ken, they fhould have their full Shares.—That a Flag witha Number of Men of War and Tranfports was {foon expefted from England, and‘;hat' *twas tho't fome rbold Stroke was intended to be ftruck in fome of the French Seulements. : Batraét of a Letter from 2 Gentleman at Antigua, da- ted December 12, 1757, to his Friend in this Place, ““ Iarrived. [afe bere after a Paflage of 18 Days and agreeable Weather ; but according to Expefiatian fell in with a French Privateer of 12 Carriage Guns, befides Savivels, aho engaged ws above tws Hours, about 6 Leagues toWindward of this {fland : My Officers and Men bebaved well, and obliged Monficur ta foeer off. The Da- mage we received is trifiing, hawving only cut* away our back fiays and Slings of #he Crofs ‘pack yard: What we batve done bim, 1 don't pretend to Jay, ‘becaufe it looks like Vanity : but Modefly thinks be would nat bawve guit us, un- lefs be had received fome confiderable Damage. His Main- Sail, Lam fure, we brought once down, tho™ be haul’d bis Wind and refitted it, and began again upon us, but fom tird. If 1 badbad 1o or 12 Men more, I'awould cert- ainly hawe bro’t bim into St. Jobn's ; becaufe when the g}fm: awas properly man'd, 1 had no body left ~ to work the hip.”” . . We bear that a Ship is arrived at New York from England, by ahich there is Advice, that on the firfl of November, Admiral Hawke failed with 21 Ships of the Line, but upon what Defign was mot known : Alfo, that the three Generals employed in the late Expedition, avere pat under Arrefl. PORTS MOUTH, Fanuary z0. Lzft Monday his Excellency the Governor was pleaf- ed to adjourn the Sitting of the General Aflembly to the 3oth Inftant. Since our laft'arrived here the Captains Salter and Boothby, in two Ships belonging to this Place, from London, but laft from New York, to which Place they were employed as Tranfports, in carrying Soldiers, &c. Laft Monday began, apd’ continued all the Night following, a violent Snow Storm, Wind.at N. E. We have noet yet heard of any confiderable Damage done by it, though we fear we fhall fhortly, as there are three- Men's Hats,Wigs, fome Blankets, and a Woman’s Shoe with a brafs Buckle in it,&c. drove athore onRye Beach. Custom-House PiscaTaQua, Fanuaryig. ‘Entered In, Sto0dly from Barbadoes, Wayman and Die- lino from Bofton. g . Cleared Out. Hobbs and Haooker for Wefi Indies, Ran- dall and Philpot for Virginia, Gawen and. Abbot for Bar- badoes, Power for "Cape-Féar, Peake and Granger for Great- Britain, Shorés for Montferrat.: Province of Neaw-Hampfoire. : Nottingham, in faid Province, are hereby NOTIFIED, to meet at the Houfe of Capt. Natbaniel Folfom, Innholder in Exeter, on Tuefday the 14th Day of February next, at one 0’Clock Afternoon, 1#, Tochoofe 2 Committee toappear at the General Court, to make Anfwer to a Petition prefer’d to faid Court, by Samuel Smith, Efg; and others, Agents for the Town of Durham ; wherein they pray for an At to-he pafs’d, and a Committee appointed for the fet- tling the Boundary Line between faid Dorham and Not. tingham ; which if fettied as they fet forth in their Pe- tition, will. cat off -Part of all the Lots in the lower Range in Summer ftreet. 2d, To a& what-may appear proper in Regard to the fettling that or any other Boundary Lines of faid Nottingbham, - 3d, To a& what may appear proper in Regard to making Allowance to the Heirs of Robert Bard, late of Nottingham, deceafed, for a: Lot of Land, taken from them by Law, and for Charges ; faid Lot being fold to the faid Robert at Vendue, by the Proprietors Col- le@tor, as the Right of theWidow Martyn, for dilcharg- ing a Tax due on the original Right pf Nathaniel Martyn 5 but it appears fhe had not a lawful Right 0 the fame. 4th, To vote the raifing fuch Sums ‘of Moncy as may be neceflary for the Purpofes aforefaid, & for other neceflary Charges, as the Proprietors fhall think proper. sth, To choofe a Committee to make Application to the General Court, for an A& to be pafs'd for the colle@ingfuch Sums of Money as the Proprietors fhall vote at faid Meeting. Dated at Exeter, Jan. 17,1758, PETER GILMAN, Proprietor’s Clerk. A.%ru Foghiss, } Port/matflb, Fanuary 16, 1758. WHEREAS Edmund Ruincy, of Portimputh, Merchant, hath petitioned the Honourable the GeneraL AssEmBLY, fetting forth, That he fettled in'this Town 4nzo 1750, and impott- ed here'a confiderable Quantity of Goods, which he vended in his own Name, tho' he was concern'd at the fame Time ina Partnerfaip with his Father apd Brother at Bofton, and in the Courfe of hisTrade here, contralt- ‘ed very few Debts in the Name, or en Account of the Company. That be is not in Debt to the Com- pany, nor has any of their Effe&s in his Hands : That he is no otherways refponfible but by the Conneltion in Law between Co partners in Trade. That the Mif- fortunes which have obliged' the other Branches of the Company to confine. the Petitioner.. Thai he is under no Reftraint with 4Regard to his particujar Creditors ; but has been near . } THE Proprietors of , themfelves, confequently affeis' ;;bc had atOre Dollar per Ann, or an Equivalent in Bills of Credit. Ko threeYears confin’d from Bufinels, in the Prime of Life, to the great Prejudice of his Family, by the Misfortuge of the Company. 'That fie has been oblig'd to live on what he had got before his Confinemenr. And as he is ot in Debt to, and has no Effeéts of faid Company, “having fettled with the Company, and Receipts in4ull to produce ; Hehumbly conceives, in Equity, he ought not to be liable forthe Company’s Dellll ; wherefore he prays he may be protefled again Demands of all the faid Company’s Creditors, that he may be 4t Liberty to ferve himfelf and his Generation ; apd en- deavour to pay his own Creditors, and that he may ~have Leave to bring in a Bill accordingly.- U which Petition the following Votes pals'd, viz. Inthe Houfe of Reprefentatives, 7Fanuary 14, 1758. This Petition being read, Order'd, That the Petitioner be heard thereon the 24th Inftant, if thé General Aflembly be then fitting ; if not then, on the firft Day of their fitting next-after, that any Perfon may appear and thew' - ! Caufe, if any they have, why the Prayer thereof fhould not be granted. If any Perfon hath ought to obje@ againft an A&y pafling agreable to the above Votes, they will have an Opportunity at the Time therein mentioned. ' iy Edmund Quincy, - IMPORTED in.the lakt Ship from LONDON, and: ¥ TO. BE 50 LD By ‘Samuel Griffith, At his Shop oppofite to Capt. Fobn Moffar’s, i # N\UNPOWDER, fhot and flints ; all forts of fawse and faw-fetts ; defk and coffin furniture ; hinges, lqcks, rafps, files ; fhoemaker's, ‘joiner’s, cooper’s and failmaker’s tools ; all forts of {fadlary ware ; ‘malon’s trowels ; table knives and forks, and all other forts of cutlary ; brafs fcales and weights ; time glaffes ; watch criftals, keys, ftrings and feals ; 2ll forts of buckles, chapes and tongues ; brafs and iron wier ; neat walnut bellows with brafs nofes, and common ditto ; warming and frying pans ; a variety of andirons, fhovels and , 1 tongs.; candlefticks ; moufe and rat traps ; and moft -other axticles of the hard.aware kind. : 7 As faid Grifith imports his own goods, and fells only for calh, and chiefly by retail, he will fell reafon- .’ ably : ‘He has alfo a good affortment of ribbons, cruels, threads, and moft forts of taylor’s trimmings, white ‘fugar, tea, coffee, and Rbode-Ifland cheele. 2 c ——— B Y ALL Be}flm Indebted to, o that have any Demands on the Eftate of Capt,” Puter “Povers, late of Hollis, in the Province of New- Hampthire, deceafed, are/defired to bring in their Ac< counts as foon as poffible, which muft be before the 6th Day of April next, to Stephen Powers of Hollis afore- {aid, Adminiftrator to the ERtate of the faid deceas'd, in order for fettlement. : Portfmouth, Fanuary . 1758. ALL Perfons that have any De- mands on the Eftate of Esengzer WENT woRTH, Elq; late of Portfmouth, in the Province of New- Hamgthire, decealed, are defired to bring them in to Samuer WentwortH, fole Executor of the Tefta- ment of the {aid Ebenezer, in order for Payment ; and thofe that are indebted to faid Eftate, are defired to make {pcedy Payment to faid Execator. 2z 2 3 Ny ~ :flLL Perfons Indebted to, orr - . that bawve any Demands on the Eflate of Daniel Fogg, late of Rye in the Province.of New.Hampfbire, deceas’d, are defived to bring in their dccounts to Hannah Fogg of Rye aforelaid, Widow, ddminifiratriz 1o the = Eflate of the Jaid Deceas’d, in order for Setthment. 2 * that have any Demands on the Eftate of Capt. Robert Lang, late of Portfmouth in the Province of New Hampthire, deceafed, are defired to bring in their Ac~ counts to Abigail Lang, Widow, Admintftratrix to the Eftate of the faid deceafed, in order for fettlement. 2 e . st e o S St e et e i S5, i, T Samuel Aris, Clock and Watch-Maker from Londony Oppofite Long-Wharff, PorTsmouTH, AKES and Mends all forts of CLOCKS and WATCHES at a Reafonable- Price. ' 3 > To be Sold cheap for Cafl By Jofeph Miller, At bis Shop next Daor to Mr. Samuel Wentworth’s, . A fine Affortment of Encrisu Goobs. N e e AMES’s Almanacks for 1758, Sold by'the Printer bereof, by Wholefale and Retail, | s, o e — 1 e N 7. 4 * ALL Perfons- Indebted to, o | ’ ' .