The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, January 27, 1758, Page 2

’ %1 approbation; "Three hundred thoufand Pounds’is ‘‘o be raifed by it for the ufe of the government, and the overplus profit to purchafe twenty fail of privateers, to be built at thedifferent ports f England, and to cruize in feparate fquadrons (four fhips in each) in order to prote&t our owa, and diftrefs the grade of the enemies of Great Britain. The Tickets are to bea guinea . each, and @ot more than eight blanks to a prize-; Bat & per cent. to be dedulted from the prizes. . EPIGRA M, - Wuar Martial Spirits reign’d in Harry's Days, " When BriTONS Jhone in War, not Balls and Plays! | Let this reuive, and to the Gates of France Lead up our Arms, wbile they leadup a Dance. P G PORTS MOUTH,' Faruary 27 . We hear from Berwick, that in the Snow Storm we bad laft Week, a Negro Man was froze to Death there. 70 BE 8§ OL D, Reafonable, AN Eighty Acre Lot of Land, io Chefter North Parifh, called Charmirg-Fair, by Lieut. Elifba Smith ‘of Hampton-Town, .original Proprietor ; ten Acres of whichis now fit for the Plow,* with a very little Labour : The Whole of faid Lot lays within Half a Mile of Dr. Moore’s Settlement. 1 [ Pt LL Perfons that have any De- mands on the Eftate of Mr. Benjamin Akerman, late of Portfmouth, in the Province of New- Hampihire, deceafed, are defired to come and bring their Accounts to Benjamin Akerman and Simeon Akerman, Executors of the Teftament of the faid deceas’d, in order for Set- tlement and Payment : And all that are Indebted to the faid Eftate, are defired fpeedily to'pdy the fame to faid Executors, to prevent farther Trouble. 1 Port'mouth, 'Fanuary 26, 1758, — ALL Perfons who are Indebted to, or have any Demands upon the Eftate of Theopbilus Hardy, late of Durham, deceafed, are defired forchwith to bring in their Accompts to Mark Feawell, of faid Durham, who is Adminiftrator to the Eftate of the faid Deceafed, in order for fpeedy Settlement. Darbom, Fanuary 20, 1758. « N. B. All Perfons dre defired to bring in théir Ac- compts attefted. 1 : = et Y ey o Province of ' ) o toymire.§ ] FLE Proprietors of v . = Nottingham, in faid Province, ere hereby NOTIFIED, to meet at the Houfe of Capt. athaniel Folfors,*innholder in Exeter, on Tuefday the 4th Day of February next, at one 0'Clock Afternoon. 1ft, To choofe a Committee toappear at the General ourt, to make Anfwer to a Perition prefer’d to faid ourt, by Samuel Smith, Efq; and others, Agents for e Town of Durbam ; wherein they pray for an A& be pafs’d, and a Commiittee appointed for the fet- ing the Boundary Line between faid Dorham and Not- ngham ; which if fettled as they fet forth in their Pe- tion, will cat off Part of all the Lots in the lower ange in Summer ftreet. : . . 2d, Tq a& what may appear proper in Regard to he fettling that or any other Boundary Lines of faid ottingham. - 3d, To a@ what may appear proper in Regard to aking Allowance to the Heirs of Robert Bard, late of ottingham, deceafed, for 3 Lot of Land, taken from hem by Law, and for Charges ; faid Lot being fold kb the faid Robert at Vendue, by the Proprietors Col- eCtor, as the Right of the Widow Martyn, for dilcharg- ng a Tax due on the original Right ot Narbanicl Martyn ; but it appears fhe had not a lawful Rightto the fame. 4th, To vote the raifing fuch Sums of Money as bay be neceffary for the Purpofes aforefaid, & for other Eceffary Charges, as the Proprietors fhall think proper. ¥ 5th, To choofe 2 Committee to make Application fo the General Court, for an A& to be pafs'd for the fing fuch Sums of Money as the Proprietors fhall Bte at faid Meeting. = Dated at Exeter, Fan. 17, 1758. 2 ‘. PETER GILMAN, Proprietor’s Clerk. 1\’:,;?‘;?12;;/;577 } Portfmouth, Fanuary 16, 1758. YA HEREAS Edmund ’ of Portltnouth, Merchant, hath petitioned the Horourable the GENEraL AssemBLY, {etting forth, ‘That he fettled in this Town 470 1750, and import- ed here a cbrfiderable Quantity of Goods, which he * wended in his own Name, tho’ ke was concern’d at the fame Time in a Partnerfhip with his Father and Brother at Bofton} and in the Courfe of hisTrade here, contra&t- ed very few Debts in the Name, or on Account of the Company. That he is not in Debt to the Com- pany, nor has any of their Effe@ts in bis Hands : That he is no otherways refponfible but by the Connettion *in Law between Co partners in Trade. That the Mif- artunes which have obliged the other Branches of the Company to confine themfelves, confequently affetts Pétitioner. That he is under no Reftraint with e T Ruincy, IPorTsMouTH 3 Printed by D Fowwg, where thisPaper mayyb oY v » e, - Regard to his particular Creditors ; but has been" near threeYears confin’d from Bufinefs, in the Prime of Life, to the great Prejudice of his Family, by the Misfortune of the Conipany. That he has been oblig'd’to live on what he had got before his Confinement. And as he is not in Debt to, and has no Effe&ts of faid Company, ‘having fettled with the Company, and Receipts in tull toproduce ; He humbly conceives, in Equity, he ougbt not to be liable for the Company’s Debts ; wherefore he prays he may be protefted againft all Demands of all the faid- Company’s Creditors, that he may be at Liberty to ferve himfelf and ‘his Geueration'; and en- deavour to pay his own Creditors, and that he may have Leave to bring in a Bill accordingly. ~Upon which Petition the following Votes pafs’d, viz. - In the Houfe of Reprefentatives, January 14, 1758. This Petition being read, Order’d, That the Petitioner.be Heard thereon the 24th Inftant, if the General Aflembly be then fitting ; if not then, on the firft Day of their fitting next after, that any Perfon may appear and fhew Caulfe, if any they have, why the Prayer thereof fhould not be granted. Anprew CrLarkSoN, Cler. In Councii Eodem Die Read and Concurred. Tueopore ATkinsow, Sec. If any Perfon hath ought to obje€t againft an A& pafing agreable to the above Votes, they will have an Qppodrtunity at the Time therein mentioned. Epmunp Quincy. IMPORTED in the laft Ship from LONDON, and TO BE SOLD By Samuel Gniffith, At his Shop oppofite to Capt. Fobn Moffat’s, ¢ ~NUNPOWDER, fhot and flints ; all forts of faws and faw-fetts ; defk and coffin furniture ; hinges, locks, rafps, files ; thoemaker’s, joiner’s, cooper’s and failmaker’s tools ; all forts of fadlary ware ; mafon’s trowels ; table knives and forks, and all other forts of cutlary ; brafs fcales and weights ; time giaffes ; watch criftals, keys, ftrings ‘and feals ; all 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 tongs ; candlefticks ; moufe and rat traps ; and moft other articles of the hard ware kind. ¥ & As faid Griffith imports his own goods, and fells only for cath, and chiefly by retail, he will fell reafon- ably : He has alfo a good affortment of ribbers, cruels, threads, and moft forts of taylor’strimmings, white fugar, tea, coffee, and Rbode Ifland cheefe. . e ¢ p——————— ——— v e et LL Perfons Indebted. to; or that have any Demands on the Eftate of Capt. Peter Powers, late of Hollis, in the Pravince of New- Hamplhire, decealed, are defired to bring in their Ac- counts as foon as poffible, which muft be before the 6th Day of April next, to S#sphen Powers of Hollis afore- faid, Adminiftrator to the Eftate of the faid deceas’d, in order for fettlement. 1o JHampzon, Fanuary 3. 1758. W Hereas Fonathan Moulton, junr. hath lately advertifed, that he had a fine Aflort- ment of GOODS to be{old by him at his own Stores, by Wholefale or Retail,— This is to give further NO- TICE, he has a new Recruit of GOODS, lately Import- ed from Brifol and London, viz. A large Affortment of the beft London Pewter, to the amount of £ zoo fterl, '3d, 44, 64, 8d, 10d, and 20d Nails, Deck Nails, Win- dow Glafs, Grind ftones, Cutlary Ware of moft forts, Brafs Kettles, Warming Pans, Frying Pans; a large Quantity of Broad Cloths and other thick Cloths, Trim- mings of all forts, Powder and Shot, and a Variety of other forts of Goods. Said Moulton will engage to_f{ell any of the above Goods by Wholefale or Retail, as 'cheap for Cafh, as any Merchant will in this Province. Alfo to be LET T, by faid Moulton, feveral FARMS in Hampton. ‘I'he 1ft with a double Houfe and good Barn, and about 55 Acres of Upland and Marfh. The zd with a double Houfe and little Land, ina good Place for a Tradelman, or a Trader. The 3d with a double Houfe and a fmall Orchard. The 4th with a double Houfe, Barn and Orchard, with about 35 Acres of Land. The sth with a good large double Houfe, Barn and Orchard, with about 50 Acres of good Land. The 6th with a Houfe, Barn and Or- chard, with about go Acres of Land, and a good Grift- Mill, and the 6th Part of a Saw Mill. The 7th is with a donble Houfe, and Barn, and a large Orchard, with about 80 Acres of good Land, and a Grift-Mill and Saw Mill thereon ftanding Either of the above Farms may be lett reafonable. 3 ALL Perfons Indebted to, or “* 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 t_heir Ac- counts to Abigail Lang, Widow, Adminiftratrix to the Eftate of the faid deceafed, in order for fettlement. 3 R £ V. ' w » The Bofton Poff not coming in _ till Iaf Night, we bawe only Time for the following Hrticles. - i : 3 ‘ s 30 PHTLADE LP'?I A, Dec. 29. Yefterday the Captains Marx® and Barnes arrived !wre' from Barbados, but laft fro® Antigua. [They failed £54 in Company with about zo Sail of Veflels, all North- & ward Men, under Convoy of the Trident and «Briflol Men of War, who {aw them into Lat. zi. Commodore Moore has bought aBrig fer the King's Service, and fitted her oat for a Cruize. : N EW.Y ORK, 7 q. Major Rogers came to Towun on Saturdey lafl, from Hlbany— Iy an Excurfion he lately made, with about 100 Rangersy as far asthe Enemy’s Pofl at Ticonderoga, on the v7th of December be fot Fire to and defiroyed jundry of their Wood-Piles, Out- Houfes, &5¢c. awould alfo bave de- [iroyed their Battoes had they not fecured them in Places improper for the Major to attempt, gave them a fair Open- g to come to a Battle, which wwas not accepted, and at laft bro't off 18 Head of Cattle and two Fremchmen Prifoners, one an inferior Officer. There are alfo tawo German De- Jerters that be bro't down to Fort Edward, they baving Jollowed the Major’s Tracks a confiderable way from Tieonderoga, before they overtook bim. From Schoary, on the Mohawks River, we learn by theJaft Letters, That the Inkabitants there had remov- ed the chief of ‘their Effets to Scheneftada, Albany, &c. being in‘ conftant Dread of an Attack from the In- dians at Aquaga, of which they were forewarn’d by the neighbouring Friend Indians : And that ‘they bad ap- plied to General Abercrombie at Albany,who hefitated not 2 Minute to order up two Companies to their Affiftance. ! Fan. 2. Ry Letters from London, we learn, that the Merchants of that City are apprehenfive the French intend to garrifon Hambourg. Monday laft arrived here Capt. Buck, in a Prize Ship called the Benjamin, loaded with Wine, Oyl, &c. taken the z8th of November, between Cape Caberoon and Monto Chrifto, by Capt. Griffiths, in the Snow Re- venge : She belonged to Rochelle, but loaded at Breft, and was bound to Cape-Francois. Capt. M'Daniel in the Privateer Brig Hope, has ta- ken and fent into Providence, a Dutch Frgnch Ship loaded with warlike Stores, which 'tis thought will prove a lawful Prize. 3 TFhe fame Day was fent into this Port by Captair Koffler, of the Privateer Ship Dehance, the Ship L Fidelie, which he took about 5 Weeks ags, bound from: Cape-Breton for Cape Francois. Her Cargois Fith &c. The Priloners of faid Prize fay, that Provi- fions are very fcarce at Lonifbourg, and ‘not one Pound of Frefh Meat to be bought at any Price. Fanuary 16, The Prize Ship taken by the Privateer Snow Dreadnought, Captain Wiltet Taylor,: of this Port, came into Harbour on Monday laft : She is called the Charmount, Monf. Pruneau, late. Mafter, who, with two of his Men were killed in the Engagement, having - fought the Privateer two Glafles on the Night of the. 21ft of November, and an. Hour on the Morning of’s the 22d ; but was at length obliged to firike : Her Loading is chiefly white Sugar, Coffee, and Cbtton, with. fome Indigo : She mounted twelve Iron Guns,. and forty odd Men ; was bound from Cape Francoife: for Old-France. ; BOSTON, Fanuary 23. Thurfday Morning arrived here Captain Thompfon:. in 8 Days from Chignecto, by whom we learn, That on the 8th of laft Month eight or nine Men being fent out from the Garrifon at Annapolis-Royal, to get. Wood, they were fired upon by a Party af Indians, and- two of them killed, the others returning to the Garri-: fon, and giving Information thereof ; Capt. Pigot, of the Grenadiers, with 150 Men, were fent out to recon- noitre the Enemy ; but making no Dilcovery, they di-/ vided into Parties to return, and croffing a Brook, they. were fired upon by a Number of the Enemy, and the: Captain and 16 Men were killed upon the Spot ; 24 were miffing including the 16, the reft got in fafe. We hear Capt. Chaloner in a Privateer Brig belong- ing to’ Rhode. Ifland, bas taken a large Ship, fuppos'd to be a French Dutchman ; and carried her to the 1fland of Bermuda, to examine her, Extra& of a Letter from Fort Edward, December 26. “ Apout 8 o’Clock iaft Night, a negligent Soldier fet Fire to the Garret of a {mall Barrack here: The; Garrifon afled with great Calmnefs and Spirit, and foon: - extinguifhed the {ame, tho® not without deftroying that Barrack, and a fmall Quantity of Stores under it. We hear that Letters of a publick Nature have been received from Lord COLVIL, and it gives univerfal. Pieafure here, that the Fleet left for our Defence is un- der the Direétion of a Perfonage, as capable of difcern- ing as he is difpos’d to profecute the true Service of his Majefty and the Interefts of thefe Colonies. AR BSLIET. - N— ; L L Perfons Indebted to, or that hawe any Demands on 'the Eftate of Dabiel Fogg, late of Rye in the Province of New-Hampfbire,, deceas’d, are defired to bring in their Accounts to Hannah Fogg of Rye aforelaid, Widow, Adminifiratrixz to the Efiate of the Jaid Deceas’d, in order for Settlement, 3 Y e had atOne Dollar per Ann. or an Equivalgpt in Bills ¢f Cfec-i-i-t:.