The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, July 14, 1758, Page 3

Lo 200 B OGSHD OV N Jukvl D! Laft Tuelday arrived here Capt. Junkens in 10 Days ft_ofn Cape Breton, by whom we have Advice, That our Troops, with all their Artiliery, Warlike Stores, Pagvifions, were1anded on thai Hland ; and that.they were with the utmoft Diligence forming their Encampment, and getting ready for the general Attack of Louifbourg.—That a Road was layihg out to Green Hill, where there is to be a Ba:tery to an- noy the Enemy.—That abeut 500 French ard In- dians, advancing from the City fome {mall Diftance, fuppos’d to be with Defign to' draw a Body of our ‘Troops within Reachr of their Cannon, they were at- tack’d and fired upon'by {fome of our Rangers, who killed: 7 of them and wounded feveral others ; vpon which they precipitately retreated to the City : Four ef the Rangers were- wounded in the Attack.—That “Brigadier-General Wolfe had near finithed 4 Batte- ty on the Light- Houfe Point Side, from which they bed begar to annoy the Batteries and Ships in the Hartbour, which-had already received confiderable Damage ; 1o pariicular, one Shell falling into the Admiraf’s'Ship blew up her Quarter Deck and buit her Mizen ‘Maft, &c.-—'T'bat a French Frigate of 32 Guns, got out of the Harbour inthe Nightin aFog about 2 Leagues ; butnext Morning, being becalm’d was difcovered by the Kingfton Man of War, and foon afiera Brceze {pringing up, the Kingflon ftood aftér Her, but fhe”out failing, had like to have efcap- #d ; when the Juno Frigate, a prime Sailor, coming up gave her Chace, and foon over reaching her, fhe Mruck to her immediately, and was casried into Cabarous Bay : She is tho’t to be valtly rich, ba: ving on'Board the Governour's Lady, with fome o- thers of the French Gentry, with their Plate, Jewels, -and moft valuable Effefts, being bound to France.— “That Sir Charles Hardy with 18 Ships of War were ‘at Anchor a little to the Weftward of the Harbaur, to keep in'6 Ships of the Line, fome Frigates and Storé-Shivs, that lay there.—That Admiral Bofca-. wén Withighc other Ships of War, was in Cabarous- Pay.=That our People, thole on board the Ships, and thofe on-8hare, were in Health and high Spirits, 2 good-Harmony {ubfilting ; and by the Precautions taken, and the Preparations making on all Sides, ‘they have a Profped of being Mafters of Louifbourg in a very fhort Time. Wednefday laft arrived in this Harbour, a Prize- Ship, called L’Aftree, Monf. Juffan,with a Letter of Marque, burthen about'320 “Tons, 50 Men, and 8 Guns ; her Lading confifts of Flour, Wine, Brandy, a » great Quantity of Bale Goods, &c.—fhe was from Bourdezux, which fhe left the 2d of May, in Com- Pany with 14 others, bound to Quebeck ; but on Rhe 22d of June was taken by the fuccefsful Cdpt. Berjamin Hallowell, of the Province Ship of War King George, in her prefent Cruize, while proteét- ing the Fifhery at Bank Vert: This Veflel parted with two others the Day before fhe was taken, who informed Capt.' Hallowell of them ; which ’tis hop- ‘ed he may meet with, and bring them likewife into Port in’his Return_from the Prelent Cruize,which 15 daily expefled.——We hear that Capt, Hallowell was offered 16,000 £. Sterling for the Ranfom of the above Ship, which he refofed ; It is tho’t that the faid Sum was ftipulated at the Value the would be of with her Cafgo in Canada; but by the beft Com- Ptation hier Cargo coft about half that Sum. Extra® of a Letter dated at Lake George, June 30. i ¢¢ This Day we have began to.get the Artillery ¢« on board the Battoes, and are impatiently waiting s¢ for general Orders for the Troops to embark ; « we have now in Lake George feven Hundred * and twenty feven Battoes, each to carry -twenty ¢¢ Men and Provifions. ~We have Provifions enough ¢ here for twenty five Thoufand Men for three « Morihs, and a Road like a Bowling Green from « Fort Edward to this Place, which is fourteen fhort < Miles, and there are now above one Thoufand «« Waggons in the Service. 1t is generally thought ¢ the French have no Partiesout, fince our Scouts % who are continually out, cannot meet with any of € thém,” . o Saturday laft’ Capt: Hatch: arrived here in 13 ‘Days from Cape Breton, by whom we learn, Chat the Army before Louifbourg had finifh’d their Bat- teries the Day hefore he (ail’d, and began to Fire on the City, the Ifland Battery and the Ships in the Harbour with great Succefs ; at the Light Houfe Point they have 8 Mortars befides Cannon, from which' they ‘were continually throwing Bombs and Shotinto the 1fland Battery : The Night before Czpt Haich fail’d they threw 30 Shel's into the City, ‘bifides firing 2 Roand of Shot at the fame Time, swhich *tid thonght would foon Surrender, -as feveral ‘Flags of Truce had been fent out by the Governor ‘5. the General, propofing; *ti faid to Surreader the “Place if the Englith would allow them two Men of War to Tranfport their valuable Effeéts to France, which was refus'd. *Twas reported before Capt. “Hatch fail’d that one of the Merchant fhips had flip'd out of the Harbour in the Night, and got off clear. " »Tis reposted, ope of the Bombs thrown into the City kill'd feven Officers,—1f the Garrifon did not foon furrender, the Admiral propoes'd tago inte the Flarbour with his heavy Ships ard let themi take the Cohfrquence.— Capt. Flatch failed the' zgthy a: Night, and heard an sacefant Firing till the 27th. The fame Evéning Capt. Dingley artived herc in g Days from Halifax, and-by wiiom we have the tollowing Advices from thence, befides thofe menti: oncd under ‘the Halifax Head, viz. That on tae- 2;5thoof June bis‘Majelty’s Ships the Dublin and De- vonfhire fail’'d to join the Flect-off Louifbourg. The fame Day arriv'd his Majefty’s Ship Surprizs from Scuth Carolina, and fail'd the 2gth to join the Fleet. Wednefday the 28th, Arrived hie IMajefty’s Ship the Vanguard of 70 Gans, from Englaud, but laft from off Sandy Heok, with two Veffels under her Convoy ; this is the 43d Ship in the prefeat Ex- pedition.——The fame Day arrived Capt. Tapgert from off Louifbourg, which Place he left [ak Sunday Morning ; at which Time they ‘had begun to Fire very brikly from the Lighthoufe Battery; and General Wolfe propos’d foon to open twomore bat teries upon the Town.—-—That the Flect had ta ken a Frigate coming out of Louifbourg to make her Efcape ; at the fame Time a Merchantman made Wher Efcape thro’ the Fog.~~That Admiral Boica wen iay at Gabarous Bay with the Tranfports.— And that the Arcenceil is fitting out with a'! Expe- dition, having her Mafts, &c. aimoft finith’d. By the Courier which returned from Aibany laft Saturday, we are inform'd, That a credible Per{on arrived there from the Lake before he fet cut, and fays, That the Forces which are 20,00c ftrong, and all in good Health, were at the Lake lat Saturday {e'nnight ; and religious Exercifes were daily carried on in the Army, and an Oath fearcely to be heard thro’out the whole —That the Artillery, &c. were all on board the Veflelsin the Lake, and that they were to proceed immediateiy againft Ticonderoga, in three Divifions, the firft of which was to have fet out lait Monday, the fecond on Tuefday, and the laft on Wednelday ; fo-that ’tis tho’t they are in Adion by this Time. We aifo learn, That one Lieut. Stevens, with about zo Mep, were fent outto make Difcoveries, and had not return’d to the Lake when the above Perfon came away, which was 4 Days longer than the Tiime fet him ; fo that “tis fear’d he is cut ¢ff. We have alfo an Account by the Courier, That Sir William Johnfon fent out 11 Mohawks in order to take a Prifoner to gain Intelligerce, which was effected by them 5 Leagues above Montreal, and whom they bro’t to Sir William ; after he had ex- amined him, the Indians infifed on bis being delive- red back to them, that they might kil him, buta Chief of the Mohawk Tribe being prefent, he for- bid his being kill’d ; they then tied him vp, whip'd him fcverely, had an Indian Dance round him, and then delivered himwp again to %ir William, for Con- veyance to New Yok : He affumes the Characler of being the Lieut. Governor’s Son of Montreal, ard fays, that they were there in great Diltrefs for want of Provifions, infomuch that a {ingle Man was allow~ anc’d to 3 Qunces of Horle Beef and haif a Pint of Bran a Day, not having receiv'd the Supplies from France as ufoal ; that they are about 3000 ftrong at Crown Point, but he could’ not tell asy Thing a- bont Ticonderoga ; that they had not heard of our Expedition tothe Weftward, til 3 or 4 Days be- fore he was taken ; and that 4000 French & Indians had march’d for the Ohio. Extraét of a Letter from an Officer at Qlbany Fuly 1. « 1 have this Day arriv’d at Albany with the Lt. @overnor's Son of Montreal, who was taken within 12 Miles of that Place, by General Johnfon's Indi- ans ;— that there is very few Troops there ; — and fays if we are {oon, that we may carry all before us this Campaign.” —— ; There is come in 3 of our People who deferted from the French, and informs us, that the Enemy are muflering all their Strength to*give us Battle. By an Exprefs this Morning from Albany, we learn for certain, that the Forces march’d from the Lake for Ticonderoga laft Wednefday ; and that they propos’d to reach it that Night. PORTSMOUT H. Extrait of & Letter from a Gentleman in Albany, te bis Friena in Bofton, dated Fuly 7tb. 1758. — WE have the following Intelligence from the Lake, That on the 4th Inftant, Orders came out for the whele Army to Embark next Morning by Sun-rife ;— A- gieable to which, they were all in Motion at the appointed Time, had their Tents ftrack, made up and put on board with themfelves, all in about one Quarter of an Hour, in the greateft Order, and without any Confufion,—— They formed them- felves into three Grand Divifions, compos'd of the follswing Reégiments:—As an ad. vanced Guard went three buwidred VY bake- Boats, nine Men in-each, commantled by Col. Gage on the Right, and by M.jor Ro- gers onthe Left— The Vao was ot Battoes 22 Men in each.— The Right was the egiments of Babcock, Fitch, Worfier, and Fobnfon—The Lete Wolfey (of New Jerfey) Prible, Glazier, and . Williams— The third Divifion on th= Right, Doty and Rug- gles—On the Leit Bagley, and others which 1 am rot certain of— The Center was the Firit and Fourgh Batralions of Royal Ame- ricans, commanded by Lord HOWE, the Highlanders with the reft of the Regulae —in the Rear— the Artillery and Stores with the General broughc up by Lieut. Col. Partridge— In this Order they pro- cceded down the Lake, by Ten o’Clock they had got 15 Miles down 3 and theis Orders were to land at the advanced Guard that Evening, fo that before this Time there is warm Work. They carried five Days Provifion ready dreft with them be- fides other Provifion. General Fobnjon was at Fort Edward Yefterday, with about three bundred Indians, and is to proceed immediately after the Army. Some Time ago a Flag of Truce came in from the Enemy to demand Col. Schuyler and others, who had not returned agreable to their Parole— The General thought fic to de.ain them, which caufed a fecond to arrive to know the Reafon of that’s Stay but thofe he faid fhould go down with him with a Guard of twenty thoufand Men, be- caufe they demanded an Efcort of 150 Men ; and he has been as geod as his Word, for he has placed them in the Cen- ter with their Flag of Truce flying—= They denominated themfelves Sergeants or Cor- porals, but it has been found out that fome of them are Engineers, Colonels, and none les than a Captain among them.— The Army cover’d the Lake trom Side to Side, which is one Mile and half over at the 0p: er End, and 1n narrow Places- they were obliged to form into Sub-divifions to give themfelves Room.— T hey extended from Front to Rear full feven . Miles— Thus far is come to my Hands —” : Extratl of another Letier of the fam: Date fays, The French Flag of Truce is with the General, and they with their ufual Gafco- nade faid upon Embarking, they were glad to fee fo many brave Men, but were forry they were not there to receive them.— Navigation on the Lake. Eleven Hundred large Battoes 22 Men each —g-—- e ’% 44399 Three Hundred Whale Boats, at a moderate Computation g Men, 26000 Laft Monday arrived at Bofton, their Province Ship of War King George, Capt. Hallowell, from a Cruize : Befides the Prize taken by him, as men- tioned under the Bofton Head, he afterwards tock s large Ship of 400 Tons, which arrived at Boiton lat Tuefday. Province of New-Hampfhire, Fuly13 Notice s hereby given, That the GENERAL ASSEMBLY of this Province, which now flands Ad- journed to Tuefday the 18" of this In- Jrant July, wiill be further Adjourned 1o, Tuelday the Firft of Auguft next. By his Excellency the GOVERNOR’s Order. " '~ THEODORE ATKINSON, Sec”