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Pracvs, (Capitel of Babemia) Tunr 71; Lakt Sa tufday, the 17th Init. the King of Pruffia was very near being taken by our Troops, but elcaped by the {wiftnefs of his Horfes ¢wo Officers of the Engineers sad fomeHullars belonging to the King’s Guard were taken Prifoners, and brought here, who {2y, that his Majefty, not crediting the Advices that was brought him of the prefent fiit=tion of our Army, had ad- vanced to reconnoitre it himfelf. - It is loaked upon as a Mafter piece of Generalthip in Marfhal Daun, to have marched his Artny in order of Battle fo near - the Enemy, without their perceiving it. We have tonnd Means to get feveral more Ganners into Ol- mutz. ; : NEW-YORK, OBfcker 2 Extra® of a Letter from a2 Frenchman, who wasa Prifoner on Long Ifland, dated Hambargh, 314t May, 1758. : ¢« We atrived here fafe after a happy Paflage of fix Weeks. 1 find the bad Succels of oar Arms’; you can now fay the Proteftant Caafe has gained the Viélory, by Seaand by Land ; your Prufiian King is really an Alexander, and [ believe more. We have begun well and finithed unlacky. The Hand of God is heayy upon us,we have been too proud of our good Succefs, in the Beginning, and we have forgot the Author of it; but he is a pitying God ; I hope he will remember his sffiifled Pecple, and the fame Hand with which'we have been punifhed, fhall comfort us. I beliéve:this Year will be a Bioody one. They fay theIffe Royal, or Cape- Breton is taken, but [ hope nét. Colonel Daniel Webb is appointed Quarter- Mafter Genera! to the Britith Troops going to afiift ¢:e King of Prufiz, ander the Command of General B'yth. : Tranflation of a French Letter that was taken in a Prize Ship, and carried into Mouotferrat. - S PR, : Cayenna, 36 May 1758, AM perfuaded, you will not abandon us : It'snow I a Tweive month you have not fent us a Veilel. We are in a very urgent Neceflity, being reduced, for four Months paft, to eat Caffado, and this poor JSabfiftence draws nigh the End ; and then muft have Recairfe to Turkey- Wheat, which is 2 poor Relith for a Frenchman : It will preveat our dying with Haunger ; and our additional Unhappinels is caufed by vaft Quantitics of Rain, which will occafion a Scarcity of the above Grain. I leave you to judge of our Situation, with aoo Troops, which we are obliged to pay and feed. Should the Veflels dif- atehed to bring us Kelief anfortunately be taken, fdon’t.know to what Saint we muft have Recourle; expecting a World of Trouble with our Garrifon, who are haif naleed ; in fhort, it is a pity to fee the Soldiers butidled in Rags. You will, no doubt fee hy our chief Letters, a Detail of our Mifery, which T don’t half mention here. I bad the Honour of writing to you by Way of Holland, and no doubt my Letters went {afe,by Reafon theVeflclis returned hither : This you'il receive the fame Way. I hum- bly requeft. Sir, that I may here inclofe fome Letters, which pieale to forward to the Places of their Defti- nation. I have demanded any Difcharge to retiré to France, and hope that after tea Years Refidence and Anxiety in this Colony, ’twill be granted. Do me the Kindnefs to acquaint me if there is any Dif- ficulty in obtaining oy Requeft; and what I can ex- pe. I can’t forbear repeating this my humble Prayer concerning the fame. The entire Confidence T have ‘of your Goodnefs, gives me Room to hope you will,on this Occafion, render me all thie Services in your-Fower. I have the Honour to remain with avery fincere Efteem, Sir, Yours, &c. : DE SENAZ. P. 8. Do me the Kindnefs to write- by Way of Holiand, and dire& your Letters to Madam the Widow Hamilton, and Mieners, Merchants at Rot- terdam. o — ——(——— —— ————— ——— —— — ——— T e ADVERTISEMENTS. TO be Sold at public Vendue by Edward Flint, at Londonderry Fair, ca Wednefday the z5th Day of O&tober Inftane, at two of the Clock in the Afternoon, a FARM containing 152 Acres of Land, witlr a Houfe and Barn thereon, apnd a good Orchard ; about .zo Acres cleared for Mowing and Tillage ; dlarge Stream rutning thro’ the Farm, where there has been a Saw Mill ereéled heretofore on faid Stream, but would now ferve for a Gtift'Mill, ora Fulling 24ill, as it may fuit, it be- ing well Wooded. In fhore, it % be recommended- to any Man that wants of this QWantity of Acres, as anv Place within ten Miles of jt : It lies within haif a Mile of the main Road from Chefter to Haverhill, 4boat two Miles Noithward of the Rev.'Mr. 7rue’s Meeting Houfe, lying: partly on Iflandde Poad, fo called. The Condition of Sale to be feen at ‘the Time and Place appointed for the fume. e e —— o st ‘. rick, bis Heirs, ) '.%n'rs"uo"tvffl; Sepf 28, 1 7;'§.‘ Robert Traill Intending for Ezrope iri about 8 Weeks, PRAYs, EVERY PERSON with whoin he bas Accoutits open, to brifg them infor a Settlement. From thofe that are Indebted to him large Sums, he fhould be glad of the immediate Payment of the Bal- lance their Accounts : However, if-required, they Inay continue it in their Hands, on giving Secority and allowing TatereR for the (@me ; One of which ‘will be expedéd. o .. TO THOSE GENTLEMEN, with-whem he has Accounts open in BO S 7 O N, he retarns his publick Thanks, gratefully ackaowledges their kind and generous Favours, and prays they ‘will fend in their Accounts to the Store of Mr. Samvues Hucuss, in Queen Street, Merchant in BosTox, as he intepds to be there by the 12th pext Month, in order to Settlement. ! : 3 N. B. The faid Trartr hastwo GUNDELO'S (one.of which is extream good, and will caryy 16 Cord Wood) two NEGRO GIRLS of abent 12 Years old, FLOUR, SHTP BREAD, TARR, &c. which he’ll fell on realondble Terms, (the Gurndelo’s ©n.a twelve Month's Credit.) § QTrayed from William Toiford of Chefter, in the Province of New Hampfhire, 3 dark red lined OX, coming in five Years old,white Tail and Gamerls, a Star and gray Hairs in his Face, brasded T on each Horn,with a Slit in his near Ear, and fomething hollow Backéd. Whofoever takes up faid Ox and brings him to {aid ®illiam Tolford, 6t fends himWord where he c#n'find him, fhall be hon- ourably réwarded. Dzted at Chefier, Sépt. 28, 1758, ! Wirstiam Torrorp. e o S 4 e it i i Provinee of New- Hampthire, Pelham, May 31, 1758. ¥ L1187, or Alfeffment, made ‘on the Nen- Refident Proprietors kiving aut of the Town of Petham, according tothe General Conrt’s A%, by us the Subferibers, and delivered to Mr. Nehemiah Jaques, Colieétor, to collelt and gather. L. df : Sam’l Waldo,Efy; 3 6 8idaron Colburn, o Eleazer Tyng,Efq; 2 6 alRobert Colburn, o Fonas Clark, 016 . 8iLieur.Tims.Colburn o Wm. Brown, Efg; §.1 offonathan Colbarn o Col. Benj. Brown, ), gl fames Richardfon, o bis Heirs, ) \7obn Bawers, o SamuelMarkman, 1 4 O\Nathaniel Clement o Wid. Sarab Mar- )¢ o olWid.Han. Farnumo tin, ber Birs, ) Epbraim Curtis, o Fobn Cookjon, § 15 G6|Eéenezer Flint, © Fobn Tyng bt g 418amuel Gesld, o Samuel Muyridge, o 16 gl bemas Barns, o bis Heirs, g CaptDan. Badwell o Fonathan Searls, - © o|Calzh Richardfon, o Capt Philip Deme-) 6 riab Abkt, o171 Dea.Sam't Barker o 5 ojMofes Gage, o010 Abra Co/fiim.jml.o o1 chard, bis Heins, \° Richard Kimball, o 6 Col Zacch. Lovewe) o 5 10{T bemas Feéwell, © 1 Mr.Tho. Parker, 2 14 2\Ezckiel Fletcker,) Dea.Edw. Colburn o 1§ 2| bhis Heirs, )O z Maj.Jof . Varnum,® 15 2\Wid.Han, Bradleyo 8 Liey.Fokbn Varnum o 10 o|Samuel Clark, 016 Abrabam Celburn, o © 10T bomas Fitch, bis) N NN = NN G = NN - - . Ephraim Cumings, 1 Col. Fofeph Blan- ) — - NN Daniel Colburn, © 1 10| Heirs, 4 . Chriff. Wiltiams, o 2z 6Samuel Kimball, o 6 Foku Colburn, - o 1 10\Fokn Currer, o 6 braim Colburn, o 3 41Samuel Brown, ) Fabefp Coléurn, o o. 8| hic Heirs, )3 Mofes Colburn, ), | olEnfi.Hen. Baldwino 3 bis Heirs, ) Ag I Nenemian JaQues, Collelter, : Levi HitoreTn, ) Selest Men Jaresu-Gage, }fnr Pelbam, e e LL Petfons Indebted to, or that have any Demands on the Eftate of Capt. Stephin Roberts, l2te of Daver, in the Province of New.Hampthire, deceafed, are defired to bring in their Accounts to Keziak Roberts, Ad- miniftratrix to the Eftate of faid Deceafed, in order for fettlement. z - O ©F 0020 O 0O 0 000 N O G AAOVWO VPP OO0 N N o B L e STRAYED or Stolen from Fasmes Turtle of Dover, about the Twentieth Day of July laft 'a ‘Red MARE, ‘about thiré¢en ‘or fourteen Years old, with- a fmiall black Spot oo her Runip. Whofoever fhall take up faid Mare, and convey her to faid Fames Tuitle, -fhall be Rewzrded for their Trouble Two Dollars, and néceflary ‘Charges pdid. Dower,Sept. 7.1758. =~ 2 et oo L 13' 2 - - . 0 Proveice.of Niw Haimequig2) 7™ N{)'l ICE s hereby givén, . ¥ That the Meeting of the Proprictors of the « +° SOCIAL LIBRARY in Portlaiouthflasids Adjourned to the third Moddny in ®idbefuéxt, being the 16th Day of faid Mosth, ar 5,0 Cloc Afierncon of f2id Day at Union [faryin the Woflt Houfle in faid Portfmouth, at which 1imeand Plice the faid Proprietors are defired to givée their Attea- dance, as Befine(s of Importance is thén to e wanfalled, | . .- By Order of the Society, Port{mouth, Sept. 27. 1758. : P Samuzr PennaLrew, Clert e ot Wt 4 e i 4 : Province of NEw HAMPswIREL Hereas we the Subfcriber§ are appointed Commilioners by the Mof. : the Judge of Probate -of Wills, &%. for {aid Province, to reccive and. Examine the Claime of the feveral Creditors to the Eftate of 4brabam Mec- “Neal, late of Derryfield in faid Province, Yeoman, deceafed, reprefented Infolvent, we hereby GIVE NOTICE, That we will attend faid Bufinefs at the Hoafe of Mr. Jebn Clark in Londonderry, the fecond Tuefday of Ofcbir next, and of the pext five fcllowing Months, from one 0’Clock Afternosn of fsid Days, ’till Eight. 2 = James Taccart,' Londonderry, Sept. 2@. 1758, Samuir Dicker., R Mofes Boyritorn Of Stratham in New-Hampfhirey Informs his Cuftomers and 6thers, that they may bé fupplied with good Wafh- Leather, or Breeches ready made. As he hath jaft now dreft off a large Stock of Deers Leather as well as {everal other {orts of Lea- ther, &c. the above willbe fold as cheap as any where in this or the Maflachuofetts Government. He has alfo a confiderable lasge Alfortment of Enerish Goops as cheap for Cath #s may be had aoy where. 2 3 L —- STrayed or Stolen out of Mr. Fames Young's Pafture in Dover, on the Firft of this Inftant September, a light brown MARE, eight Years old, about 13 or 14 Hands high, trots and paces, black Main and Tail, one white Foot, a Star in her Forehead, and a fmall white Streak on hee Nofe. Whoever fhall take up faid MARE, and bring her to Mofes Hoave of Dover, fhall have Two DovvL ars Reward, and necetflary Charges paid by Sept. 6, 1758. A me Mofes Howe, ALL Perfons Indebted to, of _that have any Demands on the Efate of Matthéww Nelfon, late of Portfmouth, decealed, Cord= wainer, are defired to bring in their Claims and A¢- counts to Deliwerance and Fobn Nelfon, Adminiftra- tors on faid Eftate immediately, in order for a fettlg= ment thereof. - 3 . P et TO BE SOLD at the Printing-Office in Port[mm{{ FAzber Abraham’s SPEEC to a great Nurzher of People, at a Vendue of Mer- chant &oods ; introduced to the Pyblick by Boor Richird; (a famous Pennlylvania Conjuger and Alminack Ma- ker) in Anfwer to the following Queffions. Pray, Father Abrabam, what think you of the Times ? Won't thefe heavy Taxes quite ruin the Country ? How fhall we be ever able to pay them ? Whiat would you advife us to ? To which are added, Seven curisus Pieces of Writing, viz. 1. The welcome Guinea: A Poem. 2. Confolation for the Homelys 3. Agrawd Compliment 1o the Ladies. 4. The two Sinners, the Pope, and the Deoil = A poetical Tale. 5. An infal- lible Cure for Love. 6. An Old Song, wrote by efte of tur firft New England Planters, on their Manage- ment i thofe good OLd Times. To the Tune of A Cob- ler there was, &z. 7. Poor Richard’s Defeription of bis Country Wife Joan, in a Seng to the Tune of The Hounds are all ont, &7 Province of New-HamPsHIRE. Hereas we the Subfcribers are appointed Commiffioners by the Hon. the Judge of Probate of Wills, &c. for faid Province, to receive and examine the Claims of the‘feverabl Creditors to the ‘Litate of Henry Seymour, late of ———— —— Portfmouth, Shopkeeper, deceafed, reprefented In-. folvent, We_nerepy civé NOTICE, That we will attend faid Bufinefs at the Houfe of Mr. James -~ Stoodley, junr. Inpholder in- faid Portfmouth, the lalt Wednefday of this and of the five next following Months, from fix 0'Clock Aftersoon of faid Days, Ereazer Russsir, | *¢ill nine. 7. ; SaMUEL PSNHALLOW. Potifmouth, Sept. 13. [ PORTSMOUTI: Printed by D, Fowg, of whom this Paper may be had at OzeDallar pes Auaam, ot an quivaledt in Bill of Credit, Haf s be paidas Budoce [ Price fix Ceppers. ]