The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, March 9, 1759, Page 2

The Romour of a Peace with France, which for fome Time paftevery where prevailed, is now entirely filen- ¢ed by the Declaration of a very preat Man in a public Affembly, who is of Opinion, that the pufhing the War with Vigoar in Americaand Europe for a Campaign or two longer,will bring the Encmy to mors reafonable Terms, the Preliminarics propefled being in no refpett fausfallory.- . Charleflonwn, South Carvlira, Fib, 17 *Tis faid that Gen. Foibes has caufed the Little Car- penfer to be apprebended, and is fending him hither under an efcort > If this be true, no doubt his Excel- lency muft have fufficicut reafons to {ufpe&t him guilty of fome Treachery. PHRIEADELTY HIT A Feb 15, Capt Cobourn, of this Port, come home Pallgnger with Budden from St. Chrifiophers. He was taken on his Paffage to Antigua by a Freach Privateer Brig, of 14 Guns, and carried to Guadaloupe. Thefame Veffel had before taken z Sloop from Madcira, bound to An tigua, and two other Veflels. ITe informs us, that they have 44 Privateers belosgirg to Guadaloupe, among which five Brigantines of good Force ; and that they were ficting out a Ship, 1hat would mount at lealt 20 Gups: Thar a number of Prizes wese lying there ; the Prifoners ali {cnt off : and as he was but .one Day with the Enemy, could no: be particalar as to the Vel {els, where they belonged to, only that there were fe- veral Guiney Men, and fome New Eagland Men, a- mong them. The Freach expelied to be attacked by the Englih, and were hard at Work on their Forufica- tlans FPEARTH AMBOY, [New Jerfey] Januzry 29. We Hear a propofal is on f 5t in this Province, for an immediate application to be made to his Majelty and the Britith Pa:liament, (on the fifl notice of a peace) for'a Royal Charter ; with proper encousagement to fettle a new Colony oo the Obio, Ly the name of PITTSYLVANIA, in honour ¢t that worthy patriat WILLTAM PITT,E(qg; It weu'd certainly be the moft effeftual means of checking the French power in Ame merica, ‘and enlarging his majelty’s authority and do minions, to have this country fettled with ail poflible difpatch, by any perfons that may offcr, either fiom Great Britaip, Ireland or the American Colonies, and by foreiga protellants only ; and more pariculaily by thofe proteftant fubje@ls who may come under the de- ncmination of King David's Saldiers, menticned 1 Sam. xxii, 7. of which it is fuppofed at lealt, One: Thoulfand Famil'es woold offer frem this Province of New Jerfey alone, and doubtlels a' proportinable number from all ‘the colonies, exclufive of what would foon come from Tarope, which at a mederate computation would 2- mount to upwards of “I'en Thoufand Families. And what is ftill a greater enccursgement, there is room enough for ten times the rumber to fettle, upon ex tiaordinary good land. N E W.Y O R K, February 26. The General Affembly of New Jerfey, 15 appointed to meet @ Tuelday the 6:h Day of March. The ilect fiom South Caroliva, coudiiling of about zo Sail, were to fail from thence for-England, the *oth Inftant, under Convoy of his Majelty’s Ships Surprize and Penguin. : Capt. M'Pherfon, in a Privateer from Thiladelphia, has taken 2 very rich. Prizes in the -Welt Indies; and Capt. Spring, in anoiher Privateer from the famePiace, 1wo more. 1 { NEW.LOND GO N,Feb 15. We hear that on Saturdaydft,.a young Man nam- ed Humpbrys, (Son of Mr. Calch Humpbrys, of Tym- Sbary,) who has been difordered in his Head; having loaded s Gun with Ball, difcharged it-at his Mother, and the Bx:l going thro’ her Body; fhe only livid to fay, be bas kill’d me, and expired immediately. The youog Man was comemitted. to Har tford Goali the fame Lvening.. . v . B O S T.O N, Marchs. Extral? of a Letter from-a Gentliman in . St. - Euflatia, tr bis Friend bere, dated Fanuary 29, 1759. OU will no doubt by this Conveyance, hear that Guadalcope is in the Hands of the Englifh, which we have this Day by a Gentleman from thence, who has been on Shore there tivo Days.- - The T'ruth of the Cafe is this,~Commeadore. Moore took Poffeflion of Bafs-Terre without much Oppofition, and fcarce any Lofs ;.has landed 8oco Treops, and is in Peffeflion of all the Batteries ;— The ‘People have retic’d back to a Place called Dodon, about four Miles off :=—The General:(this Gentleman fays) is s well fix'd in the Governor’s Houle, as if he had befcre heen Governor fome Years :--Ovne Part of the Town was a little confumed by a Bomb ; and when he cime away; he faw feveral Plantations on Fire, -but whether they were feton Fire by the French or Englith he ceald not tell :—This is all material, fave the General's fhooting a Serjeant and Soldier, for wilfully kiliing a Mulatto at- ter he begg’d Quarters ; and he is determined to keep Decorum, and that the Inhabitants (hall be well traated in order no doubt (o induce them to furrerder.—Ile: [we fuppole meaning the General] was at Martineco, but the Current drove them away : They landed about z00c Men, but were farced to take them off again, with the Lofs of about 15 or 20 Soldiers.” 11 We hear that the Inhabitants of Guardaloupe were : daily coming in ; and that the laft Day there was News fram thence. z50 furrendered themfelves to our Forces. L — P _()RTSMOU 'I'AH*: Printed by L. FuwLiE, of whom s Paper hfiy Ue vaa at One Dollar per Annum, cipnEqa! k3 - Extraft of & Létter fromSt. E *“ At prefent we are in ‘s molt lamentable Situaiion, in regard to our Trade, much weile than if we were attually in a War with the Englifh, as they now take all our Veflels into Antizua or Mountferat, and condemn them swithout any the lcaft Hefitation, the fame as they wou'd any Frenchman ; and ufe 'us much woife ; for they will not allow the failors to have any Provifions, nor even to ftay on board opéfingle Hour after they are brought into Port. ~What will be the Evant of thefe Things, Time will fhew ; I' could wifh we had an ho- nourable Peace, ™ ~Fam &er o' o wliv’ s el We hear that Capt. Batchelor from Marblehead for the Welt Indies, was, after feveral Hours Engagement, taken by a French Privateer,” and ordered away for Martineco. . By a Veflei Yefterday from Halifax in 9 Days, we -Jearn, That the Halifax Province arm’d Sloop, Capt. Cobb, was to fail for this Place the Day after her ; on board of which was to come Paflenger, the Hon. Robers Monckion, Efq; And that the Porcupine Man of War was alfo foon to fail for this Place. i The Scuthern Poft Rider informs us, That a Veflel is arrived at-Stonmington (in Conne&ticut)in 20 Days from Antigua, the Mafter of which cosfirms'the Ac- count of Gaudalcupe’s being fafe in the Hands of the Englifh, and f{ays, ‘Chey were foon to Sail from thence to make a fecond Attempt on Martineco. By the Mafter of a Veffel who arrived here laft Fri- day Night from Teneriffe, we are informed, That be- fore he came away his Mzjcfty’s Ship Naflau of 70 Guns, Capt. Sayer, one of Commodore Keppel’s Squa- dron, came in there and brought Advice, that his Ma- jelly's Ship' Litchfield of 5o Guns, Capt. Barton, and 2 or 3 Tranfpoits belonging to the faid Squacron, were caft away upon the Coaft of Morccco, and 'tis tho't all the People perithed: The Velflels were feen among the Breakers the next Day after they went athore, by the Naffau, who narrowly efcaped the fame Fate. Capt. Andrew Harden, on the 15th vlt. in Lat. 37, 40 Long. 68. 25. W. fpoke with Sam. Rockley.from Pifcataqua bound toMaryland, who had beenout3gDays Tharfday Night laft a'Soldier fell frem a Wharff at the North Part of this Town, and was drowned. Captain Bennet, in the King of Pruffia Privateer of this Place, has . taken 'a {mall Privateer'to the Windward of Auntigua, RO Rl S;M:0O Y. T H Lat Saturday came to Town Mr. William Jenkins, who failed from this Port the: r'gth of laft Month, Mate ofthe Schoorer John and Sarah, burthen about 80 Tons, laden with Fifh and Lumber, whereof was Mafteér Mr. Zebulun Giddins, bound for Barbados: Thefaid Mate gives the folowing Acdount, viz.. Thatthe Night after they left this Place, the Schoonér fprang @ Leak, and though they continged pumping could nct free her; but founder'd before the Morning, notwithftanding they had thrown over all ‘the Lumber apon Dick ;—As the Wind wes fair they had a confiderable Run ; butfhe being fo far under Watér they had no Command of her. She continued in this Condition a meer Wreck for ‘fix Diays—The Water came in fo falt upon them'that they h#d not Time to getiany Provifion,cxcept one Piece of Beet, which wasall they (being five Men and a Boy) had to fabfilt on for the whole Time, -and no - Waiter but what.they catched when it rained ; the Boy was'fo froze' that he died the firlt Night —Afier undergoing the'gteatelt Hardihips imaginable, and being ail'véry much froze, having ‘cut away their Mafls they happily drove into' Cape Cod; which was'the only Chiduce they had, andftruck vpon a Bar two'or thrée Times, expell- ing every Moment the Veflel would break in Pieces, as the Sea ran‘very high, but being difcovered by {ome People on‘8hore; ‘about two Miles off, “who ¢ame ‘to their Relief, but by Reafon ‘of great Difliculties and Dangers, could wot get them afhore “tillvaboat ithree Hours after they firuck— Juft after they eft the Vieflel the fplicin Halves, one Part drigve off to'Sex; the'other Half beat to Pietesi~—The Men' ‘were carried to' the firlt convenient Houfejwhich was Major Zolieth Smith®s” of Ealtham,who received them'very kindly, and treated them with'the greateft Homanity ; the Captain was tha't to be'at the Point’ of ‘Death when the Mate and one of the Men left him ; another was {o frdze that it was tho't both'his Feet mualtbe cut off. = Major Smith, with a Number 'of Men, carted a Boat 4 Miles, and at’ the:ntmoft Peril of theif Lives went off to fave theCréw. Province of the MassacuvserTs Bay, Marck 2. ! :Mr, Fowle, 1 04 . By inferting in your'next Gazette the following Query, to b dijeufed by Yome' of Your “ingeniois Corrle/pondents, (ks are kevely réquefled minufely to confider t¥ fame) you avill oblize your Cyffamer, a Maflacholetts Man, e Hether the Money' lstely emited in 'yopr : /- Goverdment, Call\d' Ster/ing, and {which will not depretiate) lis Money ‘ef yourProvince in the Eye of our Law, commonly calléd ths Bloney 42 2 Or in other ¥Woids, Whether the taking (his Money here, fubjefls us to the Penalties in that DAW irfl@ed 7° - Custom Hovuse, PiscaTaQua, March 8, ! " Enter'd In, L, Schagrer Dolphin, John Orf, from StV Martins. Cleaved Cut, ¥ Schooner Phenix, Wiliiam Pearpe, for Philade!phia, Schooner Refolution, Thomas Simpfon, for Ditto, Ship' Winchelfea, Jobn Long; for Jamaica. Sloop Mary, ‘Abraham Adams, for Halifax. Snow Utrfula, William Hayes, for Antigua, Y a4 90 Gineral Vornrs, fosn after the Redullion of Fort Du Quelrne. £y a N.aw-England Frierd. HA?!, neble Forres ! embark’d in Briten's Caufe, A Thy Merit jullly dlams my4fond A‘gfinu(c : Eiave is the Caufe on which thoa doft advance ; Thy corqn’risg Bravery humbles lofty Franc: ; You bravely plan’d your March o'er lonely Mountains Your noble Soul on ticnor’s Wings doth fly. (high ; Here thy manly Skiil and Courage plainly fheiws, In Jeading fafe thy Trecps from paping favage Coes: Thy dangerous llinefs did not thy March impede ; Thy brave heroic Soul ftood faithful at their-tfcad : Brave generous Man ! Thou doft rich Trophics gzin, Britannia’s free bornLaws, thou bravely doth maintain, The darling Prize of France doth now fubfide ; This entting Blow will humble Gellic Pride. Large Tracks of Land, to Forpes, rich Vi&tims fal; Which fordid Powers of France can never back recall. They yiew thy near 2pproach, then goickly they retire And'leave their darling 'Fort, all in a glaring Fire : They fly—£ill"d with a Senfe of (heir impending Woe ; Here Monuments encugh we have to fhow. But now the Briti/b Flag-adorns Fitthorongh’s Fort, Savage inhuman French no longer here refort. Here view thefe bloody Marks of Fresch inhuman Their barb’rous cruelSpite, bo Pity can aflivage. (Rage, View thefe mangled Dead ! their Budies here igy Rrew’d The French their cruél Hands have in their Bloed im- Oh had thefe brave thefe valiantMen furviv'd ! (bru'd. But here unjuftly they were of their Lives depriv'd. My roving Mufe retire to yonder Field of Boves ; There mix a mournful Tear, with Sympathy & Groans. Mortals, come view the Place, where lies the Dead,—~ Heve Braddsck fell —who Tang ftood at their Head. Maturely view ‘thefe Bones ;—they bravely fell : The Force of whizzing Balls, the Braveft can't repel. Here ForBes the great, the generous and the brave, Doth drop his friendiy Tear — on Brappock’s filent Grave. May Vertue's glorious Charms {lill warm thy manly Breazft, And Heaven’s indulgent Smiles afford thee (weetRepaft. Methinks fome glorious Plan now ripens in thy Tho't, Which flows from manly Greatngfs, which thy Merit : o N8 brought. Go generous ForsEs, untheath thy Sword of Steel, And make vile mongtel French, thy jutRefentment feel, RouzeBriti/b Heroes, touze from your untimely Dream And rear up RatelyBowers near yonder winding Stream: “This rich uncultivated Soil Indufiry’s Skill implores, To fearch thro’ Nature’s Magazines, to find her hidden ! Stores. Go brave'heroick Forpes, and gain thee frefhReriown, And-add new Trophies to thy Monarch’s Crown : Thy Confidence repofe in the Eternal GOD ; Who rules extended Worlds by His Aimighty Nod. May fach brave Men €xiff, whillt Woilds do roil ; ~ And Pcets found their Praife from Pole to Pole. SALE of GOODS BY PUBLIC VENDUE at the Houfe of Tno-. Mas: Duran v, will begin t4is Afterncan at Five o'Clock if Compary attend. D Prowince of New [lampsuire. .NOTI'CE is ‘hereby given to the feveral Creditors to the Eftate.ot Capt. Peter Powers, late of Hellis in -faid Province, Geptleman, . decealed, reprefented Infolyent, that we will.attend and: receive theirfeveral Claims at the Houle of Benjamin ~French, Innholder at-Dunftable, on the fuft Tuefday in April next, ‘and.the two following Days, which is the Time of our laft fiiting, that every Body who dan’t appear then and prove - their Debts will be debair'dan alter Opportunity. Ezexier CHASE, b 5. 1759, s A . Martruew THORNTOF, §298 1 - Francis WonsTER, cviymnr PROVINCE. of New Hampesuirg. THIS 18 TO'NOTIFY an ‘4 WARN ‘the Proprietors of. the ‘Townth p o Of Clickefler, ta mect on Wednelday the Fcurteenth Day. of this Inflaut March, at Ope of the Clock in the Afternoon, at the Houfe ot Lient, Fonatban Leawitt's, Ingholder in Hampton, to chule a Cletk, Sele&t Men and Conflable for, the Yeary Wi, Y v 5k ‘2dly, To fay ‘what Methed fhall be tzken to pres vent the Timber’s being. cut -and walted in faiq Townfhip. ; l b 3dly, For the Proprietors of {aid Townfhip to (sy whai Method thaii be taken- in order to forward the feuling of faid: Town. . . ,4tkly, To pals a Vote for the palling and fale of ‘thofe Rights which are not drawg, and z2re de- liequent in paying the Charge,.if they don't come and draw their Lots and . pay the Charge:at {aid Meeting : “And alfo.to: do.any ‘other Bufinefls at faid Mectipg that fhall then be thought ‘proper to be done. ' Datcd at-Hampton, Joseru-Jauwsaw, z ‘Select- -‘Men' of oMarch, 1759: - Josatuan Towire ) Chichester A LL: Perfons Indebted to, or “A that have Démands on the Eftate of Hilliam Y7 “Bruce, iate of Duthaimn, decealed, are defired immediately (o come and fectle -Accounts with, E/i- mabeth Bruce, Adminiltratrix on faid Eflate. . [2p] 0 Biis of Lredis, Fiaif 6 Oe paidac Lotrande! T the 1/l Day of . Samuer GaRLAND & aish " L3