The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, May 25, 1759, Page 1

‘FRIDAY, May 23. 17%9: T HE New-Hampfhire CHARLESTOWN, (South Carclina) April 14. E hear, that a Nation of Indians re- fiding in Louifianna, called the Stink- ing Lingo, being heartily tired of their old Mafters, have altually de- fired Leave to remove under the Prote¢tion of our Friend Indians in the Creck or . Chickefaw Country. The Exprefs whicharrived in Town laft Sunday Lvening from the Cherokee’s, bro’t Advice of the Little Carpenter’s Return to his Country, and that he does not feem to refent hisbeing difarm’d near Fort Duquelne: And we learn, that he may be ex- peted here in a few Days. We likewife hear, that the Chataws are tired of their French Mafters, and anxious to quit their Ser- vice : And that 30 of their Headmen have been fome Time in the Wolf King’s Town, to make fome Pro- pofals favourable to our Trade and Interefts in the prefent Conjunéture, &c. On the other Hand, the Arrival of a French Boat with Brandy, &c. at the Halbama Fort, in February Jaft, had tempted a Number of the Creeks to repair thither for Prefents, &c. We do not hear of any additional Reinforcement intended to be fent to our Forts in the Cherokees, fince that formerly mentioned. And with Regard to the two Parties of that Nati- on that lately went cuat towards the French Fort, we can acquaint our Readers, that one of them, com- manded by Thick Legs, confifts of 23 Indians, with whom 3 white Men are gone, fent by Col. Dermer; no Advices having been received from thence fince they fet off. April 21. Monday laft arrived the Snow William, Capt. James Jolliff, from Cadiz, in 8 Weeks. He brings a confirmation of the Death of Ferdinand VI. King of Spain, which he fays was concealed, or kept fecret, for fome Time : And adds, that when ke left Cadiz, upwards of 5o Spanith Men of War were fitting out, with all poffible Difpatch, to bring over the Succeffor to that Crown from Naples, who it was reported, had been refufed a Paflage thro’ the Dominions ef France. The Little-Carpenter came down on Monday laft, accompanied by feveral Head men and Warriors, and other Cherokee Indians, to the Number in all of go odd, and has had three Audiences of His Excellency the Governor in Council fince his Arrival ; in which he has taken great Pains to remove ill Conceptions of his Condu& near Fort Duqueine, in deferting Gene- ral Forbes before he took Poffeflion of that Place ; and given the firongeft Affurances of his unfhaken Fidelity and inviolable Attachment to the Englifh. He bro’t a Scalp to His Excelleney, which he had taken while with the General. And, we hear, that on his Arrival at Keowee in the Lower Cherokee Nation, he fent a Letter to Virginia, tothe Lieute- nant Governor of that Province, in which he promif- ed to ufe his utmoft Endeavours to prevent his Coun- trymen from committing any more Outrages againft the white People there. About 70 Catawba Indians are come down, with King Heigler at their Head ; and Yefterday the King with {ome of his Chiefs, had an Audience of the Governor in Council. S, Jobn's, im Antigua, March 24. Yefterday His Majefty’s Ship Ludlow Caftte arri- ved here from Dominico, from whence fhe failed on Tuefday, having left Commodore Moore in Prince Rupert’s Bay, with 11 Ships of the Line; and it ~may be prefumed the Rippon, of 6o Guns, would join him on Thurf{day. March 26. This was made ready for the prefs on Saturday, but the alarm which was fired on account of the appearance of about go {ail of fhips (part of the London Fleet) preveated its publication. Thefe fhips being feparated from the body of the fleet, as formerly mentioned, ftood for Fyall ; but could not come to ancher there on account of the contrary winds-; they therefore proceeded to Barbados ; and it is extremely probable, were, during the greateft ;part of the voyage, very near Bompar's {iquadron ; who, it is believed, cruifed fome time off Cape-Fini- ‘fterre, in order to intercept the whole fleet. Laft Thurfday evening Capt. Gallaway arrived from Bafletterre in Guadaloupe, from whence he failed the day before, and brings an account of the followiog melancholly affair, viz: That 8 fmall tem- Containing the Frefbeff Advices I porary magazine, which had been erefted in the up- . per part of the fort, had by fome Accident taken fire and blown up, by which means Col. Defbrelay, go- vernor of the fort, and 4 or g others were killed. This {ad accident is the more to be lamented, as Col. Defbrefay was univerfally allowed to be an excellent officer. A new governor had been appointed,. and was arrived before Capt. Gallaway failed. The e- nemy have got one morfar, and have thrown feveral fhells into the fort, but they had done no confiderable damage. It s faid Mzjor Melvill is appointed governor of the fort, and Lieutenant Colonel. April 4. We can with pretty great certainty af- fure she public, that there isno truth in the reports we have had of Monf. Bompar’s being reinforced. April 7. Refrefhments to the Amount of Twelve Hundred Pounds, have been already fent to Bafleterre in Guoadaloupe, and Grandterre, for the Sick and Wouuded. April 11, Two Veflels arrived here Yefterday, which leftGuadaloupe on faturday laft,and by them we learn;that fome of the AntiguaVoluntiers had a fkirmifh with the Enemy on Friday lat near Point Peter, in which we loft 4 or 5§ Negroes ; and that upon this Occafion, as well as before, the good Behaviour of the Voluntiers was eniverfally acknowledged. April 14. - We hear that two Letters have been lately intercepted by Commodore Moore : one from the Governor of Martinico, reprefenting in the ftrongelt Terms the Diftreffes they were in from the Want of Provifions, from the Want of Ammunition, from the Fatigue they had undergone, aad from the Tufolence of the Negroes, and after all that they ftill had no Hopes of Succours, notwithftanding the Pro- mifes of France ; and the other from the Governor of Martinico to the Governor of Guadaloupe, infor- ming bim; that though Mon{, Bombar was not afraid of the Englifh, yet he did not defign to fight them ; and withal, gave no Affurance of Succours. His Majefty’s Ship Amazon, Capt. Norton, is ar- rived from Dominico and Guadaloupe ; and by her we learn, that a mafked Battery was taken a few Days ago by our Troops at Point St. Petre, which would have been ready to play upon our Encampment in3 or 4 Hours, and which was {o well concealed, that the Englith did not know of it before the Poft was attacked : That our Forces are now in Pofieflion of all the cleared Part of Grandterre, and it is believed there are no ftrong Parties of the Enemy even in the Woods.—That 1500Men were ordered to march over to the South Weft Part of Guadaloupe, by the French Governor’s Houle (the lately fo much famed Dos D’ Afne) to join Col. Melvill at Baffeterre.— And that we may fhortly expeét to fee a grand Feu de joye at Guadaloupe. Commodore Moore and Monf. Bompar fiil re- main in their old Pofition ; tho’ there is Reafon to think the Iatter would be moft heartily glad to get away uninterrupted. NE W.Y ORK, May 14. By feveral Vefiels arrived here fince our laft, and by others at Philadelphia, in fhort Paflages from An- tigua, St. Kitts, &c. we have the following Parti- culars of the State of our Affairs in the Weft Indi- es, VIZ, St CHRISTOPHERS, April 7. The following are advices from Antigua, dated the 4th Inftant. Extralt of a Letter from Point Peter in Grandterre, written about 6 days ago. ¢ We at prefent have a profpe& of a fruitful har- veft of Laurels, The laft of the tranfports were twenty days in getting from Bafleterre to this place, which caufed the troops that were here to remain in- adtive ; but the whole having joined on the 26th, two expeditions were plann’d, in which we burnt and deftroyed the towns of St. Ann and St. Francois, with all the country round, and Mr. Nadeau’s fine plantation amongft the reft : Our lofs was only Capt. Gunning of Elliot’s, and three privates.” By the mafter of a veflel who arrived Yefterday from Guadaloupe we learn, that the twe expeditions above-mentioned, were one of them commanded by Col. Crump and the other by Col. Barlow ; that they landed about 6 miles to the Southward of St. Ann’s on Wednefday lat, and marched from thence with great expedition to their refpective fcenes of action, viz, Col, Crump to St. Anns, and Col, Barlow to St. Nums. 138;" GAZETTE. Foreign and Domefick. Francois, where they performed the fervices they went upon with great expedition and addrefs : That they afterwards reimbarked with leifure ; bringing with them upwards of 20 head of cattle to Point Peter. The Stuardy Beggar privateer, Capt. Troop, at- tended the troops in this expedition, and brought off a great quantity of fugar, That on the day following another attack was made with fuccefs at 2 place call’d Goche, near Point St. Peter ; where the enemy had fome cannon which would have annoyed our camp : That in thisattack a detachment from the' volunteers which went from Antigua were employed, and acquired great honour by their brave and gallant behaviour. Capt. Shaw was {lightly wounded in the leg. That at Bafieterre the enemy bave got fome can- non (befides the mortar) mounted at two different places ; with which they defigned to batter the fort ; particularly, two 18 pounders were placed advan- tageoufly : Major Melvill (who is governor of the fort) therefore made a fally on funday laft, drove the enemy from this poft, and defiroyed the guns. We have advice from St. Euftatia, which may be relied on, that the very evening his majefty’s fhip Bri- ftol left her flation off that ifland, ten fail of veflels went from thence deeply laden with provifions for the French iflands ; as feveral others have alio done fince : And that fugar loaded floops, &c. continue to arrive at St. Euftatia almoft every night, notwith- ftanding the vigilance of the commander of his ma- jefty’s fhip Ludlow Caftle who has been conftantly cruifing off that ifland. PHILADELPHIA, May r0. The French Fleet lately arrived at Martinico,bro’t Warlike Stores with them, but no Troops. Monday latt Captain Brown arrived here from Barbados, in four Weeks Paffage. When he failed, a very large Fleet was juft arrived from Englandy under Convoy of a 50, and two 20 Gun Ships. Extral& of a Letter from Antigua, April 14, 1759. Captain Donnell fails under Convoy of the Ama- zon, who, we fuppofe, is going to inform Admiral Saunders where Bompar is,& the Situation of Matters here. We are now in great Expedtations that Gauda- loupe and Grandterre will be ours very fhortly, and are every Day anxioufly looking out for Captain Tyrrell, with a Reinforcement {ufficient to enable us to pufh for Martinico. Bompar’s Situation there feems to be critical indeed ; he is afraid to go away, and afraid to flay. He was certainly intended for Ca- nada ; how he came this Way Heaven knows ; but it was little lefs than a Miracle that faved cur London Fleet from falling into his Hands, as well as Com- modore Keppel. Should Mr. Moore have a hand- fome Reinforcement, and Bompar ftay where he is, every Ship he has muft certainly fall, which will be a noble Stroke indeed.” Captain Dowfe,in a Ship from Boilon for St. Kitts, is put into Nevis full of Water, having been overfet. Since our laft we have received certainAdvice,that the Road betwixt Pittfburgh and Fort Bedford is not Way-laid by the Enemy ; and that Lieat.Campbell’s Lofs is not fo great as was reprefented. From Fort Ligonier there is Advice,that two Men, who were lately taken by the Enemy, with thres more, near that Place, had made their E{cape, and come in. They report that Venango is a compleat fiockaded Fort, without any Ditch ; and that there were about 200 French, and 8o Indians, in it, NEW-YORK, Ma 14. . Friday Morning laft arrived here, a large French Prize Sloop, taken the 16th of March laft, about five Leagues from Coracoa, by the Privateers True Bri: ton, and Duke of Mariborough, the Captains Mafter- {on, and Fenton, both of this Port. She carried @ Letter of Mark, is called the Enterprize, of 124 Tone Burthen, was from Martinique bound to Coracos, mounted 1z Guns, and had 56 Men, and engaged Capt. Mafterfon two Hours, the Duke of Marlboro® not being able tw get up to his Afiitance : The Frenchman had feveral Men killed, and the True- Briton fome few wounded. Her Cargo confilts of 121 Hogfheads, 30 Tierces, and 13 Barrels, of Su- gar ; 13 Bails of Cotton ; 30 Hogfheads, and 300 Bags of Coffee ; together with 83 Bags of Cocoa ; aad confequently efteemed a rich Prize. A Capt. Mafterfon writes to his Owners, .T'hlt he ex- peted a Brig and three Sloops from Martinique dow;