The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, June 15, 1759, Page 1

Vo "'\/NCW FRIDAY, JUNE 15.17509. EHE : ,_'"Wa!flumkeag,or Containing the Frefbeft Advices ) From the BOSTON GAZETTE, of laff Monday. Pumkin Land, in Penobfkeag River, May 26, 1759. T0o the PRINT ER. SR ¥ 1Incles'd you have a few Extra&sfrom my Journal, " which may poflibly be agreeable to fome of your Readers. : 4 George’s Fort in the Province Ship King: THE 13th Inftant ‘his .Excellelvlcy fail'd _from ’ George.—14th, Anchored in a fine Harbour called Pahfagaflawaukeag, there waited one Day for the Troops commanded by Brigadier Gene- ral Prebble, who march’d from .George’s Fort for Pahfagaflawavkeag, . by Order of his Excellency. . -Brigadier Prebble took a Sarvey of the Country he " march’d through, meafured it with a. Chain, and 3 . * ‘found it;to be but little more than 30 Miles, though .often reckoned from 70 to 9o before.——From the 14th to the 16th, as the Wind was fmall and che Current fet down at the Rate of 3 Knots, his Excel- . lency fpent the whole Time in founding the River, . taking the Bearings of all the Land, and reconnoi- tring as far up theRiver as the firft Falls. The r7th at .Noon,came to 2n Anchor in Colvil. Harbour, 7 Miles above an old Fort of the Enemy’s at Pentagoet ; when his Excellency order’d Capt. Bean with 100 Men to be landed on a Point, and march to the Indian Carry- ing-Place ; oppofite to which his Excellency intend- ed to land. The Troops landed in two Divifions under Cover of the King George. His Excellency, attended with Brigadier General Waldo . and Capt. Hallowell, was in the Centre upon the Right, and ‘were the firkt that landed. TFhe left Divifion was commanded by Brigadier Prebble, who landed about _half a Mile from the Carrying Place. His Excellency ,took a Survey, of the place for about 7 Miles round, * " and finally fix’d upon a fine Neck of Land, where he .ordered a Road to be immediately cut, upon the Main that runs acrofs the River three Quarters of a 4 Mile, which contains about z500 Acres of good JLand.——Never was a place better fortified by Na- gure for a Forg than this ; full three Quarters of the ¢« Neck ig ferrounded with Rocks 30 Feet Diameter, - which makes; it almoft inacceflible ; the Land about she Rocks is 30 Feet more ; fo that the Fort is fix’d wpon an Eminence 6¢ Feet above highWater. From the Fort, . the Ground falls every Way gradually ; and there is-no Eminence that can command it, as it . +isthe highe®t Land for feveral Miles round ; it has - . ' 'many fioe Springs, .and fome very nigh the Fort. ‘Tho’ there is from 7 to § Fathom of Water in the Harbour, {ufficient for large Veflels, I don’t imagine any Veflel could bring their Guns to bear upon the Fort, fo as to do any confiderable Execution— With- out the Fort there is to be a Parapet, fo high as to fecare the firft Story of the Fort from any Shot, a Banquet to fire over the Parapet into a Ditch near 40 Feet in Wedth, in the Centre of which, there is to be Stockades and Bridges to fecure a Retreat from the Parapet that is to be without the :Ditch, fhould there be Occafion.. As I have a little Knowledge of Fortification, I look upon the Profile of the Fort 25 well conftruéted as any in America, =~ . Asthe Celler which ferves for a Foundation to the whole of the Curtain is alrgady done, and the firft Fioor on the Foundation compleat,and his Excellency bas this Morning’ laid out all the diagonal and pa- railel Lines for the Parapet, Ditch, &c. I imagine the Fort will be compleat in a Month. N We have a fine Road made from the Landing ¢p to the Fort ; a Breaft-Work all round our Encamp- , ment ; a Road cit acrofs the Neck ; the Ground all . Gleared at the Carrying place, and a Redoubt built there to fecure that pafs ; many Acres of Land clear’d ‘round the Fort ; a Hofpital, Store Houfes, &c. built; and all done in 10 Days ; Tho’ much of the Time was raw, cold and rainy, it did not prevent his Excel- lency from attending and overfeeing the Labourers of all Denominations, both late and early. . Your’s, &c. N. B. When the Indians that I gave you an Ac- count of in my laft, (with whom his Excellency had a Conference) went off, his Excellency fpoke tothem by an Interpretor, in the following Manner, viz. ¢ At George’s Fort you were under my protection; you could not have got fafc home, had not I brought you here;; you may now go fafe. Take this Flag , {viz. a Union Flag] as a paflport to Penobfcot, and tetarn to your Town. [Gawe them a Union Flag.) ‘Tell your people that I am come (0 build a Fort at « < sHampfhire Penobfcot, and will make the Land Englifi. Iam able to do it, and I will do it. If they fay I thall not, let them come and defend their Land now in Time of War., Take this (a red) Flag to remember what I fay. . .When I have built my Fort, and fer down at Penoblcot, if ever there be an Englifh Man kill'd by your Indians, you muft all from that Hour fly from your Country ; for I will fend a Number of Men on all fides the River, and {weep it from one End ta the other, and hunt you all out. | [Gave them a red Flag.] As to_the people of Penobfcot, I feek not thewr Favour nor fear them ; for they can do me neither Harm or Good.. I am fdrry for their Diftrefs, and would do them Good. Let them become Englifh, they, their Wives and Families, and come and live under the prote&ion of the Fort, and I will protet them ; they fhall have Wigwams and plantingGround round the Fort, and may hunt as ufual ; but the Eng- lith fhall bunt alfo: They fhall not interfere with one another’s Huant when they hunt {eparate ; and they may hunt together when they choofe it. If they will live ander the Englith Laws, I will make fuch of their Sangama, as they fhall thoofe, Juflices, to do Tuftice ;. to right what may be wrong, and to keep peace among your felves ; and when any Thing hap- pens wrong between the Englith and Indians, the Englith Juftice and Indizh Juftice fhail meet and do Right between them ; they fhall have 2 free Market for their Furs and fkins, and the price fet by Agree- ‘ment. Take this [white] Flag, and remember this. ‘1Gawve them a white Flag.] . If you mean.to bring me an the next new Moon.. o P. S, The whole of what is call’d the Penobfcot Tribe of Indians, contain at this Time but about 40 Men, 34 of which are capable to bear Arms. The Machio’s contain about zo, and the Paflamaguages about 20 or 30 fighting Men ; but thefe are all united under the Penobfcots, and may really be confidered as one Tribe. Anfwer, come before As the Fefuits bave bad a great fbare in the late Con- Jpiracy againft the King of Pnrlug;zl, and Jeem to bave been induced thereto by the meafures be_avas purjuing in order to divef them of the exorbitant pozwer and riches they bad acguired in South America, where they Slighted the authority of the croawns of Spain and Por- tugal ; and as the Jaid fociety bas, recently received a wery mortifying blow in France, avhich flaggers ibeir credit and reputation, being [fentenced to refund cight sillions of livres to the beirs of Ambrofe Guis, wirh interefls, cofts, and damages, qubich amount to nine millions ; awe prefusme, on Juch important sccafions, the Sfollowing piece awill be reccived awith fome attention ; for Jfuppofing the extinftion of that powerful body may be near at hand in Portugal, and not wery remote in other countries, *tis mot improbable that they may pull doswn_fome of their enemies in their fall, as they have always_been noted for exceeding all other religious orders in eraft, ambition, avarice, and windilivenefs. Ceremonies of the Confecration, Blefling, and . . San@ification of Regicides by the Jefuits. E who is fo unhappy as to be perfuaded by the Jefuits as to affaflinate cither a King or a Prince, is Brought by them into a fecret chapel, where they have prepared upon an altar a great dagger, wrapt up ih linen cloth, together with an Agnus Dei. Drawing it out of the fheath they bée- fprinkle it with holy water, and faften to the hilt feveral confecrdted beads of coral, pronouncing this indulgence, That as many blows as the murtherer fhall give with it to the Prince, he fhall deliver fo many fouls from Pargatory. After this ceremony, they put the dagger into the parricide’s hand, and recommend it to him in this manner : Thou cholen fon of God, take the Jword of Jephthab, the favord of Samplon, the fword of David, wherewith be did cut off the bead of Goliah, the fword of Gideon, the favord of Fudith, the fword of the Maccabees, the faword of Pope Fulius the Jfecond, wherewith he cut off the lives of Jeveral Princes, bis enemies, filling avbole cities with Slaughter and blood: Go, let prudence go along «with thy courage 5 let God give new firength to thy arm. After which they all fall down on their knees, and the Superior of the Jefuits pronounces the following ex- orci{m, Come ye Cherubims, ye Seraphims,” Thrones and Poers, come ye holy Angels, and fill up this blefed ve/fel (the execrable parricide ) avith an immortal glory ; prefent bim ewery day with the crowns of the biefled Virgin Mary, of the boly Patriarchs and Martyrs, We \ % Nuwms, 141.“ GAZETTE Foreign and Domeflick. ds not look upon bim mow as ours, Lut as ome belonging to you. Andthou, O God, ko art terrible and inwin- cible, and hath infpired bim in prayer and meditation to kill ¥be tyrant and beretick, for to give bis crown to a Catbolick King, comfort, ave befeech thee, the beart of bim avbem we hawve confecrated for this dffice 5 firengthen bis arm, that be may execute bis enterprize ; cloath bim with the armour of thy divine power, that bawing per- Jormed bis defign, he may ¢fcape the hands of thofe wbo Jeall go in purfuit of bim ; give bim avings that bis boly members imay fly away [from the power of the impious bereticks 5 replenifh bis Joul with joy, comfort and light; by avkich bkis body, having banifbed all”fear, may be upheld and animated in the midfl of all dangers and torments. This exorcifm being ended, they bring the parricide before another altar, whereé hangs the image of James Clement, a Dominican Friar, who with an invenomed knife killedHenry 1II. of France. This image is furrounded with angels, who protect him and bring him to heaven. The Jefuits thew it to him, and afterwards put a crown upon his head, {aying, Lord regard bere thy arm, and the executor of thy juflice s let all the Sainis arife and bow, and yield to him the moft honourable place amangfp them. After every thing is {fo performed, he is permitted to fpeak to none bat to four Jefuits, who are deputed to keep him company.Thefe fellows are not wanting in cheir difcourfes ta tell him very often, that they perceive a divine light furrounding him, which is the caufe why they bow to him, kifs his hands and feet, and confider hiin no more as aman, but as a Saint : nay, they make a thew as if they did envy the great ho- noui and glory that attends him, and fay, fighing, Ob that God bad been pleaied to make choice of us in- flead of you, and given us fo much grace, that . like pox, we might be trarflated into heaven, withsut going into purgatory. Y At - Paris, March 21. All the effects of the Jefuits in this kihgdom are {equefter’d, till the eight millions they were condemaed to pay to the heirs of a gen- tleman in the Eaft-Indies, of whote effe@ts they had fraudulently got pofieflion, fhall be difcharged. It was owing to the remorfe of one of thofe fathers that this affair came to light. This man being on his death bed, to eafe his confcience, fent notice toa member of the king’s council, of the methods his brethren employed to appropriate to theméelves this immenfe fortune. PHILADELPHIA, May 3i. We hear, that at a Treaty lately held with the In- dians at Sir William Johnfon’s, among the Prifoners delivered to him, there was one belonging to this Province, a Girl of five Years old, of the Name of Armftrong, taken from Juniata ; and that the diffe- rent Nations, at that Meeting, had obliged them felves to fend all their Prifoners to Governor Denny next Fall. i, 2 Thut{day laft arrived here the Brig Grace, Capt. Ritche from Briftol, with his Prize the Snow Charm- ing Rachel, as mentioned in our laft. The Prize leit Bourdeaux the 21ft of March, in Company with 16 other Merchantmen, bound to Quebeck, moft of them mounted z0 Guns and upwards, and had on board 10c0 foldiers, under Convoy of three 36 Gun Fri gates.—The above Prize parted Company from the reft the 10th of April, about 200 Leagues from the Straits of Bell Ifle,thro’ which they were all defigned, and was taken by Capt. Ritche two Days after — A great many other Veflels were loaded 4t Bourdeaux defigned for Quebeck. Capt. Archbold, from the Bay of Honduras, on his Paffage fpoke with the Britannia Privateer of this Port, Capt. M*Pherfon, who had taken another {mall Privateer, 2nd a little Veflel with Sugar, her Prize. A Letter from a Gentleman at Cape- Francois,da- ted the Third of March, mentions the St. Florentine of 64 Guns, and 300 Men, having failed from the Cape on theFoarteenth of February,in order to cruize on this Coaft, : C , NE W.Y OR K, June 4. .. Laft Tuefday Week the Glafs Houfe at New- Windfor, was confumed by Fire. Capt. Sheldon, who arrived here Yeferday Eve- : ning, in 21 Days from Jamaica, informs us, That about 13 Days ago he fpoke with feveral Velels, = which informed him, that 2 Englith Men of War had been at Monte-Clirifto, and had taken 8 Sail of Veflels, viz. 1 Snow, 1 Brig, 2 Schooners, and 4 Sloops ; feveral of which, it is {aid; belong to this a Child : But about the 28th following fhe, with the Afiftance of one Phillip Loyal, der, gave a general Invitation to the young Women to attend the Funeral, which was accordingly attend ed by all excepting one Anna Hayden, and the being upon the Authority, in' order to find out the Mar iy, who brought | fufpefted to be the Mother of faid Child | We hear from New-London that on the 23d ult, was found in a Swamp, in the Parith of Pettapauge in Say Brook, an Infant buried under a Stone, being .. | ceeded to the South Eaft. The Noiferefembled the- regular Difcharge of three fmall Cannon; after Prafvimfi ~ = (o} 2 -~ - 8 e 8 e >~ X $3 § 3 m” 5*5 €3 8 3 = 3 ~) 3 > ] N X & and fome others made her Efcape with faid Loyal, in a Bdat, but being pufuzd were which, @ Sound was heard like the beating of a Number of Drums, which continued for the Space of fix Minates, as pear as I can judge. Iam inform’d, | £ ing Alarm on the 10th of this Month, about ten o’Clock in. tiie Fore both takea and committed to Goalin that ‘ Place. , was Appre- hended and Searched, when it was found fhe had had e urdered: These- moft inhumaaly Murdered,; upon which a Jury of Irquelt was impannel'd by\Auihori in their. Verdid that the Childwas M | t Part of theCountry. ough grea i the fam¢,vas heard ik PIO & , and ofe from the North- Weft * We have had a‘very threatn noen, which ar