The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, August 10, 1759, Page 1

& e iy - fie 4 4 A v A . = A - ~ -;FRI'i')_AY, AVGUsT 10. 1789, | § T'HE New-Hampthire ‘. Containing the Frefbeff Advices e s e e i . CHARLESTOWN, South-Carolina, July 14. May, {ay, shat two Mails from Germacy haa arrived that Day, with Advices portentous of *Good to the Pruffian Caufe. Befides the T'roops already in the Pay of this Pro- vince, the General Aflembly have refolved, That two Companies of Rangers be forthwith raifed for the Pro- te@ion of the Inhabitants in our back Settlements a-- gainft the Tnfults and Outrages of Indians. "M A LIF AX, (in Nova Scatia,) July 7. tOn Saturday thesYark ard Helitax Sioups of this Province, and the Pilot Schooner, failed from hence to Cape Sable, with Paflengers on board wha lately come here from the Continent, to view the Lands at the Cape, with an lateption of {ettling there ; fo that the Inhabitaots were removed from thence in good Time, which we are informed, is moch owing to the Di(pazch and &kilful Marnagement of Major PuiLrrps, to whom the Governor had fent Authority far (ranfalt- ing (bat Bufinefs, and immediately thereon left Anna- polis Royal in the Montague Brigantine, and in two Days after his Arrival at Cape Sable, with the alert Affiftance of the Captains of the Province Veflels, got all the Inhabitants on beard, except one Famiiy, which run into the Woods —Itis to be hoped, that the Settie ment at Lunenburg will no longer be liable to fuch Difaflers as have lately happened there. We hear that Major_Phillips had the Tharks of the Governor and Coungil for his effeQual and expeditious Performance of this publick Service. PH1ILADELPHIA, Fuly 26. Extraft of a Latter from Pitifourgh, Fuly 6, 1759. «¢5 Three Days ago the Beaver came here with 243 Indians, of different Nations ; fome of them Deputies to confirm the Peace. We endeavoured to perfuade them to go to Philade!phia ; but they were averfe to it, and fay, they will go ard vfit their Brethien, the- Englifh, when their Wives and Children can fleep in Peace. . - wAr Tudian Spy fow z5-Canoes prfs by 2n Indian Town where he was foar Days ago, all full of Indians, going down to Venango ; and he met 20 Men two Days fince, all from over the Lakes.” Extralt of another Lotter from the fame Place, Fuly 7. “ There is no Room to doubt the Enemy’s being re- fuforced by a grefer Body of ladians than we fufpeéted. «« A Delaware Fellow, fent to colle@ the Indians from the Heads of the Obio, returned laft Night, and briggs latelligence of 400 at leaft being at Venango, and fundry Parties more expeted ; a Reinforcement of Soldiers has likewile arcived. Forty French, and 250 Indians, were at the Kifkemonitas laft Week ; one of the advanced Guard, going a Quarter of a Mile be- yond bis Poft, was killed and {calped the zgth olt. at a Spring. ) : The Reaver arrived here two Days ago with moft of the principal Men of the Delaware Tribe. Some of the Shawaaefe, Owendats, Mohickons, Mahonies, and a few of the Six Nations, were colle@ing here be- fore. ‘They mezke in ail about Five Hundred, and more are daily expefted. The Beaver is avthorifed to treat for the diftant Tribes ; and the Owendats {ay, they are hkewife. ‘The Chief of the Shawanefe, and moft of that- Nation, are prevented from coming here, bya skirmifh between ther People and the Chickefaws, in which Twenty of the Shawanefe were kill’d, They were fet off for this Place, and recalled by Accounts of that Affair. i ; e fjve Captives are brought ir to be delivered up, and the Declawares {eem difpofed to bring in the Whole very foon.” Suppefing the above, relating to the Reinforcement of the French at Verango, to be true, which we have nio Realon to doubt ; yer we have the Plealure of af- furing our Readers that Capt. Cochran, with 600:Royal Americens, fet oif from Ligonier, for Pittfburgh the 14th laftant ; and Col. Byrd, with the Virginia Forces, was on his'Maich for the fame Place, by Braddock’s Road ; and both fuppofed to be there on Thurfday or Friday ; fo that Garrifen muft be abayt 2500 ftrong, Indians included. ' And we are L.kewife well informed, that there is great Reafon to believe there are Provifions of all Sorts at that Fore, for four or fiveThoufand Men, for two Months. Thus we flatter ourlelves, if the Enemy fhould make an Aftempt on that Fortiels, they will meet with a proper-Receptian. " On Suvday laft Capt. Svead arrived here in ixWeeks OUR Letters from England, dated the 1gth of . from Gibraltar, by whom we have certain Advice of the Death of the King of Spain : That -Admiral Bof- cawen arrived there with three Ships of the Line, ard four Fire Ships, and had failed again, » Month before he came away, t0 join Admiral Broderick's Squadron, ard to-take the Command affioth, confilting, together, of {eventeen Ships of the Lire, four Fire Ships, and feveral Frigates ; with which he was to proceed to Naples, in order to carry the King of the Two bdicilies to the Court of Spain : That he was to be joined by 18 Spanith Ships of the Line, and fix Frigates, which were to be fitted out at Cadiz and Ferrol : That twelve of thefe Ships had a&tually {ai'ed to join Admiral Bol- cawen ; that the reft were {oon to follow : And that, if needfu!, he (Bofcawen) wus to take with him what Spanith Land Forces he thocght proper. Capt. Snead 2l{n sdvifes, thar twelve Sail of St. Do- midpe Men hod been Giwdoi g Gibrakar by our Men of War, all very rich, befides many other Prizes. We hear that two of the Royal Americans have . Been lately kiiled and fcalped near Stony Creek, and another carried off ; and that two of our Provincials met with the fame Fate near Bedford, and one of them alfo made Prifoner ; ard that Mr. Morton, 3 Waggon Mafter, and a Commiffary, were fired at, within thefe few Days, by a Party of the Enemy, betwixt Fort Lit- tleton and Badford. NEW.Y ORK, Juy s The folloowing Letter avas avrote by an Officer om bis Way frem Niagara to Ofawego, the 16th of Fuly,1759. ¢« Before this 1'ime, T expecled to have congratulated you on the Redu@ion of Niagara, but the Garrifon and Fort are much fironger that we expedted. Without ‘the Enemy having the leaft Notice of cur Approach, we landed the €th, within three Miles of the Fort. The Indians and Light Infantry immediately march’d for- watd, and teck fix Priloners, but Had one Mohawk kil’d. By the Prifoners we learnt that the Garrifon confited of Goo Men, and 200 that have got in fince, make 800. A Schoover and a Sloop were in the Har- hour ; the former mounts 10 Carriage Guns, and has kept an-inceflant Fire on cur Battoes, but as they ate in a good Harbour, as yet the Enemy has done them little or no Damage. Qur Trenches are carried within 250 yards of the Fort, where we expe& our Batieries were opened as yefterday, to mount two 18 Pounders, twa Prafe Teyslves, 4 Sixes, and £ Royal Howits of 8 Inches. For three Deys paft we have piay’d upon them with 8 Pieces of Cannon, and have fet feveral of their Buildipgs on Fire. We expe& to be' Mafters of the Fort in a Week, unlefs iz is re:nforced. « Niagara, from cur Trenches, appears to be very ftrong, but is not yet compieated. In the Fort are feveral very good Buildings The Governor's Houfe is bult of Stone, at leatt 4t Feet Front, three Story high, has Sath Windows, anid appears tq.be compleatly finfhed. The Fnemy have aiready fired near 60o Carnon Ball, befides Thoufands of Small Arms, but as yet have only killed 3 Men, and wounded about 20 ; among the latter Capt. Wilirams, cur Head Engineer, dangeroufly, aod Lieuts Allyn and Penniftone flightly. * We now have goo Icdians with us, and more daily coming in.” Thur(day laft returned here from a Cru'zs the Pri- vateer Ship Sturdy Beggar, RobertTroup. Commander; without having met wiich any other Succefs than what has been already mentioned : The gth Inftant, off Monto.Chiifto, Capt. Troup fell in with Monf, Bom- par’s Squadron, confifting of 7 Sail of the Line and two or three Frigates; two of which, viz a 74 Gun Ship and a Frigate gave Capt. Troup Chace, but having the Heels of them he got elear. Dauring the Chace the Jeggar {prung a Leak which obliged Capt. Troup to break up his Cruize. 3 We are informed by Letters from the Society for propagating of the Gofpel, that that venerable Body do firongly patronize cur infant COLLEGE, and have given it £. goo Sterling, and recommerded it to all their Members, to procure Renefzftions for it. Friday Morning laft fail’d from Sandy Hook his Majefty’s Ship Rye, Capt. Deering, having under her Convoy 17 Veflels bound to Earcpe. Saturday latt arrived here Capt. Hunter from jymai- ¢ain 16 Daps, by whem we learn, that the Ylag of Truce lately carrjed in there by Capt. Horton ina Pri- vateer from this Ylace, was likély to be releafed ; but that 6 or 7 Sail of Notth American Veflels, taken’ by fome of gur Men of War out of Monti Chrifio and car- ried to Jamaica would be condemned as lawiul Prizes. NEWPORT, Jay 31 Capt. Knowles, who was taken on his Paflage from herce to Jamaica, on the 1oih of March, and.carned into Poft an Prince, acydaints ve, Fhat he left that Place in a Flag of Tiuce belonging to and bound for New Yoik, oo the fick of juné, which was feized foca after fhe left che Port, by one of thieir own Privateers, and fent to Jamaica for “Trial; where He left her. He has broaght a Letter to a8 Gendeman of this FPlace, dated at Port ai Prince,M2y 23, 1759 in which Nums. 119. GAZETTE Foreign and Domefiick. Y - ¥ is ‘contained a Price Current of the foilowing Comma- dities, viz.** Flour 200 Livres per Barrel, Cod Fith 72 a Quintal, Beef 150 per Bairel, and Mackrell 72 ; aad {ays, the New York Flag of Truce fold her Cargo at the {(ame Price.” [ a Livreds Y84 flerling] A Paffen. ger beonging to London, who was uafortunately taken and carried into Port au Prince, and left it in the fame Flag, 10'orms, Thata Number of Flags of Truce are conflantly employed in that Trade from Kinpflon in Jamaica, fome of which he faw Jand Quantities of Gua powder, which was difpofed of at a very greas Price, and enabled the Evemy to cquip a Number ot Privateers ; whieh, by this perniciovs Commerce, 2:& daily imcreafing, to the great Annoyance of our Trade toand from Jamaica. Thefe trading Flags muft cer- tainly be very iucky in efcaping his Mzjefiy’s Ships, for we have not yet heard of fo much as one of thew Number being fe zcd and fent to Jamaica ! the Monto Chrifto Men app.ar to_be the only Objedts of their purfaits, and of Jamaica’s Refentment. furprizing, thai the Planters amd ‘T'raders of that Ifland, thou'!d not be fausfied, when it feems they carry cn a fate and advantagious Trade with the French for Indi go and Sugars; for the Daties of which, his Majeily’s Revenues may probably receive no great Auzmentati- on. Befides, they purchale cur Northern Commodities at a much cheaper Rate than in peaceable Times, and fel} their own Produce from 25 to 5o per Cent. higher. BOSTON, Auuff 6. ' We hear from Northampton, That on Tuelday laft the Wife of Mr. Jacob Parfons, was delivered of three hearty @hildren, viz. one Boy and two Girls, who are all alive and like to live. Extraét of a Letter from the Camp before Carillon, July 7: * I have now the Satisfattion to acquaint you of cur Progref(s and Succefs fince the Army letr Lake George, which was the 21ft. We were that Night on the Lzke, and pals’d but an indifferent Night of it, for it blew very bard, and we had all our Artillery on Rafts er Stages, which had very near been drove on Shore ; but, thark God, the Wind abating in the Middle of the Night, we kent off till Morning, and then the whole Army landed without feeing either a Frenchman or Indian; immediately after landing, the LightT'roops and Grenadiers marched and took Pefleffion of ilie Saw Miils after a tr fling Skirmith,where there was tne or two kill'd of a fide, and we tock 2 French Priloners. —As foon as we were in Poffeflion of the feveral Padzs about the Saw Miils, a Detachment of the Ariillery was ordered from the Landing Place with four Pieces of Cannon, to guard the'moft advanced Polls then 1n our Hands, about two Miles from Ticonderaga. The Enemy had Poffeflion of a Hill near us, from wheace they fired and wounded a few Men in our Brealt Waoik; but were difpers’d next Morning, the 23d, when we {aw a great Fire at the Fort, which mace us imagine the Enemy had abandoned it ; but foon found it was only fome Huts and Out Houfes. All Hands were ordered up as quick as poffib’e, and immediately tock Pofleflion of the fatal Lines of laft Year, which the Enemy had not Force enough to defend, and fo went off with all but the Garrifon as {foon as we appearcd ; but from the Fort began the brifkeft and mott violent Cannonading that ever was known from fuch a imali Place : Not 8 Man in the Army was in any Salety, or conld get.a Wink of Sleep for Shot and Shells fai- ling every where,. particularly among the Regulars, v/ho were all few enough-to guard the Lines, bat the Provincials were encamp’d at a greater Diftancs. —The Engineer had but juft finithed the firlt Battery of Can- non laft WNight, which we were 10 mount at One o'Clock this Morning, with fix 24 pounders and two Hawitzer Mortars ; but behold, about 10 0’Cleck =t Night the Fort appeared in Fléines, and the Enemy went off stowards Crown Point, but as we had yet Boats into Woud Creek, and three Pieces of Caonon planted on the Water fide, at about a Mile diltant irom the Fort, and betwixt it and Crown Point, which the Enemy did not difcover -before, and fo fuffered much in their Retreat, and 21 Prifoners are broaght in, who report, that Niagra is taken, sod Quebec befieged. 1 have rot yet heard the Particulars of what the ri- fouers report, and am obliged to make Halle as th Exprefs is jult going's Al -we foffer’d by their foie Days Cannobading 2nd Bombarding was about 26 Mén kili"d, and 30 wounded. Col. Townfhend and arother Gficer kill'd ; but I believe (except what we k.1i'd Iaft Nigt in the Retreat ) we did not kill them three Mea, for we were ont of Reach of Mufket Shot.— Tne Battery was to have begun firing this Morning at Drav . Light, 'had the French not done, as they did ——As Crown. Point is much wealker, and has obly 200 Moy init, every Body imagines we fhall find it.in Afes & There has beea a Party feas to feg.”—— il ¥ But iis really-