The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, August 17, 1759, Page 3

M ¥ d i i« -poflible Preparations were making to re- ceive them, if they fhould pay them'a Vifit ; which was doubted by many ; for as the French .generaily look one Way and row another, ’twas thought . their real Deftination was for America, and that Louifbourg might be their ob- ject.---THhat the King of Spain was flill alive, tho’ in a languifhing Condition.--- . ‘That M. Lally had ‘made an unfuccefs- - ful Attempt upon Tanjour in the Eaft- Indies, the befieged having made a def- perate Sally, and put him to flight with the lofs of 400 Men killed, and all his b1 Baggage and Artillery taken.---That Ad- miral Pocock, after having worfted the French Fleet in two Engagements, was «cruizing oft Pondicherry, where lay the French Fleet; who were afraid to come out.---That Orders were iflued for ex- _changing all Prifoners of War taken from the French, as foon as poffible, purfuant to a Cartel for that Purpofe.---That M. de Conflans, Commander of the grand French Fleet, was at Breft, having every Thing in Readinefs to put to Sea, and . his Squadron would confift,when joined by thofe from Rochfort, of 30 Ships of the Line and 10 Frigates, befides Fire- fhips and {maller Veflels, with a great Number of Tranfports having on board about 13,000 Troops.---That the Tou- lon Squadron, confifting of 14 Sail, was ready for the Sea, but were afraid to put gut, as the Admirals Bofcawen and Bro- derick ‘with the fame Number of Capital Ships were cruizing off that Place, and ’twas thought thcyowould not be able to , . get thro’ the Streights of Gibraltar this Year.---That there are feveral more 74 Gun Ships building in His Majefty’sYard at Deptford, and are to be finith'd with “ all poffible Expedition. Erom the Camp at Ticonderoga, Auguft 2, 1759. TheFrench Commander at Fort Frederick, or Crown Point, (doubting of his being able to make any confi- derabie Stand againft Gen. Amherft, if he fhould im- ~ mediate'’y march forward after the ReduQion of Ticon- "derogz) did on the 31t of July abandon that Place,with the Garrifon, after having burnt and deftroyed every Thing that they could, and retir’d to St. John’s at the other End of the Lake.—This Account we have from Lieut. Flewcher, of the Rangers,—1I had it from his own " Mouth,—he fays, that he was in the Fort, and wrote his Name on the Flag-Staff, —he would have hoifted a Flag of fome Kind, but the Enemy left not fo much as the Haliards— The French were feen by him about 15 Miles down the Lake; by the Sloops and Battoes feen they were about 2000, 300 of which were Indians, _who they were oblig’d to keep continaally drank, to prevent their deferting from them. The Grenadiers, Light Infantry, and Rangers, are ordered up this Day : ~ We are now geiting the Provifions, Battoes, &c. over, {moft of the Artillery being alreadriover) with as much Expedition as poflible.—~We are rebuilding the Fort here, and have found funk in the Lake, near the Fort, feveral Pieces of Cannon, Shot, Shells, &¢.--Our next Moavement will be to St john's, from which acrofs to Montreal, is but 15 Miles.—Part of Qucbeck is de- ftroy’d by General Wolfe (this from Head Quarters) ¥ hope by this Time he is in Pofleffion 0% it —Laft ‘SundayGen. Gage and his Aid-dc-Camp (John Fenton) left this Place for Niagara \ We learn from Albany, that in the Confufion and Hurry of the French at going off from Crown Point, Capt. Jacobs {who was taken Prifoner by the Enemy for_ne Time fince) made his Efcape, and was the firlt Who inform’d the General of their abandoning that Place. Thus CROWN POINT, which kas been fuch a Terror to thefe Northern Colonies for many Years paft, is at laft in our Poffeflion ; and we hear the viftorious AMHERST has ordered the fame to be forthwith repaired ; and that he intended to purfue the Enemy in a few Days. ; 3 We hear that General Amherft ordered the 2gth Day of July tobe obferved as a Day of Thank{giving in his Camp, on Account of the Succefs of the Army at Ticonderoga, ' Ewxtral? of a Letter from Ifle Coudre, Fuly 10, 1769. —* We have had io Veflel from Boflon fince we arrived in the River :—Our Fieet and Army are very healthy and in hizgh Spirits ; General Wolfe is landed cn the South Side of Quebeck, and is ereéling Batteries there, cppofite the City, and our Ships are cannonading the fame, and [ imagine by this l'ime :hey are all warmly engaged :— Admiral Durell in the Princefs Amelia and the Royal Wiiliam of 80 Guns each, will go from hence the firfl fair Wind :— Adinival Saun- ders, who now has his lag on board the SterlingCalile, is 1o the Bafon within a l.eague of the City, and 8 fail of the Line : Admiral Holmie, with his Flag on board the Captain (the Dublin baving loft her Bowiprit) is failed from hence with three fail of the Line to join Admiral Saunders in the Bafon:—Thisis a very fine Country, fettied on each fide the River, and is a very good Climate, almoft equal t0 New Eogland.— The Lizard Frigate on the 6:h Inflant brought'in here a French/privateer of 18 Guus from Breft, which had a packet on board, but threw it over before fhe was taken; fhe is faid to bea very good prize. We have 10 fail of the Line at this place, which is diftant from Quebeck about 18 Leagues.” Saturday laft in the Afternoon, a Royal Salute was . fir'd from the Cannon of Caftle- William on the Succefs of His Majefly’s Arms, in the Redu&ion of the French Fortrefles of Niagara, Ticonderoga and Crown Point, under the Brave Generar AMHERST. Capt. Coomes arrived at Marblehead laft Thurfday in 40 Days from Lifbon : fisce which we hear, that on his Paflage, 15 Leagues off Halifax, he (poke with Capt. Trefrey, a Halifax Cruizer, who inform’d him that he had juft before parted with a Snow and a Schooner from the River, which inform’d him that QUEBECK was in the Hands of the Englifh, which we impatieatly wait to hear a Confirmation of. s Extral of a Letter from i ifbon, June 29.1759. I have talk’d with four DanifhCaptains juft come from Havre de grace, who fays, the Freneh have fix or 7co0 Carpenters from all Parts of France, building 200 Flatt bottom Boats, which will carry ;o0 Men each, with a large Cannon.—At each End thofe for the Horfe Guards are fo contriv’d as to mount under the Deck, and ride out at one End on a Stage, and fo Land. They awe 70 Feet long, 24 wide, and draw. 2 Feet Water.—They fay, the French have z4 Sail of the Line at Breft, and are to be join’d by more from other Parts in France.—With this Armament, they talk very hard of making aDef{cent upon England, with 100'000° Men.—The Spaniards have a Number of Men of War out.—The Armies are in Motion on zll Sides in Germany ; but no General Battle as yet ; but its foon expefted there will be.” By the Courier laft Saturday from Albany, we have a Confirmatson of the Surrender of Niagara on the 24th ult. and that the Garrifon of Crown Point evacuated that Place the 3oth of the fame Month, and was taken Poffeffion of the Day following by Lieut. Fletcher with sbout 150 Rangers and Light Iofantry : That the Fort atTicondgroga is the ftrongeft and neateflt in America, as the Engineers fay, being founded on a Rock,the Ditch round it dug in a Rock, and the Cafematesin a Rock : That General Amherft with his whole Army ( except- ing three Regiments which are ftation’d at the con- quer'd Pofts)were at Crown Point, and preparing to fet off in order to attack St. John's: That Captain Jacobs, who was a Prifoner at Crown Piont run away from the Enemy asthey were making off, and came and told the General, who immediately ordered the above Party to go and take Poffeflion: That on the 25th ult. 5 or 6 Teamiters were kill'd and fcalp’d juft off the Shore this Side the Lake ; and a Number are mifling fuppos’d to be made Prifoners :— And that on the 28th, the Corpfe of the late brave Col. Town- fhend arrived at Albany and was décently inter’d. Extra& of a Letser from Albany, dated Aug. 6, 1759. ¢ I congratulate you on the extraordinary Succefs of our Armies at Ticonderoga, Niagara and Crown- Point, which Places are ( thro’ God's Bleffing ) in Pol- {eflion of our Troops. Ticonderoga and Crown Point the Enemy abandon’d. ' Niagara they defended brave- ly, in Expetation of a Reinforeement from Venango, which come the Day they {urrrendre’d, and made a bold Artack vpon our Army. It is faid all the Indians but the brave Mohawks food Neuter the firft Onet the Enemy made, to fee, it is thought, which Way the Scale would turn ; for I believe it was imprinted in their Mind the French were invincible. As foon as they found to the contrary, and that the French gave Way, it is faid bat a Yard of Ground, they fell on them like fo many Butchers, with their Tomabawks and long Knives, hooping, and thouting, as if Heaven and Earth were coming together, and kill’d Abundance of the Enemy ; the Number of Prifoners exceed 700. Whether the Barbarities at Fort William Heory, and Ohio has influenc’d any of our Troops to encourage the Savages is uncertain ; but fure it is, thet molt of the French that come from Venango are Encouragers of fuch Crueltics, and I hope at this Time they have Satisfaltion.” Friday laft Huldy Dudley was convifled at Cam- bridge of the deteftable Crimes of Adultery and Inceft, and was fentenc’d by the Court to fet upon the’ Gal- lows with a Rope about her Neck, and to be whip'd ; which Sentence is to be executed at Cambridge next Thurlday in the Forenoon. The Publick REJOICINGS in Town this Day, on Account of the Succefs of his Majefty’s Arms in the Reduttion of Ticonderoga, Niagara and Crown Point, by the Troops under the Command of the vitoricus Geseral AMHEST, are now beginning—4 great Number of People have bren employ’d in mak- ing Fire-Works, &c. which will be pay’d off ‘ibis Evening, when there will be a handiume Hlumiratizn, PuiLaoerrnia, zoih Jely, 17¢g. Mefli'rs Green & Rufell, 15 I Obierv'd in your Paper No. 100, that there has been (as you jultly term 1t) an awiul Providence lately among you, this has {urpnz’d many amoog us, and in- duced me to inform you that we have had for (hefe fe- veral Days paft a Bird flyiog over the City everyMorn - ing, crying out dittin&lly, REPENT, REPENT ; ¢ appears not unlike a Parrot, one of its Feet and its Bl like that Bird ; thc other a Stum»o withoat Talons ; its Colour dark blue, and aboot the fize of 2a Pigeon. Several of the Youth of this City have frequently fird atit, bntto no Purpofe ; and tho' it has fometimes alighted within Piftol Shot of them, they tho' well charg’d with Pigeon Shot, could not even frighten it much lefs kill it. Thisto a Worldly minded Man may feem an old Woman’s Tale, but the thinking fe- rious Part of us, of all Denominations, think otherwife. 1 am, &, PORYTI-SMOUT L As there bas been great REJOICINGS in the feveral Governments om Accouns o the Succefs of His MAJESTY’s ARMS in the Reduition of Ticonderoga, Nia- gara, and Crown-Point, by the Troops ynder the Command of the viftoricus Ge- neral AMHERST, perbaps none has Rejoiced more heartily than this, efpeci- ally the Town of Portimouth, by the Dif- charge of a great Number of Cannon, Rznging of Bells, not only by Day, but inceflantly one whole Night, and even till Eight or Nine ¢'Clock in the L Lorning, &cc.—~e.~-&c.--&c. ’ ' Since our laft the Captains Darling and Granger, in two Maft-Ships, failed from this Port for Cafco-Bay. ’ From a Folio Manufcript in the Ar- chive of a certain aged Gormogon, at prefent in the Province of the Maffachu- fetts-Bay, fome Queftions and Anfwers are extracted, in order to fet People right, in refpe@ to fome Declarasions lately publithed, call'd the Prophetick Numbers of Daniel and Fobn calculated. v The above Queftions and Anfwers &c. are now in the Prefs, and in a few Days will be publifli'd; fold by the Printer. ’I”O be Sold by Fohn W eodman of Newbury, a Two Hundred Acre LOT of LAND in the Town of Nottingham in New Hamp- fhire, the Original Right of Phiiip Hodghins. [:c] T0O BE SOLD by the Publifper of this Paper, —— ’ /4 SUMM ARY, Hiftorical and Pofitiml, of the firft Plantirg. progreffive Tmprove- ments, and prefent State of the Britifh Settlements in North America. Containing 1. Province of NEW HAMPSHIRE, 11. Colony of RHODE-ISL AND, 1il. Cvony of CONNECTICUT. 1V. Province of NEW YORK, V. Province of NEW JERSEY, VL. Province of PENN STLVAN[AaflditJTerritarie!; VIL. Prevince of MARYLAND, VIIL. Thke Colony and Dominions of VIRGIN[A. In the feveral Seftions or Hiffories of the feveral Cols- nies, maygenerally be found the following Particulars, viz. - we== When the Colony was firf} dijcovered and traded to by any Exropean Nation ---- Its Boundaries, Wars with the French, Spaniards and Indians, Numbers of W bites and Slaves, Militia, Houle of Reprefentatives, their Na- ture and Number, of their Juries, and how returned ---—- Furifdi&ion of a Fuflice, and a Bench of Fuftices. In- Serior or County Courts of Common Pleas. Superior, Supreme, or Provincial Courts for Appeals. Fufticiary Courts of Oyer and Terminer. Ordinary for Probate of Wills and granting Adminifiration, Court of Vice Aft- miralty. Jufticiary Court Jf Admiraity for Crimes com- mitted at Sea. Poles, Rates, Impoft, and Excife Pro- duce, Manufaltures, Trade, and Navigation. The Nuw- ber and Clearances of Extra Provincial Veflels. The various Seflaries in religious Worfbip. Britifb and French Claims in America. Abfiralts of Laws. The Circam- [ferences of the five great Lakes or inland Seas of North America. The New York Siz Nations of Indians. Mour- tains and Rivers. Succeffive Governors : Together with many other Articles. : The foregoing is the fecond Volume of Dr. DOUGL AS5's Hiflory, ard the miof} ufeful.