The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, August 17, 1759, Page 4

‘ Annapolis, (in Maylend) Yuly 1. We hear, that on Wednelcay laft Week, a Party of French and Indians made a {fudden attack upon Loyal- haonon, killed three of the Royal Americans, and car- rizd off two prifoners. On thuriday they atiacked Stony Creck, and killed Capt. Jones, of the Pennlyl- vanians, three privates, and one woman, who were Jooking over the redoubt ; and would in all Likelihood have carried that poft, ‘had not four hundred of the Rcyal Americans very fortanately enter’d it an hour before. On Friday they made an Attempt upon Ray's Town, and killed three or foar there : At which laft place a Fjeld Officer’s guard is kept, as they expeét another vifit from them. °*Tis faid, that by advices from Pittfburgh, this party codfifts of chree hundred Indians and fixty French, of whom we hope foon to have a more agreeable accaunt. o) om ) () N i) S ) () N ) i PHILADELPHIA, Auguft 2. Extvaliof a Lepier from Pitrfburgh, Fuly 15, 1759. ¢ The r3th Iafant, at Six o’Clock in the Evening, arrived here two Spies we had fent out to Venango, to ‘kaow the Truth of the Intelligence we had reccived ‘from feversl Indians, of the French being on their March from Prefque Ifle to Venango with a large Bo- dy of Troops, compafed of French and Indians, to attzck this Place, and that they had with them a Train of Artillery. They informed us, That on their Arri- val at Venango, they found there about 7co French, 8nd 400 Indians : That on the Ninth of this Month came in about 200 Indians ; the next Day about the feme Number; and on the Day following about 150 more ; when the Commandant told them, he would fpeak 10 them the next Day. As falt as the Indians arrived, the French Officers were employed in cloathing and fitting them out for the Expedition; and by the Eleventh at Night, the Whole were cloathed. At Ten o’Clock the next Morxing, they all met in Council, when the Commander gave the Indians Thanks for joining him, and defired them to prepare ‘themfelves, for he“intended to fet off the next Day to attack this Fort, and then threw down the War Belt. ¢ There were two Six Nation Indians in the Coun- cil, who had come there the Night before, one of which got up, and msade a Speech to all the Indians, telling them, 7hat their Fatber avas in too great a Hurry; defired them o confider fome Time what they were going todo; and delivered them a large Bunch of Strieg Wampum. - “¢ This threw the Indians inte fome Confufion, and before they got out of it two Indians arrived with a Packet of Letters for the French Commandant ; which he opéaed and read, and, after fome Difceurfe with his Officers, addrefled bimfelf to the Indians, and faid, Children, 1 have bad News ta tell you : a grear Englifh Army with Sir William Johofon, wbo bas with bim the Six Nations, and a great Number of other Indians, that live that IWay,are on their March to attack Niagara: Tbat be bad Orders te go dire8ly there, andto take them nvith bim : that he fbould lay afids all thoughts of going dorwn the Rimer, until he bad drove the Englifh from Nisgara : thatit awas a place of great conlequence to them and their Children ; and if the Englifh tock it, they wfi cerainly bi poor, as the Road to their Country would ¢ floppid up ;" therefore defired them to be firong, and Juppart their Fathir wvell at that time. He then gave Orders for the Battoes to go up the River, and to turn thofe back that were coming down. “ QOur Spies {ay, that they faw only three Cannon, but that the French expeted in the Battoes, that were to have been there that Night, five more; and that about 30 of the Battoes fet off while they ftaid, and 8 great many Indians were tying vp their Bundles, in order to proceed up the River. They are of Cpinion that the French will endeaveur to divide them, and leave fome behind to aanoy the Road ¢ That nineteen Wyondetts, the Whole that were with the Enemy, had gone heme: That on the 13th in the Moroing, fome ef the Party that attacked Ligonier returned, but bro’t ueither, Prifoners fior Scalps ; and faid, they had ore Indian kii'ed;-and one wounded : That foon after four Indians alfo ceme in, and informed the French Com- mandant, that the Enplith Army was coin: over the Great Mosatain ( Allegheny ) with a great Number of Horfes loaded, and Cattle, and that there could not be lefs than 1cop Men. ¢ The Spies further advife, that they bad engaged three 8hawanefe, who left the Enemy, to ftay and fee what they wounld de. and thea (et out for this place with the Intelligence. We are fending off frefh Spies to watch their Motions. Twenty Wyondotuts arrived here this Day from aover the Lakes, who fay, thatthe chief Men of their Nation, with 70 others, are on their Way here.” We hear further from Pittfburgh, that at the Time the abovelntelligence was braught, there were Deputies from {everal Indian Nations, with Powers to make a Peace with his Majefty ; and that on their infifting this fhould be done, Mr. Croghan, Sir William Johnfon’s Deputy, and Col. Mercer, the Commander of the Fort, opened the Conferences ; when a firm Peace was con- c¢luded, to the great Jay of thofe Indians, who promifed to fpread the News thereof both far and wide. ’ NEW.-Y ORK, Auupb. Saturday Afterncon an Exprefs arrived in Town from Albany, which Place he left about Six 0'Clock on Taurfday. Morning, with the following agreable News P e A i i e\ which was brought to Albany afew Hours before, from Sir William Johafon, at Niagara, viz. That on the 24th of July, as Sir William Johnfon lay before the Fort of Niagarawith the Forces under his Commasnd, befieg ng of it, he receivéd Intslligence by a Party of his [ud ans that ‘were, fent out on a Scout, that there was a large Body of French and Tndians coming from Venango as a Reinforcement to theGarrifon of Niagara, General Johalon thereupon ordéred 6oo chofen Men, from the 44th and 46th Regiments, 100 New York Provincials, and 600 Mohawks, Senecas, &c to March immediately, and way lay them, which they accord. ingly did, and threw up aBreaft work at aPlace where they knew the French moft pals by on their Way to the Fort, and fent a Battoe with 10 or 12 Men down the River a litttle Way, to fire when the Enemy were pear at Hand which would give them warning to pre- pare themfelves for their Reception, and in a thort Time after their Breaft work was finifhed, they heard the Alarm gvieo by the Battoe that was fent forward, on which they all prepared themfzlves to receive the Enemy, each Man having two Balis and three Buck- Shot ia his Gun, and were fquatted.—However the Enemy perceived them in their Intrenchment,and fired fixTimes on them before ourPeople return’d their Fire, bat as foon as thic Baoemy came clofe, all the Englith sofe up and difcharged their Picces, which made the uemoft Slagghter imaginable among tdem, and repeated their Fire three Times, whea the %uemy'c Indians that were left alive, left them ; immediately vpon which cur People jump'd over their Brealt work, and flew on the Enemy Sword in Hand, fiill continuing to make great Slaughter among them, took 120 Prifoners, a- mong which were 17 Officers, fome of which are of Diftinction, with their Chief Commander. The Ha- vock we made at the end was great, 500 of the Enemy at leaft being left on the Field of Battle. Thofe that could, made their Elcape, and went down the River. —Upon the Return of our Troops to General Johnfon with the Prifoners, he immmediately fent a Flag of T'ruce in to the Commander of the Fort, and demand- ed a Surrender, telling him of the Defeat of the Rein- forcement he expefled, but the French Commandant would not give Credit to what General Johnfon faid, till he had fent a Flag of Truce with a Drum, into our Camp, 2nd found it but too true ; and immediately on the Officer’s Return to the Fort, the French Comman- dant offered to Capitulate, provided General Johnfon would permit the Garrilon to March out with all the Honours of War, which was agreed to ; but that they muft immediately upon their coming out, lay down their Arms and Surrender themfelves,"which they ac- cordingly did ; and Genera! Johnfon tock Poffeffion of the Fort direétly after.—The Garrifon confited of 607 Men, among which were 16 Officers, 7 of which were Captains, befides the' Chicf Commander, and we hear they were fhortly after their Surrender, embarked on board Battoes and fent up to Ofwego, and from thence were to be fent down to New York, and may be ex- peéted here every Day—The Number of our Killed aad Wounded in the Defeat of the Reinforcement fiom Verzngo, we cannot as yet juftly alcertain, but there was five of the New Yorkers, among the Slzin in that Affair.—1Itis faid we had not loft 40 Men in the whole fince the Landing the Troops at Niagara. The Indians were allowed z1! the Plunder in the Fore, and found a vaft Quantity of it, fome fay to the Valye of 300 1. a Man. The Orénance Stores found in the Fort at Niagara when General Johnfon tocok Pofliffion of it, were two 14 pounders ; nineteen 12 pounders ; one 11-pounder; feven 8 pounders; feven 6 pounders ; two 4-pounders; five z-pounders ; all Iron : 1500 round 1z poundShot; * 40,000 Pound of Mufket Ball ; 200 Weightof Match; s00 Hand Granades ; 2 "Cohorns and z Mortars, mounted ; 309 Hand Bills ; too Hand Hatches ; 100 Axes ; 300 Shovels; 400 Pick -axes ; 250 Mattecks, [Hoes}; 54 Spades ; 12 Whipfaws ; and a confide- rable Number of Small-Arms, Swords, Tomahawks, Scalping-Knives, Cartouch- Boxes, &c. Saterday laft about 4 o’Clock in the Afternoon, the Poyal Salute’ was' fired from thé Cannon . of Fort Guorgé, mavry Loyal Healths Drank, and at Night the City was hardfomety illuminated, as a Publick Rejoic- ing fhewn on the Occafion of the happy Reduttion of the Fortrels of Nisgara, by the Troops under the Command of Sir William Johnfon. " By a Letter from Ticonderoga we are informed, That a Party which were fent out by General Amherit on a Scout direétly after the Fvacuation of Ticonde- rogaby the Enemy, had difcovered two or three Bat. toes in Lake Champlain, which they fired vpon, and kill’d fome of the People that ‘were in them ; which fo terrified the reft that they made to the Shore imme- diately as they faw our Shaliops bearing down on them, and the Party ftill 'kept firing, and on their Janding, immediately ran up into the Woods, and left their Bat- toes, in which our Pecple found o Bariels of Gun- powder, which thyy had broaght from Ticonderoga ; and in one of the Battoes, a Portmanteaa belonging to the French Commander of Ticonderoga,iin which was found (among other Papers) a Letter direted to that, Gentleman fiom the Governor of Montreal, informing him, that General Wolfle was aftually befiegiog the City of Quebeck with 16,000 Men.- Saturday laft came toTown in'a Sioop from Albany, 22 Prifoners, 10 of which were Swiizers, which were e ) e iy taken at Ticondesoga :—— Scme of the Erifipgrs (taa Swifs) fay, that (hey were o hard put to it forPicvi- fions laft Winter, that thére was at leaflt 300 Hoifes kill*d for their Subfiflance, whilft others (the Frerch) fay, that they had Plenty. ; We are informed, that- upon Gereral Ambérfi's re. ceiving the News of the Death of Brigadier General Prideavx, he'immediately appeioted Brigadier General Gage of the Light Tafantryl Commander in Chief of %, the Forces before Niagara ; and that General Gage was at Albany when the Orders from Ge.2ral Amberft came to him ; bit it was impofiible for him (o reach Niagara before itfurrendered toSir William Johefon.— Col. Haldiman, we are told, embark'd from Ofwegd for Niagara, the very Day it furrendered, the z4th-ult. Peptigslane R, ; s e O ND O : May 1o. We have the following estraordicary gccount from Limerick, atteed by perfons of eredit and reputation there. . : As this feafon sbourds with ‘potatoes beyend any . ever yet known, and, as it is apprehended, that greag quantities of them muft of neceffity be thrown oct ts rot ulele(s on the dung-hill, a lucky and happy miethod of difpefing of them to great advantage, has, by meer accident, been difcovered. A poor woman in tkis country, difirefs’d for want of grafs, brought a bufhe! of potatoes, clean wathed, and laid them down befors her cow, who immediately began to feed plentifully npon them, which furpiizingly increafed her milk, and &om one pottle, which was the ufual quantity fhe gave at ¢ time, in three days after the began to feed upan pota- toes the gave four pottles. [ Welve or 14 Load of choice Salt GRASS and THATCH, lying in Litde Harbour Marihes, to be Sold for Ready Money, or good Cord Wood, delivered at Mr. Seavy’s Landing Flace. Inquire of the Printer hereof. szl HereasMelly'rs Caleb Emery, Charles Frofl, and Fobn Heard Bartlet, are ap- ‘pointed Commiffioners by the Hon. the Judge of Fro- bate for the County of Yor#, to receive and examine - the Claims cf the feveral Creditors to the Efate of Hugh Tucker, late of Kittery in the County of Yurd, Mariner, deceas'd, Inteflate, (reprefented infoivent) by Fane Tucker, Adminiftratrix of faid Eftate ; and f{ix Months from shegth Day of July laft being allowed for that Service, The feveral Creditors of {aid Eftate are hereby Noririep that the Commiffioners will attend that Service at the Houfe of the faid Adminiftratrix in, Kittery aforefaid, oo the lat Monday of Awguff IrR, and the fourth Monday of September, O&ober, No- vember, and December next, from Two to Five of the Clock in the Afternoon each Day ; per Order of the Commiflioners. Kittery, Auguft gth, 1759. Cares Emery. Neaumarket, Augufp 18, 1759. VW HEREAS Sarab, the Wife of the Subfcriber, has abfented herfelf from me her lawful Huofband, and refufes to live with me, | This is to give Notice to all Perfons, mot to troft o2 board her on my Account, for if they do, I hereby de. clare that I will not anfwer any Demands made on ms upon her Account, from thg Date hereof : As Witzef my Hand : Samuel Brackes. — ——— e — i 8 = O e St LR et 4 et el QTray’d away the 2z7th of laft Meounth, from Capt. #illiam Sanders, alarge, dark grey old COW, with pretty high Horns, a Crop in the leit Ear, and a Slit in the fame, whofoever fhall take up faid Cow, or bring me Word, fhall be well rewarded ; by me William Sanders. (et Ty e el | ) A1) ) ) ) N (I TO BE SOLD : By Benjamin Parker, At kis Shop. at the INorth Eund, oppofice Col. HarT's, CHomc Connebticut PORK, >~ Silver and Gold LACE ; with a Variety of Englith and Weft India GOODS, Window Glals 6 by 8, 9 by 7, and 10 by 8. i e [ —— —— LOST on Saturday the 2d of laft Month, a fmall Account Book covered with Parchment, with'a Brafs Ketch ; which cannat be of any Service bat to the Owner. Whoever takes it np and biings it to the Printer hereof, or to Samu:! Fenn:s of Rye, fhall have Three Pounds Old Tenor Rewasd for their Trouble. Fuly 30, ¥7359. SOLD &y the Printer hereof, at one Piflereen, A Tranflation of a Manufcript, Found on hoard a French Man of War, taken by Ad- miral Bofeawsn, in the Year 1754. Intitled, Remaiks and Obfervations for failing fiom France 10 Quibeck, taken from Memorials and Journals, dep>fited among the Marine Articles. s ‘ [ awbich is [t forth every Yland from the Ifard of St. Peters toa QUEBECK, avirh the Diffances, &c ') L T el e Y, WO WY g e —— vorwsmouth j Prinited by Danter Fowws, of whoin this Paper may be had at Uae Dollar per Annum, or an Bquivalent in Bilis of Credit 5 Haif (0 be paxd atliniance, L3 ]