The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, August 31, 1759, Page 3

=¥ o i «_én.'l'ueflty Iafl, the Ship j!g(/illdfl}, of P:[ - ¢atagua, Ifaac Ridge Mafter, ome of the Fa- i maies fiee’t, bound for London, put in bere, being foamih e overy Teaky. B s g ! “%wc oo o The Spanifb Schomer which put +n here the ‘e vmbth uls. taken by the George Privateer of At ° 2 Georgia, arrived at {Savannab the 2d Inft. The P - o " # » L P oooms y % o . oy S i gy & \ ‘ Spanifb Captain has acknowledged that her Cargo -avas put on board by the French upon Freight; .~ “and.by ‘that Confeffion will Jave his VefJed. The Sloop and Cargol-frop Pbiladeiphia)late- Iy [eiz’d and brought into this Port, by Capt. North, is condemned and [old. By the Seizure “of this Velel fome Villanies bave hsen bra'c “go Light, to-wbhich we hope an effectual Siop " aoill foon be put. ; <+ "4t CHRISTOPHERS, July 28. “ The Fleet of the Leeward Iflands and - 7% Barbados, failed on Thurfday laft from the | «1%Road of Baffeterre under Convay of his Sf:%g;e&"’g'.Shipq St. George, Cambridge, “Worfolk, Burford, Rippon, Panther, Briftol ' gnd Winchefter, with three Bombs and a - Sloop. i - “Commodore Moore failed thefame Day. . "Auguft 1. A Flag of Trace arrived on "+ Baturday laft from Martineco. PHILADELPHIA, Auguft 16. Extraét of a Letter from Fort Bedford, dated Augult 8. : .. % Ontbe Fifth of this Month, a large Con- "oy, going to Ligonier, was attacked at the Foot . of Laurel Hill, four Miles from the Fort. - Capt. *Foceyline, of the Royal Americans, who com- manded & Partytha: was fens tbat Morning from. Liganier to'meet the Convoy, came juft in Time 8o fupport the Efcort, upon their being firft at- <sgacked bythe Enemy. This brave, unfortunate * wogng Gentlewman, with an Intrepidity becoming the beft Officer, advanced upon the Enemy with his whole Party, and repulfed them. They left wo of their Indians dead on the Field, and retir- “gd with the ntmoft Precipisation, but it was the « Fave vf poor Capt. Foceyline toreceive aShot from the Enemy, which went through bis Body, and v be expired foon after: However, let it be record- R ' [ /Z - " Rers ed to bis Homour, that he [aved a moft important Convoy of Stores and Provifions, from falling in- to the Enemy’s Hands, and bravely loft bis Life fighting for bis Country. The Enemy left alfo five Guns, Blankets, and other Marks of their De- - feat, bebind them.” ; From Antignawe have Advice, that the . Fly Privateer, Capr. Lefly, of that Port; bad carried in there a French Privateer Sehoo- “That the Hanter Privateer of New- York, bad alfo taken, and fent into that Iffand, a Prize Schooner: That a Durch- man arrived there about the 7¢h of July, faid he had been in company with Bompat’s fquadron 15 or 16 Days before, confifting of 8 Men of War and g large Storethips, “and was then turning up froam the Gra- nadesfor Murtineco: Butthe gothof July {our latelt Intelligence from that' Quarter) they kriew nothing of the French Fleet, on- Iy they believed it wus fomgwhere in thofe Seas. T . Captain Davidfon, of the Ship Franklin, of this Port, on his Paflige to Antigua, in Bt g2. 11N Long. 65.13. W. from Lhn- don, met with 2 great deal of Lumber Swimring about, fuch asShingles andS:aves; and foon after he faw a Vellel, Bottom up- petmoft, fuppofed o be bound to the Weft- Indies-from the Northward. ¢ By aLetter from INiagara, of thee1(tale we leatn, that by the Aifiduity and Influence of Sir William Johnfon, there were upwards of Eleven Hundred [ndians covened there, who, by their good Behavioar, have juftly ‘gained the Efteem of the whole Army : Thac Sir-William Johnfon being informed the E- _ nemy had buried a Quantity of Goodson an Hland, about 20 Mites from the Fort, \ fent a Number of Indians to fearch for them, who found to the Value of Eight Thoufand Pounds, and were in Hopes of finding more : And that a Frenclt Veffel, entirely laden with Beaver, had-foanderedon the Lake, when her Crew, .confifting of 41’ Men, were all loft. : g : Extralt of a Lester fromSt. Fobn's in Antigua, dated Fuly 20. 1759. ““ An ExprefsBoat arrived here JaltNighe in 32 Daysfrom Eongland, (he wasdifparch- ed immediately afier the Surrender of Guoa- daloupe was known, and ftouch’d at Guada- loupe ; but Commodore Moore’s difparches are ftill on board. He being gone up to Barbados, with 16 fail of the Line, to bring down the Homeward bound Merchantmen, and is expetted to morrow or the next Day. We know nothing more of the Occafion of the Exprefs, than may Be colleéted from what the Capcai‘n%{e]sorcs, viz. Fhat Capr. Tytrell, is on his Paffage eat with 6 fail of the Line, 8 Frigatesand 200 Tranfoorts. An Exprefs arrived herée from Néw-York about two Days ago. -Some People can hardly believe Martineco will be the fcene of mi- litary Aétion immediately; but we all expect it will €’er long.” . We bave Advice from Pistsburgh, of the firft Inftant, that - the Night before a Centinel, and anotber Soldier, both Highlanders, was carried off by the Enemy from the Centinel’s Poft ; and that one of them was found dead and Jealped a little way off : That at Venango there were Y00 French, dnd about 66 Indians (fome of them dre in our Intereft) and that the Artillery that was brought to Venango, was all carried up French Creek,in order to be conveyed acrofs the Lakes. N E W-Y O R K, 4nzuft 20. Extratt of a Letter from Albany, dared . oo Bogalt '8y 1759. % A new Fort is immediately tobe con- firuéted near the Place where Crown-Point formerly ftood. It is exceeding good Land about it, Our People bave found three large Fieldsof Green Peafe, which was {uf- ficient for the whole Army two Days, and are looking out for more. Extralt of another Letter from Albany, dated Augnft 12. ‘ € By an Exprefs, arzrived this Day from Crown-Point, we learn; That Licutenant Hamilton, of the Royal, with fome other Officers and a faw Indians, were gon€ upon a Scour, and intended to proceed as far as Quebec. This Day arrived here from Sche- neétady about 640 FrenchPrifoners,amongft which ‘are about 12 Officers, and as many Women : The Meén look well; and m par- ticular the late Governor _of Niagara, is a foldierly looking Man. Eight French Pri- foners and 4 Yorkers were drown’d at Sche- neftady by the finking of a Scow. Since our laft feveral Sloops cane down from Albany, withthe French Prifoners taken ai Ni- agara, being upwards of 700, two Hundred of awhich we bear are defigned to be [ent to New- Ferfey, two Hundred more to Connecicut, and the Reft tohe taken Caré of bere. The feveral French Officers (Regulars) taken at the [ame Place, as foon as they arrived, were put to private Lodgings :the Privates wereput into the Bar- racks. The Officers and Men in general, both Canadians and Regulars, look well,and don’t appear as if they had fed for fome Time on Horfe Fleth ; on the contrary they are verv robuft, " far, fpry-looking Men. Old Fohncore, a great Indian QOfficer, is alfo bro't downamong them. His Som was broughs down fome Weeks ago. - Thefe were two very mifchievous Fellows againft us among the Indians. . Among the Prifoners tiken the Day the Fort furrenderedisthe infamous Mon. Mo- rang, who commanded ar Monongahela when Gen. Braddock was defeated, where fo many of, oar brave Counwrymen were cruelly maffacred, not one of the wounded being ever heard of fibce, of which thers € e were many Handreds.: However,we hear the Mohawls infift on having their Share of all the Prifoners taken in the Party chat he commanded. . A ~ There were feveral Englith Prifoners found in the Fort at Niagara, when it fur- rendered, among which were the following, viz. John Peter, who was taken the 23d of May laft in Company with one Robinfon and Bell (who were left among the ladians) that belonged. to Capt. Bullet’s Company of Virginians, on their Way to Port Ligo- nier from Ray’s Town. Margaret Painter, taken 18 Months fince, in Pennfylvania Government. Edward Hoskins, taken 10 Years fince, on the Borders of New-Eng- land. Narhaniel Sullivan, taken at Potow- mack, in Virginia, cthe 25th of September laft. Ifabel Stockton, a Dutch Girl, taken Ottober 1, 1757, at Winchefter. Chrifto- pher and Micnael Franks, Brothers, born at Tulpehoken, County of Bucks, in Penn- fylvania. Joha McDazaniel, taken the 12th of July, 1758, near Halilax, in Nova-Scotia. Molly Heyam;, tzken four Years fince at the Blae-Mountains. Allo two or three N4 young Children, Nzme: unknown, whofe Parents were killed by the Indians when taken. / Mz:ny of the abave Prifoners have been at Niagarz one or ats pait, and had their Liberty to walk about, as the Captives made to the So d muii pafs chat Way in their Rou da: lhey fay that : ¢ there of Quebeck be- ing invefted by Ceneral Wolfe, that Mon- fieur Montcalns was there, butdid not com- mand, as Monf{icur Vaudreuil was Genera- liffimo of all cthe Troops in Canada, I'be Privateer floop Cathavine, Capt. Kanady veturned from an unfuccefsful Cruize on Sarur- day laft. J Y By the Catharine, we learn, that two 74 Gun Ships awere cruizing between the Cape and the Bite of Levgan, inorder, they fay, toclear the Coaft of Engiifb Privateers. Monday laft Caprt. Jones arrived here in 31 Days from the Muiquitoe Shore,by whom we are inform’d, thac the Englith People who fled from the Bay of Hondaras fome Time ago, for fear of :he Spaniards, had all return’d, their Apprehenfions being ill grounded. Extract of a Letter from Crown- Point, dug. 10. ¢¢ Caprain Kennedy, with a few Indians, has taken in Hand to go from hence, thro’ the Woods to Quebeck : They went off Yefterday, and in their Way going down the Side of the Lake, they faw two Sloops carrying 24 Guns ; whereupon Capt. Ken- nedy immediately fent one of his Men back toinform General Amherft thereof ; and the General upon receiving this Advice, di- reétly ordered Gage’s Light Infantry, Rog- eérs’s Rangers, and a Company of Grenadiers off, to feek the Eaemy, in Whale-Boats, one of the Reddoes, and 3 Row-Galleys---- This Morning another Reddoe went off, and go00 Menmore ; but we havenot beard any "Thing from the fir{t Divifion yet. : The Snow Melifent, Captain Cotton,from St. Martins for Philadelphia, isloft near the Capes of Virginia. The Ship Molly, Capt. Gregory, and the Sloop Nancy, Capt. Adams, from Philadel- pbhia, is taken and carried into Martinico. The Honour and Molly, Kearing, from Waterford to New-York, is taken by the French. NEW - HAVEN, duguff18. We bear from Windfor, that tie following Accident bappened in that Town on the 7th Inji. Mr. Auguftus Blills (Son_of Mr., Peter Milis), being a fwiming in a fimall River, bedived down intoa Hile, axd firuck bis Head or bind Part of bis Neck againft the Bavtom, or fome Thing thne lay funk in the River, which gave him fucha Shack, that be expired. the next Day.