The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, October 12, 1759, Page 3

‘Bxrval? of a Letter from Louifbourg, dated Sept._20. —* I believe it may be depended on, That the Ex- ; prefs from General Amherft, by Way of Kennebec was , ,« arrived ; and that General Murray-had deftroyed a very valuable Magazine ; and that General Wolfe, with a large Part of the Army, had moved further up the Ri- v ver on the oppofite Side to where he was formeriy ¢ . ‘encamped.” » 't ' Extra@of a Letter, dated Quebeck- Road, Sept. 6, 1759. * — General Wolfe with the Body of the Army is gone up the River, either to bring the French to a Bat- tle, or lay Wafte the open Country, and make a Diver- fion in favour of Gereral Amherft. There is noWord _ of the Fleet’s moving. —More Ships, every fair Wind, . pafs the Town, with very little Damage : Some trad- &+ ing Veffels follow the Army that Way.” The above mentioned Capt. Hewes, came out from the Riverin Company with feveral other Veflels bound < here, which are not arrived ; but he was the lateft from oor Camp at Point Levee ; and fays, that General Wolfe’s Army decamped from Mouat Morancy, and landed at Point Levee, without the Lofsof a Man :— That as the Inhabitants of the Villages would not com- ply with Genergl Woife’s Propofals in his Manifefto, { , fourlarge Parties were {ent out to -leftroy the Country : Two of them proceeded by Land, the other two Par- ties down the River by Water ; that while they lay ' .., at Ifle Madame they faw two large Villages on Fire : P try : That a Party had gone in a Man of War to the Streights of Bellifle to deftroy a Village there : —That + thro’ the Enemy’s Obftinacy, the whole Country was almoft laid wafte.—That a general Joy was diffuled k thro’ the Army and Fleet, on the News of General ¢, Amherft’s Succefles at Crown-Point, Niagara, &c.— } That when Enfign Hutchirs, with Mr, %loward and k1 the others who went with him thro’ the Eaftern Coun- ( try, to General Wolle, arrived, they were fent on board + > oneof the Men of War to refreth themfelves, having 39 been much tired and fatigued, and their Clothes, Skin and Fleth pretty much torn by the Shrubs aud Buthes they were gblig'd to pafs through.—~Mr. Hutchins went . from hence the 16th of Auguft, and from Fort Weftern, e with Mr. Heward, the 26th ; and delivered the Dif & i patches to General Wolfe on the 4th of September.— A LY | We alfo learn, That General Wolfe had ereéted 2ano- ! ther Battery on Point Levee, to play on the Remains ' of the City. Y One Letter mentMns, that the Bapgage of two Regi- ¢ . ments, and the Church Piate were deftroyed in the large Magazine.—That the Leoftoffe and Huater pafs'd the Town in the Evening of the 28tk of Aogutt to join the - Sutherland : The Enemy fired very brifkiy, bus killed f anly one Man and wounded two. I welve hundred Men are going to burn and deftroy the South Shore.— All the Houfes, &c. are burnt betw#en Cape Torment and Montmorancy ; and expeéted the Ifie of Orleans « wou!d (hare the fame Fate. N Laft "Thutfday arrived here Cap:i. Doubleday from the River St. Lawrence, but laft from Halifax, in 4 Days ; in whom came Paflenger Capt, Brainard, late of a Connellicat Schooner, who informs, that he was taken iu his Paffage from New London to Leuifbourg, Yefterday was fev’night, by a Privateer Sloop, carrying 50 Mea ; which had alfo taken the following Veflels, viz. Capt. Haynes from the River ; alio one Cox and two other Veflels, with Boards, from the Eaftward, bound to Louifbourg ; asalfo a Fithing Schooner. The French Men gave the Prifoners, being 50 in Number, a fmall Schooner, with which they proceeded to Hali- fax. On board Capt. Haynes were Paflengers, En- fign Hatchins, and Mr. Howard, with the others, who went with the Difpatches from General Amherlt to Ge- neral Wolfe, and were returning with An{wers thereco, which they threw overboard ; and were to come in Capt. Jones. Capt. Brainard had on board a valuable Cargo, confilting of Cattle, Sheep, with ather Live- +Stock and Provifions.—It’s faid there were two other {mall Privateers alfo out apon the Cruize. . Laft Wednefday Morning arrived here the Srow , William Ellery late Mafter, from the Coalt of Guinea, but laft from Barbados, in 32 Days, by her & . wehave Advice, That the Arundel Man of War, Capt. *'% © Middleton, having chaled a Snow that had been taken . by a French Privateer, into Dominica, he fent his Long . 4| Boatand Yaul to bring her out, upon which the Enemy g ¥ . fired from a Battery they had athore, and ftove the Yaul v ) | | l . ‘ ' to Pieces, and killed five of the Men and wounded 18 o in the Long Boat, four of whom died before they could get on hoard the Arundel ; however the Snow was brauveht ~fF; fhe beionged to Sauthampton on Long . Iland in New Yok Governmagt.—~ Dominica is a “ TThat the Rangers make great Havock thw' the Coun-- neutral Place, and while Commodore Moore lay there with his Fleet he ordered all the Cannon to be remgv- ed from thence. We alfo hear, That the French Privateers itill continue to cruize . about the Ifland of Barbados ; a Ship and Sloop fuppoded from Philadel- phia, was taken in fight of the Ifland a Day or two before this Vefle! failed :~That the Asundel is the only Ship to protect the Trade of that Ifland, but being a dull Sailer, prevents Capt. Middieton, who is high ly eftcemed, keeping that Coalt clear, and has only fome Opportanities of retaking Veflels.—The Day bewre this Vefiel left Barbados the Griffin Sloop of War arrived there from Commodore Moore, who with his Fleet were at Englifh Harbour in Antigua : There had.been no Hurricare this Year in the Weft Indies. Extrat of a Letter from a Gentleman in the Nawy, dated, Ifle- Madam, dugufl 28, 1759. “ My laft to you bears Date the roth Inftamt, and contain’d the moft material Occurrences to that Time ; very few havirg occur’d fince, except the following,viz. A Detachment from cur Army has been down the North thore, and burnt all the Houfes and Barns from Cape Torment to the Falls of Montmorancy ; and it is tho’t, that the fouth fhore and Ifle Orleans will foon {uffer the {anie Fate.—Admiral Holmes and Brigadier Mourray came down from above the Town the 26th Inftant (the fhips ftill remain there) and advife us, they had burnt a large Magazine of Cloathing, Provifions, &c. azd taken {fome Prifoners, who had Letters, inti- mating,that Brigadier Prideaux had taken Niagara,him- felf and fecond in command kill’d ; that the French had abandoned and deftroyed Ticonderoga and Crown- Point, and retir'd to St. John's, and that General Am- herft did purfue them. We hope this will prove true. ~The Cannonade and Bombardment on the Town is continued with fo greatViolence, that it bears the Face of Ruin and Deftrution. Adug. 30. The Leoftaffe and Hunter {loop pafs’d the Town the 28th in the Evening ; receiving no other Damage than 1 Man killed and 2 wounded on board the latter. The Ma- gazine burnt by Brigadier Murray, is elteemed to have contain’d many valuable Efe&ts. —Sgp¢. 3. TheTroops: in Number 1200 are come down to burn and deftroy the fouth fhore : 'The Sutherland, Squirrel, Seahorfe, Leoflaffe and Hanter are all above the Town, befides Catts, &c. Genperal Wolfe is about leaving Mostms- rancy. We fhall not fail ’tiil the latter End of the Month.” On Thur[day lafi Capt. Fomes arrived at Marblebead in 4 Days from Halifax, and in the Aftermoon Lieut. Hutchins, and Magor Stobo whs came Paffingers in Capt. Fones came to lown : Livut. Hutchins informs,in general, —That be left Fort Weflern on Kennebeck River the 18th of Auguf lafl in Company with Mr. Howard and twe others, with Difpatches from General Amberfl at Crown Point, for Generai Wolfe at Quebec, awhich he delivered fafe at the Camp at Point Lewcy the 3d of September, be- ing 17 Days and Nigits on their March : That they Jaw Several Scouts in their Way, but were not difcovered by the Encmy ; That they traveled for near 40 Miles along the River Chaudiere, which is a fine Country, awell fettl- ed bath Sides the Riwver, and the Soil extremely good ; they faw the Enemy feveral times at Waor k in their Fields,and threafbing Grain, &Fc.— that on their Way about balf avay from Chaudiere to St. Lawrence River, they faw twwo men and @ woman travelling along the road, who they aay-laid, and took prilotiers, from wwbom they gain'd In- telligence as to the fituation of our army at Quebec ; after keeping the priloners Jome time they let them go :—that they had no provifion for 4 days before they arrived at the camp at Point Levey, and awvere ailmoft flarv’d and greath Sfatigued by travelling thro’ fwamps, bufbes, 5 ¢, andif it bad not been for the intelligence they gain'd from the pri- . Joners above mention’d, they (bould bawe deliver’d thsm - Jelewes up to the firft Party they met with : that avhen they got to the Camp they aere all kindly entertained, choathed and provided for by the General : that the Neaws of General Amberfl’s Succels again/t Niagarafliconderoga and Croaen Point was recciv’d with univerjal oy thro'- out the Army and Fleet : that avkile they were at Quebec they fill kipt firing on the City, and otheravile difire/fing the Enemy in every Quarter : that be left Quebec in Capt. Haynes for this place the 8ih of Septemnber, but had the misfortune to be taken the 301b off the Cape Sable foore by a French privateer floop of 4 Jwivel guns and 50 men, avhs awere ail double arm’d 5 the cnemy difcharg’d their Jmall arms, and kill'd the man at helfs 5 onboasd the pri- wateer was an Englith capiain they had takin Jome time before, avho awas ablig’d ta hale Capt. Haynes, otheravile be fays they fhouid hawe got clear 5 and they afterwards Sfired 300 _fmall armi at them before they flruck ; the enes my rob&’d ihe min of all tiey bady and tack from tutching all Lis cloathing, except bis bat, they ltieavife robb’d bim of bis commi/lion, and vpwards of zoo dollars ; but bhappily the dijpatches Jor Gen. Amberfl be threw over - board, after the wefe! firuck ; they avere carried into a place call'd Beaver Harbour, on the Cape-Sable fbore, and tavo days after they gave them a fmall fijh - ing [chaimer avbich they had lately taken, on board of awhich they put 50Englifh prijoners, from whence they Jail'a and arriv’d Jafe af Halifax, Lieut, Hutchins and Mr. Stobo Jat out the next morning ( Friday) for Gen, Amberfl at CrownPoiut. OneDay laft Week aGentle- man, in Town purchafed & Water Mellon of a Country- man, which was a fine one to Appearance ; but after Dinner the Mellon was cut, and five or fix of the Family eat of it, who were prefently taken with a violent Vomiting, fo as to be obliged tofend for a Phyfician, who by fpeedily applying the proper Remedies, they in a’ fhort Time recovered. At 12 0’Clock laft faturday Night Capt. Schomberg, Com- mander ofHis MajeRy’sFrigate Diana, now in this Harbour,fe: off for Crown Point. Latt Friday one Jaques Moyris, a French Neutral, wae put under Confisement in our Goal, on fofpicion of carrying on a Correfpondence with the Freach at Quebeck. Extraliof a Letter from the Camp at Point Lewee, Sept. 6. ‘ Brigadier Murray with a Detachment of eight hundred Men burnt 2 Magazine of great Value, about 5o Miles above Quebeck : befides the Powder and publick Stores, it contain’d the Plate and moft valuableBaggage of Vaudreuil, Montcalm, Levee, and all the Officers of the French Army ; befides the Cloathing ‘and Field Equipage of three Bat- talions, andthe Effetsof many of the richet Merchants in Canada : Nothing however was plundered by the Soldiers. The Brigadier had by a forc’d March with his fmall Body, eluded the Vigilence of Monf. Levy, who with 4000 Men oppos’d his At- tempt. The Brigadier did not allow afingle Man to leave his Rank, in order to plunder, but defiroy’d the whole. The Fire was light with Silk Stock- ings and Waiftcoats, and every Thing finifi’d without lofing a fingle Man, even in his Return, tho’ a large Body of the Enemy’s Cavalry, with each a Foot Soldier behind him, wereat his Heels, befides a Party of Indians.” General Amherft with his Army is o proceed down Lake Champlain in a few Days, fo that we may foon expeét fome< thing of Impartance from that Quarter. Latt Week the Body of a Man was fonnd in the River near Dunftable ; itis tho’t he had been drowned fome time 3. the Body was naked, excepting a pair of Indian {tockings on his Lege, andMoggalens on his Feet =