The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, December 21, 1759, Page 2

as -3 & 4 ! * o Ly % oot . . - “5. The Burford man of war is arrived at Plymouth.—I¢ is faid the Leeward Ifland fleer have been feen off Mount’s Bay —Some overtures for peace are faid o be fent by the court of Spam. \ 6. The Succefs, Glarman, from New- foundland, and a floop, from New York.to Venice, are cartied into Vigo.—The king of Spain was proclaimed the gth paft atMadrid. 8. ‘There has been a {mart engagement between the Pruflians, (under Generals Finck and Wunch) and the Auftrians near Drefden, in which the Pruffians had greatly the advan- tage.— Prince Henry has deftroyed feveral of the Auftrian magazines.— The Weit India fleet is arrived.—Letters from Holland fay, the French are full of the intended invafion. 9. Com. Reynolds,with three [hips of the line and feven frigates, are cruifing not far from Port ’Orient.—Orders are feot fora Jarge number of troops to be quartered along the coalt.—The Fountain, from Carolina, is arrived at Lifbon, being ranfomed for 12501, 10. The Admiral Watfon, from Bengal, is arrived at Spithead ; the left the Worcefter, the True Briton, Bombay Caftle, and Prince George, at St. Helena the 8th of Augutt. The French had befieged Madrals 66 days, but were obliged to quit it withall their can- non, fmall arms, &c. They loft 300 officers and 1500 Europeans ; and, itis faid, Adm. Pocock had again beat their fleet, which was obliged to fail for the ifle of Bourbon, and that their affairs ia India were very bad. —Prince Henry was ‘marching to befiege Drefden, and had defeated a corps under General Wehla. 11. There is a report,that prince Henry has defeated another body of Auftrians, un- der M. de Vallates,and taken 2000 prifoners. 12. Orders are fent to VVoolwich to get ready Go pieces of cannon, with a {ufficient train.— The new king of Spain’s eldeft fon is declared not capsble of fucceeding to the throne, his fecond foo is declared prince of Afturias, and his third to be king of the Two Sicilies. 13. Icis faid the French have 313 boats at Havre, to carry 3oo men each ; buc that feveral regiments had mutinied, and refufed to embark. Pabtl 1, AD F-L PoH I A; Occember 6, Extraét of a Letier from Charles Town, South Carilina, November 7, 1756. Cingarees, November 2, 1759. « The Governor, on his Arrivai here, did not find “the exp.cted Namber of Troops. The collc@ted Force of the 3 Battalions (Chevellew’s, Poweli’s, and Rich- ard{en’s) does not exceed 8co Men, bw he intends to Jole no Time, and will therefore, on the Ariival of the Regulars and Provincials with the Beggage Waggons and_Antillery, proceed to the Cherokees. Further Draughts, to the Number of 5co, are ordered to fol- low. We hepe to be joined (according to Direétions fent to that Paipole by nis Excellency) by the North- Carclina Forczs at Keowee. It is faid the Little Car- penter is returned from the Expedition he was upor, and has bro’c in four Scalps,and two French Prifoners.” Since our laft an Cfficer of the fucond Batalion of the Pennlylvania Forces arrived here,who lcit Montreal the Tenth of lat Month. By him we are informed, that Major Grant, who was taken with his Corps, in Szptember, 1758, at Fort Duquelne, was return’d (upon * an Exchange ot Prifoners) with about 200 Englith, to Crown Point: Thatin general they were well ufed by the French ; but that M. Chaviegricr, whocommand- ed at Venangoe, did not treat them with the greateft Politene(s, *iil he received a Letter from his Son, who was taken-near For: Henry, in Berks County, in this Province, about two Ycars ago ; in which Letter the young Gentleman told his Father, that he was_moft kindly ufed by the Englith,” and hoped, in Retarn, he would fhew fuch of them as Providence might deliver. into his Hands, all the Kindnefs poflidle ; upon which they-were all moft genteelly treated by him: That the Canadians werz moft diffatisfied under theFfenchYoke ; but as they could not contrive their own Deliverance, hoped theEnglith would effeét it for them in theSpring. Monday laft, about Nine in the Morning, a Fire broks out in a Joine:’s Shop, on Society Hill, which, ina few Minutes, intirely confumed the fame, and the ‘Wind blowing violently at Northweft, fome Wooden Buildings adjoining,were alfo fet on Fire,and deftroyed. The Flakss of Fire from thefe Buildings catch’d the PORTSMOUTRHA. Next Thurfday is to be obferved as a Day of geperal Thankfgiving throughout this Province. Custom House, Pijcateway, Dec. 20: Enter’d In,_ SchoonerDolphin, JohnBrown,fromSt.Croix. Endeavour, Nath.Perkins,fromHalifax. ——Goed Fortune, Daniel Carr, fromDitto. Clear’d Out, Brig Hannah, John Tarbox, for Guadadloupe. Brig Nancey, George Libbey, for Nevis. Brig MafterMafon, D.VVentworth, Antigua, Shirgling of two fmall Brick Tenements, by which they were a good deal damaged. And from thence the buiring Shingles were carvied by the Wind ‘o the other Side of the Street, and lighted on 3 Brick-Houles, two of which were burntdown, and the third received confiderable Damage. T'he Inhabitants, en this un- happy Occafion (as ufual) thewed great Diligence and Acvity in affifting the Sufferers, and preventng tite Fire from fpreading. NE W-Y O R K, Deember 10. We hear that his Excellency Major GenerslAmherft arrived at Albany, from Crown Point, but l:ft from FortEdward, where he had been a little indifpofed on Saturday the firft Inftant; that he intended to embask for this Place in & Day or two; and that the three fol- lowing Regiments might be expected hourly, viz. ; The Second Battalion of the Royals. to be quartere : s in Eaft New Jerfey; Colonel Montgomery’sHighlanders Brig Abigail, Peter Shores, _fOl‘ Barbado:s. to be quartered onLong }{l:ind ; & the s5th in taisCity. Brig Grey hound, Ebenezer Hobbs for Ditto. M. Vaudreuil, whe efcaped from Quebec Ship Elizabeth, Thomas Hulmo, for Jamaica. immediately upon M. Montcalm’s being de- Schooner Wm. and Mary, S2muel Vennard feated by General VVolfe, was at Montreal for North-Carolina. when Major Grant lefc ir, and more than once declared in Company, that at no other Hour, and no ether Spot of Ground, than thof: which the Englith Army availed them- felves of, the Deftru@ion of the French could have been effe€ted 3 and in fhort, that it was his Opinion no other General but VVolfe, could have fucceeded in an Expedition of fo great Importance. to be fold by the Printer hereof, cheaper, by Ten Shillings Old Tenor in a Dozen, than in Bofton. A Saddle was taken up in this Town yelterday, the Owner of which may have it again, paying Charges. Inquire of the Printer. Urfuant to a Licence from the BO S T O N, December 17. Honourable the Judge of Probate for the Province T he Englifh Prifoners who were exchanged this Fall of New Hampjhire, aill b: fsid by PUBLIC VENDUE by a Flag of Truce from Monfleur Vaudreuill at Mont- &y Jonas Flagg, Executor of the laft Will and Leflament real are returnsd to their refpective Places. Major of Eleazer Flagg, late of Hollis in [aid Province, deceas’d, Grant, and Major Lewis, of the Virginia Troops, whe on IZedne/day the [econd Day of Fanuary next at tin of were both taken Prifoners at the Time they had a Skic- #he Cleck in the Forenoon, at the Dawelling Houfe of Ben- mith with the French and Indians near Fortdu Quefne jamin Abbott, Innbolder in faid Hollis, Part of the Land whilft General Forbes was on his March to attack that avbish belonged to faid Eleazer Flagg, deceas’d, lying in Place, arrived at New-York, as were allo feveral others: faid Mollis ; to be_fold for the Payment of Debts. Con- Capt. James Beach, one of thofe who were exchanged, girions of fale to be_feen at ths Time and Place aforefaid is arrived here.: He was taken a Year ago on his Paflage Hollis, Nowember 24, 1759. . from Briftol, by Capt. Delabroi'z in a French 64 Gun ; 7 i Ship, which was calt away in the River St. Lawrence TO bC SOld’ a NhGRO W(’nCh) as has been p\.t.bmhz:d.—-——Thcf: Gentlemen fay, That 24 Years of Age, born in this Couatry, and when the Britith Flee: and T:oops arrived before Que- fpeaks good Englith ; fhe is well and hezalth bec, the Englith Prifoners who were Officers (being 12 = Qi s Ys in Number) were removed from that City to Trois and fit for Aany Sort of Labogr in Town or Riviers, where they tarried till the Day the Battle was Country, never had any Children ; or fhe on the Plains of Abrabam ; wien they were ordered will be exchanged for a Negro Girl about for Montreal, but the Succefs of cur Forces was kept $5 ob oY "f A ok Fard E ehaDiftites hid from them as well as the Inhabitants of Montreal, 13 2 SRISOF AR nquire 0 .t ePrinter, till aconfiderable Time after : That about 800 of the- NO[ ICE 1s hereby given to Militia were fent from the French Army before Quebec the Creditors of (he Bllareaf Archidald Seich furrendered, to gather in-the Harveft, ar:dJend it to the Lite of Derryficld, in the Province of NewHamp{hi’m' Mills: That the Inhabitants Stock of Lfittle and Grain Voo A ceatod. - Wofae: Thél Gr Mosdis longc; wSrc'tzkcn an Accou_nt of, and two}'{l‘_hxr’d Pffls cfftbe Time is, lnow';'] ’lor Exam’ining and Recciving the Whole was :p'proplmcé e [hc, .mg s Ule: That Claims of the Creditors to faid Eftate : That the Com- when they received the News i Mon:real of the Death miffioners will atzend that Service on the fecond Wed.- o Monf. Montcalm, and the L?l?}‘)fob:C, the Freach neldays of the next fix following Months from Tep to in genergl.were prodigioully caftdown, and dreaded Four o’Clock on [a1id Days, at the Houfe of Lieut their own Indians more than the Englifh ; that Mon. 3 2 saant Vaudraeill pleafed the Canadians with the Profpeét of o H;\Z,l,n f:)ia Peiyies. ;];:’ZWHP“”‘.”I g 2 aPeace early inthe Bpring ; and therefore that it was [68] S Al ;r M", el SU & needlefs for the Peafants to give up and {ubmit them- ’__i' # ‘zi': .{i = felves to the Englifh, as they would enjoy their Poflufi- ors fo foon again : While thefe Perfons were at Mont- real the French had Intelligence of Major Rogers de- ftroying St. Franccis, which they thought to be a great Enzerpr.ze ; but jultas the Flag of Truce was coming away they endezvoured to depreciaie it, by reparting to the Prifoners, that there were not more than 40 Indi- ans deftroyed therein.— It is faid, that the Iilind of St. John’s is not very ftrongly fortified, 2any more than Mon:real ; but that Nut 1{lind is made as ftrong as is pcfiible to make fuch a Pals.—The Piifoners who were in Canada, are notall difcharged, fome fill chufing to remain with the French, tho’ they mult fare very hard, and others are among the Indians. About 8o were in Quebec when thatPlace furrendered, and were difcharg- ed, and fome of them are returned to their Homes.-— Thie Prifoners do not complain of any bad Treatment but that they fared weli or ill according to the Plenty or Scarcity of Prov fions among the French, One ot the Initances of Kindnefs and Generofity of the Brave Britith Troops atter their taking Poff.fiion of Quebec, has not been mentioned in any of the Pagers, v.z. That when they had their Allowance of Provifions deait out to them, on [ecing the diltreflsd Women and Chiléren. whofe Hufbands, Fathers and Bre:hren, had been, and fome were then their inveterate Enemies, freely diftributed half their Allowance to them, caufiny them to rejoice in receiving the Staff of Life from thofe whom they had o gre¢at an Averfionto.—It is imagin ed that the Army of Contades, had that been viGtorious Jait Summer, would haye behaved in like Manner to Hanover ? Let Marfhal Belleifle’s Letter, or rather the Conduét of Marfhal e, when he had that Capital Province of New-HaMPsuIRE, ALL Perfons who have any Claims on the Eftate of Elizabeth Moulton, late Wife of Daniel Moulton, of Portfmouth in faid Province, Mariner, formerly E/izabeth Vaughan, now deceas'd, for any D:bt contraéted by her while the was fole, or for any fervice done for her in her laft Sicknefs, or Charges or Expences of her Funeral, ars defired to bring {uch Claims to Thomas Millet E'q; of Dover, or Themas Hart of Portimoath, within three Weeks from the Date hereof, in order to a Settlement and Dif- charge thereof, it being the longeft time they can allow, they being Truftees for that purpofe, and are Determi- ned to [ettle all Affairs relative to {aid Eftate, in f{aid T'ime. Portimsuth, Dec. 6, 1789. Tromas MiILLeT, ). Tru- Tuomas Harr. }flces.‘ Hereas we the Subfcribers are appointed Commiffioners by the Fudge of Probate of Wills; &c. for the Province of New Hamp - JSbire, ta receive, examine and allow the Claims of the Jeveral Creditors to the Eftate of Nathan Colbey, /late of Rumford ([s cal'ed) in faid Province, Yeoman, deceas’d, Inteftate, reprefented Infolvent : We bereby NOTIFY Jaid Creditors, that we will attend that Service ot the Duwelling Houfe of Mrs. Hannah Ofgood in faid Rum- ford, the laff Wedne[day of this Month, the laft Wednef- day in January at Mr. Jonn Weblter’s in Chcfler, and the laft Wednelday in the four following Months at the Houfe of Mrs. Hanmah Oood in Rumford afirefaid, Sfrori One to Nine o’Clock at Night, and st Chefler from Ten in the Maorning till Nine at Night. Dec. 6, 1759, Ezra CarTER, C : Joun Novse, } omm faners, in Poffeflion. determine :=——*¢ But ( faid the late General «« WOLFE) Britonsbreathe higher Sentiments of Hu- ¢ manity,and liftento the merciiulDiatesof theChrifti- +¢ an Religion :” Which was verified in the brave Sol- - T diers whom he led on to Conqueft ; by their thewing more of the truly chriftian Spirit, than the Subje@s of his moff chriftian Majefty cap pretend to, PorTsMmouTH, Printed by D. Fo,wx.x:-,'. at One Doliar per Annum, AMES’s Almanack for 176o,>