The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, April 11, 1760, Page 1

;_ "+ FRIDAY, Avru 11. i760; | e s & e i New-Hampfh - F 1 bt~ :flbn:aiflixgl the Frefbef} By His Exceriency BENNING WENTWORTH, Ba.. Capuin-General, Governor, and CoHitran- *'dey ‘in Chief of Flis Majelty’s Probidee QF1E Great GOD having permit- oted a Fire tolay wafte a confi- o ‘derdble Part of the Town of "% M . ‘Bofion, whereby many of its In- habitants, before io fourithing Circumfas- ces, areat this- Time become the Objeéls of our Charity, and requite immediate. Re- lief ; and inafm%h as the "Aficmbly did not, upon ‘my recommending:£he unhappy State ~of the Sufferers, ‘make a:public Grant, I _bave thought it proper for Ve ta fend out Briefs 1o all the Towns and Parifhes in-the “Province, recorgmending a general Coliec- . “tion for the Benefit of the Sufferers. ./ DO therefore retommend;*on this Oc- cafion, the’ chriftian Benevolence of all Orders and Degrees of Perfons among Us 3 not doibting but that they. will, with the utmeft Chearfulnefs, exert themfelves, in contributing to the Relief of the Diftreff=d, in Proportion to the Means €OD has in his Providence blefled them with. ° And I do require the Minifters of the devera! Churches'in this Province, to.read this Brief to their refpeltive Congregations “on the fisf Sabbath after they receive it And, ‘asit.is to be”prefunted, that the greater Part of the Money chat will be eol- le@ed in Confequence of this Brief, will be Paper Money, I muft defire that the Sums colleed in-the refpe@ive Coagregations, “mnay be fealed up, and paid to the Treaforer ‘of this Province, by him to be exchanged for Silver or Gold, and remitted for the Ufe “of the poor Sufferers, as the Goverpor, with the Advice of His Majeity’s Council, fhall ‘order and dire&, without Fee or Reward of any Kind whatfoever. PorTsMouTH, April 8. 1760. S ~ B. WenTtwoRTH. EOOIDOBRDEILDRPDIRHS Ie%fl%l_. ‘%O N-D O N‘? January 17. The follssing deciaration of the Emprefs of all the Ruf- fias, is handed apout at Hamburgh by way of anfwer . “to the propofals made, relative to = general peace. €c §H AT a peace feemed to be at a great dift- 47 ance, as there was no other foundation for it than the pacific difpofition of his BritannickMejefty; ‘that her Imperial Majelty is determined to fulfil her “ ‘engagements, and to perfilt moft religioufly in the treaty entered into with herallies, and to procure, as far as lies in.her power, full fatisfaltion for the un- fortunate. Bat notwithftanding, in order to put a ftop to the eftufion of Chriftian blood, if :means could ‘be_found to eftablith &n honourable and lafting peace, avith the confent and . approbation of her allies, thg Emprefs ot Ruffia would be of the firft to put her hand to (o .falutary a work.! e s . Bxtral® of a Letter from Geneva, Nov 6. C « T'wo days after the ncws arrived of the takiag * of Quebec, Monf. de Voltaire gave a grand eatertain- ment at his houfe in the country. In the evening, the company reiired into a noble gallery, at the ead ‘of which was ercted an elegant theatre,and a new piece called Le Patriot Infulaire was performed, in which all the genius and fire of that celebrated poct were exhaufted in favour of the caufe of Libesty. M, de Voltaire himfelf appesred in the principal cha- rafter, and drew tears from the whole audience. The fcencs were decorated with emblems of libzrcy, and over the ftage was thisinfcripiion in Latin and Englith: LIBERT - QVIETL. MVSIS. SACRVM. i o) JE R The Englith line means, Spitg of the French. The geaning oi._(hc whole infcrip.ion, is that M. de Vol- taire mew,in a free country enjoys that liberty and granquility, in fpice of the Frencn, which that tyran- pical ,n%," "“lent nation had alway; refuled him. Afe g « 3 7 ATL. sp . Pty -*and three women paflengers, when g & s s 8. FO HN, (in dntigia) Blarch 12, - ; H E Snew Fox, James Drewgy Mufter, arrrved #+4" - herc laft Sanday from Briftol, Waterlord, and -fl’;dct-. having been takon by the Enemy, and re- Asken by the Sturdy Begear Privatter of New York, ‘Robert Troltp, Commander. The Fox had 8 guns, 3 ‘pounders, and 17 men sad boys;ibefides two men en the 7th inflane, about 25 leagucs o windward 0;’ Antigua fhe was attacked by the Capricieux, a Frefieh privateer of 14 guns and 104 men, Anthony Marie, commandgr. The A&ion began, about half s hour patt fix in the » - morning, and continued til! half of hour.after eight, * when'the eaemy hed rezeived o much damage, that they were obliged to drop aflleen and reflr, which . gave Capt. Drew en opportunity of repairing bis rigging inthe beft manper his firustion would admit; and ‘at the fame tite he crowded all {ail, hoping to get clear = But tho’ the enemy at one time appeared near three Jeagues aftern, yet the Fox, being a heavy failer,was again overtaken abour four in the afternoon ; - and & [ceond engzzemeut cpfued at half mufket fhot diftance, and feveral times aimoit ciofle sboard. The litle force Capt. Drew had, . was employzd to the beft advantage, snd his great guns were fired ¢ with & much better direftion thanthcle of the enemy, iwhofe fmall srms only did himimuch hurt ; but this unfortunately proved the ruin.of the former ; for by 6-0'clock;; the enemy found their veflel finking, and neceflity obliggd them to board the fnow, fuddenly “‘and all-together, as the only means of preferving their - own Jives ; amealure which their courage hadnever fuggelted. , ! "T'he peogle belongirg¢o the dnow were ftill igfo- rant ‘of the condiica the privateer was in, (tho’ fa= went#o the bottom a -few minutes afterwards) and finding sl further refiftance in vain, they fubmitted, “'afid called for quarier.— Amongft men ‘not totally lof to all enfe of hopeur, and the regard dae to merit, even in an enemyy the defence thofe people “had made would have'intitled them to particular marks of favour and diftinétion ; but how oppofie to this was thie condufk of the French? Desf to all intreaties for quaricr, they tore np the decks, threw down combufitbles, and kept firing Balls amongft the people below for a confiderable Time: At laft however fome of the Frenchmen being below, and having promiled quarter to thafle who had<helcered themfelves in the gun room, Mr. Ball, late of Water- ford, Meichant, ventured to climbup into the cabbin, where he preflently received a blow with a Cutlafs, defigned at his Skull, but happily the weapon glanced and only cut off his left car, clo’e tothe head, and occafioned him to fall backwards into the gun room again, having alfo received (cveral other wounds from different people. In the mean time Capt. Drew havigg been fiz:d and fripped of every thing valuabley a pific! was prefented to his Head, and fired ; yetthe ball, as it were providentially, miffed him : they then began to cut him with a knife, in the moft barbarous manrer, aiming chiefly at his head ; and made fevecal thrufis at him with 2 {word, which he avoided by getting behind the masft. The enemy had now been malfters of the veflzl 2 confiderable time, and the people in the gun room began to hope the rage of their cruelty might be fub- fided. It wastherefore refolved, oa furthér promiies of quarter, to venture up again ; and:to exciie their ¢ompaffion, if any [park remeined, the women went up firft, led by Mrs. Bull, expofing her tender infant, born but 4 days before, and bathed in the tears ofits mother: a fcene which might have moved the moit obdurate favsge. But no [coner were the women followed by a hopzful boy of about 15, brother in law of Capt. Drew, than he was dragged away, fhot, then wounded with fwords, and atcerwards threw overboard whilft yetalive: This was alfo. the cafe of Mr. Broughton, & paffenger, who being badly woand- ed in the aftion, was afterwards flabbed by the French, and then thrown overbesrd, fiili breathing and not dead ; and this too would ceriainly have been the fate of Mr. Bull, hal he not thruft himfelf under 2 Gun, from whence he could not eafily be difengag- ed ; yet whiilt in.this {fituaion two awempts were made to thruft him thro’ the boady, bat on both ccca- {inns he received the.woeund in-fis thighs, bands, &c. The Guoner. whilft yet on his knees and begging for mercy; was fliot thro' the thigh ; but. this not being mortal, they atwtempied to Iplit his fkull, whillt be parryed the blows.only with bis hands and arms, and received the wounds there. This horrid maflacre was all the while countenan- cad and encouraged, if not exprefly commanded, by the French Caprain, Antheny Maire, and by his oficers; anditis hard to fay where the feene woald have ended at laft had not a thirft of plunder fucceed- ed that of blood. —But providence never defigned {nih brutal murderers fhould gb u;‘pumfi:".d‘ Capt., faw the fnowjgarty the nigl worning, [ o hour e yors 2{te ailes LY ® i Ar prizz; ran athore upon the tail of the g;eif, and tho fhort of Woad, .and our Water is nore of_ the paft. s v - Nowg. 184‘ I_ Foréigz; and Duolszflick. - GAZE ¥»-but Rappiy ihs led from Nons Le Trein of 1 i ports fai L Part ok ¢ -Yorky wis the was got off in about 3 hours, yet fhe was .lo much damaged, sud mace fo much water, that they were obliged to run her afhore in deep bay, where her hull is irrecoverably Joft, but sll ber rigging and fiores will be faved. Her Jols is the more regretted; as fhe was one of the beft privateers in America ; had already been of greas fervice.to our trade, and was commanded by a gentlemas of krown courage and merit. She had forgs days before reteken & {now from Cork and fent her to Barbades. ; Sr. JAGO DE LA VEGA, (in Famaiea.) Dec. 20. Laft Tuelday arrived ihe ihip Maribo- rough, Capt. Richardfon, from the Coaft of Guinea, with flavess fhe had an eagageimen two days belore off Cape Tiberoon with a Frencoprivateer of 14 gune, in which the Capt. and 5 men were killed ; but by the bravery of the Remainder of the crew, and.the afiiit ance of fome negioes, whom they hed armed in the engagement, they beat off che priva‘eers - 2q.-Laft:Saturday arrived from a cruize, his Ma- jefty’s fhip Lively, and brought in a Datch veilel, carrying 10 guns, with 200 hogfheads of French fugar, and a cenfiderable qusniity of indigo on board. ¥ ’_740. 5. His Mzjefty's thip Carberus,Ch. Webber, L'q; commanger, will certainly fsil fometime next week, to convoy .a fmall fleet of merchantmen thro’ the windward paffige; and we hesr Admiral Coues wiil thordy fail for England, in his Msjefty’s thip Marlborough ; and that the command of his Majefty” Tran{ wih s ticlrgale, ranfoul of each o'ker in by which one of them received fo moch i, hat the funk almof inftan: mens lives were faved. ({4 g who fhall damage t contendin ¥, Lt Thuridey 8 or tafket: Road for New the ni b an Attion that two whale floops ffe- Anillery on koard, the Auftrians, continue to ke 4 belonging <o thas place, as they were flanding 1 cement from: Privce Ferdinands went wa s &2ed to enfue.”’ Nantucket, ¥ fquadron flationed at Jamaics, will devolveon Wm. Marfh, Efg; commander of the Harwich man of war, who we hear will on that cccafion hoift a bread pendang, « oV ; e Cuarcsstown, Sovru CarotiNa, March 1. Fort Prince George, Keowee, February 24 The . Indians continue to fire on us every Day from the IHille, Fe dare not ftir out 6f the Fort. Weare ined 8y 4 Reinfor bi as well as 15 Jfllfl Army, w the Field in this rigorous Seafon, We hear from 1ball jind remain in Poffiffon of Saxony, t0 decide sobi :we are was (peidily expe will now God fend us fpeedy Relicf, sad pus & Period to the prefent Calamitiest 2 > : The Hon# james Wright, Efq; Agent to folicit the Affairs of this Province in Great Byitaif, is ap pointed Lieutenant Governor of Georgis, and Chief Juftice of this Province... . Y B0 Letter® from Ninety-Six; dated - the 22d of Feb advile, that two Thirds .of the Garrifon there are | down in the:Small Pox : . That the Negzo Man.be longing to Do@.. John Murray who was taken by the Indians when. they attacked that Forr, had made his | li'cape and returnzd thither : And thatro [ndisnshad « been feen in that Neighbourhood fince that Atsck Fiom Augufta and Fert Moere, we iearn, that Licut. Shaw and Enfign M Intoth were . arrived at thof= Forts with the Reinforcements fent chicher : And that the Chickefaws had declared they would live and dic by us, upon receiving a: Talk deliverzd by Mr. McGillivray, and had even jointd fome of the Georgia fcouting Parties. . . 5 We are credibly intormed that the Number of Per- fons inoculated for the Small Pox in this Town, amounts to more than 2500, and that four Fifths of that Number tock. the. Difeafe in one Week : Several ere now perfeétly recovered,and many out of Danger ; yet the Difeafe has not appeared in the mildeft Man- ner, either by: Inoculation or in the natural Way, March 5. His Excellency Gavernor Lyttleton we hear will (il for, Great Britain about the zoth Inft. in his Majefty’s Ship Trent, commanded by John Lindfay, E ;. . 3 . The famous Monl. Palanqui, who was releafed at Jamaica on his Parole, is puc ta Sea with a Snow, a Brig snd a Sloop, sll ftout Veflels, and well manned ; and as he has not been feen in the Weft Indies by any of the Britifh Zruifers, is fuppofed to be locking for Piizzs on the North American Cozfts. Governor Lilis is fill ufing all his Interefl to pre- vaii on fome of the Creeks to goout againit the Che rokees,” and Mrs. Bofomworth ( an Indian. Creck civilized, and fettled at Bavannali, and great Influence over that 'T'ribe ) has a&ually prevailed on the Long Warrior and White Cabin Headmen, to go out im- mediately on tha. Brrand, and that- fhe had taken the Wives and Children of the Party to Catharine’s [fl2nd to keep till their Retutn. This laft Part of the Intel- Jigence. we have likewile in a Lewer from Sayanypah oi the 27th ult. which mentions that the News wis jaftithen arrived there. We heer Col. Richardfon was to march into the Cherckee Nation with a Body:-of 5§00 Men at leaft, moftly Volunteers, while the Rangers are to proteét the Setiements againft (calping Parties of Indians. W LLIAMSBURG, (in Virginia,) March 7. The Three Sifters, Capt. Gordom, is arrived i 7 weeks and four days from the Downs, foon after fhe failed, Me was engaged for three hours with a French privaicer, motnting 16 carriage guns, and had the & #ood’ fortune to elcape, by difebling the privateer’s main maft, Cane-4edon apd epe of the pallengesa wese flighty woandg ; p il LI A 3 this however /e again ere ling already increafe, as Soand “tis tho't Nay ¢ King of Praffi 4 rve them, , b and-1 apprebend w vy 2ditions at bomi i ‘etained for their remaining Ships of War fg prefe Fa nift Maitingsd. Pugh - wild enuwerate Privateers, wkic preparing fomenaval ap their ene is defign’d agsi ace no De- ) ¢ on their Marine, bat refolve ta lay G40 'y can towards making anosher all the 7 lain the Freneh are determined to-reinforce ) ‘ the approaching Seafon : No Doubs we frall- -the Men which wers ommadation ufe every Effart to counteralt them,' and bope for the go imto privarg Service erewith the Almighty bas bitherts ble/d Premium of Injurance t9 1 2 ithgreat-Reafon they feem to p ? . , their Army our Armps; e at Hanaver, thea theredy it is -man at Lifbon, ju.dwith five Mails ; by ket i arvi J ¥V bave now liff our Hopes of an Acc taken which joe ent c4wixi the contending Powoer hing at prefe ©'ST O N, Amil 7. alt of a Letter from a Gen dated February 12. 17¢ iy sring b