The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, June 20, 1760, Page 1

! 7 y 1 p 'v n 1 4 : 2 Uy (! B A i1 $ 4"} ; ’ s v v ‘ | . 7 e v 1 »77 LD FRIDAY, June 20. 1760: T HER New-Hampfhire Containing the Frefbef! Adviéc; LONDON, Apil 24 . Zranflation of a Letter from Prince Ferdinand of Brunfwick. g Mofp Sacred, - ; i “ HE Enemy having called in ail their fmall detschments, this difcovery engsged me to give . the army, at five o’clock in the 3 5 L afternoon, orders to hold them- felves in readinefs to march at ong o’clock in the morning, on the firt of Auguft, the cavalry exprefly to be faddled at that hour... I recommended it to all the advanced poftsto be very attentive, and toinform me of the leaft motion . they fhould obferve during the night. It psfled without my receiving any in- ; telligence.. At three in the morning. M. de Redan, adjutant general, informed me of the arrival of two deferters, with the news,that the army of the enemy ‘was marching to attack me, and that they had pafled the marfh at midnight. . Thefe deferters came to Ha&im at ten o’clock in the evening ; but notwith ftanding the importance of the news. they brought, it did not reach me till towards three in the morning. That I might lofe notime, I fent every aid de camp I had about me to the camp, in order to make the army move without the leait delay. I was obeyed with the greateft readine(s, except by the cavalry on the right; which, notwithftanding my former orders, were not faddled ; and of whom the condu&or, L. G. S. did not come to his pott till very late. Accord- ing to my orders of battle, the cavalry were on the wings, and the infantry in the cenier. . The enemy had, on the contrary, placed the cavairy in the center, and their infantry on the wings. The Britith infantry attacked with an amazing intrepidity. The fuccels of it was fo great, that the cavalry of the ecnemy, which was facing your brave infantry, was routed, and totally put in contafion. This was the moment for the cavalry to have completed the defeat of the enemy. I f{ent my 2id-de camp, Cap:. Ligonier, to L. G. S. with orders to sdvance with the cavalry, in order to make the moft of the advantiges which the infantry had juft obtained. My aid de camp, Capt. Winchenrode, was {ent by me to L. G. 5. with a like commiffion. My Lord feigned, at firft, not to com prehend the orders which he carried ; At length “he feemed to give way to them, and concladed with doing nothing. A , R . < Before Ligonier came back, the cavalry of the enemy had rallied, and returned to the charge, fup- ported by the Saxon infantry, and a very brifk caono- nade, which took our infaniry obliquely in frontand dire&ly in fank. Mr Fitzroy was then fentto L. G. S. to prefs him to sdvance, without lo's of time, to fup- port the infaniry which faffered ; but he did nothiag. Expefling, with reafcn, to find a difpofition in Lu_rd Granby,to diftinguifh himfelf, [ fent Col. Webb (0 him with my orders to advance with the fecond line of cavalry 3 but L. G. S. hindered him,by ftopping him from advancing.. Col. Fitzroy, and Capt. Ligonier returned, and told me,that the cavalry had not ftirred one ftep ; that notwith@anding my orders L. G. S, did not give credit to what they had told him ; that he did nct underftand what they had faid ; and that he would come and fpeak to me himfelf. Hecame, and in fhort found me ; I repeated to him what Ligo- nier and Fitzroy had told him from me ; but the ca- valry never advanced near enough cither to gather the “laurels which your infantry had prepared tor them,or to proic¢: them while they fuffered. Infhort, L.G. 8, wvery far from repairing the fault which the cavalry on the right had committed, in not being fsddled at the appointed hour,and which he him{elf had committed, in not having remedied it in time, and alfoin his coming too late to his poft ; in not doubling his pace during his march, to regain the time he loft alfo, and the greateft opportunity which has, perhaps, ever ex- ifted to acquire glory,which he was not only offer’d, but commanded to feize. The cavalryremain'dduring the whole aéion, out of cannon f{l«t. Towards the end of the altion, the D. of Richmond went from me, with orders for L. G. S. to advance with the ca- valry to the edge of the marfh, which was executed, 1 confefs I cannot but think, with great vexation, of the conduét of L. G. S. and cannot but declare on the contrary, the good opinion I had of Lord Granby, from the readine(s he fhewed to execute my orders, Iy whomfoever they were brought ; which leaves no room to doubt;confidering the favourable opportunity which the cavalry liad to aét in, that they would have rendered the vitory as decifive as any ever had been. If L. G. S. who had been infenfible to the frec opportunity which he had to scquire Glory, was offended ac the acknowledgments which 1 made (5 X e, v i - R g e o e SRR i R« N R - - C R : s 7 W gy s < I anfwered him abfolutely in the negative. ‘in favour of Lord Granby, according to his manzer, he could notbut think it an indiret cenfure of his own particular condu@®. He wrote me a letter, by which he tho't proper to demand from me, to recall the compliments which I had made to L. Granby. My L. G. S. then fet himf{elf about 'propagating many falle reports in the army; which determined me,. at lsft, to write to your M—— on this particular Subject. My L. G. S. a few days sfter my letter went off, and received his recal. He then appeared. to be ftruck with it, andawrote me a letter t& complain of his fate, fince which,there has been no interview between him and me.” . ; The following account is faid to be givenby Mr: Johnfon, fteward to Lord Ferrers, before his death, which happened nine hours after he was fhot by his Lordthip: that his Lordfhip had fent all his {ervants out of the way but one, when he called him up to deliver in his accounts ; that when he entered the _room he obferved that he turned the key upon him, -and when he prefented his papers he exprefled fome dilcontent, and bid him fall upon his knees ; the old ‘gentleman expoftulated with him, defiring to know in what he had offended ; that he doubted not, but upon examination, he would find his accounts exaét, end, as they had always been, to his fatisfaction, he befeeched his Lordfhip to give him leave to explain them. His anfwer was, that he did not doubt his accounts, but he had been a tyrant, and he was de- termined to punifh him, and infifted on his falling on his knees to make his pcace with his God, for he fhould never rife again till he ro'e at the refurretion : the old gentleman then fell upon one knee, and be fought him to confider his 2ge and fervices ; that he had been thirty years a fervantin the family, and that he could never be charged with wrong to any man. His Lordfhip made aniwer, that he muft be either a rogue o him, or ta others, and pulling a piitol out of his pocket, and cocking it, bid him inftantiy fall upon boih knees and pray to- God, for now was the left moment he had to live. He then obeyed, and his Lordfhip difcharged the piitol full at his body. He dropt: and his Lordfhip raifing him, afked bowo be felt himfelf mow, to which he repiied, like a wan that has but a few moments to live Tuen faid he, make good ufe of your time, aud taking him in his arms, placed him in a chair. The only fervant then in the hounfe his Lordthip fent for a furgeon; and when the furgeon came, be took him to the room where the fteward was,and bid him take cere of him, but at the fame time, with the fevereft menaces, threatened, that if ever he fiid a_{yllable about the wound, he wouid with the other piftol, {which he pulled out and fhewed him) ferve him julk as he fer- ved old Johnfon. , The furgeon, with great prefence of mind, an{wered, there would be no occaficn to fay any thing, tor the man wouid be wel/ in twenty- four hours.—But when hic was got out of his reach, he then applied . to a neignbouring juitice, told him the cale, and defired that his Lordfhip might be (e cured, which was accoringly done. . He was at fi:ft confined in is own houle, from whence he endeavour- ed to make his efcape ; but on Mr. Jolinlow’s dying, he was commuted to the county prifon, from whence he will be removed in due time, and tried by his Peers. ! x ; St. JOHN’s (in Antigna,) May 15. At a Meeting cf the Gentlemen of the Affcmbly in - 8t. Jobn's, Wedne(day May the 7th, 1760. Ommodore. Moore having had a large fhare in the Reduétion of Guadalope, by demolithing all the Foris of Bafleterre, 1ts Capital; and. by that Means landed the Army there, withoat Oppofition, or the lofs of 2 Man ; and alfo by taking the Forts at Point Petre, opened a3 Way for. the Army to at- tack Grandterre, and the Strong Holds on the North Eaft Side of Guadaloupe, we ar: of opinion, That he delerves the Thanks ot this Legiflaiure, as well for this Service, as for the particulsr Service to Englifp Harbour in this Ifland. We therefore defire the Concurrence of your Bo:-d, in returning our joint Thanks to Commodore Moore for thefe Services, and that His Excellency v..ll do us the Honour of pre- fenting our joint Thanks (o him, and our good wifhes tor his fuiure Succels and Prolperity. . By Order of the Affimbly, : . SAMUEL MARTIN, Speater, His Excellency General Thomas was accordingly pleafed to deliver to Mr. Moore, the Thanks requett- ed by thofe two Branches. Since Mr. Moore’s taking upon him the Com- mend in thefe Seas, His Majefty’s Ships and Veffels upon thefe Staiions have taken trom the Enemy Sixty entangled.” : NuMms. 194. GAZETTE. Foreign and Domefick. One of their Privateers, and deftroyed four others ; and retaken fifty Veflcls, that they had taken as Piizes ; and alfo taken many Veflels carrying Provifions, and other Supplies to the Enemy. Commodore Moore fsiled for England laft Mon- day, in His Majelty’s Ship Berwick of 64 Gune. All the Merchantmen both for England and North A- merica, that could be got ready, went under his Convoy. X v PHILADELPHIA, May29. . On Sunday laft the Pennfylvania Frigate, Captain Leech, fell down on a Cruize, for the Proteéion of the Trade of this Province. : Extra&t of a Letter from Charleftown, in South- Carolina, dated May 5, 1760. Our army, under the command of Col. Mantgomery, is advanced to the Comgarees,. 140 miles from bence. The waggons for his proviflons will be collefted in a few days, but the weather bas been fo dry for fome time paft, that it is feared the /mall rivulets, which would be very convenient for watering the borles ard cattle that at- tend the troops, will, in many places, fail, which will make their marches very fatiguing. We are in bopes they will reach Keowee by the end of this month. 1be garrifon at Fort Loudoun, in the Cherokees, to prepare Jor the worfi. bave, for [fime time paft, been put to the Joort allowwance of a pint of corn a day to aman. ., They were attack'd on the 2oth of March by all the Overbiid Cherokees, except the Little Carpenter and bis family, who are retired into the woods, to aveid being witwefs to a Jeene be cannot prevent 5 and the great warrior Ocunnoffota,who went ost to bunt down the river about 100 miles. . The enemy kept an inceflant firing for 4 days and nights without doing much damage. . At pre- JSent they feem to ceafe their hofiilities 5 but we have intelligence, that they bave fent dswon to New Orleans, to the lawas or Qutawas, and Nontooyas, and ether French Iedians, for affiffance.. Their intention leems to be to amufe us, by making fome propsfals for peace, which are o trifling, that they mufi think firange in us to accept 5 therefore we conclude, it is only to gain time, till their meffengers return. . ., . % Lhe Creck Indians. [eem, in gemeral, inclined to sbferve their plan of neutrality 5 but we are endeavour- ing to prevail on fome of them to go againfl the Chero- kees, led on by fome bold Englifbmen, who bave got commiffions, and are to bave good pay.. This would make a_wvery good diverfion on one fide, while Colonel Montgomery attacks them in front, and muft throw the Cherakees into great conflernation and confufion. ¢ [he nations of Indians that furrcund us are Jo numerous, that the French fo negr the Crecks and Challaws, that it requires the greatef} attention to the wwbele Jyfiem of (ndian politicks, to extricate ourfelves Jrom this critical fituation, in which we are at prefent .z NEW-Y ORK Joneg: o «c.. We hear from Albany, That two lndians, (the one belonging to New Jerfey and the other to the Maflachulett ) taken Prifoners at Fort William Hen- ry, had come in there from Montreal, which Place they deferted the 18th of May: They fay, that for fome Time before they came off, the .Accounts re ceived from the French Army vefore Quebec, were that they had had two or three Engagements with the Englifh on the Plains of Abraham, in which tho’ they were beat off in one or two of them, yet they took a Number of Cannon from the Englifh, and drove them back into the Town, with the Lofs of a great many Men. | o et : 7 _ But that on the 16th of May, other Accounts were received at Montreal, That the French Army were aftuaily coming back from beicre Quebec : which, they fay, threw the People into great A- mazcment, and when they came away, left them univerfally in Tears, lamenting the great Lofs of their Friends in the Siege ; and had now given over all hopes of holding the Country. .- Thefe Indians further add, that the French faid they battered Quebec Walls fo Jow that they could put their hands on the Top.. E 3 . They alfo fay, That Monfieur Vaudruille did not go aguinft Quebec, but that he remained at Montreal. ~ General Amherft was {lill at Albany: And we are told _the foregoing Intelligence 1s very much credited there. _ T : » A Third Indian run away from Montreal in Com - pany with the aforementioned two, but being all purfued, he unhappily was taken. The Fieet from England, under Convoy of Ad- miral Holmes, ariived at Antigua the 2d of May, on board which were 6co Troeps for Guada‘oupe : That fome of the Entmy’s Privateers had been taken and fent in by our Ships of War, ; i is'1fland, was taken by the Enemy St. Martins, where fh: was rin‘om- ¢d by Mr, Defments for the bencfiz ot the Owrers: Pifcataqua to th and carried into pt, Boothfby, from-. ) May 13. Prince Geosge, Ca ; f truce, and deprive their neighbours of a trade St. JOHN’s. (in Antigua Tie Saip B o which they advantageouily purfue. fla e ipally to proteét their ow. That a Number of to New Providence privateers are cruizing about the gagement ports of Hifpanio a, pring 1 i of four. hours, by a French privateer fchooner ; the Freachman loft 40 of his crew.- L ki { fi 5 1 ¥ pzople happily faved.: That ,in @ valusble thip from Bofton, month paft ; by which sccident the privateer was en- tirely loft, but the was Capt. Philliplon abouta the Mount, was taken after an obilinate En pt. Whea- 1y, belonging to Warren, way upen the Caucafies N E W.P O R T, Rhode-Iflind, June 3.0 ly ca We learn from Monta Chrifto, that Ca ton; of the privateer Po walgrtunate -——