The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, May 21, 1762, Page 1

| Cézfl#/ ‘74;”() FRIDAY, Mav 21 17‘6'2. THE Containing the Frefbeff Advices, flfram the UNIVERSAL Mlgti'me for Novemb. 1761. An Account of theSea-Man lazely feen near the [fland of Martineco. WO Frenchmen and . four Negroes having fet out in a.canoe towards the coaft of a little de- ¢ fart ifle fitaated to the South of Murtireco, & Icpente_d from it by a ftreight about 2 lesguc in breadth ; they ftopped at an advanced point of ten or twelve. paces into the fes, andcight or ten feet high ebove the . water, There, within eight paces of them, they faw & Triton, or Sea Man, the half of whole body sppeared: above the water. At firlt,their aRonith- ment and confternation _hindered them to confider him attentively ; but the monfter having appeared fe- veral times on the water, znd continued a long time in the {ame pofition, they took courage and h.'d time enough to obferve diftinétly all his. parts. Hls figure perfedly refembled the human, from the head down to the wafte ; his fize and fhape were fmall and {len- der, as of a youth of 15 or 16 years of age ; the eyes were {fomewhat large, but withour deformity ; the vifage broad and full; the nofe lage and flat ; the hair grey, that is a mixtere of white and l?llck, l:nlf, difpofed in order, as if combed, and floating on his fhoulders. His beard was grey feven or eight inches in length, and every where equally broad ; his breatt was covered with hair as old men are in that part. They did not obferve, whether his arms were pro- rtionable to his body, whether they were flit, whether fingers were faftned together, or whether l}e had fins. Nothing particular was alfo obferved in the neck, or the reft of the bady that appeared above water ; it was neither covered with fcales nor hair ; the fkin feemed fine and delicate enough, and the face & body rather white than brown,the lower part which was fecn bencath the water, was propor- tionable to the reft of the body, and like unto a fith; it was terminated by wlarge and forked wil. He appeared the firft time within 8 paces of the rock; the fccond he drew nearer : and at length he came quite ¢lofe to the point, where the two Frenchmen and four negroes were fitting; he retired towards the esft, along fome herbsge that was at the foot of the rock ; Le turned feveral times, and remained long on the water, ns it he took pleafure in feeing and being feen, end without fhewing the leaft furprife. Thofe who {faw him fancied his countenance to be ftern snd me- nacing, perhaps becau’ethey were ftill afraid. They ell declsred they heard him blow his nofe, and faw him rub down with his hand his face and nofe, s it were to wipe them; he made no noile by the mouth which might fhew that he had' a voice. This adventure wiss related by M. de la Paire, comman- ding captain of that quarter, and to a miflionary Jefuit in the neighbouring coaft : Both of them judged itto be fabulous, and.in order that the people might not be impofed upon by a vainreport, they made a very {lri& enquiry into the truth ; they interrogated fepe- rately the wiineffes, and with greet precaution ; but, their depofitions being found: to agree with each other M. de la Paire had them juridically received by a notary, in prefence of the officers and mofl con- fiderable men of the department ; fo thet it was jud- ged nothing could be added to the authenticity of the information. ; . In fhort, this is not the firfk Sea Man that hasap pesred ; M. Delponde makes mention of a male and female who were taken at the fame time; the female furvived two years, and learned to {pin : T'he hiftory of the Sea bifhop, taken on the coaft of the Baltic, is very fingular : Father Henriques, a Jefuit, was one day called out to fee feven Tritons snd nine Syrens, which had been taken about the Ifle of Manar, nesg that of Ceylon, end in which the fexes were very dil- tinét. T'he fes-man that sppeered fome years ago on the coaft of Britany, near Bellcifle, was every way like that feen lately. in Americe. N E WY ORK, Aprils. Extrad? of a Letter from Capt. JohnKnowles, Mafler of the Ship Auguita, rbe Carted going from Quebec 0 France, with French Officers &Sc as mention'd in our Paper of the 12 Inflant conforming to the €api- sulation of Canads, ) to @ Merchant at Montreal, dated at Si. Petex’s on the Ifland of Cape Briton, Dec. 11th 1762, DzARrSIR, « 3 T°s with the utmoft Diftrefs of Mind that I ac- D L ——— .~ R quaint you with my moft unhlgpy Fate, in loo- fing my Ship Augufts, the a5t of laft Month, 4 i ¥ ¥ it i ! H Rear Cspe North, in this mmci, in 8 dreadful Gale of Wind, which held five Days, drove us upon the Land ; and when we were pretty near clear,the ter- vible Gale increafed, and fpilt our Forcfail all to Picces ; the Confequences were horrible, not & Soul faved but Mr. St Luke, five Frenchmgen and myfelf. His Brother the Chevalier, his own two-Sone, your poor Friend Kilbourn, Mr. Belvier; all the Women &nd Children, every Creatute gone : Itis not in my Power to delcrille the Hardfhips we fuffer’d afier- wards, in endeavouring to'get 10 Louitbourg. Twen- ty one ‘Days did we flruggle through Mountsins, Rivers, Snow, and every Difficulty that this moit unblefs’d Ifland could lay before us: Two of our Company we left by the Way, one taken ill, and the other ftay’d with him by the Perfuafions of Mr. St. Luke, who has pared no expence or Trouble to fend them Relief ' I fhall go te Louifbourg,and from thence to Hali faxz, as foon as I am able, and fhall fend you from thence a Journal of our twenty-one Days Travel through thefe cruel Woods to this Place. The Faiigue of Body and Mind Mr. St. Luke went thro’ cannot be conceived, and appesrs o ro- mantic, were not-the Fa&s eftablifhed oh the moft melancholy and: authentic Proofs, they could fcarce be ¢redited. © He marched 108 Days (whereof he only Halied 7).between 5 and 600 Leagues, under everyDifficulty, a barren Defart covered with Snow, and expofed to Famine, could produce ; which could not have been; endured without a Fortitude of Mind which does Honour to Human Mature ; and thro’ his whole Condu&, he difcovered Principles of the grestelt Humanity, and uncommon Genercfity. OnFriday fev'night 300 {leighs cameto that town: The following accident happened there, one Mr. St. Luke Lycorn (who was caft away, as lately menti- oned Jhaving with his. wife and fiter drank fome coffee, they were {uddenly taken ill; his wife died in 5 hours; and ‘his £iter’s life is. defpsir’d of. Itis im- sgined this accident was accafioned -by Ratsbane, which had been ufed in poifoining Rats. L O N D O N, Deember 31. Tbhe following aged Perfms dicd in this Month. Francis Atkins, aged 104 Years; be bad been Porter at tbe Place Gate atSalisbury ever fince Bifbop Burnet's Time....AFrenchRefugee ix Silefarig. ... HenryParfons at Kingflon, 93....Capt Smith at Clapham. 9z....Mr. Doben of Guern gy, 105.. .4t Cralz in Viigtland, a Man who bad li ved io the Age of 135 Yiars, without any liinefs.. He bad feen 7 Emperors of Germany. Mr. Gee, late of the Plantation Office. QO. A furt view of the whole royal navy of Great Britain, now allually in commiffion, viz “Two firft rates, which carry from Qb to 110 guns cach ; 11 Jecond ditto, from 84 0 go, 60 third ditte, from 64 to 803 43 fourth ditto, from 48 to 60 ;5 71 fifth ditto, from 26 t0 44 ; 40 fixth ditte, from 16 to 24 68 floops, from 8 to 14 5 befides [wivels 5 12 bsmbs, 10 fire [bips, 4 flore Jbips,39 armed veffels bired, 7 royal yachis,and 5 fmali yachss ; in all 372 King's (bips.” . Fan 5. The laff war againf} Spain was declared in Od&oker 1739, mow upwards of 22 years fince: It is obfervable, that the prefent King of Spain, when only the Infant Don Carlos, was lettled on the throne of Naple: by the affiftance of a powerful Enghfb fleet with #ear 12000 troops on board, and lately be bas ¢fpoufed the part of oty enemies...... ; ....... Such is the gratitude.of fome Princes. The Hermoine French frigree, of 36 guns,was loff the 26¢h ult,coming out of Vigo. Her conjors put back 1oV igo. Jan. 7. There was no Cozrt yeflerday atSt.Fames's, nor Ball.at night, nor any geming ; it being bis Méje- Sy's pleajure that ill precedents fbould not be given at bis Royal Palace. ; A certain fbip bailder, difebarged from ome of bi: Majefty's yards upen the conclufion of 1be laft peace, and who, for the fupport of bimfelf and family, went abread for employment, was Jo wellreccived thire, that be was appointed drawghtjman and mafler builder, &¢. of Car- thagena.in Spain, which he noto enjoys, and 1ides in bis calafb and fix.....Pivy that the conitructors ot our nu-* tional fecurity. fhould ever be ‘cut of pay ; In fome of the regiments now raifing there are many boys inlifted not more than 1y yearsof .age and [ome under; who, it is faid, are to be fent togarvifen Jome of our congquefts whilft young that they may be the butter enured t9 tbe climate. - Fan.28. All the men of war that sere at Spithead are failed, except three, but where no one pretends io knsen, the price of inlurance o dmerica gnd the Weft- e - Noms. 294 " Weexs fince this Pares, [ was fiift Publifh’d. AZETTE o Foreign and Domeflick. Indies is at prefent fo bigh, that feveral perfons rather chuje to run the bazard, great as it anay appear, ibaw 2o Jubmsit to the difour (ements, whick fink fo very deep into their nets profits of trade. : Feb. 1. A letter from Gibraltar, dated Decenber 19 /ays, ‘“ News is juft noo brought us, that a large pody of Erench troops is embarking at IMarjailles, buc whtiber bound we knoew not.’ : Feb. 14. The perfons committed at the Baftile az Paris, and who are to be trizd by roysl Commiflien at the Chatelet, are M. Bigor, formerly Intendant of Canads ; M. Peau, Captain Aid Major of Quebee,snd Mr. Varik, Commiflary ofthe Marine at Montreal. Saturday morning died at hislodgings in Salifbury Court, after an illne(s which lafted eight days ( of = pleurily on the Lungs ) Mr. SamuEL Jonks, Printer and Poftmafter at Bafleterre in St. Kitts. It is faid the grand lodge of free mafons are going to fit out a fhip of 5o guns, and to carry 400 men. It is rumoured, that the “influence of French party in Holland is fo great, that fince the rupture between England and Spain, the Dutch have, in a more haugh- ty tone than heretafore, demanded reftitution for their thips, about which they made fuch an unjult clamour about three years ago. - *Tis faid the right hon. the earl of Temple, it fit- ting out a ftout privateer of 36 guns and 320 men (o cruize againft the Spanisrds. We bear that in the Expedition Flert, which is to put ts Sea in a few Days from Portymouth, fsr the Weft Indies, Admiral Pocsck and Com Keppel, will command by Sea,and that the Earl of Albemarle will te Gcneral in Chief of the Land Forces. Every department of the War and Admirslty isin a great hurry or-account of the grand expedition fleet, which is preparing to fail. Mcft of the chief officers have no longer than Sunday allowed them to feule their affairs, before they fet out. It is reported that snother expedition of great imy portance is attuslly planned, snd the Officers and troops nsmed who are to carry it into ¢xecution. Several large colliers which sre juft arrived in the’ river, arc ordered to be taken into his Majefly’s fer- vice as tranf(ports, as foon asthey have delivered their cargoes. ‘ The laft accounts from Berlin, which are of the 26th ult. fay that they had grest reafon to hope their affairs would take a favourable turn with the Cours ot Peterfburg. - ’ OnSaturday laft happened the following unpsrallel- led inftance of low theft & miferable wretchednefs = an old man ftanding by the {ca fide at the Three per cent Office at theBank, was cbferved by a gentleman,,’ frequently to floop and put coals in his pocket ; this he often repeated, which exited the gentleman’s cu- riofity to attend him clofely, and afterwards fcllow him to the books, where, to his grest furprize, he faw him receive his dividend upon 12001, This {o irritated the gentlemun, that he acquainted fome of the clerks of what he had obferved ; upon which he was carried before & magifirate, and the coals were taken out of his pocket : on his defence, he pleaded, he picked them upin the fireet, as they dropt from a coal cart,but the gentleman perfifting in bhis charge,’ ke conlefled the fa&. Hisage, and promife of never offending in the like manner again, procured his psr- don. Upon inquiring into his fitustion in life, he keeps ® chandler’s fhop, and is landlord of a whole court of houfes,and has amefled the fum he is paflcfled of by ufury, excortion, and oppreflion. Lifbin, Jen. 18. A general confternztion prevails throught this kingdom, fince thé news was i1eceived of a war between England and Spian. Our confler- nation is the greater, as it is {orefeen :that we muft take part in this war ;'and our troops, which have . received no psy for twe years, are in fuch bad order and the finances fo much exhaufted, that our court can do nothing of themfelves. They are fincerely defirous to obferve a ftri¢t neutrality ; and have intimated this to the court 0/Spain; and,in coniequence therest, have fent orders to the Britith (hips of war in the T'agus, to leave the river, being refolved to fuffer no more than five to remain there at one time, agree- .+ able to the ftipulations of treaties between ' the two nations. Mean while, in the uncertainty we are in, whether the Spanith courc will not compel us to de- clare for one or the other of the belligerent powers, we are making the utmoft efforts to aupment our jorces by fea'and lard, and have fent to London for 18,0co mufkets, and feveral warlike iiores; the court being determined, if they mu® declare thems felves, to deglare for England. ~ ~ 7 7 7