The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, July 16, 1762, Page 1

T e { SB35 eE s - Containing XBRE y:,"’“‘f"’ 4§ PORT S M O B T:H Extraft of a Letter from a Gentleman who lives at Taunton, to his Friend in this Town ; dated April 28. 1762. Ry BOUT 10 Days after the fatal Cataftrophe, which was mention'd in the public:Papers, [ vifited the Well, where the Damp had doae fo much Mifchief, and found the Effeéts of it lefs {udden than what was obferv’d fome Days before. Inorderto fce whether the Air was much rarefy’d, I let fall at the fame Init. of Time into the Well, a Stone and & Feather ; the Feather was a3 much refifted, es near as I could judge,es it would hsve bren jashe.open Air; from whence I conciuded that the Difficalty of breathing in the Well, did not proceed from ¢ Rarefalion of Air; Soon after this the noxious Qua- lity of the' Well ceas’d, and it became as triendly to enimal Life as any other Place. I then endeavcured to find a Fiffure in the Rock on which the Fire was made, thyo’ which Vapours might arife, but could difcover norme, from which and feveral other Things I forbear to mention, it feems pizin (0 me, that the Fire wholly chang'd the. Nature of the Air to quite a different Fluid, uafit for Refpiration ; sad that a like Effe@® would follow from any aduit o buret Air. : From this, I think a very good Argument may be drawn againff making Fires in any Place, where there ¢an't be a Succeffion of Air,as iz Wells, clofe Rooms, ¢, fince the Confeguence muff meceffarily be fatal to animal Life. Pordmouth, July 6. 1762. &7’ Tis hereby firongly recommended to the Con- fideration of Town and Country, whether it would not be for the Good of the Publick in this diffrefing Drought, that they fhould ufe chicfly or wholly Freth Meat, sad fave their Salt Pork, And if Far- mers would agree one to kill a Beef this Week, and snother next, and fo on, for the fupply of their Neigh- €8 " bourhood until Beef can be falted, it might in fome Degree prévent a Famine. Allo, if fword Ground or Stubble were to be plowed snd fowed with Indian Corn, Os's, Barley, or Turnips, they would all ferve for Fodder next Winter, sad Grain pinched with the Brought and worth little for other ule, might snfwer to fow. We can't expe the Cale would be much altered with Regard to Hay if there fhonld be Pienty ot Rainfrom this Time. And if we give our Corn to our Catle, we fhall not have Gold and Silver to buy with next Spring a3 we had laft. , : ~ ’ On Monday the Fifth of this Inftant, st sbout two o’Clock in the Afternoon a tersible and deftruc- tive Fire broke out in the Town of Scarborough, in the fecond Psrith called Dunfton, in the County of York, shout 40 Miles from this Town.....The Fire begsn sbout three Miles above the Mceeting Houle North Weft ; the Wind being at North blew ex- ceflive hard ; the Flimes extended before the Wiad with rapid Force about fix Miles in Length, and sbout one Mile wide, which deRtroyed every thing beiore it, and leem’d like the laft Conflagration. . ... There was bu:n: fix Houles, feven Barns, three Milis, Scveral Perfons of good Eftaes are almoRt ruined ; the greatelt Sufferers, are Caprain john Fabyan and his Brother Joleph Fabyan.... They have loft at leait Five HundredPounds Sierling. Mr. Ebenczer Sevey’s Fairm is sl Jaid wefte.... Daniel Merrik faved his Building, but loft all his Catile and Sheep ...Seversl Families are deftitute of either Houfe or any Thing to fupport Nature, two Widows in Particular. The Jesft Computation in the whole Lois muft be abous three Thoufend Pounds Sterling.... This Deftruftion wras in the (pece’ of two Hours, noiwithftanding the fpeedy aflitance of two hundred People. .. Abundance of Coin, Gials, and [everal Orchards are intizely de- ftroyed by the fame. Ay AT s, (I (NI (NI P Pt P (g pd B0 'S Q. N, Julpire, The Mafter of & Fithing Veflel arrived here Yefter- day from Cape Aon fays,.... That on the 27th of June, on Bank Vert, in Lat. 46, he {fpoke with & Brig, in Company with snother Brig and a Schooner, all full of Men, Women and Children, who (4id that on the 24:h they had been drove off their Settlement in the Bay of Bulls, near St. Joba's in Newfoundland, by : &Mfig NUM;. 392 V.’ceksfifl The ' New-Hampfhir the ‘Frcfh‘efl A i : 5 : g g g- o &9 e %4 e 24 A o & o three Spanith Men of War of the Line, from 8oto 60 Guns, and one Erigate, whalanded and deftroyed their Caitie 3 that they elceped to enother Harbour, -and got on board taole Vefiels. Thet the Spenith Ships had drove on Shore a Brig from Ireland, with above 100 Soldiers, who get fo the Land ; but the ‘Brig was taken: That:a Fifhing Veilel had got to St. John's, whe faid he faw the Spaniards fink 10 Fifhiog Vellelson the Great Bank. Thatthere weie other Spanifh Shipagiof Force: on the Banks befides the forementi is.. Thet they expelled to b‘ '.t.&fikfld i 19 7&-» 8. & Capt: Samuel Dogget of the Sloop Swallow errived here Yeltesdsy in vight. Daysfrom Halilax, and fays, T'hat o the 27th of June be heard that the Sycene Frigate was azrived there with Advice, T'hat & Fifh- ing Schooner had come inta St. John’s, who feid that on the Banks he hed mec with five laige Ships and a Frigate, who fired 100 Shot at him, snd feveral Vol lies of Small Arms, but he efcaped in a Fog.... That the Syrene in-her Paflage met with fix T'ranfports for Quebec, one of which, a large Ship faid that chey had fired at a.Schooner to bring her to,the Day men tion’d by the Schooner sforefsid. The Syrene snd Gramont Frigates fiil'd from England sbout the 1ft of May, as Convoy 1o (everal Vefle)s bound to Newloundisnd, Quebec, &c. The Syrene arrived at Halifax laft Thurlday Sen’ night, and sfter flaying there a fhort Time, fail'd in for *****, . .Lord Colvil in the Northumber land Msn of War ot 74 Guns is now at Halitax An Exprefs was difpatch’d late laft Night by His Excellency the Gavernor, for New York. Laft Night as two young Lads were rowing Boat neae the End of the Long Wharf, one of them about 15 Years of Age mifliog his ftroke, dell over- bosrd and was drowned. - Laft Wedneldey Evening a Lad sbout 14 or 15 Years of Age, Apprentice t0.Capt. Kennedy, who lately srriv'd here from Briftol, going on board the Veflel as fhe ley at & Wharff at the North End, by fome Aecident fell overboard and was drowned : his Body was taken up the next Morzing. Yefterdsy Morning between 3 and 4 0'Clock, & Fire broke out in the Cabin of a Sloop belonging to Mr. Vans, of this Town, and commanded by Capt. Harlow, lying st & Whart at the North End, which having communicated to about half a Barrel of Pow der before it was dilcovered, it blew up with a foud Noife and immediately fet all the After Part ofthe Veflel in Flames, simoft the whole of which] together with the under Side of the Main Deck, and fome of the Lading were burnt ; and as they were obliged to fink the Veffel before the Fire could be extinguifhed, ‘thereflt of the Cargo will be grestly dameged, fhe be- ing fully loaded end resdy to fail for the Weft Indies : ....The Fire did alfo confiderable Damage to the W harf, and s large Parcel of Pine Boards that lay on ic. ’Tis not known how the Fire happened. Extraét of a Letter from Lifbon, May 25: 1762, [ Which came in Cap! Suncon.]‘ LL Intercourfe with France and Spain are probibited, and W AR bas been declared bere againft thofe two Powirs. ‘lbe Spawiards bave committed Hoflilities on the Northern Frontiers, taking Poff’ (fom af Jome Places in the Portuguefe Ter yitories. ‘1be dttack made in that Quarter bas given agreat Alarm to the Inhabitants of Porto ; but as that Country is by Nature very difficult of decefs, it will fa obfirult the Enmemy's Procecdings as to give Time for fending proper Succours to proselt that Province, or ot leafl to fecure the City from any Danger Twe Englilh Regiments are arrived bere, and a furtber confiderable Reinforcement is daily expelted, which, added 4o the Portuguefe Army (wbichalready is upwards of 40,000 Men) it is boped will be fufficient to baffis the Astempts which Spain may make upon this Country, which will a& only on the Defenfive ; and in fo juf} a Caufe we may reajonobly. bope 1o bave Succefs. The Bourbon Family bave forced this Kingdim into the War eoitbout the leall Shadow of Equity fer fuch a Proceeding, baw ing mo other Pretext for this Rupiure than a Demand that Portugal fpould join in their offinfive Alliance aguinft Lngland.”, : (49 &L ee firlt Dy 4F6feign and Domeftick, Twenty Mafiet bad been faid he Maffachufetts Government, by Authority ; on Account of the fevere Drought. is to be drawn next Wednelday, to be hed at the Houfe of Mr. Samuel Evans. viz. 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