The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, August 13, 1762, Page 4

BO ST O N Ao, Extras of a Letter from Louifbourg, Fuly 30, “ 1 HIS Moment we have had a Cartel # arrived here with twoOfficers and a Number of Men from St. John’s, and ‘are bound to England ; they put in here for want of Provifions, having only enough for 11 Days 3 bucthey are to proceed from hence to Hahfax, we having only fufficient for our- felves : Thefe Officers inform us ‘that the ¥rench have two Ships of the Line and two Frigates, and 1600 Grenadiers, very fine Troops, they having pick’d them out of 20 Regiments ; they are bufily: employed in fortifying the Place, which they fay will be compleatly dore 3 and that thereis 500 Men - to Garrifon it this Winter ; they have no thoughts of proceeding any. farther, and the Remainder are to Return from whence they came :— T hey oblige the Inhabitants at St. John’s toWork & pay them nothing for it ; and théy are greatly afraid of our Fleet foon coming to them, they have conftantly Re- ports of that Kind.—One of the Gentlemen | told me that they fpoke with a Filhing *Schooner who informa’d them that he faw Four Englifa _Men of War, who fpoke to him 4od told him that they were going' to block up St. John’s Harbour.—The French treatr their Prifoners very ill; putting them on beard with finking Provifions, and Blub- ber Cafks fill’d with Water : this isall can learn at prefent.” : Since our lalt feveral’ Veflels arrived at Newport, New-York, &c. from the Havan- ah who left it the 18th July, which is four Days later than the Advices publifh’d in our laft, brought by Captain Gardner, who con- firm moft Part of the News as then inferted, but fay our Army- were very healthy, and had been motftly fo from their Landing ; and that they had been bleffed with uncommon good Weather during the Seige :—That , the Spaniards had atually funk three large Ships in the Entrance of the Harbour, to prevent our large Men.of War gettingin : ———That all the Men of War except one Frigate which lay ready to put to Sea, were hauled far above the Town : That ourArmy had levell’d the Wall of the Eaft Side of the Moor Caftle, 2lmt even with the Platform 5 and that our People from their different Batteries fired fixty Guas in an Hour, and the Spaniards not mere than eight in an Hour : —That our Troops had cut off the Pipes which conveyed the Water under Ground to theCaftle.—That the Spaniards had peifon’d the Water which our Forces made Ule of, which obliged our Troops torepair to a runn-: ing Stream 3 or 4 Miles from Camp ;—That the Enemy have ten Ships of the Line, ex- clufive of thofe funk, who furnifhed 10,000 Men for the Defence of the place :—That our Troops were pofted in fuch a Manner, that they could deftroy the Town whenever they pleafed :—That the Siege was carried on with the greateft Vigor, a perfeét Har- mony fubfifting between the army and Fleet : — Fhat our lofs of Men- was faid to be very inconfiderable, but that of the Enemy grear : —That the Reinforcement for the Army from North-America_was pot arrived :— That our Fleet had taken a Frigate and a Ship from Cadiz, laden with warlike ftores : —=And that feven fhips were to endeavour to enter the Flarbour the next Day after thefe Veffels fail’d, and it was not doubted our Troops would foon be. in pofieflion of the lac S ) X ‘ p;a](‘z;' Whitefield is no¢ arrived at Virginia, ai lately mentioned in one of the public Prints, 5 ‘Schooner Rye, Benjamin Ranndle, PORTSMOUTH ¢ have certsin Ingelligence from Brintwood, about 20 Miles from this Town, thet by Realon of the pre, {ent dry Seafon, large'Fires have been burning forabove & Week there, {everal Houfes snd Barns have beenal-. rexdy deftroyed, and oth'ers in the u.hi‘ibfi'fiqn”?qf.;;t 1o W ‘ T Lo A fet of WaTETS sZ’YHymns has ran over'twd or ehrbe Thotland Actes o with the gresteft Rupidity; deffrdying all the Corn and Fences ; fome Fsrmy are burnt fo thit Degree, that there’s (carcely dny Thing, either green or dry to be feen, except Rubbith and Afher. Abcve zoo Perfoas src conftantly employed Night snd Day in waiching it's Progrefs, and ftriving to keep it from the Buildings, being mo Profped ar prefent ‘ot 'its ftopping.— it pro,. ceeded firft from' Briniwood to' Epping, but upon the . Windsfhifting, it returtied with great Fury on Monday laft; and burnt within half a Mile of Brintwood Meet ing Houle. The Woodsin many Places in the Country sre-on Fire, which mskes eat DeRrultion smongft the Pincs, fo thatthe Profped at prefent is dilima), having ~ no Hop#s of it’s sbating, but rather igcreafing, unlels | we thould be fevonred with greac Rains. p v As our Farmers bave but little Work to " get in their Hay this Year, and will probably be in Want of Bread- Corn next Summer, it may perbaps be of Ufe, before Indian Harvef, to know the following Metbod of Raifing W heat, Jome times praflifed in the Soutbern Provinces, Plow up Sward Ground about the middle of Auguft, ler it lay a Week or Fortnight to [ettle, barrow once, then fow the Wheat, and barrow it twice well after the Seed is fown. Ground frould be free from Stones and plowed ‘well, and pretly decp, or there will be Danger of turning back the Turf with the Harrow. N. B. Rye is often fown in this Way, and alfo on Stubble Ground with good Succefs. CUSTOM HOUSE, Piscataqua Auguit 12th, Entered Inwargs. : Slocp Annas, William Pearne, from Newfoundland. ‘ { Sioop Delphia, Jobn Gibb, from Perth Amboy. Sloop Merrimack, Mayo Greeleaf, from Halifax. S'cop Sea Flower, Elias Philpot, from Philadelphia; Sloop Succels, William Stanwoods, from Rhode Ifland. Slocp Folly, John Multrap, from New Haven. ; Cleared Cuiwards. Slocp Charming Sally, Thomas Parfons, for Sloop Pegey and Mally, DavidCoffin, § Guadaloupe. Sloop Speedwell, Samuei Goodin for Menis. Slaop Jonna, Zebulon Harman, for Sloop Dolphin John Wyuns, Hatifax Sch. Wm &Hannah, Samuel Simpfon, Erig' Greyhousd, Ebenezer Habbs, for Brig Berwick, John Cochran, Barbados. S 0op Friends Adventare, Jofeph Prout, for Annapolis. Brig Diana, John Grant, s for Brig Katty Mullett, Thomas Warrer, - { Antigua. Scpooner Matthew, Robert Paiker, for New York. Sioop Neptuve, James Drew, for Rhode Ifland. Sioop Pally, John Multrup, tor New Haven. Yare-CorLece, [New Haven] Fuly 31. At the Commencement, at New Haven, la Week, 42 young Gentlemen recesved their ref- pedlive Degrees of Bacbelors of Arts, and 44 Maflers of Arts. Inall 86. N. B. Examination of Frefomen will -be atiended on the 1ff and 2d Weeks in September. eV by o (e (o) ) ey ) ' TO BE SOLD, By GREGORY PURCELL, At his Store on the Long- Whastfe, Juft Imported, Philadeiphia FLOUR, Bar Iron, Pork, Wheat Bran, Saltpeter’d Gammons, Milk Bifket, Pitch, Tar, Turpeatine, Saltortoga Salt, and Cod Fifh, all cheap' tor Cafh. [3) WWWN—WMMMMMMAJ Tbe- % i R The Sale of the Original Rights’ of GILMANTOWN, or Part thereof, for the Pay- ment of TAXES, is' further Adjonrned to Tuelday the Thirty firft of this Inftant Avguft, to begin at Two o’Clock: Afternoun, « at the Houle of Mr. Fomathan Gilman, Innholder in Exeter. ° Aug 12. 1762, (8] Dawtsr Grant, Colieltor. Jutt publifh’d, fold by the Prioter, The Rev. Mr. JOHN TUCKE’s SERMON, presched at the ‘Ordination of his SON 2t Eplom.” To which is snnex’d the Charge end Right Hand of Fellowfhip, (& Subfcribzrs are defic’'d to fend for their Books.' - A few Barrels of choice PORK To be Sold by Febn Beck, at the Sign of the Hat - ‘for the Sterling * Province of New Hsmpihire, dated Jangery 11t" 1760, . A . e Jult Publerd,; foll by rhe Printer, A new Editionoi W arts’s Plalms s Thale who have fubferil’ for eny in this. Town, sre * 84lis'd 1o fend' 19 Percon’ Sqmudl Perfallow, wibere gy, may b fepplied. ¥ \ A5 To be Sold at the Printing Ofice in this Town. . SILVER atid .GOLD, With feven end bglf per Cent, to be given in- Exchange Ls emitted on the Credit of the entl'Redeemsble in 1763, Inquire ¢f the Primer. [8) ... Good Accommodations ‘ Forweary Travellers, And. ¢elegant -Entertainment’ For promoting good Fellowfhip! ) BAD .GENTLEMEN, and ‘be informed, That v Benzamin Cuoar, having s Defire to promote his own Prefit, by sn afliduous Attention to your Con- venience and Pleafure, - has‘opened an INN~ at the SIGN of the CROWN and SUN in Newbury, nesr .the Ferry, where he will take Plesfure to’ make that Stage sgreeable. w5 Here Gentlemen, is good WINE snd PUNCH to Refrep your Spirits, end clesn Beds to reft your tired Limbs’; & commodedls Stible far your Horfes, with full Racks, end every - other Csre neceflary -to enable them to perform their ]oum?’s with Spirit. ~ His HOUSE is pleafantly fitusted, wnd his whole Atrention will be exerted to procure Satisfeion to thole who will favour him with tteir Compsny. Do not depend on this Advertife- ment elone, but come and prove it's Truth, where you- fhall be well ferved, and be heartily welcome. (8] St e N\ () Lot iy . ,.WN Clement fackfon, jun, Gold and Silver Smith from Boffom, | Hereby informs the Public, that he carriss on the Gold and Silver Smith’s Bufinefs,in g Shop adjoining the Houls of Dr. Clement Fackfon, and nearly oppofite the Shop of Mr. Bewjamin Parker, Meichant, where the undermention’d Arricles are made in the beft Manner, viz. ‘Tankards, Coffee Potts, Canc, Tea Potts, Cream Pouts, Porringers, 'Pepper Cafters, Suults, Punch Ladles and Strainers, Spout Cups, Sn Boxes, Spoons, Child’s Whilftels, Sword Hilts, and all other Articles in the Gold and Silver Smith’s Bufinefs.* He likewife mends, and clesns all forts of Plate, &c. at a reafonable rate. i Province or New HaMPSHIRE. NOTIGE is .hcré'by given to the Owners of the feveral Rights or Shares in Chickefler, in. faid Province, who are delinquest in not paying the Taxes due on the faid feveral Righte, #s in the follow- ing Lift, that they may pay the fame, or canle it to be paid to Thimas Rand of Hampton, in faid Province, Colle&or, for the Proprietors of f3id Townthip, on or before the Fifieenth Day of September next, ; otheswile the fame will be levied by Sale of their Land as the Law direéts : ; : /:1 Mofes Blacke John Prefcutt 155 0 John Brichelder Jonsihen Philbrick g o Gov. Belcher Thos. Peirce Elg; 4 Capt. Currier 15 John Plaftide Eiq; 32 John Csam 14 Wm.Peppril jr.Eig; 15 Berjamin Cram 135 John Robinfon 15 Jonathan Cufhing 15 Jarvs Ring junr. 30 Abisbam Dieke g Henry Ruft 15 Natheniel Drake g William Stanferd g Joleph Darborn ¢ Charles Sieward g John Downing Eiq; 9 Ebenczer Stevens g Eph, DennckEig; 15 Berjamin Thomss g Wiliiam Fellows 15 Samuel Thing = 32 Jenathan Fiteld a5 1 Jethro Tilton 15 Jacob Frees juar. 15 Peter Wear jun. 15 Nathaniel Gilman 7 D niel Wear a5 Cept John Gilman 4 Rev. Jof. Whipple 9 Capt. Paul Gerrith 15 Nathanie] Wear ¢ Nathaniel Hezly ¢ John Wentwosth Winthrop Hilton g Rich. Weldornjr. James Jeffery junrijo Ebenezer Wear 32 Hezekish Jennes 9. Peter Wear Elg; 15 Nathsniel Lock 9 Andrew Wiggins 9 Jothsm Odiorne ¢ Col. T. Weftbrook 10 Maiihies Plant 30 3 4 Broadftrees Wiggins g o The ‘abeve Lift 10 be paid in Old Tenor. Dated at Hampton, Auguff 10th. T homas Rand. Collector of Chichefler, Taken up in this Town about Threec Weeks sgo, a Cspuchine, or long Closk : The Owner may have it sgain, paying Charges: Inquire of the Drinter. {8 - -+ f;{fi 1. 1. .t. .‘. 1- .1. .t 1. 1. 1,. 1. _‘. f - IO ) 0OOGO0WNWO0O0C0000CNVNQRO0000OWMOOWO0 ©C00000008000000000000CGCuLIO0 o s o S S SO S S R X 13 A