The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, December 10, 1762, Page 1

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f-Wecks- fince. this 'Parap Lv,as firft Publithed. - - G%z ETTE Foreign and Domefiick. .. . B AS8S8S ETERRE,St. Chiiflophers OF. 2 From on baardthe Don Carlos, €apt Alloway, wko is arrived in the Road of Baffeterve, soe bave the fol- lowing Particulars) .=~ - : N Thur{day September 30 between Rokdundo & and Nevis, sbout 7. in the Motning, we faw a [ail coming from:the Eaftward, and we tacked and flaod, for her; at Helt 20 Hour after 8 we béifte? out Union Jack and pave ber 2 Gan wide i @thery flic hoifted o blue Enfign,end hailed us; we " “snfwered_her, and told her the. place to which we - belonged ; whereupon the Captsin ordered. his men | “torfire into-us, 'and fink uy; we brought to under his Lee with our foréfeil down, our Jib to theStay, and the Goofewing of ouiMainlail bauled up; he fired a Broadfide intc ws befow and aloft, and killed four, ‘and wounded 1z more, three of which have loft their ‘'Limbs, dnd one both his Legs : OurVeflel is greatly Thateered, end the Boat fiove, and they firing at us “for fome Time after we firuck our Colours ; he * heiled w3, and ‘ordered us to get our Bost out; we told him tur Bost was ftove, and he direlly fired at * us agsin ; we launched our Buat then, and fhe fank: ‘Upon this Accident he fent hisBoat for ou:Captain, -"snd ordered Him tobring hisCommiffion ; sccarding - *1y-eur Captsin went on Board his Veflel, and oa afkirfg him the Reafon‘of futh a Beliaviour,-he made no Reply ‘in favour of himfelf. = ' This is a&ually a5 villsinous an Affair 2s ever was known,for our Deck was like a Slaughter houle with Limbs and Blood, which the wholeSloop’sCreware ¥ ready to teftily on Oath. : * CHARLESTOWN, South Carrolina, Nov. g Our lift letters” from Providence are dsted the 14th inft. - They fay, thet on the sib, there were abouf 40 Spanith, Frenchiand Englith veffels in the different ports on Hifpaniols, resdy to fail, ‘without » “ flgops ; and that provifions of all kinds wereexseflive dear and [carce throughont that ifland ; at the Cape flour fold at 40 to 5o pieces of eight per barrel, other articles in proportica. The garrifon of St. Aoguftine, according to {ome “ 'late dccounis, is in gresier diftrefs: than ever, for | _wani of provifions, having hed no'fupply from thefe provinces fince April 1#ft, extept what rice their'xe- bequa_privateer took in cept. Butler's'veffel, the gh “’ of laft month, upon this coaft : The twa {cooners of capt. Stusit and cept. ‘Willisms, which were teken - by the {aime xgbtque on the 13h and 15th, were With her, totelly Jalt going in, and no part’ of - their cargo faved ; fince which the rice tekenin “Butler being almolt expended, the Spanisrds are ‘obliged to fubfilt chiefly on fith. At the fame_tisie the gari- __fon dare not fir out.for a fick of woad, for *fear of the Creck Indisns.; and they sre extremely unealy with daily apprehenfignsof a vifit. However they _ were.equipping two or three privateers, to look out - for more provifions this way, which were ta put to . {ea the.beginning of next month ; one of them a floop of 14 gune, ( carrisge and -fwivels} one of 12, and the third (if any) of lefs force ; of which we hope, his maj~fty’s floop Boanetis, commanded by capt. Carrey (now ready to feil on s ciuile) will {oon give 2 good wccount. Yefterdey came in, aFrench prize {loop of 6 guns laden with fugsrs and fome coffee, bound from Port sa Brince'on Hifpaniols, for Curracon ; taken and feat in by the privateer {chooner Polley & Sally, of New York, comtmendeé by capt.Love Thurfton. ©a Thurfdey laft arrived here from Ecgland, his Mjefty’s thip’ Epreuve, coramanded by Peter Blike, ‘Elg; tentbitaer with Outeflite or Judd’s Friend snd the two other Cherckeelndizns, that went fromVir- ginis in fnid veflel.:Great atiention was paid to thofe *‘Indians in England by his ‘Majefty’s minifters, of whiah they are very lenfible, es wellas of the cere Capt, Blalie, has taken of them. Yeflerdsy O.uaflite had sn sudience of hia Excellency the Governor in council, when he ‘expreffed his ' attachment-to the Briiifh nstion. His Exceliency kasfent off a meflen- ger to the Cherokee country with accounts of their arrival here ; and has ordered cartiages to be provi- ded for carrying up the prefents they received in England from the King. The miniftry was nota little embarafied, in regard to thofe Indisns, by their interpreter’sdying foon sfter they left Virgi nia ; and no perfon capsble of [peaking theCherokes Isnguage could be found in or about London, the’ all piffible msans were ufed for that purpofe. The Epreuve is flationed st Georgis. ; PHILADELPHIA, November 25. ~ §ince-our lalt arrived here Capt. Tsylor (lste of Containing rbé.-firgflzy? kz‘fdvices, : _but he is like to recover sfiy thing to convoy them ‘but a few Dutch arm'd . the privaseer brig New Grace of this port) with the xich French fhip lately taken by him sndCept Kemp .of New Providence....Capt. . Tsylar hasmade avery fuccefsful cruize, notwithftunding the lofs of };u weffel; having tsken, znd been concerped in taking feven veilels, fince he wentout, . A valuable French fugsr fhip has been lstely fent into Providence by two privaiecss of that post. | Oa Sunday laft sPortugueie frilor flabb'd a yourg _man, & butcher, in {o dangesous & manner that he 1s fince dexd. He likewile cut andther man very bedly, The fsilor is in cuftody. N E WY O R K, Nogember 29. ’ On Mouday laft arrived here from the Havannah in sbout 5 Weeks, the Ship James, Cspt. Kofiter, and three or four other Tianfports, with fundry Of- ficers and Men belonging to different Regiments of - the -Regulars andProvincials fome of whom c2me to raife Recruits, and others to récover their Healihs, We hear fome of the ick sre immediately order’d “to Rhode Ifland: Thefe Ships are part of the Fleet that left'the Havannah underConvoy of thelntrepid, ~from whom they were feperated in 2 hard Gale of Wind on the Coaft, shout a forinight ago. We don’t hear the Intrepid is yet arrived. - We heer that the Minerva Prigate, Captain Pay- ton, will fail for England in a few Dsys with fuch 'Ships s are ready to take the Beaefit of her Convoy. A Report is current.in town about the fuccels of the Monckton aud Mas privateers of this port, and ¢ a'St. Kitts privateer, in taking ol ¢ fail of the Cape ‘feet. Alio of their ‘being concersed in tuking a pumber of others, in compsny with Commodere - Kepple........ We truft boih 1eports are well founded, Yefterdiy arrriyed here Capt, Boulderion in the " ‘Packet from Filmouth, havicg 8 Weeks paffage : ., She has bra’tnolster Newsthan we have alsesdy publithed from ths Bofion Papers. . The Captain of the Harrlot Packet-Boat has re- ecived orders to hold his fhip veady to . procesd to° England et a moments warning. Frigay lsgt Colonel Hunt, and {everel other Ofii- gers belonging to theNew JerfeyProvincials, ar:ived heré from Niegara,-by Way o!Oiwego, and left both the Garrifons well ecd hearty. Stme Day Mr. Richerd Allea artived here from izgara, whoinforms us, That on Wedne(dsy the 4¢h Inftsnt,in theMorning, sbout half Way beiween that Garrifon end Albsny, on the back rosd, being in Company withWilliamNewkirk and Jofhos Mines all on Florfeback,they met with two Conuftalndiane, who reczived them very kindly, fhook Hands with them,end parted in' s friendlyManner 5 but they hsd fcarcely turned their backs before the Indians dif- charged their Pieces at them, killed Newkizk and Mines on the Spoi, and fhot Allen’s Hoife in the Shoulder ; thaiAllen then rode off us faft as he could, but was foon overtaken by theIndiars,who mounted the other Horfes, was firipped naked, in order - to be tomahswked, was ordered to prepere forDeath; but one of the Savages taking Pity on him,faved hisLife ; that he was leftonly an old Big Coatto cover him until he got to 2 Caftle belonging to theSix Nations, where he was kindly received, but had theMoriifica- tion to fee the two Mnrderers treated sllo in the fame Magner, they erriving st theCaftle ss foon as he did ; he remeined among theIndians for 10Dsys, snd at length procured two of them for 2;Dollars to con- duft him to Sir William Johnfon’s,which they [aith- fully performed. ’ ESTERDAY Morning a Seamen belonging to the Privateer Brig Mars, Capt. Wright, of this Port, cm'{c up in one of our Pilot Bosts fromSandy Hook, where he left & French PrizeSaow belonging to the faid Privateer, Capicin Sinnot of thisPort, and a St. Kitts Man,which they togk sbout aMonth sgo, as well as feven otbers «t the fsme Time, being Part of a Fleet of 25 Siil, under Convoy of 2 40 Gun Ship, bound from Cape Francois for OldFrance, all loaded with.Sugar snd Indigo ; that the Day after the abovementioned 8 Prizes were taken, the Priva- teers ftill keeping Sight of theRemainder of thelleet, they fell in with Commodore Keppel, who took them a!l, with 8 40 Gun Ship, snd carried them. to Jamaica,Four of thePrizes are hourly expetled in here. B O S T O N, Discember 0, Laft “Monday Evening departed this Life, aftern flow and he&ic Diforder, having jult entered the 618 Yesr of his Age Mr. Joun Drarer, Printer. By his Induftry, Fidelity, snd Prudence in his Bafinefs he rendeted himlelf very agreeable to the Public.....His Chasity and Benevolence ;* his pleafant and. focial TurnofMind; hislisty endDevotion to hisMAKER, was kills :hnufifde his D §11 a8 {cnfiblf felt by Kis Friénds aid Relations, s his Life is worthy Imitstion..).... Mérd Hbepurfe@ Man arid bekold the nprighs, for the End of . that Man is Peace ... g We hesr from Billerice, that ‘s Man in thet Town - eccidently Jalling fiom & fack of Corn, his Neck waa broke end he died Inftanily. ; ? Ry th_g!em. we hesr that & Man io thet Téwn #diby the falling 'of 2 Tree on him which he was cutting down. , AT _We have Advice froa (he FHavannsh, thet two Spa- nith Men of War (he Infaniz #nd Sen Gerero, thiss were teken in thet Harbour fai’d st the ime Tiris with Admiral Pocock For England ; the - Balleifle, Hampton Coust, and Rippon with two Bombswere to remsin at the Huvzonsh. The remsinderofthe Spanifh Men of War were ol varigg™d. We slio learn, That three lerge Store Ships bourd to Europe, we:e loft « little to the WeRtward of the Haerbour, the 24:h of O&tober, but the Men: Lives zli (av’d. ] ' g *Tis {eid the Britifh Trocps at the Havaonsh and its Dependencies, were fo reduced by Sicknefs agd Death, s3.not ta be sble to Mufter more than 8 or goa Men fit for Daty, , . Thurfday Morning laft Capt. Halme arrived kére in 60 Duys from Newcafile . 'We have no Advice later than has been already publithed : He left Fal- . mouth the 34 of Oftober, from which Place the Packet friled for New York the Diy before : The Dragon Msn of War was ‘arrived, and.-he [aw the ~Capusin going up o London, with sn Account of the Swrrender of the Hsvennah.......There was no: _ Pence when Capr. Hulme failed. : We hearfrom Spencer, that one Day leff Week,) ~two Men who [ were digging « Well, appichending that it wou!d foon cave in from the Top, afcended the- Liadcer as quick as poflible, but before they got entirely up, the Earth caved, and buried the lower o ft Man, which putan-End to bis Lile befosehe coud be dug ont, : We bear fiosn_ Sslem, that one John Waldo, wha lately csmefr’'m Newicundland, and with: his Fae mily had fet: ed &' Salem, getting over a:Fence jn a -Hurry, he fell near the Edge ofs Well, which bure - Bis Back, whertby he was unzble to recover himfelf but feli ineo the Well, which fo fre€tured his Skull that he cied as foon ss taken out, We hear that Cupt. Lievi Siutfon, in & Sloop be- longing to this T'own, vas lately cuft efhore onCipa Split, in the Bay o! Fundy ; the Mcn’s Lives and ‘ull the Cargo, except fix Head of Cattle, were {aved;snd *tis thought the Veflel may be got off sgzin. The Snow with Provincisl Troops,arsived here laft Saturday fe’nnight is cslled the Friendfhip, Willizm Sherry, Mafter, in whom ceme Capt. Lemuel Dun- bar and 180 Treops belongirg to this Province = The Account of the Difafters which befel them zre as follow, viz. That on the 6th of November they left Halifax in the :Morning, snd about 7 0’Clock in the Evening s they were going about 7 Knots, their Rudder broke juflt sbove Water, snd all:the lower Peari wesit off ; a violent Storm then came on where- by they could not csrry the lesft Sail, but were obliged to lay at the Mercy of the Seas to the 10th of the Month on the Morning of which they dilco- vered Land on both Sides the Veflel, sud being una< ble ta put their Ship sbout were drove before the Wind till they were within & Mile of the Land, when they dropt Anchor, which held them iill the next Day ; jult st Light they defcried a Schooner, and making Signals fhe. came to them, and inlor med them that they were at the Entrance of the Esft- Peflige of Cape Sibles, cali'd Barrington's Bay ; by the Help of the Schocner the Snow was casried.in, and had a Rudder fix’d by the 17th : In the Eve- ning of thet D:y 6 of the Soldiers being sfhore bired two of the Innh:bitants to carry them on bosrd in ® Canoe ; the Wind blowing very frefh the Cance fil- led end over (et, five of them got on her Bottom and continted there for the Space of sn Hour, the Ow- ner of the Canoe continued on her Bottom sn Hour longer, when he wes hesrd from the Shore, upon which they got a Boat and took him up, snd being carried on bosrd the Snow.informed them of the Lofs of the fix Soldiers, whofeINames were 85 follow : Clement Crane, of Braintree ; Benjamin Jobnfon, jun'r, Nsthsniel Ramidell, snd John Pratt, of Bridg~ water ; Ignatius Cufhing, of Duxbsry ; David Morfe, -of Plympton ; and one of the Inhabitants that was hized to bring them off. 3 Extral'sf a Litter from London, dated Sept. 28. ¢¢ Sgveral chenges in the Miniftry are talked of

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