The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, March 4, 1763, Page 1

(4 I ¥ ras ; -New-Hampthir Y Containin, the Frefbeff Advices, { FRIDAY, MARCH 4. 1763 )PHILADELPLI}IIJZ,];;% 10, The following Aecount of the Lofs of the Privateer Snfow Moickton, Cap'CainByrm,{ound to Marti- sico from this Port, was wrote by a Gentleman, who was on board the Veffel, viz. i - Extraft of a Letter from St. Perre, in Martinico, 3 December 30, 1762. ' ! ved on TerraFirma,after the moft difagree- able Scenes I ever went through, and efcap- ing the moft imminent and dreadful Danger, at the Mind of Man can formanIdeaof. The Particulars of our unhappyCataftrophe you have as follows. Six in theMorning, in Lat, 16 20. Long. 58. 40 being afleep, as were a'llj' the Pafiengers, and the Captain, a Squall of Wind took the Srow, ond 1aid herdown as far as the Main Hatches, which awaked me in my Cott, as it then hung along by the Cieling of the Cabbin, and hearing the Men on Deck calling out we were {inking, the Dead Lights, Quarter Lights, and the Lee Cabbin Gun Ports being lafhed in, the Weather One providentially unlafhed, to let in the frefh Air, I got out upon the Side, in my Shirt; thro’ the Gun Port, my Cott being flung over theGun; but had not been above eneMinute on the Side, before the Veflel went down, Head foremoft, as farias the Main Shrouds, when, fecing a Hen- ,coop floating along Side, 1 jumped into the Sea, and immediately the Veflel funk. We had in Company the Brig Unity, Captain Faris, who failed with us, having been feparated from the Snow Gordon a Fortnight before ; the Brig was about a Mile, or nearit, 2 Head of us, when the Veflel went down, and as the was not three Mintites from the Time the Squall took her, till . ‘IAm, thro’ the Providence cf God, again arri- * the was out of Sight, there was no Time to fire a Gun, or giveany Signal of our Diftrefs, but by our Cries, which fhe was too far off to hear, wnd abouta League from us, before fhe mifled the Veflel, and then could not be certain where we went down. Before T was one Moment on the Hen ceop,there were eight or tenalong with qme, with the. Captain, the Weight of whom [ tarned theCoop as faft asyou could turna Wheel in the Water ; but] was enabled,throughGocd- nefs of God, toget round as faft as any, and vefore moft of them ; all of whon funk by - De- grees, but one Man and myfclf, when we got one on each Side,and then could keep-ourfelves free from any Water ; but the dreadful Screams o? the poor Men drowning, and others calling ' for Affiftance, were fuchas no Man can form a juft Idea of, without feeing it. At laft the Brig put about, and fiood for us ; but after fhe come within about a Mile of us, they apprehended fhe - » had run beyond us, and put about again away from where we were. At that Moment the Scene redoubled the Hoiror of the former, as * there then appeared no Means of our being pre- ferved. Nothing could equal the Terriblenefs of our Situation ! Inthe midft of the Ocean, furrounded by dead Bodies fisating ; and others drowning ! Numbers, 1 believe, gave up all vIopes, quit their holds, and were drowned by their Defpair of Relief ; however, I ftill had my ' confidence in God, that he would preferve me, f sor and/encouraged myCompanion to have the fame. Tn about 2n Hour more the Brig putaboutagain, - d ftood for us, which' gave us frefhConfidence v 14 Spirits, and after fome Time fhe. put out uer Boat, and took up as many of us as fhe could hold, among whom I was, being then naked as »] was born having taken off my Shirt in the Water, being bruifed andtorn ta_many Places. On our being put on board, the Boat was fent off ‘again, and brought all that were then alive on board, which amounted to Forty-two Souls, Lifty-five having perithed. T was about three ours and 2 half in the Water, before I was aken ‘up, not one Article was faved from Pthe Snow ; as fhe went down fo quick, nothing floated out of her ; they could not even get the jhrge out sthe fmallBoat floated over theBooms, t fo many jumped into her, that fhe filled im- diately ; however,{ixteen were faved by hold- g by the Gunwale; thofe faved were Mr, ® i On Tuefday, the 14th Inftant, at ke . 4 < SO L% L EATETD . BeEn Brown, a French Captain, and myfelf, Paffen- gers ; the Second - and Third Lieutenants, the Gunner and Bodtfwain ; the reft Foremaft Men The Drowned were, Mr. Phillips, a Paflenger, the Captain, Firft Lieutenant, Mafter, Doctor, and Firft Prize Mafter ; the others Foremaft * Men, and Petty Officers. Capt. Faris, and his Crew, behaved cxceeding well, -and did every Thing in their Power to fave the People, and treated us with great Friendfhip while we were on board.,’ : PR OV ID E N CE, February 12. We hear that 400 Battoes ate” building at Pitt{burg, to tranfport Troops to the Mifliippi. By a Letter from Newbern, in N. Carolina, dated Dec. 26, 1762, we have an Account of the Recovery of the Schooner Greyhound of this Port, which was taken on her Paflage from Cape Fear, by a Spanith Privatcer, as formerly mentioned. The Spaniards who were put on board in order to carry her to St. Auguftine, being poor Navigators, they entrufted the Care of the Vefel to Mr. Fzlix Dunn, late Mate of her, who retarded their Voyage till their Provi- fions began to grow fhort, when the Spaniards gave him the Veffel to pro€eed to the firft Port : he accordingly put inte maée called BogInlet, from whence fhe was to fail* the 11t ult. on her Return to this Place. N:E W X O RK, Feb 17. On Saturday laft was fent in here by th: Privateer Brig Mars, Capt. Wright, and Capt. Johnfon, both of this Port; the Ship Vigilant, Charles Lacour, Mafter, from Bourdeaux for St. Dominge, with a Cargo ‘of Wine, Flour, and dry Goods, taken the 16th of January, off Monto Chrifto. - : She is faid to have a Pafs figned by the Earl of Egremont, and alfo that fhe has a French Letter of Margue, fo that her Condemnation is doubtful. - j We hear from Philadelphia, that the Ship Philadelphia Packet, Capt. Buden; is arrived in the River but camnot get up for the Icc. His Excellency Governor FrRANKLIN, and his Lady " came Paffengers on board this Ship. The Sloop Little Sally, from this Port for the Weft-Indies, about 3 Months ago founder'd 17 Hours after fhe left the Hook. ~The Crews were providentially taken up by Capt. George Tucker, and carried to Jamaica. ‘We hear that Mr. Richard Thorn, of Flufh- ing Bay-Side, on Long-Ifland drop’d down dead laft Thurfday Week, juft as he had lifted up his Gun to fire at fome Wild Ducks. N EW -PORT, (Rbode-Ifland) Feb. 14. Capt. Chriftopher Ellery, of this port, is ar- rived at North-Carolina. On the 8th of Ja- nuary he faw a- large Snow on Shore among the Breakers at Cape Hatteras, with here Sails . flying, and no Perfon on board that he could difcover ; the Weather being ftormy, prevented his going on board her. We hear the above Snow belongs to fome Place at the Eaftward, and that all the Men got {afe on Shoa 7. The Captains Gardner and Clarke of this Port, are arrived on the Windward Coaft of Africa. . Laft Tuefday Capt. Bardin arrived here in 22 Days from SantaCruz; who advifes, that Capt. Leftofl, in a Privateer of 12 Guns, belonging to Cape Francois, carried in there a New-York Privateer on' the roth of December ; fhe was taken off St. Kitts, after an engagement of two Hours, in which Capt. Spelling, who com- manded her, with one of his Lieutenants, were kili’d: A Sloop belonging to New-York, was alfo cdrried into Santa Cruz a few Days after, by a Spanifh Privateer. : Bk @ 8 T Ny Rebi o8 We hear from Santa Cruiz, that Capt. Lef- tofh, in a French Privateer of 12 Guns, has car- ried in there a Privateer belonging to New-York, taken off St. Kitts the 1oth of December, after an Engagement of two Hours, in which Capt. Spelling, who commanded her, and one of his ’ A { Weeks fince this Pabek { was firft Publithed. e GAZETTE - Foreign and Domeflick. Lieuts were killed, = 1 ~ We hear from the Wef}-Indies, that Capt: Doubledee in a Velfel helonging to this Place, and three or four others belonging to Salemand Marblchead, were lately cut cut of .a Harbour in Martinico, by fome of the Enemy’s Privateers. We hear that General Amherft has appeint- ed Col. Whiting, of the Rh. Hland Provingials, to the command of one of his Majefty’s Inde~ “pendant Companies at South Carolina. Friday Taft his ?ficellency was pleafed to pro- rogue the General Court to Wednefday the 6th Day of April next. : We have ‘Advice from Charleftown, So.Car- olina, of the 26th of January, that the Small Pox has broke out in that Town, and that the People had begun to inoculate ; but as it had been there {o lately as 1760, it’s thought it would foon go thro’ that Place. ~ - 5 We hear that the Brig Swanton, Benjamin Thompfon, Mafter, bound from Quebec, to the Havannah, put into New Providence, the 27th of Dccember laft, having fprung a leak. A Letter has been lately received by a Gen- tleman in Salem, from Capt. Jebois,in Bayonne Goal, wherein he gives an Account that Capt. James Gibbonsof %’hiladelphia was in Goal with ~ him ; and this Information is given by the De- fire of Capt. Gibbons that his ¥'riends in Philg~ delphia might know where he was, Extraét of a Letter fram a Gentleman at - artinico, dated Nov. 10. Yefterday information was given to Gen. Rufane, that an infurretion was intended in this Ifland by the Flibuftiers (free mulattoes and negroes ) to the number of five or fix thoufand, to take the place fome night this week. The fame intelligence has fince been confirmed to him by no lefs than fixteen letters from the different quarters of the ifland. all doubled in confequence of it; and all the merchants have voluntarily taken up arms. As the affair is difcovered, we are under little ap- prehenfion of danger. It is faid they were to be joined by the crews of feveral Spanith pri- vateers now cruifing round this ifland, two of which are now ..off this road, and appear to be making fignals. Captain Taylor has got fome foldiers on board this brig, and is gone after them. T heir intention it is faid was tohave feized all pofts at the fame time, and to put every Englifhman to death.” L OND O N;Dec. 3: Yecfterday the Preliminaries of Peace were, by his Majefty’s Command, laid before both Houfes of Parliament ; and we hear, that befides the " particulars mentioned in ocur papers, it is there- in ftipulated, that both France and Great Britain thall immediately call home their troops from Germany, and give no farther Afiiftance what- ever, to their rcfpective allies there, but this, however, not to be conftrued to extend to the arrears of the fubfidies for former years due by France to any of her allies. The prifoners on both fides to be releafed, paying the refpective Sovereigns the charge of their fubfiftance ; and Dunkirk to be demolifhed, in the fame manner as was ftipulatnd by the treaty of Aix la Chapel. The Royal Briton, Shaftoe, and the Lion, Chriftie, both tranfports from the Havannah, but laft from Cadiz, where they landed Spanifh Pri- {oners, are arrived at Portfmonth. ' Council Chambers Whitehall, Nov. 10. It is this day ordered in Council, that the embargo - at prefent fubfiftirix upon fhips and veflels ladeny or to be laden, in the ports of' Great-Britain and Ireland, with provifions, be taken off. They write from Hanover of the 1ath inft. that during the fiege of Caflel the want and . mifery of the poor inhabitants were beyond expreflion, and what addedto their calamity, was that' & little while before the fiege abave gooo indigent almoft flarved people camie there from the adja- cent towns arid villages for thelter : The French garrifon confifted of 3000,-and the befiegers a= mounted to 12000 men : TheAllies {pared.the houfes in the city as much as poflible, €o . bombs only were thrown inteit during thefiege. ‘F'he guards are - ’