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thursday october i3 1759 no tb - carolina gazette [ numb 200 j venice may 17 i i.gg ~» h £ plague having broke out in the fe a wt i vl-ral pl*ci of the morca and alfo in b the adjacent parts of rumelia the offi jp cers of health have taken into confidera ■tion the danger of tnfe&ion from thence infing to cornj zantc zephalonia santa maura freveza and vonizza and fiom thofs iflands to tiis capital and have relblvcd'that the ordinary quarantine of a8 days which ships co.ning from the faid iflands pirform here ihull be incfeafed to 40 diys comple'.e unj printed orders are accordingly publifhed for that purpofe paris juve 15 on the 6:!i as the p'eyade and oifeau frigates werj returning from marfulies to tou lon they were difcovered by the englifh flctt ; and j ships of the line and 20 boats were fent to give t'«eui chace after exchanging lome broadfidesj ti.e wind turned aeainft the frigates and as they could not eet into the harbour of 1'oulonj they tan afhore at the sc lkttes under tsc protection of two jjut^rits of 6 and tnd 8 iuns eighteen poutidtrs l'l\c englifii came up an<j by a very bnfl tire fcvcral times difmount cd the b\-.tt'.ri j s ; which being as often repaired m;:iii r^intj a mart fire or 5 hoi^c two of the engluli ship were f«i nufii ilrtfjugid,tlut lliey were obliged to fend for 30 bb t to tow then ; 3 or 4 of the(c li a;j vnere funk by our rombt when the firing ccafed tiit enemy ftood out to sea had not the wind l.i voured thdr kctiejt we lhouid ce r uinly have t-i:c;i cr funk f une of their vcftels june 30 the mufkcts made at vincennes which ti^riiih only 9 pounds carry a ii:ll 900 p.ices and i:;.i j5 rimes in a minute were invented by 0:1c bordicr wlio died idtwly a t ' anguift fhooting himfclf through the head to be freed from the chagrin of his private affairs ; however he left behind him his secret in ftich a v ; r s the prcfent in which the liberty f eu mpc is at stake t the rowers that are forced to act > si tke defenfive arc authorized to employ agiinfr their enemies the hi oft dcftruilive weapons at a time when i.xcer.t ot empire was t!ie point in conteft c<«r tiinal maxarin fliut up in the baftilc an able etiginetr with his ttrr lilc ojcrettif nuking bombs each of which he fiid would jcftroy 500 ivicn the ministers and general officers employed in pre paring for the expedition fcem infenfible of the pre fumptjve security affedlcd by the engltfti and continue their dtfpofttiuna wit js great an irdour as ever the comptroli.r-gcnerj wrote on tiie 23d to m de mi ziere farmer general to afiiit in forwarding to lri tany 400 boxes of th.it alimentary powder which is prepared at the 1 lotel royale des invjides and of which t fmall qiiantity is fufficicnt to fubfift a man for 1 i^ay tiix hundred h jxi-s more fet out the day before yciici iay for havre de-grace henna juni ig of late there has been a coolnefi between oi:r court and that of vcrf«illes ; and what is more remarkable we haw had no minuter from france for fame time pdjt : and it is faid our miniticr hai left france aa to our good allies the ruflians we cannot tell what t think of them indeed it is faid they luvc already pcnetratttl into silefu ; but on the other h,md we are told that they are i.i vvant of all ncceflric and that t ( irv would not begin their match from pofen till the latter lnd f next ivjonth ; and it ns tiu«w!iat we hear tint a lrge-arrrry ofprufiuni hath entered poland gen a to attack t'-xr ii unfupp^r hlowniiyddtro all our hopes and frullrate our pi-n of opernion 1 he people lure in genera rre very un eafy our affairs being uit in a very indifferent situa tion hanover jure 19 our ri-gency it<rr.b!ed and it was refolvcd tu fenu a deputation to intreat prince i'cr dinand to reinforce tiie garrilbn of this and fome other towns of greattft importance fuft as the deputies were fct«jig out advice came of the retreat of the french who drew back to join m de contades and advance with their whole force againft the allies ac counts differ as to ti.eir strength : some make tlitir number t be about 74 or 75,000 but others who appear to be better informed aifure us that it don't ex ctcd 6c coo the farguine antigaljicans already inti cip^te prince ferdinand's victory but other peopi are in sufpenfe between hope and fear or rather are afraid of the superiority of the french and are p>epar ing to leave their d welling on the firfi notice of any check rtctivtd by prn.ee ferdinand who by the ad vice of the king of pruflia is determined to hazard a batile june 24 we are recovered from the panick into which we were thrown l ihe march of the french : as prince ferdinand remained on the otrur side or the vvcftr we wtre apprehtrnfive his communication with that i iver would be cut off am that the enemy would enter tljib electorate ; but we are infor u j that he hai'i deceived the french and by a inalterlv b.f t ke of gvne ralfliip hath entered the county of kitfberg without the tncmy'i daring to moled his rear i he leitert fr«>m the army are fo full of the praifes of prince ferdi nand that we are now almoft as cufy as if we had no enemy in the field ; neverthtlcfs we are taken thene ctflary precaution to guard againft a surprize the ra ther as there is a war.t of harmony amonglt the gene rals of which wife people fear the confluences toulon june 23 the knglifli have no iicafon to be pleafcd with their attack on our batteries the 6th : it is faid that the captain of the jerfey was killed j fe vcr3l dead bodies have been thrown aihore amongit which we candiftinguifli fome officers ; we have reco vered three anchors and three cables which they were obliged to cut awiy that day ; 2 of them weigh 68 cwt and the other 64 cwt they have on them the names of the jerky and giiernfcy of 70 guns and the conqueror of 60 they have been carried to our arfenal the englifh fleet to the number of 21 sail has appeared agiln july 10 they write from silefia that the king of 1'iuflia is at laft in motion ; and that marqial daun on the firft advice thereof thought proper to mire paris june 30 our advices iron the kalt indies are very favouraolc ; unii indeed we have need of tune good news to take off a little of the uirteriiefs o fuch an we have received from the weft indies we have loft guardaloupe as unfortunately as the iflc royalc ; our difgraces are brought upon ui by facalities which h^ve philical caufes and which it lv];ovci the g ttrnajcnt to prebs tw h liott»m with the frcflieft advices foreign and domeftic the
Object Description
Title | North Carolina Gazette |
Masthead | North Carolina Gazette |
Date | 1759-10-18 |
Month | 10 |
Day | 18 |
Year | 1759 |
Issue | 200 |
Technical Metadata | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archival image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 400 dpi. The original file size was |
Creator | James Davis |
Date Digital | 2009-4-7 |
Publisher | James Davis |
Place |
United States North Carolina Craven County New Bern |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The Thursday, October 18, 1759 issue of the North Carolina Gazette a newspaper from New Bern, North Carolina |
Rights | The SA of NC considers this item in the public domain by U.S. law but responsibility for permissions rests with researchers. |
Language | eng |
OCLC number | 601564530 |
Description
Title | North Carolina Gazette |
Masthead | North Carolina Gazette |
Date | 1759-10-18 |
Month | 10 |
Day | 18 |
Year | 1759 |
Issue | 200 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
Technical Metadata | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archival image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 400 dpi. The original file size was 832754 Bytes |
FileName | 18cen02_17591018-img00001.jp2 |
Creator | James Davis |
Date Digital | 2009-4-7 |
Publisher | James Davis |
Place |
United States North Carolina Craven County New Bern |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The Thursday, October 18, 1759 issue of the North Carolina Gazette a newspaper from New Bern, North Carolina |
Rights | The SA of NC considers this item in the public domain by U.S. law but responsibility for permissions rests with researchers. |
Language | eng |
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thursday october i3 1759 no tb - carolina gazette [ numb 200 j venice may 17 i i.gg ~» h £ plague having broke out in the fe a wt i vl-ral pl*ci of the morca and alfo in b the adjacent parts of rumelia the offi jp cers of health have taken into confidera ■tion the danger of tnfe&ion from thence infing to cornj zantc zephalonia santa maura freveza and vonizza and fiom thofs iflands to tiis capital and have relblvcd'that the ordinary quarantine of a8 days which ships co.ning from the faid iflands pirform here ihull be incfeafed to 40 diys comple'.e unj printed orders are accordingly publifhed for that purpofe paris juve 15 on the 6:!i as the p'eyade and oifeau frigates werj returning from marfulies to tou lon they were difcovered by the englifh flctt ; and j ships of the line and 20 boats were fent to give t'«eui chace after exchanging lome broadfidesj ti.e wind turned aeainft the frigates and as they could not eet into the harbour of 1'oulonj they tan afhore at the sc lkttes under tsc protection of two jjut^rits of 6 and tnd 8 iuns eighteen poutidtrs l'l\c englifii came up an |