The New Hampshire Gazette

NEW-YORK, August 20. Extract of a Letter from Albany, dated August 8. 1759. "A new Fort is immediately to be constructed near the Place where Crown-Point formerly stood. It is exceeding good Land about it. Our People have found three large Fields of Green Peas, which was sufficient for the whole Army two Days, and are looking out for more."

Extract of another Letter from Albany, dated August 12. "By an Express, arrived this Day from Crown-Point, we learn, That Lieutenant Hamilton, of the Royal, with some other Officers and a few Indians, were gone upon a Scout, and intended to proceed as far as Quebec. This Day arrived here from Schenectady about 640 French Prisoners, amongst which are about 12 Officers, and as many Women: The Men look well: and in particular the late Governor of Niagara, is a soldierly looking Man. Eight French Prisoners and 4 Yorkers were drown'd at Schenectady by the sinking of a Scow. Since our last several Sloops came down from Albany, with the French Prisoners taken at Niagara, being upwards of 700, two Hundred of which we hear are designed to be sent to New-Jersey, two Hundred more to Connecticut, and the Rest to be taken Care of here. The several French Officers (Regulars) taken at the Same Place, as soon as they arrived, were put to private Lodgings; the Privates were put into the Barracks. The Officers and Men in general, both Canadians and Regulars, look well, and don't appear as if they had fed for some Time on Horse Flesh; on the contrary they are very robust, fat, portly-looking Men. Old Joncaire, a great Indian Officer, is also bro't down among them. His Son was brought down some Weeks ago. These were two very mischievous Fellows against us among the Indians. Among the Prisoners taken the Day the Fort surrendered is the infamous Mon. Morang, who commanded at Monongahela when Gen. Braddock was defeated, where so many of our brave Countrymen were cruelly massacred, not one of the wounded being ever heard of since, of which there were many Hundreds. However we hear the Mohawks insist on having their Share of all the Prisoners taken in the Party that he commanded. There were several English Prisoners found in the Fort at Niagara, when it surrendered, among which were the following, viz. John Peter, who was taken the 23d of May last in Company with one Robinson and Bell (who were left among the Indians) that belonged to Capt. Bullet's Company of Virginians, on their Way to Fort Ligonier from Ray's Town. Margaret Painter, taken 18 Months since, in Pennsylvania Government. Edward Hoskins, taken 10 Years since, on the Borders of New-England. Nathaniel Sullivan, taken at Potomac, in Virginia, the 25th of September last. Isabel Stockton, a Dutch Girl, taken October 1, 1757, at Winchester. Christopher and Michael Franks, Brothers, born at Tulpehocken, County of Bucks, in Pennsylvania. John McDaniel, taken the 12th of July, 1758, near Halifax, in Nova-Scotia. Molly Heytham, taken four Years since at the Blue-Mountains. Also two or three young Children, Names unknown, whose Parents were killed by the Indians when taken. Many of the above Prisoners have been at Niagara one or two Years past, and had their Liberty to walk about, as the Captives made to the Southward must pass that Way in their Rout to Canada: They say that they had an Account there of Quebeck being invested by General Wolfe, that Monsieur Montcalm was there, but did not command, as Monsieur Vaudreuil was Generalissimo of all the Troops in Canada."