of the savage burst upon the air, and the implements of death and the blazing torch completed the work of destruction. No

house were spared in the town, except one belonging to Major

Condre (Sanders), the commandant, who, with

his

men, sur

rendered to the French division on the promise of quarter, and that of a widow and her six children, in whose care the French

commander, who had been wounded, was placed.

The lives

of between fifty and sixty persons, old men, women and child ren,

who escaped the fury of the first attack, were spared.

Upwards of eighty well built and well furnished houses were destroyed. Sixty men, women and children were killed, and A few succeeded in es twenty-seven carried away prisoners. the to and fled snow through caping Albany, a distance of Before the local forces twenty miles, and gave the alarm. could be rallied and the Mohawks and their allies called in,

however, the French were far on the retreat.

They were pur sued by the Mohawks, who fell upon their rear and harassed them until they reached Montreal. The second expedition reached Salmon Falls, in New Hampshire, which place was burned ; but the attack on New York was abandoned.

The people of New York were divided in sentiment in regard to the

claims of William and James.

Immediately following

OF HUDSON'S RIVER.

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the announcement of the accession of William, Jacob Leisler, a captain of the militia, at the instigation of the friends of the Protestant king,