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in the engagement between CerterrJ Weifman and
Nyman Bacha alone, on the 3d of July, the
Turks had 3700 men killed, and 1500 mortally
wounded ; and that they loft their artillery, bag
gage, waggons, standards, and all the vessels they
had on the Danube, to coofiderable amount, be
tides those loft in other engagements; and that
She had the greatest reason to be satisfied with the
conduct of her Generals, and the bravery of her
troops."
Advices from Warsaw mention one of the Ruf
fian General Officers there being anafnnated, which
has caused much disturbance.
In an ample detail of the operations of the Ruf
fian army on the other fide the Danube, printed at
Peterfbur-gh, and which makes twenty-one pages
in quarto, among other reasons for their retreat
we meet with the following: Our cavalry was so
harrafled by continual skirmishes with the Otto
mans, and by the bad forage, that (hey could no
longer sustain the fatigue: During the whole time
they were obliged by the alertness of the enemy,
to be under arms. Want of water was another
hardship they underwent, particularly the corps
that was detached to reconnoitre the Grand Vizir's
army. In the night they were exposed to the
rains and winds, without covering, and in the day
were continually harassed by fiefh bodies of troops,
which were renewed by others, who fought with
fury to revenge their former losses ; whilst we
(fays the narrative) were obliged with small fa
tigued bodies of men, to attack numerous bodies
who were reposed in places fortified by nature,
and of easy defence."
In another place the narrative informs us, “ That
when the Ruffian columns advanced towards Os
man's entrenchments, they were furioufly availed
by the Spahis that were in ambufeade, who were
no sooner dispersed by our artillery, than they were
re; laced by the Janissaries from the entrenchments,
who fell on our right wing ,with horrible noises,
by which means 300 newly enrolled men, unac
quainted with their manner of attack, ran off, and
put the red of the corps into difoider; but luckily
the last division came bn, and, keeping up a con
tinual fire, gave the former time to rally; after
which Colonel Klitfcka took possession of their en
trenchments, and not one of the enemy would have
escaped, had they not retired into Siliftria."
In the camp which the Ruffians toolc possession
of before Siliftria were found the orders of the
Grand Vizir to Niuman Pacha, which were “ for
him to fall on the back of the enemy whilst they
were attacking Siliftria, by which means not one
of the infidels could escape ; and that if Niuman
did not succeed, he had to fear disgrace from the
Sultan, and punishment from the holy prophet."
Yesterday arrived the following mails, viz. the
Duke of York packet, Captain Dickinson, from
New-York, in 27 days; and the Eagle packet,
Captain Nichols, in 29 days, from Charles-Town,
South-Carolina.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Dublin,
dated duguft 23.
" During the late riot, until this day, the Ma
gistrates remained quiet and inactive; however,
things had now proceeded to such an open viola
tion of all law and order, that they determined to
exert their authority. Accompanied with a few
of the Highland regiment, and some of the 63d,
they went in qaeft of the rioters, and came up
with them about two or three o'clock at the head
of Cavendilh-Row. They expostulated with them
for some time upon the madness of their conduct,
and the necessity to which they were reduced of
applying force to force. The mob, always deaf
to reason, answered them with curses, menaces,
and showers of stones. Sir Anthony King, a ma
gistrate, who has given many signal proofs of his
intrepid courage, exasperated by their boldness,
repelled the most forward amongst them with seve
ral Imart blows of his stick. Four men, armed
with I words, attacked him at once, all of whom
be beat back, and deferred giving the word of
command to the soldiers to fire, until two pistols
were difeharged at him successively; then he com
manded nine of them to keep up a repeated fire
^ntil they should be commanded to flop ; at the
fame time he ordered the Highlanders to charge
them with their bayonets. Three rounds of shot
from the military soon dispersed this riotous multi
tude. By the best accounts I have learned, there
are fix killed, and several wounded. It is truly
lamentable that the innocent and guilty should be
so often involved in the fame doom. I have just
heard, that two servant girls and a man servant,
a great distance from the feene of a&ion, fell by
straggling shots."
BOSTO N, Nov. 8.
Wednesday last there was a numerous assembly
of the inhabitants of this and the neighbouring
towns, at Liberty Tree, agreeable to a notifi
cation that had been the day before issued, “ to
hear the persons to whom the tea Dipped by the
East-India Company is consigned, make a public
resignation of their office as consignees, upon oatli
—and also swear that they will reship any teas
that may be consigned to them by said Company
by the firft vessel failing for London." The as
sembly having waited till 12 o'clock, the time set,
then appointing a committee of refpeflable inha
bitants of this town, to wait on Mr. Clark and
Son, the two Messrs. Hutchinfons, and Mr. Fa
neuil, reported to be the consignees, who were
together at Mr. Clark's store, and acquaint them,
that as they had negledcd to attend, they should
think themselves warranted in looking upon them
as the enemies of the people ; and having read
the message to them, were peremptorily answer
ed, that they should pay no regard to it, which
the people (who were waiting in the street) being
informed of by the committee, they were return
ing back to Liberty Tree, there to consult what
steps were proper further to be taken. But some
of them being irritated with the haughty manner
with which the answer was said to be given, turn
ed back and ffiewed some marks of their resentment
and then dispersed.
It is expected there will be another meeting of
the people, to bring this matter to a conclusion.
Accordingly,
, On Fridaflaft th&e was a very full meeting of
Hie freeholders and other inhabitants of this town
in fc aneuil-Hall; agreeable to a notification issued
by the feledmen ; when the Hon. John Hancock,
Elq; was chosen Moderator, and the town after
due deliberation, came into the following refcluti
ons, viz.
WhereAs it appears by an aA of the British
Parliament puffed in the last session, that the East-
India Company in Londonare by the said aft al
lowed to export their teas into America, in such
quantities as the Lords of the treasury shall judge
pioper: And some persons with an evil intent to
amuse the people, and others through inattention
to the true design of the act, have so conftfued
the iame, as tnat the I ribute of three pence on
every pound of tea is not to be exacted by the de
testable task-masters here. Upon the due consi
deration thereof,
Refolded, That the sense of this town cannot be
better expressed, than in the words of certain ju
dicious resolves lately entered into by our worthy
brethren the citizens of Philadelphia. [Here
were inserted the resolves of the citizens of Phila
delphia, for which fee our paper of the iSth ult.]
And the following Gentlemen, viz. the Mode
rator, Mr. Henderson Inches, Benjamin Austin,
and Jonathan Mason, Efqrs; and the fele&men
of the town, were appointed a committee accord
ingly.
At the fame time the town passed the following
resolve, viz.
Whereas the merchants of this continent did
enterinto an agreement to withhold the importati
on of teas, until the duty laid thereon should be
repealed ; which agreement, as we are informed,
has been punctually observed by the refpetable
merchants in the southern colonies, while by rea
son of the peculiar circumstances attending the
trade of this place, some quantities, though very
small in proportion to what had been usual before
said agreement, have been imported by some of
the merchants here; and whereas it now appears
probable to this town, that the British Admini
stration have taken encouragement even from such
small importations, to grant licences to the East-
India Company as aforesaid: therefore Resolved,
that it is the determination of this town, by all
means in their power, to prevent the sale of the
teas exported by the Gaft-India Company; and as
the merchants here have generally opposed this
measure, it is the just expectation of the inhabi
tants of this town, that no one of them will on
any pretence whatever, import any tea that shall
be liable to pay the duty, from this time and un
til the ad imposing the fame shall be repealed.
And then the town adjourned till three o'clock
in the afternoon.
At three o'clock there was again a very full as
sembly; and the committee reported to the town
that they had waited on Richard Clark, Esq; and
Son, and Benjamin Faneuil, Esq; said to be fac
tors of the East-India Company, and communica
ted to them the resolve of the town, whereby they
were requeued immediately to resign their appoint
merit. And that the said gentlemen informed the
committee, that as Meflieurs Thomas and Elisha
Hutchinson, (who were also reported to be fac
tors to the said Company) were at Milton, and not
expeded in town till Saturday evening, and as
they chose to consult them, they could not return
an answer to the town till Monday Morning.
Then another committee was chosen, viz. Mr.
Samuel Adams, Mr. William Moliocaux, and
Dr. Joseph Warren, to acquaint Messrs. Clarks
and Mr. Faneuil, that as they were not joint fac
tors for the East-India Company with the Hut
chinfons, it was fa„ofed they could determine for
themselves, and therefore it was the expectation
of the town that they return an immediate answer
to the message. And this committee reported to
the town that an answer might be expected in half
an hour.
A motion was then made, that a committee be
appointed to repair to Milton, and acquaint Messrs.
Thomas and Elilha Hutchinson with the request
of the town, that they immediately resign their ap
pointment: And John Hancock, Esq; Mr. John
Pitts, Mr. Samuel Adams, Mr. Samuel Abbot,
Dr. Joseph Warren, Mr. William Powell, and
Mr. Nathaniel Appleton, were appointed for that
purpose.
A letter was brought into the Hall, signed by
Richard Clark and Son, Benjamin Faneuil for
hiipfelf and Joshua Winslow, and directed to the
Moderator, to be communicated to the town, viz.
Bojion, Nov. 5, 1773.
SIR,
IT is impossible for us to comply with the re
quest of the town lignified to us this day by
their committee, as we know not what terms the
tea, if any part of it should be lent to our care,
will come out on; and what obligations either of
a moral or pecuniary nature we may be under to
fulfil the trust that may be devolv'd on us. When
we are acquainted with these circumstances we
shall be better qualified to give a definitive answer
to the request of the town. We are,
Sir, Your most humble servants,
Richard Clarke and Son,
Benja. Faneuil, for felf, and
Josh. Winslow, Esq;
Hon'ble John Hancock, Esq; Moderator of a
Town-meeting assembled at Faneuil-Hall.
This letter was read, and unanimously voted
to be not fatisfadory to the town. And then
the meeting was adjourned till the next day at
eleven o'clock, to receive the report of the com
mittee appointed to wait on the Hutchinfons.
The town met by adjournment on Saturday
(the meeting still continued very full) and the
committee reported that they had seen Mr.
Thomas Hutchinson only (his brother being nei
ther at Milton nor Boston) and that the town
might expef f an answer from him immediately.
The following letter was soon after sent in to
the Moderator, signed Thomas Hutchinson ; which
was read and unanimously voted to be an unfatts
faßory answer, viz.
SIR,
TK NOW nothing relative to the teas referred
to in the request or vote of the town, except
I that one of my friends has lignified to me, by let
ter, that part of it, he had reason to believe,
would be consigned to me and my brother jointly,
upon what terms he could not then fay :—Under
these circumstances, I can give no other answer to
the town, at present, than that if the teas should
arrive, and we should be appointed factors, we
should then be fufficiently informed to'anfwer the
request of the town.
I am, for my brother and felf,
Sir, your humble servant,
Thos. Hutchinson, jun.
Hon. JOHNHANCOCK, Eja; Moderator of
a town-meeting now afoibled at Faneuil-Hall.
It was then voted that the letters signed Richard
Clarke, and son, Benja. Faneuil for felf and
Joshua Winslow, and also the letter signed Thos.
Hutchinson, which had been read, were DA
RIN GLY EIhRONTIVE to the town;
and the meeting was immediately dissolved.
At the meeting of the town on Friday last, a
number of printed hand-bills were fecn to be
didributed in the hall, called “ The Trades
mens Protest againf the proceedings of the
Merchants, relative to the new importation of
tea, which was read by the Moderator at the
request of the inhabitants. After the reading of
which, it was openly declared by one of the inha
bitants, that he saw Charles Paxton, one of
the commissioners of the customs, give them away
the day before in King-ftrtet. It was then desired
that the tradesmen present might collect in a part
of the hall by themselves, that the sense of the
paper might be taken. Accordingly the question
was put to them. Whether they acknowledged
the said paper called the Tradefmens Protest ? —
Which passed unanimously in the negative. They
also, by a subsequent unanimous vote, declared
their disavowal of the paper, as being falfe,fcan
dalous, and base; and their deteftaticn of Charles
Paxton, and others, who had distributed the co
pies, as well as of E. Russel who printed them.
In the estimation of the town, there were at
leaf! four hundred tradesmen present in the meet
ing.
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The arrival of the Endeavour at Otaheite,
called by Captain Wallis, King George the Ill's
Bland, and an account of several incidents which
happened in a vft ZoTootahah and To ü
bqurAl TamalD A, two Chiefs. From Lieut.
COOK's voyage to the South Sea, pub ijbed by
Dr. Hawkeswort H.
ABOUT one o'clock, on Monday the 10th of
April, 1769, some of the people who were
looking out foi the island to which we were bound,
said they saw land ahead, in that part of the hori
zon where it was expected to appear; but it was
so faint that, whether there was land in fight or
not, remained a matter of dispute till sunset. The
next morning however, at fix o'clock, we were
convinced that those who said they had difeovered
land, were not mistaken; it appeared to be very
high and mountainous, extending from W. by S.
half S. to W. by N. halfN. and we knew it to be
the fame that Capt. Wallis had called King George
the lll.'s Bland. We were delayed in our ap
proach to it by light airs and calms, so that in the
morning of the 12th we were but little nearer than
we had been the night before; but about seven a
breeze sprung up, and before eleven several ca
noes were seen making towards the flip : there
were but few of them, however, that would come
near; and the people in those that did, could not
be persuaded to come on board. In every canoe
there were young plantains, and branches of a tree
which the Indians call E'Midbo; these, as we af
terwards learnt, were brought-as tokens of peace
and amity, and the people in one of the canoes
handed them up the Ihip's fide, making Signals at
the fame time with great earnestness, which we
did not immediately understand ; at length we
gulfed that they wiShed these Symbols should be
placed in some conspicuous part of the Ship , we,
therefore, immediately stuck them among the rig
ging, at which they exprefled the greatest fatis
fa&ion. We then purchased their cargoes, con
lifting of cocoa-nuts, and various kinds of fruit,
which after our long voyage were very acceptable.
We flood on with an easy fail all night, with
soundings from 22 fathom to 12, and about seven
o'clock in the morning we came to an anchor in
13 fathom, in Port-royal Bay, called by the na
tives Matavia. We were immediately surrounded
by the natives in their canoes, who gave us cocoa
nuts, fruit resembling apples, bread fruit, and
Some small fifties, in exchange for beads and other
trifles. They had with them a pig, which they
would not part with for any thing but a hatchet,
and therefore we refufed to purchase it; because,
if we gave them a hatchet for a pig now, we knew
they would never afterwards fell one for less, and
we could not afford to buy as many as it was pro
bable we should want at that price. The bread
fruit grows on a tree about the Size of a middling
oak : its leaves are frequently a foot and an half
long, of an oblong Shape, deeply finuated like those
of the fig-tree, which they resemble in consistence
and colour, and in the exuding of a white milky
juice upon being broken. The fruit is about the
Size and Shape of a child's head, and the furface is
reticulated not much unlike a truffle: it is covered
with a thin Skin, and has a core about as big as the
handle of -a small knife: the eatable part lies be
tween the ficin and the core ; it is as white as Show,
and somewhat of the confidence of new bread : it
must be roasted before it is eaten, being firft di
vided into three or four parts: its taste is insipid,
with a flight sweetness somewhat resembling that
of the crumb of wheaten bread mixed with a Je
rusalem artichoke.
Among others who came off to the ship was an
elderly man, whose name, we afterwards learnt,
was Owhaw, and who was immediately known to
Mr. Gore, and several others who had been here
with Captain Wallis; as I was informed that he
had been very ufeful to them, I took him on board
the flip with some others, and was particularly
attentive to gratify him, as I hoped he might also
be ufeful to us.
As soon as the ship was properly secured, I
went on snore with Mr. Banks and Dr. Solander,
a party of men under arms, and our friend Owhaw,
We were received from the boat by some hundreds
of the inhabitants, whose looks at least gave us
welcome, though they were struck with such awe,
that the firft who approached us crouched so low
that he almod crept upon Ids harids and knecs c
It is remarkable that he, like the .peoplein the
canoes, presented to us the fame symbol of peace
that is known to have been in use among the anci^
ent and mighty nations of the northern hemisphere,
the green branch of a tree. We received it with
looks and gestures @f kindness and fatisfa&ion;
and observing that each of them held one in Ids
hand, weimmediately gathered every one a bough,
and carried it in our hands in the fame manner.
They marched with us about half a mile towards
the place where the Dolphin had watered, con
ducted by Otbhaw; they then made a full flop,
and having laid the ground bare, by clearing away
all the plants that grew upon it, the principal per
sons among them threw their green branches upon
the naked spot, and made signs that we should do
the fame; we immediately Flowed our readiness to
comply, and to give a greater solemnity to the rite,
the marines were drawn up, and marching in or
der, each dropped his bough upon those of thd
Indians, and we followed ther example. We
then proceeded, and when we came to the water
ing~place it was intimated to ns by signs, that wd
might occupy that ground, but it happened not to
befit for our purpose. During our walk theyhad
shaken off their firft timid sense of our superiority,
and were become familiar : they went with us from
the watering place and took a circuit through thd
woods: as we went along, we distributed betide
and other small presents among them, and had the
fatisfaction to fee that they were much gratified^
Our circuit was not less than four or five miles,
through groves of trees, which were loaded with
Cocoa.nuts and bread fruit, and afforded the most
grateful shade. Under these trees were the ha
bitations of the people, most of them being onlya
roof without walls, and the whole feene realized
the poetical fables of Arcadia. We remarked
however, not without regret, that in all our walk
we had seen only two hogs, and not a single fowl.
Those of our company who had been here with
the Dolphin told us, that none ofthe people whom
we had yet seen were of the firft class; they fuf
pedfed that the chiefs had removed, and upon car
rying us to the place where what they called the
Queen's palace had flood, we found that no tra
ces of it were left. We determined therefore to
return in the morning, and endeavour to find out
the Noblesse in their retreats.
In the morning, however, before we could leave
the ship, several canoes came about us, most of
them from the westward, and two of them were
filled with people, who by theif dress and deport
ment appeared to be of a superior rank: Two of
these came on board, and each singled out his
friend ; one of them, whose name we found to be
Matahah, fixed upon Mr. Banks, and the other
upon me: This ceremony confided in taking off
great part of their cloaths and putting them upon
us. In return for this, we presented each of them
with a hatchet and some beads. Soon after they
madeTgns for us to go with them to the places
where they lived, pointing to the S. W. ; and as
I was desirous of finding a more commodious har
bour, and making farther trial of the difpoftion of
the people, I consented.
I ordered out, two boats, and with Mr. Bank#
and Dr. Solander, the other gentlemen, and our
two Indian friends, we embarked for our expedi
tion. After rowing about a league, they mad^
fans that we should go on snore, and gave us to
understand that this was the place of their residence.
We accordingly landed, among several hundreds
of the natives, who conduced us into a house of
much greater length than any we had seen. When
we entered, we saw a middle-aged man, whose
name we afterwards difeovered to be Tootabah ;
mats were immediately spread, and we were desi
red to fit down over against him. Soon after we
were seated, he ordered a cock and hen to bd
brought out, which he presented to Mr, Banks
and me; we accepted the present, and in a fhou
time each of us received a piece of cloth, per
fumed after their manner, by no means difagreca*
bly, which they took great pains to make us re^
mark. The piece presented to Mr. Banks was
eleven yards long and two wide; in return for
which, he gave a laced silk neckcloth, which he
happened to have on, and a linen pocket handker^
chief; Tootahah immediately dressed himfelf in
this new finery, with an airof perfe& complacency
and fatisfadion. But it is now time that I should
take some notice of the ladies.
Soon after the interchanging of our presents
with Tootahah, they attended us to several large!
houses, in which we walked about with great
freedom: they shewed us all the civility of which,
in our filiation, we could accept ; and, on their
part, seemed to have no scruple that would hav^
prevented its being carried farther? The houses
are all open, except a roof, afforded no place of
retirement; but the ladies, by frequently pointing
to the mats upon the ground, and sometimes fear
ing themselves and drawing us down Upon them,
left us no room to doubt of their being much lets
jealous of observation than we were.
We now took leave of our friendly Chief, and
dire&ed our course along the shore; when we had
walked about a mile, we met, at the head of a
great number of people, another Chief, whose
name was TouBoURAi Tama ide, with whom v.^
were also to ratify a treaty of peac) with the ce
remony of which we were now become better ac
quainted. Having received the branch which he
presented to us, and given another in return, we
laid our hands upon our left breads, and pronoun
ced the word Tuio, which we fappofed to fignify
friend; the Chief then gave us to understand,
that if We chose to eat he had victuals ready for
us. We accepted his offer, and dined very hearti
ly upon fifh, bread-fruit, cocoa-nuts and plan
tains, dressed after their manner ; they eat fom«
of their fob raw, and raw frh was offered to us,
but we declined that part of the entertainment.