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the butt ends (which have stood on the
ground all winter) to get thoroughly dry, '
previously to the dre fling, or a great loss will
*■ take place; for if it be wet, die coat or harl
on the butt ends of the llalk, for fevea or
eight inches, (being the heavier part in pro
portion to its length) will go to wafle in the
operation of the brake. It (hotild firft be
broken in a very coarse brake, the tloat3 or
teeth of which fliould be three inches and an
half or four inches asunder; then in a com
mon flax brake.
The fwinglirg is performed much in the
fame manner as flax, only applying a more
driving (but not harder) stroke, continuing
the knife down nearly to the end of the hemp,
flicking it as much as poflible with the knife.
A man will ch efs about 30 or 40 pounds a
day, according to the rot it gets” and its dry
ness, and the dryness of the weather at the
tune of drefling ; this is very eiTential.
I have been informed that Mr. Elisha Rice,
of Sudbury, has broke and (wingled 515 pounds
of hemp in one day.—The common produce
of hemp onan acre of Sudbury land, varies
from 9 to u hundred weight.
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Z A N T E, May 23.
I ARRIVED here on the 17th inst. after a
pafiage of y days ; and it is very lucky
I did not arrive founcr, as there werecruiflng
off here four of the molt daring pirates that
ever iufefled these seas ; they spare the lives
of no nation. About three weeks ago they
took a Dutch fliip ; the Captain only begged
the life of a little boy, his l'on, about 13
years of age, which the pirate took and stab
/ bed before his face, and then murdered the
whole crew, took out what they pleased, and
funk the fliip.
However, two days before I arrived here,
five Ruffian privateers came off the illand, and
fell in with one of them; these pirates arc
manned with Greeks, Sclavonians, and a set
of daring fellows, mounting from 16 to 30
guns each; the pirate engaged the whole five
a day and night, but, being droVe into a bay
in this illand, was obliged to let go his anchor,
but still kept them oif, liCfi <*>> 4 #rv «rw J
on condition that they fliould not be made
slaves, and the Commodore gave his word t
they fliould not ; they then took the prisoners
on board, and came round into the road ;
but the Greek was not so good as his word,
for the next morning he made signal for all
the Captains, and then ordered all his pri
soners upon deck forward. He told the Cap
tains to follow his example ; he then went in
to the forecaftle, drew his fabre, ordered the
pirate Captain before him, who was bui just
alive, and gave him two cuts across the face;
the rest followed his example. After that a
sailor who had his brother killed in the en
gagement went to the Captain, and asked the
favor that he might have the fi-niftiing of the
pirate Captain, which was granted; he then
went to the Captain, and llabhed him in the
breast; then took a piece of bread, fleeped
it in the pirate’s blood as it ran down, and
eat it ; then cut otf from his face the flelli
piece by piece : he was two hours expiring.
They quartered and threw overboard 52;
and 28 the Commodore made a present to
one of the Captains to- maflacre ia the fame
manner; most of the bodies have drove on
fliore here fiuce I arrived. I must have palled
the other three in the night, as they made for
the foot of the Gulph.
WARSAW, July 23.
Letters from Bohopool of the 14th of this
month bring accounts, that the Ruflian fleet
<n the 13th, at three o’clock in the morning,
attacked again, and completely beat that of
the Turks, and burnt four of their largest
lliips and teu frigates ; the rest escaped into
the openfea; the aftion lasted till noon.—-
Oczakow is now attacked by sea, and the Ruf
fian camp is but seven we riles from the place.
Prince Potemkin has reconnoitred Oczakow
in person, and the Turks made a brilk Tally,
but were repuifed. The Turk* were drove
out of the outworks, the suburbs are burnt,
and the Ruflian chall'eurs on foot encamp upou
the spot, The garrison is deprived of freth
watei, as the Rudiaus are in pofleflion of all
the fourccM troin whence they obtained it,
V I E N N"7 July l.
Though the Advanced guard of the Otto*
man army is already encamped in the neigh
bout hood of Widin, yet the main body ad
vances but llowly. For the honor of huma
nity we are happy to hear that the Grand Vi
zir has rtrictly prohibited the mutilating and
mangling the bodies of those (lain in battle
23. We have received freth letters from
Che.fon, bearing date the 4th inrt. by which
the news of the defeat of the Ottoman fieet
in the Black Sea is confirmed, with this ad
ditional circutnfiauce, that the ,day after
the action, Rear Admiral Paul Jones went in
ptirfuit of the vertels that had fled towards
Varna, in the neighborhood of which he
came up with them, and took two more fail,
on hoard one of which was the Captain Pa
cha, who is said to be desperately wound
ed.
By the fame advices we learn, that the ift
in font, (three days after the victory) the
fort refs of Oczakow was- inverted on both
sides at once; by sea, by Prince de Nassau
Seigen, and by land by Prince de Potemkin;
in confequeuce of which the Turks made a
vigorous fatly, but, after- au obflinate and
bloody engagement, wore ? :< -rced to retreat,
with the lol> of 1000 men killed, and 800
prisoners.
B E R I. I N, July 29.
Yerterda-y several private letters were re
ceived from Meinel, with the important news
that, on the 15th inll. t!ie Swedilh fleet had
attacked that of the Ruffians, which failed
from Cronftadt, off K.eveJ ; that tliree of the
Ruffian ihips were funk, two taken, and the
rert dilperfed.
Wc have also accounts that the Grand
Duke of Rufiia and Count Anhalt are march
ed with ten regiments of regular troops to
face the Swedes in Finland.
L O N D O N, J u l y 22 .
There is positive advice from C openhagen
that the King of Denmark has refoived, and
unequivocally declared, he will a flirt the Em
press of Rufiia. Count Bernfloff, the Danifli
Minister, has acquainted all the foreign Mi
nilters at Copenhagen, “ That the King of
Denmark thinks himlelf obliged to furnifh
treaty of alliance between \Te at fvvo by puw
ers.”
After this explicit declaration there can be
no longer any doubts pretended refpetfmg
Denmark.
But this mail contains another piece of
news not less important ,’c «,
the King of Sweden has required of the King
of Prussia. a support of 30,000 men, by vir
tue of a treaty of alliance between them.’’
It is added in the re counts brought by the
mail, that there is no doubt of this requisi
tion being immediately complied with.
Besides the powers of the North, those of
Spain and Naples are arming. The Spanirti
fleet is out, and the Neapolitan is getting rea
dy as fart as podible.
Augujl i. By a letter from Dantziek, dat
ed July 11, we learn, that the Captain Pachi
did not quit his lliip until (he was near blow
ing up; and that a Ruffian sailor, perceiving
he did not take his flag with: him, had the
hardiness to fwini on board, and, mounting
the rigging whilst the (hip was pouring out
flames through every port, he brought
the trophy fafe ; and, in confequeuce, had the
honor to be sent with it to lay it at the feet of
the Empress, who no doubt will properly re
ward him.
2,0. The following is an extraft of a let
ter from Feterfbnrgh, dated Auguft6. “ As
soon as the Prince Potemkin arrived with the
Imperial army near Oczakow, and had recon
noitred the place, he found that the (hips
which had retired in the preceding combat,
and especially the gallies that carried large
pieces of cannon, would he in a date to im
pede our army from approaching the fort, to
bombard it. In ctmfequence of which he
gave commission to the Duke et Nalfau Siegen
to attack those vellels, which he accordingly
did in the night between the 11th and 12th
of Julv, with an extraordinary courage anti
intrepidity. The fight lalled eight hours, un
der the cannon of the place. The ene
my’s vertels were funk ; we took one galley,
and (he others having fuffered from our fire,
were forced to run alhore on the coart. In
order to lupport our fleet, and divide the at*
tcniitfn of the enemy, the Prince Potemkin
made at the tame time a UUe attack on the
land The light , ro ops of fie advanced
guard forrounded lhe town. The corns of
chaffcurs of Livonia occupied the garden
and covered our bat.ery, w hich was at th|
point of the ititrenchment, and so near the
town that we could hear the explosion of the
cartridges. Our artillery, although not bet
ter supported than when exercised, filcncerl
the cannon of the enemy, and we loft only
one attendant of them, who was killed wit*
his horse near the battery.
“ Durin S adion the Prince Repnin
and General Dolgorucki, as also Lieutenant
General Potemkin, who commanded the
troops employed on this expedition, were at
* the battery, accompanied by Count Branicki,
Great General of Poland, and the Prince de
Ligne. The Brigadier Verkonlki, comman
dant of the chafieurs, diftingunhed iiimfelf
with great ability in elevating the cannon
Altei the deftrudion of the enemyhs vefiels
the fleet direded their fire against the town’
wtth fnch success, that the upper part is near
ly reduced to aihes. The enemy loft on this
occasion two frigates of 20 guns each, a brig
of loguns, and a Kirlanguitfch of 22; a
bomb galley, with a mortar and four pieces
of cannon ; five fifty oared' gallies, with a
36 and four 12 pounders; besides two trans
ports, with 80 puds of gun-powder, a gua
ooat with one 24 and one 1 2 pounder.. To
tal, ioq pieces of cannon.”'
ALBANY, Sept/i*
On Thursday last his Excellency the Go
vernor and other Commiftioners returned to
this city from Fort Schuyler, where they have
held treaties with the Onondaga and Oneida
Indians. Theie nations have ceded all their
lands to the (fate* The land* on both Tides
ol the nver whereon the Onondaga village
hands, being a trad of about nine miles in
length and about eight in breadth, is to re
main forever for the use of the Onondagas ;
and the lands for one mile around the fait
lake is to remain for the common benefit of
the citizens of the state and the Onondagas
to furnifh. fuel for making fait: a very large
traft is in like manner to remain for the
uie of the Oneidas. The lands, so to remain
tor the Onondagas and the Oneidas, are how
evei, not u, Uc mid, leafed, or in anv h!
mauner alicucd or disposed of, by these
£*? uarious, A traA of ’ foi f r X? n
° alb, and extending from the line of
property to the boundary of the Oneida ter
...ory, is alto appropriated for the benefit^
lands for one mile on each fide of Fish Creek
are to remain ungranted, and are to be for
the common benefit of the citizens of this
state and the Oneidas to encamp and land on;
and an half mile square, at the distance of
every fix miles, along the northern bank of
the Oneida lake, is to remain for the fame
purpose.
The Oneidas have stipulated, that a trad:
of tea miles square, on the north fide of the
Oneida Lake, shall be granted to Mr. Pen
net, of Sheneftady, as a benevolence from
their nation to him ; and a tract of two miles
square is also to be granted to Mr. Peralhe,
in fatisfadion of an injury done to him by one
of their nation;.
Os the lands referved’ for the use of the
Oneidas, the Stockbridge Indians, and also
the New-England Indians, under the pastoral
care of the Rev. Mr. Occuin, are to have their
present refpeftive fet*lenient; the former fix
miles square, and the latter two miles in
breadth and three miles in length. The Onei
das have also requeued, .that a mile square
adjoining to the trad of Mr. Dean, and of the
land to be relerved for their own use, ftiould
be granted to Mr. Bleecker, in return for his
frequent good offices to them.
One thousand crowus in lilver, and goods
to the amount of aool. were paid to the O
nondagas, and the state is to allow them an
nually 500 dollars. Two thouland dollars in
silver, goods to the amount of 8001. and pa
vilions to the amount of 4001. were paid to
the Oneidas, and they are to be allowed an
uually 600 dollars.
During the treaty a deputation of about 70
persons from the Kcneca nation waited on the
Commiffioneri. Their visit, however, * ai
only intended as a matk t»f relpect, t or Sa
chems and principal Chiefs having, prcvioua
to the treaty of bchuylcr, set out to if
tend the gcueial tieaiy At Mulkingum*