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1745.] NEWS OF THE VICTORY. 141precedence, as being an officer ofthe King in regularstanding, while Pepperrell was but a civilian, clothedwith temporary rank by the appointment of a provincialgovernor. Warren was an impetuous sailoraccustomed to command, and Pepperrell was a merchantaccustomed to manage and persuade. Thedifference appears in their correspondence during thesiege. Warren is sometimes brusque and almostperemptory ; Pepperrell is forbearing and considerateto the last degree. He liked Warren, and, tothe last, continued to praise him highly in lettersto Shirley and other provincial governors;^ whileWarren, on occasion of Shirley's arrival at Louisbourg,made a speech highly complimentary toboththe general and his soldiers.The news that Louisbourg was taken, reachedBoston atone o'clock in the morning of the third ofJuly by a vessel sent express. A din of bells andcannon proclaimed it to the slumbering townsmen,and before the sun rose, the streets were filled withshouting crowds. At night every window shonewith lamps, and the town was ablaze with fireworksand bonfires. The next Thursday was appointed aday of general thanksgiving for a victory believedbe the direct work of Providence. New York andPhiladelphia alsohailed the great news with illuminations,ringing of bells,toand firing of cannon.1 See extracts in Parsons, 105, 106. The Habitant de Louisbourgextols Warren, but is not partial to Pepperrell, whom he calls, incorrectly," the son of a Boston shoemaker."