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[by J. O. rEBC'IVAL.]
Hail to tlte land of tlie tree and (lie bold,
Where honour mill justice have planted (lieu
throne, I -old,
Where the heart of the meanest can never he
hut order and liberty rtijru there alone-*
Hail to the souls, that run never be slaves,
Who boast of the rights they have won by
the sword.
Who fisrlit lor their forefathers altars and graves
And soar, as the eagle, who rescued them,
soar’d
Hail to the land we have cherished so long—
The soil, where the bright tree of liberty
grows; [strong,
May Its root deeper sirvk. and Its branches be
While the wave of the ocean in majesty
flows —
Long may we meet anil be glad in its shade,
Secure from the tempests that madden the
world; [fade.
Its leaves shall be green, and its flowers never
And the starv'd flag, that tops it, be ever un
furl’d.
Hail to the cradle, where liberty drew
The pure air, that freemen alone can In
hale—
Here the crowd never toil’d for the gain of the
And the palace ne’er shadow’d the cot in the
vale— ‘ [unite.
We sw ore on our swords and our hearts to
Till the chain should he Broken, the slave
should be free,
And the hands, that are daring in battle for
right,
To welcome ns brothers, w h erever they be-
Then bail to the nations who wake from the
sleep [wine,
Os a long night of darkness, like giants lrom
To the heroes who rouse in their greatness and
leap
To gather the laurels on liberty’s shrine—
J’heir fetters are broken,their tyrants are fled,
And the hands of the North and the South
shall unite
To raise o’erthe tombs of the glorious dead,
A temple of honour, and crown it with
light.
—•Ho—-
FREEDOM.
01 thou who dwelt in loftliness,
Ere man had [earn’d to fall ;
Ere penury drank, in bitterness,
Jts v orniwood ami its gtdi ;
Ere wealth had rear'd its golden piles,
Where nations bow the knee ;
‘'Sufhtsahh, all radiant o’er with smiles,
Made man unbent and free.
Ihou Spirit! who pervad'st the wild
And desert wilderness;
But in thy wrath hast never smil'd.
Where crouching thousands press;
Who, through the danger nnd the dread,
The high-soul’d hero bore,
Unshook by fear, by glory led,
Through battle’s deepest roar.
O I thou wilt never coine and dwell
Where men in cities throng ;
Where heartless pimps, in triumph swell,
To power, a paean song :
Thou shun’st the base and craw ling herd ;
The desert in thy home;
And with the pinions of a bird,
Thou only there w ilt roam.
0 Spirit! take me then with thee,
\\ here winds ot ocean blow ;
Till life, repleti with ecstacy,
To inspiration glow :
O ! let me wander, freely there,
Till death my being sever ;
Ihen through the brighest fields of air,
A Spirit, float for ever.
HISTORICAL^
[The following account of the destruction of
the Tea at Boston, nt the commencement ot
the Revolutionary War, is extracted from “Tu
dor’s life of James Otis.” Although it is a sub
ject which has frequently been in the hands of
every reader, yet it has often been either par
tially narrated *ct misrepresented. As connect
ed w ith one of the principal objects w bich led
to the revolution, it cannot but he interesting,
and peculiarly so atthis time. The whole pro
cedure roust itutes one of the most remarkable,
and <o the inhabitants of the colonies, one of
the most honorable events in the revolutionary
annals]
“ After the act lading a duty on pa
per,glass, tea, &c. was repealed, with
the exception of tea, on which the du
ty was continued, associations were
entered into in all the colonies, to
discouiage the use of it. The con
sumption was of course greatly ditnin
islieil, and the tea accumulated in the
English warehouse. The East India
company sought relief from govern
ment, ami urged them to take ott’ the
duty on importation in England. This
proposal, which would have pVoduced
nearly the same result as to the
amount of revenue received, and have
obviated one serious cause of dispute,
was declined. The ministry bent on
levying their American duty, thought
this tea the most useful aiticle for the
experiment. They calculated tlut
this luxury, which from long habit
ud extensive use had become almost
a necessary of life, w ould -inevitably
find purchasers in spite of all private
associations or patriotick agreements.
In this case, as in many others, they
reposed a false confidence in their es
timate of human character ; and for
got that some general maxims, howe
ver just in ordinary times, may be in
applicable in emergencies, even among
a people more corrupt and effeminate,
Ilian those whom they were now en
deavouring to subdue. Hut to meet
the wishes of the company, a draw
back was given in England, equal to
the duty w hich they had asked to have
removed, and a guarantee against loss,
in theexpc iinent of making shipments
of tea to the colonies.
i.arge shipments of tea were made
to the principal ports of the continent,
and a general ferment prevailed over
every part of the country. It was
riot only determined that thp tea it
self should not be received. But who
ever made use of [this (ministerially)
obnoxious herb, was regarded as an
enemy to the country. Ihe utmost
vigilance was employed to prevent its
being consumed by those persons,
! whose innocent daily comforts were
I thus involved in the vortex of national
! contention 4 a rigid inquisition was
I every where enforced tor this purpose
that on other ground would have been
both odious and absurd, butwas justi
fied by the necessity of combatting in
this familiar shape, a principle, which
was shortly aiter to be resisted by
open war.
Long before the ships arrived with
tea, arrangements were made to avert
the threatened mischief. In many
cases the consignees were induced to
decline accepting the charge of it.—
Very spirited resolutions were enter
ed into at a publrck meeting of the
citizens in Philadelphia, with which
the consignees complied by resigning
their appointment. From that city
and from New-York it was sent hack
to England in the same ships that
brought it. In Charleston it was lan
ded, and stored expressly in damp
warehouses, where it was destroyed
by the humidity. In Boston it was
destined to a more violent destruc
tion.
Two of the vessels with the tea ar
rived on Saturday, November 27th.—
A tow n meeting was held on Monday
following, and resolutions were pas
sed similar to those oi Philadelphia,
calling on the consignees, among
whom were two sons of governour
Hutchinson to decline the charge of
it.
A vote was then passed with accla
mations, “ that the tea shall not be
landed, that no duty shall be paid,
and that it shall be sent back in the
same bottoms.” Alter this vote, Mr.
Quincy, a young and eloquent advo
cate, and ardent patriot, with a strong
perception of the events that would
follow from the measures now in con
templation;—and wishing to try the
spirit and to increase the energy of
his fellow citizens, by setting before
them in a strong light the consequen
ces that might be expected from their
resolves, addressed the meeting in the
following terms.
“ It is not, Mr. Moderator, the spir
it that vapors within these walls that
must stand us in stead. The exertions
of this day will cull forth events,
which will make a very different spirit
necessary for our salvation. Whoever
supposes that shouts and hosannas will
terminate the trials of the day, enter
tains a childish iancy. We must be
grossly ignorant of the importance
and value of the prize for which we
contend; —we must be equally igno
rant of the power of those combined
against us; we must be blind to that
malice, inveteracy, and insatiable re
venge which actuate our enemies, pub
lic and private, abroad and in our bo
som, to hope that we shall end this
controversy w ithout the sharpest con
flicts; to flatter ourselves that popu
lar harrangues popular acclamations
and popular vapour, will vanquish our
foes. Let us consider the issue. Let
us look to the entl.—Let us weigh
and consider, betore we advance those
measures, which must bring on the
most trying and terrible struggle this
country ever saw.”
The vote was again submitted to the
meeting, and was again passed unan
imously. A guard for the protection
of the vessels was appointed, which
protection, included the protection of
the tea. The guard of twenty five
men were respectable citizens, volun
teers and acting under the direction
of the committee of correspondence.
The meeting was then adjourned
to the next day, when the town was
again assembled, the answer of the
consignees was read : they refused
the proposition to send it back, but of
fered to store it. The sheriff came in
and read a proclamation from the Go
vernour, ordering the meeting to dis
perse, which was received with one
universal hiss. Votes were passed
ordering the owners and captains of
the vessels not to suffer the tea to be
landed. Attempts were made in the
mean time to negotiate, and induce
the merchants and the custom house
to clear out the tea and send it back.
All was in vain. At length the time
was expiring when the tea could re
main any longer in this situation: the
patience of the inhabitants was exaust
edand theanxieyty and watching were
too troublesome to be further endured.
A body meeting was held on the 15th
of December at the old south church,
when Mr. Uotch the owner of the ves
sel which had the largest parcel of
the tea, attended, and after much dif
ficulty he was persuaded to apply to
the cut-tom house for a clearance, and
the meeting adjourned to hear the re
sult till the next morning. Ten gen
tlemen accompanied him to the cus
tom house, and the clearance was re-
fused in per cm lory manner. A vo&
of the meeting was then passed, or
dering him to protest against this re
fusal, and a deputation was sent with
him to governour Hutchinson, who
was at his country house on Milton
hi 11,7 miles from Boston, to entreat him
to grant a pass that the vessels might
leave the harbor.
In the mean time various speeches
were made in the meeting, to keep the
people together, which were said to
amount to six or seven thousand per
sons. Mr. John llowe, an eminent
merchant and patriotick citizen, who
was doubtless in the secret of the mea
sures that were to be taken m the
last resort, hinted in the torm of in
quiry, “ Who knows how tea will
mix with salt water !” which was re
ceived with applause. At length,
about sun down,the deputation return
ed from the governour, with his refu
sal to grant the pass. A tew minutes
after, a hand of 18 or 20 young men
who had been prepared for the event,
went by the meeting house, giving a
shout. It was echoed by some within;
others exclaimed the Mohawks are
come ! The assembly broke up, and a
part of it followed this body of young
men to Griffin’s wharf, (now called
Liverpool wharf,) on the south side of
the town.
Three different parties composed of
trustworthy persons, many of whom in
after life were among the most res
pectable citizens of the town, had been
prepared in conformity to the secret
resolves of the political leaders, to act
as circumstances should require.—-
They were 70 or 80 in all, and when
every attempt had failed to have the
tea returned, and the final refusal of
the governourto interfere was received
it was immediately made known to
them and they proceeded at once to
throw the obnoxious merchandize into
the water. This was done with as
much good order and regularity, as if
the tea had been discharged in the or
dinary way. The chests were hoisted
upon the decks,broken open and their
contents emptied over the side ot the
ship into the channel* A large crowd
of people was collected, who were
quiet spectators of the operation,
which was completed in the course
of the evening. Three hundred and
forty-two chests of tea were thus des
troyed, and not the slightest injury
was done to any individual, or to any
property on board the vessels except
the unlucky tea, and, after the work
was finished, (he actors ami spectators
calmly retired to their several homes.
Os all this tea, the whole quantity sa
ved, is contained in a small phial still
in existence. One of the operators on
his return home, found his shoes fil
led with it,; this lie put into a bottle
and sealed up. Not a pound of the
tea was purloined. One of the per
sons engaged in the business, who
wished to preserve too large a speci
men, was observed by some of his com
panions to have the pockets of his coat
a little distended. This was treated
as an accident, which was -remedied
however, in a good matured way,
without resistance, by the application
of a knife across the waist of the coat,
which left it a kind of garment, that
has in later times been called a Speu
cer; and the part separated was
thrown overboard to accompany its
kindred tea. The most scrupulous
care was taken that none of it should
be secreted. The shores of the har
bor -at high water mark, were lined
with it the next day, as with other
worthless weeds. A chest containing
a few pounds, lloated into a creek in
Dorchester, where it was discovered
brought into town, and publicly com
mitted to the flames.
MISCELLANY.
From a London paper.
11l requited Love. —There was a
damsel —one Miss Hannah Maria
Juliana Shum,charged by the books
ofCoveDt Garden watch-house,with
having robbed a young gentleman
of a golden sovereign. The young
gentleman made such a pethetic
appeal against the publication of
his name—being, as he said, “ a
young man just verging into the
affairs of the world,” that we shals
content ourselves,(and our readers
also, we hope) with saying, he was
simply a young gentleman of little
person—and that little made the
most of secundum artem ; that is to
say, the bootmaker had lengthened
them atone end,and the liair-dres
ser at the other ; whilst his tailor
had done all, that padding could
do, to increase his bulk longitudi
nally.
T he damsel—Miss Hannah Ma
ria Juliana Shum, was not the pu
rest damsel in existence perhaps—
certainly not the purest in attire,
and her face, pretty as it certainly
was, would have been all the pret
tier for u commodity of soap and
water. But in describing the per
sons of this rather ill-matched pqir
we si tail fufgFt their adventures-.
Thev were thus then :
The young gentlleman left Ins
home on tne proceeding nigh* with
the intention of going to the play,
but in his way thither he met Miss
Hannah Maria Juliana Shum, and
she looked at him from under her
black arched eyebrows with such a
look as he could not resist. Now,
since he could not resist he should
have turned his back and fled ; but
instead of living he stopped and
asked her how she did. She re
plied that she should be very well
if she were not so very cold; and,
sighing deeply, she added, “ Oh !
what a delightful thing is a glass of
nice hot brandy and water on such
a piercing |night as this !” Here
was a direct appeal to the young
gentleman’s generosity, and gal
lantry, and all that sort of thing,
& every thing in the world almost; &
he could no more resist it than He (
could the sparkling of her jet-black
eye. So he gave her his arm and his
heart together, and looking round he
saw the words “ Fine Cogniac Bran
dy neat as imported,” staring him
full in tlie face *’rom the windows
of a tavern, most opportunely oppo
site. YVhat was to be said for it?
Nothing at all. In his opinion the
brandy and water was now inevita
ble, and they went into the tavern
and drank a glass ! and so delight
ful did they find it, that they had
another, and another; and another.
But still, as Miss Hannah Maria
Juliana Shum sweetly remarked—
“ The sweetness that pleasure has in it,
“ Is always so slow to come forth,”
—that they had another or two tt> help
it to come forth faster, and it did—to
such a degree, that the young gen
tleman took up the song and sang—
“ As onward we journey, how pleasant,
“ To stop and inhabit awhile
“ Those few gassy spots, like the present,
“ That mid the dull wilderness sinile/”
By and by two other ladies, friends
of Miss Hannah Maria Juliana Shum’s
dropped in, and, the gentleman insist
ing upon it, they also had some glasses
of nice not brandy and water. In short
they were all so jocund, that at length
the gentleman made up his mind to
make a night of it—“But first,” said
he, “ I should like just to step home
and tell them not to sit up for tne.”—
“ Tell the and 1!” exclaimed Miss
Hannah Maria Juliana Shum—“ that’s
all a hum ; for if you go away you’ll
not come back again.” The gentle
man was shocked ; but his love was
not shaken, and he pledged his honor
that he would return. “Honour is
all my eye,” said the gentic Juliana
Shum—“ pludge your honor indeed!
will you pledge a sox'ereign “ I
will !” said the gentleman ; and he
did—for, as we have already stated,he
was a young gentleman. The ladies
waited his return, because they were
not remarkably well able to go, in con
sequence of the cogniac. Whet) the
gentleman returned, he, very natural
ly, expected the return of his sove
reign ; and the ladies very naturally
knew nothing about it; whereupon,
the young gentleman’s love evapora
ted, or ratherexploded, w ith a bounce ;
and his love being all gone, he was un
gallant enough to send his once-loved
M iss Hannah Maria Juliana Shum to
the watch house.
During the night,however,he repent
ed himself of his cruelty; and he told
the Magistrate that he did not wish to
prosecute her. “lam a young man,”
said he, “ just verging into the affairs
of the world, and a business of this
kind lias such an ugly look with it,that
I shall be much obliged to you, Sir, if
you will let the lady go, and 1 am sure
she is very welcome to keep the sove
reign.”
The gentle Juliana, seeing matters
in this comfortable train, ventured to
tender tlie gentleman his sovereign
again, which he as tenderly refused:
and. then the Magistrate dismissed
them both with a rather untender ad
monition.
John Paul Jones was the son of the
head gardener of the Earl of Selkirk, in
Scotland. In the gardens were two
summer-houses corresponding to each
other, l'lie gardener was a most stea
dy, methodical Scotchman. One day
Lord Selkirk, in Lis walks, observed a
man locked up in one of them, and
looking out at tlie window—and in the
other summer house, looking out of
the corresponding window, appeared
young John Paul. “ Why are those
lads confined,” said Lord Selkirk to
the gardener. “My Lord, 1 caught
tlie rascal stealing your lordship’s
1 ruit.' ’ “ But there are two—what
has your son done ; is he, too, guilty r”
—“ Oil no please your lordship, 1 just
put him in lor symmetry .”
Some time since a certain lord, in
Ireland gave a grand gala to the mem
bers ol the volunteer corps in the neigh
borhood, all of whom attended in iujl
uiiiloim. Among oijrirs.liia [.;
tailor was present, and the W
up to him, saying \i v > * c -n IK
I.OW ,l> J„?-’ifieg you,.;! 1 ! *;
forgot your name, but 1 pel!! 0 "’ I
member seein- ‘<•
lore. Ihe tailor was a little fr , be *
ded by his particular notice
the beet nay of melting hi,', J !’
membered, whispered, I 1 f|> -
breeches.” The noble lord 2° Ur
the tailor had informed him InJS
name, turned round and took hi i
the hand, exclaiming, “ Maj ur yA
ea, I am very happy t 0 see j QU
Extract of a letter from Mr Fry ;..” -
the editors and proprietors of the /' Le
paper printed at Pensacola) published in”l' 1
Mobile Mercantile Advertiser. 1 lue
Pensacola, May 27, ig.-.,
“ I write to you myself fo’
Prison. I was examined as a , ; a
ness in Court to prove that /
Stetle was the author of the f
Report , after I had testified to
fact, ana 1 I was desired to sit dow
by the Attorney who conducted th”
prosecution, the Judge called
me, and asked me, if I was a pro.
prietor of the Floridian at the time
of the publication. This questior
which was intended to make
criminate myself as the law has i?~
I might legally have refusedtoan
swer, and it would have been din.
graceful, even in a Counsellor to
have asked it; but I had nothing to
conceal—l had done nothing dis
honorable —and therefore did not
desire to evade the question. {
immediately answered in the as r .
mative; “ Then,” said the Judge,
“ I will order a rule to be entered
against you.” The rule was serv
ed upon me, together with interro
gatories, to which I replied, gene
rally denying any intention to com
mit a contempt of Court; though
justifying the publication and my
whole conduct in regard to it, as
well as that article in our lastnum.
ber, which charged a combination
of judicial officers against our press.
In answer to his interrogatory on
that subject, I declared that 1 did
mean him as one of that comlim.
tion. The Judge committed me
to the custody of the marshal, in
order to take time to write hisdecl
sion, which he yesterday read in
Court, in which he has gone farou
of his way to vilify and abuse s
the Floridian, and me personal
calling the Floridian, for instance
the ‘ 4 vehicle of scurrility.” In con
elusion, he suspended me from th<
bar, until the further order of tin
Court, and sentenced me to para
fine of three hundred dollars, aid to
remain in custody until the firms
paid. This fine, being at pwsent
beyond my ability to pay, I have
become the neighbor of ; the
city prison having been demanded
of the Mayor for my confinement.
I am as comfortable as a prisoner
could be in such a building, andara
consoled by the visits of my friends
Among other insults in the judged
decision, he declared his satisfac
tion, that my suspension would not
operate to the disadvantage of oth
ers ; thus reflecting upon nsyh* v<
ing no business in Court, when he
well knew that I had declinedl** 1 ’
rising in his Court, from tbewn*
viction that his settled hostility to
me taken up and persisted in, with
out cause, would render my servi
ces a disadvantage, rather than a
benefit to my client.”
The substance of the publication*
to which the judge (Brackeniidpe,"^
taken excaption, was as folio**’
“ Our warmest thanks are due in
many friends who have supported us,
in spite of the combination dJ'f
Officers to destroy us ; and we c oD S?
tulate them upon the prospect 0 ‘
tory, which is afforded us in the p
cecdings of the Senate, published
this day’s paper.” ~. i
In the law report it was state •
“ A motion was made by the A< : o •
of the United States for W est rj 0
(VV. F. Steele) to place upon
cord of the court, certain public F
sentments made by the Grand l* 11 ! .
which were returned by that boQl
licly into court, with a reqm’
they might be published in “ ,e
vidian,” but which presenting 5
Judge of the Court, (11. r ’ . B (
ridge) had received in P e [ s °
placed in liia pocket, without P (
ting them to be seen or read,or
any argument in support of tlie *
ney’s motion—affirming ‘ llß , rl ° pr i Vl fc
do, and asserting them to be P . (
papers, and therefore entire v JTj
the controu! of the court; 8,11 j|.
papers he lias never given * J P’, ( . er{
ceil on record.” Tlie whole of*<',
port appears to have beent i
statement of facts, none of w Lj c |
been denied by the judge,au . nl
an indifferent reader cal *
contempt of judicial aut!> oll .