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FROM THE WESTERN MONTHLY REVIEW.
THROWING THE TEA OVERBOARD.
* * * These 1 reflections occurred to us,
in consequence of meeting the other day, charged to give us
with a person, and probably the only surviv- tory came dowr; to the
jng one, who took a part in throwing the tea dependence WflS^D the general
overhoard from the British' ships in Boston j the people.
harbor,—undoubtedly one of the measures! We stirred bifiskly in the business, from
which precipitated the Revolution. His the moment W left opr dressing room. We
name is Joshua Wythe, a relative of the cele- were merry m an under tone, at the idea of
brated John Wythe, of Cambridge, whom making so large a cup of tea for the fishes,
every Harvard scholar, of the times of the but we were as still as the nature of the case
venerable Willard and Tappan, so well re-j would admit. No more words were used
members. He lives in this city, is turned 1 than were absolutely necessary. Our most
of seventy-five years, appears to’ lie in ro- i intimate acquaintances, among the specta-
lnii>t health, and uncommonly cheerful, al-1 tors, had not the least knowledge of us. I
though it is believed his circumstances are I never labored harder in my life; and we were
straightened. His simple narrative gave us | so expiditious, that, although it was late in
vivid impressions of the feeling which actua- ™
ted his fellow townsmen, on the occasion of
1770, there
a tradesman, who had
daughters in marriage,
whom he gave their weight in
a fortnne. The young ladies
e been bulky, for the lightest of
them weighed fifty pounds, two shillings
and eight pence !
bringing the tea into Boston harbor. News
of the most|interesting character transpired
ever y .l&jtv^Ncver was a period so full of
rum^rB and-reports, which had not yet ac-
the’horrihle and hloody interest to un-
_fe't ea table. The patriots saw
the fiHr.could not resist the seasoning
lragreht beverage, with the discussion of
thpsqjhevnes of universal interest, and it was
determined that they should not be led into
such irresistible temptation, and that it
should be removed by throwing it overboard.
It was proposed that young men, not much
known in towrii' and hot liable to be easily
■'cognized, should lead in the business.
~ur narrator believes that mostof the per-
i&ns selected for the occasion were appren-
tiebs^d journeymen ; not a few of them, as
uraslthe/case with himself, living with tory
masJeH^He had but a few hours warning of
whatitfaSlptcndedtobe done. The part which
he WOk ih'the business is related as follws :
, as a journeyman blacksmith with
rid Gridby, blacksmiths by trade,
,by profession. Western, at the
but afterwards became a
numbers were between twenty
Of my associates, I only
names of Frothingham,
and Grant. • We were met
ening, talking over the ty-
" h government, such as the
shifting up the port of Bos-
of Mr. Gray’s family,
England for trial;- !
sundry oilier*acts of oppression. Our
dignatiop was increased by having
the arrival of the tQ£*jWpa*ltlri8^
agreed.'
d the terapt*ti£n?%id
We came to a sud-
make sure work of it,
oard. We first talk-
but we feared the fire
unicate to the town. We then
them, but we dropped this
project, through fear that we should alarm
fenvn, bef«~ wa rniilri <r«»t thrmior) —
it. 3V*had-
. remained on
ly concluded that we could take possession
of them arid discharge the tea into the har
bor, without danger or opposition. The
greatest objection to our plan was, that it
would take a great length of time to carry it
through, and render us more liable to detec
tion. We agreed, one and all, that we
would go on at the risk of our lives. We
proceeded to contrive the mode of accom
plishing our business. One of the ships lay
at Hancock’s wharf, and the others a few
paces out in the stream with their warps fast
to the same wharf. A brigade of British
soldiers was encamped on the common, less
than a mile from the wharf. We agreed,
m order, as much as we might to prevent
ourselves from being discovered, to wear
r-gged clothes,, and disfigure ourselves as
much as possible. We concluded to meet at
an old building at the head of the wharf,
and t o fall in one after another as if by acci
dent, sp as not to excite suspicion. After
having pledged our honor that we would not
reveal our secret, we separated.
At the appointed time, we all met accord
ing to agreement. We were dressed to re
semble Indians, as much as possible. We
L, should not have, known each other, except
Wh by our voices, and we surely resembled de-
Tea, vils from the bottomless pit, rather than
men. We placed our centry at the head of
the wharf, one in the middle and one on the
ff; bow of each ship as we took possession.
H We then proceeded rapidly to business.
** We boarded the ship which was moored by
the wharf, and the leader of our company in
the evening when we began, we had discharg
ed the whole three cargoes before morning
dawn.
It may he supposed that there was much
talk about the business next morning. The
tories, civil, military, spies, made a great
fuss, and called the business divers hard
names. Proclamations and rewards, to
procure detection, were all to no purpose.
We pretended to be as zealous to find out
the perpetrators as the rest. We often talk
ed with the tories about it. We were so
close and loyal, that the whole affair remain
ed in Egyptian darkness.
A Rational Insect.—The following in
stance of ingenuity in a spider, was witness
ed by the writer of this article. A web was
observed to be tightly stretched across a
garden path, about five feet in breadth, the
reticulated portion occupying the centre,
and one of the principal threads to which
this part was attached, had a vertical direc
tion ; upon examining in what manner this
was fastened to tfce ground, it was found
that the ingenious insect, instead of having
permanently fixed it to the gravel path, had
coiled it round a stone, a little larger than its
own body, and had raised this about afoot
from the walk, where it wus swing!
air, giving thb necessary ^degree qf
to the net work of the web, hut
mg a sufficient resistance taJ&T,
,/• »iie
casion its
befor e we could get through with
-observed that very few persons
board the three ships, and final-
Athens, Oct. 19, 1827.
ELECTION RETURNS.
We pt&Jish thii'returns of 64 counties. Six coun
ties, viz. Appling, ’-taker, Carrol, Emanuel, Thomas,
and are, still retrain to be heard from. In review
ing the ordeal through which the state has passed,
and contemplating thy final issue of her struggle, the
language of a cotempi airy journal is particularly ap
plicable.—“ Truth ana reason are omnipotent, and
they have prevailed, afur as fierce a struggle as
crooked principles, and SUgitious practices ever wa
ged against them. No enlightened republican, no
sound friend to Georgia, can contemplate the result,
without a glow of honest and manly delight;—not
the comparatively paltry exultation of party triumph
—but that proud, dignified, we had almost said, hal
lowed emotion, with wiicli a patriot surveys the res
cue of his country jfron joppending calamity, ascer
tains her prcsent.«afa|y, ind Welcomes the dawn.of
her future pros * ' ' 1
Counties.
Laurens.
Liberty.
Lincoln.
Monroe—Warren, St. George,
Walthour—Way, Quartemian,
... Remson—McDowell, Curry,
Lowndes. Blair—Carter,
Madison. Groves—Maroney, Daniel,
Monroe. Brown—Lawhon, Phillips, Simmons,
Morgan. Leonard—Davis, N esbit, Jones,
Muscogee. McDougald—Woolfolk,
McIntosh. Powell—Braiisford, King,
Montgomery. Ryalls—McRae,
Newton. Luckie—Kolb, Perry,
Oglethorpe. Jourdan—-Freeman, Billups, Town
send,
Pike. Wilson—Gray,
Pulaski. Clayton—Lanier, Daniel,
Putnam. Hoxey—Hudson, Shorter, Vamer, Ma
son,
Richmond. McTyre—Holt, Mealing, Dillon,
Rabun. Miller—Paris,
Striven. Smith—Byan, Lanear,
Tattnall. Tillman—Surrency,
Thomas. Rae—Hadley,
Telfair. Cofiee—Wilcox,
Troup. Sledge—Kennon,
Taliaferro. Janes—Thompson,
Twiggs. Wimberly—Bunn, Durham, Dcnnard,
Upson. Holloway—Sturges,
W arren. Moncrief—Thomas, Wilson, Gray,
VV alton. Moore—Echols, Blasmgham,
Wilkinson. Beall—W iggins, Exmu,
Washington. Tennilie—Safiolil,Shehce, Long,
Wilkes. Wootten—Brown, Render, Mills, Lyman.
Wase. Fulwood—Davis,
Wayne. Harris—Robson,
of Thursday after
hood of Kensing-
ammersmith, with pe
culiar severity, the roads literally assuming
the appearance of rivers, in consequence of
the rapid fall of rain. The thunder claps,
between five and six o’clock, sounded as
being alarmingly near the earth, and exceed
ed in loudness and extentjmy thing remem
bered by some of the oldest inhabitants ;—
to use the language of many persons, they
“ shook the frame,” and occasioned the
most powerful vibrations in the air. One
of these thunder claps occasioned much con
versation, as well as consternation, as it
seemed to burst immediately over the hous
es. It transpired that a fire-ball was the
result of such shock. An old waterjnan,
standing under shelter in an alley leading
down to a dirty place, familiarly known as
the “ Wapping” of Hammersmith, near the
new Bridge, at that place had just success
fully beckoned a milkman to come and par
take of the protection against the storm,
when he perceived, what he terms a “ Fire
ball/’ immediately succeeding (he terrific
commotion just mentioned, pass through
thisalley, or narrow opening between hous
es, and shoot into the river. He describes
the appearance to have been, a ball of fire,
about the size of a man’s head ; or rather a
solid but rough globe of flame of such size.
It sunk near the middle of the river. Tie
old waterman adds, that ft is about 19 years
since he saw any thing of the kind; he then
perceived jofsorhi
and near the same place—the ball of fire
then descended into the River Thames.—
Credat!
OC- Cami U
Chatham,
Clurk,
Columbia,
Crawford,
Coweta,
3, July
Paris, July 21.—Mr. Malot, a man of
letters, and an enlightened lawyer,, who had
for a long time exercised the functions of a
Magistrate at Avallon, has just died, p leav
ing behind him a rare proof of conjugal ten
derness. On entering his study after- hiB
death, there was found in a secret chest, of
which he alone kept the key, the body of
his wife, who had been dead for twenty-five
years, embalmed and admirably preserved.
It is supposed, that he had prevailed on the
grave-digger to exhumate the body, from
which, even after death he was unwilling to
separate himself. Mr. Malot succeeded in
a very stem and resolute manner ordered the
captain and crew to open the hatchways, and beeping from the knowledge of everyone
hand up the hoisting tackle and ropes. The *be deposit which he preserved in his house,
Captain asked us what we intended to do? J J — u ~ J “ L ‘*
The leader told him that we were going to
unload the ship of tea, and ordered him and
the crew below, assuring him, that if they
obeyed, no harm was intended them. They
instantly obeyed without murmurs or threats.
Some of our numbers jumped into the hold,
and passed the chests to the tackle.
As they hoisted them to the deck, others
and every day he, doubtless, went to nourish
his grief by weeping over the inanimate re
mains. The' same grave has now united
them forever. I ’lllljSailii
Artificial Eyes.—Mr. John -Scudder, of
New-York, advertises that on application to
him, he will supply the loss of an eye by an
P H artificial one, to imitate the real eye, and
knocked them open with axes, and others j move with it in any direction, and so near-
raised them to the railing, and discharged :ty resembUng iife, as “ to deceiveihe most
their contents overboard. All that were not sceptical.” His eyes are made of the finest
needed for discharging the tea from this ship, French enamel, highly polished, and he suvs
went on board the others and warped them - wi,! last twenty years if not broken, and may
into thft wharf, where the same ceremonies ’be worn with ease,>and without the least
were repeated as at the first ship. While P a ^ n
we were unloading
great numbers
e collected in
wharf to see what
A singular instance of the effects-of the
was going om They crowded about us so [Censorship of the Press in France has just
as to be much in our way. We paid no at- ; occurred. An article of mercantile mtelli-
tention to them, nor did they say any thing Offence was suppressed because it contained
to us. They evidently wished us success, the following words :—“Les brutes Bour
ns none of them gave any information against- hqns, sflgTepWussfii. e. “ the raw Bour
ns. Our sjjffflfefcWerenotattned. and could bons (meaning the sugars of the isle of
' Hot stop any who insisted on passing. If we Bourbon) are falling.” It appears, there-
Uad been able it would not have been a good i fore, that the brutes must no longer be con-
Carroll,
Decatur,
DeKdb,
Dooly,
Early,
Effingham,
Elbert,
Emanuel,
Fayette,
Franklin,
Glynn,
Greene,
Gwinnett,
Habersham,
Hall,
Hancock,
Henry,
Houston,
Irwin,
Jackson,
Jasper,
Jefferson,
Jones,
Laurens,
Liberty,
Lincoln,
Lowndes,
Lee,
Madison,
McIntosh,
Monroe,
Montgomery
Morgan,
Muscogee,
Newton,
Oglethorpe,
Fike,
Pidaski,
Putnam,
Rabun,
Richmond,
Scrivtn,
Troup,
Taliaferro,
Tattnall,
Thomas,
Telfair,
Twiggs,
Upson,
Warren,
Walton,
Wilkinson,
Ware,
Washington,
Wayne,
Wilkes, ■
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THE LEGISLATURE.
The first name to each county is the Senator.
AppliNg. Thomas—Legg
Appling. Thomas—Leggett,
Baker. Porter—Howard;
Baldwin. Williams—Howard, Watson,
Bibb. Baber—Lamar,
Bryan. Maxwell—Bacon,
-Bulloch. . Ipenmark—Rawls,
B&rke. Lawson—Byne, Dye, Bailey,
Butts. Cargile^-Hendncks, *
Chatham. - Davis—Habersham, Stitcs, Be van,
Clark. Clayton—Dougherty, Moore, Hull,
Columbia. Crawford—Cartledge, Burnside, C
ton.
Camden. Brown—Copp,IfuU, .
Carroll. Alexander—Adrain, \
Crawford. Blackstone—King, f A
Coweta. Hicks—Pentacost, -• -tV
DeKalb. Ezzard—Brooks, Aikin,
Dooly. Scarborough—Scarborough,
Decatur. Hawthorn—Bell,
Effincham. Burton—Strickland,
Elbert. Allen—Heard, Tait, Davis,
Emanuel. Swain—Hicks,
Early.
Fayette. Cochran—Stewart,
Fran klin. Anderson—Martin, Freeman, Cleveland,
Greene. Stocks—Janes, Lewis, Rea,
Gwinnett. Worthy^—Brewster, Greene, Park,
Glynn. Scarlette-Bumett,
Habersham. Blair—Wofford, Chastain,
Hall. DuEiwngham—Bates, Byrd, Ebcrhart,
Hancock. Crawford Abercombie, Birdsong,
HcNivr. Seilers—Barnes, Glenn,
Houston. Campbell—Williams,
Irwin. Gilder—Dixon,
Jackson. -Martin—Barnett, Bumes, Cochran,
Jasper. Philips—Jordan, McClendon, Loyall, Hojl
demon,
Jefferson. ^Gamble—Holt, Stapleton,
Jones. Hendrick—Iverson, Jourdan, FIctraHfi
Day, ? .T
State of the Country.—An article in the Savannah
Republican of the 9th inst. gives an exemplification
of the increase of trade at that city during the year
ending the 36th September, in which time it is stated:
“There were shipped from the port of Savannah
219,073bale8 ofUpland Cotton,and 14,465 bales of Sea
Island, making 233,558 bales—also 14,285 tierces of
Rice, and 550 hogsheads of Tobacco. The whole
valued at the present depressed prices will amount
to eight million five hundred thousand dollars. To
this may be added Lumber and other valuable articles
exported, an estimate of which we have not been
able to procure, that would greatly jpereaso 4bo
amount of the year’s exports. Contrasting the ex
ports of the years 1826 and 1827, wc find the dil
encc in favour of the later year 42,980 bales rf.
Rice, and 380 hogsheads d
of cotton this year would tats
fjjrtihe,Ipivoefcg 0 f the river
which has prevented a
arriving at our city..
A Charleston paper gives a statement of a similar
iat port; but we are not certain whether
at either place the value of the articles exported, at
the present prices, will reach the amount of several
former years, when some of them particularly bore
nearly double the present price. However, it shows
an increase of the producing power, either by ex
tended population or greater effect given to the active
means, but probably a portion of each.—At New
York also, the receipts of the customs for the first
three quarters of the present year are represented to
exceed the whole of that of the preceding one, which
had not fallen short of the estimates made some
years ago by Mr. Crawford, whose penetration and
discernment were so distinguished while acting as
Secretary of the U. S. Treasury, at which time he
demonstrated the probable progress of the revenue,
and its capability of completely liquidating the na
tional debt by the year 1835. The whole gives sa
tisfactory intelligence of the state and prospects of
the national resources to meet all pending demands,
while the near approach of the time when it will
be accomplished, necessarily excites a reflection on
what shall be the after disposition of those funds ex
ceeding the unavoidable expences of government.
To hoard beyond a sufficient amount for probable
contingencies, must strike every prudent person as
extremely injudicious as well on account of its cor
rupting tendency, as the injurious effect vast funds
lying idle would have on internal commerce and in.
dustry; and to abolish many of the duties cannot be
for a moment contemplated, when the prosperity of
so great a variety of interests is involved in their
continuance.—We believe it is on all hands conce
ded that sufficient means have been kept in train to
make all necessary preparation for the public de
fence ; and as they progress, the standing expense
may rather'be expected to diminish than increase.
A general system of public improvement, compris
ing roads, canals, &c. &c. therefore presents, we
conceive, the only eligible appropriation to be made
of them of which we can now form an idea, to be
accompar : ed with the largest share of common ad
vantage, strengthen the motives for union, and at
the same time keep in profitable action the labour
ing force of the nation.—But here again, the ques
tionable powers of the Constitution present them
selves. To apportion funds among the states for
such purposes, as has been suggested by some, would
be accompanied with strong objections. There are
already sufficient openings for collision among them;
and as no two have laws and forms precisely alike,
we cannot conceive any greater uniformity of views
would be obtained in this respect, as each would
naturally seek to give them as great a tendency to
their individual advantage as possible, and thus in
terfere with that general interest and importance
they should possess, End would be more likely to
acquire if projected and executed by an unbiassed
party with an exclusive view to the greatest public
benefit.—Though favourably impressed towards this
course, we have constantly adv cated a cautious
and restrained construction of the Constitution; but
while we acknowledge that as great an amount of
wisdom and forecast as perhaps ever assembled on
any occasion were concerned in the formation of
that instrument, yet they could have as little know,
ledge of what would be the condition and necessi
ties of the country at the end of fifty years, as they
could of the rise, progress, and termination of the
French Revolution. Therefore, although the general
features of it are sufficiently republican, yet we think
there are strong reasons for considering seriously
whether some of its provisions do not stand highly
in need of discreet definition, restriction, and per
haps in the case alluded to of a proper concession of
power.
id amiable Character of Mr;
ker, and the great and merited popu.
1 ■* r - his father, gave him a hold upon
son party, which even we feared :
old party distinction of Democrat
Federalist, though it fell short of the
t hoped for by Mr. Slicker and his
tnends, bad some influencetbn the election.
Ii was late too, before the Jackson party
resolved to meet the Adams men on party
grounds. Mr. McMahon >oo, was called
“ a stranger,” “ a foreigner j’ among us, not
having lived here more a year. All
these and many other difficulties and dis
advantages had the Jackson party to con
tend with.—Majority in favour of the Jack-
son candidates 445.—Republican.
The New-York Enquirer states that “an
overwhelming Jackson meeting was held at
Princeton, Acta Jersey, on Wednesday
(week.) There was no room large enough
and the meeting adjourned to the fields,
where decided resolutions were adopted in
favour of General Jackson.” A correspon
dent of the Washington Telegraph states
that “Friday the concourse was so great
that we cou'd not be accommodated in any
room in the town ; we adjourned to the
Campus in front of the College ;” that “ the
resolutions were unanimously adopted by
acclamation that the Secretary of the
Navy was. during the whole of the" meeting,
“ in the house fronting on the Campus, and
within hearing of the whole proceeding;”
that “ similar meetings will be held in all the
counties, and on the Sth of January, that
day dear to every freeman, a Convention will
be held at Trentor. to select the Electors.”
l} r illiam JjL Ci % att>ford.—~ll cannot but be
gratifying to the friends of this distinguished
_niPP, Among'whom we are proud to say, we
rank ourselves, to learn his restoration to
he.'lth, and to witness his devotion to the
service of his country. Disappointed of the
Presidency, for which lie was so eminently
qualified by iris experience, his talents, and
his integrity; his mind was too active and
his patriotism disinterested to suffer him to
retire into misanthropic seclusion to rail
against the world. A republican in principle
and a patriot in heart, he yielded without a
murmur to the will of the people, which
pointed to another as their choice, and re
tiring with dignity from the distinguished
station which he held in the Cabinet, he has
been called to an office of high dignity and
importance in his own State, where the
same firmness, industry and intelligence
seem to mark his course, for which he was
so remarkable when at the head of the Na
tional Treasury. Who had not rather be
Judge Crawford than President Adams,
though the one has retired from the service
of the country poor, while the other has
lived in offices and fattened on the Trea
sury ?—Balt. Rep.
Baltimore, October 2.
Jackson Triumphant.—The election is
over and the Jackson ticket has prevailed.
The Adams men are defeated, chap-fallen
doves! There can be no longer any pre
tence that Jackson has not an overwhelming
majority in Baltimore. The Adams men
themselves have admitted this throughout
the canvass, and have declared, that their
only hope was, that the Jackson party would
not unite. They have not rallied as they
should have done, for the Adams ticket hais
got a great many Jackson votes. This will
not be denied. The election, however, of
1 Messrs. Steuart and McMahon affords the
strongest evidence of the strength of the
>arty it? this. city. The popular
Jackson
The Lafayette Grant.—The grant of a
township of Land to General La Fayette, by
the Congress of the United States, for his
disinterested services in the cause of the
American revolution, is in extent six miles
square, and contains 23,040 acres. It is loca
ted in the centre^pLa truly desirable and
fertile country, and is adjacent to the city
of Tallahassee, the capital of Florida. The
citizens of the neighbourhood, by common
consent, have called, this township the La
Grange Forest, and in ramhjing over a sur
face of uncommon fascinations, and through
the romantic shades of overshadowing ever
greens, the thoughts are irresistibly associa
ted with “ Beautiful France,” and the home
of him whose life has been unceasingly de
voted to the political amelioration of man
kind, and the cause of suffering humanity.
The location of the grant has been exceed-
ingly judicious, as it regards soil, produc.
tions, and climate. The country is elevated,
being evidently one of the last expiring spure
of the Appalachee mountain, which, in ex
tending south, has presented a nucleus for
the attraction of those alluvial deposits form
ing the Peninsula of Florida. The surface
of the land is beautifully waving, sometimes
precipitous, often hilly, but never moun
tainous, and the scenery, though seldom
grand, is varied and interesting. The ma
jestic live oak, the graceful cedar, and the
white flowering magnolia cast their shades
over the smaller growths of the forest; while
lakes of transparent water variegate the pic
ture, and add enchantment to the scene.
These lakes are of irregular figures, and
surrounded by hills projecting bluff to their
margins, and again gently sloping to the
waters edge, and the whole clothed with a
scattering growth of live oaks, magnolias,
and other evergreens, resembling more an
artificial park than a natural forest. They
abound in fish, soft shell turtle, and wild
game, and the lovers of nature or the sports
of the field, may on their surface and mar
gins, find inexhaustible food for the gratifica
tion of their different tastes. Though dig
nified with the name of lakes, these water
basins are but enlarged springs, the sources
of rivers or branches which they supply di
rectly, or communicate with subterrancous-
ly. The whole country is based on a cal
careous porous rock, through the fissures
of which the minor streams, and even some
of the larger rivers precipitate their waters,
and 6eek a subterraneous passage to the
gulf. Such is the character of all the beauti
ful nvulets rising in, and meandering through
the hills of La Grange Forest,—the princi
pal of which after passing the boundr&Pjof
the grant, environs the city of Tallahasse,
and at its limits forms a cascade, and pre
cipitates its waters through the crevice of a
rock to the caverns beneath. The re-ap-
pearance of these streams is not more tein-
gular ; impatient of confinement and st
glmg for a vent, thait agitated wat