Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1834-07-17
From The Boston CsuriSr Of July I.
THE plCI.Rr nrAn

THE FIGURE HEAD.
There was considerable excite me Mt in the
city yesterday, in consequence OF the decapi.
tation OF the figure Of General Jackson. re-
Gently placed as 6gurc-heai on the frisai,
Constitution. 10 appears that during the
night OF Wednesday, the head OF this wooden
Image was sawed of, by some person or
persons unknown. u is rather a mysterious
affair. The Constitution lies at the Nayy
ard between two seventy -fours, and Il is un-
dersiood that guard, or watch, is continu-
ally kept on board. II seems impossible
mat the deed could have been executed
without discovery, Notwithstanding that the
niSht was dark and rainy. The head, which
has thus been severed from its trunk. il is
said, was At least twenty Ave feet above the
surface Of the water. II is tho opinion OF
several intelligent men who examined the
premises yesterday, that the perpetrators
must have gone 10 their work through the
Navy Yard.
9%t was reported last evening that Com
modore Elliot had offered one thousand aioiip,
for the discovery Of the person or persons
who committed the deed
The affair IS thus noticed in the New York
Commercial.
"oFF WITH HIS HEAD"
This monument Of my victory ~ilI bear.
80 SNtS ebAii oC VI ~ nay MOI - hccls
uIi i do come To London. sberc will have the
Majors sword borne before uS. - !Ssdkspeare.
ANOTHER BOSTON TEA PARTY.
Boston folks arc full Of notions. There /,
set Of roSues ia that city Of onions and cod
hsh, who inherit all the fun and frolic Of their
srandads. 10 the year ~, they were so fond
oil the beverage recommended by Lords AR-
LiscroS and UssoaY Of the mother country.
that they were not satisfied with purchasing
Two ounces" OF the precious herb, Of "old
Matthy Mansfield, )" but qusfIed of ship load
at sitting, " hieh had an effect 50 exhiliratiny
on their constitution" that they snapt their
hngers at their Lordships, and tire atened To
cut % h< Head Of their royal master, which
they would have done, had he been PEREZ he'd
on tie cut water Of any ship in their harbor.
Their mad csPers lasted till 81, period Of
ten years, when that same King came To his
sober senses, aud these unlucky ways ceased
their irolics. But their sons seem to relish
the experiments Of King Andrew as little as
their fathers did those Of King George.
AT Chariestown there IS 4 favorite ship OF
the BostonIans, which they, many years ago.
christianed Old Irons ides, the pride and gIor,
OF these fastidious Yankees, TO which some
southern iand-lubber affixed a hickory head.
The sailors swore by all the bones ia their
oacks they would never 20 10 sea ia shin
composed Of such dIscordant materials. II
hickory. said they, will never splice together
wan from SIDES, any more than a chain cable
vim Manila hemp. They therefore tipped
the wink 10 the Boston BOYS, who aceen,eI
an Invitation 10 q second tea-2Arty, which " a,
gwen on board the ship on Wednesday even
ing. The party having concluded their re-
past, The elects were similar 10 those which
operated on their sires. "The night was
dark, the rain fell in torrents, the thunder
rolled, the lightning flashed, aud the sent,n.Is
slept on their POstsn' The good frirate was
moored between two line Of battle ships. Ia.
independence aud Columbus, and the figure
head was at least five fathoms out Of waler
and entirely beyond the reach Of the arms or
inc trident OF Neptune; the party had dis
persed, aud the figures head was gone
There are several ways Of accounting for
this deeapitaiion. Captain Hewes, now aged
upwards Of one hundred years, IS still living
III Boston, aud Is the only survivor Of the tea
party OF a. There - an antiquated notion
among The down-sasters, that old Hewes il q
WIZARD, and that he eh1rrasd OF the head
Others contend that Col. Crockett, who pre-
dicted that the head would not remain on n.
shoulders 90 the 18th Of July, griHaed Il off.
all the way from Washington. There IL
story that Major Jack Dow ming, in passing on
10 eommehoo his editorial duIIes al Portland
claimed 1t TO be hung up as a mirror" in
the ONCE Of the Downing Gazette. But the
most Rational among the suPpos,iions is, that
IL was stricken of by thunderboh. But
whatever may be the cause, the result is un-
questionable. The head Of Andrew Jackson
Is no longer eoHsPicuous upon an American
Irigate. To associate even his wooden mag,
with the Constitution which he spurn. and
violates, was in itself absurd, and we trust
That Captain Elliott will become convinced Of
The ioliy OF ouiTaging the feelings Of a people
80 spirited aud sensitive as the Bostonians'
" 4. Com. .f,h.
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