Litchfield enquirer., 1835-07-16

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 Boston haFb0r in TITS. in resistance of the claim to derive revenue from us by taxatiOn without representation, has arrived in B0stOn on visii, and Co pass, probably, the eenten- ntal anniversary Of his birth, among his rega. ViOns at this place and vicinity, and near the interesting scenes of his youth and middle age. ln 1884, a memoir Of his fife was writ ten by gentlemen Of New-YOrk. and pub- llshed in that city. The following extract rom the book, givesta brief account of the destruction Of the Chinese herb. The ships that brought it were viewed as kind Of TrO- jan horse, nOe slowed with armed Greeks,
 but with the means of dragging and trick
 Ing the Americans into submission. But
 those were not !" non. cOmmiitar' days. s ExtFact.-" The tea destroyed was con-
 tained in ships, lying near each other, at what was called at that time Grifiin's (now LiveFpOOll wharf, and were surrounded by armed ships of war the commanders of which had publicly declared, that if She reb- els as they were pleased to style the B0sto.
 niaUs, should mt withdraw their opposition tO the landing of the tra befOrea certain day, the 17th day of December, l77S, they should
 on that day force tt On shorc, under the cov4 Ter Oftheir ca0non's m0nth. On the day pre- eeding the l7th, sthere was a meeting 0f the { citizens of the county of Saffalk, convened at
 one Of the churches in Boston. fOr the pur-
 pose of consulting on what measures might
 be considered expedient tO prevent the land ing of the tea or secure the people from a collection Of the duty. At that meeting a
 committee was appointed to wait on Cover.
 nor Hutchinson. and request him to inform
 them whether he would take any measures to satisfy the people on the object Of the meet
 ing. To the first application of this commit.
 tee, the governor told them he would give
 them a deApite answer by i've o'clock in the
 afternoon. '2 si.t &@ t.i
 At the hour appointed the committee again
 repaired to the governors house, and on in-
 qniry found he had gone to his country seat at Milton, a distance 0fabout six miles. When the committee returned and informed the meeting of the absence of the governor, there wss confused murmur among the members, and the meeting was Immediately dissolved, many of them crying sat let every man do his daty, and be true 10 his -cO1nf.F: and there was general huzza f6r Griffin's wharf: lt was now evening, and immediately dress. ed myselfin the costume of an Indian, equip. ped with a small hatchef, which ! and my associates deuominated the tomahaMk, with
 which, and club, after having painted my
 face and hands with coal dust in the shop of . blacksmith. repaired to Grifin's wharf. where the ships lay that contained the tea.- When lirst appeared in the street, after be- ing thss disguised, I feii in with many who were dressed, and equipped. and painted as was, and who fell in with me, and marched in order to the place of our destipatioD.--
 When we arrived at the wharf, thers were three of our number who assumed an author
 fly to direct our operations, to which we read fly submitted. They divided us into three, parties, tor the purpose of boarding the three
 shipa which contained ihs tea at the same tims.9 The name nf him who cammanded the divisions to which was unsigned, was Leonard Pitt. The names of the other com
 manders knever krew. We were imnedi.
 a,ely ordered by our respective c0mmanders
 to board all the ships at the same time. which
 we promptly obeyed. . Tbe commander of the division 10 which !
 belonged, as soon as we were on board the
 ship, appointed the boatswain, and ordered
 me to 60 to the captain aud demand Of him the keys to the matches and dozen ca0dies. made the demand accordingly, and the cap- tain promptly complied, and delivered the articles but requested me at the same time tp do no damage to the ship or rigging. We. then were ordered by our commander 10 open the hatches, and take out all the chests of tea and throw them overheard. and we immedi- ately proceeded to execute his orders first cutting and splitting the chssts with our som- ahsssks, 90 as thoroughly to expose them to the effects of the waier. En about three hours from the time ws went on board. we had thus broken and thrown syerboard every ten chest to be found in the ship while those in the other ships were disposing of the tea in the same way, at the same time. Wet were surrounded by British armed ships, but no attempts were made to resist us. Wel then quietly retired to our several places oil residence, without having any conversation with each other, or taking any measures to discover who were our associates nor do II recoIlect of our having had tine knowledge oil the name of single individual concerned in that affair, except that of Leonard Pitt. the com mander of my division, who have men- tiODed. There appeared to be an understand ing that each indiyidual should volunteer his aeryices, keep his own secret. and risk the eOnseqtse6ces for himself No disorder took place during that transaction. and tt was ob- served at that time, that the stillest night en- sued that Boston had enjoyed for months" rsS~..sS. From ike Baltimore Rntriat.
 1Ae ATmy Worms--Some of the western papers are loud in their complaints Of the ras - ages of a destructive worm, called the Army Worm. lt pariienlariy injurious to the rye
 ne!ds and meadows, according to the Mays. ssue Eagle, which sfates that grass lat. con. iiSaoms eQ the road, near that town, has been eMsmssnneAAw aertssssnsl .,e a......s A.. sl -.