Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1848-11-07
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a Revolutionary Lnralilr

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The Sunday Dispatch gives the fellow.
ing Interesting narrative and anecdote.
1.-The first Continental Congress assem-.
Died on the forth Of September, 1794. at
carpenters Hall. CaTpenders' court,
On estnut street. between Thirds Fourth,
Peyion Randolph was the first President.
Charles Thomson, Secretary. Bishop
White was the Chaplain The as.
ssmhling OF this body was the first step to-
wards those occurrences which afterward
resulted in the Declarations of lndepepd.
ence, and made Ameries free. Its mem.
bers were the most disinte rreatedly NAT.
riOiie which have ever beea couyened
II seems as ii Providence had brouk ht to.
gether the men best fitted for the emer.
geney, by greatness of mind, shill,. and
tar-seeing wisdom. The cause Of the
selection of such men is TO be found in the
then purity OF election, made such by the
intensity of devotion which prevailed all
ranks of society. No selfish or nrivats
aims then biased them; all hearts slowed
with patriotism of the most elevated char.
acter. The following very interesting
anecdote Of the organization of The first
Congress was told DIR. Thomas C. James
by Bishop White. As soon as the body
bad organized, all seemed impressed With
a sense OF the high responsibility they
assumed, and a most profound silence
ensued, as if TO say, What next. None
seemed willing TO break the eyentful SD
snce, until a gravelooking member. in
plain dark suit of minister gray and
unpowdered wig, arose. All became fix
ed in attention upon him. Then it was
that all seemed to feel sense of regret
that the seeming country parsop should
SO far have mistaken his talents end the
theatre for their display! But as he pro.
ceeded, he evinced such unusual force OF
argument, and such novel and impas.
stoned eloquence; that he soon electrified
the whole house Then the excited ia
qury passed from man to man, 'Whoisit-
who is itl' The answer from the few
who knew him, was. lit IS Patrick Hen.
ry" The honorable body thus having
received it's impulse, moved on with en-.
ergy and concord. II was on the same
occasion that George Washington. then
delegate from Virginia, was observed
to be the only member to kneeI when
Bishop White first offered his prayer to
the throne of Grace, as if he was thus
early impressed with sense of his and
theiridspendence upon the God of Battles
Carpenters Hall was erected by the
Society of Carpenters which still own
it. II is one of the spots worthy of being
consecrated in the affections of every
An eriean heart. Those walls, which
echoed with the eIoquence Of Adams and
Henry-with the sober, less ornate, buI
sensible disceurses of Jefferson and Shsr.
man. and the calm, common sense views
of Westinghouse now delivered over
to the tender mercies of the auctionesr,
and resonnd with the stentorian clamor Of
How much do l heart Goingl goingI
goneP The Hall, where once the Fa.
theirs of Liberty sat, has become storO
room for old broken bedsteads and bro.
ken down stoves. Still the place is 50.
cred to every lover of HE country, and
will always be visited by the pious pilgrim
with awe and respect" 30. ..e