New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-27
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

re- "LosSING's PICTORIAL FIELD BOOK OF
THE REyoLUTIoSn No. 10, is issued by Harper
6Brothers, and fully sustans the interest of that
national work Among other personal details, we
find sketch of David Kinnison, the only survivor
of the Boston TeaParty,' now In his one hun
dred and fifteenth year
David Kinnison born the 18th OF Novem-
her 1886 in Old Kingston, near Portsmouth,
nrovince of Maine. Soon atterward his parents
removed to Brentwood and thence in few years
N Lebanon Mane) at which place he followed
the business of farming until the commencement
Of the Revolutionary war. lie Is descended from
q long lived race His great'6randiatner, VINO
came from England at an early day, and settled
in Maine lived to a very advanced age; his grand
father attained the age of one hundred and twelve
wears and ten days; his father died ut the age Oh
| one hundred aud three years and nine months
! his mother died while he was young,
H has had four wives, neither OF whom is now
living; he bad four children by his first wife and
| eighteen by his second none by the last two
! He was taught to read after he was sixty years
of age, by his granddaughter, and learned to sign
! bis name while soldier OF the Reyolutlon which
is all the writing he has ever accomplished.
He was one of seventeen inhabitants of Leba'
non who some time previous to the Tea Party,
formed club which held secret meetings to de
iberate upon the grievances offered by the mother
country. These meetings were held at the tavern
of one Colonel Gooding, in private room hired
for the occasion The landlord, though true
American was not frightened as to the object
of their meeting. Similar clubs were formed in
Philadelphia, Boston, and the towns around
With these the Lebanon Club kept up a CORES
pondence, They the Lebanon Club determined,
whether assisted not, to destroy the tea at all
| hazards. They repaired to Boston, where they
| were joined by others and twenty.tour, disguised
as indians, hRstened on board, twelve armed with
| muskets and bayonets, the rest with tomahawks
| and clubs, having first agreed, whatever might be
the result to stand by each other to the last and
that the first man who taltered should be knocked
| on the head and thrown over with the tea They
| expected to have fight and did not doubt that
an effort would be made for their arrest. But
| lin the language of the old mani 1--WE cared no
more for our lives than three straws, and deter
mined to throw the tea overheard. We were all
! captains, and every one commanded himself" :
| They pledged themselves in no event, while it
should be dangerous to do So to reveal the names
| of the party-a pledge which was faithfully OBJ.
| served until the war OF the revolution was
| brought to successful issue.
Mr.. Kinnson was in active service during the
whole war, only returning home once from the
time of the destruction OF the tea until peace had
been declared He participated in the affair at
Lexington, and with his father and two brothers,
was at the battle OF Bunker Hill all four escaping
unhurt He was within few feet of Warren
the siege of Boston; the battles of Long Island,
White Plains, and Fort Montgomery; skirmishes
Staten Island, the battles OF Saltwater Red
Bank, and Germantown; and lastly, in skrmsh
at Saratoga Springs IN which his company (scouts)
were surrounded and captured by about three
hundred Mohawk Indians. He remained prS-
oner with them one year and seven months, about
the end OF which time peace was declared. After
the war he settled at Danvie, Vermont and en-.
gagged in his old occupation of farming. He re-
sided ehere eight years. and then removed to
Wells, IN the State of Maine, where he remained
until the commencement of the last war with
Great Britain He was in service during the
whole OF that war, apd was in the battles of
6ackett's aarbor and Williamsburg. In the lat
ter conflict he was badly wounded in the hand
By grape shot, the only injury which be received
In al his engagements.
Since the war he has lived at Lyme and at
Sscketts Harbor, NewYork. AT Lyme, while
engaged in telling tree, be was struck down by
a limb, which fractured his skull and broke his
collar bone and two of his ribs. While attending
"traiping at Sacketts Harbor, one of the
cannon having been loaded Las he says with
rotten wood wss discharged. The contents
struck the end of rail close by him with such
force as to carry it around, breaking and badly
shsttering both his legs midway between mis-
ankles and knees. He was confined long time
by this wound, and, when able again to walk
both legs bad contracted permanent fever sores
His right Zip has been drawn out OF joint by
rheumatism. Alarge scar upon his forehead gives
conclusive testimony OF its having come in con
tact with the heels of a horse In his own Ian.
guage, he has been completely bunged up and
stove in
When last he heard OF his children there were
bat seven of the twenty-five living. These were
scattered abroad, from Canada to the Rocky
mountains. He has entirely lost all traces OF
them, and knows not that any are still living.
Nearly FIVE years ago he went to Chicago with
the family Of William Mack. with whom he is
now living. He is reduced to extreme poverty,
and depends solely upon his pension Of ninety-six
dollars per aunum for subsistence, most oil which
be pays for his board Occasionally he is assisted
uade something by labor. The last season.,