New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-09-16
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one's, provoked resistance and An a. GU 10y
Eusign Maui at the gate Of the bqrrack.y,rd criaf
10 No soldiers, "I"rn ont and ! viii stand BIZ
YOU; Bill them; stick hem knock them down: run
your s;pIets THROUGH tl,m. " and one s.ldisr af,r
enoher lr'tlod frc'oct md thre,isne1 :, make (.
Rnc tlT"rgh the crowd Jnsi lff,r. a, an ofiic r
eTosed Mug IT., DOW Siafe-st. BARRIERS lad cried
amer NM % There goes mean fellow who hsrh not
psd my master for dressing hi hair" 90 which the
ttHilnt HttOned at The westerly end Of the Custom.
House on the corner Of King Il and Evchange-lane
EFT his post, and with hi- musket gave the boy
stroke on the head, which made him stagger and cry
for PAIN
The street soon became clear. and nobody trouhled
me sentry when parry Of soldier issued violently
nom Ne main guard their gliCteriDg il the
moonlight ana passed on hallooiug, Where are
tbtI Woe are they Let them come Presently
Twelve or fifteen more uierDg the sane cries rushed
nom the south into KiDgst, and 80 bv way of Corn
bill, toward Munays Barracks. Pray, soldiers,
spare my llie, cried a boy Of twelve, whom they
met. No, no; i II kill you all answered one of
them, and knocked him down with his cutlass. They
abused insulied several per-ons at their doors sn1
Others in The street runniIg about like mafmen IN
fury, cryipg Fire, which seemed their watchSord,
ard Where are they; knock them down Their
outrageous behavior occasioned the ringing OF the
bell at the head Of King g.
The citizens, whom the alarm set in motion, came
out with aud clubs; and partly by the inter-
ference Of wedspOsed officers partly bythe courage
Of Crispus Atiucks mulatto aud some others, the
fray at the Barracks over. OF the citizens,
the prudent shouted /" Home bome;" others. II was
said called out " Huzza for the main guard, there is
The nest; but the main guard was not molested the
whole evening.
A BODY Of soldiers came up Royal Exchange lane
CRYING "Mbere are the towards ?" and brandishing
their arms, passed through king-st. From ten 10
twenty boys came after them, asking, Where are
they, where are they y There IL the soldier who
knocked me down. said the BARRIERS boy, and they
began pushing one another toward the sentinel. He
prm, and loaded bis musket TIE lobster is going
10 fire., cried abOy. Waving his piece about, the SEN
nel pulled the trigger. " If you fire you must die for
it, said Henry Knox, who was passing by. 81 don't
care replied the sentry "d-n them if they touch mo
III fire." 81 Fire and be id" shouted the boys for
they were persuaded he could not do II without leave
from civil officer; and young fellow spoke out, owe
will knock him down for swapping" while they
whistled through their fingers and huzzaed " Stand
off, said the sentry, and shouted aloud, furn out
main guard" "'Tbey arc killing a sentinel" re
ported servant from the Custom House running to
the main guard. Turn out why don't YOU turn
out p cried Preston, who was captain of the day to
the guard. He appeared in great tuter Of spirits
and "spOke 20 them roughly. party OF six. Two
Of whom, ki,rOi and Montgomery, had been w0rsted
at the Ropewslk formed with corporal in front, and
Preston following. With baynets fixed they haughiy
crushed through the people upon the trot, cursing
them and pushing them as they went along; ihey
found about ten persons round the sentry while about
ftty sixty came down with them For GODS
soke," saiG Knox, holding Preston by the coat,
" take your back again; if they fire, your life
! am about, said he hastily, and much agitlted.
None IIesscd on them or provoked them TIL
they began loading, when party OF about twelve IN
Iunb r with sticks in their hands, moved from the
idde Of the street where they had been staining,
gave three cheers and passed along the front of the
soldiers, hose muskets some of them struck as they
went by. Q" You cOgardly rascals they said, for
brI gDg arms against naked men; lay aside your
guns, aud we are ready for you. Are the soldiers
loadeo ?! inquired Polmes of Preston. Yes, he an
sweIed, with powder and bali " Are they going
10 fire upon the Inhabitants asked Theodore Bliss
They cannot, without my orders, replied Pres
toI; while :" the town.bOfn called out, " Come on,
you rascals, you bloody backs you lobster scOundres
fire if you care. We know you dare not. just then
Montgomery received blow from q stick thrown
which Int his musket; and the word Fire being
given. he stepped little on one side, and shot At
tucks, who at the time was quietly leaning on a long
stick. The people iminec lately began TO move OF
Don't fire. said Langford, the watchm an, to h'ro,
lookn him fell in the face but yet he did 50, and
Samuel Gray, who was standing next Lingford with
his bands in his bosom, fell lfeless Tue rest fired
slowly and in succession the people who were dts
persmg One aimed deliberately at boy, who was
running for safety Montgomery then pushed at
Pdlmes 10 stab him. which the latter knocked bis
gun out Of bis hand, and leveling blow at him hit
Preston. Three persons were killed, among them At
tucbs. the mulato eight were wounded, two OF them
mOrally. OF all the eleven NOT more than one had
had any share in the disturbance.
SO iIfunatt d the soldiers that, when the men
returned to take up the dead they prepared to fire
again. butwere checked by Preston while the twenty
ninth Regiment appeared under arms in Kingst.' as
if bent "a further massacre. This is our tme
cried soldiers of the Fourteenth and dogs were never
seen more greedy for their prey.
The bells ruDg i'll all the churches the town drums
beat. 80 arms, to arms, was the cry. And nov
was TO be tested the true character OF Boston All
lis soils came forth excited almost TO maQness; many
were absolutely distracted by the sight OF the dead
bodies and of the blood which ran pentitully in the
sire e. and imprinted in all directions by the foot
tracks en- the snow. Our hearts, says Warren,
" beat to arms; almost resolved by one stroke 10
aveDge the death of our slaughtered brethren But
they stood selfpossessed and irresistible, demanding
justice according to the law. DID you not know
that you should lot have fired without the order OF
civil magistrate asked Hutchinson on meeting
Preston. " | did II, answered Preston - 10 save
MY men.
The people would net he pacifed till the regiment
was confined TO the guard-rOOm and the barracks
and ut, EnsOu himself gave assurances tdat instant
inquiries should be made by the County Magistrates
The body OF Thorn then retired, leaving about one
hundrto persons TO keep watch on the examination
which lasted till three hours after midnight war
rant was issued against Preston, who surrendered
hin sell TO the Sheriff and the soldiers who co imposed
the party were oeyered up and committed to prison.
The condition of Boston at the epoch just pre-
cediDg the breaking out Of the Revolution, is set
forth III the following characteristic description.
After stating that the " King had set himself, and
his Ministry, and Parliament, and all Great
Britain to subdue to his Will one stubborn little
town on the sterile coast of the Massachusetts,
Bay, Mr. Bancroft continues:
The old world had not its parallel. 1t counted
about sixteen thousand inhabitants of European orr
gin, ali OF whom learned II read and write Good
public schools the foundation of It's political sys
TEN: and Berjamln Franklin one OF their pupils, IN
his youth appTentced to the art which makes kGowl-
edge the common property Of mankind, had gone
forth from them 10 stand before the nations as the
repre- sentative of the modern plcbeian class.
As liz schools were for all its children the great