St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-03-21

was pleased to reply that he would
forthwith wait upon the Convention
with the Honorable Council and his
Staff.
Shortly after, the Governor, accom-
panied by the Council, his Staff, the
officers and staff of the Independent
Corps of Cadets, Major Generals Morse
and Andrews and the Adiutant Gen
eral, entered the Hall. The weapons
were brought in by the pages of the
House.
GOVERNOR ANDREWS ADDRESS.
Gov. Andrew spoke rs follows:
NJ. President GHd Gentlemen of tie
CoareniioR In the year lII5 the an
cicnt town of Boston, in New Eng
land, within which the sessions of the
/ General Court of Massachusetts are
now and for many years have been
hcld-thCn containing but seventeen
thousand inhabitants--comfncd to the
narrow peninsula which first formed
the town-lay bclcagucrcd, by an ir-
rcsistiblc army of British invaders.
On the 18th day Of the month Of April,
I lT75, the Provincial Congress or Leg
isIaturc Of Massachusetts, which had
for a few weeks been in session in the
town of Concord, in the county Of
/ MiddlescX, adjourned its sessions.
/ Hancock and Adams-John Hancock,
whose name stands first inscribed Oh
I that roll Of immortal names affixed to
the Declaration Of Independence, writ
TENN the words of Daniel Webster
AS if it had been inscribed on the
blue arch Of the heavens, between
Orion and the plciades and Samuel
Adams, who, with John Hancock, had
the honor to be, Of all Americans, eX-
clnded from the proffcred pardon of
the British crown-Samuel Adams,
who was the soul of the revUlntiOna-
ry patriotism of Massachusetts,
were dissuadcd by the watcEfulness
of their fellow patriots from retiring
at the close of the session to their
homes in Boston. The Reverend Jonas
Clark of Lexington, one of the most
distinguished clerical patriots of Mas
sachusetts in our revolutionary age
was a relation of John Hancock. To
his house Samuel Adams and John
| Hancock-the latter accompanied by
Dorothy Quincy, who was bctrothed to
become his wite-rcpaired for shelter
General Joseph Warren of Boston.
whose name, patriotism, cloquencc and
fate always bring a quicker throb to
every patriotic American heart as that
name is either spoken or read, was
watching with the eagle eye as well
as the lion heart which distinguished
that illustrious housekeeping in
mind all the possible contingencies
which surrounded his city and his
neighborhood. remembering that the
American stores at Mcdford had been
but recently taken by an iucursion Of
British troops, kept watch also over
the safety of the arsenal at Concord,
and over the dearer safety of the pre-.
clouS lives of Hancock and Adams at
Lexington. On the afternoon of the
18th day of April some unusual move
mcnts were observed among the OH
GERS of Gen. Gage. At once, without
delay, Gen. Warren caused cXpedi-
tions to be organized for the purpose
of alarming the whole country side,
and for the purpose especially Of pro-
tccting Lexington and Concord from
surprise. At 10 o'clock in the eve
ming a light was suspended from the
beltry Of the old North Church. 1t
was answered by corresponding sig
nails from every Hill top in Middlcscx,
Norfolk and Essex. 1t reused the
whole yeomany for many miles around
from its common centre, and all their
hopes AMI all their fears. William
Dawes sent over RoNbury neck on
horse back, pursuing one route to Con.
cord, gave an alarm and added the
necessary explanations. Col Paul
Revere started, as soon as the order
was given by his superior. across the
river from Boston to oCharleStown, pas
sing the guard only five minutes be-
fore the order Of Gen. Gage was re-
ceivcd by the sentinel, which would
have made it impossible for any citi-
zen Of Boston to have passed that
night. He soon found himself on
horseback Oh the other side, and pres
emily pursued by two officers of the
British army. His ingenuity, as well
as knowledge of the neighboring To-
calitics enabled Col. Revere soon to
leave his pursuers behind, fast in one
of the artificial ponds or bitches of
the vicinity. He continued his own
progress, leaving his pursuers behind,
and as he passed along the road dur
ing night, he stopped at every house
to give the needful alarm. Tie reached
Lexington, and resorted at once to the
house Of Jonas Clark, the venerable
minister of the parish. Eight sol
diers had been piqueted there, by Cap
tain John Parker. who had called his
company together on the night before,
alarmed by the signals a
hundred and twenty men in the night
time--to watch over the patriots
whose lives were reserved by the
British crown for the halter but
whom God Almighty--who sits on the
throne of the universe--had reserved
for an Immortal Fame. applause. }
The visit of Col. Revere to Lexington
recalled before day-break seventy of
the soldiers belonging to the COM
mand of Capt. Parker, who We're sud-
denly rallied on the green, behind the
village church. Besides the soldiers
who had been re.gathered were seve
raj young men of the neighborhood
not yet mustered into companies
Presently the alarm was given by
scouts returning in, that the British
soldiers regulars-werc on their
heels and at the door. Hancock and
Adams, no longer sheltered by any
house, but sheltered by the arch OF
Heaven. in a remote, quiet, secluded
field, were preserved by the provl-
: dence of Him without whose care no
sparrow falls to the ground Pres
| entity, under the command of Maj. Pit.
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