The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-06-08

We were h.au tie rie ether DAY q c1Tv II 81
neUIaIer Tlh.-iyj III B-,'n. Mas ~ l1Io-
nearly one huulrvI yoa-s APO Il Is always cN-
trcm-iv in-cre-riu- ,1 hook over old newspapers
They reflect the -1irft Of 5he timc>-the every
diy newt vhe period in which they were
printed. and ,hu- are invaluable 10 the student Of
history
The specimen IT primitive American Iurnal-
i-n before u l. entitled h Boston Gazette
and Country Journal. containing the freshest
Adyie@. Foreign and Domestic" \ wo,d-eut
~ the head Of Tire PAPER, which WAS probably
considered al that period q very ercditahle SIee-
men Of the arr II engraving. represents the OoV-
deez Of Liberty. in the act Of Hserauns an en-
Gagged bird. which takes It, flight over the eoun-
try. dotted with church spires and villages That
was a Period when the sturiy o5loniStS were
asserting their birthrisht a. British freemen
against the Entertainments of the Home Govern
ment. The Boston Ga-efie i very out>poken on
the popular side. some writer in the Boston
Ch~saicle. who sizns himself "A BoStonian. =
and who advances the proposition that II ac-
knowledge allegiance 10 tie King. and deny
obedience u the laws Of Great Britain. would lie
ureTo,tcrou<." Whereupon the Gazette declares
the said writer 10 he - proved. by irresistible
demonstration. To be guilty Of impcrtincnee. ah-
surdirv. -5rhi,rrv and fal~ehopi." Strong woriS.
and quite up 10 the standard Of backwoots editors
Of the present day.
Accounts are published Of meetings Of the
Freeholders ard other Inhabitants OF the towns
Of Roxbury. LitJleton. and Acton. in which they
vote 70 surIor, the merchants and traders of the
Province in their resolve not 70 import any Brit
ish goods while the obnoxious Acts of Parliament
remained in force. and while = the Royal Ear
seems to he stort against all our humble prayers
and Petitions. for redress of Grievances that this
Land i involved n"
The well-known =. Boston Massacre" in which
the inhabitants and the soldiers of the garrison
came into collision. whereby several lives were
lost. occurred on March 9TH. and the Ga-ene Of
the 18th, dressed in mourning, devoted the prIn-
cilal portion Of its second and third pages 10 a
detailed account Of the affair, and the proceedings
Immediately subsequent, and the correspondence
between the Lieut.. Governor and a Committee of
the citizens. Prominent among the names of the
latter are those Of John Hancock. Samuel Adams,
and DIR. Joseph Warren. Thus were the seeds
sown in Faneuil HalI-the Cradle of Liberty
which, six years later. bore fruit in the Reyolu-
ton.
The Ga>ets was n weekly, and the following
little paragraph gives some idea Of the population
of Boston Al thar period:
Bgrtei in the town % Boston since cur last, eight whites. No
blacks
Baptized il the several churches. seven
The paper appears TO have been well supported
in the way OF Observation-Disclosures of lands
for sale. dry gods and groceries, sc. &c, oecu-
pying four columns out Of twelve Of tie whole.
SAYS one advertisements. \ young woman with
a god breast of milk. that can be we'll recon-
mended, would 20 into a g~entleman's family 10
Suekle. Enquire Of Edes Il Gill" Intelligence
Offices We're not in vogue in those days.
The arrivals AZ the port Of Boston, for the week
ending March 18th, were fourteen. mostly sloops
and schooners, coastwise, with one or two brigs
from the West Indies-theSe latter undoubtedly
bringing rum. molasses and sugar.
Altogether, the Boston Gazette of 100 is a
curiosity, when viewed by the light of the pres
ent, and a valuable memorial of the past.