The Republican journal., 1871-07-27

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| fast getting ready for sea, this individual, ac-
| cortling to a custom that had become rule rs
| strictly observed is the laws of the Medes and
| PerSians, was permitted to go ashore to enjoy
the festivities OF Federal Election Day which in
| those days had a Sobriquet that need not be
| mentioned here, it not having passed from mem
| ory the day being one on which persons OF
| every kindred and tongue, size, color, sex, and
| aVocation. had perfect and full right to the
| liberties of Boston Common The indulgences
| on this occasion We're so great, and the taste OF
| liberty was such. that. although the ship was
| cleared next day, on the twenty-ninth of May,
| the fellow was determined to have another
| taste Of the same pleasures on the next Election
| day, when the Common was usually appropri-
| tted to the use of the Ancient and Honorable
| Artillery Company. and the pale-faced naboh-
| and gentry of the town. Unfortunately for the
steward. the master Of the stanch and beautiful
Chinaman and MS crew had also resolved that
they would have that day for a GOOD tlme,as theN
surely had good right 10 do. Ihls made The young
man discontented, sour. and ugly; and he came,
consequently, to a rash concluslon,-to blow
up the ship. All the freight had been taken III &,
consisting OF a valuable cargo. upwards OF tour
hundred thousand dollars in specie, and among
other things two casks of gunpoWdel. lhe
ship was consequently left in charge OF the eN-
a>perated steward; who, not having tue fear OF
the law before him,-lor he had probably never
read the New England Primer, ana more e.
pecially John Cotton'S Mix for Banes,-lh
moment of desperation and madness dlSck'rSeu
pttol INTO me powder oieW u" Wv I;.. ~ ~
utng his disjointed frame throughout lie mar
bor; and there is no record oi ms burial ~
,iou9h some vi NV l''l'rI y, .'I I
,lis uIlth ms Itln1l.l> NY t, l''I''.,'I ~
mitted ut eleven O'Clock in The forenoon, When
fortunately the seamen q the United states
Ship Independence We're on board thrr YES
H'l' anu " N'''' " Wv ''-7" - " -. ~,
tut' tnu .nc NFs,yl u'paW c't ~ & io'' UiT,f ,T
M tle MUS th,h ~ ny n"I II IN VI i"u7 " '''''
''e lem '''''i VI u. i''" "
The loss OF 4 French >hlp-oi-WaI III lhc
l.41 :, ,, ;,,t.,.,.ti,,r MAN, A
ner. We copy from the book
r,.,..., =. ,,.,,iI ,,, ,,.,,,,, if in thi, con-
~ LIT A. 1t e i'i,,o,ra.E nf 1-No should
~ ~ ] t'o'' " @ il,,,l.. If win ha remcu-
% ~ itiNVt -. i,I;ta,,t tlat pt,,n mar
peItu ny tlt ol'".I W. ti' ,,I t,r,.-
- ~ ,, y -, - p,'i,t,n.,,y .iIv of thc
i,;t,I St,,u r, .,,l,,l,.s suJ r,l,air> The
Ct D.t,ti,,'t ,- h.r in the IAN of l7~
~ . - ti nt ~ th,, ,,nuut d, t;I,s It.
;,h1 1 'Ms VI w. ~ ~ H. ,,,,,t,,u,t. and uu.uc-
~ !, tt in ti VS. Iu,lir.. where hr
va. -, .,1,mi,iotaI,, ,nI irrld0lllv defeated.
AI,,ir.I Xa,ihuiri with fourteen sail Of this
hnat arrtvrj In Hostou harhor on the eleventh
If Aurnst I-~3 hriua h division of the un-
G1rt,,m,tn nrnt of thr Couut. ON entering the
harhor thrnuub thr Narruws, the lalOt with
shan1a ha 4 ain , Rnstouiln) conducted the
WHr,ifn1le-,S IL name implied. a magnificent
FrGnrh SEVENTY four-,rlin,t the bar at the
Iv,.tnr, baaI IF | InvnlI'. island and there il
onIs. mi tbnr, H. skeleton lies Mt the present
jaI, imhn,l,In,l in sInI several attempts have
Lnin fn,da IN oi,t,in treasures from this wreck,
Int tinv have NOT proved to br in any degree
remuueratiyc. one attempt, made about thirty
or more wears ago, cave no return except Npetl-
men, of vcrv beautiful wood ,ot which the vessel
was built In july 1850 another trial WAS equaliN
unsuccessful, Truly. copper, lead, and cannon :
shot in considerable quantities were obtained :
| but except the beautiful sight of immense guam
titles of perch and other small allattS' tht az
vers got very little else, except now anu lhth
the bite of Il savage lobster. who held on 10 tit
| poor fellows fingers aS tenlriou>ly rs uoes tlle
bull-terrier sometimes with ms most lerotou9
| grip. The French fleet Ieit the harOor on lhG
tWcntv-fourth of the following l'ertmpti' aH'
| the pilot WAS transferred "up town 10 Detpth'
| a sexton and undertaken. hr having >erNtu' y
| il was thought, a sufficient apprenticeship ~
burvng. This distinguished lndlNldu', N19
| for many years sexton |" 'hr NtN ~, w. w.
Church, then under the pastoral rAt "t t,iu', i,i
famous John Eot II was no uncommon ,t,, ,,,,n
to find. ON sunday mornings, cna,N," r6fi,il
| the meeting-houSe door, the loil"" iu@ ''''
| cant lines:
| .,n,,,,, ,,c,, rum tl,is aim 1Short,
| As v6u did the sryenly-four."
|
| The loss Of the French mln-0l-Wil WIS g