The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-08
SOME OLD NEWSPAPERS.
fhey Are Worth Their Weight In Gold, and
are Preserved Carefully.

are Preserved Carefully.
It Is extremely interesting to read in
the newspapers Of the last century the
accounts there given Of events which
we regard as historic. Away up on the
upper floor of the Boston Athen2um Is
well-preserved file Of these old news
papers, worth to-day their weight in
gold. Here are q number OF bound vol
umes Of the New England Chronicle
or the Essex Gazette. aquaint publica-
tion which later on was called the Inde-
pendent Chronicle and Universal Adyer-
tiser. In 1775 IL bore the imprint OF
samuel Hall. Harvard College" A
little later it was said to be printed by
Samuel Hall at his Office next To the
Oliver Cromwell Tavern in School
street, Still later the name Of Hall
disappeared and it bore the name Of
"Powars and Willis at their Office OPP
posite the new court house, Queen
street" The issue Of this queer old
paper for March II, l..6, Ut was printed
weekly is very interesting. especially
to those Bostonians who saw the flags
floating from the city staffs yesterday
and remembered that Is was Evacuation
day. Read what it says:
Last Sabbath the British army in
Boston. under General Howe. consisting
OF upward OF 1000 men. after suffering
an ignIminious blackade for many
months past, disgracefully quilted all
their strongholds in Boston and Charles
town, fled from before the army Of the
MT oil ~ nj N
board their ships. The most material
particulars Of this signal event are as
follows: About nine o'clock body of
the enemy were seen to march from
Bunker Hill. and, at the same time, .
very great number of boats, filled with
troops. put of from Boston and made
for the shipping, which mostly lay below
the Castle. On the first discovery of
these movements the Continental army
Immediately paraded, several regiments
embarked in boats and proceeded down
the river from this place.
"Abouf the same time two men were
sent to Bunker's Hill in order to make
discoveries. They proceeded accord
ingly, and when arrived making . signal
that the fort was evacuated, q detach-
ment was Immediately sent down from
the army to take possession Of it. The
troops in the river, which were COM
mandel by General Putnam. landed at
Sewalrs Point, where they received in
telligence that all the British troops
had left Boston, on which a detachment
was sent to take possession of the town,
while the main body returned up the
river. About the same time General
Ward. attended by about 500 troops from
Roxbury, under the command Of Colonel
Ebenczer Learned (who unbarred and
opened the gates), entered the town
from that quarter, Ensign Richards
carrying the standard.
"The command of the whole being
then given to General Putnam, he pro
ceeded to take possession of all the i'm
portant posts. and thereby became pos
| sessed. in the name of the Thirteen
United Colonies of North America, oi
all the fortresses in that large and once
populous and fiourishing metropolis
| which the flower Of the British army
headed by an experienced general and
| supported by a formidable fleet of men
of-war, had but an hour before evacuated
in the most precipitate and cowardly
manner. God grant that the late worth J
| inhabitants, now scattered abroad. may
speedily reoccupy their respective dwell
| ings and never more be disturbed bJ
the cruel hand of tyranny; and may the
air Of that capital be never again con
taminated by the sinking breath o
| Toryism. boston Advertiser.