The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-06-13
SOME OLD NEWSPAPERS.
They Are Worth Their Weight in Gold, and
are Preserved Carefully.

are Preserved Carefully.
1t 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 Athen@um is
q well-preserved file of these old news
papers, worth to-day their weight In
gold. Here are number of bound vol
umes of the New England Chronicle
or the Essex Gazette, quaint puollca'
ton which later on was called the lnde-
pendent Chronicle and Universal Adver-
tiser. In 1775 it 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 op-
posite the new court house, Queen
street." The issue of this queer old
paper for March 81, 1776, lit printed
weekly is very interesting, especially
to those Bostonians who saw the flags
floating from the city STATS 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 ignCminious blackade for many
months past, disgracefully quilted all
their strongholds in Boston and Charles
town, fed from before the army of the
United Colonies, and took refuge on
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, a
very great number of boats, filled with
troops, put off 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.
about the same time two men were
sent to Bunkers Hill in order to make
discoveries. They proceeded accord
ingly, and when arrived making a signal
that the fort was evacuated, detach-
ment was Immediately sent down from
the army to take possession of It. The
troops in the river, which were com.
manded by General Putnam, landed al
Sewalls Point, where they received in
telligence that all the British troops
had left Boston, on which 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
Ebenezer Learned (who unbarred and
opened the gates), entered the tOwT
from that quarter, Ensign Richards
carrying the standard.
1.-THE command Of the whole beine
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, O.
all the fortresses in that largo and once
populous and fourishing metropolis.
which the flower of the British army.
headed by an experienced general an6
supported by formidable feet of men.
of-war, had but an hour before evacuated
in the most precipitate and cowardly
manner. God grant that the late worthy
inhabitants. now scattered abroad, may
speedily reoccupy their respective dwell
ings and never more be disturbed by
the cruel hand of tyranny; and may tn
air of that capital be never again con
taminated by the shrinking breath o.
Toryism. Boston Advertiser.