Lo swarming southward on rejoicing suns
Gay colonies extend; the calm retreat
Of undeserved distress, the better home
Of those whom bigots chase from foreign lands.
Not built on Rapine, Servitude, and Wo,
And in their turn some petty tyrant's prey;
But bound by social freedom, firm they rise,
Such as of late an Oglethorpe has formed,
And crowding round, the pleas'd Savannah sees.

8. General Oglethorpe administered the affairs of the colony for about eleven years. He afterwards passed "without fear and without reproach," through many alternations of fortune, both in public and private life, constantly emulating Howard in the zeal and extent of his charity, and sustaining a character as a soldier and a gentleman, such as sir Philip Sidney or lord Falkland might have envied. His habitual temperance and activity preserved his health and faculties to extreme old age. He died in 1785, affording the first example, in modern times, of the founder of a colony who has lived to see that colony recognised by the world as a sovereign and independent state. Col. Daniel Boon, the adventurous founder of the state of Kentucky, is, perhaps, the only other instance of this remarkable distinction.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.

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SEE on yon dark'ning height bold Franklin tread,
Heaven's awful thunders rolling o'er his head
Convolving clouds the billowy skies deform,
And forky flames emblaze the black'ning storm.
See the descending streams around him burn,
Glance on his rod, and with his guidance turn;
He bids conflicting heav'ns their blast expire,
Curbs the fierce blaze, and holds th' imprison'd fire.
No more, when folding storms the vault o'erspread,
The livid glare shall strike thy face with dread;
Nor tow'rs nor temples, shudd'ring with the sound,
Sink in the flames, and spread destruction round.

At what age and when did General Oglethorpe die ?-What resemblance is there between his life and that of Col. Daniel Boon, the founder of Kentucky?

His daring toils, the threat'ning blasts that wait,
Shall teach mankind to ward the bolts of fate;
The pointed steel o'ertop th' ascending spire,
And lead o'er trembling walls the harmless fire '
In his glad fame while distant worlds rejoice,
Far as the lightnings shine, or thunders raise their voice.

DESTRUCTION OF TEA AT BOSTON.

1. AFTER the act of the British parliament, laying a duty on paper, glass, tea, &c. was repeated, with the exception of tea, on which the duty was continued, associations were entered into in all the colonies of North America, to discourage the use of it. The consumption was of urse greatly diminished, and the tea accumulated in the Engash warehouses. The East India Company sought relief from government, and urged them to take off the duty on importation in America, and double the duty on exportation in England. This proposal, which would have produced nearly the same result as to the amount of revenue received, and have obviated one serious cause of dispute, was declined.

2. The ministry, bent on levying their American duty," thought this tea the most useful article for the experiment. They calculated that this luxury, which, from long habit and extensive use, had become almost a necessary of life, would inevitably find purchasers, in spite of all private associations or patriotic agreements. In this case, as in many others, they reposed a false confidence in their estimate of human character; and forgot that some general maxims, however just in ordinary times, may be inapplicable in great emergencies, even among a people more corrupt and effeminate, than those whom they were now endeavoring to subdue. But to meet the wishes of the company, a drawback was given in England, èqual to the duty which they had asked to have removed, and a guarantee against loss, in the experiment of making shipments of tea to the colonies.

3. Large shipments of tea were made to the principal ports of the continent, and a general ferment prevailed over every part of the country. It was not only determined that

What proposition did the East India Company propose to obviate the difficulty concerning tea?

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the tea itself should not be received, but whoever made use of this (ministerially) obnoxious herb, was regarded as an enemy to the country. The utmost vigilance was employed to prevent its being consumed by those persons, whose innocent daily comforts were thus involved in the vortex of national contention; a rigid inquisition was every where enforced for this purpose, that on other grounds would have been both odious and absurd, but was justified by the necessity of combating, in this familiar shape, a principle, which was shortly after to be resisted by open war.

4. Long before the ships arrived with the tea, arrangements were made to avert the threatened mischief. In many cases, the consignees were induced to decline accepting the charge of it. Very spirited resolutions were entered into at a public meeting of the citizens in Philadelphia, with which the consignees complied by resigning their appointment. From that city, and from New York, it was sent back to England in the same ships that brought it. In Charleston, it was landed, and stored expressly in damp warehouses, where it was destroyed by the humidity. In Boston, it was destined to a more violent destruction.

5. Two of the vessels, with the tea, arrived on Saturday, November 27th. A town meeting was held on Monday following, and resolutions were passed similar to those of Philadelphia, calling on the consignees, among whom were two sons of governor Hutchinson, to decline the charge of it.. A vote was then passed with acclamations, "that the tea shall not be landed, that no duty shall be paid, and that it shall be sent back in the same bottoms." After this vote, Mr. Quincy, a young and eloquent advocate, and ardent patriot, with a strong perception of the events that would follow from the measure now in contemplation, and wishing to try the spirit, and to increase the energy of his fellow citizens, by setting before them, in a strong light, the consequences that might be expected from their resolves, addressed the meeting in the following terms:

6. "It is not, Mr. Moderator, the spirit that vapors within these walls, that must stand us in stead. The exertions of this day will call forth events, which will make a very differ

What measures were adopted by the citizens of America, when large shipments of tea were made?What was done in Philadelphia and New York?-In Charleston?