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BEN FRANKLIN RESTS AFTER I. W. W. STORM OF WORDS Viragos and Bema gogues No Longer Shriek About the Statue. ? M ; li.-l M." ded Ihi VI ? ;.?,!'.lants "f the > j .. on Printing ratf erred I ?tants th.- ralliai . njamln Franklin the '" ? Muni, l not ?.o. ?" uiakinR ....id hardly i ? ? i last I HollSo . tract of 1 ?tft up 'his in d ? bj fon 4. ' . .man I ol ruan . . u ? .?i no? compris ? -..?i Park and us ? n rons ? ihe . om mona It y ol I ? ? n the one place on -and of Manhatt u ited to man) ? in< Id m i ? hi 'h part ? polil e. ,-i ? ? ? E BAPTISM OF BLOOD BACK IN 1691. ? |) hapii/ ? t .?a. ..i- l.? isler ? . ?oi ? . .. - ? ' nimm i ? ? " took I he 1 in the oil and l ? ? ? ?I the Ti ? . ..I thi ? ? salons oi publii in h ? ? ? . . .1 i,, , ome to birthday, G ?. Da: and h Iki fest Is s ? hi h the region ?? i-': ,t. tic- . ommon, and itside thi t> the I,,- . T"?,ild doped io the pond k: 'i Wat. i . or < '.'licet. ? Inch ?: ' irniShl d a Bit! tot the minai Courts Build ?he land dip ? hl< h fiOWl .III- ? ? -n i hs < '"lh- i. This the leathi r distrh t. stil Bwamp Thi : ? ? \ ' the ? on. ' 'n th i fart ? ndi d s ? re? to thi t han il Is I.. ** SOME OF THE SQUARE S NEIGH? BORS IN 1765. I in iTf.r. afti i the At that iblli buildings wen ? ?'ommon. Among \ mshouse, ? hoei ? .. t.'lty H n ; was neai ly kforl s< . ami s Jail which, |] ad .t thi Brooklyn \ whipping i ost ?,,. ill ? here, opposite the ? .-? i. \\ \\. .. '".?k at ?t while they ? stiii m us old placa. ?n 17B5 had as a da) "f pro. i .... d ? ' hout ?"? Id N". .-ml., i f. il s throng "i -? ? ral hun? d? SU OUI "t i he Cltj and straggling Ale t" :? "i Fields. At their head ng Bone of Libert), li i n "i few moments ? o sei up hang upon it an . it - , not Coldt n and 01 Sldl litlonal devil. In Ind- ?do? n tor. h.-s the lag- s boot in Its i. n knee the sig?lfk ai ; author ol the Stamp THE MOB ON BROADWAY AND AT THE FORT. io b trooped ba< k down arrj Ing the gibbet and the thi j plantel against fort at the i< fit .n nod soldi, re on thi | dated 10 tire. ? t be do.-r fm a util" : '" ( ohfr-ri .s stahli-, THE SAME THING. ? redd ?t s ks things setti i frees ? - i;.gk the set I wiN leniHin ttie ? ; wl "p hkr start I uffalo ' ? .-. . a good man) i anal Up und gown and rlm?!!\. sptaln, h.- ? ? uxk atBB on and s< I him I the tau pal h 11 . for t?.. .la^s think Oi t u i bird da ? I might i k a?- n.ii k rn> pas Bgl Typical crowd at primting house square meeting-Aleyander Berknaaw, AnakZcmist, speakiwg 11 "m wl dren hla ? hsi The) aet fed figure! In it. a then, In full sight of the Lleutem .' nor and in, lore do? th? w oodi ? ? ? ? -"d l ? ?? burn -I gibbet and . fl gl? - 'Iles w it m a ston ?t w n. L'ptoi - p his re I.'S'. Just aa the I W V. echmakli after da) this Incident paved the w ? ? follow ne da v w .ih . Izing t stamps 1 ed ft. ? ... lu l t he folios Ing i umm< : ' eld b) wax of - el? brat Ing With Juhll t i?.n ? ted. It bo the ms. rip'Ion, Klni Pitt and LI erty. Vs In th? ompleti w Ithout a bane, thla . ase H ? onslsti I ? roast. i - bed ?low ti w it h t w. nt H\e bsrrels of ale and a' hogshead rum p The flag ? a bone t? m Ion < 'n i n. mu ih .-id" of ih" ? on mon . On the preset site of the Poi raph bulldii w as Montagnie'fl T 11 ern, Ih? ? rs of t he Bone "I Libert ?. ? -t in the soldi the po The n? at da ? I .ug wi held on th" ''.-ti.inoii m en cl anot he The aoldiera a ppi at ed und a numb? ol persona suff? red bi oken hei d( i. w da) - i'?'? i how>?'.er, the p ? d. a month biter tin one s ie n The v anda i?, wei unknown Or Sept em bei 25 the peopl bled again ami a third pole WS plain- '..II,.wing March thi n. tva.i "t Ita pi ede essoi - Th . ii isena a ei ?? read) ? ind oni i,ni .1 . . ipsed i" fore n four!h too itl pla?.. Tins one waa fai tened h Iron brai i ? a nd s ba nd ol mounted It It waa a el that the) did, for on Man h 21, tw. da)v tat? r thi soldi? ra aa Hied fortl fi ..m th?- bai i a. ks and tried to dest ro; Thej w ? i. ful. Soin?' montha i lapa?.! Th? n a meet in?; ?i.? held on D?ecember 17. IT'iT. i. to proti it ii i be M utln v I ?' v\ o y? . ud m i ).. ? iT'i'.'. an anonymous handbill addresse? to tb" "Betrayed inhabltanta of th? tit) and ?'"ion., of Nee fork" sp : ii a-. us? d :h? Assembl) ?.i \ otltit; - 10 Ihe King I I loop an?i of beti lyit ommon ? t0 us semble at the Libert) Pole In th? F'ieldf to express their sentiments Indeed w.-.v opposition to lee and ordei ii w i- signed 'A Bon <?! Liberty. AUTHORITIES SEARCH FOR A SE DITIOUS "SON." The eut hoi I to find I nd while th. search wa.?- in prog - ..n Januar) 13, lTT'?. aita. Ki ?i the Libert) Po dull] d? '? tided, but three I? d n :? Hing H s ?w i- . i>lied t he woo.i .n front "i Ih? do? ol lion tagnte's Tavern. Pom days sesead, und then a rompan) of indignant ritt? ? nbled on the ('?aansaon and i still snothei j.oie Btrongl) reinforced with Iron, II bore aloft on a topmsst a va.n which appeared in i.ug. defiant lettera th? aingl? word t) " The following da) three aoldiera wort aught posting on th.- ki> llarkSl at the foot of Maiden L scurrilous placard Impugning the char? acter of the Sons of Liberty. Groups of soldiers and cltlsena now thorough? ly heated up moved to i'.old( ti Hill, the present in ol John and Will? iam -t ?? 11. r< ; he poldlers tuno tu .-.I on I he ? u . ens Th i \. .s Yorkers to have hen the first 1.1.i sh...i in i hi ii.-v d'il ion, ? v lud Ing of course, thai which flowed u. the i'i"k' i "f the ; THINGS CONTINUE TO HAPPEN ON THE COMMON. The i "inn? m for two oi i'u.o months . ont itu ? d to iln and mi ? I ing .ii which the Libei i i ? ne s nd ' he Importation of English goods ri| In June the Sons o| I. ? i lied n ? i ..i' i he goods oc. the i 'ommon 84 tied dOU 11 and W< little about ' ommon si ? ? ..; ;.t ..t.- ? until 177 I. ? Ion a [sympathisers with King Oeorge't course. The artisan class and othen v, h. ,i ould be dew ribed to ds didn't lik. I his, attil udl 0 the lead >rs o. in ordei to force the Assen ami the pro Ines ni\<< lin< ? I ol hi t . olonl< i ? hit ii ? ere nou pi Ing foi longn bl? was i" mei t "ti Jul 7 \ was distributed In large numbers through the town railing upon thi puh . emble In the Heide ig of J fl The .?? en Ina . * the f.tii found numtx r ..f m- n chii flj m< - ha ni d ' m th? edge of man who had -p. nd mi; lu s spart hours walking under the lies, rogiti ng he walked, While the patriot leaders talk ning and lik?- the l?o undi r the gal lei i of the Houm of Com? tuons, be was imps ? mi d ? Il h a ;. wing As be poured forth with all v outhful f?-r\?.r the long i ?'iii thoughtj 'be . roa d ihout? d "It I r.di? flan! ii le a eoll? i "? felt that in this Btrangi th? moutl This r Hamilton H w it b th. i bad deinonati i iht by i ho v ho King, h '.. offei ould mu m ? .-n n hlch i ol pi." pd i i" seal 01 th? I "omt Ihe sun sank mi., in" ha/..- - ? | tiller: tain is noi Oen? ? -? wss throw n m ? r the side ?>f ? h \.-ssei uro the ha? bor, ami thi ring da] I he belle In the towi n monetratloi ' ?t the Regpe ? As the .hill of ? int? r was giving ?. ? to the mtldei airs oi t ODS . OUld have ?... n a' ,. p(" hours "' the (ia\ ,. ... ts t heei I thln-llpped, thoughtful youth of '??ii pgclng up and down heneath lue trees ?in. h bordered ?hat .< now i ? st. ii- B student m King s ] lege, whose building and grounds ? i by, Mentall) mat ai s for lus I. ,u s apparent lj he ?as t u ning .>i. i in his mind the pros and . ons of the i i h?- da] the i ? i ? ? olonfc and thi raothi i - At that tune the provino oi N <? York politicall.' ?u? in Hie hands of ? ? ? had "it..'ted l? aa FtUotl with t:.? belief thai hs could luppl) *h omissions whl h he had detected, he ?u* wa) through ? ti.then sad be? mount?d tim i latform ALEXANDER HAMILTON SPEAKS ON THE COMMON. could 'hi? sung ?n i? ailenl. hesitating undei emberraassaent, have t.. ba>" The crowd atared st him Ha tmaii> pulled ' together and launched I ' I himself, his words Soared with freedom, clothed with th? elo? quence whR'k ? ? ? - ti? m mi n i a red ths ight bo ad r? ? i it .1 logs . Ma. ki d b) a atrong pa.-Mon.it-- nalur? . hi? BSatOO in lucMit) and pew SI a.?, ih?- g tance, and afterward r*.on and H : Kl. II READING OF DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE ' ? . -, . the I Independ? can arm) drawn up n i ? nnlng ..f ' i as signs n Cit) ' - i ? . ? ?as int. itene I to rene? m.-ir pledges tat to ? m Prot? 1 - City's Old Council Place Has Seen Some Stirring Sights. Vi ' I '' - I it to 111 ' ' ? ? ' - ? - ? - ' - It the ? ? ? - i ? ' ? ? PAGEANT OF NATIONS I ? Uve i tile || ? Thi th.- ro ? ? i ? ehi ek ? A LITTLt: TI0NALITIE8. i - Ish Jes Ml- 1, . will ' ? a sprung ? Uplift ' f..r th - - ? - - ?orku | D ?a? ? - ? ' ? - ' ' ? - - ' STATISTICS. ' e. i - * I - ?