REVOLUTIONARY REMINISCENCE Qf thro,oing hhe Tea orerboard in Bostor
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 The Western Review, published at Cincinnati, Ohio, and edited by the Rev. Mir. Flint, gives the following interest ing account of the extraordinary Revo- =lutionary incident, obtained from one of the survivors of the party who perform ed the exploit, now residing at Cincin- nati.

 :" These reflections occurred to us, in consequence of meeting the other day with person, and probably the only surviving one, who took partin throw ing the Tea overheard from the British ships in Boston harbor, undoubtedly one of the measures winch precipitated the Revolution. His name is Joshua Wyeth, a relative of the celebrated John Wyeth, of Cambridge, whom every Harvard scholar, of the times of the venerable Willard and Tappan, so we'll reme;n- bers. He lives in this city,is turned of FseyentyNve years, appears to be in TO- bust hcaitis and uncommonly cheerful, although it is believed his circumstall- ccs are straitened. His simple nara tive gave us vivid impressions of the feel ings that actuated his fellow-townsmen, on the occasion of the bringing the tea into Boston harbor. News of the most interesting character transpired every day. Never was . period 50 full of ru- mors and report, which had not yet ac- |quired the horrible and bloody interest to unfit them for the tea-table. The patriots saw that the fair could not re- sist the seasoning of the the fragrant isever- |age, with the discussion of these themes |of universal interest, and it was deter mined, that they should not be led into |suchirresistible temptation, ,thatit should be removed by throwing the tea over. board. 1t was proposed, that young Imen, not much known in town, and moi liable to be easily recognized, should Head in the business. Our narrator be Il;eves that most of the persons selected l for the occasion were apprentices ant ljourneymen; not a few of them, as was 1.-the case with himself, living with tor, masters. He had but a few hours warning of what was intended to bt |done. The part which he took in thu lbusiness, is related as follows, and near | ia his own words:

 z 1 labored as journeyman black smith, with Westefn < Gridley, black smiths by trade, and Raptists by proles ision. vecstcrn, at that tune was ncu