Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . e of the gun, weighing abouttwo pounds, had passed through his hat,about two inches from his skull, and fallendown by the side of him. A servant ofthe president, a colored lad of about fifte
Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . e of the gun, weighing abouttwo pounds, had passed through his hat,about two inches from his skull, and fallendown by the side of him. A servant ofthe president, a colored lad of about fifteenyears of age, was amongst the slain. Pres-ident Tyler himself was saved only by themerest accident—having been temporarilycalled back from where he stood, just amoment before ! 442 OUR FIRST CENTURY.—1776-1876. Judge Phelps, of Vermont, had his hatblown or knocked off, and the buttons ofhis coat torn off. Mr. Strickland, of Phil-adelphia, ininiediatuly recovered liis posi-tion. Miss Woodbury and Miss Cooper,who, in company of Captain Ree<l, of thearmy, and Mr. Welles, of Philadelphia,had been standing on a leeward gun, werenot hurt ; but the first-named lady—thebeautiful and accomplished daughter ofSenator Woodbury, of New Hampshire,—had her whole face sprinkled with blood,from one of the unfortunate killed orwounded. Judge Wilkins was only savedby a rollicking bit of witticism of Ho had taken his stand by the .side of hiscolleague in office, Secretarj Gihncr, butsome remarks falling from the lijis of thelatter, and perceiving that the gun wasabout to be fired, exclaimed, suiting hisaction to the word— Though secretary of war, I dont likethis firing, and believe that I shall run ! A heart-rending scene was thatwhich transpired among some of the ladyguests. The two daughters of Mr. Gardi-ner, of New York, were on board, andwere piteously lamenting the death oftheir father; while Mrs. Gilmer, fromwhom the company had in vain attemptedto withhold, for a
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