Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . te gave additional eclat to the national holiday. It was at one time decided to break her up, and orders hadactually been issued to this effect. The destruction of her old 192 LANDMARKS OF BOSTON. timbers seemed like an act of sacrilege, and gave rise to Holmessmuch admired lines expressive of the universal feeling of con-demnation. To the poets impassioned outburst is due thepreservation of the Constitution on the roll of the American Navy: — 0, better that her shattered hullShould sink beneath the wave ;Her thmiders shook the mighty deep, And
Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . te gave additional eclat to the national holiday. It was at one time decided to break her up, and orders hadactually been issued to this effect. The destruction of her old 192 LANDMARKS OF BOSTON. timbers seemed like an act of sacrilege, and gave rise to Holmessmuch admired lines expressive of the universal feeling of con-demnation. To the poets impassioned outburst is due thepreservation of the Constitution on the roll of the American Navy: — 0, better that her shattered hullShould sink beneath the wave ;Her thmiders shook the mighty deep, And there should be her to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail,And give her to the god of lightning, and the gale. From the old timbers were made a number of relics whichhave no doubt been highly prized by their possessors. , the constructor, sent a cane to Joshua Humphries, heroriginal designer. In 1836 a beautiful coach was built entirelyof the wood of the old frigate at Amherst, Mass., intended as. THE CONSTITUTION HAULED UP ON THE WAYS. a Xew-Years present to General Jackson from several gentlemenof Xew York City. Commodore Hull presented canes from theoriginal wood to President Jackson, Mr. Van Buren, and at the time tlie ship was docked. A VISIT TO THE OLD SIIIPYAEDS. 193 The captured flags of the Cyane, Levaut, Guerriere, and Javaare in the Xaval Academy at Annapolis, but of lier originalbattery, before which the wooden walls of Old England wentdown, no traces have been found. One of the guns was dentedby the enemys shot; but we have reason to apprehend that thesedogs of war were broken up and treated as so much old iron. The Constitution carried out Ministers Barlow and Cass toPrance, and brought home Mr. Livingstone and family. Herflag has been seen in nearly every sea, and her deck has beentrod by many noble personages. In 1822, while in the INIedi-terranean, she was visited by Lord Byron, who, while endeavor-i
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