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WILLIAM WEMMS AND SEVEN OTHERS. 449

there came a little man, who
said, “Why do you not keep your
soldiers in their barracks”? they
said they had done everything
they possibly contd, and would
do everything in their power to
keep them in their barracks; on
which he aaid, “Are the inhabit-
anta to be knocked down in the
streets, are they to be murdered
in this manner”? The officers still
insisted they had done their ut-
most, and would do it, to keep
the soldiers in their barracks;
the same person then said, “You
know the country has been used
ill, you know the town haa been
used ill, we did not send for you,
we will not bave you here, we
will get rid of you,” or “we will
drive you away”; the officers
still insisted they had done their
utmost, and would do it, to keep
the soldiers in their berracke,
and begged the person to use hia
interest to disperse the people,
that no mischief might happen;
whether he did address the peo-
ple or not, I eannot say, for the
confusion was eo great I could
not distingnish; immediately the
ory of “home” “home,” was
raised, on which the greatest
part of them, possibly two-thirds
‘went up Boyston's alley towards
the Town House, huzzaing for
the main guard; then observed
more of the town’s people com-
ing from towards the markets
thera wes a squabble and noise
between the people and the of-
fleers; what was said I eould not
hear; next 4 little boy came
down the alley, elapping his
hand to his head, and crying,
he was killed, he was killed; on
which one of the offleers took
hold of him, and damned him
for a little rascal, asking him
what business he had out of

doors; the boy seemed to be
about seven or eight; a litile
time after that, saw a soldier
eome out of the barrack gate
with his musket; he went direetly
facing the alley, in the middle of
the street, and kneeled down on
one knee, and said, “now, damn
your bloods, I will make a lane
through you all’; while he was
presenting, Mr. Manl, an ensign,
Jaid hold of him, and took the
musket from him, shoved him
towards the barrack, and J think
gave him the musket again, and
charged him at his peril to come
outagain. In a little time a sol-
dier eame out again; he repeated
mich the same words as the
other, and had his gun in his
hand; he was preseuting his
firelook, when Mr. Maul knocked
bim down, took his musket from
him, drove him into the barracks,
and the barrack gate waa then
shut; Dr. Cooper's bell rung,
and I heard some officer say,
“go and stop that bell from
‘inging”; it did not ring a great
while; sew Captain Goldfinch,
of the fourteenth, on the steps
with the offeera of the twenty-
ninth; there came up 2 little
man, ‘who he was I do not know,
but in s much different manner
from what the other did; he re-
quested the soldiers might be
kept in their barracks, and that
the officers would do every thing
in their power to keep them
there; the officers said they had,
and would do so; and, as the sol~
diers were in ‘their barracks,
‘begged the people might

away; this little man said to

people, “gentlemen, you hear
what the officers say, that the sol-
diers are all in their barracks,
and you had better go home; on
which the ery was, “home,

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