... determined to do; so with that end in view, when the guns from the battery and the fireworks of children had announced that “Independence day was come, I started with my sister across South Ferry, and going on board the Sylph, we were soon steaming down the ...

... different what was promised, of the very poorest description, and, Sunday, only two meals allowed. the 4th of July—being Independence Day—we were given for supper sour bread and cold water. On remonstrating against such treatment, as being entirely contrary ...