Litchfield enquirer., 1843-06-22

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 BUNKER HILL CELEBRATION.
 ".' "A l7ih June, ls43.
 The Storm of yesterday ceased during the night, put the sun rose amid fogs and scat tered clouds, giving its light watery ap- pearance, and pretending rain during the day, the wind being still Northeast, and the air: dainp and chilly. At an early hour the the sound of martial music rose from the nu. .nerous companies collected in Boston during the preceding three days, and the clustering Uf military and citizens toward the magnifi- cent Common commenced ut seven o'clock and continued till nearly 10. at which hour there mus, have been 100, 1000 persons within the enclosure. At the. same time the streets through which the procession were 10 pass were lined with eager eXpectants-the bal. comics and, windows glowing with waiting faces. Already Bunker Hill and the ap- breaches to it from Boston were thronged by thousands. The Military were generally un- der arms by 8 o'clock, and in position on the Common before 9. The New England Society of New York, some 400 strong, form- ed in Summer.street near College Green, and marched into the Common about @.
 It was past 10 o'clock before the procession began to move from the. densely thronged Common, and nearly 12 when the Lancer Guards of Boston forming its advance, reach ed the superb Glacis on the North. East of the Monument which had been chosen as the central point of the celebration-the officers stand being on the outer side of the oblong square facing the Monument. At this time, u salute was fired from the Navy Yard, and the bells of Boston and Charlestown rung out a stirring peal. On the North. East steps of the Monument Square, facing the Officers stand, and the glacis, seats had been reser- we'd for fifteen hundred ladies, (price 25 cents each,) and early occupied in good part.-- The Monument Square itself, elevated some ten feet, computed to give standing room to sO,OO0 persons, was nearly filled before the procession made its appearance, while mass of human beings lined each end of the gla- cis previously cleared by the Norfolk and New Bedford Guards. Hon. DANIEL WEB- srER, Orator of the Day, though assigned a place in the carriages, came in by himself nearly an hour before the Procession, and
 Precisely at half past IF. the head of the regular Procession reached the ground then clouded by the cannon. smoke from the Ma w Yard. The Military hahea outside the a. req, formed in double lines, facing inward. 10 Ret the Civic procession pass through into the square ahead.
 Atn quarter to one o'clock, the head of !he Civic Procession passed into the oblong square between the Officers stand and the Monument, the Brigade Band in front, fol- lowed by the Executive Committee in car- fisge, escorting the President and suit in: a coach drawn by four superb bays. The President was cheered as he rode into the area, and alighting, took his place on the stand, where MT. Webster had been for some time solitary and alone.' ll 3.Gsos
 MessrS Spencer, Porter. Wickiiffe, and
 Iegare, as they came on the stand, greeted Mir. w. very cordially, and were introduced to the gentlemen in attendance as officers of the day, Committees, &c.
 But the deepest manifestation of enthusi- asm was reserved for the appearance of the surviving SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION, who arrived in the succeeding carriages, and, alighting in the centre ofthe square, tottered with, feeble steps to their places on the plat form. They were one hundred and eight in number, twelve of whom had shared in the perils and glories of the bloody struggle on this very ground sixty eight years ago ; three of them had fought also at Lexington, where the first blood was shed in the Revo- lutionary contest, two months before the more determined strife on Bunker Hill.- Phineas Johnson, now 97 years old, was in both these conflicts. and was reputed to be the oldest man present but we are assured that MT. Maynard, (father of Hon. John May. nard, M. c. from this State,) now 99 years old, and also sharer in the Bunker Hill struggle, was present--we know that he reach. cd Boston the night before in good health and spirits, on purpose 10 be there. Earnest, profound, reiterated were the bursts of cheer. ing tfrom inc immense concourse us these treasured relics of a glorious day toiled up to their seats on the staging. Eighteen years ago, when the cornerstone of the Monument was laid by La Fayette in the presence of sixty thousand ireemen, a far larger and stronger band of them were pres ent, to rejoice over the cOmmemoration of their heroic struggle half century before. Eighteen years hence, who can hope that e. ven one of them will be le.t to tell the thrill ing story of these three eras in their and their coIntTy's eyentful history?
 The FTeemasons, who had done much to- ward the erection of the Monument (having given the ground, on which they had previ- Warren, their Grand Master, who fell in the made an imposing appearance. They were greatly outnumbered, however, by the Odd. Fellows, who must have mustered nearly one thousand. The Sons of New-England from New.York, escorted by our superb Light Guards, were warmly cheered as they nrri- we'd in the centre. The Hibernians, in four different societies, wearing the Green oftheir beloved native Isle, were in great force, and made an admirable appearance.
 If was half mast \ o'clnck when the Bunk.