The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-06-19
THE ARRIVAL OF
The PRESIDENT
B u N k. ER HILL.
COMMENCEMENT AND CLOSE
OF THE
CIR E AT DR. "A M A.
MIR. WEBSTER'S GRAFTON.
(From our ocr. Rsporters)
(From our Ou,t Rsportsrs)
BosroN, Saturday, A P M.

DOoION, OdtuIudy, W.
DEAR Sir -
have been round this city and in the saddle ever
since six o'clock this morning And such scene
Tongue cannot tell, pen cannot describe pencil can
not paint the splender, the magnfcence, the halo
OF glory that surrounded every movement connected
with the great Bunker Hill celebration here to-day
The hero Of the occasion was Mr.. Webster, the
Intellectual giant. He seemed to know that his foot
was upon his native heath, and the President must
have felt IT.; for the people, the masses here took
every occasion to show him that such was the
case. ia
Indeed, throughout the whole, the principal GU
rioslty has been to see John c. Spencer, then the
President of the United States; and neither Mr..
Legare, Mr.. Porter, or Mr.. Upshur have been
thought OF, or asked about cared for by any body
But 10 my story.
The Mayors speech, yesterday, on the reception
OF the President which no one but the President
heard, on account of the rain, has been furnished
by the Mayor
The rest of the proceedings Of yesterday, up to
o'clock, sent last night. The Presidents speech
cannot be given by any one, unless he furnishes it
himself. Now for
SATURDAY MORNING.
lovelier day never dawned upon earth.
Eighteen years ago, Mr.. Webster, in his spen.
did Grafton laying the corner stone, said,
@ Let it rise till it meets the sun In his coming
let the light of morning gid it, and parting day
linger and play on its summit" His desire has
been realized. This morning saw the earliestra rays
Of the rising goriously gid it, and last evening,
after the RAIN, saw the beams of tae setting sun
lnger, reluctant to leave, they played around its
summit.
As early az O'Clock this morning, the guns began
to fire all over tho city, and by O'clock the streets
were crowded with young and old in their best
dresses and such order, such regularity, such adj
mirable behavior / never saw exhibited on any
occasion Is Is with shame say it, but in this par
mass OF our people. All along fremont, Washing
ton and State Streets stages were erected see the
procession | can give you not the most remote
c9ncepton Of the cheerfulness, the delight, the
glorious halo ofjoy that bsamed on every face al
though hundreds laid down last night on bare
boards; for, at the lowest calculation, there are
100000 strangers In Boston.
The President rose five minutes after O'Clock:
and, going down stairs, walked ten minutes up and
down the vestuble of the fremont Hall at last he
asked Ormsbee if the New York Herald had ar
rived On being told it had not, ne asked for the
Boston daily papers these were collected and
given him, and ne sat reading them from half past
foui uunl nearly seven o'clock, when he SAT down
10 breakfast with his suite, Postmaster Graham,
ed with the hero Of the day, Mr.. Webster. At half
past eight the President was escorted 10 the State
House, and surveyed from the Senate Cham
societies upon the common. BY this time, the
city was all alive; there were at least 300 600
people In thes treets and 10000 in houses balco-
Mes mes, w9aows, platforms, s,aglsgs, all sorts OF
none OF them came up to our New York Light
Guard. Our New York National Guard had four
companies here, and very superby they looked; but
the last % men had their muskets horribly out of
order. In the New York Light Guards there were
only muskels badly dressed, and one of the bear
ers OF these was somewhat indisposed. It's won
der they were not all sick u. day
The New England Society from New York be-
yoWt all odds, were the most splendid body OF civil
ldns In the procrsson no other party of III this
city this day can compare with them; so much docs
forfr Improve 6y teiag traNspIonftd, The Presl-
dent was Immensely delighted with the beauty the
order OF marching, the soldler-iike appearance and
the tout ensemble OF all the troops | may parcu.
larlse tomorrow, but Time Is not lett to DO so
this day.
About ten o'clock the military moved off past the
State House IN the following ORDER
Gen. Appleton Howe and escort.
LIST Brigade under Brig Gen. Henry Dearborn.
the immediate command OF the M sjor General,
at the column.
The several corps of Artillery, consisting of the
FOLLOWING companies of Artlllery:-
Boston Artillery.
Washington Artillery.
Columbian Artillery
Chariestown Artillery
Lexingt,n Artillery.
Roxbury Artillery.
Plymouth Artillery.
Salem Artillery.
Milford Artillery.
Lynn Artillery.
Newburypor Artillery.
These all looked superbly then came the
2p BsIcADE.
Under Major Gen Nettleton.
lst I'd, ID and 4h companies Of New York
National Guards.
Albany Burgesses Corps.
Bangor City Greys.
Bangor Rifemen
Augusta Rife Greys.
Harrasekett Cadets Freepert, Me.
Portland Light Infsntry
Stark Guard, Manchester, N. H.
The Albany corps ls fine company bat they iml-
tate our Light Guard Alter these canae the Bos-
ton troops in the following order under Gen JOHN
Pulaski Guards.
Highland Guards.
City Greys.
Washington Phaianx.
Boston Light Infantry, Boston.
Hancock Light Infantry.
Rifle Rangers.
Then came the troops forming another regmeht
from the suburbs OF Boston,-
standish Guards Plymouth.
Norfolk Guards, Roxbury.
New Bedford Guards.
Quincy Light Infantry.
Washington Guards Hingham.
Belngham Rifemen.
Worcester Light Infantry, and
Worcester Guards.
II Is useless to say that the Boston troops looked
superb next to New York they ant to be beaten:
Alter these case the .4th Brigade under General
JAMES DANA.
Columbian Guards Chsrlestown.
Charlestown Light Infantry.
Woburn Phalanx.
Mechanic Phalanx, Lowell
Mechanic RIfemen Lynn
Salem Light Infantry.
Mechanic Light Infantry, Salem
Lafayette Guards, Msrbiehead
Marbehesd Light Infantry
Bradford Light Infantry.
Brooks phslanx, Medford.
Concord Light Infantry.
Massachusetts Guards, Cambridge
Washington Guards, Maiden.
The first six OF these looked well the others So
so. Then there was long pause; then came the
CIVIC PROCESSION.
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