Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-06-22
From the y Y Sun. extra.
BUNKER HILL CELEBRATION.

BUNhEh Mill SE-LL~HNA AAON.
The aunals VI cur country furnish equal to the
ce Iebrntiun at Bunker Hill the l7Ih day ofJune
eighteen hundred and forty three. Al Boston, Or
+ riday afternoon the Railroads and Steamboats, be
gin to your ia their living myriads. rs though the
whole country was coming. But it LEFT fUr
Saturday morning To witness such influx uf hu
man beings as heggar all descripIion--ai leas
three hundred thousand persons were on the spot
To say thar Nature smiled" upoG The nation ;,
jubilee would hut inadequarely express the rplen.
dor of the day. vuuchsaied To the ssIy eighth
vsrsary of the first blow" for American Liberty
The sun with N hrs prmeval splcnd"r To glad
the hearts Of thousands and thousands anIr.
Gus participants in the great pageant.
| Al sunrise on Saturday morning the roaring OF
arIicry comm, need from the forts The vessels Ut
war and the lIri and by seven O'Clock the whole
city seemed IA m"li0E.
Here were soldiers hurrying tn their quarter;
mnrshails with their insignia uf office banneIs ui
this society and that, flying TO and fro. rs though
tho city had been turned into one vast fair.
Capt Srurgrs an Thursday anchored the revenue
cutter Hamilton precisely On the spot where the
British figaie Glasgow was sia,iOned on the mrm.
orahle day OF the battle. and on the occasion of
the present celebration the "roar Of the cannon
was heard frnm the same point, though IN i dIra.
ton Of ar different pro, ceilings.
The shipping IN POrI hois'ed their c0ors in hon.
Or Of the day and the vessels attached to the naval
department fired salutes from time to time
Tnumphal Arches were erected at various
IihiN in streets through which the procession pas.
sed.
staging was erected in front Of the monument
Tor the accommodation Of the Osarur of the dav
and oil disungXn<hrd individuals who were presenr
Ihe Gl9f bot OF the staging was fitted with
seaside e fifteen hundred Ialies; and
De apepoHheIt DE Chief Marshall Of the day. 9
Marshal OF this 81 ph. with a iuIl corps of ASST.
'an's' were ia attendance to such ladies NJ
werexeniiIlsd TO seats. The procession left The
slate house about 10 AM.
One o'clock. p. M-The President has iusi nrri
we'd al the spot consecrated by the blood of heroe,
* martyrs Of The revolulrh; the spo, which, of aI
others. maybe emphaticai ermed the ALTER O.
American Liberty" WIN The Bunker Hill Monu
ment Association he has Just taken the pInce os
signed him. under the awning provided for his nc
cOmmodalion aud that Of the other distinguished
men OF the Nation assembled on this glorious &c
casinn. The President supported on his lef
by T Buckingham, Esq, President of the Associ
| atipn' and on the other hy Governor Morton
o. the platform wcro over 100 soldiers OF the
revolution, of whom fought at the btIIie of Lex
Ingion and IL at Bunker Hill, On the ARR .al q
The PROCESSION uiOn the ground. and alter they Ino
Their stations, the proceedings Of the day were CON
,Lei''eH ny very appropriate pray or irDm Kew NJ
Eiis, who Was appointed chaplain for the occasirr
When the chaplain resumed his seat, MIR Web
T'er advanced To the fnnI Of the platform aud III
appearance was hailed by the loud and prtlonge
| cheering al the immense multitude Ii was a seen
OF BIT guar sublImuy. The tall pillar IN n its i'm
pressive sblemniy-ihe vast cDngregaiioa-Ih
serene sky-ihe majestic figure OF the orator, ms h
stood silently regarding the colossal culumn-lh
huary headed banI OF parrots who occupied Iht
front 'eais Of the platiOrm-all made up a seem
never 10 be forgotten