Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-08-26
From the National Intelligencer.
New York Correspondence.
New YORK, July 29th, 1913.

/ Iginal number who went out from rs year
/ and halfago have returned to enjoy even this
/ poor compensation for the hardships and
| periIs they have endured IN Mr.. Folks reck-
less war, near half of the regiment having
fallen in bloody conflict, or died of disease
in the bloody campaign.
\ At eight O'Clock in the morning the steam
er Columbia, having on board the members
OF the Common Council and other persons,
PUBLIC and private, with the band of music
| from Governors Island, started for Fort
Hamilton, which is nine or ten miles down
the bay, on the Long Island shore, where
the volunteers had been qaartered since their
return. Here the volunteers, who were
waiting their arrival, were reviewed by
Col. BURNETT, and then marched ON board
the boat, and all returned tn the city little
after ten O'Clock. They landed at the Bat
terry under military salute, and IN pres
ence of large body of the finest and hest
troops of the city, both infantry and cavalry.
! The contrast between these fine troops in
splendid military costume, and the tattered,
rusty, and forIorn-looking band from the
war, was painfully striking They have
been represented as being in destitute con-
dtIon and their appearance indicates as
much. A pubic meeting was held few DAYS
since at the Mayors office, and a committee
dppOiileu I'D raise luntlS TOT tueIr FeIeI.
After landing at the Battery, they were
marched into Castle Garden, where they
were welcomed home By Mayor HsvEMEY-
Err in neat and appropriate address, to-
which Col. BURNETT, who had led tie regi-
ment in Mexico, made a soldierly and suit
able reply. A procession was then formed,
with numerous s splendid military escort,
and marched up Broadway. The whole pro-
cession extended some two miles in length.
The streets through which they moved were
thckly lined with people, and at different
points, as the shattered and forlorn band
made their appearance, the multitude cheer
ed them from the sidewalks, and ladies
waved their handkerchiefs from the win
dows. Having marched through several of
the principal streets, they returned again to
Castle Garden, where other ceremonies
were to be performed. Here Colonel Bur-
NETT, in behalf of the regiment, presented
to the city the coors under which they had
fought in Mexico, and which bore marks of
hard service not less conspicuous than the
soldiers themselves. Colonel Burnett, i'm
his address on the occasion, stated that the
regiment, on arriving in Mexico, had all
made a solemn VOW to maintain the honor
of their flag, and if they ever returned to
their country again alive to bring it with
them. They had kept their vow, and now
here, in this same Castle Garden where it
had been presented to them, on their de-
parture for Mexico, they returned it, rent
with violence and stained with blood and
smoke as it was, into the hands of the do
nors. The Mayor, with an appropriate adj
dress, received the flag in behalf of the city.
Col. Burnett then in like manner presen-
ted to the Mayor, to be preserved in the ar
chives of the city, the flag which was pre-
IL.
After this, Alderman FRANKLIN, President
of the Board, presented silver medals. which
had been ordered to be struck 10y the City
Council, bearing suitable inscriptions, for
each member of the returning regiment
When the ceremonies were closed, the vol
unteers were escorted back in the steamer
to Fort Hamilton.
A FREE Soil MEETING was held last
evening in the Park, in front of the City
Hall. Four or FIVE thousand persons, per-
haps, were collected. The meeting was or
Derby and quiet. HENRY GRENNELL pre-
sided, and addresses were made by DAVID
DUDLEY FEED, MIR. GREELEY, OF the Tri-
bune, and several others. The speakers, as
well as the resolutions adopted by the meet
ing, were strongly opposed to the corHpro-
mise bill which has just passed the Senate,
and is now before the House, at Washing
ton.
The weather. most of the time, for a
couple of weeks past, in this vicinity, has
been very warm, the mercury ranging from
eighty To ninety degrees, and once or twice
as high as nineiy-two. Fine weather for
vegetation, but people wilt and droop. Hard
work to get about the hot streets, even I'M
der the shady sides of the buildings. Bust
ness in general somewhat dropping too. All
who can do get away into the county, or
to some of the watering places; and the
multitude 90 down to Coney Island and
plunge into the surf. Still, although the
civ is resting on its summer vacation, a
stranger would hardly suspect it. The roar
of the countless carriages in Broadway is
ms unceasing as the roar of Niagara, except
for few hours after twelve O'Clock at night.
That we may not miss the citizens who are
absent, some twenty thousand persons from
all points of the compass arrive daily in the
city, walk up aud down the streets, eat,
drink, and smoke at the hotels, and visit the
public amusements in the evening.
APArNFUL DisAPPoISTafENT.--lt known
that son of Mr. Burt of this city, four
years old has been missing over two years
The parents have always believed that the
child was taken away by a Circus company
Mr.. Burt received information few weeks
since that led him to believe that his son
was with Circus company in Western
Pennsylvania, whittier he went in pursuit
He found the company near Bedford, "a,
but the boy (though obtained at or near
Schenectady, and of the same age was
not his, aud he sent Telegraph dispatch
from Bedford to his wife. saying, " Not our
child-wiIl be home by Wednesday, bg'
the Telegraph note, as received by MRS. D.
reads: - Met our children. VIII be nome
by Wednesday" The mother supPosihE
her LOST child had been found, cOmmunica-
ted the intelligence to her friends Bot ihi'