Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-08-05
NEW FORK CoRRESPoNDENCE.

New YoRK, july 30, IS4S.
The shattered remnant of the Regiment Of New Yong
yoLUsrEEHs who served in Mexico honored the day
before yesterday, with public reception by the authorities
bnd citizens o the metropolis But little more than third
part of the original number who from us year and
half ago have returned to enjoy this poor compensa
hon for the hardshps and perls they have endured in Mr.
PoLKs reckless war nearly half Of the regiment having fallen
bloody conflict died OF disease in the bloody campaign
At eight o'clock in the morning the steamer Columbia hav-
hg board the the Common Council and other
persons, public and private, with the band Of music from
Governors Island, started for Fort Hamilton which is nine
ten miles down the bay the Long Island shore, where
he volunteers had been quaered since their return. Here
the volunteers who waiting their arrival reviewed
by Col BURsErr and then marched board the boat and
all returned to the city little after o'clock. They land
ed the Battery under military salute and in presence Of
large body Of the finest and best troops Of the city both
infantry and cavalry The contrast between these fine troops
in their splendid military costume and the taeed rusty, and
hooking band from the war, painfully striking
They have been represented being in destitute condition.
and their appearance indicated much. public meeting
held few days since the Mayors Office and com
mitlee appointed to raise funds for their relief
After landing at the Battery, they marched into Cas-
tie Garden, where they welcomed home by Mayor
HAvEMErEn in neat and appropriate address, which
soldey and suitable reply. procession then formed,
with and splendid military escort and marched
up Broadway. The whole procession extended
miles length The through which they moved
hicky lined with people, and at different points, the shat
tered and oorn band made their appearance, the multitude
cheered them from the sidewalks and ladies' their
handkerche from the windows Having marched through
several OF the principal Streets they returned again TO Castle
Garden where other ceremonies be performed Here
Colonel BUnSErr in behalf Of the regiment, presented
the city the coors under which they had fought in MeI
and which bore marks of hard service not less
spicuous than the soldiers themselves Colonel Burnett.
his address the occasion, stated that the regiment,
arriving in Mexico, had all made solemn to main
tain the honor Of their flag, and they returned
their country again alive bring with them They had
kept their vow and here in this Castle Garden
where had been presented them, their departure for
Mexico, they returned it rent with violence and stained
with blood and smoke into the hands Of the donors.
The Mayor with appropriate address, received the flag in
behalf Of the city.
Col BURNETT then in like presented the Mayor,
to be in the archives Of the city, the flag which
presented to the regiment in the city of Mexico After this
Alderman FRANKLIN, President of the Board, presented
medals which had been ordered to be struck by the City
Council bearing suitable inscriptions for each member OF the
returning regiment When the ceremonies closed, the
volunteers escorted back in the to Fort Ha
milton.
Free Sell Meeting was held last evening in the Park in
front of the City Hail. Four five thousand persons per-
haps collected The meeting orderly and quiet.
HEsRr GREssELL presided, and addresses made by
DAVID DUDLEY FIELD, Mr.. GREELEY, Of the Tribune and
several others The speakers well the resolutions adopt
ed by the meeting strongly opposed to the compromises
bill which has just passed the Senate, and before the
House, at w Washington.
The weather, Of the time, for couple of weeks past
in this vicinity has been very warm, the mercury ranging
from eighty ninety degrees and ertice high
Fine weather for vegetation, but people wilt and
droop Hard work get about the hot streets, under
the shady sides of the buildings Business in general
what dropping All who do get away into the
country, to Of the watering places and the multitude
go down Coney Island and plunge into the surf Sd
although the city is resting its vacation stranger
would hardly suspect The of the countless carriages
in Broadway is unceasing the Of Niagara,
cep for few hours afer twelve o'clock at night That
may not miss the citizens who absent twenty thou
sand persons from all points Of the compass arrive daily in
the city, walk and down the Streets drink and smoke
the hotels and visit the public in the evening.