Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1855-12-06

sang song on the 18th Of November, the
strain 81 which was 81
lis Evacuation Day
When the British ran away"
Twenty years ago the boys stopped singing
1t. New York was fast filing up with for
eigne:s, and SO, TO save their feelings. Eva
cuaiion Day was laid on the shelf. A few
years since when our Irish friends renewed
their quarrel with Britain they rather liked
The remembrance. and the 25th of Novem-
Der again become holiday. So (no thanks
to Americans alone and more shame for
theml the old celebration is kept up. Mon
day last, therefore, was gala day in New
York. The Fifth Division had grand par
ade, and the veteran corps went into a iol-
LITIGATION. The Governor of the State came
from Albany to review the troops, but got
into bad humor because Mayor Wood
claimed the top of the heap. "A, o'clock,
p. NJ. the police cleared Broadway for the
passage of the troops. The little boys slip
ped in behind the police, and with their
white flags aut,ering through their rear
ven,ilators formed the advance light troops.
Then came the Major Generals escort,
troop ofcavalry in grey uniform and mount
ed on grey horses. This is the old Knick-
erbocker troops, called the Washington
Greys, composed mostly Of butchers. many
Of them of thirty years service. Maj. Gen.
Sanford and his brilliant staff now rattle
their horses hoofs over the stones. All the
sewing girls drop needle and machine and
rush to window and balcony. Soo'h to say,
the sisters of the green veil fill Broadway
windows with as much beauty as the arts
toeratic DANES Of former days. There are
roguish eyes too from among the epauettes
winking and nodding at the smiling girls,
and white kerchieis waved silly in reply
from the windows. Just there on the pave.
ment in front of the theatre, stands grey
haired veteran in his old 1912 uniform. He
has an extra drop in his eye, and is review.
ing the coluIan on his own h ,ok. "Heads
up boys! that's like old times my lads ~
cries the old soldier. Tramp tramp tramp!
tramp! and here come a troop of hussars
filling up the whole breadth of Broadway
and numbering about 500 men. They are
Col. Postley's hussars, nearly all Germans,
heavy, thick set, but just such s,alwart fel-
lows as you may see shouldering barrel
Of -four in Dutch corner grocery
And now comes the boom and the clang
Of Robertson's band. This is the second
regiment, made up OF motley array. FRS,
We have the bare-legged Highlanders, eve
~ one Of them from the land o. ,akes. How
they will stick TO that red uniform. There's
an odor Of liberty about their tartan kills
and brawny legs, bu, hang me, if there is
any about their red coats. There's no
i" Scots wha hee" about England's colors
Then we have the Continentals in the old
'76 cooked hats, and the buff and blue, all
Sans boys, you may bet your head, and
good, tall, broad shouldered boys they are.
Close behind them came an Irish company
in green uniform, Tipperary boys " every
one shure," and they couldn't keep step for
looking at the ladies'. That's way that
rogue of Pa, always had. The German
rifles bring up the rear and so ends Colonel
BogaFs's variegaied regiment. The list
regiment, Col. Vasburgh, follows, formerly
called the American Rifles, now an infan-
try regiments. None are enlisted in this
command but native Americans. Now the
fine band and staff Of the second regiment,
the thunder Of wheels marks the coming
Of the light artillery. Twelve well appoint.
ed batteries roll their bright brass guns and
ammunition wagons along in far extended
line, and the rear is brought up by regi-
ment OF heavy Dragons. The 9Th and 9th
regiments follows mostly Germans, and are
succeeded by the 18th in the Irish green,
commanded by Col. Michael Doheny, the
celebrated exile. Here comes the grea,
-''St AS" WYNN Tic seven 1901
major covered over with gold lace precedes,
hourishing and tossing his great staff
There too are the clang Of the "babaric
music" OF the Turkish bells and cymhAls,
and whole brigade Of drums, great and
small. Marching to this burst of harmoni.
Gus sounds come the stars Of the day, the
9TH regiment National Guard, all Americ
and probably the first regiment on the con-
tinent. Their steady column moves along,
solid mass, twenty-five abreast, in close
order, and numbering 1000 men. The
eighth company of this regiment is celebra.
ted for its connection with the Astor Place
riot The 9Th regiment (American) and the
9th (ldsh) succeed. The 10Th is led of
by the Guarde Lafayette (French) and the |
Light Guard in French uniform. The Ligh,
Guard is an upper crust company, and en-
rolls about 100 men. Among its officers