New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-06-21
PROM BOSTON,.

From An occasio,s a. Corr. spondent
Boston, Wednesday, june IL, 1S56.
There wa. d r-asonahle amount If drumming
Sid ming Ind irirg of Of big guGs hereapouts
YESTERDAY because Of the Ann yersary | told
,on IN NJ, lest letter good deal about the Ancient
and Hon rabies. I might tell You IN this good
d, al about the Antique and HorIibles, corps
v hch psraoes in costumes worthy Of the carnival
with band savoriug Of the charivsri, and with
kc,.s strongly suggestive OF the knockers yard
believe it has it's headquarters in CharlestOwn
ard makes use Of this Bunkers Hill holiday for It's
fat ds,. But de- not choose 10 enlarge upon
them because ] apprehend that their main purpose
and int Ut IL to Cast contempt ana rideuie upon
our glorious Militia y stem, ON the Importance snc
services of which have had frequent occasion to
ex,Ctiate, ard upon whose g!ories would be tho
hit to help cast the least suspicion of shadow
1t is enough to do TO keep Ones cOuntenance Ill the
proper degree of longitude IA 49, when one comes
soross the original, without encouraging any scau'
dslUUt limitations. "
Itisa curious circumstance in the natural his
tor, Of Anniversaries, that it was good many
yenrs before the battle Of Bunkers Hill waa
thought deserving Of one. But SO 1t was. Who
is it, Carlyle or Emerson that says all martyr
d. n.s probably had vulgar look to their cotemPo-
raIies1 suppose it was somewhat 10 with TINS
Ae lie ant TlChbb uu UVt uoiu tbCh Siou'u o"s
w,y. actually driven down the bill by the British
il il likely that it did not seem thing t" be so
proud OF TO them ss it does to US. 1t took several
years 10 Get at the right point OF view, and to dis
Germ low tluchy an affair it Was. and how much
meal weil BIT it must have had ut the commence
mtnt Of such conflict, showing that raw ievies
iust fom the plOw and the workshop could stand
up before regular troops. 1t was several years,
however before il vas msI ked with red letter IN
Our lonical Calendar and became Que Of our re-
c,.lIzrd SAINTS days. That battle was the first
Lt nutiUn the British Ministry lad that there
would he any serious resistance on the part Oh the
COLONIES to the Law and Order they proposed en-
fCrcirg. Lord North WIS much astOnshed by
il b. resident Fierce would be to hear that the
rebel. H. Eantss had given a drubbing 10 the B0r-
DER IUti sDs or the United States Dragons, even
tL uld they have been oyerpOwered by force Of
LUZ btrs Ii WIS not much the thing itself as
Wlar II port, bd,d d, that WINS Of Significance
Did you ever hear that the very musket-ball
lat ltG Gen. " arrrn If TO be seen IN this city
At aIy Iate there is one that E about as we'll au-
tL-nticated a. such relics usually Il is in the
cnsady If the histoIico. Genealogical Society a
THINK that il it, styl-), and may be seen, with q
coed mary other curious things, AMONG their col.
ltctIops. Its history is this: At the time Of the
siege. Mr. LOrlng was bis Msjrsty's Collector OF
tie Custcus III Boston. l believe he Was the hus
hard oi the Mrs L. mentioned With distinc.
toD in the heroic poeu, entitled he Battle of
H.. Kegs However this might be, he was q
PIE H., ut msn in the Boston Of that dsy, and 0as
IsIs,Laly well acquainted With Gen. Warren
On the n.OIIOW Of the hattie Of bunkers Hill, Mr.
] Grin accompanied GeU. Howe and other parties
OF ClttiL ctlUn to inspect he battlefield. There
he recognized at VI &c the body OF Warren, and
took irm it this bullet with his own
lsids. At the Evacuation, the next Spring, Mr.
l'ring ent h"me (as they used To call going to
lIslsLG), with the other Tories, and spent the
resi- OF biz lie thee. Many years aterward the
ley. Mr Montague the Episcopal Clergyman OF
It.Lsr, in thu state being in London. met Mr.
/ t,irg, who told him this story and gave him the
lLliet, us relic Of gr, alter interest in America
thsn il England. To these facts Mr. Montague
a, ride al sfiidnvir which is to be seen with the
iatll lead. |, I.npired in bis family until few
y.arr sLct, when it war deposited as above stated
~ is tflli ~rapred III the paper which covered 1t
(tI TGIti,h II Try when the British soldier who
IT., IT t,CF il from bis cartridgebOx elghty-0ne
yt.rs 60. and " Lch is still stained with blood
how mat there is a propensity IN the human
mind (or at least III tie Yankee mind) to grid
ri such relics as these; but, for my part, like
Godfrey Crsycn prefer believing in them. But
it seems to me that the pedigree of this one is toll
ersbly direct and not improbable.
We have some other curious Revolutionary
relics hereabouts of less melancholy interest,
such az the epaulettes of General Washington,
and, think, some other part of his military equip
ments, which are in the collection Of the Massa'
clusetts Historical Society. There are also To be
seen the identical coat ard breeches which Frank
lin wore ut the famous meeting Ca the Privy Coun-
ell in l774, hen lie stood leaning against the man
tepiece for three hours liste0ing to the inveetlye
OF We d6erbuTne sgainst himself and which be
laid hy and put on for the occasion OF the Peace
Of 1873 at Paris. / know that Mr. Sparks dis
credits this story. But, besides the unbrOken ira
ditioL which has brought this characteristic trait
of rsphlin down to our tin es, Lord Holland
testified that he had frequently heard Lord It.
Helens (Fitzherbert) who Was one OF the English
Commissioners, tell the story and always Win
sfToBg feeling Of pJovocation when he recalled It.
Ard though Lord Hollands own -tOries may need
to be taken With sOBe grains Of allowance, sup
pose there is no ground for believing him capable
OF deliberate invention of this kind. SO believe
in tie breeches too. A gentleman of this city,
(lhe Hon Josiah Quincy) also has in his posses
sion The eOrget which W sshiDgtOn wore at Brad
docks defeat in 1855, and probably during his
whole Colonial service. You will zee il in the pOr.
trait OF Linn taken at that period of his life en-
eraved for his memOirs 1t is marked with the
arms Of Virginia as Colony. II was given TO him
By Mr.. Peter, the grand daughter of Mrs. Wash
ugton, and by him to the Washington Beney client
Society, Federalist body for benevolent and po-
htical purposes When this organization died
WIT the Era Of Good Feelings was inaugurated
it wss returned to Mr.. Quincy, and has remained
in bis custody ever since.
That was curious coincidence you noticed last
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