New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-06-21

friends paid tribute 10 his worth The Governor,
Lieutenant Governor and Council Of Quebec, and all
he principal officers of the garrison buried hlm aud
bis eide -d-canp Macpherson with The honors of wa
At the news of bs death {" the whole City Of PDlir
derha was in tesrs every person seemed 10 nave lost
his n. an, ri relative heart friend Congress pro-
claimed for bin Z" their grateful remembrance, pro-
found Iesptct and high veneration; and desinig
transn to future ages truly worthy example ii pat
Iiut,m, col duct, holiness of enterprise insu psraoe
perseverance, and contempt of danger AMI death,
ih.y ra,ed marble monument TO the glory OF
Ri,EaId Montgomery"
In the Bitisb Parliament the great defenders OF hb-
erty Wed with ea( other in his praise Bar e, his
vet. ran fellow soldier in the late war wept prOisfy
ar lie G, pated on their fast friendship and paicipa-
lion of service in that season of enerprs, ana glory
and holding no The British commanders m review pro-
uoupce1 glowing tribute 10 his sup, rl0r merits. El-
und Burke coutrasied the condition OF the 5000 inea,
sfarve0 dsgraced, and shut up within he single toWl
OF Boston, With the movements Of the hero "o III Que
campaign had conquered two thirds VI Canada. i,
r.Iled North cannot inn in lamentng the death OF
Montgomery as public loss. He was brave, he Vas
able, be was humane he was generous; out SIN u
was only brave. able, humane, and generous r,bc,:
Curse on bis virtues, they've undone Ills country:
''Tbe term of rebel" rtorted Fox, sis no cer'aln
mark of disgrace. All the great asserors OF Liberty,
the savio Of u cir country, the henrfaetors oi mat
kind in all sges, have been called rebels. We o~e
the constitution which enables us TO cit IL tins house
10 a Iebelii' NJ
love Of all thai knew HIM the grief Of the nascen re-
public and the euloges OF the world.
Returning TO Washington and his army, we tod
bin in the month Of February, T6, in cream
stances of great encouragement, though bis own
spirit never dropped. He had only sufficient
money to meet claims prior To the last day Of
December. His want of powder was so great as
TO require the most careful concealment. In all
the materials Of war LIE had been left strangely
deficient. He had nothing to oppose to the vast
numbers Of mercenary troops that we're to come
over in the Spring TO reinforce bis enemy, but
fleeing bands of undisciphued men, i'll clad aud
poorl, armed. In spite of bis 'erable equip
ment, however he never faIterrd in bis purpose to
break up the "nest" of the British IN Boston, aud
compel them to retire from the town. Mr.. Ban
croft thus describes the manner in which Wash
ngton succeeded in causing
THE EVACUATION OF BOSTON.
The army in Boston consisted of Iearly 5000 rank
and file beside officers and the compliments of the
shrs-of-war. The ycung men who held commissions
were full OF ingenious devices 10 anuse Tie common
soldiers and to relieve the wedrsomcness OF their own
hours The Old South Meeting House was turned into
a riding-school for the light dragoonsi faneul Hall
actors on the stage; they attempted balls and
PLANNED masquerade. The Winter was mild, so that
navigation was not interrupted and provisions were
imported in abundance from Ireland aud England,
from Barbados aud Antigua Thus they whed away
their time in their comfortable quarters, without
thought Of danger, awaiting early Summer and large
achievements, preparatory TO their removal to New
York.
The possession of Dorchester Highs wolli give
Wasbi,aSr the command OF Ii ,ston aud of large Jart
Of ibe barhor. I'll supplied as he with powder,
and having for artillery hut IN the captures
made from the enemy by trlvateers and tue cannon
which had been dragged Overland FROM Lake George.
he sill made The ssary arrangements Ia sccupy the
position Ill the hope to prng the enemy out aud force
them offer battle To that end the council Of Was
sacluseits al his request called In the militia of the
neaIeet towns The engineer employed 10 devise and
superintepd the works was Rufus Putnam; aud tue
tue chosen for their erection the Of the ann.
yeIsary of the Boston massacre. To harass the
enemy and divert attention. q heavy cannOnade and
lombardmen of tie town w;s kept up during the TWO
r. viOus nights Soon after candl light On TIE 4th oi
March the hiring renew ed with greater vehemeuce
than before from CObbe Hill, now S)mersile, from
LechmeTe's Point, now Fart Cambridge. and from a
battery in Roxbury, aud was resumed with such zeal
by The British that continued Of ca1nOn and
mOriaTs was heard from seven clock tall daylight. As
soon as II Lad began, Washington proceeded 10 take
possession of the Heights of Dorchester. AL the
quisiie dispositions incudirg he method of battling
attack, Lad been deliberately considered, aud prepueI
with consummae skill; everytlnn. was ready; every
knew itls place, hit SPECIFIC iHth, udN ~
executing il with ctleriiy and silence. party OF
eight hn bred went in ad guard; one half Of
IT,, IN taking post the hight ncaret B ,ston; the
Other al the easternmOst point, opposite me castl
They followed by carte with lhtr nching to)ls,
and by the working patty of twelve bundled uuder
tie cOmmaI of Thomas, Oh ofhcer whose great neeit
On tins occasion is the more 10 be remembered from
the shoruess OF lis The ground for eighteen
mel deep, frozen too hard To yeli ertn Tor ne
detCnses; hut tie foresight of the chief ai amply pro-
yiced substitutes train of more than three hu idred
carts, eaflly drawn ly the frozen INA shes,
brought III dies of screw cd hay TO iOrnl Tor
Dorchester Neck where it Was exposed 10 i rikilg
FIRE, aud an amazing quantity ot gaJons ana ft-clnes
AID chau6eers for the redoais. The drivers, Is they
g,adsd their cattle, surpassed their voice.; the
vo,terly wind carried all soJId away FROM town.
Washington perceived with d.slt that ms movement
as urUlseIN ed aud that the elcss noise OF 4rtl
leIy alone attracted 81 eutoH Tie hours ,astley hew
by, were the most eNcniiui OF bs iiei after mae
II Onths Of utOerable waiting, "a crisis was az ItId,
but everything prepared 80 Insure his success
and as lie iaiscd tie nIenchment, of Americas indie
IenGence on the Nights Of Dorchs or, he had hapPi
I,rs Ct mind TIL then unknown 70 bin during The siege
lie night though cold, WAS severely rO The em-
Ierature was the iittest that could DE Tor outdoor
work; the haze that denotes a sOftenng OF the air
hung round the base Of the Ridge, above n the moOn
which tEa' morning bad become fun was shining IN
cloudless Ster; his side, hundreds of oiled in
stiffness at the frozen ground with AN assduliy that
knew nothing Of fatigue tue three hundred teams
weIe all AZ the tune III motion, going backward
and forward, some three, some fonr times; beneath
bim, in the town, lay the b sh general, infi, rent
the nceessnt noise of never dreaming Of an
eiecment iiom hir comfortable Winter qltrtors the
army that checktred the quiet place With marital show,
rcro-ed without special waichiulness fear, tue
crowd Of ships in The feet rode proudly in the 50 ciOus
tabor nOtioDless except they turned on their
ngr vt the tide unsus 10 Of peril; the wr' tched
armed inhabitants of Boston, enlaciated from want
OF Wholesome food ining after freedom, yet little
theeed by hope trembled let their houses should
he struck III tie ,umult which ragged if heaven and
ed iii "a; variance; INC people that were
left in the Villages all around chiefly aud chill
dreu driven from tier b. d by the rhtlup of their