, 1861-04-22

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E:.::E Ecorrespondsaea Of the Chicago rribunel i
1. Bos1na, April II, 1s61.c
{ NTh9 Hub" Il full Of excitement md aglow
With PATRIOTIC ardor. After al, talk 90 We 1nay
about cant and fanaticism, Massachusetts, and
South Carolina are the only institutions III
thls eenntty that really amount to anything Of
Themselves. They always win lead, and al.
ways have lend public sentiment. In ths
revolution, Massachusetts WIS all rebel, and
Gouth Carolina headed the tories, and since
that day each hss been the leading State Of its
own section. The streets Of Boston are now
full Of military who have come In from thu
country around. Many Of the companies ap-
pear with their ranks literally full a1l Of them
are on hand without delay; in SONS cases tho
troops wera, collected betWeen the receipt Of
the Pteaident'e dispatch In the evening and
the first train into Boston the next morning.
and in one case this was done when the mem.
bers Of the company lived In circuit of se7eh
miles. In al cases there hare besn but few
moments for 1eave-taking. The enthusiasm
Of all classes 3 at lts height. A clerk in the
Suffolk Bank, who Joined his company to go
with the regiment, was presented with heavy
purse by his fellow clerks, and the bank paid
bis salary in advance. : A merchant on Milk
street has offered to continue tho salaries Of
any of his clerks who wish to 20 to the war.
An Irish regiment Of 1900 men have been
pledged :, ssve.al lawyers and one minister
have enlisted Gen. BENT T. Butler, who was
. member Of the Charleston Convention, and
told the southaTners that he came from Mas:
sachuEetts, where = mao could speak his Eind
to commsua the Massachusetts troops. He
vas the Areekinridge candidate for Governor.
The Boston R,st, the ab1est Democratic paper
In New England or any other part of the
couatry, sustains the Federal Government
With most genuine and hearty support. The:
Boston ae'a!d, which has vast inf1genc ce among
the masses, does the same The courtsr alone
sympathlses with the Southern rebels !:
.@.Sevesal hundred do not :recollect how :.
many, OF the troops marched through the
stTeeta just now On their way to the cars for
Nav. York. They marched from the State
House through fremont and Court streets and
by the. Cradle Of Liberty. Around every foot
OF their way clustered Revolutionary memo
ries, which m made the hearts Of all beat high
with excitement: How much meaning. there:
is in every stick and stone Of the days Of DID,,
when brought to our minds By the terrible
lSat1Lies Vi Lle present.. 30 lOuS a. Faneau
Hall was merely q tradition Of war In peace
full country, it was much the sam6 as any other
bulldog, but when the yeomanry Of the State,
whose stalWart forms and bronzed faces and
hara, bony hands mark their character, ara
passing in military array, armed and equipped, !
over the pavement: OF Stats street, the real
meaning Of Eaueuil Hail stands forth as fresh .
and strong and earnest as 1t did seventy years;
ago! That meaning will be made apparent to
those, who, unfortunately for themselves, can
not make it ont without help, in terms 60
unmtstakabls that tho Lesson will last, instead
Of serenity, I hope, seven hundred years. j
1th impossible to tell get how business Is
going to be affected by this, war excitement,
but q a general thing, apprehension is felt.
Southern trade has been stopped for some
time, aud cannot be made worse. 1t 'is-
thought there is no reason why the regular
b1siness Of the Northern States among them
selTes should not continue:
. Yours truly, ], A. ".