New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-05-30
THE FIFTY-FOURTH MAssACHU-
SETS.

The first colored regiment organized in a
Northern State embarked at Boston last Thurs
day for Port Royal. Its arrival in the city,
the review on the Common by Gov. Andrew.
the march through the streets ot Boston AMI
tho magnificent reception given t. tue regiment
by the citizens are very noteworthy signs OF
tho progress we are making toward a recngni-
ton OF The capacii! aid the rish's of The COL
ored race The accounts in the Boston papers
agree IN saying that the scene wa. un, xampled
" No regiment, says oue journal. ION Its depart
urc has objected 81 many thousands as the 5ith
Vast crowds lined the streets where the regiment
was TO pa,s, and the Common was crowded
with ali immense number OF people such a.
only the Fourth Of July or some rare event
causes to assemble" The regiment was re-.
viewed by the Governor aud stan, Major. Gen
erals Sutton and their s,aiIs Senator " ilson,
tho Executive Council, officers of other regi.
ments, the Mayor of Boston, aud Il great NUM-
Der Of other officials. 1T is but Just 10
state, say' the same paper, " that no white
regiment from Massachusetts has surpassed the
5ith in excellence of drI while III general
discipline. dignity, and military bearing. the
regiment is acknowledged by every candid
mind to be all that can be desired. The sx.
precision Of satisfaction at the excellent ap-
praIance Of the regiment, aud the enthusiasm
1t excited among all classes, were general aud
hearty"
- You can hardly imagine" says another
spectator Of the scene, III private letter,
"what Il triumph yesterday was IN Boston for
the 5ith Every BODY. Generals, policemen aud
nil, said that never had 50 fin, n regiment, so
sober. orderly, well behaved, we'll drilled aud
disciplined, passed through Boston, aud never
believe. were troops looked upon with more
favor Gel. Shaw sou of Francis George
Shaw of Staten Island, and grandson of the
late Robert Il. Shaw of Boston--who COM
mands the regiment. il ali officer of great ex-
peIlcnce, having been in the field from the
very beginning of the war, aud is unusually capa.
bic and devoted to his work Lieut.. Col. Hal
lowell, OF II we'll known Philadelphia family. is
also graduate OF another Massachusetts regI-
ment, and thoroughly qualified, BY his ability
and Anti-Slavery convictions for the position
he holds A large number of the officers have
seen service before, and it is noticeable
that few regiments have on their roster
30 many names from the best families of the
city and State. Massachusetts, has indeed den-
titled herself in all ways with this her first
regiment Of coored troops; and whatever for
tune may betde it, she ut least stands or falls
with her people Of color. Gov Andrew, in his
effort to make the regiment worthy of its OPP
portunty. has shrunk from no reproach anu
spared no pains, and he has now the satisiac-
ton to find 1t honored aud rcjoiced over by its
opponents as well as its early friends.
Even in State street, its welcome was en-
thusiastic. Over the spot where Crispus Az
tucks, u negro, the first martyr of tho Revolu-
ton, fell; where Thomas Sims, IL tho gray