, 1863-06-09
The March of tho Dark B~i.
Eu@le.

guide.
{From the Ncw York independently
1t is not often that the s'hub of the uni
yeIse" shakes on its axle. But last Thursday
MaEsachusetts Regiment, which cast the shad-
ow OF Its coming on our last weeks columns,
tlat 81 med and touk the city.
We gather from various sources the Incl
dents Of the march. and submit to our readers
the raw materials for the future poets aud his
came III crowded, as at the Prince Of Wales
rcctptit n. Extremes meet. The heir Of the
Frs.udest throne and the most desp1sed Of
mankind created like .tarore. The streets
were thronged. Nature smiled propitious. So
lid the citizens.
ment, and the line Of march was taken up
through the principal streets. Gilmore's blnd
led the column. A colorcd band that did not
play, ard colored drum corps that did, and
well, followed. Then came the strange spec
tacle-a thousand black furms and faces Some
expressions locked hard and almost brutal, as
II they Lad just emerged from their long pris-
on.housc, and bud only two ideas-liberEl and
vengeance. Others, and most, were refined
al q thoughtful, and full Of high inspiration.
They sweep along from cnrb-htone to curb
stone, with eycn, steady tramp-thrir KNAPP
sacks and coats piled upon their shoulders,
their guns erect against them. Nemesis Is
marching to South Carolina. Not snod with
wool, rs Horace talks about The wool was
on her hcad-and will he sacred f1llet when
1hotc who wear 1t Shall be sucriticed upon tho
altar of their countEy's salvation. No doubt
heard the solid tread.
They came to the State House. The Goy-
ernor, Senator Wilson, Adiutaut General
schou1er, and other djgnitarics, were rec .iyed
1nlo 11'e opened lines, ,nd the march WIS con-
tinued dnwn Beacon street. The creme de Ia
F4tfH - rio In +r.r.A
Ilandkerchiefs tluttered, and loud cheers rent
the mir. In ono Of the mostarlstocsatic houses,
the residence Of the Colonel, colGrsd ladies'
and white stood IN the parlor windows
Low those soldiers must have felt at such
IN ovation! Did they remember their Ifs.
thing e1ses Many had inst been slaves.
Their backs were hardly heaed of the
sconrge. What contrasts in their lives! No
novelist las dreamed Of such.
The Common was crowded. The Gov
ernor aud hi staff marched round the
lcncy Seem to feel and look SO excellent!
Then the troops detiled before hlu in CON-
pany line, and with fur hetter precision th2n
most ne* regiments and many old ones ex-
hlbtt. Themes they march ont Of the Com.
mon, down fremont street, down Court
street, BY the Court House, chained hardly a
decade ngo to e:tve slavery aud the Union.
Thence down State street, trampling on the
ve1J pavctuents over which Sims and Burns
marched to their fate, tncompassed by sol.
ditrs Of the United StAtes.
"ThciF sisters, sweethea.ts and wiyes''-a
familiar quotauon iu the notices of previous
departing regiments, but looking & little odd
1u TIL. new place along beside t'the
boys" giving their parting 6encdictions Of
smiles aud tears, telling them to be brave mud
to show their blood! The crowds cheer even
along tho Courier otlice-the soldiers sing tl,t,
John Brown song-the boat is reached, aud
TIE sensation Is solidiftcd into history Of the
United States.
One fact should be chroniclcd. Their rcgl-
mental banner, of superb white silk. Ind On
one side the coat If arms of Massachusetts,.
aud Oh the other golden cross on 4 golden
star, with IN hoe styno tinces beneath. This is
the first Christian banner that has gone into
our war. By strange, and yet not st1ange,
Providence, God has made this dcspiscd race
the bearers Of Ills standard. They are thus
the real leaders Of the nation.