The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-06-18
THE nth OF JUNE.
SPECIAL TELEGRAms TO THE HERALD.

Celebration In CharlestOwn, Mass.s Of the
Anniversary Of the Battle Of bunker Hill.
BosTos June IT. 1867.
There larger crowd Of persons assembled in
Charestown to-day than any previous Bunker Hill
anniversary. The twenty thousand Inhabitants Of the
city turned out and there moro than that num-
Der present from Boston and the surrounding cities
and towns. The procession made Of
military, mounted and on foot. fremen, civic
Colonel John B. Morton The Hope Fire Company, Of
Philadelphia as guests of the Towards of Charlestown
we're also in the line, and in the afternoon they went
down to Chelsea Beach and participated fish chow
der and other prohibtory law amusements The other
organizations, both military and civic had banquets at
their respective headquarters. Addresses made at
all Of them by the city and State officials.
There was also rowing regatta In Mystic river in the
afternoon, which attracted large number of visitors
The first race was for single SOULS for first and second
prizes There were four entries as follows-Mahogany
Mahogany shell Lizzie Daniel Poor; mahogany shell
Petroia, Charles A. Blanchard; shell l. A. Donzella
The race was two miles, aud the first prize was won
by the Lizzie in Is minutes 20 seconds and the second
by l. A. Donzella in 10 minutes 40 seconds and the
The second race also two miles, for double sculls
for two prizes and there two entries, fol0ws
The Lillian, pulled by Manfred l. Goss and Eugene
Frost and the Annie ". pulled by John A. Gardner and
Thomas Wholmes. The first prize by the
Annie " In Is minutes and 50 seconds and the Lii
liam came In one minute and ten seconds later
The next and last was four miles, and for four
cared boats and two prizes were offered The boats
tered were the M j. Gleason OF Charlest0wn; Geo. G.
wiggin, OF East Boston, Union, Of East Boston, and
the Sheridan and What Cheer. OF Boston. The What
dan the second 90 minutes and q seconds and the
Union came in 30 seconds after The others dis
tancod.
In the evening there were numerous demonstrations
In the line OF fireworks and promenade the
grounds beneath the shadow Of the Bunker Hill Monu-
ment.
Celebration mt tho New Town Of Airing.
ton Speeches Of Governor Bullock and
Others.
In the new town OF Arlington. formerly West Cam
bridge, there was also quite pompous celebration,
account Of change Of name at which large number Of
prominent ofnoias present The nth Of June was
chosen for the Demonstration order that the citizens
might indulge In dow Of patriotism that town, like
the early days Of the American Revolution. Airing.
ton Is situated between Cambridge and Lexington, and
passed 10 1776 their 70 encounter those embat
lied farmers" Who SIRED the shot heard round the
qusntly West Cambridge, and now Arlington and 3 ono
Of the finest gardening towns about Boston. Tho N
evabe salute and ringing Of bells were heard morning.
and night requisites without which Massachu-
setts celebration considered complete The procession
was under the command Of Addison Gage.
men present on the occaGon-amons them Governor
Bullock and the various members OF his staf Senator
sumner General Banks Hon alexander n Rice. ex-
who has recently been assigned TO this mill
tary district; Admiral Rodgers, OF tho Chalres.
town Navy Yard. and crowd Of Massachusetts,
Major and Brgadier Generals At the grand dinner the
Governor, Senator Sumner, Richard H Dana. Jr Gene
raj Banks, General Foster and Admiral Rodgers made
speeches The political gentlemen beat shy Of politics.
and touched, ~ did the Others upon thoughts sug-
gested BY the situation Of the town. being on the
old route passed by the British during the fight
from Lexington to Boston. The Governor In his
speech chrtstened the new town.
During the exercises in the tent heavy rain storm
came on. This inerfered little with the proceedings,
but did not succeed in postponing the regatta, In
which the Harvard crews pulled. The regatta took
place At about six o'clock, and consisted Of
two races. In the nrst the Junior Second boat
OF 1895 and the Freshmen Second boat OF 1870
apsresks and six cared pulled The course WISE mile
and half and the prizes six silver cups The juniors
won the race by two seconds Their time minutes
and seconds The second was between the shells
OF the freshmen class boat Of 1870 and the Scientific
school, over the same course and for six silver gobets
The boat OF the Freshmen was little out Of repair This
race the scentfcs won their time being eight mna.>>
and forty-two seconds while that OF tue fresnmep ga
nina minutes and fifteen seconds.