New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-15
TIE BATTLE or BUNKER HILL
WHEN D1D WASHINGTON MAR TIE Nrws'

WHEN DID WASHINGTON HEAR TIE NiNSi
TO the razor Of the Trf6Epe.
SIR: In the account Of the Battle Of
Dmsers IIu. IN paper Of june - there occurs the
following passage;
Con WASHINGTON rad hist boon appointed by the
Congress the Cor1naDdtu-Clef Of 5ho itrot isces,
NE Ell, OF jun. on the - e. accompanied by Le AMI
schuyler his journey neith. and accori'ne 70
one writer. Lad not proceeded 30 miles from PA-
He,isa ,t, c g p, II,i e,rls saws flf ne l,d NOS
receive the intelligence until his arrival In Ncw-York
AN examination OF contemporary authorities VIII satisfy
most persons that Mr. Sparks right ana should ne
borne in mind that express IN those days was
vcgy different ar FROM what 80 Arcss would now Dr'
Is railroads and electric toleeraps allowed Of the eX-
stenee Of such peI,ouse The news Of tie surrender
OF Charleston = c. was a month in reaching Piadel
plia by express According TO me Erepng Post of Phil
aielphia, Cen Washington icf Philadelphia on the 23d
OF june not on tho q st. stated above. Hcso 10 Inc
account, without abIidgcmcnti
Fmt,prIPrr, June "a
Yesterday morning The General. Washington aad Lee
SCI OF from this Gt IN s'c TIE nd w the Aucf-
can Army at NJ slciuaeits Bay. They were zee ina-
II e ION, town ,y fe troop light aud by all Che
..ccr. ~ the CITY militia On horseoIcE, wno went no
farther thfm about fre miles, |hcn 'y "a lii.u ~;
tie continued with them, ANA now lar they VIII
go Is uncertain
Christopher Marshall IN his Diary makes no mention
OF the bat.e until 18th Of june when he says An
evrress arrived this day with sindry from
rho Boston camp For particular me FreE"g POST
Sn,nb 81" on turning the paper OF tins nupnher'
which IL dated june - the tenth day after the baltic,
tho follow ing accounts ure found
PHILADELPHIA June ~.
This morning express arrived from tue hds'''-
o,,srtfs Provincial Congress with account Of the lAe
engagement 81 BuakeI'a I'LL and Chlliesfowu
And this is followed by long account OF the battle
In The sane paper this account probably brought rs
tho express: . ,,o
Friday night number of the pgOvlncials liIenched
on IHuker Hi Ch..ricstODn anI Oh Saturday about
noon "A large number OF regulars from Boston came
across Charles River and landed te below the hat-
cry near Point, when bloody battle CONNER
huafiy heinz Killed ala VOunGed on npth sidcs Ire
very negyv fire Tho shipping tho battery ON cops
THi Boston. together with the train ~ the enemy,
phi,ed the pruVinciaIs Ia retreat lttle TINS sue
Cl,,r-stoNu Neck about sunset when the enemy TOOK
NJ zion our infencuIruti after which tiey set
IL town Of Ch ,rieftOwn on fire. beginning WIN the
hear tey nave noteit one Diiidg
Wcosulu The engagement c0hilhGrS al tis fn'ii-
clfinn O'Clock, with lltfrmi,slons III" CONFUSION "l
tine lines renders ID impractioaDe 10 give a particular
account OF what already occurred, bt nope 70 give
"A good one in next. The Pfoyinciais are III Ai-h
spirits
II Gen Washn left Philadelphia for Cambridge on
either TIE Olaf or tie esd Of June, and the news of the
battle Of Breeds Hin Improperly called Bunkers HID
did not reach Philadelphia until the 9th ~ me MONTH
he must have proceeded much more than 20 miles when
be- met with the news. Mr. sparks was careful his
tOrian. w.
PHILADELPHIA June Io. 1875.