The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-16

lead or the Lively may easily be conceived BY
the reader, bu. couu hardly be described by al
eye witness OF tha scene. lhs nrng OF cannon
soned town, but so terrific roar "a that which
ensued, until Admiral Graves was VIDE awake
enough to cheek &C. had certainly never been
heard around Boston before. IL may well have
been believed Dy some or tse least supersttious
among the classes OF people left in the town that
the day OF doom had come in earaest-and some
OF them hoped IL had Tor the troops ana tories.
COUNCIL or WAR,
II seems unaccountable that 1t could have been
nearly nalf-past eleven O'Clock IN the forenoon
before an order. so far a. we know, went 10 the
troops. Certainly the people were aroused at an
early hour. but the offcers who were to form the
council OF war may have been dllatory IN rising.
scene before them, not at Dorchester but ON tho
heights or Bunker Hii; and OF course they must
be disodged. The council II Is said recommended
landing up the river, IN the rear OF them; and
certainly this would have been an enectual pro-
ceednr. Tne Neck was very narrow and ships OF
war or batteries could sweep across with their
guns either from the Mystic or the Charles River
but Cage, VINO certainly was quick To see some
things, IS his letters prove perceived at once
that IL placed his forces IN a situation 10 be
attacked on both 5ides-tn fact. though perhaps
he did not know it. from three directions. Ward
must nave come down from Cambridge, stark
from MedfOrd ana Prescott from Bunker HILL. lie
mu.s nave rejected the opinion o. ms council or
trenchment seifditHt so the council broke up
aud
ORDERS IssuKp roR TROOPS.
or course these went through General Howe,
second IN command. II had often been said that
1.-THE dover OF the British army was In Boston,
aud these, ten selected companies. with the
Thirty -nfth and FoTty-ninth regiments, were on
their way 10 Long Wharf At twelve O'Clock. III the
people st Concord had had the same length OF
time to prepare for Colonel Smiths WISH two
months before neither ne nor Pitcairn nor q man
OF mis- aetachment would ever have returned !. to
Boston on the 19tn OF Aprfl.
KMBARKATIoN AND LANDING.
The boats ana barges we're ready at Long wharf;
the cannon we're mounted over the bows or seme
OF them toe red coats we're brilnant and beauti-
ful; their arms dashed IN she Sunlight; the Gen.
eral and his stan doubt, we're elegantly dressed,
and the whole stream OF boats, as they moved In
parallel Ines must have looked picturesque and
gallant while the royal neet OF Admiral Graves
lay about them with coors dying ana iul Of ex-
element, ready TO cover ther landing at the right
moment
We nave only space 70 call tire attention or the
reader 20 tins magnificent scene, as " was calmly
viewed by the 'srepelsU Ia the red0ubt on one
size, and His Excellency the Governor OF the
colony OF MASSACHUSETTS Bay, Admiral Graves, Of
the Royal Navy, the self-conddenS General Bur.
goyne, ana the nervous CLINTON, on the other.
These last sat there, on Co7p's hlll, about one
mie IA the bird lies from The redoubb, and
watched the terrible scene OF conflict which soon
followed this brilliant display
Prescott SAYS he ordered the artillery and the
Connecticut troops 20 oppose their landing, and
we presume such an order WIS given but II IL
certain that no attempt was made 10 obey II or
CARR IL out. The British accounts say the troops
landed witsout oupoaltion. and Prescott SAYS tha