New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-19


of Lexington and Concord. ] quote few more Of
those in this town. In the residence Of D. W. Muz
zey, "the home of victim of the first fire OF the
British On the house in which WRITE THE home
of Parson Clarke--the Refuge of Hancock and
Adams" on house near the junction of WOburn
and Main-sts, "Home of Benjamin Merriam, 1775.
Taken for a hospital by the Regulars, April 10,
1872 On the house OF X. ii. Merriam the memoir
able words Of Samuel Adams, "What glorious day
for American An old building on Elm-aye. ia
marked as "the home Of Jonathan HarTing-
ton, jr., who was shot the battlefield
and died his own Threshold" another
as "the home Of Daniel Harrington, Clerk OF
Parker's company" and still another as the home
of Caleb Harrington, of the immortal eight who
fell April 10, 1775" Directly opposite the common
is the residence of John Hudson, which is over
hundred years old Here rooms are provided for
the use of visiting members Of the Press. Into this
house ran two of the patriots one of them wounded,
who were surprised by the British in All attempt to
get some powder which had been stored IN the
Westinghouse for the use of the PrOvincisls. We
cannot look in any direction without seeing some
reminder of the massacre by Pitcairn's soldiers.
THE TWO CELEBRATIONS.
The appearance of the town, the character OF the
people, and the arrangements for the day all Indicate
that the celebration at Concord will be the more
arstocraic of the two observauces of the occasion.
The clean, well-kept walks at Concord have been
swept with even more than usual care, the signs
which mark the many historic spots are boldly
painted in black white pine boards, as II to make
sure that should miss seeing the old meeting
house where gathered the first Provincial Congress,
the old tavern where Major Pitcairn made his bloody
boast tho provincial storehouse and the site of the
old Courthouse The houses which the events
~ tho day ma1a faJnoua In Lexington
designated only by. strips of canvass with
legends painted in q less sef-asserting way.
The blood at Concord may be no blUer than at Lex
ington, but the names of Ralph Waldo Emerson and
E. lockwood Hoar have fame that is national,
while those of Hudson and Stetson are provincial.
Then too note the scrupulous exactness with which
the order of the procession has been arranged at the
former place. II is old saying at Harvard, annu-
ally repeated "Who will know how TO de-
termne the order of precedence at Com
mencement when old Sibley is no longer there r.
Some may well say: "Who in 1875 can arrange The
line of distinguished guests with such nice ond dch-
cate appreciation Of the rank and station as is shown
In the order todayi" The common observer viii
not see that Concords arrangement is any better
than that of Lexington, but let him ask Mr. Sibley
and he could give him an answer why each person
should be assigned precisely that place and no other
At Lexington the Governor follows the President, at
Concord he precedes him, and in the Lexington pro-
cessiOn place has been assigned the Collector OF
the Port of Boston, who, by the way, has won the
sincere thanks and gratitude of the Committee OF
Arrangements for the vigorous efforts he has made
to eecure the prompt delivery of the Han
cock and the Adams statues. The Concord
Committee even in the day of their rejoicing could
not forgive Simmons and if he ventures TO join them
it will only be unbidden guest. 10 slight the
Collector of the Port is not an unpardonabe sin,
for the President whom he is often called
upon to represent On festive occasions, Is
10 be there in person, but it is said that
their applicability has gone further Gen.
Butler though living in the county, not twenty
miles away-when he is not running for Congress
is reported not to have been invited. This slight is
the more marked for he is the Major-General com
handing the militia of Massachusetts,, which will
be represented there by full regiment. No one
seems to know whether he will be present or not
THE CELEBRATION AT LEXINGTON.
A TOWN AGLOw WITH ZEAL AND ENJOYMENT
TIMELY ARRIVAL OF THE ADAMS AND HANCOCK
sTATUEs-THE SUNDAY SERVICES AT LEXINGTON
HELD WITHIN Doogs-THE GREAT CROWDS.
fBY TELEGRAPH FROM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT
LEXINGTON, April 1s.--Botb Concord and Lexing-
ton have put forth all their energies to make the
play of bunting in Concord is not only profuse
than at Lexington but is disposed with more taste
and variety of design. Lexington has gayer and
more festive air, and the town il all aglow
with democratic zeal and enjoyment. Although
the ceremonies do not tproperly begin until Monday,
vet crowds Of people came out from Boston to-day;
and there is doubt that, if the trains had run az
on week days, there would have been almost as many
people in either town as will be found there to-mor-
row. There will be danger-unless better provision
is made for feeding the unlimited multitude than Is
probable Judging from the way in which hotels and
eating booths are provided with food to-day-that
the crowd will make fOray on the caterers
tables and sweep them clean in sclf-defense.
Full price is charged for very stngy meal OF very
poor victuas. The greatest anxiety has been felt,
lest the statues of John Hancock and Samuel Adams
should not arrive in time but they now both here
and have been set in their places on the platform.
The statue of John Hancock is by Gould, and that
of Adams by Milmore. According TO the con-
tract they were both to have been delivered
in Lexington on tho first day OF January,
but they did not leave Italy until the end
Of tho month; AMI it Is certainly q happy
coincidence that, though one came from Italy by
sailing vessel direct to Boston and the other by
steamer from Liverpool they both arrived
off the coast within twenty-four hours
of each other Tho Hon. Charles Hudson
had made arrangements with the officers Of the Gus
tom-house, and the statues we're sent forward with
ont any delay reaching the end Of their long journey
in good order.
In Concord the qniet of the Sabbath, usually
marked in that village, was broken by the
Inancuvering of the military, two or three
companies Of militia going through their
exercises on tho green, and finally marching off 10
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