The New York herald., 1876-03-18

nUs. oe M re rnnsports and reinforcements which
were on their way the town stu the euemy were
comneiled 10 leave behind them ordnance, goods ana
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. property which were OF great value and
which were put excellent service Oy the ProVincias
General Cages chariot tipped OH OF wnaIl was le hos
rom INC Provincial batteries TO keep the enemy mind
fnl OF the value speed OF time The streets were
hsrrcaded and the inhabitants were warned 70 keep
,n,at an their dwellings while critical operations we're
ia progress Ii would seem that only contrary
wind kept the enemy rom leaving on sa.uiuayi
Al anv rate there was leisure enough for the per-
ne,ratinr OF more mischief and outrage they
chose the Puritan saturday evening the midnign. ana
The early hours Of Sunday Tor their departure Keen
set eves were watching Tor the moment when the
auard should be Withdrawn IRON The gates al the Neck
St sunrise the enemy aloat IN their dismantled
and encumbered vessels, and those which carried the
tories were the first TO reach and leave The outer mar
bor AS keen eyes as were any on the land were Aso
watching Yankee decks between the Capes 10 PICK
mn nnv siracglers Oficers men ana marines, in num-
her nearly 900 women and !, 100 tories and thelr
families found their crowded quarters In seventy-eght
ships and transports. But would they really sail away
or nger send back their Parthlan vengeance rom
their guns desoiate the shore townsf Ana u 'hoy
sailed away whittier would they gor only alter Ten
days was Washington relieved of part OF his anxiety
Dy the dnal departure OF the cet leaving only guard
TO reduce the Of his anxiety he bad already dc
spalchcd a force 10 New York. The harbor was not
wholly opened till the provincals, by works con
struclcd the shores aud headands urove away .ne
last sentinel ship June just two years after the fort
Bil had closed IT, Then our little navy had reVei In
It's prize rakinss,
The old town was again IN tho hands OF its citizens and
protectors Tins glorious day ahundred years ago.
but II had IT'S deep shadows ana lis dark iears ihere
wns no parade OF pomp procession or lestiviiy or
light gicc public show OF JOY at US nrst re-
possessIon. Charcsown vas a complete desolaton
a. mourniul chimney stacks while some Quaker sem
tries stood mockingly IN i abandoned ioruucaIohs.
There foul Injections ieit IN Boston, when even
the raw air OF The spring could not drVe away anu u
ease long continued IT'S ravagcs here. lmpcdimehts
and traps were set IN tho way oil thosc VINO
should first rush The town was scrratcd with mill
tary works Many OF its homes were einptied, de-
polluted. and It's warehouses uau
There was general aspect Of devastation, though the
hand of violence had not wrought complete
wreck had been feared. The remnant Of US hOer'y-
loving people showed by their pinchsd ana haggaru
and their wasted irames what they had
been enduring from alarms and irguts' roh sieePess-
ness, from cold and hunger. = ,,
Toward The close of his address Rev. DIR. Ellis said:
have not brought this r'ya, arolia .aoies nc neio
and put it 10 this lo-dy Win any intent 10 10
slight dshonor, but IS valued rene suggestive OF
days and relations Sng pas. 10 nos ipnsc' % 1a 1u'
rather tendcrly re-emDer, that the queeny lady VINO
now bears tpat proud cscutcheon with her lamented
Prince Consor, restrained her royal power from any
other EXERCISE than tha of noble and generous sy M
pathy dung the distractions OF our sad civil conflict
saw crown placed upon her head on her corona
tiop tlay in Westminster Abbey aud have loved
since TO her of dignity and fidelity vile,
mother and queen OF her mag nilcent Empire And "
our story to-day has dealt harshly with one who hled
throne before her, let not close IL without the
expression OF our proIoundest homage and respect 40
queen victoria n9 our be 10 'ai all
mcn--but as our ally and our friend
Two suggestive thoughts burdened, tho one with
perpetual interest," come 10 our minus aer lne re-
hearsa of the story OF Boston's humiliation and res
toration Frst--lt was right ana iar ia lhe ordering
OF the method and action of our Revolutionary war
that the brunt of the struggle should have come rst
most severely, protractcdy and decsively here Dos
ton had generated provoked invited the contest with
the mother She herself boastcd In her town
meeting that she had been stationed by Providence
in the front rank OF the conflict" Here were first
uttered calm and passioness but and oogent
protests, manly remOnstrances dignhed petitions. As
these daicd with and failed II was natural that
ilnkr fhnuu frat har
with threats, dchanccs, insults aud outrages. Truly
the town described, and not deamea, in Parlia-
ment ''the hot-bed OF dsallcctionn Truly did
General Gage write TO Lord Darlmouih''In this town
the arch-rebels formed their scheme long ago.
With all justice were the sharpest censures and in
vectIves uttered the House OF Lords against the
pestile1t nuisance Boston town meeting, whose un-
known origin and authority and perpetual vitality by
adjournment seemed TO have given II start at the
creation Of all things and to make 1t independent
OF resurrection, because II never died Those meet.
ngs originated the OF concert and action ior
the province and continent Here too, the largest
group OF clear headed individuals comforting and work.
lug together patriots, by method and progress,
popular speakers and writer's skilled in argument and
pleading, reading old laws and learning how 10 put
and better on the statute book Here too, were
clubs of patriots and liberty men, whose prejudices
were so intense against teapos that they ventured 10
run the greater risk of punch bowls IL was wholly
right and far then that Boston should have been tie
fhs sSM o ss xSafesnGS a & form of quc
tion-Why Is II that when dire disaster, by Hood or
hre, pesteace or famine, IS visited upon any spot,
town country, of this arspread continent tho rst
appeal or sympathy and aid, swiftly the throb-
bIng wires can bring it, is to Boston? And why is 1T
that the more distant the scene aud the more strange
the Of the place OF the disaster TO us the
nearer and more familiar does Boston seem TO the
sunerersy The answer made by some will bc-Because
Boston rich and thrifty, and It's people have repue
for kindness. without dspung that, must
that there is deeper reason, one that rsts on debt
and Obligation. With all the drafts purses
we have but paid SIMPLE interest on bonded claim.
In the dismal and Crushing late visited upon trading
and commercial Boston by the parliamentary act which
hermetcally closed port to all entrance exit and
traffic. our House o Representatives resolved that this
tyrannous blow struck against this town aimed
equally against the province and the colonized
tlncnL The province and continent took at
word. They recognized the truth aud acted upon 1t
The orator concluded as Ollows:-
In dcliberallng upon letter received from Boston
the Congress Philadelphia, October 10, IVA,
solved unanimously that the people OF Boston should
find 1t necessary 10 leave IL and seek the country alI
America ought 10 contribute toward recompensing
them for the injury they may thereby sustain; and
Boston, was phrase familiar over the continent, aud
it included, tor some articles Of need, all he inhabl-
tants. The letters OF sympathy which from the
whole length and breadth OF the country, from town
and city hamlet and solitary settlement and the re-
plies TO Them nil two stout Volumes And the SYM
paihy in these letters always took the iorm OF in
voices. inventories and maniests Of all subsan tal
gifts. food, commodities, money. Even these had to
reach the town by tedious land circuits. Virginia. too,
bes .des sending the delyerer OF Boston, sent
OF her rItemcn, did also Maryland, join pro-
vincia orces Tor sharper service than The farmers
old muskcts could perform. Truly then, docs all that
boston do Tor The victims OF calamity the
whole Union urge itself as enIaed obligation ccog
nized by admitted CLAIMS
Twice in the century has this blessed and privileged
heritage OF been rescued and redeemed by
ourselves. and then against and Tor ourselves have
the heart TO recognize the lugubrlous utterances
heard among US just now over the commercial troubles
and The wrecks OF honor IN high places which have
thrown shadow upon our otherwise lubilant centcn-
mails The times are not dreary; the men who live
not degenerate The capital stock OF pubic Wis
dom, happiness ana virtue has steadily Increased He
who because OF exceptional forms OF evil and
wrong consigns MS own age or heritage TO decay,
shows only his ignorance OF the truth OF history ana
his distrust OF The divine Workings all progressive
possibly work through community Is The allowance.
# unquesoncd, OF prevailing decay of public and
private virtue Our brightest hope Is in disbeleving
that, and our noblest security Is IN dsproving H.
AS read the history OF fathers, IN all their gen
eratiOns. their toll and virtue seem 10 have been
happiness OF their postcr.ty. And firmly believe
that single individual can follow the hignest pat
tern Of earthly life unless his hope and faith Ink
lninrc. go nnd Ll nrnYed In All h-onranhLn. nnL