Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-11-28
ONEHUNDRED YEARS
Have Passed Since the British
Troops Left New York City,
And the Gothamites Celebrate the
Event With Great Pomp and
Enthusiasm.
Fifty TkeHsand Citizen in Line and
Magnificent Naval Display---
The Tive Cities Gorgeous
with RWntisS and
Fall or People.

NEW EaRE, New. S.-TkS long list or
EAvslxsisnsry esateaaia2s, which began at
Lsxinxsea, kpra n, 1875, close with the CEN
taAnn na esfebrse4sa sf the evacuation of this
cry by NE His4zh troops On the 25th of No
vsMbsr, f7B fn SAs very beginning of the
w0f Shs Bri$tssh had fsrsseen the Importance
Of hsldfnE Esw York And throughout the
long s<ugsas they rsteined possession of
Assfhssssn ssiana with grip so tenacious
aEee NO sEsre Il TIE patriot army could dis
lsage a,sM FAs peepis Of the city
srfsrsa ssysrsay in consequence OF the
leg and expressive occupation, and it
wss vfSh q acrss sf satisfaction, appreci-
ssed - scans sxesuS by the New Workers of to-
asE, Hsst sasy wesBhsfi the enbarkation OF
theHngfisa and Eassfea soldiers. IN May,
ISe6, efeer the w0r was practically over, Sir
Suy eArtsssa psaisvsd Gen. Clinton of the
ecunszad IL the BEitssh forces in America,
making hrs lseadeuarsers ia this city. Be-
Se~sn this e4fcer sad den. Washington there
aew sr relatsszs ef dig11ifed, almost
EqeRiHy, iAsrcourye. 20 that ID was compare
Sepeey eszy ts negotiate the arrangements for
6e Enni sst Of the drama. On the oath Of
N6wezaSsr Washington received from Carrie
tsa ssrresous nete informing him that the
DStisA trooPs wosld be withdrawn on the
following day.
On sfTe morning of that day tbs streets of
the efty were sgain resplendent with the gay
uniforms Of the soldiers and resounded with
the strains Of martial music, as the army
marched to the transport fer the final en-
harkation, accompanied by the weeping ex-
Ties, who were leaving the country hopeless of
return. As the last of the troops embarked,
the head OF the American column entered the
e4ey. Washington, with Gov. Clinton, led the
PROCESSION, attended by troops Of citizens rid
inS light abreast, aud by the long columns Of
those patriotic o;diers who for so many years
had borne the burden of the war. SalvoS of
artillery ani the cheers Of the populace
greeted the conquering heroes of Princeton, of
Saratoga and of Yorktown, as they entered
upon the formal possession OF the city.
A few amusing incidents are related. As
the Brit n troops were marching along the
eye OF the provost marshal caught sight Of an
American flag floating from housetop, and
he ordered it hauled down, but a woman
with a broomstick defended it so obstinately
that the order could not be obeyed. The flag
staff at the battery, TOO, was CREASED, and the
fanyards and cfeats removed, 50 as to make it
difficult 10 hoist the American flag while the
British were still IN view, but an active
sailor, with 6he help of sand and ashes, soon
reached tine top, and raised the victorious flag
in full sight of the retreating army.
With reference to the condition Of the
American army at the time Of the evacua-
tdon. Sc Gath says Maj Ben: Perley Poore
told him that the United States troops which
marched into New York on that day were
picked Massachusetts, troops Mai. Poole
was asked:
''Were the Massachusetts, troops who came
in here very ill-dressedr'
mo. The picture that Harper's Weekly
presents Of barefooted soldiers coming down
Broadway is, venture the opinion, more
fanciful than real. You seq, the army had
been laying around Newburg for about two
years, with nothing to do. The credit of the
states had picised rp. Massachusetts, was
powerful state at that time, relative to the
others, and wtth a military spirit, and she
was able TO put her regiment on a first rate
footing, 50 as to look well in the occupation
of New York"
Major Sumner who commanded these
troops was the grandfather of Charles Sum
uer