The New York Herald Newspaper, June 8, 1843, Page 2

of powder. As for food ter, h-minded will always appreciate the a gush tad tho anes of survive, where those who alike nit 5 it was their opening bear away as laurels, ev Upon their bicks, whieh the failure of smmunition and r Yes, they did show tl their country lourels of pa side of the water, its effects upon our own army through L.4 wi and determination respect ‘the provincials. We might find in ment of the war, some 1 their military elements on June 17th. But we will confine ourselves to ‘astatement of its immediate results which were favorable to our ra Many of our officers had r Great Britain, and were in time of the battle, whieh they of cor The British took Bunker and Breed’s Hills, and guards upon the tween the two peut tagcous to them, of the year when Boston, unwholesome by im tal. The cool height refuge; yet the; their labor in de’ bucks ouee'to thoeerwhoes . w ac already seen twice; and if they retreated once, their faces for later and pt ge their muskets while enemy were destroying a tence which crossed Patuam, with an oath, threatened to cut down wi sword the next offender. The word was given when the enemy were within eight rods. The artillery made a lane through the column, and now the fowling ictims, especially the otticers, were compelled : magn out the influence of which it infused it ery su juent engage! Seal who had Jearne: brance and honor to his name; | it was only thatthey might save wider opportunities of contront , ond it decided the spirit and y had freed them nity for wioning re the battlefeld mas the patriot soldier, for there alone can he Let the chivalry and the maguanimity of Warren forever istory, but let not a partial opening combat alltheir subsequent campaigns. selves during the engagemeat from all that natural re- juctance which they had horetolore felt in turnin ns ugainst the breasts of former frien, insmen. On that eminence, the first bright ve land, kindled the eyes ore, and the image pieces mowed down their filla brilliant poge in our homege attuch to him the honor to’ which It was no part of his pure pur h his brethren on that held, to monopoiize its honors, and to figure as its hero. stood among equals in devotion and then, is his claim, which, when fully honors of that summit to the leader of the hi Aad while such was the issue at the redoubt, the left wing, at the rail feace, aided by some reiaforcements which had arrived too late, wasmaking a vigorous stand at their defences. But the retreat at the redoubt com- defenders to yield with slow and re- heir flank was opened to the enemy.— he commanded and implored swore that he would with fearful celerity. The assailants retreat, leaving behind them heaps of the tilory bad eters tillery had st id do received thelr commissio: the receipt of halt pey at the nough that he Liberty, of a free ni of those who were expiring in passed between the living and the dying to seal the cove nant, that the hope of the one, or the date of the other, ; Should unite them here or hereattei of that battle, which, transmitted by swift couriers over the length and breadth of the continent, would every vhere prepare the spirit to follow it up with determined resistance to every {uture act of aggression. we exaggerate the relative importance of this day’saction? Did it not in fact open the contest, dividin, parties, nof only those determined for the miu. colony, but likewise all timid, hesitatiug, reluctant neu- trails? It was ditficult efter this to Did it not at once render all reconciliation impossible, till ould offer itself in company with justice and liberty ? Did it not echo the gathering cry which brought tegether our people from their far art of war, thatterrible only as it is the more skilful: needs no rhetoric to magnify nals. After its sun went down, the provincials parted with all fear, hesitation, and reluctance. They found that it was easier to fight; the awful roar of the death-deal- ing arms associated itself in their minds with all their wrongs, ond all their hopes, and with the sweet word of liberty. The pen with which petitions were written had been found to be powerless : words of remonstrance left no itnpression upon the air. There was but one resource From the village homes and farm houses around, amid the encouraging exhortations, as well as the teacful prayers omen took from their chimne well.proved weapons of a life the woods, and felt, for the firsttime, what it was to havea ind resolved for the first time that they would save their country or be mourned by hi And iffurther evidence be nee importance attached to this day’s conflict, refer to the effect which the announcement of it produced in Great Britain, upon the ministry and the people: One fact pain fully evident to the student of our revolutionary history, is, that the war was commenced by the ministry, and al- lowed by the people, under the ofthe character and courage province. Parliament was. ped in the slough oF Mt could de Hat little. The and their shot passed caus. The trees their trunks unscathed, while th died through and through. Th itgetfara eaharenb tne Now it was that our troops and our cause suffered from the want{ofdiseipline, and from thi arent inthe whole management of the action, 0: in the hasty and imperfect lowed, leaves the eads of the Ameri ‘were afterwards observed with anches were rid. jonate shout of vic the American lines, ng. r. It was the report preparation, and in their ignorance of the purposes of the enemy. The Neck of hed joy the engines of death, and clouded b: us raised, was an almost insuperable obstacle on of reinforcements. in spirit and in skil!, had been put in com- alion of infantry in compliment to his He lost, and could not ‘recover, sion anicourage. Though ordered to the hill, vaneed towards Charlestown slowly and fearfully though urged by Colonel Frye to hasten, he was sal with the poor service of firing three-pounders from Cob ble Hill upon the Glasgow. fused obedience to such weakness, and ordered his men to ; Colonel Gerrith, with his ar- tillery on Bunker’s Hill, could neither be urged nor inti- midated by Putnam to bring his pieces to the rail fence. corpulence, and overcome with heat and fatigue. His men had been scattered frem the the shot from the Glasgow, which t here, a8 it was thought to be the scattering bands to rally, and win them the victory. For his foul profanity he made a sincere confession before the churc! ef which he was a member, after the war. Pomeroy likewise implored the men to rally, but in ‘The last resistance at the rail fence restrained the enemy from cutting off the retreat of the provincials. Yet he enemy were in nocondition to pursue, as they were alike ex usted, and were content with the litil ground which they had so dearly P ed to Cambridge by the Neck, and by the with them only one of the six ich they had brought to the field. id congregation void taking sides. and were exposed to ‘0 driving snow storms. d lestown give the enemy any facility in fresh provisions, in which the coun: hich they hed enjoyed little, if any, Ta this respect, their condi- they could procure no el, ave what came in the hve stock and the nd intercepted many of the f from an officer Mojor Gridley, i) ing supplies of try abounded, but of w! after the battle of Lexington. tion wes trying in the extreme; fresh meat, vegetables, by water. TLe provincialt hay off the harbor. ial amd detacoers vessels entering with supplies. In in Boston toa fF atleman in London, dated July 25th, the writer says, they felt themselves wors ike afew children in daily grew more bold, g the regulars to fear that, when the short , the threats would be executed. He adds, Know our situation as well as we do ourselves, are leit in town, who acquaint them 3, making signals by night with gunpowder, and atday, out of the church steeples. About three weeks ago, three’ fellows were taken out of one of Coniessed that he had been eo employed ‘Another wos caught last week swim- ming over to the rebels, with one of their general’s in his pocket. He will be hanged in a day or two.” The writer adds other instances of the bo! in beating in the advanced ‘shops, to learn the ich grows more merciful pursued ? This de in oar revolutionary an- vincials retreat ‘aptain, Trevett, re- | pieces of artillery wh The battle had occupied about twe hours, the just before tive o’clock. The Brit their arms at Bunker Hill all night, discharging their pieces against the Americans who were salely encamped upon Prospect Hill, at the distance of a mile. Gen. Prescott repaired to head-quarters to make re- turn of his trust. He was indignant at the loss of the battle, and implored Gen. Ward to commit to him three romising with them to win back the already honorably accomplished all that his country might demand. He complained bitterly that the reinforcements, which might have given to his triumph the completeness that was needed to make it a victery, had failad him. A year afterwards, when he was in the American camp at New York, he was how narrowly he had escaped with life. A Bri geant, who was brought intothe-camp,on meeting with Prescott there, called him by name. Prescott inquired how or where he had known him. The man replied that he knew him well, and that his acquaintance began atthe battle in Charlestown. pointe out to him as the commander, and in the firet two attacks, he had singled him out and taken a deliberate sition at each time was so favorable as to convince him the shot would be fatal, yet Prescott had been unharmed. On the third attack, impelled by tarpose, he had charged thecommander at the e bayonet, but the strong arm and the sword of Prescott thrust aside the weapon, and the baffled ser- geant concluded him to be invulnerable. esented the poor soldier with a gilt of charity to relieve pierced garments of the hero, bear witness to the repeated follow him to the works. He was unwieldy with summit of the hill took tremendous e! of their families, the ‘The: stacks the familiar an: from the villains that fresh regiments, with all our proceeding: ‘The enemy rallied for asecond ,attack. Thongh they had sorely suffered, and some few ‘ef the officers were re- luctantto renew the fatal effort, yet the large body, like the general, would have yielded to death ix horror, before they would have left the whom they had always represented as cowards. At this erisis four hundred reinforcements came over from Bos- ‘ton to repair the British loss, and Dr. Jeffries accompanied them assurgeon. The regulars again steadily advanced, and with the dreadful apathy of feeling induced by a battle-field, they even piled up the bodie: tered comrades as a breastwork for their own protection. ‘The artillery was now drawn up dy the road which di vided the tongueof land on the Mystic from the hill, to withia nine hundred feetof the rail fence. The object was to bring it on aline with the redonbt, and to open & way forthe infantry. It was during this seeond attack that Charlestown was set on fire. Probably a double purpose was intended by thisact : first, that the smoke might cover the advance of the enemy; and, second, to dislodge some of the provinci the houses had annoyed the British left wing. General Howe sent over the order to Bu the town, and the order was fulfilled by carcasses thrown led by some marines who landed from the Somerset, completed the work of desola- er. ded in support ofthe high rossest misapprehension the inhabitants of this a state of perfect infatuation ve ear to the speeches that advised the measures of the ministry, and represented the enforcing of them as ‘h Parliament had been warned ion of our former Governor, Pownall, by the philosophy of Burke, and the tender a f Lord Chatham, that conciliatory measures wou! the only efficient measures, there was either stupidity, folly or madness in the self-conceited persuasion, that a race ofmen who hed left their native country to escape oppressiow, would consent to be oppressed in’ anew coun try, redeemed by themfrom a wilderness, made habitable by virtuous toil, and endeared as alwa; three English governors of this province, and the minis. at home, have represented the American people as jolly under the control of a {ew ambitious leaders, de- magogues or revolutionists, who, hy exciting speeches, enthusiasm among the multitude, sajoling and flattering them with the enticing word, liberty. It was alleged in Parliamen‘ that the people wonld succumb, if their leaders could be silenced. ‘This battle proved that a people who showed such a spirit. must be capable of ori ginating some enthusiosm in themselves, as well as of yy others. They had been repre: f their slaxgh- Prescott had there been lay becalmed within a mile. "And what a cheering spectacle was set before the eyes of our fathers when the American army, upon all the beautiful and elevated bills which bound the semicircle around, confined their enemy to these two pen- ‘There was no concealing the fact shat tthe mir isterial troops felt deeply the degradation of situa. on S by it to a degree that weakened through the whole war. jhington, on assuming aim. Though hi awork. For thou; the local inform: tion, and were dispirit their moral and physical energie: From the beat information that his command, July 3d, could obtain, he rated the number of the enemy at 11,500, while the provine 16,000to 17,000. ‘The seatries of the opposing forces sta~ tioned upon Charlestown Neck were near enough to con- remindedof that admira- \gton—a scrupulous , who from the shelter of Prescott kindly eyne and Clinton to fire in_ his family, efforts ofhis foe. The number of our troops in the action, including the cecasional reinforcements, and those who came only to cover the retreat, didnot exceed, ifit reached, 3,000." Of these, 115 were killed and missing, 305 were wounded, and 30 were taken prisoners; making our whoie loss 450 Prescott’s regiment suffered most severely. The whole British loss was rated by tho Provincial Congress,on their best information, at 1500, but Gage acknowledged only 1054, including 89 officers; 226 being killed, and 628 wounded. Loud and agonizing was the mouraing in Boston when the wounded were conimitted to the crowded hospitals; and the sympathies of the inhabitants were demande alike for friends and foes. But though the sword was lifted against our fathers by din acause which we must pro- unrighteous and tyrannical, from Copp’s Hill, which, We are forcibl: verte together. ble trait in the character of attention to minutiw®—as well us of the spirit of patriotism tained us under the war, by several of the sued by our General under these oircum: expressly forbade that any post of ty, such asthat of sentry or gui Roxbury or Charlestown Neck, should be committed to any ether than a native of this co who had a wife and family in it, and was known t “ This order is to be considered as a standing one, and the officers are to pay obedience to it at their poril ” The contrast between the health and the food of the re- gulars and of the provincials was extremely tantalizing. HanJ-bills were printed at Cambridge, and sent on a favorable wind across the lines into the British camp. On one of these, an address to the British soldiers bears the following contrasted bills of fare, in the two camps :— Busxen’s Hint. I. Threepence a day. Il. Rotten Salt Pork. HL. The Scurvy. IY. Slavery, bi ‘he Americans were prepared for the renewed attack had orders to reserve their fire till the enemy were within six rods, and then to take deadl the shot ofthe enemy was mostly ineffectual, ranging far above the heads of the previncials. vates fell, and Colonels Brewer, Nixon, and Buckminster, and Major Moore, were wounded, the latter mortally, erymg out in his death.thirst for water, which could not be obtained nearer than the Neck, whither two of his men The British stood, fora time whose mo- discharge which was pour the appointed line, while je ranks of efficers and men fell in heaps. General Howe stood in the thickest of the fight, wrought up to a desperate determination. Fora time he was almost alone, h.s aid,de-camps, and many other officers of his staff, But though he would not lead a second retreat, he was compelled to follow it, and to hear the repeated shouts of victory rise from the patriot band who had weighed the choice ‘between death and slavery. ‘Thus the British were twice fairly and completely driven irom the hill. For success up to this moment, the provin- cials have not had the deserved acknowledgment in the English histories. Even Burke, (if, as is probable, he wrote the account in the Annual Regi oacs to the repulse, and then merely says, the regulars “ were thrown into some disorder.” But now the fortunes of the day were to be reversed, 80 far, and so far only,as to attach the bare name ol victory to the side of the foreign assailants. The provincials en- couraged themselves with the hope that the two repulses which had compelied the regulars to retire with such atu. pendous loss, would deter them from a renewed att: ih officers did indeed remonstrate leading the men to another tutchery, but thei disdainfully repelled by their comrades. Du- ith incautions lond- red that the ammunition was some of the regulars. ill had witnessed the troops with great mortifi @ volunteer, bring- A new mode ot aim, As beicre, Still, some of the pri- vanced lines upon: being cajoled into it sented as cowards, who dared to fire a mi d from behind a had been promise should sweep the provin But after this battle the probability of such a result was reduced to this simple rule of three : ifso many of his Mojesty’s regiments were necessary to secure the square feet of ground occupied by C n how many would be needed to sweep the continent The people of Englond were instructed by this day’s news to estimate the bravery, the union, the determined purpose ofthe colonists. It ‘was greatly in favor of our cause, that the unpopularity of the w cantile classes of England, should be increased by such a repre<entation of its progress as would induce the pride of the British to listen at last to prudence, try flattered the people with fables about the pusillanimi y and poverty of the colonists, and called for new resources against them, promising that each demand should be the last, only the report of such poor success as attended their hostilities upon this of the British nation to the hopelessness o| went to seek it. ments were hours, the d pon, them as they pas rotection ; and the | tached to itsinterests. that one regiment of the king’s troo their own brethren, an: nounce to have be: ing wounded or ‘dead. ofticers and soldiers upon the field. ‘To forward, as they did thrice, and bare their e weapons of desperate men, was a trial of their spirit which allows usto withhold trom them no praise or glory which we giveto our fathers, save that which belongs to our fathers as the champions of the bet ‘The highest honor we can bestow upo: heroism of the enemy, is, in regretting that the king and his ministers found such devoted servants It is not strange that confusion and disorder should have attended the proceedings of the provincials on tha: dreadfulday. ‘Their measures were hastily concerted in autictpation of the occupancy of the Heights by the ih; there was no time to plan, no epportu liberate. The Provincial Congress was then Watertown, through its President, Dr. Warren, hairman of the Executive Committee of Safety, was in the scene of strife. General Ward’s Orderly Book doesnot contain any reference to the action of the The reasonable expectation and tear that the Bri- ttack ut some other quarter, may remissness of the Amer.can leaders, ag ail their force upon the action in severe bombardment of Roxbury for the stores at Watertown, very natural! It seems likewise Paosrect Hivw. ‘among the mer- 1V: Freedom, ease, offluence anda goo! farm. a In reviewing the whole struggle, whose opening con. test we have thus commemorated, we have a duty to per: form as patriots and Christians ; Jet us hope that there be no discord in our sentiments ot purposes as we apply to ourselves those two epithets, As patriots we would vindicate our country, but as Christians we must regret the war, the civil strife, the bloody conflict, so utterly irreconcilable with the spirit and precepts of our reli- While the minis ter,) refers only peninaula, could o; Theaccount ofthe battle transmitted by General Gage, ied of course by numerous private letters, received in London July 26th. The General esti: i t 226 killed aud $28 wounded. ‘The min’ were dismayed, and for atime kept back the official an. nouncement from the Gazette. that government despatches had been received, and in ar contents, some ingenious per. General Sessions. and Aldermen Scoles and Martin. District Attorney. o the following and jurors: Joseph Bishop, eorge S Mann, i ring the second attack, a ness of Speech, had dec. exhausted, and he was overheard b: Gmeral Clinton, who from Co; repeated repulse of his Majesty cation, took a boat and passed over ing with him aided reinforcemer attack was now determined upon. General Howe having discovered that weak point, the space between the breast work and the rail fence, now led the left wing, and re. solved to apply the main strength of the assault against the redoubt andthe breastwork, latter with the a1 w It was known, however, explain theappar in not concentrat Jose 7.—At the open entlemen were sworn john D. Huntingdon, Wi ‘Albert Beach, Arthur Harriton, and William Shannon. urence Reid, entered a plea of nd battery on John Westmacott, and sentence was postponed until next term. order to draw forth t! sone wrote frem their imaginations what an account of the battle, and published it By this fictitious statement, the ri have been defeated wich administration w ment for the Gi Jivided their attention. difficult, even some days after the battle, to learn with ex- actness the ebief particulars concernii in Edes’ Gazette, whi h was printed a the following Monday, ulars were said greet elaughter. Thus the obliged to prepare thei te ws soon as possible favorable garb thrown around its announcement, the offi. cial account shocked end alarmed the people. They w: ed with the utmost anxiety fer tho represent the provincials might give of the battle, avd to hear the measures of the Congress. They changed their opinion of the colonists when they tound that one square mile of our territory had cost them more th: As the news of the engagement circulated in England, it called out popular expressions which exhibited the g eral dissatislaction with the war. The official publ tions were made up fromthe accounts of Gage, Howe, oyne; they were replied ladeed, it wonld that the death of Warren was net then known for Among the resolutions of the Provincial Con- Monday, the 19th, we read the following: «Re. solved, That three o'clock, P. ke. cutter by trade, aged 18 years, the third degree, in entering the flour store of ington street, onthe ight of the 2d of nd stealing $40. A portion of the money stolen was identified which the accused had passed, and on his arrest he confessed that he entered the store in com- pany with a boy named Caleb Nichoils, and stole $300, led between them. The jury convicted him, and the court sentenced him tothe State Prison for JuincH, alias Crixa, impleaded with William L. Hyatt, was tried on acharge of ree,in burglariously entering the boot and shoe store of ‘eter Jones, in the Third Avenue, near 43th street, on the 28th of February, and stealing thirty pairs of men’s cali skin boota, valued at $125. that a pair of the stolen bootr was sold by ti George W. Hartman; aud also that another pair was found in the room of the accused where he boarded, and the k of the room taken from his ‘The aécused was defended by Enoch E. Camp, E unable to present any testimony as to the ich he became possessed of the boots, or of his good character or whereabouts on the night of the burglary, the jury found him guilty, and the court sen- ate prison for three yea articularly to rake the ery from the left, while he disgu feigned show of force at the rail fence The men now divesied themselves of their heavy knap- , some of them even of their coats dered to stand the fireof the provincials and then mal a resolute charge at the point of the bayonet —The ed, viz, the knowledge ot the enemy that the provincials lacked ammunition, the encouragement ef the presence of General Clinton, and int in the works, may have assigned for the They were or sed to be killed in the a thousand men ttleof Bunker Hill.” three facts last ment which they div at Philadelphia, we read the following: in’ general from you and the rest of omplain of not having particularinformation ¢ late battle of Churlesto particulars, any further than wh ave not been able to obt even in London, discovery of the weak nerved the British to undertake a third attack. While these hostile preparations w: little band of devoted plete prostration by t n. Ido assure you, General Goge was ordered not to hazard another engage- T have already ment till he was reinforced, though it was doubted whe- the provincial would leave this at his option ; that he was ordered to depart from Boston, after burning it, end to fortify himself upon Rhode ; arms and 1000 Highlanders had been high did sympathy for the colonists rise in England, that on the 234 August the king issued a proclamation against allin his realms who should aid, correspond with, or It was found that the revenue, 0 un mised in Parliament, was to require a lerge lection in the colonies. ceiving taxes from hence, they were obliged to send regi- ments of their own subjects, with foreign mercenaries, andcoala, fagots, vinegar, porter, hay, vegetables,sheep, oxen, horses, clothing—to say nothing of munitions of war—across 3,000 miles of water, and even then, to anti he result proved, with goo. ichest transports would fall into the handsof these reluctant tax payers Some of the Highlanders who were induced to enlist by the representations of re. cruiting sergeants, were toldthat they were to take pos. ion of some vacant farms in this country, the owners of which had been driven into the interior. ived certificates thut when the rebellion here was subdued, each of them should have a clear title to two hundred acres of Jand for himself, and fifty acres in addi- tion for each member of his family. By a resolution of the Provincial Congress at Water: town, July 7th, the Committee of Safet; count of theengagement onthe 17th mitted to Great Britain, for the sake of counteracting the influence of any misrepresentations on the ;art of General Gage. The account wasdeted July 25, and sent to Ar. thur Lee, at London, who caused it to be published in the But the sympathies and cor were not left te be excit: ments sent fromthis side of the water, and answered by well-freighted transports from Britain, The made to witness rome melancholy reaults of the battle, which brought its pictures of sorrow to their awn doors. ember 14th, a transport, (the Charming Nancy) ‘at Plymouth, having I On board were General Gage’s lady, and 170 sick and wounJed officers and soldiers, with 60 widows and chil. The stench cf the vessel was intole rable, but the condition of its humen cargo w Meimed and helpless, ragged and pined with sickness — many of them hundreds of miles from their home in Ire. land—the suflerers, as they were landed and begged for charity in the streets, presented a most deplorable and wretched tale of the unnatural strife. sels, with similar cargoes, which left Boston at the same time, were daily expected, and more were on their way #8 Boston relieved of a tims, ond thus were the people o besought to spare the blood of theicown kinsfolk, rather than to make #0 feariul a sacrifice to national pride, to lust of dominion, and to the wealth expected from the taxation of the colonies. Nor did the conduct of the battle, on the part severe actunity and cen- iternatives imagined, by scured a nearly bloodless victo These complaints were made with goodreason. A , Some floating batteries, or the Cymetry trans: port, which drew but little water, might ed into Mystic river, and lying water-born (for during the heat of the sis: would have been within mu atriots, exhausted to almost to com- ir long and unrefreshed toil of the night, avd by the bloody work of noon day, had time to summon their remaining energies, to resolve that the last jest, tothink upon the they should forever w ing cartridges were distributed by Prescott.— The small number of men whose muskets were furnished with bayonets, stood ready to repel the charge; and those who were without this defence, as well as without am munition, resolved to club their musket: heavy stocks, while the ferocity of despair strung every Even the loose stones of the intrencaments were gladly secured as the last stay-of an unflinching ppears to me, there never was more confu- sion and less command. Colocel Prescott, whose bravei acknowledged and applauded. ployed in collect enough to lead them on.” More evidences of this confusion that attended the resent themeelves to the ri It was proved b d, whence he might id that 1000 stan sent to Quebec. So can never be enough eral Putnam was em ing the men, but there were not officers blow should be the hi their cause and the law rations of the da: of the Documents which form a part of ¢ will find them to abound in discrepan which, however, will, for the most part, cerrect and hi One writer, for instance, says that it was known by the British, on the night of the 16t the Americans were at work on the Heights. Ot ment there is no proof, nor is it probable; yet it may been that a vague repart ofthe intention of the Americans had reached Baston. Another writer says that the Amer- can force amounted to nine thousand. Probably he intend ed in his estimate to include all the provincials who were then under arms at Cambridge and Roxbury, as well as those at Charlestown. The conflagration of the town of Charlestown must have mingled wild and fearful spectacles with tho awful The order for the incendiary measure was sent over by boat to the generals on Copp’s Hill, onaccount of the annoying fire which the Americans, concealed in the dwellings, poured in upon the left wiag of the British. The town then contained 259 dwelling- houses, and its pop=.tation, of 375 families, numbered rat! ‘Of course, many of its mhabi- tants, especially the women and children, had been re- moved from tha town durin; ing of the battle: removing their effects. favor the rebels. bh ies of statement, tenced him to the monize each other. A body of reinforcements, fresh and resolute, and pro vided with bayonets, might haveforced the regulars toa third and fiaal retreat; but, as before ret revailed in the Americ: Neck of land,the only line of communic terrible aspect to raw recruits, and General Ward was ff officers to convey his orders. The regiments been siationed along the road to wait further commands, were overlooked: Colenel Gardner, though thus left without orders, panting to join the strife, led 300 men to Buoker’s Hill, where Putnam first set them upon intrenching, but soon urged them to action at the lines. ‘The Colenel commanded his men to drop their tools and follow. He was leading them to the post of dangerous e, when he received a mortal wound by a musket- As he was borne off the field, he com manded his men to conquer or die. officer, but few of them engaged in the action. 8 youth of nineteen, met him on his way, and, overcome with grief, sought to aid him, but the father commanded him to march to hisduty. Colonel Scammans remained on Cobble Hill, but a detachment of Gerrish’s regiment, under their Danish adjutant, Ferbiger, rushed toward A few of the Americans occupied two or three houses and barns on the slope of Breed’s Hill, and annoyed, for a time, the left flank of the enemy. Theartillery of the British effected its murderous pur- pose, raking the whole interior of the breastwork, driving its defenders into the redoubt, and sending the balls there after them, through the open sally-port. anephew of the Colonel, had his arm disabled, and was told by his uncle to content himself with encouraging his ‘ing succeeded in loading his musket, he was passing the sally-port to seek a rest from which to fire it, when he was killed by acaanon-ball. the entrenchments could no longer be maintained, but tue resolation to yield them only in the convulsion of the last nerved every patriot arm. ish officers were seen to goad on some of their Tt was for them now to i reason, that some scene of blood. prepared an ac- june, to be trans- wall in the groin. tants, oopestally: the. we stated that from a review against Wm. E. Ross for obtaining goods under false pre- tences, since the reversal of the conviction in this Court me Court, he felt satisfied that it would be mate them, and, therefore, moved arged, which motion ind Ross allowed to depart of six months. ‘The names of wd follow- ing persons being ealled and not appearing, their recog- nieunces were deelared forfeited, and ordered to be pro- secuted forthwith :—Frederick Ichard, for grand larceny on two indictments—bailed by John Sielken. James J. Turner, receiving stolen goods—bailed by Samuel D. Jones. Caleb Nichols, burglary in the third with Jamea Murphy, ais and sentenced this morning—bailed by John Skull. Assautts ano Battentes-—Henry ing and choking Catherine Riley—bailed by John A. Isaiah Sclover for stricing Robert H. Jeffrey— bailed by Robert W. Miller. The court then adjourned t 11 o'clock, when it Deprived of their the night and on the morn- ers were busily engaged in Many valuable articles were buried in the fields, gardens, and cellars, most of which, however, were discovered by the British in their long oc- cupation of the peninsula, though some ot the treasures of crockery and furniture which were here interred,found asafe concealment till after the evacuation of Boston, and are still cherist ed as honored relics b; of theirown re. Many of the householders and traders of Boston, who had removed their effects to Charlestown on the commencement of hostilities, likewise lost their The newspapers of the time abound in advertise. ments of losses and thefts. Dr Mather’s library wascon- sumed in the conflagration. suftered great hardships. They were confined in the jai in Boston, during the seige, where several of them perish: The survivors were taken to Haxifax by the Bri on their departure. Some few of them, after incredib trials, succeeded in making their escape, and returning to their homes one by one, told their movin, not, however, until after the peace, that the remnant was laints of the Eng- merely by doch | that hebe cailed into court and disch ‘was assented to b; the descendants Lieut. Prescott, dren of the slain. The American prisoners It was evident that e Two sore ves- pert of its helpless vie England most piteously ant men with their swords. ¢ the fire, and to reserve their own till they could follow it by a thrust of the bayonet. Each shot of the provincials was true to its aim. Majors Williams and Speadlove, fell. wounded in the foot. Such is but a faint delineation of the action which has ted so great a degree of interest with the heights ‘The intrenching and the defence of Breed’s Hill may be described asthe most important inci dent in the war of the American Revolution. protracted struggle was decisively influenced by thie its The battle was fought civis in earnest, with determined spirit, w cess, though not with the name of victory, and therefore good beginniag to the whole conduct of the war. Its results will attest its importance. The battle accomplished what in allcases of strife and discord is attended with protracted difficulties : it distin guished the two contending parties, and brought them to an issue. There were then several links of union between England and the Colonies, formed by the various orders, BI }, and eoteries, thea gathered inthis neighborhood, Some of the most worthy Colonel Abercrombie, | of Charlestown. General Howe was Hand to hand, and face to face, were exchanged the last awfal hostilities of that day. ridge of earth divided the grappling combatants, whose pping upon the gory sand, while they joined strife. When the enemy found themselves received with stones, the missiles of a more ancient war- fare, they koew that their work way nearly done, as they now contended with unarmed men of the Royal Irieh, was the first who scaled the parapet, and hs fell, a8 did Likewise the first rank that mounted it, irn, who had shed the first blood Court of Errors, President the Hon. Senator Dennison. June 7.—Eliza Watts and Mathew Marshall, Executors, $e, Plaintiffs in error va. Abraham Kenney —This cause ocenpied the Court the entire ot yesterday. and Mr. Gerrard, for the defendant in error, replied to the Mr. Graham, counsel for plaintiffs in error, on Tuesday, and Mr. Graham rejoined, andthe was clased, Judgment will be given in afew day: of the British gen: opening contest. which they might have it gave the impulse of @ argument made by Young Richardson, » the water was at ebb.) -shot of our left flank, among whom Major Pit at Lexington, was shot by a negro soldier. when the redoubt was crowded with the en ‘Cireult Court, Before Judge Kent. ds et. al. v8. Morse —This cause is still in progress, and will be concluded this day. June 7.—Richar it aders in one promiscuous throng, and assailants on all jed Bunker’s Hill. sides were pouring into it, that Pre: hero, when he uttered the reluctant ¥ ord, ordered A longer trial would have been folly, not cour- Some of the men had splintered thei lows, nearly all were defencele that left within them, in adauntless soul, which might still Prescott gave the crown- ing proof of his devoted and maguanimous spirit, when he cooled the heat of his own brain, and bore the bitter pang 19 his own heart, by commanding an orderly, w their diverse opinions. jsinterested inhabitants of the provin of the British officers, engaged with extreme reluctence ‘We hai among us not only tories and «: extremes of party, but also timid and its, and attached friends estricted exercise of royal authority. There were moderate and immoderate men of both pacties ; neutral and lukewarm doubters of no party. While reading the ay, wecan readily imagine th: ind domestic relations, the civ |, and the common interest in the land across water, which might well render it difficult (or the prov: cisls to make the la ott, no less, but even dence that they should have landed as they did, 1m front, they should not have advanced in an extended line, firing at intervals, but, formed into columns, eh b ed forword, reserving thoir fire for the redoubt,and ¢! ing with the bayonet. ‘Their first two attacks w: astrous to themselves, but harmless to the provincials — Th th seems to be, thatthe reguli had a most desyteable opinisn of the provinei aithe smell of powder, the glancing of bright ed line, would frighten them teken. But, after theirs, why did ( Supertor Court, Jone 7.—Thia Coart sat st 11 o'clock, and after taking one or twa inquiaitions, adjourned to 10 o'clock, this day, no business being ready. weservers and hesi he'p their country at i Court of Common Pleas. 7.—Judge Ingraham aiter adjourned the Court, no cause being ready. yonets, and a well doplo: he midnight lender aud guard, the morning a orator of the opening strife, the cool and { the whole strugg! marksman of the exact distance at which shot a w toia death : he was the venerable chief in whore bright eye aod stealy merve all read their daty; and when , skill ‘ond courage could do no mote, le was the | delivorer of the remnant. Prescott was the hero Jay, and wherever its tale is told, let him be its Had it not been ppeal to blood. ir at Lexington, it is probable thi ined quiet for some time long: the colonists would have wa tition pon the ministry. E: mainis.ry expressed in strong terms the: Gage’s measnre, and adopted a concilii might have been then averted. put « stop to any further halting between Again, that action was all, when the dear-won victory w not pursue to Cambridge, under cover of their own shi especially as, towards and after the ‘close of the batt Charlestown was filled with British troops who were hurry ing over from Boston? Another resnit attending the news of the battle in Eng- land, was the immediate recall of General Gage. before the arrival of the news, despatches had been paved, yet not transmitted to him, in which his {utnre But these despatches, when sent, were accompanied by another, in which he was di- rected to give them to General Howe,who was to succeed him in the command, and in which he was advised that it was his Majesty’s pleasure that he should immediatel, return to give information and counsel at home. likewise a remarkable, but a very manifest fact thatthe ter of this battle, the desperate rovincials, and the hopeless aspect which e ministry began in conseq: completely uomanned General Howe, deprived him of all energy in the conduct of the war, and entailed ugon him inch were the eflects prod enemies. ‘They might be petitions According to a letter from a ge of the Texian captives are to be immediate! e prisoners will, So say those he troops in the redoubt now fought their encircling enemy, turn: for, while they retreated with backward steps. ad plauned and defended the worl } sod was borne off. Warren was thw List to leave the redoubt, and @ it, amusker ball through hi Whee the corpse of that il 140d identified the next morning b: Howe thought that this one victim well nu nbers of his mercenaries. and American nerrati nent notices of it he commander of the provincial atriotiem were equali operations were directed, all be released on the 13th. s that know. They comprise all the San prisoners, with Generals Fisher and Green, and 16 others taken at Mier.” Another letter states that the reason why the Mexicans who surrendered near Merida were to be transported to Tampico instead ot Vera Cruz, was, that their situation was eo horrid, from starvatior being maimed, their landing at the latter place to produce a revolution against the ‘he writer states that Com. Moore itis understood, has injured the Mexican squadror Santa Anna had re- ‘acubays.—[N. O. Bulletin, i their faces to ot primary importance (rom the A upon our fathers, who, un- wor of protracted 4 discouragement might do in the coafi ence that God was on their side, and that their cause ws night was worth discipline, artillery, nd—the Ereatest want ranghtef pure, cool atexhausted frames ps to themselves had bet ig | length, partaking largely of revers hort distance from | They learned this day w sabe killed him instantly. triot was recogniz™ or Dr. Jeffries, Gen. repaid the love of Ici not strange that, both of that day. and i ‘That work of a ite price to them. ‘The: bayonets, powder and ball of all—they lacked the delicions 4: water ‘or their labor-worn and hei They found that desperation would suppl: we; that the stock of a musket, wie! blow as deadly as the thrust of « bayonet; and that a heavy stone might level an assailant the disastrous cha conrage of the the designs of t nence to wear, would be likel n represented a : influence and his 1 known to friend and toe. very much by bis tired to his seat at traced out in British king- oa efit tocalti ‘4 i he colonies ‘while such were the results of the battle on the other and cause trace le war, indivi- resigned. , and Setiy fortified ed their advanced Neck. This division of their forces be- insulas was in one point of view advan- ‘as it enlarged their quarters at a season crowded as it was, and made seemed as one large hospi. of Charlestown were a refreshin; ‘were compelled to a great increase of nding their works against an enemy 50 near to them, who insulted and vexed them, and made them feel the degradation of their positio: ensuing inclement winter, the troops were obliged to live in tents, sufferings, and t n. During the in Charlestown reat the offthan the rebels; large crowd; that enacinginsvie t- the rebels, the British lines at and inthe hthouse, by seme yan- » while a British ship of war entrenching 1s numbered ulier re- at the ad- egery, and g Eoglishman, a cork was tried for bu rglary in the third de- prosecution e accused to yas arrested. The e charge. It was proved by prosecution that a pair of the stolen boots was found on the feet ofthe prisoner when he was arrest- ed. The accused was defemled by William Shaler, Esq. ‘The prisoner being placed in the same situation as Cling, the jury convicted him, and the court sentenced him te the State prison for two years. German, was tried ona charge of grand larceny in stealing u gold watch valued at $70, jin worth $5, the of 83 Wall street,on the 10th Thestolen articles were traced to the possession of the accused, and also a small crow foot and screw driver, which Jmatched the marks on the desk of Mr. Adams. The jury convicted him, and the court sentenced him to tison for five years, in consideration of another ‘im for a similar offence. ‘Wa. E. Ross Disctarcry.—The D-atrict Attorney of the several indictments of James ruary last. ‘ree, impleaded il,” convicted L. Young, for kick- this (Thursday) morn- sumed the Recorder will be present, as kis absence was occasioned yesterday by temporary illness, from the prevailing influenza. Mr. Bonny { 11 o'clock, and shortly From Vera Cxyz—By the schooner Williem Bryan, from Vera Cruz, we have received advices to the 2ist instant, and papers from the capital to the 16th, which, however, contain nothing of gene- a part releag- think, ntonio YORK HER New York, Thursday, June 8, 7 ntiesdsas of at the HenaLo Reraid Li new and ao west corner of Nassau and Fulton street. FB Noocan and Fallon ect, dressed ier bed, usscainens chan; notify at this ottice, corn where they want the Herald left hereafts ‘The Bunker Hill Colebration. As this patriotic gala will be ene of the greatest events of the year, we have, at great expense, pro- curedand published on our first page, a beautiful view of the monument—a historical sketch of its erection, and a memoir of the battle iteelf. The historical sketches are taken from a neat brochure, published by C. P. Emmons, of Charles- town, Mase., entitled ‘Sketches of Bunker Hill Battle and Monument, with illustrative documents.” |. It is sold in this city at 139 Nassau street. ‘These publications will be aids and helps towards the enjoyment of the approaching celebration—a celebration of the most splendid character that ever took place in this country. We suppose 200,000 per- sons will visit Boston next week—and probably half a million may be collected on that day around that sacred hill, the altarof Freedom. We are also preparing to give a report of the oration, and a description ot the proceedings of the 17th instant, accompanied with numerous en- gravings, that will in graphic accuracy ani beauty surpass any thing ever attempted in this country. Our engraving to-day is executed by a Boston artist, a first rate genius, and it isa capital one Agents who want a supply of the Herald’in time, will please transmit their orders early. 6 were yesterday day at the Upper Police Office. Suicroe —Mrs. Sarah Barker, an aged woman; resi No. 73 North Moore street, commit suicide on Tuesday morning, by taking laudanum. Frem idence given on the inquest, it appears that she had ious, but a partial recovery ding her to the Asylum. to her bed, and Tux Sons oy New Encuanp have made very ap- propriate and excellent arrangements for taking part in the great celebration on the 17th. They have chartered a steamboat for their own accommoda- tion, and will be escorted by the Light Guard of this city—a very respectable, well-drilled, and hand- some company. The following badge will be worn by this large and respectable delegation :— ©000000000000000000900 with her family, BUNKER HILL CELEBRATION, June 17, 1883. New York Datecation or THE SONS OF NEW ENGLAND. e00000000000000000000 Tue Parstpent’s Movements.—The Madisonian of Tuesday has the following :— The President left his residence in Virginia; on James River, on Saturday morning, accompanied by the ‘icklitte and other friends, who ind reached Richmond short); he attended di Monumental Church, and possed the y with a valued friend in the neighbor- hood of the city. He was waited upon unceremoniously by many of the most respectable citizens of Richmond during the fe « hours he remained there, and on the next morning (Monday) took the cars for the Potomac river, wherehe arrived at 10 A. M..and found the steamboat ‘ull band of music on bvard, h compoted by Mr. Wagner of ti ercceces eoccooc ae: P. M. General, and Mi: had been on a visit to in waiting for him, with which played the fine marc! Washington, and dedica' His approach to the ci! from the steamship Missouri, at anchor in the stream. which was responded to b: He reached the city at 2} P. We are happy to learn that his virit to his farm has re. stored him to iull health and vigor, from the many toils which bis public duties have im last two years. y was ‘announced b nother trom the Arsenal. posed upon him for the Samine or THE Packxet.—The splendid packet ship ‘‘ George Washington,” Captain Burrows, left this city yesterday, accompanied by the “ O. Ells- worth” steamer, to the Hook, Among the distinguished passengers were Bishops Hughes and Purcell, as well as several other digni- taries of the Romish Church; Thurlow Weed, State Barber; also a gentleman of Leeds, accompanied by a beautiful Sumatra monkey and a sweet Ame- rican kitten, tor a new menagerie, in opposition to Van Amburgh’s, in London, and probably to im- prove the breeds in Europe. In order to do all due honor to these importaat personages, Ex-Governor Seward, Colonel Webb, Colonel Stone, and several of their most ‘ | guished friends, accompanied them in the steam: ers; and they, together with several other eminent iciany, did ample justice to the liberal enter- tainment provided by the worthy Captain for his passengers and theirfriends. We are hoppy toadd, that of all those present, ‘‘the Regular Army” was the most conspicuous. And “ho! for England,” as Hamlet says. Ira B. Smith ; 61 7th, Andrew per; 10th, Fi Randolph and Thomas McClur. lath, Allen Rutherford, Allen McDermott snd Wm. Hughes ; 16th, David C. Woodruff; 16th, John Gastin ; nd Walter Howell ; 18th, John Spi 20th, Jacob Henry Force; 25th, John immed. itteeon wharves reported at Tne Carture oF THE Sanpwicu Istanns —There can be little doubt, we think, that the act of Lord George Paulet will not receive the sanction of the The negotiation of the inde- pendence of the Islands by England took place a A great deal of the news- paper indignation respecting the injustice of Great Britain, will therefore be uselesely expended. The whole affair will turn out like the seizure of Mon- rerey byCom Jones. British government. month after the capture. against this deci resoultion authorizi jure the port Ratsinc THE Winp.—An ingeni together original expedient forrai put into successful operation in the upper part of the city, the other day, by a female dressed in plain and decent garb, and of rather respectable appear- ance. She went into the house of an old gentle- man, and presenting the compliments of the lady who lived next door, asked the loan of twodollars till next morning. The old gentleman had not $2, but handed her a $5 bill, and requested her to return the ¢| balance. The successful lady then went into the next house, and there ona similar pretence, obtain- ed $5 more, and, of course, immediately decamped Benevolent, obliging people, ought to be on their jus, but not al- g the wind, was A Moarcat. Puxnomena.—Mr. W. V. Wallace’s concert, on Tuesday evening last, was triumphantly 8 are indeed extra- ordinary. Even his professional brethren were in raptures with his performance, and for once profes- sional jealousy does not pervert the judgment of the crities most competent to express an accurate opin Bley himeelf expressed his admiration in the most unqualified terms. All unite in saying that Mr. Wallace is superior to all who have appeared in the same field. He is quite a young man, and full of enthusiasm. He will soon rival, if not excel, Paginini. His talents as a composer are of the highest order; and the brilliancy of his exeeution— the exquisite taste which characterizes all his per- fermances—and the ssaring genius which is apparent throughout—all afford the highest promise of a most illustrious musical career. and skill, Mr. Wallace possesses the not very com mon merit of the most modest and unpretending de- meanor. He has travelled very extensively in Eu- rope and Asia, and has just arrived here by the way of Mexico. The profound admiration, the enthu- siastic applauee, which has greeted Mr. Wallace’: debut in thiscity, warrant the hope that he will Bive another concert previous to his leaving our shoree His musical abilit Re. Aldermen.—Aldermen Scoues juiring of the counsel of the board, the exact je charter as prohibiting members of the from participating in the use of the pub- Celebrating the Fourth.—Alderman Emaaxs presented # resolution authorizing the appointment of a com: parations to celebrate the Fourth of July, ind printing $1600 for that purpose. Merman Puxpy and Titov opposed the appropria- ippropriation was stricken out, and Aldermen Em- #, Sccles and Lee, were sppointed said cemmittec. License Law —Alderman tion calling upon the Committee o Board, pptone oe hse tw oe ordinanct ling the ror to grant surers, weighers S3 gasgers, ought to be repealed. — Aldermau Les offered a resolu mmitteo On Markel to tak nto ny Picetn wie helt opinion cen* ba dispensed with, without any detriment to the public inte: fest. Adopted. t Street—-AMderman Titov emeut of 1 ing and pay: Common Council Added to all this talent the Market tion, referring to th consideration to report such portions of said —___—_ Tue Comet.—The astronomers of India have eal- culated that the recent comet struck the orbit of the earth, and will become a second moon tous. Good—we shail have to figure a little ourself one of OG Harwven & Co. will please accept our thanks for the many obligations they dering us, in bringing papers {rem the east in ad- vance of the mail, and their exyedi‘ion in, bringing im; ortant intelligence. Mrs. C. F. Miuurr.—A resolution changing the name of this female to Martha E. Blackwell, bas paseed the Connecticut Legislature. prhahiencsationts<ovthcsdr vio contiqually ten- Prrranation vor ax Exrtoston.—The Wall street stock operations. coty . Favan Acctpant at tHe ,Guose Hores.—A mort die on Tuesday.evening, "plunged the family of Mr. grief. His infant son, a fine healthy ‘and three years of age, while being managed toescape from the attendant, , sfver a fall was heard, The servant, Dutch ¢ father rushed out, andfound the little fellow lying im astate of insensibility, having fallen from the Prazzaintherear. 81 * but the fall was Prt gaan Globe Hotel, which has Mills in the deopest second story window to the were immediately called in, aftera few hours agony he ceased to live. The Physician, Dr. Jno. Aug. McVickar, who wis in atten- dance from the moment of the acdident to the time when the little sufferer died, was of opinion that the cause of death was “compression of the brain from internal hemor, rhage.” No blameis attributable tothe attendant. Stravino Leav.—T! Steauivo Tin Kerri ‘ley, who were arrested on Monday night by street, with two large was) \. Were yesterday fully committed plaint of Mery Hawkins, No. 437 Pearl street, from cesaid kettles were stolen. men Mead in Oran; seventeen dollars. §! ly ed a8 a servi Nad tei the house, Between the 27th May and 4th June the ‘wnoccupied houseof W. J, Valentine, No. 240 Twelfth street. was burglariously entered Tom Burns, Win. McDermott, and @ number of brass keys of various sizes stolen therefrom, pted to sell at some junk thop, apart of which they atte und in their possession. and the remainder were fo' there attempted to commit a ra; son of Clementina Mann, and Cum: Riaabehs Deve bern insane for some time pi prevented her friends from On Monday evening, aftertea, she was found next morning in a state of insensibility, with a teacup in which laudanum had been, lying beside her. Dr. @ Van Doran administered an emetic, but tono pur- he died about 8 o'clock in the morning. Verdict, Sarah Barker came to her death by administer: to herself laudanum, being at the time in a state of ‘homus means Jead and iron fastenings from the Division street. They were fully eommitted. Steauing A Warton ann M. liams, for stealing from her lonny.—Mrs, Maria Bertine, complaint against Peter Wil- bed room a rosewood bo: ig a silver watch worth $4 and twelve dollers and silver. ‘David Connoll: Pion ges hs, chi ress Mrs. , No. 17 Thomas street, a bombezine dress of the value of he had been but a few days previous: ‘ant,andon the dress being missc Arrempr to Commir 4 Rare.—On Tesday evening two young men named Jacob Forshay and Lorenzo D. Cummings, went to No. 645 Bepehenih attests and while ‘orshay uj A Sxor Lirren.—John Myers was arrestested and ¢om- mitted for stealing from the shop of John Dow, No. 48 piece of cassimere, 29 yurds, of the value of $23. He was detectod in the act by the clerk, James Whitehead, who detained him. Common Counc! owners of the pier. Removing the Frankli {ogee ject of the remov: pesrres os in to Boston for repair was referred, presen! in which they dissent most stron; Government in takia; commend that she be ed in favor of allowiny Seward, and would again, the resolution, and sustain who had received the majority ofthe votes of the people of this State for the office of Governor. Aldermen Les sustained the resolution, and said that he believed that his constituents, as other member, would demand the old established custo to be carried out in this cage as it had been in all others. Alderman Wareaman replied, and opposed the resolu- tion on the score of economy A Scoues said that he thought thet if economy wasto be the argument ogainat the resolution, it te applied to the expenses attendant upon the of the President, or to a thousand ether things Iderman Wareaman offered a substitute instructing mittee on Arts and Sciences to port; procuring the portraits until 1844, which wus laid ‘The resolution was finally adopted by a vote of 9 to 5. aitery.—A resolution to au- Alderman and Assistant of the Ist ward, to y Keeper of the Battery, from the lat of Ist of November, with a salary of $1.50 + of the Jed. assessment for the §) until the second Monday in Septem! Bulkhead —Alderman Pu: pega tee gto Board then aijournel to Wi persons were rd. ip Backer Richard Tone ; 23d and 24 a ‘he Common Council then ad, Pier No. 22, E. R—The coi in favor of repairing the old part of pier No. 22 East at an expense of $750, one half to be paid by the private —The joint committee to whom. nited States shi Ff auled out at the ral the pro) 6 Boaap or Aupeamzx.—Wednesday June 7th—Alder- man Purpy, President, in the chair. Tue Croton Resexvorr.—A son Webb, Levi D, Slamm, and 250 others in favor of hay- ing the public rerervoir opened on Sundays for public yn, was referred. Hawsina axp Peopitna.—Tha proceedings of a meeting against street-howkers end’ sented by Alderman Ti1.0v, ani referred to the commit- tee on nuisances. Joust Meetina.—Doth Boards assembled in joint meet- at 6 o'clock. ‘he returns of the Chief Engineer were read and tition from James Wat- Jacob Beyce was appointed Superintendent of Markets. John Mott, Street nspector of the 16th Ward. John Phelan, keeper of Washington Richard Mulrooney, kee Johnuthan Britain, Weighmaster of Washington Mar- ke rr of the Park. set Thomas Cooper, Weighmaster of Fulton Market. Thomas Carlin wes appointed Pound Master of the 12th lace of Martin Murphy, resig: ahey and John Fl; Viewers of the 12th Ward. The followin; Wn. Kinch, Wm. B. son, Michael Whalen, Ric! ned. lynn were appeinted Fence inted Measurers of ton, Robert Green, Edward Snell, Wm, John- rd Quidore, Robert Green, Bernard McParlin, Sumuel 8. Seymore, Patrick McCabe, Rubert Morton, Wm. Delmater, Michael McManus, John Haven, Johannes Slott, Michael McMaaning, Job Haskell, Abraham Fisher, Daniel Haight, Levi Spr Culver, Benjamin B. Sibell, Peter Blake, Wm. MacKeage, Jacob R. Lowzada, John Jarvis, Samuel Hoyt, Abraham L. Perha Benj. O. Austin, Eli Reed, Barnes Un Griffith, Thomas Connor, Leonard Dunkley, T. Boyce, I. M. Armstrong, 1. McSorley. pereons were 0} ander 3 8th, Reuben Reynolds ; 9th, ncis Ryan; 12th, Lew 13, M cheel Higgi: blic 3 neat. Tweataicat—Tu: Parx.—There was an exce!- lent house last night. Mr. Brougham as the “Trish Lion” elicited roars of laughter, and played with Great spirit and effect. He is a capital Irishman. Mrs. Brougham looted, il fpossible, more charming than ever, fand tustained the part of Mrs, Fitzjig with great animation. She apjeas to-night in the character of Lady Tenzle— stained at Covent Garden in a very creditable mar- ner, The play is well cast. Dan Marble haemade, of course, a decided hit. He also appears this even- ing in a favorite part. Part which she sur. yesterday arrested act of steali: roof of house by ‘three boys nemed aniel Winslow, and pola ted Inspectors of to the course of the his city, aod re- ip house in the nm navy yard. The resolutions authorizing the fee to remonstrate with the President end tary of the Navy, en their intended visit to this city, n of the Government, were adopted. City Hospital Sewer.—The committee on streets repo! the City Hospital to construct a brick sewer through Thomas street, to connect with the sewer in Chapel street, which was adopted. Portrait of Gov. Seward.—Alderman Pardy presented a the committee on arts and sciences of Governor Seward, atan of $1000, in accordance with a previous resolution. Alderman Titov opposed the a — = the state of the permit such aj Alderman priation on the inances wound not rietion at the present period. ‘ATERMAN concurred with him. Alderman Puapy replied that this act of courtesy had been extended to all who had been elected to the chief ive office of this State, and that althou in his power to defeat the election ‘et he felt it his duty to offer asa mark. of res) wellasthose ofevery ¢ » we to rt to tl fine Gomm it licenses to mea- presanted a resolu. col ing of treet, berthed on thi Presented a resolutio: bulkhead between a