The New York Herald Newspaper, June 12, 1875, Page 3

” papers and documents gathered in such a “BUNKER HILL. Who Commanded the Ameri- cans on June 17, 1775? Rev. Increase N. Tarbox on General Patnam’s Claim, + PRESCOI’S SUBORDINATE POSITION, The General from Connecticut the Real Commander. Warren Even Taking Orders from the Gen- i eral on Horseback, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— ‘The name of General Putnam has had a some- | what curious fortune in our American history. Entering the Kevolutionary army at a moment’s warning, at the very beginning of the eight years’ stroggie, having already reached the age Of fifty-seven, it was aiterward made a matter of | complaint and faultinding that he, “being dit Unguished for his popularity, his integrity and patriotism, served as thir’ in command at the ter- | mination of the American Revolation.”’ It is not, | perhaps, very hard to bear such slanders as that; | but the man Who wrote this sertence was trying, | gt the time, to prove that, in the course of | «this wicked and ungrateful world, Inferior men are petted and henored and superior men are egiected. But, as the sentence was not written | till long after the close of the War of Indepen- dence and when Putnam had been, fora quarter of a century, sleeping in nis honored grave, we shall venture to conclude that his contemporaries were quite as well able to judge the man fairly and correctly as the generations that came afterward, Indeed, if we are willing to go back to the early work as ‘Force’s American Archives,’ there willbe no great diMculty in reading and under- standing this man’s history. The confusion which has arisen in reference to Putnam’s Revolutionary career has come apparently from the attempt of certain men to rewrite history to suit local, indi- vidual and family prejudices, It was not until many years after Putnam had ended his course of eminent public servico that these writers came forward to tarnish his name and gtve nis glory to another. There is one author, whose name we will not and perhapa need not mention, ‘who within the last fow years has attempted to blacken Putnam's memory and to present him be- fore the American people as a kind of early Benedict Arnold. The old hero is represented by fhis writer as bearing traitorous thoughts and designs in bis breast during the whole of that memorable and toilsome 17th of June, 1775, On she other hand, it is in evidence that when Put- nam appeared at Cambridge in April of that year, u British officers, knowing well the herotc ‘mould and quality of the man from the remin- scences of the war of 1756, plied all their arts and persuasions to withdraw him from the patriot cause and bring him into the English service. “Appletoos’ Cyclopedia,” in its long article on Putnam, says:—‘‘Arriving there (Cambridge) he was soon sought alter by the Britisa oficers, who offered him & commission as major general in the royal service and a large pecuslary compensation, both of which he lodignantly rejected,” PUTNAM’S ARRIVAL IN CAMBRIDGE LN 1775, Putnam came to Cambridge April 21, 1775, bear- Ing the title of general. But, as we understand the matter, that was a@ title conferred by the people of Connecticut by general consent, His Veal title at the close of the French Wer was colonel, But the masses of the people im Con- nesticut, in 1774 and 1775, anticipating the out- preak that mast soon come, had named and dezig- ated him as general. When the Connecticut Assembly come together in May, 1775, he was oMcialiy chosen and appolated brigadier general. But before this oficia: appointment his titte, conferred by the people of Connecticut, was r epected in Massachusetts, and he is commouly spoken of in the Massachusetts records and do-u- ments of that period as general, of which the fol- Jowing minute may serve as an iilustratio Massacnuserts ProvixctaL Cononxss, Thursday, May 4 Resolved, That Genera! Puinam aiid Colonel Porter, Who were, with others of the Committee of Safety ap- jointed by the sa’d committee and the Council of War jay some cial matters before this Congress, be ad- ited into this house, and that Colonel Warren, Mr. Beveus and Colonel Gerrish be a comuilltee to introduce em. . But it was only some three weeks after his com- Ing to Cambridge that he was in this doubtful pe- sition as to bis rank and title. Before the middie ol May he was brigadier general by official ap- ‘poimtment. . In the present paper we spall try and tell the story of General Putnam's life (*spectaliyin its comnection with toe battle of Bunker Hill) ina Datural and straightforward way, with references, #0 lar as may be, to the old documents and recoras aud proofs for the truth of our narrative. A BRIEF BISTORY, Israel Putoam was born In Salem, Mass., in the | year 1718. He belonged to the old race of New | England farmers, a stock from which a great mul- — ‘situde of illastrious men have sprung. He had mull advantages for early education and cultare ; but he was naturally strong in body and in mind, He was formed on a scale of |i proportions. He was open, irank, large hearted and generous, above all mean and petty jealousies, a sort of Mar- | tin Luther in his magnetic influence over men. Re lived at Saiem until’ the age of twenty-one, when he married and removed with his young wife to Pomiret, Conn, Though the settlements in the Connecticut Valley and along the shores of the Sounc were, at this time, mere than a hundred years old, yet the portion of the Btate where Powmam settled was then ® new country, Miss Elien gomparatively Larned, in her recent unique and valuavie “History of Windham County, Connecticut,” nas marked the arrival of Putnam in those parts. ‘There bad been various troubies and distarosnces of divers sorts hefore his coming, but, she says(on page 363) :-—"'T! grievances of Pomtret ere ome what relieved in 1789 by the transfer of Mort- fake into the hands of new proprietors. The souto part of Wiltshire (a district of Pomfret) was gold by Governor Be'cher to Israel Pasnam ana Jobn Pope, both of Salem, In the course of the year Putnam purchased Pope's share and took personal possession of Wiltshire Manor,” Here he ‘appears as a bold and substantial young farmer, = setting Of upon the active business of Iife. A 6 Larned has also told inanew, minute and gfaphic way the wolf story, with which all merican readers are in general familiar. Putnam continued here, in active labors apon bis farm, from 1789 to the French War in 1755. He ‘Was a member ol the church aud one of the active, enterprising aud prominent citizens of Eastern onnecticut. At the breaking out of the French f he enlisted a company, of which he waa made captain, and reported himselt for duty at Crown Yoint, Me soon rose to the rank of major, and op ‘nine years of hard and miscellaneous service | s @ jeft tue army in 1764 with the rank Of colonel, jad Went back to hls Jarm and family. THE ADVANTAGE OF MILITARY TRAINING, It was a most fortunate circumstance for the Pog anse at the opeoing of tne Revolutionary ‘ar that tuere Wore $8) Many Men D the popular fide Who had received # willitary training and gained warlike experiences in this war oi 1755, Almost all the eariy oficersin the Kkevolutionary Atmy haa scen service in the French War, Those | Gempaigns of 1755 and ooward keryed the same creer Purposes im that day as did our West ‘oint Academy im onr recent rebellion. From the very beginning of the disturbances between Eng- te and America, througl all thore weary and roublous years preceding the actual outbreas, Gojone! Paina watched, with sharp and eager eye, from bis farm in Pomfret, all that was going on. The battic of Lexington and Concord was Fought on the 19th of April, That battie reported ftself to him just as soon as meseengers conlit ¢arry the nows, and on the evening of April 21 he Was at the heaqquorters of General Ward in Cambridge. The niore common story is that he Was ploughing ja the field at the tume the messen- wer arrived, his#on Daniel, then fifteen years of age, driving the team. Other warratives say be Was laying stone wall, It matters not winch Whatever the iabor, be dropped it in an instant. and forty-eight hours ater the fight at Lexington wae over he was at Cambridge. This boy Dautel either came with bim or followed Immo diately alter. Pi) Older son, Israel, Was al8o sven after at Cam Ide hs Captain Comnectlent cofup REG HI. THK FORTIFYING OF BL 48 Our chies Durpose 1A W discwek Hue weRtioR | 1 ee | Satety | was Chairman of the Committee of Safety, | #etts shall insist on erecting a monument to Pres- | Colonel Gridlegs | Cambridge, leaw | military evidence that Patnam wasthe superior | Served On this day as Bury | lowing conversation | evidence Jooking in oT General Potnam’’ rela Bunker Hill, we will not @ incidents o: tween his arrival at Cambridg: able 17th of June. It ia @ r= open fact, re- Yealed in the common history of those days, that Putnam did not jab the careful, siow moving, | almost timid poitcy of General Artemas Ward, Commanaer-in-Chief of the Massaebusetts troops. He was res'iess wnder Bis excessive caution and delay. He was for annoying the British at every open ard assailabie point. But Ward had it in bis mind that tne storm, after all, might blow over, and that we ought not to irritate the British any more than we could ger 4 help. It was in the midst of this general policy that, somebow the scheme Was originated and carried in the Com- mitvee of Salety, to fortity Bunker Hill All admit that Putpam strougly advocated the scheme be- fore the committee, and, though it is not abso- Jutely certain, it is very highly probable that he, fore than apy other person, originated the plan self. By the 17th of June there were gathered about Boston not 1ar from 16,000 American troops, poorly armed and poorly organized. While these American forces were thus gathering the British | forces were also rapidly increasing in and around the city. At the f the pattie of Lexington the British Wepope at this point numbered about 4,000. But by the 17th of June there were not far drom 10,000 British soldiers In the city or ite im- mediate vicinity, And toey were picked ments, among the very choicest which England had to send, For some time before the battle of Bunker Hill rumors filled the air that the British Were meditating an important movement. times the story ran that they intended to poreman. ol the high lands of Dorchester oxbury, where General Thomas was stationed, and sometimes the high lands of Charlestown were thou to be the object toward which they were aiming. The more bold and active leaders 1a toe American camp thought it wiser and safer to anticipate thi movement of the British by taking possession of the Olarlestown heights and tortilying them, Dr, Bilis, in his ceutly published history of the battle, saya that ion came up in the Committee of ‘al Ward and Joseph Warren, wh * Were doubtiul about the expediency of intrenc'! ing on Bunker till, General Putaam was earn! Jo nis advocacy of the measure.’ The Commit of Safety, though divided in sentiment, by a 1) jority said ‘yes’ toaplan which Was 80 near General Putnam’s heart, General Ward votod | against it,and General Warren, chairman of the ® we date oF | committee, voted against it, but the plan was adopted, WHO WAS COMMANDER ?, Ahd now we Wish to take up definitely the ques- tion, Who was the chief commanger at the bactie of Bunker Hill? It is an old question, but not quits so old ag the batue ts. It was discussed with co..siderable spirit about a quarter of a centary | ago, and 1t is and Wili be discussed more fully and caresuliy during this Cextennial year. Ther e only two names in dispute, Colonel William Pre: cott and General Israel Putnam. One o! the Bo: ton morning papers of this very day on which we write quietly assumes tbat Rey. Dr, George E, Ellis, 0; Bosvon, and Mr. Richard Frothingbam, of Charlestown, vy their older and recent,pubitca- Uons, have settled the question in javor of Uolonel Prescott, and that their conclusion will be ac- cepied by the American people as final authority on that point. On the contrary, we think we cao show, even Within the limits of a newspaper arti- cle, that the case is quite otherwise, and that clearly Putnam was the chief commander that day on the feild, No one can nave any desire to take away from brave Colouel Prescott une lots of the honor that really belongs to bim, bus tf Bosten or Massachu- cott, as the commander in tmat battle, it will be one of those exhibitions of jocal pride in opposi- tion to the tiuth of history that will be little to | their credit. No one denies that Colonel William Prescott was the wan sent out from Cambridge on the night of June 16 with @ thousand or tweive | hundred men to buiid those Intronchments on Bunker Hull. 1t wasa@ boid and romantic move. ment and brought Prescott’s name conspicuously velore the people, But this settles nothing as to the chief command next day, 1t is a common fact in muitary affairs that subordinate oMcer ts tnus set forward to syperintend preliminary work. Indeed, in military usage, it is evidence against rather than tor Colonel Prescott, as chiel commander, that he was sent jorward to do vhis work. .And even in the business of this bight he was not chiel, tor he was acting under Colooel Gridiey, the engin Some writers try to make it appoar that General Putnam was not at Buoker Hl that ight. r. Frotningham and stan- dard writers erally admit that hy ec im the early nigut, engaged in earnest con:uita- tion ay to the point where the redoubt should stand, Mr. Frothingham. says, “The .veteran | 1 twO generals, one Of whom | was General inam, took part in i" (.¢ the © consultation), The tact that rutaum was there, | and, afcer the spot fixed upon, Weat back vo Teacott tv superintend the | ail this at the very outset, Is men at their wor! Of Prescott in this whole business, But that brief aight oi Nard tell passes, and the memorable day of the battle dawns, Puteam is ou that Heid as brigadier general, and Presgott Is there as colonel of @ Massachuse ts regimeut., No one denies that Putaam was @ very active man that day, busy in all directions, burrying to ana | iro @n bis Woite lorse, back abd jorta across the | Neck aud over every part of the feid. Of cour: by all military usage, he is the enpertor of Pre: cott. if be is uot Prescott’s military superior it is simply because a general from Connecticut | might be commanded @ colonel irom Massa- cbusetts. But there Was no such confasion of military tlies, A ral irom etther of the respected as a | Scaies were not as yet acted organized, it never been submitted to for 4 moment tnat or a colonel or @ general, If of Massa- chusetts appolatment, should be regarded as | pometuing aiguer aed more aristocratic than men rt titles from the otner States. bearing 5 rt, therefore, is 60 strong tnat ‘The proot at t | Putaam was the commander, that only very ex- | ceptional proofs can possibly sev asiae that [domed and natural conclusion. Warren and omeroy, with the rank of geserais (Warren be- ing major general), both waived their right to command, but Patgam did pot, and, not dolag & he Was tbe commander by all military law and | usage. ne) we do well to dwell a moment on this point oft “walving the right to comman Mr. Frotning- ham faithfully and honorably relates a fact fitted emimently to throw ligmt on the gene: now before us. We quote from his r “pattie o| Bunker iil,” page 36. Hew the coarse taken by General Warren that “iiere, ut tne Neck, Aw left his horse and wal up Bunker Hii, where one of his dents, Wiillam Eustis, subsequentiy Governor, | on, and thence dowa | ‘the hill to the ratl tence, he met Putnal who agered to receive orders from him (we under- score these words). a Oy 2 replied, ‘1 am 7” &e ry of Connecticat,” has scene in its more iall jd dramatic ligh as one story is gathered from some of the old nar- | ravives. But mbouies no iveins as facts yond such as liowed by those Massachusett: Writers, Wao claim Prescott as commander. Ten, when he comes upon thé field, is represent as meering Putnam near the lenee, and the fol- | A DIALOGUE BRTWREN PUTNAM AND WARREN. Purnam—I'm sorry to see you hero, General Warreu; i wish you bad leftthe day to us, as | aavised you. From appearances we spall have a sharp time of it, but since you are here 1'l receive your orders wita pleasure, Wark came only a@ a volunteer. I know nothing of your dispoaitio 4 will nol interfere witn them. Tell me whe: 1 be most useful, PUTNAM (pointing to the redoubt)—You will be eovered there. WaRREN—Don’t think I come here to seck a ES fety; but tell me where the onset will the most furious ? PUTNAM (azain pointing to the redoubt)—Taat t Peay oject; Presoott .is ti and will ty, ke. This in substance, as we have already said, is SEE given in rrothingham’s narrative and in many Mi chusetis Ristories, Bat how out of Joint it t Prescott is the chief command Og ‘al Warren, whe knew ts and reiations of that day perfectiy weil, would not first have | stop to taik to General Putnam on a pout like | ‘this, but would have reported himself directly to | Colonel Prescott, And certainly Patnam would hot have been suilty of toe Jolly of resigning the chief command to atren when he had no such Wheo General Warren met nf regarded Putnam as the Held, and hence this conversu- ot fact as recorded by Mr. Frouth- ing am ; for we preter ja mittea by those who writ Itshows how dificult it is, tell the story of the battie 1 their narratives shall not distinctly point to Putnam as the chief | commander, We quote from page 27 of Mr. Frown | ingham’s recent book :— ! tnow to take jacts ad- im behalfof Prescott, for them, 0 to General Futoam, who was on bis way to the beights, «eee Tode on horseback vo the redoubt and tole Cuie nel Prescott—as General Heath first relates tho circus ance—that the intreuehing tools mu: sent. off, ey Would be lost The colonel replied that it any of the men away with the tools not one would return. To this the Gener: shall every man rewra.” A lire off with the tools, and not one of th instance the Colonel was the best ju A large part of the tools were car: Bunker Will, where, hy men began to throw up a breastwork. fell into the hands of the enemy. Very naturaily they did as the day turned, and still More quickly Would they bave fullen to tne enemy if they bad been kept at the redouvt, Bus the question here is not what became of the tools or Who was the best judge of human nature, bat who had power and authority to iseue military commands. These tools and thore men, eveii irom the redoubt, where Prescott nad special charge, a8 admitted ny all waiters, went somchow | where I'utmam ordered them to be carried and | were weed according to his direction, and toey went in apitve of all Prescott's suggestions to tue conwary. er tha: rder, the Most of the'tools AN ILLUSTRATION. | Let us novice still another very plearant bit of the same direction, Mr. Frothingham, to give interest and value to his neat little Volume, just issued, has repudlishea in it an old pictare, descrived as follows: ~"The exact | view ef toe battie ts reproduced from an American engraving @1 1775. Itappeared in areduced form tn the Pennsyleania Magazine oi that year.” Tuts ie | & rude, but spirited and interesting old piccure, in | OWie AXIS Usd Wakotedes of pein kind. | £ | man, he was truly the right hand man of Wash- dt any man had access to th | alr of contemporary history, | Prescott’s (son of Colonel Prescott) dinner por | | an m to renew the figat in the unfinished works," | eighty-two. 2 The evidence in the foregoing transaction lies | a oe ton Ore Baad te will presents te pe a ee wden wit command | | sent by Ge: o General Putnam as the | n proper mar to be inquired of, but far more in phy ee Se ene | ae ee ri a4 tae wanatent oe uae In Gen- | | eral Patoam, by which he was sbont to inflict upon * sy an artillery oficer summary execution jor ‘aussbe | “LITTLE RHODY'S” CENTENNIAL. | make a point that Putnam was not at toe redoubt | fully at the redouvt, | take. | Was at the earthworks, aa it was via business to NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1875.—TRIPLE by the same law Putnem was commander, for he Si ASRS SHE pce cuir ng rsa © pick Out trom oh meee days more items than we have Fou Ty i peintivug in this oue direction, 5 Bove e | ready given several important proof texts; but le: us notice One or two more little things, for ttle things in such matters as these are oftes mor important and convincing than great ones. Grea things may be concocted and shaped and specially intarareted; but little things come in naturally and 4s @ matter of course, r the batple, on th 18th of July lollowing, a court martial is institutes and Sergeant Samuei Goodale 1s called to tesuly | mm she case of Colonel Seammons, who ls charged with cowardice and neglecting to obey orders. He says, was went by Colonel Seam- figures are introduced to indicate impor ts There are pine of the; res—1, Boston ; 2, Oharlesto ‘ovinolal breastwork Srigate; 7, Somerset; eral Putoan. es ‘tant real ace ree ; regularg broken officer, and 9, Gen: That picture, with ite illustrative tirely to our satisfaction how jeratood history, The only per- me is General Putnam, and se, With his sword drawn, and io that picture he most unmistakabi! | aap out as the commander, And ihis picture, in some unfortunate by? got into Mr. Rrothios: | ham’s book, who is the chief of all writers on the | Prescott sida, | And in the matter of pictures we have still sou mentioned by he is seated on & more lwportant Pek and such as rises aimost to the dignity of documentary evicence, When | Wons to “General Putnam *o koow if bis Colonel Jonn Trumbnil painted bis celebrated | (Volonel Seammons) regiment was wanted.” pictare of the “Battle of Bunker Hil,” in 1786, | Why was he feut to General Putnam, except only three years alter the close of the war, he | Jor the very obvioas reason that Pi atnam Wi puts Patnam in the picture as commander. Now | commander, oy this was in the midst of the day | consider who this John Trumbull was, and what | of the bat. olonel Joun Chester, of Connecti. | were bis opportunities for knowledge. He was | cut, says:—‘Just after dipner, on Saturday, 17th ult, | was walking from mny lodgings quite calm and composed, and all at once the drums be- gan to beat to orme and bells rang, and noise in Cambridge, Captain Putnam General Puinam) 9 tg on full gallep. hat ja the matter ?” Here you not heard?’ a the son of Goveruor Jonathan Tromball, o! Con- necticut, who standsmext to Washington in the | services he rendered to the country during that elgnt years’ struggle. Drake, in his ‘Blographi- cal Dictionary,” says of Gevernor Trambull — He was considered the whig leader in New Engiani while the Adatnses and Hancock were In Congress, and | ‘No,’ | “Why, the regulars ing in Charles. during the whole contest was relied on by Washington hn he, 4 24 father gays you mast all meet | as one of his main pillars of support. The phrase some- | @} arch {mumediately to Bunker Hill to oppose | used by him, “Let us see what Brother Jonaihan | the enemy.!”” gays,’ is supposed to have originated the hamorous term Frequently applied to the United States | Mr. Drake had no need to make the qualification he does, For though the Adamses and Hancock may Dave done more to rouse the people to resi ance, their services during the war cannot well compar®l to those of Governor Trumbull. By the pecullar charter of Connecticut, Trumbull was @ When the New Hampshire troops were comin, on to the feld inthe afternoon, 4} Putnaul met them and turned aside some two hyn- dred of them to work on the second line of intrenchments; and if he did that undoubt- ealy he also told the others when to take their 10) . Many little incidents of this kind serve to show hag | enough who the now comes in root of a somewhat diderent kind, On Jane 19, Wo days after the battle, Facnam was raised by the Continental Congress from bis rank of brig- adier general Of Connecticut troops, to that of fourth major feneral of the Oontivenial Army. Bares Governor, eleeted by the people, ang ie | general commander wus, An | rivish overnment had no ve'o on choice, By this singular , position, as as by his rare virtues a8 a calm, strong Ch: ington; and Colonel John Trumbull, the painter, | was his son, At wnis household, in Lebanon, | On notielng the date of tla appointment, and ‘ “ zy Conn. every important event of the war re- | forgetting the necessarily slow Tevements of that Ported itself as soon as Messengers could carry | age, it seemed at first view as though this rank Was the news, Moreover, this son was at Vambridg@ | promptly conferred, in honor of hig action at Bun- as adjutant of the First Connecticut regiment | Kor Mil. put it is not Hkely that wis, news svon afver the battle of Lexington. He afterward | could have been convoyed to Palladelphia between became aid to Washington tn that very summer. | Savurday ana Monday, The Congress acted upon ' fact# of those | the merits of the man, as they had been shown in times’ Joka Trumbull, the ter, had such | the weeks preceding the battle and in bis previous access. Ard besides all this, a paimter must, in | warlike carcer. e copy from the American the nature of the case, study his subject aud give archives the action of Congress in this matter continued and thoughtful attention to his group- | under date of June 19, 1773, [Two major ings, and no one, 60 Jar a8 we are aware, ever | pals, Artemas Ward and Charies Lee, had etre ‘Trumbull Mayet fe perpetrate an | chosen two days belore—June 17.) tistorical he whon be painted that picture, As he wrought at his toli he was Wreatuing the very | Resolved. That there be four major feneral The men were alive | major yenerals, | whew "Bnitip “Sehuy lor. chosen third major general and Israel Putnam, Es Was ananimoasly chose: urth major geueral. | Notice that the record says “unanimously” in the case of Putnam, as it ae not of the othe: | And there is am important sequel to this actio | The four commissions thus issued (two on this day and tue two earlier) were intrusied to Was! ington to take North, with a certain discrenonary ower. “Appletons’ Cyclopmdia,’’ in its article | ‘om which we have already quoted, says ‘that | When Washtagton arrived at the camp to take command, in July, 1775, he brought wita him com- missions from Congress for four major genera | one of whom was Pctnam, and to kim lone @i he deliver his commission, the others being with- held on account Of the great dissatisfaction at- tending these appointments.” NOT FINALLY WITHHELD BUT WITHHELD aT THR Dt TDI. Whether the Continental Congress knew * thing of the Battle of Banker Hill or not when they unanimously chose Putnam major general, Washington knew all about tt when he delivered him the commission, and he regarded Dim as @ | | | | | | 3 s S wll about him who had taken part in that battle, and when Dis picture is finished Putnam rises out Of that tumulitous crowd at the very moment of storming the redoubt, as the commander. Dr, Ellis, in a note appended to his history of the battle, saya that the painter, Trumbull, ‘‘a* Judge expressed his sincere regret at the error he hi committed aud Nis desire and purpose to rectify it.” We know not how long after the battle this scene at the dinner table took place or how much | of this concession is to be taken ag the court of a distinguished guest toward a distinguisne host, and we have never heard that tne made the desired correction, We apprehend, if the matter were edrefully probed, that the mistake which the painter may have aamitted was a merely tectnical ene—viz., that of placing Put- Bain at that moment in or near the redoubt. But even in this he was not very far from historical trath, for Mr. Frothingbam Bimseif is authority for the following words:—‘The redoubt had been carried and the rout begun. ¢ GENRHAL PUTNAM HERE RODE to the rear of tie retreating troops, and, regard: | sian who merited exceedingly well ot his country, less of the balls fying about bim, with lg sword | Prescott had also performed herole and importaay drawn, and still undaunted in his bearing, urged | services, but he Was Lot singled out as a marke: man jor promotion, The public attention was no: turned to him inany diferent way irom what 1 ‘Was to Colonel Stark, of New Haven, who had also whatif he Was not exactly in or at the re. | doubt at the moment when the Britiea broke in? patoter’s canvas is a limited feld on which ¥ 2 ‘ paint @ battie scenc, aud the artist must a eerie eetcause ‘Prescott had liberty in his groupings ju order to bring the chief | peen selected the night before to super- | Sgures witta o small compass. Is there any | intend the vullding of doubt bis mt i the affair, rictly in a mill. | record of the time and place in which, over his own name, Trumbull bas vertified that he made @ | mistake In painting Polnam as commander at | Bunker Hilly | Trumpuil died in 1848 at the age of eighty-seven, | and Judge Prescott died in 1844 at the Probable thirty ow forty years bad passed after the painting was finished belore this | concession, whatever it was, was made; and we should set @far higher Value upon that evidence which ‘Trumbull had when he painted than such a8 was brought to his notice, by an eminent legal | gentleman in & case Of special famtly pleading, many years alterward. And besides, if sons cal be good witnesses, and can settle such question as these, Colonel Daniel Putnam, son of General name Was neturally very prox! But his oMctal activn, regarded tary potut of view, was no high jan that of Colonel Stark. He commanded a regiment and | acted as a colonel, and how the men of this gene- | ration are to get liim out of his official place into | quite a different one we do not very clearly see, Having, however, much more to say upon the | aubject, 1 shall continue it in another and conclud- ang communication, INUREASE N. TARBOX, THE OLDEST MILITARY ORGANIZATION IN THI6 COUNTRY TO BE PRESENT AT THE CENTEN- | NIAL—IHL PHILADBLPHIA CITY TROOP, Putnam, and Who was With bis father in the same WANN bouse through all those scenes Of 1775,+ PHILADELPHIA, June 10, 1875. | ¥ zt on public record. _ tostimay y. | An interesting feature of the Bunker Hill Cen- | | He had as strong a belief that bis | Tt | father commanded at Sacker Hil | tennlalson the 17ti inst., will be the presence of | the First City Troop, of Philadelphia. This organt- zation dates its continuous existence as far back | as November, 1774, before Bunker Hill be- Judge Prescott could possibly have that bi father commanded there, And the advantage in this cage must certainly rest with the son of Gen- | Gaspee was among the first symptoms of colonial | sary, and she celebrated it SHEET. tosome vers spirited letters Setween Governor Wanton and Admiral Montague, commanding the King’s fieet at Boston, trom which the Gaspee Was despatched. The most aggravating and un- Warrantable act of the British commander was the seizure of a stock of rum and sugars belong- ing to a* Warwick firm, which goods were, con- trary to all law of Parliament, sent to Boston for adjudication, wnen the matter should have been | settled at the place of seizure, ‘Ibis Offensive act | ‘ovoked the te beyond further enduran: Sha the jeatruction ot the vessel immedi tely fol- lowed. From a file of the Providence Journal! | am enabied to give of the afair, Thi of Captain Lina) jer sai} In pursuit which left Newport uit Point, n ‘rovidence, rounded, leaving the packet to pursue her course with- out jurther fear of molestation. fely, reached Providence saf if mained fast asnore, Intelligence of the 8 aspee’s Providence by the packet's ation reache rival, and, reeiving the jong wished for opportunity, # plan wi at once ar- ranged for her destruction, ir. John Brown, | one O! Providence’s most prominent meromants, fook the affair in charge, and directed a reliable ahipmaster to prepare eight song boats, witl MuMled oars, and place them at Fenner’s wharf, in readiness tor going to the doomed vessel. The beating of @ drum in the streets summoned a. Who wished to participate in the act, and ver; svon a bold and determined band, armed ond any occur, filled the ready for resistance, shoul: boats id embarked about ten o'clock at night for the Gaspee. They had proceed to Within about sixty yards of the vesse) when @ | sentinel hatied, “Who comes there!’ Failing to | et an answer he hailed again. Then Captain Vhittle gave his answer in Words that could ad. | mit of no Mistake—'‘I am Sheriff of the county of Kent, damn you, Ihave got a warrant to appr hend you, damn you; so surrender, damn you.” Soon after Captain Duddingston Sppentey When he was fired upon by Captain Whipple and feil wounded. The wounded commander, together | with his crew, very soon after abandoned the ves- sel, and the leaders of the expedition then buraed | the Gaspee tothe water's edge. The foregoing principal points I condense from | the Journal's repor: of that date, and a later | writer gives some additional details and com. | ments, News of the daring act soun spread far | and near, and Admiral Montague naturally be- came greatly excited and indignant upon being apprised by the Governor, He summoned the crew of the Gaspee and had their testimony (re 0 and gieaning What particulars he could he de- Spatched a vesrelto England with the luformation, which was laid belore the King and Counell. A ROYAL PROCLAMATION was issued, dated August 26, 1772, offering a re- ward of £1,000 sterling for the discovery of the per- petrators of the deed. But notwithstanding this and subsequent investigations the parties Lo the | affair escaped detection, a@ one being | found who wonld reveal their names. Thus the British commanders were taught a@lesson and given a foretaste of what followed When the entire colonies arose in successiul re Volt against British tyranny. The burniug of the discontent—the mutterings of the siorm that af. terward burst over the country and forever wrecked British rue 1m America, It was the anniversary of this patriotic event that the people celebrated at Mushapaug Pond, r Providence, to-d d the cbservance was carried out very heautiful ana there wa The weather was ‘nere Was a military parade, arge concourse of people, ad, In the evening, Rh Island patriotic anniver+ ry worthily. THE CENTENNIAL. ES 3 GOVEBNOR BIGLEN EXPLAINS THE INACCURACY OF CERTAIN STATEMENTS AND FIGURES IN REFERENCE TO THE INTERNALUQNAL FX EUBI- ‘TION. | In the doorway, | Sort- of dark % irr reat Td DESPERATE BROOKLYN BURGLARS, dint caasiitian ANOTHER BESIDENCE INVAU=sm BY AN AU* DACIOUS §=THIBF—LATEAT FACTS 1m TER SHUTE CASE. AD audacious burglar entered the residence of Mr. Joseph A, Cook, No. 192 Pulaski street, Brook- lyn, early yesterday morning, and but for the presence of mind of Mra. Cook would probabig have perpetrated as great an Outrage as the one which was committed at the residence of Mr. Aaron Shute, situated only a few blocks away, om Tuesday last, Thé house is located about sixty feet from Tompking ayenue, Mr, Cook 1 & Faoton Market butcher and provision dealer. The family consists of himself, hie wife, two chiidren and a servant. They retired to rest about mine o'clock, On Thureday night, taking none other than the usual precautions against burglars, notwithstand< ing the excitement caused in the nelghborho: by the Shute tragedy. The househeld slept quietly until two o’clock yesterday morning. Ag Cook, who was sleeping on the’ wakened by hearing a footstep on the lending, near her chamber door, which was unlocked, She sat up in bed and sa “WHO 13 THERE I? when the door was suddenly opened and ¢! figure ofa man with a light tn his hand apparé Alter gazing at her for Moment, and probably intimidated by the sight of her husband, the intruder descended the stairs. a and disappeared. Mra. Cook, tear: that ti thief would murder her hasoand, did not arouse” Mr. Coos till the danger was past; put villain bad reached the foot of stairs she awoke her husband, burglar but hearing the cries of Mrs, Cook hi through one of the front basement wind: into, the area and escaped to the street. In doing so’ which fell! upon the fagstones With & |oud crash, arousing a number of the neighbors and several policemen, who s00n collected about the house, too late, how-) ever, to prevent the escape of tne burglar, who! ran across Tompkins avenue. He reached the lows and disappeared in the direction of Williamsburg. Upon examining the premises 1t was found that the burglar had effected an entrance im exactiy the same manner as the desperado who attempted to murder Mr, Shute, Alter pushing back the fastening of the frout basement window with # flat-bladed knife he raised the sash, pushed py the tnstde blinds and entered the basemént. bt e, Which was banging in the window, he tue pall and placed on the fi lighted @ candle and a4 the closets were unloc took from them the silverware, which he placed on tue diming table. He made lantern of one of tho children's! straw hats by cuttiog @ hole in the crown and: setting the candle im it. One of Mrs. Cook’s dresses bang over the balustrade, with gold but. tous im the sleeves. He was taking them out? wheu startled by the voice of Mre. Cook, and car-; | ried them with him in his flight. A silver knife, whici he nid taken from the basement was aitere ward found in the street a short distance away, + A ; rom then Operations. i ° longing to th “ purgtar i. icked up by Mray | belonging to the burgiar was } Hai ind handed overto the police. The Tedy is | Unabie to give an accurate description Of the! ; burgiar other than that ne was @ man of medium) | height and rather stout, Htr husband woo! probably nave fared better in an encounter w) the burglar than dfta Mr. Shute, for he had @’ loaded revoiver under hts pillow. MR. gases SHUR, THE VICTIM of the Tompkins avenue tragedy, was + very low Condition yesterday, and ve: hopes were entertained of his recovery. sicians agreed that if he could lye taro higbt he Would improve more vaplaiy. s To Tne Epiron or Tus HERALDY- The figures which I presedted to certain repre- sentatives of the press, ata meeting of the Wine Association on the 9th inst, have been so mani. festiy misunderstood by some of the daily papers | that [must ask you to do me the favor to print the | following correction in the HERALD of to-morrow. | Those figures were not intended to exhibit the present condition of the Centennial finances, but to show the chances of reimbursing tne sub- seribers to the stock, The present financii as followa, to wit:— condition may be set down WXPENDITURES, Buildings Main 6 , for he was an eye witness, at \e Art gallery. x eihen tnraven "ae whole excitement, at Joepe came historic ground, and it was, there- » Aaafouitarai ir] Prescott was hot, "| fore, when it celebrated its centennial birthday | Meen st ih | 120 OTHER PROOFS FOR PUTNAM, Let us go on bow to other items of proof. The fact tha! neral ’utnam Was tbe only officer that rode ona@ horse that day is not an unimportan item of evidence in this connection, is fact marked his superior rank and positien. But a little trapsaction, of which we find tne recora in of the Massachusetts Provincial Con. help to confirm what has gone before ‘ican Archives, 4in series, voi, il, page | last November, the olest military organization | in the United States, The City Troop will | | naturally be a conspicuous and appropriate fea- | ture of next Thursday's demonstration at the | Hub, It 18 a cavalry troop and will go mounted, and the troopers will carry with them the fag borne by them (or, rather, the ancestors of the present members) at White Plains and Trenton in | the Revoiation, This venerable relic, “noble in itg | sotied and ragged folds,” was the origioal banner i bo | yes) made before the existence of Tnited Btates of America, and bearing ( decipherable on the faded silk) the coat of ARMS OF THE UNITRD COLONIES. The City Troop ts attached to the Third division of the State militia, but is im reality an independ- | ent organization. It is the wealthiest association The committee appointed to inquire into the grounds of a report which has prevalled 1B the army that there has been treachery in some ot the otteety beg leave to our committee proceeded to Cambridge, | General (General Ward) and made him ir business. He informed your com- Putnam had made complaint of an oMeer ia the train, but by @ migiake inthe mate th wrong oMeer was confined. Pplied to \.eneral Putnam ana other officers, who were in the heat of the engagement, for further inteiligence, General : | Putnam ‘ioformed us that in tue. tate ‘acon, | of the Cy fee gy Ne thee | 3 he was riding up ker il, he met | Property and paying lis own expenses. ere an officer of the train drawing bis cannon down in great | Will, thereiore, De nO appropriation asked irom | haste. Le ordered the oMecer to stop and vo back. He | Counclis to pay the expenses of the trip, and no | replied he had no cartridges. The General dismounte delay on this account, as is the case and examined his boxes and found aconsiderable aum- | with the First and ‘Second regime ber of cartridges, upon which he ordered him back. He refused until the General threatened him with iume- ia upon wi he returned up the hill again, ut soon deserted his post aud left the cannou. * * ¢ oneral Putnam declared to your committee, opinion, that the defeat of that day was owin: behavior of those that jucted the artillery, that one of these offeers ongnt to be punished witn jen | and the Washington boy} provision tor whic | have been made by ti ty goverument, The State Fencioles, another crack organization, the | best drilled company in Philadeiph will visit af Boston, In spite of dilatory legtslation, several | Promivent merchants having contributed money enough to pay their expenses. A simiiar efor! dience, and If the man had net cowed and returned | he wo doubtless have executed that threat, ‘Lhis looks a@ little like & man “having authority” that day, and this evidence comes directly from | the records of t Massachusetts Congress only a | lew days after the battle. } THE FRIENDS OF PRESCOTT | THE FIRST ACT AGAINST BRITIGR INSOLENCE AND TYRANNY—BURNING OF THE SCHOONER | GASPER IN NARRAGANSETT BAY—BRIEF SEBTCH OF THE AYFFAIR—HIATORIC CELEBRA- during the day, But we have caught one glimpse | TION OF THE EVENT AT PROVIDENCE. of him there, at least, and he seemed at the time | PRovipeNnce, June 11, 1876, to be in command, On the other hand, and with | To-day the anniversary of the destruction of the still more pertinence, we ask for evidence that Prescott was out of the redoubt, engaged in any | British schooner Gaspee, which took piace in the waters of Narraganrett Day, Juno 10, 1772, was [tbe superintendence on the field, that bn H © | celebrated under we auspices of the “Women le seems, by some of the accounts, to bave made | a fying view to Cambridge during the forenoon, | bat otherwise he appears a’ have oe oe oa Centennial Executive Committee of khode Islana,"’ as it was his duty to do, Those that take up s0 strongly for Prescott, fad | S24 the Bistorical associations which oluster themselves also under a law of inOuence, | Sround that memorable event tn the e@ariy | by a ae taey are Inclined | 10 MneRiy colonial Gays renders the observance worthy of over’ is doe at the redoubt, We have no disposition to under- | More than local mention and awakens @ geveral yalue the services there performed. As Putnam ‘oterest, The burning of the Gaspee was, with eey teva ‘eee dite psn co beeate Cabo | the exception of an oecurrence of alesser note a ey thor , to o i they thought an easy aod round. | / years previous, the frst real determined act | against British authority and caused a very gon- eral sensation. The previous occurrence referred _ | te was the destruction of tho British revenue ves- sel Liberty, which was performed at Newport in retura for outrages by that vossel. This event I | find reportea in the Newport Mercury of July 22, 1769, briefly, as follows :- The attempt at violence by the Liberiy's people, Waoee commander had never condescended to | H overnor 0 cnune they received tne onset of the first autack | Colony, ae enraged a number of persons tat ihe little betore it struck the redoubt, We do not ing, having met Cuptain Retd on the mean at all to imply that Prescott’s men would nos have done just as weil, and did not do just as well soon afterward. But in the forgunce of the battia, aod by the British plan of ateRek, the first effort ‘was to break the fenee line, in which Howe was totally unsuccessin! and where some of his com- nd there they made their great mis- The earliest and neavicst losses were not inflicted on the British troops from the redouvt, bat from behind the fence, where the New Hamp- shire and Connecticut troops were #tationed (chiehy New Hampshire), It was on the ri ht Wing of the British army under Howe where the moat terrible desiroction fell at the first, That dlow was toficted chiefly by the New Hampshire marksmen, under Colonels Stark aud Read, and the fewer Connecticut men under Captain Knowlton. They were che first to siow herofe qualiites, be- Long wuarl, y obliged him to send for his men in order to discover the man who first fired | upom Captaia Packwood. afterwara a number of persons, unknown, went aboard the Liberty, sent toe mi Who sione remained, sway, cut her cables and jet her drift asmore at the Point, when panies and regiments were almost wholly cut to | they cut away ner mast, ttled her and carried = AnG that feoce line was Dever broken that je her Doaee to the Roper part ol t own and ay. burned them, iy There was @ battle of Bunker Mill, @ very tmpors | tant part of which was enacted outside t: thoes | ‘The people were more fully aroused upon the Serene at ain are was wh ae ae | appearance of the schooner Gaspoe, of eight portant element in the game of battle, and the | Uommander-in-nief, she man overlooking ana | 00% commanded by Lieutenant Daddingston, guiding the Whole movement, would not, as a Which, With another vessel called the Beaver, put ye of course, remain ao io Ln redoudt: | mto Narragansett Bay in March, 1772, for the pur- at did any one ever near Of Prescott as abroa and giving command on the general field? ile pose of enforcing the revenue laws and preventing | ihlicit tradic, Commander Daddingston inetituted & most rigid search of suspected vessels; in tact, was folly ag strict as Captain Reid, of the Liberty, and he soon rendered himself and crow OBNOXIOUS AND INTOLERABLE | t@ the people. His acts were questioned, and legal proceedings were bronght Into requisition Be ee eee aba eutse up tre case fer Presents to determine the mattér, Uhief Justice Hopkins | in this Way :—‘‘The coucitision warranted by the promptiy decided “that mo commander of any | evidence 34 that the original detacnmens wag | vessel Las @ right to use any Autnority in the boay placea under the orders o/ ae abd gag and | of the colony without previously applying to the e Orie - | mand over him durine the pattie.” fat ot wna | GOverMor and showing bis warrant for so doing ; force Is this argument, when all the ri (Mr, | and, aiso, peing sworn to the due excreiso of his Frotbingham jeciaded) put General Warren @8 gpice,? Complaint was then to the Gov- comereeasr fi Be bee aot wales ee | ernorof the commander's conduct, ana the Goy- | ernor very soon demanded of Commander Dud- command? Many of thecorly American and Brit- ish accounts cal! General Warren commander, be- | | dingston bie autuority for the assumption of such | Power, ailing for the prodoction of his | be, serving as a suvordinate officer, He could not have been shut wp, then, all day if he bad been geveral commander, except fngioriously. Bat tuere was nothing inglorious about him. He ‘Was a grand old nero and brave as @ liod, and his | friends, 1: toey dit but realize the fact, thke away from his trae fame and honor when they try to yauke him chief commander of that day and yet keep bim slut up in the earinworks, cause they hat not then understood the exact potiiion taken by nim that day. And i! Warren would Dave been commander, In spite o! Pres SOLA ADOCLA! ARDO/RUMCME WO a Lary’? = “axvicg, | dered the repayment of part of the stock as | Deduct capital a it | State ,Sommission Yong Lag AN Ts MOTE Te. 104 ; Portes lums and general expenses hac | ice, Jury. premiums and gei Ot ike Exbibidon (estimate 1,430,000 | Total... ate of Pennaytvania. ty of Philadeiph: tate of J ware. . Stock sold in Pennsylvania ana other Btates.... Capital to be secured. ....00.++ Of this sum $1,500,000 ought to be r the opening of the Exbibition. As | have often heretofore stated, the reim- bursement of the stockholders was no part of the original design; but as circumstances bave ren- ised before almost inevitable, we now deem tt proper to pr sent that view of the case (aking the total cost | of the Exhibition from beginning to ending as | hereinbefore sated) :— | od income not repre- | sees ee $7,608,000 | . ted b: City of Philacel; Estimated inco: ri $1 000,066 1,600,000 depart | gamer righta'and privileges, sonene | ale of rig! ‘ | Proceeds of 6a ‘of Duntdings nd MAterials.....cseeeceree 560,000 ———— 3,560,000 | Leaves capital to be represented by zit | BLOCK... ccseeeeeeuee a+ ++ $4,068,000 To meet this sum Of $4,068,000 we have the entire income for ad:nissions at 60 cents each, and it | ‘will be seen that 3,000,000 of visitors ontering an ries in the throat are of such a terivlé aa it is almogs impossidie for him to nourishment, ‘we addittonal arrests @ mate | police yesterday, but there beln; ence against tye men thoy were r me of toem is George Etisoa, a for’ years, who was taken 2 toto ‘c al b residence, No, 03 Throop avenue. af biner one; is Jos hs Weber, who was rouge %, Office: er, of the Twelfth precinct. Suspi rected agaiost these men because they Q prison and resi im the The mou sqaad re sili scouring ee | Istaod :n seareh e the fugitive. As there was 0 ty agains the two tramps who were arrested at Jamaica’ comme oyna wut ide ra they were dincharge next meeting of ¢ y | Guce # resolution authorizing the Mayor ve 01 | reward for the assassin. fl ‘ A DESPERATE HIGHWAYMAN OAGED, SUCCESSFUL RESISTANCH BY A BRAVE wouas,! A Mast daring highway robver, who gives hi pame as James Fora, and his residence as New, York, was brought before Justice Keese, at Jere sey City, yoaterday; and committed for triah Thqe | wife of Captain Hayes, who is in eommand of Fins’ Isiand, was returning from New York on the! the 1d set De” Communipaw side ber a the signal, al from the isiand, he boldly gr! advantage of th é ved away With it ed him, however, Gttracted the attention of thi traiRailroad. He then thre’ rd, and, ¢latcoin: led: ing ber to \t = tance arrived. Re ri 8 an in 4 tried to esoa din the ¢ dBi 1, When soveral hundred yar Was overtaken and pi: tive Kilcauley, who 1 pion 4 bolder foliowed by an at gave the alarm, in open day, has im Jersey Cily. WEST POIYL THE GRADUATES AT REST—INVRSTIGAIION wy THH BOARD OF VISITORS. ’ Wasr Pornr, June 11, 1878, / ‘Theexamination of the graduating class wad completed to-day, the last subject of tnoir course’ in the order of their examinations, that of: ordnance apd gungery, having been taken up la yesterday and ehtirely diaposed of this afternoon, One of the features of the day's proceed-, ings was the examination of Cadet Charl & Hall, of the second class, who wi: so badly injured a few weeks ago du Acavairy drill. He was seated in an easy cha during the examination, and was oxamined + average of three times would pay ti rock in | & ht are pede a = hie oe ¢ toll, with @ handsome aividend, This would be | T20u Atly yet suffering from his teri ccident (it will be remembered his vicious horse counting the admissions at 1,000,000 less than they | ran away aud dasted him agaitst a tree with fear, were In Paris in 1867, | fui force) sued W. outs geeme Were tle ceremonies to come off in Philadelphia ih 1876 merely an international exhivition, I should have some doubts as to the presence of a great number of visitors, but the eelebration of tho Centennial anniversary of the Deciaration of Independence will bring thousands ana tens of thousands of persons from ail parts of our country who would not pat themselves to the least inconvenience to attend even an international exhibition; and Lam surely safe in saying that the international outlook is far more favorable than any o1 a originally anticipated. Thirty-eight foreign gov- ernmeuts have accepted the President's invita- tion, and are making preparations to take par: in the Exhibition, These, united to the thirty-seven sovereign States of the Union, will make a greater | gathering of the representatives of separate ana | independent governments thi ave ever come together before, se far as my Knowledge of history | goes, And to these may be added our niue Ter- ritories, whotce will appear through their separate representativ and some of which will present very attractive and valuable exhibitions, Very truly, your ovedient servant, WILLIAM BIGLER, Central Financial Agent, SAD CLOSE OF A GIFTED LIFE. The body of the man taken out of the North River at plier 19 om Thursday has beon identified fs that of J. J. McLeavy, who resided in Fourth street, Jersey City, He was thirty-four years of fae, sod ieaves # wife and four children, at twenty minutes past ten on Saturday night he Walked overboard at the Cortlandt etreet ferry, supposing, while he was iatoxicated, that @ boat was hooked to sue bridge, Whon he suak he Was swept by the un- Ger current beneath tne float, and thus was kept under the water, He was a man of great Versatility of character, Was Well educated aud a | good linguist, He came to tuis country eight years ago from Beifant, where VE ge in the | Queen's Ooliege. He obtained a diploma from the Quecn’s University versed ers medicine, bat he 80 lacked the quality called by pnrenologists ‘‘con- ceatrativoness” that he never Pepe that pro- jession, He applied bimsell to the study of chem- istry and soon developed @ powerful inventive gening in the combination of gases and fluids, but be never pursued hig experiments to aay ben Aiclal reauit for himeel! or AH mLy, eC be sua: JMG LYON ead Qlecwiudy, < | the programme of ext week, when the graduates ul be a Was not quite #0 active im have been for ys, but they are dctermined to see THB BO. ‘The Board to-day in’ igating work as they nd that noshing that ought to be. ve left undone in the way of makin, it whatever ways they flud crooked ip thé, Maire Of this institaton. ey have done so well by thelr inat jal visite, unannounced, ¢ f © various departments that they are to take jook into she quarters and messes of the private sold: Somehow previous Boards of Visitor bave acted as though there was no such thing as@ private soldier on the list, or that i there was he could not possibly Dave anyihing to complain of, Board's visit to Camplown will do no one ang 3 NO Occasion to fear an overha’ NEARING THE END, The 01 dergraduates have yet @ great deal to undergo before their examinations are final closed, but thts will notin any way interfere wit! ° aliowe: peace to their homes, is to deliver the Bol Gilmou! of the Boar of Visiters, will deliver ¢! dress. The ceremony Will prob. ably t lace about Doon, but this point bas not peen settied upon. The aay, anyhow, It seem now will be Wednesday. Oa Thursday the alama will Baye their annual diuner, wheu Professer Davis will preside. A CAVALRY DRILL. The exhibition drjil tn: PHOON Was a cavalry Grill, which Waa witnessed by a large number of spectators, FIRES YESTERDAY. At eight ovolock yesterday morning a fire wag discovered in the oil works of Lombard & Ayers, at the foot of Sixty-fifth street, Nor(h River. The to go their ways im e Secretary of W. dipiomas, and Profem | firemen succeeded in keeping the flames witnin bounds, @ diMiculs leat, owing tothe infiwmmable nature of the contents of the building, The total loss on oil, machinery, &c., is estimated to be nearly $10,000, which ts covered by im surance, @ Gre originated by the explosion Of the feoding tank, Wiich at the \ime contained 600 barrels of refined oll, ‘Thomas Cummings, one of the workmen, was siignty barned, He was taken to bis rosideace, on Tenth avenue, near be ig street. rly yesterday morning a fire broke out in the oellar of the four story brick tenement house Ay $03 Third avenue, owned vy M. Altmeyer. Ores floor Occupied as a grocery by Aloamp \& a2 stock is damaged to the extent | i n' ha ' tN Le oe, Fon the tna, Of ¥ oy ) Ryd SARAMA Lo 48 CaTUMALOG Ab