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GEORGE I‘. B
\ MANUFACTURER Aim
Wlzo'Iesale and Retail cold in
,"Tin, Copper, & Sheet ronWare
NORWALK, 0O‘N.
Opposite D. N. Railroa Dept, and
next to StepIwnson’s ate
zoentrst y.{
Doctors HILL 6!. I963,’
Surgical & illec niual
"D E N T I S S,
Ofliceover-— the Store of J. Gruman,
attorney and Counselo I
91-non ornvzz .M.z1LLOR ’s '.-Tour:
N oi-walk, Co '
Hats, Cam:-Lfiehk
STRAW GOODS,
Dealer in Foreign and Do stic I
DRY GOODS, CARP TIN GS
ngs, Clo .s, Cassi-
mercs, San'netts,, Veszings, d Tail-
or‘s Trzmmings. by the Yard,
Piece or Packagcli
RHEETINGS, suinrnvcs, JEANS, BA AN] wAnp
A the lowest possible pr’ es. I
NORWALLK, co
C. 81. E. K. LOCKWOOD, 8100.
NORWALK. CONN., ';
s:AxUrAc'i-unnns hr,
Tin, Sheet Iron & Gopperl Wires,
-- AND DEALERS I.\' _ A ' ~
Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces, . C lcryoj
Britannia Porcelain and ‘W era
. Ware, and Kitchen Furnit e-
in general, Pumps, Sheet
Lead 45» Lead Pipe,
Crockery/,l Glass
‘and China
Ware.
1-. 1:. nrasn,
WnoLr:s.ii.i-: AND Ri:'rAiL ni-:AI.nn in
S T O V E S ,
MANUFACTURER OF
Tin, Sheet Iron & Copper W
H as constanzly on hand a large as rt-
ment of general House-I.-eepi '
Furniture, at So. ,Norw,t’ll.-L,
Conn. { ‘ '
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General Pension on Patentdgent
And P:'osecz4lor of Claims iefore
‘the several Departments '
the Court of Claims.
.Washington, I). C.§
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D. 3. BOOTH, '
Attorney, & Counsellor at, Law,
6| WALL S'l‘REET,,
NEW YORK. '
‘Wholesale ’ ,
PAPER'DEALER&
MARSHALL BROTHERS,
58 Courtlandt Screel, N. Y., ‘
(Between Washington and Grecnwichlsts.)
ROBERT T. MAizsuAilr..
1124 Bass. L. MAusAAi.r..,
Orders and consignments respectfully so-
licited. ,
J__
Pairfield County Bank. ',
BANKING HOURS.
From 9 A. M. to 12
do. I P. M. to 3 P. M.
CHAS. ISAACS, Bnesident,
J. A. MOORIIEAD, Cashier.
Jan. lst, 1857,
Saugatuck Bank.
_ BANKING HOURS
From 9 A. M. to 12 M.,
" I P. M‘. to 3P.M.
H. STAPLES, President.
- B. L. Woonwowru. Casliier, “ "
Westpprt-. -ll_1._!l0 Nth, 1357-
N'orwal‘k Post Office. ,
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do do D; & N. R. R., 8.45.
do do New York City, 4.30.
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Mail Due.'—-D. do N R. R..8.00 A.M.
do do Wnsr, 9.30 A. M.. 6.00 inx.
. _ do ,E_A§T,8.30 A.-M.,3-45.1’ M.
New Goal Yard.
HE subscribers have established a New
CoAi._YAn1) at Norwalk, on the east side
of the Bridge, on Smith’s Dock below the Pot-
tery, where they intendrto keep constantly on
hand and are now delivering a. very superior
article of Goal, of the difl'erent sizes required
for -family use, such as for the furnace, parlor
and kitchen stoves. Our stock is alljresli. and
pains have been taken to secure the best kinds
known in the market, such as Spring Mount-
‘ ain Lehigh, and the Locust Mountain White
Ash; acknowledged by good judges to have
no superior. We have also the Pittston vari-
ety, all of which kinds we will sell at fair re-
munerating prices. A share of the public
patronage is respectfully solicited.
We also keep the above varieties at our
Yard in Winnipauk.
f35 GEO. H. RANDLE dz BROTHER.
LUMBER! LUMBER !
ILL &. HUBBELL have recently coin
menced the Lumber Business at the old
stand lately occupied by.Mr. Charles Thomas,
and intend to keep on sale
Timber, Lathand Lime,
together with every variety of Lumber sold in
this market. We shall be happy to accommo-
date customers with any thing in our line at
liberal prices. . HILL,
15 ' _J, C. HUBBELL,
A First Rate Farm For Sale-
' HE Subscriber desires to sell the whole. or
a portion of his farm, situated in the town
of Fairporr, Monroe County, N. Y., on the
New York Central Railroad, and 10 miles east
of Rochester. The land is in a high state of
cultivation, and specially adapted for a wheat
growing farm. It is so apportioned with tim-
ber, grazing, meadowand grain land, as to be
particularly well adapted for division. and the
owner would dispose of a portion if the pur-
chaser should desire. It contains about 130
acres, well fenced, good house and outbuild-
ings, and -very pleasantly located, as to situa-
tion and access to Churches, Schools and Mar-
kets, belng within two miles, of ‘the Depot of
the N. Y. Central Railroad.'and the N. Y. and
Erie Canal. If applied for soon, will be sold
cheap. For further particulars, enquire of the
subscriber on the premises.
. ROBERT BRAITHWAITE.
Fairport, N. Y., Nov, 28th, 1856. ti‘-19
WM. ALLEN. . Wu. T. CLARK.
ALLEN &. CLARK,
Attorneys at Law. Real Estate
Brolcers and General Land Agents,
DAVENPORT , IOWA.
AND Warrants bought, sold and located-.
Farms Houses and Lots leased. Real
Estate of all kinds bought and sold on Com-
mission. Money ‘invested. Taxes paid for_
non-residents. Money loaned on unencumber-
ed Real Estate security. H28
Removal.
HE undersigned would respectfully an-
nounce to his patrons and the public gen-
erally that he has removed to No. 3 Phozuix
Block, where he has fitted up a beanilful store-
which is now opened with a new and : _ '.e,ndid
assortment of Cloths, Cassimeres, and Vest-
ings for the Summer of 1856. Garments
made and trimmed in the neatest and most
fashionable st_v‘,lc. A complete assortment of
Men and Boys’ Clothing ready made.
Grateful for long and continued favors at
my old stand, I shall endeavor with renewed
exertion to merit their continuation.
N. B.—Goods bought of" me will be out gra-
tisif desired. 27 THOMAS RILEY.
-' Cheaper than Ever
./It the South Norwalk
GROCERY ”S'.l.'O3E.
T HE Subscribcrhason hand by far’ thelar.
. gest and best selection of Family Groce-
riés and Provisions, to be found in South
Norwalk,which he offers to his customers
and the public, at greatly reduced prices.‘
-‘His facilities are such that be will be cons-
tantly receiviug new and fresh supplies of
goods, as the wants ofhis CllSt0Il_lel'S may
I require, ‘which will always be of the best
‘ V quality and sold at the very -lowest possible
-price, and he would respectfully solicit an
examinationand-trial of the same.
' I GEO. W. SMITH.
D'll'II.DING MiA'.l.'ERIA.liS..
Pressed and Common Brick,
- - Lime, Cement, Galcined Plas-
_ re:-, Hair, and Marble Dust.
HE Subscriber having dissolved his con-
nection with W. C. Srnnnr, Esq. in the
business, will continue it on his own ac-
count, and will keep a goodassoi-tment of
the above named articles constantly on hand,
which will be sold cheap for Cash. .
15 - CHAS. T. LEONARD.
Oillce removed to Selliok’s Packet Ollice.
rfi Land For -Sale.
ABOUT eight. acres of good Land , near
Main-st., one mile north of the Bridge , is of-
fered for sale upon very reasonable terms.
It is admirably adapted f'or building lots,
or for gardening purposes, having a quick
and rich soil, and a. large bed of vegetable
mould or compost manure, thereon _; or it is
well calculated for afirst rate meadow. Itis
well fenced, and in every eligible location.
gov further particulars enquire at this Of-
ce.
Horse and Ox Shoeing.
- l-IE subscriber having taken the old stand
formerly occupied by Waterbury and
Mill Hill, devotes his entire attention to the
careful and judicious shoeing of Horses and
Uxen. for which he has unequalled ‘facilities.
From his many years experience, -devoting
himself exclusively to this branch of business.
he is confident he can give entire satisfaction
to all who may favor him with their patron-
age. Particular attention paid to shoeing
A Horses with tender and diseased feet.»
J AMESD. SHEA.
Norwalk, March 27th , I857. ti13
Cabinet Ware Rooms at
WESTPORT !
HE Subscriber would rcspectfullyinform
hisfi-lends and the public generally,
that he is still located 9. few doors north of
the turnpike, opposite the Store of Alva
Gray, where may be found a generalassorb
ment of CABIN)-I1‘ FURNITURE.
Umiertalringin all its departmcntsattem
ded to at the shortest notice and npoii rea-
sonable tcrms. 13 ALLEN RENOUD.
Norwalk Iron foundry,
VERY dcscriptionoicasrixo done at the
as cheap as can be Olllitined at any other es-
shortest notice and in the heat manner,
°' tablishment in the State. Galvanized Chains,
Qlmiu Pllmps,Iron Fence,Posts,Railiiigs,etc
furnished to order. Patterns executed at
short notice and upon reasonable terms.
1y1 ALEXANDER AUSTIN,
N
,_
Corn Shellers,
EW pattern Corn Shellers. a first rate ar-
ticle for sale by W. 0- STREET-
HE Conquest of‘ Kansas by Missourifinnd
T hei Allies, by Wm.Phillips. J ust receiv-
KNAPP «ls Lrivi.-:s.
ed by
DRIED Apples,
ri cs. at
Plums, Peachesand C_her-
Mnnxnn &. 0L.\lS'l‘EAl)’S.
. by Charles Isaacs. ‘
tlemeu and Ladies’ Gaiters, Boots, and
,.
Duncan. in the rear of the old Bakery, foot of _
Norwalk Emporium. '
V
-PROVISIONS. FRUITS.‘
Vegetables, ‘Fish of All Kinds,
Clams, Oysters, Ito.
As good as themarket affords. constantly to
be found at the well known establishment of
MEEKER Jr OLMSTEAD.
fir Goods of the above description rc-
ceivcd daily, and for sale at wholesale and
retail on the most favorable terms.
Further Notice.
THE undersigned having extended hisbu-
pair and re-paint Carriages and Wagons as
siness is now not only prepared to re-
usual, but is also prepared to make the
-Wagons made in_every style to suit the pur-
chaser,and at prices to suit the times. _
. EDSON BEERS.
At the establishment formerly occupied
Watches, Jewelry and Fancy Goods
NEW SPRING STOCK!
THE Subscriber hasjust returned
m New York with a new Stock of
Fashionable J ewclry, Watches, Pla-
ted Ware and Fancy Goods. which he offers
to his customers very cheap.
Clocks and Watches repaired.
Accordeons tuned and repaired.
Cofiin‘Plates,Spoons, Rings, &c., neatly en-
graved- 0 s. CLARK,
. S. E. OLIVISTDAD,
Wholesale and, RetaiIDealer in Groceries
Provisions ,&-c., ./Vo 14 and [6 Main-st.
HAsjust received an entirely new and
_extensive assortment of goods which
he will sell on as favorable terms as any in
the trade. The public are respectfully in-
vited to call. '
Norwalk.,Jan. lst, I857.
‘ N stl .
'mNow Gvciodsydselgaw pr-its
HARLES FIELDS has now on hand as
~ large and varied an assortment of Gen-
Slippers, ashes ever been presented to the
publicin this market. The styles are new;
the workmanship-neat and beautiful; while
the material is of the finest. texture and
most durable quality. He has some very
elegant, plain and fancy colored, Ladies
Gaiters; also, Gent~'s Patent Leather Boots
and Shoes, _with an endless assortment of
Boys and Misses Shoes, all ofwbich will be
sold very low for cash. The public are invi.
ted to call and examine his stock ‘for them.
selves. “-91
South Norwalk, Hotel.
THE Subscriber, having leased that beauti-
ful and central location recently occupied
by Fowler Ray, Esq.. on the corner, a few steps
from the New York & New Haven Railroad
Depot, is now prepared to entertain transient
or permanent guests. As a summer retreat,
few places can compare with this location.’
r20 JAMES LUCAS.
Oils ! Oils !
OILED and raw Linseed Oil, winter
strained, bleached Lard and Polar, Lamp
and Machine Oil. Boiled Paint Oil at 75 egg
pergallon. pure Neats Foot Oil. The above
Oils oi-(got the lies: quality, and for sale by
the barrel. or retail by W. G. STREET,
45 New Oyster Saloon,
v " Under Connecticut Hotels
HE subscriber having taken the store for-
- merly occupied by Wm. E. Bisqell, and
fitted itiip with special reference ton tasteful
and attractive Saloon. is prepared to attend
to all cnl_ls_from his friends. Oysters of the
best qualities only, cooked in every style. and
served up in the best manner. Families’ and
parties supplied at short notice, or shipped,
ppen or in the shell, in any quantity accord-‘
ing to order. Oysters at wholesale also, to
Country and other dealers. A share d’ the
public patronage is respectfully solicited.
W01 11.11. BELL.
Gr-eatDargains-in
LUMBER”,
AT SOUTH NORWALK,BY
THOMAS L. PICK.
' her, all sizes ; 150,000 Spruce Laths,200,-
000 ft. Boards. 190.000 ft. I 1-4, I I-2. and 2
inch Plank. 30,000 ft. Siding, 25,000 ft. Spruce
Boards, 25,000 ft. Spruce Plank, 50,000 ft.
Hemlock Boards, 50,000 ft. 5-8 Boards, 800
Bunches Shingles. -
THOS. L. PECK.
South Norwalk, May 16, 1857.
Notice.
“ THE. 9 UGII B Y DA YLIGIIT."
Selleck’s Line of Packets
On and after Tuesday, March l7tli.
i857, the Sloop Mary A. Selleck will
commence her regular trips for the
sci.=on. leaving Norwalk every Tuesday, and
Pike Slip, N. Y., every Saturday.
The Domestic leaves Norwalk every Satur-
day and Pike Slip every Thursday. One of
the above vessels will be at the Pike Slip
dock at all times. so that Freighters may ship
their freieht at any time, and be sure of hav-
ing it put on board. .
till SELLECK & DEMMON.
HAWLEY & IBARRACLOUGH,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
CLOTHING WAREHOUSE,
102 Fulton-st., N. Y.
N extensive assortment of the most’ fash-
ionable style of Clothing. is kept cons-
‘taiitly on hand. Also, Garments of every
description made to order in the best manner.
43 ‘ Henna’ B. HAwi.i:v, ' '
BENJAMIN BARRACLOUGH.
YOVNGS,‘ EOPIS it 130.,
Merchant Tailors & Clothiers,
_ successors to Jae. H. Beers,
I74 and I76 Chatham Square, New York.
CuAs. E. Yonxcs,
LEWIS lloi-rs,
IIENRY M . Pnowlrr.
Norwalk Machine Shop.
'I‘HEfsubscriber having taken the shop here-
_toforc‘occuuied by Dimon Finch, and fit-
.tcd it up wiI.h special reference to a General
-Macllint’ Jobbing and Repairing Business,
would respectfully solicit the orders of all
who may require his services in Repairing
broken or defective Machinery cf - any des-
cription. He has Lathes,a Planer, etc., for
all work appertaining to his business, and
from his many years experience in‘ Manufac
tiiring, and his familiarity with all kinds of
. Manufacturer's Machinery, he feels confident
; that he can execute all orders in a substan-
tial and workmanlike m-nner. Having had
much experience in the manufacture of Fur
Machinery, Building of Blowers. &c., be, is
gnablcd to give particular attention thereto.‘
1
ill
A. C; ARNOLD.
OODEN Ware and Mats. Sheet Lead and
Lead Pipe, at F. H. NASIPS.
South Norwalk;
VOUNTRY Pork. clear, at
S. E. OLMSTEAD’S.
TIMOTHY SEED, at
as‘ OLMS’l‘EAD’S
_ Dandelion Goflee.
R. A;-w-iignikns gig.
Through in Five Minutes.
ASSER’S Five Minute Freezers work like
a charm. Call and get a circular and
’ receipt at Lockwooos’, Furnishing Store.
"WAX TAIEIS.
convnninsr article for ll
fo
same to Order. Tasteful Carriages or heavy _
usr RECEIVED, 100,000 ft. Spruce Tim- -
- tiuental Congress, that a monument
P O E T R Y .
The Plague.
There’: a euros in our country, as haloful as death,
The brother of sickness, and pain ;
It enters the village with poisonous breath,
And scatters its blight on the plain ;
It breathes ‘of the grave-yard,‘ of bosom’: oppressed,
And furrows a passionate line,
Where virtue, and innocence weeps o'er the breast.
Devoted to lewdness, and crime.
vvvvv
Where the once thriving farm-house invitingly stood,
With its warm shelter-buildings, around,
Overbrowed from the bill by the dark waving wood
And in peaceful security bound ;
The bamdoor swings loose, and the half-furnished
Crow ~ . _
Looks out on the garden in woods,
While near to ‘the door-stone, the mii-'9-begi-imaged
sow, _
Unheeded, her progeny leads.
'I'here’s a shop, where once rose with the earliest
light
The murmur of labor and thrift, _
But the spectre has cast on its benches the blight,
And scattered its workmen adrift ;
It’s master has left ofl his apron, and now
Sits down in the sunshine and breeze,
And with stammering accent tells mournfully how
He sufiers a gnawing disease. I
There 9. poor sickly child totters out thro’ that door
From whence jeers, and obscenity broke ;
But l’ll.wager my cottage, and all my store,
He carries the plague in his cloak ;
He shuns‘ other children and mournfiilly keeps
The track of the highway alone;
0, poor little child l how humanity weeps,
For the night that awaits you at home.
There's a widow who late to the sepulchro gave
The last of the children she bore,
To him, who reeled out from the half-covered grave,
And reeled into .the Rumseller’s store ;
There’: a shade in her eye, and one scarcely can
blame .
Who has known so much sorrow and‘ care,
If to drown out the knowledge of anguish and pain
She quick follows after him there.
Where yonder dark hospital frowns on the street,
Through whose windows the bars are revealed,
With a delicate chain slightly over their feet
The invallds go to be healed.
The farmer goes in ; and the poor sickly one ;
And he who sat down in the breeze ;
V The widow who gave to the grave-yard her son ;
and he who retailed the disease.
0 Christ 1 that this earth where thy footsteps have
-been, '
Holds creatures, that boost ofthe stature of men,
And yet murder their brothers for gold. . .
'I'here’s a curse in our village as balefnl as death-
, The blackest that’: under the sun ; _ ' »
And men who insult you with poisonous breath, v‘
And tell women and vagabonds rum. '
MISCELLANY.
N/‘-'-'.-V»-vrsrvwarzxax/vxrash/vwwvvxvvsn/VVVLA/V\'V\\'v\Arv~
THE BUNKER HILL CELEBRATION.
Inauguration of a Statue of Gen. Warren
Addresses of Hon. Edward Ererctt,. and
Response of Hon. George Washington
Warren—— Speec/its of other Distin-
guislu-xl G'entlenzen——— Grand Procession of
Military and Civic Societies. ~
Among the distinguished’ gentlemen
present‘ to participate in the celebration,
were the.G0vernors of New York, New
Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island and
Vermont ; the Mayors of Baltimore and
Montreal; Senator Mason of Virginia,
Judge Breese of Illinois, George Pea-
body, Caleb Cashing, and a crowd of
other notabilitiesl ‘ _
At 12 o’clock—the procession _wa__s got
in order, and proceeded to Bunker Hill
where the statue .of Warren was inaugu-
rated. ’ ’ '
The procession, the main features of
which were the Freemasons, the Bunker
Hill Monument Association, the Gover-
nors of different States, and distinguished
guests in carriages, was about one hour
in passing 9. given point-. _
On the route from the State House to
Charlcstown, every available point was
occupied by crowds of strangers and cit-
ZBDS.
The Seventh Regiment from New
York, was especially an object of admira-
tion, and received hearty cheers. Com-
panies froui Providence, Portland, Low-
ell, Manchester, and other places, were
also-' present, and with a full turnout of
the military of Boston and vicinity, made
up a brilliant display. .
The Masons, in their varied imposing
regalia, turned out about 1,500 strong
The procession reached the Monument
grounds at about 3 o’clock, where a pa-
vilion, capable of holding 7,000 persons,
was immediately filled, while thousands
were unable to press in. -
The statue of. General Warren was
within the pavilion‘, hidden from view by
a tent composed of American flags, and
facing the speakerslplatform.
Previous to the commencement of the
services, n invitation was extended to
the Sew‘:
Regiment, New York Na-
tional Guard, to march through the pa-
vilion and view the statue, it being their
only opportunity, as they were telegraphed
home -in consequence of the Mayor
troubles.
The inauguration exercises then coin-
menced by President Walker of Her-
vard College,.whicli was followed by an
original ode finely sung by the Handel
and Haydnsociety of Boston.
Hon Edward Everett was then intro-
duced, when the statue was uncovered,
the Band playing the “Star Spangled
Banner.” Mr. ~Everett then delivered
his inauguration address. .
ADDRESS or non. EDWARD nvi-:n'i-:'rr.
“Sir: On behalf of a Committee of
the Directors of the Bunker Hill Monu-
ment Association, I have the honor to
surrender to you, as the President of that
body, yonder marble statue of General
Joseph Warren, who laid down his life
for his country on this spot, eighty-two
years ago this day. In this act of grate-
ful commemoration, we do but pay an
early-promised, long-deferred tribute of
affection and respect, to one of the most
zealous champions and eflicicnt promoters
of American liberty and independence-
the first distinguished victim in the cause.
As far as it is in our power, we wipe off
the reproach which has rested upon us for
-two generations. As early as the 8th of
April, 1777, it was ordered by the Con-
should be erected to the memory of Gen-
eral Warren in the town of Boston, and
to the memory of General Mercer in
Fredericksburg, Virginia. The marble
of which these monuments are to ‘be erec-
ted has not been quarried. In 1794, the
members of King. Solomon's Lodge of
Masons in Charlestown erected on the
summit of Bunker Hill.o Tuscan column,
‘in honor of General Warren and his
' erect.
of the spot on which this monument
stood was, by the donation . of Hon.
James Russell,-vested in the Lodge, and
was cedcdby them to the Bunker Hill
-Monument Association in. 1825, on condi-
tion-that some trace of their early pay.-1.
otic effort should be preserved within the
more appropriate and permanent monu-
ment which the associationwas about to
This pledge was fully redeemed
in 1845, by allowing the Lodge to place
within their great work an exact, copy in
marble of the original monument and .of
the inscriptions upon it. ‘ '
At thecelehration of the annivcrsarry
» of the battle, in 1850, three-quarters of
a century after the great event, it oc-
curred to a. generous and patriotic citizen
present—wbose heart and hand were
ever open to the calls of public spirit or
benevolence—-the late Thomas Haudasyd
Perkins, that the time had come, . when
the duty of erecting some permanent me-
morial of General Warren ought no lon-
er to be neglected, and a contribution of
$1,000 was liberally offered by him for
this purpose. This offer, contained in a
letter to the late lamented Dr. John C.
Warren, was referred to a committee of
the Directors of the Bunker Hill Monu-
ment Association ; by whom, after due
consideration, a marble statue, to be exe-
cuted by some American artist, was rec-
ommended as the most suitable form of
the memorial. This recommendation was
adopted by the Directors, was approved
by Col. Perkins, and» has been carried
into effect by his generous subscriptions
and the contributions of other liberal
benefactors The work was confided, in
conformity with the expressed wish of
Col. Perkins, to Mr. Henry Dexter, of
Cambridgeport, a meritorious self-taught
American artist, who in its execut_ion,has
united the sympathetic ardor of the pat-
riot with the conscientious zeal _ of the
sculptor. He has adopted the original
.portrait of Warren, by- Copley, as the
basis of his likeness, and has no doubt at-
_tained as perfect a -resemblance of the
youthful hero, as it is now in the power of
the art to produce. In his presence, and
that of his work, it would be alike super‘-
_fluous and indelicate to enlarge upon its
merits. I perform the last pleasing and
honorable duty of the Committee for pro-
curing the statue, in now transferring it
to your official possession, and placing it
through you in the permanent custody of
the Bunker Hill Monument Association.
The performance of this pleasing and
honorable duty is not unattended with
sadness. In the interval of seven years,
which has elapsed since the work was pro-
posed, it-s first and greatest benefactor
has passed away, and with him the other
earliest and largest contributors to.the
statue, our late respected and liberal fel-
low citizens, John Welles and Samuel
Appleton, and the -two noble brother pat-
rons-of every public-spirited and philan-
thropic undertaking, Amos and Abbott
Lawrence. = One half of the cost of the
statue was defrayed by these five bene-
factors,—the residue is the more recent
donation of living contributors. The
pedestal of beautiful rerde antique is the
contribution of the family of the late Dr.
Warren. For whatever of interest there
is in this occasion—-for whatever of satis-
faction we enjoy, in seeing. the first be-
loved and youthful victim in - the cause of
Americanliberty restored to us in endu-
ring niarble, we are indebted, in the first
instance‘ to the large-hearted, warm-bean
ted men whose names I have repeatcd.—
They have all passed away-; and with
them has also passed away another hoii-
ord associate, the friend of nearly half a
but intense gratification in this day’s pro-
ceedings-—the late lamented Dr. John C.
Warren, the nephew of Gen. Joseph
Warren, whose warm and active interest
in the commemoration of ihe l"lth June,
1775, transcending the limits of. name
and kindred, led him to consecrate the
not merely to the erection of the monu-
ment, hut to the illustration of all the
memories that -cluster round Bunker Hill.
And may it be permitted to me, sir, as
the only survivor, of the first Committee
appointed to procure subscriptions in
1825, and of the Executive Committee
clothed withthe full powers of the direc-
tors, in the construction of the work, to
state, that among all the zealous, perse-
vering and judicious friends of the Bun-
ker Hill Monument, there was none who
from first to last contributed more effec-
tively to its successful prosecution and
final completion than Dr. John C. War-
ren.
Nor let it be thought, Sir, that, in erec-
ting thc statue of » Gen. Joseph Warren,
and bestowing the services of this day ex-
clusively npon him, we forget the services
of the brave men, of whatever rank, who
partook, with like courage and patriotic
devotion, the perils of the ever memora-
ble 1'lth of June, . 1775, whether with
him they gave their lives to the country,
or survived for other fields of danger and
other calls of duty. To honor, without
attempting to enumerate or compare
their names——to mark, to the latest gen-
eration, the spot where they stood, side
by side, through the live-long hours of
that anxious, toilsome night, and that
tremendous day——a.ud braved, in their
most terrible form, and most of them for
the firststime, the perils of the battle-
is the object of the time-defying work.
which crowns the hill onwhich we stand,
It commemorates no individual man or
State. It stands, indeed, on the soil of
Massachusetts, -where the battle was,
fought ; but there it stands equally for
Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Rhode
Island, and the younger sisters of the
New England family, Vermont and
Maine, whose troops shared with ours the
dangers and the honors of the day. It
stands for Prescott and Warren, but not
less for Putnam, and Stark, and Green.
No name adorns the shaft; but ages
hence, though our alphabets may become
ments of Nineveh, and Babylon, its unin-
scribed surface (on which monarchs might‘
be proud to engrave -their titles) -will per-
petuate the memory of the_ l'lth of * J one.
It is the monument of the day, of» the
event, of the battle of Bunker Hill ; of
all the brave men who shared its perils-
alike of Prescott, and Putnam, and War-
ren-—the‘chiefs of the day, and of the col-
ored man, Salem, who is reported tohave
shot the gallant Pitcairn as be ‘mounted
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braveollociatolill arms The property J
the parapet. Cold as the clods on which
century, who would have enjoyed a silent --
strcnuous exertion of more than 30 years, ,
as obscure as those whicli cover the-moan-. .
it rests, still as the silent heaven to which
it soars, it is yet vocal, eloquent, in their
undivided praise. Till the ponderous and
well-compacted blocks of granite, which
.no. force but that of. aiiurthquake will
heave from their bearings, shall fall.asnn-
'dcr. it wiltstand to theinost ditsut pos-
terity it grand impartial illu_stratioii—_-(na.-
turc’s_own massive lithography)+of the
||0ble.pag¢, . Second to no other _,in the an-
nals of America, on which History shall
the 17th ofJune, 1775.
But while the obelisk, unappropriated
to any individual name, however brilliant,
forgetful of no individual merit, however
humble, towers in serene simplicity, the
one impartial monument of the day,—it
seemed proper to the inunificent proposer
of the work wenow inaugurate, and to
liberal associates in the undertaking, that
a beginning should at length ‘be made of
a separate conimem_oration"of those who
rendered especial service in an action
which gave a. character to the whole suc-
ceeding contest ; aubattle in which the loss
of the enemy exceeded two-fold that of
Saratoga, Monmouth, or Yorktown, or
of any other conflict in the war ; .-and
which, disguising a disastrous defeat with
the name-of victory, was in the‘ language
of Gen. Burgoyne, who witnessed the en-
gagement, .“-thc loss of the _Bl'l’.lSll Em-
pirein America.” No one, I am per-
suaded,_will -think it unjust that the first
statue has been erected to _1Warrcn ;. no
one but ‘must desire that the example thus
set should be followed by those of Prescot,
of Putnam of NcClary, and _of whomso-
ever else a grateful posterity may deem
worthy to be associate, with them in these
posthumous honors. ,I need nottell you,
Sir, that it has long been in contemplla-A
tion to erect a permanent lodge on some
portion of these consecrated grounds,"
which shall aford an appropriate‘ place
of deposite for the archives of the Asso-
ciation, and for the relics and memorial.-‘
of the battle, and that is probable, if
this design is executed, that the statue
we this day inaugurate will be definitely
set up, to be surrounded, let us hope, with
the busts and statues of many others of
the brave men who stood or fell in the
Sense of the country on that momentous
ay. .
In these ways and by these works—by
the majestic structure which points its
uninscribcd shaft to the skies, and by the
monumental statues which we dedicate to
individual merit, a grateful posterity will
seek to honor_those to whose wise and
brave counsels, to whose toils and whose
blood, we are indebted, under Providence,
for this rich heritage of public and pri-
vate prosperity. Of tbeseein this part
of the _Union-—-there is_ no name to stand
before Warreu’s. , Purdent, resolute,'fear-
less, not yet thirty-five years of 4 age,
he was in reality, as President of the
Provintial Congress of Massachusetts,
and Chairman of the Committee of Safe,-
.ty, the efficient head of the patriot cause
in New England. In addition to ‘these
important offices, three days before the
battlcof 17 of J one, he was chosen
Major ,Gen_eri_il of the Massachusetts
troops. He was himself opposed to. the-
occupation of Bunker Hill, but that meas-
ure having been resolved upon‘ by the"
council of war, ,Warren _deteri_nined to
support it by his presence, and, if needed
should be by his blood. Mr. Geary," his as-
sociate in the committee‘ of Safety,' in
conference with him on the 16th, stongly
dissuaded. his .- joining the detachment,
which had been ordered on this eventful
errand. “It will be madness,” said he,
“ to expose yourself where destruction
will be all but inevitable.” “ I am ‘aware
of this,” said’ Warren, “ but I live within
the sound" of the caunon——how _could’ I
hear their roaring in such a, cause and
not be there?” Again Mr. Geary re-
monstrated,‘ and concluded with saying,
‘f As surely as you go to the bill, you will
be slain.” Warren’s reply was ; L '
“Dulce et decorum est pro putrid mori.”
“ it is sweet and becoming to die for the country."
That day, the 16th, he passed at We.-
tertown, the seat of the Provincial As-
sembly, remaining there the greater part
of the night, in charge of the public busi-
ness. At 5 o'clock on the morning of
the 1’lth he rode to Cambridge, a.nd_suf-
fcring severely from headache, threw
himself on the bed for a little repose—the
last he ever took on earth. When the
intelligence reached Cambridge that the
enemy was in motion, it wfis communica-
to him by General Ward. He rose from
his bed—declared that he was well,-—
mounted his horse, and rode to Charles-
town. Just elected a Major-General, be
repaired to the field as a voluntecr,—re-
fused the command which was tendered
him by Putnam and Prescott,—inqnircd
where the attack would be most formida-
ble, and placed himslf therc,—among the
the foremost in the conflict, among the
lastin the lingering retreat -, till he was
struck with a bullet in the head, and fell
to rise no more. The next morning the
body was found by Dr. Jeffries and Gen-
eral Winslow, who visited the field, and
who saw the spot where it was buried.-
The following Spring, after the departure
of -the Royal forces, the honored remains,
identified by sure indications, were re-in-
tcrrcd with appropriate funeral ceremonies
in Boston. The pall was born, by Gen-
eral Ward and other distinguished associ-
ates in arms, and the opening words of
Morton the Eulogist-—_“ Illustrious Re
licsl what tidings from the Grave ?”—-
prodnced a thrill in the audience, which
clung through life to the momory of those
who heard it. In the oflicial account of
the battle, prepared a short time after-
wards, at the instance of the Committee
of Safety, Major General Joseph Warren
is named first among the dead, as “ a
man whose memory will be endeared to
his countrymen, and to the worthy in
every part and age of the world, 80 1008‘
as virtue and valor shall be esteemed
among mankind.” , . - _
Eighty-two years lllfle Pissed “WW s“‘°°
these prophetic words were uttered, and we
now behold a pledge of their fulhllment.
in this great assembly gathered to do
honor. to his name, and to the attendance
of so many of thcland. We are deprived
indeed, by a cause which demands all our
sympathy, of the desired presence of the
illustriou Chief, the Lieutenant General
of the armies of the United States, whose
own blood has not been spared in the ser-
vice of the country, who has fought her hat-
ties victoriously in every climté, from tliu
write down .t,hc,,_names and the deelds of
‘ Great Britain.
' federacy; this admirable
Canadian frontier to the tropics, and who
more favored of Providence, has lived to
an honored age, to enter into that reward‘
of gratitude and veueratipn, which it was
given to-Warren to deserve, but not to‘
enjoy," ’ But" we are honored by the pres-
ence of the,chief magistrates of several
sister States, and. especially of the Empire
State of New York,worthy representative
ofa noble Massachusetts sire, Governor
of a State whose population equals that
of the whole United Colonies on the day
when Warren. fell j of others who have
served the Republic in posts of honor
and. usefulness, in different parts of
our common country ; of these patriotic
military corps, and civic and literary and
benevolent fraternities ; in a_ word, of this
vast. multitude" of every age and either
sex, assembled to pay homage to the
marble presentment of the youthful hero,
eager to crown with this earthly immor-
tality of fame the first great martyr in the
cause of American Independence.
Nor is it the least" of the setisfactions
with which we pay these honors to the
memory of Warren, and celebrate the
anniversary of the sacrifice, that we do it
with no feelings of unkindness toward the
land of our fathers. Time has long since
poured its healing balm into the wounds
of the Revolution, and the ancient ties of
common language and kindred blood have
resumed their’ force. Reason and human-
ity alike forbid thut the fierce collisions
which unavoidably attend the disruption’
and reorganization of State should open
perennial fountains of national bitterness.
VVhen,the exciteijnents of the struggle are
past, ‘the great movements of public policy
should be up calm and-passionless as the
march of the planets through: the sky.--
Whilc we -pay due honors to the illustri-
ous men who led-the arms of the Revolu-
tion, we rejoice-to'believe and do know,
that the great separation which they
effected has been productive of equal
benefits to both countries, and that the
enlightened English tatesmeu of the
resent day, like the Burkes and Chat-
" ams of the Revolutionary period, ac-
knowledge the soundness of the princi-
ples for which our Fathers flew to arms,
and are everywhere extending their ap-
plication through the colonial empire of
Henceforth let our only
contest with the father-land be a generous‘
emulation in the arts-of peace. While I
speak, the public vessels of the two coun-
tries aro bong on a- joint errand to the
mid ocean, n‘ ’ to stain its waters with
fraternal blood, but to knit the two con-
tinents together by those mysterious
bonds by which modern science and art,
‘outstripping the laggord hours, annihila-
ting the width of oceans, and rush-
ing like ‘thought through the rayless
depths, is. bringing the whole civilized
world 'ii‘ito,the magic circle of instantane-
ouscommnnicstion. ' v ' -
But, after all, the obelisks we erect an
the statues we set up are but expressive
symbols. The proudest monuments to
the memory of our fathers are not those
which are carved by the skillful artist
from blocks of marble, or reared by the
architect in majestic piles of granite.-—
These indeed have their value and their‘
interest. They mark for the latest,poste-
rity the scene of ‘some momentous conflict;
they redeem from the power of time and
decay the features of some noble. counte-
nance and the proportions of some manly.
form,‘ causing the poor dust to startinto
life again from the molten bronze or the
quarried marble. -But these are not the’
rewardsfor which Warren and his associ-
ates braved death ; not the monuments"
which will best perpetuate thcir fame.-'
The principles of free govenment for which’
they laid down their lives ; the national
independence which by united counselsj
and painful sacrifices they achieved; on
hard fought fields ; this great... f_alnil7 :.of
States‘ which, with propheticforesiglit,
they bound together in a fraternal ..con-‘-
adjustment-_
of local and federal governni:eii§—ft_l_ie -
most exquisite contrivance off=politica_l
wisdom which the world has seer’:-—;-th'e'se..
shall be their enduring‘ monuinent.‘;_ _.‘Nor',
less eloquent in their praise shall-. _,b‘e_,_thef
material prosperity which hair :~—1;-'_c:,s,,i‘i_lt_e<I,
from their wise and patriotic ii'ie"_iis,ures.-.~’:—.-
The « world-surrounding ocean; 'whi_tfeiied—=
with the , sails of American ‘commerce,’
which before the Revolution was hemmed
in by the narrow limits of coloii__lalirestric--
tion ; and hundreds of cities that line the
coast undcrown the banks of noble rivers
and which have started from the soil since
the establishment of independence’ '; the
vast wilderness, whose primeval forests
are yearlybowiiig to the settler’s j axe,"
affording a home to the rcduiidance of
our own population and the hungry‘ mil-
lions of Europe : these boundless - priries
over which the living wave of population
is pouring like a rushing tide, briugfwith
it to the utmost verge of settlement the
last results of civilization ; railroads fol-
lowing the line of the recent Indiaii.trai,l,
electric telegraph to convey intelligence‘
where the mail-coach was a thing‘ of yes-
terday: great stea em on rivers; an
‘lakes traversed within a generation by the
bark‘_canoe,—these proclaim, in .langi_i_age=
more expressive than inscriptionson . the-
monumontal granite——in forms 1nf_'|'¢f 3'8"!’
fiicaut than the sculptured marble,--the -
worth and the memory of the great. slid
good men who sowed in weakness the liar-
vest which we raise in power, who, inthe
doubtful eleme is of national greatness
which opened upon them in a ..Vl8l0ll3l'y
future behold the germs of this > palmy
growth, of this imperial adundauce, as~tlie_—
sculptor beholds in advance the muscular
limbs, the glowing features, the triumph-
ant ‘expression of his marble hero, in the
heart ‘of the shapeless block.
Finally, my friend, let the recollections
of a common danger and a common glory
which the day and the spot awaken, bring
with them the strengthened love of a
common country. The patriotism of our
fathers, and especially of the illustrious
man whom we commemorate, was of the
mostcomprehensive cost. In a letter of
the 21st of -November, l_'l_'l4, addttised
to Josiah Quincy, another early-lost, de-
voted champion. of American liberty,
General Warren declares, ‘f it is- the
lunited voice of America to preserve their
freedom or lose their lives in defence of -it.
I am convinced that the true spirit of lib-
erty was never so universally diflnsed
though all ranks and orders of the people
in any countr on the face of the earth,
‘On the day on which VVarren fydl,
Washington was conniissioncd as_ " Com-
mander-in Chief of all the ;- continental
forces raised or to be raised in defence if
American Liberty.” _Mossachusetto and
Connecticut had their arms in the field,
commanded. by their, favorite gonor-
als ; but John =_Adam's.t.ook the load in
promoting the.'nomination of a
from that part of the Union, wlierctlion
was as yet no force embodied, eager to
give a striking proof.that,no local hol-
ings swayed N cw-England, by entrusting
the command of her. army,—for such it
-wos,——to a.leader.from the banks_, of tho
distant, Potomac whoin,he already delir
noted as the “Beloved Washington.”-
The melancholy tidings of the death d
Warren were received. with‘ poignant
grief throughout the country, and it may
be doubted whether the most brilliant
success on Bunker. Hill could have done a
much to bind _the.colonies togetheras the
noble, though in its immediate_ results un-
avalliug resistance: the profuse though
at the time unprofitable, outpouring of
human blood. A great revolution must
be inaugurated with a. great sacrifice, and
all the loftier pasions are euoblfld by fie
purification of sorrow ; ‘nor is_it_certoin
that ,Wari-en, had he assumed -the coli-
mand and driven the enemy. back-to his
boots, would have done as much tokindlo
a_ chastised and resolute enthusiasm
throughout the; country. . and unite the
colonies in: the impending struggle, as
-when he. shouldered his musket and H1
in the ranks; . , . . ;.x. .
And, oh I my friends, let thevlessoa d
fraternal ail'ectionZwhich_he taught us in his
death be repeated in his own heart-stirring
language, let “ the voice _of_o,ur’,_fatlioII
blood cry to us from the ‘,gro_ud_;;” and
upon this sacred day and on this. immor-
tal hill, let it proclaim atruce to section-
al alienation and party strife, as the med-
ieval Church proclaimed _t_lie “Truce if
God.” Wherever else the elements cf
discord may rage, let the billiows flak
down andthe storm behusbed, like yonder
placid waves, at the foot of Bunker Hil.
-Here let the kindly feelings that animated
our fathers revive in the; bosoms of that
sons, assured tha.t—-should “malice doma-
tic or foreign envy” .invajde_ _ns—if ilviug
champions should fail, that mounmenhl
cheek would burn with the glow of patri-
otism,tliat marble sword would leap from
its scabbard, and the bearing sods of
Bunker Hill giveup their sheeted regi-
ments to the defence of the Union I”
, Mr. Everett, during the course of lib
remarks, was repeatedly-applauded.
Hon. George Washington Warren, as
president of the Bunker _ Hill Monument
Association, responded to the address of
_Mr. Everett, as follows: _
near or non csoncs .W;ASH_INGTOH VA»
- nan.
‘ . -“ Mr. Everett : It most. becomes mo,
in following you, Sir, in this distinguished
presence, to respond in the briefest mar
ner possible, to the suggestions you -have
so eloquently made, in the formal delive-
ry to "me, as President of the Bunker
Hill’ Monument Association, of ..this vol-
ued treasure of art and historic interest.
We accept it gratefully, Sir, and hero
give our sacred pledge for ourselves and
‘our successors that it ‘shall ever be chor-
islied with reverential regard. Bunker
Hill herself—crowded as she now is with
people from every part of that nation to
which her glory equally belongs—eis proud
to welcome back, as it were, to‘ .her soil
that manly and heroic form wllicli eight -'
two years ago to-day was seen ‘to ming o
in, the thickest of the combat, was among
the last to follow in the retreat; and is
struck down in death on yondcrspot,
while lingering there‘ as if loth ‘to’ leave
the place ever after to be identified with
his name. "V 1
’, .While it was the good fortune ofaiauy
_of the fathers of the Revolution to live
for years after that period in the service of
:the_ country they had helped to make frm,
-and to share in her new glories, it VII
the peculiar lot of-Warren to. be among
the first to die in the cause. On entering
upon the vigor of manhood being in a.
high social position, and living upon tho
most intimate terms with the Govonor and
{magistrate of the Province, and also with
the oflicers of the British army-—who not
‘here to enforce submission to laws now
universally conceded to be wrong, but
-"then pertiuecionsly insisted upon-belied
-to make his election between a base ao-
‘qniesence in them, which would havo-
-‘been accepted, or an open opposition, and
a‘ consequent separation from many chiv-
alrous friends.’ True to the instinct of
‘his native land, and true even to the in-
fbrcd principles of freedom transmitted
from his British ancestors, he chose the
American side. He grew in popular fa-
l-vor‘: He passed rapidly into distinction.
=H'e was a close friend and adviser with
Samuel Adams. _
' He was successor to John Hancock as
"President of the Provincial Cougren,
"when the latter resigned that place to go
to "the Continental Congress. At tho
same‘ time being chairman of the Commit-
tee of Public Safety, in this united capa-
city he may in fact be regarded as being
toiall intents and purposes an illustiouo
predicessor of Your Excellency (Gov.
_Ga'rde_uer) as Governor of the then incl-
pjent Commonwealth of Massachsetts.
I Thus Gen Joseph Warren was not only
the foremost man in the most portentous
movement, but -he had not a little of that
power which no man living knows better
than you, Sir, (Mr. Everett,) how bi
.wiel_d, and to wield most efiectively-kt
the grandest purposes—-the power of an
orator. He knew how to move the heart
of the people ;_ and he knew also how to
ak unwelcome truths '-to the face of
Ease in high authority, "who had prmented
themselves to overawc him._ By the
moral. courage which be exhibited, he
proved himself to be ‘worth ‘of the put
of Major-General, with w_ ich title lib
name has been, down to this day. most
commonly connected. And -in this on-
duriug and life-like statue before us we
seehim as he may well be supposed to.
have been at the very moment he had in
his mind determined to accept this accu-
mulated honor. We behold him mad-
itating upon the wrongs inflicted upon
his native land {we know by that exprw-
sive gesture that he is kindling with these:
heaven-born aspirations under - which km
acted ; he holds in his left hand the sword;
which he resolves to‘ gird about him, wifl
which he is to learn the, to him, new at
as itnow is, rough all North America.”
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