COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS. ON BEHALF OF THE BUNKER HILL MONUMENT ASSOCIATION, G. WASHINGTON WARREN, PRESIDENT, JOHN C. WARREN, WM. W. WHEILDON, HENRY N. HOOPER, JOSEPH H. BUCKINGHAM, JAMES W. PAIGE. G. WASHINGTON WARREN, CHAIRMAN. OF THE SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL.* THE sun rose on this morning in all his splendor, betokening fair weather, and the morning promise was fully realized, for a more bright and lovely day could not have been desired. It was moderately cool, notwithstanding the dazzling rays of the sun. The day, the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the quarter-centennial anniversary of the laying of the corner stone of the Monument, was celebrated in Charlestown yesterday, under the joint arrangement of the city authorities of that city and the Bunker Hill Monument Association. The morning was ushered in, in the old timehonored custom, with the ringing of bells, and the firing of a national salute by the Charlestown Artillery Company. At an early hour, the strangers began to flock into the city, from all directions, and the streets in the vicinity of the Square and the Navy Yard, were soon filled with streams of human beings, men, women, and children, presenting a most interesting picture of human life. The American flag was to be seen displayed in all directions, on the land and among the shipping. About nine o'clock, the military corps, firemen, and societies, which intended to join in the procession, began to muster, and repair to the various streets diverging from the Square, to form according to the arrangements previously made. At ten o'clock, His Excellency Governor Briggs, attended by his civil and military suites, and escorted by the Boston Independent Cadets, under Colonel Amory, arrived, and proceeded to the City Hall, * This account has been compiled principally from the Boston Atlas, the Boston Post, and the Bunker Hill Aurora. where he was received by the Hon. G. Washington Warren, mayor, and president of the day. The procession was formed under the direction of the proper officers, viz: Colonel ISAAC H. WRIGHT, Chief Marshal. Joseph H. BUCKINGHAM, MOSES G. COBB, GEORGE S. ADAMS, AIDS. J. M. WRIGHT. MARSHALS. EDWARD HERSEY, Jr., J. V. FLETCHER, N. CHAPIN, W. G. WHEIldon, HENRY HAY, F. H. Joy, J. C. CUTTER, J. R. BUGBEE, JAMES FOGG, J. SEABURY, GILBERT NICHOLS, JOTHAM BARRY, JR., J. P. GILSON, JOSEPH J. WHITING, J. S. KEYES, THOMAS TILEston, Jr., P. AMES, JR., S. P. COLLINS, ZACCHEUS Rogers, J. C. THOMAS, CHARLES A. Barker, G. P. ALBEE. The military escort was formed under the direction of Maj. Gen. B. F. Edmands, by Lieut. Col. Francis Boyd, of his staff, in Union street, and the command assigned to Colonel Joseph Andrews. About twelve o'clock, the procession moved from the Square, through Bow, Washington, Union, and Main to Eden street; counter-marching thence to Sullivan, proceeding through Sullivan and High streets, around Monument and Winthrop squares, through Winthrop, Main, and Water streets, to the lower Ship House in the U. S. Navy Yard, in the following order :— ESCORT. Col. JOSEPH ANDREWS, of Salem, commanding the Escort, viz.: A Battalion of Artillery, commanded by Lieut. Col. CowDIN: Boston Artillery, Capt. Bullock, Roxbury Artillery, Capt. Webber, Columbian Artillery, Capt. Thompson, Charlestown Artillery, Capt. Bartlett. A Battalion of Light Infantry, commanded by Maj. HOLBROOK, viz. : Boston Light Guard, Capt. Clark, Salem Light Infantry, Lieut. Rogers, Pulaski Guards, Capt. Wright, Mechanic Phalanx, of Woburn, Capt. Winn, Boston Independent Fusileers, Capt. Snow. Then followed Colonel Isaac H. Wright, with his aids, mounted; the orator, Hon. Edward Everett, Rev. George E. Ellis, of Charlestown, the chaplain, and G. Washington Warren, Esq., the mayor of the city of Charlestown, in an open carriage; the members of the city government of Charlestown, and officers of the Bunker Hill Monument Association. This composed the first division. The second division was as follows:-The divisionary corps of Independent Cadets; General Chandler, the sheriff of Middlesex; His Excellency Governor Briggs and suite; members of the Executive Council, Senate, and House of Representatives, preceded by Benjamin Stevens, Esq., the worthy sergeant-at-arms of this state; Maj. Gen. Edmands and staff; Brig. Gen. Samuel Andrews and staff; Chief Justice Shaw, Associate Justice Dewey, Sheriff Eveleth, of Suffolk, and others in carriages, the last of which was an open one, containing Samuel C. Smith, of South Middleborough, a revolutionary soldier, 91 years of age, who served in the war in the company under Capt. Olney, of Rhode Island, with a detachment of the "Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company," serving as a guard on both sides, under the command of Majors Park and Edwards. The rear of this division comprised members of various city and town governments, and others. The third division was composed of the Fire Department of Charlestown, and Washington, No. 2, of Chelsea. The companies were, Hancock, No. 1, Bunker Hill, No. 2, Howard, No. 3, City Hose, No. 1, Howard Hook and Ladder, Warren, No. 4, Washington, No. 5, and Franklin, No. 7; each had their "tub" with them, gaily decked with flowers and bunting. The fourth division embraced the Howard Lodge, No. 22, Bunker Hill Lodge, No. 14, and Bunker Hill Encampment, No. 5, of I. O. of O. F., in full regalia; Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, in full regalia; Eastern Star Division of the Sons of Temperance; Father Mathew Mutual Total Abstinence Association of St. Mary's, Charlestown; professors, tutors, and students of the dif ferent departments of Harvard University. The fifth division contained the Mutual Relief Society, members of the Bunker Hill Monument Association, subscribers to the dinner, and citizens generally. Each division of the procession was led off by a marshal and two aids, who were all mounted, and was accompanied by a band of music. Among the bands, were Flagg's Brass, Brigade, Suffolk, Cornet, National Brass, and Salem Brass. It is estimated that there were three thousand persons in the procession, and it made a very imposing pageant. The streets along the route presented a showy appearance, the decorations being chiefly the star-bangled banner and bunting of all descriptions. In Washington street was displayed the motto “Our forefathers' legacy-Free schools and freedom to worship God." In Winthrop square was erected an arch, bearing the inscription of the names of the presidents, and Generals Warren, Prescott, Putnam, Lee, and Stark. In the Main street were to be seen the mottoes: "The memory of Warren”—“The memory of Washington and Warren.” The scholars of the Grammar Schools of Charlestown, both male and female, were paraded under their different teachers, on the walks. of Monument square, while the procession passed by. Each school had a handsome banner, and the whole exhibition was quite imposing. The procession reached the Navy Yard gate about half-past one o'clock, and entered the ship-house amid the firing of a salute from the U. S. battery at the yard, and the ringing of bells, about fifteen minutes before two o'clock. THE SHIP-HOUSE. This building, upon the best authority now to be obtained, must stand on the very spot where a portion of the British troops landed from their boats, on the morning of the 17th of June, 1775,-most of these troops having landed in the same vicinity. About three-quarters of the immense building was suitably arranged to accommodate a large concourse of people. The space occupied was nearly 140 feet square, and at the further end from the main entrance, was erected a grand platform, about 30 feet deep by 70 feet in width, ascended by 18 stairs. Upon this platform were the Hon. Edward Everett, the orator of the day, G. Washington Warren, Esq., Mayor of Charlestown, the President of the day; Rev. Mr. Ellis, Hon. Thomas H. Perkins, the officers of the city and of the Bunker Hill Monument Association, and other invited guests enumerated in the procession. The rows of front seats of the two spacious galleries on each side of the platform, were filled by about fifteen hundred of the fair daughters of creation, among whom we noticed some bewitchingly charming and captivating faces. The whole lower floor, including part beneath the galleries, was occupied by the procession, seated upon planks. The interior was very handsomely decorated with the flags of all nations; conspic |