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NEW YORK CITY. 



Resolutions upholding the Federal Government, 

 and urging a strict blockade of all ports in the 

 secession States, were unanimously adopted. It 

 being announced that several of the regiments 

 needed assistance to enable them to leave on 

 motion, a committee was appointed to receive 

 donations, and in ten minutes the subscription 

 had reached over $21,000. What was still 

 more important was the appointment of a large 

 committee of the most influential capitalists, to 

 use their exertions to secure an immediate tak- 

 ing of the $9,000,000 remaining of the Govern- 

 ment loan. 



On Monday, April 22, the Mayor of the city 

 of New York recommended, and the Board of 

 Aldermen voted, $1,000,000 to aid in the de- 

 fence of the Government. 



At a meeting of the whole New York Bar on 

 the same afternoon, the announcement was re- 

 ceived with enthusiastic cheers, and the Bar 

 raised $25,000 on the spot. 



Each day now presented its military pageant. 

 The city appropriated the Park to the erection 

 of extensive barracks for the entertainment of 

 the troops, which from North and East made 

 New York their halting place en route for the 

 capital. The Worcester Rifles, the 1st Regiment 

 of Rhode Island, per steamer Osceola, passed 

 through on Sunday, the 21st, and on the same 

 day departed the 6th, 12th, and 71st New York 

 State Militia. 



The people were early astir on that day, and by 

 10 o'clock every available spot where a human 

 being could stand, was occupied, through the 

 entire length of Broadway ; and from near Canal 

 street to Grace Church, not only the side- 

 walks, but the whole of the street, was densely 

 thronged. Every window, door, stoop, balcony, 

 and housetop was alive with human beings, of 

 every age, sex, and condition, in expectation of 

 this most novel and exciting scene. From al- 

 most every housetop and store, from the windows 

 of almost every private dwelling, from the 

 masthead of every ship, from the flagstaff of 

 every manufactory, from all the public build- 

 ings, from the Roman Catholic Cathedral, from 

 the lofty spire of Trinity Church, from St. 

 Paul's Church, the national ensign was flying. 

 The other streets were thronged as on a gala 

 day. On all coats were pinned the red, white, 

 and blue cockade, and in every lady's bonnet 

 ribbons of the same colors were tastefully tied. 

 In the Park, cannons were booming at different 

 times during the day. At the arsenal, regiments, 

 just raised, were formally organized and 

 equipped. 



At the armories of the 6th, 12th, and 7lst, 

 from early dawn all was bustle and animation, 

 preparing for the afternoon departure. At the 

 rendezvous of the several regiments, the char- 

 acter of the day was ignored, and the maxim 

 realized that in war times there are no Sun- 

 days. 



At the wharves great steamers were alive with 

 the bustle of preparation for conveying large 

 numbers of troops. In the stream at anchor 



was the steamer Osceola, with troops from 

 Rhode Island. At the railroad depot in Jersey 

 City the greatest activity prevailed, and means 

 of transportation were being got in readiness 

 for moving as many regiments as might present 

 themselves. 



Young men in uniforms, -with knapsacks 

 strapped, were seen leaving luxurious homes 

 in aristocratic parts of the town, prepared to 

 rough it with the roughs in defence of the 

 country. Firemen were gathered at their en- 

 gine-houses, and busy in doing what they could 

 to help off companions who had enrolled them- 

 selves in Ellsworth's regiment of Firemen 

 Zouaves. 



At noon the 6th, 12th, and VI st regiments, 

 comprising 3,000 men, marched down Broad- 

 way, fully armed and equipped. The occasion 

 was without hardly a parallel, and the march a 

 complete ovation. The 6th embarked in the 

 steamer Columbia, the 12th in the steamer 

 Baltic, and the 71st in the steamer R. R. 

 Schuyler. A Massachusetts battalion, and some 

 regulars went on board the Ariel. As the fleet 

 left, the harbor was a scene of great excitement. 

 The piers, landings, and housetops of the city, 

 Jersey City, Hoboken, and Brooklyn were 

 crowded. The Battery was covered with 

 people, and thousands of boats saluted the 

 steamers crowded with the troops. Flags were 

 dipped, cannons roared, bells rang, steam- 

 whistles shrilly saluted, and thousands upon 

 thousands of people sent up cheers of parting. 



On the same Sunday many congregations 

 mingled practical patriotism with piety, and 

 took occasion to make contributions for the 

 outfit of volunteers, or for the support of their 

 families. In a church in Brooklyn a letter was 

 read from the 13th Regiment N. Y. S. M., ask- 

 ing for uniforms for recruits, and the response 

 was a collection of about $1,100 for that pa- 

 triotic purpose. In the Broadway Tabernacle, 

 the pastor preached a sermon in the evening 

 on "God's Time of Threshing." The choir 

 performed "The Marseillaise" to a hymn com- 

 posed for the occasion by the pastor. A col- 

 lection was taken for the Volunteers' Home 

 Fund amounting to $450, to which a member 

 of the congregation afterwards added $100. 

 Dr. Bethune's sermon was from the text : "In 

 the name of our God we will set up our ban- 

 ners." In Dr. Bellows' church the choir sang 

 "The Star-Spangled Banner," which was vig- 

 orously applauded by the whole house. At 

 Grace Church (Episcopal) Dr. Taylor began by 

 saying, "The Star-Spangled Banner has been 

 insulted." At Dr. McLane's Presbyterian 

 church, Williamsburgh, "The Star-Spangled 

 Banner" was sung. Dr. T. D. Wells (Old 

 School Presbyterian) preached from the words : 

 "He that hath no sword, let him buy one." 

 Dr. Osgood's text was : " Lift up a standard to 

 the people." 



On Monday, the march of troops continued 

 through the city, and on the 23d again Nc-w 

 York was alive with excitement to witness the 



