Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 25, 1874, Page 4

them hithior and thithor away up and down the stroot. Bu tiioso things loso” tholr iutorost, for ‘THE CUY BUDDENLY AROSR that tho procosslon was coming, At thomoment tho hend of tho colunm appoarcd -in_sight, & fractious ud frightonod horio cranted o toriblo oxcitomont at tho corner of IHaition sireot. Hoving torn itsolf looso from tho buggy ond jumped upon the sidowalk, it statted up stroot in o frantio maunor, Poopla shoited and o won, women, aud dhildren rushod poll- i mall in ovory dircction, not_knowing whero tho inger Nonlly woe, but welzad Wit oontagloun alarm, 1t won all ovor and tho horso was canght bo- foro any damago was inilictad, but thio roono thot was' apparont was oxolting sud amising enough. A muss of Lumanity woro reposing plncidly In a gulter, baving gono dowu Iiko a card houso boforea broath of wind, Motliers woro shriokin for thoir childron, aud children olling for thelr mothors, Swoolhontts and Tovors wero making auxions Inquition about each otior's lioalth ns 1€ just back from a lonig jour-, noy, Wl fathor of tho ton was again in tronblo, and Johniy onco moro folt what it was 40 west thin pantaloons, ho procossion Wi OVER AX TIOUR nesing o glvon polut, Ahis was partly duo, Towover, to tho fuck that tho. divisions word uot compnetly formod, 'Tho appentance on Wo-. bash nyenuo in tho maw was interesting, but Dot unique. Tho onthusinsm was ‘ot notablo until tho wagon-londs of boys onma in sight. Tthouo irroproasiblo_cronturos wor cool and ¢ol- lootod, and mndo romnrks sbout tho bystandors with o freodon: and_ingonuity quite ombnrrass- lug. Thoy varied this ‘amusomont by yelliug. It" takes o boy lo yell. man__i6 bnmpored by conventiobnliilos, aud must, wonr dignity s ho woars hiw sbirt— novur take it Off oxcopt whon ho 18 at omo,— buta boy | It i surprisiug whoto a_boy slores up b notsc, and whou 5,000 of theso scresming minchines get up a chorus, ns thoy did yestorday, they make n-discord that neatly approachos yndomoninm, Tt do mot”thoy oujoy it? Whon tlio hoya got by tho fira_ougites follawed, looking yollow with Jealonsy that thoy could not ll:l'l!m!lgl fn unison. "As tho )])lml:n!!lfln passed tho Matteson Houso and Burdick 1iouso an immenso shout was_given in bonor of thoso butldings, which woro' docoratud *hndeomoly with losge nud small flage, ‘Tho Tiold & Loitor bullding was also boan(ifully embiazoned with flage anl fmmonso atronmors, {Whion tho ronr ond of the processton ronched Eldridgo court, the liond of the colamn miido its appoarunce on Alichigau avanue opposite. No soonor way this discovored than the crowd rurhiod to tho Intter thuroughfare. By this timo THE DUSTY PEDESTRIANS woro thoroughly worn ont with the heat of tho sun mid the loug and wearigomo tramp. “Tho oohumn wns In » wolting mood. A mom- bor of tho Humano Socloty at this junctura ap- curad with o horso-bucket full of cold water. o was grooted with ellont rapturo, and as Lio nssed capfall aftor cupfull to tho pssors-by, Dettolotions woro showorod upon him, - Chicais nevor disolosed Lor doficloncy in drinking-foun- tuins 0 1t.Was shown yostorday. A TOUGHING INCLDENT of the march ocourred iu frout of tha residonce of tho lato Samuol Myors, No. 417 Wabash avo- nuo, whero the romnins wors lylig, As ‘Apollo Commandory, of which Mr, Myors was a mom= bor, pnssed tho houso, the muslo_ceased, aud simnltanoously the 'Knights “prosentod wwords iu tokon of rospeet to thelr deceaed comrado. Whon tho housd bad beun passed tho band resumed its quickstap, and tho Kniglits continucd tholr march as before. As tho numorous orgauizations passed in tho roturn mntoh down Michigan avonuo and con- vorged towards tho Custom-lfonse, thoy wera followed by many of thoso who - had 'boon_ Wit~ niewse of thoscencs upon theso and othor streets. Doarborn, Mouroe, Adams,and Olark streets ‘wero soon crowded to ropletion with s SDLOING, SWELTERING MAKS OF HUNANITY. Whon o belt was_fuslly wndo miaiy of the calobrants foll out of.the ranks sud rotired to 3 cool coruer, wherolomonade waa administered, Others picked ont o quict alley and dropped into it, and sat down to think. Silently they pulled oft their whito'cotton glovos and removed thoir ombroldorod collars. Fhey had lost their intor- cst in colobrations, and wondored why they cumo ; ofter roplenishing their dumoged ward- Tobos probably thoy will wonder etill moro. 'AN.AMUSING EPISODE geourrad at thio comer of Mickigan avonuo aud Adums streot as tho procossion was returnivg northward. At this point there l{)pnmd on ihe woone, bonnd in sn opposito direction, sovoral ax- prosa wagons loaded with Swodish imntgrauts bowly ‘arrived, ond their boggngo. Thoy wero memplurily orderud to halt, aud thero for an our they stood, waiting :for the procession o pass, watohing tho dispiny witl stariug eyes, and doubtless wondering if auch things woro of every-. day ocourrenco in'Chicago. 4 uAvPY T1000GTT iend of Assistant-Postmastor Bquires, as the latter rodo his flory stoed along. Clurk streot. With sdmirablo_forathought . tho! Youtloman dived dow into KircholT', and Iu w winkling roturued with o glass of cool, fonming lager, and ran out and handed it io Mr. Squircs, wlho drank it off in thirsty disrogard of formali- Vies, ‘hioro wera thousauds -Iu tho proccssion ~ho would: have beon thankful for an oppor- luoity to display o similar rocklosstcss. THE YEXDEUS OF FANS AND LIQUIDS, 2 whioh wera tho only salablo articles on tho ground,:mado -elaborate. preparations to dispose 5f their warog, . On evory corner, and at_every Mloy-way, thoy had stands orccted, whilo a srowdl of waiters plied in and ont through tho srowd, eelling tha Juico of-tho rofreshing jomon, or tho essonce of tho gratofalLop,—lemonnd and beer, in other words. A gonius -stood bo- hind n refreshment-tablo in front of the Honore Dlock. ‘Uho burden of his ‘remarks was as fol- “llero's vor mico strawhorry-juico; ouly § ceuts o glass and yer right chango back. Tho receipt for this rofreshing bovorago is one of tholost acts. Tloro sou hnve it, sweot ay honoy.and cold a8 ico, Jarge matrimoninl glassch ouly fivo-conts apieco,—walk up.” ‘Fhe culini~ nation of iy refruin dn tho word matrimonial b n breadth of tone worthy of w-classio. A VENY DISGUAOEFUL ARVIAY ocenrrad at the Palmor Houso during the passing Of & purt of tho procession, Au individunl, who was somewbat under'tho.influouce of liquor, but not noisily 8o, was ojected. from the building, und, apon_uttempting to re-onter, was kuocked dowh by tho portor and kicked in tha face In n most brutal monuor, ‘Ho-flually desisted, at the Intorforonco of bystanders, sud tho man wout Lis way olsowhera, p i ON THE GROUND, The isplny of bunting along the lino of mareh—and It was prodigal, 1deod—culminatod in a rogular biazo of glory whon tho now Cus- tom-Houso was renched, Tho uir seomed litorally Glled with bino and _crimson, interminglod with & was that of :n iplendid constollutions. Stroamors, thiok o mosquitoes fn August, flow from uvory inoh of ropo, oud from cyery durriok-Load and cross-tree, No foroign colors were displayed; overything was Awmerican, from sho garrison-flag to the bustlons Jack and tho “Dlue Pator." TUE DALCONIES, STANDS, AND BEATS wore lined with banners, but thore wore no mot- toes, ‘Fhe ubsence of the Iattor +was somowbat romarkable, T'ho arrangements around the new structure woro undor tho genoral supervision of Cupt. D, J. Warron, who was indofatigablo iu his exestions and succoeded in providing some 1,600 souts, many of which were effcotually covored, 50 14 to shield the Indy-spectators from the heat, TUE TIOIBTING OF THE YLAGS nnd the decoration of the platforms wers fi- trusted to Capt. Tacsduto, who was ably assist- ed by Capt. btanolife, Tho oruamontal work was~ 1ot cowmeucod until 3 o'clock Tucse duy aftornoun, whou bix old sailors woro do- luiled to gornish oach of tho six dorricks, with Lheir ropes and other supports, which have beon creotud in the. yurd. Auothor purty was do- tailed to tukoe chsrga of tho othor portious of tho grounds, ‘Tho work was acoom )‘luhml with magienl colority, tho * jolly tars” climbing the plim mogls with an oxportuess that suggosted Joug noguuintance with to porils of tho biiuy dp. . THR PONTICO of the Custom-Tlouso, facing Dosrborn stract, was bourdod o tho firt sud second storios, south buimg placed upon each, tho gontlomon above aud the Jadics bolow. Thio portlan of o base- suons story which fucos Adams siroot way alao - plunited unid divided luto woctions for tho guosts, Tk Lo wut curu down thore with tao kol vo homanco t rondor it o favorito location. TPurclied on & couplo of pillars Intondod to atip- port the fluar of tho socond story, fackug the Yight flauk of tho Honore Building, was : THE REPOITELS' BTAND,,. wroathed I rod, white, snd L, and cauoplod by u tremendous gurrison-tlug, on which Lho stars wera about tho 6120 of & oitculr taw. Auothor stand, lmilarly adoruod, intouded for tho ofticetn of tho_ {uatifution,' was pluccd on two oor pillars, right acroms from (he dominlons of the Pross, All tho arrangomenta were amplo and comfortabio, and nobody hud to compluin of Doing crushed of crowded. @ GATHERING OF TUE CLANS. " Although the procosslon was not oxpectod to ¢ thioigh tho routo before 13 o'clook, tho Jarei domoc 1% boean’ to + o Vo I {ho “hiordomon, riding vioinity of the Oustom-Ilousa as enrly 08 0 o'lack, . Capt. Buckloy, Sorgt. Connors, sud o smali army of polico occuplod tho square, and hnd tnkon tho wise procantion of oxtonding ropos nlougs tho sidowalks, 8o s to keop ack tho laryo orawd, whioh bogan'to grow quit unmanagonblo a8 Its donsity and the Loat inoroased. ho gathoring was quito roshoctablo, if not quite 80 largo n4 Bomo that havo boon obsorved in thls ity horotoforo, Whothor it was tho dull- nosd of tho time or tho momory of tho Jublieo thint kopt them back, tho popular battalions did not turn out in such strongth aa of old. It is truo that tho windows aud' hlconies of tho Lokesido and - Honoro bulldiugs orowded with slghtscors; It {8 truo that tho stroots'around tho Lullding wore mote or loss blockadad withy pooplo, and tint tho houncitops in overy diroction ‘woro Lonauted, Dut, otlll, tho groat, sfgiug Chloago orowd was uoticonbly abront, and thio BLAGKNEES OF ENTITSIASM was palntally apparent, Anunfortunato specus lator was at the painy and cost ' of ‘,“m‘mm u?» Tows of woats, & In cirous, on the north o ‘Adame atroot, fncing tho middle of tho Gustom- Houso, but "bardly o bakor's dozon patronfzod * T, ‘although Lo reduced tho admisslon foo from G0 to 2 éonta, ‘Tho’ stockado atound the structuro had not boou lovelod at this point, although It ' was tom down ‘on Luos- dsy oyoning ol along Dowbom stroct, to tho Superintondent’s odics, the plnco boin uarded by ropos and specinl’ constables, wutil o procossionists arxivod. “Awaiting tho latior ovont, tho poputace bogan to GROW QUITH IMPATIENT. Nenrly an hour past tha poriod appolnted passod ovor, aud tho ionotony was ouly roliuved by ro- pontad clinrgos of tho polico. on_ovor-unious poruons, who would inelst In broakivg through tho o, TIOKROOKETH, too, woro making o harvost, and Dotootives THogsan aud Simmons, of the Wost Division, wero obsdrved to nab a cotplo af young robbers, ono of whom was o partuer in crimo of the notori- ous om Quirk. Dotoctives Tyrroll aud Chinpi, of tho Sonth Division, boro off in triumph two vory small boya who ero suspactod of disbon- osty. “A young man with vory whito hair co ductod bimsollin_n digorderly maunor, and w collarod by tho colorad dotect{vo of tho Contral Station, who roccived o blow on Lis noso, which Ho returuod witl compound fntorost. Whilo lioad, howover, was more than & match for Sam- bo, and floorod bim in mbwstic siyle. This arousdd the chivaltio fary of tho force, Who, to tho number of a'dozen, pouncod upon'tho tow- ‘headod ‘ustomer, and, aftor & dosporato striig- glo, -succaoded ' in forcing him into tho Bquare. 1o hiad bis coat torn in tho moloo and wwore like n trospor. Alo’ lio got o peelor undor tho oyo"and recoived o honlthy cluobing, togothor with having “ tho darbios” placed upon“his wrist, Hie locomotion toward the Armory was facilitated by soveral ‘pln ful puuches from s philsuthrople poolor's club, operating {rom tho ronr, This iucidont cnused quite a turmolil, Abont noon . . THE LADIES . bogan to nesomblo, and soon Hlled the covored way, undor the DOMico, 5’ RFOAt array of protty faces and summar toilots prosonting itaolf to tho intorosted or disintorested obsorvor, Fans wero worked vigorously, but, dospite all their efforts, tha fair_sox looked red, tired, aud gon- erally incomfortablo, In fact, averaga woman i8 not countructod to stand a crowd aud cornor- stono. Qentlomen mopped their facos with soiled bandkorchiofs, -and' looked savago. Tach mau apponrod to Lo propouniing to biméolf tlis cor undrum—“Why tho deuco didw't I'stay at bome? " ho reporters’ stand, although ostensibly for thiat class of porsons, was soon iuvaded by out- sidors, who nover Wroto a paragraph in tireir i 10 gonorally tho cass at. eush plucos, Littlo boys, with immonso_poncils andgigantio note-bocks, impogo upon inuacent ushers, who, not uunaturally, think that “the gentlomen of tho press” must be a queor crowd, if made up of such gaming. Lvory kuowing citizen ought to Iine foarned by this timo that a gonuiue, vetornn roportor _rarely or nover carios a note-book, dane upiin gilt covors for stiow, and never, until compelted by oxtramity, exhibiis paper or peucil ina crowd. TIIE PHILANTUROPIO TON TALE, chief usber, furnished “tho press™ with mag- niticont bucket-fuil of lemonade, pleutifully diluted with clarot., Tbis mado the boys exu- borant, oven in the absonco of cxpectod oxcito- mouty AT PREOISELY 1 o'cLOOK, 2 bugle-blast was heard in tho ditection of Dear- bora streat, near Madisen, and soon Lalf o dozou u¢ broal-neck spood, dushod nlong the thoroughfaro, and Laited in frout of tho grand platform, Soon the nodding plumes and mnrtial ranks of the Masonio Commandor- ios woro- seen approaching, moving in_ columns of four. They opoucd rauks sud faced iu- ward, to allow Lho ofhor organizations o possago through, This first body was tho Ghicago lodges, who salutod in Masonio fashion, und, whon all their comrades hud pussod, wheolad into column and marched to tho plat- form, in which most of them took seats. Momnwhilo tho grand procession, beaded by Gen. Forsyth oud Lis aids, filed on Clark, wheoled on Adams, and marchod to State, whers thoy wheslod norciward, thus pussing TILE ENTINS PAGEART. IN REVIEW boforo thoso assembled st tho Custon-Touse. Tho spoctaclo was rathor improgsive, espocially tho yollow faoings aud peouhsr bLelmats of tho Uaitod Statos Cuvalry baiid,aud tho varied drossay of tho other musical orgauizations, Tho Graud Lodgo of tho Knights of Dythins, with thoir tasteful uniforms, milvor helmot aud' tri-colored plumos, presontod tho best apposrance of any Pouy invtla procession, While thiy movement was in progross, & half- drunken individual attomptad to elimb from the worth sido of Adaws strent to tho top of the northonst dortick, an immenso_distance, by meaus of au iron cablo, but, whon Lalf-way up, Ine strengtly fuiled, and tho uufcrtunnte climboy was compollod to slido down to avoid destruc- tion. “Una defeat oallod forth groaus and hivsos from that class of porsons who aro nlweys bub- bliug ovor with bravery whon not placed in dunger themsolves e LAYING THE CORNFR STONE. Tuo Groud Oflicers ascondad tho platform first, tho othors and tho craft following, nnd taking the seats assignod thom on tho right and left. Judgo Blodgett, who wna to spread tho co- ment, way glvon a clinir on & stono n fow feot abovo the crowd. His soleotion for this work was & happy ono, sinco ho was in Chicago in E 1882, and suw all tho people who lived north of | Ottawa and east of the Rock River assembled in Fort Dearborn to ocscapo the Indians thon en- gaged In tho *Blackbawk war Somo timo, was spont I seating tho invited guests, and othors, Among tho former woro Gov. Bovor- 1dge, Gov. Hendrioks, o shoal of Congressmen, another of members of tho Logislaturo, and Mayor Colvin and nearly overy city ofilclal. o officors of tho Grand Lodge who woro to actively participate fu tho coremonios took tholr stotions around tho tono,—Grand Mostor Haw- ley aud Deputy Grand Mastor Lounsbury in the onst, Soulor Grand Wardon Robblus fu tho wast, and -Juior Grand Wardon Deluncoy in tho south, § THE CORNER-BTONE ITSELY wae w simplo-looking affair, It weighed lttle ovor fivo tons, and a couplo of iron lufly woro placed in tho upor surfaco, to allow tho boolts of tho derricl grappling with tho Im- monso woight aud Mifting it into position. Tho onglnoor, In ardor to nccomplish this task, put on & prosunro of 00 pounds of steswn, whioh raikod tho mess liko o feather. Trovious to s oloyation, thron tall caudlos woro 1nid ‘upon it, and Mr, Edgar Sandors strowod 1t with a woalth of besutiful flowers, so that it Tooked liko & conquoror crowned with tho Inu- rels of victory sud tho Toses of lov, Tioyond this, thora was nothig of the romantio if the appoaranco of tho noyw Listorio bouldor, - “Tho (rumpot sounded ut half-past 1 for tho vt assombiago to cono to ovdar. on TUE PRINOIPAT, AROIITEOT, 7. O, Rankin, Eeq., stopped toward Grand- Mastor_ Hawloy aud sold: Most Worstapful Grang Mastor of Masons in Tllinols, in bolalf of the National Troasury Dopartmont,’ and ‘in tha name of tho Prosident of tho Unilod States of Aworica, I now roquost you (o _Iny the coruor- #t0n0 of tho buildityg tobo eracted'on this spot, in igeordance with tho formalitios of your tne clont and honorablo Inatitntiou, TILE QRAND STAHTER ropliod: *Trom time immomoril it has bean tho oustom of the Vratornity of Froo Mayons, whon fuvited to do o, to Iny with auclont_coremaniuy tho cornar-tons of "Lufldings orastod for tho worslip of dud, for publio” churity, ot for the purposcs of administorng Justicn aid freo gov- ommont, By invitation 0f tho United Statow authoritios, T am Loco on Lohalf of the Freo aud Acaoptod Masons, and on tho part of tho crand Laugo of THinois, 10 lay with auciont coromunics thix stono, aud thoroby to attost our patrlotism und oyr roapeot for tho Nutionsl Govorimont, Wa will_accordingly procoed in douformlty pith -ono of . tho cardinal *virtuos of our Ordor, whiok tosches us that fn all our .| blosslug aud ‘Lhy bonodiction upon this work of THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, JUNE 25, .]874.. works, groat or small, begun and finishod, wo Bhiould Soek the, g aind-favor-of Almigh i God, 1t s our firat dnty, thon, to fnvoita'tho blosslng of tho Groat Architedt of tho Unlvormo pon tlio worl n which, vo aro about to engazo, Ty theroforo, commanil tho titimont aflonco, and cal npon all to hito with onr Grand Chnplain In an addrogs to tho hrono of Graco.” TIE GRAND OHAPLATHN, . E. Torrestar, offorod tho following prayer ¢ HAlmighty Gud, Crentor dud Former of 1l things! Thon fimnltn erféction nnid nfinito ‘preaenco, apart_{rom Whotn wo cauob live, and with- out Whom_thera s no hfol 'Wo ' como to Thoo, Holy Fathor, mooking for Thy our hands, Wo come putting forth unto tho rant calm of thy Providonce our souls of ‘trust, feiloving thnt whnthooyor wo do with i oyosln- gldto Thy glory, tho advancoment’ of Thy causo ad Kingdom it this world, In sure to rocotve hy blossing, and commaud thy bonodiotion of Thy Bpirit. "™Wo. thanlk Theo, Almighty God, for tho evl- déncos of Qhristion clyllization arotind about us, Wo tliani Theo that Thon_gavost us oyos to bo- Tiold afl Lhat Liaw beon wrought in tho namo of Christ and tho namo of humupity for tho amoli- oration of tho condition and tho olevation of tho nnturo of mankind, We'thavk of human justico, Wo thauk Th trado, We thank Thoo for whatovor signalizes tho coming of bottor things, that stand seiguit- cnut moutmonts marking ofto by ono tho riio of thoigrand old sas-turks of tlio worlds progross thnt twa, 'Phy childron, may partake of the glor, ‘and share in tho honor of achivvemoht and ad- yancomoit. *Wa pray for Thy blossiug upon this building wligse coriior-stono i Jald to-day. May it indovd bo au houor pud glory {6 this groat poo- plo—this.pooplo.thut hou hust blossad in bas- Xétand lu storo. We thank Theo for the vast poasibilition of tho nation, We thank Thao for tho grand opportunitios of the Btate, We thaul oo for theso brond aores untollod boforo our oyes: grand old sood aoros of the world's hopa. We thank Theo that Thy blessing hns boen upon this, tho roprosontative bullding of tho city and tho Woat, symbolixing -tho grandour, and_grent~ ness, aud growth Thou hast pormitted Ty chll- ‘dron’to bohold Liote, Wo dadioate it solomuly in our henrts and in our thoughts, which uro Thino, that Thy namo may avo tho glory, Watch oval and protoct us, wo pray Thos, Almighty God. Save tho peoplo by Lhy grace, onlighton thom by by wisdoin, Givo unto our rulers judgmont, aud houor, and_justico to God and mau. Give wunto tho people s ranhzing sonso of thelr op- portunities, and teach thota tho, responsibility of tho groat work given into thoir ‘hands. And so st lnst may all tomploa iz, symbole of & peoplo worthy of God, aud Borving thoir kind, and give glory ‘unto Thoo, through Jesus Ohrist, our Liord. Amon.” ‘Iho Craft—So moto it be. THE APOLLO MUSIOAL OLUD thon san cho followng + Luvocntion,” composed for tho oceasion by William M. Gutlor: “anvooaTIoN,” By Arollo Musical Club, (Compoted for the Occasion by Bro, Wi I, Cutler) ‘Groat God Eernal,—bow Thiue ear unto Aud lioar, wo pray, our supplications to Gant o ma v aid aid sudios to bleas nsj— Thino bo the glory. Great God Majostlo,—msy Thy power boglven ¢ That wo Thy will mny do, oud thus bo blewsed ; Dlay we our work thus do iu fear and Fovereuct— Thine be ths glory, Grent God Eternal,—may Thy bonodiction Test o'er our labors, and foundntions laid 3o firm aud true, thiat Thou accept it {rom us— ‘Thine be the glory. CONTENTS OF THE CORNER-STONE. Grand Maater Hayloy (addrossing the Grand Treasuror)—Right Worshipful Brothor Graud Tronmiror: It has over buon the oustom, on oc- casions like the prosent, to doposit within cav- ity in tho stone placed in the northesst corner of the cdificn, cortain momorials of the poriod at which it was orcotad, 8o that, If tho' lapso of ages, tho fury of tho elemonts, or tho slow but cortin ravagos of time should lay baro its foun- dation, an onduring record may bo fouud by suc- cocding gonerations, to boar testimony to tho cenorgy, industry, and culturo of our time. Has such a depoait boen propared ? Grand Tronsurer Chamborlan—Tt lins, most Worshipful Grand Master, aud the various -arti- cles of which it is compasod aro safoly inclosed within the caskot now beforo you, “Hero two men placod tho casket across tho opening in tho stoue, Graud Mnster Huwley (addressing tho Grand Secrotary)—Tight Worshipful Grand. Sacrotary, vou will rord, for the iuformation of tho poopls oro assomblod, tho rocord of tho contonts of tho caslot, Grand Becrotary Burroll road as follows: @, B, reads lst o8 *follows: 1, A memorial plato of puro native coppor, inscribed witl the names of the pritelpal United States, State, and municipal oflicers preacut, or who may signify their Intoution to be present on tho occaston, A parchment roll, iuscribed it the nanics of the priaeipal oflicers of tho organ~ lzations taking part in the ceremounies, 2, Duclaration of Independence, Coustitution of tho United States, acts of Jongrexs making appropriations for the pur- chaso of tho silo and o orcction of the bullding, 3, Constitution of the State of Illinols, mup of the Siste of Illinols, list of tho Slato oflicers, on- graving of the 'Now State Houso, 4, List of county oflicers, 6, Picturo of tho proposed bulld- inp. 6, Proceedings, for 1873, of Grand Lodgo Masons Tilivoln; Grand Olispter Mnsouw, Illinoiw; Gran Council Madous, Illinois; Grand Commandery Ma. wous, Tllinols ; Genural Grand Chapter Masous, U, 8, A.; General'Grand Eneampment Masons, U, 8, A, Suprome Counell, 7, Procoudings of the Grand Lodgs aud Encampment of Odd Follows; Grand Lodge of Kuights of Pytulus, 8, Directory of Chicago: Hinto- Ty of Chicago: account of tirst Tost-Oflice in Chics §0; mupof Olicago, 1874 map of Obleago, 1820 procoedings of {he ard of Public Works, Ediication, Tolice, Purks, Board of Trado, Rellof Gommitice, Compirollor's roport. 9. Copy of the Programme, and all paperu counected with tho coromonies of Iayig the corner-stone ; dally papers of Ohicago ; list n{n an. zati ottending ceremonics, 10, Coples United Slat bouds, ‘all ‘denominations, unsigned ; Unitod Stales Troasury Notes, all denominations, utstgued ; United Statea gold, ilver, snd coppor colnage, 8, G. M,—R, W. G, Treasuror, you will now deposit tho Gaskiét In tha cavity boncath the corner-aton, and may the Grest Architect of tho Univeree, ‘in Ilis Wis- dom, grant that ugos upon ages ahall piss away ero it again bo seen of mou, Grand Mastor Hnwloy—Right Worshipful Grand Trousuror,'you will now doposit tho casket in tho cavity boneath tho cornor-stone, [tis was Qone] sud may tha Great Architoct of the Uni- voruo, in'His wisdom, grant that ages upon agos shul] pasu away oro 1t sgain bo soen of mon, Grand Tronsurer Chanborlain—dTost Worship- ful Grand Mastor, your orders have boeu duly oxdoutad, < Mr. Bankin thon DELIVERED TIE WORKING TOOLS to th Grand Mustor, who rotained tho trowel, rosenting thio square fo Doputy Grand Master ounsbury, th levol to Sonior Grand Wardon Robbius, atd tho plumb to Junior Grand Warden Dolancey, . suying to thom: * Right. Worshipful Brothren, you will rocoive tho ‘Jmplemonts of your oftice, ~ With your assistanco and that of tho Oraft, I will now proceed Lo lay tho_coruor-stono -of thfs ‘odifico uecording to the cistom of our fraternity, ‘[0 spaces botwoon the box sud stono wero fllod with comont, and the box wus covorod with tho samo mutorial: JUDGE DLODAETT, Orand gster, Matloy (addcomsing Tudge Blodgott)—Ou babalf of the Froo nud Accoptad Busous of Llinols, [ invite your Honor, as ono of tho Judges of the Unitod States Gourte, to assiut in theso ceranionies by sprosdiug » “portion of the cement. Judge Llodgett camo down from his soat, and, taldug o _trowol, sproad somo morlar on' ono corner of the baxo-stono, ; ‘Thix dono, tho Grand Mistor ordorod Grand Maeshal Duval to direct tho crafismon to lowor tho stone, THE ODE, Whilo it was lowosiug wo fost, the Apollo Club sang tho first slanzs of au_ oo, composad by Tobort Morris, TiL. D., P. G. .. of Kentucky, ‘and Maskor of tho Masonio Ludgo in thu Clty of Jorusalem. 1 When the Kindled wrath 0f otfonded Leaven, Guve fu smouliering inoke snd flame o wealth that 10 bad given ; “Thougls that day 1 biack distay, it away, Cyax 0t i vadu,— Chorus s, "Lhn desply lay the stone | Thunt it irm aud triel 8o shall diatant aen own . The work this da redo | Witen thio atone’stoppod, the Girand Honors (olapping the liands throo timos thrico) woro given, aud oo gun waa fired, Tho stono was lowored two foot moro, tha Olub lnging In te deop ror Hot with mywtlo care, Ttk our fathTul yitnessos,— The level, plumb, and squurs, «Nations sluk beneath the ourso 4 Ax thoy deviato from s 3 w0 unorrlug truth woy yoies + #Last whilo clroling thug enduresl Cowus; Then atrangly lay the “Plant it iral sua e o uhall distant agenown "I work this duy wo dol o Grapd Tonoru wora givon by tho Oraft as bofore, wid Lo guns weta frod, Whilo tho stono wan lowering to 1ts rosting- placo tho Ulub eaug: al, Hear onr prayer, Oh God | “I'hou, tho Nation's Truant | Aul lot thoso walle msjestio stand 3 ‘Wihiens wo sro In the dust, tumbly,—we fre but a8 ono; Jtopaful,—are wo not Thine own ? o hy Nuno wo riso and bing, Cnonuat Atid geandly Tny Titx Srowm 1 i 15"5“ l!‘l\’;m{ml trito | Now ahall diatant agen awn. "Tho work this tay wo o, Thio Grand Monors woro repodtod, and throo guns woro firod, T POLLOWING COLLOQUY thon tonk placo: : Qrand Mastor—Right \Vor!hlyl’nl Doputy Grand Master, what is the proper implomont of your ofilee 7 4 Dopity Grand Mastor—Tho Bquaro, Qrand Mastor—What aro its moral and Mn- sanlo upos ? 5 Teptity Grand Mastor—To squara our ‘actions Dby tha rulo of virtne, and prove our work. ‘Grand Mdstor—Apply the implomont of your oftico to that portion ‘of tho corner-stone, "and make report. [Lhie square was applied to tho four uppor cornora.} ‘Doputy Graid Mastor—Most Worshipful Grand Mastor, I find the stono to bo squarc. Tho craftsimon havo dono their l.hll{. Grand Mastor—Right Workhipful Senior Wnr- den, what i8 the proporimplomont of your ofiice # Bonior Grand Warden—The Lovel. (}rv;ml Mastor—\What aroits moral and Masonio usos Berifor Grand Warden—Morally, 1t tonchos oqnality ; and by it wo prove our worl, Grand' Master—Apply tho Implomont of sour offica 'to _that portion of the coinor-stoo ‘thut noadn.to bo proved, nad make roport. [Levol is applied to top surfaco.] ouior Grand Wardon—Most Worshipful Grand Mastor, I find tho stono to bo lovel, 1o crafta- men biave dono their lllllw Grand Moster—Rijght Worsbipful Junior War- don, what is the propor imploment of your ofilco ? Junior Grand Wardon—The Plumb, Orgml Moster—What aroits moraland Mnsonie uson Junior Grand Wardon—Morally, it toaches reotitude of couduct; sud by it wo provo our work, raud dnstor—Apply tho implomot of your ofits to et Jrtion of tho coruactons, td minkoroport. {'Lhe plumb was applied to tho sidos of_tho stono.] Tunfor Grand Wardon—2Most Worshipful Grand ‘Grand Mastor, 1 find thostonoto bo plumb.. Tho eraftamon have,dono their duty. Grand Mustor—Tliis corner-stono has boon tostod by the propor lmplononts of fasonry. I find tho craftamon hiave skillfull; and faithifully dono thoir duty; and I do doclaro the stono to bo woll formed and_triaty, truly laid, and cor- roctly provad, according to tho rulds of our -anclont eraft. lay tho building bo condncted ‘and comploted amid tho blossiuga of Flonty, Icalth, and Peaco. Who Craft—So moto 1t bo, THE CORY, AND WINE, AND OIL. Grand Mastor—iothor Grand Marehal, you will prosent tho olements of consocration o tho vrgper oflcors. ‘e Grand Marsha! thon prosonted o vessol containing corn to the Doputy Grand Master, ono containing wino to tha Soalor Grand Wars den, and anotlier of oil to fho Junlor Grand Wardon, Tho Lopiity Grand Mastor stopped toward tho atono, aud, seattoriog_corn ovor it, aaid : I scat- tor tliis corn s au omblom of planty : muy the blossing of bounteous Hoavon bo showorad ipon us, snd upon all like patriotio and important undertalings, and fuspito tho hearts of thg poople wit: virtuo, wisdom, and gratitude, The Graft—So mote it bo, Tho Graid Marahal placed red, white, and bino wax tapors on the stono, ono each on tho cast, west, snd gouth corners. Thio Sonior Grand Watdon poured wino on tho stono, saying : I pour this iyino as an omblom of joy aud glndness, oy tho Groat Rulor of the Univorso bloss and prospor our National, Stato, aud City Govorumonty; prosorvo tlo uion of tho States In harmony and brothosly lovo, which shall ondure throngh all timo, The Craft—So mota it bo. Tho Junior Graud Wardon noxt poured ofl on tho stono, eaying: “*I pour this ofl us an om- Dlem of Poaco; may ta blossings abido with us coutinually; and mey the Grand Mastor_ of Heavon and Earth shoftor and protect tha widow nnd orpban, and vouchsafo to them, sud to the boreaved, the afllicted, and Sorrowing overy- whoro, tlio enjoymont of ovory good aud por- foot gift.” “I'he Craft—So moto it bol Tho Giaud Mastor, oxtonding his hands, do- livered tho following iuvocation; * May corn, wine, and ofl, andall tho nocossnricn of lifo, abound among man throughout tho World. May the blewning of Almighty God bo upon this un- dortaking. - Mlay Ho protock tho workman from overy sccidont,~ May tho structure horo to bo oractod bo planaod with wisdom, supported by strongth, and adorned in bosuty; and may it bo presorved to the latost_ages, & monumong of tho liberality of its founders, and of the freo aud oulightened Government in which it is our privilogo to parlake." Tho Craft—So mato it bol Addressing tho architoct (Me. Rankin) tho Grand Mastor said: Worthy sir,—Laving thus, ns Grand Mastor of Masous, Inid this cornor-stono, I now delivor thoeo implomonts of oporative masonry into your hauds, with tho fullest confldencs that, by your skill and tasto, aidod by faithful crattemon, o fabrio will arisa which wi1l add new ustro to 'our city and nation, May thore be no onvy, discord, or confusion among tho workman, Alay the important dutics confidod to you bo, porformod, not ouly to tho satisfaction of thoko who bavo intrusted you with their fulfilimont, but in such mannor as shall, secnro the approbation of your own con- scionco aud redound to the Lonor of our countzy, 3. BANKIN took tho imploments and ropliodr On bohalf of the citizous of Chicago, Most Warshipful Grand Mastor, £ havo the honor of presenting you with this trowol [handing it to him] as a memento of this occaslon, And'to yoit (Deputy Grand War- don) the squaro, and you (Senior Grand Warden) the loval, and you (Junior Grand Wardon) tho plumb, al80 a4 momontocs. Tho Grand Mastor—Str, andbrother: I tondor to tho donora of _this benutiful emblom of Freo Mrgonry my sincera thanks. As suggosted, I ‘will presorvo It with pride, not only s a ouvohir of this Intorosting and important occasion, but becauso, 88 & masonio implomont, it _blads is not finer or more illustrious than ‘dro tho priu- clplos which it 6o foroibly iuculcatos. TILE GRAND MASTER'S ORATION. ‘Tl Grand Mastor then dolivorod the following oration Gentlomen ropresenting tho Natlonal Troad- ury Dopartmont, Follow-Citizons, aud Broth- rou: Ihavo the' honor to roport that in_com- pliaucd vl the requent of tho United Statos authorities, the aornor-stono of tlie new Custom- 1lousa aud Post-Oflico building, Lora tole orect- ad, bds been'laid with the anciout coromoules of sho_cruft. With, thils aunouncomont, my dutlea would vory properly ond, But it will not bo doaniod uupproprintp that wo shiould for a briof momoiit réewll tho remombrauco of tho for- rible evous thab occusionod tho Immodiate nocossity of laying thesa foundations aud of orocting tlicreon_tho odifice thls day ®0 auspiciouly bogun. Searcoly threo yonrs liave olapsed sluco whnt apparantly wae . tho most onduring pottion of this falr clty was Iaid in waste—a binckonod mnss excopt that of crumbling stones und Lroken columng to mark tho pluco whero had stond magniticont palaces, fittlng and costly morehandiso, nud beautiful towmplos consoaratod to tho wordhin of tho ovor- liviug God, Yot to-day wa bohold with amazo- 1ont nuotho and moro marvolous clty aiton, phiconix-like, from the ashos of tho first. Snch evidoncos of succous and prospority as 1o o6 around us spoak volumey for tho wondor- ful ouergy and porsovoranco of tho cltizons of this motropolis. Striokon but not subdnod, thoy ouly bont befora tho storm, and, by thoir indom- itablo pluck, achieved, amid sooming disnstor, groater rosultn thun evor baforo in doveloplng tho commercinl intorests of our wholo North- wast, Buch & display of eucrgy and entorpriso chatlongo our adiniration, and wo canuot loso the opportuuity to commond tho prompt ustion of our Natlonul Govorument In ronlizing tholr zool and making such gonerous provisious for tho wants ud nocossltios of this poople,, and to us, my brethron, it i alio o vory appropriate and ploasiug rofloction that, amid tho scone of dosolation aud rum thnt sproad its dsrkonod wiugs ovor this city, .tho Masoulo Fratornity, trug'to fts prineiples ' of brothorly love and ro- tief, wero nmuut: he firat to respond to the or} of distross, and Lyt Magonio churity dld_muo In thoso daik aud trylug hours towarlsallovjat- mg the snfforing did dlstrose of tho poor and tho unfortunato, ‘Tho soolgty iwhioh I have the honor to reprosent congratulates our. honorod President aud Lis Administration upon tho har- mony wnd prospority ovorywliors . provalling throughout our country, and ‘pray (that our Na- tioual Governmont may bo left Tres to dovate it power avd ouoryy to tho advancewent of tho ontito of olvilization. : - "o olir 0w noblo Btato, roprosontod i by /s Excollotoy tho Qovornor, wo all pav hom-= ugo. W alio congratuluta tho'Gity of Obicso, s0 adequately represeuted hore to-dsy by s 1lonor tho Aayor and tho munioipal authoritios, uponi the untiring onorgy of her beoplo, her groat commoteial prospority, and 1pon tho dom- ‘muncempnt of this Iml)urlmlt struotura, thecom. pletion of which will add not ouly to the con- vouionca of her oltizons, but lso tho grandour and glory of tho oy, 1t s ‘soldom that our Fratornity appears in publio. Freo Musopry shuns noiorioty. It miuglon liow In auother diroction. Bub whon tho Govornment, undor whse _protaction wo lyo, roquosls our ashistance in . the + Mr, Brownuull wouried of exchanging porforinanco _ of n poncoful and _Honor- ablo duty, wo may ‘with propricty loavo ‘otit quiot stroots, potform our work, aud ouce moro folittn to tho nooltaion of ont lodges. Wo_may havo no moro mouumonts of utotio o ronr, yob tho Fratornity which oxists wharovor aro fannd the olvilized hinunis of man will ‘march on in it mission of rearing highor, Uroador, and doopor ita grent living pritcipio o oharlty—wbiol shall enduro longor chan stouo oF rick. Wo hinvo thia ‘day Inid tho cornar-atono of & bouso which wo pray God mny desorve Lo proa por by becoming ' pinco of concourso for good o, and promoting harmony and brotharly lovo throtighout thio Innd until timo slsll bo no more, Tn couclusion, pormit mo to oxpross my appro- clation of thiat honpitality and courlesy, #o char- natorintic of this great city, which has beon ox- | tonded to the Fratoruity ovor which I have the Lionor to prosito. 4 Ho concluded with tho Masonio formuls, as follows & “The tonchings of Froe Magonry inculeato that in il our works, groat or emall, bogun aud finished, we should rock tho aid and favor of Almighty God. It is our firat duty, then, to in- voko tho blossing of tho Groat Architect of the Universo apon tho work In which wo _aro nbout to ongnge._ I, thercforo, command tho utmost silonce, and call upon all to unite with onr Grand Uhaph‘n in an nddross to tho Throna -of Grace.” TUE PROCLANATION. Tho Grand Marshal was vrdered to make proc- Inmation of tho layiug of the cornor-stone, und did so; khonting: * In tho namo of the most wor- shipful Grand Lodgo of Anclont Frao and-Ac- copted Masgons of the Stato of Illinois, I now procisim thabt the corner-stone of tho structuro to bo hero oroctod has this day boen found square, loval, aud plumb, true and trusty, and Iald nctordinic to the old customs, by the Grand Mastor of Masons, Deputy Grand Mastor—Thin is proclaimed lflml‘!’l tho esst to tho wost. [Horos gun was rod.] - Bonior Grand Wardon—From the north to the south. [Anothor gun.] Junior Grand Warden—From the south to the north. [Another gun. Tho Grand Mastor—And throughout tho on tire Inud, [T'wo guns ware fived.} * AMERICA," Tho Apollo Club thon sanys ** Amerlaa,” many of the lookers-on jolning in tho singing. My country, "ia of theo, Bweet Innd of lberly, Of thes L elng ; ZLand whero my fathera died ; Tand of the pilyrim’s pride ; Frowm evory mountain slde et froodom ring. 3ty native country 1 thoe, Lind of tho nobls free, T'hy namo T loy: I love thy rocks sud rills, ;fllxthan‘(k ,‘;{‘.“ m‘mpluzl Tttt y hieart with rapturo thrills, Lixo that aliove, Lot music ewoll the broeze, Aud ring from all tho trecs ‘Sweet Freedom's soug ; Lot mortul tongues awako Let all that breathe partako ; Lot rocks thelr silonco break; ‘Tho sound prolong. This concluded, Grand Chaplain Forroster pronouncod THE DENEDICTION S “May the blossiug of God bo upon this build- ing, whoso corner-stono is Iatd ; upon tho nation, of thoso powor, aud wealth, and cultura this Ia a subject ; and upou the State and the poopla overywhero, until thoy shall bacomo God's poo- plo, and Hit word of truth boin all hoarts for- ovor moro. Amon.” “T'he Craft—So niote it bo, LERE ENDED THE CEREMONIES, and tho audience, which gradually grow less aftor 2 o'clock, bogan disporsing rapidly, Tho Masons aud guosts left tho - platform, and, whilo the .Iwst woro going down tho stops, @ frantlc-looking ~ fomsle rushod to tho cornor-stono, climbod uwpom i, and throwing down’ on nrmfull of Tos- tamonts, Bibles, and roliglous books, ramnzked slo bad somotbing to say. No ono intorfored with hor, as sho appoared to bo & monomanino, and sho began talking about a variety of things— temporauce and_roligion racoiving tho most at- tontion, Hor talk mado no impresslon upon the stragglors. Hor conduct was uugoomly, and her Latanguo out of placo, snd nothing conld havo prompted hor to attempt to mako & spocch ox- copb vanity and tho Lopo of gotting a little clionp notorlaty. When sho concludod, the polico drava out of the butlding and block 'all visitors, and tho fore- mon at onco went to work to gob things in readi- ness.for_tho rosumption of operatious on the Custom-Houso this morning. pat e THE DAY AT THE HOTELS. If tho fostivitios woro to bo prosperous to anybody, tho hotels wero naturally tho first and most important benoficlarios. Given an ocon- slon_when people aro to congrogate, and the hotels laok forward to n tremendous busimoss. With th exporioncos of lust yoar's Jubilee bo- foro them, tho Lotol-manngors wore ready to accommodate fabalous numbors of guests. Thoir loss distinguishied visitors, pormanont and tran- slont, woro pilod away whero thero was room for thom. Suites of rooms woro subdivided, Dodstosds woro placed in all gorts of out-of-tio way places. A closot becamo chambor on compulsion, and & drossing- room o boudolr of astonlehlug ame bition. Tho dining-rooms woro ovorilowing. Cotintry vistors sought tho tablo of every eating placo, from tho largest Lotol to tho most insig- nifloant rosturant, sud breakfastod in auticipa- tion of gront avents, dined at moon in tho fall contomplation thoraof, and supped in woarlod satisfaction, gloating over tho unusnal things thoy bad ‘soon and hoard. Not that anything talcon by itedlf was n thoms for discussion on accouut ot its sbsolute grandour, but that tho wholo turn-ont, regarded generally, was o dis- play of superhuman something,—whsther glory or folly did not matter. Et was unusual, and that ivas sulloont. TUE AVERAGE VISITOR from the conntry, who comes to the motropolis on o spres, oarcs nothing about motives, Prulllu, lossos, moloy spout, or money oarnad. - Ilo is 5 philosophor, with limitloss capacity for admi. ration. - Givon plenty to soo, eat, aud drjnk, and alittlo opportunity for sponding hia pookot- monay, and ho s dolighted. Ho admiros tho rostauraut, and pardons tho tougbnoss of the motropolitin_stonkc; marvols at- tho buildings and their occupants, nud forgots that tho butter s rancld, or tho ton and coffeo romind him sovoraly 0f tho puro and eparkling wators of Lako Stichigan, If tho ono ju tastoloss, ho burets ‘oub in o pusn upon the Liake Taunl; if tho oronn fs sour, ho' wonders how many thousand paople aro thinking of tho auine comeidonco. ‘T'he gorgeous waitor and his unparallolled impidonco ara oqually mattors of wondermont, and if the atioution Lo should met with by ftlg tardy bo consolos Litmaolt with tho roflootion that that waitor s a pure and parcol of Cliicago, aud must nok.bo lightly mon- tionod. I this roupoct tho country visitor isa indefioltoly multipliod, god-sond, nud, boin 8 3 providad foe with gleo, whionld be prov THUE PALMER HOUKE. Mr, Barauel ‘Curner I notlilig if not Masonlo, and thereforamagnificont. Bosides contributing o Linudul of greoubucks to tho private fund for tho entortainment of tho 8t, Louls Kuights, he adorned the hofol with streamors, which oanght the oyo from distance. T'lia docoration of Fho Palmor Ionsa was vory tnsty aud appropriato. Tho recumbout figures which wolcome the guests of the houso, over the mwin ontrauce, and “soom to uttor most Lumble apologles for not rising up to shake tho travelor by the bhand, woro drapod in an unusual amonut of red, whito, and bine, Thoy woro garlunds of pink tuslin and skirts of blug, with handfuls of red dlsplsyod o triumph, The uppor storios of the hotol build- ing wore gracofully fostooned [n tho samo gay mannar; while fiags hung, gontly waving, norosy tho utreet, to catch the eyo of overy pausor-by, ‘T'ho solid and graceful outlines of this beautiful Duildiug stood out tho moro sorene and bold for tho masy of color which relieved thom, aud novor did.the Palmor Liouse appour to botter advantugo than it did ,vnntunlnfi. "Ll wandlering obsorver was fntorested maln- Iy in its extoriop viow, Tho thoughtful Chivago- nu naurally looked ab the wiudows jor wn ovidouco of intormal ' prowpority, 10 miny rest eany. Lvery raois in tho botol wie oceupiod np to tho attiostory, Botwoon 800 and 900 guests wora quartored at tho Palnor Houso yosterdny, Home of ~them fust ariived and auxions to spond a day or tio i thn eity ; othors to vomain only till evening, T'ho ~Aasonls Purnor looked s happy and buay as though the liotol had but justopened,aud silontly thunkod his stars that ho wus a commitioo on eutortninmont of Apollo Commaudery instoad of a marehing finlnlll, covered with dust, glory, and porspire- ons TILE TREMONT TOUSE, D palite #lutations with straugors about 1 o'clock, whou hio sank oxhausted upon biy ohaiv, Mr, Couol, howovor, olung to tho task of entertalming, L'ho Lromout was crowded to unplossantness. Tho rush ol guests was more than evon this oxtou- uive Lotal could oonveniontly accatmodato, and though not a room {n the biildiug was unooccu- plod, utill many were reforved to the Sherman aud for acoommodntion. Dot of tho guosts romnined over night, Tho’ sumptuous Sloganeo of tho Tromont faenituro waaa tomp- tatlon thoy could not resist, Tho dining-toom way crowded all _day, and thoso iho aatfafiod thoir nataral cfavings b its woll-loadad thblas wiil bo apt to remembor tho varioty and excollonca of thoir fato, Tho i, L SN HoTER, . The qulat which lind ryigucd 101nd the cornor ot Olnck wid Randolph atiovts for the past fow waoks wag zudly brékon I upon vastarday, ‘Tho rush which flifed the otlier fiotolu boyond coumifort had its offoct on the Bhorman Youso, and by 1 o'clock monoy could not hive procured nroom for tho most distinguishod politicinn who declined ~ to fprtcinnte T coramonios of tho day, Lo rooms sok apact, for dintingnishod guosts were rapldly nkeu, then tho upper-story rooms, and finally any_compro- mino that could-bo mado for tho partial necom. modatfon of tlo visitors was gladly ncosptod. Tho oxcuss of patcony at the Bharman Housg yentorday could 1ot hiave beou lows than 300, and many ot thoso woro glad to accopt almost nuy- thing they could got. ‘Tho Bhorman Houso tablo bau always boon noted for its oxcellonco, oud many forgot the toil and viclssitudos of tha dny in the abiiudanco of the solids which go so far toward roconelling man ith tofl, THE GNAND PACIFIO. This Liotel was tho centro of attraction, not meroly on uccount of its ndmirablo cuisino’ and comfortablo rooms, but becanso tho Recoption- Committoo, undor tho lead of N, B. Judd, hold forth at Room No. 3, surrounded by heaps of Dluo ribbons contatuing fn gilt tho Word * Ex~ coutivo,” Fupplying thein lo thoso to whom thoy bolonged, aud doaling out lovoliost of bouton- fores of roses and Seranium, o Ll of the liotol wore docorated up o tha spirit of tho hour, Whorover two Lullways orossad, thero strotchod from tho four cornors festoons in graceful green: about the door-frames olung bwining foliago; fn nlcoves flowor-Jars and pota of blooming shrubs in handsomo pyramids lont an ot of bonuty and o fragrance of flowors to tho wholo, ‘Tho luxuriant parlors toemod with lifo. Trom ‘tha front door to tho roof, all was animation. Along i tossollatod macblo puvemont stood tho BE. Lous Oommundery of Masons in handsomo uniform of black, trimmod with silver and rod crowscs, thoir honds covorod wlth tho gracoful black silk _chaposu, gracofully wounted " with anowy oatrich plumed. Thoso gontlemon made n vory Liundsomo appoarauce, luoking at ouce citizon-fiko and soldiorly. " THE OLIFTON IO shared tho goneral inundation. ‘Inquirers Tiors were met by the fuovitablo roply: © All full; haven't a room to spare,” Thit was oucourag: Ing to tie good peapls of th Clitton oo, bi ot e0 axlilarating o the ongor vistor 28 » con- trary auswor would bavo boch. TUE MATTESON TOUSE. Wit its plonsant sssociations and favored tocality, 1t would havo boon strango f te Matto- uon Holso lind boon au excoption to tho gouoral order. Tndead, the visitor Loro would havo beon fortunate it af'an eacly hour e could Lave found bimsolf assigued toa room. Tho hotol was filld Uetora noots, aud thowo who onme Intor than that hiour woro thankful if thoy conld obtain » moal without tho oxtra advantagaof rooms. 'Tho pro- casuion pussing by this hoiso filod 1t with ongor sighi-soory, Bomo of whom were guosts, wud some-not, TnE DRIGaS, This hotol, which 4 nourly always furl, was overrun, It 'domonstratod tho _advantages ou- Joyed by a hiouso of loug atanding, and- conge- quiout colobrity among poopls outsido tho city. TUIE WEST BIDE HOTELS onjoyed tho enme fortmno. 'Lio West Sido Briggs and Gault Housos wore rapidly inyostod by etrangers arriviog af the Pittuburg & Fort Wayno, Milwaukes & St. Paul, and Chiosgo & Northwestorn Railroad dopote, ' Situatod within easy distunce of tho dopots, they offered a tomp- tation to visitors, which was _immodiatoly givon way Lo, with satisfaction to all partios. THE RESTAURANTS In the businoss distriot - woro patronized libor- ally. The Europoan hotols and fancy rostau- ranta lacked oustomers at no timo of tho day, and, 8 pricos now-n-days are ronsounblo at ail of them, it is probablo that their patrons ud nothing 'to fud falt with, e ranidity with which the first-clnss placos for rofrashmont wore dincovored scemod to indicato thnt o vory largo number of the strangers in town must havecome from noighborhoods not vory romote,—probubly from tha suburbs and small towas fying round tho city. SCENES AND INCIDENTS, Tia6 procossion was rich indecd in tho matter of incidents, 1t would bo strange it this woro uot tho case, Given & body of mon ond boys somo two and one-half milos long, aud thore must necessarily bo o sories of unusual occur- roucos. Add to this o sudden incroaso of popu- lation among tho tons of thousands, togothor with thoso residents who turned out to float along tho tide, aud thero must havo been thou- sands of unusual ocourroncos, many of which, of courso, oscaped tho oye of tho chroviclor. Somo of thoso Incidents woro lnughable; othors mot 0. Among tho latter mny bo rookonod tho misadventures of South Sido pase songers in ‘TUE STAOES, Whon the procession marchied south on Wa- Dbash avonue, the gonial 'bus-driver found him- solf in a dilomma, He turmcd down Adarus stroot, and found tlio avenue alrondy occupied ; hio turued again to State ntreot, and ondeavorod to liead off the procosion, bu when Lo mado & dart down Cougress streat, lo, the Musons were ahead of bim ; thon again to Slato and rattlin ace ovor tho stones to Twelfth, only to find umeolf onco moro cut off. Some of tho drivors found tho way blocked by vebicles, and all moana of eseape in cither dircction Liopolessly cut off ; others agnin triod to braal through tho procossion, and got o chance on Michigan ayo. nue; but i this attompt as in othors thioitsnc- ceas o small, o it camo to pasa thac the sircota which crossad Wabnsh avenuo from Madison to ‘Ywonty-second wers more or loss ocoupiod on "tho Wast sido of tho avenuo by stagen going, or supposd to bo goiug south. Bimilarly the stuges going north came to griof. So long as the procossion moved down Wabnsh nvonue, staies could go north on Michigan' ave- uuo. Bnb whon the latter thoroughfaro was mtruded upon, their last chance of gottiug into town was out off. Ono Liopo alone romained : ‘TO HEAD OFF TUK YROOESSION, i At noon thrao 'buses could haye been obsorvod hurrying north on Indisna svonu, thoir oceu- ponts blankly gazing ot tho moving mass on tho purallo] thoroughfare, 'he drivors lashed tho reluctunt steeds in tho -vain hope of getting ahoud ; tho roluctant stcods could not; the drivors nrged thewm to the hond of tho avontio, whore thoy plowod through dust a foot doop, and Lid thiomsolves in o canopy of desiceated ‘mud and rofuso; but sull tho hoad of tho columu wis two blooks at least worth of thom. Tho stng-driyor is a rockloss biped, The leader turnod up Fonrteonth steot atn dash aud. ondenvored to breul through. ‘he outories of tho populaco drove him back, In s momont he turned back and urgod Lis swonting stood into tho miley. An al- loy s o Bort of domostie gravoyard: Ghost of greon peas and weltering caronsses of cab. bago vio in strong envor with putrofying bones aud garbago of the diotioul chaructor. ~Moun- talug of aghos woro climbod by tho frautio steods, and thon tho 'bus sank into a val- loy ot villainous “emoll; bnrrols and palls wore overturaod in tho hoadlong flight, and thon, alas, the 'bus, mootiug u vastmasy of rotten garbago, turned gently on its wido aud wpilled ity ocoupants out. Fortunatoly, thoro wero ouly tao, nud these two piokod thomsolves up unbur, “hey tluishod thoir odorous journey alous, und ywalkod with the procassion slong tho avenue, Other drivors, logs during, had pilled up st the cross streots, and, involuntavy spaotators, oursed tho procossion ns a thing of folly und u doundal, even from thoir seats innide, TILK SOUTI BIDE OATS wore gomowhat ombarrassod. What with tho doluys on tho routu, wud the molojoly of tho northorn _torminug by the procossion, the atartor was compollod to come down 'from Lako atroot, and tako up a position opposite tho Dulmer Houso, Hore u crowd of Lard mon work incossautly to jump tho cars from ono trnck to mnothior, aud thero ropince the driver. “Tho pavoment wak uot groatly improved.by thoso Plio ordimary eautiou to passongors noy n tho oara on the turu-tablo would have boan suporiiaous here. ; UL EVEN-IEADY YICKPOORET s on gnaid youtorday, althonghi Lo object o Ly doprodution was nok. Mho ougrossing tier- ont of tho procossion, and the olustering crowds who mado tho most of u shady spot, gave him an opportunity ho doss not ofton hivo in thi yollrogulated aity. Jiow many purscs ohangad banda; how muoh currency obtaluod oiroulation by thuls moans doce uat appiear, but cortrin it by thint, whily the police watehed vainly the prtty girle aloug the line, tho piokpookets wore vigi- Jant and uotive under their vory nosos, Nor did thoso .goms of modorn socloty, the professors of the cowparatively modorn ait of BUKRO, allow a glorlons opportunity to eseapo thom un- impraved, ‘hoir lunds wore not idle, Their ruuknn aro linod ta-day with the procoeds of hoir industry of yostordey. “'he old dodgos uf vacoguition, drinks, oigars, and good follownhiip, woro. triod With Varying sudooss. The dopots .wore iufosted by them, and they played their yatloua rolos, from Uhat of xprossman to friond of the famaily, with. Widanbtad prant ta thpmeolves, and disgust oir tho part 6f thajr vie- iy, 2 ACOIDENTS WILL HATPEN tn tho bdst-rogulnted procossions. Yestordny's was 1o oxeeptlon'to tho rula, On Michigun aves niuoy noac ‘wolrth-sticot, an advehturous Loy, ono of that olass whons ohfof dolight Is to annoy othors, way, endeavoring to scramblo among 1 number of emringes drawn_up on_the stroot, whon n band came_ slong, Tho londer gave thd ordor suddenly. Bithor tho atravity of tho musia or: tho Buddonness with which it burst opt, atartlod the Lorses all around, Lhby bochmo, in & monsure, unmanngeabls, and tho youth In qluuntlnn wng_thrown down and tralden upon, 1in hond and Toot wora fijurad, tho Intlor badly crushod. That tho urchin escaped witk his lifa was alioat » miraclo, Another accldont ocenrrad on Wabash avontio, man, whoso nino conld tiot bo lohrnod, thrust Dimuolt into iho procession nogr tho boad, A quirrol aroso botweon himsblt aud anothor, which roslted in his_boing’ kuocked down. £10 was ploking himsolf up, & carriago comivg w knooked Lim down agaln, 1o was romovod, noro [rightonod than bust, ‘and moto tipey thod ASIONG THE IUMORS OF THE PROCESSION i a8 o tall, thin man who looked as thongh ho hiad boon subjected to abnormal compreasfon la~ titudinally, In onoband ho carriod & battlo-ax. of auclont and foraclous appanrance. Indood, his quaint form and bony faco wora in_thorouglh harmony with this foriidablo, though obsoleto, wonpou, In tho othor haud'ho boro tho olivor branch of ponco,~u cotton umbrolia., Nok unltke Tyrrel’s horo 1o & rocontly-porformad barlosquo's e T'his hony porson was tho only follal ‘Who camo Fm\r:nlng with ng umb‘r‘cllm Not thet Lo could mako any uso of it. It spollad tho appoarauce of things. His command- ing offloor told him to “hut up” whouovor lio oponod it, and whon ho carriod it ovor his shoule dor In tho broiling sun, not only bis comeados, but tho littlo disrespootrul stroot-hoys jeorod him, untll his morch partook rather of tuo character of ponance than ploasure. TILE DIVISION MANSHAL gosterday was o gny aud gorguous crenturo. . He oatéodo an ambling pad, frosh groomod und full of lifo. Ho was clad in garmonts liko tho sun. sot, aud frownod upon ovorybody In genornl hika o thundor-cloud. Not that thora was anything ta frown ot On ‘tho “contrary, ovorything was golng on g0 amoothly dud plonsantly tlint ~ovorybody onitht to hnvo lookod bappy, even in tho hont, nud abovo overybody olso & Division Marshal, ' But soverity botokena importance, aud a_haughty mion & fearful ro- sponmibility. Houce three mounted goutlemen looked s though tho falling of tho heavens iwould bo ‘but o mora casualty compared with many of Lho incidents that might and probably would ocour if thoy rolaxed Jiho of thut come mandiug frown, TIE MHUsto supplied for this occasion was, wo hops, for this occasion only. 1t wau whab might bo do- soribod @ “bakod up." Anything lons musical than the stralus which ocwmnnated from many of the bands cammot ho imagined, Thoro wero many bands with but ouo musiolan in cach, the balence belng cithor Iny-figuros or amatours, who thonght yostordsy & good occasion to tompt thoir wind and limbs, For thin, at loast, it is & mattor of great rojoice ing diat cornor-stonos nco not fraguontly Ind, Paronts will, to-day, bo wondering why their infant_cbildron look ‘a0 sickly, oarc-worn, and unintorestod. Tho hanging hoads and ' dull oyes muy be rendily accountad for. Nursea standing in the sun for Lours irith thoir tin charges oxposed to the burning rays of s mi day sun, will bo responsibl for wnny o foobla iufant, aud many a flt of Iauguishing sicknoess. —— MISOELLANEOUS, THE HANNIDAL ZOUAVES. Tho followiug complimentary lettor was yastors day rocoived by tho Captaln of thus orgauizations Gunt, R, E, Moore, commanding tannibat Zouaves : 81it: T desiro o expreas to you and tha mon of yonr command my thanks; sud the thanks of the stal of the Fourth Grand Divislou, for the very cruditabla display mada to-dsy by your well-drilled and admiz< ably haudied company. Its movements roflected credit on the division, RowurrT M, Woobs, Cuigsco, Il Juno 24, 1874, Marabidl, ACCIDENTS, As tho procession was passing down Dearborn olreot, opposito the old Post-Oflico, Sir Kimgit Whituoy, of the Apollo Commaudery, ovorcaius by the‘licat, fell down in a swoon. Ho was cur- ried into the siado of tho old ruin, aud with the kiad attoutions of several Indies was at length brought back to consciousucss. It camo nour toing a sorious caso of sinstroko, A lottor-carrior was suustruck at the corner of Van Burou and Michigau avenue a tho company wore roturning from tho procossion, aud it is thought Lie will dio. ‘THE ANTI-MABONS. A man with a linon coat wus posted at the coruor of Adsmy and Dearborn stroots, faciug tho Mnsons, iwith & bauner on which was ine seribed, * Down with Mugonic -favoritism, nud up with' oqual rights.” An auti-Masauio proce Iamation by Philo Carpentar, fu_baud-blil form, ‘was algo handed to peoplo as'the jroceasion was marohing ou Wibash avenue, DEDICATION OF LI APITOL. T'o the Editor of The Chicago L'ribune: . Dean Sin: The letter propured’ by J. Word Tllis for tho Executivo Commistoo of the Corner« Stouo calobration, and published in your columng yostorday, statos that Goorgo Washiugton ofiici« ated as Grand Mastor at tho laying of tho corner= stoue of our National Capltol, W. 8. Gardinur, Grand Mastor of Freo Magont in Massnchusotts, mado tlio same statémont fu a specch delivered at tho laying of tho corner. stono of tho Boston Pout-Ollice in 1871, This stutomont appearod #o_extraordinary 10 & mowe ber of the Natioual Christisu Awsociation, op« posed to secret soviotios, that be uddressed a noto to Mr. Gardinor rquesting to bo informed on what authority that statement was made, A cours toous answor statod that his uthority was derived from au account of tha ceremony of laying tha coruar-stoue of tha Capitol at Washington given at the time, in a paper published ut Qebrgotom, “Lhis account iu published iu full i Gon, Pholps’ new book on “Becrot Bociatios," which cau bg bouglit of the Western Nows Cowpany for 0 conts. A caccful examination of it shows that Washington's Masouio titlo was Worshipful (ot Grund) dastor of subordinate lodye, und thera i ovidoneo that bio did'not evon Lold thut ollic at the time tho stona was laid. ‘Attor quoting tho articlo from tho Georgos town paper iu full, Gou. Pholps writes: Dy roferring to the ordor of procession,wo ago thab Washinglon was plucod Lotwoen the Graud ifaster pro tempore (thoro was no full Grand mumrmmi) and the Grand Bword Bearer, ‘This 18 o post of honor, and not of Masonfo oflics; for fn tio real Masonid form of processiun there 18 no lilghor officer bohind the Graud Muster, Tho profix givou to Washinglon fs DBrother, aud uot his Mavonlo titlo, The lutters and words followlng his namo are W, 31, No, 22 Virginin, Hiions Jottors, W, Moy sland, wo présuing, for Worsbips ol Mustor; but il does zob imply um ollic higher fhan Grand Master, ‘oud ono which qualifies the incumbent o 'lay cornuvre stones Masonically, Deaides, e lave Wanhington's ewn slalomont, inado ive yoars Jater, in 1708, that Lo presidod aver no ladge, clttier of Englll Masbury or any othier, und {liat he had not been fne sido of a lodge more thuu once or twica duriug tin late tor thirly years of his lifo | That hio was not the Wore shipful Mastor of Lodge No, 23, Virgiuia, 1s plain from tho stutumont Ju the accousit, that, whilo the provcs. ‘sion wus passiig throngh the open ranks to tha cornera stone, the Grand Sword-Bearer lod the van, followsd b e e thio Proaldent of the United Atates :Il(«: Worshiptul Master of No, 29, Virgiuls, on tha e Nor Ia thore auy ovidenco that Washington ofliciated a8 Muson fn Iayluy tlo. cornor-aton, but ouly a8 Trorddont of tho Unitud Statés, Respectfally yours, s AND SHOES. WISWALL & GREEN, Fine Boots ‘ Shoes. 76 Statost, AND 131200 Ezna A. Coor, A ¥ina Bt arlod row s utt res oolsnd, W aga' Tron'Giads, tht ara worthy o NOTIOE, OLUTION. The firm of STKENBOOK, DAVIS & DUNOAN horoby dissolvod by mutisl consont, Martin Btesnbioc) rotlsiug, 'DAVIS & DUNOAN will Goutiaue tho bstoods 82 boford at 184 Fifth-av.