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THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 8367. THE BLARSEY STONE OF AMERICA. TaYMOU?H ROCK CELEBRATION YESTERDAY. National Monument to the Forefathers, the First Emigrants from Europe. identity of the Plymouth Rock Verified. he Ceremonial of Laying the Cor- ner Stone. GRAND BANQUET, ADDRESSES, &., &., &. ‘Tho anniversary of the day when, tw> hundred and Wirty-zine years ago, the \itéle band of Puritans who bad foreca the covgregation of Mr. John Robinson, at Leyden ts the Notherlands, embarked on board the Speedwell, of ‘ixty tops, a: the little Dutch port called Dolftshaven, for Bouthampion, where they were to be joined by others of Meir Engiish co religionists, and whence they were to take their departure for the New World, was celebrated in Ply- mouth, Mazs., yesterday. Six years ago (in 1853) the anniversary was commemorated here for the first time in & Mauer Worthy of the event. Persons from all parts of the Union flocked to the celebration; there was a great ‘eivil and military display; an oration was delivered by ‘My. Edward Everets; a banquet for 2,500 persons was verved in «© mammoth tent; and balls and fireworks closed ‘the demonriration, K was not simply to commemorate the anniversary of the embarvation of the Pilgrims that the celebration of yesterday came off, but at the same time to lay thecorner Stone of the national monumen} to the Forefathers which is now being erected by tho Pilgrim Society. Tbe enter- prise of building such a monument origina‘ed with the so @lety in May, 1850. Tho demonstration took place on the 2d, imatesd of the Ist of August, because the 1s! fell on Mon- day, a day which is considered to be im many respects an fmoonvenient one for the purpose. VERIFICATION OP THE IDENTITY OF THE ROCK. ‘The Old Colony Memorial, a weekly paper, published at Plymouth, undertakes to satisfy a!) cavil or question as to the ideatity of the famous rock, which some irreyerent wh bas designated “the biarney stone of New England,” ond gives an ubsiract of the evidence by which its identity is made manifest. According to the Afemorial, oucf of the ruling elders of the First Church of Plymouth, named Thomas Faunce, on hoariag ‘that a wharf, pow known as Hedge’s Wharf, was to ve built near or over the rock, visived the spot in 1741, four years before his death, and atated in the prerence of many witsesses that the Pilgrims had uaiformly declared this to be the rock on which they landed in 1620. Mr. Faunce was then ninety five years of age, baying been born in 1646, so that he was in fact a cotemporary of aud well acquainted with mos! of the Pilgrims. His statement ‘was wade in the presence of Deacon Ephraim Spoouer, who died in 1818, and who is well remembered by many now living at Piymouth; and the sams fos was aleoconfirmed by one Mrs. White who died iu 1810, aged ninety five, and who was acquainted with the family of elder Faunce. So that even if tradition had no} continued to mark the spot where the foot of the pilgrims first found a resting place in the Now World, the evidence would be of itself quite sufficient to indicate it. HISTORY OF THY ROCK. ‘The rock, bowever, is at the preeent day eo insigulid- cant in its proportions that a person of limited faith would hesitate to believe that it was tho identical stone oa which the landing from the Mayflower was effected. Ite sur face—of which the average diameter is between four and efect—is flush with the street, aud forms part of the pavement of it—at least it has hitherto served ia tha way; draye and earts, loading and unloading at Hedge’s wharf, bave been hourly crossing it for nearly a century back, and many a chip has been knocked off'and carried away as 8 precious relic by vigiters attracted to th peer henceforth the little left of it will be protected from similar indignities by the monument to be placed over it. T have not yet informed myself of the style and propor- tons of the propozed monument, but understand that it is to be simply an architectural canopy, which, while shel. Yering the rock, will still leave it exposed to view, TBE GATHERING FOR THE CELEBRATION. Every train on Monday and yesterday was crowded ‘with people coming to witne2s the celebration. Where hhalf the perone who were in the town obtained accom modations for the night would be very bard to tell. The Samoset House, the only public ina, of any considerabic sive, went for almest nothing in the way of supplying ac- commofations, But the neighbors were neighborly, aad where a spare room or a spare bed could be piaced a: tae service of the stranger it was freely done. Al! tne pub lic buildings, except the churches, were converted into dormitories, and tents were applied to the same use. S» that, in ove way or the other, it is to be presamed all of the msny thousand strangers in Piymouth last night found where to lay their beads. THE DECORATIONS, ETC. ‘The old town wore a look of pcos gat aod anima. tion. From every hill top and elsvated spot floated tho stare and stripes. Arches of evergreens gpimned the streets at a}] points made memorable by reminiscence of the Pil rim Fathers, Not a house that did not do its sbare in the general decorations. Some were very taste fully decorated with bunting and evergreens, aone wih all sorts of devices. The names of Howlana, and Btandiah, and Carver, and Alden, and Chilton, and others memorable in the rccords of the colony,’ wore to be scen on all sides. Here was the site of the firet house ever built in New England, there the site of the firet street opened in BS daa at another place was the first common well of settlement, and at another an arch of evergreeps marked where the first interview was had between the Pilgrims and the Iudian Chief, Massagoit AJl through the town the decorations were in the most Profuse and yet tasteful style. Oae poculiarity of them ‘was the number and variety of flags of all nations that were dieplayed. Tricolors of every posaiblo alternation; Mexican flags, with their motto of Dios, Union y Liber ;” Turkish banners, with the crescsnt and star; the castied fixg of old Spain, and evon the golden harped green flag of Ireland, were all given to the breez2 and je to add io the general gala day. - APPEARANCE OF THE TOWN. All last evening and thin morning woll dressed women and girls crowded the doors and windows, or made their ‘way along the crowded thoroughfares, stopping to read the legends painted on the strips of canvass and woriticize ‘the taste of the decorations, soores of country giris were driven from point to point in wagons and four horso tages, firemen in fantastic shirts and caps, men in milita ‘uniform and ‘members of Masonic lodges in their ca Paraphornalia, a)l passing and repassing, jugglers @na venders of wonderfal inventions, companies arriving ‘with their bands of masico—ell combined to render the poene agty, avimated and memorabie one. ‘The day was ushered in by the eae, the church ‘Wells and the firing of a national salute. 6 same joyous Ceremonial was observed at sunset. LAYING THE CORNER STONE. About nino o’clock the corner stone of the canopy over the Rock was laid with Masonic ceremonies, Tne stone ‘bad been raised some three feet above the bed where it had formerly Jain, and a granite foundation, ten fect In depth, hes been laid for the stone and monument to rest Within the corner stone of the canopy is depos! leaden box of tho samo dimensions with that for the monu ment, bearing the following inscription: — Placed in the ba Btone o Monumental Canopy of Forefather Rock y Pilgrim koctety of Flymouth, ‘August, 1859. deposite wore made within the box before ft cover was aecurely sealed:— A the foll ‘ ie herring Be fo lowing Inssription, engraved in ver nta’ning objec's af Riorical interest ©o oth Telating fo the Plymouin Forelatverss ‘on which the Sane of the May Flower Janded on the twenty firat day of ember, ALD, 1620. Corner Stone, under the direction of i ‘Arren, BULLDING COMMITTED, Nathaniel 8 Shurilet!, Gharien @ Davis, TEammout Pilliace, Arohitet 8 W. M. Hording, #inanclal Agent, M. W. Jol T. Desrd, Grand Master of the M W, Crand Lo ‘zo of Free Masons of Masaachunotte. Besides tho p'aie, dop iontos of many of the articles do ho H. Clifford, Jobo Movies, MORNING EDITION—WHDNESDAY, AUGUST Porited under the corner stone of the National Monument ‘Were placed in the box. The capopy wiil cover = rquare space, the aides of which will measure anout fifteen feet. The whole hoigns of the structure will be mbout thirty feet. Fach of the four facades will present an arched opening, througa which Forefathers’ Rook can be seen real upoo the floor of the arched chamber. The angles of pen. decorated with, Roman with circular pedi: ll form the roofs. A'the ang'es om the outside between the columns are to be piaced four statutes, reprerenting some uf the most distioguened por sons among the Pilgrims, Tho material of whica {tis to ‘be constructed is ¥ granite, and Messrs. Frederick & lay os the contractors, will complete { on or before next Forelathers? Day, if the requisite funds are coltecia4 for defraying tho expenses atiendunt upon the construc tion, following address was delivered by Mr. Warren, ts, the cvatinns- Th President of the Pilgrim Society, on the occasion :— (ENDANTS OF TRE PILGuIMS—Six years ago to day the fires public movement made for the erection of a monument to the Fathers. Since that dey there have been mapy cauren which bave necessarily delayed the progress of the work. Differences of opinion in regard to the kind of that sbould be built, apd asto where it should be placed, bad to be reconciled if possible. Thea financial matters bave not been favorable. The whole country has passed through a severe ordeal in all ‘business transactions. But the effort begaa six years since bas had rome success, We look on the surroundings of the Rock, and perceive thatja great deal bi here, Today, onthe sacred gp2t, on and and that Rock on which some of fihe novie band first stepped, near to their first Burial Hill, we coma in reverence and with gratitude to begin the structure. Ita forndation is es soild as were the principles of the Pilgrim fathers. It cennot be moved; resting down on the firm earth, the wintry waves of ocean may roll and heave, and perbaps | flow over it, but 3 will stand immovable Tae monument shall rige in beauty and simplici:y,a fiting teetimozial of the gratitude of the children placed where the Pilgrims? life in the New World began—where it also endod, Years, centuries bave rolled on since these heroic men were here, and not a stone !s reared anywhere to mark the spot where most of them were laid to rest from their worldly toll, after baving, by the aid of their God, laid the foundation of a uew world. Thoy ony 4 in peace beneath the sod on yonder niil of graves, or nm the hill at whose pase we are standing, where are no signs of any grave, Comrade buried comraie there ia faith. Hardy maphood, who had borne al! for truth’s | sake—who had jeft ibe boms of his youth for freedom in an untpown land—was placed in vbat soil, the seed, as it were, ofa future growth of noble men. Braye woman, aleo, who bad pledged her dielity to nim; she who came over the rough sea, bis aid, his comforter, his joy aud treasure, as the true women ever js to man; sue, WHO Rave up all else to follow him to whom she had, before m riven hereelt—she eleepe there. There all lovely in her frame, the casket contained the jewel, has mouldered; into beautiful humantty ia the returned to dustin the New World. while spirit has rieen toa higher life, to bless from pure there both the old and the new nations of earth. Tuere, too, was put away sweet, innosent childhoo?—tho boy and | the girl—the joy of the parental heart. Toey were con. | fcious of but little here, save only that each revelled in the love of father and mother. Theso litle ones hud croesed the wice ocean, their cradle the fragiie bark, their lullaby the roarivg winds and ever restless waver: their sbeiter amid storm and tempest a mother’s arm3 and the love of « good God who caretu for ail. ‘re buried under the @cd whereon now you stend. Side by side, the child and the parent, safe from Indian cruelty, safe from starvation and from man’s injustice. Ail are quict there. Home ana kindred in their last houre visited their imagioation. One thovgbt of all they had left—one prayer to Heaven for loved ones—then the young child, the tender mother, the brave faiber, went to that bourne from whence no one returns, in visible form, to look on what had been. And here, my friends, is to be their imperiehab'e memorial sione. This day the work too long neglected begins in earnest, Persevere with tt, children of @ nodle anceatry. It ta holy work in which we today engage. Waen this structure shail be comple'ed, as it soon will bo, if you, of New Engtand, shall wiil it's0, you and {, ati of the present aud of ali comiog time, sha!l bow bere in reve revce and recali the story of tho Pilgrim Farhora, aad thank God that they were directed to this witdornces, | which Low bioszoms a8 9 10°e. Not those who've trod the marial fleld, And led to eruas 2 bathing vost, And at whore veme “the world grew pale,” Will be in time remembered most, But they who've walked ‘he “paths of pesze,”” And gave ihei: aid to deeds U were just, thail live for aye on mem ry’e page, When heroes sleep in unknown dust, And pow in faith, in hope, with trust in God, I, as the reprekentative of those to whom 18 entrusted this work of commemoration, gay to these friends who have come to | this place to-day tn such goodly numbers, that they are we'come to this sacred spot. Aud may the holy purpose fer which you Lave come be wanctifind for goed to all. Most Worshipful Grand waster of the Grand Lodge of res and Accepted Masons of Massachusetts, all things prepured, in the name of the society over which I have the honor to preside, I ask you to proceed to iay tue cor- ‘ner etone of the monument on the rock wherean the Pil grim Fathers of 1620 landed. About noon the ceed to the bill whercon the national monumeat—for the design is to have two monuments—is to be erected. This bill hes behind and to the northwest of the Samocet House. . DESIGNS FOR THE MONUMENTS, The site eclected bas no bis:oricai reminiscence con- | nected with it. It is even wituout aname. Why the monument should ve placed there is aot casy to perceive, except, perhaps, that the site is an elevated one, and that from it the monument could be seen farout atsea. But the design is not to bave a tail pyramidal shafiora column, ‘but rather a sort eftemple, or ostagon pedestal, surmounted by a statue of Faltn, acd with other statace or Dottresees, intended to typify Morality, Education, Liw and Liberty. mouth, would be far the most such @ monument; or, if it be fe ts too contiguous to Forefathe: placed on Boryicg Hill, or For @re with £0 many memorials of the past. I understand there is considerable diesatisfaction felt and expresced at the selection of the site, and it 18 pot unlikely that, not njection to that, taat Hock, then it mignt be ‘witbetanding this ceremonial, the monument, ifevercom- | pleted, will stand elsewhere, Tho following is the design 4&5 Ket out in the circular gol'citing subscriptions:— ‘The design for the nationa} movument tothe forefathers, to be erected at Plymouth, couaists of an pedestal on which stands a statue of Feith From the tour sinaller faces of the pedestal project buttresses, upon which are asat-d figures embiematic of Morality, #ducation, Law and Liberty. reiefs of “ihe Dep: elow them, 1 pancis from Telf Haven,” "Ihe big the Cabin of the Mayflowe-,”” came over in the and below are smaller panels for records connected with the socety ard the building of the monument « within the pedestal, 26 feet tu diemeter, and well be & deposilory for'ail decuments, &c., ‘relating to andthe society. In thischamber will be a sisleway leactag tothe platform upon which stands tee Agure ot Faith, from Shich may be seen all the places of lnereat connected with the Victory of the Forets herg. ‘ibe whole monument wi)l ve poe feet high, and eed the base, The at: feems to call them to trust im a ower. The aluing Qguree are. emblematic ote ppriat | es upon whic Higrims. pr Yo fo | Commonwealth. ihe fit ct hese nt ity, bbe | ia 3 holds the Decalogue ia her left, and tbe scroll of Revels tion in ber righthsnd. Her look is upward. toward the im- persouation ot the #pirit of Keligion above. Ins niche, on one side of her throve, !s.a Prophet, acd in the one of the Evangelists ‘ibe eeoond of these Sgures is Gaw. ‘Un one side of his geat is Justice, on the other, mercy. tion. In the niche, on one aide of ber seat, la Wisdom. ripe with yesre; on tbe cther, Youth, led by Experience, ‘The fourth figure is Freedom. | Gn one aide, Peace resis under his protec- tion; on the cther, Tyranny 1s overthrown by bis prowems The monument is to be ertirely of granite, with the exception of the peneia and alto relies. ‘These are to be of porphyry, ser- entine and white marble ibe figure o! Faith is to be seventy ihe sitting figures are to be about forty feet in ight. ‘ane following was the raintree Infantry. Ablogdon Light Infantry, FIRST. DIVISION. Aid. ala. f Marebal. fie ce Copaee of ecepton. Architect of the Monusvent. Oficera of the Pilgrim Society, Governor of the Commonwealth, with his Aids and Body President at 4 of Commitiee Marabal, Marshal. Governors of other States, Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth. Secretary and Attorvey General of Mi Marstal. ‘Adjutant General ee areal, United States Naval Officers. Prenitenis of New Knglacd Societies, Previgente of Maamachuselts, Hlstoroal American ctiquartan Society, New Rn, neal ‘sr bal. ‘ape ©: lon. United Staies Senators, seis Preaident of the Massachusetts Senate, Speaker of the House of Bepresentatives, Collexes, Fresidents of Members of reas, Other Invited Guzate, Sheriffs of Fiymouth, Suffolk, Barastable and Middlesex, Sergeant at Arms and Members of Masaxchusetts Legislature. SECOND DIVISION, Marshal, Band, The Grand Lodge Mg oon oe of Ancient Free and 8, ag0n8. ‘The Boston Bnosmpment of knights Templars. ‘The eonei? Fhoampment of Koight Templars, Losgen ofPiymouth, Bos on, New Hedfor Jem, Newbary Providence, Fall Kiver, Roxbury, Dorchester, Trunton, Hyanvis, Duxbuy, aad other cities and towns, zines DIVISION. jarabal, New England & of New York Mats Hietorteel Roristy Amerlean Antiquarian Society. Now Rngiond Historie G Soctety. Cape Cod Aswootation, . ‘ Pilgrim Society, Lodges of Gad ya of Plymouth and other ciiies and owns, Feleotmon and other oftoera pf the town of Plymouth, Many of | grand procession was formed to pro- | It appcars to mea that Gole’s Hill, where | were interred ibe first {ity of the Palgrims who died at Piy- | opriate place for | Lill, associated as they | chamber | shied, ia to fe Pigrins | 4 | Greeks nor Romans, Celts nor Saxons, have left bebind ry . The third is educa: | 3, 1859. PRICE TWO CENTS. Olcere of other oitles ard Wwoe, Tostruptore of Publi sehoo's in Plymouth #nd other cites and tow «, Chizens of Plymouth end oth-r places, FOURTH DIVISION, Baredal, and Fire Department of *ymounh tn aniform, wit opparetas, P Fre. epertmento’ Sor b rider water. Fire Deosriment of Proviszeto wn. YAFSH DIVIEION, warebai, 4n atiegor ton) reprerentation by the children of tbe acbooks | tm OsrTriages, cova'siiog it, Cf a group representiog aborigivg! lite 24° A group repreventiog te funding Of the Piigrimns, and thelr welfome bv tamocet, 8d A tore) D representing the peaceful and happy a4- vewoe of Pigs rine)y'ee 4h o group representing tbe thirty-three Btales of the Union, aethe result of 1grim enterprise. i Bib. A RrOnp reproventir g the different nations 0’ the earth Joping is bongs © tae memtey of ‘he ‘ 6tb, Other groups represenilog different charseters and eu- Tih A. mioiatare schooner and erew, ecablemstisal of the marine interests of Flymeath Mountd police. The procession, which was well marehailed by Mr Davis, apd which mage a really fine appearance, marcbed through Court, Mam, Market, High, Bartiett, Summer, Piearsnt, South Greer, Sandwich, Market, Leyden, Water, North, Court, Ousbmen and Allertoa streets to the hall, where the ceremonies of laying the corner stone were performed according to the Mueonic ritual. Tne President sete Sosiety, Mr. Warren, deitvered the folowing ad- rors -— uw ENGLAND Mey 4np Wowen!— darmnicays!—The day has cCawned ! it has at last come—tne day whea tne chil dren of the Pilgrim Fathers have gathered to commence a monument to their memory! On these hilis, my friends, Many of us oft bave trod in boynood’s play Bours and in | Moepbood's maturer years. We bare walked over the gruves of the great, because of the 00d; of the noble, be- cauge of the humbie onee—of the fathers and mothers of our country. What mean we by thie day’s work? What are wo Going, deecendants of the pilgrims? That which sball redound to our honor in coming time if we persevere and compieie—as I feel sare ve shall—thene, monuments to the Figen Fatners wh words of power, in poetry, im painting, sculpture, too, they re been remembered Tne pulpit and the press bave bowed in reverential awe before their greatne: Orators and statesmen, law- | makers and poets have'tome to this ancient town as toa boly shrine, to pay homage. Weare, by some, accused ef giorifying the fathers too mach. We cannot do #0, They were great men in boing what they did, when they did.” The gratitude of the whole continent should be tresly and without stint given them My friends, we have this morning laid the corner stone of one monument on the rock. Weare now about to jay thet of a stracture, the grandest the world has seen, intended to mark the events of the landing of 1620 in the nation’s history; that de cisive event, which, in reality, began this our great and | bappy country. Let it rise speedily—and as from distaat ocean the toil-worn mariner approaching home shell look hither, and view it reaching toward the clouds, « landmark to guide bim to hie destined shore, he shall also see intcrized on ita motive for action—an aid to all wortby purpose, Many have found feult with the magni | tuce of the wi . Some deride it, and say it is un. suitable for tne events. Others would have it erected in acity. No! Here where we atand is the spot for it. From | Bence, cast | day, Cape | Pilgrims firet cast anchor. | Cape they found abelter. There is Clark’s Inland, named for the mate of the May Flower. There the Pilgrims wor. i (aly te on their frat Sabbath, in atemple no: made with ande— ve, ‘The waver around were row ‘The chiuly winds were biowlag: Perbaps an Indian was watching without, compre- | bending that they too were sposking to the Great | Spirit whom be ignorantly worshipped. after this | boly eervice they returned to their small veascl, their onty refuse in thenigbt. In peace they rested, watched | over by their God. In front of that island the Mayflower | was atanchor On my left you see Osptain’s Ail!, the re- | sidence of Miles Standish: Oa our right rigee toe | Borial Bill, Beneath thore kods rest Sradford and | the sen of Robert Guehman Monuments have been erecied there to shelr names by grateful desced ents. | Beyond that lies Wuteon’s Aull, on which the frat treaty was mado between the white man and toe fadian, Nearly in front of where we stand is Mersateld, thy bome of the Winsiows, and in tater days of Dan ci Webster. Jt ig a beautiful spot, full of ancred agsostn. tions. The whole country mourns yet for one of her { presiest, men, whore duet repores in a tom> pear the | Bouse always hosptisble to visitere—never to be for gotien by thore who have been Ané not far off, on our left, is Joces’ river, in Kioxstou, where Elder Brewster lived. ae theee paces are within our view, how cces the past come back to ue? As we stand on Monument Hill, let that past nerve us all with new strength for cur life work, One thing is certain. The monument cap be built if ‘ogland says it shall be. Wherever ehe or ber children have fully devermined t> do anything, that bas been done. Say it in regerd t+ this, New Fogtand men, New England women; say it with faith that it oan be, and bring your ever gies to besr upon it, removed, in reality to the capaciiy are asked to doit. Six yeara ago a noble merchant of New York, | princely in work and in giit, wrote that he would “be on? of fifty to subscribe $1,060 for @ monument.” Not all of the forty nine others have come, but some have don | it. Where are the forty others to respond? Would that ; bad the ability, ss I have the desire, to be not merely on - such map, but all combined. The merchant paid nig mo- bey, not waiting for others. Such large amoants are not, however, needed. A small pittance fiom euch of the fe yored children of New England will complete it in » few years. Ie there such a child anywhere who will not con | tribute to one, to both of these commemorative stones! [ } am not willing to entertain such a thought. Think ef the } Fathers but ior one moment, aoy hesitating one, aud you canpot help aiding in the work. Never doubt the dccomplihiwent of that we to-day begin, any more than | the fothers doubled of final success. Let every one give | eud the work is done. It cannot be done without your aid, No miracle will be worked to fimsh those struc tures — It is for you, who bave reverence enough for the fatbors, {0 be witling to ehow that reverence by acis, Scme cay the best monument to the Pilgrims is the hearts of their children. Such a monument 1s apt to crumble. There needs gomething to iook upon; some of the granite of the carth moulded into beautiful symmetry toimpress on | these hearts the story of the past—the hercism of former times. No victory has ever been #0 pregnant in its congequences; no event in haman story, gave that which occurred at Bethlehem, has produced s9 vast # revolution | in the destinies of the human raco, a8 the emigration of | the Pilgrims of the Mayflower. Never again for us, their. } children, wiil there be the opportunity or the ocsasion for | the employment of art, to emboty themes so simply grand, so peculiarly signiGcant. I¢ is worthy, then, of all | that artcan offer asa testimony. Itis worthy of ana- | tion’s self denial, were it necessary, to erect a memorial | of gratitude, which shail embody in ils design the leading ; characteristics of the Pilgrim mind. I now with pleasure | introduce to you his Excellency Governor Banks, SPEECH OF GOVERNOR BANKS. | Gov. Banks, of Mass.,came forward, and amid many interruptions of applause, spoke substantially as follows:— It is a voluntary hgee which a today. We le for the living, not for the di Surely no people ‘that have animated the scenes of human history, neither 3 them monuments more\ numerous, more imperishable, | more beautiful, than those,ttat-mark the historic paths of | the Puritan founders of the Commonwealth. every \ side they risc—on the sea and beyond the sea, upen the sterile and rock bound coast, over vale and up- Jand on the rich interior, over rock and river, they speak | to us,and will speak forever to those who suczes | of their marvellous energy and wise forecast, and | abiding faith in God, Their career is marked with equal | permanence in all the pursuits of civiized men—of peace | or in war, in the overthrow or reconstruction of govern- ments. iteraturo, science and art regain the works | of the Puritans and their descendants—some of the | Mort eminent achievements of human genius. Espe- | cially marked must be their political philosophy an their experiments in the construction institutions, The statutes for the distribution of property, | the scheme for securing universal cducation, a govern- } ment of the majority of the people in place of a minority | Of rulers, the right of each community to establish and H direct its Own goveroment, and the absolute freedom of all men in religious worship, are as distinctly foreshadow: ed in the compact signed on the Mayflower as they are reproduced and exbibited in their institutions of Church and State, There is something far greater and wiser in the Puritan’s works than we could justly anticipate from the study of their history from the times of Elizabeth to the foundation of the colony of Plymouth. ; Even to the careful studert their trials and awakenings } are almost exclusively of a religious nature. If a man maintained steady adherence to the doctrines of Catvin ‘and the Synod of Dort—if he kept the Sabbath, frequented fermons, maintained family ay would neither swear sor be drunk, nor comply with fashionable devices of the times, a8 @ reprosch be was called a Puritan. Tac greater part of mm viewed their emi to this country, a8 it bas been well said, as taking up the cross of the Saviour; and the ld!y wealth to the ang of ‘the spirit Womigtt wll worldly w: c) t Jook to such men for a thorough inv of the claims of preiate or priest to stand tattoos and their God, or to fathom every occult mystery. We might well look © them for a sustaining faith in a more direct and nearer approach of sinful man to the all wise and ever merciful Creator, for to such things and upon such thoughts their souls were turned until they saw with clearer vision. But whence comes the cloar, calm, comprehensive philo- sophic wisdom that ia exhibited in their system of govern: (wm gtd md in resulta which _ ia antic'pated rom usand systems an failed in more than that number of y in eecking —— education, 10 pyeery ad distribution or for all and by all, but in the singularly wise of ai 1 Sty parts to the whole, and he accompilstiment of its purpose: & government of tho upon prin- a equal ete iistice, securing inoue, ‘ouperity eas. la this ri bya tem of the Piigrims who founded our ocloatand beloved Common 48 as perfect in operation as in conception; and it i bardly extravagant for us to belive that patient and pure reflection upon this great work brought to them pope of te or the devout prayers of godly men were answered by the intervention than human power, Aad k rite) commenced their can of political powers with which not simply in relation to its yy, anda es, m this contixent, Folitical or governmental eucoees, . thon to tho social and moral condition sb pate | that barmonious blending or digeront conditions aa st this period of our hietory, we iook upoa ite psrfet fuccer#, £08 wih turprige, but se en antioivaled dad fa eviiable yesuls; and we accept the repeated gad apoureat ly inevitable failures of other uasioss, evea ia our o#a time, a8 well a8 ot more distant perio) conteq:enort, BOS Of the desth of or requisite general intelligence, bas of tue Wont of that varied pablic organism by which marten Of men ero treinei to diffaren: restraiote, Mrovgh which popular excitementa tad adequste Periooical reltef, which secures the promyt aad fai:nfal execution of different pubtic trusts, and give ta the whole | syetens Bb equilly beiunced and regular movement, Laat enforces evéry order and discharge? every duty {a mae terial apd materis! matters without jar or confusion, with- out passion or vio'ence, executing ite work as if it were & power ip abrolute independence of those upon whom it Operates, and y €t pr oveeding from the consent of all, each incividus! member having an jose? the privilege of agsailing Or supporting the general judgment, ia speech or print in private or public movement, 1p aingle or combined effort ap seemed to him opportune apd effective. In no aoe land do we find the same perfestion of orgacization com- bined with the same rreedom, or similar success, the in- dividpal mind operating without restraint except s0 far a the welfare Of associaies may demand, trammeled by no i traditions, inttwidated neither by doubts or fears, that aro | bot by reaaon approved—the family that gathers up and | binds in compact form the separate elements o | } ‘ee the na‘zra) eirionie desire pocial life, thas by the ties of consanguii and kindred, through ail ages, in savage or in civilized forms cf existence, a8 m were an original power of ature, independent of socisl or piiitical | jaw, molés and fashions the very na‘ures of men: the chureh that, with eager eye, in unrestricted freedom, recone a)! bumen action and tests it by the standard of divine law—the town that stands ‘between the State, ‘warding off concentrauon of power or despotism on the one bund, and anarchy or unorgan)zed 1 responsibic pub- lic opinion on the other, never 82 weakened by subddi vision of powers a8 to fail end, nor #0 strengthened as to rior orgapizations in the execution of higher trusts— the State invested with powers indiepensable to the inter. nal co operation of minor divisions—and the confederation of States for the prise:pie ef union which now Dinas togetber in indissoluvle fraternal bunds turty miilions of propie—was suggested by the Puritan long before the feeds of row rous States were sown. Toe confederation of S'ates, that harmonized conflicting do mestic intererts and offered a common protection agains: external foes, these constitute a State in the graat peers Srrangement which the genius of the uritan in secular matters, tempered by assidaous study of Divine statutes, bas travamitted to us. Ii we fa'i to appreciate the perfect adaptation of all its parte to its great purposes, gop ‘at tte fruite after an ucinter- rupted movement of nearly two and a half centuries. Woat @ barveat veap we in our day from the sees of Caristiaa civilization sown by the Puritans in darkocss and danger ‘but a'ao in hope and in faith! A) we the full flood of almost Divine favors which daily refresh our million offocls, | Measure we the prosperity that Nift us above | our deserts as above other Statce? Confess wo to the full capacity of acknowledment by whose wisdom, whose valor, whoo great faith, we have reached theso Pisgah heights? Or believe we that our genius, our industry, our enterprize, has created that which surrouads us? That States more than contirents or empires have other origina than the slow growth of centuries? No fairer scene than that which meets our view attests the tricmphe of any pioncers in the work of civil'zstion. In dires {ion we move cities and towns rise to meet us. The : the Merrimac, and the rivers that Southern coast’ of the Commonweaith, boeet s8 proud monuments of industrial success ‘a8 the enterprise of man has ever created. The valley of tbe Charles, in which s'eep thirty or forty villages, towns and ci jes, crowned on the one hand by the metropolis 0° New England and the biue sea beyond, and on the other by the bighlands of the interior, preeenta from any com- manding eminence a ecene uniting as many of the beau ties of art and nature combined ag any upon which the eye of man ever rested. are the monuments of the prowess of the settlers of New Engiand and | the prosperity and heppinets of thelr deecenduats. Not | unto vs but unto them be the honors paid. No moau- mental shaft, no tongue of poetry or eloquence, can offer to them 8 more appropriate or elaborate eulogy than that spoken for them in their works. Nevertheless, it is for | ue avplessure and duty to connect the events of the pre- tent aud the past by some marked an‘ visible sign, to make sppsrent to careless and indifferent pehoders the relation which the inestimable privileges of onr time | bear to the heroiem and devotion of our turefachers. | Never did monument rice to commemorate nobier docas or greater bero'sm than theirs, No fortress, citatel or temple—no pyramid, areepal or obeli#k—no triumphal arch or marble statne—beare testimony to holier virtues that yet live, and in Greek and Romen fame, than the in- rnmereble evidences of great purposes und powers which make illustrious the fame of the New England fathers. The monument, then, that wo plant to-day js for us es for them. It is for our instruc- tiov, to remivd our children, and our children’s chiléren, ro long as tbe seed of woman shall bruise the serpont’s bead, that our life is their life—that out of their trials and sorrows we pluck prosperity and happiness— from their oppreesion springs our freedom. It is for this we plant, in the too A heart of the earth, here ani now the headstone of the corner; it is for this we bid thy monvmenta! ehsft rise to heaven; it is for this we are Pinte the vieesings of Desven Np lle progress aad It jeaven upon Sompletion. "Let i. rieo’ te sommaconorate ‘commemorate the fathers, the gratitude of the children. connect the trivial events of life, the evening’s pleasure and the moraing’s ut; the labor of the week and the rest of ‘the Sabbath. 29 Nemes of tha Commitee of Arrange: ie the cornerstone cf ihe Monouens and Caster ees or YS 20 a small port: n of orefather's Kou. ‘SL. Giber printed matters. GRAND BANQUET. After the ceremonial of laying the corner stone, there War u grand banquet given to betweea two and three Poonsend pereeue, in &® Mammoth tent on the grounds of the Samenet Bouse, Auiong those present were Governor Banke, of Marsacbusette; Govercor Chase of Ohio; Muesra, Borbugeme and dell, of Waksachusette, and others. Afier the company bad parteken of the good things pravide?, auotber epeech waa made by Mr. Warren, He skid :— “Lavgs asp Gentummxn:—We meet to dey under mogt plearant aurpiees We haye with enitable oere- mony laid the corner stones of two mounments im Commemoration of the Pilgrim Fathers. On this spot only ehould euch be biilt—on these sande, over these bidiv, the fathers and mothers and children of the May Flower rosmed and labored. Every hill top and every valicy {8 Glied with the fragrance of their first life in the New World, And to this place forever shall the adroirer of greatness in man; the lover of bis country, the part, the Christian, the iover of ee repuolican liberty , come, bringing their offerings in faith and gladness. Here, and pow, at this greet gatnering, let us pause and call them~ that nobie band of the May fiower—call their spirits to come forth from the bleesed land to speak to us tbeirchilerep, Glorified ones, from yon bright world, wkere now you roam; ssinted ones, men of heroic oarng, women of unsbaken love; childrau of true affection, come forty, Let us, your descendants, look uson your countensnces, as we now begin ths structares which will commemorate you for all after time. Come, thou spisit of the nobie Carver! Come, Elder Brewster, who led the flock, a8 the shepherd of God! Come, intre- Pid Bracfora! and Winslow, come thou. Come, noble Standieb! and come, sweet Rose, who longest bas been ‘Alden! Come ali! Come, from earth! Come thou, Jobn father. mother, husband, wife, brother and sister! Come, HH 1 ye little ones 1 come now, and forever animate ug rit thy great power ; with thy great puzpose to dife’s work well Tby ‘deecendante hover around thee to- POSTSCRIPT. WEDNESDAY, AUG, 3—7) M. NEWS FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL OF THE PERSIA AND KAN2S600, STATE OF THE MARKETs, &., ko. bo. Saypy Hoon, August 3—6 P. M, ‘The steamship Perais, from Liverpool on the 28d of daly, ‘has arrived off this point. Her dates are two days later than those atready received. ‘The Peace Conference would mect at Zarich in abouts @ week, Tt was believed that Sardinia would not be represented at the Peace Conference. The discontent in Europe at the terms of peace conti- nued unabated. The Emperor Napoleon’s expianations ‘were pot by any means considered reassuring. ‘The steamship Bremen reached Liverpool on the Slst of July, and the steamship Glasgow Edinburg on the 22d. day , asking for thy bicesing on their endeavor to raise here ep evidence of their remembrance! Gather with us, thou Ove Hundred of 1620, who found a bome and a place wherein to worship God! Meet us now; put into each that inspiration which enabled you to work so mighuily. Open euew the long covered gue, oer which the sod bas greened for centuries, and, with thy cuiidren, gee the resulte of thy decigion, thy sufferings, thy patience, and thy faith. ‘k pow! ‘e have calied them. Will the; come? Methinks the heavens are unroliing, as a parch- ment, and from the abyes of the st fair forms ap- proach—they rest above us. The spirits of our fathers are here. them in their glorifies stave, looking down on a world blessed by their lepor and their fidelity while they were in the body. Hear their words to us this day, fiee of complaint; free of blame for our long delay; but fall of benignity, for we are romembering them. the sovg of praise, even from them, in their pure abode, not for themselves, but for us, as we show they are not forgotten. The story of the pilgrimage of the fatbers of 1620 has oft been related. It should be fa: miliar wo every one. In times past, a Webster, an Ever- ett, a Choate, » Winthrop, a Gillard, a Seward, an Evarts, and maby more of the best intellects of the land, have drawn back the curtain which shut out the past. In words of pathos, words of power, they have portrayed the wivtry voyage of the frail May Flower, as with a company of martyrs, she ploughed her way through the deep sea. They have pictured the scenes of the winter of 1620, when the pilgrims were on this bleak coast, with such truthfuiness that they who listened could almost in reality sec them landing oa yonder rovk, all shiveriog with the cold; could see the smal) proceasion of sincere mourvere, as day after day they carried a loved one, io be buried from sight forever, on Cole’s Hill. I shall not farther occupy the tims of this day when you areto l'sten to £0 mavy, much more worthy, only to say :—Men of New England, let this be your firm reeolve, made here and now, while the glorious sun is shining down on our prosperity, that the work commenced ehall be finisbed. Agei men, who will soon pags on to meet the spirit of the fatners, {mprees it on your children to carry on (bis work to completion Women, motbers, davghters of New Exgiand, all power!u! as you are in what you undertake to do, determine, before Heaven, ‘bat the monument to the Pilgrim Fathers shall ere long be built, and the great end is accomplished. ‘This coucluced the ceremonies atvending the anniver- sary of the ‘“Blaruey Stone of America.” Amovg the distinguished guce's at the dinner were Gov- ernor Banks, of Mossachusetts. Coase, of Onio; Turner of Rhode Isiand; Bockingham of Conn.; Senators Wilson and | Base, Hon. Mesers. Buriiigeme aud Hall, of Mase. , and E. | B. Waehburne, of TL In | The forenoon was clouded and threatening, but ‘he clouds broke about one o'clock, and the sun shone out brightly. ‘The Masonic rocieties made a fine parade. The best fea- | ture of the procession bowever was the display of school iris. |B the cemorsteation pessed off (inely and without any | untoward occurrence that I bave yet heard,of. Marine Court. _ ASSAULT AND BATTERY AND PIREWORK3. Before Hon, Judge MoCartby. Ave. 2—Wm. Blina vs. Peer Fernsicin and Wife— ‘The parties to this action are Germans, and occnpy ai- | Joullng premicos in Essex street, in this city—the plaintiff the virtues Of | Keeping a segar store, aud on the evening of tho 31 Juiy be was also eagaged in supplying fireworks to tne euthu- siastic “ Teutons”’ in that neighborhood, who were amus- ing themselves in fring them off against defendants’ shop. The Joys of life, the sorrows of death, with the never | ceasing memories of the Pigrims to light the eye of in. fancy, a8 it opens upon the world, and cheer ‘transi | age Toa bateer ana brighter existence, let it be said for- | ever and forever that {t marks alike the acquisition and | the mainteinance of the freecom of our land. | Within the corner stone ie placed @ box to contain arti- | cles — deposited. It bears on its cover the following | words:— Piazed | invho corner stme | National Monument > the Forefathers | ‘The Pilgrim fosisty of Plymouth, august 1309, | The plate, which meesures 734 by 534 inches, boars the | following inscription, eograved in yery plain and legibis | letters, by Mr. R, W. Bouve:— | | ‘The Corner Stone | 1 National Monument to the Forefathera, laid in presence of ‘The Pilgrim Bcclely of Plymouth, M. W. Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Massachusetts, | 4. W. John T. Heard, @ Mester On the second day of Auguat 4. D. 1860-—A. L. 8869; belng in the two hundred and thirty ninth year i mince the first sett ement of New England by the Pilgrim Forefathers. dsicbard Warren, President of the Pilgrim Society. Jobn H, Ciiftord, Pathantel B. Shurtleft, Samuel Nico'son, Charies G. Davie, William Thomas, Bleazer.0. Sharman. Hammatt Bilings, Archivect. Willard M. Hardiog, F Agent. James Buchanan, President of the United States. Nathaniel P. Banks, Governor of Masaschueetts. William T. Davie, Chairman of Selectmen of Piymouth. The other deposits are as follows:— 2. The following description of the aite forthe monument, | | 1 | i | | viei— ‘Te site of the national monument to the forefathers, upon ; one of the most elevated e ninences in the town of Piymouth, | cortaire about eight acres ot land. The central f Jot, containing about two acrer, upon which the the base of the monument is ciety by Bexjamia Bath 3 8 ¢ | 5 hy the Pligclas So" was given to laa way, Kaq. of Plymouth, expreasiy | one, {t being deemed the’ and appro hich eould be obtaized. ‘The deod of convey- Snce was passed on the sixteenth day of Beptember, 1853 beir g the two bun ired ard thirty eighth anniversary of the day that tbe Mayflower sailed from the harbor of Flymouth, Eng- Ing ad tbe land was valued at one thoueand dollars, ° 3, ‘account of the corner stone and legislative appropria- liane for alto relief i the followir g words : te of ighing about six tons, and | ja the gift of Mr. Kleazer Frederick, of ‘The corner atone ‘anite. ia A i ‘The foundation is laid in bydrauiic cement, and contains about fifteen bundred tons of Quincy jive, transp: ta | Plymouth by the Old Colouy ‘Company at one halt the usual rale of An sporopriation ot aires thousand dollers for an alto relief sereteag eda ote gins oy Nal em vattnre pices cf he mae aout was made by the ‘Lending of the Forefathers at Plymouth on the 2ist of Decem ne 4 Papers, diplomas, certifiea'es and circulars relating to the monumel ‘ke iIiustrated Pilgrim Almanse tor the year 1860, pub- laked fs au af the Monsment fond. © ee : Low rat Charter for @ Colony in Virginia and other asi tertioriew in Atmerioa-1606 baal 7. The Grest Patect of New England in America, 1620, ara to ell established at flymouth, in the county gf Levon, for the planting Tuling, ordering and governing of lew En Se ahe Charter of the Colony of New Plymouth in New Rog ranted in 1680 to William ‘and bis assootates, ‘The Social Compact of the of the Mayflower, 10 The Declaration of In¢ependence of the United Colonies ies, 1776. 2 Pa we Gotstltution of the United Ftatoa of Ameri vlog Or Farm of Gorerument for 1787; 32" The Ponetitution or Fe Sin mee etlanic coptes of the’ Reals of the Colony cf New Pty ; ES e of New Ply. Hony of ke Messschuscite Bay in New” kag. e Commonweal 8 Of Mi ; cats Sradforsa history of Plymouth Plantation, edled by a Ra, 1866; Pinte Tile Pages the Fismouth and Marsachutetts une Becords, edit ny Ni B shartlei; yi e lemoriale, and Cuide Sr J Plymouth, by Wiliam sofne Town of Drinte t ta 1880; a 1890; ‘showing the way tied Plymouth Colony, gh including points, issued by Wm. ‘ussell, uth Directors, printed in 1880; Le ae 9 Oe ewe of Flymouth for the faan- year ending #2. Lit of fon Offiers of Plymouth for the year 1951; 23, Lint of Ofoors of the Pligrim Soclety of Plymouth for the year 1859; 24. Diploma of Mem’ of the Pil slaty: roriat ba Pi mth estate %. Ola Colony Memorial wapeper he laat we 1g Hanne of ash, comin: the National Monumeat and Or the Gee or toe | John W. Caidwell & Son, ‘The defendant’s wife came out of her premises and at- tempted to drive them away, upon wh'cb the plafotit re- meostrated with her for inferfering with his customers, when jhe lady addrcesed bim in language more expressive than folite. He then answered ner io a similar style; sho thereupon eeized aciud, struck himfovertoe bead and knockea him down. The defendants justified the assault. ‘The Court, however, held that while the provocation was great, atill the asenult was of too serious a nature, and gave jacgment for plaintiff ior $50, Edward Vincent vs, Jouissant Mardega —Thia action was | brought to recover a balance of rent onan account stated (in writing), for $300, with interest from 13:h May, 1856, for use acd occupation of premises Nog. 163 and 165 Crotby street, im this city. The defence was, that the defendant could netber read or speak the English lan- guace, and therefore did not know what he was signing. e Court believed to the contrary, and rendered judg. ment for piaintifl—$476 and coats, The Fire on Board the Steamer Huntsvillc, (From the Charleston Mercury, July 30.) ‘The slight announcement which appeared upon the Mer- cury’s bulletin, yesterday forenooa, that the steamer Hantevil'e, Capt. John A. I’cst, was in the Meffit channel, supposed to bo on fire, caused great excitement among our citizens, The ship, being in full view from the city, with ber flag union down, atuacted much a'tention from spec- tators on the wharves, and constant was the inquiry for information in regard to her. Taeir curiosity couid not be gratified until midday, when the pilot boat Savannah Teached the city, having on board about twenty. tive of the pstsengere, mostly iadies, who appeared to be very soxious to land. The United Siates revenue cutier diken, Capt. Coste, went to the burning ship and removed the mestof the baggage anda number of the passengers, ‘The baggege bas all been placed at the office of Messra. Some of the passengers were landed in boats upon Sullivan’s Isiend, who theace came to the city by the steam ferry boat Osiris, In the meantime the steamer Nioa, Capt. Isaac Davie, ‘wag getting up steam for the purpote of proceeding to the aestance of the Huatsville, which she presently did, For. tunateiy, asgiated by the swell occagioued by the passing of the steamship Keystone State, which was comiag up the channe) at the time, the Huntsville wasgot off with- oul much difficulty, end was lowed to Southern wharf by the Nina, which was reached aj five o'clock P. M. ‘The consigneer, Messrs. Jobn W. Caldwell & Son, im. mediately placed a gapg of men cn board, who removed the deck Joa, and our fire companies directly getting to work on the vessel, some twenty streams of weter were soon going into the burning ship. The Hantaville had on board abont one hundred passengers, all of whom have reached this part in safety, The steamcr Huntsville, Oapt. John A. Post, a fine pro. peller of 3,000 tong burthen, about eighteen months oid, 4s one of the beat specimens of that description of vessels afloat. She regularly plies between New York and Sa. vannab, and is a Jargecarrier. The Huntaville left Savaa- pab at five o’clock, P. M., on Thureday, with about 100 paarcogers, 660 bales upland cotton, 800 barrels flour, 100 tercesrice, and a large quantity of peaches, melons and other Ms oe Early Friday morning, when off Capo Romain, fire was Gigcovered in the forward bold. Captain Post, his officers and men, operated with great cooloees and self possession. ‘The ship was immediately put about, and her direction altered to this port, without alarming the passengers or Creating any thi like a panic. Having obtained a pilot off Bull’s Bay, she was steered for Beach channel, but the tide having fallen too much for the ship to croes the bar, it was thought best to ground Der in the channel way, where ahe could remain in water ele ae ae oe and Moxa which point her paseep; elr baggage e speedily and safe. iy land aie nee an island beach Toe ship was according! 18 about 934 A. M., wher Fermuipet nti about SP. foe stereo fon as the news burning ship was announced President Courtenay, of the fn er ident Bacot, of the Phoenix, tendered the service of their respective companies and engines to go down by eteamer to the Huntsville, and play uy, the fire from the earliest_ mo- Ment; but from some doubt as to the safety of such pon- erous machines on board of a steamer, the proffur was eclined. | While the ship was approaching the wharf Mr. aldwell bad an interview with Mr. Nathan, chief of the ‘ire Dopartment, which resulted in the tender of the tervices of the entire volunteer Fire D:partment ‘o the work Ke ae iehin the fire. = oe was accepted @ department ordered out Every company in the department promptly responded, and as soon as the first aperture was made in the deck over tho burping cotton, every gine was discharging into It. Gon cutting the @ very extensive firo was dis- covered, wi must have been sor many hours, A constant stream was kept upou it from eaou engine; and at one o'clock this morning, whon our reporter re- " from the sceno, the fire atiil threatened to destroy ibe upper works of the forward deck, The tide was, bowever, rising, and, with the righting of the ship, it waa beped that she would be epeesily submerged, Tha cot. é Discourse delivered by Rober - House,” in Piymout. ta Desecner, Me OnNe Rewlater for the yoar i859, By 28 Mxnuel for the age of the General Court of the Commsn * fereste, iu distinet and yaried Inativutions, trough which, * @lidord and William siow. wealth of Massachusetta for the year 189 Prepared by = N. e. on on deck, 180 bales, had siready beea saved. We hone no our next to announce the entire success of our Areman’s. uerous efforts. An amusing scene occurred at thé wharf ducing tie | clearing of be deck of the perishable freight, witea oras | furg om shore, end distributed gratuitously xmon coo | crowd, The rosh for watermelons and peacles was | udicrous in the extreme, ‘The steamship Arabia arrived at Liverpoo! a’ 1:30 P. M. on Saturday, the 23d of July. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. LONDON MONEY MAKKET. Consols closed on the 224 ult. at 9434 = 9434 for money ‘and account. Money was in good demand but unchanged in prices. American eecurities were unchanged. THE LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. ‘The sales of the week were 50,000 bales, of which 6,500 Were to speculators, and 13,000 to exporters. All qualities bad declined fully one-2ighth penny, but were firmer at. the close, The estm ted #:1:8 on the 22d ult, were 8,000 bales, of which 1,000 were to exporters and 1,000 to spe- Culators. The market cloced firmer but steady. Some circulars say the decline at one time was one-fourth to three-eighth of a peneny, but that the market subfequent- Jy rallied, closing at a decline of one-eighth of a penny. § STATE OF TRADE IN MANCHESTER. Advices from Manchester were fayorabis ani prices LIVERPOOL BREADSTUPFS MARKET. Brendstuils were generally firm, and there had beena Slight advance in whca', ray 1d, 2 2¢, Cotton aivancing LIVERPOOL PROVISIONS MARKET. Beef was heavy, with but littie inquiry. Pork heavy; quo'aticns nominal. Bacon dvl! and declined on all quall- ties. Lard quiet. The City Inspecior’s Department, Sanitary Inspector Downing, accompanicl by his sid, George B. Hall, and twenty atachés of the Oity Inspector’s office, in accordance with the imme resolved vpon on Saturday last, paid another visit to: the field of bis laborson Monday. The reconnoitering forces started from Forty-eighih street aod Eighth avenue, accompanied by twenty men of the Metropolitan police, uncer the command of Sergeaot Murphy, tnoroaghly ex- ploripg the territory embraced by Fiftiein street to Sixth and Seventh avenues to Fifty-ninth street in the same civielon.. Notwithstanding 3,000 hogs were moved from this district laet weex, there remained a few of the porcine race on the premises of Patrick Smith, Jacob Zimmersand Jomes Keefe, anc ati were sent, under the charge of Mr. Brinkerhoff and Adams, to the public poand. Mr. ayes Ie a idow Foy, vet Btreeiz, who was also treated in a like the premises of F. Carman, who was said to brother of an ex-civic functionary, on Fifty-eighth strectz, three small suckers and Were taken care of by the Superintendent and pound. After refreshments at the Atias, the ceeded to a new section, recently laid out by the. Heaah, bounded by Fifth and avenues, and notified the following persons to remove their hogs atd demolish their boilers and pens by Wednesday next:—Nicholas Reynolds, Fifty ninth and Sixtieth streets, eight pigs, Matthew McKown and Chrystian Scnrymer lad their pigs tecreted on this lot, and were peremptorily ordered So have them moved by today at ten o’clock. Quip, Sixtieth and Sixty-first streets, Second and Taird avenues, eleven pigs; ordered to remove them by Wedaea- day. E:mund Currie, tame district, seven pigs; notified to remove them, Thomas Leahey, same disirict. It was rumored that thie man would not suffer any interference by the officers with bis property; however, the visit wag duly mace, and after Mr. Downing having barely escaped bavipg bis arm torn cft by a ferocious dog, the honoravle Mr. Leahey wilted down, and witn a penitensial air agreed fo comply with the order for the removal of forty hogs, duly then and there served upon him, Michael MoGraw, | sixty bege, eame block; notified to have them removed | by Wednedday. Thomas McDermott, same block, seven bogs; noti to have them removed by Wednesday. Alice Kelly, same block, ten hogs; notified to remove. | them by Wednesday. Patrick Cavanegh, Sixtieth street. and First avenue, eleves bogs; notified to remove them by Wednesday. Samuel Ruth, James Flagan and Witiam McKenzy, on Fifty cigbth etreet, between First avenue and avenue A, were severally notilied to remove their nu- merous pigs by Wednezday. The City Inspector declares that his war on the up-town Piggeries haz only just commenced, and that he is de- termined ultimately to-exterminate the whole race of grovters on Island, The atmospiere in the Leightorhood of the recent foray was yesterday morning alqoet as swect as on the Battery, and’ the neigabors are happy snd gratefal in view of what has ty been ac- complished, The Inspector has learned that a number of Pig owners bave been in the habit of driving their pigs away in the mormig and returning with them at night, after the officers bave left the vicinity; aud to meet the case he bas given orders for the arrest of all such parties. It was expected that some arresis would be made last night in pursuatce of these ordere. A pumber of complaints bave been made within a day or two that the contractor for the removal of offal and dead animals bas been in the habit of throwing offal into the river, to float ebout 2 stenct In the nostrils of nayi- gators, sostead of removing it beyond the city’s limits, as required 4 his contract, and the City Inspector yesterday summoned the contracter to sppear before the Commis- sioners of Health to day to answer these complaints. If the charge bo established it Is expected that his contract will be promptly annulled. The City Inapector has alro commenced the work of breaking up the bone boiling nuisances on the ‘Upoer part of the jsiand. Already some twenty of these institutioas, Iccated between Fifty fifth and Fifty-ninth streets, have been dismantled, their kettles seized and held in posses- sion of the authorities. He expects to commence ‘opera- tions at once on the eatablishments located between For- tieth and Sixtieth streets, on the line of the Hudson River a sgainst which grievous complaints haye been made. The street cleaning reform is energetically pushing along part passw with the above meationed en- terpriees. The Inspector expects during the uj month to bave the streets of New York cleaner than they were ever known to be before within the memory of * the oldest inhabitant.” Broadway gives him a great deal of féuble on Scooant of the ungoegsaril i Kemet water dispensed sprinkling carts. Heis trying an ex- Periment on that thorou t id Bieeoker streets, by interdicting tho water carts for one week, to end néxt Thureday night, the theory belng that if the Street is allowed to get thoroughly dry, all the dirt, in- Stead of sticking like baked paste between the stoaes, can be removed by the sweepers at night, and then there will be no material for dust, and no ocoasion for sprink- ling. Sprinkling will be permitted, however, daring the middie of the day, but the carts will bave to be re- modelled, so as only to sprinkle, not deluge the pavement, The folowing tabie exhibits the amount ot work done in this department, and ite cost, during the week ending No of di No. ped lays dyn Amount. ‘Total... * Cleared by special contragt,