The New York Herald Newspaper, June 25, 1871, Page 3

NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, ME NEW STATE CAPITOL ‘Impressive Services at the Lay- ing of the Corner Stone. Addresses by Governor Heffman and Hamilton Harris. The Grand Masonic Demon- stration. A Procession Threé Miles | Long. THE MASONIC RITUAL. ALBANY, June 24, 1671, The great questions which for some time past | have agitated the pubitc mind through the newspa- | pers, as to the proper site for a new Capitol, and more recently, What body of men should have par ticular charge of the ceremony of laying the corner- stone thereof, were both happily solved to-day by | one of the most imposing Masonic demonstrations ever witnessed in this Stite. THE PRESENT CAPITOL ‘was commenced in the year 1805, April, 1806, the corner stone when Mayor of the city, P. laer, in the presence of @ large assem- blage of distinguisnea men of that age ‘The structure cost not quite $120,000, ene-third of which was oorne by the corporation of the city of Albany and the remainder by the State authorities, It was thought a model of beauty and eminently well fitted ior State purposes. ‘The work was well done, and, despite the shocks | and earthquakes of nature and disruptions of political parues which have occured within and about its walls, it stands to-day, a monument to the architects and builders thereof. Its walls have re- sounded to the eloquence of many men who alter- wards occupied high positions of honor and trust in Uhe affairs of the nation, THE NEW CAPITOL, the corner stone of wnich has just been laid, promises to be one of the most elegant structures | on jie American Continent. Already over $1,950,000 have been expended in constructing the foundation for the new building, which, added to tne $410,000 expended for grounds, makes nearly $2,300,000, and the foundation of the edifice is but just completed. Phe total cost will probably reach $20,000,000. Work on the superstructure has not commenced, for the reason that the material of which it will be erected cannot be agreed upon by the Commis- sioners; 80 (hat the sum of $650,000 appropriated by the iast Legislature remains to be expended during | the summer and fall months. THE PROPLE OF THE QUAINT OLD CITY | are rejoicing to-day, despite the heavy rain storm, which has been in progress since six o’clock this morning, for the laying of the corner-stone of the new capitol sets at rest forever the question of the location of the Capitol aud the other pubite build- ings of the Empire State. Every train armving Friday and this morning | brought targe celegations from the various Masonic | loages throughout the state, crowding every hotel and boarding house to furnish accommodations for the visitors. Ample accommodations had been pro- vided for ail visitors. THE PROCESSION was to have moved at ten o'clock, but the terrific rain storm prevailing at that tme obliged its post- ponement until one o’ciock, In hopes of a clearing up, At that hour, despite the heavy shower, the immense procession, which was over three miles long, composed of the Tenth and Twenty- Sith regiments National Guard, a sqaad of cavalry, the Jackson and burgesses corps, two independent military companies, the Mayor and Common Council of the city in carnages, the Governor and staff, Grand Master Anthon, of the Grand Lodge of the State; de- tachments of artillery, fully 20,000 Masons, in fuli regalia, and fifteen bands of music, took up the line of march, and finally arrived at the site of tne new Capitol building, where, after the officers and guests bad taken their seats, the exercises were proceeded with. Mr. HAMILTON Harris, chairman of the Board of New Capitol Commissioners, delivered the following INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS. FELLOW Crrizens—On the 1st day of May, 1865, the people, through their representatives, decided thata Pog By Vapitol Buiidl should be erected, ade- BUILDING and on the 22d of was laid by the 8. Van Rensse- ; SeeKing our shores. May our colleges and schools | to be now inaugurated with quai necessiiles and commensurate with the growth and greatness of the State. eee were appointed to execute the undertaking. Plans were adopted by the Board, with thd ap- provai of the Laad Commissioners and the Gover- corresponding with the taste of the age ana refinement of the Commouwealth. This Capitol Hill, in this ancient city, was se- lected, not only for {ts cenwral position in respect to the basmess and population of the State, but also for its commanding emimence and its historic tradi- tions, a the sive for the new edifice. Here, on the 9th day of December, 1867, the work of excavauion commenced, aud preceeded to the - Of sixteen feet below the surface, the 7th day of July, 1860, the frst stone in the foundation was laid, upon a solid bed of concrete Masonry, three feet in vhickness, ‘To-day the basement story, with foundation walls of unsurpassed strength an solidity, having a neigat ot are, feet above the coucrete, and covering au area acres, is com, l. And now we are about to consecrate the enter- prige by laying the corner stone with solemniues efitting so august an occasion. One-tlith of work, been accomplished, and, ali coincide in opinion with the Board jomers that trae economy consists in prosecuting it on the largest and most energetic scale, the years will not be many before yoo old = Capitol, which was erected ‘@t the beginning of the century to supply the Wants @ population Of seven hundred thousund, will ve place 10 this new one, which shall ve worthy e high debates and lofty decrees of four million people, and which will staud for ages the aymbol of e resources, the power and the grandeur of the Empire state of the Union. Rey. Dr. EBENEZER HALLEY then invoked the Di- vine blessing in the following PRAYER. Eternal and Almighty God, in Thy hands are the destinies Of all things. Invisivie to us, Thy presence extends to all space; Thy providence embraces all worlds, Nothing 1s too for ‘Thee to accom- lish, and nothing too uve to escape Thy notice, ‘he rise and fail of Kingd the conflicting iater- ests and of men, the order in which events shall succeed each other, are under Thy di- vine government, and we behold ‘hee arranging these with @ wisdom that the wisest cannot fathom, and executing them with a power that the mightiest are unable to control, Assemvled om this public, interesting occasion, which naturally calls up our country Ww our thoughts, ‘we do most Ct a nog Thee for atl Thy good- ness in ite behalf. not its past history a record rich in the most signal int ittons and marvel. lous tokens of Thy divine agency? 1n the inf our republic, when its liberties were tmperiiled, didst Thou not raise up @ band of men of singular and discernment, who steered our country through ali ite diMoultes, ana carried it to aggran- dizement and renown, and didst Thon not crown with success the heroic efforts of those who vindicated of their country with their bequeathed it as a blood- bought tw their children and chil. dren’s children? And not only at this me- morable junctgre of our ational history, Dut in every sul ent stage, has Phy gooa hand been around us. How often hast Thou exceeded our hopes, disap] ved our fears, and turned appa- feat disaster into real and substantial bi ! Hast Thou not presided in our patie councils, edueing from the ferment of debate and the rivalries of political striie measures the most favorable to our prosperity Hast Thou not watched over our ‘com- merce by opening uD new sources of wealth and promoting, by the inventions of art, the moat rapid communication between the most remote parts of our country? And art Thou not sending-thousands 10 our shores every year, Who find here a home for the t, an asylum for the oppressed; thus cultivati the waste places of our jand, cal before the onward march of industry its forests to be cleare® and its deserts to teem with the blessings and Institu- | tions of civilized life? And we feel that the privi- jJeges Which we enjoy as citizens of this republic are such a8 should awaken our most fervent gratitude. We thank Thee for our personal liberty, our social institutions; for the dignified remuneration given to labor; for the numerous avenues of commerce opened up to the industrious and enterprising; for our form of government, where the rights of all are weoured and the wrongs of the humblest redressed; jor # free press; for our public schools and seats of eclence; for an. uncli Bible; for the wnchalenged right to worship Thee accora- Jog Whe _dwiates of copacionce; for our schemes of benevolent emort and our sanctu- aries of religion; for these and other blessings do we desire arate to thank Thee, and feel “that the lines have fallen to us in pleasant places, and that we have a goodly heritage.’” ‘And in harmony with the services of this occasion woulda we commend to Thee the interest of tnis city. We thank Thee for all its surroundings, so favorable to the health and comfort of its inhabitants. Do ‘Thou ever be its guardian God, defending it from di rand calamity. Bless its colleges and other seminaries of instructton; its courts of justice, its places for exchange and commerce, its institutions of public charity, and the churches of the living God. ‘May all these tend to refine and elevate the tone of public sentiment, and promote the interest of morality and religion, Bless our city as the seat of legislation. We have assembled this morning to vés- ufy our rofound conviction of the im- portance of this, Believing that upon law must rest toa great degree the prosperity and sta- bility of our institutions, feeling that its falthtul ad- ministration 13 essential to the security of our Jives, our liberties and our fortunes; re ing this ag an earthly jewel that has no compeer, a pearl beyond all price, the citizens of this Empire State have agreed, by their representatives, to erect this butid- ing, and thus to do homage to the majesty of Jaw by ensbrining itin an edifice worthy Of its object. We piace the structure to be here erected, of sucit arehi- tectural beauty and majestic proportions, under Thy care, Watch over it during the years required | for its erection; may it arrive to its compietion | without the less of itfe or limb; and may it | long tower up in its colossal magnitude on this summit asa symbol of Thy guardian care, and an enduring monument of our national Ife and insiicutions, And do Thou raise up men who with- in its walis shall faithtully and zealously advocate the best interests of their country—men of principle— men of incorruptible fidelity and devotedness to truth—men who shall act on the conviction that What is morajly wrong can in no possibie circum- siances ever become politically right—men who spurn the aggrandizements of vilice when purchased by the surrender of principle or the snipwreck of a good conscience. Bless the Governor of the State; endow him with all the qualiticatous necessary tor his bighly responsible duties, and may he tind a compensatioa lor the tolls of office in the widely. diffused satisfaction which his public acts have given to his large and enhightened constituency. Bless our Mayor and Aldermen, and may thelr measures tend td promote the health and good order of our city, the suppression of crime and the encourage- ment of industry and art, And now we commend to Thee the interests of this wide Union, agricultural, commercial, literary and religious, jay the Chief Magistrate be always dl- rected by Thee in bis high official duties, and along with nis Cabiaet devise those ineasures which shail advance the best interests of our country. May the feuds and jealousies engendered during our late un- happy war be speediiy forgotten; and while we thank ‘hee for preserving our national individual- ity and calling forth such a host of heroic defenders | in the hour of its peril and extremity, do ‘thou who | bast the hearts of ail men in Thy hands cause these heartburniugs and enmities soon to subside, and mnay tue two great sectious of our Union, aiiitated so | million, and that of this city, ita capital, a little over five thousand. A historian enumerates the public buildings then located here as follows:—‘A low Dutch chureh, one for Presbyterians, one for Ger- mans, one for Episcopalians, @ hospital, the City Hall, @ brick jail, the Qity Hotel and a bank, estab- ished tn 1794," In 1806 the corner stone of what we now call the old Capitol was laid by Phitip 8. Van Rensselaer, then Mayor, in the presence of the Chanceilor, the Judges of the Supreme Court, members of the cor- ee the State House Commissioners and the rey citizens, a6 We learn from the newspapers of the day; and, 4¢ Was then said, with the usual en- thusiasuc aceuracy of such occasions, it was to be buiit on improved plans, embracing much elegance with great convenience and durability,” There, iny friends, i¢ stands to-day, within our view, & monument of what we call the olden tlme; venerable, and though not yet turee score years and ten of age, full of hisiorle Sssociaiions, with rich memoriés of the past of this great and prosperous State clustering around it. Almost the whole of our Staje history, in peace and jn war, has been made and written within its portais, ‘there have been raised the voices of the great men of other days, Whose names and words and deeds are still (resh in the memory of our peopie; Clinton and ‘Tompkins, Van Buren, Marcy aut Wright, and others now numbered with the dead. There justice was ad- ministered with a firm, weil-balanced hand, by Kent, Spencer, Thompson, Beardsley, Jones, Savage, Lansing, Bronson, Walworih and others, who made tue reputation of New York law reports world-wide. ‘There constitutions have been framea and laws en- acted under the benign induence of which this State, during tie present century, has grown froin nalf & million to four midions and a@ half of people—a na- ton in itself, Where, now, are all who, iess than seventy years ago. stood where we siand when the oid corner stone was laid? Provably not one witness of that ceremonial 13 among us to-day. Man’s work is more enduring than himself, Some facts about the old Capitol in its early days may be interesting to you. Its total cost was about $120,000, which was paid in part py the State and in pu by this city. The Governor and the Council of evision, the Senate and Assembly, the Supreme Court and the Common Council of the city all at first had rooms in it, In the attic was the Mayor's Coart and the State Library, the Society of Aris and the Board of Agriculture, while the Qouuty Clerk and the Clty Marshal occupied the basement, When completed 1t was an object of excessive admiration, Travellers from abroad praised it, Dr, Stuart, of Edinburg, descrived itag ‘ta fine large object.’ Henry Nearan, an English traveller, says it pre- sented a fine appearance, Professor Silliman, in 1614, speaks Oi tt as a large and handsome butlding of stone, 1urnished with good rooms for the govern- ment and courts of law, and the furniture of some of the depariments, ne ‘says, exhibited a good de- gree of elegance, and even some splendor; while another enthusiastic writer, born, should guess, somewhere uuder our own starry banner, ‘satd, In 1833:—*In the furniture of the rooms there 18 a lveral display of public munificence and the | American eagl¢ assames an imperial splendor,” We can hardly realize the changes which have oc- curred since that corner stone was laid. Then the closely by the tes of Kindred and mutual interests, | number of the States was seventeen; their total ever seeK the peace and prosperity of each other. | May our ficlds bring lorth pieatifuily, and tue labors of the husbandman be always rewarded by an abundant harvest. May commerce prosper through all 1t$ caannels, that the enterprising may be re- warded in developing the resources of our country, and abundant employment secured for our iaborers at home, as well as the thousands that are anoually be under Tay fostering care. Bless and emincutly | quality those to whom the instruction of our youth ! 1s entrusted; and, whether engaged tn professional | studies or the humbier branches of knowledge, may | there come from these every year & class of youths | population less than six million, Republican gov- ernment was an experiment, just put upon its trial. The work of developing the energies of the country and its resources, Spcues and mineral, had haraly commenced, ‘The group of what we call the Fastern and Middie States and three or four South- ern States made up the republic. ‘The star of empire had not yet taken its way westward. States and Territories, now thronged with a busy, energetic population, were then a dense wilderness, the abun- dant ricies of which were not even imagined. Not only beyond, but far east of the Alleghanies was an almost unknown land, Now tixrty-seven States make up our beloved itelligent, industrious, temperate, practicai, | Union, which, thanks be to God, has been pres ed honored for their integrity and social virtues, | even amid the tires of a terrible civil war. Forty and who will wisely exercise the privileges ; millions of people constitute a brotherhood extend- entrusted to them as American citizens, We | ing the hand of a common citizenship, from the commend to Thy fatheriy love our numerous bene- | Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico, and from Voleut institutions and charities that so honorably | the Atlantic coast, on which the ear! | landed, to the goiden shores of the Pacific, where a characterize the present age; our asylums, our hos- | pitals for mitigating the sufferings of attictea hu- manity; way these receive a large share of liberal | support. Prosper tue institutions of religion in our lacd; mulupiy its cuurches, bie increased Zeai and | eviciency to its ministers. While recognizing its personal claims on our faith and practice may we algo feel how imtimately its controlling influence is | bound up with the prosperity of our country; the parent of peace and social order; the fountain of all the virtues that giadden and adorn human life; the great bulwark of our nativnal liberties and institutions. May the solemn scenes that bave lately taken place in @ aistant land teach us that if we become a God-defying and Sabbatn-profaning people, Tou mayest also give us up to Diindness, to mudness, to insurrection and carnage; that, without this, im vaia will be the wisdom of our statesmen, in vain the valor of our arms, in vain tne thrift and skill of our people, in vain the enterprise ot our commerce, in-vain the perfection of our insti- tutions; and that,in our doom, we shall furnish another illustration to the many of the truth of Thy Word:—“-Righteousness exaiteth a nation, the reproach and final rain of apy people.” And now, O God, do Thou smile upon us in the further services of this occasions ‘Let eversuning be done decently and in skh aay this Capitol, pos! be watched over by Thee in all the st tion, Carry it forward to its corapie mo Letit be a temple consecrated to the in! ‘of justice and freedom. Let the eloquence that shal within its walls be always lifted up in defence of human nghis. Let the laws and enactments here Pen based on the unerring principles of the ivine law. And when we, here assembled, shall have passed from the stage, may this edifice remain for centuries to uphold the institutions of our iree government and prociatin Thy guardian care and Protection of us 83 & nation, And now do Thou graciously listen to these our supplications, for the sake of our biessed Redeemer. And to the Father, the Son and the Holy Guost we ascribe everlasting praise. Amen, GONERNOR HOFFMAN'S ADDRESS. The Governor then delivered the following ad- dress:— The city in which we are assembled, the capital of the State, is the oldest existing settlement in the original thirteea States. Here Huason, the discoverer of our nobie river, landed from his Dutch snip in 1608, Here the Hollanders settied in 1612, Here they built Fort Orange in 1614. The fort and the cotony having been taken by the English in 1664, this city received the name of Albany in honor of the Duke of York and Alpany; and go the first resting place of the ad- venturous Dutchmen got a Scotch name; we take good care, however, to proneunce the first syllable notin broad Scotch, but in still broader Datch. In 1786 New York and Albany received their charters from Governor Dengan, these tWo being the oldest chartered cities of the United Stayes. Here assembled the first convention for the union of the colonies. 1t ‘was held in 1754, and Benjamin Franklin was its presione officer, Ite ostensible onject was the de- fence of the colonies against the savages; but a plan of unien was then drawn up and adopted, the first recorded in the history of the country. The first session of the Legislature of the State in Albany was in 1787, in pursuance of a law that it | should meet here every year, unless it adjourned to some other place or was convened elsewhere by the Governor, I¢ assembled:in the Stadt House, or City Hall, at the corner of what are known as Hudson street and Broadway, where the courts of Justice of that day were held; where stood the | prison, the whipping post, the stocks and the Pulory, and where freemen and siaves (for New ‘ork was then @ siave State) were alike arraigned for trial and for punishment. It was about this time that the corporation of the city, the seat of government having thus been es- tablished nere, Made an offer to the State of an unappropriated ground as @ site for public build- ings, and the place where the Capitol now stauds, On What was called Pinkster Hill, was chosen. ‘The first act making pro for the Capitol shows that some things could be done as Well as others in those days to which we are accustomed to Tefer as haicyon days, when men were more honest than now, and when all iegisiation was pure and perfects when the object of every bill was iaatcated oy its title and not concealed, as sometimes hap- pens tn these latter times. What think you was the title of this bill passed in 1804? You aliswer, perhaps, ‘‘An act to provide for the erection of @ new Capitoi in the city of Albany.’’ You are mistaken. It was entitied ‘An act making improving Hudson river below the city of Albany, and for other purposes,”’ It first directed the managers of lotteries, under the act ior the encouragement of literature, to raise cree! and to the same to commissioners ior improving the na’ ition between Troy and Water- ford (which you know are above, not beiow, Albany), and then proceeded as follows:— ‘Whereas the situ- ation of the present Court House in the city of Albany ts found by experience to be inconvenient for the transaction of business, and the corporation of said city having represented to the Legislature that they are willing to appropriate a lot of ground on the public square of the said city, for @ site or @ public building for the accommodation of the Leg- isiature and fora new City Hall, and have prayed that the present Court House and the lot used with the same might be sold and the proceeds thereof applied towards erect nq furnishing such new Btate Mouse; therelore be 1t enacted that John Tay- lor, Daniel Hall, Phill Van Rensselaer, Simeon De Witt and Nicholas W. Quackenbush be appointed commissioners for the erecting and completing a public building in the city of All , &C., &C., With suMcient as Cnt tatu Caan thar Rs ae Legisiatare, the of Revision, the Courts o: Justice and the Common Council," &c. It farther provided that the managers of the lot- teries aforesaid should raise py lottery $12,000, and pay the same to the said commissioners, for the purposes of the Capitol building. Not a word is found in the boily of the bill about improving the Hudson river below the city of Albany. It nevertheless bears this endorsement:— 1m COUNCIL, OF REVISION, Apri 6, 1804. Resolved, That it does not jmproper to the Council that this bili should become a law of the Bate. GEORGE CLINTON. How the ears of the Governor and of the Legislature would have tingled under the ing of criticism, and what a howl of dignation would have gone up from the par- tisan press on either side now, if @ democratic or republican Legislature of the present had aased, and the Governor had approved, a bill for ihe erection of the new Capitol, the title of the bill being “An act to jr the improvement of the Hudson river below Albany, and for other phr- ?’ to say nothing of the money being Taued, not by tax, but by lotte Whether the ire, or honest and good George Oitaton, the who, in the act of 1804, 18 described as person administering the government of this State,’ was criticised ac- cordi ing to the most approved style of the present aay, Tam unable to inform you, t the beginning of the present century, the pop- lation of our State was but littie more than haif a and sin is | Pilgrims quarter of a century ago no American ciuzen could be found, but wuere now exist two great and pros- erous States of the American Union, ‘Trials we ave had, almost beyond endurance, it is true. Tne long smouldering fires of sectional ditferences and nate, kept in subjugation, as they were, for many years by the earnest, self-sacrificing etforts of patriotic men, once burst forth into a Name, in which the republic was very nearly consumed. but the Union was saved, and it was saved because the States of which it wag made up were each of them an idependent government, and had the self-reli- ance which comes of independence. The Union was saved, not because it had what is called a strong government, ruling, as all strong governments do, over & weak people, but the people were sirong and used to seli-reliance; and they were able, through their State, county and town organizations—our own beloved State peing in the front rank— to defend the integrity of the Union, upon the maintenance of which as a union of sovereign States they Knew depended the welfare and bappirness of all. Now our people so lately at war are again at peace, determined to maintain a repub- jican form of government and to ater alike the integrity and independence of the several States, and the periect and harmotiious union of all. I have spoken of the population of this State, then and now. Siuce then it has made rapid progress, not only in population, but in all that makes a State great. Then we had few emigrants from Europe, Now every year & number nearly equal to the total population of the State at that day in the city or New York and are distributed over our country ag permanent citizens. Then we had peace; no need of soldiers. Since then we have furnished hosts of brave men and true for the war of 1812, and the Mexican war; and in our late terrible civil contest, our State alone gent to the field nearly 475,000 armed men, @ dumber about equal to its total popu- lation less than seventy years ago; anu to-day, in the midst of peace, with no paid army, the State of New York has, nevertheless, a volunteer force of twenty thousand men, engaged other wise in peacefal industry, but armed, equipped, disciplined, ofticered, ready at a momeni’s notice to defend the honor ol the State and the rights of its citizens, as well as the Union of which it is the chief member. When the foundations, of the old Capitol were laid no steamer had navigated the great river which 1s our pride and glory; now there are hundreds of them, mire Ch them Med [tarda ss very fast. With all their speed, however, ey, movi slowly for the spirit of the ‘age, ‘Then 8 nad no artificial channels of navigation; now we have one thousand miles of canals, the Erie uniting the rey inland seas of our Continent with the ocean, ‘nen we had no raliroads; now we have thousands of mites of them skirting our rivers, pushing through the valleys and around the mountain sides into the very wiiderness, Then we were without telegraphs; now the obedient lightning carries our messages from the capital to the humoilest of the many vil- lages within our borders and tothe far corners of tne world abroad. Then we had no common schools; now nearly twelve thousand school houses are scat- tered over our State, in which every year one million of children are taught the rudiments of a good edu- cation. The children in our schools are twice as many as were the whole people of the State when the old corner stone was laid. My teliow citizens, in the seventy years since the butiding of the old Capitoi our State has nad a glo- rious and marvellous growth—true to its motto of “Excelsior.” ‘The old Capitol long ago ceased to be worthy of the State or to answer its requirements. Movements Were set on foot for the erection of anew one. In 1863 the first appropriation was imade for the pur- chase of ground. in the same year @ resolution passed the Senate, directing the trustees of the Capi- tol and the chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Baiidings to procure plans for a new Capitol. In 1865 an t Was passed authorizing the erection of ® new Capitol on condition. that the city of Alpany should give to the State, toward the purpose, the ground commonly known as Congress Hall block. 'rhis condition was complied with, and in 1866 the first appropriation of $250,000 was made for the building. The work was begun and has steadily gone on, each year fresh appropriations being made. Ihave mentioned these few facts relating to the old Capitol and the new oue for the sole purpose of makiug up @ brief record of history for those wno shail come, alter us; a record more useful, | think, and therefofe more uppropriate, than any display of rhetoric would be. would not, with Wo much show of words, break In upon the simple beauty of the services for which the Commissioners of the Capitol have arranged. 1 have said that aimost the whole of the past his- tory of our State bas been written within the portals: of the old Capitol. Its future record is to be made up within the new one, Whether whatis to be shali be as honoraple and glorious as what has been, will depend pot upon the magnificence of the stracture to ve erected, nor upon the solidity of the foundation upoo which it rests, but upon the inteiligenee, energy, virtue and patriotism of the people, whose resentatives shail in coming yeurs assemble here, on to dome it may be of granite, frm nd lasting as the hills, yet it will be built in vain, unless the State shall have its foundation deeply laid in truth, equity and justice, and shall have for its corner stone a great and enduring reverence for those fundamental principles of gov- erument which the fathers of the republic con- tended tor, in the perils of war, and left ag @ rich legacy to us, “Except the Lord build the house they labor in vain that build it. Except the Lord keep the city the watchman waketh but in vato,’’ Our responsibilities as a people have increased step by step with the rapid growth of the State and country, and will continue to increase. It ts wise for us all, as we fix our hopes upon the great fature which 18 before us, to remember always the counsel of our fathers and to walk by the lignt which expe- rience throws upon our path. The material it of the country may stand in Meagre contrast to its t future, Dut the early his- tory of the republic will be more glorious than any- thing which shall be hereafter written if we f the men who made it and the great truths which are inscribed in every volume and on every page of thas eariy record. i Let us lay the corner stone of our new Capitol with the prayer that our beloved State may continue to Grow in the future as it has in the past, and that ite growth may be made manifest, not alone tn the out- Ward signs of prosperity and power, but also in a wider and wider difurion of the elements of do- mestic happiness among its people. The (ing aud strength of w State consists not merely nits public edifices, its public works, tts monuments of public Or private splendor and munificence. Its sources of strength are to be found in the purity and vigor of character, the self-control of the men and wo! who constitute the State; its true glory in the gen- cral diffusion of virtue, peace and comfort among the homes of its people. That is the most perfec state in which the benefita of constantly added wealth reach farthest down on the acale of society, andin which self-government, the government of each man over himself, renders other government all but unnecessary. To this wholesome and sub- JUNE 25, 1871—TRIPLE SHEET. stantial growth the efforts of every one of us can contribute with the help of God. And may God gant to each of us the will to do his part. The Governor then deposited in its place a me- talc box containing papers as hereafter described. THE MASONIC CEREMONIES. John H. Anthon, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge, being in his place, the following order was observed :— HAMILTON Harris, President of the New Capt- tol Commission, addressed the Grand Master, ena- ing with the formula:—“It seemed most Atting that your Ancient and Honorable Fraternity should be invited to perform the ceremony of laying the corner stone of the new Capitol of the State of New York, and this I now invite you to do with the usual forms of Masonry,” Ni Whe Grand Master said:—“From time immemorial it has been the custom of the Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons to lay, when requested 80 to do, with thelr ancient forms, the cor- ner stones of butidings for the worship of God, tor charitable objects or for the purpose of the admin- istration of justice and free government, and of no other buildings. Tnis corner stone, therefore, wo may lay in accordance with our law, and gladly do go, testifying therepy our obedience to the law and our desire to show publicly our respect for the government under which we live.” The Grand Master then called up the Lodge, re- marking:—‘‘i'he frat duty of Masons in any under- taking 18 to invoke the blessing of the Great Archi- tect upon their-work. Let us pray.’” Senior Grand Chaplain SCHOONMAKER, of sing Sing, then offered the following prayer:— © most glorious and eternal God ! Great Archi- tect of the Universe, wno makest all things by Thy ower, and adornest all things by Thy bounty, and lest all stags with Thy goodness, and sanctiflest the hearts and gifts of "thy servants; who im the 3 Of old didst graciously accept the house our Grand Master, King Solomon, erected to Thy glory, we praise Thee and biess Thee that Thou hast thus far prospered the handiwork of us, Thy servants, who are this day met together in Thy fear and love to lay the corner stone Oi this building, dedicated to Thy service as tle place of assembiy of a government which ‘Thou bast biessed with freedom. We humbly pray that ‘Thou wouldst vouchsafe to sanctify this house by the outpouring of Tny holiness irom on high. Let the sun of righteousness ever shine here and the bright illummation of Thy grace. That which we cedicate do Thou bless; that which we offer do Thou accept; those who shall assemble here do Thou visit graciously and enlighten now and ever, even to the great accounting day, when we shall re- celve the reward of our labors in the Grand Lodge above. ‘The following ode was then sung:— OPENING ODE. TUNR—Sparkling and Bright.” From the noble reat of cur mountain crest, From the forests grand and hoary, From the rivers, bright 1n thelr liquid light, We come inthe summer's giory. With hearts so fraught with the swelling thought OF tne erowns our age is wearing, ‘We stand in hope on the century's slope, ‘A lofuer labor daring. CHORUS—The future hears, thro’ listening years, Tn chorus loud and lusty, Our royal dome, our patrlot home, Well formed aud true and trusty. Our storied past we proudly cast ‘To this high and holy keeping, And gladly lay on its stone to-day ‘The fairest sheaves we're reaping. So the record true that the Old S.ate knew Her lives of brave endeavor, Shaii stand secure while its walls endure ‘The corner stone forever, ‘Cuozus—The future hears, &c. May the marble white prove a symbol bright Ot whiter deeds unfolding, While stronger far than her pillars are ‘Tho nation's life is moulding, So ts towers shail glow In their sculptured snow, Our happy hills adorning, ‘Till the worcmen walt by the temp! Beyond the golden morning. ‘CuoRus—The future hears, &c. Twenty thousand voices united m the chorus, which reverberated throughout the city. LAYING THE CORNER STONE—THE MASONIC RITUAL, Grand Master Jotun W. Anthon, of the Grand Lodge of Free Masons of the State, then stepped forward, dressed in fuli Masonic uniform, and 8 gate \di— “The Grand Treasurer will place in the corner stone the memorials prepared for that purpose and ‘ube Grand Secretary will read the list ol what 1s so deposited.’’ e Grand Secretary then read the list of articles contained in the metallic box placed in the corner stone of the new Capitol. It encloses a glass casket, Nermeucally sealed, in which ls deposited the follow- Asliver plate, on which is inscribed :— envreacoerencccrscerecerecccessocoossasresess tenets This Corner Stone of a New Capitol Building for the use. and accommodation of the Kxecutive, Legisiative and ‘Judicial Departments of the State of New York ‘was laid on the 24th day of June, A. D. 1871, by his Excellency John T, Holtman, Governor of the State of New York, aasiated by the Mont Worshipful Grand Lodge of Freemasons of jew York, M. W, John H. Anthon, G. M. Naan ae aE LENE REIL IOIES: ‘TUE NEW CAPITOL COMMISSIONERS. Hamilton Harris, Albany, Wm. C. Kingsley, Brooklyn, William A, Rice, Albany, Chauncey M. pew, News Delos De Wolf, Uswego, Yor 3 idwin A. Merritt, Yotsdam, Hamilton Harris, Chairman. William A. Rice, and Treasurer. 3 a H. Sweet, iingineer; iting Engineer; 3 ford, Superintenden 3 ROO OOLEOELOLEODLEEOLE TE LELE ROLE DELELONE DEDEDE LED 2. Laws relatueg to the New Capitol. Reports of the New Capitol Commissioners to i 3 the Legisiature. 4. els A sotee and photographic views of the new Capitol: 6. Constitution of the United States. 6. Constitution of the State of New York. 7. Annual message of the Governor to the Legisla- ture of 1871, ee Teports of the State Departments for 9, New York State Manual for 1871 and Civil List. 10, The old and new charters of the city of Alva- ny. 11, The message of the Mayor and other public documents relating to the government of the city of Albany for 1871. 12, The Albany City Directory. 18, The several denominations of gold, silver and nickel cos of the United States of the coinage of 1s7i. 14. Specimens or United States Treasury notes and fractional currency. 15. New York newspapers of June 23, inst, 16, Albany newspapers oi June 23. The Grand Treasurer thereupon took formal charge of the massive box, made of highly polished copper and hermetically sealed, and it was ae- posited in the place provided for it. ‘This ceremony ‘was accompanied by music from the bands; the Grand Lodge standing during the ceremony. When this was done the Grand Master spread the cement on the stone and it was lowered tothe sound of music. ‘the Grand Master seated the Grand Lodge and proceeded a3 follows:— GRAND MASTER—Brother Deputy Grand Master, what 13 the proper jewel of your oitice? DeruTy GRAND Master—The square, GRAND MASTER—What does it teach ? Deputy GRAND Master—To square our actions by the square of virtue, and by it we prove our work. GRAND MasSTER—Apply your jewel to this stone and make a report. DePuTY GRAND Mastrr—The stone is square; the craftsmen have done their duty. GRAND ASrER—Brother Senior Grand Warden, what is the jewel of your office? SENIOR GRAND WARDEN—The level. GRAND MastRR—What does It teach? The equality of ail men, and by it we prove our work. GRAND MasTEeR.—Apply your Jewel to this corner stone and make report. SENIOR GRAND WaRDEN—The stone 1s level; the craitsmen have done their duty. GRAND Mastex—Brother Junior Grand Warden, what is the jewel of your office? JUNIOR GRAND WARDEN—The plumb. GRAND MASTER—What does it teach y JUNIOR GRAND WaRvEN—To Walk uprightly be- fore God and man, and by it we prove our work. GRAND MasteR—Apply your jewel to this corner stone and make report. JUNIOR GRAND WARDEN—The stone 1s plumb; the craftamen have done their duty. The Senior and Juntor Grand Deputies, bearing the trowel and gavel, tien approached the stone, The Grand Master, preceded by the Grand Mar shal, advanced to the stone; spread the mortar upon it, struck three blows with the mallet, and, return- ing to his place, said:— , J. H. Anthon, Grand Master of the Masons of the State of New York, declare this stone to be plumb, level and square; to be well formed, true and trusty, and to be weil laid. The Grana Seward proceeded to the stone, fol - lowed by the Deputy Grand Master, Senior Grand ‘Warden and Junior Grand Warden, bearing the corn, wine and ofl. The Deputy Grand Master scat- tered the corn, saying:—‘May the blessing of the Architect of the Universe rest upon the people of this State, and the corn of nourishment abound in our land.”” The Senior Grand Warden poured the wine, say- ing:—“May the great Architect of the Universe ‘watch over and preserve the workmen upon this acl and bless them and our land with the heavenly wine of reireshment and peace.” . The Junior Grand Warden poured the oll, say- ing:—May the Great Architect of the Universe bieas their land with anton, harmony and love, the oil which maketh men to be of @ joyful countenance.” The Grand Master returned to his place, when the Se Marshal presented the architect, as fol- 0" “I present to you Thomas Fuller, the architect of this bufiding; ne is ready with his crattsmen for ‘ork, and the tools for his task.” ve him @ square, level, and plan, ing, “Labor on this task and be my brother, in the work. May it be blessed jom in the plan, strength in the execution, Deauty in the adornment, and when compicte may wisdom be still within its walls to enlighten, strength to encourage d sustain our rulers, ana the beauty of holiness to adorn all their works.”” ‘THE BENEDICTION. Then followed a benediction by the Grand Chap- lain, when the Grand Marshal made the following roclamation :- u jane of the Most Worshi) i Grand Lod; State of New ne of the new Capitol of the State of New York has this day been found squi level and yun true and trusty, and laid accoral lng to the old custome by the Grand Master of Masons, The following ode was then sung by the fraternity Yn fun chorus, after which the assemblage dis- persed:— CLOSING ODE. ‘TUN E—* America.” Let notes of gladness tell Thoughts that each bosom swell, The work begun ! Hope's joyous thoughts we bring, White 1d our Heavenly King Friends now united sing, Hearts joined Where ald the corner Ever in kindness known Be man's beat good Thongh years shall pass away, ‘Though human works aeeay, Ever by heaven's own ray Be truth renewed. Mny, n proportions tru Hising to gratetul sew, 8 work nd Long tay Mt safely stand, Untouched by ruthieas hand, Till, true to Heaven's command, All time shall end. WEATHER R&PORT. WAR DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, June 24—7:30 P. M. Synopsis for the Past Twenty-four Hours. The weather remains without material change at the Rocky Mountain and Pacific stations. The barometer has varied on the Gulf and South At- lantio, The low pressure which existed Frif day evening in Illinois has moved northeast- Ward and extended its influence to Virginia. A narrow belt of very heavy rains has passed from lowa over Southern Mic'igan and Lake Ontario. Local thunder storms have been ex- perienced in the Ohio valley and Middle States, Threatening weather now prevails irom Virginia to Maine. Fresh winds from the north- east and southeast have been generally reported on the lakes, aud light northerly winds on the East Aulantic, Probabilities, It {8 probabie that the barometer will rise in the northwest, with clearing and clear wea- ther on the lakes on Sunday. Cloudy weather will probably continue during the night tu the Midale and Eastern States, tollowed by cool northwesterly winds on Sunday. No serious dis- turbance is apprehended for the Gulf and South Atlantic coasts. RAILROAD MATTERS. The Boston, Harttord aud Erie Kuailroad to be Placed in the Hunds ot Receivers. Bosron, June 24, 1871. ‘The Master’s report tipon the conditions by which the Boston, Hartford aud Erie Ratroad should be transferred by the receivers to the trustees was made in the Supreme Court to-day. They are that the trustees should be paid $143,533, and the other parties to the suit $17,643 72; the trustees to give bonds In $60,000 to save the receivers from personal lability for outstanding claims. ‘The report on the condition of the road was more favorabie than expected, Its earnings above expenses for the last Line months were $190,000, Inciuding a claim for $55,000 against the Adams Expreas Company for ser- vices rendered; $100,000 im receiver's certificates of indebtedness remains unissued. The report was agreed to by the counsel, except in. the matter of the form of the securivies, and a conference will be held, the result of wiicu will be announced on Monday. N. B. Perkins appeared by counsel to answer for contempt tn seizing a cur on the road, and removing to khoue Island to satisty a claim he had agaiust the corporation, He clatmed that he had leased the car to une road, with the understanding that when cer- tain monthiy payments were made it should becom e tue property ot the corporation. The payments were only partly made, and he did not consider the car as tue property of the road in the hands of the re- ceiver under the order of the court. The hearing was continued for one week. Foster Blodgett and the Georgia Western and Atlantic Railroad Funds. ATLANTA, Ga., June 24, 1871. In the Atlanta papers to-day er OU. Bloagett, the former Superintendent of the Western and Atlantic Rafiroad aud his private secretary, V. A. Gasglll, publish cards relative to the alleged em- bezzlement of the funds, for which they were indicted by the Grand Jury of Fulton county. Mr. Blodgett denies ever having received any of the money and asks an Immediate trial. Colonel Gasgill acknowledges having received some $3,000 on account of a claim agaist the road for $15,000, im pursuance of an alleged agreement vetween the claimant ana himeelf, he claimlug to act in the dis- charge of bis professional duties and asserting that the claimant agreed to give him all that he could get over $7,000, The Pennsylvania Central Railroad Trying to Absorb Kansas Roads. LEAVENWORTH, Kansas, June 24, 1871. Thomas 0. Scott, of the Pennsylvania ventral Railroad, is here, and it 1s understood the object of his visit 1s to strengthen the projected narrow gauge road irom here to Denver. Reports irom all parts of the State represent an abundant wheat harvest. The Caire and Fulton Railroad. MEMPHIS, June 24, 1871. ‘The contract for completing the Cairo and Fulton Railroad, from the Missouri line to the Texas line, has been concluded, and the work is to be com- pleted by the 1st of July, 1872, ILLINOIS ITEMS. Heavy Storm in icago—New Discase Among Stock Hogs—The Locust scour, CHicaGo, Jane 24, 1871. Aterrific thunder st orm passed over this city last evening. Rain teil in torrents for nearly one hour, and accompanied by wind. Mich damage was done to buildings in course of erection. Watis were blown down and trees prostrated. Basement stores and saloons were flooded. The losses will probably exceed $50,000, No marine disasters have been re- ported up tothis hour. The tunnel under the river at Washington street was inundated, the water pouring in at each end. A new disease has recently attacked hogs in Ful- ton county, Iliinois, It is different in its symptoms from hog cholera and seems more like a congestive cbill as manifested in human beings, When the hoj are attacked thgy bunch up together for warmtf. Tne chill ts foilwed by fever, When they soon die. ‘The percentage of deaths is large. Accounts Irom various localities in the Northwest represent that the locusts are dying in great num bers. In many places the ground 1s thickly covere with dead ones and few live ones are seen. They have, however, done much damage to the young forest trees. STEAMBOAT SUNK. Sinking of the Steamboat Ida Rees in the Missouri River—The Boat a Total Loss. Sioux Crry, fowa, Jane 24, 1871. Thesteamer Ida Rees No. 2, of the Northwestern Transportation Company’s line,struck a sand bar and sunk near the mouth of the White river, about twelve o’clock On the night of the 20th inst, She ‘was sparred off, and in backing out strack her stern against another bar, unshipping her rudaer, when she became unmanageable, and in a few moments broke In two and went down in eight feet of water. She had on board 208 tons of government and pri- vate Ireight, and fifty-five passengers. The boat and cargo are a total loss. ‘The KE, H. Durfee arrived at the scene of the disaster at ten o'clock the next day and took on board the passengers. No lives were lost. The boat was originally a small craft plying on the Alleghany river, bat had been rebuilt, and was one of the best and fastest boats on the Me Missouri, The was valued at $20,000, and insured for $12,000. The value of her cargo is csti- mated at $100,000; full amount of insurance un- known. Wear & Allison. of this city, had $20,000 insurance on Indian goods, in the following com- panies:—Security, New York, State, Hannibal, Mia. bgt ~ spices Chicago, and Fire and Marine, of t. Paul. THE PACIFIC COAST. The California Mining Troubles—Demecratic Congressional Nomination—The Lower ( fornia Colenization Swiedle. SAN FRANCIECO, June 24, 1871, Mayor Selby, @ prominent candidate for the repub- lican nomination for Governor, was serenaded last evening, and in the course of his remarks tn response pledged himself to oppose ratiroad subsidies, The demucrats have nominated Judge Archer, of San Jose, to represent this district in Congress in place of Mr. Axtell, the present incumbent. 8 LONG BRANCH. THE YACHT RACE DISAPPOINTMCNT. Grant Flanks an Army of Place-Holders. Who are at the Branch, What They Wish and What They Want—Arrivals at the Hotels, LonG BRancn, June 24, 1871. Beginning with overhanging clouds, damp fogs and nasty squalls, this was 8 day of sad disappoint- ment, Exactly how many careful old ladies and geutiemen threatened their digestive organs by a too hasty disposal of breakfast I cannot say, though I know there were a number; but a rush was made for front seats on the piazza in front of the West End Hotel immediately after the early meal. No one thought that the yachts would be deiayed merely because of the RUNNING SEAS AND RISING WIND. After twelve o’clock, however, some doubts were entertained by the watchers on the beach, and sor- row was depicted on many faces an hour later when, in answer to urgent telegrams, @ message came an- nouncing that the race was postponed. But the yacht race was of secondary importance with some of OUR HEAVY VISITORS. ‘They wanted to gaze for a while in the light of President Grant’s inscrutable face, and, perhaps, ask for something. ‘Tracy, the United States District Attorney for Brooklyn; Dutcher, and General Jour+ dan of that ilk and several other radicals, assembled in a pretty school to surround and capture the great republican whale. Mike Scannell and Mayor Hag- gerty were also on hand, The lattér has been stng> ing, “see who comes over the high blowing heather—or something to that ettect—all day. He expends his agony in songs which are both sensible and entertaining; for Haggerty 18 a good singer. He hopes to warovle himself into something nice some day. What Dutcher and Tracy want I don’t know, and perhaps they don’t. Probably they WANT T0 BE LET ALONE. Senator Cattell, of New Jersey, was also one of the discontented. Grant, I suspect, had an inkling of what was to happen to-day (wind and weather permitting) and stole off by the early train this moruing tor New York, intending to return this evening. He was not going to be cornered by aie holders, and those who wanted to be piace holders, it he knew it. ‘The President will dispose of offices and set aside useless tools as he chinks tit, utterly regardless of the feelings of INTE ED POLITICIANS, Inveterate hangers-on, and Presidential bores in general, had better take a note, ‘The following are THE LATEST ARRIVALS at the hotels on the beach:— AT THE WEST END. N. J. Burnham and F, EB. Burnnam, Washington, I James tiopkins, New York; Hon. A. Cattell, sey; J. K. Garland, Mrs. Vroom and daugh- ter, James M, Quigley, W. W. Clarke and wife, Mrs. ‘Tillman, Miss Burlingame, W. Clarke, Isaac B. Crane, Samuel Faille and Edward Penpold, New York; Charies A, Cornwall, Washington, U.; Je K. Kolston, Georgia; J. D."Taylor and E. ‘Taylor, Jersey City; Henry P. McGrath, Kentucky, Governor Haight and @ committee of mine owners held @ conference with the Amador strikers th! pt! a The aiMouity will probably be aceably. PeGeneral Rosecrans, chairman of the General Thomas Monument association, appeals to the American people for contribations to the fund. Re- mittancea may be made to General J. 8. Fullerton, ‘Treasurer of tne Society of the Potomac, at St. Louis, Mo. The monument is to be erected in Central Park, New York. All the colonists who were taken to Magdalena Bay, Lower California, have left except a dozen. Many have arrived destitute at La Paz, where they were furnished with rations by the Mexican autho rities to save them from starvation, At the Contwnentai—Mr. Masias and wile, Mr. Lawanagi and wife, G, de Ja Puentl; L. M. Bates and family, C. H. Travis and i v ‘avis aud lady, F. Hartt, Mrs. L, E. Stuart, Miss F, Stuart and Samuel Fickett, New York; E. E. Filnt and ladies, Chicago; G. F, Wheeler and wife, Baltimore; Mrs. E. C, Wilder and son and Mrs. R. St. George and daughter, New York; H. J. Meely, wife and son, Pennsy|vania; J. Zizinin, As Fachin and G. Raymond and lady, New York; J. Penare and lady, San Francisco; Miss E. Lewis, Sy- racusc; J. Dion and J. Murphy and wife, New York; J. Lewis and Mrs. G. Spencer, Wisconsin; EB. Ga- rein and lady, Cuba; Mr. Gallatin and wife, Dr. Gal- laun, Viscount Belain XIV.; 8. ane ay St. Louis; A. Tower and family, J. D. Merritt, ¥. B. Nicol and wife, T. S. Crittenden, H, Leslie, W. W. Gilbert and wife, R. Donougho lewitt, New York. and wife and M. r. James H. Hutchin- At the United States Hotel—| son, Philadelphia; Mr. H. Morris Johnston, Cin- cinnati; Mr. Henry #. Coxe, Philadelphia; Mr. Charles T. Barber, Mr. Charles C. Carpente: le Colonel R. J. Dodge and son, and Miss ing, New York; Mrs. Jonn A. Mr. william ©, France, Jr., : tes Nay F. Newark; Mr. Sarter, Jr., Orange; Mr. Joseph uttle, Newark; Mr. J. Van Namee and wife, Mis9 , Boyce and Miss H. Bo; New York; Mr. A. P. Taylor, Newark, Onio; Mr. J. B. Jude, Newark. N. J. RETURN OF THE PRESIDENT. N. B.—Prasident Grant and Fred Grant returned this evening to their cottage after having le a brief visit to Long Island. GRANT IN GOTHAM, Movements of the President. President U. S. Grant arrived im the city from Long Branch at an early hour yesterday and imme- diately proceeded to the Filth Avenue Hote. He was accompanied by his son, Mr. Frederick Grant, who was registered as “U, S. Grant, Jr.” The Presi- dent’s name was entered as merely “U.S. Grant, Long Branch, N. J.” After the President had arrived at the hotel he in- structed Mr. S. B. Chaffee, the clerk on duty, to have a carriage in waiting for nim at the door, at a quarter before three o'clock, and in the interregaum, with his son he took an airing in the Park, and re- turned to the hotel in time to take his departure for Long Branch by the afternoon boat, There was no unusual excitement about the hotel, and lew were aware of the fact that so distinguished a guest was atthe house. The only persons who seemed to be aware of his presence was & gray-headed ofice- seeker, who clung to the President until shaken off by the starting of the carriage from the Fifth Ave- nue Hotel and the attaches of the hotel. FIRES. Iusurance Losses by the St. Louis Fire. Sr. Lours, Mo., June 24, 1871. The insurances on the hemp and bagging factory of Little & Co., burned on Thuraday, are as follows:— In the tna, of Hartford, $4,000; Franklin, of Phila- delphia, $2,500; Fire and Marino, of buffalo, $2, Commercial, of St. $1,500; Excelsior, of § Louis, $1,600; Batmen, of St. ‘Louis, $2,000: Andes, of Cincinnati, $5,000; Home, of Columbus, Ga., $3.000; tua,’ of New York, ' $1,500; Exccistor, of New York, $1,000; Associated Firemen, of Balti- more, $1,000; United States Fire, $2,500, Fire in Taunton, Mass—Loss $30,000. TauNtON, Mass., June 24, 1871. The building occupiea by W. E. H. Gilmore and Cornelius Wood, No, 40 Main street, dealers in paints and paper hangings, was badly damaged by fire last night, The loss 18 $15,000; insurance $4,000, The building next adjoining, No 42, occu- pled by J. J. Staniey & Co,, dealers in paints, paper hangings and upholstery, was totally destroyed. Loss $15,000; insurance $7,000, No, 44, occupied by briggs & Cox, Unsuitis, damaged to the amount of $u00. ‘Destructive Fire in Canada. BaRRrs, Ont., sune 24, 1871. A tire here this morning destroyed eighteen houses and stores in the central part of the town. ‘The loss 18 about $75,000, and Is ouly partially cov- ered by insurance. Buraiog of » Planing Mill in Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, June 24, 1871. The saw and planing mili of Gillingham & Garri- son, in the northern part of the city, was burned last pigut. The loas 18 $40,000; insurance unknown. THE INDIANS. Men in Tex Savages. St. Lous, June 2%, 1871. ‘The Liberty (Mo.) Democrat has a letter stating’ that N. J. Long, John Mullens, and two men named Elliott and perhaps orhers were killed near Fort Gridin, Texas, by indians on the 7th of May. One of the Elliotts was burned alive. A Fight with the Arizona Apaches—Fifty-six Andians Killed. SAN FRANCISCO, June 24, 1871, Lieatenant Morton, with twenty-nine soldiers and sixteen citizens has returned to Camp McDowell. He reports having killed fifty-six Apaches and re- covered ® large amount of stock. Captain Mills, with a larger party, 1s now on the trail. Rees Smith was murdered near Rhodes Ranche, Arizona, by the Indians. THE CHRISTIAN FIJIS. Among Fiji’ Isladders—Can- nibalism of the Levoni Tribe. SAN FRANCISCO, June 24, 1871. Hostilities have broken out among the rival clang in the Fiji Isiands, aud cannibalism ts being in- dulged in to an unlimited extent by the Levont faction, who recently professed Christianity. King eae is getting nis lorces ready to altack the Four White Murdered by the Revolt