The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-11-28
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Laying Of the Corner Stone ~ 81.
worth Monument IN New YORK
Military Display.

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Laying of the Corner sten. 40 - !.
/ Worth Monument IN Nev 49,
Military Display.
The New York papers contain aceonntz 10 ~,
laying OF the corner stone Of the Worth w.
nient In that city, on Wednesday, and tn. in,.r
| nient OF Gen. VS. remains in its wall IT, s.
was also the anniversary Of the In, q. ~.
iork by the British, and that circuu,s,spc. s,a.I
| 70 the military display. The proprietors IF ho.
.eiS ana public buildings, and captains of vasssl
Ia port generally, lowered their fags IN hal,
~ .osen OF respect to The memery of the ilIus.ri
GUS worth. The Journal of Commerce saws.
| Inc doors OF the Governors roomIrha,, a.,
| iUehefai remains had been guardsd over nfgb, hs
detachment Ut the list R-ginent--wers on.nay
a. au carry hour, ana thousand of citizens yi,itad
.ne apartment. and passed AROUND the coffin " witt
'hslr hsts on leaving by the western door.
| hoout nail past eleven o'clock, the rstafa,ore
arrived III front of ths City Hall and vas m -,
9i great Interest with the vast throng which had
py tbis time collected In the Park and o, the c;,S
| hasi steps. 1t was heavy frame built on twc
| succession, upon the uppermost of which tbs
CONN was to be placed, at the height of about u
| ieet from the ground. The whole was orsrto,nas
oy canopy, supported on four slender rolumns
a,is nns rom lhs i"ur corners of the frame The
ehhIre structure was covered with fpe black cloth
| reHeVed with silver stars, fringe AMI tsca Th.
corners oil the car platform and of the canor,v nd
me center OF the latter were adorned wjtb fsavy
p ponss Vi olhck ostrich feathers. On each side OF
'ne biock supporting the coffin. was black cloth
shield, edged with silver lace and bearing basvy
shVer initial, Wv" At the base of the lover rla :
| iofm was neatly arranged varietv of niIitary
| t"Piements-brass ho@itzers, muskets, drums
&C, covered with Grape. The front and rear of tha
| catafaique were set off with groups of Anericar
| hsgs: also IN Grape. This splendid funeraI car
winch was constructed by Mr. Wilson. the under
an vas arawn by 10 lrongrey horses shrouded
with black cloth housing, and carrving ost-icb
piunes on their heads. Zach side horse was lpd
| 6y groom. just behind the cataflloue came C;er
"orths horse sadded and brided. In the stir
/ rups were placed a pair of snurred ridir, han. ,
| with the toes reversed '
me coffin was removed from the Governor
room oy sixteen men, supported by guard of the
st regiment on either side. and was placed ON The
oa.d'aiqns' . ana then guarded by sixteen sentinel,
The parade in honor of Evacuation Dav was or
dered to take place on the Battery. at III o'clock
oui the ine was not formed until about twelv,
ovIocS' IN spite OF the biting cold the troops
turned out in strong force.
The Division was reviewed bv Govar,or Iv;,,
ana ms stan, who We're brilliantly dressed; AM
~hen that rather slow operation was over starte,
| ior the CITY Hall, Proceeding up Broadway an,
hiie the military parade was roing On at III.
baltery' the crowd at the Park had greatly in
creased, and 1t was with the utmost dfScuIty tina
.he ponce could Keep people from pressing through
e; Tue iihes; About twelve o'clock, the Veterans O
i9IZ' under command Of Col. Raymond, numbrriu.
about % men. entered the Park and took nositiof
~ the East side OF the Hall The remnants of tn,
new YORK Volunteers, commanded by Cant Fair
emu, numbering about 10 men, formed line il
part OF the East wing. Soon after the Veterans
and volunteers took their station in the lowe,
vestibule of the Hall
1t was past one clock when the military reached
the tark, ana they used up nearly an hour pass
nf IL
lays In broadway. The Mayor and Common Conn
Gil Inc pail bearers, and invited guests witnessed
the pageant from the espIanaie in front of tn,
liall "hen the soldiers had got clear Of the Park
'he CIVIC authorities and guests entered carriages
one hundred and fifty of which had been proyldre
oy Mr. Van Ranst. The carriages were handsome
aud drawn by fine horses. After some furtbe,
deiay IN the movements of the military the civic
part OF the procession started.
The line of march was through Broadway IN 14,l
street, down that street to the Efth ayenue AN,
thence to the monument Broadway WAS in mic,
order- aud the vehicles were turned into sid,
streets Dy the polIcemen-in advance of the pro
cesslJn-though after the military portion bac
passed the vehicles found their way into the street.
again and some what impeded the progress of III,
CIVIC societies and carriages. The sidewalks alop1
Inc route vert crowded with people and so wer,
the door steps, windows, roofs and all other avail,
bic peIches et observation. solemn stilInes
relgned along the line of march, interrupted oul,
by the slow. sad music of the many bands, and tn,
sonOrous toll of the city fire bells
The head of the column arriving at the monu
ment, hAtesi, and the military were then drawn
up on the west side of Fifth avenue Fourteenth
street and Broadway, and presented arms AZ IN,
eatafai4ne and escort passed The entire Divi
sion. excepting the list Regiment, was then dis
missed.
The 1st Regiment formed lines on each side o
Broadway opposite the monument, The cata:al
quespassed between them, and the coffin was takeI
from it's place and lowered to the vault prepareC
Ia pufjn i'm fha haS e
ly two or three stones of which have been thu,
tar, set up) The Committee of Arrangements th,
Mayor Common Council, and large number o
guests. occupied a platform which had been erect
ed fer the occasion near the Monument The
crowd Of spectators in the vicinity numbered
prob ably from 1900 to 10000 and would have
bees much larger but for the intensely cold wea
ther and the delay of two OF three hours which
had occurred in the movements of the procession
II was nearly five o'coek-and rapidly getting
darl S-before Rev. DIR. Vinton (who b .d been soil
cite to ocae in place of Bishop Potter the latter
ber1g necessarily engaged elsewhere) commenced
to read the burial service. aud he was compelled "a
ao reyiate solemn exercises.
copper box, containing records Of the Commit
tee papers of the day. and relics, contributed by
various persons, WAS then deposited In the corner
stone.
Deputy-Grandmaster Mccoy, of the Grand Lodge
of Masons, then proceeded to dedicate the monu
| ment in accordance with the usages of the Society
The rites Incident TO the occasion are very inter
esting and imposing, but the lateness of the hour
compelled the puty-Grandmaster to dispense
with the greater part of the ceremonies.
At the conclusion of the religious and dedicatory
exercises. the evening far advanced that tht
Mayor had to read his address by the aid of two
| torches, borrowed from an adjacent engine house