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ppressed Of every nation and of every

printed in the best possible style. Rec
ords and illustrations Of all the early dis
coveries and settlements, of pioneer life
routes, and voyages,-of the Indian
struggles,-of the War of Indeperd.
ence.-and other specialities of national
interest and importance, carefully COL
lected from the. original documents and
the best authorities, will make the Pill.
grim Almanac valuable volume for ref
erencc aud preservation.
We copy from the present issue of the
Almanac, for the year 1860. the follow.
ing description Of the Monument a. Ply.
mouth
The design for the National Monu-
ment to the Forefathers, now erecting at
Plymouth. consists of an octagon pedes-
tai. on which stands statue of Faith.
From the four smaller faces of the re-
destal project but.resses. upon which are
seated figures emblematic of Morality,
Education, Law. and Liberty. Below
them, in panels, are alto reliefs of The
Departure from Delfthaven,' The Sign
ing the Social Compact in the Cabin of
the ayfower,' The Landing at Ply
mouth and The First Treaty with the
Indians Upon the four large faces Of
the main pedestal are large panels, to
contain records of the principal events in
the history of the Pilgrims, with the
names of those who came over in the
May-Flower. and below are mailer pam
els for records connected with the socie-
ty and the building of the Monument.
A chamber within the pedestal ,26 fe- t
in diameter, and well lighted. is to be
depository for all documents, &C., rcia-
ting to the pilgrims and the society, in
GLIDING nm accurate record of the receip $
and expenditures for the monument, and
list CT the names of subscribers of 81
and over, arranged by states, counties,
and towns, ana alphabetically. so as to
be easily referred to. In this chamber
will be stairway leading to the plat
form upon which stands the figure Of
faitn, from which may be seen all the
places OF interest connected with the his
tory of the toreiathers. The whole mon
ument will be about l5O feet high, and
Faith rests her foot upon the Forefathers'
Rock in her left hand she holds an
open Bible. with the right uplifted she
points TO heaven. Looking downward
as to those she is addressing, she seems
: tO-aall them TO trust in higher power
The sitting figures are etnblcmatic of the
principles upon which the Pilgrims pro-
posed to found their Commonwealth: -
The first of these is Morality. She holds
the Decalogue in her left. an l the Scroll
of Revelation in her right hand. Her
look Is upward, toward the impersona-
t on OF the Spirit of Religion above. In
a niche, on one side of her throne, is a
Prophet. and in the other one Of the
Evanss lists. The second of these figures
, is Law. On one side OF his seat is JUS
tice; on the other. Mercy. The thira
is Education. In the niche on one side
q her seat is Wisdom. ripe with years :;
or the other Youth. led by Experience
The fourth figure is Freedom. On one
side. Peace rests under his protection ;
on the other, Tyranny is oyerthrown by
his 2rowess.
The Statue of Faith will be 20 feet
high. and the sitting figures SO feet
high thus making it in magnitude the
greatest work OF the kind in the world.
The foundation alone. which is now laid.
has consumed some fifteen hundred tons
Of granite, and it will require between
eleven and twelve thousand tons more
to complete the work.
Every person contributing FIVE dollars
to the Monument Fund, becomes. by a
special vote. member Of the Pilgrim
Society. which now Numbers about three
thousand members, resident in every
portion Of the Union.
The cornerstone Of the Monument to
the Forelathe:s was laid with imposing
ceremonies on the I'd of August. 1859
A few remarks upon the nature. ex-
tent, and cost Of the work, will complete
all that is necessary to be said in the
present place. The Pilgrim Society, in
determining to erect a monument to the
Forefathers, intended TO make a struc-
ture which should bear upon its face the
avowed intention of its founders, and
transmit to future generations not mere
ly the facts that the Pilgrims landed up
on the Rock Of Plymouth, and there
commenced the found NJ of this nation.
which might we'll be left to the records
of history,-but the regard in which their
memory and sufferings were held by
their descendants and teirs Of the nine
teenth century, who look back to them
from an eminence OF national prosperity,
which shows vast empire extending
across continent from ocean to ocean.
and presenting 10 the Imagination a fu.
ture. to which the wealth and prosperity
and power and resources Of the present
are as trivial as the possessions Of that
stron. -souled band of adventurous emf
grants compared with our own.
1t was naturally concluded that the
memorial of such nation to its found,
efs should bear some proportion to its
means. and to the grandeur of the event
which was to be cnmmemorated. 1t
was thought that the expenditure of q
sum representing one cent for each in
habi,ant might not be regarded as an ex.
tent of National Self.Sacrifce.-if that
be the term,-too enormous to be borne.
nor the amount itself altogether too mag
ni6cent to be expended and. in view of