, 1874-06-24
THE CORNERSTONE.
Final Preparations for the Ceremony
Reply OF The Executive Committee to tho
Anti-Masons.
Announcements, Etc.

Announcements, Etc.
This il the Oath Of Juno, 1874, tho day on
which tho historic pioco Of rock called tho Gus
tom-1ouae cornerstone Ia to bo holHted into
position, nhile grnve aud reverend United
HtatoB Judge atrikos it with . valuable trowol,
and proclains that tho event Ia contaminated.
Groat and glorious fact, sufficient to make the
Bhrll zoe populi strain itaoEt oven unto hoarso-
noss This is tho day on which dust and sun
are to be dofed by dclugc Of patricia from oil
sections OF tho country. This Is the day on
which mammoth advertisement lodges aro to
ssaatl tho rural oyo, and proclaim that
tho loyor Of his country haa alBo
tho day on which tho rural papa shall tear hls
hair and the rnral uarliug rovol IN dry-goods
aud jowolry, while Ills parbUlod nnammn acaroB
up feobo smilo Of approval. ThiH IS tho dny
sulphurous blasphony added to tho tro pical
temperature. It tnke8 all this fuss to lay a
Chicago cornor-stono. The affair could not be
woll done oIso, for the ANAL boys would howl
dow, aud tho national rooster. prodigiously
crow. On this dny shall piettoric. gentemen,
like Phil. Hoyne nnd Reuben Cleveland, tor i'll
stance, rogiHtor mild VOW that they sha!l never S
ls'.o be caught narota IL pfestH#G pst n ss' senda
thing but to cultivate suustroke for tho plcaeuro
or Booing grave Judge atliko an ordinary.look-.
ing stone with silver implement, Ia somewhat
ambiguous luxury. However,, tho popular p1t p
flames which produced It's etroryosconoe. aud.
in tho dim future when Chicago has swallowed
up St. Louis, st. Paul, aud Cincinnati, tho gray
haired airo. roforring prldefnlly to tho recoec-
tions OF lis youth and to tho Chicago cornor.
stono, shall oxolaim: ~ was tboro to Bec!"
Aud than-tho good old man, warmed by the
/ rocoilootion, will invest In 3 cabbaga-lohf aua
take draught Of ice.w wator.
THE REMoNsTnANrs.
| A meeting of the Executive Committee Of the
| Cornerstone Celebration waB hold ut noon yos-
| to-day in tho Office of Col. j. @. Rankin. Tho
chair was occupied by A1r. Geo. H. How.
| the subjoinod communication, which caused
| some sonHation, WIS read by Col. Rankin:
70 Gen. John 1fcA rshur. J. c. Ranefn Gtorgs u.
How, y: .. Judd, II. D. cdEpn, and John c. D0fe'
arsrnEMss: asu: - Tho petition incloped herewith was
adopted BY lArgo and respectable consultation Of
citizens. met In the basement Of the First congrega-
It is circ,,latcd for agnasuroa to be presented 10
w are advised that petitions, from other localities
benring near 900 names, have been forwarded to
President Grant, against laying the of the
United sates cstom1Iouso ot Ibis city the repre-
hentaves aud with thu ceremonies Of tho Masonio or-
der, and asking that it he laid by Of the Judges OF
tho United satea corts or somo representative Of the
| Government ....
nolying Oh your patriotism and Of proprlety.
wo beE to add our personal aocltatIon those Of tho
petitioners nthis request think we express the
wishes Of twothirds II not nns-tonths, Of our entrs
Hoping that You will eheorfuly accord with ro'
quest 40 general and NJ it seems to us, reasonable
al,d proror, with assurance Of peraonal confidence
aud regard, we remain your felow-cltizsns.
MATTHEW tArL1N, JAMES II. HORTON,
TuEa1lh KING, ". ". STRONG,
| P1I1Io CARPENTER.
Mr.. ]. Ward Ellis thought that tho document
! ought to be answered forthwith.
Col. Rankin explained that it was at first in
tendod to have tho corner-stono lad by the
President Of tho United BtateH, who, howover,
could not come. Neither could the Vice-Presi-
| dent. Judge Drummond was engaged with I'M
portant oases, hut Judge Dlodgett, Of the United
the neoaaaary trowel work, no that oil objections
| worc effectually answered. II that did not sat
isfy everybody, he was unable to imagine wlat
would.
Tie Chair, on motion Of Col. Rankin, appoint
ed tho moycr und Mr.. Ellis to draw up roply t.
tho communication, which they did in tho fol-
lowing torms'.
Ggsr1nMxN: Your communication, numorous,,
asuel, ashing TINT Of tho Judges OF the Unitet
Staten Courts lay tho conversions, has been received
reply would nt.so TINT the points 5on ta9s hay
bud been invited to lay tho stons, ard The yicepres!
don't also WAS communicated with. They being unal
10 attend, wo invited Judge Drunnond VI wlo -, j. Dc
State8 Court tho highest judicial oicer nov present
| huA kindly consented to serye
The Treasury Department requested tho Masoni
fratarniy to lay tle sone they being body not con
dnel to creed pnrty sect, And bong accustomed t
M se ~ - iha cfrn1 Il wc fror1
Wosht1Gtnr lin father of nllr cointry oftciated n
Grand Moster. to thv preBent iay,
| Wg IN ctxau1 decided to tuke p1rt IN tho cbre
momes heasna tint Iii our citizens other % ipdl
v}il,n1a ar oueeties could partIcatc In them wthnu
preildico and wo have eueayorod 10 make tue plat.
form 20 broad that Vii porsous inspired with fooln
/ Of natriot;sm could unto In tbs cegetnones W. be
1e1a m haye fully succecded In our endeavor, IN.
that tomorrow Will least 100000 strangers pres