New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-17

oi,. ready acce.s 70 il from all parts of the ni0n
wcrc however. still in the scarcely di"am"" Int
Turnpike' roads and the river W"I" III" mn
u.,vs of travel and over these, that dIv. IN All
SORTS of convrvanceS visitors came HD'hll-' Nv
busv stir Of hundreds of strangers. Wfttr an eye
witness. created quite an animated aspect y
s,,,. militia regiments from Maryland and Nlr-
o;nia wcrc present. and the Federal Army was III
evidence 10 the extent OF firing an artillery salute
at an early hour.
The day was clear and beautiful, and IN" neat
OF the season WAS gracousv tempered by cooi
brccze from the Potomac. Ten o'clock was the
appointed time for the beginning 81 me
ceremonies and at that hour the various
military. benevolent, literary and other or
carnations formed in procession nj the lily
Hall and marched 10 the capitol IN inc
van WAS Willard Fillmore, President OF the lhl''d
States. with Mayor LcnoX at his side. " lhh'lu
Scott. Malor4icncra, was at the head OF the
troops. and Mr. Il. Il. French, Grand Muster, let
,bo Masonic order Justly conspicuous toT
among the most honor"d in the company, were
Uoe.rs y Walker. Of Maryland, and George w
p. Custis Of Virginia. who had witnessed 'ne
fonndnr Of the original Capitol by Washington
Gfty-eieht years before. tn" conversion" 70 De
laid was that of the south wing of the Capitol,
and fine procession accordingly made its way
thither.
WEBSTERs HISTORIC WORDS.
The ceremony was opened with prayer by
the Rev Mr. Butler, of the Protestant IplN'o-
nal Church who invoked God TO prc-crN" the
cornerstone about to be laid and the stability OF
this Union until the last trump shall Souh'
earth's dissolution Then Mr.. Fillmore adjusted
the stone III its place, and MIR. Walter, III"
architect put in tile cavity within il large glass
jar, containing g Bible, copy oil the 'o"''''"
ton, and various Other documents, among t"'I
Icing parchment scroll Dralll.; III '"' '",
writing OF Daniel Webster H." following r'rolu
"On the morning Of the first day OF the ~,N'n'N
sixth wear Of the Indcpend nee Ol tl' 'f",''"
States of America. III the Cts of WASHINGTON"
being the itlI day of July, 1881, tins >to", w
signed as the Cornerstone of the extension 81 t!'
Capitol, according 10 plan approved by me II
dent. III pursuance of an act oi tonsrrS WE iai
by Willard Fillmore, President ol thr NJ, NJ
>tat,.s. assisted by the Grand Master ol ti' VI
sonic lodges in the presence Of many M"lV,S "
Congress- of officers of the Executive an Ju''l
ciary Departments. National, State and Di>tIh' T.
Of officers of the Army and Navy, the cofpor'l'
authorities of this and n"ighbnrlng ctttn m'I'
associations civil and military and Masonic men,
ber- Of the Smithsonian Institution AMI National
Institute. professors of colleges and teachers o,
schools Of the District. with their students anu
pupils. and vast rOncOufsr of people from pidc'9
near and remote. Including a f"w surviving gen
tlemen who witnessed the laying of the conner
stone of the Capitol Ivy President Washington, on
the sth day OF September. \. d. 1913
II. Their fore il shall be hereafter the VIII OF
God that this structure shall fall from it, hi9.''
that its foundations be- upturned, and this deposit
brought to the eyes of men, be IL then known,
that on this day the Union Of the United States
Of America stands firm. that their Constitution