There was the man of war and the man of peace the soldier and the sailor the master and the apprentice the father and the son the man of words and the man of deeds the mace and the axe the plough and the sword the cannon and the bible the music of the harp of ten strings, and the hoarse notes of the martial band. The church bells mingled their merriest peals, the cannon spoke at morning, noon, and night, in their most vociferous tones of power. There were flying artillery

270 CELEBRATION OP THE and artillery on foot, infantry and calvary, riflemen and marines, and soldiers of every rank and every service. The Scotch Highlanders, with the tartan and the plume, presented a beautiful and soldierlike appearance. So did the heavy compact band of Germans, who are capable of doing- good service, we warrant, whenever they are summoned to the field. The city companies never appeared better, and the troops from the neighboring towns, added not a little to the splendid military pageant.

The Firemen presented an immense concourse of persons. The fifty companies of the city were all in the ranks, with guests from Philadelphia, New Jersey, Connecticut,

Long Island, and from other quarters we believe. The Butchers were as numerous and respectable a body of men as could be picked from the city or any where else, and they were numeous enough now to slay a million of hecatombs of cattle, or to provide flesh for ten legions of the most carniverous of the human family. The Temperance men, boys and women, for women were present, and many of them there were, presented a grand appearance, and added many a rood to the miles which made up the length of the whole procession. But we can hardly particularize any one class where all appeared so well."