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your hands are these implements confided , and may the Supreme Architect prosper , counsel , and direct you in all your doings . The proceedings closed with the usual benediction . Tho following is a description of the monument and the site upon which it is to be erected : — "The design consists of an octagon pedestal , on which stands a statue of Faith . From the four smaller faces of the pedestal project

buttresses , upon whieh are seated figures emblamatic of Morality , Education , Law , and Liberty . Below them , in panels , are alto-reliefs of ' The Departure from Delft-Haven , ' ' The Signing of the Social Compact in the cabin of the May Flower / The Landing at Plymouth , ' 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 ofthe Pilgrims , with the names of those who camo over in the May Flowerand below are smaller panels for records connected with the

, society aud the building of tho monument . A chamber within the pedestal , 20 feet in diameter , aud well lighted , is to bo a depository for all documents , & c , relating to the pilgrims and the Society . In this chamber will be a stairway leading to the platform upon whicli stands the figure of Faith , from which may be seen all the places of interest connected with the history of the forefathers . The whole monument will be about 150 feet high , and SO feet at the base . Thc statue of Faith rests her foot upon the Forefather ' s Rock ; iu her

left hand she holds au open Liblo ; with the right uplifted she points to Heaven . Looking downward , as to those she is addressing , she seems to call them to trust in a higher power . Thc sitting figures are emblematic oi the principles upon which the pilgrims proposed to found their commonwealth . The first of these is morality . She holds the decalogue in her left , and the scroll of revelation in her right baud . Her look is upward , toward the impersonation of the spirit of religion above . In a niche , on ono side of her throne , is a prophet , ancl in the other , one of

the evangelists . The second of these figures is Law . On one side ot his seat is Justice ; on the other , Mercy . The third is Education . In the niche , on one side of her seat , is AVisdom , ripe with years ; on the other , Youth , led by Experience . The fourth figure is Freedom . On one side , Peace rests under his protection ; on thc other , Tyranny is overthrown by his prowess . The statue of Faith will be 70 feet high , aud the sitting figures 38 feet highthus making it in magnitude thc greatest work of the kind

, in the world ; while , as a work of art , it is believed it will afford pleasure to every American citizen . The monument is to be erected ou one of the . lofty hills that skirt the village of Plymouth , and which , from its prominence , can be seen from all points by persons visiting the first settlement of the Pilgrim Fathers of New England . At the same time its site is so commanding that almost all tho objects of interest relating to pilgrim history , and the homes of our forefathers , can be readily seen from its elevated base .

AMERICAN ITEMS . [ From Rob Morris ' s Voice of Masonry . " ] OXFORD , MISSOURI . —On Monday , July 4 th , the corner stone of a new Masonic Hall was planted . At half-past three o ' clock a procession was formed , aud marched to the Cumberland Church , when Bro . AVm . F . Stearns delivered an address . At half-past five o ' clock the procession was reformed and marched to the site of ihe new hall . A block of marble about a foot square , with a vault morticed in it , covered with a tight marble lid , was prepared as tho foundation or corner stone . In the vault was deposited a copy of the Constitution of the United States ; tho Bible ; the Charter of Oxford Lodge , No . 33 ; and other articles .

PORTSMOUTH , NEW HAMFSIIUIE . —The fraternity here have just finished a new , convenient and beautiful hall . The opening was celsurated with a capital supper , at which some sixty had seats . Fox LAKE , AA iscoxsre . —The brethren here are fitting up a room , which they think will be ahead of anything in the state . Good for them .

_ MANCHESTER , NEW HAJIPSIIIBE . —On May 11 th , the annual commuuicatiou of Lafayette Lodge , choice of officers ancl the transaction of regular business took place . About fifty members were present . After the regular business , and before the choice of officers , the AV . Master , Henry f , Mowatt , delivered an address to the Lodgo , which was replete with sound ami practical truths and illustrations . After thc election of officers , the Lodge being called from labour to refreshment , aclj ourned t ° the banquet hall the evening the officers installed b

. In were y \ e ^ ' ¦ * - ' t " ' G . M . Edward AA . Harrington , present Mayor of tho city . After the installation , to which the sisters were invited , and which they ' ¦ id attend , a presentation was made to P . M . Bro . Mowatt , by the young -hisons initiated during his administration , of a splendid copy of Lip 1 'iaeott ' a edition of the Holy Bible —[ Do the American Constitutions sanction the presence of ladies at installations , Bro . Morris ? Such a proceeding would not be tolerated hereand if it is in the United States

, wc ¦ we afraid our American brethren will soon find themselves outside the KUidmai'ks . ] OSKAEOOSA , IOWA . —East Hall , in Union Block , has been fitted P and furnished , and Tri-luminar and Seevers Lodges hold their neetmgs m it . On Thursday , the 7 th of July , they had a public instal

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latum of officers , which was witnessed by a large audience of ladies and gentlemen . CLEVELAND , OHIO . —On the 15 th of June last , a Lodge of Perfection and Council of Princes of Jerusalem , were established in that city , by Bro . K . II . Van Renselrer , S . G . Inspector General 33 rd , and Deputy of Pennsylvania and Ohio . AVALDKON , AKKANSAS . —The first Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons in this county was organized on Saturday , June 11 th , A . D . 1859 , A . L , 5839 , with eleven members . Very few Masons in Scott county—about thirteen . The nearest Chapter is at Fort Smith , fifty miles .

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BUENOS AYRES . EXCELSIOR LODGE ( NO . 900 ) . —The annual festival in this city oil St . John the Baptist ' s Day passed off with , if possible , more than its usual characteristics of harmony and true fraternal association . Tho brethren assembled in the Lodge room soon after three o ' clock , p . m ., to assist at the installation of Bro . Frederick Hughes , who had again obtained the suffrages of his brethren as AA'orshipful Master , in token of their high appreciation of his rule during the past year .

The immediate ceremony of the installation having been concluded , tho AVorshipful Master appointed his officers for the ensuing year . His choice fell on Bro . J . P . Boyd for S . AV . ; J . C . Ruding , J . AV . ; F . AA ells , Sec ; AV . C . Livingstone , S . D . ; 11 . B . Masefield , J . D . ; AV . Passman , I . G . The brethren had previously chosen Bro . AV . C . Thompson , P . M ., for their Treas ., and Bro . F . Sanguino for Tyler . These brethren were severally addressed by the Installing Master , and invested with the distinctive badof their respective offices

ge . Many visitors were presentNas deputations from Lodges in the city - working under the 'Scotch ri &_ , who were deeply impressed with the simplicity and beauty ^ of ^ . tlie ceremony of installation , which was conducted by Bro . Ford , P . M . and Chaplain . The close of the ceremony was marked by a pleasing incident . Bro . AV . Petty , J . AV ., during the past year having obtained permission to address the AVorshipful Master , in the name of the brethren , presented him with an elegant and

chaste silver tea . service as a mark of their regard and a memento of his having entered the holy state of matrimony during the period of his year of office . Bro . Potty spoke to the following effect : " AVorshipful Sir , —It is not a matter of deeper regret to any one more than to myself that the allotment of this duty falls upon me . A feeling of a far higher order than mere pleasure pervades the entire brotherhood of the Excelsior Lodge , ancl seeks utterance and expression . It is no new feeling—it is the growth of years . The occasion on

which we seek to give expression to this feeling is one devoted to tho demonstration of good cheer in all lauds and in all ages . You , AVorshipful Sir , were tho first of the mauy who have so effectively filled our highest seat of office , who , while presiding over our councils , have entered into tho rnystic bonds of another ancl a sacred order . AVhen you joined the Masonic Order , you set an example that the whole world

might follow and derive benefit from ; and now that you have entered the holy estate of matrimony , you set an example to your unmarried brethren of the Excelsior , which if they do not follow , must be because they are under a ban to finish their journey through life alono . Permit me , now , AVorshipful Master , in the name of the Excelsior , to transfer to you this inadequate expression of their brotherly love . May the purity of the material be the emblem of the Masonic virtues and purity of the recipient ; and the hovering dove , * the emblem of abiding peace . "

The AVorshipful Master replied as follows -. — " I need scarcely assure you , my brethren , that I am deeply moved and affected by this flattering mark of your kindness and regard ; aud the more so since no services of mine to the Craft in general , or to this Lodge iu particular , have merited or called forth so unexpected and so unlocked for a demonstration from my brethren of the Excelsior Lodge . It is in truth a lordly and a Masonic gift ; it is the spontaneous and willing offering of brother to brother , proclaiming that iu these

temples to modest virtue , where we are taught aud encouraged to weep with them that weep , we forget not also to rejoice with them that do rejoice , ft is a testimonial of affection and regard , which manifests the good wishes of my brethren towards me and mine , upon my entering into tho holy estate of wedlock during my year of office in the chair of this Lodge . AVhat can I say to you , my brethren , in return for the kindness which prompted you to bestow upon me a gift at once so munificent and so useful ? I can onlthank . But believe meit is the

y you , thankfulness of a deeply grateful heart , that feels more , much moro than it is able at this moment to express , and which , when the excitement which your unlocked for generosity has created shall have subsided , will , be able more truly to appreciate , and more justly to value , your kindness , in the assurance it will at all times serve to convoy to me of the fraternal regard and kind sympathy of those iu whose councils of brotherly lovereliefand truth I have so cften mingled .

, , Yes I my brethren , I receive your kind g ift as a precious jewel , to hold an elevated position among my household goods : proud of the kind distinction it reflects upon myself , and still more of the memento it will servo for , to present and future generationsbearing its powerful witness to shew forth , that while brotherly love is one of our principles of profession , testimonials of its practical * Tho ornament on tho lids of thc several pieces .