No. 21.

Collector of the customs, and naval officer.

No. 22.

Peter Baynton, Esquire, as a citizen, and colonel Isaac Melchor as an Indian chief, in a carriage, smoking the calumet of peace together. The Sachem magnificently dressed, according to the Indian custom; his head adorned with scarlet and white plumes; jewels of silver hanging from his nose and ears; ten strings of wampum round his neck; the broad belt of peace and brotherly love in his hand; and ornamented vest and other decorations suitable to the character.

No. 23.

The Berks county Troop, consisting of thirty dragoons, commanded by Captain Philip Strubing.

No. 24.

The new roof, or grand federal edifice, on a carriage drawn by ten white horses, the dome supported by thirteen Corinthian columns, raised on pedestals proper to that order; the frieze decorated with thirteen stars; ten of the columns complete, and three left unfinished: on the pedestals of the columns were inscribed, in ornamented ciphers, the initials of the thirteen American States. On the top of the dome, a handsome cupola, surmounted by a figure of Plenty, bearing her cornucopia, and other emblems of her character. The dimensions of this building were as follow: ten feet in diameter, eleven feet to the top of the cornice, the dome four feet high, the cupola five feet high, the figure of Plenty, three feet six inches; the carriage on which it was mounted, three feet high; the whole thirty-six feet in height. Round the pedestal of the edifice were these words:-"In union the fabric stands firm." elegant building was begun and finished in the short space of four days, by Mr. William Williams & Co. The grand edifice was followed by architects and house carpenters, in number four hundred and fifty, carrying insignia of the trade, and preceded by Messrs. Benjamin Loxley, Gunning Bedford, Thomas Nevel, Levi Budd, Joseph Ogilby and William Roberts, displaying designs in architecture, &c. Mr. George Engles bore the house

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carpenters' standard-the company's arms properly emblazoned on a white field-motto, "justice and benevolence." To this corps, the saw-makers and file-cutters attached themselves, headed by Messrs. John Harper and William Cook, and carrying a flag, with a hand and saw-mill saw, gilt on a pink field. On the floor of the grand edifice, were placed ten chairs, for the accommodation of ten gentlemen, namely, Messrs. Hillary Baker, George Latimer, John Wharton, John Nesbit, Samuel Morris, John Brown, Tench Francis, Joseph Anthony, John Chaloner, and Benjamin Fuller. These gentlemen sat as representatives of the citizens at large, to whom the federal constitution was committed previous to the ratification. When the grand edifice arrived safe at Union Green, these gentlemen gave up their seats to the representatives of the states, enumerated above in article 15th, who entered the temple, and hung their flags on the Corinthian columns to which they respectively belonged. In the evening, the grand edifice, with the ten states now in union, was brought back in great triumph, and with loud huzzas, to the State House, in Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

No. 25.

The Pennsylvania Society of Cincinnatus, and militia officers.

No. 26.

Corps of light infantry, commanded by Captain Rose, with the standard of the fifth regiment.

No. 27.

The Agricultural Society, headed by their president, Samuel Powel, Esq. A flag borne by Major Samuel Hodgdon, on a buff-coloured ground in an oval compartment. Industry represented by a ploughman, driving a plough drawn by oxen, followed at a small distance by the goddess of Plenty, bearing a cornucopia in her left and a sickle in her right hand; in the back ground, a view of an American farm-motto, "venerate the plough.'

No. 28.

Farmers, headed by Richard Peters, Richard Willing, Samuel Meredith, Isaac Warner, George Gray, William Peltz, Burkhart, and Charles Willing, Two ploughs,

the one drawn by four oxen, and directed by Richard Willing, Esq., in a farmer's dress, Mr. Charles Willing, in the character of a plough-boy, driving the oxen; the other drawn by two horses, and directed by Mr. Burkhart, followed by a sower, sowing seed, farmers, millers, &c.

No. 29.

The Manufacturing Society, with the spinning and carding machines, looms, &c., Mr. Gallaudet bearing a flag, the device of which was a bee-hive, with bees issuing from it, standing in the beams of a rising sun; the field of the flag blue, and the motto "in its rays we shall feel new vigour," written in golden characters. Robert Hare, Esq., managers of the society, subscribers to the society, committee for managing the manufacturing fund, subscribers to the manufacturing fund. The carriage of the manufacturers is in length thirty feet, in breadth thirteen feet, and the same height, neatly covered with white cotton of their manufacture, and was drawn by ten large bay horses; on this carriage was placed the carding machine, worked by two persons, and carding cotton at the rate of fifty pounds weight per day; next a spinning machine of eighty spindles, worked by a woman (a native of and instructed in this city) drawing cotton suitable for fine jeans or federal rib; on the right of the stage was next placed a lace loom, a workman weaving a rich scarlet and white livery lace; on the left, a man weaving jean on a large loom, with a fly shuttle. Behind the looms, was fixed the apparatus of Captain John Hewson (who first introduced the calico printing into the then British colonies of North America, in the year 1773,) printing muslins of an elegant chintz pattern, and Mr. William Lang (from London) designing and cutting prints for shawls and other chintz figures; on the right were seated Mrs. Hewson and her four daughters, pencilling a piece of neat sprigged chintz, (three of the then young ladies are still living, and the eldest is the publisher of this work.) Captain Hewson, wife and four daughters; all dressed in cotton of their own manufacture; on the back part of the carriage, on a lofty staff, was displayed the calico printers' flag; in the centre, thirteen stars in a blue field, and thirteen red stripes in a white field; round the edges of the flag were printed thirty-seven different prints of various colours (one of them a very ele

gant bed, furniture chintz of six colours) as specimens of printing done at Philadelphia. Motto, "May the union government protect the manufactures of America."

Then followed the weavers' flag, a rampant lion in a green field, holding a shuttle in his dexter paw. Motto, May government protect us." Behind the flag walked the weavers of the factory, accompanied by other citizens of the same trade, in number about one hundred; the cotton card makers annexed themselves to this society.

No. 30.

Corps of light infantry, commanded by Captain Robinson, with the standard of the sixth regiment.

No. 31.

THE MARINE SOCIETY.

Captain William Greenway, carrying a globe, supported by Captains Heysham and Alberson, with spy-glasses in their hands; ten captains, five abreast, with quadrants, representing the ten states that have joined the Union, namely, John Woods, John Ashmead, William Miller, Samuel Howel, John Souder, Robert Bethel, William Allen, William Tanner, Leeson Simons, and George Atkinson. Members of the society, six abreast, with trumpets, spy-glasses, charts, and sundry other implements of their profession, wearing badges in their hats, representing a ship:-eightynine in number.

No. 32.

THE FEDERAL SHIP UNION,

Mounting twenty guns, commanded by John Green, Esq., Messrs. S. Smith, W. Belcher and Mercer, lieutenants; four boys in uniform as midshipmen. The crew, including officers, consisted of twenty-five men. The ship Union is thirty-three feet in length, her width and depth in due proportion. Her bottom is the barge of the ship Alliance, and is the same barge which formerly belonged to the Serapis, and was taken in the memorable engagement of Captain Paul Jones, of the Bonne Homme Richard with the Serapis. The Union is a master-piece of elegant workmanship, perfectly proportioned and complete throughout; decorated with emblematical carving. And what is truly astonishing, she was begun and completed in less than four days, namely, begun at eleven o'clock on Monday

morning, the thirtieth of June, 1788, and on the field of rendezvous on Thursday evening following, fully prepared to join the grand procession. The workmanship and appearance of this beautiful object commanded universal admiration and applause, and did high honour to the artists of Philadelphia, who were concerned in her construction. She was mounted on a carriage made for the purpose, and drawn by ten horses. A sheet of canvass was tacked all round along the water line, and extending over a light frame, hung to the ground, so as entirely to conceal the wheels and machinery. This canvass was painted to represent the sea, so that nothing incongruous appeared to offend the eye. The ceremonies in setting sail, receiving the pilot on board, trimming her sails to the wind, according to the several courses of the line of march, throwing the lead, her arrival at Union Green, casting anchor, being hailed and welcomed with three cheers, and the captain forwarding his despatches to the president of the United States, &c., &c., were all performed with the strictest maritime propriety; but neither time nor space allotted for this account, will permit such a detail as would do justice to the conduct of Captain Green and his crew, and to the architects and the several workmen concerned in this beautiful feature in our grand procession. The ship was followed by pilots of the port, with their boat ("named the federal pilot,") under the command of Isaac Roach, who sheared along side the ship Union at the place appointed, and put Mr. Michael Dawson on board, as pilot, then took his station with his boat in the procession, and on her arrival, attended and took the pilot off again. Ship carpenters, headed by Messrs. Francis Grice and John Norris, with the draft of a ship on the stocks, and cases of instruments in their hands; a flag bearing a ship on the stocks carried by Manuel Eyres, Esq., supported by Messrs. Harrison, Rice, Brewster, and Humphreys; followed by mast makers, caulkers and workmen, to the amount of three hundred and thirty, all wearing a badge in their hats, representing a ship on the stocks, and a green sprig of white oak.

BOAT BUILDERS.

A frame representing a boat builder's shop, eighteen feet long, eight feet wide, and thirteen feet high, mounted on a carriage. On the top of the frame, the ship Union's barge,