Appropriate addresses were delivered by Mayor Richardson ,
Collector Russell. Greneral Cogswell, General Underwood, and
Postmaster Goodwin, and also by Dr. Ayer, who said : —

** AVliile making the toar of Europe, I could not help contrasting the
abuni1au<*o of !>tatuos, columns, and other productions of art, which are there
displayoil for the public enjoyment, iiith the paucity of such objects in tiw
rnitoti States : and I devoted some time to And a figure in marble or bronse,
whirh I could present to our city as a commencement of diis kind of orn*-
mentaiiim in I^owell. This figure was moulded by Bnuch, the great Pmssitti
sculptor, for the King of Bavaria. The originals, (for there is a pair of tiiemO
in autiiiuo bnmze, stand in fi*ont of the Koyal Palace at Munich^— one on
each >ido of the way : but I do not think they are either ais appropriate or as
effective as this is here. The monument in front of the Royal Palace at Ber-
lin, ereotiHl to commemorate the triumph of the Prussians over XapoleoB|
was also executed by Ranch, both in marble and in bronze; and is oonaid-
ered the greatest work of its kind in the world."

In 1SG7. Benjamin F. Butler, John Nesmith, and Dewitt 0.
Farrington, their associates and successors, were incorporated as
the routueket Navigation Company, for the purpose of freight-
ing merchandise on the Merrimack River between its mouth
and the line of the State.
