livingston on board of which were the committee of tbe corporation major general morton and suite a number of the members of the cincinnati including colonels wil lett vaiick trumbull piatt and others together with a few ladies several officers and professors from west point accom panied by the excellent military band at tached to that institution on the right of the chancellor and about a length in rear was the connecticut and on the left to correspond was the oliver ells worth directly in the rear of the chan cellor was the robert fulton whose lof ty masts and wide-spread aims which literally swarmed with men towered proudly above her less pretending but not less gay and beautiful consorts on the right of the robert fulton abouta length in the rear was the bellona and on the left the henry eckford in a sta tion to correspond ; and the squadion was closed by the olive branch and nautilus the signals exchanged and the steam boats having attained their stations as above stated the squadron got under way amidst the cheers of thousands of deligh ted spectators the view of this fleet will perhaps never be forgotten it was not only unique but beyond a doubt one of the most splendid spectacles ever wit nessed on this part of the globe the squadron bearing six thousand of our fellow-citizens majestically took its course towards staten island there to take on board our long-expected and hon ored guest at 1 o'clock the fleet arri ved