engine in one of the shops of Massachusetts, and they could put it together again; scarcely sooner said than done, and the Massachusetts machine speedily took a thousand Massachusetts bayonets and Massachusetts hearts into Pennsylvania Avenue, and saved the government from the abyss which was already yawning to receive it. This patriotic and effective example was sustained by the producing classes of the State throughout the war, alike here at home in the preparation of supplies, and by the gallantry of her serried files in the field. And now, when martial scenes have disappeared, the same high duty rests upon the people of the Commonwealth, and the same lofty triumph will reward them. This prosperity and happiness among ourselves, this influence, this credit, this renown in all our relations with the country and the world, plead trumpet-tongued that these arts, without which there can be no sceptre for us, may be developed and extended until they shall diffuse their benignity over all States and over all ages. Happy are you in the privilege of enjoying so conspicuous a share in advancing the civilization and the power of your native land.

THE LEVEE.

In accordance with former custom, after the delivery of Mr. Bullock's Address, the Government of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association held a Levee, complimentary to the contributors to the Exhibition and the judges appointed to examine and report on the various articles contributed.

The following gentlemen were appointed to act as marshals during the evening:

Albert J. Wright.
Henry A. Lyford.

Henry W. Wilson.
Horace C. Rose.
Theophilus Burr.
George H. Chickering.
Alfred A. Mudge.
S. S. Woodcock.

Nathan Sawyer.

Robert Hawthorne.

John A. Robertson.
Charles E. Perkins.

O. J. Rand.
Edward Jones.
William H. Dutton.
Levi Chubbuck.
George K. Hooper.
E. B. Badger.

O. J. Faxon.
Henry Chaffin.

About five hundred members of the Association and invited guests assembled in the new and spacious Hall of the Horticultural Society, at the conclusion of the exercises at Tremont Temple. After a brief interchange of congratulations on the success of the Tenth Exhibition, a procession was formed in the reception room under the direction of the marshals, and marched to the upper hall, where a bountiful entertainment had been provided by that prince of caterers, Mr. J. B. Smith. Hall's band was stationed in the orchestra, and furnished a variety of excellent music during the evening. The President asked the attention of the company, and introduced the chaplain, Rev. J. M. Manning, who implored the Divine blessing on the feast and the occasion.

After a delightful half hour of sociability and gastronomic exercise, the company were called to order, when the President of the Association, Joseph T. Bailey, Esq., delivered the following congratulatory Address:

GENTLEMEN :

ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT BAILEY.

We are met this evening, under the most auspicious circumstances. Since the last Exhibition of the Association, the great American rebellion, which aimed to overthrow the liberties and the Constitution of the country, and which required a sacrifice of blood and treasure to suppress, is now a matter of history. In accordance with custom and precedent, our Exhibition should have been held in 1863. Forced by the war to defer until 1865, and meeting as we are to-night, with none to molest or make afraid, allow me to congratulate you upon the success which has attended our endeavors in inaugurating the Tenth Exhibition of this Association, and in presenting to the public, results of the skill and inventive genius of the artisans and mechanics of the country. Our halls are filled with the most beautiful fabrics, interwoven and prepared with patient toil by delicate fingers, and with an almost endless variety of labor-saving machines, propelled, in part, by steam, the whole forming one of the grandest collections ever exhibited in this city, upon which thousands have already gazed with admiring wonder.

While the display of machinery designed to save labor is large, the display of goods which they were made to manufacture is small. This is especially true of cottons and woollens, showing that the mechanic is more ready to put in competition his inventive genius and skill than the merchant is the products of that skill. And we are constrained to feel that, unless something more is done to encourage our artisans, they will be inclined to leave our rock-bound coast and sterile hills, for more genial climes, now opening before them on the sunny plains of the South.

The Mechanic Association, by holding these exhibitions, is deavoring to encourage a commendable competition in the manufacture, both of the useful and the ornamental, and thus

show to the community the progress which is made from year to year. The pecuniary profit alone is not the primary object of the Association in holding these exhibitions. If this were the case, they would assess themselves, and thus dispense with their arduous labors. The receipts from visitors are large, yet the expenses are correspondingly large, and will amount to more than twenty thousand dollars, ere the exhibition comes to a close.

Our thanks are due to our contributors for the prompt and liberal manner in which they have responded to our call; for upon them we have relied to make the display sufficiently attractive to draw in the public, and thus meet these heavy expenses. We, in our turn, have endeavored to aid them in every possible way, so that their inventions might be properly placed before the community, and their beauty and utility appreciated. The practical value of our exhibitions to inventors cannot be overrated. Shut up, to a great extent, within themselves in the endeavor to create that which their minds have conceived, they are glad, when their creations are completed, to place them side by side with others, that the public may judge of their merits. It is a matter of great rejoicing that this community appreciate the skill and talents of inventors; if it were otherwise, the productions of useful, labor-saving, and ornamental articles would have had comparatively little sale, and genius and talent would, to a great extent, be dormant and inactive.

To the judges, we express the same gratitude for their ready response to our call for disinterested men to examine and pass judgment upon the merits of our contributions. Most of them are gentlemen in active business life, and they have generously devoted whatever of time has been necessary to this service, to the neglect, it may be, of their own personal affairs. The managers fully appreciate their valuable aid, and trust they will have their reward in the encouragement of honorable inventive

Our thanks are also due the public for the liberal patronage they have bestowed upon our exhibition. The artisans and mechanics of every name, who have displayed the results of their labor here, have been greatly encouraged by the thronging thousands who have gazed with delight upon the numerous articles with which our halls have been filled.

To the daily and weekly press, to which we have been so largely indebted for generous notices, both before and since the Exhibition was thrown open to the public, we present our hearty thanks. Their favors have been most gratefully received, and are hereby publicly recognized.

We would not forget, also, to acknowledge with profound gratitude, the eloquent address from the distinguished orator of the evening. During the unhappy civil war which has but just terminated, his eloquent utterances have thrilled the loyal heart, not only of this Commonwealth, but of the whole North; and we would to-night tender to him our hearty thanks.

Let us hope that when the next Triennial Exhibition shall occur, it may find our whole country, "however bounded," united, prosperous, and happy, with a future, grander, and more glorious than the most enthusiastic dreamer has ever imagined.

At the close of the President's remarks, he proposed "The health of the orator of the evening," which was received with applause, and three hearty cheers were given for the Hon. Alexander H. Bullock.

The President called on the chief marshal to officiate as toast-master, and appropriate sentiments were eloquently responded to by Doctor George B. Loring of Salem; Major Ware, of the State department ; Hon. George W. Messinger, Chairman of the Board of Aldermen of Boston; Hon. Mr. Barstow of Providence, President of the Rhode Island Mechanic Association; Mr. Elwell of Portland, on behalf of a delegation from Maine; Professor Rogers, President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and others.

The guests retired at a seasonable hour, well pleased with their entertainment.