Staunton Spectator, And General Advertiser

Pillars for the New York Exchange.

The Boston Transcript says, these immense columns, eighteen in number, are now nearly completed at the quarries in Quincy. They are the largest that have ever been obtained--each weighing about thirty-three tons. They are fluted and finished in the most perfect manner. Nothing can surpass the beauty of the carved capitals. The work is equal to chiselled marble. The first of the columns will be moved this day, from the quarries, to Long wharf, at Quincy Point--a distance of three or four miles. The carriage which has been built for the purpose is truly a solid affair. It weighs between eight and nine tons and cost fifteen hundred dollars. Seventy oxen are to be employed in drawing the load. It will be passing through Quincy during the afternoon; and those who have leisure can hardly spend the time more agreeably than by riding out and viewing its progress. Cost of the Pillars four thousand dollars each; estimated expense of the Exchange, one million and a half.