The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-06-24

T'horwaldsen Immediately commenced his work,
In 1885, the model was entirely completed and
sent Ia France to be cast. The casting, how
ever was not finished for some time afterwards,
and the monument, therefore, could not be raised
until August, 1887.
THE ceremony of raising the monument, was
very imposing. 1t commenced on Sunday, the
18th of August, 1887, on which days the comnit-
tees and deputations, consisting chiefly of Prin-
tiers and Booksellers, commenced already to
rive The majority of them came down the
Rhine in boats, handsomely decorated, and hav-
ing bands of music on beard. The whole popu-
latisn of Mentz appeared to have thrown itself
upon the shores of the romantic thine, and the
arrival of every boat was received amid the
thunder of artillery and the cheers of thousands!
Monday, the 18th, was, however, the day fixed
for the grand event, and the day had scarcely
dawned ere the streets were filled with people.
Finally, however, the procession commenced
forming-the Populations from Bresiau, Carts
ruhe, Cologne Darmstadt, Frankfurt, Leipzig,
Strassburg, Stuttgart and Mentz. having first
been arranged in alphabetical order The music
belonging to the Imperial Austrian regiment was
placed at the head of the procession; then follow
cd the orphans and school children; these were
succeeded by very low wagon, drawn by three
horses, whose harness was gorgeously decorated,
and it contained an old wooden printing press,
adorned with flowers and wreaths; the ESCatho-
licon," one of the oldest printed works extant,
was lying on the bed of the press; City Coun-
ellis Committees, and Deputations from different
cities, Sc followed this wagon.
The procession set out from Guttenberg's first
Fsprnting house'-i. e. the house in which the
discovery was made. The building is now occu-
pied as wine warehouse After proceeding
through various streets, the procession entered
the dome, where religious ceremonies were per
formed according to the rites of the Roman Ca
tholic religion.
~ tne mean time, stGuttenberg Place. had
been most gorgeously and splendidly decorated
with banners, flags, flowers, wreaths, sc. Sc
One of the embellishments consisted of twenty
five different banners, displaying the escutcheons
of twenty-five different cities, linked and connect
cd together by wreaths of flowers. An orchestra,
with raised seats, had also been erected; it was
sufficiently large to accommodate twelve humid
red performers! The monumental statue had
been placed in the centre of the place, and as yet
was covered over.
When the procession reached the monument
place, the vocalists, who had assembled in the
orchestra, commenced singing the etTe Deum"
The chant was accompanied by music belonging
to three Prussian regiments. When this giant
choir had concluded, the president of the Gutten-
berg FFCommission" addressed the meeting, and
made some very eloquent remarks. So soon as
he had finished, the colossal statue of Gutenberg
was uncovered amid the cheers of Thousands
There were number of other addresses made,
and the choir also put into requisition sever
al times. This was not all, however, to attract
the attention of che spectator; at the foot of the
monument an engraver was busy in cutting Gut
tenberg's name on stamps; type casting furnace
had been put in full operation and the types Civ
en- to the spectators fast as they were cast;
compositor was engaged in setting up impromp-
tus i'll honor of the day and in commemoration of
Gutenberg, and printer was busted at press
printing them off and distributing them gratuit-
ously among the crowd. The ceremony was con-
cluded by singing the national song of Shall
thee, Moguntia!n
At two O'Clock a very grand dinner took place,
at which the Populations and committees were
present. ON this occasion number of suitable
toasts were drunk and original songs sung, all In
commemoration of Gutenberg.
On Tuesday, the 18th, meeting of the depu-
tations took place. This day was also kept by
the people as holiday, and was enlived by
aquatic sports, such as boat racing, boat tilt
ing, sc.
On Wednesday, the 10th of August, the depu-
tations again met, with a view to fix dag for the
'Fsecular' celebration of the invention in typog-
raphy with movable type. After some consulta-
ton, the 24th of June, 1S40, was determined up
on. Thus ended the ceremony.
The monument consists of bronze statue of
Gutenberg, twelve feet in height, standing up
pedestal splendidly ornamented with bas
hefs, representing him upon one in the act of
having discovered movable types, and upon an
other engaged in printing. The inscriptions up
on it are
fFJoANNEM GENsFLEJscH DE GUTENBERG,
Patricium Moguntinum,
Acre per tUtam European collato
Posuerunt Gives.
MDCCCXxXVu."
And also "Proprietas Mogantian."
Gutenberg is represented holding volume of
the bible in one hand and some matrices in the