The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-17
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The Richmond Enquirer has received COPY OF
q contract entered into with Thorwald Esidia"
ROYAL Swedish aud American Consul ct Amsfer
dam from which II appears that the statue IL to De
delivered At Amsterdam BY the end Of June ano
twind, weather and other casualties not prsvenr
ins) be forwarded BY the LIST October. 1857, TO
landing. place In or near RichmcLd We have been
struck In reading this letter. with the beautiful TIL
butte paid by these Germans to art, and to be.
loved artist a we'll m to the ustrious subject Of
his genius. We invite tho especial attention Of
the reader 10 the sentences beginning, "Our
poetrv" Wa feel sure, a. also do the contracting
parties In Europe, that the statue may be expected
In James River some time prior to the frat Of
October. The inevitable causes of the delay are
set forth in the following interesting letter from
Mr. Miller the Director of the Royal Foundry at
Munich to Mrs Crawford, who is with her suffering
husband In London:
MUNICH, May ls, 1857.
''But Just returned day from my journey to
the banks of the Danube. 1t remains for me toin-
form you of the rauses which have so long delayed
the departure of the Equestrian Group. 1t was
solely by opening competition, that succeeded
In reducing the original demand of the Hollander
from 50 600 to 81 600 and finally obliged him to
include therein ihs Expense of putting the work
together and repsckipg at Amsterdam, This com
petition required extensive correspondence
which, account Of the great distance of the vari
seaport towns occupied much time. A
second cause for the delay was that until the be.
ginning of May, We had uninterrupted snow and
rain, which rendered our land routes impossible.
could not by the aid of . hundred horses, have
succeeded In removing the heavy load from Mu-
Mich. aud the railway cannot transport burdens of
such dimensions.
THUS was even forced to wait until the good
God should send us better weather and our high
roads become dry and carriageable. On the 9th
of May 1t was practicable to commence the jour-
ney, and that under the most favorable spring in
iuences Our poetry, Intervening customs and
sentiments, permitted not the endeared work Of
our wel-loved Crawford to be transported or
binary freight. Friendly hands harnessed and
adorned the horses and car, and the Bavarian CO.
lors blue and white, waved amicaby beside the
starry banner of America. An innumerable
crowd accompanied the stately train to the confines
of the city and thousands of good wishes follow.
ed US on our perilous journey. Our Government
was so gracious as to have all the bridges propped
over which we should pass: and so we came with
out untoward accident to the borders of the river.
The ladiug the canal boat on the wild Danube
dangerous, but it now floats with Its cargo to-
wards Amsterdam, and must have nearly reached
it's destination. May 1t have a safe and speedy
arrival From this short sketch you will under
stand the several difficulties unavoidaby encoun-
tered la the transportation OF so colossal work,
and perceive that no time has been unnecessarily
wasted. l, myself, believe that the statue Will
reach Richmond sooner than the date named in
| the contract, but Mr.. Egidus would not accede to
| . shorter given space of time.
~ explained to Mr.. Crawford the impossibil'ty
of transporting the group in piece to any port
inasmuch as our canals are too narrow; and that
| for the same reason 1t could not go by land-the
routes all leading through cities whose gates are
too narrow to allow of passage We, thereupon,
| agreed that should have the statue conveyed In
three separate parts to the port fixed upon. These
~ ~. mr. ptnnn hnt an
could be easily united In America. 1t, neverthe-
less, afterwards appeared desirable that the group
should be sent whole; and so l undertook to exc
cnte this putting together and re packing the work
on condition that should be Reimburse d for time
| and expenses necessary thereto. The re packing
will be accomplished in Amsterdam, not in Frank
fort. +. .. MILLER