Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-06-27
. Perry Monument AZ Put.in.Bny.

The corner stone of the Perry Monument at
Put in-Bay, will be laid with due ceremony on
the 10th of September next, and a grand gath
ering of the people of the Lakes may be coun-
ted OH.
The appropriate and significant design oft
Monument by T. D. JONES, the Ohio Sculptor,
has been adopted by the Executive Committee
of the "Batte of Lake Erie Monument Associ-
ation," and it certainly has the rare merit of
originality. The Register thus describes it:
The design is a naval column, as much so as
the lines of architecture will permit, one humid
red and sixty feet high, aud to be erected on the
highest point Of the Island OF Gibraltar, where
Perry had his lookout The extreme height of
GibralteT above water is 40 feet-making the
whole height of the column above the level of
the Lake 200 feet--wheTe one of the greatest
marine views in the world Imay be seen The
greatest breadth of base-including three cour-
ses--is ~ feet by 4 feet 6 inches high; breadth
of dadO, or die ofpedestal, is 20 feet by Is feet
highi breadth of cornice over pedestal "a feet
by feet inches high; diameter of shaft Of col
umn at base IL It in; length of shaft Of column,
30 IT,, height of capital, ~ #. 6 inches; height
OF pedestal for statue, II feet; height of statue
OF PeTy-crowning the whOle-lS feet The
three base courses Of stone are as plain as could
be desired The die of the pedestal is-as
though a section of a msn-of war had been Ia
ken from a mid-shlp's-pierced with ports to
receive the guns used in the Battle of Lake Erie,
provided they can be procured In the oornce
OF the pedestal all ornament is dispensed with
The shaft Of the column is without flutes or or
nament-plan as the "mast of some graad ad-
miral." The capital, like that of the Oornthian
order, is the principal feature Of the column
The capital, though in three parts, forms com
plete whole. The first, or lower section, is
formed of boldly curved marine shells, instead
of Acanthus leaves The second, or middle
| section ofthe capital, is composed of four prOws
of ships boldly projecting, surmounted with fig
ure heads-the trails" terminating on the bows
-"Haws holes in the bows, DC The upper,
or third section of the capital, forming the aba.
Gus, is composed of the buwarks Of the four
prows and "cat heads" sustaining the weighed
anchors. The pedestal surmounting the capi-
tai, to receive the statue, is a boldly executed
"capstan." The statue will be ls feet high,
suitable to the whole height-200 feet from the
Lake. The panel over the door (entrance to
the spiral stair case TO ascend the eOlumn) will
be of white marble, s feet long by feet high.
Sculptured in bold relief (alto-relievO) is q
group of five figures in boat, representing Per-
ry passing from the Laurence TO the Niagara to
complete the battle. Except the panel over the
door, tue whole Of the monument is intended
to be erected of the best of lime stone.
The landscape surrounding the base of the
column, and all tho necessary accessOries--the
trees the neighboring islands, the lake, the pass
ing vessels arc perfect transcripts from nature,
all beautifully drawn in water eolors by the ac-
eomplished artist, Henri LOWE, Of Cincinnati