The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-09-14
inauguration of the Perry Statue.

| Monday last, the forty seventh anniversary
| of Perry's victory on Lake Erie, was cele-
/ brated al Cleveland with appropriate ceremo-
! nies, including Instrumentation OF statue in
memory of the hero The Hon. George Ban
/ croft was the orator of the day. A large num-
/ Der of distinguished persons were present
| from all parts OF the Union and everything
| passed off in admirable order.
| Among those who took an active part in the
| ceremonies, were six survivors of that memo
| rable battle, u large delegation of veteran sol
| diers OF lsl2, body of one thousand mem bers
! of the Masonic fraternity, Gov. Sprasue of
| Rhode Island, aud staff; Bishop Clark, OF
Rhode Island; Mr.. Bar tletl, Secretary of Stat te,
| Rhode Island Gov. Dennison, of OHIO and
| staff; O. IL. Perry, of Boston. and Mrs Vinton
of New York, (the two LAT ter children of Com
| modore PerryD fifteen military companies ths
| Providence Light Infantry, with the Provi-
| dence American Band; D3dworth's Band, of
| New ork, and ten other bands; delegations
| from Rhode Island, Bufi'Ilo, Rochester De-
! trolt, Slndusky, Toledo, Columbus, Pitts
| burg and all the prominent towns OF OHIO. in
| all not less than thirty thousand persons
! The statue was made by Mr. William Wal
! cot, native ot Ohio, 1t is eight feet in
| height, and stands upon pedestal of Rhode
| Island granite seventeen feet in height, so that
! the entire height Of the monument is twenty
| i've feet. 1t stands in the centre of the public
| park OF Cleveland, and commands view OF
the lake that was the scene of Perry s exploits.
| ne statue Is cut from block OF pure white
! marble from Vermont quarry. 1t is of pure
| white marble, ana All erect figure of Perry in
| naval dress one hand extended as il in battle.
Ills cOunl nlehanCe expresses eXuitdtlOn, and MS
eyes fash fire; the attitude and eX press ion
| lIte-iIke and quite spirited. Upon each side
| are TO be placed small statues of naval Charac
| ters, representing a sailor and a mIdshipman,
| while IN front is placed an alto relieve repre-
| sentng that thrilling passage in this memOra
| bic battle where the intrepid commander
| leaves the diSmdntled and shaking LtWrence
10 her fate, auG, lowering himself into his boat,
with handful of followers, pushes for the
| Niagara, aud while the enemy are shouting
| over their supposed victory, sweeps down
upon them in one triump phant aud victorious
| charge, each one of the euemy's ships striking
their COlors before his terrible bToadsldes.-
| The cost OF the statue Is about $4,000.
The following narrative Of the battle which
WAS commemorated, is an Interesting page
| from history
War was declared against England in June,
| lSI2. The government at once conceived he
idea Of cOuQuerlng Canada But all their nit
| itary efforts during The autumn were unaVail
| ing; most of theuI were disastrous. General
| Hail surrendered his army, without hrILg
| gun, on the IGlh OF August, at Detroit, TIT
| giving up at once the whole of Michigan
| Gen. Van RensSiaer utterly failed IN his at
| tempt upon Queens town. Dearborn sue
| ceeded lille better upon the New York from
| tier. In January, iel3, General Winchester
| strove in vain 10 regain what Hull had lost at
| ;he upper end Of Lake Erie. II was only on
| the that l1urtIS were won. Though our
| country had but eighteen vessels il her navy,
| and the English had Il thousand, the capture
| OF the Guerrero by the Constitution, OF he
| Macedonian by the United States, OF The Frohc
| by the Wasp, OF the Peacock by the Horuet,
| aud all before the expiration OF the first WIN
| ter SCI N to presage that our glory was TO
| come from our navy.
| II was seen clearly that we must have a ma
| val force upon the Northern lakes. The BrlL-
| lsh had entire control Of them. They had nNe
! armed vessels on Lake Erie, and We had none
| Capt Perry, who was then stationed a. New
| port in charge OF a fi1tiila OF guuboats was
1 .P.ia L.,Hr - -tEA hA
construction of u teeG Oh that lake, and 10 take
| charge OF it With hundred aud tlEy vol
| unleeIs lie set out in tie dead of winter. The
| timber for his vessels was growing III the tor
| est. He had few materials He lacked tor
| mechanics. He had no ammunition for de-
| fence. He was delayed a fortnight with Com
| m0dore ChauEcey, at SacketL's Han b1r. He
rendered valuable service III the conquest OF
| Fort George. With 2uU meu he spent week
| IN dragging vessels from Black Rock up 10
| Erie. He was watched by the enemy. Yet sucu
| was his energy and thaL of his men, that by he
| 2ith OF May TWO twenty g1n bT!gs aud three
! ga boats were launched, aud on the 10th OF
| July the guns were mounted. He was delayed
| by The want Of men tor his vessels ull the 9th
| OF August, when he sailed tor the western part
| of the lake 10 aid Gen. Harrison. lie was re-
| ceITed with great JOY, and hundred Ken
| tuckiaus at once enlisted IN his service. The
| next mon m was spent in drilling his forces
It was at sunrise on the memorable lUth OF
| September, that from his moorIugs i'll PUTIN
| Bay, a harbor formed by the Bass Islanders a.
| the western end Of Gne lake, Ee descried the
| enemy's fleet approaching. The American
| fOrct consisted OF nine vessels, carrying ntly-
four guns, the British OF six vessels, with sixty
| three guns. The latte" was commanded by
| Barclay, who had seen service wlth Nelson
| aud mad lost an arm at trafalgar. Inc battle
| began at noon and continued iii three O'Clock
| With what valor 1t was fought, how Perry
| stood by his vessel, the Lawrence, till she Was
! totally disabled and eighty-three Of her one
| hundred and three men were killed or wound
| ed. how he pushed of IN his small boat, passed
| TO the Niagara, and then swept down
| through the enemy's feet, rakng them right
| and left with dJuble-ShOtted guns, till the
| British colUrS tell. II is rot tor 10 tell.
Il was at four O'Clock that Perry wrote that
| line, which Is ever associated with his name,
| We have met the enemy and they are ours. -
| Forty -one OF the British were killed and nine
| ty-foCr wounded Says Mr. Calytrt, "jhis
| was the first American fleet that ever in line
Of battle encountered an enemy The Brt!sh
fleet was the first fleet, since England had Il
| navy, that had been captured"
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| How THE SLAVE TRADE IL CONDUCTED
| The ship Montauk, which cleared AT Sag Har-
| b5r, Me, on a slave voyage, and was scuttIed
| off the coast of Cuba after serving the pur-
| pose for which she was fitted out, was former
| ly a whaler running out of that port The
Greenport Il. H. Watchman, in describing her
history, gives a COED idea of how the slave
| trade is conducted at the North:
| The Montauk, tull clipper shipof 5l2 TONS,
celebrated for her speed, arrived at Sag Har-
Dor from whaling voyage, in June, 1859. She
was not retitted, but was advertised for sale
| After lying al Long Wharf ali winter, she WAS
sold in March last, 0Stensibiy to one Captain
| Quayle, OF New London, by whom she was Ia
ken to New York and nOminally fitted for a
| Wnaler. Ia reality, a man cailpg hims elf
| Mitchell--e dissipated chap, who sad 10
| have spent several fortunes acquired in the
slave trade-directed her eq uipment ard WeH I
out in her as passenger, Quayle clearing her
at the Custom House 'fJr North and South
| Atlantic" The attention of The v. 5. Mat
shat, or Of some of his deputies. was called 10
| the singular and unusual style o. her prepa-
| ratlons for whaling-tor instance, slowing her
| ground d-tier on top Of the stone ballast but,
| though suspicious were aroused, nothing tan
| gible could be found against her, and she was
| permitted TO depart. Her course was first
| headed for Fayal, to keep up 1ppea RANGES. and
| thence direct to the coast of Africa, (What
| point our informant did not state, md took on
| board a full car 80 OF ''bIack birds how many
| We cannot say, but an ideo may be formed
| from the fact that, i'll ninety days from sailing,
| she landed 1900 Africans on one of the Wind
| ward Islands TO The north of Cuba. Mitchell
| (Who is in New York and tells thir story saws
! that, after landing the negroes. he went 10 Gu
! ba and arranged with certain authorities 10
| enter them at 3 doubloous (aDout 800 Il head,
| which done, he boldly took them INTO the pu b.
| lc market place Of Il certain city, aud sold
| them a. auction toran average OF Si 900 apiece.
| If this statement, made voluntarily and with
! no iHducemeut TO deceive, can be relied on, the
| profits OF this "last cruise of the Montauk
| amount, after deducting all incidental ex-
| penses, to the comfortable sum of ) Sl,0UU,UGU,
| which is somewhat better than the best whal-
! ing we ever heard OF, and, for u months yoy-
| age, will do"
NATION PoMoLoGICAL EXHIBITION
| The National Pomological Exhibition COM
| menced in Philadelphia on Tuesday. The
| Ledger says: