Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-09-15

That EIIIShuRGH CHAP.-Ihe Pittsburgh
Chronicle appears to be afflicted with "chron-
les" and is altogether in bad way. Their
reporter came to Cleveland to attend the cell
ebration, and, albeit he is an industrious
chap and gets up a good local column at
home, where he knows the ropes, his letters
home to his paper are about as open to criti-
cism as a brush fence. In the first place,
the chief difficulty seems to be that he did
not find carriage and four placed at his
disposal. and all the members Of the City
Council anxiously waiting upon him that he
might not annihilate the city in his paper
Failing in this, he sees only q miserable
failure in all the Grand Celebration, the like
OF which has never been seen in the Great
West, Pittsburgh included. It is well known
that Monday was decidedly cool, and that it
was so cloudy all through the middle Of the
day that a rain storm was feared. And vet
this reporter, in his eager desire to complain
Of something, writes as follows of the Gin
tense heat :"
Near the statue in the Public Square a
large platform was erected, on which seats
were arranged for the officers of the day and
invited guests. In the centre was raised
stand, from which Mr.. Bancroft spoke. and
Whlch was covered with an awning, to pro-
tect him from the heat of the sun. In front
OF the speakers stand were the reporters
benches. The location was excellent, and
were 1t not for the intense heat, to which for
some two hours they were exposed, their sit
uatlon could not have been more pleasant or
agreeable.
While every other newspaper that was
represented here, from the New York dailies
to the diminutive country weekly, has spok-
en- in the highest terms of the splendid and
imposing procession, our jaundiced reporter
says:
The procession, taken as a whole, we set
down as failure. Pittsburgh could get up
ten times more imposing one with five
days notice, yet the Clevelanders have for
months been preparing for this. It did not
begin to compare with our Duquesne cele-
bration procession, and will, we ieel assured,
be eclipsed beyond comparison by that an
nounced for the occasion of the forthcoming
Republican convention; but we shall see.
We know that O'Brien, the Sculptor, has
done his part OF chiseling the statue with
great skill, and is deserving of honorable
mention, as we have before this testified, and
yet our people will be hardly willing to en-
tirely ignore Artist Walcutt. The reporter
I'D. ON" may well be proud Of his coun-
tryman O'Brien, but we shall Indignantly
protest against any such account of the
statue as this:
The sculptor Of the work, however, was
Mr.. J. O'Brien, & native of the county Cork
Ireland, and an artist of rare promise. He
studied IN Rome for some time, and while
excelllng IN the use of the chisel, has a crea-
i've genius OF the highest order. He struck
me nrst blow on the work in December.
Is9s, and completed it last Wednesday. As
a work OF art, the statue will compare favor
GoIy win any IN the country, and reflects
tne highest credit on Mr.. 0'Brien, whose
chlsel gave it 10 the world.
He does, however, condescend to say that
The design for the statue was modelled by
Mr.. Walcutt, citizen of Cleveland, and an
artist OF considerable reputation.
- considerable" reputation, indeed
After the unveiling of the statue, our neg
lected friend says:
Governor Dennison then made q few re-
marks, in which he stated that he accented
the statue on behalf Of the people OF ohio,
and comDllmented the artist on the good
taste displayed IN its execution. The Gov
ernor then branched off into a general dis
sertatlon on the prosperity Of the country
IN general, and Ohio in particular, and
closed very able speech by introducing the
Honorable (IaOrua Rauor,Fr fo-ebo
Gov. Dennison was upon the stand, bnt
did not say single public word during the
Inauguration. Accurate reporter
The mock battle he says
Was decidedly a sham battle sham, in
deed, every way, and deserving all the ridi-
cule that could be bestowed on it. 1t was
grand sell; yet it was the hope of seeing
something attractive in this same battle that
brought thousands of strangers in town to
the city.
Of the truthfulness of this slander let all
who saw the battle judge.
Then what astonishing knowledge this
same reporter displays. In notice Of the
public buildings of Cleveland, he says the
Custom House and Post Office dis built Of
~AN'-- - stissseg anu luo new court House,
''like the Custom House, is built of granite,
50 white and smooth that when seen from a
distance it might easily be mistazen for
MARBLE"
If sd. ON" cor any other man. can
find any granite as smooth and as white as
the sandstone of which these two buildings
are built, he will confer favor by pointing
it out
But we are occupying too much space
with this matter. We have always thought
the Chronicle a frst-rate paper, but if it
isn't more reliable in regard to home matters
than its Cleveland reporter has been, we
shan't depend on it hereafter.
The Pittsburgh Journal folks apparently
didn't know we had any celebration. It
speaks on the morning of the 10th of an ex-
cursion to Put-in-Bay, and adds
We believe large party sails from Cleve-
lend this morning to take part in the cele-
bration of to-day. We wish them success
full result.