Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-09-11

mt is position of necessity. We are,
md must be, n maritime as we'll as an
agricultural and manufacturing people. The
,ery territory upon which Providence has
placed US, imposes upon us this three-fold |
character, in which lie the elements Of our |
rroWth and success. With extended sea |
borders East on the Atlantic and West on
.he Pacific, with the great Gulf at the South,
and these great lakes at the North, with |
mighty and deep rivers flowing through
,ut the land; rivers Of such magnitude that
the mightiest in Europe are but as brooks
in comparison, with al these around, and
within us, / repeat, we must be a maritime
people, and having commerce reaching
Asia from our Western shore, and Europe
and Africa from our Eastern, yielding us
the products Of their toiling millions, TO be
spread westward and eastward all over the
land by those iron arms, that must ere long
ioin the Atlantic and Pacific shores
What prosperity, what national great
ness is before US, if undivided love Of one
country shall unite all hearts
and all hands to promote and secure the
common good Of the great Commonwealth,
and as a maritime people we must have
Navy to represent the Republic to sustain
our flag, to protect and defend our mercan-
tile marine wherever it may penetrate.
RELICS
Upon the stand were exhibited the horn
signal lantern used by Perry, and the identi-
cal blue jacket which he wore during the en-
gagement. The latter, of course, was an ar
ticle of intense interest. There was also ex-
hibited flag used by the Americans at the
Battle of Eutaw.
TIE MOCK BATTLE.
The mock battle came off upon the lake at
o'clock. There were eleven vessels en-
gagged in the two squadrons. Capt. Champ
lin, of Buffalo, commander in Perry's fleet,
commanded the representatives Of the Amer
ican fleet, and Mr.. John Chapman, of Hud-
son, who was taken prisoner from the British
by Perry at this battle, and became an Amer
lean citizen, took charge of the British force
The artillery companies performed their part
verv well, and the sullen booming of the
cannon came over the water with a heavy
sound, but far lighter than if the hearers had
had fathers or brothers at the guns, and 1t
was a real battle.
The scene upon the bank during this per-
formance, was beautiful in the extreme. All
along the vast amphitheatre from Water street
to the Marine Hospital, were men, women
and children in such profusion, that to one
standing upon the piers or upon the boats, it
looked like a huge fower-bed, filed with all
the colors of the rainbow. It was a magnif-
cent sight.
DROWNED.
A man whose name we could not learn was
drowned of the piers near the Cleveland &
Erie telegraph building, du-ing the perform
anee of the mock battle. He lost his cap in
to the water Thinking he could get it, or as
some say, prompted to It by the banterings
of the bystanders, he plunged in after it, and
shortly turned upon his back, sunk, and was
drowned, although a thousand people were
within a stones throw of him. He was s
Young man about twenty five years old.
Very fortunately, the vast crowd gathered
spent the day, and dispersed without further
accident, so far as we have heard.
THE DEPARTURE.
The scene at the depot about the time
of the starting of the trains for home wa
indescribable. Imagine stream of human
beings, say five thousand, coming in one
direction at the rate Of three miles an hour
another five thousand coming in just the op
posite direction at the same rate, and fv
thousand more in each of the other direc
tions, and all meeting and commingling, ,eac
one struggling frantically to get to a train {
cars he or she sees in the distance (which
ten to one, is tho wrong one) while bag
gage is being wheeled about, cars al
backing and starting, engines whistling an
the whole twenty thousand people talking
1o,obing sveszir1,--I--ir-s'rdiled AT las'
i 5ne 'aaiter another, stragglers rushed down q
the last mOmenttO jump on board, few wer
fitted for night in the watch house, anC
the trains swept away one by one with thei
huge loads of living freight, and the Gran,
Celebration, which has immortalized Perry
Walcutt and Cleveland, and which has neve
been equalled in tbe West, was over. Moth
ing occurred to mar the success or pleasur
of the occasion, except the drowning abov
mentioned, and we may be proud of it.
Grand Lodge of OhtO.-Thetr Festi,
val at the WeddeII.
This Grand Masonic body organized il
the Court House:
Horace NJ. Stokes, Grand Master.
VIM B. Thrall, pro tenn Deputy GranG
Master.
Geo. Webster, sen'r., G. W.
r. Benton, pro tenn Jun r G. W.
Geo. S. Patterson, pro TEN CIR. Treasr
John D. Caldwell, Grand Secretary.
Samuel Marks, pro TEN Grand Chaplain.
Cornelius Moore, Or. Orator.
Israel Jones, pro TEN CIR. Sr Deacon.
Osman A. Lyman, pro TEN Grand Dea-
con.
R. R. Bourn, pro TEN Or. Marshal.
SfronO DrO fem OR TYLER