New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-09-08

From the Chicago Times
The time Is ranidIY approaching when, without
doubt TIE greatest gathering of people that ever
convened IN Chicago viii assemble. But q very
short time new remains before the arrival of the
day fixed by the President Of the United States
f0f the laying OF the cornerstone Of the Douglas
monument. The several committees having in
charge the various arrang eInents for tina ohser.
vance Of the occasion, ara rapidly perfecting the
plans, and it is believed .swin have completed all
their arrangements before the daEof the eelebra-
ton.
brief description IF The monument to be
erected VIII be of interest, in view of the near
approach af The celebration Of the laying Of its
cornerstone. This Will consist of d eiTcu-
Earpiatf0Hin base ffty-tyro feet in diameter
and2s feet high. Upon tliswi be placed 2 SINH,
lar PLATFORM but little smaller, which viii be
sIirnaeaated by d sepulchre 20 feet square and IA
feet high, with walls ) feetin thickness.
It viii contain a chamber ten feet square. In
the chamber will be placed the sarcephagus con
tanning the remains of the great, statesman. The
garcophagus viii be visible through abronze door
six and o half feet hi n and three feet wide. The
sepuIcher will be urnaHne4ted with projecting Pc
Slestals from the corners. Surrounding the sepu
cher viii be 4 pedestal twenty-one feet in height,
having a base fifteen feet square. On thiswiiI be
greeted column orty3tareef feet laiiengtis eight
feet square at the tops The column will be teImi
mated BY cap six feet vi hioh forms the base
for acallossat stAtue iof Douglas.
Surrounding tie sepalcher viii be placed four
seated symboiical figures, Life size, scuptured in
light marble. One Of these figures Will repre-
sent Illinois holding in her hand medallion like
ness &c Donglaas By her sideswiil be sheaf of
wheat and the State arms, The remaining figure
wiifrep America with shield, History re
elining on d tablet, and Fame with the sYmboleal
4 wreath and trumpet. 4ss#-.
Over the entrance Of the sepulclre will stand
an eagle, and on the base of the pedestal above
ere four 1as reliefs Representing the history and
progress Of the West. These represent indians
aud hunting scenes, pioneers building log cabins;
slowing and telling trees; commerce is repre-
sented BIZ : ship and packages 0f goods; and the
sciences aIe represented by d locomotive, rail-
road and telegraph, Still another device repre-
sents gdueatiOn, group Of children, the State
capitol building, D church III the distance, etc.
The statNe viii represent the great patriot and |
statesman as standing by The Constitution on one
hlaes ard BY tie Uuion on the other which is re
presented by the Roman gSces.a
Tie first section Of the monument is about half
comp g9ed and the tomb nearly finished. AT each
enrneg nf Doaglass grave will heereeted pillar
ahont thirty feet high. These will be Joined BY
four arches VI ich Will be draped and decorated
iIA Towers around the bases of the pillars flags
VIII pc arranged N front Of the grave will be
placed Nolka marble BUST Of Dbur3ag fouefberG
with d model of the monument
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saystAe editor of tie Mobile Registers Tie
Memphis Bsllleln, whose writing editor ID 6ae Of
the ahlest and at the same time one Of the most
eccentric political writers of the South, declares
shat the struggle TO establish the Southern Con
federacy 5Was wholly 8 war for gfandeur.in II
such was really the case then the South was sue
cessfnl, after all The sgraAdenr'f of the strng-
gle is not TO be questioned, and if the South can
take the word Of the Bulletin for it,, she ought to
s3e satisfied with the result. BIT the fact OF the
business In while the edtor-in-c chief Of the Bulletin
was fighting for z grandeur the rest Of us were
Lighting for something more substantial. He got
what he fought foF-the rsstsof as didn't. 1