Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-07-01
TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR.
This Afternoons Dispatches.
CETTYSB BURG.
SIN YEARS AGO.
THE CELEBRATION TODAY.
DEDICATION OF THE MONUMENT.
THE CEREMONIES.
THE ADDRESS OF GOVERNOR MORTON.
TIE MONUMENT UNVEILED,
ADDRESS By GENERAL MEADE.
Snns,ns ..u<a lr,.sJ,rs-
SIN YEARS AGO.
THE CELEBRATION TO-DAY,
DEDICATION OF THE MONUMENT.
THE CEREMONIES
THE ADDRESS OF GOVERNOR MORTON
TIE MONUMENT UNVEILED.
ADDRESS BY GENERAL NElnE.
scenes and Incidents.
Special Despatch to The S,ar.l

Special Despatch TO the Star.l
GETTYeBCRG, July ., I~69.-Hon. John i.
Rawlins, Secretary Of Wa; Hen. Ely ;. PSrl
er, Commissioner of Indian Affairs; Mavo.
Bowen and the delegation OF the Washing ON
City Councils, consisting OF Aldermen = -
Baker, ID. VI. Davis, W. II. Chase aud A. A..
Clarke. Councilmen A. 4. Pardon, j. ".
Mcknight. George W. Hatiou and James n .
Holmes, Captain T.. G.. Weaver Assessor,
formerly Of the Sixth Corrs. and your CORE :
pondent left Washington at - Is yes.erday. in
special car attach d 20 that train. Mavor
Bowen was accompanied by Miss Blrxer. a
sister OF Mrs. Bowen. Aldermen Moore ana en-
cry and Councilman Nen;ble, the other men,
oers OF the delegation, We're preyen ted from a.
companying the party, OF account of priyat.
engagements. Upon the ARRIVAL OF the party II
Baltimore, telegram was sent 70 tue Commit
burg, announcing that they would arrive there
AZ y. m. and suitable quarters We're p-o.
Nided Tor the city fathers.
THE DEDICATION CEREMONIES.
The dedication OF the monument 70 memory
OF soldiers IN the cemetery here took place this
morning Al 10 O'Clock, and was attended by a
large crowd OF persons from all parts of the
country, among whom Were many DIS
unguisned parties, and great mum Der OF IsdI..s
The proce> sion formed shortly after g O'Clock
and marched TO the ,emelery. located ahout
hslf mile east Of the village
The entire monument costs fifty--hra.
thousand dollars. and Is erected under the
direction of the board of comm isSioner. COM
posed OF one persons from each loyal Sat.
The Executive Committee OF the Board are
Messrs DayIs Wills, OF Penn: X, II NJ ,Carty
n. u; w. 1. Selleck, Wis; Benz Dsford, Nd
and +. NJ. Dooois, ], are present.
TIE MONUMENT.
The monument stands in the centre OF the
ampitht atre OF groves in the Soldier Cemetery
east OF the village. Ii Is from designs by ! q
Patterson, of Hartford, Conn, worked out iu
marble al Rome by Randolph Rodgers. The
superstructure 10 sixty feet high. consisting of
massive pedestal, twenty-five feet square al
the base, and the die and cap crowned win a
three-quarter globe, on which stands a colossal
statueIof the GeLius Of Liberty. holding m her
tight hand the vietor's wreath OF laurel, ana
ctasptpg with h-r Oft a she-thed sword. Pro-
Iecting nom the angles OF the pedestal are four
buttre< ses. supporting the same the number OF
allegorical statues, representing War. History
feace ana Plenty. war is personified oy au
American Soldier, who, resting from the con
ficts, relates to History the story OF the batfIe
the monument con- memorates, while History
with stylus and tablet, is chiseied as recordine
the achievements OF the field. Pesce 10 sym.
bonzed by a statute of the American meohanic.
with the accessories Of a cog wheel, hammer
and chisel, while Plenty Is epresented by a
female figure, with a sheaf OF wheat an fruits
an .mbiematic OF peace and abundance an the
soldiers crownipg triumph. The buttresses on
which thrse statues-which are all colossal
are seated, have the sides ornamented with
base-rellefe IN unison with the iaea embod ed
IN the sia'Ge- The upper die and cap OF the
monument are circular, and on the dIe is a
circle OF bronze stars made up OF one of each
State having dead in the cemetery The corpic-
and pllnth above the main die of the pedeetsl
plnth rests al ocfagenaI moulded base bear
ing upon It's face the national arms IN hugh re-
lief. The panel OF the main dte. on the ives,
slde, between the statutes. has engraved on a.