The New York herald., 1872-05-24


honor of viewing for the first time
The interest felt in the monument was shown by
the large number Of spectators. At least $4,000
people assembled in front of the statue, and though
most of them could hear neither the oratory nor
the music, they remained respectfully silent until
the end Of the ceremonies. For the convenience OF
invited guests huge semicircular gallery had been
erected round the monument with seats for about
twelve hundred people, in addition to accommoda-
tions for Theodore Thomas orchestra and a chorus
of about a hundred members Of the Arion So
ciety, led by DR.. Damrosch, which occupied about
one third of the available space. The gallery was
very tastefuy decorated with flags and bunting,
and along it's inside barrier there arranged
bank Of flowers and evergreens which had sngu-
larly pleasing and picturesque effect. The commit
tee were provided with platform Immediately in
with evergreens. The monument itself was vecd
from view by o magnificent American flag Of fine
silk, and near its base the following lines by Mr..
W. Ross Wallace, were fastened to it,
Old World, he is not only thine;
As opulent and as divine
In his stupendous mind and heart
His monument's for every climc
So KIN gY pans o Tms chime
The mirror of Gods universe.
The ceremonies were announced to begin at three
O'Clock, but it was half an hour later before the
signal was given to the orchestra to commence the
programme by playing Beroz's overture to "King
Lear And here It may well be said that, owing
to the unfortunate direction or the wind, which
blew directly in the face of the orchestra the music
was by no means SO effective as 1t might have
been, all the finer effects, indeed, being absolutely
been a little more audible, but brass bands
are scarcely shakspearian and the Improvement
would not have been very marked However,
though the overture was only half heard, the audi
ence were in the best OF humor, and cheerily ap-
pauded for the sake of what had reached their ears
taking the other half for granted as of equal merit.
AS soon as the overture was finished Judge Daily
| ed, rs Chairman of the Executive Committee for
the Monument, the statue to the Park Commission
| ers.
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sculptor Of the statue, and Mr. j. Ward Mould, the the
architect of the pedestal drew up the ends attached
to the flag that yelled the statue, and the form
''enduring bronze,n We're revealed TO the specta-
tors There was at once Il cry of admiration, fol-
lowed by storm OF applause which lasted two or
three minntes MI. Ward meanwhile bowling his
thanks for this spontaneous and impartial though
somewhat hasty, approval OF his work.
Schiers invocation TO the artists AN Die Kinst-
er,n by Liszt, was then sung by the Arion Society
and was received with marked applause after which
Colonel Henry G. StebbinS accepted the statue
with the following remarks:-
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h9nored by another statue in this gnesoTG b
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and Constructed with reference such as this
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cnnoble its spacious avenues Here where the people
are most likely to thronps ana whcre lcre the
Greatest prorrety lin furnishing objects for contemplation
and study f of interest and instrucNeness a tne e
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the events the thought the sentiments and hc ideal Of
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without dctaining any 'omgGr aq mrnn % o ts @ Sst
william Cullen bryant, the congenial task which has been
SO nty assigned to him
Nicolai's overture to the 'Merry Wives Of Wind
sor by the orchestra, and glec, 'Ieil Me Where Is
Fancy Bred" by the Arlon Society were then
given, after which Mr.. Bryant conducted to