Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1876-03-17
The Centennial.

THE ceremonies at the opening OF tht
Centennial Exhibition, May 10, are pretty
nearly determined upon. The Presiden
of the United States, attended by the heads
of Departments, distinguished guests
representatives of foreign governments
Judges of the Supreme Court, members Of
the Senate and House of Representatives
representatives of the several States and
Territories, the Centennial Commissioners
and Foreign Commissioners these
will participate.
But the most stupendous timen will
be had on the Fourth of July. Accord.
ing to the written assurance of the gentle
man concerned in the preparations, the
ceremonies on that day twill be of a
grander, more imposing character than
those which have attended aay event OF
modern times, either in Europe or Amer
ica" They will consist, in part, of q
musical performance, the assemblage OF
the military and civic organizations of the
country and the unwilling of appropriate
statues.
The morning will be announced from
the old State House by the great bell OF
peace, the gift of a citizen Of Philadelphia
for the occasion The bell, now casting,
will weigh 5000 pounds, and is inscribed
with the words
Proclaim Liberty throughout all the Land ana
to the iahd6itants thereof.
GLORY to God IN the Highest! Peace ON
Earth and Good WI to Men.
The musical performance will be d1-
rected by Theodore Thomas.
The military display will be superin-
tended by a high officer of the General
Government The Philadelphia Park
Commission has furnished free camping
ground for portion of the volunteers
to be assembled from different sections
of the Union. Barracks will be erected
furnishing cheap and comfortable lodg-
ment for soldiers. Already official mott
fication has been received Of the attend
ance of more than $4,000 equipped men.
William M. Evarts will deliver the
Fourth of July grafton, and the Declara-
ton of independence will be read by
Richard Henry Lee.
The statues to be unveiled in various
parts will some of them be OF c0nsld-
cradle interest. The organizations which
have them and other memorial works III
progress are the Humboldt (German) AS
ISOLATION, the Catholic Total Abstinence
Union of America, the Columbus Monu-
ment Gtalian) Association, the Bnal
Birth (Hebrew order), the Presbyterian
denomination, the National Commemora-
ton Monument Association, ETC., etc.
The statues will be:
L. Religious Liberty-A marble group,
twelve feet high.
9 olumbus-Marble, nine feet high
3. Humboldt-Bronze, nine feet high
4. Emancipation Marble group, eight
feet high.
5. Dr.. Witherspoon-Bronze, eleven
feet high.
6. The American Soldier-A colossal
fountain by Bartholdi; bronze, eighteen
feet high.
7. A Fountain-Marble group, by
Foley; four figures, twelve feet.
8. Statue Of Liberty-A statue by W
| w. Story, for Independence Square. (ll
| is unlikely that this statue, although it is
| is already modelled, will be completed In
time for exhibition during this Centen-
NAL year.
8. A Centennial Fountain-Marble,
thirty-fve feet high, in which are intro
duced various statues.
The Centennial Fountain is the most
pretentious work of this series, and nom
| the description have received OF 1t, It
must be an extraordinary affair. 1t will
consist of a central figure, dominating
four surrounding figures, and will DC
thirty-tive feet high. The central top
| most figure represents Moses as having
stricken the rock The staff resting in his
hand touches below a assure whence IS
sues a stream of water, which, flowing
| into channels of the strata of the rock en-
tirely encircles it and falls into the basin
below. The figures grouped beneath are
| those of Archbishop Carroll. who was
Commissioner with Franklin to Canada
at the opening of the Revolution; Com
modore John Barry, the father OF the
American navy; Charles Carroll, of Car
rollton, and Father Theobald Mathew
The dimensions are as follows:
Central figure, Moses, fifteen feet high.
Rock-work, supporting this figure, nj
teen feet high.
Four figures below, each nine feet
high.
Pedestal of each Of these, nine feet
high
Diameter of pavement 100 feet.
Height of central structure thlrty-hVe
feet. 81
Height of the four outside structures fif-
teen feet.
The sculptor is Herman Kerns, a pupil
of Steinheuser.
The idea of Centennial statue of Co
lumbus originated with the Italians o
Philadelphia The Italian Minister and
several Italian Consuls, especially the
Consul at this city, have aided the work.
| The model is of the heroic size, and VIII
be sculptured in RayazZoni marble, ID
! Italy.