The New York Herald Newspaper, September 18, 1873, Page 6

6 BERLIN. Inauguration of the Prussian Monu- ment of Victory. KAISER WILLIAM IN HIS MILITARY GLORY A Gravestone for 50,000 Slain. 1864--1866--1870--1871. ‘Wolch’ eine Wendung Durch Gottes Fue- gung Panem et Circenses. \Festivities in Berlin—Military Review on the Royal Place—Quarter of a Million of Spectators—Pray- ers and Toasts ‘DESCRIPTION OF THE MONUMENT. BERLIN, Sept. 8, 1873, The Monument of Victory erected by Prussia to commemorate her victories over Denmark in 1864, over Austria and the South German States in 1866, ‘and, aided by the latter, over France in 1870, was Inaugurated by Kaiser Wilhelm yesterday. As is ‘the custom in Prussia, the ceremony was connected witha brilliant military display, and a quarter of ‘@ million of people stood on the Koenigsplatz, in ‘the Thiergarten, to witness the ceremony of the ‘unveiling of the grand, imposing and artistic struc- ture that is to tell posterity of the warrior deeds jof the Pruasians m the seven eventful years from (1864 to 1871. Berlin now has, I imagine, the high- est and, perhaps, the most beautiiul monument ‘commemorativé of military achievements in Eu- Tope. To the crowa of the “Victoria” the Monument in the Thiergarten has a height of 195 feet (German), the Column of Antonine, on the ‘Plazza Colonna, in Rome, has 117 feet; that of ‘Trajan, with the figure of St, Peter, 141; the Ven- dome, with its pedestal, 163 feet (German). As rTegards the campaigns it records, it is only sur- passed in Europe by the Aro de Triomphe, in Paris, god the Alexander Column, in St, Petersburg. From 1864 to 1871 Prussia fought three great wars, comprismg thirty-two pitched batties—among them Koniggratz, Gravelotte and Sedan—with a loss of life that overshadowed Liepsic, Eilau and Borodino, in the German War of Liberation. The column is the gravestone for over 50,000 Prussians Who fell in these three wars in defence of their dynasty and country. WHAT THE MONUMENT COMMEMORATES, Taking these wonderful military achicvements of the spirit 0! QGid Frits, we can excuse any Prus- sian for feeling somewhat overproud of his country, and pot feeling ashamed to sing, Ich bin ein Preusse, Koaast du meine Farben. But admitting this, Prussia did appear to forget her allies of 1870 and 1971 yesterday. The cere- monies connected with the inauguration were purely Prussian; everything German being care- fully excluded, or not invited, which amounts to the same thing. Idi not see a non-Prussian uniform On the ground, even the diplomatic corps had not been officially invited. The Emperor said, on the 1st of August, while in Homburg, “We have to abstain from inviting the Ambassadors and the diplomatic corps, since it would lead to inconvenience. We cannot even invite the princes of our Empire, our allies in 1870 and 1871.” members of the German Reichstag wore likewise got invited, and tie President of that august body Attended the ceremony simply as a private indi- vidual. The diMicuitics, you see, were ofa very peculiar nature. In the year 18¢4, you remember, the two German boys, as Dame Europa would say, Franz and Wilhelm, who represented or bullied Germany between them, felt, as our festal pro- gramme complacentiy tells us, “how low Germany had falien, so that even the petty Danish nation could scorn her and treat her with despotic tyranny, Then it was that Prussia and Austria arose in their might and wrested irom the foreign usurper, during a hard winter’s cam- paign, German (?) seasurrounded Schieswig- Holstein, breaking the chains that had so long bound a German brother race.” Well, the big ally of i864 was Prussia’s strongest foe In 1866, The two quarrelied over the spoils and for supremacy in Germany, and Austria and the States which had clung to her were defeated. In 1870 the case was ehanged, for the smalier foes of 1866—Bavay! Waurtemberg, Saxony and Hesse—had become the firm allies of Prussia, and together they deteated Prance and won for them. selves unity. In the year 1865, after Prussia had returned from Denmark, she resolved to build a Monument to commemorate the victories of that campaign; and, on the 18th of April, 1865, the an- niversary of the storming of the Duppeler breast- works, the foundation of whasis now the Monument of Victory wus laid, and a document placed in the foundation thereof, telling the deeds of Borussia and her ally in Daneland. Then came 1866, and it ‘was determined to enlarge the scope of the monu- ment by having it commemorate the victories over Austria and South Germany, and accordingly in 1869 @ second dosument was placed in the foundation stone. In the year following the Franco-German war broke out, and aiter all was over it was found necessary to again enlarge the commemoratave scope of the monu- ment. A further document was composed, some slight changes were made in the original plans, so as to avoid giving offence to the allies of 1870 and 1871, and #0 now the monument stands, The day eelected for the inauguration was the anniversary day of the capitulation of Sedan, the 2d of Septem- ber. The selection was tl-advised. To my mind it seemed as if Prussia had stolen a march on the rest of Germany by thus securing as her own great national patriotic anniversary day the glory ‘nd the honor of the memorable 2d of September, on which day aji branches of the German family were represented abous or near Sedan, TNE PESPAL DAY. The sun shone gtoriousiy over Berlin yesterday. Iti said by the Berliners that the Hohenzollerns are always jortunate in selecting their featal days, and Kaiserwetler or Hohenzolernwetter is the proverbial expression for beautiful sunshine such as delighted the Prussian heart. Em- perors and kings m Europe, as you know, all claim descent irom heroes or gods; 680 we do not wonder that, thongh it rained on the Ist and 3d of the month, heaven should have been gracious on the 2d, in honor of its favorites. All Berlin was broad at ap early houn Even as the sun haa hardly tipped the tree tops in Unter den Linden the large square before the castle was filled with a dense crowd to attend the beginning of the festi- val. All strained their gage eagerly toward the cupola of that churoh stractare which all visitors to Berlin must have noticed rising from the roof, telling the stranger, as some one remarked, that a pious dynasty reigne within the imperial palace. Had we been In front of a Turkish mosque, we should bave imagined that the people expected the appearance of a dervis calling to prayers. Weil, it was the same principle, in a more cultured form. Around the base of the dome regimental bugiers took up their position rapidiy and sileatly. They placed their bugles to the mouth, and then a Strain, long drawn, plercing and thrilling, resounded over the square and down the streets and along Unter den Linden, announcing, in ita peculiar way, adoration to divinity, It was the solemn ‘Praise be to God on highi” No German festivity commences without this very beautiful costom of the playing of chorals by bugiers stationed on the church or watoh towers of the city. The bugle notes, heard 4a the fresh morning ais—the sweet, solemn strains of the grand chorais, have an effect upon you Which is diMoult to descrive, ¢gpecially when The’ NEW YORK musicians are totally concealed from view. An hour later, and under the long, pleasant rows of trees that line the promenade of Unter den Lin- den down to the Brandenburg Gate dense masses stood waiting patiently, and every window, roof and even the top of the Gate of Victory and the chariot and the bronze horses were covered. About the statue of Frederick the Great, opposite the imperial mansion, and before the Kronprinz- liches Palais and the palace of Field Marshal Wran- gel, the crowd was almost impassable. It was a high-toned crowd, however, and there was no dis- turbance, At last the boom of a cannon was heard, and a loud, rushing murmur went up from the crowds along Unter den Linden and was carried down to the festal place to the 200,000 persons there assembled. ‘The Emperor has left his palace!” This was the import of the signal. KAISER WILHELM LEAVES HIS SCHLOSS, It was half an honr past ten, as the novelist would say, when the majestic form of His Majesty the Kaiser was seen. Ho had descended from his apartments to the courtyard of his castle, and there he mounted, with an agility uncommon for ich a venerable warrior, his jet black steed that had borne him in many a fight. A brilliant suite of princes of the blood, of fleld marshals and gen- erals there awaited to greet their imperial master. There were the Crown Prince, Princes Carl, Fried- rich Carl, Albrecht, Alexander, Princes August and Alexander of Wurtemburg and the general stam of the Prusstan army. The Emperor ielt proud, “It is for me an elevated feeling,” be said to those around bim, “to seo you all as- sembied about me to celebrate this signifi- cant festival of thanksgiving and honor— you who in all conflicts and battles distinguished yourselves in such a high degree at the head of your troops.”” Then the cavalcade dashed out of the castle, om at a gallop down Unter den Linden, the Kaiser leading, followed by the Crown Prinee, botn answering with graceful military salute the hurrahs and shouts and exultations of the 60,000 persons who lined the way from the Palace to the Brandenburg Gate; thence into the Thiergarten, with its sward still green, down the Avenue of Victory, cheered by the 200,000 who lined the paths and stood in deep rank around the whole extent of the immense Koenigsplatz. But while the Kaiser has hardly emerged from Unter den Linden, a short mile away from the place of the monument, a brilliant scene is enacted before the eyes of the 200,000, which we, people of blue cards, also witness, At ten o'clock there 1s hardly a soldier té6 be seen on the great square of the monument. Itis a parade ground, as it wore, the huge structure of the monument in the centre still unrevealed, the masses of humanity forming dense deep lines of black, lighted up by the dress and beauty gathered on the tribunes, whose effect were still further increased by the dark back ground of foliage of the Thiergarten. Further back, beyond the black masses, a quarter of a mile away, the roofs of palaces are made black with spectators. In the centre of the open space, in front of the monument, a high baldacnino or pavilion is erected for the Empress and the ladles oft the court, and between this and the base of the monument stood already the municipal authorities, and the clergy, and the cathedral choir, and from either side of the pavilion extended @ semi-circle of seats occupied by prominent ladies of Berlin. Now, one by one, drove up the imperial carriager, wita the ladies of the Court. Duchess Alexandrine, pretty and bland, wife of the brotner to the reigning Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, was first on the ground, then came the Crown Princess, raddy and cheerful, with her youngest boy, Waldemar, and her two daughters, Victoria and Oharlotte, graceful, goiden-headed fairies; then Princess Uharies, sister of the Empress, with her three grand- children, the daughters of Prince Friedrich Carl, and holding by the hand the little scion of the Red Prince, who promises to be as bold as his father; then the Queen Dowager, decrepit, so that she had to be lifted and borne out of her carriage ; and, finally, preceded by two outriders, the Empress herself, proud and queenly, whom the people greeted with deep respect, and the Court rises to pay her due homage. THE MILITARY DISPLAY. ‘The picture receives at each moment new fea- tures of interest, and as the cannon boom an- nounoing the Emperor's start from the castle is heard, a scene is enacted that defies description, Out from the cool, shady places among the trees of the Thiergarten, from street \d square, at all points of tue compass, regiment after regiment of guardscome on to the ground, brilliant in color and bright in equipment, marching to their ap- pointed places with @ precision and rapidity truly marvellous. In five minutes after the first man appeared on the ground an immense square, twenty or twenty-five files deep, enclosed the open, large space about the monument, and in the next five minutes regiment after regiment ot culrassiers and dragoons and ubians fill up the deep back- ground. The display is something magnificent, and the rapidity with which the 40,000 men horse and foot march tuto position 1s a feat that can be performed with such beautiful military order and silence and precision in Prussia only. The regiments seem to be “stamped out of the ground,” so noiselessly they form into position, There is a long, loud hurrah from Unter aén Linden ana the Brandenburg gate, a cavalcade dashes down the avenue leading to the monument; a thou- sand bogies send forth their greetings, and the im- perial party, the Kaiser ahead, dashes gracefully up to the imperial baldachino. The Emperor rides gracefully up to the steps of the pavilion and salutes the Empress and the princesses. He looks hale and strong, and eits in his saddle a8 well as he did three years ago at Sedan. A murmuring cheer from the vast crowds and the waving of handkerchiefs by the ladies of the court and those of the inner circle, and away he dashes again down the front of a regiment, THE INAUGURAL CEREMONIES, It is @ brilliant and imposing scene, gay and varied, gaudy and rich in color, changeful in effects as @ kaleidoscope, brilliant @ pageantry of the times of Ludwig XIV. or a tournament in the days of the Brandenburg Palatines. The Em- peror wheels sharply round and dashes into the semicircle between the pavilion and the mona- ment, aod takes up his position to the right of the Empress, while bis suite, with Bismarck, in cuiras- ster uniform, and Moltke and Wrangel and Unser Fritz ana the Red Prince, remain on one side of the space. Now the grouping of the central scene is complete—the Court, the semicircle of beauty; the group of princes and generals, of city dignita- ries and university professors, in red velvet and cap; the group of serious-visaged clergy, tne Cathedral choir, and, at the top of the steps of tne base, a small army of artisans in black and white, ready to pull away the veiling at the im- pertai command, The beating of a hundred drums, the clang of trumpets, is the signal “for devotion,” and Kaiser and princes and generals and soldiers uncover their heads and listen to the prayer by the army chaplatn, the Rev. Dr. Thieleu. Thus he prayed :—-‘In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Amen. David, the King of God's chosen people, prayed (I. Chronicles, xxviil., 10-18) :—‘s#iessed be Thou, Lord God of Israel, our Father, for ever and ever. Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty; for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is Thine; Thine is the kingaom, O Lord, and Thou art exalted as head above all, Both riches and honor come of Thee, and Thou reignest over all; and in Thine hand is power and might; and in Thine hand it is to make great and to give strengtn unto all, Now, therefore, our God, we thank Thee and praise Thy glorious name. A monument of victory it is that has been raisea on this royal place, a monument more grand and beautiful than in any other land or possessea by any other people, ‘column of honor’ which the Fatherland has erected to its victorious army in iasting com- memoration of the glorious victories of 1864, 1806, 1870 and 1871. Aud to-day, on the anniversary of the decisive battle of Sedan, by command of His Majesty the Emperor and in the presence of the representatives of the brave army and its heroic leaders, we consecrate this monument of victory and of honor, in the name of the Triune God, and place it, our royal house, land, people and army under His almighty and gracious protection, ac- kaowilodaing with ong King aud Lord, from the depths of our heart, that not to us, not to us, but to Thee, O Lord, is due alone tne honor end the glory! Thou didst lend gracious ear to our pleadings and our prayers. Thy almighty hand completed the great and glorious work, and gave us victory after after victory. Thy work it is which united again the separated members of our German nation, and again gave the ancient glory of the Empire, re- Dewed and grand, under its victory crowned hero- Emperor.” At the cloge of the prayer a second.ro!] of drums and a trumpet blast. Heads were agai covered, and the Emperor, lowering his sword, gave the sign for the monument to be uncovered; and as all the music bands on the ground struck up, and drums rolled, and the belis of the city rung out, and can- non were fired, and the cathedral choir sung the “Teil Dir im Stegerkranz,’’ the curtains fell slowly and gracefully, and the monument, with ita fres- coes, its gallery, its bas-reteis, stood revealed. A brief silence followed, the choir intoning the psalm of thanks, “Nun Danket Alle Gott.” Thus ended the ceremony of inauguration. A burst of surprise escaped trom the assembled thousands, Who could see the beautiful artistic structare of glory in its fall height, its beauty of design and grandeur of effect. THE MONUMENT OF VICTORY, Ithink no one can deny that the monument is one of the most beautiful and appropriate struc- tures ever raised in honor of the goddess Victory. It has a height, from its base to the crown, of 104 (German) feet, although its beautiful and har- montous proportions, the grand design of its sub- structure and the immensity of the square on which it stands make it appear not so large as it really #. AS you stand near it you involuntarily imagine that the Ool- umn of Antonine, on the Piazza Colonna, at Rome, is higher, since the latter is crowded In a narrow square and all its surroundings are small. The Vienna Opera House, one of the most, beantiful and stately temples of the Muses in Europe, ex- cepting that of Paris, loses in effect by the high edifices that surround it. A picture alone could give you a proper idea of the monument. The en- tire structure rests on a circular stone terrace 4 feet in height, and from this rises 8 broad square substructure of polished red Swedish granite 22 feet high by 62 long, each side contain- ing one of the four large bass-reliefs, which we shall describe further on. From this substrac- tion rises the column which supports the colossal statue of Victory. The base of the shait is devoted autiful allegorical picture representing the events of 1870-1871, which is now in colored carton, but is to be made permanent in mosate, Encircling this picture is an arcade of sixteen slender col- umna of red Swedish granite, each 16 feet high and 3 feet in diameter, with capitals of cannon bronze, the architrave joining up to the central colamn, making a total height to this point of 66 (German) feet from the terrace. Thence the shaft rises still further 85 feet above the arcade, 16 feet in diameter, divided into three parts, each division having twenty groves, which bear horizontally twenty gilded cannon trophies, bound together with garlands of gilded bronze. The first division has heavy ord- nance from the Danish campaign, the second twen- ty Austrian ficld pieces,and the third twenty captured in the last war. Eight eagles with out- stretchea wings form the capital of the shaft, whichends in a platform 147 German feet above the ground, surrcunied by @ taste- ful bronze railing. From the platform, an a sand- stone pedestal, 14 feet high, stands the colos- sal gilded winged figure of Victory, by Professor Drake, the helmet surmounted by the Prussian eagle, holding in her left a standard with a laurel- encircled tron cross, and in her right a wreath of victory. The figure has a height of 81 feet, the standard 41, making to the point of the latter 19434 feet above the ground, PICTURES OF WAR. The bronze base-reliefs on the four sides of the substructure, each 41 feet by 6%, representing eventful moments of the three wars, which the monument ts intended to com- Memorate, ere works of the highest order of art. On the eastern side, facing the Raszinski Palace and the city, we see on One-half of the picture the preparations for.the Danish campaign, the blessing of the armg, leave-taking, marching out with Aus- tria to fight the little Kingdom of Denmark. The second half of the picture represents the storming of the Dippeler trenches, the figure of Prince Frederick Charles being prominent in the middle. On the north side is a large relief, representing the Battle of Koniggriita, at the moment when King Wiihelm decorates his son, the Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, on the battle field of Sadowa with the Ordre pour le Mcrite. Tho portraits of the King, the Crown Princo, Prince Friedrich Carl, Bismarck, Moltke, Blumenfeld and poor disgraced Steinmetz, all on horseback, are exceedingly well caught. This is the only subject selected for illustration from the events of the Austrian war. Prussia has generously spared her allies of 1870, the allies of Austria in 1866, the pain and mortification of picturing in bronze or stone for the gaze of posterity scenes of Prussian glory arising out of their defeat and humiliation, Two bass-relieis are taken up by the history of 1870 and 1871, The one on the west side, facing Kroll's establishment, represents on two-thirds of the space the capitulation of Sedan, at the moment when General Reille hands Napoleon's letter to the Kaiser; the rest of the bass-rellef represents the triumphal entry of the German troops into Paris, just as thoy are passing the Arc de Triomphe. Facing the Avenue of Victory, the grand aristocratic drive of the Thiergarten, the other bass-relief bears the inscription—“ To the Victorious Army by a Thankful Fatherland.” It represents the entry of the Kaiser and the German troops into Berlin, and the reception at the Brandenburg Gate by the virgins, the Burgomaster and a clerical figure, whom we take to be the venerable and semi-heret- ical Sydow. Bismarck, Meltke and Roon precede the Emperor, who is followed hy the Crown Prince, Prince Frederick Charles and other recognized German leaders, and @ numerous and brilliant suite, At the extreme right is the monument of Frederick William IIT, in the Lustgarten, at the base of which soldiers deposit trophies of the French campaign. ALLEGORY AND REALITY, The gem of the monument is the fresco (mosiac) surrounding the base of the shaft, which has, I imagine, a circumference of fity feet and a height of ten or tweive. The legend of the picture, alle- @orically composed, is as follows:—Germania sits on the banks of the Rhine, basking in the sunshine of peace and pienty; at her feet children wind flowers into beautiful garlands and bouquets, as Pretligrath sings:— She has no thonght of bloody fight; ‘Midst gladdening peace no fear, ‘no care: Upon ber cornfields, broad and bright, She garners in her harvest fair, But the thunder-clouds of war are approaching. While she is apparently unaware of danger a wild, wWelrd mass of soldtery , in the centre of the group “La France,” holding in her hand the biae-red- white banner, follow the lead of a pale figure, in whose features we recognize those of the first Napoleon. Above this group the Gaclic eagle speeda to the Rhino to attack Germania; but the latter is not andefended. The Prussian eagie wings its flight above her to meet the hostile foe; Germania herseli seizes her arms; an aged man at peaceful labor invokes the punishment of Heaven upon the marauders; the German people arise; the young men hurry enthusiastically to the flag; the Landwehrman leaves workshop and home and wife and children, and the soldiers already in arms greet rejoicingly Prince Friearich Carl, who points to the plack-red-white flag. Following the picture farther the conflict begins. Prussia and Bavaria, Saxony and Wtrtemberg contend for the prize of victory. The foe is conquered, his standards wrested from him. The victorious generals of Nortb and South, the Crown Prince of Prussia and the Bavarian General, Hartmaun, reach each other the hand, and Mecklenburg’s Grand Dake, trom the shores of the Baltic, and Von der Tann, from the Highlands of Bavaria, embrace, : A herald, with flaunting banner, announces victory, and that Ger- many is to have her Kaiser again, Then we are transported to Versailles, where, in the palace of Louis X1V., Borussia, seated on a throne, receives the homage of the assembled German princes and Generals, and from the hands of a pago—whose blug-Whise cheauered dress indicates the King of Bavaria—takes the German tmperial crown. Then the news of the arisen Emperor is announced-by heralds and angels, and “the ancient Barbarossa, Friedrich the Kaiser Great,” awakes from tis long sleep of centuries, aud the ravens leave the Kyfhauser for Walhalla. The head of Borussia is said to be @ portrait of the beloved Queen Louise, congort of Friedrich Wilhelm III. The original idea of the artist was to have Katser Wilhelm there; but the monarch refused, and suggested the idea of Borussia with the features of Prussia’s best and noblest queen. The picture 1s the work of the historical painter, Von Werner. It is to be exe- cuted In mosaic by Salviati, of Venice, and will be completed a year hence. PRUSSIA AND GERMANY. ‘The inaugaral ceremonies were concluded by the Emperor and suite riding ap and down the front of the various regiments and by the troops fling past the imperial pavilion. Then the Emperor and suite and the Empress and her court departed and left the crowds to gaze at and admire the monument and to reflect on its history. All agreed that the ceremony was one of the most brilliant spectacles ever witnessed in Berlin. At the same time the impartial spectator could not but feel that the whole thing was very, very Prassian and too little German. ¢ 2d of September ts a German day of victory. Berlin assumes to be tne capital of the German Empire, and any festivity connected at all with the feats of 1870 and 1671 should have borne a national German and not a specific Prussian char- acter, True, Prussia has treated her foes of 1666 and friends of 1870—the Bavarians, Wirtembergers and Saxons—very magnanimously in not even permitting the shadow of a soldier belong ing to any of these lands to appear in the bas-reliefs representing the war of 1866. Had Prassia firmly resolved to make herself loved by her fendsI think she should have re- sisted the proud impulse to raise a monument to deeds and victories whose memory still rankles in the South German heart, should have buried the past in the grander achievements of 1870 and 1871, and have made the monument asa commemora- tion of Sedan and German unity—a monument at whose inauguration Germans of all ranks and from all parts of the Empire who aided in those vic- tories could have been invited to participate, The great festal day for the whole of Germany, when she can commemorate the acoomplishment of Ger- man unity, is not fixed upon yet. The learned pro- fessors are still in confitct as to whether it should be adayin spring, or ou September 2, or on Oc- tober 18 By the time that the monument to Hermann, the Cheruskean Prince, shall be com- pleted and placed on the summit of Teutoberg’s highest mount, or the temple of fame, or simple monument, or whatever may be decided upon, be erected on the banks of the Rhine, on the Niederwald, they may have agreed to celebrate the results of 1870 and 1871 together on one day throughout the length and breadth of the land. BANQUETS, ORDERS AND FAVORS. There was later a banquet given by the Emperor, at which he drank to the memory of the men who had fallen as the blood price paid for the victories which the monument commemorated. Then the Kaiser caused a number of decorations and favors tobe published, such, for instance, that forts of Strasburg and Metz should bear the names of Friedrich Wilhelm, the Crown Prince, Prince Fried- rich Car], Bismarck, Schoenhauegen, Moltke, Crown Prince of Saxony, Steinmetz, Prince August, of Wtirtemberg, Manteuffel, Voights, Rhetz, Fastrow, Manstein, Franseckg, Goeben, Kirchback, Werder, Bose, Alvensieben I. and Blumenthal. Beside this distinction, Prince Bismarck, Field Marshal ‘| Wrangel, Count Moltke, Count Von Roon and a wholo newspaper column of generals receive various orders and decorations—Bismarck and Wrangel, the Cross and the Star of the Grand Comthur of the House Order of Hohenzollern, in brilliants; Moltke and Roon, the Order of the Black Eagle, and Wrangel, I had almost forgotten to say, the distinction of the Dittppeler Trenches to bear in future his honored name. Then came the festal representation in the theatre, the overture to Meyerbeer’s *Feidlager in Schiesten,” and a prologue by Adami, spoken by Frau Ehrhardt. The tableaux of this production Were successful and in harmony with the day’s re- Joicings. In the first scene we saw Borussia standing ina garland-bound tenfple, who, gazing on the Iron Cross, recounts the era of the creation of that order. Then Berlin appears in the background, and the monument on the Kreuzberg, which soon disappears to give place to the picture of the Victory Monument, uncovered in the morning. And while this tableau is exhibited marble statues of the stx last Hohenzollerns arise from the Hades, and a chorus, stationed in front of the monument, intones the ‘Watch on the Rhine.” Perhaps the strains of that anthem melody might have recalled for a moment to the mind of the Kaiser and the Generals who filled the parquet that the composer of the music of that song, Carl Wilhelm, who had been carried to his grave only a few days before, had contributed as much as any general of an army corps present to bring about for Germany the results of 1870 and 1871. YACHTING NOTES. To the autumn regatta of the New York Yacht Club, to be sailed on Thursday, October 2, the time of entrance has been arranged to extend to the morning of Tuesday, the 80th inst., at ten o'clock. The prizes are each acup of the value of $500, for Schooners and sioops, presented by Commodore Bennett. The racing boats William T. Lee (Mr. Chauncey M. Felt) and Brooklyn (Mr. Ira Smith), both of the Brooklyn Yacht Club, are matched for an impor- tant race on the 29th inst. The conditions are ten miles to windward and return, from Gowanus Creek, for $500 aside. The money is in the hands of Mr. John M. Sawyer, who has been appointed final stakebolder. A steamboat will accompany the racing boats. The next monthly meeting of the Brooklyn Yacht Club will be held on the 24th inst., at their rooms in that city, No. 26 Court street. At that time the date of the autumn regatta of the club will be se- lected. The Brooklyn boys mean to havea grand time in winding up the aquatic season. The schooner Fleur de J.is, N.Y.¥.C., Mr. John 8, Dickerson, is lying at anchor off the owner's sum- mer residence, Stapleton, Staten Island. The schouner Clio, Messrs, Asten & Bradhurst, and Ariel, Mr. William L, Swan, are lying at anchor of the foot of Twenty-eighth street, North River. On Wednesday last they returned in company from an eXtended eastward cruise. The schooner Columbia, N.Y.Y.C,, Mr, Lester bri Is at anchor off the foot of Court street, rookly i. The schooner Madeleine, N.¥.¥.0,, Mr. Jacob Voorhis, it, will return to this port from New- orton the 24th inst. It is more than probable hat this craft will enter for the clab race on the 2d prox., as Well asior the occan contest on the oth prox. The sloop Psyche, Mr. Dickinson, went ashore on the west bar of Rockaway Iniet pot Saturday bight last, and will undoubtedly go to pleces. Her owner was on board when she struck, and by his orders she was stripped the Jolowing morning— Sunday. The sehooner Phantom, N. ., Mr, William H. Of |, 18 seen aown tho very afternoon, She is in fine trim, and willing to have a brush with any pleasure craft. The built by Mr. Isaac sloop Cora, recentl McGiehan, tor ex-Mayor ©. Barker, of Detroit, Mich., will be sent to the route of het future ser: vice some day next week. Both her builder and ores are satisfied by numerous preliminary trials hat she will prove a supe The match between the sloop yachts Meta, Mr. George A. Beling, and Vision, Mr. J. Alexanare, for a cup Valued at $1,000, has been set down for the second week in October, ‘The race will be twenty miles to windward and returp, from the point of Sandy Hook. The schooner Tidal Wave and sloop Addie V., N.Y.Y.0., have gone out of commission. The re- spective owners are going to Europe, The schooners Taroliuta, Messrs. Kent, and Rambler, Mr, William H. Thomas, both of the New by Yacht Club, are at anchor oif Bay Ridge, The Magic, N.Y.Y.C., Mr. Rufus Hatch, 1s lying off Stapleton, Her owner sails in tue bay every evenin The yachts Peerless, Triton, Meta, Mystic and Kate are at anchor off the foot of Court street, Brookiyn, Mr. David Kirby, of Rye, 1s building a sloop yacht for Mr. Danie! Edgar, oi New Rochelle, She will be 70 feet on deck, 20 feet beam and 6 feet 5 inches hold, Her frame ts nearly up, but the boat will nut be completed untfi next year, The following yachts passed Whitestone yester- team yacht Wave, N.Y, Y.0,, Mr. Barry Hart- Wey for the Kastward. loop yacht Aapie E., J.C, ¥.0., Mr. G, P, Mer- vi. trom Jeraav City fog Bridgeport HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1873—QUADRUPLE SHEET. ° A CONSECRATION IN BROOKLYN. Rev. Dx B. .H. Paddock Consecrated Bishop of Massachusetts—Imposing Ceremonies at Grace Church, en the Heights. ‘The consecration of the Rev. Benjamin H. Pad- dock, D. D., Bishop elect of the diocese of Massa- chusetts, took place yesterday forenoon st Grace church (Protestant Episcopal), on the Heights, Brooklyn, The ceremony was all the more re- markable because of its being the second consecra- tion of a bishop of that denomination in the City of Churches, There was @ very large congrega- tion present, and about 100 clergymen, trom various parts of the country, occupied seats in the centre aisles, which were reserved for their ac- commodation. Long before the hour appointed for the opening of the ceremonies—half-past ten o’clock—the applicants for admission (tickets of invitation being necessary) were so numerous that &@ squad of policemen were kept busy at the several entrances to the church in examining the cards. The interior of the edifice was filled with fragrant odors, and the subdued shades of the many-hued window panes, commingied with the elegant floral decorations of the chancel, lent @ very im- pressive air to the scene. Above the kneeling bench, in the front ond centre of the chancel, was suspended a beautiful model of & dove, formed of tube roses. Tie Bishops present were:—Right Rov. W. B. Stevens, D. D,, of Penn- sylvania; Right Rev. B, B, Smith, D, D. (Presiding Bishop of the United States) ; ht Rev. Dr, Lite john, of Long Island; Dt Delaware; Right Rev. Dr. RnEDa TOR, of Central New York; nt Rev, Dr. Neely, of Maine; Right Rev. Dr, Armitage, of Wisconsin, and five others. The “Processional Hymn’ was sung by the choir, Mr. V. W. Cauifield presiding at the pfano, when the procession of divines, entering from the chapel, pernes up the centre aisie in the order sub joined :— Bishop Smith, of Kentucky; Bishop Stevens, of Pennaylvania. Other Bishops. Rev. B. H, Paddock, Bishop elect, invested with his rochet. Preabytere—Rev. 8, A. Paddock and Rev. 0. L. Hutchings. Clergy and Diocesan Committee of Long Island and Connecticut, All the clergy were in full robes. The Bishops, having taken their seats inside the chancel rail, the candidate and Presbyters seated themselves in front of the chancel and the others sought their respective places in the pews of the main aisle. The following services were then performed :— -The Rey. N. H, Schenck, D. D. The fayith Selection af Poalias:ihe Hey, Fallips Brooks 16 ‘election of Psalms. 3 14 Broo! “No. 8 Cathedral Chonts Rev. Benj. H. seon, Micah The Te Deum Laudamus The Second Lesson, 11. Timo The Rev. Dr. mareonens The Jubilate... -.,No. 242, Uathedral Chants ‘Tne Nicene Creed Rev. Obaries H. Hall, D. D. Ths audouacement of ite Bymays one wae 6 Anns 0! ° ( Rev. & B. Baboock, D. D, The I7lst HymN......+..+0+ «+. Leominster Bishop Williams read the ante-communion ser- vices, and the congregation joined in the responses of the creed and commandments. Bishop Kerioot, of Pittsburg, read the epistie from Acts xx., be- ginning with the seventeenth verse. Bishop Lee Tead the gospel from St. John xxi., beginning with the fifteenth verse. The ‘Gloria Tibi” was then rendered by the organist, and the hymn “Brief Life is Here Our Portion” was sung by he choir. Bishop Stevens, of Pennsylvania, then preached THE SERMON, which was based upon the ninth verse of the scc- ond chapter of Second Timothy :—‘‘Study to show thysell approved unto God a workman thet needeth not to be ashamed,” The Bishop began by stating the fact that the portrait of the episco} office and character was drawn by the Apostle in the first century and was the standard of the nineteenth. Changes had come over all the human offices and institutions of man, but the names, the offices, the duties which pertained to the gene- ral grades of ministers in the Church of God re- mained unchanged and whole the same lay as in the Apostie’s ume. He spoke of the elevating character of this thought, passed on to the text, and stated that his underlying principle was that the minister was a workman, and par excellence the Bishop was @ workman. One of the essential elements of the episcopate was work. He showed by @ reference to the vari Ames by which @ minister is designated tn new Worl that the idea of work 8 involyed in each and all. A fisher of men, g baflder, a ste: a shepherd, Rae an, a doacon—servant. ‘The work of the ishop, fit its various forms ang respeots, was then briefly sketched, and i¢ was shown how emphati- cel y he is a workman. Working with brain and heart, working in study and church, in visita- tions, in consultations, and at all times tull of busy activities, wearing to the mind, inful to the flesh and taxing powerand endurance of the inner and outer man. He then showed how this work required of the Bishop great mental re- sources, great moral courage, great enduring powers; but it had this advantage over all secular occupations—that it was for eternity. The pecu- liar condition of the age and Church was brought forward as demanding bishops, earnest in work- ing, wise in governing, courageous in withholding innovations and errors, and bold in the minitesta- tion of truth as it is in Jesus. The preacher then proceeded to how the Bishop ag a workman shoroughiy a ves himself unto God. Man's ap- probation and felappeouasion should not sway a ishop's time of action. His eye must rest on God; his course followed the line of God’s will; bis com- mendations come from God. THE CONSECRATION SERVICES were then proceeded with, andin the following order:— The Presiding Pishop—E1 hop Smith, of Kentucky, The Presenters, the Bishops of Long Island and Con- necticut—Littlejohn and Williams. ‘Ihe Certificate of Election—The Rev. Wim. R. Hunting. no, D, D. “Tho ‘Testimonial of the Diocese Flectihg and the Testi- onlal of the Dioceses Consouting—The Kov. A. Burgess, ‘Tho Testimonials of the Bishops Consenting—The Rey. HL C. Potter, D. D., Secretary of the House of Bishops and Reotor of Grace church, Sew York. The Elected Bishop's Attenting Presbyters—The Rev. J. A, Paddock, D. D.; the Rev. 0. L. Hutchings, ‘The Conscorator—The Presiding Bishop. Bishops Assisting in the Luying On of Hands—Tho Preacher, the Presenters and the Bishops of Lelaware and Central New York. The Bishop elect was then initiated into the rest of the episcopal habit, and the javtae on of the hands was performed by the Presiding Bishop and Bishops, Rev. Dr. Paddock Leavis The Bible a y was next delivered to Bishop Paddock, and he was admitted within the chancel. The communion ser- vice was administered, and after the benediction the congregation dispersed. A banquet was given the clergy and Massachusetts laity in tue after- noon at the residence of the new Bishop. THE NATIONAL GAME. An Uninteresting Contest Between the Boston and Atlantic Clubs. About 1,600 people assembled on the Union Grounds yesterday aiternoon to witness the gamo between the Boston Red Stockings and the Atlan. tics, After tho fifth inning there was not tne slightest interest felt in the affair, for the Bostons then began batting, Britt, with the utmost free- dom, taking four runs in the sixth and ten in the seventh inning. Of these fourteen runs ten were earned. Ferguson, Deblman and Barlow did finely in their respective positions, and the latter made four clean base hiis, For the Bostons O’Rorke and White did the best work in the fled. With the bat, too, White was exceedingly handy, making six first and eight total bases. The following 1s the score :— Ne Pees U.P.A. ria a] 2955 104 3101 Boyant.. oid 0 2 0 0 Fergison, 144 26.4 2 Burdock, 2 b 02% $018 1 Brinp.. o01LO $220 Dehiman, is'b..) 1 142 0 340 1 Pavor, Lt L130 Tilo 230 ‘te ae Totals. cove oo. 28.77 Ub IbaB Ct let 2, uA. On, Bostons. 2 § Q—19 ailantig. 10 0 0 90 4 Buns Eatned—Boston, 10; Atlantic, 3. Total Fielding Error Umpire—dir. Time of Game: ston, 5; Atlantic, 13. Matthews, of the Mutual Club. ‘Two hours. Base Ball Notes. Tho Mutual and Athletic clubs play on the Union Grounds this afternoon, Play will be called at haif- past three o'clock. Cummings has been discharged from the Balti- more Ciub for refusing to pla; ainst tue Bostons on Tuesday lat bance: . DEOWNED AT MOTT HAVEN. The dead body of a young man, named Lawrence Maher, was found floating in the canal at Mott Haven, Westchester county, on Tuesday after- noon. Deceased was a laborer, about twenty-five years of age, and had been missed from his board- ing house, on Schuyier street, in the place above Mentioned, since the Sunday evening previous. When the body was drawn ashore a few abrasions on the neck gave tise to all sorts of tragical rumors regarding the possibility of a midnight struggle ending in 9 dasvardiy murde: was known to have been drinking with some of his companions on Sunday evening, and it is believed that he tumbled off the bridge at 135th street, hear where the remains were found, while in a state of intoxication, Although it is under- stood the Morrisania authorities are fully cogni- Zant of the identity of the parties in whose com- any the deceased was last seen alive, up to a jate hour yesterday afternoon no arrests had been made nor had an oMcial investigation of the adair been commenced. There is little donbt that laher met bis death by tailing of the bridge in the manner above tutimated. THE SULTAN AND TOE SHAH. His. Imperial Majesty Mol- lified. Good Understanding Between the Two Sov- ereigns— Morning Excursion — Pano- ramio View—State Dinner at Dol- ma Bagtche—The Shah's Leave- taking and Departure. CONSTANTINOPLE, August 29, 1878 The Shah’s visit has come to an end, Afters week's stay in Constantinople Nassr-cd-Din took his departure, homeward bound, on Monday last. The Sultan and his royal guest first met in coldness and scarcely concealed dislixe; they parted, to all appearances, warm and fast frienda The Sbab 1s said to have been the first to hold out THE HAND OF FELLOWSHIP to his imperial host, proposing to bury the tradi- tional antipathies of the Sunni and Shah in the reo- ollection that their taith had a common origin in the great Mahomet and that Mecca thé Sacred and the other Mussulman shrines were objects of veneration to both Ottomans and Persians; adding that his visit to the Sultan's dominions was in- vested with a@ special interest from the fact that these holy places, dear to all Mussuimans, formed part of His Imperial Majesty's possessions, and that he, as their keeper and guardian, was entitled to the special respect and esteem of all true be- levers. This politio speech considerably mollified Abdul Aziz, and when the Shah paid a visit to the young Prince Izzedin and bestowed on him a deco- ration reserved exclusively for crowned heads, tho last remnant of ill humor gave way. Touched in two of his weakest points—vanity and the desire for the succession of hia son—thenceforth nothing could be refased to 80 polite a guest, and the re- matnder of the Shah’s stay was made as pleasant as possible. The entertainments offered to the Shah were of a semi-private social nature, and the good folks of Constantinople were disappointed of the sights they expected to witness during the Shah's presence in the capital, Besides one day devoted to THE LIONS OF STAMBOUL, followed by a levee held in the Perman Embassy lor the benefit o1 the Persians resident in Constan- tinople, the Shah has limited his excursions to and about the Bosphorus, The two sovereigns in- habited palaces on opposite shores of the Bos- phorus, and they exchanged frequent visits. The Sultan gave the Shah a splendid breakfast inone of his many palaces, @ great State dinner in am other, and he took him off for an impromptu lunoa to a third, situated on the breezy heights above tht Asian shores of the Bosphorus, The two sovereigng mounted on richly caparisoned steeds, and at tended by a brilliant escort, formed a goodly sight as they rode from hill to hill, enjoying the nobi view spread out before them, At their feet lay Soutari, with its dark forests of oypress across the water the Golden City, extendii farinto the Marmora, half shroaded in tnin sib very mist, its shores washed by the blue waters a the Bosphorus, with its fleet of iron-clads, sallit Vessels and caYques; its palaces and villas a hanging gardens, and, far away in the Marmory the graceful outlines of the Prince’s Island clear and sharp against the light blue of the dis tant range of the Bythinian Olympus, So grand ¢ Panorama could hardly have failed to impreas BY, Persian Majesty. He is, indeed, said to have cas Tied away a very excellent optaton of the Turkist capital, and to have been somewhat dazzied by the number and splendor of the Sultan’s palaces, He had not been prepared to find in Constantinople a tmposing and important a city as he discovered if to be on closer acquaintance, and this discovery Probably first suggested the expediency of concilt ating and making friends with the lord of so price less a gem. THE STATE DINNER, to which all the representatives of the foreign Powers were invited, was given in the great ban- queting hall of the Dolma Bagtché Palace; it occu pies the centre of the palace and is of immense size and height. On this occasion it presented a magnificent aspect; the combination of Western and Eastern taste in the decorations of the room and table was perfect, and the service of the din- ner equally good. The Sultan sat at the head of a semi-circular shaped table, the foot of which was square, and unoccupied. On his right sat the Shah, on his left the Shah’s brother. Next came the two Grand Viziers, and after them, on opposite sides, the British and Russian Ambassadors; lower down, in due order, sat the other foreign Ministers and the Turkish and Persian dignitaries, accord. ing to their rank. The dinner lasted about two hours; the wines were choice and abundant, but neither of Their Majesties partook of any. No toasts were drank, of course. On Monday morning, the last day of the visit, the Shah, accompanied by his Grand Vizier, paid his farewell visit to the Sultan. The two sover- eigns retired into a private apartment for half an hour’s conversation, and on ieaving the palace the Shah shook hands with the Sultan, and in a flowery speech expressed his satisfaction at the reception he had had from his imperial host. Tne Shah’s return to the Beglerbeg Palace was closely followed by the Sultan’s arrival, who, in @ State catque, bad come to convey his guest on board the Sultanieh, the imperial yacht, which had brought the Shah from Brindisi, and which was now to take him as far as Pott, a Russian sea- Port in the Black Sea. As Soon as the two sover- eigns left the shore the froh-clads began to roar forth their salutes, the State barges and yachts were enveloped in smoke, the last words were lost in the thunder of the cannons, and THE TWO MONARCHS PARTED, probably never to meet again. The Shah was ob- served to cast many a wistful and lingering glance at the lovely shores of the Bosphorus as he slowly steamed past. The British and Russian despatch steamers accompanied him into the Black Sea, General Ignatieff, the Russian Ambassador, has been presented with the Snah’s portrait, set in diamonds; a similar gift was bestowed on the Grand Vizier, Mehemet Rushdi Pacha. Very little has been said about the political ques- tions in discussion between the Tarkish and Persian governments, Malcom Khan, the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs, has, however, remained in Constantinople, witn the object, it is understood, of setting, in connection with the Ottoman Minis- ter for Foreign Affairs, all Knotty points in dispute between the two governments, THE GOODRIOH MURDER. Kate Stoddard Doesn’t Relish Prison Jailer Conraddy, of the Raymond Street Jail, in which the murderess of Charies Goodrich, Kate Stoddard, is confined, has been constrained to diet his fair prisoner in order to curb her natural tendency to impudence, and to dispel an air of hauteur whioh she has assumed. Up to within the past week Kate was fed from the bie of thg keeper, and she was constantly find- ing fault ith the fare and giving impudent orders to the assistant Keepers. On Friday last she was furnished with the coarse prison iare, of whicn she impertously declined to partake, For two days she eat, nothing, and on Monday last partook ver slightly of food. Since then she refuses to eai avorring her intention to fast until proper nourish- ment is laid before her, As she is said to be ina very delicate condition tt is probable that the jailer Will be compelled to relent’ and supply the mur- deress with more palatable diet than the coarse food served the ordinary inmates of the cells. Mise Stoddard occupies one Of the debtor's rooms. Her trial will take place during the October term of the Court of Oyer and Terminer. BROOKYLN'S DEATH REOORD. The report of the Register of Vital Statistica Mado yesterday to the Board of Health showed that there were 274 deaths in Brooklyn Inst week, being an increase of 24 over the previous week and of 61 over the corresponding week of Races Of those who died 39 were men, 46 women, ve and 104 girls, The prin causes 0! death were :—Oholera infantum, marasmus,-28; con- sumption, 27; diarrhe pneumonia, 10; dis- a, 105, ; diphtheria, & The greatest mor- Cate of hearty 4 ae’ usual, ia the Sixteenth ward,