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Los diagrammae suivants llluatrent la mithoda. t 2 3 t 2 3 4 5 6 — «■ » r» i i» iii i iii f i >i ■'■"•"*•"«>•-»»•••«■<• [ "flK V . ■,■■•;■■ *' -^ \iJSw '■* *t^i' ■' '■■*'••>''•' k ' * -» i^/t^y:^ ^yyf'/-* " K >^y'^,^^- DETAILED REPORf '^ :> or TBI PROCEEDINGS HAD IN COMiyfEMORATfON or nil SUCCESSFUL LAYING or '.C'r ^■.W^1.-<«. •r-. >"^ i ones ft CO., CpBPOBAtlOW PBIITT^B^ i8«3. ^v vv il ■ s' ■i • A I '♦^■'•^'TV.'^.v V ;-^:^i» «53^*«t^5>!fr" /" •"M% ' "'3: ■ . PKEF ACE « >< La the event whose succcteful issue wo have just cel- ebrated is one that must evqr rank among the most important of the Kiueteenth Century, whatever may be its present ajiparent and intrinsic value in so far as the ac- tual enterprise in itself may be considered, the Joint Special Committees of the Common Council have deemed it not inappropriate that the commepioration of this instance of perseverance, energy, )ind skill should become a matter of history. By it the practicability of submerging a Submarine Cable of any required length, and the fact, that intelligence caa be transmitted through such Cable, have been demopstrated beyond a cavil, leaving it only for time to illiistrato and ' produce, through the inventive genius of this most enteiw prising age, the nature and kind of toaterial' which shali; be the beat and most efficiently adapted to resist the op- posiug and corroding elements of nature, to crown 'any ' future efforts with the most complete success in every respect. ■j_'^-,. ^' ■'"';; .-, - The Committees hiive, therelbre, directed ft careful ac- count of i^ that might be interesting in connection with the celebration to be prepared, and. with the consent and under the authority of the Common Council, published in detail. ^*.> / The qnestion as to the benefit to be derived from the (jJable now laid, per set is one that ij; is hot proposed to di»- r ■ \ . <*'>%. -« T - r' .f„ .4* r .•'Jt "*• 'Vr.>?v^ *:K .si:. lfr\?' .^-4, "l^^ v ;■■■<• 1 « V 7^1 ^W:fH^'" r^- 4 t X**' ''> iribr«n» Tb« ropoit of Ibo Spoctil Committee appointed for the paypow of making toltaWe arrangcmtDts for the celebration inciacnt to tbeUylng of the AUantIc Tdc-raph Cable never was presented, •loeptio iPttnB»cr:;.i form; and, Inasmuch as the same is of gicat im- portUMtj A« public, *s well as to tho acientifio world, and nhould be priotod.lor *h» infonnalion of tho public ; therefore, be it >^ Smlted^ That 6ve thousand eoplcs of the report of said Special Coin- : . olttaa b« jprinted and hcnuA, by tho prir.ter to this Board, under the dtroeUoQo: tho tCJlirk. for cLo ui© and benefit of tho members of the <-l jDomnon Ooai>eU and tbp public. V Adopted by tho Board of Councilmcn March 22, 18C0. r ' Adopted by the Board of Aldcnncn May 7, 1860. !\ Rcetived, Juno 8, 1800, from hie Ilonor the Mayor, without his ap- yi vt^ potal or objections t' reto; tlicreforc, nnder tho providions of ■''^(^ ih^^ Ameodod Charter of 1858, the same became adopted. \~ r . -■''•?'j- ' •'*w'rt .*' iji-T \'* e > j,i •^ f' ■•'■f . ■ •■ .' *• it ^ ■ * r . ■'I- 'tf*'', * ■i .\ :^^ ' . '^ ■> #1 jkM aika^ Fp I i X On the 5th of August, it was announced, by a telpgranhic dispatch from Newfoundland, that the great Atlantic Telegraph (.'able had been finally and successfully landed at Tnnity Bay, and that signals had been transmitted hence, through the Cable, to Valentia Bay, on the coast ' of Ireland. In consequence of the foregoing advices, the following . call for a meeting of the Board of Aldermen was issued : New York, August. 7, 1858. Sir— -The President being absent, it has been suggested by several members of the Board of Aldermen to make certain arrangements in commemofat^on of the successful aying of the Telegraph Cable. You are, therefore, re- quested to attend an informal meeting on Monday, the 9th instant, at room No. 12, City Hall, at 4 P. M. ^ By order, D.T.VALENTINE, Clerk, \ And, in pursuance of this notice, the Board convened on the 9th of August, when the following message from his Honor the Mayor was received and read : Mayor's Office, '■ ' ' New York, August 9, 1868. i^jPo the Honorable the Common Council: GENTLEMEN—The great work of uniting Europe with America— the New with the Old World— by means of the ,. 1 '^ ' \ \ < . r\ ivf • .ii .»^' ■ ■ ■> n. i i t ' f pM ^w^yy* -rannNfT'*' "•"'■■"t^F^** ^)^'' V-: i^lar*MM u. I'llKFACE. l< ' CUM, nor WM the ceVbration intomled to he a manifestation of rejoicing at the mcccan of a private enterprise; but the «lCTign \vu to ahow forth the feehng ninl appreciation of tho pubhc of a great triiimi»h of art and science over the obstacles and Jinicultii-s placed by nature in the path of «he ouward progress of human knowledge and skill. The conception of the cnterpriae was never equaled in the Moals of daring undertakings!). In no records do we find fuch itupendous obsticles attacked ; and nowhere in hiftory do we discern such unflinching perseverance and UDcoroprornising energy displayed. roe result has been the cl^ar dc-^onstration, that the feat of crossing the se.as and large oceans by n.eans of elegraphic Cables can he accomplished, and already the impctu. that has been given to the extension of telegraphic * com„,un.cat.ons in all parts of the world-thus annihUat- 7ZL2 """' *'° "*'^" ^^^^^''^^ ^" <^'°«- bonds that time when all men shall dwell together in unit^ and wars and run.om of wars shall cease to be. • Nbw York, September, 1858. i: V.t- ... m- '-'^'' ■ 'V,., -<{■.* If.,- '^-^u^^'^rr ^ »• > *. % ■. Eaoctric Tclrsmph. l.a.«. boeh «uc-.os..fully conipletnl ; mu] it bccoim"., in mv upinicn. the authorities of this city to ndopt ».iit«l)lc .nca«..rc. for a public celebration ot so ifiiportaut nii ovt-iit. I have, therefore, (iecmed it my duty to comniunicatc with your Honorable Body, m w.;ll for the pui-posc of making such recomnieudatiou, as to conj^ratulate you, and, through yoti, the citizens of New York, on the complete triumph which superior energy and perseverance have accomplished in uniting together, by the Atlantic ('able, not only our own city, bnt the whole of our country, with Europe and the greater jwrt of the civilized worid. The important and beneficial results to our race which this great event promises cannot be wholly anticipated ; bat that it will teml to the perpetual peace and increased happincM of the two leading nations who have joined in the labor and cost of the enterprise, cannot bo doubted, while i(«eit the oflftpring of science and that civilization which is founded on Christian principles, it announces to th«. whole world the reign of lasting peace and good-will to all men. Our rity and comttry have a right to claim an ample ■harp ill the glory of this peaceful achievement- The genius of Fmnklin, the patriot and philosopher, lit the way to th»< brilliant Huccession of discoveries in electrical Mcieuco, the most useful of which is undoubtedly the prac- tical Application of yiis noble clement to telegraphic pur- posed by onr countryman, Morse — thus enabling the actions, feelings and sentiments of every peojde to be com- municated toctu-h other with almost the rajiidity of thought • Oofidct, the liiajurity of tlito active offic«.'rs of the Company, it'Vk' ■ ■ . • ^- • • • / J-v :• I >«.. MIWI IJJPIWl-'^ I ^1 m^ J» uJt. aiMii. im III I atn.^^.^ i by whose public spirit and nobly cnterpriso the «'U«clrir chnin has been laid, are our Their own citizens and coiintrvuien. names are known, and, if we do not, posterity will surely reward them. While the noble ship, the Niapani, was generously tendered by our CJovernnunt to aid ii) tin- important work, by the consummate skill and sleepless care of her connnander and other officers, und the emii-.ent and skillful gentlemen on board of her, the western part of the Cable was laid. On an occasion likethis, in the celebration of such an event, I am sure you, on behalf of our city, will act in no envious spirit, and that all who have contributed to this res.dt will be litly renn-mbered, and that you will do ample Justiio to both the living, who accomplished it, and thr genius of the past, which animated these evortions. I most respectluly recommend, iu conchision, that, among other r.rrangei.ientH, the hospitalities of the city he extend- ed to the officers of the Niagara, and of the national vessels of Great Britain connected with her in laying the Cable as well as to the eminent gentlemen whose skill and energy contributed to the glorious accomphshn.ent of the work. r would also recommend that our citizens be requested to illuminate their houst-s. and that the Conunon Council cause the public Luildings to be illuminated on the evening of the day you may fix for the public celebration. DANIEL F. TIEMANN, "* Mayor. - The following preamble and resolutions were then offered by Alderman McSpedon, and unanimously adopted : mcreas, The truly gratifying intell'gence having been ' ^i' it'^m^ffMfii n ^rikdMMM.4M r«.inmnhicat«Ml to our people of tlie snceessful Inying of the Atlantic Cable, nnd the final triumph of this, the greatest and buUfcKt pmjeet of the ap' ; and, ffhrrau. This grand and proud event should he every- where publicly aokncwiedged, and the projectors of this jriffontic f'nfeq'rise apprOj»riately eoiniifended for their Herculean labors, which so happily have ended in a complete •urcrMiind friuniph ; therefore, be it HiKilrnU That the thaJiks of the Common ( 'otmcil are eminently duryi»'i 9 rst XwMX 3 '<* f- r. ..ronrurrM in, and ConnrilrnrM D-mn. M.illiL'.in nm.r... Boa, riiid nirktor.l wen- apiM.iiit.-.l sii.-l, Comiiiitt.'..." On thv -^Oth "<" l>er.MnWr, l<-'>^, rl.r .TMiiir Si.c-ial Cmi- rniltw ma»fc.T]ir followiiii? report : ^ ThJ»Sp<*ci;iI Cominittotdappnintrd by tli.W 'oiiiinon Coun- cil to nrnitigc and 8upt'rviH<' tlir crlrhration in honor of the mcrcMliil layiiiL'of the Arlantic Teleirrapli Cahlo, by appro- iirwteren-nionirH, an.l a nmiiiripal .linner in honor of Cyrus W. Vu-U\ mid others who had h«*en en^a^ed in the uiider- takum, in aecordance with resohitioiis of Otli and lOth of Augutkt, wuuhl rt'«pect fully - ItEPORT: That, with a full apprcciaiioii of the luatrnitude of the j?rc4it wj.rk, whotM- recent Huccessful termination it was the denign of the Couuiion Council to celebrate, the Conunitteco enteral with enrri^* and great interest upon the duties AMi^Tind Ui th<-ni. Thev fully realized that it was no ordinary occasion they were called u{H)n to honor; it was one calling fortli the admiration, the wonder and the enthusiasn» of the whole world ; one in which nuieh of the future welfare of tlu^ entire human rac^ was concerned ; an aciiievement so vast 'it the most sanguine liad been surprised by its success; for by intloinitable will, energy nnd perseverance the elec- tric fluid, whone mighty force, \nitil the time of the great Franklin, had been held in awe and looked upon in tenor, and which ha4l been chained and turned to subserve the pur- paw^ of man by Mortk*, was now nia«le by I leld to bridge the broad Atlantic, and by its silent influence to annihilate the distance that separates us from our brethren beyond the N \ .1. ^; •4- ..jl^ ^te^i^iflki^MUktef^ ,\tm,. The luiraolo of this aur«^ of niimrlos Imd boon wnuiirlit ! What miiul can conoiMv«» the niiirhty offin ts to flow from this pmctiral <].>nionstr«tion of the powiT of inmi o\»?r the f^nbth- oh'monty Who can f<»retoll thcchaMiios it is dostineii to w<.rk in the polity of the world ? And, will it not mark the oiHnmiruemcnt of an era of : hr most serious revolutions — revolutions thut flirougli its means will, in all probabil- ity, be as bloodless as they will be important and startlini^ by their rapidity and extent! These arc questions that have oeenpied the public fjiind Rinre the nimouncem<'nt that the Atlantic Telepraph CaWe had be<'n finally and safely landed at Trinity liay, and the universal interest in the niatter has been fully a'ttest«'d bv the intense enthusiasm that has pervaded all classes throughout the whole Tnitcd States and the British poa- sessioijs. The most immediate, and, for the present, important influence of this great triumph of mind and genius over the moL't formidable obstacles of nature, so far as our own city is concerned, is necessarily that wJuch it will have upon, commerce ;' nvA upon the trade of New York depends, in a material measure, the .prosperity aiid advancement of that of the TTnion. In all commercial matters New York is regarded as the exponent of our people ; it is ever ex- pected to take the initiative, and its enterprise is relied upon in the execution of great achievemeutR. The prid*' of New York is the pride of the nation, and it therefore behooved the Committcoa, in carrying out the instructions and designs of the Common Council, to do so in a manner that should prove, not only satisfactory to your Honorable Body, but also in a manner that should bo worthy of this great metropolis— to whoso citizens and their enterprise it L*' r- it--. I 1 '^' -I >?•' •i^> rfi Ml ■ li unit *i . i.,.» ^:? the conception, the attempt, ami the successful issue of thit, the greatest midertakinp of the nineteenth century, arv to so great an extent clue — and make the celebration one that ihould mark tlic estimation in which the acconi- pliahment of this great event is held by this community. Upon the fact being fully established 'I.at the Old World had in reality been joined in union to the New by the bonds of the great Atlantic Cable, the Committees deemed it in- nimbcnt upon theni, in following their instructions, to celebrate by public rejoicings the landing of tbe Cable, n-tcn ing the general demoustration until such time as Mr. Field, and the others who had taken part in the great work, could participat*' therein. They> therefore, deciued that upon the transmission of the President's reply to a mca«age that it was unders+jod would be forwarded to him by the Queen of Great Britain, u grand salvo of one hundred guns should be fired at the Park, and national saluU-s at the IJuttery and at Central Park ; also, that on the evening of the same day the City Ifall and other pub- lic buildings shcnid be illuujinated, and that tar-barrels •hould be burned at the Battery and at various points along the North and East Rivers. They aiso provided for a handsome and appropriate dis- play of fireworks to take place in front of the City Hall, *rcompanied with music by Dodworth's brass band. The occupants of buildings in the vicinity of the Park werodso requcstetl to illu'.ninntc them on the sa.ne even- log, which request was veiy handsomely complied with The salutes were conducted by the Scott Life Guard under orders fron. General J. H. Hobart Ward, on the 17th of August, at noon, in handsome style, and without aootdent. The Guard also fired a salvo 'of one hu ed guns at sunmc of the same day. 'u'^ ■ H \ \ til . '■ 1 i- ( ( ■I 1 ■A V f I II t„ r,-f^-. i. ■aBSddas^ 1 The pyrotechnic (hsplay was furnishod bv J. K.lgc, Jr., and, together with the music, afforded very generall satis- faction to the public. It is a matter of ver}' serious regret, however, that, not- withstanding the extraordinary precautions against acci- dent taken by the Conunittees, fire was, by some means, communicate' ■:^:^<;^^M-m pt«'ndM'r, at thf Metropolitan Hotel, to ho !;ot np in a]>propriato stylo, and tliat snch trucsts should bo invit«'d as hy their j)resenco would assist in rondorinir the fete one worthv <»f tho groat occasion intended to bo coniiuonioratcd. ^fr. J. W. Hndfield having also pt'neronKlv oflbred to furnish, jjrutnitously, a handsome pyrotcv-lmic display, to bo exhibited at tho Park, his offer was accepted and the exhi- bition set for the same oveninir. All these dispositions wore made known to tho parties more immediately interested, and their approval and readi- ness to co-operate in the s;ime 8ii;nilied to the Com init tees. Wishing to make tho celebration ar? universal or possi- ble, the dilTercnt cities, towns and villages throtjghout the United States and British possosjions, were notified that tho day therefor was fixed for the 1st of Septem or, and they were requested to have their respective festivities take place simultaneously, which request, so far as your C'euimittce have as yet learned, was eomplitd with wher- ever any ovation was ina(]o. The President and Vire-Prosident of tho llr-ited States and fabinet, (lovernors of States, officers of our own State and city Government, IT. S. naval and military offieerH ou this station, Captain Dayman and officers of IF. B. M. steamer Gorgon, Rear Admiral Sir Houston Stewart and > * ■c; 1 1 iH ■ ■" - mM % If^^^^l^^l :m ^■^^1 the principal officers of his flag-ship Indus, foreign Minw- tcni at the Federal Capitol and Consuls at this city, Mayors and Bis'- v» of the various cities of Canada, Newfoundland ond New Brunswick, together with such members and ex- menibers of the Federal legislative body as had contributed in any niewmre towards the success of the enterprise, and many other distinguished individuals, were invited to take part'iii the festivities of the Ist of September and to par- ticipate of the dinner of the day following. The Committ4!e regretted that his duties prevented Rear Admirul Sir H. Stewart from visiting New York at that time; but he was ably represented by Flag-Lieut. Aug. Kingston, who, together with four of the officers of the Indus, Captain Dayman and the officers of the steamer Gorgon, were received by the Committee upon their arrival from Halifax, with all due attention, and tendered the freedom and hospitalities of the city. Some of the most gifted of America's talented sons were requested to prepare addresses to be delivered at the Crystal Palace to the gentlemen designated, and the request was most kindly and cordially complied with, while others who were called upon to take part in the other ceremonies at the Palace and >\t the dinner, ac(piie8ced with great alacrity and cheerfulness. A Bpcc'ial messenger was dispatchod to Washington to deliver the iuvitations to the high Federal authorities as an attention due to their position. lu view of the great benefits to be conft-rred upon the causa of Christianity as \v«ll *i ■ s \ 13 perfonn a grand " To Deuni," to which the authorities were invited, tinder the direction of the Rev. F. Ogilby, Rector, the edifice being at the time liandsomely and appro- priately decorated. The Committee feel greet pleasure in reporting to your Honorable Body the extremely satisfactory manner in which the entire progi-amme was carried otit, not ft single accident occuriing to mar the enjoyment of the festal ar- rangements, and they flatter themselves that in the execu- tion of the designs and instructions of the Common Council, they have, as was the intention, maintained the character of New York for generosity in recognizing and rewarding merit, gonius and enterprise. As the great representative of our Union, she could do no less than make the celebra- rion we have had the honor to superintenu, in a manner commensurate with the vastness of the scheme whose suc- cessful accomplimliincnt it was intended to commemorate, and i) which she is so intimately and immensely inter- ested To Brigadier-General (Charles Yates, who kindly con- sented to act as Grand Marshal of the day, is mainly due the credit for the orderly and pleasant manner in which the procession passed off, its excellent arrangement having been entirely plaimed by him ; and much praise must be accorded to the Chief Engineer, Henry H. Howard, of the Fire Department, who, as marshal of the evening, arranged and superintended the admii-ablo torchlight pro- cession, which has never been surpassed in this city, and whioh formed/ the escort from the Crystal Fiilaco to the City Hall on the night of the Ist of September. To both of these gentlemen the Committees feel tl. aisclves greatly indebted for their valuable assistance, and would beg to express their acknowleugments therefor. m ■ v*W* .•)*'** T.W ^ 14 ■ M I ,J* r And now, before concluding ibiH report of th^.r proceed- i,.g« nmv your Con.mitiee oxpnss their hope that this wonderful achioven.cnt of tlif pro.-re8^iveue88 ot the nine- tc-nth ceuturv may i»rove, not only the prototype of eter- nal noion brtween the nations that it links together, the harbingrr of universal peace and destroyer of war, but also that, under the blessing of that Divine Providence which has 'so signally favon-d our generation in permitting its acroniplishmeut in this, our day, it shall be the means of fh.'dding ligiit to the benighted, of bestowing the blessings uf Christianity upon the heathen, and of bringing the whole world t«g«!ilirr into those bonds of love and brother- 100*1 conducing tmto the " perfect end," and so shall the names of Franklin, Morse, and Field ever descend to future gom-rations, to bf breathed together with reverence as pre- eminent among the benefactors of the huniaa race. In conclusion, your Committee would state that they have exercised every economy lonsist^jnt with the scale upon which it was ui-sirablc that the celebration should be conducted, and the expenses have bueii considerably de- creased by the generosity of sundry public-spirited iodivid- uals, to whom due acknowledgments should be made. Your Committee would, iu this connection, mention Oust. A. Lilliendahl, and J. W. Hadfield, for their gra- tuitous and splendid displays of fireworks at the City Hall ", the former on the evening of Wednesday, September I and the latter on the evening of the succeeding day ; \V. Hall and others, lessees of the Crystal Palace, for ♦* . .r kindneas in furnishing the use of the Palace fc . c Cele- bration on the Ist September, free of charge ; The Harmonic fViciety, for their services in " diacoursing twcct LQuiic** at the Crj-stal Poiace, on the Iht September;^ h ! iSj'^ w > 'O 15 Commodore L. Kearney, Commjindnnl of tlu' Now York Navy Yard, lor his kind tender of llaus, and for the uso of a band of music furnished for the profession; Superintendent Tahnadgc and Conuni.«»ioner8 of I'olico, for their courtesy in detaihng police forces at the request of the Couiinittees ; Adjutant-General F.Townsond and ('oinniissMry-(;cneral Ward, for their promptitu.le in furnisliing atnniunilion and detailments for the salvos aiul srdutes; and Bouclu:' Fils & Drouet, for a present of fifteen baskets of champagre, to he used at the dinner at the Mctropolitftu Hotel ; The different trades and soc. *JC8, for their assistanct^ ' generally in giving eclat to the display on the first of Sei>- tember. To R. W. Lowber, Esq., the Conunittees w«.uld tender their mo?t sincere thanks and warmest acknowledgments for his very kind, cITicioKt and valuable aid throughout the whole period of their active diities. Notwithstanding the generous contribtitions mentioned in the foregoing, the expenses have necessarily been large, . and the Connuittee estimate that the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars will be reiiuisite to satisfy the same, the which sum they would rcqnc«*t should be appropriated therefor by the adoption of the annexed resolution. ■ (The Committee would respectfully add that an extcnde«l report of the celebrations, with an account of all mattem of interest connected with the Atlantic Cable, will be pro- pared in book form in the course of a short time, and pre- sented for the approval of the Common Council. Resolved, That the sum of twenty-five thousand dollnn* 'A m i^. A-»*«. ^J. ■ V-'^. 1 ■■i !:1 !V the aggregate to not over that sum. THOS. McSPEDON, ) Committee or, HENHY HOFFMIRE, Celebration, f/i. a. BOOLE, ^ « < . JOHN LYNES, Board of JA^tES OWENS, ) Aldermen. T A. DUNN, 1 Committee on S.* A. BUNCE, [Cchbratwn^of GEO. P. BICKFORD, f Boarti o/" GEORGE KOSS, J Co«n«?nicn. :[ m '♦^r > ;*< 1 \''H 1 I, I' < .1 i 1 ■I y • In nccordance with the intimation contained in the last clause of the report of the '♦ Joint Spociul Committee on Celebration of the snccessfiil Laying of tlie Atlantic Tele- graph Cable," tlu! following extended report of the pro- ceedings had in that matter, together .with the various remarks and interesting details connected therewith, is respectfully submitted to the Honorable the Common Council of the city of New York, t>y CHARLES T. McCLENACHAN, Secretary to (he Joint Special Committee on Cclrhralion, Sf^. New York, December 25, 1868. 2 ,n i1 I i i ! i 'Vf W"' lii .>1 ? KEPORT ABorr NOON on the 6th of August, I858, !nt<*lligence was received in the city of New York of the successful ac- complishment of an enterprise in which the tleepest inter- est had been manifested by all classes of the community — namely, the submerging of the Electric Cable for telegraphic purposes between the continents of Europe and America. The first announcement was made by Mr. Cyrus W. Field to the Mayor of New York City in the following words: " Trinit ' Bay, August 6, 1868. " Maxjor of New York : »• Sir— The Atlantic Telegraph Cable has been success- fully laid. " C. W. FIELD." To which his Honor replied : •• Mayor's Office, "Nrw York, August G, 1868. •* To Cyrus W. Field, Esq., Trinity Bay : " Sm — Your dispatch has been received. I congratulate you for myself and for the people of this city on the suc- cess of the great work of uniting together the Old and the New World by tfie electric telegraph. Science, skiM and perseverance have finally triumphed. •• DANIEL F. TIEMANN, * ' ♦' Mnyar of New Ycrk." . "f \ ^ ' '' >' yr 4 '^fw '?!. * *" ' "s y * " ^ ■ '^ ' *>' ' ?n 'x. p 4 tdfi;. ' if J F I .1} 20 The Hlow■n^ teLgrapLic ,ii»l.atch «« received on Jlc ,l.y. a '. giv-n .0 the public througl, the „,ed,um of the various jour.jals : DISPATCH FltOM MK. CTKUS W. FIELD. " Trinity Bay, August 6, 1859. " To the Anociattd Fress, New York ' ^ ^ ^ uThc Atlantic Telegraph floet sailed fron. Queenstown 00 Saturday. July 17; .net at n.id^cean on WedncBday, l2Sth,andu.ade the splice at 1, P. M., on Thursday the 29th, and then scparated-the Agamemnon and Valov^u. bound to Volentia, Ireland, and the Niagara and Ooriioo for this place, where they arrived yesterday, and tbU morning the end of the Cable will be landed. « It is sixteen hundred and ninety-eigiit nautical, or nine- teen hundred and 6fty statute, miles from the Telegraph house, at the heod of Valentia Harbor, to the Telegraph houae, Bay of liuU'a Arm, Trinity Bay ; and for more than two-thirdH of this distance the water is over two miles in d(«pth. . •• The Cable has been paid out from the Agamemnon at about the sauic speed as from the Niagara. •• The electrical signals sent and received through the whole <^lo are perfect. "The ina<:*.".r.ory for paying out the Cable worked in the most sutisfactor}' manner, and was not stopped for a nnglo moment from the time the splice was made until we arrived hero. •• Captain Hudson, Messrs. Everett and Woodhonse, the niginfiTA, the olectricians and officers of the ships, and, in Ihct, every man on board, the Telegraph fleet, has exerted himsolf to th<> utmost to make the expedition successful ; ^^ f/ •*' ir^ I,' :K ondent on board the latter ship. It ran as follows : « Unitkd Statbs Frigate Niaoaba, > ** Trinity Bay, N. F., > " August 6, 1868. *' Jame9 Gordon Bennett, Esq.: ..The Atlantic Telcg:7rb Cable is laid ! The United States frigate Niagara has reached Trinity Bay, Newfound- laud, and landed her end of the line. The Agamemnon reached Valentia, Ireland, on the snuie day, with her end of the Cable. •• The electrical communication is perfect. Signals arc • passing between the two stations with the greatest ac- curacy. •' The Niagara will leave for St. Johtrs, N. F., ^n the 6th instant, and will start for New York after taking on board sufficient coal for the passage. •« The laying of the Cable was accomplished by both abips in a little over six days." , The latter dispatch was so confirmatory of the eoroplets f Hi,] I' .til i ».■•_► *ns rr k 'h '> Ji %& H i/V .r- • » "I 22 wcceasof the enterprise, that there was no longer any room for doubt ; and, consequently, the manifestations of rejoicing over the event were wiiiu'ssed in every quarter, not alo..e in iao city of New York, but throughout all portionsof *be United Slates to whi'h the intelligence had jicpetTated. The Pre^dent o! the United States conveyed to Mr. Field his sense of the importance of the event in the fol- lowing dispatch : '•Bedford, Penn., August 5, 1858. « To Cyrut W. Field, Trinity Baxj : •♦ Mt Deak Sir— I congratulate you with all my he^rt •on the success of the great enterprise with which your name is so honorably connected. Under the blessings of Divine Providence I trust it may prove instrumental in promoting perpetual peace and frieiu.iihip between the kindred nations. " I have not yet received the Queen's dispatch. •' Yours, very respectfully, " JAMES BUCHANAN," The communication from Captain Hudson, of the Kiagiiktii to his family, was in tiicse words : " Trinity Bat, August 6, 1868. •• God has been with us. The Telegraph Cable is laid without accident, and to Hin: be all the glory. We are all well. •• Yours, aflectionately, "WM. L. HUDSON." On the lUh of August, the Joint Special Committee '^ appointed by the Common Council to do honor to the >%^ >f^ * 'VfJ » V f ' ' t '*v^ 1 i i 1 K j 1 » otmAtm »««* AMV i ■4 4 \ 23 occasion, entered upon the arduouB, but pleasant duty of making such arrangements or celebrating tlic gn'at event thus announced, in such a mainuT a« should t«'stify the high appreciation in which it was heM by tliis conmiunity. Alderman McSpedon, waa unanimously chosen Chair- man, :.^d Ciiarlea T. McCleni\chan and Fraucis J. Twomey were appointed to act ae Secretaries. Thj Committee having, atler deliberation, concluded that it would be advisa^ lo to divide the celebration into two parts, as, owing U ic impossibility of the principal uctors in the groat event to be in New York by the time that the mrssnges be^'»'cen the Queen of Great Britain and the President of the United States should pass over the wire, the honors intended could not be done^ to thorn at the same time that that event should be celebrated, at once made arrangements for a grand display of fireworks at the City Hall, and for an illumination (in which latter all who could were ii 'ited to join), whenever it should be announced that li.e friendly greetings had passed between the heads of the two great nations. The Message of the Queen of England was received 01. the 16th of August, and was as follows : " To the PresUcnt of the United States, JVfuhington: " The Queen desires to congratulate the President upon the successful completion of this great international work, in which the Queen has taken the deepest interest. "The Queen is convinced that the President will join with her in fei-vent^y hoping that the Electric Cable which now connects Great Britain with the United States will, prove an additional link between the nations, whose friefidship is founded upon their common interest and reciprocal esteem* 1 4 ." . ■»,-. if iAii i tf ' * \f r. SV "\ in 24 .. Tl,e Qu«en ha« much pU-^ure h. .h«s conH„u„ptmg «itU the President, aud renewing to h,m her wuhes for the prosperity of the United States." To this gn*ting. thePreBiJent of the Unite.^ States sent the followiug reply : ♦' Wasuinoton City, August 16, J.85S. u To Her Majesty Victor.., Queen of Great Britain: i The ProBidcntconliully reciprocatesthecongratulationa of her Maj.«ty the Queen, on the success of the grea internatioual ontcri.riHe aecon.pUshoa by the science, skill and inaotnitable energy of the two countries. .qt is atrin,ni.h.nore glorious, because far more useful to mankiud. thau was ever won by conqueror on the field ot '*« May the Atlantic Telegraph, uiukr the blessing ot Heaven, prove to be a bond of perpetual peace and fnend- sbip between the kindred nations, and an instrument deatiucd by Divine Providence to diffuse religion, civiliza- tion, liberty and law throughout the world. ♦* In this view, will not all nations of Christendom spou- taneouBly unite in the declaration that it shall be forever neutral, and that its c( 1, t« « ^,^, „.„„ ,„e,„.1..,l E,,., ami "«"""'" ,^'^',\„; ; . S..W York, N-.wfouu.l- Mr Potior Coop^^r. ProsJilcut ot tin ^>« ^ . . , ., .,.„- a .m L,. ,!...,. T..legru,.h ,^ou.,"->; ''-^ ' "Iw • laiiii ami Vic-Cuiisu Mr. ArolubaW. "'rrl'lfe^^ ''■"-" regn.t ...a., early on t..« ensuing ■"""■^l '''^"'t^ ^^^ fr^ the f.rework, 'ivfng ™"red u..aer »on.c defect in the n,e„d covcnng of '"Vcomn-ittee, ap,.uin.ed t„ invCigate into the cause of of the Sub-Conu..ittee «« munnuafon, as d.reCcd b> your resolution, respectfuliy report : That tl e S„b.Co,n.nittec, finding it impossible to obtam ».u5pVof-ter through hose from the Croton prpes. the™ not beiL Buificient head to carry the san.e upon the roof f, he flail caused to he procured a large nunrber of f U t, «hich they had filled with »ater, carried upon :: f^'I -a to wet the same ami ".o -- 7";^ r.t the cupola ^'-^-rtr^rzi:ti:^ "-r "' *'" W Ihe'at^ U : wb^U was done, and the '" ! :.r La w ' ationo-l until some time after the engine «"'""'-'^;; , „„j ^^,^^ ,,irectly after the eon- conclusion ot tnc «nHi»iaj^ » wood- elusion of the exhibition they caused the root and woort "to be examined and wet. and all the f-B'"™'" ;""'' Tor about the roof gathered togcVr.er am ""^"^""^r* that atflj o'clock the Chairman of the Jomt ^'"•">' '"' With the Sub-Coirmittce made a minute and particular ox- I ': ' ^^ *. .Hi .■:^:i i ■■ n il i lll >^' 26 amin&ton of the Hull, nnd were informeil by Mr. Edge that lu had used all the precautions they had d.rec ed and othe .ol hisown suggestion; that at the re^uestof theCounnittee. Mr EJge again made an examination of the root and cupola of the building, and reported that, HO far a. he could discover, everything was right. The Sab-Committee with many menlbers of vonr (Committee, remained at the Hall until after 10 P. M., and did not leave until the Superintendent of Repairs and Supplies and his Deputy had left, behev- ing that all was safe. The Sub-Committee caused to be left upon the roof a number of buckets of water to extinguish any undiscov- ered remains of the fireworks. Your Committee arc therefore of opinion that every pos- sible precaution was used by the Sub-Committee, and that more than usual care was take.? by them and Mr. Edge, and they are of the opinion that had tlie same care and precaution been exercised by those in whose charge the . Hall was left by them, the unfortunate accident would not have occurred. Your Committee suggest at a thorough examination be had into the origin of the fire, and submit the following resolution : Rtsolvtd,j^\mi the Mayor and Fire Marshal be requested to thoroughly investigate, and report to the Common , Conned the origin of the 'fire, and to the negligence of what person or persons the same is to be attributed. J. LYNES, ) Siih-Com.ofln- • . ' S. A. BUNCE, > rcstigationy f^t. The Nisgara arrived off the Battery at 4 o'clock of -^ the ftftpniyyu of WednoHday, the Ibth, and was saluted by ■ » ^1 ,£.__ 87 ,hcg«...«t M t!u. fort. «..a tho .l,i,,|m.p, a» «•'•" »»l>y LifeGuard, who h«a be,u .letaiUJ for .Imt ducy l-y Lorn- the following lotter tti>d ordor : llK.vncii AUTi-KS Scott Livk OrARD, Kkw York, Aug. 13, IS5S. C T. McClcnnchan, Ksq., Dp»u S,K-l..clos..a I hav.. the l.cor to tran»nu » conyof au o,a.,- of tUi, (^or,«. directing the fir.ng of the JL" bv detach,ne„., fro.n the Scott Life Guar , ,...r«u. Tn' ,0 the arrangcnent. aetermined upon by the Jo.nt Comn.ittee of the Co.nnn.n founcil o,> Celebrat.on. PC nit ,ne to aaa that thi, forp». ,,art>c,pat.,.g ..J the .nirit which uni..,ate» the Com.non Counetl as well as X o«" try at large, have ...Terea to perform thts sorv.co l: expressive of t^.cir gratification at the sncccssful ,««e of the great onacrUking so happily coucl.lded. Most respectfully, J. 11. IIOBART WARD, Ciijilam Commandmg. *Hi-.*DQfARTKii» Scott Likb Oiabi>, New Yohk, Aug. la, 1858. Ordf.k No. — . . , • ^„*«r The municipal authorities of thm city l.avn.g deter- mined to Bulute ti»o United States Bteamslup Niagara and her gallant Captain, Hudson, on their arrival at this port after the succesHful laying of the Atlantic Cable, by finng . a «.lMt. of 100 guuH at the Park, and the same number at the" Battery, it i. there ipon ordered, at the request of the i^i [1 n.i' 29 Mayor ami Joint Comniitteo of thf Coinnion Oouncn on Celebration, that tliin CorpH fnrnisli the necessary detail to fireauch nalutes ; and the following detail is liereby m'ade: Detail for F//rit— Lieut. Wni. H. Browne, and eight men. Detail for JkilleTij—Uc J. l>. MacO regor and eight men. The First Sergeant w.ll make the above detail of men with all possible dispatch, designating the men for each command, with directions to report to their respective commanders, at the Armory of the Corps, at 11, A.M., on Tuesday 17th inst., in full unif<»rni except cartridge-box. By order of J. H. HOBART WARD, C(q>(ain Commanding. "W. B. Pakirex, First Sergeant, The following were the principal sub-committees named to make the necessary preparations and arrangements for the grand demonstration wbich it was decided should be made on the Ist September, and for the municipal dinner, that slumld be given in honor of the participants in the ac- complishment of the great enterprise just achieved, on the ensuing day : On Firnrorh — Alderman Boole and Councilmen Dunn and BuDix*. ^ On rrogramme—ihc Chairman, and Mr. R. W. Lowber. Oh PrfK-ation — Aldermen Lynes and Owena. On Oecoratirt Arcfua over Gates tn the Pari: — The Deputy Superintendent of Repairs and Supplies and Councilman Bubce. (H CarnVr^-.—Aldermen Lynes and Boole, and Council- raaa Mulligan. i. . •■V* ) ni ■J^ t V '- • i • ti f > J I. ^ i^r I ■ I 29 On the GranJ PuUic Dinnrr and Drcnmtions at the Cry,- tnl Palacc-rouncWmcv Bunco, R088 and nicktord. and Aldennen Lyiu « ftnd lloffinire. Upon requost, tho foVowing naniod c-ntlouion kindly consented to lend their ..luable services in aasiaUog to make the celebration all that could he desired : The Hon. Kdward Kverett, in preparing tho address to Captain Preody and the omcers of H. B. M. irtcamers Gorgon and Valorous, upon the presentation of testinio- uials at tho Crystal Palace ; The Right Reverend Archbishop Hughes, in preparing the address to be delivered to the representatives of the '. New York, Newfoundland and London," and "Atlantic Telegraph Companies ; Prof. Joel T. Hcadley, in preparing that to Captain W. L. Hudson and officers and men of the Niagara; Prof. Isaac Ferris, in preparing that complimentary to Engineers Everet and Woodhouae, and the electnc.ans of the «!xpodition ; Hon.GflDrge Bancroft, in preparing that to be presented to CaptaifDayman of H. B. M. Steamer Gorgon, which had served as tender and guide to the Niagara. 1) D Field, Esq., nquiesced in the desire that he would assume the important position of orator of the day," and the Rev. Drs. Mott and Field accepted the invitation to open and close the ceremonies at the Crystal Palace with prayer and a benediction. Rev. Dr. Ogilviealso signified his readiness to comply with tho request that he would pronounce " Grace" upon the occasion of the contemplated grand municipal dinner to be . given at the Metropoiitan Hotel. > I. I fet' «:"■ y i! ^ir M'** vV" :^^ 30 A communication from Commodore Kearney ptatod that Commander Ward had kindly placed tin- splendid oand rf the *'*iip-of-the-lincMortli Carolina at the service of the Corainittee. From iiiaiiy others, proffers of porvices were received and accepted, of which due mention is made in the following pages. Brigadier-General Charles Yates, having been nominated Grand Marshal of the day, for the Ist of Sep' ^er, accepted that arduotis post, and to his fxcelleut uiariage- ment was, in a great measure, owing the very happy manner in which the affair passed off. A special m«" ung of the engineers and foremen of the Fire Department had been held on the 13th of August, to make arraiigements for the celebration of the trans- mission of the expected message from the Queen of England to the President of the United States, and the President's reply ; when the following resolutions were adopted, on motion of Mr. J. 11. Carolan, of Hook anu I •^d^'^r Coirpany ' t< !'>• fVkereot, extensive arrangementa are bemg made, both in this city and throughout the entire country, to celebrate, in a becoming manner, the success of the *' great event of the age," the joining of the Old and NewWorlds by means of the Atlantic Cable ; and whereas, this wonderful triumph of man*s goniu8,«fndu8try and energy over all obstacles of time, distance or the vast deep, which has sent a thrill of joy throughout the f ntire length and breadth of the land, calls for some public expression from our Department; there- fore, be it Raolred, That, the Fire Department of the city of Ncyv h)!, k>.; 1 * \ ni ail 'A I i thorities atul our follow- in coiniufnioration York unite with the Tnuiiiripal citi7.M.R in th.ir pruiK)s(M! a.MUonstrati of thi. won.! .ful cv.nt by having a gra.ui torch-hght parad. on the evening of the ">«t. Raol,.d. Thatno Cou.p»ni-''<.-''"»'--" «o parado ...or. „,e„ ,l,u„ they are »Uo«-..,l by law, as foUo« » :-!• .r.t cla«» ..„pnoa. »ev™ty n,e» ; m.-u, .•.»»«, -ixtj- ,»..„■. ,lurd c1.« filty n,e. = l.-^e ooinpauiea. thirty u,.n; hook aud Uajer conipai; fitsy nx'"- KoW«rf, That th« Chief Kngi„cer act a, Om-id Mar,hal on the evcuing ot the para.i... and that the »<'";^" W- o.rs bo c.npo..v.r.d to make „cces«,ryarranBen.ent»fortho same. Jtr.oM, That the Board of Fire Con.mis«onor.. the Board of Trustees, the Exempt Firemen and A-.stant En- gineers he. and arc hereby invited to parfcpatewithuain the parade. lt»«s subsequently coneb.ded. however tot the grand toroh-light procession should take place .. tbo day of tho general celebration. The NewTi ork Chamber of Commerce also held mcetmgs, to take n,ea.ures (or extending son.e proper ";»Y,T,!!!! to Captain Hudson and the officers of *. Umted State, Steamship Niagara, and appointed the followmg Comm.tteo to consider andJ«"' •■•* 39 Caleb Barstow, A. Bt'linoiit, .TamcK IJrown, George W. Klunt, Fdwiii J. IJrown, James II. Brower, F. S. Lath rop, Kobcrt P>. Mint irn, Jar;«'8 M. Morrison, E. I). Morgan, Charles H. Marshall, Anthony B. Neilson, James U. Brundage, Jr., J. Dc Peyster Ogden, Leopolil liierwith, nngh W. Camp. Horace B. Clafflin, Frederick A. Conklin, Simeon li. Chittenden, JanieH B. Colgate, Oenning Duer, W. Butler Duncan, W. W. l)c Forrest, Oeorgo Folsom, Benjamii: 11. Field, Robert C. Goodhue, George Griswold, Jr., Walter S. Griftiths, Wilson G. Hunt, Pekitiah Perit, John K. flyers, George T. Olyphant, Henry E. Pierrepont, Augustus C. Bichards, George S. Ro))bin8, John A. Stevens, James E. Southworth, Oliver Slate, Samuel B. Shepherd, William K. Strong, Augustus E. Silliman, T. B. Satterthwait, Henry A. Sniythe, Daniel D. Smith, •\Mlliam F. Havemeyer, Henry M. Schi.'fferlin, Charles A. Heckscher, James S. T. Strnnahan, Ooorpe Hall, TAmw Hovt, Abrohnm S. Hewitt, Edwunl Mincken, John 1). JoiioH, James Lee. Moses Taylor, Thomas Tileston, El! wood Walter, William Watson, John D. Wolfe, Luther B. Wyman. All the nnlitarjgffcivil and other soc.Pties also held meet- ing, for the puq^ose of assisting in the celebration, and M ',^^ - \ Vl -<:^ iiiitif'"*" "' — v%. 33 wcTC largely roprcson ted ir th«^ procession on the Isi ol September. Subsequently to the transmission of the tness.iges between the Queen of Great Britain ami the President of the United States, the following dispatcliea of congratulation passed between the ^Tayor ot' New Y(»rk and the Lord Mayor of London : Mayor's Offick, New Yokk, August 10, 1858. To thr. nitrlu Hon-^rabh Sir Jlohcrt Walter Cnrtlcn, M.P., JauU Mttyor of London : 1 congratulate your Lordsiiip upon the successful laying of the Atlantic Cable, uniting th" continents of Europe and America and the cities of New York and London — the work of Great Britain and the United States — the triumph of science and energy over time and space, thus uniting more closely the bonds ol peace and commercial prosperity, an«l introducing an era into the world's history pregnant with results beyond the conception of a finite mind. To God be all the praise. D. F. TIEMANN, Mayor of Sew York City. London, August 23, ISiiS. Fmm the Lord Mayor ol London to the Hon. D. F. Ticmann, Mat/or of St IV York: The Lord May(»i^)f London most cordially reciprocates the cofigratulati«>ris of the Mayor of New York upo?i the success of BO iniportunt an undertaking as the completion of the Atlantic Telegraph Cablij. It is, indeed, one of the most glorious triumphaof the oge, 3 \i 'I I I' Si >l M i :: f f ;j - i . > .4 ■' ■". :M .,„,1 reHects the highest criMlit upon thf eiioriry, Kkill and p..rMrveraiice of all parlies intnif^ted with so (liflTanlt a .luty, and the Lord Mayor sincerely hope:^ that, through the hlcssing of Almighty (Jod, it may be the means of cemcnt- mg ti»e kind feeUngs which now exist ])etwcou tlie two r.ountriea. R. W. GARDEN, Lord Mayor of I^jrtdoJi. That the rejoieings, which there was no doubt would \u' celebrati'd throughout the I'nited States and British provinces, should be more appropriate, the committee in- ' ^truclcd the K(!cretary to communicate to the different • itieH. ic, their requcHt tliat they shouhl be bo timed a» TO bes'nmltaneous with those to take place in New York ; and occnniingly tlie following invitation was published, .md the stihstance thereof transmitted by telegraph to the more distant cities and towns : "The Joint Committee of the Common Council of tlic rity of New York on celebrating the laying of the Atlantic Tclenraph Cable, having detennined to celebrate that event by a^alvo <»f one hnndrcd guns and national salutes, with riniinng of all the church bells, iumicdiatcly upon the trans- iui" processiim some days thereafter, to be t.»llnw*Ml by ii municipal diimer, which festivities are undcr- *liK>d and cxpeeted to take place sinudtaneously with ihom. in tlie city of London and throughout (Jreat Britain nnd llie r(,t,tinent, would request the citizens tliroughout lh« Inited States and British provinces to unite with them fi 'M } i ■ t ^ » I 1 E/!< j 'i - J 1 ) I :i."» nrnl unler tlioir ti'stivitu-s H» t;ikr |»liM'r at tlir saiiir tinn« and in tli«' siiin' or.lrr, of wlii.h .In.'iiotuT w iH «"' U'v.-ii ♦• Hy <»ril.T ( I'tho ('onimitt«M', •'C. T. M.rLKNACHAN. Snnmn,:' So far asliennl from, tliis p-qiu'st \vas roniplir.! Nvill., 8o that t»u- rrlrbration of tliin v:\onou^ n.i.suiMiuaiioii l.as been inor.' c.-nrral aii.l uuaniMious than iiiiv v\v\ In-ftirc known in tht- i'ivili/.««l \v()rhl. IwouMtu.w h.-u' h-avo t.> suhmif a rm, h.-reafti-r, a ptirtion of a pnioa in liistory nn.ro inoinorablo than can ho pn'^^cntcd hy any iMvciMling ago— for. if tio lasting ht-ncfit may h.' dcriv.Ml from lh.» ('ai»lc jtist hii.i, it has h.cn cloarly .h,'monstrat»'.l that tin' ontrr- prise was ft-asihlo, an.l M)nn' of the nio'^t v.'Xf.l quostimis in rolati<.t> to rh-otr.Htch'uraphy have, been solvod, whih^ there is n«. donht that tliis achiovemet.t will give nn im- petus and eonfnlenoe to eneriry and enterprise that will Hltim-Ately resn't in what we so fondly h. pod from tho present attempt. ritF, CF.KKHI{ArU)N OK TlIK FlitST ()1«' SKlM'KMni'.K Till'. rimuf i)i;("«n{ATH»Ns. The niortjiim of the 1st of Septondier, the «lay Hot apart for the f/tr, broke fair and bright. Tho heavens were smiling and pr..pitions. Ati early September snn, shorn of lln; I.eroenex!* of iiis beams hy the bracing galo that wafted over tlm eity, cost his genial glow on all around and underneatli^ Tho gray dawn w as nshered in with th« echoing Honnds of the hanmior and tin- saw ami all the (■■ .■V, 'vX ,':»■ i'» .- Ji **■ *■ Imsy din of pn'pnratiori. As tin* iiiuriiing advaiirod, tlu' 8tnM't8 uKsimird a holiday look, liaiiners. tlatrs, inottocg nu'<'tiiii^ Hit' vyc at ovoiy Rtcp, ftiid <'licitintr the admiration of the restless liosts which crowded the sidewalks, tliroiiRfd the corners, and rusl.sd into Hioadwav, toe grand centre (»f attraction, from every street and avenue. All the approaches to the metropolis ponred in constant streams of human beings. The ferry-l>f»ats, though runninu with all possible frequency, failed utterly to supply the demands made upon them by residents and visitors in the Huburbs. The j-arly, and, indeed, the late trains over the New .leracy, Long Island and northern roads were cram- med past all precedent. The carriage-ways were one long chnnl of dust from the fcrry-housea miles out into the country in all directions. The shipping in the harbor, lavishly bedecked with bunt- ing, suggested the idea of a forest of flowers. The East River and the North, for miles and miles, looked like a crubhed rainbow— an cnfournge of confused iridescences, inclosing a p raina of g..rgeous thoroughfares and rejoicing people. The Buspension of business was almost universal. The pnncipal KtorcR closed at an early hour in the forenoon. Nearly »11 were closed at mid-day. The banks if tbey oi,ener liis Ir. rndor (!i;.i was ilu- name of Fi'xaKI.in in larrje letters, on onr sidr, tin* roat ofarnis of til Stiitr of Xfw York, and on tlif otln-r, tlir roat ol arms of tlio rit , of London. On tlu' west side were banners wirli the following * " Fii;i.i». WooimtH'sK, Dayman, fooi-KK, Hi i>s»)N." An«l on tlie east. " riti:i:i>v, (iruNKY, Ammiam, Kvkkkit, Moksk." Facing r.roadway were the following : •' MAritv, WiMTKiioi si:.' And facing Centre street: " lilllOlir, liKUKYMAN." The east gate of the Park, was siuinosintetl by on ini- nu'tise banner, formed like an arch, bearing on quo sido the w'onis : "TiiK Path of Franklin lkd to a Field of Kntkb- PUI8K." At one end of the inscription appeared an old-fasliioned printing press, at the other, a telegru^hic apparatus. On the other side were displayed the words : "PKACK MATH IIKU VlCTOUIi:S Not liss Rknownko than Wai:." Similar nreh«'s were erected at the western und aonthern gales. That at the western gate l»ore on one s "o the in- scription : "The Niaoaka ano Aoamemnon, with their escorts GottooN Asn VALORors— the four victors in the ORrLAI nATFLE DKrWKEN SCIENCE AND NeITUNE.'* } ^t Ji, ■ m n nn w|jrf^^.A 38 At oiH' ciiil was tlie figure of jui anchor, wrcatliod with flo\v»T8, ami ah(.ve it, th<^ l?ntish crown. Th<' olhrr sidi* exhibitrd the words and motto : " FlKLD AND EVKRKTT, Ill'DSON AND PitKKDY, DaYMAX ANP Al-DIIAM. ' NaMKS GKKAT IN MOIJTHS OF WlSKST CfcNSlKK."" At the in)p;rr end of this was n>[)rt'st'i)tf( another nnehor, surniouuted hy the American eagle. The arrh at the southern pate had on one fidt; the fol- lowing : ♦'Tiir Tkixity Maukiack — Uvrn;i> is: nii: IV)nds ok . Peace and Amity, Ai<:rsT T), i>>.',s, Ai.mox to (Jor^iMniA, IIt:na«>N to Histoky, Fn:i,i) to Famk." *■■ "( ■ ;^i^' ..:' ^'i '' ' ^4f $ 1- ' - ^' '1 R ■'^11 ■ ,t.t(^i_ ■■' 1 .tT.«; H[ 1 ■'.^^: S^-^ 1 • ..•'_ ,.4;.;^ .< \< •t»5 Un H\ 1 II NOT KKF.N ; TIIF, LiON'S itMi.i.i.N ir, Nnu Tin: FiKuri: Lio\ xwiii., 7, s. On Hrojidwav , eomiii,.n, mgu| •vv.iniR, tl|f lull uig at the Hattery and proceed- obscrvuble on eijlu-r hmuL •»\'iui^ umcriittions and desi<;uH wore » I 11 I « y ^ y — vm. ! ■ y -^ — ^•■\ ^ A larjro transparency in M front of No. IH. l>'»ro the lol lowinc • I'oliiv the OrvMX C';lMo The Vaiiki'0< |>rov«-.l .jiiito *Mo. .lolm !»ull wRH not l..-liiml Valentift Hay to tiii.l. Ati.l tliiH the tliiiip wfts «lono Hy J.ilm iiii<\ Jonatlmu." Next door (l-JO) t'xliil)itoa ns .in ombleiu, an All-HOi'inu r.vo, SHrr..iiU'\.'«l l.v ft t-'l-rv, a">l l-okinfr .lown upon twolmii.lMlioMiii;; ft luiM wri-.uli ovor Tlio Ninjrara, Tl'^" Apmu-innoi., U liioiiK] hearing tho AiiKTii'ftii lla- / « 5 AiiHTicau >'• ColltilKMlt. I'urojio nit C'otiluiciit. 2 N At th.- store curnor of Fi'.lton stroot, ami oast sMi- ol Broadway : •' AMF.llU'AN EN'TKIirUlSK. There wore Kinj:^ l.eforo Ajriuiioim.on. hut tin- ApinicMiiion is Kinjr of llicm nil. It took two Amorirnti rivers to coii.iurr tli«» Atlimtio: TIIK NIAOAHA AND HI'tmoN. Mornc. tlio inventor, supi-lied the perm ; Field, ll.o buMncsH num. co,n,.U«t..". tho ^on-,.^ «.-iL Ann riran invcnti..n, tncrhnnioftl .«omn^. r.n>r .^mm-h St'oor-, nntl !• i.Ll-ao hoi.or To Ainorir.rt. ^ TiiR rs^r>s or KN(iLANI) AN1» AMEltlCA. If. i.huc of the wci.linK ^^ liiiiR, tho Atla»l»c CoWe. ..'••/. >i I 'I 1— "r^^* Ml II II ' I ' 40 ^>" n trar.8par.ncy in Fulton «trort. app.-nro,! the fol "Hr-KCA,. ,.,H,.>»TI,. HY T.,K ATLANTIC r .n,.K. K.illypa;r>,'et, Ireland. i lo \\u. F- -fNoTOK, 140 Fulton street Vew York ,1., p,"' '""• S"' "'" murrain,- „„ , ;,„.p ,,,,, ^^^ '•••'..I... . .1,.., „„ «„„n.|, „„„, „„„„,„,„„ „„ ^^.^.,,, ^^^^^ I like to hoar from nil of vc hut TM i:i . N-.-l l.ick a toast l.v ' ra ,h:.i nl ' i i* ." T ■'"" ^^"^''^ > T- let us hear vo„r .uv, mv o/. "l.; '"7,'^'"? "'" 1*6 nhje, caM... «"MU.t l»r.v,u." by elcTtrof^raphic ''"" """'"""'"""-H While we live lot us drink ) CIIAS. COLTER. f-vourt,.I.,r.,.h.,i,p,.,H.I,.ai.loheerfuIly|oo. W. E." "- -::::: ,,:;;,: :;::;r': n -^ »f ^-o two nali,,,,.. "'" '' "■'"' "'«• ""«s of the ' l>l"<'anlB bearing tho following i.tnl.t- ,!!".'"''"'''' '''"' ;;T!..A,H...f,Vo,,re.s.isr,s" " •^•••'"""""-Krieiwr.- inn Atlantic TflcTn.l.o«eti:;;i:, :;;::;;-''^Vi.'.tning of Tl,n .MtnM............ V. ' "^ ''"' ««">•' ^Jod." •'lornci. **^ iJromlvvay was brijlj iatitlv * ffini Jtm 41 From the bpak of thn laigi» tjoldni rauli' wliioli stn'ttlinl ovtTtho top of tho buil«lini,' hmii; aponiuii of tlit; T«'U'- grnphic Cable, one side of wliiih was loopetl lo tlie Ameri- ctti), and the other to the English Hag. At one end of the CabU' was a trunspareney representing the IT. S. steam frigate Niagara, and at the other the llritisli steam frigate Agamemnon. Above the eagh», and eovering him, wjw an arched transparency, which bore the h'geml "Tm: Atlantic Tklkuhaim! t\\Hi,K." and beh)\v tliis was another transparency, inscribed with the folh)wing : •' l*KO.IKCTi:i) IN ISOi. " SUC'CFSSFILLY I.ANDKD Al CUST, IS-'iS." Another transparency was displayeii below this, a!id between the windows, on which was inscribed the name of CYurs W. FiKi-n, and over the front door, extending along the whole front of this magnificent edifice, was a transparency as follows: Male and Fkmali:. C Hands ^ Enolanp. < in a ^ Amkrica. ( cordial grasp. ) In front of the large concern Nos. 25^, Ooft and 2G(), Broadway, and extending the whole length of the buiMing, was a transparency ofter this fashion : Aiiicricnn A streak of !iKlifi:i(; "^ Flag. ronacctinf; botii Hn^'5, "Thunder and I.i^;lltrlillK." Tlie TologrA|iir8 I.itthtnin^ in •'Our Tlmndor." Kit(;li«li Kl.i«. The store on the north-wt^t comer of Droadwuy and • i' ■ : ' ; ft 1 ' f- V > ':-.-^ v« > •<• *>• 42 Warr en Htrcet wns cK '"imuiK, \Mtli tli(> Word '« T^riir.!." 1. >* rn,.K.::!: ::'tI;;™'■^■'■."''''^■^'»"'■»"'-i'>-• and IWdv" '1 Din. ;-'?."" ^^^'••'■"'^"""•". Hudson imnv 'r '^"^♦^'t^'"'^ of tl.o Atlantic IVle.rraph Com 1 «"> . 1 l„.,r morn.namt lies low " .. Tl a V> tJ..« Necklace of,!.,. WoHd." " '^^'^"''' ^"^*'"' <^ver the clock store. \o ^ik n i Wo TK" „.a« pUM '*■ """''""J' " 1'"- work. A.X„...,4nilroa,Kv„j.„.a,,Wf„|,„„,„g, ••Il..„„rt<.tl,„sen|,„„ I , I •" ''"r«c.U..k, a ,„„„.,; ZZJT"""""'""" "' » '■«""" *H.i„,, „„ -ho W .i :'„'''•'• "•;■' « '.an,. .,„, ,,.„ • Mcamhoat. "'' '""•-'""'•■ « l"i'.t..,g ,,^.„ „„,, •• ■ f MMMMafania ^ha "f 4;i At No. 34/) Broadway wut* tlio follow iii^' inscription : TItronpli ocoftirrt (lofolntion (lcoi> Tlionghts in " electric tiro " s\v— The ••Friondly NnfioiH" roiivn^f tn>li! ThroiiRli its caverns dark ami oitl. " Nol.le thcnio," in wnvos of son}? Itoll triuTn|)hftiif ni»ttfs alt.n};— " Fair>'s laurel " decks a S.iron hrow— Our Country's I"ieu> is victor ii«>w. A Inr^'e paintinr? covered two stories of the front of No. 349 Rroadwjiv. It represented an eairle on one side anti a lion on the other, with the Cable 8tretel,iMfr throtigh the Rca between them. In the centre, on a rock, was a fenifile form with outspread wings dominant over connnerco and the arts. Above, on either side, was written. " Vktokia," '• BixifAXAN." Below was this inscription : " ( "YurH W. FiKLD, l)A(5i:KimE and Morsk. The one harnesse.l the light, the other the lightning. May the ' continuity ' of the Cable be as perpetual as the rays of the sun." To the left of this was, '« Captain Phkkdy, Agamenmon," and to the right, "Captaiff Hidson, Niagara." From the gilded eagle that ornament^? the fotirth story of the establishment No. 350 Broadway, streamers hung. From the first floor a temporary balcony project.d with a front of canvass, rows of upright muskets with candkM. stuck in the barrels, and the couph't, "Tlio CnMe witli \U pencclnl tricks Makes of inii'^kets <-an, •;%jf "^ f-iT': ^Si »fc iii>i/ii|-iiii '*"»«'.x 44 of Frankmn, and on tho Irft one of Morsk. Beneath were two female figures, representing America and Englji.id joining hands; while to the right of these, and below, wus a Hteamship, with the emhUnns of mechanism and .science; and to the left, was a sailor from the Niagara. Under this was A bridge joining two countries, and beneath this again was a figure of Neptune chained, implying that his power was at an end. To tlie right was the letter R, and to tlie left the letter V, botli surrounded by electric stars. The whole design was well conceiveil and beautifully executed. It attracted a great ri> Jonathan, Vj timt l,;is siUTCfilwl in conhimiinntinf,' tlu- ini-Mif- - u-sl wurk ..f thy a^f. May the n.r.l that hriuiri '-< -; IlKIII III the LoikK ot r~ W Intkuvationai. * Ci 2 ^ '•'^•"•'^I'ip ncvor he sov,Totl, nn.l tho Fiold of if» ^ yj iisctiilii|^ oxteii.l to every part of lh« i,;,ilh. > < — o— Let nations' oIioutM. 'ini '*> ■f'i'^ ..K r^.».-« 1 1 im III I') The front of Nos. 37 t uiul :J7f. Hrou I'.vay was tftstffully •irranpcd with the flags and omhh-.ns of \^^^^h^u^ anj Anu-rica aurin- the .lay. There were large transpareneieH. On the central one, headed " TiiK Anglo-Saxos Twins," were t%vo f.RMrcs repros.M.ting Englan.l and An.erien, in the persons of John Hull and Ikother .lonaihan. the Cable uniting their two hearts. IJnderneatl; was the follown.p verse : * •' The hnitlnT« ncotl no bulwarks, No towt TJ' al'>i>!! the Mocp ; <>■,' iHnnli is (»n tin- iii."intnin -.vuvo. Our liulitiiink' tliroMtfli tin .U-oi.." On the h'ft was another large transpari-ncy, representing two first-class ships of war engaged in deadly strife. Under the sea of blood arc represented, not the glonrs. but the realities of war-hnndreds of human beings were ««,,. Hinking as a chain of .h^ath. The baekgroun.l repreBented the De.non of IJustruetion. This picture was snnply de- scribed as the " Past." To the right was a con.panion picture called the 1 reiH cm." This was represented by the N.agam and the Agamemnon engaged in the peaeefullaying of the Cable cmanaling from which sparkles, in •^•^^tnc fire^ te wor -.« Peace on earth, to men cood-w.ll. Ih. ba.K gronnd represented the hand of Ood ussisl..g n. th.. won derful work^with the words of Captam Hudson: OoJ lias been with ns." I.-Urm No. 424 Broadway had a fine tran.parencv . 1 h. Ktten. .. R » .. V " were at each of the upper r.-ruern ; at t .. ' ♦!... iTnfflish and Aineritan «hiclui. bottom comers were the ^ngiisn »"» In the middle was the following : Have ma^le a!! tmtl.M.H llio IJmicJ StotCM. '•Ai'l «. r»J >>f': .•'%>», lames ""•o^v. ,he Cable, r^^^lr ^uT' ^ ''"^^^««^ «"J Morsk. ^'"' ^v'onl .. Uni nP' ' ^ ^'^ ^^''^ '-^"^1 London, with •"^^"n.on in tl.e distant-,. .' ' ''''^'' ^''' "^^'^"^^'^ ^^"^ ^^a- -casion, invsente^r -mi ,•"'"''''' ^"'"" ^^'"'' ^-^ ^he l-fusHy ,leoora«vl wit,, ^Z 'TT''^' '^'^'^^ "^- f J;'-, that on the centre one of p? , ''''"° " '^^^^"^ ^^ " 1'''o Atlantic TehL,., ,,, . '"''' '" ^^■'''^^'^ ^^'^'^ ^-^^ten : "vcr the He«.'. ""' ^'' '"^"^^'l through all nations ^'•^ ^"""^vn.g ,.,,,.. ^ "'"'' ^'•^^' -" ^?u. l,.r. Above was "»K;'u,l?;:Vo';":;,:/.;-;.''.y-co,,un.„oo,, i,, „.,„ *"*'«^' Ihe abuvo in. ^ . ""^''»-n Nations. • •^«;«"»*•''"• (;Hhin „. 1, ^^>agara and hearniLMh.» un..- . 1. '^' ^^''^^ hc-tw,.,.,, fi a«»s rf*«d iiogi, ■•'"•'J^nd n,ni !Ui '■'^^^a. 8i«-ajounted by ^♦^^> ■1 r. I i« ■in ■ < ^N ■N?- .-Ay- V IK,; , ;- 47 The «xtcrior of t'\o ostahlislimont on tlio north-rft-^f corner of Hrouilway and Ihooinu Htrrrts, wns porgtMiuslv flecoratfil. Tha: of 11>7 Broatlway ha'l tliis irisi'iiptitui : 'i^'litnitij;. nnl " liv fliiitidcr" tlioy slttill iumt U» Jivon'til." Tho Sr. Ni<'ln»las lintol tloroiatioiis \v«'n» ninong tin* fliiost on Jtroadwav. T'u' roof was ortiaiiioiit«'«l with tlirri* lar^tj flngs — two Aiiifricaii and onr lirit'iHh. SuHprmlctl across th« street were the Anifricaii, Freni'h and SpaniBh ensijrns, and immediately under them floated a banner bcur- inu; the following iiiMMiption : "A iiurtiKii iif till- fir!«t «iil)iimriiie CaMo luttl liy (Nil. Sain. Colt, in 1S4:{. IrDiii Now York to ('iiiu-y Islainl, via llcll (Jato. Man pro|Mi<»o^ — (io' and Everett on one Ride, and Franklin, Steers, Field and Cooper, ou the othor.^ Beneath was a figure of Morse, holding un umbrcUft in hi^ - hands and treading upon ligiitning, surmounted with the following inscription : "Mouse, thk LioiiXNiNa Tamkii." The third transparency embraced a number of figures. if*'*' » 4lS ri' pn'wntinu Puck ^llllll^r (i J^jch "»«' ^Vith Jiirl.t ib l"iniriu a „iriU Cf «na,. |.,.,/i)n UlUii '' '"ouiid fl If *' ^J».'..l, usteml '«nn(I tl '""ff a new t: ""1 th I'll, M. (^i •rv^' «-»'i aii.l "-rirtlons: •*""" "^'"^^^ ^-.o th. fol^ii;:' l''N-m:i, KOKEV. „ ^' ^''" '^"ovvmcr was seen • ^'".-''^T never Cuii^^rSil ♦ Monday, An;.„st lo ik>c .■ m...e.i;r-:rs^;!;--^^ '••-..'• » "PM. John's Ho,.o« J- , ""-"""rtwu,..,, , V*T8ev..rn„ce Jmv. ^'''P'^yod n .ncto • -. r ■ . T'"' McC :;: m''"' • -•• '°"" . VMe front «... , '' '"'" ••"• A„„r„a„ ,, "" "•••^- i JC- \. ^ ['^ ■I 49 Chinese Iftutonis. The hnil.liuir in five stories, with thirty windows on oaoh Hour. Sixty t ylindriial lanterns wcro run ou imnJL'(liat««ly bflow the ctlpe of the roof, thirty spherical lanterns in the faeeof the front, an aro tlio banners froni whoso foMs nnfurlM Fair frcoflom flings her blessinj^s o'or the worlil." Burton's Theatre was decorated with flags, under which was a transparency, showing the (?able line from " Amer- ica" to " England," surmoimted by the American englc bearing the olive branch of peace in one talon and the H:i 1 nr* ■pw^^T" I p il l ill m. iw^ f "V 50 r.rkod^.ight„i„g in the „t„e,.. Under „.„ie,. ... the <„,. wiuf tl:;,!lS 'is:'':s ™t;r'7 ' ,'=»*h «,. t„„e ,0 co™ ''■vs. ' ' *"" J"''*"" Pl'ily, nnJ luir prosperoo. At Lafiirgo House : with tl.c lightniiiK'^ j.nint." ^ "'^'""' ""»» ""ites l^is thoughts Undcrneuth, a transparency of sMn^ ., "Severed July 4, 1776. UNITED August l:>, isss" .^ ^^^- I FlELI.." . At GS3 Broadway wore tbo following: ••The Cai'tain of tup r .. The Ckews op tup nv., ^ T„E -UnUVck ;•';?'" J^'-^"- CoMBiAND Respect WflLBEvi^n ^"''' »»HtBE\ER THEY PYoAT." Also, ft design representing Science nn^ *, . Cable, with the quotation LnThlkT " ''^^''^ ^^^'^^ girdle round about the earth in forty "!r^^^^^^^ put a At the Webster Hou8o paper lant.rn. . the motto: . ' '^ *'"'"'"'' '^ l^anner with ^ "The Niaoah^, a Floatino Monumk.t Steers." * "^^ Oeoroe The New York Hotel had a transparency . . I *™"cy on which v^etQ I I -» Trrr"" n^AgU 61 designed an Englishman pulliughy the liorns abull, towhono tail was attacluid tho Te'.ograph Cnblo ; u Irishiimn on a rock in the ctMitro, and nn Anicricr.u at thv riglit htwnl side paying out the Cable. The Englishman says : " I'm afraid it*8 all up with us, Mr. Bull — the Yankcti's got uh." The complaisant Hibernian to the American snvH: "Pull away, Jonathan ; ah, be jabcis ! if tho tail houhls ye'll fetch 'cm." The Amorican replies : '• Keep cool, Pat, and I reckon we'll aimex you both." Under this was the motto : " ExTENDiNO ti:e Arka of Fulkdom." At lir)3 Broadway there were six transparencica in medallion form, representing John Bull and Brother Jona- than at fisticnfis in 177G. Jonathan on a slow nag, with th(i iiisoription, "The Past." Britannia — " I'tn monarch of all I survey." In 1859 Brother Jonathan and John Bull are embracing each other ardently, and are bound round with Romething supposed to be a telegraphic wire, but which looks very ?nuch like crinoline. Then comcn Mercury striding the waters with news, and underneath, the Inscription, "Tho Present." And last. Old Father Time, who says, " My dominion is invaded." At No. 754 a transparency representing Franklin flying a kite, and the Nir.gara laying tho Cable — with ••Frnnklin, Morse, Mftiiry, Fiflil, IIu(l!n, • F.vorett, Steers. Committet on Lightning.** At No. 757, banner, tho Eagle— the Victory of War. . The Lion and Unicorn — tho Victory of Peace. w tr » 'ytt^\ •r/^ -.i^«M. 6-2 d4Lfd:"' ''"''■"•^■' ""■^""-""S in.ripri„„s .ore IJLTIUXAX." . -> The CoxyrF.ST. The Spingler Institute rUnion ^. v , , c«n flng ,uapcnd,.d overa ,. „, ::,' T ,','"' ""' ^'"^"- tioij : "» r,\Mth the following inscrip- T J"n ^'*'^«^^^« Institute. &ENI) Greeting TO '^nrn, to be brief wio n ^ i "'"Ch private o,,,.n;I d 1 'T '" "f ""• ''-'"•«<'"" '-^ ""known ..ntiUftortlM':^' u'" ""'^ ''"" '■«■--•<=' "»•"" «n,| tra„,,.are,i" '"";.""'' "'° S-j«», lantern^ The cxtemni rlrr„ratiora of n ," ?.. w, ^::r^ J ST .*>..-: r 'i -^ proper to sitrnalizo tho oofMsiou l)y tin' display of hnntiim from the iioblo spiro. Acoonliuuly, Imaiitln'sstMl a note to CoiiniiOilore K<'iirnoy, of flu' Brooklyn Navy Yanl, asking liiin if In? couM furnish a fo.w coli>rs. Tlio n'sporiRo was the followiiiir kind note: N'aVY YAItI>, NkW YnltK, All:riMt 27, 1858. T>- the li'-r. Frnhriek (hjiV'ij, D. D., AK»i$(nnt liertorof Trinil;/ Church, aNVip York Cit;/: Drar Sirt— Ah ('ominniitlaiit of the Navy Yiird, N'.-w York, it wouUl iiftonl me proat ploasiiro to fiirni««li tlio lliifj** yon n'»kod to ho loauotl, for f lio Jt'lclinuion of tlic Ir.yiiij; of tlic Atlntitic TolcRrniili CaLlo. Tlic flacs of this yard liiivc ah'iady boi-u (lispo«e»c, but till "Niaoaka'h Fi.Ao.V'liavin? Just Iteon lamlod, F am hniipy to havo it in my |in\ver t«) cnmjily with tho Itfotor's winh. Ami f thank yon. sir, vory iiincli for tin- iiwifati.m to tlio ofVi Trs ami myself f.> he I'lescnl at a service so ili-itiii;;iii«-liiil at Old Trinity. I am, very lespectlnlly. Your ohi'dioitt «crvnnt, LA WHENCE KEAUNEY. So the Niagara's colors were furnished — and beautiful flags they were. The St. Ocorgii's Society, St. Andrew's Society, Mr. Dale, of the Liverpool Propeller line, atid several other gentlemen, also contributed flags. In occord- once with tho recommendations of the aichitccta of the church, to whom the suggestion of the general plan of tho decorations was conmiitted, the Ameiican and English flags were displayed, side by side, from the two upper spire lights, some two hundred and thirty f««et from tho sidewalk. Above tin; battlements' of the to."er, over ft hunihed and twenty f«M?t from the street h'vel, flags of other nations were displayed in groups, on each sile, throo together. On tho north side were the Fiench, Spanish and Austrian; on the south side, the Russian, Swedish and Norwegian ; on tho cast side, looking down Wall street, tho Dutch, Neapolitan and PotugticBe ; on the west side, overhanging the body of the church, tho Bra- [1 1 ll> i^ ma Ml ■ Hflj ! 3( 'Vt^V 4 : t ♦ /. .:. 54 zilian, Mexican and Chilian. Their appraranco was so novel that it drew an inimenee crowd ot p»'oph> to gaze at the apectacle. In the porch of the church were festooned two superh flags — one, the standard of the St. George's Society, and the other, the ensign of the Niagara. These flags were suspended from the centre of the porch roof, and wer^- gathered up at either side. Beneath tiieni the grand procession of the clergy and Corporation entered the church. At nine o'clock the flags were displayed, and at half-past nine, precisely, Mr. James E. Ayliffe, the bellringer of the church, began to ring the chimes, according to the follow- ing programme : 1. Chftn|,'C9 on Eight jJcUh. 2. Hail t'olninbia. 3. (icHl Save the Queen. 4. Yiuikoe Doodle, f). Eveiiintr Hymn. 0. Mftrincrs< H}inn. 7. The Verona. 8. Vesper Hymn. 9. London (new). 10. IJedford. 11. Old Hundred. 12. Evening Bells. 13. Yankee Doodle. 14. (Jod Save the Queen. 15. Hail Columbia. 16. Changes on Eight Bolls. Tho flag, and chimes eoon drew together an immense throng of people, who pressed hard for admission. liut, ^y order of the Rector, tho gate, were kept closed, and no pato m the serv.ccs, was adn.iited without a ticket, before hal^past .nne. at «_l,ich time the doors were thrown pen Cnt" ':« y-- of fiaeea picked patrolmen undo onB™aaw.yi„orderandopeLaw:;rtti:r! Th. .„ti« centre ai.Ie of the church wa. reserved for- m m m 'h w atm^mmmttl^^itm ^ 1 Hi the accommodaiioii of the invited (luost:!, tli(> inoiii nt.aahle of whom were as follows : Tlio M.ivor ftiid ^'orporation of Now Yt>rk. Tl'O Mayors niul (^lI•p^)rnllo^>* of Uroi'kljii, Jcr-toy I'l'y and llrjukon. Gem-r-.l Srott. T.urd Nftpior's J^iiito. H. H. M. Consuls of New York mid Charlostoo. II. 15. M. Vico-CoiiHul at lliit* I'orl. Fvdoral OlVici-rs. Wn>*hiiij:toii Irvinp. I/>rds Uiblilcsdiik', ('ftvcndi?
  • cw York and Brooklyn, however, entered in procession, with their Htavcs of office, after the rest of the congregation had been Hcated. The gates were thrown open at half-past nine o'clock precisely, when an immense rush was made by the crowd to enter. It was with the utmost difficulty that the police could enforce the decorum due to tlic solemnitv of the building, and the occasion. Every unreMorvcd place in the church waB almost instantly filled by the people, and not an hundredth part of those in ^he street found accommoda- tion. A dense throng remained outside iluring the whole service. As the City Corporation marched in, the bolls chimed * fVin nnfmnnl Aim. * I Nti. \. 50 Thn clergy a^scmbletl in the vcntrv-rnonisof the church about a quarter j.ast mne. So far as couhl be ascertained, the following is a correct list : The Rt. Reverend The BiHhop (Doano) of Now Jersey. NEW YOKK. Hev. ir. Anthon, D. D. Eihvard Antlion. «T. Graeff Barton. • Allied H. IJeach, D. D. " G. T. Bedell, I). D. . " Wm. Berrian D. D. JanicB Boniiar. " J. 11. II. Brown. " X.W. Camp, D.D. P. S. Chaunccj-, D. D. " Caleb riapp. A. V. Cla.kson. r. D. Harriman. •' S. Cooke, D. D. " N E. Cornwall. '• Kicliard Cox. *• C.F.. Cruse, D.D. 5^. I). Denison. •* R. G.Dickson. " Mojj;an Dix. • (». B. Draper. '• C. K. Duffio. • 11. Dyer, D. D. " Lot JoneH. " F. E. Lawrence. " A. S. Leonard. " Chas. ?. Little. " Wm. S. Lndlum. (I ^ \ll (( i( (I ft . " E. C. Marsliall. " J. McVickur, D. D. " James Millott. " II. E. Montgomery. " John Morgan. " W. F. Mnifran, D. IX " W. Monis, LL. I). " \V. A. Muhl. I». " Antoine V«'ircn. •' J. M. Waite. " Wm. AValton, 1>. D. " lleiuy 1>. Ward. " F. S. Wiley. " M. EvaiiH Willing;. " B. Wilsnn, D.D., LI.. I). " Calvin Wcloott. " J. FreiMnan Youiij?. " J. S. Fnrdy. " Wm. Uiclimond. Ficv. J. S. Spencer. Rev. James S. BarncB. " Lemuel Burj?*;. <• EUn. CanficM,D.D " J. F. 1). Cornel!. " Inaac F. Fax. " B. C. Cutler, D. D. '« Edward DoZeng. " Jacob W. Oilier. " T. S. Drownc. " Edmund Embury. " Jared B. Flagj,'. " Clias. H. (Jardiner. " llenry T. Gre^'ory. " Thomas T, Guion. Rev. Wm. 0. Farrington. KIVK.H TOWN.S. llov. F. Babbit. nnooKi.vN. Rev. 1), V. M. Johnson. " Evan M. Johnson. " Isaac r. Labaj^h. " W. H. Lcwirt, D. D. " J. A. Paddock. " Francis Peck. " 0. IVrinchief. " Chaw. S. Putnam. E F. Remington. W. W. Seymour. Henry A. Spafaid. F. Trii.p. " Robt. J. Walker. " E. Wheeler. (I i< II II i ttm mm ly j i»ni mm* mw n 'i ^ - m mir WVIWi IP" ■^ i •M Tf'.uijwnriic.x ^^-^ A. H. Pinr-lr-. f>9 t]-\xt>-* Ar^j. " rVtfft K Ifvin;.' ' Mr f}'trfl,n. Mr. f'r't*-^. H L E. Pratt. Mr. Shactf-lf .,rfid«rln, of Trinity ('|,n|H»I. Jfm. Ilotdilnffi, of Trinity (jjHrci, Mm, Wiilt^T, of Trtnily (Jfupt-l. Mr«. Iluarnc. of th« VMrrh of il.,ly Apoitl.;,. ' i H h i ft9 AliTOS. Mr. GrnnviUe, of Trinify C'Liirrh. MissMftryCJellio. of Calvary Church. , , r ...„ Mi.s Hodge., l.ircctor of M.hu-, C l.risl Cl.nr.h, Norwich. Coua. M. 'fobjolin, St. Thoiniw' Clmrcli. TKNOKS. Mr. Dcane, of Trinity Chnrch. Mr. Peck, of Trinity Cimrch. IL. Hurley, of Trinitj Clnirch. Mr. C.ood. of Trinity Chapel. Mr.Gleahill, Jr., of Trinity Clmpcl. 11A8SKS. Mr. Hrowne, of Trinity Ch-.rch. Dr. Guilractto, of Dr. Mc Auloy's OhurcV., Fiftli avenno. Mr. Cooke, of Trinity Ohapel. Mr. SaflFord, of Trinity Chnrch. BOYS. Gamble, (2) of Trinity Ch«pc\. JmnM Brown, of Trinity Cliiireli. II. E. Drown, of Trinity Clinrch. Sidney Tcrhuno, of Trinity Cliurcb. These were well surtained by au aceompUshcd chom.. Edward Hodge,. ««.,. ^"'- ^'^tu « T WM Parish, presided at the Organ, assisted by Mr Wm. W.l- "r, or^nist of Trinity Chapel, and Mr. J. F. Huntiagton. organUt of St. Thomas' Church. Tho internal decorations of the <='"'"='' were of the n.o.t novel and magnificent description. Across the chancd. bLceu tho jamb, of tho grand arch waa thrown a fn^ porary «reen. consisting of three pointed go h.o arch* S-three f-t high, sustaining a horizontal pane f«« feet Ugh ^^^'^ ""» "■"" «"»P"'°«»'* *'~" fli: si pi . ^' '•*• ■*• * . ■ - i. , ■ 'I " ' ■ . . '■'■.■' ^H' ^ ■ f " 60 sprung a lofty central gothic arched panel eighteen feet Te c^ : Th?: ,"■"' '"^>-^'s'" f-' high to the tope covered wi I, „, --onstruction were heavily arri,™ ""S^^"-'' "hite and red cedar, white pine! evergreens of vanou8 hues heing artistically combined com- Karden flowers nf,, ? " "'I"''*'*'' hot-l'ouse and ne : "z:r/o::s:,:t"'7 ""' ''"'^'"- ''"f™^- ..ruction of the woTrf,,,^ '"*" '"I"'''''"" '" *'"' <=»"- numbers. Wi h hvtw r"'" """ "'""''' ''»'"'•»- " quisUe speei,„e f" Cm" 'J'" ""'' ^"^ "'''' "" Bunches oftbcseflotn, wit? ■" r"'" "'"''"'y'''- colnn,,,, that supposed trart"^"' "^"^""-^ »" '^^ My of the pillar, and „ tor„r' '•"""''""' "™"""" "■" The three a/che., ^ere al o nrl^ T""^ ""' «'"'" S'""""^' "'Inch were arranged in fi '^ "''' '=°™'"'"^ ""'' fl"™™- »f S"« vvhife linen, diX ^ " "'" *''"""'"^' "" brood boarders.-flf uver,n-„„ " 'Compartments by dahlia, was „., .„. "! "*''" P-^-S'""' fowers. Among the A«l>"«. «a. „... ,„,;,„ „: ;7„2™"» fl»«ers. Among the fl"t time, and named, in hJ" I'"'"'" "Produced for the """li.." It i. a large 1'" " "' *'" -■=«-"• the ■• Cable «". of a y.,„„„ g^„ ™'''; «°>^". five inche, i„ dia,„. •l-C'-kled. and «p„,^,d J •^»^"'- ""g-treaked, striped, «-arlet. '"'" ^"'"u. hues of erin.son and Tbo loftj- central arched „» > "■•ed pane, „., ^^^ ^_^^^ ^. ^ _ ^^ » ^» r >■ > ij ?i Ml n 1 r •4 mM ■ ."iiH m "it'- ^H li ^1 . '.- ' Jik-i *»A Hd '. ' '■■ it \S' *^ t^-^m M '■^' 1 r.i n-hite linon like the l.ori/.....tal pn.u I. an-l sin.il.rly honlenMi with Rvcrgrrens ntMl flowors. In this pnnel appear.. i the inscription, " Gi.onv Tu: to (ion on hi.iii," in letters of (lowers, the words •• Glury he to" on the ri^ht base of the arch, the wonl - God" arour.d the p.nnt ot the arch, an.l the " c. high " on the left ba.e. Ka.h word, ex- cepting the title ..f the IV.ty, ^vaH in flowers ot ono color. The words " gh.ry be to" and "on high" were of scarlet sword lilv ami dark roses ; the word «« God" was ,n large capitulB, of white roses set upon rod roses In the nglit compartment of the horizontal panel were the words, "And on Eautii," ir. gotliic cnrif.o '«• »""^» splendens, and the new and superb (blue) .l-lphimim fLosum. In the centre of the quatnfo.l wa. a fivo- pointed star, intended to »y.nboli/e the five races of men. tv ,'" ^-v "ere ,.f beau, M ll" '^ " "''"'« P'''"^' ""'' "- point. «♦- In .he ce,.tre. who™ 1 , "^ '"^"^'' P'''"^"' 'i«'' -" . circle or ,earlet dlwia a, ," V"' *'" ''P"^'"' «"d an,,, were of , carle, ,' T. ^ '""T " '"* ''^ fifty feet from the n„„r „r , ^'"^ '"P "^ 'he crosa was from -e foot of the sereen Th ^^°''' ""^ ''''^■'-""e'" ^<^' fre wa, almost indesenbnble ""' "^ "'" "'""'= ^"•"'^- -y the .„„,i„g ao^ral -r '1' "•"^■" '■^""'" "P window,, and atan.lini- out ° '■°'" "i" clerestory ™'«r- of the great CaZ TT "'" ^"Wued and solemn •■"i there through Vo ai^ ,? "' ""'='■ "'"^ »cen here A"»«ie Cable. b„'„d w^ ' '"^^ ""S of .ho genuine "l-mrock- a„„ thi^.^.V^ f '"• ,^ """I'-t of rose, high^ The caoopy fo^eTl'';." "'r"""' """P^' *«" f™' Of the rarest n„r., p,„, t,,f J"™ ,''""1"''' »<""?«''» .c^le, white .„d ori,„,'„ " '^:';;'P"' -lo„ being blue. . green le.ve.. e™eifulij. „„er,p„3,j ,^j^^ . The pulpit wnq «owe™ .bontthe"::::::^ ';;•'■; -'^'-e tracery of wro.thsof«ower.r„nni„g;,tt-«r.ree„. „„. ""gles, wore supplied fH- 63 to all the pr\nels, and on even' angle was a bouquet ft* » finil. The tout ensemble of Ihesc floral tlecoratioiis was un- prccedentetlly striking, anil the ex«'cntion of the design reflected th«! highest credit npoii the taste of the uirtisU who were engaged npon it. The whole neighbor'uood of New York waa scoured for the flowers, and every grcenliouso or garden of any prom- inence within twenty miles fnrnislied its tribute to the grand design. The perfume of all these exquisite flowers was almost overpowering, and fllled every corner of the church with the most delicious aron»j>. On the second and third pill&is, on t» J right side of tho nave, looking from the chancel, large English flags were festooned over the seats occupied by the English diplo- matic representatives and oflicers. On the two corre- sponding pillars, on the opposite side of the nave, over the seats occupied by the oflicers of the Niagara and the Directors of the Telegraph Company, were suspended two American flags. At ten o'clock the clergy, in their siirplioes, formed in the vestry-room, and, the bolls chin.ing "Old Hu..dred," they marched, two and two, out of the north door of the church, through the chu;ch-yard along tho northern wall to the grand doorway. The sexton, with his mace, pre- ceded the clergy, bareheade.l ; next canu. the deacons, Uvo by two, next the priests, two and two, and the Rt. Rev. the Bishop brought up the rear. Assoon as the procession had reached the grand entrance, the organ burst forth in a joyous voluntar>'. The congre- Ration rose and turned towards the middle aisle, while the procession marched up the aisle until the deacons niched •■-Ti iiij m\ It \\\H ■'■•^. .'< i,'^l&' ■•'■•■ ^^ "fter the bI" '■""""'"^ "--Jcr and ein "'"™«'' «" """-■'"«" in £;""''''• «'..I all-it/"''"' *'""'^P'^«' "Tl.o for I • . '''''" • '"'^ cljoir burst n,-, ,,,, . ■ "^^'^'^^^'-'onco before ,. ^ *\.JS CI iron • „ "C;;--. , "-'"■"" ^-'7iJzz ^ '"»rch, Tarrvf ' "'• ^>r fv • of ••w r \ I T"-"- V^ ^ . 65 Crcigh.on.lso sai,l the exhortation, and led in the Ooueral Oonfe^-ou. The choir, with organ accompaniment, chanted V^nitf Exult rmu4 Domino. For .1.0 Lord i, a great G„d , .,d „ g,c„, Ki„g .b,,„ „,, ,, Tho,c«l.hi,„„dl,e„„Ai,; »„dl,i. l,„„d, pr.par.rf .h«.lr.l„,J ..,d"';;,:;t;.":nr,rd "°" ^ -" "° '™ "■» '•°"-'° »' ■■" '--■ (irory hot,, .1,0 I„(l,c.p, and to .1,„ S,,,^ „„,, ,„ ,,,„ „„|^ ,„,„,, As,. wa>,„.l,ol„.si„„i„K,i, now, „„J over -1,«I1 1,., worl.l .n,l,„« c'l'i. — Avifn. The music for tl.o rr«,Vr wn« an octuvc chant by Jono«, m.ich adniircl by Haychi whni he heard if, sun^r by three thousand children in i^t. VmW Ctthedral, London. It w«« " Rrand chant, and most correctly rendered, the clergy nnd congregation Htand::g. The Tenth selection of Psalms from the Pnulter wuh next Haid by the Rev. Dr. Oeighton. the congregatirm standing and respon.ling. The psahnn of thJH Heh-ction were pccnliarly a|.[.ropriate t., the occ/wion, anui>r out into the ;;::;,••'•'■- - ■ ... ,.::^-- «-.- ;,,:':,:,;■;■ "■>■ -h,,, ,,;;: y \\ l,ij:.l { ^r I fri MM '"''*- "^ ^ I 11 1 r J 67 «_.tj. the JIo,y Gho«t, art most high in the g.o,v of (Jo.! L VaiU^r. After the G/or/a. the congrogation woro routed, an.l tl,o Rev. Dn Hawks, Rec.or of .^alvary Chunh. rcvul the First Lesson from Isaiaft xl. 3. The most striking vcr..s of the diopter were the followinfr • -• "^^'h^" tJ'on passcst th, .h the wnf.r. I will I.o «i,h tl.ce- fl„.I 17. Whid, iM-ingeth forth the H.nriot nn.l th. hor... the nr.nv „, ,1 tl.e p,.wc.r ; thoy sha.I lie o .u.t n„u- it > J u ill even ,nnkc a w.y in tho wihlcrn... „n.l river. Ill the ik'st-rt. A/^er Mie Irsaoii canir thr gr.'at li-atiir.. of (he «,..-viee, that sacred hviim, 7'e JJenrii Lit'iil,iv\iin. ''^^e praise th..., O (i.,.I ; avo «rkn..wi. ,l,v. .ho. to W the lord Ail tf.o oarth .h.th wor>hii. thfo. Ih.. I.rh, r ..veriaMu.^- To th.e all AnH« cry ahM.l; ,{,. lu,,,,,,,^ „,„, „„ „,^. t/ioroin. To thee Chernhijn nii.l S. laphim rr, ,fi,„i,.,l|v ,],, ,.,.v, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord (hhI of .<:il,I,;,..th ; ' Ili-avon and earth arc lull ,.f tl,.- M„j,.siy of thv ^Mory. The ,,'Iorion« rM,„,,,,„y of the Apn^lirs |"„uiM,. IImc. The poodly f..Ih,w«l.i|, of the i'roj.h.ts j.raiv,. tl,..,." Tho nohio anny (,f Marty .s jiraiH.- ih.e. The holy Chnrrh thron^I.ont all il... u „rl.! ,|oth a.k no« I..,!,,,, y],,^ The Futlier of an infinite MajcMx : \ ^ li iii'l Ml< H^.if!i ' W ii i;p » w'lw i I , 1 ^m \ twi^ mn \ % i!i P |,. " j ^'- the I l;!"'''-""''""'^ So,,; T"- «i,,?s, at , ""■" '" '"' ''"eve™ ' '"■•"''■ """■ **' "F" A'l'l we u,>, 1 • ^ ^''<'t'; "^ '• .avc ,„,, '-^ f'-s day witl,.,,t sin ' "^i nie never h, •ti-lastui''. r\ tii 69 The rest of the Te Dcum wns uii altornation of solon. ducts and clioniscs. Rev. Dr. Bedell, of the Church of the Ascmsion, then read the Second Lesson fro.r Kevelutiona iv., the ujost apprc^^riate verses being us fol ows: 10. " The four nna twenty elders lall down before lliiii timt Hat on tlie throne, and worship niin tliat livoth for ever nnd over, mid can their crowns before the tlirono, saying, 11. Thou nrt worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and power; for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure the., are and were created." After the Lesson the congregation rose, and the rlioir sung the Benediduf. St. Luke L, 6ft. " niessed he the Lord ('.od of Inracl ; for he hath visited and rodoeiniMl his people; . And hath raised np a mighty Palvation fur us, in the hons« of hin Ht-rvant David ; As ho si>ako by tho month of his holy prophctH, which hnvo been J^Wr-"s««*flP» -—• — *»j 70 Morning Plrayrr to tha minor heneAicrlon. Jmt bpfore the General Thank.ojrivine, he said the foUowinir SjttiAL JIrayf.r for a Cabi.k Sei'.vi. r.. (Alloirftl hj the BiArjf. ) "0 f>j«l, whrtsc novur-fiilin;^ Provi.,w U^fore rhrr,r,wiiinpthat fmm theft all ntrenprth, all wis.l..m, puw^-rari'l mij,;ht fill r.irne. Wp praise theo for thy jj.i.j.l;i. -is iin-i w..n- drrfnl wirkrt to thf* rhil.lr'»r .,f mt-n, ainl acknowledge thy gracious hand in .ill that too * compli.sh upon earth. Kspeci- ally thJH d»v wf rccoj^'nize tiiy gTHidrirsH and mercy in the w )nd rful w-.rk f.r wliich we now bh-»jj and ma;^nify thy j(! .rioHH name. Thou, wh-i alone Hpn-iuLst out the heavens and rulost tlio ra.'in/ »f tin- sea, didst in thy rm^rey p-iiide thy nrrv^nu throu'/l. thr- peiih r.f thf j,'n-at d-'ep. md enuhlc them to lay in tl.. r.ii-hty wiiters that h..nd whirl, ii.,w unit-s di.stant nriti..iH 'ir..rit. O I,ord, th.it th.)«e wh., are so wonderfully i .iri.d t..otli.r rn'.v n.-ver I..- p;:t .xsundi-r J.y enmity or strife, '•/ r"''"J'''' r |, s- :,. .May it he instrum.-nf.il in hearinj? o;.!y tl.r n.- ,- ,, f |.. u--.-. .•xf..ndiii;r tl..- -hid tidii.-s ofsal- xriti..n. tlr -,.,,.. I ,,f tt.y ,l,.;ir S..,., and histonin- th- dav when f' '•''>' '''"■' •'«■ ft'- '^'rll. hhill ri..; th.it hkssedsun- ■ !•• a.-,, on ..arih, j,„ ,.i.,,.,ll t.w.ird.s m.-n." .Vnd x„ thy jrreat n'.r,.. .,»..tin.,. aH.r.l...d .,11 l.,.„.,r .a,d pr.u.... thn.u-h Jesus r^.rMt, xnr I. .i.| ■• .\,ni'„. Aft.r tl,.- (M„.r:.l Thatiksiri i,,^, th.. Ilev. Rector said thr followi.,.,' ,Sp... id ThaiikHqivit.e, ar il... rr.iuest of Cant. IlfidjKiti and til.- oiricTs of the N'iairara : '■ Mom frnirh.u, L ...1. u|.,.ho ,n,n-y is ov.r all tl.y work^- wo praise thy h-.ly n..n.o that tJ.ou '.ast l„-,n p!,.a^.■.^ to run- dun „. waf.-ty. lhr..„,M, tJ... p,.r,|s ..f ih,- ^^r.at d.-, ,, tl...... ...-rvanti.. wl... now: .l.-.p- t.. nturn tl.-ir ti,ahk. ,n.t., tl,.... ,„ P / i MWf' * ^ ■ ■ "■w.jIw. i ^fl ii U ' i \ Ma^MJWMMHtMdua-^aK 71 thy holy Church. May they be «h»ly Hynsiblo of thy inrrclfiil providence towards them, and ever express their thankrulncBH by a holy trust in thco, and olicdionco to thy laws ; throu;^h Jesus Christ our Lord." Amen. Rev. Dr. OgHby niirrminccd that the Lord lii.shop of Montreal, who was expected to represent liie Kpgii^h Church, was absent unavoidably, on account of engaK*?- nieuts ujadc prior to the announcement of this service. Tlie Rt. Rev. the Provisional liishop was absent, for a himilar reasoL. Rev. Dr. Ogill)y then announced the A'lthein, Psaini cxxxiii. of the Psalter: Ts A i.M c X X X i J i . AVcc, V then aiilMMi:. ed lliMf an .i-l.ii.-. uo.ild be delivi-red by the Kiuiil It' \ • H'.' Hi-'I'-p "^ ^' ^^ .'.r*';. • Tb.' diMinmiiHlied prel.He in I.im robes l....k a iM.,itio„ «■ :'1 lll:lftf "► P l^f y "" ■' ■"■•^•W MMU 12 ju8t under the central arch of the screen, in t)je rear of the loctem, and spoke, with great deliberation and oni- phasis, a« follows: I " Glory he to God on high, and on earth peace, pood-will towards men." This was the message of the angels to the shepherds .m the plain «.f Bethlehem, when the incarnate Saviour of tho worM was cradled in tlie manger. Thiw wa.s the message of the augrls, by the .\tlantic Telegraph, to their western sons ; and thiH shall l)e the Anglo- American message to the ends of tlie whole earth. " Glory he to G(.d on high, and on earth peace, goo.l.will towards men." Was over utterance so fit ? Wrs ever nttcratice ho Btartling ? Was ever utterance so scdemn, HO Muhlime •'. Flashing out from the burning realm of Christian h.'urts in In-laiul ; flashing along througli the caverns of the «.-.i ; fl.iKhing along among the burh-d treasun-s of the ughts that crowd upon the ,niml in the cont.Mnplation of the great subject of this day's assen.bling, the tendency to oneness in the chief. It srems to me that, in a nort, the edict of Habel is reversed-lhat the dis- persion of the nations is to be undone, in (Jod's t.mc and ... God's way, by bringing ther ' .g<>ther as one n. h.m ; and n.ight almost vnture to say, that we have in prospect, an it were the renewal and repetition <.f th. Pentecostal wonder, when all the nations ..f the w.rld heard in th.Mr own tongue the wonderful works of God ; whon ma,, shall speak to n.an^ from the one end of the world to the othor. of the g..s,K.l of the Saviour and of t'.ie glory of the Land.. (Oneness- .ts tend- ency to ..nencBs .s the h-mling thon^.t. i- 'ov n.ind, as he result of the great event which wo celebrate this day He loved friends, I have come an.ong you t.Mla> . .. avelu.g throngl. 74 England, „„d withTlT tot"";:"'' ";f r" *"'■""'' -»'" «» rojoico ,„ the c„„s,„„;S ■;""'. "'""•■« i«l»"de of the «ea, ••""' well did (hi, venmbrr '"■"'" ™* ''""""Mly ■ ■•" <'.» roioioi,,^. of : aav ^r '"" '™' '"' "'"" " "'"^ "Mo handa m that dcr toth ' T "-"y "■■'' fro-" veer- s'"" ; «v«,.ccs ihoy „rc frc'l' """^ ^"^^"^^ '" "•« •hoy have done, they U^^^cZTo „ "" "■" ^"'"^ '"'^^ "hich ;•■.'". i" lending the conBccmL ™ rf' " '"°^° e'""™ ■»n of nK, but with the Church of the living fJod, and repoRc it in the proper place — a gallant sailor, captain in our navy, surrounded by oflBoers of our sister navy and hy tin? sailors of b(»th fleets— an act inimitable in beatity, ntnl a trstimony that iiiyi\ was with them in truth — they i)our out their heart« in prayer to (iod, thanking liiu' for his mercies and asking him for his l)lehsing ; and then with a shciut they awake the virgin echoes in rejoicings for tho consummwtion of that great event which has made two into one ; which has we«lilej^ " "^y^T'OpgyW I' 76 -"Olorv .f ni • , '" '"'"' """'° """ (?'»"»•>» hymn tww.r ■ ^ "'' °"^ '^■°='""» '"'™ l-™" wedded b, heart rJ \ """ ^ ''"^ ^^-'^ ^^ ? Will not every " "^^"'^ ""« •^"""'"nt let all the earth To God their cheerful voiceundBO- Glad homage pay with joj^ul mirth, And BiT.g before him Bonga of prai«e- " Convinced that he is God alone From whom l.,th we and nil proceed; >^c w,,o„,,eehoo«e8forhisown, "'e Hock that he vouchsafes to feed. ''••'.onter. then. hiK temple gate. rh.ncc to his courts devoutly press • A".lH.i!ly.,„rKra.efulhvmnsLpr' '^""'^'^"•""^WwithpraiHerbL. "j;™-(i.>.l. from whom all blessing fl„^. -OH.. ..„, all creatures here Mow °' I ra,so ..„ a..,ve. ye heavonly UoJ '•-- Father. S.„. and Holy 'nh::*;.. This was huh^ to fi,^ „i , ^ ,, •>r. >i".ip-' ."- ,.a„i„:;^"':' i::""*''. '•'»'•" *-- force of the org„,, „,„, „„ ,,,„,^ ^-V-;^ "jth the whole the first two liiii's, 1,.. ...,,■.,.,, ,. ^ m lull chorus for ,• "nun tune ovi>rv i- : wallH of the great H.unh joi„nl i„ [l \ """ ^'"^ the bcll-ringor Htnnk np th. Ph,,,,,' „/,;;;' "^'^ "'^^ant with th. power of the .paunifieor.t or,, ^ ^'""""' ""' I Hi l»nl f*^ 77 the bells, and a chorus of three tlioiisantl five hundred voices — many of them male — Old Hundred waa given with a hearty majesty that has rarely been accorded to it auy- Tvh' 3. When the last note had died away, tlie congrega- tion kneeled and the Rt. Kov. the Bishop pronounced the major benediction. Dr. Hodges then played, as a concluding voluntary, Handel's anthem, the words "Zadock, the Priest, ».. •! Nathan, the Prophet." Rev. Dr. Ogilby came forward aud said that Mayor Tiemann had put in his hands a message rerrived from Savannah, which so singn'.rxrly accorded with the addrcns just delivered, th'-i it would Heeiii as tlioiigli there was a telegraph at work between them. He would n-ad it : Savannah, Scptcmhcr 1, 1858. To Mayor Tiehann : Savannah joins her sistor city in a chf.niH of joy an,'uidni^j the nations in tlic way of poace, and tli»; two f^reat liranchen of our rare instnuneiits in His liarnl. TIIO.MAS TntNKIt, Afdi/tir fif Stirnnnnh. The services beitif.' now over, the chTj;y ajraiti formed in pro'cession and iiiarch«'d down the nii.ldU; ainle, out of th«- preat doorway, under the Kn^'linh an.l Anieri.aii II.i^^h, to the churchyard, and ko around the north wall to the veMry room. At' the nortli door the clergy Lalfe.l and opened. Il|ll jwf m Bi i ipi inj i w tfi " ^" ii w i ly 78 when the prelates passed through, and the procession closed after them. Then the chimes again rang out jov- ously and the people separated, some to the Battery, some to other promts, to witness the procession. THE ..ECErxION OF THE OUESTS. The first part of the programme drawn up by the Com- mon Council Co.nnmt.o f„r tho great celebration w.s the ipcoptio!! of Mr. < 'vrus W. Fidd t» the Oorgop, an I the Indus, at .'h tl>e ciul a 1^' officers of the Niagan liatt I)ut to .stick by ilc S Millie iiipinni:. The I;'nited S (»} I lier peak, l';iitci\- ; a ■•'>• ;" .i.mIh,,- .vithii, three; Jmndre.l •■'lu'' Aniriii ■•I -111 ill uiir ;i( (1 (uain, and tin- \\u-\\.h jack K' niiz/fii. were Mill iMit i.adv f ■Ml ensiLTU floated at another at the ktiow iM'It.T rruMidl'd 1 '■"^"■"""^"'a^ he for... Jfn- ffuns the iinpr.'vs ,1,^,, ^| "■•■ ^^I'li irn-it ad Coinniiti ee u| "• \^'"^ th,- fViir,.,t,. N "ii". ',i(»n under heroine o| tin With the ani\al ol tl ^'i'>nu'« incuts had ■■> and of tl lagara, as the ■'"'"<•« nerd that tl IS "' «J<"easini; '• inilifarv th.. tl W..II "I l»e there th.' groun.l U.I.. sr,,,,.,.^;,,^, i^^, Hii: T lie Mill JK'Ulr.l i|n\V|, j| '• e\(.rv I sweltered, linn w q., i| t|, )tnpiraiiuii | "'•^ With |,.,l tl lo 'I tl !<• .soldiel; K'ir biiius >eS ,1; ■■"lll>>, to Mft 1^— — ^wor-«».»»i I ■» «<.». 'i .'■ ■ 70 possession of the few shady patches that could l)c fouixl. About the only comfort there was consistca in f.astin^ the eyes upon the sight of the supposed Niag.ira, and th«* lines of the Sabine and the genius of Steers were loudly praised, until it got about that they were sold ami that the Niagara still lay in tar and dishabille at the Navy Yard. Still, though that was not the Niagara, everybody wondered when the Niagara would appear according to the unerring announcement of the prograunne. Those posted, however, were no h.-ss anxiously looking f.»r the English othcers. Captain Hudson and Mr. Field. an\. Captain Dayman, R. N. Hart Gimlctte, M. D. Lieutenants Ccunt ViBcomto. B. Mitchel, T. B. Butler Paymaster A. T. N. Roberta. ^ IMUS. Captain Williani Ross Hall, R. N. /;:T""pr''.'^'^''^-^- ^^♦^""^oshua C. Cole. A. II. Tminnr. P. ('. .I..l,nstono ;m.l A. T. Kiugs. Captain lludHou was ,..., ,,.,0,,. ,l.ose who wore on • the .teanuT, lu.t l.. was ai ,1,. s.-rvics iu Trinity Cln.rch- t^ 81 Of Captain Dayman, the commander of the Gorgon, it may be proper to state, that to him was intrusted the survey- ing of the telegraph plateau, and by him were Lieut. Ber- ryman's soundings corroborated. It was Captain Dayman who guided the Niagara from mid-ocean to Trinity Bay, and he is entitled to the highest praise for his admirable naviga- tion. There was one gentleman whoso absenco was much rogrettod— Mr. James L. North, First Lieutenant of the Niagara, who kept wutch and watch with Captain Hudson during the laying of the Cable, but whoso name has been entirely forgottou in the praise which has been so lavishly hoRtowcd elsewhere. The only officers present at the col- obration were Mr. J. C. EMridge, Purser of tho Niagara, Lieutenant Ghcrurdi, and Mr. Farren, the Chief Engineer, while Lieutenants Todd, (Juest, Webb, Macauley, Chief Engineer FuUansboe, and Drs. Green, Grinncll, Hay, and Lieutenant P..»yd, of tiie marine corps, were absent. The officrra of the Gorgon, above-mentioned, fonned a part of tho procession that walked with the Cable up the hill that loads from tho landing place in the bay of Bull s Ann to the telegraph station, at Trinity, N. F. The Indus is tho flagship of Ad.niral Seymour, and, at the time of whioh we write, was stationed at Halifax. Having thus disposed of the proceedings aorompanying ihrreroptionof th.-se gentlemen, we will return to tho Citv Hall, whore, in tho Mayor's Dffioe, the guests of the (-..^.oration wore to asson.hh-. and from whioh they w.r. to.M.trrthrprooessi.Mi as it passed through tho I'ark on its way to tho Crystal Talaoe. ^^ PoUr.m.-n in unifurn. stood outside tho door !.'a.iiMi: to ih. 82 Mayor's apartments, and prevented an early rush of visitoni inside. Victims of ticket sxvindlers, faro banks, and mock auctions-wives, whose eyes liad been blackened and heads damaged by their brutal husbands-and representatives of the usual daily heterogeneous class of complainants- presented themselves to have their wrongs righted. They were all sent away, however, and told to come again. The injunction to depart was obeyed cheerfully upon their being told that it was Cable Day. At 12 M., the Mayor's main office was well filled. The visitors were illustri- ous characters, and animated were their mutual greetings, the introductions and conversations. The Rev. Dr. Field. father of the chief hero of the day, occupied an arm- cha. by the side of Lord Napier. Although nearly seven 1 cades ot yearH had passed over the head of the vener- nrce ti k"^'"""' ^^^ ^^^^ «' ^'-^th was still ud ; T' ^■'""'' "^' ' '^^^'-1' -holesome look Ir . '' T :^"'"^"'""-'" -'^1 "".linuned eyes. He .tcre.l ...alously into conveiHation with Lord Xapifr • and therepresentativeof HerM.iesfv'M O ''^^^^'^^^^ »"« wifh l.i^ ,v . 1 '"'J' '^^^ ^ <'Ovennnent responded wim iiih wonted ("ivi. ... 1 r 1 * »at ,.,„.„-,.,, wi,,; ,:. ,; '■;;'"'•;"• "'"'-p '"— 1'-"'— lu ,.11,..,:, ;,, ';;:"• •"-• ™'"""''i fiimili-irlv u,,! ,. -.1 ''^"" ^^' conver.'^ed Diiniii.irn aiKi with aiiiiii-....f .i .s„,,,T,ni,.i„l,-„i „! ,|„. r„iu.,l .s,„,,s r,,.,^, Prof- Ii""M.K, ,,„ „v ,.f t|...N,„. ,V T ,'"■'■■• '" them .t..„.i, M „iv ,.„..,„„T i'.;", '"" ^'•■" '•■■"■' WkMSTKL. II1.X.HM1N M FiFl,.' ., i"'7'~ ' """" '""' jlxu s w. T.KM.V.VS, . i„.,„i„.;„; ;,,;;;;, ":;•;' ;;"';• --i " ^I \.N.\, foiiiicd ^ '"►wri 83 1 f a talking duct. Mayor Tiemann occupipd his time in con versation with Mr. ARCiiinALn, liritish Consul at this port. At a few minutes pjist one o'clock, the Mayor and several other gentlemen withdrew, for the purpose of taking part in the reception of the heroes of the Cable, at the Hattery — a portion of the proceedings which has already been described. They returned, with their guests, in time to join in the j)roce88i(»n, the principal features of which we shall now proceed to narrate. THE PROCESSION. The procession was organized according to the pro- gramme, and began to move at the pre-arranged hour. The display was one of the most imposing which the city has ever witnessed. From every street, crossing and rumiing into l?roadway, great crowds continually poured into the chief arterv (»f the city, like so many rivulets adding their tribu- tary streams to the mighty torrent, which gathered in bulk and force every r ment until the capacity of the available arah t-emendous vigor. To t!.e enthusiastic reception accorded hin» this distinguished gentleman niode.ily houe hiie. The British naval oflicer.s — Captam Dayu.an, of the (lor-on, and the other ofllccrs of Hornntannic Majesty-s Navv-were also sinnhiriv re.c.NedandackMowledt:e,i the compliment v:-.. cracetu! mchnat.ons of the.r heads. , ^.tain Hudson, of the Tnilcd St^ites stean.cr Niagara, was loudly che.Mvd. '!l 11 I R asr ■*T';iin.>nt_(!ol. Al.ram II. Vosburg, Sc.ond IJo^nmont-fn? Henry RohinBon. KirHt lfpKirnrnt-Lij;i.nri,(_Co]. T. Brooko Postloy. HKcoM, nRir.AnF, rommandod l.y ('„]. Kdward Hinckr-. Hripadr Staff. Kifth l{rpinu-nt-r..l. Christian SclmarzT. adder ^'xtl. l!.Kln,r„t-I.i,.ut.-Col Samuel K.7ook ••••nrtl, l{.K>nK.„t-Lirut.-C,d. Da')id W. frllor. THinii nniGinr. ConunnndH by Bripadior-'on Willi,,,, Hall Bripndr Staff '':"'';'\\^^''"''^'''-<<'« Al.r..n. Purvor. ';;*:''' '^;;^'''''''«-<-'''-voi.y.;,,. t'f')fiftl.lH.m.nt-r,.l.K:^..n<.l.o^.al r^ I'i lii i ■I ! i'i m .*.4>»^" ) : w m^ 87 H •' : ^ '. FOURTH BRWADK. Commanded by Bripadior-ricn. John Ewcn. Bri)?;ido Staff. Tenth Uogimcnt— Col. William llalsoy. Twelfth Rcpimont— liior.t.-Col. Hext earriaije eontah.ed Loro Napi.-r, the British Minister, the Most Rev. Arehhislmp HutrheB and th« Rev Dr. Nott. These rmineiit pers.mauM.s attracted much attention and were fre.juently hailed with cheers. The orator of the dav,l>av..l Dudley Field, the olT.ciat- inir chTgv. and iVf'r Cooper, eau.e u. the n.xt carru.ge and were repeate.ily elienvd hy the crowd. A sueccH^ion .,f crriages then followed, .ontauuug .M- deru.en and other city olV.c.als. W.th th. ,u wct. tie mm ^c ! B t'mm M»^M wm i i l.^y 4. 1| 88 The Commissioners of Kmigration. Th<-I..a.dofTon Governors, in full. n ; His iiftinc rc«onn(l-< fr«in shore to •linro, And echoes thrnnj^h tlio ocean's rtmr." " LkT TTIK Eaoi-k sruiAM." "Ilurrfth for Horj^on enteri)ri''o, Ilnrrftli for Yankee skill — One navijratoM tlio oci'iim's (Icptlis, Tlic otiior — Ikrgcn liill." " Nations! aim-: now kxciianoinc Skntimknts hy Lkiiit- NiNO Si'i;ki»." " Ni'W York City lias lier ('yni-», Ami Jersey has lier Jake, With the tallest line of Hta::i's In little .IiTsi-y Slate."' "Tui: Ladiks — TiiK Moiiikks or Invkntoks." "\Vi!i:n Ami-.kman (Jkniis spans tmi: Ockan, what wir.r. IT Nor DO y" "Fraxkfjn and Mok^i:— Oni: dki.wtkk LiciiriNiNo kuom Tin: (Ji.oiDs, Tin; (►iiikk itUKW it iiikokhi TIIK (hv.\y Dr.i'THs." " May TIIK Atlantic f'AHi.K iimi.d tmk tw.. Cuntinkntm TOOKTIIKK, AND MAKL l*KA^''™ Hg..t a„/.ea. " "* "^ "MH of tl.c (lispatcli : art, ,..„„„, „,.„ ,„,,„,„^„^^ _| A!iorli,lra V, ;T"', '" "" ^''""'' '-P-- •- I.U 1 .„„' .,f„;;l.''."';7'' ""■ '■-- "•■•I- Niagara. •"" '. "11 «hi,li «i, i!l . , ' '''^"■''"""'"iMii'iits and a -»KI.Kf;iuPH CoMPANv. IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) y fe / .^ / «r .*^ :/ 5r «:/. i.c I.I '^l^ 12.5 « -. i|2o 1^ 11^ 1.6 <^ v2 /a / / o / Photc^phic Sciences Corpomtion 93 WfST MAIN ST*!ET WnSTI*,N.Y. I4SI0 (716) 173.4)03 s. k •^"^' ^ '\ V ^\ <^ \-^v N^* 91 Then came an immense car, drawn by oiglit hor«o«, on which wore moimted three printing presses, namely, one of Messrs. R. Hoc & Co.'s single cylinder presses, ft card press, and a queer old relic, in the shnpe of a wooden press, more than a hundred years old, with the primitive huok- skin balls for inking apparatus. Printed sheets were thrown off by the respective presses on this cur, us the procession moved along. Among the printed matter worked off by the press, and scattered among the crowd, were the ode written by Mrs. Stephens, a paper entitled "The Atlantic Telegraph," another purporting to give " A Brief Histor)' of Printing," and the Queen's and President's messages, all of which Arere verj' creditable specimens of printing. The contrast between the press as it was one Imndrcd years since ind the printing press as it is now, was brought before the pui)lic eye vividly. Four pretty little girls, dressed in white, with red trinuningn, helped to distribute tlic printed matter. The New York Typographical Society, a time-honored Association, followed immediately after the presses, bearing a banner on which was inscribed : "Nkw York TvronnArHiCAi. SocirxY, Institutep, Jui.t 4, 1S09." On the reverse side was the legend : -The LiHK.iMy or tmk Pkf.ss is kssfniial to thk Prkskrvation op Frfeihjm." There were about two hundred nu-mbers of the AHSocia- tion out. "irr i^aWnMWf^ >iffw«" wm\ 92 The Third Division met in Beaver street. It was officer- ed by Licutonnnt-Colonel {Marshall Lofferts, as aid to the Gr: id Marshal, assisted by Major J. R. Pinckney and R. H. Shannon. In tliis appeared : Co..W,.-D'Aguier. of Brazil ; Don Santos, of Portugal ; in a car-iage from which waved the Brazilian flag : L. Ii. Hatfield, of port of Bombay, India. Mi/ida Officers off Dufy. -Lientcmut F. W. Obernier, of the 7i>d Regun.nt; Lieutenant Lmdhuv, of the 14th ; ex- S.Tgr.nt-Ma.jor Van Tassel, Sixth Regiment ; Captain Tay- lor, I«»urt«'fntli. Nvagons. drawn |,y siv horsos. containing the n.anatrcrs and Vn.pl«y.s ,.t th. Morse and lions. Telcgn.ph Societies. TlM.M..n:,nnI.. I.iI.,Mry Association was represented in ».'« d.VMon l.y about two lunulred intelliirent-looking '"'' "'•^'" '''"'"*'r ^vlnch they bore was inscribed : ••^I^'^' ^N .....: I.„.K,,v ASS.H ,A,,ON OK THK ClTV OK NkTV Y..KK." 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'■"••'•'-".-.^Mv,. '''''■" '^•"•'^ -"t. .,, ,,,^ < i / s . • a . ! r tt^mmmm i«fe. Association, follow,.,! 't1"1° 'l"^' * ■'*'"""*' ">''••"•"• bor. turned out in ttir 1" '"", ' °"' '"""'"<' "" " ki.«, with oagi..;!:::. ':;;,:":;;• '•- ■•■» -^ by half a dozen bag-niner.. ';7 ""•»"' ""- f.lt,.„^ a crown of flowc™ orf,!? . T."*""'' """• '""- <>- waa ,1,0 inscription : ' """ " '""'">• "' ' •-'■- "We'ke Rkethukn A'." with tl,i8 noble vessel lur.n 7*0tl.n.K co.nuvt.,! a™undt,,on...doi::„:;,;.;'::;:;;:7;;:-'-™'-^ Tl„. Ca,l,,t.s of Tc.n,,„.„,„„,, ,, .svi,., „,■ ,.„ ...M;.ut„,.-,|,e.,,,,„,,,,„,,,,,,,,,,,,.^,>,_,^^^^^^ aT A n "T' :;'"'""'■• ''""'''■^' ^'•'•^"""i'"' '— ■"' m i. r "^'"^ "■"" ""■""■l'""i-' bv a l,„„d „, "ripli',™: ""'"•■" "'-•™'''" '■"""••™ "•'"' "I'l'™l-™'<-- i- Tlio (;er,„„„ Worki„Kn,c„', Ch.b,, conipo.od of d,,„,. " ".H (r.„„ , ,„ T..n,l,, Kl,.v..n.l„ .S..vo„„.,.„.l,, E^uJutU "1 lw,.„t„.,l, W.r,l,, t„rn,,I out „l,o,» on,. ,„,n,|„| "■Tk.. . ,. ,„r ,l„.j, ,„.,,.H,. „,,,„.„„„,„, ,,,,„,. „.,.^^ __^_.,_^_^ l-"-.i l.y .,.>,.r,l l..„„l, of „„„i,-. ,„„| ,,.rr,..',l .....vral l.,.„. '■'•r»:.ii,| AT,„-,i,„„ lU... ,,:, „„„„, ,,„. |,„,„,,,, ^^^^^ 13 I p^wwn«pgma m and the 96 ••Akiutku Vkkei.v." t-.^....r,.. : ;;J"" "•;•">• '■• '-'" '''-coats, .,-,1 -•"■•' '.'M... .;:,,■,:;::;•';,;.;;'■;•■'"•''-'»".' -vent, cwor. of „!.! ^..^i„ r„. '" '■^'^'"Janty and pre- ■''••"''^I^r:!:;;l,,ril';.;';''7'; '•• •'»• --.0 of fir. a„d I'"'-!-: r . .|„.,„ l,i ".. I , """"'• " '"■ ^>''">l> was •■•-•■'-::..,^..^ ''''''■"■' ■■'■■i-'^"--'.vi,, I.,,il„dd- "■'-••■r. ,..,|""""'- I-I 'l-llars. On on.. ""-'■■•• ■ ••^. • ■■...1, >,.,'''.':"'"■'""" •■' " ^■"""" •'^'■••™V "" '•••••^•^.u..., ::;;:::;;;■'■•■■■'■'■'••''' '"''"■ J •■;' r*. .». . . . • t . • !•* •' '•'^>•'•^ !•• M. I{.xk. \Vi|. I >» 1 . , I ' ■ m American Tcloj,'raph Cm., with Hughes' printiiiff iiiHlrunuiit. InvcutoiN ui Kcwiiij^ nmchiiiuB. Sowinp- niachiiioR on a car, nn«l oporaiivoH at work. rianfif«>rt<> makors. PianofortPH on truck, with pcrformors. Sowinf^ machinos on a car. with oporativos at wurk. Mt»(1e1 of rnifcd Stales steatn fri^^'ate Niaj^'ara. na;,'Ui;rreutypc an»l photo^'raphic artists. Knvclope niaiiuracturcrH. The most imposing feature of this division wns tlio tWn- pinv of sewiiic: machineB. One establishment was repre- »>\\tt'(] liv a large and beautiful oanopy, fifteen feet long, »'ii:ht fret wide and eighteen feet in height, erertenth»' f(,p (,f tl„. cjitiopy, which finished in a beautiful loiiie, was an American eagle bearing a floral wreath in lii'< beak. Tne canopy was hung all around with costly la«f curtains and bore, several inscriptions. Another sewing machiru' factory also nnide an excelletii • IctiKMiHt ration. This was simply composed o( an i \(. i,s;\c platform, erected on a large wagtui, drawn h\ tw.ur liorsc, six grav and six black. The plaffuiii \^ as .ii\i'l.'i n '' MP* :•. 98 to represent (he old svJ f "''^"' ^"^ '''^'^^^^ • scriplion : '^''^"^ ^^.s partition was the in- " '^"E SoNo OF THK Shirt/' '^he girls in thi or^lors to look "^ partition, it is stated, f''<^ stiteh, tl a« interestingly nii.serabl were given strict assnuie tl ' t''^ switch, th... stiteh '"^ "Pite of themsel as th e and careworn from py could possibly "7 wore terribly b, '"•^rry as a„y ^f ^j, wife! ves and tiieir instructions f'»rniidabl K'rls Wen ""S smiles, and appeared quite I'artition w- r,. t) ^' 'irray as sjx.rtat «''iited, tendin. ^'"- «weet sex who turned out in such >t' words- '^'•«- fn the back partition fou "mchine. Above this !; a sowin t(My had one of tlicir pianos on a «ai-, draw n by four liorHi-s. The in.struiut'nt wiia surrounded by the ftdlowinj; iuHcrip- f ions : " His LiomNiN(is Knmuhtknki) tmk Wour.n." " TiiY Way is in riii: .Ska, TllV rATM IN IIIK (»l{i:\T WaIKUS." The cnvelopi^ makers turnrd (mt with a lari,'i' triumphal ear, drawn bv tlin-e tinr horses and caiTyinjj; an envelope inacliine in operation, tended by two girls. Around the top of the framework of the platform was, at either side, n f!!! 1: m mw ■^•■iiw«»f»wiw""i*^*r' ** . , w 100 Tnn.ty Bay, one of the end, entering ,„, envelope. Pollowing tlm was another car, drawn by four l,„™e, <»rry,ng eome agricultnral implements. ' »-wa;:'ti?:;r:cr-- -"-"--ea Division. ' """«• '"""«'" "I' "'« rearof.l,' .«ix,h "i-'"H,y.,,,i., j. ;,;;;.,,;''''"■'■'■-■■' M.,.i,ai', Aids, a.,. T.m:;:!;::""'ir:'.;- '" "'" ■''" -- •"•• ^- v„rk ""'"''■■""K lii'y MM.'n !!','i' '! '•■ ""■ '''""'" "'||•■^.• Dlll.iu. Til,. Tiiin,...,' ■ ""• '■"•""laii.l ..r Cantiiiu ''"■-li"tl.,..vl, '■'", "'"•'■'■■'"- •■■ on. all '-'«. I. was '""'"■ '""-I -.ava.s and Mark ••■^■•■>vas ,,;::.,,;!;;■ ;-;;:''';'7''";'^M..an,s:,n,..r. n.,. N«'Vt r.iiii,. ,|„. ^^11 ''"• '^""^"--^ "'"I Na,.«.,|;"T '" " '•''"•^^ ■""<"••'... notl, "'""•'••'■ «'^ l»r^.. naus.,r.ii r'"'"''- ""■'■''••' •'" "n.nrr.s. m 101 Next came the Indopendciit Singing Sooioty, some two hundred and fifty in number, and carrying flags sinular to thoKO in the Societies above nicntioiu'd. The Columbia Song Society, a CiiMinaii organization, followed, and presented a creditable nppcarann*. The Eighth Division was undcrthedirertion of ({enmil Henry Stomia, Aid to thr Grand Marshal, assisted by .luhn Benson, Esq., and shortly after one o'clock formed in John street, the right o!i Broadway. It was led by The l^utchers of the cities of New York, Brooklyn and Jersey City, numbering about four hundred. They were on horseback, and wore linen aprons and over-sleeves. Each ineuiberhad pinned to the bijipel of the coat a ncMtly printed p(»rtrait of Mr. Fi«'Ui, with the w(utions : " Ox W '^niNcnoN. Livi: WKHiiir ■i,iW i.ns." "TuK Atlantic CAni.K— AKat from ihi; Si x of Lini;iM v, DESTiNKi) i(> Irj.i.MiSATi: mif: (Jloomifst Kk- CKSSKS (»K rui: Wuki.p." "Tiii: Caulks (.f Tvuanny aim; mijohtfi) hy rnK Cabi.ks of Inii;i.i.i'"'"'• "»» "-e " followmg inscriptions : """ > Ant„„:„_Man „k FKrr " A wagon of co,iKidt.r.l,p„ • ;:;"'-■""« M„.ep; o«; L:""',"'?" "^ »- >>--«. »nd »«'-yanl, «•„, u,e nj, ^;'""' ■''" "'« ""imals of the » Y''' '''-"I'tionsoT' f;,',!'r"-'-' fi-n the outside ■••';"""• •^•••. of „„„,„,, ^;;S^^^;""es, corn, cabbage, beet., " " l-oe'M;!,:f;:;;;!';.';;«; P-ducts was lo„dlv cheered w^-dlT'"'^ '■»— "f r;"-"'3. ••The Van The Crotoii \f;ii •i™.wn liv ,i^ I,,,,. ""''on consist,.,! „f , WM f.,ll,;„.e " ' ■'' Pil'-'d up Witt 1 " '■"?" "■"•••''' "««'^« TOTHE Jin, , ^1 '1.1 'I il ■ ,h:k i 103 The. Crotou Mills arul Metropolif.,,, M trucks witl A numlu'r proot'ssion. specim Shetland f H ■ 111 had n\ NO H'vt'r.'il our and savka of wheat. ponies cIoHrd this portion of tli The Workingn.cn's Association, numbering son.,, tl.r.e hundred members, followed ind ..11 .• T PiI.,r.nP„,i • "'"^^'<'"»>'^ .1 delegation from the Palace Hardens, m carriages. Af>er then, can.e the I o .. shoremen's Sociefy. which dosed the .livis . T ' jnusteredstrongandlookedndmirablv. As X,, •* Broadway they were loudly cheered lytti;:::;;;::''''^' The Ninth Division was co,nnmnded by (^n.tuin C < Mott assisted by Lieutenant Macintosh Ud^Dw'- r "ice, Lsq. • * • First came the eartmen of the city of New York. Thev umbere upwards of two ]:nndred; their carN were 1 ; -'-^-IwUh flowers and neatly painted ior the o... H! "H\vwere respectably attired and present,.] a fin,. a„- I-aram-e. Many of th,. nn.nbers had th.-ir wives ad ''In dren w.th them. The childn-n w,t,. dress<..l in whife an.U^ver,.,! with ribbons an,i garlands. Th,. next in onhr Th,.' milkmen of the city of New York. Th.-re wre ;'«arly two hundn.d n.ilk .-arts in .h.. pro,-,.ssion, b.-arin^ "-• well-known - Pur,. Ora.M.^e county milk." S.u,,,. of '"• rarts w,.re newly painte.I and the milk ,ans were all "'i-'I'ly polished. Tl,.e horses were covered with fl.nver>, "'Hi on some of the cars -nscripfions w,.re suspend,,!. (),„•: "VrCTORIA, IJCCHA.NAN AMI FlKM., May their Shadows nkvkr iik less." ! '< h ^W^"."WgSl JH^ WWI . }04 On another : b«n». "' ''"•■•"'••^'«'' "i'h Howon. a,,,! rih- Brewen. with tla-ir Lop,... „,. 1 '--re. sr,.at f;.at„r. o.-r „ *""' '""""•^"'. ""J -toam br,.«-..rv ha.1 ,,..voral trrk'""'?- '^'"' -^""^- ^'"^l^ «fam apparatn, at work. Dill";'? "" """ » •='""I''-'-" powticn H a« the Collowing • ' "" " """' Prominent ^ARLtT JUlT are ours." On the reverse »i,Ie, •• The two Epochs or the AcE^ELrc-^n,. Ale" **^*^'^ a^d Ste.111 Nearly twenty tyn .11 d««mt«J with flar*: """ ^^ -*'" ""•' '« '">"«. I he electnc oil rh ••-«1 with e^ 4c.,rClj an'"'""'^ wagcgavlj • 0»Jde.l^wi,h_,^ ''•^^- »'■•' -ore. followed by ^^""""f American coal Among thnie wa, . k„ • Hon.. -itofin.^,,i„,~'' -^,'l'-«n by fifteen •" d«W ,„t with fl„„,„ l^j^^'-l- The ho^ea w i05 Oas genomtiiip and cooking ranllo\vod aprrfert oookintr appnratu-^, drawn on a lartre truck, with the following insfripticm : " Thk Birtii-ykau op the two Great Wondkhs of tiff: AoK — TiFE Atf.antic Ti:r.F:oRAi'FT, ano the \on- EXPLOSIVE Gas CtE?rERATFNO COOKINO Ranoes." CanrphcMM? and alcliohol distillers, and the new steani carriage of Mr. Dudgcn, joined tliiH diviHion of the pro- C'Rsion, Tlie printing ii*k manufactorers followed, and n>nde a crej'.itablc display. The coopers, saddlers, sewing machine makers, with the implementJ* of each trade at work, came next; and after them a number of safer^, of all sizes, drawn by eight powerful horses, and beautifully decorated. Platform scale manufacturers and gntta percho life- boat manufacturers lollowed. A gtjtta percha life-boat was drawn on ft lofty car by six horses. Qn the side of the )>oat, wtiich was decorated with flags, was the inscription : •• On Ocean's Bosom safelt FFiOATS Larcheb'sX^utta PERcnA Boats." A patent bread and biscuit machine, drawn by six horse*, succeeded^ ir'l mpia^jipiipipi^ip^wwiill l l wii iii JiaiJi i m J i - ■iiv) 11^*1^^ i06 Tl num prorrssion tn .h. n..l.. , ^ '''^' ''^^<^ accou.panioc the proa'ion or t,... „u,„ber i„ each Society TheM III tary 000 «crc«nt,L. Library Associatio,,. ,„„ Italians... 300 ^-npnn.i;-;;;j-^^^^^^ 200 1>l»«>prap|,i,.aj Sociotv ^^^ rpnt'TH ' 200 'Sailors ^ "' 200 Kxpr.Nsui,.n 300 OrticiulH and fJucstV.". ^ ^^0 VetoranHof 1812.." 100 Caledonia (.'lub " 100 Cand)rian Sooit«ty 150 ^^^'^-ofT,,,^;,^-;--' 100 Uorku.g Men's Clubs 400 Rondall'H isla,„| j^^^.^ " 100 On wag,Mi«, {vsfunaiv "" 120 Stuton iHlandofH. ... 400 t'edtral Oflict-rs. ..*.'.'_' " 100 25 \ ^iiiS^ 107 Hutrhrrs of Nfw York, I'moklyii, .iihI JiTsrv (Mry I'M) Workiiii^iiuMi's A>su»'iatioii. IM) Loimslion'mfu's Sorii'ty •>')(> ('airmen of the city of Now York L'OO MilkiiMMi of Ni'w Y'ork :{()0 New Yolk 'rinnv«M,n() PKOCKKPINCS AT Till: CiJVSlAl, l'AI« Plntronn,, „„, T . 1: '"'i ""l' '"'■''"■ *>>« ft„„, «'^";<■ l'"..d, „,. „„:„„,l ;;■ '• Those w.r„ ..t „p,rt Lcmsolvc.. „,„„, „,,„„v„|^. "";■ ""= '""«'<;«.,,, acquitted '«..J«.un,.ly car,„,,„j, „,„, ^ ,, f '" ""t-^^ l-iatfor,,, was '"J', i i"vi»od ,„r ,1 ' "'" l''"'f'"-,„ and the gal. *-"gli»li ,„,d An.eri,,,,, ,■ , "" ""'•'' S'ispendcd the r"'— «'-" ga, ;, ::y;"' «■- tho<;„„t «fth ,7'"^^' - I.i"h J,a,.,,_.. '";"f •■•"-' '«3ldayi„g i„ the 'hew, the IM.,. , " *""''Urat of V,l„ " i, . • "'"'•"^•^^wasdestituteofanv .„ ^^""^ ... *'""'>'^"«mi)t at decoration. •»' live (.'tliirli ,, . . ,•;;"•• 7" "-raised bene r-'s" "T'' »"'' '-" "-eir »'•»• Maury, of „,„y^'™»'>8 wl,om were Lieutenant ^^""J". »f the Madison s;a"^^p"*>''ingto„, l^ev. Dr. n rr ''''»"^^l'"r ofTv'''*^*""'"' Chureh, Rev. ttV "^ J. l%n.an (b r,,^'"/"* University and '"« «-«o-.). o,„„. .irti;.!^:^^»J^Captai„ DaynL, of A. a nuane f„,, . '"'"'"""= ^'"-'•- 'o"lan^^l^ which wan repeatedly renewed as they ascended the idatCorni. Im- mediately after these dignitaries had taken their places the crew of the Niagara entered, hearing oannrrH, (lags and models of their ship and the Againenmon. As s»H>n as they had reached the front of (he platform one of them called for •' three cheers for Cajitain Hudson," and all cheer- ed h.stily. " Three cheers for Tyrus W. Field,*' was the next cry, and it met with a tl.undering response. Queen Vic- toria, President Buchinan, Mr. W. E. Everett, and tiio City of New York, were all similarly )nored. In the IV 2an time the advance guard of the Seventy-first Regiment entered the northern gallery, and deployed itjto line. The evolutions of this corps were highly applauded and their presence excited no little attention. By t'legrees several other bodies of the military in the procession appear- ed and took the places assigned them. Six o'clock having at length arrived, Mayor Tiemann advanced to the front of the platform and, in a liiw words, announced the purpose of the demonstration. The cheers which greeted his ap- pearance were loud and long continued. The musical performers then rose, and rendered in mag- nificent stylo Haydn's well-known chorus : "Acliloved is tlio glorious work, ■ . Our Bong let bo tho praiso of God, Glory to Ills namo forever! Ilis Boal on high exalted reign* ; Hallelujah! AmcDl" X <\» X \ ^l' f if 4il I ... .ii m\ III ■ m m . % i j! *' - P " * ' " ' " Mti i m ' 1 '* M • f. H| 1 iiti 1 Mum ■ 1 M m 'O 'II ■ ll ■i 110 Hov. Dr. A<]arn.. r.fl.p.l prayer, aftor which the musicians ro8o, ail.] sang thr followi.iir o,h : "V Mi:s. AN.V s. PTKI'Iinxs. «»'^ ^".^ not ,1a. ocer.n. the s„.n„ or tl.o l.roozo Now inwi.l roi-ns trinin-hanr wl.orc- N,? . , ! " " ' '^ ikiit. (,,„1 save tlie Queen: '-t.l...Jovof,,.,,,..H,n„piH.,.anno„vriso ' mulct! God savo the <(„c<,„ r >VI,c„ ,l,c .„„s„ ,.f„.,„ ,, „^^ F"' rni„.l ,..;.,„ ' „ '■' »"-• ''" I"'S" .,p,ul ■. „ ,. "'"•I.nt.(„..l ™vc,l,oQ„,,.„, If ^.^Mi^MiMibaMMaMfe^gyMhi^ HI Thisovrr, Mayor Ti«'iiuinn ngain caino forwanl, ami, amid volu'imiiit oluMM-ing, pr«'S(Mit(»paral>lo from their pr.secntion, have always sent a thrill of horror through the anxious nations. The discovery of this western continent eviMi, the grandest event of modern times, was made by an insignificant fleet which left the shores of Portugal without attracting the notice of the civilized world. Far dilVcrent has been the history of the daring and diflicult enterprise of uniting the Old World and New by means of the Klectric, Telegraph. From the very outs(;t, the good, the great and the wise of all lands beneath the sun, have watche«l with intense; anxiety, and even when doubt exinled, with warm interest, every step taken towards the acromplishment of what was universally acknowledged to be the most njomentoiw un- dertaking of an age made marvelous by wonderful scientific and mechanical achievements. The two greatest and freest nations of the globe by independent constitutioufi! legisla- tion, ami by the aid of their tinest ships and their ablest officers ami engineers, combined together to iiisure success. Capital was liberally subscribed by private citizens in a spirit which put greed to the blush. The press on both Bides of the Atlantic recorded the details of the progress of the undertaking with cordial interest, and Bccurejl the i ■vnr>*v««<^w«ni ■IWP>W«i^"^"«'' I m wrnm ■wr 1J2 "''".•.■..■los e„„l.l <|„„„^, „„ ,,;;., "",''3' " '""" "ho,,, „„ P"- V..., „„ „pp„,,,.;. ,,.; -^^ <'-«ur„,^, „„ ,,„„„, ''•^■' '•■•'•" fo,.„,. «a„; i„i , ' ""™' '" >■"'" «•"""-"-■ ""•""'""■ »•! in a faiel,%l, / ■•■'f' '" ""'■•'•'y. "' J'^to- ;;■ '^ 'I"- .nore ,.„,::,,;: , ";">: I-- -,„ „ z :-' = " -p-.i.i!, , :^,~'"" ;™'''-- '■• »" 'i'" '"' '"""■■ " i» ror^",',t r """""' '" '"•'"■"■« •■' »"«•'■■* lro„, ai„„„„ ,.o„r fWi,,,,. ,„ "" '" """ y"" >'"w »fa,„l out •"'™'-" ■■'"•u-ra,,.f„, „,,,:,,;;;;;,;■' ■"■"'' '"^ th,.ir,.„,-,i,„i a.i- '^■;i'^;iiL;':::,:::;;^i;f'-t„ ,,„,,„, ,„„,,„,„ ^'■«"'^<-.l b,u.k „,,„„ t|,„„ ';•" ""•• f l-y "f J-o„r «„„,« i, -■«-' »">..g .h,.,,,. T ;;"•• '""'"I 'I'^'t >o„r lot ,,„, ,,,„ {"••-•"'"l''i.of your ■,.,,.,,■' ■".■" '"'•'■'""y t.vsti(i,.,l ,|„.ir,,,. ^>- "'" o..». ':."•""'"""•'■- P-..v..ani. A'-l ""»•. .,r. „„. i, • ; -'vnade. a„,l a.Mres... -'.V ■'-; .I- w,..,„„, c'„ ^r"'"""'" "'■ ,l U>y t! (tf tllf illMlllcsr (Mlti'rpriso of our .l;iv ;ni.l i; HMCoii, in trsti- .Icr.i* iviiic Trovi I' SIKMTSv fill • •\fsr v token oftlicir approliatinn. In (-(.ncl most airn'(>al)U' dnty of my pnl.lic life, 1 sim-crrlv tinsf that your duvs mav Ix' loiiir in tlu> land, and our a»'C(>|itaiico of tliis Msion, sir, of this thn >hl as |)ros|)(>roii» and lionoralilr as yonr a^-lnovonu'iit in nnitinir lh<' two hiMiiisplMM-cs by a cord of rhn-trir (MMnnnmicaticui has hcori siiocessfnl and glorions. Mr. Fiidd advanced to ro]>ly, uinid a storm of ch.TrK aj^aiii and again rcn<'wed. He said : Sir — This will he a memorable day in my life ; ?iot «»idv borausc it celebrates the suorets of an aehievement with which my name is connected, bu' because the honor comes from the city of my home — the metr()]>(ditan city of Iho New World. I see 1 lere not on ly tl le CIVIC authorities and citizens at large, but my own personal friends — men with whom I have l)ocn comit^ted in busincHs and friendly interconrre for the greater part of my life. Five wpcKh ago, this day and hour, I was standing on the d«'ck of tho Niagara, in mid ocean, with the (Jorgon and ValorouM in sight, awaiting for the Agamemnon. Tin- day was cohl and cheerless, the air was misty, and the wind roiighenod tho fca ; and when I thought of all that we had pjissed through — of the hopes thus (iir disappointerl— of tin* friends Kuddened by our reverses — of the fmv that ren -.ined to sustain us, I felt a load at my heart almost too heavy to bear, though mv confidence was firm and mv deterniino- b " ■I< 1 |»IW »I r™»«i»»^w*««^P"W" w \ '^m I H'> I^ •' » 1 """in tion fixed. Jlovv l»ro"al '•' ^'"tliij.siastic iiiakt ^f>portnnitv t in'.'ijher. Xh IS '•^ception which I J ^' t'xjiress niv — »'V acknou. 1 "'^" ' "^vo received, P^'^N'S ad'-^'-' place:,. ^'"^^ I-^«od over it e. ; f '^' ''"^ ^""''''^ — g ^'h^^^ox,.ir,whic;:ir:t^:7--^-th-owns^: '""•^' «'-" tc.ti,y to ".rr"'"^'' --'-<-''. your «^-" *-ity thinks oi-n.yaetsr '"' ''^'''^•■^" ^^''•'^ '"V f--<' in such flatlerin. : ^' T' ■"''' ^'"•^"•^^^' '^i'--^ ""^"'^«- '"'' ^ '■'"^^at my most heartfelt '" ^'•ricl.i^ion, .r,.,wi ;'->' ' Lave reJv ::;• ''; "'; '-" .™" » '^'^V^t<* ^■^^"-.Vork: ,„ ,.„,,„ ,".;'"'-' -l."H,un villa. „f ""•'••"■ it i' '■»tnr,l,|,,,' •'"*■' '"''•"' fkes place ""■" •'•••'"•'--ri.nui;;!,-,;!':, ;""''■''<■'■■"■'-" «- greyed " ^'""■' W. F,K,,., v„/r ■?''"''■• ^"'I''™'''" '. 'S«. "le Urr,Tt„„ „,,. , ^-W,,,,,,,^.,,,,,, '■ lyo„r,,.,low.,.i.i...,a •""re-t .,„..„.„,i„„„| „ ;;• Jo«r J.,y„„s c-,.|,Wati„. „■ i 'ii 'i iir, After whicl. he resumed his neut nrni.l trerfUMuh.us cheer rig. ermcn, Air. John Chiricy, rreaidetit ..f the IJoard u( \V\ rose, iind, in luukiiifr „ simihir pivs.iit.-itioii, addressed Mi Arehibahl, the liritish Viee-Consul at this port, who repri- Be.ited Captain Preedy of tlie A^'ameinnon, and Haid : Sir— T!ie Common 0(Minci! (.f New York, assendded witli a great multitii.h' of their felh.w-eitiz.Mis to rckdirate tlie snceessful laying down of the Atlantic Teh'graph Ca- bh', are desirous of inehiding i,i the well-deserved lionors of the oecasion yourself and your brother ofTn-rs, the Hritish Engineers, Klertrioians and the crew (.f the vessel un.ler your command. While publicly expressing our admiration and gratitude to (uir own countrynie'i concern- ed it) this wonderful achievement, we have felt it our duty that their respected associates beyond the sea, umtfd with them in the laborious and often harassing edbits necessary to effW't the great work, should shai with tlicm in our hearty recognition of their Kervic<'8. We regret only that we cannot, on this joyous occasion, hav<' the happinoHS of tendt'iing our grateful acknowledgments in person. . We regard it, imleed, as one of the most pleasing cir- cumstances connected with this all-important etiterprise, that it has been jxohieved by the united counselH, ein'rgies and means of the two great kindred nations. As electrical science haa been brnught to its present highly-advanced state, by a series of profound n-searclM's, succcHsful experiments and brilliant discoveries, alternate- ly made on either side of the water, from the time of % mn nj, i I | , ii n iy»^>y«ip» |.p M p .1HH I -1 IWI J I ju i uyu ■■n i pw ^^?^!^^— ''^*^^'>' ■IP W ^^ w no Hafisf ;»'»Knn down to fl,n "'";•" ^'"-'^ ^'"-^ lasf, and all present day, vvo roflmt «Prl"'ation of ti,,. ,,,,,^j l»ijt n wifli exfrpmo H' <•( "•' in.irrd ""*>'n^'J 8ci,.ntific k '' <'''^'n«'nt, J,as b "''•'»'^"''»'S practical pon ^'"•''•i-T, |M.rs,.v nowIednr(,., ,„<, '^■■«"-' -.-u,;,;.^:,:;'";;;;'r; r "; '^^"'' •"i^cojnj.lislioj '^JiaiuVal skill ''V^'fthv (Jov, ''"^i un( ninx'rits. iler th f^piiit of ^'''^" oin.ors .,f i,ot| '""■* ^^ '>'« tl,(. aid of <■ auspiVf^^l'^j ICIl ofH T to voii '"♦•■itaihi'd I ' '" an ;i;M)r,-) ' •'"''•V' OS. ^v,. ,j <»f fl on liav that. >iirs(>I i\'>'-.-)pnat(. tcs-.;, fe'ai lilt anfi •'■'^ne os|„.,-,aIlv to IC "•••rs and •■•"■«li;i( and rHi ^■t's and I J,,, ^f, iH.nial, tlio InVrl <".< "•n-nt liia "iijiuin'f^' n- «• «•< ^VH of the vessels und ""•''• in wlilc) g'l scijsc f »<'|»rrs('iit, '» ^virh the t• yonr ronmiand, voi, \vri( ' "^vhih. the i„| to great Iv len '•^y'tf.nAtlantie Cable, and Tl P'lttlM. |,i.r|„.s^ niffniented I '"f ^inienltiesoftl •y ^i,''«iiMMnnon, in '■'gaia, hav. ooinnion ,:;:;;."'';"^' - -f t,,,:,; arded the M 'y a kind ]• '•■'" .MIV to I "•'fioent work rovi "Wfa,.,. „f ,,„„ to. nee as a gained by the etihsion of overruiin- all thin-s f L'all;uit nav «''"t'rous eni.,| "'^ "lay never I ' '-oiintries. for ati( M '" "i the arts "' «'"g.ii;cd. grant that their Oi nv tl peac« t'vcept as now, with --C::;;2^r--"a.H,...,„ co-operation -.f •fN first efK tl <'t in confirn "gland with tl '»PP''y accon)plished by ^"••«';.-ton..hi„^^^^i, "".^ ^''»^ir friendly rel «' tJnited Siut.-s, I ItK r"^ "' »'••' ^vhol,. ,J" " """""""ication '"••»"y instnnoental •^'■'"•'final ;„,...„ ni 'vili/.ed world lave iitions. While '.••«Tn;> to the I»a«i8 rcoti, •■Nta '"'"M} they prove esp, ""^•'•r to be Hi,,,, *^'- l><'tW( poac en. -t?" the t\v ""riti<;inu about th which tht'si' ho|M8 ;ii«» f'omnl«Ml, Ih.* ( New York, on l)«'h;ilf of their ti'llow-ril ycMi, sir, to vour hr()ihi'r olVicrrs.t aiK i tl «' irn-ai r.siilt in oiiiiiioii ( 'iiiiiiril of i/.«, now fpihlfr to (» vtHir scinitifir assori;it«'s. 10 <'r<'w nnclrr your ronidiaiid, our rarm-st an(l as foUow's : Mr. Mvinr and (Inllrnvn off/,,- I'rumn,, l\,unril : NfXt tu th.' coiisfiousticss (.f ,hily Culfilh'.l, thtMV r m ho no more -ratifyiuir reward than tli.- ap|Hohati..,i .;j our '•'""^^■- "• To havo hcfii (•(Misidcrc'l hy this, the urcat coniunMcial iiirtropolis of Ainrrira, as . ho-- """.e a.,,1 fa,„. ""S"Ke.l nono n,.,. " ^S"'"™-'"" li.iv,. been -during, Z, ;""" f ■""''"'• "'"' "'""' "ill bo more ■•"8 -inc,; r ,'::;;; r"r °f «- ~r<«»i go«r»v.. and k 1 1 n'"''""'"'^ ''"'"'■•™ """» -"i 'h^ oni,.,.„ „f ti„. N "^r n^""' '-"'"*'"" "•"'""" ""-^ «iKno.l to tl„. botto,,, 'f M ' '""'-"'''•''"• "■<-y last co„- 'hro,mh wbiob i» „ > ■ ''"'"' ''"■'I' """t '"y"'*: <^»'-' '" ^^-^^'^^ ^^'''c'' «'•«" countries. ' * "^^^^ and prosperity of their coiimion Mr. Mayor and p t\ Captain Preo,'Iori<>n«. While (J--''.i:nH;„no!i|,,,s i;,,.^ . ' ,, , '"••rii ,,.• i:irn.,.,. .i, . , ' ' ' •' ' •••'•' nnthn,- |„ d,,.,,- " ' ' "ic MonMis will, ,, I,; 1 crm,,u;]. Siill ,1,:. , , ' •' "" •■"•• •■'■'"••'■'^ ". NriaM !;, ::;;■"'■'■'•^ - '^^ • -" ' '""lOf (ItMiV Its,. I (I,.. ,1 "•« "« •■'i'i-™,i„„ „r V,,,;, .,, r'"; ^1" coinni.Mi will, ii„. ^v^io! ' • ""'" "' '»'J''"n<:. in tior.s on vonr s„,o..s' 'r ''''"'"' '" '"'""■"'' •••".ir-arnl.-.- v^rs..d,l„: „,,,,„ ^, ." '•• V."., ul.,. U,.. .„ ,„.,^ „.^^, '"^^^'^''"^ -..•!. aM\'.n,..'!H'?" ''' '" '' ''" '""•--'■^''>''- ^^rmination must ■..,,„,"'" '''" ''M»"^<''' t'\ if. sM.vr>sf„| <^ontnn,.la,..d. Wn.-n vor'niV'?' "'''''"''''''•''••''''• '^ '^ ""'""•""• ••'■•'^''^.iw.h.., I., ,";"'\>"'"- "-'"Ptn tln-.\i:a. "-^^-l-u.vK.tyandHcn.s.ofr.siu.nsi. "^^r* ■••piv^ 1-JI hility that \v«'i«^lu'tl iipun y.mr Ii.art \v«- iii;iy ai(iiii|tt I. iiiKiitiin', but can ii.-v. r know. How vrll, ii iw riuiliriillv lose nil !«'!• Voil. Iiicl, liow nobly, yon ;i!iil tl Itilitv i< now .-I niiiit.T of histoiv. Ai ;it II siion^i- iti iicvt'r. sir, \\i' M- Cl'ITlV bcl u'vc. (Inrini; tin* iiianv vr;irs von li;i\t' raniftl our iialiiinil ilai; ovor tin* seas, liavc you liinii il uilli sn. Ii jov iin0"r ..n-ice, .„j „, , J^ ;' "J ' '« h.gh value placed upon «"-'«you.....,„,,„;.f,;'-;^he ™,eema„d respect i„ C»ptain HuJ«,n rcceiv„J ,u - '"J replied .„b„u„,ia|,/.'fj,';«^j'^ ""'id S'eat cheering. •"'■• *"><"• oW Gwfem„ . ■•y conferred upon ,„e. a. the liJ «^MM^jl_- "'"^ti ■! m 123 rhiefoflioor of tl.c Niagara; and I fi.,,! tho moro unfit to mak.^ ndequato aokiiowIe.lgn,ont of your kiruluoHM wl„.» I rofltMt that wi.atever Hiinre I umy liav.. lui.l in Ih,. work, whose happy issue you now cvlehrat.', it was the siu.ph' per- formance of a duty. W.^ claim to have ,lone nothing more. It is true our labor was tedious and enijros.sing. but of that we never thought. We had a high uhj.rt hrfor.. us. an.i the attainment of that was our first wi.h and is now .ur best reward. Wiiilst acknowh.dging our gratitu.h' for your kindness, we feel that to others, as well as ourselves, equal praise is d.ie. The IJritish officers who shared in tho work are deserving of the highest encomiums, and we can never forget how much is due to their assistance and how much we owe their country for her kimlness. In conclu- sion, whilst repeating that we have done no more than our duty in the successful consumation of this great enterprise, we must not forget that our success is attributabh^ not to UN l)ut to that Almighty and glorious Being whose crea- tures we are. We had evidencet^ in and around us, while we were at the work, that we had God witli us, and I hope we will say on all occasions that " Unto Him and not unto us be all tho praise." Alderman McSpedon, as Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements, then presented the freedom of the city, with a gold medal, to Captain Dayman, of the Gorgon, address- ing him as follows: Captain Dayman, Royal Navy ; - ' SiH — At the request of the Mayor and CorporatioD of the city of New York, I fulfill the duty, to me a moat V ii I -. /... liii agreeable one, of pr»'«:».riririff i.. ,^ .1 nl your «,rvkf, l.v f ■ , , '''' '" «"t"'i"ined 1-1..VC that „,. .,„ „,,,,i„„ ,";';":■""•' -?»• »•'<) .» «-.-.--n..„,,.,.,,.:;:;j-;;t;— '—1 1.V ,1a. c'; , 1 , '" ■""""•''•• '"^ 'I-- '0 bo Ca|..an, AM , "'/ V l" "" f """ '"•""'" "«''•-• «-'ai,ui„ (Mur, oil ■,.,,, • '•'J,'"'">' '^ "'"'P Valorous, and ci'^u...^ .„■» I,a>,. ,„.„; ..ri-' t '' ^"'"'V'"" : but, a. -i"-»t ,h„. ,„,.„„ ;.;;;: ';7i.-™oe,.i venture .„ «»-'. 'br .he lWu,er „f ,h" e T ' '""''" '" >«'" -V.-) .0 .he lat,..r,heUd :"":"• ■"" '"" >■»" »'" '"l»elja,.,,rec,ati„„„n,is„„,ri,8. In coiiciuHJuii bir I '^"'k'' ... « ,.N.a.„, ,!,;.';|P^';"' 3«u will occasionally in- KvtluTi,;,,,., ,^, NVwv'\ "".''' -^■""'■•••'»«'I'ti<». to-day future MHCHH will e-cr ' '^ '"'^ '^''^'"''^ '".• J i»0"ur«n.J rcuowu. "'^-'^'''i'any you o„ yo„, p^tl, our 1 to 125 Captain Dayman briefly roplird, sayinji : Uo rould not gi'« adrquato oxpr.'ssion to Iho thanks wii.ich l\w kimlnoss (liRplaye.l on this oc-jision (Ifniand.-.l. unci hopr.l that th.« Connection now cs part in the layini^of the (\ihle, he cnnhl only say .n.-.t (hey felt donbly rewanh'd for all their anxiety and labor; rewarded by the consciousness of havinir pei formed (heir d'lly, and rewarded by this ])nblic recoirnition of that perfnrnian<'e, a. recognition tor which they would ever be grateful. ('ouneilnian Henry Arcularii; ladc the presentation to Mr. Wm. E. Kverett, riiief Hngineer. In doing so, he said : Mr. Eirrtti : Sir — Wc have met on one (»f the most interesting oc- casions — one in which, throughout our entire comilry and beyond the broad Atlantic, a common interest and gratification are felt. Acting on tlu! jirinciple that honor should be acknowl- edged where due, the nuinicipal authorities of New York have detc-mined to convey to you in these public circuui*. Blancen, and before this vast throng of fricnd.4 and citizens, by suitable testimonial, their - beo,, .„ «''"«. tl,at it ha, a distir, ' T "" '"«"«•'"'''« char- '"'/""■anon in ,,„,.; "-y- Tl,o m,„d ;, fl,,^ «^^»' purpose, of life ' '" '""-^"■'" adaptation, to the ■■o^ -.l;:::d t;;:,"" "■r- «■« advance in the art, "-"--'■" ^''-■..w::;;r:v:h:tr "'•'"'''*' »"^ "•"" «'M a world-wide ch ,rit ^" "^ '"»-««"' aLre,- :.;::.'" -'•■e.>ae:r r:r::rr"'''" *^*" as m Asia and «P'<1 "ucceMion. S'"" """g". and they come T 2j"'"-'l'::r~c;;; '• *• "« -' .f -«. "«r countryiuan, Pro- MIMIi likdMM ttbJkt^mi 127 fessor Morse. We may well ask what cIj.ss of men, wlint deparfn.eiits of busy life, what interewts of literature, or science, or religion, what nation, however remote, wlnit point of time in the future of the worhl, ore not to hv directly or inclfrectly afleited by it? Wo are lost in the calculation ol its results to the present and the future! It seeujs to us, to be t/,c bcwfaclnm of srinicc to the ux,rlJ and all ages of the world. When wc look at it in the aspect of a tie binding America and Kngland, (the children to their sin-H), in the first instance, and then as the great movenu-nt which will lead to the iiuum of nations in metallic lumds, and these receiving their strength n.ore from the f.-elings of n universal brotherhood than their nuiterial, we cannot hut specially thank the Divine Providence which has so fu- vored it. It is designed clearly to be the great peace agetu-y, more potent than any or all the organizations which have been devised. As with men in smaller communities, so with nations, the more the facilities of intercourse arc multiplied, the more peifect the means of understanding each other's views an.l policy, the fewer will l>e the sources of disquiet and difficulty, the more ready will be the mutual accommo- dations to that which will promote mutual benefit, and hence the more certain the prevalence of an intelligent peace policy — which is the true policy of our higher civ- ilization. The true benefactor is he who contributes most to secure this end, and this honor have you and all the gentlemen connected in the work and the Governments which have favored it. At the time we have been intensely occupied with ill ■*..■■-* m 128 <•-o.■^>an:o:l:!:::,:;x^:n,:'''•-'r"''« All wa, u„ a scale "'"r"'"^ '""""■ '» "'« »«'"ion- »•'"" »a, all .,,i^ ,,u l' ; „; """'' ™»-- «"t for ""ociatio,,,, if it ,,;„3 „" ':»"■""'' ">t"nida,i„„ ; whose «»d graut it „„„.) ,,,, I "" '""^^-g'-ow"- (which •■l-o-ly war, a,„l I 'v s ' i!r°""; 'T"" ^'"^ »""'^^' <>' ''•"«. »"-' •! ...IMp " it ;": " ""■'"•=" "' ''"""'° "- ".'ores.; ;;r^h"" "'V"" ""^^ '- «» '><' wilh ""•••" of h ,„ . » "• <=» 'I'^-tion, with the advance- ""y "-. Cherbou;;^;: "si"' r'r ?'"l'»"'-el, „„ga- gs anu ,Sel>asto;,ols of the world. A foreign authority tri,l„ .. P»P'' will exercise an ir,,? ^ '"' '' " '''"' ^"''"'■'= Telc- . " °'""''^^'''« of a hundred kingdoms." loiH day It is nr i • •"J »f .hJ New 'wor d h'"' """ "'" '"''»■'"-'« of the Old '"'"""'>'- '-■"tered upon a now era. *n I he progress of •'«ncuUie,„„ddi«,,,p„i,"'':f''"» yo" have encountered """■""•-t-™ ; .n,l the ,."'""" "•"""""•'"1'»'<'J.-'".! other. •"• -Hi. with steady air ri" """"' ■"'' '"'™ ''""" '"-"vc ""• '••PPy i«uc. ha. won ^^^^^ '>""'"• •"•■"""'=■' '" A I ■mMN r^^fin^* 129 Wc watclicd your pronross with «loop solicitude and (luickcneil sympathy ; the May of tidings for ft8uoco8«ion of (lays awakened iningh'd hopeH and f.Nire. The ull- absorbing daily inquiry wax, what tidingn of the Teh'pmph Fleet? When ^he word came, 'The Cable is Iai". worthioH. W, a,j,„i,,. . . "' 7>' «" t''e catalogue of her P'an8 for a.hu,ti,w. his Kin- . '^"'^'^"S^^t submission of ••'''"'•- ^'- 'nag,tni;ui t'o "t/'Tf'""' ''^'" ^^'^'^^ ^^ ^ '""PaMy in sobn-.i.rr. " ^^''"'■'^^^ Governors of the -•--vthing '^«" *''« ^ene- -♦«Nt HUMh-Hof a b..ni.„ant P "'"V""^' ''^^"^ ^">:>' *''^ '^"^ **'^"''- '■••«P'>nrtr'Cl' 'I'' ;'"^'' «^"tin.ent of the Prcsi- •^•""«n«J the peopleover '. r''"'-"'''^" worthy of him- 11 r^ MmmHHMI Ml " May tho Atlantic rnvfii, prov«» to be i Do' V .fncriu'tun; pra.v ati.i liiniil q>li, iniilor tho l>li sHJiiir of H sl.ip bolwooii f'." kii) ;. ' ation8,"aiMlau'in.s: .,„..it .Irs- lined l.y Di' iiio Proviac::;. v to dirtuso n-liuion, , ni/utiori, librrty and law, tliro(if»t", :f tho world. " In this viow, will not fill nations i.' Hiristondom upon- :'•• ««--„ had taught •'•"..Ht ,,..r. I ,,i,„ , ' '^' "'K™' "— 1 .■..t-ri-ri,..,, "u..ly „h..r,.h.. ho, .,'•,' "" T"""" '''•' ""' "'''""f " r....... r,o„, „,„' "";' '•• '"^ -"I'l I'l-l^ >t "P to >•"• wouh v.. h.„,.„i '.'' "'" ""'■ ""' "••■•' ^'"'■<>"<- lf«t I.al.,lh,, « i,h ,h,. ' '!"" "" "'■""'""■ «""•••• "■ *'" ^ ' "' ""• «"lM-»e.l «i,do„, of i„.r own I 13:J cabiin't, liiul not fluni^ li»»r urivati' jrwels intit tlio soalo o( tlic Italian iMariiu>r. What Isabella dul for ('idunibus, ami iiidi'tMl for tli<« whole hiiuian race, you, njeiith'iiifii of (lie \i'\v ^'ork, New- fonu(llannij»anit'8, liavedono for the projectors of i lie SnlMnarine Cable whieh now tinites Etirope and Anieriea. Their Keienee, t«»o, wouM have l)een a special pity, if yon li:id not stood np and in- df»rs«Ml it with your approval, your n'pntation, and vour fortunes. It is your merit to have eidisted the Oovornnn'iits of the Uniti'd States and of (Jreat Britain in your iitdde cause — and we rej<'"ce that they have so niai;naninionsly <'(»-opcrn- ted with you in the successful execution of a \\u\k not c(Ui- ceived in any narrow view of mere n.itional poliey, but in- tende>'it\ also hchavcl Our own Xortli-east and li.'r sister States tli pion« of Christianity is u f Ih ""i"inicumscribe the benef ti IC VIC ^Vork whirl, Noi, 1 icent "*««t"di« of \u hist 'IV ? '••»ve sustained tliroui:h all '■»•• ^c': •MBMMBWbai^ titmmiimamt. ■^i.lM-gil l.3o Tlu' thought of Am. rioa will l>UMi«i itsi^lf instatitanoously with tlu* thought of Eiiropo, Asianiul Africa; aiitl Auu-rica will n'Ctive tjjrirs in prompt return. Almiirhty God, the Creator of the TiiiverHe, made this earth of ours in the form of a, sphen-, uoi a plaue. If it had been a plane, the operutiou of tjt whicii conies under the head of" Intriguing Uiplomucy." Your ■^ .'t!:;:;:!;;;:;:r:V" ?'' r>-'"' ''n>art,..„, .,. yoor (,alj|e, wjll, tl,,. incBsago „f ,, |i,.. "f i".,.r. „i.., , , ""I""™' ''y "- f-iii-i-. <»1 f..r .l,n„. " '' >■"""■ '•■"••'■l>'i.<.' I.as ,,rovi.l. 1-cuiiar ,,;;;,;,:"' f,"^';;- ■«•■"•"- ^.,101, a,, i,, „„„ »'l""tly ,1,. ,l,„.,w„.; .„''.". ''"•'■ ™'"i»""t» i, ,„-e„ol,<.» '■""1. -"1 ha, .1,. ' : 7"""; f' -'» "" "» -li'l Tlie .,.,„,„.,„ :„ „ : I '" '"■"•"I "•as for its covcrit.g. '■"-. »l.i' 1. \rZ "";''""•"" "'■ >■"•■>■ «u the wat,.r'« .ur- "orld „f i„ ^.^■' ""'"K'h, aii.l well-ni,,,!, do|,rive,l tl,e '">'t W tori-id ,1,1. , "• . ■■' '■•■•"""• ^"i" ^ al"iO"t saffi- ""•y w,.rc ,iicl»l.,| IT , ' "''"•■'■">' "f '<"»l'«r i" which "'i"i eonuratiilato yon, auaiii aii«I auaiii, on tlir KiM'resh- tiil t«Mininati<)ii of v«»ur irhnioiis nitt'r|uis«'. Tit x^liieh ^Ir. Cooper rej>lieiiiloii 'I'eh'umph Comimny, venture to reply to remarks ho ehmnently e.x- jiresse*! ill honor ot" the siieeef*s that has er«>wiieil the uni- ted rH'ortH ot" tht' New V«)rk, Nowloundhind and London, and the Athuitie Ttde^raiili Companies. That Hmcess, sir, has l»een secured hy a h)n^-t'oiitinned »"ourHe ot persever- iiii: Kihor, niider cireumstanci'H the nioHt diseouraging; hihuis that re(piiied the indoinitalde courage, thelaiMeeing and i'leetrilying mind of (Jyrus W. Field to inspire and stimnhite. This work, now acroniplishod, has caused ni<>re hearts to heat in joyful hope of a brighter and lutler day for suf- fering humanity throughout the world, than was ever he- fore inspired l>y any previous triumph of mind over matter. Sueh a triuniph is calculated to elevate our race to a per- ception of the true dignity ami responsihility (d" their iuIh- sion, being clothed, as they arc, with power to ke«'p the great garden of the world without and the world within, and thus to subdue and hold dominion over all the earth and every living thing. This glorious power l»e«pieatlied to man will, I trust, cause knowledge to cover the earth, as the mighty waters cover the umbilical cord that now binds the inother Continent to her child. Through this vital cord a new regeuerating and invigorating life wdl How on and ever from the world's hea.-t, through arteries, veins and nerves of iron, into every fibre of the great body IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) V/ / V :/ 1.0 i.i |30 |25 m m 12.2 ^ 1^ 112.0 1.8 m iiM iim V, V %.'ri„K i^ n T ™","'"""-'-.. knowk..,g„ "■'-■'' «'"■" ''" ... all n"„,f ;'"'«' °.* "'"' g-»' Joy. "■•-• "-'•will e„„,.. «LTtl J, •''''''"'''" '■"»"■■ ""■" "'--•>• «ill Wat tlu-ir .wo i ■ " ""'• "" '"•"■'•■ «>"■<• """io" «i.l, «„ ^'i""' '■"'--'"•i«l"--™ng l..»v™„f Ii<"» alri.,„lj. b,.,,, acco.n„li«l, r , '^'"™"'"fc"''l I'.v wl.at «->'.™.gl.a„„„.. ' ' :,'^7''-"S -- the ,.|,...„, •■M.-»«ion. „,■ .sy,„,,a,l , I ' '"^.^""-carrying uitl, it •l"artcT„r ,!,, ,„,,,( J,' """'•''">■•''•'"'"•" than one "•••I, «„,„„„ a,„| ^i^ij . . "'" «"fe. "ir. timt every join me in l,..„f,|^.|, . '" S""'"l of n,y v„icc, will tImt have lent ti.ei, ai"l , '','' •=""«'"«"o.l Governments W1...1I .,1 .l,e eon,,„.nie: ut-lT ""' '"' ' "'" *»^ "' "•I.re«.n, .l,„t ,„„„.,. .i.,,,;^" P^";- "- ''onor to k'cl fur all il„. ollicers u I ., ^i^'*-*"* ^''*'' admiration wo HcTtririunH and oncjiu ".,, , T *^''''''^''' «"''"'«' a"d f'^ ^"^ »»^on «,eurc.d to the world. ^^ 138 of humanity. This lif.. ih- «prea.l over ,1,.,. world ,i,e 1, ) T "' "''="'" I""''. 'f" <""-*il) CO,,,. wC ,;,,.,"'"'"'""'" ""P" 'b»' ""■J" »i" b'-e .)„.ir .w ,3 ; J^""," ™'- "» •""-. M.e„ 'P<'»|» i„t« ,.ru„i„^..,,„ok ' , '^'""S''"'"'"'* -'.I tl,dr »"l«l"..eo,.tl,e,„',oM",;,,j''"" ','": ''«"' "•■ -"« """•i"., wi,|, „„ „!,.„ 'i "'' '•'"■■'-'"■'Sl.tc.ing l™,.., „f 7"^™ .I,.. .Iu„„„.,, : ' .^^^'^ '•"*'•"■- I'Owc.,.tl,a, will '■"" ^''--'J b,...„ „c.o,„ l«r" ^■"-"■■»K"I by wl,„ «■•••• 'bro„,l, „,. „|,„.„, ,„' ^" .''-'""""8 «™t ,1,0 ..„..rio '■"l-'v-Kio,,. „r «yn,„at|, H ■"' °'="'"'-'="")i"g with i. '""-'-•' l.-Oi,l,., a„d' e^, ":"■"* '-"' 'be very i,L, ofa ";-'"' i--. ,«torod .,*'*'"'' ""= "•'"■''' ""-'Slorious 1""'I"or ,1,.. g,ea, ,^ .' " '" '"■'•<"-8ovtr,„ore thau o„c '■"-'^'■-bea..„,,,;,,::,t^;-;'-a"w„,eteo.,,a,'3 '■"'"> «w,ia„ „,„, ^' , . ' a'» sure, eir, that every J''"'a,ei.,l,.,„„..|tt|,a„u, ','" ""'""^ of "ly voice, will •bat l.uv.|.„i thdraid ... ''" '"■""Kbtene.l Ciovc,„„,c„t, «■« tb,. .lay cd,Lra.c ."' ' "' '" '"^''''•■"•' "'e victory •"•''""•" 'be e „a„i..; „;;,r;":'"'"'""' -• ^ »'» -y. i- "•|"'-e.,l. that la„,,„a,,„ ,. , "" ' "' l""t have the ho„or to •■"•I f..rall the oditrs ';,,""'•''"■'■*'= 'be ad,„i,.atio„ we •■b-et,i.ia„-a,„l., i,„ y'"^^';- '^'-'Vuted 8ail„„, a„d the « gb.ri,.u, ,„.„, , ■ "J "hose u„ited labor a„d skill "" ■"••••" ^•-'"■eJ to the world. ^r, ^mm j:^^ i> III limm TV II i:J9 Wlioii tho Jippliiuso, with wliicli yU\ Vm\[ivi's nsnoiiw was roo»'ivi'(l, lia«l dird away, Mr. David I^udloy Field, tin' «natt»r nf the oi'iasiMn, was iiitniduft'd amitl rrm'W»'d phmdits, and taitl : L.VDIKS AXn GlCXTLEMKN — WhlMl M(HS4' discoviMcd the apniieabilitv of" cU'rlricity to the; coininuiiicalioii «)1" intel- h'M'UCi', it minht ha"o been foreseen that the Mmiis of the ni>|»!i('ati(in were to hr measured oidy by tlie |M»wer ol stri'tchinp the eleetric wiro, and of trunsinittinif through it the rh'etrie eurrent. It oecnrn'd, no doiiht, to (htll'rent minds tliat tlie telegraph wouhl one day bt; eiurird aerost* tiie ocean and around the gh)be ; and, t<»r aught I kmtw, plans niav liave been fornjed tor doing the wcirk. I liavt- hvi'n requested to give you the history — a ruiidj-nseil epitiuue it must be — of the first sucress — the tirst attempt, and, I might a .tii the undertaking from its ennimencement — my position ns counw I for tlmsc wlio have "er.ji„g a Cabl,., ^,^_., . *' '• ^'"•"- """vers wore favoraM,.. W. A™il"l.l',:™';,;' 7' "g-l l.Ww..o„ Mr. rvr,„ «-"■' .o,;,' t": "'"' '''™'"'= ^"'"l-.v. we "' 'I..- ohartcr of ,|„. f„.,„„ '"'"''"">•• ••""!'«» ""rn..„I,.r "ty. pay it., ,I..i,t, „,„,' . "'"'"pony, i,„rcl.a..o it, ,,r„,,. ■•'>'•" ..•■.•«,a,,l„> .;„ l"^""". "'■""- charter to e«ect'a wl>o«. el,am,t,.r an,l ,.,. "'•^P'''-''tion of a few ,„rsou» "■« ««rk ..a.l ' ,27? "■°"''' "•■ « 8"»™''y t'-t "■•"• i-viU..!, „l,.„, ,,1:""''™ „'" """'O"'- Four ■ .. «"«- Taylo,, Mar.,1,. 'o ,r>" " ''■"'"-■'-^^'- Cooper, '"•"yiNot Mr.Cyru,,,. ■,"',""'"•'""' Cliaodler Wliite. -•••rr, ,rou.„l „ ,.|,|., ' ; '7 «»'' ■•■yself at )„, l,„„«., '''"'"•"J f"' four ...cco^ve even- :#5■^, i^iMi^UA ^ 141 inp8, tbe practicability of the uudnrtaking cxniuiiu'il, its advantages, its lOst, ami th«^ luoaiis of its accuinplisiiiiiont. The result of the conference was the agieenicnt of all the six gentlemen to enter upon the undertaking. Mr. Cyrus W. Field, ^fr. White and myself, were to proceed tti New- foundland to procure a charter and such aid in money and privileges as the Government of that iahuid could he in- duced to give. The agreement with the Electric Tele- graph Company and the fornud surrenchT of its charter, were signed on the 10th of Mjirch, and on the 14th we left New York, accompanied hy Mr. Gishorne. The next morning we took the steanier at lioston for Ilalifrix, a'.id thence, on the night of the ISth, departed in the little steamer Merlin for St. John's, Newfoundland. Three more disagreeable days voyagers scarcely ever passed than we spent in that smallest of steamers. It seemed as if all the storms of winter had l>eeu reserved for the ilrst hionth of spring. A frost-bound •oast, an icy sea, rain, hail, snow and tempest, were the greeting of the telegraph adventurers in their first movement towards Europe. In the darkest night, through which no man could see the ship's length, with snow filling the air and flying into the eyes of the sailors, with ice in the water, and a heavy sea rolling and moaning about us, the Captain felt his way around Cape Race, with his lead, as the blind man feels his way witlx his Btaff, but as conlidently and as safely as if the sky had been clear and the sea calm, and the light of morning dawned upon d«'ck and mast and spar, coated witli glittering ice ; but floating securely be- tween the mountain gates of the harbor of St. John's. In that busy and hospitable town the first person to ••••v>*l >^,aR,S-r-5r«rW^ •*'*«W^F*"'"^ i 142 u whom then Attomey-G.-nornl ,r '^"'' '"'^''^^"^-^ ^v«« Mr. E.Iwa Consul in New York. H of tho coIo ••"■ <^..ncil to receive "1 '""'■ "" ^""™''^'' vi"v. and winh,., I„ ' f° , " "" "M-la-.-tio,, „f „,„ tl.e »„,„.or of th,: ro„„ '^ !"■" ■■''■""• "'« ™'.f.rc..ce the interest of xr,o 0()n „f i j ^'""•'"'•''y " g.iarantv of "■"' «.. the .oinpleti,., ';V I, r " ^""u" '" """ ■'»""• «"=- t^'lograpl,. ''""'■ "'""S the line of the h,nd Mr. Cyrus "W Pi 1 1 tu '--^ tlK. rKurn\t. .1 . r"^'"' "" *''^ 25th of March. ^^-v York, in or.lo t I'^T ''' •^«'"''«' - ^is wnv to th- Con.panv. whil. )1 \ " '^'"'"^'' '«'' ^^^ ^^''vief of '*0'""Jland to ohtain thl ''! "''"''"*"' '"""^'^'"^^ '" ^'^- "i^ntH with the former p '''"^^'■•''"•^ ^^'Ty out the arranije "^'arly five weekH, drrin '" r"''* '^''**^ ^«nt.nued there and negotiations the rl"^. '*'^^*^'' "''*">' discussions the $50,000 of debt of ^l^'un "' ''"^''' ''^'''^''''^^ «"^ P»'d. '"^^ "'d Company were thorc-upon The charter was li|,p i that it wa« .. advisable f P''«^''d«'nt. After declaring conmiunieation between ^ *''^.'***^'"'' » 'i"e of telegraphic ^>wfoundland..,e incon ot^d th ""' ''""^•'' '^>' ^^'^^ '' I crated theassociatoH for fiftyyears, i' i ^nmMmamMkt fin 143 •'stablisljcd porfoct equality in n-sport to corporators ami oflicers botwon citi/ons of tin; (Jiiitt'«l States ami Hritisli suUjeots, allowed tlu* nuM'tiii^s of the 8forklioli|«»rs and Directors to be bold in New York, or in Xewfonnt'land, or ill London, conceded tlie exclusive right to t'stablisli n ttlegiapli from tbecontiiK'iit of America to Xewfonndland, ans, there passed senreely four years and three months ; hut they were as fruitful of anxiety and toil as of successtMl results. Tho land line across the island of Nrwfoundland — upwards of four hundred miles — viis first to he nmd;\ Thiti was a work of incredihle lahor. The Vounlry wan for the most part a wilderness of rock ami morass, " a goo«l and traversable bridle road eight feet wide," with bridges of the same width, had to be made the whole distance ; materials and provisions had to be transported first from St. John's to the heads of the diflennt bays on the south- ern coast, and afterwards chiefly on nien's backs to the linu of road. The first year Mr. White, as Vice-Presidint, di- rected in person the operations ; the second and third year superintendents were sent down. In addition to the land line in Newfoundland another of one hundr<>d and forty mill's in Cape P.reton was constructed, and contr-'icts mode with companies in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Coimecticut arid New York, to connect their lines with the Newfoundland lino. Then there was the submarine line between Newfoundland and Cape Breton, eighty-five miles in length, and another thirteen miles long, across Northiunberland Straits, to Prince Edward Island. To procure tln-si! Mr. Cyrus W. Field visited England twice— once in December, I S'34, and again in January, 1856. The first attempt to lay the submarine line across the Gulf of St. Lawrence was made in 1856, and was unsuccessful. A second attempt, made the next year, succeeded. Thus was completed the chain of telo- 146 laml, and tl,e projectors now »to,.,] upon the »l.ore of the Atlantic in their progress eastward. The whole expense thus far, with very triniiige.xeeption., had fallen upon them_Mr. Cyras W. Field havini; „,„de he argeet contributions-amounting to more than two hundred thousand dollars in money-and Mr. Cooper, Mr. Taylor, and Mr. Roberts, each a little less. No other con- tnbutors beyond the six original subscribers, had eonie i„ except 1 rofessor Morse, Mr. liobert W. Lowber, Mr. Wil- wn G^Hunt and Mr. John W. Brett. The list of Directon. th»,"S"» '"'""'"" •" ""' ''"y "' " *■" "t f---^*. except WK , ' . ?'• "" "''"""'^' ''»" '"''«" the place of Mr. White, who died in.lS.',G, and tliatMr. Field is Vice-Presi- dent and Mr. Lowber .Secretary. I„ all the operations of the Company thus far. the varioui, negotiations, the plan of the work, the oversight „f its execution, and the corre- .ponJence with the officers and others mainly devolved upon Mr. Cyrus W. Field. The gr,.atest and most difficult part of the original design .tm reinamed to be e,ecut..d, and that was the submarine Uioul^TT ?■"""'' *" '''•'»"''• The distance was one .rr„, "r ''""' ""'' ""y '•'"»"' ■""«» ' the sea was Cdred ' ."""rf'" ' "'' '''''•™""« ""'' "f ■"-« than thn-e ^The ti ■' """ '^™ »"••'"'"'•''• I" anticipation vst Mk '7.'" -'"•<"'«•". Mr. Field, on hfs first Ci.h hi! *J';^ '" "•''*• "•"'' "»'""' ■■■anufacturers to ."ucZ 1 „, *■'"""" "'"»'»«'• ""•' '■<■ '-Jcn.e„.d ! tntd an onler from our Government, under 147 which Lieutenant Rerrymnu niado 8ounniariiu» cable from England to France. He afterwards brought in Mr. Edward O. W. Whiteh<.nRe, ..lectrician. and ilr. Charles T. Hright, n.gineer-bolh gentlemen, of high scientific attainments. Thes.- four gen- tlemen on the 20th of September, 185f., iM.t.-red into a fornuil agreement to use their exertions for li.e formatu.n of a new Company, to be called the Atlantic Telegraph Company, the object of which should be - to continue the existing 'line of the New York, Newfoundland and London Telegraph Company to Ireland, by making, or ca.iHU.g to be made, a submarine; Telegraph Cable for the Atlantic." This done, Mr. Field issued, on the 1st of November. 1800, a circular sigL«d by him, as Vicn-rresideLt of the New York, Newfoundland and London Telegrai.h Company, from which I cannot forbear makit.g the followu.g ex- tracts : " In April, 1854, a Company was incorporate.! by actot tin; Colonial L.'gislature of Newfotindland, for the pur- pose of establishing a line of telegraphic eonnnumcation between America and Europe. That (lovernn.ent evmced the wannest interest in the underti;king, and n. order to I I I t I •^r^ N 148 mark substantially thdr sense of its importance and their desire to give to it all the aid and encouragement in their power, they conferred upon it. in addition to in.portant pnvdeg..8 of grants of land an.l subsidy, the sole and exriu- sivc nght of landing a telegraphic line, on the shores within their jurisdiction, comprising, in addition to those of New- foundland, the whole Atlantic coast of Labrador, from the entrance of Hudson Straits to the Straits of Belle Isle. "This act of the Colonial Legislature was 8ul>3equently ratified and confirmed by her Majesty's Government at home. The Company also obtained in May, ISOt, an ex- clusive charter from the Government of Prince Edward Island, and afterwards from the State of Maine, an''''-^ ^•'•eet from Newfoundland to all the Bntish American colonies and the United States. On ,rM ill 149 the Irish side linos of telegraph have been for some tiine ill onerution throughout tlie coniitry, and are »oiimTt»'d with England and the Continent by Bubinarim' eabU'8. The only remaining link in this electric ehaiii r«':iuin'd to connect the two heniisphercs, by teU'graph, i» the Athmtic Cable. The New York, Newfoundhmd and London Tele- graph Company being desirous that this great undrrtaking should be established on a broad and national busin, uniting the interests of the telegraph world on both hhU's of tlm Atlantic", have entered into allianee with perHons of im- portance afid influence in the telegraphic alliiirs of Great Britain ; and, ni order at the same time to obtain the full- est possible information before entering upon the crowning etlbrt of their labors, they have endeavored to coiicentrnte upon the various departments of the undertaking the ener- gies of men of the highest acknowledgeu standiny in their profesRion, and of others eminently fitted lor the work, who were known to have devoted much tinn; and attention to the subject." After detailing the results of the investigatlcMiH, the cir- cular proceeded : '♦ All the points having a direct practical bearing on any part of the undertaking have thus been subjected to a close and rigid scrutiny, the result of this examination proving to be in every respect of the most favorable character. It remained only that those possessing the required power r5hould take the initiative. The New York, Newfoundland and London Telegraph Company, possessing, in virtue of their charter, all the necessary powere, deputed their Vice- President to visit England in the summer of the present year, and they gave him full authority to make, on their tm^ >;-^^ I *. ".^ ■Hfj. ^"' - riTafii 150 1 h(^ behalf, such arrangoiiHMits as should «ofi,n to him host f to carry forward fho groat work. The outline of th« nmtion of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, whiclj wi found in the appendix, will sufficiently exjdain the nntun of these arrangementH." Without waiting for the foruiation of the new Company, Mr. Field, on behalf of the Newfoundland Company, made application to tin- liriti^h Government for its aid in ships and money, and received on the 20th of November a lett«'r from the Treasury, which I am tempted to read, j.romis- ing ships to assist in laying the (!abie, and a fixed yearly sum in paynient for Government messages. He also per- sonally solicited bankers and merclumts in London for sub- scriptions, and, with Mr. lirett, visited Liverpool and Man- chester to address public meetings. He subscribed 4:100,000 towards the capital of ^-.350,000, and Mr. Rrett followc^- i f'i l'uwy i N m liifPf i iU" 152 kockon tl,c ,l,i,.s u-atward, for, to the excited ima^inati,,,, ■t seemed a, ,f .he i„a„i,„a,e n,a.ss were ecseio,: " , ' Sreat act ahout to be ..ertonned, a„d looked ri.^t war, ,,e«e«t, which it had faced i„ silence 'si .t ::: r '''•^'° «•■■-•■ '^ ---„ to .pe:;:,r, Th.' e-xptMlition thus prosperously hound to su«Jden d out, the Cihh EnghuuJ. The undertaking h year, Mr. Field returned to^Au^ )ogun was, liowever, «Hppo.ntn,ent ; for, on the fourth day parted, and tl,e ships made tl UMr way to ei ng thus suspended for tl ic enca. II e \vi soon, how- treuerd n„u .„ , ' ""™ """'"'• »l'l'oi"t'.' '^ '"^^^''^''^''t resolution, every •"Xh;::':;::'''"^"'™'°''''«co»pa,,. was placed b.2"i,r,7"" '':"" :''"■' ™^'' P"-™ >'»-' hitherto "r.i::::i;;r;::s'^r-">-'»-"-^ panv in th..ir . *'"S'"-"- ll'cDirectorsof thcCom- ivL ;t ,"'■""."' "'" »'-l^>"„ders on the .8th of -•"".arj la.t, thus «tate the share of o„e of them : •-cen displayed on h 1 1,' , '"' "'"' '"''^y "'"* ''»" '"""■^onavingpraeticli; I """","■»"''> '■"'""S" ">« »f bavini! brouth. , .u ''"'M>'-ean, for carry- f!l r 1 ^''ji^u * ■ vl «Mi «^MI»»=*< ir.3 injr out th(> great u\oQ. of ctMinrctiiig Kun.p.' uiul A.ni'iion hv ii submarine telegraph." .' He lias erosse.1 the Athu'^= • Oeean no less than six times ,i„ee DeceiMher, ISjC.for the soU» purpose ..f ren.h.rinn „,ost valuahU" aid to this un.lertakinir. lie han al.o vH.tr.l the British North American colonies on sev.-ral .ueas.o.H. ana obtain.Ml concessions and advantages that are highly anureeiated bv the Directt)r8, and he has snecesHlully sup- portedthecn-ortsof the Directors in obtai.un;,' an an.o.al L.bsidv for twenty-five years from the (5ove.nm.-ut ot (he n.ited Statrs of Am.rica, the grant of the us. ol their national ships in assisting to lay the Table in •-•^>7. and also to assist in the same service this yoar-and his eons ant ,„.! assiduous attention to everything that could contn mte to the welfare of the Company, from its hrst formation have materially contributed to promote ma.iy ot iis moHt necessary and important arrangements. He is now again in England, his energy and confidence in the under. akmg ...tirelv unabated; and at the earnest re.p.est <^^-}^^ h. has consented to remain in that country lor the p r^m^e of afTording to the Directors the beneHt ot Ins great expcn ence and jmlgment. as general manager of the bu.ness of the Company connected with the next expedition. ..This arrangement wiU doubtless prove as ^dea^^^^^^^^^ the shareholders as it is agreeable and satinfactorj to th. Directors." Ev„y..,-.„« .u.i„g n"-,.a<.y fu. t,,...,.co.,.. tri,.. which it wax ,l,.t..rM,ine,l to hcgin-not at th • «l.o.., .,ce.„-tl ,na.lr«n departcl fron, •''y'""""^ "" ';J , of June. It oon.isted of th. Aga.ncmnon .n.l MaB^a, I ' 'i| 'Jj«r^*. mumm' I''' III I,' I it! I i'Ti'n It ! 154 "- X'llow ,;.v..,' ;. ;,, ' 'I"""" "■'» l-i»S kept a4 b "t .1- Aga,„e„„.: ': ;^ ';;•■ J"^,;-;-' <;»r'ain Treed, 1"ar.cr."" freight "iwtrtss u( ,!,„ ,„jj^,_^ '■"'"" °> Spain when Spain wa. '''> the open fjpii *i. r t- cy had h!...n led .':':::??' "'r^"''" -""-er which W"o »alut,.d then, on thl " ""' """"'• ^ hurri- gain^'J. however, on t IT^"?'' '" ""''■""=''»■'• '■'"'^ •Plieed the Cable and .f. ■ ""• "■" P"'"*' *««<). ''■Wc parted after „b„l « '" "'''"''"'= '''"''*''"'• T'"' Thoyreturnedand,^ » .1""''"' '""^ '"•'" Pa^ «•"• '•.d ,b.rte,l again A ^ " "P"*^" »" *''« "a-" % about «=venty n.ile,'?" """ ""' ^'""« Parted, and "•«y returne,! „„j ..l^r J"' »«'• Nothing daunted, '""'ltwohu„dr.,lond.ix„ •, ''•""*• All went well ««. »l.cn another break! ""'"''"'"« ''aJ been laid in he "> lb. preconcerted arranlt,!"'! ' '"'" "'"'">«' "«<"•'""« ■!=^mo,n, returned to Qucenstown. 155 Anxiot.sly ha.l they been oxi»o.t«Ml nt Valontia ; from \v hose hcaaiumls oyos won itraiiu'd fvtrv tlav tr . atoh the f tlic rotiirning AjjaimMiinoii, rismji ir o ut »»f it on ^ood atithority that \\\ first glinip'^t' o the western horizon. I l»av Oueen was waiting for the Hignal to go hors.lt an.l n.e.ve tl.e Cable. WouKl itnothave been an adn.irahh' s.gbt to see th'it i'lustriouR lady, the foremost woman of all the world, sovereign of so many lands the heir of the king. <. |.ur forefathers, receiving from her gallant seamen that hnc which was to repa.r with material better than alleg.anee the broken chain which once bonnd together the Anglo- Saxon-Celtic races, in every quarter of the globe 1 The ships being returned, th. Directors were summoned to meet in London. This was tb. time to try the fom- tudc, of n.en. It was the agony of the enterpr.se. If had been aban« .ed then, who can tell when .t would have been resumed? The meeting of the Directors took See on the i4th of July, and then the fate of the u^^^^^^ faking was decided. There were sixteen actn.g D rectors , ,; hese, six were absent ; another, the V.ce.Cha.rman, 1 so dissatisfied with the proposal to ^^^^J^^^^^ that he left the room. The rema^nrng a'.3. "^ft^;;";;;^ est debate, resolved, unanimously, to repeat the effort, i'rom that moment the tide turned. Perhaps «>n.eof the« couragcou, "-';-;!,*;;;' ^JlJ .Mrd at^,„pt would prove "<"--;,» ^^'^^ K^cond, but they thought that it OLgl t, . to be n,.de ; perhap, there were ««-"»'■» "^^r,! .ueccaa which followed. But could «>>« >• ^ '■;^;, ;„,, lifted from six week, of the future, how »ou d Ih J ha been n..ved by that which we have w.tuc«ed-thc .well 1 \'A :n- -. • r.x«. v- .'n wi»*n T.rr :r.»' ^.ut oc**»r ;.i..i. .v.r-M..ijr«-i» -s.j ...f -u^ -.. i,- 3ia7 li-itiiu, at j:, -.h« i«:t ia* (.-:>' .rr^-z.''^ tt.'.. ^tat:,'- -'.»-::•.. Wjilg :or:7-fi-7-r Lxj* ^r^r -hat i:.*»*:t.:.z •>: 'xr D..--..- n. •M •.faiiir.--»nary po-.*:;-, ^i rif»;aji.r.£ -^ro'.ih. if-Tpr*: ;»::.;»:i« ot iOfr*. Aiul n.a*> p«-H«r»r x;-r. Li.z.d:.': nA Friz-o. ':r.»r::- L-iT'/p^-an c-.i.r.;f»?, ?>.:. ii>,7r -i*.. -o :h»: Chr.ar..^:, r*:„r;«.'C. T'.i»^ /'..^l rr-c< xiw .r..^r..ir.-.T ii:...-xn in :h- W'r^Tj-.rc: H-'nu.n.'.-rr. Tl.»- .:v. »j:i-.i::«;r. .- uiSni -RLttr. ;: rnr* :o purture rr.^ ^onrr.ry wLi«:h ti-»i £r.ri»i.at'»r n.aCr. \VL«-r. .: .•-tt Li;r.ii«,c ^vrn.cff ha^l A.ft:a»Jv I i.rr.r ; h Ml \z oVrrt«i.A anii p.u»-.-ii -hr «r.a4lo-v •>! Uifr »-i»rTii. a.'* ii rr. it wn-^ r-ut a •rrwpi.'.if iD.i;:, ihi*<:irti i-n-ik^iiir «ia;iy :Le *. -o:,.t .,r the iio»>- ; ;: .uir»:ii :i.ro«igh :hr ffT»rrn vailtrvs or Lxiitiiii.«i.over ??«!ociQ ffiritiniwiir.*, .i.>*n b^utatb th«i chaxir.el :•> rhe In:.r. ooaHt, tht-nr.- rhrrxigh l'i.aaseU Cape M cm 1S7 ;„,„ the. W.st..rn Ocean. ,lu.ypaHo,l,o,nra"y Cloar, such is the accu there was no earthly mop or mu. bv the compass ami h\it ation, that tho«»i:h ktoguuh'them,yet.st«M'r- the coh-stiai sijitmls, ot.e after the •acy of modern naviii iitcd renilezvous u 1 '.I id-ocean. ing . other, all arrived at the appoi On the -Oth of July the two great ships took their to ri-inovft a ilel.'ct in ti.e com, exi>Ti.-ii.o „,,•„., an operation th.. "-''':'""". It ,.n-ata..lo .ca ,, ;,„ two fornn. t,iaU a - ,ow„ t ,.U ^ ^__^_^ ^,^^ ..in neithor give '»;^_; '" '^S,,..,, .atei.e,, ovc, ,n,.i.ly to «■""• "'' " *':" u»t.l,ocame.aMytolanJ. tl,e8l,ip,«ndontl.e5thofAugu»t.n Let n, now retnn, to cu own Niagara and .... f.aMa_ attendant. TI.e «-«''"' .^.^aH^a: lei the way thongh bat a boat by '"^ - ^^ ''^:^'"^„''„ .ff„..^.d by tbe becanac the c„,npa«»e» o th b^ ^ ,. ^_, „,,„ cable, and tbc great »''.'l' f"'"""^^ ,„,„,.f„l tba.i - ™r'"' ■"Tii::;;ltat --^".""'-r'-y-''''' Captain Uayn.an. H ^^" „„j „,.,a,er .ro.c. night i a« one heavenly body wcnv mmm^m I 158 his instruments were turned to the rising liiminar>', and he never swerved from the sliortest line along the great arc of the circle to the head of Trinity Bay. Tiie Niagara steered by the Gorgon. Her machinery worked with the uttnost regularity, never stopping fur an instant, and her officers and men were as exact as iier machinery. Silence, as far as possible, was enforced, and such light was kept that at night she appeared to the Gorgon to be illuminated. Who can tell what anxious suspense there was in that ship as each hour, each day passed on, increasing the chances of success, strengthening the hopeful, restoring the despond- ent—what sleepless eyes, what beating hearts were tliere ! As the great ships went forward, fn.m the moment when they disappeared from each other below the horizon, mes- sages were constantly interchanged — ship answered to ship as the hours l)ore them farther apart and nearer their destination. I scarcely know a dialogue more affect- •ng than (hat which was lu-ld between the Niagara and Agamen.n<,n on this last voyage. At length, on the morn- '"g of the 4th of August, under as bright a sky as ever Riuiled on a gn-^t achicvenuuit, the headlands of Trinity Ruy rose above the sea directly before them. Then there came out to meet them, and be their pilot into the.r desired haven, another English ship-the Porcu- pine-whose Captain, Otter, had so carefullv surveyed and -o closely watched, that he had not only found all the channels, but had statio-od boats to mark the narrowest, and that the ships n.lgl.t be seen far ofT, had sent sailors into an island of the hay, ,>„ which wa.s a high and wooded nil ordering them to watch day and night, and as soon as the fleet hove m sight to net the wood on fire. The fire wo. kmdled. and the burning hUl was at once bonfire and ♦. ** : > mitmmtm MH^kte <: f>': 169 signal for the victorious ships. The bay was so (loop that the boad of it was not reachctl till aftor midnight. Thoro, at five o'clock of the morning of the otb of August, tho end of that mysterious wire was taken ashore ; and as soon as it was secured in its appointed station, the brave sailor and humble Christian who commaudod tl c Niagara, in the open air. in the early daylight, while all the gentleu.en and seamen bowed their heads reverently, gave thanks to the Almighty for the good voyage ended. I '»'■'' *^~ that we have our being in an age aignal.«.d by «- " repeated triumphs of mind over the ma.«r.al element of nature. Eapeeially do we thank thee that »«««*'>- day permitted to celebrate thia ■"'?'■»'" '"•"i:?'',;"*''^ completion of a medium for the .n.taut ";^«J. tiding, between nation. who« f f ««"7, "-"J" An" been obatrueted by the barrier of the mighty oce«.. And I \ 1 100 name ,.f our rommrm ^ ! ' ^" P'''"'*^"^' i" the which, vital with tl.. .. I . ' ^^ wondrous coni, »"■' .>.-" cot,;: L'ir'T' "ow constrained to pa.. 8 i'»e bidding of thy creature, man. •rouRLt into :; "; " ' ""."""'"^ population sl.all be Son of Ood! . '"troduction of tl.e reign of the m.^'.!l I'lrirr.t'elT. ""7 '" '"•"""-* ""^ '"-'"'' these thank thee that the medi ,, T"""" "''"" "'" <«'^"', »e •nd IIe.ven, f„r„i,l„..| , " " "^ "''•■"■"«"'• between earth "U-nding fr„„ ,hy merely," '""':"'' ™''"-"""R 'ove. wh.„.. .„ behalf ,f'n.i„.;t,7.^'"' !' "' •'^"'^'y- *"• "'J' "on expired, ia already ^S".-"'^. iMi MIL perfect, and through Nshich the prayer <.f lailh, as ii ri.ses ii. the heart, and before it has received utterance hy the hps. reaches that ear ever open to the supi^licaut's cry and hru.gH back from thence it8 sweet response of a reconcded Futher'slove. And now, O Thou that hearest prayer, prant, we he- geech thee, that the elTusions of thy Holy Spirit n.ay ac- company the future progressive discov.>rie8 ot science and triumplis of art, till the dissonance of sin shaM have ceased, and harmony be restored lliron^hont thy nunal kn.plon.; That amid the unceasing anthen.s performed hy a..g..ls aro.md thy throne may be heard from every hill a,.d valley, over the entire of a redeemed earth, ascer.dn.g n, concord- ant notes, the Church's Hallelujah :-"l^lessin;4 and hom.r. and dominion, and power, be nnto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and to the Lamb, forever and ever. Amks. The choir then sang the Doxology : rra-HO Cod . in wl.o... nil Mossinps llow, r.uiso Him all ironturcs l.ero l.olow, I'rniso Him iil)ovo, vc liCRveiily lioM, Pi ..iso r athcr, Sen, uihI Holy ^;li.•^l . Upon the conclusio,, of wl.ich, the "..v Duvi.l D FieW advanced, and invoked a beno,li .fon, and «;tl" " » "^ proceedings at the Crystal Palace cln«ed. lu lialf an hour after, th.^ building was completely deserte.!. All the presentation addresses having been handsomely engrossed and illnn,inated on v-"-". -- "' ^^^,; , se'ions of the Cable, which were gilded, and '■ ' ""^ upon one end a solid gold eagle with wn.g- out prea.l, and upon the other the British lion, also of -ohd gold. II "■••""jvi.^^ IJ':,>»,' .^ ■\.-..> ir,2 The followine IS a ( won? ilcscript tl prcs,.,.t.'«l : that to Cyrus W. Fi.-hl 1 ion of the rrold boxes that inT-fuiirtlis itichf'H loii«r, ],-.- t ,s« |m i.s f( our and whh', and one and a half .lorn. It •J two a?id thivo-foiirths inci lOS and 1>. It weighs fouit.-on ouncos, IS valued at eiuht hundred .lojlars. I paralhlograni, with slightly round top arid bottom, set back Bingle strand of gold cabl LHl^C, a rat el twisted yarns, which act as feet, and k rouiuhiiff '•ngraved surface of the box from conta( objects n slijkj)e it is a lev' corners ; around the a quarter of an inch from the e wound at the comer roi* the claho- t with 8ur- Tl sid •«' ground of tiie box is brill «'s are eoven-d will iantly polished, and all its ' .'Ppropiiate designs, engraved with the rh-anu'ss and delicacy of the finest the lid of thr I the C.bl Kloel phite. On «' in niid-o( i»<»x is a scene representing the splicing of the hff and flie Air <'Jin, at the r'M.ilezvous.'the X i;i<'ara on u iiav«' t!w ( .l"^t niaih- th<. splice, and ncnuion oa the rijrbt. The sh 'iron iin b( '" armorial 1 ?n IS si-.rmounted with the n i'lscription is cii- »ce of the lid, on eitl )eannir8. Stat •X represents the il es arranged in a arouiKJ the Hid es Htruiid \ The panel is »y a c >il of cable. In th l.fiLl 103 WW conipartincut nro I'nurave.l tho FtMloral arms, an. il in ill.' riu'ht ouo tlio oo >at of r»nns u f KiiL'laiKl. Hrlow, ill the centre, is Ji Morse Telegraph instrument in oj.eratmn. On the front side of tlie box are four enihleinatie fen.ah rhl. r,.nues, representing the four .|uarier8 of the world, l.'inonc nn.l America have the gh^he, surmounte.l by the Cross, in a l.hize of ph)ry. betw i them. Asia an.l Afriea, in hnmbU' positions, occupy the corners, but are irrncio^.sly aUowea each to hobl one en.l of a teh-.-raph Cabh^ cxten.l.-.I to them by America antl Europe. On the back of the box arc s,-nica fwo femah^ fiuMires, i,„,ndea to represent Commerce and Science. K..rrumuhMl bv the usual en.blematic symbr' • • Commerce has her slX.s ana cotton bab-s; Science, her globe ana telescope. Om the left en^- ^>- ^^f '^^' ^^'"' ^ , close attention, arouna the table. ( )n the floor .s a glob. . On th. ri^ht ena of the box is an engraving of the la.-a- ingofthe Cable at Trmity Hay. The proces«..m .. - ana otficers, .ome twenty-three f.gures .n ull .« r 1 s t carrving the Cable up a slight ascent. Mr. I ■ . b- heaaea:i«infVontoftho,arty.Jre.^^^^^ backgrouna, ana the bay, w>th the ships complete the aesign. Ill ! 104 It i.s altcirdhcr ;i most suporb affair ind fl.n :-'■'•'!""•">• »'"i""'"' "■'•'" .t i.s the ;.::;::::: mT:,;^: ;:!r:/Z' '"vr"^^^^ lu.i.rl.r Ti -1 ."' ^^ '*"'•' '»"»1 <>IH^ inch in "" " '"I "f Cii|.t,,iii Prc.,.,)v's l,„v i ■ i"t M.iirs.' of oonsf ruction. of Cubh, that H,..>ply the place of raised 'I 'I '■,^'- rm^T.: l(i') 'ii rtft lirfMiit** "S elites ; the smfaoes arc highly imlishftl, and tlu* imiummy- iii«'8 avo oxccutod in as high a styh' of art as tliosf (.n the On tho obvtMsc of the medal prosontod to Taptain Day- man, is a fine view of the Niagara going into Trinity l^ay, witli the Gorgon acting as pilot. On the obverse of that presented to Captain Aldhain i« a like vi»'\v of the Agamemnon, with the Valorous in the background. The obverse of Engineer Woodhouse's nu'dal is the most elaborately ornamented of the three. It kI.owh upon the lower half a reduced copy of the scene on the lids of the boxes, of the rendezvous in mid-ocean, and the spluing of the enable. Upon the upper half are two very accurate drawings of the payiug-out and brake machinery it. use on boar«l the principal ships. The reverse of all the medals is the same, the x.-» furni.hn.l for pre «„t«,ion ..y the ei,y t. the chief, of the e.i».l,t„M, Me««r-. Tiffi.„y k Co. were directed to prepare -.xty-hvo I I \ \:\\ n i 1411 other medals, to l,o prosentod by tl.o Chaiuhcr of Com uwrev to those rngair,.d in the ontor,,rise. Xino of these ""Mlals wnuhed f.v,. ounees tail., and were thre<. inches '" e, on either hand, are the figures of Tohunb.a and Britannia. Columbia, garbed as an Indian Q.H'en, bearing upon her right shoulder a well-filled qn.ver, upon her head an aboriginal diadem of eagle's feathers, n. her left hand an olive branch, and in her Hght an end of the Cable, while at her feet reposes the national r\ ., ''n'^.?" ^'■''"^'>' countenance of Columbia lands the Br.t.sh Tutelar, at whose feet tl. lion ^oace- The base upon which this fine sculpture stands is a p am Grecan entablature, beneath which .ears the seal o he New York Chan.ber of Commerce, supported on lers,de by the shields of the United States -u.d Kng- h lA wmged figure of Conconl hovering over tl^ fih e nd on.nng an olive crown to each national genius. I ompletcs this hue design. oulcc' ''":"*•".""■;•■* -'•'" .aoh of II,. w.igl„ „f ,l,rcc. '"""• """"""S ^«" ""J « Half inol,e» iu d.a,no,..r. an.l h 107 nr.H.orti<)n:ih'ly thick. Tlu' n»v.'rs.» (.1" th.'s,- is in nil ivsiH'Ots itleiitical with tho larin' inrdils hnt n|u»ii tlir nh- verse the artist has iutioluci'tl the limir. ^ «»f «'oimii»'iv»' ami Scioiu'O, as supnortinu: the ulolir, in the i»Ian' ot Columbia and Britannia. As in the larijer uje.lal. the happy idea of surroninling the sphere with a Cahhs whirh is held on each side by the characteristi«« CJenins, is like- wise produced in this medal. A Dove, instead «.f tho winged Concord, hovers over tln^ globe, and eon;plefes the design. These medals were presented t.» the (.iher ullie.ers on board the vessels engi»g«'d in the operation of submerg- ing the Cable. THE FIUKMRN's rUOCF.SSION. The torchlight procession of the New, York Fire De- partment was one of the most magnificent demu'.stration- this citv has ever seen. While the military were yet marching back to their .pmrters by companies, after the displays of the afternoon, the fire companies began to march from all port- o< the city to the rendezvous on Fifth avenue, liroadway. durn.g the whole period which <'lapsed from the tin.e the first pro- cession passed, to the hour at which the firemen n.nrchcd down liroadway, was choked with people and vehicles ho that it was with the greatest diiliculty the various f.ro companies that marched up '-ho thoroughfare n.ade the.r wav. They gradually assembled at the place des.gnate.l, dressed in fire-cap, re.l, roeeiviiic tlie citv authorities au,l their guests, who aeeoin- „anie,l the procession in carriages. Tlu.uce, heacU,! hv 'Citations of p..licen..u fron. the Teutb an,l Tturteenth Precincts, conunanded by Serp'ant ' aterhury. hey .narclKul .l.nvn Sixth avenue, then down l.ruadway ; Iron. Droadway, a. U.non Square, they um.le a ./.<..«-•. and nlhed ,;„.! the CMUestrian statue of \Va»lnu«.ou tl.en Tturued to liroadway, down which they nuaehed o the ■ity Hall park, a.,d passed through the eastern entran e. A Lc ovlek they were disn.issed. The V-^^^^^ procession through Broadway »"' -^ '-'f; ,t' splendor. The sidewalks wcrecrowdcd »,th ""^^ I -^^ ''" , The balconies, the windows, the honse-tops. were 1,1 U^U^ neople. Aln.ost everv house was ,llun.n,»ted and he S ions that we have already described ^^';^;;;^ l;;r„t;:;arwasrassing,a^dedas.^^^^^^^^^^^ order : FIPST DIVISION. Aasi, ant Engineer, Jolm Decker, Marshal. The Veteran Association of Exen.pt Unmen. Ex Chief and Ex-Assistant Engmeer,. I j^J^f^^ I- I 170 Hoanl of Fire CoinmissioiK.is, Kihvanl Brown, w,„. A. Fn-rborii, AVilliam Wri^rht, Andn-w Cralt, Jcliii W. Sj-lienck. Oflioers ancJ - „stoos of New York Fire D.part.nont Fun.l. I >o.l worth's rot.ownnl corii.t ban.], of f.,rfy pieec.?. Cl.i.f Harry Howard, Grand Marshal. Assistant Engineers John A. Cregier and John Raulch. 'Special Aids. Kx.,„,,t Knginc Cn.npany, Zo),har Mills, foreman ; „,„,. t.;rn,K ., ,„„t „.v,.„ty ex..,„,,i „,,.,„.„, „i„,„„t ,„rehc,. ''"'l"n.ly.llu,.,„,,,;,.,I«iM,,.|„,..,,„|,i„,„|ig,,t. Marion K„pi„,. r„„,,,„„y j;,, ,, j,„„.^ nMi»ti'nn"si.\iv men ninr..i,;„» r i " ^■•^'""". Fir,. 1..,, . ! ,' """''""" "'">• »l>reiist, cscortina tl.c 1 .re 1 o,.art,n..nt Itannvr, wl.ici, was oarri,.,! l.v shUcn o";T ,':' r'7 '"r""'"";'-' ''""'■'' "' "■" p™--'- 1--! •»io ig (he route of march. Hook a„,l I.„,,,l..r f.„„,,,„„y j,„. ,,_ j„^ ^^ ^_^^^ »" . . ..."»ti-.H,g „l,y n„.n, l,..a,l..,l by I)o,|wortl,'s lia If ' «; tt , . •■ """"• ''""""'• »■"' »■''"• f>" ti,c top *«ii» waH reni'ved bv 'iltoiu *i • i i ■•.. Thi. i. „.o i„r,..». .ni;t'>: :■ ;;. ""'""'" ""^-^ "^"""- Hudson Enmne Comninv v , t i wiU. color. «ix,y .o'rc,::;,, i|^: ""*''"" ""' ''•■^"'"'"' Hit' P ii ^Hy!*^ m jt'-j 171 Marion No. 9, Jas.lTav.'aJor.'inan, sov,«nty uumi ; carry- incr the mapnincout bann.r of the Firo Dq.artn.n.t, uImM, was an ohject of groat ini.-rest to the imnu'uso n.ultiiuao of spectators. Friendship Enginr No. 12, James A. Carolin, foreman, tlftv men. Trofcssor Buchl, of the Me.hcal College, m Thirteenth street, furnisheu the company with a .hoptnc lens, which >.vas (luite a feature of the procession Mgnals and lamps were used in abundance, so that FruM.dslnp was universally admired. Hudson I -ne No. 1. John Ilamill, foreman, Rixty men. This machine had a large drunnnon.i light, anu was handsomely de'^orated. K„ickcrbocker ftosc No. 2. Tl.is c«mi;»"y *""'"' ""^ thirty men, and ,.rcsentcd a .no.t cr..d,tal,lo uiToarancc, Indon.nd.ncc Hose No. 3, John V. Dalto.. Ion ". ...irtle n.en. Tl,i. cart was appropriatelj l,».oo i and illuminated. Whit worth's Band. T. , IT xr« 1 Wiltcr Sinith, foreman. i»'rty ih-ii. u':atdTmUe.f 'L„. and looKed .KaU, well. XT o T1-. I anccv W. ICne eU, N'fe- Excelsior l'-"8-^»;/; ; ^me oalc, .'d on man; sixty men. 1 litre was „,„,„„riate dwora- thc top of tliis engine, togetlier with .ppropriat tions. Marion Hose Ko. 4, Theodore niUer. foreman, thirty h 172 li '<^». Tin-; hose liadasplendi.l plmno, and atcd with (.'liinose 1 aiii[ ^vas illiiinin- >s. Telegraph Brass Hand. .i,!;:''t": '■'";•; """■ "• "• ''■ '^''-"■'. f— „, ,,„ra.i,.,i "MJ «..■.. L,,„„ the top of ,1,0 .„acl,i„e wa.. Granf. anns ol the engine. Proteci.,,, i:,,,,,,,, K„. ,, ,v,„. f. i.vo„s. This .-n.!,,,. «■■.« orn„„„.„,.,l .vith variou, oohuvj ribbons, a„d ,h '•onipany lu,„e,l o„t fifty m,.,,. Mutual Hook and LadiW \., i r^ 4 „ , fori-m... Ti- . , '"' •^"- '• Oi'ojgo A. Hilton, ornnau. 1 1,„ „.„,k, „-|,i,.|, ,,,„ ^^^,_ , • Ktrii. i.f vvi ;, 'dcKhr.s. On one side was a ...I 1 s T "'.'"• '"■''"■ ^^'•■''' " "•"■^•" Ou the T..ra ,,,":"■''' l""'" ""■ ""^''"' "T"e Atlantic = "oatcd to both ends of tlie t)-uck. SKCOXD DIVISION. fe'"oer 1 , ter N. Cornwell, Marehal. n..hertson'8 Hand. An.erinis Kngii.o No n \vu *'«Ki«tvn.en Thi.n.n i ' , """ Anspnke, foreman; ■ ^''""'"^•'""^•'«<>kedremarkablvwc.II. The i -c^ i 173 y coddcss of Liberty sat iu her tcnipl.', nu oa'« a conspicuous position. ^ man IL 175 Jackson Hose Ko. Ill, Arcliibal.l Trvino. fomnan ; thirty mm. This cart carried a portion -f th.' Athuitic ('al»h«. .m\ was bonutifuUy decorattMl witli lamps of various roh>rs. Excelsior Tlose No. 14, thirty mm. They l.res,.|ite,l a very imposing appearance. • Eleventh Ueginient Rand. Lafayette Engine No. 10, fifty men. The machine was richly decorated with some sixty odd lights. Tompkins Hose No. 10, Alex. Ferris, foreman ; thirty men. This cart was- illnininated with lamps. -Union Engine No. IS Jas. Conolly, foreman; sixty men. This engine was illuminated with lloman candles, and looked well. Phenix Hook and Ladder No. 3, Ja.nes CJalway. fort- man ; paraded fifty men. A dr.un.not.d light adorne.l the centre of the trnck, accompanied with forty lights. CVntton Hose, No. 17,Lanrmce Dalton. foreman ; thirty men. This hose was tastefully festooned. KOURTH DIVISION. Assistant E..gin.or W. T. Mawbcy, Marslml. Slii'lton's Ilanil. Ocean,., Kngin. N- I-. •'«""■» WiWN'.v. f"'"";^;^ radcl fifty n.™. A large ,lr,„n,non,l l,«..t .ur,n„u„., .1 box, in front of wi.ich was a ;, D. J. Conlcy, fore caiilf Kurnioiin gilt wreath of fl* t«':.' St nt it on fnmi zone to znio : Field s ..tuned old Oci-aii's I'liny depths : Ami ri.a, the work's thine ou n." ThiH company inrned out forty men. An.erira Hose Xo. 10, Walter W. Adams, foreman, paraded thirty men. Over the jacket was the following transjKircncv : '■ Kl.Tiiirity-rn.rklin Imttlrd it and i.n it a le^raev to this «• '''".I. V. M,.,sr utir,.ik.- 1 it and invited all thr nations to par- take tlnu"if."' ''pon the reverse side was: " A.Minu.v 'f,»si: N(). jo." Tnrl's IJiass I{a,Hl. Harry Howard Hook and Ladder No. 11, Charles N. K.-nt, loren.an ; f.fty nn-n. This truek was an object of "'';""'■ "'"^ '•''"••'» <'"rth the plaudits of the spectators, ami (leseivedlv M». M.enix H.»8e No. o.,>, j,,^,^^,|^.,, j,^j^^^. ^^^j ^^^^^^^ _ ^^^^ •tri-HH^M ... the regnlar nniforn., an.l, with their carriage, attracted coiihiderable attention. >f ^ ■ rirsil 177 Protector Engine No. 22. Caleb '^onrs, foronuu. ; .u. illu- minated Bignrl in the shape of a f.r. hat m.r.nountnl tlun onmnc. A number of la.nps wm' strung nlong the hrakrH which produc..^ •» very pleasing elT.ct. No. 2.' paraded fifty mensbi f 3. Tiion.as an's Brass Band. Facie ^>-- No. in, John Hoaly, loronmn. American fla.^; wore w.apped around the reels of this .-uaine u, fron anf rear. A number of la.np were hun, on the hruk r handles. The company mustered sixty n.en. Humane Hose No. 20, Jared A. Tin^Mon foreman - Ti^ :ip.ny mustered thirty men. The tro,. o.^ carriage was decorated with Amencan and l^nt.sh flags intertwined. F.,gle Hook and Ladder No. 4 paraded tWrty-fiv. ...on. and had their truck very finely decorated. Band. ,- • w« on Jolin Roberts, fore..ian.— Waaliington Eng.nc K«. 20 John _^ ^^_^ Thi. engine held between .t. 'J" " „f „„„ „f „,. Niagara, about three feet long, the work o ton .noL;. Onthefrontofitwa.adra.nn.ondhght. I. By members turned out. Hudson Ho,e No. 2, paraded thirty '^'Tj^jf^''' con.ider.ble attention along the l.ne on l)road«.). T. • M« 91 was also out with siity United States Engine No. 23 was a, men. This engine was illuminated w.th Inntcrns. 12 fl I 'flSr iHtOti ,„A„^ 178 FIFTH DIVISION'. Assistant Engineer Timothy L. Wesf, Marshal. Stewart's Band. Cohinnhian Engine No. U, R. K engine was .Ircorate.l with artificial fl Offers, foreman. This owers. From its front the figure of ar, elephant was suspon.led, and from the \ ck hung the representation of a lion. light 8, marched by the side of tl Eight members, hearing turned out sixty men. u' machine. The company forem aded lerry Hose No. ii'.^, A. V. Davison, loreman, para..., tlnrty men. Ju tl... centre of the carriage was a mammoth cock, w.th the words " victorj'" flying from its month; a large leather a.lorne,! the front of the carriage. National Hose No. l>4, S. Hurhans, Jr., fore.nan, paraded thirty n.en ; decrated with lights and lanterns. Union Hook an.l Ladder No. r>, Adam Hipp, foreman, "I y n.en. Tnis ladder company looked well, but had no extra a.. i i . ' ^ wiui u l„r„ K 1 ' "' ^y ** "'">'l><'r of torches, WM a lartre American fl-nr i' i full rnmnli^ f ^' "'^''" ^^''S'"^'' t"»-n<<^ out the Juii compliment of sixty men. i u =>?^ I vn'^l 179 United States Hose No. 25, Hugh 'Qallngher, foroman. The American and Britisli flags waved over this liose car- ria<»e. The Britisli flag nsi-d on this occasion was pro- Bented to the company by the garrison cf Windsor. Cm- ada. A large and fierce-looking wihl cat, captured e- >'M- ly for and presented to the company by their friends i»i Detroit (Michigan), was perched on the hose reel, and held a lantern in his mouth. This company turned out thirty n>en. Williamsburgh Brass Band. Cataract Engine No. 25, William Lamb, foreman, sixty men. This engine was also beautifully illumin.ited, and surmounting it was a buck's head enveloped in flags. Fourth Regiment Brass Band. Homrd Engine No. M, .T. I- Ooc foreman, para.l"l Hixty m«n. The online wu» very ,„,tofuUy .iecoru ...1 w -h flag; and Ughta-twcnty-f.ve lautcr.. bcng hung at v«,«u. portions of the machine. Rutgcr. Hose No. 26. Jam.. M. P.tty. foreman, thirly men. A large number of lamp, of v.riou. color, -vcro .u, - pcndeu 1. n this hose in a tasteful manner. Icflerson Engino No. 20. John Kord, foreman j fifty „..„. This Knginc i, herself an artisMc and I"*" '^ •^-;" of mechanism, and required no decor»-,.ons. U. when unadorned 's adorned the moot." ^^H l;| B . u III li '1 11 1 >.J M j^- mfmum'-^mi^'m* 180 SIXTH DIVISION. Assistant Engineer James F. Wenman, Marshal. Governor's Guard Band. Amity Hose No. 38, Isaac M. Bamby, foreman, paraded twenty-8,x men. The carriage was adorned with a large map of the world, over which .vas a massive colored light representing the globe, with the word -Amity" at the top. Each man also carried a lantern in his hand. Neptune Hose No. 27, John H.Corballis, foreman. The hose carnage belonging to this company was surmounted by a silver eagle; it was plainly, but tastefully, decorated. The company was represented in the procession by thirty members. ' Mr^amora Hose No. 29, J. E. Conklin, foreman, paraded thirty men. Carriage well trimmed with flo> bons. )wers and rib- Hook «nd Ladder No. G, James Kellock, forcmaD. fifty men I„ the centre of the truck wa, » large field piece, in front of which wa. the coat of arms of the Fire Depart- Ouardian Engine N„. 29, Eli Bates, foreman, paraded ligl "" °"*'"'' '""'''"">' ''"«'"'*<'• accompanied with Knickerbocker Band. ^"t^y^'"" I'^""" ^'•- '=^' ^^^ W. Cooper, fore- ■««". fifty men. A hve eagle,,hrce and a half feet m height. W> "VW t81 was placed on the top of this engine and attracted nujch attention. Laurel Hose No. 30, James II. Arnold, foremaii ; thirty men. This cart was lit up by red and white colored lan- terns. Index Hose No. 32, William Ilolden, assistant foremen in command ; thirty men. It was decorated with flags and beautiful flowers. SEVENTH DIVISION. Assistant Engineer Edward W. Jacobs, Marshal. Connell's Brass Band. Black Joke Engine No. 33, was beautifully adorned with flags and lit up with variegated lamps Sixty men appeared and contributed no little to the disptay. Warren Hose No. 33, John D. Craft, foreman ; thirty-fivc men. The carriage was very tastefully decorated with flags. Lafayette Hose No. 34, Jolm Irvine, foreman) thirty men. This eart had a large plun.e on top, and wa. en- veloped in flags. Chatham Engine No. 15, David S. Baker, f""""";'' "^ onty men. Th; engine wa, not adorned, but a.gn.l we e .u«pended from it. and the co.npany made an excellent turn-out. Columbus Engine No. 35, paraded nay men. and made e i «pff t mn ^im m ■^*l u..^ I r Y • h ■ f. 183 a very fine appearance ; the machine was trimmed off with a groat deal of taste. Baltic Hose No. 35, James H. Bell, foreman, paraded thirty-six men. Carriage trimmed with American flags. Empire Band. Empire Rook and Ladder No. 8, John C. Everett, fore- man ; fifty men. This ladder ha.l a large number of lights and forty-eight torches. Equitable Engine No. 30, was festooned with flowers, adorned with flags, and brilliantly illuminated. They turned out sixty men. Empire Hose No. 40, William Evans, foreman, paraded thirty men. Upon the top of the reel jacket was a large drumraond light. On either side of the carriage was the likeness of J. A. Cregier, assistant engineer, Jumes L. Mil- ler, David Mulligan and John Kittleman. No. 40'8 car- nage was about one of the finest in the procession ; being new it attracted no little attention. ill i EIGHTH DIVISION. Assistant Engineer G. Joseph Ruch, Marshal. Wallace's Band. fionthwwk Engine No. 88, George T. Alker. foreman, inado a .plendid display. The engine, which is a first- clasa one. was dUiwn by four of Adams' Express Compa- ny • homea-known as the "string team." The horsea' m M. ■ J P mM I 183 hcaJs were doeomte,! with re.l, white »n.l l.h.c plum«>. The company turned out the full „„,uher ..llow^l, and were accon.paniea by several honorary n.en.bcv. o many . ..»„ainff Thov were lavish of Roman canJlea and CllS' and were headed hyWallace-abana. Naiad Hose Ko. 03, Wm. 11. Sh.unway. foreman. In r r„f the hose carriage was » transparency, representmg front of the hose ca ^^^^ ^^^^ ^ ^^^^^^ ZZ ifs con h b eitl! the waves. Six naia,.s were 'Xed Sv^g expression to their joy at the present Long then, of the mustr.ous ^:^^;;^ ,^„, another transparency w.ththc >'»"»• ^ f ^^^,. ■ _<.„e we would not extmgu. • S^^^., English, ent nations, among whicU wtrt ^ French and Belgian standards, --/"^ ,^,. oer. In pans attached to t^e co"t « o^^^^^ ^he com- • Bengola lights were kept continually burning, pany turned out thirty members. T. • « XTn ^7 This machine was mag- Tradesmen's E"f "«/^:^f^^^^^^ Sixty men nificently festooned and brilliantly luu marched in the parade. . o- ^„ V Woolev, foreman ; thirty Madison Hose NO. 37, Simon V.^W^^^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^ men. This cart was adorned v.th flag various colored lamps. „ „ ««« « • Wa 40 Joseph H. Button, Lady Washington E»g";«f »;*»•/,„•'. ,.rge «r..d . . foreman. On tbe t^P/^J^^'l^^an and EnglUh flag.- eagle holding .n .t. beakjhe A ^^ ^ ^^^^^^ It wa« illuminated by Beverai i r lihl Sixty member, had turned out. Band. ■"44 n !MI !,^ 'i mil I '■ ! !'■ i V lU i rnn IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) W // // ,1^ %^ c/. f/. 1.0 I.I 1.25 « ... mil 2,0 I * 2.2 ;' 1.6 VQ ^^^"^ ^ w //a Photogranhic Sciences Corpordtion ].'> WIST MAIN STRUT WEBSTER. NY MSIO (716) •73-4S03 m ^' V A. \ \ [\s« >^' \ '4^ mmmimmmmask^ 184 Washington Hook and Ladder No. 9, John H. Forman • fifty men. This truck had an immense drummond hght a large flag and countless colored lamps. ' Pacific Engine No. 28, Samuel M. Simpson, foreman ; fitly men. This machine attracted the attention of the crowd ; an immense calcium light, and one hundred and fatty lamps, illuminating it, together with banners. Metropolitan Hose No. 39, Hugh Hanley, foreman ; thirty men. This hose was illuminated with lamps. Manhattan Engine No. 43 also attracted considerable at- tention, the machine being appropriately adorned and lit with a great number of colored lamps. Fifty men paraded, m the regular uniform, and looked well. Pioneer Hose No. 43; was also tastefully decorated. 1 hirty men paraded. NINTH DIVISION. Assistant Engineer John Price, Marshal. Fifty-fifth Regiment Pand. Empire Engine No. 49, Richard P. Moore, foreman. vari«r''T ""t?' ''' "'*^ *"^"^^ ^^h"-- J-terns of a new uniform, viz. : cmv shipfu mi , cbief.; thcj. nu,„bor,.ffili;'':':. '"'"='' ''""""' ""'"' .i,wl"" T?"" ""• "'• •'"^i'"' Foley, foren,.,,, f ^■■" 186 MazeppaHose No. 42, John Lcc, foreman ; tlnrtymon. This cart carried a large drunimond light and a quantity of lamps. Narragansett Hook and Ladder No. 10. The (.tick looked well, and the members of the company bore then- selves handsomely. Franklin Engine No. 39, looked exceedingly well, and her members mustered in respectable numbers. Adkins' Washington Brass Band. Clinton Engine No. 41, Anson Claire, foreman. ; sixty men. Thi, engine was polished in a beautiful manner, and attracted considerable attraction. Alert Hose No. 41, W«a. McLaughlan foreman ; thirty men. This hose cart was decorated with Amcr.c.n (lag., and illuminated with lamps. Washington Irving Hose No. 44. The "«"''>«;' "f^^ company presented an imposing appearance , the.r carn^Se was tastefully decorated. Excelsior Band. »♦ V An. Vdward L. Cobb, foreman; Vallev Force Hose No. 4G, Kdwaru u. y^ . vaiicyrui{5c UriUJantlv i umitiatcd, and thirty men. This hobO was brilliantly looked beautiful. Mechanics- Hose No. 47, CorneliusN. WnnHt. foreman; thirty men. This hose cart was not dccora'cd usual manner. 186 Mazeppa Engine No. 48, Jeremiah Foley, foreman. This company turned out sixty men, and their machine was decorated with flags and illuminated by laaips of various colors. TENTH DIVISION. Assistant Engineer Daniel Donovan, Marshal. Bronck's Band. Marion Hook and Ladder No. 13, E. A. Greeory, fore- man : f,lty men. Thi8 company had a large ^lamp, an eagle and variegated lumps. Americus Hose No. 48 had thirty men, and looked ad- mirahlyc Pocahontas Engine No. 49. This engine was splendidly deccrat«;d. Relief Hose No. 51 paraded with thirty men ; the cart was beautifully illuminated. Sixty-ninth Regiment Drum Corps. • ' Hope Ho«e No. 51. This cart was very appropriately Illuminated and decorated. F' « «- / Yorkville Band, Aurora Encine No d^ n- «..ni- 1 1 ^®- '''*• i 'lis machine was a so vcrv .jandsonip V dccoratod vvifi. «i , . ui'iu y^ij .'-^ I rrt ■ 1, 187 ^ I Hnso No. M. This company's c»rri»KC »«. ''"ted ° h ! oumbor o, bou.,ueU of „»tu,«l .Wwor. °"' " IreatL of artificial llo^er., an,l nunuountcl numbered forty men. T. • v« '^0 sixty men, viw brilliantly il- Lone Star Engme fo; ^0, s'xty ^ ^^^^ ^^^^^_ appropriated by the Corporation. X, r-> TV,;, machine was handsomely fit- . Undine Hose No. 52. Th>» mach ^^^ ^^„ ted ont with flags and amps f^^^^"" „„,, This Columbian Hook and Ladder No. '*■ "^^'J , „„U . truck was decorated with festoons, and .Uum.na large number of lamps. ELEVF.STil DIVnION. Assi.tant Engineer Wm.HacKett, Marshall. Dodworth's Second Band. ,, V. lA This truck wan Baxter Hook and Ladder >o. ^-^^^^^^^ ^^ ^ draped with American a»8''.' , , ^^.^eral bine, white large gilt eagle. U was lUuminat by ev ^^_^^^_ ^^_ J red h^nterns, and a *""'- "f J« „, „umhored fifty the fore part of the truck_ The ^ J,^ > ^^„„,, „„,a, of men, and was preceded by ^J" thirty instruments. , ^ on the carriage were w" "\ , al«> carrying » lante'" '»'"» """'■ ' m,ttm-mimf^mmm Jmr^ I ', .\ IJ 188 Mutual Engine No. 51 ; sixty men. A splendid wreath of flowers was placed in front of this engine, and in the centre hung a huge lamp, while the American eagle wa« placed in the rear and frcm its mouth six feet of the Atlantic Cable was quite visible, affording Young Ame- nca an opportunity to let off a stock of adjectives. Samuel G. Jackson, a member of the company, was on board the Kiagani and furnished the Cable. KuKsau Hose No. 5G. This company was out in good force, and both the members and their carriage looked well. Paulding Hose No. 57, John J. Reed, foreman, paraded thirty men. Their carriage was beautifully decorated with flowers and lanterns. New Jersey Brass Band. M. T. Brennan Hose No. 60, Walter Hochc, foreman. m ront of thiK engine were American flags intertwined, and on the top there was a powerful drummond light. Ihirty men.b,.r8 of this company paraded. Merchant Hose No. 68. The members of this company made a very creditable tuniK>ut, and were loudly applauded by their friends. ^ ^^ This closed the procession, and, with it, closed one of the most nnposing displays of this age and countrj'. Ill t 'Wi IM I ) THE KIREWORKS. . '''""'f.., fmc until he ,ct in a cloudlet Wet. workmen 1^ 1^ 189 „.re nuttin" up curious stick, and o.U cr..Bs-l,»n. .long Te fron of th! ailapi.latea City llall. The. ...ck, and 11 we e the foundation, of a cable and two ...,,.«, w.th Ttiraccompa«in,cntsnoceB«>ryto give tnc tel.-«r»,d. a f rv sab te At nightfall the work wa» funded, or rathe Mtld that It was ready to be begun when e.ght o'clock came. While the firemen were getting their vope, in readinesa •"r'''"'TeTre:r^^^^^^^ lienthal's men ai.pl.ed the torch ro the Cit. HaiUand -«" r^j;! ^J,' l.lCoh.t.on.. ean,ea"Revo.v,„gGlob. Th«ha ^.^^^ ^ .pun round a 8p.udle and rotated p ^^ wheel that spun about ■" » «;^ ^^^ ^, /,„.,.p„rpo.e.. ^:'•r^'rd^anXt o^IIthe features of this Colored fires and lance wDr» .„„.tthe west wmg initial piece. And, when one ^ "l^^^^'^t ,^, east of the Vu. another r^^ ^ rL,,,,, and wing. So nobody was lavorea #u all saw and shouted an approval. r • f.« after the " Revolving Globe" came For a few minutes after che ^^^^ ^^ people to a black finish, that ---^t of rockets went up stood patiently, while a lit.le snow ^^^^^ ^^^^ towards Heaven. Then came P--J^- „,,. part a dn//.. This piece was eight ^^^\'y^^^ ^ ^c. .uod^ large wheel, bearing upon the en ^.^^^ BHiall Saxon wheels --^-"VTeen and ''general ef- tions. with red fires changing to green, and g feet altogether very excellent. Therewasanotherpause,andthen5a.«^«n.Aw^.. 1* \ ! M I > m jMMaafti^t '^'■"- ■'-'—''-'— "mini-'i 190 lites. The centre of this piece was stationary. Small Saxon wheels revolved, displaying colored fires, and the whole ended with colored fires and brisk cannon discharges. The fourth was a Compound Saxon Wheel— dhme.tcr five feet, the spokes containing small Saxons, and eudini?, not by cannon discharges, but with the evolutions o'f big wheels and little wheels. Four grand pieces had now been discharged ; all good. The finale was yet to come. Before, between all the nieces, and after everything but this final "blaze of glor^V the men who were perched upon the very top of two high platforms, placed one at each end of the Hall, threw high mtorhe air an almost endless shower of the finest rorkots, bombs and projectiles of all sorts, that burst a mile or so above, and sent down stars and golden rain to celebrate the last of their existence. Mr. Lillienthal certainly did great thmgs in the rocket line alone. The profusion'was some- thing extraordinary. The air was full of streaming lines of light, trails of fiery serpents and clusters of stars. The scene, with these buzzing and flashing, and the dense mass below and all around shouting, and a path of silverj- light passing over the park trees from a calcium light over in Broadway. waa decidedly impressive. The emblematic piece, which ended the show, was matr- mficcnt. It wua an allegorical represe„g a ughiea -o- '- -;; ,.„„,._ „„„ ran eaet to "ourEaglo, ««•»'*" „,.l of tl.o cord, fellow, with hi, paw, '»"""« ^\ :„",;,„ f,.„.c-. W- Bchind the eagle stood a ■«'"•' ™^ ,,',„„„ fame. Mod the lion stood another ''-'^ ;f ^ ;«, „ ,„.er. of Over all this show spru..g an arch, hcar» fc, gold, these words : „ „ n TheOahlespri„gingfro.ndd.oceaM^^^^^^ out the cable, the P'"- ^ ^f^ltbarreled pun in the announce the great «»""' '7," „.t„ti„„ that wound up first inscription, the g""-! ''"'";"" „t, „f „,,,,robati«n. the whole-elicited cont,n,.o«s '^"^^^ ^^,J\„^....^„i. TM entire populace-aM no ■ ^^^ ^^„jj„„ there were packed into the park, we do ^^^^^^ to peril our verae^U^s-.X;„,,,„„t. on this occasion, that tut v^uu IE' I "i, III if ' 11 i: >^ itam -*•"**" tiki rMk ■iaittMiL. ? 192 Such an imponetrable mass of human beings it could hardly be said had ever assembled before within the city of New York. The crowd was dense enough during the day, but night brought people to the City Hall by tens of thousands. They were crammed together under the trees, stra.ning every muscle to obtain a glimpse of the display; and far away, toward the Astor House, the throng extended -•n undiminished density. It is certainly safe to say that at least one hundred thousand people were present. Over this huge throng, which swayed to and fro with every impulse, the blue and red lights ever and anon shed an unl earthly glare. It was a deeply impressive sight ; and the "sea of upturned faces," reddened by ti.. glow, were grand- er far to witness than any pyrotechnic display that could be invented. At length the exhibition was brought to a close, with the piece which we have already described. The people got into motion, and as they slowly moved from the park, m the .nost perfect order, a parti-colored illumination once niore lightened up every place— and then all was dark once more. And thus ended the first day's celebration of the laying of the Atlantic Cable. THE MUNICIPAL BANQUET. In aox-ordanro with the arrangements made by the Joint Committee of the Common Council, the grand municipal banquet g.ven by the Corporation to Cyrus W. Field, Esq.. and officers of Her Britannic Majesty's steamship Gorgon and United States nteam frigate Niagara, in commemora- tion of he laymg of the Atlantic Cable, came off at the Metropohtan Hotel, Broadway, on the evening of Sep- Mil ••>v i 'I «FV" H 193 tember 2cl. The dining-hall was elaborately and taste- fully decorated with flags and devices appropriate to the occasion ; on the left side of the head of the table of lionor was hung a copy of Winierhnlter's celebrated painting of Queen Victoria, and on the other side a paint- ing of President Buchanan. Between the two was a por- trait of Mr. Cyrus W. Field. Underneath the latter was the inpcription : '♦ Peace on Earth, Good-wii^l to Men." Over the portrait the flags of the United States and * Great Britain were gracefully interfolded, and a portion of the Submarine Cable was looped to the ceiling above it and carried in festoons throughout the room. From the side walls hung out the flags of various nations, and from the central chandelier were spread over the ccdmg the flags of England, France. Russia and the United States In the spaces between the windows were hung stnps of canvas bearing respectively the names of Frankhn, Bnght Berryman, Everett, Woodhouse, Otter and Dayman. In the centre of the room, opposite the orchestra, was a por- trait of Morse, with the inscnption : "The Elevation op Mankind." "The Electric Trident, wakino to Life the Uncivilized World. On the opposite side of the room, in front of the music gallery, was tho inscription in the centre: " The Atlantic Cable. ^ Wnurn WITH HoSAKNAS, An Audience of the World, witu welcomes Genius. .13 - 1 1 m 1 i 1 m i ■ll'^ k\ \ . : I 194 And at cither side the inscriptions : "Tiic Ocean Echo. "Silent in its course beneath the Waves, yet Elo- quent IN its Thunders through two Hemispheres." " The Electric Spark. Franklin Played with the Clouds— American Genius oave Speech to the Ocean." The following is a copy of the bill of fiire. It was headed by an engraving of telegraphic operators sending and receiving messages on either side of the Atlantic, and its border was a representation of the Atlantic Cable. Oysters on the Half-Shell. Sovps. Green Turtle. Gumbo, with rice. Fish. Boiled Fresh Salmon, lobster sauce. Broiled Spanish Mackerel, Steward's sauce. Turkey, oyster sauce. Boiled. Leg of Mutton, caper sauce f RooKt. Ribs of Hecf. Young Turkey, i^amb, mint sauce. lUm, champagne sauce. ' Chickens, English sauce Cofd Ditthcu. Boned Turkey, with jelly. PAtc. of Game, with truffles, Chicken Salad, lobster sauce. Horn; sur aocie, with jelly. P f W ■ MJ il: W, l» WH II 195 Entrees. Tenderloin of Beef, larded, with mushroom sauce. Lamb Chops, witli green peas. Chartreuse of Partrid-es, Madeira sauce. Forms of Rice, with small vegetables. Timbale of Macaroni, Milanaise style. Wild Ducks, with olives. Breast ff Chickens, truffle sauce. Soft Shell Crabs, fried plain. Stewed Terrapin, American style. Squabs, braisccs, gardener's sauce. Sweetbreads, larded, with string beans. Fricandeau of Veal, larded, witli small carrots. Flounders, stuffed, with fine herbs. Reed Birds, Steward's sauce. Broiled Turtle Steaks, tomato sauce. Croquettes of Chickens, with frleu parsley. Tenderloin of Lamb, larded, poivra^e sauce, riuvicr, on toast, Italian sauce. Relishes. Pickled Oysters Spani-ih Olives. Raw Tomatoes. Currant Jelly. Broiled English Snipo. Celery. Game. Partridges, bread sauce. VegetableH. Roiled and Mashed Potatoes. Sweet Potatoes. Stewed Tomatoes. * ^"»» Apple Pies. Pineapple Pies. PaMry. Poach Pies. Plum Pics. Castard Pici. Pumpkin Pica. m f 196 Plam Padding^. Fancy Ornamrntcd Charlotte Kussc. Marascliino Jolly. Fancy Fruit Jelly. Pineapple Salad. ^'3atcaux Xeapolitan style. Peach Meringues. Confectionery. Cabinet Tuddin^'. Madeira Jelly, Punch Jelly. Fancy Blanc ifangc. Spanish Cream. Swiss Meringues. Champagne Jelly. Meringues, a la cremc, va- nilla flavor. Rose Almonds. Fancy Lady's Tako Onamented Macaiouns. Mint Cream Candy. Butterflies of Vicuna Cake. Savoy Hiscuit, Variety Glace Fruit. Vamli.a Ic Quince Soufflee. Vanilla Sugar Almonds. Fancy Diamond Kisses. Preperved Alnwnd Kisses- Dominos of Biscuit. Fancy Variety Candy. Ivoast Almonds. Conserve Kisses. Chocolate Biscuit. E Cream. Almonds UaiHins Dcuscrt. ' \JT'"\ ''''"" ""''''■ «'-«-ble Nuts. Hot Ifouso Grapes. Citron Melon«. Bartlct Pears. I COFFKB. Melons. Filberts. Queen Vicloria, of G„«, Britain J--B„cl,a„a„,P„,iaon. of ,„oC„i,oa State. ' J-"'- ^^'^ Field, will, l,i«Cal,Io '^"'■••""""-■■"'"vea.or of the Telegraph. I>r. Hc.jamin Franklin. e were r 'i. .1' '. -^ 197 The operative Telegraph of the Metropolitan Hotel. The Niagara Man-of-War of the United States. The Agamemnon and Niagara paying out the Calile. Cyrus W. Field, surrounded by the flags of all nations. The Coat of Arms of all nations, on a pyramid. Pocahontas, with real American design. Grand ornamented Fruit Vase. Sugar Tower, with variety decorations. Fruit Basket, supported by dolphins. Fancy decorated Flower Vase. Lyre, surmoundcd with cornucopia of Flowers. Pyramid of Cracking Bonbons. Sugar Harp, with floral decorations. Scotch Warrior, mount<*d. White Sugar Ornament Temple of Liberty. Frosting Tower. Tribute Temple. Ethiopian Tower. Frosting Pyramid. Chinese Pavilion. Variety Pyramid. Ornamented Sugar Tower. Temple of Music. Flower Pyramid. Pagodi Pyramid. Floral Vase, decorated. Mounted Church. Triumphant Temple. Fancy Sugar Temple. Temple of Art. The Chair was occupied by his Honor Daniel F.Tiemanii, Mayor of the city of New York. At his right sat Cyrus W. Field, Captain Dayman, of the Gorgon ; 3fr. Everett, United States Navy ; Mr. E. W. Archibald, British Consu ; Governor King, Archbishop Hughes. Rev. Dr. tield, father of Cyrus W. Field ; Rev. Dr. Adams and Wilson O. I' " ) I ^-BWMima 198 Hunt. At his left sat Lord Nanier f\r,t;.u nr- • Washington; Captain H„.son.Trhe Ka fi'^'n" ;, -y of Trinity Church; Pete Cn/eB^ '' --I. Genera. S„„df„.d „„d Lieutenant';:' f';!;'"" Cole, A. II. Trainer P c iT / ''' "''""''' C- •tone, of H B Z ,1' r "l" '"'"■""' "'"' ^- T- King- Oro,;enor and F pM'"'''' ^""'^ Kibblesdale, n. Canada. Hen; To^Iiilt' """• '""" ^'- ^'-"S- »' "tor. Hon. TeZT^'c T™' "• ^- "• "'"" •on. United Sta.eS„t to/^^' ^T '"""' ^^ '''"^■ NewOrlcana ex GmJ i, / ''"■ '"""= '*• ^'"■^' <>( Senor Ag "nar Ih! "" T """' "•""<=«• "fNew Jersey, Briti.hcZuTforN„rt, tc" '"'■ ""'""* ^'"'^' British V^e C.lf"p r'^'n"'' Carolina. Mr. Edwards. Captain. Th^ S^HwIrt^i^ f """'=-'?un^ andBelaventi of th^ Px, "'"''*'"''''• Sa'nieni«lr tion. ■ "' "■? ^'^"^ Navy, and others of distinc- of'^ll'^ren™c;„rcH''''''' "'/""''''"- "^ ">« Board. ' i« the celebration. ^"^^ "'^ "" ■»«. also participated «t.-.u.h to 0.0 regretttCrtlt!'"" '■'''''« -"■ ti: \ 199 Some of the letters of regret, most aptly expressing the feelings animating the community, and the unanimity of appreciation on the part of the representatives of other " nations upon this occasion, are herewith submitted. [From His Excellency James Buchanan, President of the United States.] " o "WAsniNOTON, August 28, 1868. My Dear Sir — I have been honored by the verj' kind invitation of the Mayor and Common Council of the city of New York to be present at the festivities to take place on the^lst proximo, and at the municipal dinner to be given on the 2d, in celebration of the successful laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable. I cordially reciprocate their congratulations upon the success of this wonderful enterprise. It is the miracle of this age of miracles. From the very beginning, my sym- pathies were warmly enlisted in its favor, and my faith was strong on its eventual success. Mr. Field inspired me -^ with a portion of his own ardent spirit in the cause. ' Science taught us that it was possible ; and this being the case, Iknewthat what was possible, would be, at last, ac- complished by the united skill, energy and persev.rance of Englishmen and America^ J. May it prove a bond of per- petual friendship between the kindred nations! No man can anticipate what will be itt Dflbct- upon the peop!. of the two nations and upon the world. Like all great and novel enterprises it may, in the commencement, have some drawKn.cks. I am Hrm, however, m the faith that 80 mighty an agent for the extension of commerce be- x-..^ lii ^\' i^*^ soo ♦■•■een the nahons of the earth .„j c "ni.a of the world i„ one vlt b' ^h /^"^ Promoting the .n .ver-™,i„, P-ideneeTo eo tl:;,*'/'"^^ "^ benem. .„ .,, „.„ki„,. i^^^ „^ then rS' "^ °"'' «f uniting Jith „y fe. ™ nrN^V 'r """''«' mmoratingthi, great event. ^'"'' '" «»- Youre, very respectfully, lFrome,.Pre«dentMxBT«V.xB.«EKO D"« S:a-I have tTr"""' '^"«"'" '"'' '*'«• 'hwugh yon. the con Jf„. "'*"'"»««on to receive, -on C„icir„f tL S: ft'^Y "l""^ "''^''' ""« <^- wmpletion of the attem„>T^ "P°" *''« '""earful Cjb.e. I beg you to'^r the^'tha:f' """ ™*«"'"' "W hear, the feeling. .^^'-f^^Wo-te. -Uh «.^«';::i:b7;re':: I'r*' '""^ "-'" ■• - -^ fc-ciblytotheheartaand J ,/''"''*" "'™«elve. too *• »e.T. it in the po^e, of A /^ ""' ""» '"«' «"<' ""-k. or thankfulne,. fo, it, „!* ""'/^ *» '""«<»« their reapect .ulogy. ""eompluhoent. It speak, i,. Ln * '"•• *'*»"gl> the aame chu. 201 nel, done me the honor to invite me to attend the feativi- ties that are to take place, by their authority, in com- memoration of the event ; including a municipal dinner to be given to Mr. Field, and to the officers of II. B. M. Steam* ship Gorgon and the U. S. Steamer Niagara. Concurring very fully with the Common Council in their appreciation of the meritorious services of the re- cipients of their favorable notice, it would give me much pleasure to take part in a festival designed to do them honor ; but I regret to say that I am conslraineu to deny myself that gratification. Those who hare contributed to the accomplishment of this great object, whether through scientific improvements, or by their persevering efforts in the successful application of them, are justly entitled to the respect and gratitude of mankind ; and tho Common Council do themsdves much honor In bestowing testimo- nials of theirs, as far as they have fsund it practicable, upon those who have assisted in the advancement of this great work. Please, sir, to present to His Honor the Mayor, and to the Honorable Councjl my respectful acknowledgments for this proof of their regard, and believe me, Very respectfully, your obedient servant, M. VAN BlJREN. Thomas McSpedon, Esq., Chairman, ^c. [From the Hon. Lewis Cass, Secretary of State.] Washington, August 28, 1868. 8m-You will obligfe me by tenderii:g to the Joint ^11 ■ ' lit ' 'l| < i ! '1 ! k - : ; '■ ^^~v I I! 202 Telegraph; an event „hichc„tLT^ °^ ""' ^"»"«<= un.verBal admiration of, he L''" " ">";(,, the ^^ you upon that inils^Z" ■'''''^'''- ' '»""<" ^ tajned hore byn,y p„blic d t"f .r T' 'T ' """' '"' <<- Wly participate in all those . ' , ' '""""S'' *'''™'. I 'M -d of hope which the fZ„2 '"'' "' "»"»'>''■ Pri-le great enterprise i, ao well c c„tte°d 7'"'''''''''"™' "<' '^" Wi.h great respect ''""<="'-• i am, sir, Your obedient servant, Thomas McSpedok, Esq., ^^^^^ CI^SS. Chairman, ^t. !l Ir ^"'^""""•""r"— yofthe.re.sn,, congratulation. ,f ^.^ Jj^L^d r*"""^ "^''P"«'« *- o'ty rf Kew York "^pr.h, ^"^"""^ Council of the Atl.n„c Telegraph cabfe" Whirr"''"' '»^'"S of the have cora™„„ie„'tej to 1; "'• ''^ *''«' Erection, you ^■•t *h^«cti,Z!rf\h"l -ftl '"S^So^-ent. will pre- Propo-d •• festiritie.,.. on ^ " ''^ » »» "o P«.ent atlhe "-difficulttoreaU. '•'''"^""^"'«'- -•-*'"•"'•' thi. eitr.ordin«7 ^k, ;* — \i ^.^Su. 1 fii^ii 1*^ 2G3 enterprise has been crowned with success. Reflections upon the progress of science and the energy of man fail to satisfy and quiet the mind startled by the contem- plation of this wonderful result. • In the wisdom and power of God alone we read "a solu- tion of what, in any other view, would be incompre- hensible. Let us, then, do honor to the men whose science ant3 energy, under the guidance of Providence, have thusmarked the time in which we live as an era in the history of the world's progress. All speculation is at fault in anticipating the ultimate results which may flow from the success of this enterprise. Time alone can develop them. I am, very respectfully. Your obedient servant, HOWELL COBB, Secretary of the Treasury » Thomas McSpedon, Esq., Chairman, (Jc, New York City. [From the Hon. J. Thompson, Secretary of the Interior.] Depabtment of the Intebiob, Washinqton, Aug. 30, 1868. Sib— Nothing but he imperative demands of pubUc business would prevent my acceptance of your kind invi- tation to join the Mayor and Common Council in the fei- lii l! I i I (1^. mjtp^^ 1 •lOaaMaiu^M •- - ■> ■■ sot tiTitc to tako plaro "ii, commemoration of the Buccessful laying of the Atlantic Tclcfiraph Cable," on the let prox • «.«. at the .nunicipal dinner to be given at the JW I»lit-..i ilotol on the evening of tlie 2(i. 1 .hould do myaelf injustice to deny my earneat desire to bo with you, to cxpre,, my gratiHcation at an event so important ,0 wonderful, and .0 unexpected, even by the n.0, hopeful and intelligent. But the work, whici: is to mark and d.stmguish the age in which we live, is accom- pluihed, and those who performed it richly merit the con- ^d n.,^n and d.stmction which the Mayor and Common a.«ac.lo your city ,0 cheerfully and ,0 justly accord hli;. Tu 7 ^^'^'- ""^ "'" '«"*'>' "Cknowledge, woriSTVl"; '"" ''""' 8""""' <■»'"• The civilil^ worid w,ll be elee rified and. leaving the dead past to bury ,t, dead, will awaken to new enterprises of " vast p. h and moment/- by which the triumph; of peace and coBtcmptible the achievemcnta of arms. thelir"' T."""^ "" ''""' """^"'^ "'«"' deli-""* by the rapid c.rculat.dn. along this great artery, of the reli- civili«d nation. .o"™uL """' ""'" 8'™" '" »" •»<» U»t, han^forth 7k """' "8°'"" ^''"'"°° "■«"• *„,« ""Wtorth, tho engine, of war for man', de- -ruc^-hould be «.,p,oyed only .g.i„.e .^o heathen «.d 4 wati 205 The completion of the magnificent fortress at Cherbourg is an event which belongs to a barbaric age. Henceforth, the kingdoms of the earth must learn righteousness and do justice. Henceforth, the wrongs which the weakest peo- ple shall Bufter will touch a chord, whi^'., with the light- ning's flash, will vibrate through the worid. Let us, then, rejoice and make glad, for a truly great and wonderful work has been accomplished in this bilr day. I regret that I cannot be personally with you. With high regard. Your obedient servant, J. THOMPSON. To Thomas McSpedon, Chairman, ^t. [From the Hon. A. V. Brown, rostmaster-General] Washinqton, September 1, 136S. To the Common Council of the City of New York : Gentlemen-I am not sure that you ought to have in- vited a Postmaster-General to be present at your great celebration. The event you commemorate ^^f^ «'"P^*- ically smashes up his old stages, runs his cars of «e tra«. and plays the mischief with his post-office establishment generally. I remember when the firet .teamboat nuid. '<• "PPT UMO on one of our western riven. Before "•• /^ onr trade and commerce were with New Orl«u». by flat- 'f*. .*' " »•■■',.■■ ' ■ I > ■•-••.. ^-'"' > .^^•.^, r '•, •' - ' i'J : 200 boats, commonlv called «• Broad hoin«." When tho r. or or the nuu 'o,uu^:[z:::l'^:.XTz Ti- r-odoo and wXr SrC't"; ''"^"^" pUc.tcd." "^ Department as " seriously iin- «»«>ti«l to all the treat T- .. °" Department wa, kind, but now hoXd th» ^n"""' ~"'""" "^ ">«■>- ♦»"» mighty lltl ""t'^* = "ngratulation. be- --! fly with the 4, dX of ittl'""'"'' " J"*'*"''^ •»"> Md contempt. Po"-offi«> "rangement. with "•body «„« h,„ .lowt, tll.M "Y " '"'' •«•• '"-^ •"•If .f th. ba.i„e«. af^e^rt ^"^^ '"^ ''''«" «« •«• 1 '! ii 1 Ji».i Ai tMi 207 Pardon me, gentlemen, for this ajiparent trifling witli a ereat subject. It is some little relief to the mind from that intense feeling of exultation and joy which success in laying the Cable has everywhere inspired. Time, space and the ocean have been subdued. Three great American names, Franklin, Morse and Field, stand identified with the noble work. May its blessings to mankind be com- mensurate with the grandeur of their achievement and the immortality of their fame. Verv hastily, your obedient serv nt, AARON V. BROWN. [From His Excellenc> N. P. Bank$, Governor of Massa- chusetts.] Commonwealth op Massachusetts, ) Executive Department, Council Chamber, > Boston, Sepi 1, 1859. Gentlemen— I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your kind invitation to a seat at the municipal dinner, giv^n to Cyrus \V. Field, Esq., end the officers of the ship Gorgon and the frigate Niagara, " in commemora- tion of the laying of the Aflantic Cable." Imperative official duties will deprive me of the pleasure of meeting you; but I cannot withhold an expression of my own grateful feelings, which I am sure will mingle with your more general joy, for the success of the great work you celebrate. It is perhaps impossible for m exactly to measure the influences which instant communication between t&e l^uro- peau and American- continents will work upon the mduin trial interests of our country. All the great mrent^^ and discoveries of the last three centuries have contributed SOS iocloulably t. tl,c clev.tioa of indu.trial pu»uiU TK b.»o onlarg-d tho rcourccs of men and cnaWed t'h^ 7 .upply their con.,anely increasing 'anL „ "" '" k«p. pace with material pro,,penty a„d t.^; , , ""^ of great truth, in the material .vlu '""""""P-'ent "diroctly to tho eoua i.v ^ '' '"'"" '" ^"'^''•"0 h«n,a« family a, the htle f "^ ""^ "'" """■"- «f "•« gorernment/ I U h«'b ^^T^"" '" '"'"'""""^ «f thiMhegreatetra" %te';:w::r "r" '' '" •od oceanic tolecraDh i, TJT °" 'nternational "..nopoly of indifiZV r a : ;'t:o'""T " ^""^ depen,le„t colonica and .ontro 11 „: '' "'"' ''""• •like, tho world over in Tad f """P"*"'' '""'* ''"''<= the deatruction of tje :: Sl^f^./J ^'"' '-' '» ment^ which ia barbarism ,„^ ,<•,"" '" S>»'«">- friendly inte«our,e. wS a civH' :'"'" '""^""' ""^ ««»«ftheright.ofa7me„ ofT ""' "• "'" ""S"'- •nd truth, of the I.waof 1 , "'I'^<""»<^y »f intellect p«hen.io; of he tilt ::'r: " r" "' '» "j-' ■=- Ood. which i, religion '° '*'='• """'■• »"'' *» --r: :;:racr„r- r;;- -^'^^ -- -• •ten. duty forbid* but I cT ''^"'y >'" ?»» did not tut rtont in honor of th. , ■ "" ° '"'"" '""''»• •"''""e "•<' i. «i«d. . .emelbl'c: If Z u ^ ^'^ ""'' '"»"'-' «»T» to tlio world Plus., .„ « ° Commonwealth that •~P^"''"y'y«" obedient aervaut. Tooiu.McSPEDoN.Bm ^'^'^'''^^'"'-'' P- BANKS. . [ 1 III 'll'tl J v> 1 209 [From His Excellency E. Dykr, Governor of Klio«lo Island.] State of Rhode Island axd Providentk ) Plantations: Executive Dei'autmknt. > Provipence, August 29, 1S5S. Gentlemen— The Annual Conimenccinent of our Utiivrr- sity, on the Ist of September (and at wliich the Executive of the State is expected to be present), and an engagement at a Sabbath School Anniversary on the following day, must deprive me of the pleasure of joining in the . )ngratulntion8 of my fellow-citizens upon the success of the Atlantic Cable, at the " municipal dinner" to which you have hon- ored me by your invitation of the 2.5th inst If present, I should propose this sentimcni : ♦•The Atlantic Cable— In its annihilation of time and distance between the Old and New World, may it become the perpetual bond of universal peace and fraternity." Very respectfullv, yours, ^LISIIA DYER. To Messrs. Tnos. McSrEDON, Chaiman, and C. T. Mr- Clenachan, Stc'y, Board of Councilmn, New York. [From His Excellency S. P. Chase, Governor of Ohio.] State of Ohio, Executive Department. CoLUMnus, August 31, 1S5S. Dear Sm-Nothi • could be more gratifying to mo than to participate with the citizens of New York m the cele- bration of the greatest event of our day. I deeply regret that it is impossible. 14 I 'f (l '4 210 1 1 It well become, the great ennimercial empori,,,,, of ti.e Union to take .1,0 lea.I in the oelel,r„.i„„ of „„ ev,.„t „ au.p,.,„„, ,0 c„™„eree. New York „„.y be justly prc,„| that the r„ece„ful aceomplish.uent of the great work is dn. „a.nlj. to the intelligent ene.gy and L ..nne'o, le per«ver«nee of one of her own .nerchants. As ci/i.en Tf the .an,e great republie, we. in Oh.o, partake her ; Z, n^ean., hat a Mau.t exp,, . ,1 ,he way, and that a F.no .eh,eved the work of uniting the Old World and t U New by these wondrous electrie sy.npat'.ies. And we t"rust hat what ha, been done „,ay but prelude greater tlil t^^he aud that ,he vast seheu.e of intercon^tinenta Z vhil!'we ve T- ^ . """'' '""^ ''« <="»»"«>">ated we «e jet live, am,d rejoieings, following the flash .nd^ha,„„g before the s, round the world. So nit With preat respect, yours truly, r^ rr „ S. P. CHASE. 1 I II0MA8 McSpeDON Fan rk ■ common Council of New York. In! lit mf , [From Hig KxcclKncv A P w,,,. 'cy -ft. 1 . WiLLARD, Governor of In- diana.] D.« S,H-I reeeived ri""^: """"'' ''• ''''■ ^ Joint Co^nnttee of h, ZZT T''' ""'' "'""^ ^""""O" Council of the city of K Ma.tMii ■riMmk^M^M 211 New York, to be present at the municipal dinticr to be given on the 2J of September, to connnemorftte the siiccesa- ful laying of the Atlantic Cable. I regret that circumstances forbid my attendance. But allow me tc join with you in congratulating all, that every day of peace increases the success of science and enlarges the hope of the philanthropist, that all civilized and Chris- tian people will at length find their greatest interest and happiness in cultivating friendly, financial and commercial relctions. Most respectfully, ASH BEL P. WILLARD. Thos. McSpedon, Chairman, New York. [From His Excellency R. M. Stewart, Governor of Mis- souri.] Executive Department, > City oV Jefferson, August 30, 1858. > C. T. McClenaciian, Esq. : Dear Sir— Your letter, dated August 26th, written in behalf of the Joint Committee of the Common Council of the city of New York, inviting me to be present at the municipal dinner to be given on the evening of Scptomber 2d. at the Metropolitan Hotel, in celebration of the iaymg of the Atlantic Telegraphic Cable, has just come to hanrt. I regret that official duties must nece«»rily prevent my attempting to complying with said invitation, even ,f it were possible to reach your city io wason. Fcelmg t ? •■*-•< OIO •^ i ^ deep interest in whatever tenuis to characterize this as a truly progressive age, an.l ready oi. all occasions to enconr age any enterprise calcuhited to facilitate the frini.ilv intercourse of the human family, or to promote the grea't interests of co.nmerce (with which all others are infr woven), the event you celebrate elicits my wannest sym- pathies, and were it in njy power it would atford me -leat pleasure to participate in the festivities of the occasion. The interoceanic telegraphic communication betwe-M, the two great continents, is an epoch in the history of the world, winch is fraught with results too great to be now conceived by the human mind. Again expressing my regrets that it is impossible for me o be present at the festive imard to which you have invited me as the Chief E.xecutive of Missouri-tn. -^^cat central State of the An.erican Union, and ultimate! v. in my humble opimon, to be the great commercial hearl of the Amencan continent; and reassuring you that nothing would afford me greater pleasure than to join you in th^ celebration of an event which must so quicken the pulsa- texture of the great family of man that it must ultimatel v. h«te„1r/ ? '"""'' "^*'«"« °^ ^-rt^. «"d rapidly I dlhlr^f " ''' '"''^''^ ^'^'^^^ ' ^^S 'o assure vou. .nd those whom you represent, of my high esteem. ' Very truly, yours, K. M. STEWART. 213 [From His Excellency H. II. Sibley, (loviMnor of Min- nesota.] State of Minnesota, Executive Offick, ) Saint Paul, ) August 31, 1S58. Thomas McSpedon, Esq., Chairman Joint Com. Common Council, S. Y. Citij. Dear Sir — I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of vour favor of the 2.5th instant, in which the congratula- tions of the Joint Committee are extended to the Oover nor of Minnesota, on the successful laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable, and requesting him to attend the mu- nicipal dinner, to be given at the Metropolitan Hotel, in New York city, on 2d September next. It being impossible for me to participate in your festivi- ties, it only remain for me to express my obligations for your courtesy, and to assure you that the event you ai. about to celebrate in your great city is hailed with as much interest and delight by the people of Alinnesota as by those of any portion of the country. Our capital, St. Paul, ^ill to-morrow be the scene of ceremuu.cs and rejoicing in honor of the successful umon of Luropc .d America by telegraph. I tender you my thanks o your generous invitation, and, on the part o^ -^ y«"*»^^"» Statef I cordially reciprocate tl- -ngratula .oo. you have been kind enough to tender to her Ch.ef Mug.strat... on her behalf. I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, HENRY H. SIBLEY. ■ 1^ I I ■ % - 1 214 [Kro™ Ilia Excellency T„oma, Bh^oo, Governor „fN„„,, Carolina.] ^ALEion, Aueust 28 iS'iQ Mv De,k S,r_I h=«l the honor ,o receive 1 wg. your invitation, in bel.alf of the JoTnT r '"" the Connnon Council of the ci J tfVeT'y^ ^l^^^'-of bratmg the laying „f the Atlantic Cable To til . , eie^rro::a:::f;iS,:; ::'- ^''".r- ^- tbat I -nofU!e:tn:yT:C/-,^7r r very reluctantly, decline tlJinritltC ' ""''""• With ..ncere thanks for the attention, I am, Most reai,ectfully and truly, y„„„, TnoHAs McSptoo!.. Esq. THOMAS BRAGG [Prom n,. Excellency R. p. ^. ^ South Caroling] "' '^°™""" "^ ^ The Qovemor of South Car„r '^'"™''" '' "''• ^ U>e icntiment of con«ratul,H * P"""P*^y feciprocates ^iftionofth. Joint S«.i" :;"^>^' ■" *'■« Po'i'o in- Hiee 01 the Common Council of 215 New York, on the occasion of the completion of the At- lantic Telegraph, the latest and nohlost application of Morse's happy invention. May this great work insure " peace on earth and good-Mill to man " from his hrothcr. Its success, so far, is unmistakahle evidence of good-will from our conmion Father. As the .^reat centre of commerce in America will be benefited in the greatest degree by the new and wonder- ful facility of inter-communication with Kirropo, so will her responsibility he increased to ji -eserve that peace and good-will, to furnish to the world examples only of integ- rity and conscientious dealing. ♦' To whom much is given, of him shall much be required." Having been engaged for a month in a military tour through the Fifth Division of the State, your letter did not reach the Governor until yesterday. It is not doubted that the celebration has been one worthy of all concerned in the stupendous eflbrt— alike honorable and satisfactory to the heart of the finaacial system of America which animates you. Very respectfully, R. F. W. ALLSTON. To the Joint Committee on Celebration of the Common Council of the City of New York. [From his Excellency Sir Edmund Head, Governor of Canada.] Toronto, August 23, 1S5S. To Thomas McSpeu.v, Chairman, .]t., Citj oj Ac«' l«r ; I beg to thank the Comn.ittee of the Council of New :n im ! I :;ilG Vork for their courteous invitation, an.l regret that pubhc •luty prevents mc aecepting of it. KDMUXD IIKAD. [From Ilis Excellency A. Banxermax, Governor ..f NewfountllanJ.] St. John's, X. F., August 2S, iSo^, Chairman of the Committee on Cchhratiov, Nnr Yor/,- : S.K-The Governor of Newfoundland feels „,udi prati- ned by the uu .ration with which he has been honored bv the Common Council of New York, to br pn-sent at t!.; festival to be held in that city, early in Septnnber, to celebrate an event which has been brought to a sueccssful aud happy ,s8ue by the united efforts of American citizen. and Hntish subjects. Although ,he Governor is not allowed to leave th.. Colony wu out pennission fron. home, on an occasion lik. ..she w<.uld have visited New York at all hazard., bur the Adn.nal Comn,ander on this station having uuimated a v.H,t here, the Governor can only return his thanks to the Common Cbuncil of New York, and beg they will accept the assurance of his regards and sincere wishes that our respoct.ve nations may ever continue to live in the l»onds of good-will, friendship and peace. A. kannp:rman. Governor, ijf. [From His \Vor8hip the Mayor of QrrnFc] City Hall, Qlichec, 30th August, ISoS. regrets that official The Mayor of the City of Quebec ''•^^vj ^ .^Al •MkaaA^ 217 business prevents his being able to comply with tho kiml invitation of His Worship t'^e Mayor aiul the Cotnuion :^ Council of the city of New York, to bo present at tho parade and festivities to take place at the Crystal Palace, and at the municipal dinner to he given at the Metropoli- tan Hotel. I The Mayor of the city of ^ ~'^ec takes this opport unity of accepting the congratulations of His Worship the Mayor of *he city of New Yor! the occasion of the sncccKsful laying of the Atlantic Cable, and hopes that that metallic cable will unite mor<^ and more two great pcoph' whose common origin seems to have prcparet' r them one com- mon life one common glory. HECTOR L. LANGAIM, Mayor. 1-- . [From His n r» the Mayor of Hamilton, C. W.] 'Hamilton, SOth August, 1858. To Thomas McSfedon, Esq., Chairman of tL .'^iat Com- mince of Common Council on CeUbration, Nctv York: SiR-I have the honor to acknowledge the coi^S^Uih- tions of the Mayor and Common Council of the c.ty oi New York, occasioned by the successful comple*' : ol tne Atlantic Telegraph, also the receipt of their '^^-^^^J^. tion to attend the celebration of the greatest e^^nt o he age ; and I beg to say, in reply for the Common Com c of the city of Hamilton and myself, that they v.e.. the liveliest interest the consummation of a work ..h.ch stands iathe triumphs of science. SIS l8incorolyrog,otmy inability to becon.o a nartici.nnt m the festivities of the occasi.,n. ^ a"'cipant I liave the lioiior to remain, sir, Yours, obediently. GEO. H. MILLS, ^I'lijor of IlamUton. [From Kear-AOniiral Sir IFolsto.v Stkw.kt, li. X.J P T \f.,ri If'W^IKAX, August U, 1^.19 C. T. McClenaciiax, .S'.r;r^/,-y, ,5-, . ^ ' '"• t;.ecolcbrati„„of thatL«t,,d ,1, ■ ''™°"* °' mcnt which 1„„ i„st h ""I'ortant acl.icvc- elsewhere. demanding my presence CapU.i„ !)«,..'. if„X":tr' .'" '"'^' "•"^- """ order.. I 1,„,,-. „„ 5"'-'"""8'- He is i,„t „„dor my *o ha. • J;:::i::r:r;^rir.:d""'f « ''^'"-"•• l>« mu- be g„idcd. Admmilty, by which .lutTelre" rr 7 «™'''""' -''"-vlc.dg,„e.,a to n-y cor..ial goo'lh , r "',"'"" """"''''' '"S^'^or with cmctlyhop '„ 1"".'T"'»™'" «'' -ent which, I •-Lmtcd States a„d Great Ilritain. HOUSTON STEWAUT. s. ^n> •^ . 219 [From His Excellency Baron Osten Sacken, of Russia.] Legation of Russia, ) Washington, August 30, 1&5S. \ To the Mayor and Common Council of the city of New YorJc : Gentlemen — His Excellency Mr. Sioeckl having sailed lately for Europe, I will not fail to inform him of your kind invitation to assist at the celebration '>f the successful laying of the Telegraph Cable. I feel confident that, although absent, Mr. Stoeckl will feel grateful for this attention of the city authorities of New York, and will heartily join them in their wishes that this great enterprise, now successfully achieved, might prove useful towards the promotion of the common wel- fare and the peace of nations. I have the honor to be. Your most obedient servant, BARON OSTEN SACKEN, Charge d'Affairct. r i m [From His Excellency Count Sartioes, Charg<5 d'Afluircs of France.] Newport, R. I., Soptemb?r 1, 1868. To the Common Council of the city of Sew York : I regret very much that a severe indisposition prevents me from accepting your invitation to dinner for to-morrow evening. I beg you to accept my most sincere congratulations upon the successful laying of the Transatlantic Cable. I may add, with confidence, the most cordial congratula- -^^ 220 tions of the Emperor and of the whol,. French nui.,„ upon this new hinihng of Kuiope to America. COUNT SARTIOKS. [I-Voin the Austrian Consul General, C. F. Looskv, Es,,.] K. K. a-:sTKKKi:icHiscin:s Gexi:kal CN.xsrr.AT, ) hKW YoKK, :;>d September, IS.5^. 5 Gentm.:mkx-I have the honor to acknowledge the »v.-e.pt of your highly esteemed invitation to att.-nd upon the celebration of the laying of the Atlantic Table, and regn-t exceedingly that indisposition prevents n.e from •Y^Ksting at this memorable event, which, by the blessinjrs IMS destined to confer upon mankind, will stand out hi bold relief n. the annals of the history of the world for ages to con»e. I beg you to accept my most sincere thanks for your kind attention, and. reiterating my expressions of regret, I Imve the honor to subscribe myself, gentlemen, Your most obedient servant, CIIAIiLES F. LOO^EY, «... ,, „ Austrian Consul- General. IIIOMAS McSi'EDOx, Esq., Chairman of the Joint Committee of the Common Council. C. T. McClexachax, Sicretnnj. [From Ills Excellency G. G. Tassaka. Min c,„ , ,. ^'•^^v York, September LMSoS. S.K-I came to th.« city with the earnest desire of ister from Spain.] join- r ?v, h ■ i; :1 221 in«T in the celebration of the successful laviui' of the Atlaii- tic Cable, to which I had the honor to be invitrd ; hut. to my regret, an indisposition prevents nic from bting present at the niunieipal dinner that is to take place to-day at the Metropolitan Hotel, and I am compelled to bei,' of you ilie favor of presenting my apologies and acknowledgments to the Honorable the Connnon Couiicil of this city, together \rith the assurances of my heartfelt concurrence in the sen- timents which have prompted the commemoration of this very great event. I am, sir, most respectfully, Your obedient servant, GABRIEL G. TASSARA. To Thomas McSim: don, Esq., Chairman, !j;c. [From the Spanish Consul, S. Stoiomton, Ksc^.] Nkw York, 2d September, I'^'tS. To the Honorable the Common Council of the City 'f Srw York, ^'c. : The Spanish Consul begs to ofler his sincere thanks to the Honorable the Common Council of the city of New York, for the honor of their invitation to join them to^ay • at the municipal dinner, to be given by them to Cyrus A\. Field, Esq., the officers of H. B. Majesty's Ship Gorgon and U. S. Steam Frigate Niagara, in commemoration ot the laying of the Cable, and begs to offer his regre s hat, owing to his continued indisposition-occasioned l.y a severe fall-he will be unable to participate m the.ri.os- pitality and render personally to their d.stmgmHhed ; guests that homage and congratulation due to mcnt. k\ 22i [From the lit. Reverend Jons J. Mv ^o.fon.Z;,.^''"' '''^''"'' "' happy completio,, of tLeCt-l^"'^""^-"- "" '"« »go-thc Atlantic TelcRranl Tf," """"^'''^'^ "' 'i'" due means of g,,ti„, to Now york" "t'f ' "" """^ "< "«> of availing myself of von,- 1 , , ' "■'"'" Pi-"™* steamer lea,.; tL ;„ "IZTT!''' '""'"^'•'"'' but no ■^'-.el. absent, howe . I "': ' t," '' "' •'^'""»''"- pray Ood that the nnionotr','^'"" '" "l""*' ""* «' and Ui„,,.e,l nation ft o^otM"'"': "'" '"" ^'«'*- bond of peace, and that the o„K ""'^' '"' " P"'""""" ™"«mo,. an,, ,„„,„^, i,,^^ r.^^"'™"?'' -"ay be that of '«"" of armed men arc .t!' ,^^'"''" '"»"«■'• 'ands mil- frontier, a slender wire :.;T:'^„""'''""S '-'' "^'-r'. peace and good.^.;,, between the f ^'"^ '"■'">f ""ion, "ationsoflwtons and Americans" ^"'^"'* and kindred ful! humb!o''sc'rn'.,"* "'""°'"' S""*'^"""-' y-"- most grate- t JOIIN J. MULLOCK, T-.0HA8 McSpedo X"'' "^ *■ ■^"*"''' *"'>'"^'''"''- °"""' ConmiUce, New Tori. [F™™ Ho.. En,v«o EvE«K„.j received your obliging letter of the >' 223 26tli, inviting me to attend tlic dinner of tlie 2il of Sep. tcniber, and to respond to one of the regular toasts. I need not say that I fully sympathize with yon on this great occasion, and ih&t I should be most liappy to join you in doing deserved honor to Mr. Field, and to all others connected with the all-important achievement which you propose to celebrate. I much regret that official duties, as a Trustee of the Public Library, require me to bc.in Boston on Thursday. With respect to the event itself, the imagination sinks under the effort to measure the probable results of the comT munication of thought with electric spend throughout the civilized world. We must remember, too, that, groat as is the progress which has been made, we are yet in the infancy of this jsystem of communication. The next link in the wondrous chain, at least in this part of the world, will bd to connect the Pacific with the Atlantic coast. Auxiliary lines will probably, in the course of this generation, be extended through Oregon, Washington Territory and New Columbia to the Russian settlements on the Continent. Asia is separated but by a narrow strait ; and if a more southern route than that across Behring's strait is desirable, it is furnished by the Aleutian Islands, with very moderate oceanic intervals, to the mouth of the Amoor River, whose connection with the more western portions of the Russian Empire has lately been traced by our enterprising country- man,' Mr. Collins. ; • The lines already established connect; not merely New York, Philadelphia and Boston, with Liverpool and Lon- don, but they connect every State and every city of our own vast' continent witkevery kingdom and every city of England and Continental Europe. f;l 8 '■! \ ,»>v^ "■"^^^-w |.«aiV««ij«l J>H» 224 May they inoxo, under Provideuco, the onicient moans, not morely of confinningouraniicaMt- relations with foroim' conntrii'K, hut of stroji^theninir the bonds of ^om] frehu" and patri(»tic alTrctinn with every portion of our own. With the best wishes for a successful festival, I remain, dear sir, your friejid and fellow-citizen, EDWARD EVERETT. Thomas McSi'kdon, Esq. [From Hon. L. Tkkmaixi:, Attorney-General of the State of New York.] State ok Nkw Yokk, ) Offick of tiik Attorxey-Gkxkral, \ Aliiaxy, August 31, is*}^. Deak Siu—I have the honor to acknowledge the rereint of ail invitation to attend the municipal dinner, in com- m.'n>oration of the laying of the Atlantic a-bh,, and regret that other .'ngagcmcnts will deprive me of the pleasure of accepting it. The great event you celebrate will form a memorable ora in the history of the world. It is too early to com- prebend all the vast results which arc destined to flow trom It ; but as indicating pro.-ress towards the period when the "lion and the lan.b shall lie down tocrrther," n nay be bailed with livdy satisfaction by the friends of humanity. With my be.t wisluv. for yo„r success, I am Yours, very truly, T M o ,, EVMAN TREMAINE. 1 . 3icSri;i)(>N Esq., (/iiiirmun, tjt. f 225 [From Captain Thorburn, U. S. S. Sabine] I! I I * IT. S. Ship Sarin . r., August 31, 1858. > To the Conmdtcc of the Common Council of the City of Nciv York: *- Gentlemen — I write to express my thanks for the honor you have conferred upon me in the invitation to attend the ceremonies and dinner to celebrate the laving of the Atlantic Cable, and to complimen' Cyrus' W. Field, Esq., and the officers of II. B. M. steamship Gorgon and the U. o. 'steam frigate Niagara. If other engage- ments di^ not absolf.tely forbid my acceptance it would give mo great pleasure to be present on this interesting occasion, and to pirtake of the sympathetic enthusiasm which n- .t be awakened by communion with the men who hav- been so successful in accomplishing this latest •tei .. Ihc application of electricity to theafTairs of life. This is a celebratimi such as the world has never before witr „jed. It is not alone to commemorate the achieve- wm^ 227 monts of individuals, or even of nations, bnt to mark an epoch in the advancement of our common humanity. The Atlantic Cable does not merely connect, in sympa- thetic bonds of Chnstian fellowship, I'ngland and America, but its success insures the extension of similar inter-lines of thought between every part of the civilized world. The undertaking was fraught with rcsponsililitica a?)d difficulties of no ordinary kind. Had it failed, the loss would not have been merely the money and time spent in the attempt, but far more, the loss of confidence in the public mind as to the practicability of the enterprise, and the consequent impossibility for years to come of obtain- ing the means for another experiment. The difficulties were such as could only be appreciated by those who were well versed in practical engineering and in tlic theoretical principles of electricity. I need not say how fearlessly these difficulties were encountered by Mr. Field and bis associates, and with what sagacity, forethought and perseverance they have been overcome. The distinctive feature of the history of the Nineteenth Century is the application of abstract science to the use- ful arts, arid the subjection of the innate powers of the matei-ial woild to the control of the intellect as the obedient slaves of civilized man. To secure a re»uU o the kii^d which we are now called to celebrate it was necessary, first, that scientific discovery- should furnish the principles on which the invention was founded ; secondly that ingenuity should supply the machinery and various nppliances necessary to the accomplishment of the dewgn thirdly, that men of enterprise, of confidence in tlieir own ability and faith in the knowledge and resources of tbr times, should be found to embark in the undertaking. ' t ebrat., a glorious eo.pensation for p,,s a„2ti ," an important seeurity against future dangers. To be contemporary and spectator of this great „,„n „e, t , ban,nn progress i, „l„„e » ^anse -.f hor,„r and ex , „ Tbe trnnnpl, i„ wWd. your distin,-„i«he,l uu J' ! Kb a sbare does not only eoufer o'^ the,: 1 J ;: (Teefon wb.el, „,a„ki„d bestow on their purest b left ::r;:i;::r-;;'v""--^^^ .low : ,7a,:!' "r^^"""""" "-'' -"""^- '-•• -hieve.„ent ha e e mor .T "o"'"-""'" ""' ■""«'' "11 the eleme,„s °^"-"'""- ^'"'"•"^ of mteresi and utility; been here H ," .™k""' '''""'"y"" ""^'^ >>-e and no v-ir,rras "'""■'' """' "'^ ''""S'-^'o", j"^«.nent"„':ea"^^e ::tr;:rn"r --if ^""'^^■"'" remain dear to the nl , ^""^ "'" ^'">^ *^'"<-" tion do we em.t irr H '"""""'■ ^™' "'"" »''"">'- inapiring ^bar I"^^'!, '"f."^'" ™«'---' "f Field. ".diseouraged by e „" tuit / "' "'"' ^'"'"'^ ^™'' -cienee, divining' .'""f" T' ""• '"'^™" "^ and carrying „| ,„e , „ T °"'"" '^'■''""""^^i -lefeat. •yo-pathLng wo 'i ' ;^ '"■^"^'^ °" '""«J"1''U3 though co".p.re wifh .batlt „ ,i.:r:;';|: °;r '"' ™" 'tcniig ot the confederate shipfl ^ ^%^. IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) ^ ^^ A :/. fA w 1.0 I.I 2.0 1.25 1.4 1.6 ^3 y] % >^ c'^ <^ ■:i» :> > ^e // y >^ Photographic Sciences Corporation 23 WfST M.AJN STSifT WEBSTER. N.V. 14SU (716) •71-4503 gb A^ \ \ sv 6^ ^^^ ^ K^ 231 when the knot wa^ knit which shall never be rent asun- der? How anxiously do we follow the Gorgon on hor constant course, and watch the Niagara threading the ice- bergs and traversing the gloom npon her consort's helpful track. We tremble for the ovor-burdened Agamemnon, still tormented by the gale. We blend our aspirations with the worthier prayer? of Hudson, when he kneels, like Columbu3 on the shore, and invokes the Divine protection on his accomplished work. Nor is the moral aspect of this great action marred by any mean infirmity. Hero /^ there is nothing to obliterate, nothing to deplore. The conduct of the agents exemplified the purposes of the deed ; with manly emulation, but inviolate concord, they cast forth upon the waters the instrument and the symbol of our future harmony. This is not the place to demonstrate the usefulness of telpgraphic communication in the prac- tice of government and commerce, and its numerous con- solations in matters of private affection. I content myself with recognizing its. value in international transactions. Something may be detracted from the functions of diplo- macy, but much will undoubtedly be gained for the peace of nations. By this means the highest intelhgencc and authority on either side will be brought into immediate , contact, and whatever errors belong to the employment of subordinate and delegated agencies may be 'prevented or promptly corrected. By this means many ^of the evif incidental to uncertainty and delay may be canceled, ol- fenses may bd instantly disavowed, omission, may De remedied, misapprehension maybe explained, and in mat- ters of unavoidable controversy we may bo ^^^^^ "^ exasperating effects of discussion proceedmg on an impe^ feet knowledge of factn and motives. In addition to t e« specific safeguards it may be hoped that the mere hab.t of /^-^. ?. " ..n-JJ ' .im»,.L)^4W "" 1 i4l 'Ml ii: ' i^"» V •JSi rapid and intimate intercourse will greatly conduce t« the promot^u of a good understanding. On the one Land stand. Kngland, the n.ost opulent and vigorous of „,„„. arclucs, m whose scant but incomparable coil lie compact- ed the nrnterialH of a boundless industry, on the other theKepubhc of the United States, founded by the same race, fired by the same ambition, whose increase de" comparison and whose destinies will baffle prediction itself We cannot doubt that these fraternal communities are lated to enjoy an unmense expansion of mutual life. The n^ant .nterchange of opinion, intelligence and commodi- ties, wdl become a condition almost inseparable from ex- istence ; and whatever stimulates this development will oppose a powerful obstacle to the rupture of pa fie rd t..u. No man of common .;»erality and peneLion Z question the position and certain merits of a discove y which W connected England with America, and An.er darken the legitunate satisfaction of the present moment by « tenng a reluctant or «=eptieal estimate of our new faculty Yet, even m this hour of careless and convivial unequal inarch of mora ty and mind • nn^ ha. affirmed in foreboding ve^ tha all th T" '/ which have reduced the m^'rial . . ^^'^'^ ^^ "^s v«»eU of our will ''""^^"'* **> ^« *'•« 1 „^^ "•''r* " r^'i^n or a pang EnUU«d- of one country comment upon the institutions, the policy, and the tendencies of the other in a candid and gentle spint. Let the negotiators of both approach the adjustment oi disputed questions, not with a tenacious regard *« P'»'^''y advantages, but with a broad view of general and bencn- cial results. Then, gentlemen, the subtle forces of nature jmi ijiiimiB^wWr •aami i" I' Mil •hmCi • S34 will not Lave bc«n emplo-ed in vain, an.l „c shall cive , worthy oflieo to the,e suhjngateo and n,i„istni„^ powon which, by ,hv,nc permiaion, fly and labor at our con'nmnd. Mr Mayor and gentlemen, the manifestation of re- »pect for the Queer, which you have given to-n,ght, and which ha, bee., apparent ti,ro.g„out ihese celebrations, »i I be highly appreciated by Her Majesty and by her faithful subjects, who observe with pride that the virtue, of their sovereign have won back the spontaneous homage of a free nation. The Ministers of Great Britain will cor- rectly estimate the momentous import nf an enterprise to which they gave an eCective support, and will, I am well Msured, transport into our official relations the cordial sentiments which ani.^atc the English people t„w,rds their American kindred I tender you my sincere thanks for «.c honorable welcome granted to my countrymen and ever ^knowledge, for your goodness has enabled us to aMociate our names and voices, however feebly and far off, with an event which must have an everlasting and benig- nai. sigmncance. We are all firmly persuaded that thefe cm,l. ° .'! •* ''"'*'™™ «""'='">•«« to the mother- corn, rj, gathenng stren«tl, with time and rejoicing to tZir"'""'""'"' '""""■ ''' "'« 8™''""'- 'ho^Lli lare thatnTT''"''' "^ "'" ''""''' ^P'^"- wc de- dare that the hands that arc joined to-day are joined in .mcemy. and the grasp tUt we have felt we desire to hi firmly .he link. of^Tu Jio"?. """ ""' ^"' """" "»"' •« «pM«mr>|p Mii^Wi mi^taiii m I •i '>* 235 The Mayor called u|)on Rodman M. Price, ex-Govcrr.or of the State of New Jersey, to respoiul to this toiist. On rising to do so ^Ir. Price was loudly cheered, lie said : Mr. Prcs^dait and Gentlemen : At being thus stiddenly called upon to respond to bo gracious, so comprehensive and so patriotic a toast, I feel very much as if I should rather adept the adinoiiitiou that I overheard in the crowd in Broadway yesterday, as given by one son of Erin to (inother, when they were beholding the imposing procession. Said one to the other "Jimmy, d'ye think they're liavin' as good time in Lon- don to-day as we are ?" " Divil a bit, Pat, they havn't the ability to get up any such celebration or procession as this." "Be quiet, m-m," says Jimmy, "be respectful, bo aisy, say notbin', or they'll telegraph what yc'U say to London!" Mr. President, who can doubt that our sister States and sister cities ' coi'dially, enthusiastically and rapturously unite all their sympathies with you and ua on this auspi- cious and interesting occasion. The greetings which you have already received from the authorities of our •sister States and our sister cities show how intensely they feel the triumph which Science has won by the successful lay- ing of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable -how much they rejoice that the Old World and the New arc connected by a Transatlantic Telegraph Cable. You must not expect me. sir. to answcn- for all the States or the cities of this glorious Union. It « unpo -i ■■Ay- 23G • ble for me to express the feelings of those remote bounds of our Union, as well as the hundreds of densely popu- lated cities. They have spoken, sir. I have seen their congratulations, transmitted through the telegraphic wires, , published, and we know that their feelings are as intense an ours. How could you expect me to respond for the first colony of Massachusetts, or for the enterprise of State street, Boston ? How could you expect me to re- spond for the glorious Keystone State Pennsylvania, or for her Empire City of Philadelphia, or for Maryland, or her Monumental City? Much less can I be expected to re- spond for the Old Dominion. Neither am I in the temper to respond for the Crescent City of the South, or for the Queen City of the West, or for all the lesser cities +o the extreme point of our territories. Noj sir. I will not occupy the time of this company in speaking of localities. It is enough to know, sir, that they rejoice with us upon this great and glorious occasion — that they exult with us in this triumph of Science. That great procession of yesterday will be a recorded memory to the end of time. Sir, though this city has done nobly, and while I speak in behalf of your sister States and cities, I must not forget my own glorious little revolutionary State, New Jersey. I thank you, sir, and the. Common Council of this great city,* for the recognition they have made of New Jersey as a sister State. If I may be allowed to express some of the present pleasures and gratifications which I feel upon this occa- ■ioo, I must allude to th^ great gratification which I have felt Id the fact that our glorious navy has one peafeeful tri- umph, and that the wooden bulwarks of England share iwth then^ the glory. My early association with the Navy >i'<«)tjC*^»l». i iii n yw uywijil M Ui ; " I ' 'I '■ '! Kl' ■m - ••^■•^-. !' ! li! r - »* V * H V \ /r:: 237 of the United States makes the distinction which that arm of our service has won particularly agreeable to nic, for I know, personally, and have been associated with some of the officers of the Niagara, and I can answer that no more devoted or zealous men wear the button and uniform of the American navy. To our English friends who are present upon this inter- esting occasion, permit me to say that I reciprocate most cordially the noble sentiment of the poet Muckay, m a delic^hlful poem which he wrote upon American soil dunng ht?ate vifit to this country, called « Brother Joh^hanov Brother John," in which he makes Brother John utter the following sentiinent to Brother Jonathan : Said Brother John to Jonftthfin. »' Yon take the West and I the East ; Wc sneak the self-same tongue That Byron wrote and Ohathom spoke, .. And Barns and Shakspearo snng. 'sir, the .e^timcnt of thU *?«»' '"■'f, *;[:'e;:.t™ which binds the New World with the Old v^l w ^^^ firmly the links of this glorious Umon. Wh ^ sir, that this cable will P™- '^''If^L'n.or.i.^.- Wds of bur sister States ""^ »»' "'f ' 4 ^u „„it« oi «,luble. and while we trust that that tend J ^^ taore cordially with the Old W<>'W' "' ^Xe««« 'rf'" it will prove a bond of harmony, concord «.d P our sister States'and sister cities. . . ,_t Mr. Price was frequently appl-^eO'-^*'"'-"""*' down amid great cheeruig. ,™a„.kwitb Thefifthtoa.fwa.then.n.oa.e.a.".*--''™ . all the honob. V m vj*- m hit f ^ 1' 238 « Crnrs W. Field^To his exertions, energy, couracre and perseverance are we indebted for the Ocean Telegraph • wtf claim, but frnwor/a/Z/y owns, him." ' Mr. Cyrus W. Field responded. He said : Wr. PresiJcit and Gentlemen : You do mc too much honor. The unparalleled celebration of ycterday and thU banquet, dazzling as they have beer have not u. far blinded me that I do not know them to be intended for more than myself. To no one man is the world indebted for this achievement. One may have done more than another-this person may have a prominent, and that u secondary, part ; but there is a host of us who have b«n en^ged in the work, the completion of which you .crfcbrateto^ay. ,1 will mention my brother Dudley, with whom, as well as myself, the scheme originated, and who fZ /'"xr . *"■ "'"' '"'''" '•■roughout: my excellent Ir w ^°T 'T ^""^'^ ^- T'^'"' "• O- K»berls and W. 0. Hunt, who have spent their money so gen- erously and borno up so manfully under great discourage- ment. | Mr. Brett, Mr. AVhitehouse and Mr. Bright, with IbLI! ,; Tf," "■" »«""""<"■* '" September, 185C, under f«„^ ''^'''"«"' "•» ««thority of the New York, Newfound- Atla^t. .? °? '"' "'" -^^'-'P'^""' «• their line across the Atlantic, either by a new subscription to their Company, Z^Z """ T^""^ ' ""> """^ Oo^rnmcnt that came lorward ,„ „ob|y, in connection with which arc especial'v th« Admir«liy , a, also the SeeretaTr of the English Trea- ./ t-i ; I r M 239 Bury and Captain "Washington, hydrographer of the Eng- lish Navy ; the Government of the United States— and I would particularly mention the President and Secretary of the Navy — the Governments of Newfoundland, Prince Ed- ward Island, Nova Scotia, Canada and Maine ; those never- to-be forgotten philosophers Lieutenant Maury, Professor Morse, Professor Farrady, Professor Bache and Professor W. Thompson, v»ho have rendered most efficient aid with- out receiving any compensation ; the acconplishcd and skill- ful English commanders Preedy, Daynian, Aldham, Otter, Wainri'ght and Noddall ; our own well known and honored Captains Hudson and Sands, Lieutenant Berryman and nil the gallant officers of the Niagara, and the whole telegraph fleet, never forgetting the brave English and American sailors ; Mr. William E. Evereft, the able engineer who hos devoted his whole time for months to constructmg and - perfecting the paying-out machinery with which the Cable has been so successfully laid ; Mr. Woadhouse and Mr. Canning, engineers ; Mr. Appold, who has been unweaned \n his .Exertions on our behalf ; the consultmg comni; tee o Engineers, Messrs. Joshu. Field, 3ohu Penn. and ThomaB Lloyd, who, without compensation, gave the Company the benefit of their eminent talent ; the D^^^^^^^^^^; lantic Telegraph Company, who have devoted so much time without receiving one shilling for ^^^^^^^^'^^ my consistent faithful ^^'^^^^^^'J^ ^^^ George Peabody, and Junius S. W « ^^^ ^,,, all might add many-many others to t^'« "J^ ^he prose- wo^rked faithfully and as efficiently as -^"^ " J.uies cution of the good work, ^^e have had m^a-^^J^ ^^^ ^^^^^ to surmount, many <^>«<^^"''«8^'"''"" jf.on has stimulated enemies to overcome, whose very opp acxom- us to greater exertion. We believe tW the worK J(^' 240 pl!.hcd wil! prove . great and lasting benefit to our r.ee If .t ereet but a tithe of what i, expected from it, we ,. j be more, much more than rewarded for what »-ehave,l„„e. The .iUI, toast wa. : "The Navirs of Grkat I!r,ta,n- AKD^E United STXTEs-Met and joined i,. a noble work _,f Peaee ; may they never be separated or meet t Captain Dayman, of H. B. IT. steamship Gorgon was «. led upon by the Mayor to respond to this'toast a flo in these fernis ; Mr. Mmjor and Gentlemen : I feel highly honored in n-sponding for the British navy and I .rl ^"".'Tl"" '^'""' ""= "- ''»"- of linking, and I am des.red by the distinguished Admiral, the Com^ ton S ewart, to express to you his regret that he cannot himself „e present at this celebration , but he has per- mitted several of the officers of his flagship to accompany us, and they are now here. It does not often fall to the ^tof a naval officer, whose profession is chiefly that of Pelt's /r""""'""'' ""> "»'=•"■»' 'hip' of another Power n dufe, stnctly pacific. But in the service whose Ss. r r ""' """ "o'ebrating. the United States .gelher w.th no less than six of Her Majesty's ships, vi.., ^ z::t-„a'b7ncr.rro't:' '"^'if -i:'' r-^'^^^ «nn.t™:„^j : . "*■' '"'"«»• ^y "•« free and un- re»irtthr """""'-"'* '" the beginning and kept up to the end, and I. trust that the rival.7 thus • 241 engendered may long continue to be the only conrcc of difference between us. It is, perhaps, somewhat presump- tuous in nie to speak of an officer so niucli my senior as Captain Hudson ; but I cannot help saying, gentlemen, that Captain Hudson' gained in England the friendship and esteem of officers of the highest rank in the navy, and that he carried away with him the best wishes of all who had the honor of his acquaintance. We witnessed a spec- tacle yesterday which will not be easily forgotten by any one of us. It was that of the enthusiastic rejoicings of tens of thousands of the freemen of this magnificent city, which stands first of all the cities of the American conti- nent — rejoicings for a peaceful triamph, accomplished by the united eflforts of Americans and Englishmen. Wc saw, as in our own happy country, multitudes congregated, without coercion or force to preserve good order. We saw, also, your volunteer regiments march past, and were struck with their steadiness and military bearing. Lastly, we joined in the great procession of firemen, which, as a body of organized men, trained for the performance of a most difficult duty, requiring a combination and discipline in the midst of destruction and confusion, appear to bo the grandest and the most perfect institution of the kind m the world. And now, gentlemen, in behalf of the officers of the Indus and Gorgon, I beg to offer our warmest thanks for the hearty w..^ome which you have given us. We shall long remember with pleasure this our visit to your city, and shall carry back to England the most plea^ ing impressions of the feeling, consideration and Rmdn which has been shown us, and which we accept as md ca- tive of that favorable regard for the old country which .« lingers among her descendants on this vast continent. 16 • r^. (I u! ! ' I Iri m •«^ I i 242 Tlic next toast ill onlcr was ; The K vr;» XEKRS Axr)ELELTRirrANS wlioliavcilono rl work 80 well — The praise of both heiiiisphcres sliall HMr their reward." \ lu the absence of Gov. Seward, expected to answer to tliis toast, Rev. Ur. Bellows was called upon for a reply. Mouiit- in^' the chair on which he had been sitting, lie said : Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen : Being a poor speaker at the best, and now under the spe- cial disqualification of a short notice, I am determined to get whatever advantage is to be derived from a little artificial elevation. I certainly should not consent to speak for the Engineers and Electricians if this were not a telegraphic occasion, when everybody is subject to the law of tele- graphic dispatch, and must be ready to take the place of any other gientleman, who, though a thmisand miles off, is yet confidently expected— but has failed to appear— my precise predicament at this moment. If, through igno- rance and inopportunity for preparation, I shall have Httle to say about the Electricians and Engineers— a topic which worthily to treat demands exact knowledge— you fortu- nately need few words to exalt your sense of their merit in this particular case. And, indeed, if we had our own elder Everett here, that matchless orator, he could not speak for the Engineers and Electricians with more effect than the modest silence of our younger Everett, whom we have here, has already done. The Engineers and Elec- tricians of our country are everywhere speaking for them- selves in these the days of their glory. Beginning with Frankhn, who, let me say to the Committee of Arrange- I V Ml inapMi ^m 243 ments, tlioy will never lie alile permanently to comn, not- witiistanding their success in placing him in an angle for this lirief occasion (alluding to a scroll hearing his name, placed in a remote.conie- of the room), and coming through Fitch and Fulton, to Henry and Morse, it would he wholly beyond my power to add the least lustre to thuir reputa- tions. As for the Company's " Woodhouse," it supplies the fuel for its own fame, while its "Bright" may he safely left to its own brightness. Forsaking my text, so far as the Engineers and Elec- tricians are personally concerned, I confess that in a more general aspect this toast has peculiar fascinations for nic ; for it is the first opportunity offered this evening to get off mere international grounds on to world-wide tt^rritory. It names both the hemispheres, and includes ^lie globe. But more particularly it refers to arts and sciences, which in their nature, aim and results, arc world-embracing. Engineers and Electricians do not represent nationalities or boundary lines. They represent that which is universal- Science— which is neither English or American— of which there can be no local appropriation, and concerning which there should be no terntorial jealousy. Literatures may be owned. They speak different languages and breathe a confined atmosphere. Science cannot be clanned. bhe speaks one tongue for all peoples, and is the san.c m all climates and airs. Sir, our Englisl. and Amencan flags a«« not broad enough, in their united folds, to cover the radical senciment which animates the hearts of our own, uiia, trust, the hearts of the English nation, '" ^'^-'^^l^^^'J^^.^,, recent union of che hemispheres. It is not the conn of two countries, that have never been really '^'V^''^'^^^^^^ the umbilical cord was never cut, it has hung , ;l I'l Mii*i»Tiattiiitirnment and Christ', religion, At-onc-ment. was never so majestic ally illnstrated and employed outside of the very Gospel it82!f. Excepting ever a precious significance for the imag- ination, the uniting of the hemispheres of geography is the smallest meaning of this triumph. We have hitherto lived m a hemisphere, and we now live on a globe-live not by halve, but aa a whoh^not as scattered members, but as the connected limbs of one organic body, the great com- mon humanity-and thus wc are able to compass for the 245 [ first time, as a popular thought, tlie conception of one lift one history, one interest for the race, one all-embracing, all inter-linking Providence — the establishment of a com- mon, a right, a happy understanding among all nations, tribes, climes and interests, until the world of hujnanity shall move as the globe itself moves, all together ; and the race be, as the individual is, vitalized by a spinal cord animating all its limbs, harmonizing all its movements, and giving coherency, energy ami unity to its whole being. A union like this reaches and includes many other now divided things besides the Old and the New Worhl. The parted continents arc not the only hemispheres that require to be pacified and united. Soul and body, mind and matter, conscience and ificlination, work and phiy, business and leisure, duty and beauty, patriotism and phi- lanthropy, interest and obligation, things secular and things sacred, time and eternity, earth and heaven, Man and God ; these are the great intellectual, moral, and social benii- spheres, which oceans, more stormy than the Atlantic Ocean, of inmiature thought, crude inexperience and coarse superstition have kept in seemingly hopeless is..ation and antagonism. But the great process of bringing them to- gether has begun, and this telegraphic triumph is perhaps the first stroke of science that fitly answers from the human side the migb.ty blow for man's reconciliation with h.s Ma- ker, given 1800 years ago, from the superhuman s.dc ; for. like the Good News from heaven, it has aroused a tnumph- ant hope that no oceans, whether ™«terial, social, or era canpenuanently resist the necessity ior the tendenue to the providential plan of a Universal Harmony and Unity • among all the interests of Humanity. . I know the misgivings connected with these eo„»«crcU k»I f I I II JitKlr I 24G and mocliniiical virforics in the minds of manv men of seri- ous thotinlit. I nn(]<'rstan«l tlic part which " ^ratoriulism " l»luys ill fh«? vocahnln of ethical and religious discussion. As ft nation, and h; own guides, we are exhorted to ♦♦ j)ut our hands upon our mouths, and our mouths in the duMt," and t'.» feel a special humiliation in view of the en- grossment o^'our people in mutcr'uil pursuits ! God knows the world has always needed cautions, and is never hund)le < iiough in view of its manifold short-comings. IJut I deny, hefore (Jdd, any special nmenableness of our people to this charge, or any wisdom in the special form of this censure. Where is the mind of this country to be seen if not in its nmterial results V — and what is so conspicuous in its material results as its mimU Is matter, turned to the service of the afiections, tln^ «ducation, the culture of society, to be stignnitized nnd warned ofl' the premises of the good ? Are the great triumphs of art, industry, conmierce, which arc freeing, pacifying, blessing and elevating Humanity, to be denounced ns material, in any sense of antagonism to morality, piety and the spiritual destiny of man ? Why ! what is this very victory of navigation, engineering and electric science, but a material victory — yet in what does it differ from or full below nn intellectual, amoral, a spirit- tual victory? Science, commerce, ait, properly inter- preted and providentially guided, have the same object, unconsciously or circuitously pursued, which religion and morality more directly propose. Commerce Christianizes by civilizing, whilst Keligiou civilizes by Christianizing; and both together work out tlie Creator's purposes and plans. We are no longer, therefore, to talk as if tho matter of this globo wcro opposed to its spiritual progress ; it is to be made •• .-;" IJ I 2-47 • the instrument of that progress. W^ arc no longcr to con- cede that the busniess of the world is necessarily at war witli the morality of the world, or to allow that a lasting inter- necine strife can go on among the various interests of man -or the race. Our faculties, tastes, capacities, are a part and parcel of a nature thoroughly one in its constitution— our nature, pcsicion, material circumstances, part .md parcel of a plan thoroughly one in its Divine conception and conduct. The Church, the State, the Home, the Work- shop, the Ship, the Store, are helpers of each other-each sacred iu its rightful place-each capable of a consecra- tion such as has been displayed by the men engaged u. this telegraphic work. They have felt-I see it u. their eyes-that they were working, not for themselves, but for us and for God . and they laid the first offering of their hearts, when their enterprise succeeded, on the altar where all things first: belong. It is tl>e sentiment of a U..ity of whieh God U the centre, and about whicli, and in which, all thing, are cTcled-a .,mity now to be realized, as new successes "'"o"- "" and faster, old causes of separation and ^'P'"""- unity which, commended to us m a "S"* ""^ "^^ derful manner, by the rece.t **8™P '» " ^rern space, ocean, disappointment, prevous f"'"^ J^ J^ despair,has struck a thrill of pecuhar Jo «» ^""J^ confidence through the heart of the worW^ • " "8^ joy and hope in the harmon.ous J"'''"'" »' " /, ih'at is now swellingthe heart of the — people.,^__ ^__ cheap feeling of national pn^c. "O ^'»» J„i„plUhed by the reflection that this work was^^^^^^^^^^ Id p Qur own men, cou It Bprings frov^i a source nobler, proudci X. more 6' y •>« f« ,'• *. 248 It arises in the great suggestion that somehow " the be- ginning of the end " has come ! — that, God helping, we have got to the end of the ol)8tacle8 which tlireatened to prevent man's ever achieving a final triumph over tiioso elements of discord and antagonism which lie in the i)at]i of liuman progress. AVe see now that a step has been taken which promises, nay, which assurer, a continual progress, and whose end shall be the material and the moral redemption of the world. This, Mr. Mayor and gentlemen, is the noble confidence which now swells the generous heart of this assembly and of tlie people of our country. Sir, there is no measure to the amount of moral and religious feeling awakened by this event in the remote hamlets and retired recesses of the land. Ten days ago I had a piece of the cable sent to me from New York, to exhibit at a village celebration in Walpole, N. H. An old man, ot ninety years, sent "down frpm the hills, and begged for a sight of ^ the cable, saying " let "ie see the cable and die." lie spoke like Simeon of old, ui.d he spoke the sentiment of tens of thousands, who. better realize their own inunor- tality when they see the triumph of this material spark over time and space and ponder the mysterious and half supernatural continuity of the electric life. That spark is not material only ; it is also Divine. God knows what diflferencc there may be between the nature of that spark and of the spark that animates our own bodies ; but if thtit can live through oceans, ours shall sur\ive the grave ! And in that confident feeling of life and immortality all the best hopes and animation for social and human improvement must begin and end. I conclude with a sentiment which contains the pith of, _J^< (;f I mmm i f*l 249 r my remarks, and which, liowcver received, is offered in » deeply religious spirit : «• At-onc-ment ! — Science, Art, Commerce, Experience, Religion, have, in God's Providence, but one final cause— the at-one-nicnt of natino witli man, of man with himself; of man with man, and of man with God." The Rev. gentleman resumed his seat amid warm applauoO. The next toast was, "The State of New York— May her history always illustrate her motto— Excelsior." To which his Excellency Gov. King resvor.ded as follows: The theme which the toast proposes for my reply is one full of deep inter, and just pride to every citizen of tiiis State, and especially to one who is to the manor hern, whose youth and manhood have been passed witlim her broad limits, and who, during a life of n.any years, has watched the progress of her people and the increase of her power, until he beholds her now, in nuuibcrs. .u wealth and iu resources, the first among the prospero. States of the Confederacy-settled at t^^^'^^";;'"^" of the sixteenth century, by the Dutch, who brough wi them the love of Liberty and tbe spirit o^«»;'""^;;;;;j to be succeeded by the English, who in tl^- ^ ^ ^^ the same love of Liberty, the principles ot the t Law, and laid deeper on this favored spot, so we - - timely chosen, the foundation of a F'^^lf ^ j;^^^^^^ BuJt was left for the descendants of b^^^ independence of the mot er -^ ^ ^ J ,,opted-to and the Constitution of the United o ^^ ^^^.^ understand and estimate the unrivaled posifo !>>i .^:| k y, , i C! r 1 ■i 2)0 noiile Stiito f, "r oonim,.|<-r, iisiioiiltuiv :ii|,| ,1, peace. Kroni t|,at „„„ ,t ,„„ |„. ,.,|,| .„ ,, 111 this mntcxt for I'xlcri.lrd co ill licr great hoiks of int.T.nal '■ arr- (.t Iff i«i- coininiTWiari.l ,-,i a lal.r .1 'lit IV. Iiiki l-Mlile-' it. ti.Ies ar,.,„„l l,ercoiii,i,ere,aleity.„ the south ; with a .,.,-,i|e .,„ .,„ .-Iiica-,o.i „„„,oroi„ an.l prosperous , ,,h. i, „„, ,„. n^sau that the l,,t of her, .i,i..,,s is ealtiu ..,,:.,..■,,,.,., I .p"t. rins great a.lvanee, this niiii.l ri.se to p.nv,.,- a,i I pre,,tnes, ,s .|„e. „,,,, ,„ her fortunate ,,o.si,i'„,, ,o ,|,e oiiterpri.s,,,g sp,rit of her peoph, ,„ ,,..,. i;,,,.,,,, ,„ „„. laws..,,,! o„.st,iutiouof herowii au.l the (ieueralilov, ,„- mcnt a,,,, ,„ „„ ,^,■,,,^ „f u^,,^^^, ^^,^.^^^ ^^.^^^^^^ ■I mol. es her people a,„l their „i„U.rtakin.-s. s,e,„hU a,i,l ..ou.llyshe presses lorward i„ her u.aich to pros,,;,;,,. ,d.y ..co„,h.., h, ,,« enterprise of he.. ' ..u!., , skill of her ,„ech„„,o.s, H,e thrifty labor of her uu.hau.l- n^eu, an,, ,hc w„ie-sp,,.aj i,„ellige„ce of !„.■ whol,. , p|„ In peace and ,„ w,,r she has ever been true au.l hiva ,„ all lier ihities an,, obligations, and names of .enov.-,, i,,,,! „, honor arc and have bee., among her public men. M.iv .0 calamity, no intestine feuds, ever .iistnrb or put ,n peril the happiness, p,.osperity and repose of sueh , enu,- inilnity. But rather may her course be onwar.l, ever geuerou,, ever successful „„d iudepondent. I „„„|d sav a word in lonor an, in respect of this great .itv „i the West-full activity and of all „,„ ,,.,„,,,,, „, ^^,;.,.^ „,„, greatncs.. ^obIe „,„ ,„,,, ,,,j._„,^ ^^,^_^ ^^^. ^ the throne of those who cotnnn«o *\ x. • . ,1 , , • compass th(! earth m t if pursuit of honorable gams, whose streets in. tlnn. i . bi • 1 * • oiici.i.s aio tlironm'd with a u«y and inilustnous iMdnln ».i . , »«« «» ui I J . ' 'P'<^' ^^"ose pubhc charities are nobly endowed, whose uuhWo o i / •»«ni.N an. J I»ui)lic schools are open to ujl— . ^ »<► '■ H m.«- im i1^ 251 may you ever be equal to your fortuiio and your position, and may the Almighty hatid which has so far favored you, continue to watch over and defond you ! I will concludr with the following scntiniont : «• The City of New York — Tho groat haven and mart of the Western World. Unrivaled in position and distin- (Tuishcd for the enterprise of her merchants, the skill of her mechanics, and the intelligence of her citizens. She feels and asserts the quickening impulse which conunerce gives to the principles of liberty, to the spread of knowl- edge, and to enterprises of great pith and moment." Tlic ninth regular toast was : "Our City of T^rANiiATTAX— Foremost of America, now placed side by side with the chief cities of Europe ; while we strive to surpass, we will be friends as well as rivals." To this Mr. Richard Busteed, Corporation Counsel, responded. He said : li' >< I Mr. President and Gentlemen : The extravagance of joy befits the purpose of to-night. The first city of the American continent speaks her con- gratulations to her sister cities, upon the accomphshmcnt of the mightiest wonder of all tinm ! The Subn,arm Tele- graph-a fact of actual science-crests ""d-sturhed upo i. ocean plateau. A greater agency than steam .s la.d under contribution to the wants ^^^^ - '/^^^^^^ ,;„,,,, means of increasing happiness and knov^ie t, to the world. The subtle fluid of the gods goes upon .>^-' ••^ 'U ! M * iMViiMfM I i I '■' '— *^ hBi iJHUMi Mlh 2'i2 tho orrnruls of mm, niie," spreads her municipal board in honor of the men un I of the exploit. It is nuret, sir, that the great city which is our host, aljould thus commemorate the occasion. New York should not be silent — she could not be. Her people feel the electric thrill and arc now shouting for joy. If s^ <>nld be 8o. No ci(y in the world owes more to science and the urts. Sitting, a proud queen, upon her island throne, at the confluence of two rivers, her feet bathed by the ocean and her brow fanned by its breezes, she has become, and i«, our nation's glory and pride. Commencing her numi- cipal oxistonce in 1055, with a population of seven hundred, she looks down to-night, at the expiration of but two cen- turies, and while yet in the infancy of her career, upon nearly a ".illion of inliabitants. # Her commerce visits every sea, ami the flags of all nations arc vnfurled in her harbor. Her wharves and piers, stretching out into the deep waters like the arms of ^ mighty giant, encircle in safe anchorage the shipping of tho world. " Placed side by side with the chief cities of Europe," she emulates the zeul of all, and is outdone in' Gnterpritto and liberality by mujo. Whenever and wheri'- over ho MU»ity calls, hor ai»swering voice is heard ; and m MM* f 253 whether it be to sccarch in polar zones, mid regions of eternal ice, for a lc5t Franklin, or to supply a famishing people with food, her Grinnells and her Macedonians promptly respond to the demand. " While she rivals, she befriends her compeers." Her noble charities, her public institutions, her hos- pitals, her homes for the outcast and the stranger within her gates, her Churches, her Univcrsitie-j of learning, her parks, her free-schools and her newspaper?, the liberal and judicious provision which she provides for recreation and instruction, signalize her people as the true type of American Nationality. The city of New York is a condensation of the Republic. Liberal and enlightened in her government, tendencies and views, she draws to • herself all that is desirable of restless energy and utilita- rian activity. The mart for all the wares that brain or muscle can proffer or produce, she exacts thought, effort, labor, skill, and she rewards than. The Cosmopolitan city of Christendom— a social and moral Mosaic, whereof the characteristics of every clime, blended in exquisite har- mony, form pavt. The ardor and fidelity of the Irish- the sturdy steadfastness of the English-the gravity and caution of the Scot-^the vivacious and scientific genius ol the French-the profound intellect and untnmg industry of the German-the unpretending but effective labor o the Dutch -and the artistic capacity of the Italian : au these mingle with the genial fervor of the South and tb indomitable perseverance of the North. I" her stre^t^ 'J^ rich and poor meet and mix without invidious distinction. Honest poverty fears no offense, ^^Vrhrhave" character high places arc within the reach of all v^ho nave capacity and courage. H! i 2ot Witliont tlu- U'st of hirtl seek 1 KT \tri,U'vUi)^ a-;ri.s. I„t„| J or riTr<], s!„. i;,>t.Ts all ul, «'raiit».' nioiDctit incut Koon and i ti i( Fon'inost of" A ily paratMs wiiieh d years ago, that 8anni.-l F. I',. y\ • MM- '" "n"»'''Lns wiiien (Icnionst cahilify of the teh^graph. I„ one of fj lonst rated thr pra. ti- New York I n uersity this votary of 8 graiKl idea, and the hrst and fit'tinir syjial the lightning was— "Knreka." It that til le rooms ,,{ t|| f'leiicc iiirarnatr.l lie of I'f'CM nlr.I e project of an Aihnitic Telegiapl At the house of Cyrus W. Field the j»! t was in the city of X.w V„rk > \\as coiicci\fi|. l>!au was horn, imr- nred and n.atured. New York was the hrst to f,..! ,1„. qn.ckenn.i, impulses of this new nerve, and th.^Ls n- v Irom centre to extremity. iVpend upon it, sir. our city will accon.plinh th. JM-ophecy of the toast. That prophecy is an ins-.ira- t.on. Brought nearer to the cities of Kurop. hy'thi. new agency, she W// nmintain an honorahh- friendship in the nudst of an active rivalry. She will fuihil her dest.ny in a spirit of n.ag,K..ni,nous pride, and with n jusf re^^ard to the nght8 of cou.pKitors. Already tne fifth < uy cd th. w-orld. she must yet he the first. L is written in the I k of fate. ^Ihus in peace acquiring h.r prosperity and power, she wdl furnish encouragement and exau.ple for otliers, and sanctifv her own .rre-.fnp«s t.. fi ] . u\\ II grcacncs.*5 to tlu; umversal good. 255 I verily bolicvc, sir, tliat tlie success of tlio Atlniitic Telcffraph will mark a distinct epoch in the liistory of the race. We have had the dark and the iron acfes ; the \\\i- torian will signal i/e this as the telegraphic ape. The consequences which are involved to man in this latest power are as yet but dimly developed. This magic net- work of material mechanism l)elongs to the future, and vibrates to its touch. It is inconceivably grand, and w ill find its highest triumph in this :— men will learn to war no more ; pruning-hooks will take the place of spears, and swords be converted into ploughshares. In this niilleiiiuiu New York uuist share, and when the era which she inau- gurates To-night shall be among the things tliat were— when a far-distant posterity shall occupy our places, and unborn generations enjoy the advantages of which this hour is the harbinger, how sublime will be the spectacle of nations sitting down together as do their representatives to-night, awarding the highest )ionors to those who peace- fully increase intellect) I victories. When such an era comes to bless the world, posterity will find in the records and achievements of tins liou. something for pride and glory. Thenshall people of every nation, and kindred, and color, and tongue, obsen-e an , - violable amnesty; all hearts shall beat responsu^ -o o pulse; electricity will be merchantable, and mulaicdmrcth 's amanuensis. Mr. IJusteed concluded amid reiterated applause. woild' The tenth regular toast was then given : " The New York, Newfoundland ^^'^^^''^'*j''''^„j t'l.c GRAPH Company— which commenced and p« ' ^ '! li r >' ■'4" flW ■ip ;tv 2.50 o ln.k.„g two continents to,..rlK.r U.uJu t,... .,. / . have done nwc for the civiIi..tiona„.l ,.;.,, ,,• ,,.. J;, than «ny other compa.ues which ever exi.te.l." '^hia toast was respoii.led to bv the Unn \ ScheM, Collector of thi Port o. New y:;. ' i';,'. ■'j.'f:'^'"^ I feci Lonorcd. Mr. Prc.Icnt an,l gentle,,, |,v ,„„r »ll to respond to „.„ to.„t you ,o war,,,!,- ..,.{ f,^ applaud. I ...all not detain y„u l,y .hvelli,',. „,„,, , . groat enure, of the st„,,e„d„„s ,-,.s„lr wl,?,!, '„..• a^send, ed th,s day to celebrate, a„,l whiel, eo„„„,,„ds ,1„. ad,n,r«t,on of rejoicing nation,, „or l.y ,raei„. s,,,, i.v step the labor, and diseoveri,., of those earnest ami ..atien't nion of thought-Franklin, („.,.„, A,,,,.,.,., 'u 1 Fa, a,Iay, Jackson, I[e„,y, a,„l „„r di,ting„i,l,e,la„,l illi;,.' tno,„ Mor,e-to whose d,.velop.,ont, teleg,.apl,i,. s,.i,.„ce and thi, g,gant,c climax a,e ,o largely i„del. .1. Tl„..e' though co„„ccte.l with ,„y thcne, will he topi,., whirl," other, of more congenial pu,„,i,s and greater h-i,,,,,. will do eloquent justice to. But I will bring („ v„„r con- «derat,on a few words upon the innnediate suhj,'.,., „f ,|,i, «nd London Telegraph Cun.pany and the Atlan.i,. (■<„„- comi-leted the l,nk which binds two continent, tog,.,„..r beneath the sea Early in ,hc spring of the ;-..ar I,.0,, five gentlemen of New Yo,k met at the residence of ooJ ofthcirnumber-awcll known and liheral-hearl,.,! ,i,i..„ ^™ if d ^ r f°" "^ " ~"''""'>-' «''•■'' "'"■' <■■"" inevitablo failure -has astonished the worhl with a,! .ch>evcn,ent oo gigantic in its design, ,o ,„„„,ent „s in t )!j i*,'- i' i. '' r*-|S r* 257 its consequences, that the mind almost loses its equilibrium in the contemplutio.n of it. Thtsc five gentloincu were Cvrus W. FicKI, Moses Taylor, Peter Cooper, Marshall 0. Roberts and Ciiandler White — the residence, that of Mr. Fiv'Id. Here, with much confidence, but more hope, Ihey made the first subscription and assumed the first responsibility of the great enterprise. The comparatively modest sum of ten thousand dollars a piece was thought would be sufficient to start, if not prosecute the work. How inadequate this starting sum, when, after repeated failures and darkening prospects, the outlay o' ch of the survivors of this brave band reached nearly a quarter of a million of dollars ! Eyrly in the spring of 1854 Cyrus \V. Field, Chandler White and David Dudley I ic.a were sent by this incipient company to Newfoundland to procure from the Governor and Legislature of that province, then in session, a charter with certain privileges and powcn. The Governor promptly responded to the voice of the commission, called a meeting of C^ Executive Council, and transmitted a message to the L-gi«lature recom- mending the incorporation of the Company, a provisional guarantee on the interest on the bonds of the Company, and a grant of fifty square miles of land in aid of the Company. At onci the LegisUture gave it* woction to the recommendation of the Governor and ^""*'''^.|° three davs the couimission returned to New ^o* V^' .ke chaner, guarantee, granW of ^f^.^^^,^ Whether owing to the perseverence ot 3ir. riei ^^^^^^^ associates, or guided b> an ^'^^'^^^'^^^ ^ '"L^uuet, the authorities of Ne\"vfoundland havt. f^^ rcciatk/D evinced, and continue to evince, the bigh«t app ^ ^^ «f the purposes and objects of the Company ; ana 17 !l f ^U ^-'^-VX SOS alacrity of action ami inuriificeiit donation «lo woowo mudi of the early and Iatt;!r huccoss of tin; great i>rojoct. Two years after this occunvnco the Company, desirous of secur- ing the co-operation of English capitalists, dispatched Mr. Cyrns W. Field to London. Kngh.nd, not less than Newfoundland, yielded at once to tlie grandeur of the idea, the cogency of his reasoning, and the vigor of his efforts ; and the balance of the entire capital was at once subscribed, and through his agency another and auxiliary Company was chartered by an act of I'arliament. Its shareholders embrace many of the leading scientific and political minds an'hicli the Telegraph is both minis- ter and instrument ; may its usefulness be always equal , to its powers." He said : I liave accepted, ]\[r. President, the agreeable duty of responding for the Press, liecause my profession of jour- nalism is under the greatest obligations to the magicians who have realized not only tiie lover's but the journalist'a prayer, in the annihilation of time and space ; nay, wiio have done more in giving us in this Western World, the news of the morning long before, in the translated words of Homer, Aurora " Iliis sprinkled witli rosy liglit (onr) dewy Inwn." As journalists, now we can sit in onr attics, and there leaps in upon us through the coral groves of the oceans, the yet live news then buzzing through the alleyc of Threadneedle. street, London, or surging against the dome of St. Paul's. Magicians I have called those men ; and arc they not magicians, who can bring to us at noon-day, on the banKs of the Hudson, the doings of the antipodes, of the JJran- nun,the Hindoo, the Mohammedan, on tho Ind-^' «" t^« Ganges, and who can so ^^ ^t^:;^^ to make us fancy we really see the rays oi sun that p„,.p.c L peak, of the Hi-»Xv« 1, 1 same moment the evening clouds \^^^^ I :1) ■! i 262 Alleghanies? TIic Gonitis of news, the newsmen, flu; printer, the publisher, no won.ler, are inspinMl!— ami all the more they rejoice, because i.t was Franklin, the printer, who, in the glowing wonls of his eulogist. "Eripilit fiilincn cn-lo, sccptnunqiie inni<," — »'iiig in the Frankh'n, the printer, ^^ho caught the liglit cloM.ls, sported with it on the kite, an.rnia.lc^it run (lancmg over his hghtning-ro.l, into the earth. And, be- cause it was Morse, the printer, who took the liirhtiiin. into his infant school, taught it thee its letters, ihni how to speak an.i how to spell ! And Field, tlie paper-maker the paper-seller, who wound his cable around the bluster- ing amis of Ohl Neptune, and from the rogue wrenched the Trident of the seas ! Three great events, Mr. President, link tlie Old World and the Xew. In 14.52 the world was only Europe, Asia and Africa ; and what of that world was not on the siiores ot the Mcliterranean, was about all in Castile an:!:;;:;::!::x'::r'''''' »"y jrr,.„t ad,i,.v...,„.„(. The .-Ion ■ ""■""""■'"« "'' ".e «.,.M.r,ii,„.„.,, ,|,„„gl, iuJi.,,,,,,,, , ^'' ' '■' '^"""■". a...l ^'-•^•n. I cannot, l.owov.-r a c l,o ,' "'"""^ ''"^■ '-« lavw,,.,, .,„..,,,, ,,„„,„, J:;, ,; '"-■■'■^'- public "•""s any ,, art of ,|„.ir reward it 1^^ ^ '■""' '^''I'-r.or .kill a" ala,ri,j. oxo.llcl only bv ll , '" *•""'""' »'"' wl.ieh we eelebrnte r ! "''"V"^'"" '" the o.V|,e,liti„n >'-i".™era,n;d,™;r^:ri?:''""^^ "'■'■'-- roeur to (I,p„, spocilicillv „f m ■ V ""' """*'>' '» '■■"predion pr,.vinr "t^;V'"^ 'T' ^ ''''''"™ "'•■" "'" 'S.^. ie.von,. not., aver :i;t^;;"^ It '8 i..n/io. 'vuL^ur, Vl'l:( t M m «tMi(<:oltit>* <•! K-jai** s •, ■ < «... .,;.; . . . •% » .»i > •- « , N « • • », . . . . » i . \ 11 » \ i'l!OttllJ»; »'MV \m l»ft..*'.A- .V iii-,^ rtnlifl ii'.l is iiU'iJii' iir.'.tt'*-. >» «K iMx»i.;.x >'l ' Md.N\»»lliiu> 11 it>4Jullm»uS * «H>uf«--, i'a , ,. ■■.'la.. aici -tu- .i»)»|H)», uut h«. Hr«i, \ nU- .>>i,n»; « .^,v u; nai^^jxi Miyjtii l(M»i : mii -o Iua hui. ik^j .»• v»ut^ ...^ A'ht^Jl t;;!:}! i'ltu ijim 1)11(111. ;n.'i«.>lt.»ii ■yv; :.-,. ^Ki,. ii!ii(i mr. v!i" aiHi'*.' 'i >JiiiiuN h h«| .♦>»««■»' «Ui.K^j. ;.>» '•aiiiiir o III 'f!ir:u»i"ij>j'i wm.Mi, i»» «♦. »• us ; w,. .*» v.-^ 'i(iii«\ riiK irrf'-iT n'Mnli ;;t)iii., i»> »iftii •». «.,-| »•?;!*.■.. ; ~-. sv it luniii ui;i iiriin,. nDr';ijjitJ 'm*»».^- v.*-.-. «< •>•■•/ <•'• MJuiin. niifji, x"fi:u: Iii;u«h* f»;r mIu i)i»j»,ii»«ii A. »«%♦..->«.». ~r.n. V 'V'"'' *»• Ei'fliY'Tt.. PunniJ3 iiiff . Xr. B'vv<»iiii;i»)i,.\v liU. »i»NS«. |m..»\^w :iiui ill duTiJiHL' u-iuwruitwa yt' 'S, tw tw.iCi,. !u».v*,.-a ^.w>. nliHJimMiir ut' •i'y'fnr •?ai:erprL.i«fK !*•>».• ^ •''••»••. «« '|Us.».i.«>.. . .uu( dii* rrtioa ji:'piLloi««.'{.'J3v» bcwvwi i/ini.V'c* » »-- • -•- l)t» ;iinram«*ii 'joij :i:r».'Uj:a ;b'.* ur.»i«'*''«'''''''»^'«-> ^' "• • t'.Jlitni«?ian- Pa»? cuoi*-; *iiuj«*'.* «.•.•"'. ''J •> ,*/'>»«"|««< » • :.- -orj *a*e wii«?Q ^iNjr-vc^i u» Ob-.- ';.«•»•.•■-» /• .,.»,••♦'"•«'• 111 w 2GS 8troyeindlc, it drives the hammer, and it nj.)ve.s the wheHs that bear along the massive superstru.-ture of our modern social fabric. Your mechanic is your true hero. Hr is i,, your workshops with J.is patents, ,u vour fields with h^s machines. He is to be found in your mines, teachiuLr men how to prepare the metals for use; he is to be foun.l on your hills, directing man Jiow to remove them from his path. He rides upon the waves and chains them fa^t • h,- dives to the bottom of the sea, and, at a tho.ight, snlM'.,.,s It to human dominion. He is the motive power of the world. Though science may demonstrate what can 1„. done, it can be done only by mechanics. Though philos,,. phy may teach that nothing is impossible, mechanics aluno can teach /,oio nothing is impossible. It is a beautiful and instructive allegory that-familiar to our school davs- wlierc the Cretan nymph possesses the Grecian hero with a clue to the intricacies of the labyrinth through which he removed the symbolized obstacles to a union of Attica with Crete. May we not apotheosize the hero who has laid the clue possessed of which all the world again is kin ? Trulv 8ir, we do not err when magnifying the far reach of his comprehensive mind, who of his philosophy conceived, and of his sublime faith confided in, the theorv of a western world; and yet what had been the fruits' of that ^rand hought--what the destiny of that grand old maiin;r in n, pathless way on the deep, had not the compass taught 7 »>ow to "Kteer securely and .liscover far?" And wlu^c, let us speculate, had still been the abode of the lightning- ITZ n V' "^ ^" "^^^ '^'V^^^--^ all over the of Fr nklt ' ''" ''''-''''' "^* *'- '"-f^anical genius "1 r rank in conm +^ *\ • ^ ,. . . ^ """ "> '"''"=' ^|i If I ?^.'*l , 270 •lictcd failiiro, oxeopt at t)ir fiino wl.ori the n.tcrpri.,. proved siicccRsfnl. Ho said : Olntm:mi:n— I wish I ro.il,! say .trontlemen an.l ladios —I road ill a paper, puMishod iierhaps in Albany ;--v,.s it ci.le where it hcs ! It ,s not given to all to die for a cause,; n.anv, n.ar.v live for It, and more n.ay serve it. We have the'lij.rhest authority for knowing that one or two talent., rightly used, may meet with appreciation and even with reward. Consistently, from the beginning to the end, has the Coast Survey been ready, by all lawful means, to serve this irn,,t enterprise. Witness the last year's labors of Ikrrvman. Witness other unpretending efforts well known to Matthew and to Cyrus Field. None have rejoiced with a deeper svn- pathy than the officers of the ist Survey in the glorious success which has crowned the undertaking. For myself, I can tr.dy say that no heart glowed more warndy and was more filled (beyond these of the hallowed family circle) by the glories of the civic triumph of yesterday, than mv o^vn. J rne, the triumvirate say that heart is bad, I am an unacrupnious man, a tyrant. What say the officers of the frZ Tl?'"" '^"'^ ^' ^^""'^ "«* ««'"« mistake, n.y '"ends ? Has a tyrant such friends ? of Franklii 'science, inoculated by the warm zeal » »" relation to electricity, assembled on the ll y /"^^ \ wmmmmm ( H^riMMriipM ,idi^ -«• - *"«• 271 '^^i barks of the Schuylkill .-ar Philaclclpl.ia. to hoi,! an electrical feast. Our rn. , ors were quaint n. .o.n. ot their sayings and do..gs. i>art of the '^ay's prognn.n.e- (thev didn't call it s.N - -as to pass an ole. .charge hrou'^hthe river, .nd .v the shock to procure ..c djs^, w Lfo^race c ' .d of the tahle. It uas on th.8 that was to grace c , occasion tl.c laughing ph.losophcr ^"l!" /;;[,,„ of tl,c electric current thro,.sn »" "P""^ ' ^„, Upon what a magnificent ^t" "V Iln 1 opher. plL in this century ! Instead of a f-v » -pk pi ' Leting in sport or mirth, «- -F-Xtlport. of great nations exchange greetings o j^ (,,„ Ue an4 good.vilh — e W^R .nVthc Worhl.. wide Atlantic. Our F.eld is the vv ^^__ ^^^^^^ And yet the popular voice, speaking t hrg ^^__^|,^_^ of yesterday, acknowledge t-'ej- j^^,, \, Hud- While cuing every honor to F'"!''- » _ ^^ BHght, son, .nd Preedy.and Pay">»"' J" ^,4„.„) n,„ro, u, d Brett, and Everett, and W"od ousc, ^^ ^.^ ^^^ ^^^ for there is glory «"<»'Sl' '»[»•, j,e„ York who, voice recognise the claims of *''•'"„,, jrterrai»«d wnen BarLw found the telegraph "nP«.^^„^„,,pU the laws which rendered it ™««"''V I' Henry? To every one his meed. 1 f that Franklin had anj Gentlemen, you hardly thoug^^ th ^^^ ^ __^^ .^ . direct agency in laying this C.ble. ^^^„ nigM- »• man, wh'o rivals the .r.^;;y;i^^^^ a talker, and excels him as a F fl ■WiMtfiM rfkia ^J 27ii customer of his assures him that Fratikliii lias (h'votnd himsi'lf, ill th«' Spirit \vorl«l, in an csjiccial wav, to this uiulertakin<:, and that, being recently ai^a8 the great connector of capes, and hea.JIands, and conv I > I Il^- -'^^ •■ '~ ' .Jki, ;( If" 273 ,„t8 but now I know it ia the Cable, and we ot the L Survey, under the enlightened head of tl,e Treasury D partment. have been ready now these two year, ana 1 standing in eager expectation over our trans.ti. and TJXTs " double shotted, pricked and primed, port Tfy'r^atct lighted," waLg only the word fro. :li::::Ctregiorfesofye«;o-^^^^^^^^ .„ range is from America to Europe. ^^-^^ *« " ..pai n in Washington, ^^^^^^^tl the Dudley Observatory «<'''^"f >];",,,,„,, .„d off, we will "beat *» V'^^^f ':»"> '^^ ""n^,, v„rk and of the country, and make b ^cno- Cyrusof the Kineteenth «™'"7 " Jf„ ^ ballist.. phon!) with the rock rotor ready for use m our „,i mide the following Mr. Peter Cooper then rose, and made remarks: . ^^^^ GENTLEMEN-It -^Wl be ^'"PO^f |;Jf ^^^^^^^ fruttcr- and expression to feelings that strugg^ ^^ ^^^^^^^ .^ ^^„ ance. The occasion which has cai ^^ ^^^ ^^^|a of such vast and imrr'^asurable imp ^^^ .^oteiDplation that the n.inds of all au 'ewiWerea ^^^ ^^^^^^^ j,,e of its results. That an electric po .^^^ ^^ery world's heart, l -ing r"^«^***^"' 1 of every region ^vith fibre of the body, inspiring the peop ^^^ ^^^ ^M a joyful hope of a brighter and ^^^ 1^^^ „,o.tfac.le is a fact which may well tax t^^^^^f import. The day powers of expression to convey 18 . •'. "" ,-,r* ^ f n ft- 274 will come when knowledge shall take the place of igno- rance—when science shall have developed the laws and methods of Deity — when Christianity shall spread over the world, having its foundation on God our Father, and the world of mankind be brethren. Then a universal charity will arise, growing out of a better knowledge of the power — the mighty power that the circumstances of birth, education, and country have exerted in the forma- tion of all the differing characters and conditions of man- kind. I will not, gentlemen, occupy your time with a history of the rise and progress of the company which I, in part, have the honor to represent. It is sufficient to know that the labors, expenses, and hazards encountered in the progress of the work have at last electrified tlie world with success — a success that will shed an endurin"^ lustre on the enlightened Governments that have lent their powerful aid, and on all that noble band of officers, sailore, eleciricians atjd engineers, by whose united efforts the glorious prize has been secured for the world. May they ever be rewarded with "The soul'd calm ennshiiie and tlie lieortfelt joj That nothing earthly gives or can destroy." Gentlemen, I will give you as a sentiment : " The Atlantic Cable — The longest, strongest, and sur- est bond to keep the peace of nations." Several other volunteer toasts were given, among them the following : " Fkanklin and Morse— The one was a Prometheus, the other a Cadmus to the lightning of Heaven ; one brought \ down its forked javelin from the clouds, the other made it i • v m 1 m ■i , 275 a pen and taught it the syUables of human speech and universal brotherhoocl." By James Hauper, Esq. : «« American Exterprise— Give it a fair Field, and it will be sure of success where Everett goes." Bv General Hall : " The Chimes of Old Tul^ity — They arc the same old bells presented to Trinity Church when the diocese was first instituted, and for the first time in three-quai ters of a century, they pealed forth the national antliom of Great Britain, " God save the Queen." By Henry O'Reilly, Ecq. : "Lieut. Maury, of the American National Obser- vatory— The indefatigable investigator of the winds and currents, and soundings of the ocean, which have made iiia name known and honored throughout the world ; whoso researches have occasioned the designation of that wonder, ful submarine ' Plateau,' which will forever bear his name in connection with that glorious nuccess of the • Atlantic Telegraph,' which the whole civilized world is now si- multaneously celebrating." Councilmen, being called upon for a toa.t, .far . few .p- propriate remarks, gave " The health of Professor S. F. B. Uom." miii i u i w I i. f TJ w ^" ' "I ' -Ji P " ' F^ It By IIoMKB Fjuxklin, Lsq. : "The Anglo Saxons of the East and West — the Joint Committee on the World's Commerce. They report prog- gress • on a string.' May their future * reports ' be eijually creditable to England and Am^ica." This was followed by " Captain Otter, who lighted the fires and led the way to Trinity Bay. We do him honor." " The New York Press and its attache upon the various Trans-atlantic Telegraphic Expeditions. All honor to the • Historian of the Expedition.' " Mr. Clancey, President of the Board of Aldermen, be- ing called upon, introduced Mr. Augustus J. H. Duganne, who recited the following ode, composed by himself for the occasion : I* • PI- V ^ HTMN Par the Laying of tho Atlantic Telegraph Cable. BT AVOUffTUS J. II. DL-QAintS. Oh, Jehovah ! oh, Elohirn I be the glory nil thine own! For the stars in raarvellous courses nre but Voices from thy throne I And tho tones of mortal dwelling, and the oceans as they roll, All obey Thee, all adore Thee, Master of the Immortal soul ! Thine tho chart the Chaldean pondered, 'mid his orient skiej unfurled, Thee the tortured Galileo poised above his "moving world :" Thee Copernicus, enraptured, magnified, with dying praise. And the adoring Newton saw Thee— Ancient of Creation's Days. Thine tho Name— oh, Lord of Wisdom— Thine the Word of Life divine ; First, in mystic joy and trembling, matrized by the German Trine, While tho souls of mouldered ages, in their old Imperial dress, Wdl^e\in grand transfiguratiou, through the portals of the Tress ^ ,. -t.r •i'.'v .-J 1} It i HI 277 Lo! the Bunbeam limns onr features; Fire nnd Air wo yolce to toil ; Yea, the lightning from tlio footstool we haveclinine' '^ % Hiptographic Sciences Corporation 33 WIST MAIN STRflT WHSTER.N.V MStO (716) 872-4503 rtV #, v> f^% 6^ C^^ '"r."^ ■^ 278 JHE LAST PYROTECHNIC DISPLAY. Whilgt the guests at the dinner table were indulging in the multifarious luxuries which the larder of the " Metro- politan " affords, the populace were feasting their eyes on a display of fireworks at the City Hall. This exhibition was prepared under the superintendence, and at the cost, of Mr. John "W. Hatfield, and was witnessed by an im- mense throng which crowded the jiark, and every place adjoining, from which anything of tlie exhibition could be seen. The programme, as carried out, was as fol- lows : — 1^ II' 1. The commencement was announced by the discharge of signal rockets, followed by balloon ascensions. 2. An eccentric piece, opening with a double wheel in various colors, changed to a pyramid of horizontal wheels, which, after assuming numerous changes, terminated with a beautiful representation of a weeping willow. 3. Flights of shells of various colors. 4. The Star of America, beginning with a vertical wheel in green and gold, changed to the Star of America in silver lancework, with crimson rosettes, and concluded with a doubly star in golden fire. 5. Batteries of colored candles. 6. A beautiful mechanical piece opened with three hori- zontal wheels ; changed to three vertical globes, which, by their combined motion, represented the annual and diurnal movements of the earth, showing the ^various lines in scar- let, purple and green fires. f^. -"** X^l .«* 279 '•& 7. Display of bomb-shells. 8. Flight of rockets. 9. An appropriate motto piece, opening with a vertical wheel ; changed to a motto suitable to ihe occasion. 10. Batteries of fire pumps. 11. Grand gallopade of serpents— a'l extensive gyra- tion piece, the centre portion of the device representing four large serpents, each introducing four sniallar ones, taming reversely, and assuming a variety of lively and fanciful chaiiffos. 12. Display of shells in gold and silver fires. 13. A most superb and extensive mechanical piece, opening with circ\imfused wheels, changing to aii elegant scroll in silver lancewciv, surrounded by icvolving fluns, exhibiting an immense mass of moving fire, and showing at one view all the various colored fires at present known in the art of pyrotechny. 14. Immense flight of rockets of various colors. 15. ^he Kaleidoscope; comraencing with a double tri- angular wheel in red, green, and mazarine blue fires; chfing- ing to the kaleidescope, which is formed by the combined revolutions of various complicated figures; concludiufi with a double revolving sun in Chincee fire, reported. 16. Volcanoes of colored fires. 17. Shells of stars, serpents, gold rain, &c. '. '< *''* OCr- 18. A curious cycloitlal whool. Conimencint: with a larga scroll wheel of every possible color, chaiipinjr to tho cycloid; cycloid formed of innumerable rings of evepv conceivable color, and representing a most iiitricaf.' and pleasing device, formed by the mechanical movofnents of the various fires employed. Concluded with a geometrical figure in brilliant fire, marooned. 19. Motto piece, in brilliant colored laiicos. 20. Brilliant illumination of the entire front of the Citv Hail. ^ ■ 21. Grand finale. The layinj^ of the Atl.-.ntic Cable. In this piece some new principles were attempted for the first time in the pyrotechnic art ; the open portion repre- sented the Niagara and Agamemnon in the centre, with the tet.'dcrs Gorgon and Valorous ahead ; on the extreme ends of the piece were two light houses connected by a line of rolling waters, on which the ships slowly moved towards their destination ; on arriving at which the centre was suddenly transformed into r, magnificent temple of science, in all the splendor of the dazzling color?, assisted by all the mechanical contrivances of which the art is capable. Canopied by an arc of stars which rested upon revolving columns, upon whose base were recorded the names of Franklin, Morse and Field, appeared a group of figures representing Science uniting Columbia and Bri- tannia. Over these was an entablature with the motto : "The electric flash shall belt the earth." The crowning portion showed the American coat of arms, in which was entwined the Union Jack with the Stars and Stripes. In-order. to do honor more fully to this great success of ^4 ; ■ pu. 281 science over time and space, it was found desirable to employ electricity, thus creating an actual as well as an imaginary current through the entire length of the piece. The whole concluded with batteries of candles, flights of rockets and bomb shells, filling the air to a great dis- tance with colored stars, gold rain, fiery meteors, ser- pents, ccc. And so, in the city of New York, were terminated the public rejoicings in honor of the successful submersion of the Transatlantic Cable. On the 1 1 th November, the following communication from his Honor the Mayor was received by the Board of Aldermen, and referred to the Joint Committee on Celebra- tion : Mayor's Office, New York, November 11, 1S5S. To (he Honorable the Common Council : Gentlemen— I have the honor to transmit to your Hon- orable Body a copy of a communiwition received by me from Lord Napier, Her Britannic Majesty's Minister Pleni- potentiary, at Washington, expressing fo the members of the Common Council and myself the thanks of iler Bla- jesty's Government for the part taken, at the celebration and festival in commemoration of the first estabhshmeno! electric communication between Great Britain and he United States, by the civic authorities of th«^\*J' '"[^8^^^^^ to her Majesty', officers, as well as for the manifestation of ■-'♦.,. ' iinwmaini i^J 2S2 friendly feelinga on the part of our citizens towards Great Britaio. I need not add the pleasure I experience in submittinir this communication of Lord Napier, manifesting as it dots those friendly sentiments which so happily exist betwven our own country and the great nation which he so ably represents. DANIEL F. TIEMANN, Maijor. (Copy.) IIi:r Britannic Majesty's Legation, Washington, November 7, 18oS. Sir— It was my agreeable duty to submit to Her lila- jesty's Government some account of the festival, held at New York, in commemoration of the first establishment of electric communication between Great Britain and the United States, and to remark upon the cordial sentiments which were evinced on that occasion by the Municipality and the inhabitants of the city towards the Sovereign and the people of England. I am now instructed to express to your Honor and to the members of the Common Council the thanks of Her Majesty's Governiuent for the part taken at that celebra- tion by the civic authorities in regard to Her Majesty's officers, as well as for the generous manifestations of friendly feelings on the part of the citizens towards Great Britain. I have the honor to be. Sir, Your most obt. humble servant, - NAPIER. >'-•; mimmn»miti»»*M *!■* frimili irfti vvt ' ---^^^A^.i^.^v^