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,*#O.V.fO74OI.OII,IIASION. • :
We ham pao-oneFgreat-Itelegraph celebra=
tion, ingioliii**4lOt obly till,hitit greet ,
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sittiiposi4mAiipixtgo.: to a, few ,
hourepfthetime-of‘ golig terpreas; the
day has onefeViritialatkin;ride,"and
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successo. 141'9710J* Work ot.onr,
finis i;prid 3 / 4 .thatiltifwas suggested by Ame
rican intellect, atutmainly,completed,byme =
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Almighty,*hiat :Wl4 -0 5M ler*. - 8 '44
knowleOge,Of..theAtrrof: kature to Man as
enabled this liondronalconsummation to =be
ancomillehat ", • "
It well,liilin4hilidelpida; j io;',long, the,
adopted that
which, 4afteialfe?si .fltfal:*feverr his ashes
'rest, to render ledor ' an - '"achleva- .
investigaillinsWigiik;hU':SO Perieveringly and
Indefatigably -parked:" Indeed, the
-name Of
ritsaitarisilotildreontiettedwith this - great
et'ent;.fOktiot didCdid*l
ning froin:ltnaien'T(c . ‘ Eripqr,7(nintene,ilO,'.!),
but no Anierican gavel a:greuter bi2petuo, in this
notuatry,4o - theriobbiart ofPrbiting, without
which the - 90010414nd andpnranitticif science'
muathave Whateiii
Pitsainuntli,.,Wlidest,anticipallone may have
-been—and Philoiophy .neiniitimes indulges :in
dreams airwild sector thif wizard Imagination
'gavohirthAfit
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pheree bi<,whati4seoltiiratively .a-=mere
thread, - and riloidliiefhought s through' that
attenuated ' line; : in' liglitninj ;; lv[iiged , words,
never entered into Mind: - 11eWOildiitye•
rejoiced to_aave s seen .fthis day, T this. day lo
"full of gloryttiliiiimtiviland; 861101'6f pre:.
mite to itiailiitid:;, : ,,ifeWonii'jiiO4ittedin"
seeing PreseiitedWith
air servant, more iotent.then eny.ather
few eicentions; whicifhttman" means pla:ed• in
ter • t . 7.,
of the achlevenientWhiett we_connuemorated
was significaittlY4nd practically ;Fiore,
and in New YorliyWhile the. population Were
en the "Altl:Jiile ,of . ,,rijClobig,,there: flashed
across the,*tbintic a _ message of
Slop from the Direetorii cof the letlantia Tele.
graph Company in- Lendon-:-a Message pro:
bobby delivered Oable'soinatinie
the !mut ,Whettlf. reached He, destination, in
- It wOriklbeellightfat!catastiophe, if, after
the Atlinitie - Telegraih'lif 'once 'in bUsiness
operatiou c tho,,puhllo,.ehould gudclefilyhe
pi:trod-or-its - use; Thia-..mer.oOcut, at,rny
period, twat flit ennethe'', guarded 10010. - 4 It.
de hapoetribleoioilbatillib Preoti4tilliky ,
the BabiAtitialid',WJegraPhit,...#:'fixed'. thee,.
that the oomninnieo**tieetkthip , Tootattiy
jinni Engiendlieltall - ha:traeted*t
pouf; rile :thleinets forefinger.
' Indeed,
.communication ,between Eugland,, 'and - iber
lhited States, but_ betweentildThWerld
and the New. - We hid an inatencelotthis the
other dayOillea Atleritio*egrara
brought rieneia frornOhlua, India, EtiyfotiPrtuk
sia,BusskOlßOTAnylklAlcneand• of
time," it4e ,raoat ; probable tluit „Fiance, and
other EttrePeteveoeutilesobjoting - to their
telegraphic' vomitinnipatione passing 'exclu- -
'lively through Engymd, willhaye.plantioTe
/egrapheroftheir;otru. the - meantime,-
accident to the, present line moot be'provided_
for. A pretty thing it;4ould be, after wehave
been arouatemed,„Qm : we aeon 'ishall'bit,j
to have our
. foreigrr: : :i
liewa,erved : a.ppi
in nomPlinY,,-Fl4o,:otir,,
breakfast.table, every
day, IS istidden "cessation.
,s: bzeak in the I :';wire ' There • •was
example ; tile; ..only. a few — years" ago;
:viten. the Telegraph Cable was . drat" laid
bet.ffeen; Engianll : and `trainee :" Tt ;worked
very snecessfullY for a •few weeks, and then
~ the coinnunaleation reseed. The wire had got
abraded by4sitite rocka;,:elsise:wthe ,
•
terminuson sthe Frenelr[epard; and st..exiW
siderabloktinteAapsedjtifore_the cable 'nenli
be repiiireVoq thkenterirripleation restored.
Common senie;.itealliir — pointieid.Prsidenee)
iniggests. . second ,ithle; if:not ' third
- and fourth; sintil he laid Wi*aajlitle delay as
The money; can readily. be relied
for this purpose; -_ .• .
- In the *skittish of ineeessi; snWeleome and
latterly jo , uslextiectudiinany journaliehl•spelte
of theAtlantioTelegrapOte ibii greatest event
- the annals of the world.:!!::. The'exaggOition hi
of ibis pardonable hiniat; is • natural: iiiinti'gh;
and certainly:we shall not-he sm. ill.natnted.er
Aso OaPtionaisto,norideratt:Or ridieple it.Un
doubtedlY;lt-ii-oni - 6'f:the' 'neat remarkable
,events inStittV,iiiirlil'iliiatorY+oheef the:moat
'surprising; n *the;greatest.: ` .
•—•
We look: back,•onlY a few hundred 'Years,
and the Invention ..of4ng l9o*AraluilY
out of the AttLeltitiventiOn' , of mechanics,
almost Cf:'.'hanticc:raft,- *Oh- . may', be :said
*finest ta -parent of every other: grand
discoveiY*Since means
the word God; Goikhorstofore 'sealed book to
'the multitu de,,bepe* It. '•feklarge .
-. to :piKeheae - st, - ,m,Mitiscript:4oPy of the
Bible; was ..ec , attCrad s ieldeciest , ever the:world,
and, sooii ( Wei frarilliteiVint(i j a variety of lin-;•
gliciecs : j 647 4 4, iaan
Amnia/ with, Scripture history ) ;prophe
cy, and ::_Eter:, • shice*.lipluting
has performed ' a .wondarthl : mission , the
vast importaUee of Which 'semis to bb every
day upon t:tha;lilaiiiiai.....*ltiOnt the . aid of
printing/more,
.etTocielly;tiatkowSWhich the
Atlaritiopileigapkip; convoy roe)
the. ocean,mould he limited to a mere,..handl
• fel of peipple=-Iteentf;ka:all. -, ICIs the fleas.;
Psperthe, newel
.paper which has communicated 'o.'• the' world`
every deieil - :-iesPectivi. # l4 , IRCOOJOne. 0 0 '
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utility, Wlth'Prffitin4#ileV*o` . :ivetild 'submit
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accomplish. ;Indeed, the puhiligaonieWhaV
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tielgraterellY- rlor to the laYin frelegraplr had
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4 4a1MINATIONAL YEBLING
putist ;AND ritoLr.d.
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DIAWITIcENT TM INATIONS.
F'L A'S N 05.. N G
- -1 1 EitiQUIINT 3 OIiATIEN OF
'"0" 1:211- El • , ra "Sr.
,W 1 IRI'I-:STIItMNG .'SPEECHES,
IMPSESSIYE PRAYER S .
ACCIDENTS,' AND
,'-- MEETING- AT JAYNE'S HALL
Zoffers from' ilistlaggishod Stalteamds.
oiriluti:.i:Fign:cONtiltA.fuLATEs us
TEE LONDON iitaEoToits tic) THE
MOfSE REMAINS :. QUIET.
BY THE FIREPSE N
j4klnia: and Doings,' &e•
.
Oar MY Yesterday presented , a b e autif ul and
joyous eppearanoe, konor: of: the great event
whieh-Was so creditably celebrated. Tho streets
were thronged - with people eagor.te note each fee
tore oil the .dtly.•
,The 'olyie, and fire
men'ke dieidays 'Were' very imposing. The- ad
'dresses,' the orations, and the prayers honor to
the genius of. their „authors... The torchlight pre!
°oaten and the fireworks equalled anything of the
,kindeyer beforeAritneued in our city. Many of
thctrat4iriiiieleit and illiminatione were really
magninoeniand, tan all, together, the ovation
was a grand proof of • the readiness of the popular
heart td bestow its warmest mead of applause upon
ihipeapefol triumphs of - science 'nu well as upon
the bloopy'deeas of war . ' .
A mot's 'propitious time for the celebration could
nit have been -flied -upon. The weather was de
lightful; with, a cool breeze to temper the bright
sunshine, without being blustery or unpleasantly
troll By daybreak; or aeon • after, those whO
-signed join:big tho CelePFation Woire, tied r, and
everfitich,Of.;hunting. hi, Muni Was • flung the
morning breeze: -; Biagi streamed from every
Point—they.flotated the 'breeze 'from lofty Biafra,
they- titittere4 . 4roth lines stretched across
~the
streets, ~aarid ' th"ey deaniated, the muterigging
Of the vessels lying in - the Delaware and in the
johuylkill. •
:.-„- -'THE MILITARY. • -
, The tallitaiy - dhiplay was a' moat grand and
!posing - one; sid,canstittited an attractive feature
if tile met at the appointed. hour, the
right rafting on-Broad below !Natant, then moan
.
letraarohing, proceeded, in the following order
?MST REGIMENT INFANTRY,
- - : ‘litßilT BRIGADE,
Pa:amnion inn STAPP. .
Glari. - tino,OADIVALLADER AND -STATIr.
• penneylyinis Cornet sa,fia: - '
ArtillerY,Battalion.
,
Philadelphia Band
Col. W. '
.
G , ey Battalion, Commanded by Col. J. K. Murphy.,
- ' Waihington Grays--Capt. Parry, 85 men.,
' • Philadelphia Greya-Lient: Otter, 55 men.
Natienal Sinnox, 25 mon.
Cadwallader. Greys.•=oapt Breese. 30 men.
State - Paneibles-Capt. Page, 40
,-,Nailorial Giiarda. - --Ceptain Lyle 100 men.
ft dope dont'Greya— Captain' Braceland , 34 men.
Sot Legiod-=-Liont. George Moore, 20 men.
Obiladelptua'CitY Guards.oapt,'Malle,"2B men.
Washingtonliluint:=Oapt. Goaline, 30 men.
,„ :„ ; THIRD
-,... • ; HIPLE REGIMENT. .
. • . ,•• "WILLIAM MIZILLY.
• -
• MOOREHEAD.
• " . .
• - • - United &idea Ocirnet Band,
„_Maniyunk Ititiel.--'.Vaptidn Shearer,' 35, men.
`„Oontimentalltriirdoaptairi Spear, 30, men.
Meehan% Itillest-Centain Barr, 20,men. -
Bleak Riffes.7-Captalia Proaaer, 22 mop. ,
Charlton,,33 met. ''.
Spring Garden Rifle—Caps, Barone; 35 men:
- J&Citson Rifle—Capt. Randolph, 20 men.
United Rife—flant. Grant, 30 men, 1.
- SECOND ,BRIGADK.
•"- • '
Gen: J. D Minns.
AASlCALtirrreißrlgade Major.'
„i • Dr: MIIREE, Surgeon. -
.PhillidelphinArtlliery—Capt - Einstein, 50 men.
• Hibernia Greens—Lieut. MeGough, 2tt men:
- - Irish_Volunteera-.-Cept. 0 Kane, 24 men. '
Jackson GuardsCapt..lliarphy, 22 men.
Montgomery Guard - a—Capt. Harvey. •
The procession then proceeded over the route ,to,
the square. r •
CIVIC PROCESSION. •
At 'lO o'oloch the oivio bodies assembled. at
FranklliONenas . ,
s and topped in the following
, Harsl ' isd r in 'Kerr: of the Niagara.
,isalstatitillarebals. W. MaGreggor, Frank
, „ •
Timmon.
,
- • Liberty Cornet Band.
Milked ; States Marines—Sergeant Walmaley.
26 men.,
' - The'orew'of the Niagara; omisisting of 25 men.
the Crew of the Susquehanna, consisting of 20
eIL. pole, ;with a long piece of the Cable attached,
was eirriedly one of the drew of the Niagara.
The,,Tasper'Seetion of the Sons of -Temperance. -
' After,theline wee formed, it proceeded to Ele.,
ferili'and Market streets, where the St. George's
and:thelAiblon Societies joined In, and .t he whole
proceeded*the lagnEge., . . • - •
lAREPENDE4C3I fiIiIIABEr .
The impartial here_ were of a very Interesting
and:. attrantitio character. The exercises were
Opened at 10 minutes of 12 o'clock, by the entrance
If the civlo proocasion,,keaded by the crew of the
Niagara, escorted by marines, who were admitted
and marobed around the Naar° with flags flying
sod mule playing. The greets bounding the
Square were crowded' to exoeu with people, who
- mounted the railing, making a dark fringe entirely
around the three open eldee.• '
ha front' of the platform, on the main avenue,
wash painting of the Coa t Arms of Penneylva•
nia,witlia banner bearing' the following insorip
.
, Oersted; Morse, .Iliald—sod sada his
Ughtrdngs to bless the Union of ,the • Old and New
World, ith„intelligenta, peace ' and prosperity?'
_The stage was alio deettrated with flags.
The Niagara's crew took up their position just
`beneath the platform. - - .
The military procession soon followed, sweeping
around the walks in grand style, and their muslo
echoing in harmonious tones._ , ,
• At precisely font minutes, past twelve the pro
°emit% ,(Mira Common and Beleot Connell Cham
bers appeared 3ipon - platform; and tightly
packed it wee withthe'" distinguished" and the
officers of the - meeting.'
'After the been - admitted, and
Armed into, line; 'the - I: 1 W of the Square were
thrown open for the idm lon of the orowds with
out, when a living human tide of youth and men
ponied in with' an- impetuosity that seemed truly
startling, , and'yet which presented 'a scene rarely
equalled-in its imposing - grandeur: On and on
they eame , with.• a surge which -soon tilled the
Sqnare, and hemmed in the military in an appa
rently inextrieable.hunranwall, ;Those who have
been familiar with the city, led its great evente
ror years, declare that ,there never: Wei seen - in
Old Independenie Square—the Quaternary greind
of public gatherings-4w% a large, happy, gay,
and brilliant s orpwd. The must° struck up its in
,apitingetraine t i e the crowd gathered and gathered
around the platform hy, hundreds and thousands.
lbe,musio seen changed from'!' Hail Columbia' ,
and the "Star Spangled 'Banner',' to - " God Save
,the Queen, ',an air which we fanoy has not been
heard In that rquire since the days of the Colonies.
Ai same 'anthem was also played by -the chimes
e St:Su:Oozes -Church: The ringers did it is
_good style.
It waa'aihrilling scene, and was thoroughly en
foyedbylall who were - fortunate enough to be in a'
position tollee and hoar. • -- '• - ,
Morton MoMichael, Esq., called dui meeting to
'ordeti and headdreased all men present as felliw
for suoh a title ho considered eminently
eppropriate r nt.this time, whether they were born
-on' our rot' cruet; whether they were landsmen
or Seamen.; "Fellow-eilizens," said be thy duty
lusty:Title 'pill 'this meeting to order, and to
move that' the; Honorable Ellie - Loris take the
*hair." [APplonse:l • •
Mr, Lewis came forward, and after the applause
with whiehle was greeted had °eased, be spoke
se - =
Janos Latvia , rixtreses.
I thank the eommittoe of ar
rangements for reposing, and you for eauctioning, the
honor just conferred upon me., •
• :We are now'celebrating the greatest event that the'
wad' hairever 'witnessed. • • '
"- 'The (leettflidadral of, Antiquity, with hls Ark loaded
with the riebe4•freight that evesflosted on the waters
of the great deep, made thme attempts by telegraph tq
gethlatelligence that the flood had abated. The third
wattrairesded With the *fire bean& oreafety, When
our Itrestenevel commanders of the present day were
ladeaveriag. to. establish telegriphie . communication
between the Old World and the New, they, in like man
ner; reeds three efforts, all of which were unsuccessful
but ponieverencei add iii sliding fake' in 'the flood
Providence:Which overrules all for the beet, led them
to s fourth effort. ',God rewarded them with , a moms
that surprised andstartled a doubting world. • The telegraph established by Agamemnon Of old, to '
anconuest tithe Melee of Breese that the ten4eiri siege
of Troy witinded,wee nothing to
compaction with the
greet line of iititelligenen which, a Jaw wasted ago, the
Ayamemnon of the royal navy darted to establish.-
'fire are told. in the religious fables of , the heathen
world, that , *bed.ffroreetheue brought the fire from
heaven, 'sassy/tit tolneh for the vestal purposes of
ilf6Jhe gotta were so , indlitint that they chained the
offender toe rock to be tortured for ages, foe givlng,to`
wawa bleating, which .weeteuppoced • to be fit for the
dug, plena. 'But ear I:rod-Lib* f/od Of trait religion-,
-blanks iwieritflort gf hie creatures to advance in know
lode and prospiritr. - When the American Prometheus
We - tight the lightning from , heaven and made it so b
lenient t o the uses of min, Indeed of punishment; he
was -rewarded' with' the% bleating of God. and that
bleadug has been extended to all the noble minds which ,
hAvitheenAnitrilmenee .completing thegreet Oilier*
,Priefi wears .bare to celebrate.
etdebtation we ehould - novei forget 'that it is
God Watt nestles hie lightedog to blees the union of the
Ohl edditie Kew World witht intelligence, peace, and
Fprtritp,ts In view of,,opr awn humble reliance
Prolidtnee. tire Reo. lir Al fr ed Nevin will open
aieeenniiplinthpiapii. " . 1 •
Itldge Leiria having willed ton--the Altdortjid.
Pt, Giporge's OPPiptlell tg wad IT the Xngittb Asti
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPMA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1858.
and Gen. Patterson to send up the American flag,
those banners were placed upon the platform in
conjunotion. ,
Col. P. 0. Elhnaker then read the following list
of (Moors of the assembly :•= + ~. ..:
, -- .•-orgiotgi3 OE THE MEETING. - - • ,
'prissMEnT. '
- , .
1 , r' 1 1:; Ellis Lewis.-- •
I -...7'.'' Wen 'PRESIDENTS.
,w iilliurilinnh, - -. ' Jinios;Roes Snowden,
Thomas Norman, HoraOeßinney, ".
W. L. Dennis, John Edgar Thompson;
Samuel 0. Morton, M. W. Baldivin,,
Henry Vethake, , W. 0. Ludwig, ,
William H. Allen, Samuel J. Reeves,
John 0. Cresson; :- - - David B. Brown.
flgOngrAulith
William Bradford,E. S. Sandford,
Charles Megargee, I
Philip P.lCelley,
These officers were unanimously confirmed by
the meeting.
Cheers were heard here for the 'Ainerican and
English flags, - and the flaseof the Niagarai which
also waved upon the platform.
The Chair then balled upon. Rev. Alfred*Nevin,
who delivered the following impressive prayer:—
REV. DR. NEVIN a PRAYER.
°Thou, nhoee name Merle is Jehovah. the most high
over all the earth! non art the author of all existence,
the 'source of all blessedness, and the centre of all per
fection. Thou art glorious in holiness, venerable in
praises, doing wonders - Thou art greatly to be feared
in the assembly of the saints, and to be held in reve
rence of all them that' re about Thee. 0 Lord God of
hosts who is a strong Lord like unto Thee? or to thy
faithfulness round about Thee? Thou rulest the raging
of the sea: when the waves thereof arise. Thou stillest
them. Thou art God over all ; blessed for evermore !
Thy glory fe infinite, for Then art the King eternal. Ira
meal, invisible, dwelling in the light which no man
can approach unto, and whom no man bath seen or can
see,: And thy greatness is unsearchable. fou Thou best
measured the watore in the hollow of Thy, hand, end
meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended
the duet of the earth in a measure, and weighed the
mountains in, sates, and the hills in a balance. Be
hold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket. and are
counted as the small duet of the balance: behold, Thou
takest npthe Isles as a verylittle thing. And Lebanon
is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof suffi
cient for a ieurnt:uffering.
Yet, 0 Lord God,,though Thou art high above all
nations and Thy glory is above the heavens, Then hum
blest Thyself to behold the things that are in heaven,
main the earth, and Then art the Meltzer of, prayer,
end unto Thee shall all' flesh come.
Look down upon us then, we devontlybeeeech Thee,
in the plenittride of Thy compassion, as we - gather
.svonnd Thy tnerep.seat in the p - eolons Name of Thy
dear Bon, in whom :we have redemption, through His
blood, , even the forgiveness of sins : and 0 for the
merit's sake of the obedentiallife and sacrificial death
of our great Intercessor. let our prayer come. before
Thee as incense, and the lifting up of our bands as the
avenisg eacrifice.
We come, blessed God, lo this hallowed place, which
is connecrwt - d by ao many thrilling associations, to
meek of the glorious honor of Thy Majesty, and of
Thy wondrous works. We come to utter abundantly
the memory of Thy great goodness, and to adore Thy
righteousness. . We coins to consider the operations of
Toy hands, to talk of Thy power,, and to , make known
to the sons of men Thy mighty acts, and the glorious
majesty of Thy Kingdom, We present ourselves be•
fore Thee to acknowledge our deep conviction that,
without Tby blessingenothieg is pure, 'nothing le
strong, nothing is afe, nothing can prosper ,
0 God, most merciful, bow, great bee been Thy favor
toward our' ation, through all the vieissitudea of its
eventful history I Thou hest guided OW Thy pater.
nal counsel. and guarded lie by Thy benignant Provi
dence. Marvellously hest - Thou, notwithstanding our
iniquities , so multiplied and aggravated, shielded Its
from dangers, and strengthened us In weakness and
blessed us with happiness, and crown.d rut with glory
and honor. Thou bast ruled over those, who have occu
pied our places of authority and power; 'Then bast
breathed Into us, la a people; the spirit of obfidieuce to
law and reverence for Thine institutions, with which
we are so signally bloomed ; Then bast saved us from in
fidelity and discord and dieunion, , spd Thou bast
clothed our pastures with flocks, and covered nor val
leys with corn, and made the little bills to rejoice on
every side
And now, 0 Thou blessed and only Potentate, whose
tenser mercies enterer all Thy works, whilst we prates
Thee for the past, we desire. in the spirit of confidence
and dependence and supplication. to trust Thee for the
future: Ever be our nation% light, and strength, and
'salvation, Beer let the glorious Gospel of Thy grace
diffuse strong ne its healing radiance, and exert upon
us Its elevating, , ,and tanotifyng, and ennobling power.
Ever establish us in rghteonenses and deliver ne from
'sin. Bea present help to all the' officers of our Gene' ,
ral and State, Governments— Mike our aollegea and
fr mimeos of learning sources of moral and spiritual,*
as well as of intellectual power and' Miltivation = Im
plant Thyfearinte the hearts of all who have charge„
pf the public press, that this engine may be productive'
of good, and not of evil. 'Let the people praise Thee;
0 Lord; let all the people, praise Thee !.
-
And espeelallY, 0 God, at this time, do we pray that
Tby blessing may rest upon that wornierfnl achievement
which has this day convened us and upon alt the na
tions with which It has brought us into such intimate
connection: Ms Thy dding, great God, and marvellous
in our eyes. Make it, then, we entreat Thee, a mighty
agent in the promotion of civilisation. and liberty, arid
peace, and commercial proaperity to ell lands. But,
above all, make It a bond by which all trlbep and kin
drede shall be malted in a holy brotherhood, and an in
'atrnmentality by which thou wilt subdue the kingdoms
of this world to Thyself, and Jesus shall wear the die
: dein and sway th e sceptre of :universal dominion! 'O,
let all science and art be sanctified, and consecrated to
the service of Him 'by *hem and for' whom all things
were created, and not unto us, 0 Lord; not unto us but
unto Thy mime give glory, for Thy merey, and for Thy
troth's sake. ' Arden.
Lettera were then read by Col. Bradford, of the
joint committee, from the President of the United
States, the Governor pf Pennsylvania, and from
Cyrus W. Field.'
Letters from Distinguished Persons:
LETTER PROP PRESIDENT BUCHANAN.
WASHIN(I7ON, August 30, li3sB.—Hon. DLL'S
LEWIS, Chairratui : I have been honored by the
Invitation of " the Committee of Arrangements
for oelebrating, on the first of - September, the
completion of .the Atlantic Telegraph, to, partici
pate in the ceremonies."
I regret that it will not be in mY power, on no
oonnt of the pressure of pnblie business, to unit*
with 'my fellow oitisens at Philadelphia in oele-.
brating the triumph of hue Wonderful - enterprise;
which has been accomplished by the Wend; skill,
and energy of the . British and American people.
It is a grand eventin the history of the world, and
let us' hope that, under a •superintending Provi
dence, it may; in its consequences, promote the
peace and advance the olvilisation and, happiness
of all nations. Yours, very respeotfully,
It less 13I1OHANA.N.
To Hon. Bilis Lewis, Philadelphia. • •
LETTER PROM SEctiETAlty CABS '
ttantsurox, Aug. 28th, 1858.—Sir ; I beg you
to tender, to the Committee of Arrangements my
aoknowidedgments;for their kind Invitation to
attend the celebration of the completion of the
Atlantio Telegraph, and also -my excuse for de•
dining to wept it, as my, °Metal duties will pro.
vent me from being present on that interesting oc
casion. ram. Sir, • •
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
• LEWIS CASS.
LETTER PROM SECRETARY TOOOEY.
'Munn:Grow, August 30th, 1858 —Sir : I have
the honor to, acknowledge the receipt of yours of
the 27th inst., invithig my participation in the
earemonies for eelebrating on the let proem°, the
completion of the Atlantic Telegraph, and beg
leave to assure the committee that it would give
me great pleasure to be present on the interesting
'oecaslon, did not,my official duties at the seat of
Government prevent my attendance. .
I am, sir,
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
, Isaac ToucEr.
Ellis Lewis, Esq., Chairman, Philadelphia.
LINTER FROM CYRUS W. FIELD, ESQ.
GiIAVERCY PARE,
NNW Yonte, August,3oth, 1858.
Gendemon:—Please accept my cordial thanks
for your letter conveying the invitation of the
joint committee of the City Councils and citizens
of Philadelphia, to participate in your festivities
on the first of September.
As I have been assigned a part in the celebra
tion of the civic authorities of New York, whioh
will take place on the same day, it will be impos
sible for me to be with you.
It any place should especially rejoice that the
Atlantic Cable is eutatessfully laid, it is In the city
which was the home and holds the dust of that
venerable philosopher, who first made the subtlest
force of nature imbservient to the uses of man.
I regret most deeply that I cannot be present in
person; but in thought I will be with you.
Folly appreciating the high compliment you
have paid me, and again thanking you for your
kind Invitation, I bog leave to subscribe myself,
Sincerely your friend,
Ornus W. FIELD.
To the Joint Committee, dco.•
•N ODD SENTIMENT.
The following sentiment, sent to the Committee
by Dr. Samuel Yorke Atlee, of W ashington oity,
was read by the Chairman :
•The Atlantic Telegraph Cable.—A tongue that wage
at both ends; and the longest that ever spoke the Eng
lish. language. May it never become unruly, and die
race its vernacular by uttering naughty words ,• but
In accordance within first lancele t taught by the Queen
and the President, perpetually inculcate the sentiments
or Christian charity and international goad
Applause followed the reading of each of these
letters—espeolally that from Mr. Field.
Col. B. announced the receipt of a number of
other letters from distinguished scums, as they
would be found hereafter in the papers of the pity.
JUDGE KELLEY'S ORATION
Ron. Wm. D. Kelley aqui then Introdneed toAe
immense audience by Judge Lewis, as the orWr
of the day. Re spoke is follows :
(Reported by D. Wolfe Brown, Phonographer, 810f/hest
-
not street ]
Mr. Chairman, Gentlemen, and Yellow-Oitisens
Though not tinned to mingling with my townspeople
on pubiie ouselone. participating in their deliberations
—sorrowing in, their morrows and exulting in their joys
—it is with nelalgued diffidence I come before you on
tide °Union. . And yet let me not detain you with apo
logies for my temerity, but pass to my anbjeat, after
haring reminded you that this celebration bee been
gotten up with telegraphic speed ,• that Its suggestion is,
Ai it were, but of yesterday, and that the first note of
preparation made by the committee was not that which
summoned your orator to perform his duty.
The ocossion,is not s. local one. It has been fitly
spoken of as . 1 th 6 festival of MOW? commemorating an
event, the influence of which Walt be felt while time
lute, and by every member of the human family. It
is eminently fitting that the city of Philadelphia should
participate in that feettyal, • I will not pause now to
show the great Wistaria - or prospective interest she has
in this event ; but, ere I alone, you will nee that no
thing could be more fitting.
Ours is theatre of Invention. During the last three
quarters of a century, science herextorted from nature
her secrete, tad genius Imagist her newly disclosed
powers into combination' of utility with such rapidity,
that man has almost seemed to lose the faculty of won
der. And yet, marvellous as is the progress that has
been made, wonderful as have been its phases since the
eager eye of Columbus rested upon the dim outline of
the outlying lands of thie continent, no event has on
curved which is to work so large an influence upon na
tions and people, upon the social, political, commer
olal and economical relations of mankind—no event,
theinfluence of which to to be so far reaching, or so all-
Pervading..
-What is the event we celebrate ? One which has
made the whole earth vocal—one which has given to
the word of admonition,- the voice of warning, the
menage of woe or of joy. wings that compete with
time in their swift flight It has not destroyed or ob.
Monied space; It has not dried up octane ; -and yet it
has brought the nations of the earth face to face, that
tbej may entcs into social converse. Ilse it• not, no
far as it remote adence, and social, commercial, and
political lift, obliterated both time end apace, and given
to the scholar and, the statesman, the thinker and the
man of facto. übiquity? [Applause.)
To whom shell be seedbed the glory of this great
event? Not unto us, not unto any men, not unto any
nation of, men; but unto the great Omnipotent One.
who-having created this beautiful earth and -all Its
mutinies, gave „tct man the dominion let us, there
fore,- -ascribe the glory to Him; and while doing so de
lastly, let no .not forget that the great men and. the
humble mon wile" here wrought this miracle were his
ministers, deserving to bebonbred byte, and cherished
in our memories. (Applause:]
Thin great event does not "standsolitary and !initiated
is the history of the world. It bas been undertaken
and scoomplished by two great nations, -whose people,
under the ,fiag of their respective countries, have in
ventedy the - capital, have expended the powers of mind,
and. b*rne the tortoring anxieties necessary to this
magnificent work: net Its gforlee belong not alone to
those WO nations. It had its precursorm,• and they, I
am happy trfaiyiwire the works not of member' of a
single commitosty or Stasi not of a particular nation,
not of any one of earth's named localltlem,• bat they be
longed to various natiothrand: races, Although :they
dreamed not of the, mat result that lay before them,
the AQrk they were ultimately he accomplish was for
the w.rld and man • and it wu fitting that the human
family should have its hand la it.
It is now a little more than n century Mime Franklin
drew from the clouds the' eleotrie slunk" arid made they
lightning subservient, In lelne,,degroe, to the willet
man. [Applause.] That mat In ~ the. provincial Mein
of philadelpbta Volta, who witalmin while Franklin
was planning lilt first expertmente, gave wilhe also.
trio pile and the galvanic batten , . .file birthplace
I
wee in Como, and hie Workshop ,at th - tfniversity. of
Pavia. Poor Galvani,
,who knew' not , the Power he'
handled, and who died under great deletion as-to
source's and rte influen,ce; made his' experiment* In his
native town of:Bologna.- Oersted, without whose, die.
coverlet the great work could not 'have been com
pleted, comes to us from Copenhagen, and there gave
no Brat the thing known as electro-magnetism. These
were followed by Ampere. at Paris by Coar—our own
Core—who, in 1810, demonstrated the power of con.;
veytng messagesthrougla 'a long - wire, here in our city ;
and Weber—Henry—a nude . never' to be forgotten in
this Commotion, and which will suffer .great injustice
ir It be not recorded as that of the man who gave'
to successful patentees their power; Steinhell, at Mu
nich; Cooke and Wheatstone, In London • Morse,at
Wathington. In 1831. And, mark you, steam had not
then w ought its marvels • ' yon did not then' mole the
ocean in ten days and a few hour, Steinhell, Cooke,
'Wheatstone, and Mores may well hare been, so far ha
their conflicting claims ere concerned, original inven
tors. - ,
Nor et me, as I Save noticed a few of the men Idea.
have prepared the way for this great'work, forget one,
humble and a'moste unknown. , The others have .ex
perimented in electricity, in galvanism, in elm:Aro-rang.
netiem. But We celebrate the laying of,a submarine
cable ; and let me, with my poor efforts, draw from
the obscurity into which it is falling, the name of That
toiling worker of day's works who first laid a mag.
netie telegraph wire, coated inirutta percba, under, a
body of water; near his town'of Newark, in New Jersey. ,
He laid four theta coated, and for the ime of one of them
he received, from a powerful corporation, one deli ,
and twenty-fire rents per day! He applied for a patent;
but on grounds which. if I understand the use rightly,
were very inadequate for such a decision, hie claims
were injected, and he lost even hie poor revenue from.
the work which that corporation need. e John J. Cra
ven, of Newark, N. J , made and laid the first practi
cal, enbatantial, available" submarine telegraph; and
let his name stand. out id its proper place, [Ap.
plause ] . .
But neither Franklin, Volta, Galvani, Coveted, Ooze,
Weber, Bteinheil, nor any of the' umerons expert.;
maritime either in electricity or the creation 'of tele
graphs, dreamed of the grand remit at whichthey wets
aiming. It is a modem thought, a recent Idea. Nor
could thin great enterprise • have been ecooMphshed
by their aid alone. The litt'e bark that bore Colum
bus to these shores on his first expedition measured
one hundred and twenty tone. The Mayflower, which
brought the Pilgrims to our Northern coast, would'
find no place in our foreign shipping. Other - 10°re
.than those in the departments of.scienee leamediatelv
involved here have prepared the way for this great
work The naval constructor end architect , hive, - to'
bring their department to perfection, courted mimes
and wooed sip whitn), as though the wrinkles on her
haggard face were the rosy bloom of youth Nor they.
alone. When Pitch' and Fulton were making their
early experiments In this vicinity, they were laboring
to till., great end. They and Watt, and every workman
or man of gentile, who has added an Improvement to
the steam engine, or aided in its superior adaptation to
ocean navigation, has wrought in this great work.
Why, gentlemen, we have on earth but once known
the winds and the waves to obey the human voice,
when it uttered the command, " Peace , be still." It
was the Divine voice speaking through human form.
Invention, genius, experience have not enabled run
to calm the waves and bid the winds be still' bat what
wonders have Ge) , not wrought? There ' beside the
peer! Island in the port of Queenstown , are four ships.
Two of them contain freight that would have sub
merged the vueele of Columbne and the Pilgrims;
d they have pranged that they will meat at a cer
tain point upon the ocean. Too may _determine that
you will fleet yopr companion at a particular place;
you, young man, burning With the ardor of love,
may fled your way with certainty triehe glumly bower
in which a moonlit maiden welts. your coming.
Bat here wee an armament built for war—ships sub=
ject to the winds and tides ! and they sgreo that on a,
particular spot—less than the extent of the apace 'n
which I now speak. they would meet and begin a work,
the like of which time had not seen. [Applause.)
They did not say 'We will meet about . there—we will
meet in that neighborhood; hut at latitude 52 deg. 2
min. end lengthier, 88 des. 18 min. we will fill our
assignation." And the storms bowl, and the lightniuga
Mich, and the thunders roar, add Old Ocemi pate up big
voice in competition with that roar ; and yet they move
on their way.
Have they been overweening In their confidence?
The English flag waves at the masthead of that battered
ship; English seamen man her;
an Eoglieb r
manages her, and God'e blessing on the brave old land
from which be sprung. He golden her through the
perm, and, like lover to his bower, tame the storm
beaten Agamemnon to latitude 52 deg. 2 min., and
longitudeeB deg. 18 min. Was not that itself a mire
,ole 1 .Hid you told it to Franelin aecentiery ago be
'Would have tip died to the statement the skeptical roe.
coning of philosophy, and demonstrated its immediate
impossibility.
June L panning away, and the veaiels are there—the
„Niagara, the Agamemnon. the Gorgon, and the Va.
'moue. The Niagara and the Agamemnbn are brought
stern-toseid may they never be brought to broadsides
with abetted guns—rappluse by everybody legeneral,
and the crew of the Niagara In particular.] They
were brought together stern-to—not that either
would shrink from a conteet, did boner make it nee
usury They were brought together stern-to, that
you men—yea boys of the Niagatee end the 'bore of
the Agamemnon' might cheer each other and say,
"God forbid that the day Meted come when men
like us should •engage- to mortal contest (applause];
that men et science as daring as the world had ever
seen. and as able sit it new known, flight weave to
gether there, at mid ocean, a little cable, surcely
thicker than a lady's finger, and try to lay it be
neath the ocean's depth. so that it Amid be to the
world a voice. The splice is made. The veneer
move, and in a little while, when the Niagara had
paid out. if I remember rightly, a -little over
two miles of cable, It was found that the thing
which one of the tars,' it is mild, wanted to throw
eyerboard, ae a continual perplexity—the continuity--;
yraa gone. [Lsughter and uproarious cheers ] What
then? Why, hank the vessels his to latitude 52 deg
2 min. to meet egein in friendly embrace. Again the
epilog to made, and smart thee part Now each ship_
h es homeward for well nigh a day's 'journey, when
that provoking continuity in missed again. Again they
return—shall I call it to their arbor of love,? They
had put no linger-post there to guide them to the spot.
No milestone marked it; but they same hack to the
old point of 82 2. Again they splice the cable, and
again they move toward their res,peoUve homes. Now,
let ne go among those men of ealetse, Atw eletirlfborwt—
fal and hopeful 1 No ; they-are depressed - entree. but
not doubting Their faith is greater than • pain or
mustard seed, and their hope unbounded: There are
doubters among them ; there are those who. from the
first, bare not believed; but the men of science make
the splice. confident that the work will yet be done.
Onward again those venires move. Sadder, If not
wiser mon, were those In charge of the ships. of the
coils, the paying -out apperatue, and those dear fellows
(members of the crew of the Niagara.) whose brawny
hands had charge of the. tar pot, and some of whom
came in well stained. But still they knew that there
was a God above, who bad crested the world. who bad
given it fixed laws, and that they were laboring an his
servants to disclose thou lawsto theirlellow-men. On e
ward, they go, onward and onward, until hundreds of
mile/ inferrer's, god then again the -continuity is lost
Backward they hasten to the point from whence they
came—dispirited? Yes some of them, whosehearts were
not in the movement. are dispirited. But Field and
Everett, and their co-laborers of thie country, and of
what I may call our mother or onr sister land—are they
dispirited ? No ; but sadly determined lode The mana
ders of the company were dispirited ; the directors
oubted the expediency of farther effort; men whose
capital was embarked ehrupged their shoulders, and
counted their loeses ap already made. Bet there was
American energy at the bead of that company, end I
know not where you could and a nobler impersonation of
the elements of American character than in Guam W.
Yield [lmmense applause.] Pe said that the thing
could be done. and that it would be done; and they
wouldgo forth mein. Our moonlit bower bad now be
come almost a sad tryatiog place Yet back again, with
more fuel and with an abundance of cable, with plenty
Pi pony, with excited d.termination to execute their
npiertatiog, book they come to 52 degrees 2 minutes,
and at degrees 18 minnten, and again the cable is rpliced.
Forward they move—slowly and steadily, but ever and
anon the word is given, "All's right. all's right, go
ahead !" And the cable begins to roll oat spore rapid
ly, and the paddles of the huge ships to move more
ewiftly. Night follows day, and day follows night,
through six weary, anxious days. Tell me, you who
were following the doll but anxious routine of life, did
lou sleep during those days ? If you did you knew a
uxury which the Englishmen on boa d the Agamem
non, and the Americans on board the Niagara. knew
but little of. There were thole who, throuth
that whole period of time, knew not what it
was to have their thought withdrawn from
the great work upon 'which they were engaged.
Into a remmbent position they may have thrown
themselves into epme darkened spot they
may bare crept; but no repose of mind or rest of brain'
came to them. The continuity is not lest this time.
Anxious first about the cable, about the apparatus for
paying it out, about the uniting of ore coil to &nether,
they near the Mom of their reepective countries,
Anxiety Marmite as the work Is nearly accomplished.
May they not failyet ? A reward is offered to the man
who shall first discover land ; so eager are they to
know that the work draws to its close, that a prize
would be awarded to him who should first bring the
good news. Not more eagerly did Columbuie with a
mptinoue crew about him, look for land than did
those man, surrounded by a crew who jumped at
their bidding, apd who could sauce Tutuila them-
pelves from cheering at each new result attained.' ,
The eyes of the world were upon them, and mayhap
the deathly of the world for years depended upon their
sums. But land did come in slew. Trinity bay wag
reached, and there the officers of the Niagara. from
under their own star-spangled banner,werej /nod by the
officers of the Valorous and the Gorgon. And, to ling
like laborers, they carried the cable ashore—God bless
them all! [cheers]—and there, upon the woody Mlle,
beyond the lines of oiviliaati n, upon the rocky coast
of Newfoundland, these great man bowed in thanks to
the God who had preeerved them, and given to the
world its last great Mewing. The feat was mom
pliebed—its amempliatiment fitly acknowledged.
I have said that there were many men laboring for
the accomplishment of this result, and you have found
that many of those whole I have named did not know
anything of it, that many of them had seek beneath'
the sod before this enterprise was projected or moken
of. There were also men who labored specifically for
the acoomplisbment of thin great work Thie is not
the plane or the time for scientific or historical disqui
sition, much less is th's the omission to weigh the
claims of rivalmandidates for honors in this ,coronae.
don, Bat there are some few persona to whom espe
cial honor belongs, and there are two Governments
which all wheeled should bless—the two that repre—
sent not despotism and the power of arm'es, but free
peoples, and the individual rights and powers of roan
as a citizere—England and America! Mankind will bless
them hereafter. More than a year ago they engaged in
this workee Lest year the Agamemnon, and the Niagara
and the Susquehanna, some of whom gallants lads Ices
about me, were upon the ocean endeavoring to seem
' plish this feat. It cone not then accompliehed. Still
the Governments were there, showing their will and
lending their power. Our easquehanna was not there
thisyear, but our Niagara was, and the Agamemnon,
and the Gorgon, and Valorem of England The na
tions were there in their minty, sustaining and aiding
the efforts of their enterprising citizens. To them be
the fair measure of honor.
Gem let me say that one of our Own townsmen de
nerves mention—not as having labored in this work, but
to baying requested our Government to beginelt. Some
of you may be surprised. to hear me nay that a member
of the Philadelphia bar ought to be named on an occa
sion of thin kind, and that, without the mention of his
Vitae, an obvious gap would appear. In the month of
January, 1819. Horatio Hubbell, of Philadelphia, ad
dressed a memorial to the Congress of the United
States, asking them far the means of establishing
telegraphic communioation between this continent
and Europe. In hie memorial he assorted that,
r- from many observatione that have been made,
there is incontestable evidence of the existence of a
submarine table land, extending from the Denise of
Newfoundland, across the Atlantic ocean, to the mouth
of the British channel," and that the wire or cable
could be hider suspended over that table land in water,
undisturbed by eurrents, or, In the iaoguage of :he
memorialist, "so as to be clear of all currents moving
on the upper surface." The memorialist modestly
avowed him chief purpose to be "to direct the atten
tion of ()engem to this Important object," Mara
you, he did not euggeet the work as one which' be
believed could be donee He suggested the route be
tween Newfoundland and Dingle Bay, not bee'nse
it was the ehortest but beanse it lay over a table liked
which was covered by a bed of water free from dig.
turbing currents This memorial was presented to
the lower House of Congress by Joseph R. Ingersoll,
and it fell to the table or to the floor Our dietlnguished
fellow-citizen who now honoraria In England, and lame I
conciliatory brat manly address bee won from that
-proud Government the eoncession of the principle which
Involved us in the lest war, wan then Vice President of
the Boiled fitates.—[Applause ] He brought the me
morial before the Senate; and it was likely to meet the
fate whioh had (Mien it In the House, when Jeffereon
Davis, Senator from Mies ssippl, arose, and moved its re
ference to the Committee on Commerce, saying that
the world was not yet prepared for the project, but
ruight be soon.
In .1858, Lieut. Berryman, of the 11. 8. navy, was
put in the command of the Dolphin, and ordered to
,make soundings between Newfoundland and Ireland.
. He made his report of fade and observat'ons to Lieut.'
Maury, whose magnificent apparatus for sounding the
depths of the ocean ho had need—Henry, the men
who has mapped the ocean, as we map a county or a
towinhip, with safe roads for the mariner. Berryman I
reported not In terms, but in fact, that Hubbell's ob
servations wore correct. There was the table-land;
there was the bottom free from currents, and the ml- I
nuts shells of microscopic character that were brought
Pp showed no abrasion, thus Indicating that from thee
time of their death 'they had slept in their grave as
undistnrbed by eurienta an though the earth Itself hii4
~engulphed them. Lieut. bleury's report to Govern
ment' upon the facts ancortained by Berryman, was
made on the r oof 'February 1858. „
', To Dr. tch tehonse Professor Thonspign4 Mr. - Liiiir,',
of the • (mutter electricians; to AppoldVZthif irealtl4,
.eccentric, and ingenloile mechaniolark;-„whe Wes an
amateur, giving his Giusti his labor sued: his MOODS to
ii,Ganiaing, Ifollinebee,
Amee this '7o e liff in e e ni nt ,, l a -I n O d W ir d righ h t ; "ul .tb-G r apttins PUrdy and
Budsbni end z the 'salient ..offiedis 'who volunteered to
steortivateliwithlbeulAt!thsr thelea*-anstious voyage,
'MSS ehrirddrate:giverC.'BuVtinie , perniti me to do
no more than to name them. They will be fitly spoken,
of Ind kindly remembered always. But did these min,
serval officers , and electricians; lay the -cable? No •
-they helped, as did every seaman and laborer on board:
in the discharge of hie duty. None were laggard. and
none withheld any power which nature or education
had glven - them. Did they lay the cable? Let us see
It had not been laid iq DAT. , .
,- And whyl , . The shipsiyere there to lay it; the cable
Was there to he laldi - the men were there to do their
- * l rk; '.- - Apd'yet they did not' lay it:Amason the pep
In out 'apparatus was fmnd to be defective, and to
ptit the cable under each a strain that it snapped.: And
when the fleet returned in that year, the master minds
were satisfied that the apparatus had not yet been in.
vented by which their great Work might be acoom
pitched. go when the year 1857 commenced, these lay
the ships. , „ .. . „
~:kir. guild, with fits faith, hope, courage, energy,
I 4 insight into Men %and , genial' sympathy with
—so essential to the euocess of the work—was
there, The Governments were willing to extend their
former aid. - There lay the cable in , ,,ite huge coils ;
there were : the recording instruments , , whetlx r of
'Maras, or - Hughes, or Whitehouse, or of the host of
inientors who have applied themselvee to. that depart,
, Ment recently. 7All wee there—the engines and the
ship,: the"men to man there and the officers to guide
7 ,
them. But the cable could not be-laid.. -..
- • ... . • •
New, my friends, pass with me from the month of
Tedirmry to the month of March; go with me, In Jew
fo - LOadon"; go wilh me.to the neighborhood
of Spitaltields ; take a turn 'through Petticoat lane, and
'let' us get among the dingy shops of Gravel lane
Look into title dine window: Yon see a young man
whim, eye is bright, and whose taco is excresuve of
manlyy character and noble genius. True, that face is
srlittlo begrimed with:blackened oil;
.his hands - are
Marred and dark. He seems to superintend, yet ever
and anon ,be seises the Implement, - and, though his
visa be buttoned to the neck, plies at the work. You
think you know him, do you t; Well. I •am not sure
ton' do• not, He Is an engineer of the United Index
rravy—a countryman of 'yours. He went as assiatact
engineer,'witlicome'of yen, through the Mexican war.
'Has he deserted his country and enlisted in a foreign
service t. No ; he has quit his country' temporarily, to
.labOrfor mankind in a foreign workehop;• He has given
upthe management of the ship in the work of destruc
etfUh, to go into a foreign workebop and weave a web
thit Anil bind the nation in fraternal ties of peace.
; [lihe despatch from pondop, which appears under our
=telegraphic head, woo here read.' It Was' received rditti
tumultuous applause.)
- ;That young man le Mill a member of the , Englneeer
-Berps,of the United States of America, bat he has, for
the pregent, Ault the work of destruction for works of
beneficence. Let no peas on from the 20 , h of March to
toward the olpee of Aprd. Behold how bright his
eye! Behold - how quick his Step Bea goiejoyously
he meets every one, and how eagerly every man takes
his hand It is his birth-day; tint that cannot bo the
event that lode to these, coogrotuletions. Ile is thirty
, t o years old; bet they eannot be congratulating him
upon,,that fact No; he has made the apparatus for
laying the cable The work le done. Field was not
mistaken when be said, " The man must be found in
the United States who would accomplish that work."
It .le done ! Nero let me read a letter—not Obtained
from him for th's occasion; not senbto-the press—but
sent to one of-his old fellow-workmen, as evidence of
the :moms that has attended his labor : -
ATLANTIC TIMM:MAKI COMPANY.
22 O'd Broad Street, London, emit 24,1868.-
.
DEAN Bin : Aa you have repOrted to .the managing
eMinnittee that the paying-out machinery for H.
bi
•shinAgamem,on is completed, and that it has been
Working satisfactorily during the last three days, and
that Nisi do not consider any alteration necessary to
Increase its ealcieicy; , and no another set Ia required for
the United States frigate Niagara, the managing com
mittee have an horded and lastrocted me to reque t
that yon will immediately wive directions to put an•
other sot in hand for that chip; and I am further to re
quest that you will continuo your supervision over tho
onnatruotion of the machinery, and also undertake to
superintend and direct its being properly fixed and fitted
on board the Niagara.
t lam [twitter lust rioted to reqneet, that you will take
Marge of the operation of experimenting upon. and
anbeequently of paying out, the cable frtm that ship:
in doing which you will have the er.veration of
Ideate. Woodhouse and Follanabee, and of such
other engineers es you may consider it requisite
in appropriate to such Berrie°. You are also author.
lied to make nob preparations and' arrangements, as
are necessary to enable you to carry out the foregoing
instruction.
I remain, ours truly, -
OEO. BAWAED, Beeretary;
To W. g, Everett.
'Bid do hie wort? Why, the'o‘ble ia laid; and
the - machinery never Mopped on hoard the Agamem
niiirbr Niagara from the time they left 52.02 of north
latitude. Now who Is this man ? Borne of you thought
you knew him, when you saw him in Lo, don. and I
guessiou did. You used to work with him at Bald•
-win & Whitney's looomotive fluttery, out here in
Broad street. He Is a boy from a Philadelphia ma
chine chop. Yes, in 1844, he—like the first great elec.
triclen—eame, a youth, to Philadelphia; a widow's
emi. who had never known a father's love, for before
his birth. hie father had been swallowed by the waters
of Ontario. He came to thin city a b'y. who loved
machinery.'and asked employment of Messrs, Bald-
Win*. Whitney. Thoy gave it to him, and they found
him nob* but a reuniter hand. He went, while yet a
mina", through all the humors of their'shop, and
through their agency be Was, during the Mexican war.
intered in the corps of , the United Staten Engineers.
He was thetron Wahl the Masers in •, and then it
was that he dieclocel to Mr Field the wondrous gifts
of 'bin nature, and the rare culture that they had re.
seised at Ills hands. He Is 'a graduate of a Philadel
phis 'workshop. whose diploma is from the Franklin
Institute of Philadelphia. [Opulence ] Honor him
my friends It WM the apparatus of William E Everett.
the Philadelphia machiniet that laid the cable ! AM I
not right? Let opus W. Field speak. When he made
his drat address in Newfoundland he said—
4, 1 could not do justice to my own feellogs did I fall
to acknowledge how much to owing to bur. Everett, who
for months devoted his whole time to designing and
perfecting the beautiful machinery that has so 114CCeSil
laWrit out the cable from the ship'; machinery
Ito. eat in every respect that it wee not mir one mo
zezAtristlprOtoird the Nkagara until she remelted
niatesi tal'ainitv Day _
'genet
thane oenteiry,eig n the printer's boy of Philo,
detrital' began this gfeat riark, arid 'now, within the
last fOrtniabt. the Philadelphia rmehintetta lad had
tiompletealt..,lle joined hie ,nompanions at the head of
Tttnity hay, lei deroutitthankitite Clod" for the success
of the voyage. bowed in adoration before fine
who had disclosed such wonderful Iterate to him in
private, and' had enabled him to do such wonderful
.works for the public. 'But when he arose be deter
mined to go forth and learn -Mora awl do more. And
that 'salmon to no. lity, fellow-111 May/, let not our
rejoining stop here. In the consequences of thus
great work we here more at' Make .than almost eny
other,aity. OW and iron are the mnselea of modern
civilisation, and our State Is full of coal and iron, and
water-power. Where population is most denim this
great work will give the largest blooming; and popula
tion must be dense where iron, Coal, water-power, tim
ber, arid arable mote abouodosas they do in Pennsyl
vania, Again, our greet railroad connects with wider
regione of • country—with the Southwest. the Weal,
and,the Northwest—more advantageonaly than any line
competing with it,
lint, again when the Almighty permitted that cable
to be laid, He mode public announcement to man, that
Ito bad registered a decree for the early comple tion of
the Pacific Railroad It is no longer a (oration for
man. God in lilt providmice line ordered the work to
be done. For I cannot imagine that the American peo
ple are willing to 6119111716 a petition of barbarism, and
to refttse to permit a telegraph to cross tide continent,
and be submerged in the sleeping ocean of the Far
Wert, The people of the world wilt ask that the girdle
of ruck may be put around the earth ; and Americana
must do it. or become the jeer and contempt of the
world. And that work cannot be acco pitched and
maintained guinea the railroad - rune beside it It Is
no • longer a question for Government or people. God
has ordered the world to do it. and it wilt be done, and
then philotophere will say that time and man con
spired to. do it. No, Providence, time, and man con
spire to do it
Let us then stir ourselves. and see what Is next to be
done Above all, fellow 'Milieu, let 'us remember that
the remain, of the first great practical electrician—the
man who, more than a century ago, started this work
lie in an obscure corner of a little graveyard near by
an No storied urn or monumental bust mark' the spot
where his body rests. In it note charnel Why, tell it
to the British tare of the Agamemnon. and they will
bring a monumental coil of Atlantic cable, and inscribe
upon It that Snit great electriciante name [Applanse.j
Let us atiraurselves, and see that the stranger visiting
our cliy need not lose more than a day in inquiring f.,r
the grave of Benjamin Franklin. [Loud applause
Let un learn to engage in every great work. When
the thinker apelike let on not sneer at htm,but stand
with bated breath to hear the wonders he may tell;
and when he ban worked out those woudern, let ue fitly
honor him. We detrae none from the glory of God in
paying homage to His highest ministers on earth Let
us praise all they names, and register them, that pea-
Unity MeV know and love them. -
Judge Kelley took Me seat amid Amoiferous applauds.
At the Close of Judge Belloy's address, which
was received with loud and frequent demonstra
tions of pleasure, the band struck up " Old Lang
Syne," followed by "Yankee Doodle."
The following odor wore then sung by the mem
bers of the Young ?don'ts Christian Association :
ALL HAIL!
*AN ODs—[AlA—God Ears the Queen.]
All hail across the main !
Thought thrills our cable chain—
Hear ! Nations, hear !
' Mind to victoriona,
Columbia's made glorious,
While God pratcliiod over us—
near! Nations, hear
No storms the chain shall break,
Nations our greetings take—
Near now our call!
Peace /peaks from shore to chore,
Good-will be evermore,
While this work we adore—
Praise God far all !
TUE GABLE.
(Ala—Star Spangled Banner
Oh, say'not the old times were brighter than those,
When bannere were torn from the warriors that bore
them ;
Oh, Bay not the ocean, the storm, and the browse,
Are freest or prowler when war thunders o'er them—
Per the battle's red light grope pale to the eight
*hen the pen wields its power, or thought feels ltd
might.
,Now, 'put reigns triumphaut where slaughter has
been—
,
Oh, acid Mese our Preaident I God save the Queen !
Let the boy of the world to 'doh harmony rise;
Lot the sword keep its sheath end the cannon its
thunder;
Now, Xntellect reigneth from the earth to the skies,
And Science links nations that war shall not sunder;
Whore the mermaids still weep, and the pearls lie
asleep,
'Thought Bashes In fire through the fathomless deep
Now, Mind reigns triumphant where slaughter hem
Ibsen—
Oh, God bless our President ! God save the Queen !
When the !meet of yesterday flooded the West
Our old mother country lay far in the distance;
But the lightning has struok ! We are close to her
That beautiful land, that first gave ate existence;
We feel, with a start, the quick pulse of her heart,
And the mother and child are no longer apart;
For Mind reigns triumphant where slaughter has been—
Oh, God bless our President ! God save the Queen !
The Mood him was kindred throbs proudly once more,
And the glow of our Joy tile the depths of the -
ocean ;
It thrilla through the waves, and it slugs on the there,
Till the globe to its Dolan feels the holy commotion !
Let enjoin in our mixht and be earnest for light;
Where the Saxon blood. bum, let it strive for the
right;
For Mind reigns triumphant. where slaughter has
boon—
Oh, God bless our Preeldent ! God nave the Queen !
After the singing, the following address was do
livered by the Rev. E. W. Rutter :
REMARKS OF. REV. 8 W. BUTTER
,ThILLOW-OITIZONS:, Without controverey, the Won
der;,of the Nineteenth Gentury, the Marvel of the
World, 18 Tea MACINETIO TOLEORAPH. Well may this
stupendous agency of mans invention employ the pee.
elon of Oratory, the genius of the Muse, the multhrn..
nous utterances of the Press, and even the sanctified
decdametions of the Pulpit. Among its compeer/ of
GeOlue and ®till, this rises, en extra,mundarie column,
tovirrieg In solitary and sublime grandeur above them
ali t flinoe the morning eters sang together, and all the
eons of God shouted for joy, no such other Benefactor
bakappeariskin, tl a realm of Dlncomy and agleam
Vlgo•oue minds, olaesio pens, eloquent tongues, have so
vied in panegyric, that it requiree no small degree of
inventive talent even to say on this topic what has not
already been said. And yet how much is there in re
gard to it that expends itself only in silent sentiments
of wonder and of joy, sweeping in thrilling cadences the
diapaSon of the ;heart—how much that cannot be said
More than ;thirty centuries ago. as if in mockery of"
man's want --- of power over the physical forces God
taunted Job 'with 'the challenge: a Genet thou-send
- llghtalnge that' they - may go - ,' End - say unto thee, here
we are 7 1, : - Diiring manyrevolving cycles, that challenge_
etond,on God'a Book unanswered. There appeared not ,
to all the earth a solitary man' so Imbued with rever
ebt Glances as to venture a reply What! Control
the lightning That vivid artillery of Heaven, which
among all tribes and tongues hen ever served an one of
the most-startling symbols of-the unapproachable re-,
fulgence ! Control the lightning! Why, bad the
Idumeati ratriamh dared attempt it he would either
have been `stoned to death as an impious Blasphemer,
or been grieved to death yrithwild orisons of idolatrous .
devotion. Job never took up the gauntlet'. - - "'And the
vivid Brae of the firmament bad eatuntlistnrbed jubi
lee. They roamed to - and' fro, - hither - and' thither, as
they Hated, without a boundary, without - a habitation:
Themselves a transcendent symbol',Of
übiquity, their centre was everywhere, their oircum
ference nowhere. ' •, ' •• -1 1,1
To furn'eh the Sid reverent pritoticat reiponie tothe -
Divine challenge was reserved for oneorhose name is
indissolubly interwoven alike with the history Of Phi
ladelphia esd of the United States. - His is a familiar
name. Frequently did these streets!, and this State
Hotos.'etho to his footsteps. In an adjacent humble
grave. yard repose hie &thee. That - man was BON/AMIN
711.1.5.1CL1,N, the sago, etatesmen, the philanthropist,
the philonopher: To hint pertains the renown of having
first snatched the lightnings from their native theatre,
Mid of holdlog them in harmlesit subjection. A greater
than Raroy was Franklin. If I had no other name by !
which to designate him. I would call him The Great
Lightning Tamer. All honor to his memory! .Said
the inspired Wise Man: Bout thou a man diligent in
hie busintse, he shall staid before Hinge" Franklin
did " stand before Hinge,” the noblest of the noble.'
But, great es was Franklin as a philosopher, he wan
130120 of God's prophets. .Upon him there rested the
mantle neither of an Isaiah nor of a John. 'We had. no
proof that the possibilities oboe evolved from the
womb of geometric progression, ever crossed even the
disk of hie night-Imaginings. , He had wooed and won
the lightnings by hie metallic key. He bad them in hie
bottle. But, except to restrain and hold them captive
by the Od, he hid rio nee for them.
To Professor.Mones belongs the credit of having, In
the year lea, placed mina and hennas on the batiks of
the dory coursers, bit and bridle in their months, and
sending them, on roesseges of commerce and friendship,
ewifter then thought Unit. through the world. .Few of
no can have forgotten the deep notation these 'achieve
ments produced All Christendom was electrified. But
here, it wan euppoeed, the conquests of , Genius would
and. - However familiarized "With the dartng of the hu
man mind, the most sanguine did not look for new into
cease.. By some it was even feared, thet, teUttempt.
.more. would be a profane usurpation of the Divine pre
rogative and would be venturing within that reserved
jurisdiction of Omnipotence into , whieh ,arehangele
themselves, albeit with sandalled feet, have never dared
to tread.
.'But, behold the-triumphs of the year 1868. Tinder
the unalitled daring of the gallant Pinta and his cow
poem, a Monster ,Oable of magnetic wires now lies
atretebed—over two thonsand miles distance—along
the pavement of the great deep, on which harmonies of
living intelligence are dashing, connecting the Old and
the New Worlds In consentaneous sympathy, and bring
ing them within such convenient converse as if they
were neighbors, living only on opposite aides of a very
narrow street. Ouch an achieve, ent, oh ! how shall
we exaggerate ! Its reality almost ur cks our most
bounding imaginations, and certainly defies the descrip
tive energies of language.
The submerged Magnetic Cable is Itself the most won
thous Leviathan of the great deep. Even in its mate•;
rid aspects it 111:s Its with wonder. But its moral sig
nificance Is far greater. I hail it as a earletlfted symbol
and CISIITAI2OO Of HUMAN PROGRZBEL History. philosophy,
scielco revelation, concur in enuring to with the be
lief, that the future of our race is onward and upward.
Bing 000:17101%0 will pram every wire of that huge
Vehicle of Thought into his service. Alres . dy is he one of
earth's legitimate monarchs. bee'rlding It with colossal
power. The patriot will hall it, not as amp -y revo
lutionist, thirsting for blood, betas a whisprilec angel
of the watery world, breathing formation' for the spread
of freedom. The nearer our thinking and ND - caking prox
imity to Europe, the surer the spread of our free Mel;
intioos over the globe. The Executive and Ittrlst will
a' aim It as their most efficient police. for 1103V•fusitives
from lutiio • can no longer, like Jonah, set sail In ahipe
for Tarshish. for before they have started, the electric
shes will herald .their coming. It was a remark of,
Locke. that lime la only properly computed when eatima
fel byresulfs. If this be so, our thirty and forty years
are much more than blethuselah'anine hundred and six
ty-nine, for we see mere, hear more, know more, enjoy'
more, and do more, In our few years, than be possibly.
could have done in his many.
Io this season of jubilant rejoicing, howeier, who
should most exult? I answer—the Christian. Survey
log these manifold and multiplied wonder., and looking
forvrard to a well-assured hope of others. equally 'start
ling, who so steeped in atheistic- self-complacency.
as to separate from them the Divine government?.
Go I controlled the skill of the magicians of
Egypt
,the. learning, the literature, and the
philosophy of Greece and Rome, And he is equally
subordinating to hie infinite and gracious purposes the
arts, the Inventions. the discoveries, of this age, and
of all ages. We bestow honor here, and honor there.
We follow the chain, of , Cause and Iffeet,but we are
soon lost in the asceidieg linke as they run up to God.
And that God, who made the lightnings, who itoooned
nut the sea, and filled It with its immensity of life;
will not be dethroned from the Magnetic Telegraph,
either by land or by sea. Hs will himself be the great
,Electrician, presiding at all Its junction. batteries, and
wielding them for his own infinite end ineffable glory.
Christianity is not a science, as we employ the word.
It is not a discovery, not an invention. It is a system,
a scheme, conceived in the mimesis of the eternal, and
prosecuted on earth for mute redemption. , -It had ex
'steams antecedent to all tinnier' discoveries. Hence
educe never midi to it, 'never detracts from it. • But
Ohriatianity does seize open the conquests of science
to extend itself. The time wu when 10'nbellef taunted
Filth with the prophecy, that before the advancing
floods of scintilla light the religion of the adorable
Jeooe'wonld be swept away. Behold the taunt trium
phantly refuted. When wee the Submarine Cable com
mitted to ocean's depth,? In the year of our Lord
DM, during the season of the moats - mime and pow
erful revival of religion experienced by the church
since the day of pentecoetal glory. And now, hence
forward, , and forever,Revelation and the natural
sciences go hand in h and
Already is the Submarine Cable a bond of peace be
tween the Hafted Statasixnd Great Britain. Once these
tweinations were enernit—now friendlr — Alithe-mes-,
Mitue that bare °rolled, e wireshaveheen pearle mea
sures Peace - Peeve ' In India!' - lquiports
of Obinathrown open to the trade of the world, and its
wells, like those of Jericho; battered down befoto the
trumpet-blasta or the gospel. Oh ! most cheering is it
to think that -all these far-reaching celestial adders
mute, by the power of the Holy Ghost, are des
tined ultintately AO level ;Mountains, exalt rallies.
and over ;all the earth prepare a highway for our Lord.
°held gime to,•re-establish the world's unity—to
bind both its centre and its extremes in a fraternal'
brotherhood, the-secret of all happiness both -on
earth. , ind in heave's. Hence we disoover - the
Divingelßeleticence prodding over all earth's myste.
dee, nonvertiog the whole domain of Truth into a Ja
cob?. ladder, on which angels decreed and ascend. Not
a' atm lake to Christianity, reflecting aunbeame ,on a
glaiey surface, but a bounding river, beating waves of
salvation to the perishing. Not a mere light-house Is
Christianity erected on life's perilous coasts to warn
voyagers of impending quicksands but a capacious life
boat, wafted by propittoud gales into a haven of -biter.
And now, amidst theee multiplied triumphs of our
race, let us invoke God to keepue Auinate. • The virus
of the human heart, moat offensive to Hod, and moat
destructive to man, is pride. It is the sin by which the
angels fell. Oh ! lot na write it, then, as with a pen of
adamant on our hearts, that „ we have nothing that we
have not received." Let no not fancy ourselves gods,
living and moving in ourselves, but rather let us re
member that there never woe a mari nor an archangel,
that could lift a thread, or sever a spider's web, with
out the power and ministration of that quiversal Pro-
Menu which hangs Creation on his arm, and feeds
it at his festige board.
, t Praise - God, from whom Ml blessings Bow ;'
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly boat.
Praise Father, Son, and Italy Ghost." Ames.
The exercises in the Square closed with prayer
by the Rev. 4. 4. Willgto,
After which, ft benedietion wee pronounced by
Rev. I. P. Wilmer.
amiss, INCIDENTS, ETC
The display of bunting from the vessels in port
was of a more meagre character than we had
reason to expect. 'Prom at lout one-half of the
shipping there limited not a solitary insignia of,
nationality. A few, more patriotic than the rest,
sought to snake amends for the others' short-com-
Inge, and flung to the breeze a treble quantity of
streamers, flags, etc. These were seconded, in
very handsome style, from Smith's Island and
Camden, as well as from other points along the
shore of our Sister State, while the ferry-boats
and the many little plying, steamers of the Dela
ware bore the proud emblems of our nation, and
really seemed decked for more than a wonted joy
ous holiday.
It may not be generally known, that Don. W.
D. Kelley, the orator of the day, was the first
person in the city of Philadelphia to ,publioly an
nounce the laying of the telegraph cable. The
intelligence reached this Qtly about noon, and the
Court of Quarter Sessions; then trying the cele
brated "Kirkpatrick Poisoning Case," had taken
a recess of half an hour: Immediately after the
court convened, Judge Kelley in opening his re
marks to thejury, 'node a very eloquent and most
appropriate allusion to the muesli of the great
event. The effect on the audience as described to
us by a spectator was thrilling—a suppressed buzz
of applause pervaded the dense mass of spectators,
like an eleotrio shook, and it was only after re
peated oriel of "silence" by the tipstaves,lhat
quiet could be restored. This should have found a
place in our columns previously, - but we chronicle
lt as one of thereof Interesting tnoidepts ponneoted
with this event.
Everything in the way of business adventure
was resorted to by those who have ever an eye
open to the main chance. Side-shows, with the
Ohio fat boy; glass-blowing, where each patron
" received a present;" side-walk vendors of tiny
merchandise, where anything in the shape of fan.
oleo, done up in bundles, were generously disposed
of at the low price of three 'cents scales, where
you might ascertain whether your corporeal di
mensions were on the inerease - or decrease; bird
and dog fanciers, cable venders—in short, any
thing to catch' the eye of our visiting " country
cousins," and extract dimes from their phletorie
pockets—were on hand at every street-corner,
and most vigorously plied was the calling of each.
Just as the military were about entering Inde
pendence Square, at noon, the crowd which (flus
tered upon the railing caused a portion of the
Walnut-street fence to give way, and it fell over
upon a cluster of persons. As ,soon as possible,
those under It were rescued, and the injured per
sons oared for. One boy, about eight years of ago,
had both thighs and one leg broken. Ile was also
out about the head, and otherwise injured. The
young sufferer was taken to the Pennsylvania
Hospital. Another boy was badly out about the
head, and a female had a foot crushed. The fol
lowing are the particulars :
Chas. McCurdy, aged 16, had his left ankle
sprained. Taken to the hospital.
Thomas Nash, aged 16, had his foot slightly in
jured. Taken to the hospital.
Henry Frits bad his thigh fractured, One leg
broken, and spine injured. Taken to the hospital.
Charles Malyard had a foot slightly injured.
Taken to the hospital.
Catharine MeDwain, residing at No. 610 Twelfth
street, bad the bridge of her nose cut, ankle
sprained, and one foot crushed. At the time the
railing fell she had a little babe in her arms, and
two small children at her side, but. fortunately
neither was injured. She was conveyed to her
residents by Officer Thornton.
Mr. Daniel H. Brown, a well-known resident of
Kensington, came very near being relieved of a
valuable gold watch while trying to enter the
southern gate of Independence Square. The dex
terous thief managed to got the chain loose, but
Mr. B. having taken the precaution to put a pin in
the welt of his vest pocket, saved his watch.
The Philadelphia Grays, accompanied by the
Pennsylvania Cornet, Band, after leaving the
Square, proceeded to the Arcade Hotel, where a
splendid collation had been provided, and of which
they were invited tOpartalle by Mr. J. D. Brown,
the proprietor. After the collation the health of
Mr. Brown was 'proposed by a member of the
Grays, to which be made a very appropriate and
eloquent reply, paying a high tribute to the sol
dierly bearing of 'the company, and his apprecia
tion of Abele individual character. To this Lieut..
Otto, commanding, made a brief acknowledgment;
after which a most delightful serenade was given
by the band in the room below the Hotel;
The display in Germantown, was much better
than was expected, considering the large cumber
of people who came into the city. Flags were die
played from numerous buildings. The church
bells and those on the various engine houses were
rung at She tins apriuted.
THE CELEBRATION AT JAYNE'S HALL .
IMPOSING DECORATIONS.
ePinscusS OF REVERENDS SUNDERLAND, NORBERT,
L EVEURN,'DOORDMITERVIDOATLOR, JENKINS
ADD oirecrbioth — Pllkinia4T4PlY, DR. 8°3"3"-
GER—REWARDS OF TlllR4Rdilit
." rArf, KR. GEO. sl
STUART,_
„,„
9:4lltloniMetnent beelerttade that The
WunfrOllen'itiOtirietiatd,'„.Assoointilps would eels
hifyte
r h e i t e e t `tli es eg a i y at leventfor o:ie . -observance of
wiiseet itpart*.',Ann manner suit.
'able to the •great obliii3tEnNtrieli` o rganization, at
JaYne'sjialiVerowds irere , ireen flocking in as
early infikine o'clock in the morning.
The decoretions of the Hall formed in themselves
an imposing-spectacle. Suspended from the lofty
-galleries in the rear of the stage were fifty-four
flags, and nearly as man y more were 'crossed on
either side of the room. The,twenty-saved
twat mottoes used on
-the Fourth of
-"July were
again - hroligliViiite'
with a few slight exceptions.
The central motto In the rear of the stage Was
as follows
" Ifs Taw-Nairn thr.Gun , Goro Y.,
" WE WILL SET UP OUR BARNERs."
The Stage in front Wei iitifilePed in the American'
flag• and from the speaker's desk was suspended
a piece of the immortal cable,' some' five feet in
length. !no-large galleriei at the Ohestnat r street
end of the roof were `festoons of
evergreen: - ' ' '
Long before the hour for commencing had at ,
rimed the lower part of the house wad crowded to,
overflowing, the east side of the room being osont
pled almost, exclusively by ladies.
Immediately in frodt 'of the hall was Suspended
an immense flag, extending nearly across, the'
street, and reaching from the top of the hall, to
within fifteen 'feet of 'the 'pattiment. - 'Upon its
upper margin was printed, in large letters, the
name of the Young Men's Christian .Asseciatiol4
When the exercises commenced the platform
was filled to its utmost capita ity, mainly by clergy-
Men of the different denominations.
When the hour of half-past 10 had fully arrived,
' the Chair Mari, Georgell. Stuart,TEq., opened the
way for the proceedings in a neat speech, in which
he said the Lord lied wrought great thingi in the
waters. No more than two months ago there were
few who bad faith.euough to believe that to-day
_WO should be within, speaking,distaree ofonr friends
on ; the other side of the 'Atlantic. He spoke also'
of the hopelessness, almost amounting to despair,
which Marked the last effort to'oenatimmate thin
great achievement. The vesaele had 'seen suffered
to depart from either shore on their doubtful mis
sion without the firing of a 'gun. - It'Wes proper.
therefore, in view of the- unoicessful termination of
this final effort, that an occasion like that which
had then called them together should be devoutly
commemorated- and, as the opening of the devo
tional part of - the exercises, he thought it was ap
propriate that the congregation should-rise.and
sing from the 34th hymn of the Union Collection,
commencing— '
From all that dwell below the skies ,
Let the Creator's praise arise;
Let the Redeemer's praise be snag
_ Through every land, by every tongue."
.After_the singing orthis hymn the'l4sth Psalm
was read by the Rev. Dr. Edwards, at the close of
which the Thronenf Grace was addresied in a fer
vent and eloquent prayer by the Rev. Dr. Rom
berger. The following passages of the prayer oc
cur to us :
i• 0 Lord. our God! we would extol Thee as the
Almighty King and Eternal Ruler of the universe
Thou art very greet, and greatly to be pralsed.and thy
greatness is nnsearchable. One generation shall pro
claim thy greatness to another, and another shall de
clare thy majesty to all future generations. Oh, that
men might speak thy mighty *ate, and proclaim thy
Praises through all the earth! Helens, we entreat
Thee, in these our joyful and thanksgiving approaches
to thy throne to-day. Help unto unite our hearts in
onion with the ten times ten thousand of our fellow- -
citizens who shall thle day, in different parts of our be
loved country, join us in praising thygreat name for shy
marvellous sots among the children of men. We, thank
Thee, the intioite and triune Jehovah, for being permit
ted to live In the midst of times and In an age in which
God is working mighty things' throughout our bordbrs.
We bless Thy name. 0 God, for having suffered the con
summation of the achievement that has caused such re
joicing all over the land,, Enable us to feel and realize
that this is Thy work, and, as such, let it appear mar
vellous 10 our eyes; as such, let this last and most won
derful achievement of human skill be made subservient.
in an eminent degree, to extend the glories of Thy
kingdom to every land beneath the skies, and that
thereby all kingdoms under HOaven may speedily be.
come one united.klngdein of Thy well-beloved Sen, our
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. We thank Thee for
baying pot it into -the hetes of Thy people to honor
Thy great name in the transmission of messages from
' one continent to the other.
bless Thee that one of the drat messages ap
prised us that a people which had long held out against
Christianity has at last thrown open lie doors to the
elevating influences of Christianity aid civilization";
yes, that even China is to-day willing to receive re
demption through the meesentere of God's everlasting
Gospel: 'And we beseech Thee, thitlfrom henceforth
all the motives or men may be for the extenalon of
Thy kingdom in the .earth, and riot: forAhair own per
sonal aggrandizement, and that professing' Christians
may this day dedicate themselves anew Into Thy hinds,
to be used according to the good pleasure of Thy most
holy will; and to Thee, who givest success to every good
and glorioneenterprise, be the - prates and the,everlast-,
ing glory. Amen "
At the conclusion of the prayer by Dr. Bomber
ger, Mr. George H. Stuart introduced 44 theindi
ewe the Rev. Dr. Sunderland, of Washington
oily, D. O.
Being the first speaker ; the short-time rule was
waived in his favor, and accordingly,-for some fif
teen minutes he poured forth a stream of eloquence'
whioh, seemed to thrill every heart present and
impart an enthusiasm to the audience almost in
suppressible, Dr. Sunderland was :received -with
applause.
Addressing the ohairman, he said : There were
times he felt it impossible to find wordsadeqnately
to express the thoughts that bear away the mind.
Snob was his situation then. , He felt'-himself
called upon to say, in'commen with all - hie breth
ren, that the overeating Jehovah_ was
_moving
iimong.the xamiliee Of earth iri a_most - unusual;
'manner, and that no time in the past - history of
halals progress had foreshadoweisnoh important"
indications of the speedy reign of the Son of God.
- We had now attained a point in the history of
time, like yonder Aloe now being exhibited for the
- benefit of the Yeung Men's Ohristian .damoiation,
when,in the fulness of time acrowningwork was be
ing accomplished in a single day, as Were; to give,
glory- to the plodding progress of ages. •- The horn
scope of ;cycles, written in past centuries, was now
- produoing in majestic reality the combination of
powers in heaven and in earth for the restoration of
the human race: The coursers of God's providende
were plying with a more overwhelming majesty
through land and sea. Already we could antici
pate the coming glories of the great cavalcade of
Christ, foreshadowed in' what was transpiring'
around us, and we could appropriately exelaim
with the prophet to-day-"My father! my father !•
the chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof!"
The laying of the Atlantic Cable was an achieve
ment of God, We were not at liberty to discourse
upon it as the offspring bf''than's ingenuity and
labor; although these had greatly combined to
facilitate the work. We had proof that it 'derived
its oilstone° from higher power, from manifold
sources. Nor bad it been accomplished for the
,more aggrandizement of the nations of the earth;
bat rather that it might promote the cause of the
Redeemer—to make this sentiment resound around
the world, " Glory to God in the highest. and on
earth peace,'good will toward men. " Thtial in
God's own t ime, He had found a tongue, to give
this proclamation utterance, and a voice to sound
it forth. When Qini, in past centuries, bad
seen fit to reveal this Western buttress to
the Eastern world, He , had found his man
to discover It in a' Christopher Columbus. So,
in fullness of time, he had found a Franklin,
and a Galvani to penetrate the domain of else
trinity ; and when the depths of the ocean were to
be brought into view, to ascertain the prictioa
bility of uniting two worlds, He called and found
his men , in our Limit. Maury and his associates; 1
and no sooner had He needed a discoverer for the
proper protection of the wire for such a work, than
a Whitehouse and a Morse responded to his call ;
and,when He wanted to shoot this fibre from shore
to shore He called for hie man. and Cyrus W. Field
responded to his bidding. [Loud and continued
applause.)
And next we hear, trembling from the great
diapason of the fathomless deep, the glorious ti
dings of two continents united. But he felt that
he must not take up more time. He thanked the
audience for the kind manner in which they had
received& stranger in their midst. -He would, in.
conolusion, merely refer towbathad already Sash
ed across the mighty deep... Blessed news! China,
we were told, had thrown 'open her gates for the
ingress Of the Gospel of God's Son, and in answer
to that had gone back tho tidings that God was in
his majesty exerting his saving power among the
millions of the great American Republic ; there- '1
fore should we lot hosannas rise and our praises
ascend to Him who is enthroned in the heavens,
and let all the people say "Amen."
At the close of the address, the Chairman said
that, in -the absence of the late brother Tyng, be
would now Introduce to the audience the Rev.
Mr. Carden, of the Episcopal Chttroh, who would
address them. .
Mr Carden, laboring under physical indisposi
tion, came forward, and said that he rejoiced from
his inmost soul to meet his American brethren on
thin occasion; but as there were various reasons
why he should deny himself the pleasure Of speak
ing, he begged to introduce in his stead a brother,
whom be had long known, a native of Germany,
educated in England, and now a citizen of Quebec,—
the Rev: Isidore Mornbert,
Mr. Mombert, in appearing upon the platform,
said he felt that all the victories widish mind had
achieved were fit subjects to call forth our most
sincere praise and thanksgiving to the Almighty.
This last 'great wonder, he believed, had been
mainly achieved bytwo American hems. He be
lieved the laying of the Atlantic Cable had in
many respects ushered in a new era. It was, in
deed, not improbable that the time was not far
distant when in the most literal sense the tele.
graph shall girdle the world ; and wilt could
fathom the consequences of so vast an aohieve 7
ment ! He spoke in the warmest terms of eulogy
of the sentiment embodied in the message of the
President of the United States to the Queen of
England.
By this time all the aisles were literally jammed
with standing spectators of both sexes.
-
At the conolus on of Mr. Mombert'e remarks
the congregation sang two verses of the hymn re
cently written by Dr. Thos. H. Stockton, and
dedicated to -the Young Men's ChristintrAatiociaL
Gen, entitled "Glory to God.'' Tho whole of
this beautiful hymn has already been publiehed
in our columns. The music to which it .has been
set, and to which it was sung yesterday, was com
posed by Mr. John Bower
The next speaker introduced was - the Rev. Dr.
Leyburn, who was else greeted with marked ap
planes at hie appearing, and' repeatedly inter ,
rupted as he p roceeded.' '
He, too , felt•it to be impossible to find words to
express' the emotions that swelled within his ;
bosom. They had met - together, not as the repro,.
sentatives of .any ape section of this great conk
deraey,,bittiiither. to unite fraternally with our
brethren all over the land, to express-our filial
affection for our mother beyond the sea, and our
religioni fealty to our God beyond the. sky. When
he saw the grandest achievements of salience made
subservient to the interests of ,religion, he saw in
the future the coming of that day when nations
shall not learn war any more—when
"Haden lances into scythes shall hew!,
And the broad fal (+llion in a plowshare end."
He believed there were some few among the
prominent disooverers in the domain of science
who sooffed at religion, yet we could not be blind
to the feet that in the main the gifted sena of ge
nius in the world of soienoe were men of religious
principles. The event they had then assembled to
celebrate was full of significance upon this point.
He was reminded to-day that just about ono
hundred years ago there was wandering about the
open fields in the vicinity of the then' little toys
ofPhiladelphia amen whom many regarded as a
fanatical theorist.. Even the boys,
on seeing this
man wandering about, and flying his kite at the
approach of a thunder-storm, congratulated them
selves on their superior wisdom In having Sense
enough to' seek a shelter from ,the approaching
storm; while this old feel was pursuing his kite
much' to the disadvantageof his reputation
fervor= Sew mashie observers.
That fool had,turned:ont.to-be , otir-immor
Franklin. [Great applanse j The_apeficer glarit
in Franklin's name ;Ai gloried in his !oeuntry2
name ;',he loved that star-spangled banner, air
had felt hie bleed-tingle with the fire of ar Petrie,
enthusiasm as he had. this morning, Mail ' • ,
gradbful folds floating' on 'the Bepteinber ..„.
It had:sent, a thrill like aileleistrienhogio 10
his body. Yes; he loved - our eountry;Miffpe in
stitutians ; but believed - in, and lost' see
established, a monarchy -in „thindistitior ours,
(hoping, that after•whatpecii r k eese d, h e -
might not be- subjeetedS _ iffOliarge of 'being
unpatriotie fori - advooAirk„ . onardlay;) yes, he
longed for the dayOniarne,Whenthe sun shell rise
upon our beloved-lei:A*sW Ilini: the-colorii:nf our
beautiful flag pele - Viefoiffrthe blood-stilliedhan
nor of the Orogen and-whensll the stars shall have -'
vanished, and instead shall gleam- with 'all the '
lustre of God's eternal glory-the certifies - Gag star of
Bethlehem:- This was the monarchy-forwhieh his
Mil longed, when. the kingdom of odr- Redeemer- •
shall extend from the rivers even to the elide of the
earth, and then-with one great ;United voice; in .--
- one grand diapason from all the quarters. of_ the_ • -. ,
globe, shohld arise oneluniverial dexelogy„tellim, -
whose advent -. was - heralded .Ifir..angelal , to the -
shepherds Of. Judea, in the:words :- -.: -1 '' . '- •
"Glory to Gand
(God in the highest, tm earth' '
peace,, good-will toward men." L'. -- -- : --- -- r • :.,
At the close of Dr. Leybarn'e address theOpilr- *
Man introduced the .Rev.--Franklin: Motita, - "who,
on Coming forward, said that when he first heard '
-the news of this wonderful triumph he was at the
He depicted in gl e aning rhetoric the :emotions
. -his.';experieneed in contemplatieg
_tide.
..inaater
event of thenineteentlicantery bythe side of,the -
roaring billows of the 'Atlantic. • :It really bad ' .
Seemed to him that < old 'Mail had caught. the
spirit and was singing out its !anthem of.9_Glory - "
to-God." - - '.: .- .• . •. • .
He was so compressed in dime that helot:inn
himself hurried' on to an outline. ' Thfievent,ln -
his judgment, was destined to Maier in new Social
era. The ocean had too, long' been:stained- with _
the blood of brothers; but now:every-billow -.wee .
but a flashing link in the chain thatbinchtlogether ' •
nations' and worlds long sundered.by the • barriers
of nature and of prejudice. - But It was also dell;'; '
fined to Taber in a new era in religion. - God had
severed the netionejnst so long ail it best subset-red
his purposes so to do; but now,thet the spirit-of ;
,Christian union-began to bilin in 'everYbosoth, the
time had arrived when the Gospel of Christ Should'
find a highway in the very air wo breathe and in
the depths of• the sea.- - -He yes - not- sahanied - to
own that he was awe -smitten at the `spectacle -
Presented in this winderfil, aebrevemOnt. - Re
felt that the undevelOguid,indleations or. Past • . ages were settling like a pail upon the assembly
before him. He could f sympathize with Franklin, -
whentirsthefoundthe fibrekofkite-etring4ltirate ' '
in answer to hie - dream of :expectetiono utd- had'
been made to exelaiin,Thatat that inialutieni he
felt as if he could havcidiedf Franklin was at the
base of the' achievement theyhed.unital to,cons, -
memorate, and - Field was at the pex. He-con
cluded with the congratulation to'our - own State ; ,
that;of.all-the States narked upon this_ agnifi-. -
cent banner of our country , the partiOnlar star of
' Pennsylvania might ever maintain in the future, .
'as she had done in the past, en eniinentlylonora
hie and meritorious 'Position. ''- .' ' :
At this'poine another. verse Of the hym already „;
referred to, "XlleryteGod,", was sung by the con p
gregation.
The next. speaker was the Rev.-Mr.• Wilbert.' - .
'k He eminenced by saying that, he - had `-been
thinking ef 'the ashes of -Franklin,-that were pro- ' ,
belly being agitated by the tramp of strangers.' '
-He was free to confess that he, felt considerably: -.L
, exeited. He, believed. moreover that his friends•
, on the platform excited:: He believedthe
audience was excited, and-he did not wonder that -
-' it 'was so, for there west sufficient cause foiaxisite-
• meat. It bad been a remark of a late- Eleateh -
metaphysician Sir William- Hamilton, that-we ,
' were tale much disposed to survey each other at a":
distance: 'We were tatightin the • Bible that God-.
. was the Omnige Rider and Governor or all things - -
. in heaven and on earth; that it wee We alone Who'
could bind the sweet Influence of the - Pleiades or
i loose the bands of Orion; and it was to - hiegiower
• and glory, therefore, that we ' Were chiefly. indebt-
' ed for all the achievements of men. - [At this -
; point several- hands' of meta passed the Hall, -
t which had the effect of Galling many of-the an& 7.
. ewe to the windows in front.] r- • , - `• '-'• '"-:
r In the present work • there - was to hit Mind a
r sign of the times. What it was, we - Might not.yet„
r be able to discern, but he believed it was the fore
, shadowing of some great movement-in the history
of oar religion: He - fervently hoped that it might'-
p be-the heralding of the time when `all Methane'
, under heaven' would be united ; - when "Holiness "--
unto the Lord" should. not oultbe written on the, _
. belle of, the 'lionise but -- on; the Ind"
when it - should indeed be ,indeliblYwriften upen
1 all the work and inter:Mums °firm, ,Befersteen- --,.
r eluding, air. Cuthbert referred in' eloquent terms
' to the manner in which the claims-of religion bad :.
been remembered arid anknowledgedby . Columbna,
by our Pilgrim fathers, -and Tautly hyOtir Captain :
, Ruben of the United States navy. - : . 2 - - 1
- Atthe close of this speech, the Chairman re:. -
minded those of the audience who were etillerowd-.
ing ttround the Windows in front, that they could ,
hear music as good as that which was now pa,ssing
,-
i every day in the week, brit it was seldom ina_lifb- -
time that they Were privileged to listen to such.
I eloquent 'discourses on the subject of the Atlantic
• Oable• (laughter,] and he hoped all pryent,might
profit by this -hint. • ' -,.. .
~ ,
The Rev.-W.-J:lk Taylor - was then introduced,
and said i We had no martial splendors to plane ,
. before the eye butler& es those, ((pointing to the
flags which decorated the hall.) :He did not won- -.
derthat all his brethren there felt as if. they were -
moving_amid-prophetic scenes- He himself. lad , -
be:en strongly reminded of the old,Pilgrint worship;
• when the captain of the vessel became:the bhap' - '
lain of his MOIL and there, on Plymouth Reek,
amid the-arches of the forest;ruiltedwith them in, -
singing praises to their greatßuleemid Pitteeter..._;_,
The fact thatrt,:twenty-Itnir pounder - had been
on one oecattioreettaahed to. the Cable Weider: to'
sink- it at a time when
was
feared; argaticidene
from its not sinking, was one of several significant: -
if not prophetic incidents connected with
_the his. ~..'
tory of that wonderful work. r„
• „The symbol. which the -speaker. saw. In this, as..,
typifying the burying of the weapons of war be
- neath the wave of Memo, seemed to be happily
, aepreelated,by his hearers, and elicited no small - ..,
share of apPlause." There were, be said;butnne or
r two nrofessera of science in this country who were .
not Christians, and his prayer was that soon there
' might be none. ' The speaker's speculations as to
the wonders which would hereafter be realised in .
: conneetion.with the Atlantic Telegraph enterprise
were exceedingly felioltous, and we' are - only ' -
sorry that the want of semi, and a press of other ,
- duties on this bavv, bust/day, forbid a more ex
tensive synepsis of them, as well as of the speeches '
yet
htoe follow. ,
T speeches were here interrupted by the sing
ing Of the following verse from the 143 d Psalm : -
• " The TordotHeaven confess,
- ' .-, On high his glory mine;
Him let all angels bless— '
Him all his armies praise."
.
The Rev. - Wm. Jenkins was presented to the
audience as the next speaker. He opened thus : .
England and America--oan r _ [To ;which an
audible "Amen" was ejaculated' all -- over the
room.] One in blood, one in language,
,one In
,historical anteeedenta, one iklfienary fame, one in '._
legal institutions, -one in civil freedom, one in
religion ! England and America—oak!' God bless
' 'the Union, and what God has joined together let -
no man put asunder. [Loud end rapturous:4i- -
plause.]
-
It was because they were due one,
and not for ,
any other reason, he presumed, he had been in
vited thtrs upon that occasion.- He was sore he
had not been invited there to speak because he -
was a Presbyterian, - for -the - Presbyterians' had -
boon well, very well represented already; but the.
reason whyhe hod been invited to take a part wag --
Weedy to his mind because he was a regular out- -
and=out John Bull. [Laughter and applause.] At - -,"'
this point. the Chairman,Mr. Stuart, taking ad
vantage of the merry mood of the audience, rose
and stated to Mr. Jenkins, that he would take the .
liberty of informing the audience that they
would have an opportunity offered them in the
evening of seeing a far better specimen
of John Bull on the transparency, which world be
exhibited in front of the rooms of the Young Mere!,
Christian Amoiation, on Chestnut street, above
- Tenth, and at the same time advised all present to
go early if they wished to get a look at it, or they
would not be able to get within a mile of it, on sic
' count of the crowd. This little episode concluded,
' mush to the amusement of the audience, Mr.
Jenkins resumed his remarks by partly suggesting,
, that the John Bull, promised to be exhibited by '
their friend Stuart, might be a better specimen as •
far as the physique was concerned, but the great
different), In his own favor was that he had a
genuine John Bali heart in him, and he defied Mr.
Stuart or his artist to exhibit to them that part of
John Bull on canvas. [Loud laughter all over the -
room.)
The speaker continued: What mean these .
adornings—these signs of joy to-day? Had not
this triumph been already celebrated? Yes, he
saw it celebrated some days ago, as in hie thoughts
he traversed the depths of the' Atlantic. As be
there, in imagination, eat at the depths below; he'
saw moving 'before him, in chariots of fire, a
glorious procession. In that imposing line he saw
marshalled the armies of Great Britain and
France, and on their banners bearing the insarip•
Lion, ', Peace with China." Following these be
saw moving before his vision the representatives
of commerce, bearing aloft the intelligence,
" China is open to trade." Next came along a
small band of diplomatiste, bearing upon a united
banner, " China has become the free brother of
nations to exchange national amenities."' Next
appeared before him in this imposing train a
noble host,' bearing the banner of Christ's mes
sengers from England and'America, proclaiming
in their onward march, " China,
with her four
hundred and flftymillione, is opento the Gospel,"
And as this vision passed before him, he was
reminded of the words "As the lightning comet,
out of the East and shineth even unto the West,
so shall the coming of the Son of Man be."
„He now desired to 'stand before his bearers as a
prophet. As he looked forward, and anticipated
message after massage, he saw in the future ens
intended _for himself, informing him that his
tainted mother had been summoned home to her
Saviour in heaven. His mother was still living
In England, and, from last remounts, she was nigh
to the portals of her better home above.
With this part of Mr. Jenkins's remarks the
audience were evidently much affected. In future
generations, too, the messenger would come from
abroad proclaiming that the armies of England
and France had forgotten their mutual fends of
past ages, and virtually beaten " their swords
into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning
hooks." At this point the speaker halted a mo
ri3entz and then concluded his capital and most
1 effective speech, by asking, in a significant tone,
this qua stion :
WIIERR 78 FRANKLIN'S GRAPE?
The effect of this closing Interrogatory can better
I be imagined than described.-
, At this point a letter was received from Mr.
• President Allen; apologising for his absence,
I having been one of the invited speakers.
I Following this letter, the Chairman read also a
I stelegram, received about an hour before, from the
Young Men's Christian Association of Cincinnati :
CINCINNATI. September 1.
George H. Stuart, Pres't Y. X. C. A. of Phila., ,
delphia, at Jayne's Hall.
Tho Young Men's Christian Association of Cin:
cinnati send. Christian greetings. May this new --
triumph of the, genius of man be made subservient
to the extension of the Reedeemer's Empire, till
the kingdoms of this world shall become the king
doms of our Lord and bier Christ.' - -
H. Tmlarz Altman,
- Pres't Y. AL Christian Association. •
.. After this despatch had been read, the following -
message, prepared by our Association here, to be
transmitted over the electric cable to the nssocia.
tions of London and Europe, was also read by the
Chairman :
•‘• Brethren of London and Europe : The floods
are lifting up their voice, and through their deep, ,
pathway we send our fraternal 'greetings.
" Their line is lime out.'' through all the earth,' -
1 and , thelr woTdi "to the end of the world, The
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