New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-21


5erfpl growth and unparalleled prosperity OF the
CITY. was the completion Of the Enc Canal In
1925.
FIGHT wears before this work was commenced,
and on The +th November, 1875. the hptiila OF
cana boats which left Buffalo on the 10Th OF me
breeding month reached the Cdy' anu, escorted
Nv shirs of war. by steamboats,, aud pilot boats,
80 ali manner OF water craft. dressed IA all the
v.r,,ti,s Of national flags and lancy c"loTs, ana
s,Irt,d hv TWO British sO1ps OF war then lying
N our waters, and as galiy decoTa Ell Tor TIE &c,
casi,n IS any Of our own Yes>eiS-pIpcee leu
10 Sandy HOOK where the Gcvenof. De II"
Clinton poured into the bnny water OF me h-taH'
tic some OF the bright fresh water oi axe Ere
brought for the purpose ID loAeh o' -
sails then and there celebrated OF our MeuHe'ls'
mean with the great sea-a bucai more slsilu'
cant ana of more far-reachIug influences IMAM
The historic marriage Of the DOge OF Nemce Win
the AdTlauc.
To DIR. MltcheH-renowned for much and Va
rous learning and rare simplicity OF cntIsc'et-
was assigned the duty OF mingilng WIN lhe mar
ried w,ters OF the Atlantic and The laAes-troh
hotties he had collected for the occasion-water
from the Gauges and from the Indus IN Asa,
the Nile andthe Cambria N Africa, the names,
the Seine the Rhine ane the Danube OF Europe
the Mississippi and Columbia OF North Amenca'
and the OrlnOco the River Plate and me Amazon
Of South America, III token Of the fellowship
of our country and all the nations whose .ands
so many rivers ferilllze. "lprouoance, Sald
he enthusiastic Doctor, as he concluded the
CEREMONY pronounce the connection oits-
seG-for perpetual and mcaculaole VIII be US
benefits" He is long since gathered 20 MS tath-
ers. as are most OF the promnent persons I'D
thatremaIkab.e DAYS ceremonial but the blessing
he invoked and pronounced has been iFuhd'
beyond his utmost hopes, or the scope OF the
most sancuine vision OF the most sanguIne man
who stood amid the rejoicing thousands and
tens of thousands who welcomed that hrst No.
tilla from the Canal
By the espousals Of that day. the Doctor well
and poiftedly said, the clrcumhuent Ocean
was yerubLgani-cd and so IN fact it's, Tor none
now viii venture 20 claim dominion over II, OF
assert on IT, or as 20 H. any rights Inconsistent
with that equality among nations which, IKE
equality before the law among individuals, Is
ore OF the chief essentials OF repuohcansm.
TIN NEN OF THAT DAY.
DIAL the principal personaees who took part
I'm the pagcant. how lew, how very 'rN, survive
Governor Clinton. 10 whom more than 20 any
single man, more than 20 all other men, She suc
cess oi thC enterprise OF the Canal ls due, IS
among the dCad-lt ShamCs me rs n New.
Yorker 10 add. among the Will not say forgot
ten. but the pur04memoraffd dead lie who ply
bis perseverance, against obstacles OF every ma
ture physical, financial and hctiouS steadily
kept his way onward, and eventually accom-
p.lshed the great enterprise. has no monument
IRON the Cry of which his laDors more than
doubled the population and the wealth, even be-
fore he himself had tasted OF death, and which,
rs time rolls on, add Annually r0i o. units nor
By tens Of thousands. but by millions 70 rs
wealth The Canal, Of whlchthc IN Nov 1913,
witnessed the complexion made us first payment
into the state Treasury IN the year 1921, small
portion only OF me work, being then IN use, and
This first payment was $4,000. II pays THIS
wear INTO the Treasury more than three millions
and q balf ~ dollars Thirty years have
elapsed between the hrst payment and the last,
aud the aggregate poured into the state Treas
ury during those thirty years. exceeds f0rtySlr
millions # dollars. And yet again ! repeat,
neither the State nor the City of Nev-York has
erected a monument 10 their greatest Deneiac-
tor. De " 1T Clinton.
The celebration of that Canal jubilee was
probably the most elaborate and most imposing
public ceremony ever witnessed in this CITY
know that II is common 60 speak OF each cele-
hraiion IN turn as the finest, but | who have
Witnessed a great many fine pageants here and
elsewhere. have never seen one which, IN all
lbs effects and moral considerations, and actual
display on land and on water, equlod the Ca
ual jubilee OF November (, 1875.
Il Is sad to think now few, now very lew OF
the prominent peTsoDageS on that occasion now
survive. He, the chief figure, De WIT Clinton,
stephen Van Rensselaer,, President Of the Canal
Board Cad. -. Golden, the HstOuOgrdpher OF
the Canals VIM. l.. Stone, who, under the d.
rcction Of the corporate authorities, compiled
memoir OF the celebration Rich'd Riker, the Re
| cOTder Dr. ). l.. Mitchell. the amlable, learned
and eccentric philosopher the Aldermen com
posing the Committee of Reception. Messrs
| Henry NyckOn, ". 4. Davis, Philip Hone and
Elisha ". King Nm. BaJart, Chairman OF the
Merchants Committee; the General Command
ing the Artillery; General Jacob Morton, of most
pleasant memory for lis many kindnesses and
! virtues, and another General Of rare qualities
and dIscemmont, whom n was my good fortune
TO know well, and serve with, during The war Of
lSl2--Jonas Mapes long an hoHored member
OF tins Society Commodore Caauncey, then IN
command OF the Navy ard, and VINO entered
most heartily into the celebration; the then Pre-
sldont OF the United States, who was invited
tut was unable 10 be present, J q. Adams-ail,
all have passed IRON the scene There were then
living, too, three vi the Slgrera OF the Declara-
ton of independence. Charles Carroll, of Carol.
ton, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, TO each
OF whom, as well as b each OF the surviving eI-
Presidents, Madison and Monroe, gold medals,
struck IN cCmmem00tlOn Of the event were pre-
scented by vote u the Corporation. Rufus King
and other men oil the Revolution and of the early
days Of the COns'tutlOn-wcre also then living,
but all have long since paid the debt ofnature all,
however were enabled, a. their ewes closed for
the asttlme upon the country they had loved and
served, o rejoice IN the grateful conviction thar
,hey al not toiled nor suffered, nor strug gled IN
VAIN, and that they eft behind them country and
Institutions aooundlng M prosperity and blessings
beyond augAt that ever before had fallen 70
the lot o. man, and 10 men capable By their en-
terprlse, foresight, courage, virtue and lnlelil-
geuce, 10 preserve and protect those institutions
IL is a curious fact IN connection with this
celebration In Newly ork, that me intelligence o,
l ~ .f fHl Ri
morning Of the 10Th October, was communicated
20 this City by discharges Of cannon, stationed
alongthe whole line, IN oEs hou and trenty min.
wst' That, 10 this day Of electric telegfaphs.
seems almost an age but al that day Il was IN
surpassed velocity Of communication The an.
swer was returned IN Ike manner and IN like
time, so that N less than three hours Buffalo
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