The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-25

Not only are eli these vessels now crossing
the waves of the Atlantic, but down In the
depths of its bosom lies highway over which
thought may travel from hemisphere to hemis-
phere almost as quick as the brain of man can
conceive it
How little Is thought now of the almost daily
arrival Of steamships in our harbors!-and how
Insignificant appears the once gigantic scheme
of joining Lake Erie to the ocean. Such is the
progress o. the age In which we live, and It Is
little wonder that people fall down and wor.
chip It.
The other enterprise which received an I'm
posing celebration in this city was the intro
duction of Croton water, on the l4th of October
1912. That event, the harbinger Of comfort
and cleanliness and public health, was cele
brated by an immense procession composed OF
over $1,000 people, and general Illumination
of the city, which was witnessed by half mil
lion. The procession, military and civic, formed
at the Battery, at nine O'Clock in the morning,
under command of General Gilbert Hopkins,
and having paraded the streets, entered the
(now, alas. dry threw up their jets of pure
Croton water, thus announcing its presence In
the plainest way. The guests from abroad were
received in the City Hall, and here addresses
were delivered by Samuel Stevens, President Of
the Water Commissioners, and John l.. Law
renee, President of the Croton Aqueduct Board,
and an ode written for the occasion was sung
by the New York Sacred Music Society. Alto
gether, the celebration was a superb one. and
worthy that important epoch In the his
tory Of the city Of New York. And now
we are approaching the celebration of
an event the magnitude Of which overshadov va
all the others-an event not local In its charac.
ter or results-net merely national, bat uni
versal n lite promised advantages to the whole
globe. While America and Great Britain may
In an especial manner rejoice at the success of
an enterprise which has stirred the hearts of
both nations to their centres every portion of
Europe, and even Africa and Asia will be
affected by 1t. Therefore, II Is eminently proper
that the jubilee should be an international and
q Simultaneous one.
We have no doubt that the celebration in this
city will be the most splendid spectacle ever
witnessed here. II Is contemplated TO have
brilliant illumination Of all the public build.
ings and q magnificent display Of fireworks
never squalled- Arrangements are progressing
for grand procession, embracing oil the mill.
tary and civic bodies In the city Invitations
have been sent TO Admiral Sir Houston Stewart.
of the British flag ship Indus, and Captain Day
man, Of the Gorgon, to be present. and should
their vessels arrive here they will be greeted by
a salvo Of hundred guns from the Battery,
and national salute from the forts in the har-
Dor. At night the 6remen will celebrate the
triumph by . torchlight procession. II Is
expected that q despatch will be received
from London, announcing that every city and
town in Great Britain and Ireland will unite
with us on the fret Of next month In a glorious
international jubilee at the success of the
electric communication between the two ma
tons In any event, we may be sure that New
York will do her part superbly.