Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-09-09
The Celebration in NOW YORK:

The following dispatches were read at the great
cable celebration in New York:
PROM THE MAYOR OF NASHVILLE.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Sept. I, 1858.
CYRUS W. FIELD
The people of Nashville congratulate you and all
those concerned upon the successful operation Of
the Atlantic telegraph. 1t is wonderful step for
ward in the path OF human progress. May the
electric girdle be extended around the world.
JOHN CoLTART, Mayor pro TEN.
FROM THE MAYOR OF MEMPHIS.
CYRUS W. FIELD
Sir-Memphis midway between the Canada lakes
and the Mexican gulf on the one side and the Allan
tic and Pacific oceans on the other; at the head of
perpetual navigation on the Erandest artery OF
commerce in the world, the Mississippi river with
lines of railway pouring into lap the products Of
every latitude of every cime-her destiny acquires
a new interest as she feels the throb of the Euro
pean heart through the pulse Of the ocean.
r. D. BAUaH, Mayor.
The following is the close of the address delivered
in the Crystal Palace, New York, the day Of the
celebration by DAVID DUDLEY FIELD, brother Of
CYRus W. FIELD:
On the 18th of July the squadron departed from
/ Queenstown for the third time "A they passed
/ Cape Clear into the Western Ocean they parted
company but such is the accuracy OF modern nayi-
( CATION that though there was no earthly map or
/ mark to guide them, yet steering by the compass
/ and the marks in the Heavens, after the other
all arrived at the appointed rendezvous in mid
! ocean.
On the 29th of July the two great ships toOktbeir
/ places a short distance from each other. strong
hawser fastened them together. The end Of the
cable which the Niagara bore was carried to the
! Agamemnon and there spliced to the end Of hers
it was then lowered into the sea- and the ships NOV
| ed each towards its country, at fret creeping
slowly till the cable had sunk far down, and then
! faster to a speed of Eve or six miles an hour
/ Lot ms oil afOra ApamemnOn
her homeward track. She suffered severe weather
/ and more than the cable was in extreme peril
Once, in order to remove defect in the coil, 1t was
! necessary to stop the ship, the most dangerous
thing Of all, for the experience of the two former
trials had shown that the Unsuitable will neither
give back what it has received now allow the supply
/ to cease. But good Providence watched over the
ship, and on the 9Th Of August she came safely TO
/ land.
/ Let us now return to our own Niagara aud her
! faithful attendant The Gorgon, herself ship Of
! l 100 TONS though but a boat by the side Of the
Niagara, led the way because the compasses Of the
latter we're affected by the cable and the great ship
! followed close behind. NsVer was navigator more
viqilant and more successful than Capt Dayman
! His observations went by day and by night; as
! one heavenly body went down and another arose
his instruments directed to the rising luminary,
/ and he never swerved from the shortest line along
the great arc of the circle to the head of Trinity Bay
! The Niagara steered by the GOrgon. Her machinery
worked with the utmost regularity, never stopping
for an instant and her officers and were as ex-
| act as the machinery. Silence as far as possible
was enforced and such light was kept that at night
/ she appeared to the GorgOn to be illuminated Who
4 can tell what anxious suspense there was in that
! ship as each hour, each day passed on, increasing
the chances of success, Strengthening the hopeful,
restoring the despondent-What sleepless eyes what
beating hearts we're there? As the great ships went
on, from the moment when they disappeared from
/ each other below the horizon, messages were
stantly interchanged-ship answered to ship as the
hours bore them farther apart and nearer their des
tination. l scarcely know dialogue affecting
/ than that which was held between The Niagara and
/ ARsmemnon on this last voyage. At length, on the
morning of the 4th Of August, under bright sky
as ever smiled on great achievement, the head
lands of Trinity Bay rose above the directly be-
/ fore them. There came to meet them and be their
pilot into their desired haven another English ship
the POrcupine-Whose captain, Otter, had SO
carefully surveyed and 80 closely watched, that he
had not only found all the channels but had stationed
boats to mark the narroWest and that the ships
might be far off, had sent sailors into island
/ of the bay, on which was a high and wooded hill,
ordering them to watch day and night and as soon
/ as the feet hove in sight, TO set the wood on fire
/ The FIRE was kindled, and the burning hill was at
once bonfire and signal for the victorious ships The
bay was so deep that the head Of it reached
/ till after midnight. There, at five O'Clock of the
morning of the 9th of August the end of that mys-
| FERROUS wire taken ashore; and soon it was
secured in its appointed station the brave sailor and
| humble Christian who commanded the Niagara, in
the open air, in the early daylight, while all the
gentlemen and seamen bowed their heads reverently,
] gave thanks to the Almighty for the good voyage
/ ended.
AND THUS WAS THE ATLANTIC CABLE LAID.
! Loud and continued applause.