Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-09-03


sistant Surgeon Burt, who was sentenced to be
dismissed from the service.
EXPECTED BACK.-Attorncy General BLACK
is expected to return to the city from his visit
to Somerset county, Pa, to-day.
The Cable Celebration In New York.
We condense the following description Of the
cable celebration in New York, on "Wednesday,
from the different New York papers
Shortly after two o'clock the military and civic
procession started from the Battery, and marched
up the gaily decorated street. This procession
was very good, so far as the military were con-
cerned, and creditable in its civic display, al
though not so strong In this point az had been
expected. number of trades were represented
such as printers, telegraph operators ink makers,
tuiers, the express business, butchers, milkmen,
sailors and others
First, there was a detac hme mt Of sixty police.
men, walking two abreast. Then came troop
OF Cavalry as an escort to the Grand Marshal,
bngadler General ates. The military display
was one OF the most imposing ever Witnessed in
the city. The LIST, 3D. 3d. eth, 5th, 9Th, 9TH, 9Th,
| 10th, 18th. 18th, 55th, Goth and fist Regiments
were out in full force, and conducted themselves
| finely The Germans also turned out magnif-
centiY, occupying nearly mile of the procession
ana carrying the rich satin banners Of their re-
| spective societies and choruses. The '76 Com
| pany, and the Veterans of 1912, escorted by the
Continentals, were greeted everywhere with cor
dial cheers
| The trades, after all, were the most attractive
feature Of the procession, to the sight seers in
quest Of novelty The United States Express
company led the way with huge wagon, drawn
| by SIX splendid horses, decorated with red and
white plumes, followed by another wagon drawn
| by four horses. Adams Express drove their
horses tandem Colgate 4 Co IS Express turn
| ed out quite respectfully. Then came Adams,
Express again, with huge section of the cable
colled almost to point, and thirty feet high at
| that, magnifcently decorated with ribbons; the
car, drawn by ten horses, being handsomely
adorned with the flags of England and America
Inc crew OF the Niagara followed, and were
| heartily, thunderously cheered during the whole
procession. The American Telegraph Company
were drawn by twelve horses. in another Of Adj
| ans Express wagons. An immense wagon,
magnhcently decorated, belonging to the st Da.
vld's Society, contained ten minstfels, playing
a model OF the paying out machinery Of the ca
bic, while the English and American flags COW
vered the entire vehicle in profusion.
The Scotch followed, with unique emblem
Royal Crown, composed Of flowers, surmount,
ed by cap Of Liberty, also composed of flowers
on a pole sixteen feet high, bearing the motto
we are brethren" Six bag -pipefs were in at
Next came the Mercantile Section of Cadets of
temperance, from Brooklyn. Then the New
fork Typographical Society, in huge wagon,
asswh oY e'gnt horses, with printing press 100
The Randall's Island Boys followed marching
admirably, and eliciting shouts of applause
sewing machines were next in order. First
came Wheeler Il Wilson's, on a wagon drawn
by SIX horses, forming handsome room CARPET
eo with BRUSSELS, with white canopy and pink
sndes, Gun eagle surmounting the whole. Girls
were al work at the sewing machines Cum
inlngs d Canfeid, piano-foIte manufacturers
had nine workmen operating on their instrri-
ihents, IN carriage drawn by six horses. Gil
pert Co also made similar display.
Bartholf Is sewing machine was ex hibited on
vehlcle drawn by twelve horses, and bearing the
Inscription, Triumph of Science-Song Of the
Shlrt.. young girl sat sewing merrily with
thread and needle in the old way, telling mutely
but Enthusiastically, the tale of the " Sony of the
shirt Behind her We're hearty damsels, mer-
my working away at the sewing mac hine while
children in white frocks, and wreaths of flowers
| adjoining Their heads, scattered bills among the
Models of steam engines followed. Then a
delegation Of butchers on horseback nearly zoo
A huge stuffed OK, labeled, "Ox Washington,
and said when living, to have weighed 3,2Oi
notable feature Afterwards followed a Den of
sheeP, on a wagon. drawn by six horses, with
this inscription, 90 The fields Of Agriculture nav
homage to the Field of scienceD - =.
beautiful object in the procession was a min.
iatnre country market, containing living sheep
pigs, ponies, and an enormous dog to guard them
the corners OF the vehicle on which they were
carried being decorated with huge shocks Of
corn.
Hecker Sons, of the Croton Flour Mills had
eleven cars in the procession, representing the
n.
bag going to the grist- mill, as in the olden time
Then came detachment of miIkmen, with cars
filled with /" Pure Milkn
The New York Moulding and Planning Com
Pdny MAD vehicle, and a model of their ma
chine,
Various lager beer wagons followed, with TO-
Calculus -
"A patent life boat, from Larchar' 6 utta Percba
Establishment, highly decorated with flags of
an az NATIONS was drawn on one Of the National
Belloni, Farrar Co : coal wagon laden with
American camel coal, was drawn by Is horses
hdrnessed In line.
MIR. Herring, the inventor and proprietor Of the
Patent Safe, made very fine show in the process.
sion The finest specimens of his manufacture
most ornately adorned, were ex bited on hand
some vehicle, beautifully ornamented, drawn by
four fine horses. -
curious feature was huge wagon belongings
TO Fairbanks Scales and Mensely's Bells Com
Panv: a hnge bell was kept ringing by two men,
who worked at II with will.
But these were only portion of the features of
the procession, which excelled any which has
taken place In that city since the Erie Canal Gel
ebratiOn and the CrotOn Wafer Festival eysn a.
they surpassed it. 1t was full four miles in
length, and took one hour and forty minutes to
pass, emitting stoPp1ges. The military in the
line numbered about 900 and the total in line
At the Crystal Palace, which immense ediAce
was crowded to It's utmost capacity there was
music by the New York Harmonic and other So
'"'iS' PioyS,, o'Iu appropriate presentations to
Cyrus w Field, Capt Preedy, Of the Agamem-
non, Capt Hudson, of the Niagara, Captains
Dayman, Aidham and others, and to William F.
Everett and MIR. WOodhouse. David Dudley
Field, Esq, delivered Grafton on the history
OF the Atlantic Telegraph Company, and the OBJ
servance closed with music and PRAYER During
the day Mr.. Field received, by telegraph, a CON.
gratuiatory message from London and I'm tbi,
country from Governors, Mayors and Others in
ST. Johns, N. F., St John, N. b. Halifax, Mon
teal, Hamilton, Sackville, King ston, Prescott.
Portland, Brandon, Wheeling, Baltimore, New
Orleans, Milwaukee, Madison, Louisville. Buff.
falo, Ottawa, Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, Sche-
nectady, and other places. About this time the
fireman begun to gather in the neighborhood of
the Crystal Palace for their grand torchIiybt
parade but the centre Of interest for the time
being was the Park where a very excellent ex hi
bition Of fireworks, volunteered for the occasion.
was given. Here a multitude like the sands Of
the sea had gathered-no such crowd of people
was ever seen before at any one point in the civ
The whole space in front Of the City all across
broadway and Nassau streets, and down the side
streets as far as glimpse Of the exhibition could
De had, was instinct with life. The pieces were
sent Oh in rapid succession, and for an hour kent
up very tolerable representation Of an eruption
OF Vesuvius. ...f- ..t
The browning item was design covering the
whole ffoat Of the City Hall, REPRESENTING the
ships laying the cable, with the notices GGod
has tuaon v.,ifb 1;