Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1858-08-27
iop tbs. clsyslsnd NAY IhraiS Of Aurut I'm hss
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+ tic fact tnnnOtbc eJnMh6d 4lAtIyn
man who has the most money receives tho
greatest share Of lavdptiop from American
lips; to use n very l,omcly expression, il
sticks out in everything wo do, Certain.
y we would not detract ono iotS fsomn The
credit due CyrussW, Fiel,h for, his agency
in stretching an electric nervo ron, the Old
World 10 the New, Int, after oil, Is not that
agency doilar-ah1-ccnt oncf 9 fnie, there
are few mon possessed Of the pecuniarv
means who wouh have fiskea tISir'monev
on such an adventure, and fewor who would
preserved against 50 many obstAcl q IIand
herein Mr., Field Is entitled 10 great credit
but, docs any one believe that gentleman
would have embarked in tho great. project
had le not expected TO 'gct his money
backp These remarks arc not mado for
tho purpeseiof dotmctine from shs honor
which should accrue to Mr.. Field for his sa-
gaciIy, or liberality, or energy---cr perhaps
all conbincd--but 10 draw attention tothe
fact that, the dollarmen, completely. over
shadow the scientific menin tho programme
of exercises which celebrate the great event
of the Nineteenth, Century. ..b afif
In connection with this wirinq Of the
Eastern TO the Western Hemisphere. how
seldom is heard the name of Lieut.. Maury;
and yet twas hc who marked out the path
upon the Oceans bed upon whicl, the Cable
should be laid, and twas he who specified
the very days on which the elements would
permit the stretching Of this cord which
should bind the World; ho pointed out
where and when this crowning act of mans
ingenuity should be accomplished. s-iia 'rti
Probably, to no man whose direct agency
was connected with the laying of the Cable.
Is success more duo than to William Ever.
cit United States Naval Engineer Mr..
Everett was Engineer Of the steamship
niagara on the first trial last year, and, by
his mechanical genius and scientific ability.
rendered such aid, that after the failure. the
transatlantic Telegraph Company invited
him to England to superintend the mannfac-
turo OF the paying out machinery. Our
government granted him leave Of absence
for that purpose and that young man, not
yet on the shady side Of 80 years, became
the consulting engineer with the most scicn-
tific men in England. 1t was the inachin.
cry as inventediby Mr.. Everett which has
proved successful in paying out the Gable;
it vas his ingenuity which ororcame the
last obstacle to this great project. How
faint the voices that echo tho name Of Mr.
Everett compared with those which cry out
the name OF the millionaire, Mr. Field.--
Suppose the project had failed, Mr.. Field
would have been pronounced an enthusiast,
and Wall street have utterly discarded his
namc as unworthy of credit, but Mr.. Ever
ctt's talonts has made the scheme success,
and Wall street is vocal with the praise OF
Mr.. Fed and his sagacity. avn. ~
Mr.. Everett rs we have said above, is a
young man; lie has worked his own wav
from the humble position of widows son:
left to buffet as best he might the waves OF
fortune. His school was a Philadclphia
mechanics shop, and he hammered out the
A d 9 OF his profession with his own right
arm, until going through all the regular
steps of apprentice and master workman il,
the manufacture of engines, he displayed
such talent as to gain his admission to the
Engineer Corps of the United States Navy,
and now, ere gray hair has tinged his
locks ho stands among tho first engineers
ofthe age. N5 q ~ 3f7
Mr.. Evcrctt is o native Of Brownvillc,
Jefferson county, New York, and where four
or five years since he married the second
daughter of the late Col. Kirby. His moth,
or is now Mrs. Wright of Oswego, N. Y,
and we can imagine the pride she feels in
seeing her boy on the very top round of tho
ladder, and tho double pride in knowing be
got there by his own climbing. ~