New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-06-11
gatal gatelIfgents.
CHARITY HosrrraL.-R for the week ending
June 9TH at O'Clock:

remaining ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 500
There has been no case of yellow fever SO far
this season. 7@
THE Cry TELEGRAPH. The Police and Fire
Alarm Telegraph was on Saturday formally trans
ferred by Mr.. Gamewe to the city authorities, to
be used and enjoyed by them and the city and the
city's heirs and future generations forever.
During the forenoon, sundry members of the
Common Council, to-wt Messrs. Cox, Vennard,
Hail. Leefe, Whitney, Magioni, Bakewell, and
Others and Mr.. Adams, Chief Of Police, and sew
eral gentlemen of the press, accompanied Mr..
Gamewell, at his invitation, carriage-round of
inspection The nine alarm bells in the different
parts of the city, with their electric connections
the signal boxes on the streets, and the respon-
sive apparatus at the police stations and engine
houses, were all visited inspected, and expert
| mented upon, to the unanimous admiration and
| satisfaction Of all Upon the return to the central
office, the telegraph was accepted by the Council
men present, in the name Of the city.
| Mfr. Gamewell then extended second invitation,
which was that all hands should visit and inspect
the Washington Hotel at the lake, and discover
whether that establishment was as sumptuous in
| its eatabies and drnkables as was commonly re-
ported. The carriages and the O'Clock cars
enabled all hands to reach the hotel; Mr.. Achille
Hebert, the Superintendent, and his assistants and
| operators. being added to the number nm this &C.
casion.
| The feast was one of the hest and everything
nassed otf oaiIy and banni,v Mr. Gamewejl nre.
| sided al tbe head of the fable and Mr. Hehert at
the foot The circut around the table was com
plete. and the hnmors toasts and sneecbes of tbe
occasion were not of an ordinary character. The
first regular speech after the removal of the cloth
was made by Mr.. Gamewell. in response to his
| health. He smoke briefly and to the point about
his labors in establishing his telegraph in this CITY
| and concluded with a trplcate toast to the Com.
mon Council. the city of New Orleans and the
press. ali of which had treated him with such
warm and unanimous marks of favor.
1 Mr.. Whitney responded on behalf of the Coun-
| Gil Mr.. Adams on behalf of the ejty and Mr.. Otis
Of the Picayune on behalf of the press, The
latter related an interesting reminiscence of his
visits to Morse in 1913 when that father of tele
| eraphs had his oripinal model on exhibition in a
/ private room at Washington. and when MANY mem
hers of Congress- looked upon him as visionary if
not madman. Mr.. O. stated. that being at the
| time a CORRESPONDENT of the New York Advertiser.
he wrote a deseripton of Morses invention. and
annlauded il as something real and practicat that
| tb;s nart AZ bis letter was never nnbIisbed and
+bat srt,s.o,antIt, ;nnnirnr of ~ aa;tor ~ 4.
| "a M nnh,;sbed vac informed that n WAC ~.
n,naed hecanse n was sonoatb;,o ,bat ,aorle
1ni,bt raaa ana Ianob a. bnt ,,onar bo,;ovo n
4 Mr.. Seller editor of the German Gazette. being
called upon. made most interesting speech. TAX
inr for his text the frog in which Galyani found
the embryonic shark which has since grown to
the present stupendous teegraphic system of the
world. A delicious course of frogs, fried, had
been dispatched during the feast, and from this
circumstance Mr. s. brought out the best and most
interesting speech Of the occasion; treating of the
discoveries of Gavani, Franklin, and Morse, and
paying the American nation high compliment fol
its genius in perfecting and putting to practical
use the accidental and unapplied discovery of the
. old world.
The different Aldermen spoke, and last, but moi
least, Mr.. Hebert, the Superintendent, was heard
FROM and he acquitted himself right handsomely
Mr.. Minge, the Assistant Superintendent; Mr.. Ca
nard, who has been Mr. Gamewell's chief and most
reliable man in attending to his business during his
absence Mr. Shepherd. one of the operators, late
of the news telegraph offices in this city; and Mr.
Winter another operator late of the city telegraph
in st. Louis, were all brought up during the
course of the evening, and responded in neat ant
appropriate terms. 1t was not the least part o.
the pleasure of the occasion to us that we had the
opportunity of becoming acquainted with these
gentlemen, with whom in the course of our duty
as reporter we shall have such frequent inter
course hereafter
In all RESPECTS the celebration was pleasant ant
was unusually interesting. for the reason that /
was the only one of the kind we have had in th
citv or ever will have.
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tions sound. tho aonas n Tho aneina bousas
tnL,os ~. it'll bas ;n tho ,,o;co stations click
IN oil M .trao+ ;ona1 boxas ,hrorabont Tho citv
and r;nos ho,, az the central ofise Az tb;s ofic
: t,n onerator adinsts an indav or two toncbes i,
l,,y and strainhtvyov all nine of the 6re.bes will
rino forth tbar hrazan alarm tn the citv The fire