Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1869-12-08
THE TRIUMPH AT SUEz.

The long expectancy of ages has at
length been gratified. The jargonings
and faultfndings of enemies. and tho
fears of timid friends, are alike set at
rest. Tho work begun long before the
birth of Christendom, by Sethos, and
eagerly desired, in vain, by Ramcscs
tho Great, $500 years ago, has, at
last, been finished, and the Suez ship
canal, uniting the Mediterranean with
the Red Sea, and shortening the com.
mercial distance between the heart of
Europe and the East Indies nearly
5000 miles, is an accomplished fact.
On Saturday, the steam yacht of tho
French Empress completed the whole
trajet between Port Said and Suez
without accident or hindrance, and on
Sunday the whole excursion feet of
forty five largo steamers had safely
anchored in the Canal roadstcad, on
the Red Sea side. In time, ease, secu.
rity, and all other things necessary
to establish claims TO praJticdi success,
the opening of this grand new high.
way of trade has exceeded the expec-
tations of its warmest advocates, many
of whom, while full of hope, still
feared untoward chances or unforeseen
obstacles.
TO cxpatiate upon the advantages
TO trade, international intercourse, and
the spread of civilization that must
accrue from this brilliant achievement
of our day and generation, would be
needless. We have referred TO them
many times, in these columns, and the
myriad tongues Of the Press have
sounded them over the world. They
are paralleled only by the probable
results Of our Pacific Railroad, which
has also found its birthday within the
year 1869. Only the Mt. Gents tun-
mel is now wanting TO complete the
majestic trio Of sublime engineering
iriumphs which commerce and science
have combined TO bestow upon this
generation, and that 1870 will bring u.s.
BY this vast channel Of intercourse
Egypt is at once revived. Ii is as
though an artery in her aged body
had been opened by surgical skill, and
portion of the younger, fresher, and
more vigorous blood of Europe had
been transfnscd into its laggard pulsa-
tions. The brilliant throng assembled
on the 10Th ultimo, at Ismalia, saw
inhabitants of far-away America and
Australia, as well as representatives
of high and of modest degree from
every European country, mingling and
fraternizing with the descendants of
the Pbaraohs, and the wild Bcdouins
of The Desert Christian, Israeliic,
Mahomctan, and Buddhists, were there
assembled with one accord, to render
homage to an event far surprising in
grandeur and importance the surrcn-
der of capitals and the coronation OF
conauorors and monarchs.
Crowned heads graced the festival,
and, while the Empress Eugcnic, typi-
flying the elegant civilization of the
West, looked on with the Emperor OF
Austria at the ceremony, the distant
Sultan of Zanzibar sent his royal mis-
sive, coucbcd in the 1owery hy2erbolc
of the East, TO NJ. de Lesscps, "thank-
ing God, our generous Lord, that he
had attained his sublime object"
The gorgeous festival, which had
begun at Sncz on the 18th ultimo, was
at its height, from sea to sea, along
the whole length of the Canal upon
tho 18th, and thus, while this great
Republic was offering upunitcd thanks
to the Creator for the numbcrlcss blcs.
sings OF peace and liberty, the nations
who had long sat in darkness saw n
great light in the East dawn gloriously
over their shores and islands
The present khedive. or viceroy, OF
Egypt, has, by his enlightened and
generous policy, earned a place among
those princes whose namcs the Muse
! Of History records with special honor