The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-07-28
French Cable CeIebrafI0H,

KINGSTON, MASS, July ZI,-Ihe
| people of Duxbury, with invited
guests, are celebrating the completion
of the French cable. The dinner
took place in large tent, and it was
a splendid affair. Some six hundred
persons were present. Hon. S. n.
Clifford, President of the Committee
of Arrangements, called the assembl
to order in fitting remarks, after which
prayer was offered. After the dinner
was discussed toasts were gone
! through with, first to the town Of
/ Duxbury and its inhabitants, the de-
scendants of the Pilgrim fathers who
/ planted on this very spot the seeds of
our peculiar and American eiViliza-
! ton. and peTpetuating the names of
| Carver Brewster, of Standish. and of
Bradford, of WinslOw and Alden at
test their unbroken lineage by ex-
tending an enthusiastic welcome to
those. who have achieved so magnifi-
cent enterprise in the largest material,
prosperity and on behalf Of the unity
of the human race.
Yankee Doodle was played by the
Plymouth Band, and @. B. Thomas.
an old resident of Duxbury, respond
ed, closing as follows; Here, then,
standing between the grave of Web
ster and the Harbor of the Pilgrims,
we, Ia the name of the American
people, extend a cordial welcome to
those who have consummated this !
undertaking. and offer our heartfelt
wishes that this telegraph wire NAV
be bond of perpetual harmony.
- g The State of Massachusetts. Re
sponse by Gov. Clafin.
3. The President of the United |
States. Music Hail, Columbia. Re-
sponse by Judge Russell.
4. The City of Boston-amonc the /
first to welcome all matters to arouse /
the highest civilization of the world. |
She will hail with joy the last of all l
the grand agencies to annihilate time
and space, the great obstacles to tho
progress of nations. Responded to 7
by Mayor Shurtliffe.
3. His Majesty the Emperor of the
French = Music The Marseilles
Hymn.
6. Her Majesty the Queen of Eng
land-Music: God save the Queen.
z. His Majesty, Victor Emanuel.
King Of Italy. Response by Mr..
Day.
8. The French Atlantic Cable. di
recting the uniting Of the two Con.
tinents-May it be to all time a me-
dunn of good viii and promoter of an
international peace as serene and nm
disturbed as that of the still ocean
deeps through which it holds its
course. Response by Sir James An
dersou, Managing Director of the
Construction Company.
q Nouavuaroa IN all aoo- Al !. -.
of wider civilization. 1t has in the
electric telegraph It's most potent and
cunning ally.
10. Science, with imperial thought
and lnvinelble power, subdues the
widest and most fearful elements of
nature, and binds them to the service
of the community.
This closed the regular toast test,
but Mr.. q. b. Thomas then offered
the following sentiment, sent to him
by an old lady, eighty-six years of
age, the widow of a late prominent
I'm
To the Memory of the past gener.
alton OF shlpmasters and shipbuild-
ers OF Duxbury: May the electric
spark, now kindled, so animate the
coming generation, that they may
worthliy MI the place of the past, is
the wish of an old settler.
At the conclusion of his address.
Mayor Shurtliffe stated that he had
received the following dispatch from (
Paris:
To HI Ats n EresHe''cy, t7le Mayor Of Beston,
The Prefect Of Paris, rejoicing in
this happy occasion of the closer
union between the two countries, begs
hat the Mayor of Boston will accept
his best confidence and good wishes.
The Mayor stated that he had sent
The following in reply:
DUXBURY, Mass, July q.
To His E1eellency the Prcfect Of Paris:
The Mayor of Boston sends most
hearty greeting by the new bond of
union between the two continents.
May it be one of peace, prosperity
and amity. May the citizens of the
Old and New World rejoice in mu-
tual congratulations on the great
scientific accomplishment.