The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-11-30
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emitting the Mediterranean With thf
Bed SEA-. and shortening the camm,r
c,al d.slAuct bolNota ths bcafi a ia
rope and tht East laligs nearly GuW
miles IS sn accomplished fact
On Saturday, tbo steam yacht u tbe
French Emprs completed tho whole
fr between port SNd and Sgcs with
Yut accident 81 alndsauce. ANA 80 Sln
dan the whole excursion Beet oi forty
five large steamers had ssielv anchored
IN the canal n5adste1. ON Gao Rcd Sea
side. H. time case. security. and at
other things necessary 60 establish
claims 20 practical success, the opening
81 this grand pew highway 81 trade has
exceeded The expectations Of lis warm
est advocates, many oi whom, white
full ut hope sl,N feared uutoNard
chances or unforeseen obstacles
10 expattate upon the advantages Of
trade, International intercourse. aud
the spread u civilization Chat must az.
crue from this brilliant achievement 81
our day and generation, Would ba need
less We have referred 90 them many
times ia these columns and tile mys
lad tongues 81 the press have sounded
them over the world They are paral
elled only By the probable results Of
our Pacific railroad, which has also
found it's birthday within tho year 1863.
Only the Mt Gems tauuel is BOW want
ing 10 gomplole the majestic trio Of sub
lime engineering tuumphs which com-
ucrce and science have combined 10
bestow upon this generation, aud that
1870 viii bring us
by ,bi- vast channel % intercourse
Egypt Is at once revN6ed II is a.
though AN a,tcrs had been opened Ia
lor aged body 10y surgical skill, and
portion Of the younger fyesbgr. and
more vigorous Blood Of Europe had
been transfuscd into it's laggard pulsa
tons The brilliant tbrong assembled
on the 18Th inst, at Ismailio saw iu-
habitants Of far away America and Aus
tralia, as well as representatives Of
hi h aud of modest degree Fl 10 every
European country mjnghng aud ma
ternizing with the descendants OF the
Pharaohs, and the Wild Bedouins Of
the desert Christian, Israeite, Ma
hometau, and Buddhist, wore there as
sembled with one accord, to ronder
homage to an event far surprising IN
grandeur and importance the surrend-
er Of capitals and the coronation Of
conquerors and monarchs.
Crowned heads graced the festival,
and while the Empress Eugenio tipify-
ing the elegant civilization Of the West,
looked on with the Emperor OF Austria
at the ceremony, the distant Sultan Of
Zanzibar sent his missive couched in
the Aowery hyperbole of the East, to
NJ. dc Losseps, thanking God, our
generous Lord, that he had attained
his sublime object.
The gorgeous festival, which had be-
gun at Suez on the nth inst, wasg at
its height, from sea to sea, along the
whole length Of the canal on the 18th,
and thus, while this great republic was
offering up ITS united thanks to the
Creator for tie numborloss blessings of
peace and liberty, the nations who bad
long sat in darkness saw a great Light
in the East dawn gloriously over their
shores and islands.
The present Khodiye, or Yiceroy, of
Egypt, has, by ms enlightened aud gen
erous policy, earned place among
those prices whose names the Muse oil
History records with special honor
and after generations remember with
gratitude, while in the well won success
Of Ferdinand de Lesseps, the protector
and engineer, whose perseverance, in
spite Of all original dlscoHagemonts,
has, at last, placed him on the roll of
the beueIactors OF mankind. VIC hail M
other example of intelligence, courage,
aud consistency, finally rewarded by tho
acclamatlon Of the world TO which We
may exultingy poin the gaze Of young
asplrmls for true renoan Mercantile
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