Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-06-11
ESTABLISHED 1910.
HoNoRs TO MORSE
Inauguration Of the Statue---lmposlng Ger.
Excursion rendered the
Telegraph Fraternity.

Telegraph Fraternity.
NEW YORK, June 10.-Messrs. D.
G. TillOtson q Co., the well known
dealers in railroad and telegraph sup
! plies, gave, to-day, a complimentary
excursion to the telegraph fraternity
as an agreeable prelude to the cere-
monies tinaugurating the statue OF
/ Prof Morse in Central Park. At 10
O'Clock the steamer Jas. Fisk, jr, with
/ the attaches. of TillOtsOn & Co.'S es-
| tablishment on board, met the tele-
| grapher5 and invited guests at the
| PaVOnia ferry, foot Of Chambers street.
| The boat was decked with flags and
| had on board the Fifth regiment
| band. The Convention numbered in
all about 1000 persons, including a
/ gOOdly number Of ladies and many
distinguished citizens. Gov. Clahin,
of Masssc sschusetts, was present; and
among prominent telegraph men were
Messrs. D0lan, n,Applebaugh aud Small,
/ leading men in the New York Office;
| Mr.. Brown, the careful operator on
the Western press report; Messrs.
Hacker and Burnett, Of Buffalo;
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cfnuati. W. w. Smith and III.
n. Rogers, same place; NJ. G. Bristol,
telegraph constructor; j. =. Reeves,
Superintendent Of the telegraph Of the
Louisville Short Line railroad. l.. A.
Green, broker, and l.. Q. Weir, agent
of Adams Express Company, Cincin-
natl, we're also among the ruests.
The boat proceeded up the hudson
for an hour, returning down the bay,
around Governors Island, up East
river to Green Point, thence out into
the bay again, around the Spanish
man-Of-waT Navarro and several
steamers outward bound. after a
bountiful collation. had been served,
speeches were made by Hon. Erastus
Brooks, Rev. Matthew Hale Smith,
Mr.. Ashley, of the IelegTdpher.
During the trip a series of resolutions
were read, rendering the acknowledge
ments of the guests TO Mr.. TillotstOn
for the compliment of the excursion
and for the pains taken to Orenderitper-
fectly enjoyable. TillOtsOn respond
ed in a very happy address. The day
was magnificent and everything COM
bined to render the excursion one of
unmarried enjoyment.
The unveiling Of the statue Of Prof.
Morse, in Central Park, took place
this afternoon. All Of the approaches
to the vicinity of the statue were
crowded, and it is estimated that at
least fifty thousand persons were with
in twenty rods Of the speakers stand.
Governor Hoffman presided. The
ceremonies began with music by
the United States band from
Fort Columbia. The Governor
delivered the Introductory address
IN which he said: "In the most
conspicuous and in most beautiful of
public grounds Of the chief city of the
Western Hemisphere, this statue Of
Samuel /. B. Morse shall stand for
ages. The enduring material of which
if is made, by long lapse Of time, may
crumble, vet his name will
not be lost to the memory
Of man. By his own works he
has secured for il immOrtalty,sO long
as language lasts Il will be spoken and
hOnOred. The event Of the hOur-the
unveiliug of the statue-Was perform
ed by Governor Clatiin, OF Massachu
sets, and Hon. VIM. OrtOn, who
raised the national banner from it,
disclosing the figure Of the lightning
Controller"
Music and cheers greeted their ap-
pearance, and when they had 5ubsid-
ed the inaugural address was pro-
nOUnced by VIM. Cullen Bryant. Mr..
Bryant said:
"There are two lines in the poem of
DR.. Johnson, OK the vanity Of human
wishes, which have passed into pro-
verbs:
See nations slowly raise. sud mesnly
Just,
To buried merits raise a tsrdy bust
at is our good fortune to escape the
| censure implied in these lines. We
are come together on the occasion OF
| the raising Of a statue to the great
discOverer who sits among Us, a wit
| ness TO the henOrs which are but the
iirst fruits of that ample harvest which
| his memory will gather In the long
train OF seasons yet to come; yet We
1 cannot congratulate ourselves on hav-
| ING set an example of alacrity in
| this manifestation of public gratitude.
| II our illustriOus friend, to whom we
now gladly pay these hOnors, had not
| lived beyond the common age Of
/ man, we should have s0rrOWfully laid
| them on his grave" Bryant gave at
! some length an account Of the life Of
] Morse, and continued as follows: ut
may be said / know that the civilized
world is already full Of memories
which speak the merit OF our
friend, and the grandeur and utility Of
his invention. Every telegTaphic
station Is such a memorial. Every
| message sent from one Of these stations
| to another may be counted among the
! hOnOrs paid to his name. Every tele-
! graphic wire strung from post TO post,
as It huns in the wind, murmurs his
! eulogy. Every sheaf Of wire laid down
in deep sea. occupying the bottom OF q
| sOundless abyss, TO which human sight
| has never penetrated, and carrying
/ the electric pulse, charged with the
| burden Of human thought, from con-
/ tinent to continent, nom the old
world to the new, is a testimonial to
| his greatness but our natural instincts
! are not thus satisfied IL is not the
| name Of the benefaCtOF, but Il is the
person, that we cherish, ana We re-
quire, whenever it is possible,
Visibly, a preseGtinlent Of his face end
/ form to aid US In keeping an idea Of
his worth before our minds. We in
sist upon seeing the form of that brow,
beneath which an active, creative
brain devised the mechanism that was
to subdue the most powerful and way
ward Of the elements.