The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-04-11
In Honor of Prof. Morse.

The death of Prof. Morse has excited uni
yersal interest, and all over the United States
there is an earnest desire tetestify an apprecia-
tion of his valuabs services to mankind A
brief sketch of his life will be found elsewhere
in to-daY's BatelAgeacer. 1t is remarkable,
however; that Congress is among the foremost
to do honor to his memory, while at the same
time it is fitting and proper that the Represen-
tatives of the American people should rise up
and call him blessed" although it is within
the memory of thousands now living that other
Representatives, less than thirty years agone,
turned cold shoulder to the entreaties and
scofed at the pretensions of Prof Morse, who
desired aid in fnrtherance of his grand project
to annihilate time and space. But SO it is that
the trials and perplexities of genius are made
more intense by the want of foresight in poor,
erripg human nature; yet when time sets all
things even, it is then creditable that the trib-
nts to faithful services and undying worth
cannot be stinted living to- witness the full
fruition of his dearest hopes, Prof. Morse re-
ceives the homage of grateful people, and
his bier is strewn with the highest henors ever
paid to departed genius
In the Proceedings Of Congress, we notice
that the House of Representative has placed
the Hall at the disposal of the NatienaA Tele-
graphic Association, for the purpose Of holding
memorial meeting in honor of Prot. Samuel
F. B. Morse, on the evening of April 10TH
Thereupon, the Association has passed reso-
luton inviting the municipal authorities of all
cities and towns in the United States to call
meetings of similar character in their several
localities on the same evening, (next tuesday,
in order that the meetings may be in telegraph
ic communication, and thus simultaneously
give expression to the national grief on the oc-
casion of this irreparable loss sustained by the
country. The telegraphic wires throughout the
United States have been placed at the disposal
of the Association on the evening designated,
and leading members of Congress will deliver
short addresses, while an original poem, written
expressly for the occasion, will probably be
read by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
The obsequies of Prof. Morse took place in
New York on Friday last, and were largely at
tended by special delegations from various
cities and towns, and representatives of the
State and City, together with prominent menu
bers of various societies, and leading citizens of
alb professions and occupatiens. The services
were simple and expressive. Rev. DR.. Adams,
pastor of the Madison Avenue Church, made a
brief and eloquent address, commemorative of
the life, virtues and death of the great man
who had just passed away from the scenes of
earth and entered upon the realities of eterni-
ty. The remains of Prof. Merse were then in
tered at Greenwood Cemetery. Every public
evidence of respect was shown to the memory
of the deceased inventor, and the telegraph
offices were appropriately draped in mourning.
/ In this connection, we are enabled to furnish
our readers with an exact copy of the telegram
sent by the President of the Western Union
Telegraph Company to all operators upon this
line, directing general recognition of the
solemn event by symbol of mourning dis
played at the time the funeral obsequies were
taking place:
NEW YORK, April 4th, 1872
All that is mortal of the venerable and ven-
Grated father of the American telegraph sys-
tenn, Prof. Samuel F. B. Morse, will be con-
signed to the grave on Friday, April 5th. No
expression or outward exhibition can give 6t-
ting evidence of the sorrow occasioned among
those connected with the telegraph or within
the reach of its influence, not only in America
or throughout the world, but in token of re-
spect to his memory some symbol of mourning
should be exhibited in all telegraph stations on
the day of burial. A simple rosette or bit of
Grape will suffice. VIM. ORION,
Pres't. Western Union Telegraph Co.