, 1879-03-11
The Anniversary OF Cable TeIeg.
raphY Celebrated at His
Residence.
Character OF tho
Many Guests in Attend.
anCo.
Elaborate Preparations On All Hands
---Congratulatory Mes
cages.
TIE Affair an Event of Unrlya1cd Tmnor.
tance In American Social
Annals.



New YoRK, March t0.-Cyrus w. Field gave
reception last evening at hts residence, to com.
memorasc the twcnty.ffth anniversary Of the
successful laying Of the arst OCEAN cable.
Eighteen hundred Invitations wcre sent out,
md at least 600 gentlemen responded In per-
son. Such distinguished assenblave
was probably never gathered togtller
in ono hou1o on this Continent.
Every portion Of the Continent and cycry
branch Of scientific attainment was represented.
The cards Of Invitation Wcrc surmountcu by the
arms Of tho Field famtly, an elaborate dcyice,
The front paslor Of Mr.. Fields house rms hung
with paintings, antl heavy with thc perfume
Of cut flowers Among the paintings were Ave
which attracted special notice. One represented
the landing ol tho first cahlo al Valcutta. lrc-
land, by the Agamcmnop. in 1853. Another
showed the arrival at Hcars's Content, New
foundland, Of tho Great Eastern, bearing the
cabIo Of 1866. Tho other three depicted mid.
ucean scenes on board the urcat Eastern. Iu
the dning-roon,, III the rcas Of the parlos,
WHERE THE ORIGINAL COMPANY WAS FORMED,
stood u table on which the first compact waa
signed, and on It tho globe used ut the time.
On the wall was drapcd flag, American a1id
English wrought into ono. which foatcd at tho
masthead Of the Niagara IN the disastrous cxpe-
dltlon Of 1857 md tho purtfally-successfu Que.
Tie mantlGe md sidcboaEt!s were covered
With standa In silver and mutolica filled With
cut flowers. In the rcnr Of MIR. Fields resi-
dencc nnd that Of his nrphrw adjoining WIS
built spacious pavilion drapcd On all siJcs
with banners OF Amcrtca, France, anil En-
.a1,, 7,,o1 .,,,,, nyorv .,n,frn,. n,,d S
,si,h aug,r ,ocomo;ivcs a>ln. Jo,n,ias n,,',
o,,,or dovcos IT, n oasma -, a,ss .'
.ans ,."s ~, art,,n ,nr,,,a .a,"e,s L.. 1"e
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s.s 80. ~. ~ o
p,, .,, ~ rSa,, sas,,u,11 s' IL, '. "'e
~. A.. s.a,. n.,,S. 40 saee.8
49, ..,nst,,, af.as n a,.1s,,. ''s", ~ ~
n.pn a.. euso a,o ,raxa. ,,a.,oo, os.,x A',u' ut
,.,a ,,,.,in,1,,;sha,i arcsta vor, rata, raasns s
tle uAssHn, a!o,'e" eusSse "ete 4eter eooper.
'us1'e9 flelo, ol u1e supreme Court,
ne"' naneoeh' oe''a1oss nnthsioe aha antnohy'
naroa oeolsAnns ulo Aoss'an sllnlsteri e1-tov'
noumah' den' Ec"cGt' u9.uos. 1haesl' Dir Ed
"asu iuoIhtou' tuo o''S,h'' Al'''steE, secretary
oie.ata Esar's' eA.oo'. Mo'ean' 'fFes'aent bas-
nara' o. Co'"mo'a' s11uov' 1omara' OIL nhode
1o'a"uf Inc t'on. eoF1!aaat fafkcsa' hlhSoF
L"'sooe' VI ountlno1c' ouusc A''ca'
Envoy o. u'o aug u 'he eana"'ea
1s1anasi D. W. Aa1pet, 'f'' Leon Chousean,
=. r. Uarlusof' eonsnl-Geiieral oi the Argcn"
t'he hepuo"ci dcofge ~ Chi!usi ueh' fet-
.efsoh' Q! iu''aaeipasa; ~. Il Iamacona'
Me1tcan A.'hlster; ex'ooF' Aarsfan1t; Aehry
ware heeche1' she lsov. u. sellenek; Consul
uooo9a' m 51 eenumaker' OF tne ] aesto4n EIhp'to;
tho Aon' Ao1an .. l1e",sti t'eut-aoF'
Uofshesmcf' ~ =: Appeton, fses'deht OF tue
Ne" Ene'anu soc'esy' f1eteaee liaFpeFi
tl& HOB EUHQfu& 1lErEGnQllks SH-GtCfGf1fF
OF the treasury nuEh otcculloch; President
Chaaoourno. OF wiliians College; Francis
Wella' Of tue philadelphia H"aetl'.; Gen. Dunn,
Judge~Advocatc Of the United States Army;
ex.Gov. Rice, Of Massachusetts,, and hundreds
epeeene. were made and tho reception was s,n-
doubtedlY the most brilliant given here tn many
years.
u he !rt'ttr,s = A'.oetatea rr:'a. e.s
H. f,.s,, ~ us.,d ~. s,ahs.4 H.. ...', .'sas,A .,
" cstus ". e'esu " scteo'ote luz ohFe9 "cu-
al!s OF the inception Oh tl'o enterprise by which
Europe and America wcre linked by Atlanto
rch1e U,s bo,,so In 1ro,nercv parl. vn. oncre1
=, o,c,,o1, ,,,,, tha dra,yIn,-roon,. .,.e.,s
q. oe'oeR' aa'u tIe ;, were tntohe-
Gu WIN prominent ,'l ,nen o. t1e country states
,,,s,nc,1ishrd nrrsn,,s nrtHent wcre th. n-1,,a;,
@ p.s.a n.,",s vs,',s "9ro ~ suc os's
a1'a husslan Mlhlste9s, Mllllam M. EVasts, tho
Rev. Noah Il. 6clenck, tho Hoy. DR.. Cuyler,
Henry Ward Bcccher, tho Roy. Dr.. Burlington,
the Hav. +. II. cl,nnTu. the Rev. Dr. 0srood
1,,s,,.,s,. w., , ~. g., n D,aa a.. o.uou'
anul'o" "csu' cA'oos. n.eo t''*sS!, e4'uog'
HaFtralft, Henry Watteraon, LoutsvtlIo
Courttr,1onrna!; Whitelaw Reid. r. II. pul-
sifcr. Doston Ilerutd: uornce White. Scpnr
do Zamnroua. MoYiean afinjstcr: eI.floy. | Mnr.
~. w -. ~. 7a.ua,i - ..sa,, o..s to
gan, eS'ooV' Jewell acn. Anson stager, f. A.
+. barnard, President OF Columbia College;
Gen. Cliuton Il. Fisk, C.. r. Huntington, Ad-
mtral Wortleu Edwards pIcrrcpont. John Eaton.
Scrrctary McCnltorh. cx.Sccretorv i,ris-
Inv. Sfnvor 1.on,rr. Precedent Chni,
hourne If Willfnms Co)lcre. Abr.m 4
Tnwitt. FCo1lrrinr hirrdtf. flnvtd nnwa ~
inv. T1lieu' Etornrt l.. Woodfnra. Ri vii.
fa1n Grosvisnnr' Seuntor Atjison iGnwoI Mavnr
Infrphe fi.aIii,nornl. Dr. Apnnw. l. II. Wod,,
tCleyraniS. Gen. Hancock, Ronr-Admiral
ffrnmchsri." t,ommpiora Nici'o1snn. .Tnhn IL
t,a,ros.. mn, Scnators Anthony aS.tt bnrns,e ~
Mrs FjciI. dI,T;nT liz co,,raa nj 1.is reo,srIs
eai,i: Tns1nv theFe nra nvar ID M ,niisa ri
cabla crossing tEe seas Ind ocoans. Xni1 NJ
If If y"re mi rt,ou"h In hnys u,rssacns sart