The New York herald., 1879-03-11
to unite England with America. He did not live to

THE PRoGaEss OF THE CABLE.
But though men die. their works. their discoveries
and their Inventions live. From that small be-
ginning under this roof arose an art tin then
scarcely known-that OF telegrsphing through the
not ocean cable In the world. A few short
lines had been laid across the Channel from
England to the Continent. bnt all were in shat
OF the possibility OF sending human intelligence
through the abysses of the ocean. But when we
struck out to cross the Atlantic we had to lay cable
two thousand miles long in water over two
miles deep. That great success gave immense
impulse to submarine telesraphy. then in its in.
has stretched out it's fingers tipped with
fire into all the waters OF the globe Its lines have
gone into all the earth and its words to the ends OF
the world" To-day there seventy thousand
miles OF cable crossing the and the oceans And
the speed Of lightning. they must be sent in OPP
posite directions at the same moment. have just
received = telegram from valenta. Ireland. which
reads, This anniversary witnesses duplex working
the Atlantic AS an accomplished fact'-by
which the capacity OF all cables is doubled.
WHO the effect of this swift intelligence
passing to and Already it regulates the markets
of the world. But better still is the relation
into which it brings the different kindrels Of man
kind. Nations made enemies by their ignorance
of each other. better acquaintance leads to bet
ter understanding the sense OF iiearness. the rela
brotherhood. Is 1t not a sign that better age is
coming when along the ocean beds strewn with the
wrecks of war. now glide the messages OF peace9
M ANOTHER CONCESSION.
One thing only remains which / still hope to be
spared and in which to take part-the laying
OF cable from san francisco to the Sandwich Isl
ands--for which have received this very day con-
cession from King Kalakaua, by his Minister, who is
here to- night, and from thence to Japan, by which
the Island groups Of the Pacific may be brought into
communication with the continents on either side
Asia and Americathus completing the circuit of the
globe.
other hands. Many of our old companions have
fallen and must give place to our successors.
But though shall pass away it is satisfaction to
have been able to do something that shall remain
when we are gono 1t in what have done to ad-
vance this enterprise have done something for tho
honor OF my country aud the good of the world am
devoutly grateful to my Crcator. This has been the
great ambition of life, and is the chief inheritance
which leave to my children.
yeM DAVID DUDLEY YIELDS SPEECH.
Mr.. David Dudley Field next addressed the assem-
blage as follows:--
Then and now arc the words which best indicate
the current of thought OF one who was an actor IN
the transaction ecommemorating and the events
which followed it. Then, have been told there
was not asubmarinc telegraph in tho world, except
ing from England to the adjacent continent none of
which lay more than nifty fathoms deep; now there
cables ut the bottom Of every ocean, except the
Pacific. Then whatever took place in Ireland, the
or ten days. read ut our breakfast tables
news Of what has happened o few hours before in
ano nd IN r n II ana sp IN Won
look at this ceiling and these walls, all un-
changed, and think Of tho group. small in num-
Der but great in heart that then gathered around
this table. and of what they set foot,
I feel that the achievements OF our days
have surpassed the marvels Of fable and romance
Peter Cooper has written his name on walls of stone
and iron, Moses Taylor has heaped up riches and
honor" Marshall o. Roberts has ploughed
nothing that these men havsN done has
wrought half SO much for the world as
ooS M Or s So
one. Mr.. Chandler White. my trond OF many years.
fell by the wayside long before the end of the
tedious journey which the others had bc-
fore them. Mr.. Wilson Il. Hunt took his
place. and journeyed with them resolutely to the
end. No one knows better than 1 the obstacles
pointmonts to suffer. the delays to sustain. the
obloquy to withstand. and no one can bear stronger
severance. their courage aud tho deserved
honor OF their final triumph. The flag, American
and English ;n Wrought into Il; @ one which hangs
constancy in defeat. as Of their victory. That
united dag foatcd at the masthead Of the Niagara
the disastrous expedition Of 1857 and the partially
auccesstul one of 1858; it up again at the
fore of the Great Eastern for tho voyage when she
failed III 1865. and kept streaming in the wind
rious ship and agrcat work accomplished.
Though we then knew something OF what we were
imagination. Little did dream that within twenty
years I should stand beneath the Southern Cross
northern home which. almost while stood,
passed half the globe, dartlng with the
speed Of Thought across the nearly two Thousand
past the isles OF Tcrnate and Tidore. the
Bay of Bengal aud the Sea OF Arsbia. along the Red
Sea Coast, under the Mediterranean and Btscay'
seepess bay. and finally beneath our Atlantic to
this island city. situate at the entry Of the sea-.
WHAT THE ruTUlsE MAY BRING.
Seeing that SO much has been accomplished in the
quarter century past what may we not expect In the
quarter century to come? The completion Of the
ing link between the Occdcnt and tho ORR
eat. is but part of what you may wit
handling the electric current as there are new paes
to reach. Then whom every part Of the earth shall
be visited every day by the electric spark. with its
messages from the peoples OF many lands. We may
hope to that bettor understanding among all tho
sonsof mon which Ia sure to teach them that the
ways Of peace the ways of prosperity and honor
REV. WILLIAM ADAArs' sPEEcH
cannot. said Dr. Adams who tho next
speaker think that the professional services Of any
Tho Doges OF Venice were accustomed to repeat the
ceremony of marrying the Adriatic with
ng ssefy tho has epaveS yhea 90
happy that, with no need OF second puptals and no
possibility of u divorce. we have only to congratu.
cordially Mr.. fled and the friends associated with
him, In that marvellous achievement which, by one
indssoluble cord, has married all seas and all conti
nents.
1t rarely happens that those who have projected
great enterprises live to scc their fullest
Bat hero gathered, we have been reminded.
in the very room and by the very table at which,
twenty five years ago. were seated the hye men who
first Atlantic cable; and here. aftcr the lapse OF
quarter of century, all of these very men,
with single exception met syaiii-one OF thom
because OF his age well his bcnev volcncc the OBJ
jcct of universal vencration, surviving all the
certainties and changes OF lifcto receive the well
earned congratulations of their friends because
themselves permitted to the amazing results of
their sagacity and energy and faith May they oil
live to be greeted again at golden Wedding!
have no intention of say ing word i'll laudation
Of the Atlantic cable The time for that has passed.
In the words OF Holy Writ, "He Is OF age; ask him;
he shall speak for himself Though the ear catches
no articuate words passing along its quivering
strands yet this polyglot interpreter is speaking
now. with tongue of fire. beneath the astonished sea-
In all the languages OF the civilized world.
'sANs DIEt, RiEN."
As Mr.. Field has bccn pleased to srcal Of his
pastor during al tho tolls OF that project whose
cess We now celebrate, 1 may. without any
Infringement Of professional propricty. bear
testimony to what often brought un-
der my personal observation. Professor Morse
and hlr. Field-I speak of them because
OF my special intimacy with them as their pastor:
doubt not the same was true of their associatcs-
always regarded themselves in this enterprise the
children and agents of Divine Providence Never did
fhev I'M at very staue a tho ipr nj hn