New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-23
froducsd him to the audience IN a single se"'en0e'
M tvarts,s sneech was as follows:

60 sne cav o, me tbe "Seis as they in their Judgmen
tSouht acceptable Ny relation 20 ene warly
oe sud for have s sd no % rs any Of S9Gts its
an te st structure oi n, sns ro 60 credit
IN erseives and DAY, by which 1t has been &C
CURED s rassa on its site have had Official
ana slnost only ceremonial share. tnlR Ha ~ orr
faaS gassed ecwctzens the head Of STe
Of tie principal journals On n. Occasion sDs Of the
penpr Of the saez Canal and falling into ane eop"y
OF the Khed,ve learned from e,1 mystery or in
ypt,sn pride against obesk bsne sent aeFOSs te
Sase G %n dss Cherished years: at last the be-
ean 10 pat itself in the course o. of fine Depart
i ~ STATE some preliminary cOnsioera1hns 9n of
subject taken up nu cos MIC General In Egg p Mr.
Tsnhsmis visit 10 this country IN l81Stnas tne t th
nformaiOo was ssssd 1 snS q shaT fS instruction
given 70 me part Of the Ee6m saa the S
were - EASY and rapit and in MAY 1879 M, M,:
Fsrnhsm informed the state Dspar'n mem to tS
,rsnsac5n and yonr DISTINGUISHED feoweiizen, M
steobins acquainted wItn tne n, Ind lent his name
and iufluelce . ,.a,., ,,aro overcome so
o.. s tue eoodwtI Of the Khedivo and the VI
ss OFF, bs sur government Of the transfer were
censah a Sus IL that land the Khedye suddenly a6d
Gated his g ineS%9ise an M and there
,s acme sohcitude whether the ineompiee g, ~gu h
be assured e Sv US by s sss and faithful rs MI
moi andng obstacles from jealous
naoJnaS nat hold all the Obesks even If Egypt
ware desooied Of them TO grace their own eapaS we
AT asnt who had courage sk and the knowledge
OF tie sea- competence IN The s OF tornn ann
Snalns IN An accomplished officer of our Navy Com,
snSss sSrn aSs sHen asked the Secretary
NAVY 10 allow him a leave OF absence, anu uesIeu ~
rms great work. with all its risks and per1ls could ne
fntrusied 10 hn, had but one brief answef-InSt an
tSouId accomplish Applause. Whether or not that
was az welldeserved reputation then as snpSosea
70 ba think that wider circle OF observers ahu gem
erous testimony bis felowcitiIens win now give war
rant thai wssssveI Conn ADSauss
Csptsm Gorrinee reached Alexandria, think, on the
5hs o0euias in her side or bow her stern which
ever was most useful m order that the oDesk c0no pe
not' think, about june 1879, met with disaster a.
that enough 70 wreck ne v9ssS ,e Mace OF
the broken the 9th Of JAY and rsaene sp
somsme think ae3nt the 2SS aaen ' asan that
the transfer the Atante and by sSw sa Ss
a reached s9s position tos to a ss eli snuaEg
las. Sss ped IsSsfns had BEEN & q
is eornerstone being accompanied ox tsSn "
SSis SonntSysn insatiou folding interesting records
IL understood what can be found ON ne sce OF ths
MasSns existed in Egypt 1900 years ago.
Now communication Of these Iacts sayeS ohS Uo
thing 10 be added, and that L. that an obesK cannot
WORK its across the Atlantic and somebody
W Ysly Pp1 a5 Ss
with ABUNDANT TO out whatever he should
WsIIia@ e. Vanderbilt !.pplau:el generous promise S
that the expenses Of the underiaEnk ne wo1o , pcH
least q stage should come when y could properly
be %s are o by
inarmi,y which detans him from u.s. THIS tnen - ne
s e m1pceEee OF the sver a. great advance
boih the opportunities and plans Of such rs
o9 an1 in the The Of the
fer inst passes OOOOO and Captain GOrringe has con
tribated bis serviees part Of the great adventure
u 10, the first obeiisk that has left its home in
Eaypt to seek new scenes, but before perhaps.
has the been voluntary on the part OF me
a ns' ssiumpaSi Structures having their
scrlpOn the main nothing S put t eUlm 0s1s
Of tie power and glory of Egypt 10 TIE ancient
that the fnal trophy Of Eayprs subsection and the
proud prominence OF his own paii0n COME oe snown
S Sssp ~ spd urde TO grace the capital Of
nation The rsl was taken by the Ass{ani
Through al ages snce--kn0wn better to Us and more
easily by mis- Greek name OF az hS oof an
empire the mistress OF the world and that move
mea WAS adesa OF even great voyage like tins
which obesk has taken Although there are no
which the Assyras TOOK fO his obelisk yet II Is very
that Rs s s Down the Red Sea
into the Indian Ocean, .hen up Tue ro n
CUT to the sva" SqtS OF ss o me Aver T@
sonte sneaK ing roughly must have included some If
at ,as TO understand how the and vehicles for
such transportation coald have existed at that sge we
douDtedIy got 20 Nneveh and could not go across the
desert by land must have made this cfrcuiious route
e next copaaeror thai assumed to take obcsks
Egypt RoIne In the time OF the emp dsg LOON
reman In Italy This brings as to the period close upon
the Gaan err aSS ms ne 's subject and
AFFECT yielded these treasures OF It's ART ana OF It's
Sext came the Empire vita ByzantIum its capital;
and z. demanded from tine wealth I'm OF Egypt the
this city. Byzantium, nov Constannople contains the
Obeisk then and this closes the transactions or
trausportatons. In ancient times. AL subsequent move
ments been WITHIN TINS century Inc French ana
CONNIE Of tbis century Egypt. recognizing is
obligations to England. as early a. 1919 had offered an
tine deunes Of aud expense. seemed
TO the mother country that that gft remained
lying the sand at Alexandria, nor was any movement
Its transfer until the year 1S77-eompleted IN
IN sPchecare Of naval vessels 10 navigation and
gineerng, had only taught the English that an oDeusK
imsnt was made Of building Vehicle around The Obesk
that coud Goat 1t and itself aud be towed
safety, between the sinking of the obelisk ana the
OF the tow the tow might cut loose TON tne
The experiment not such as 10 encourage
inat ais ship when had been his MS
youth that could carry all the men ana an s 1ne
deus ships with 1t eoad IN ODess The the Gss ss
s. as pcossd was assndoned ia mid ocean and
the experiment delayed; delayed for n!ty years and
aaS The sSiii were present TO undertake IL adven
suers At sea picked i up brought into LOndon took
II into Court Admiralty, and received $4,000 Tor
executing what the original arrangements hsd Aieu
The French obelisk was given in 1928 1924 by the
Egyptian Government doubtless IN sxeeoioa o. rraI
make that trsnsIer as pa, Of bis 70
naeriook the Transportation and placed the monoiIth
where many good Americans have seen u IN PARIS