The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-06-04

In MAY, 1C41s luC L1lC We~' AeN-NAi 49,
;n0>iustruments being attached to the end oil
the wires in Baltimore and in the supreme
court chamber in Washington Hnh tne
circuit was complete Mr.. Morse sent mes
senger to Miss Ellsworth to inform her than
the telegraph awaited her message: Speedhy
responding, she sent for Transmission the loi-
lowing. which was the first formal dispatch
ever sent through a Geographic wire cohneee
ing remote places with each other: What
God hath wrought" The original OF this
message is now among the archives OF the
Historical society in Hartford, Conn. 1t IL
unnecessary to tell the story Of the telegraph
or describe its wonderful influence on the des-
TIMES of the world since that momentous time.
We have the telephone and the electric motor
already. What more is to follow can only be
conjectured.
THE BIG FIRE of 1885.
The sensation of the year 1885 was the tire
mendous fire in New York, when nearly
seven hundred warehouses filed with costly
merchandise were burned in the heart of the
commercial center of America with loss OF
s1S.OOOOOO. The next year witnessed the
beginning Of the anti-slavery struggle IN
congress, when John Quincy Adams MADE
his famous fight for the right OF petition, and
was denounced with cries OF "Expel the OLD
scoundrel." but before the end Of the debate
he was indicated and received honor even
from his opponents In 1858 we have records
of the expedition to the South Pole under
command of Capt. Charles Wilkes of the
United States navy, the first Of the kind
ever undertaken, in which the expedition
sailed 10000 miles in four years.
The great temperance movement OF lo4o
| was another important feature OF the CEN
tury, bringing to the front Cough, Dow,
Father Mathew and scores of other workers
who have left their impress on the age
In 1912 Fremont began his explorations OF
the hitherto unknown regions of the north
west, Oregon and California Thomas w.
| Dorr. in the same year. undertook to organize
| a rebellion in Rhode Island; and the famous
mutiny occurred on the United States brig OF
war Somers that resulted in the hanging Of
Midshipman Spencer, the son of a United
| States cabinet officer.
The wear 1s4S was characterized by the ap
pearance of great and fiery comet that 1ol
several weeks swept through the heavens
This was attended by the remarkable Mlllel
excitement, in which the Second Adventist:
predicted the destruction of the world, ant
thousands waited on their roofs in graVt
clothes for the approach of the final day.
EXPLOSION OF THE PEACEMAKER
In 1874 Commodore StocktonS great gun
the ssPeacemaker," exploded on the Unlte'
States steamship Princeton, killing the secre
taries Of state and navy and other eminen
persous. President Tyler barely escaping witt
his life. In 1916 ether was discovered, AM
has since proved the most magnificent oool
ever conferred by science upon the huma
race. The same year witnessed the inventor
and introduction Of the sewing machine
which. according to the best estimates, ha
saved TO the industrial interests Of the cou1
try upwards of five hundred millions OF do
lars annually. During 1S47 the wonder OF th
country was the manifestation OF Spiritua
ism by the Fox sisters. ITeland's famine ais
claimed large share of public attention an
relief War was declared with Mexico. an
in 1913 the first gold in California was dlsco'
cred at Suffers Mill, producing revoiutio
in commerce that is still sweeping on.
The year 1s49 is memorable for the Aste
place riots, resulting from feud between IL
partisans Of Macready and Forrest, the En-
lsh and American actors. During this yes
the cholera swept through the country Wit
frichtful fatality. DR.. George Parkman,
noted millionaire of Boston, was killed
Professor Webster, of Harvard college, az
the latter was hanged. From 1850 to Is
DIR. Elisha Kane was in search of Sir Jot
Franklin with the Grinnel expedition. Jenr
:, Lind arrived and began her famous tou
Californians in 1851 were stirred by the reit
of the vigilance committees, and all EnglaI
was surprised by the victory of the vac
. America in the great international regatt
Kossuth, the Hungarian exile, arrived as t
invited euest of the nation and made to
4 of the country
In 1852. Commodore Perry's expedition
: Japan opened TO the world the ports of tn
: hitherto exclusive nation. In 1853, the Z
/ Inns steamship Arctic was sunk with neal
:, all on board. In 1856, Hon. Preston
! Brooks, of South Carolina, assaulted Char
4 Sumner in the United States senate. In Is
< DR.. Burdell, a wealthy New York denti
A was mysteriously murdered in his own ohiC
Y The steamship Central America founder
off Cape Hatteras, with a loss of more thi
: four hundred lives and two millions OF tire
y IRE. A panic occurred in the business a
# financial world.
te In 1858, Paul Morphy astonished the wo
is of chess players by his phenomenal perfoI
le ances: more than five hundred men, won
to and children were lost by the burning OF
or steamship Austria, and the bloody prize fl
e. tool, place between John Morrissey and JC
is C. Heenan. In 1859, Phil Barton Key '
ID killed bv Hon. Daniel Sickles in Washi
70 ton; the first petroleum wells were bored
Pennsylvania; Hon. D. G Broderick
killed in duel near San Francisco
- Hon D. S. Terry; and John Brown N
v. his celebrated raid on Harper's Ferry.
IA The year 1860 was signalized BY the arr
re- of a grand embassy from Japan with tire
ms of peace; the arrival of the Prince of w
IN, and his tour through the United States;
ed the arrival and exhibition of the iron ste
ship Great Eastern. Gen. Walkers filibus
tie ing expedition TO Nicaragua came to 81
On and he was shot.
Oh Fort Sumter was bombarded in 1851 by
ms Secessionsts and war begun between
The north and south. In 1863, President Lint
ost issued his proclamation of emancipation,
AN In 1865 the war ended by the SURRENDER
Gen. Lee to Gen. Grant President Lint
the was assassinated in Washington by j. WI
in Booth. After ten years Of experiment
ok difficulty, the telegraph cable was lad &C
the the Atlantic and the event celebrated '
len great ceremonies.
yer Tho events of the last twenty years
emit so fresh in memory that it is unneceS
ted TO recall them in this connection, but
,re- serve to illustrate the increased activitit
ma the age and the growth and prosperity OF
the nation F. G. De FoSTAIS
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