Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-07-13
THE NEW HAVEN CELEBRATION


Completion of the Atlantic Cable
A Retrospect ever Thirty-four
Years.
Now that the death of Cyrus W. Field
has called up before the public attention
the successful laying of the Atlantic cable
in 1858 1t will be well to remember the sig
nificance of that event and the manner in
which it was celebrated throughout the
country. We print below an account OF
the celebration in New Haven, which will |
be read with considerable interest by many |
of our older as well as younger citizens:
From the MORNING JOURNAL AND COURIER Of
August 49, 1851
teYesterday WAS devoted to rejoicing and
the preparation for rejoicing. From the
time of the reception of the queens mes
not by their peculiar FAULT until the time
of this present writing there has been
high carnival in New Haven The ma
tional salute, bell-ringing and bonfres and
PROFESSIONS on Monday night only prepar-
ed the way for greater demonstrations on
Tuesday. During the morning almost
| everybody was occupied with preparations
for the celebration, and thousands OF PEG
| pie from the country focked into the city
to see the display.
eat 2 %. m. q volunteer national salute
| was fred on the green. At p. m. the
military turned out as we have mentio ed
| elsewhere; at shutdown one hundred guns
we're fred on the green, and all the bells
of the city were rung. This was the sig
| nsl for the evenings demonstration, and
RAPIDLY all the thoroughfares we're crowd
ed with men and women, eager, interes-
ted and patriotic. It was hardly possible
| to pass anybody in the streets in the CEN
trail part Of New Haven. The crowd was
too dense to make any impression upon,
and it increased until p. M, when the
| illumination became general. There was
/ a mixed mess of pedestrians, equestrians
and riders in carriages blocking the street,
which was only broken open when
some military or fire. 5s company
it's way through As tor illumination it
was magnificent. All the center of the
town blazed with light and presented q
scene of dazzling beauty, as exciting as it
was novel. We can compare it with moth
ing that has gone before. 1t was night
of jubilee in the city, as it ought to have
been in view of the great event celebrated.
Every method of expression of the popular
rejoicing was freely exercised. Indeed,
until the wee sma' hours ayant the twall'
the excitement continued. The illumina-
ton was the great feature of the occasion,
and we give a few notes of our observa-
tions in relation to it, regretting that we
have not time and room to do it justice"
Then followed detailed description of
the decorations and Examinations of the
following buildings: P. A. Pinkerman-
Glebe building, Lyon building, the Gov
ernors ~. aue1d, the Blues, the st City
building, Mitchelps building, railroad de-
pot, Register Office, JOURNAL AND COURIER
Office ,(then at lis Chapel street,
Marble block, Marble & Fosters, the
telegraph Offices, the New Haven house
the Tontine hotel, the Merchants hotel
: John n. Benham's printing Office, Mrs
,, McCarthy's, Charles Winship's, Allen
Brothers, L. Candee & Co., Davenport
: Mallory & Co.. g. & D. Cooks carriag,
factory (now Hooper's), who also procured
a steam calliope for the occasion; Bradley
There was also military parade with Ma
. jor Candee in charge, which is described
THE SCENE ON EAST ROCK.
q Proceeding the account says: "The EN-
y ployes of Davenport & Mallory tool
Q charge of East Rock, assisted by MI
Stewart, the keeper of the house on tn
rock, who went into the celebration wit
l. the greatest good will, and who deserve
"a the highest credit for his efforts. TIL
first demonstration was the general dis
charge of rockets, followed by the displa
of a line of fire of one hundred feet, &C
companied by discharges of rockets an
n fire balls Next followed star of fort
n feet in diameter, and then a line of tar bal
rels, distributed in every accessible place
were set along the whole front of the roc
- and fired. From the top of the Tontin
~ the sight was magnificent one. Th
darkness hid the rock, and constellatio
of fires seemed to hang in mid air an
J. send reflection up again the clouds
with an effect hardly possible to be sui
y. passed. From the same point of vie
le the spectacle was magnificent in all dire,
Of tions. The bon6res on West Rock an
Saltonstall heights, on the Oyster Rive
=. hills and on the eminences about the cit
:: played up against the clouded sky with
- charming effect, which, added to the gel
a. eral illumination of the city, made sigl
y never before seen in New Haven"
q, IN GENERAL.
T.; The account concludes: "But we mu
~ stop these details. There never was
y. fine an illumination in this part of tt
world. We have done injustice to man
of our citizens in not particularizing the
'e displays. We have not mentioned the pr
vate residences that were illuminated, NJ
tn but few of the public buildings and stor
t. which gave evidence of the patriotism ar
s good taste of their owners.
1--WE have said nothing about the sta
CO house, which shone up brightly, or tt
I'd institute building, the old county nous
of the churches, about the celebration in Fla
ly Haven, where they fred guns and rang IL
Nv bells, and illuminated the hill back of Il
be village. For all these omissions we mu
he be pardoned. It is impossible to do ju
re- tice to our citizens within the limits of
of daily paper. We are all conscious of ha
of ing a glorious and complete celebratio
id and we can we'll afford to waive the me
les ton of our efforts. Nothing like the 9
thusiasm of last night ever prevailed her