The New York Herald Newspaper, September 15, 1869, Page 3

~NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. 3 tions and fame were leat Ii If we take the word catholic in & sense agrecable to tts etymology, he ‘was the most catholic man in modern times. Eu; ‘Asia and America were equally his, oy visit and discovery. He wrote selentiic dissertations with equal satisfaction in te New York 14 far the most international, or, a8 the Greeks would have expressed it, all-na- tional, place in the world, where the grounds sesigned to the general public was nearly all overcowded from the line drawn sround the space reserved to the singers, the orchestra and other active participants tn the ceremonies, to the farthest edges of the sidewalks and even far out into the streets, Thousands upon tnousands had assembled, the fair sex being numerically equal to the sterner half of mankind, Atabout two P.M, the whole enclosure around the monument to be unveiled was filled, bera of the several singing societies were in the e orchestra occupied seats immediately in front of the two platforms, and Pro- fessor Carl Anschutz, director of the musical per- formance, instrumental as well as vocal, was ready, baton in hand, to give the sign to commence. statue itself, on each side of which the two platforms were erected, was still hia trom public view, the nattonal colors of America and of North German Confederation covering it. “At this Moment a view from the elevated position on the platform presented a striking coup dail, the sturdy mass of Teutons in front, animated with joy at being able to celebrate on free American soil the birthday of their greatest of modern scientists, and ready to burst forth tm full chorus the songs of their masters. To the right and to the left and to the rear innumer- pennants and banners, heir gold embiems, ani azure of the sky with their rich colored streamers, the kaleidoscopic changes beyond of moving hu- gave the concourse an impressive. At this moment HUMBOLDT. Velebration of the Centennial Anniversary of the Birth of the Great Philosopher, IMPOSING TRIBUTE TO GENIUS. iatics, Africans peans: travelling eastward or west- ward. ‘This is the fitness, real and symbolical, of the jace where we now stand, for the monumental age of Alexander Humbolit, a ural History, to be estabits! in former times an arsenal of the rman collection of great value has already been jurchased for this purpose by means furnished by beral fellow citizens of ours, Humboldt te one of the magnates in the history of our race; and as this race spreads further and further over the globe so wiil he be a magnate in the truly universat history of our kind—In the history of rogvess, which, like the rays of the sun, spreads as He ts not one of those men the rise of whose name only keepy pace with tho sweeping harm they infitct, because ther own name ig their own ooject. Humboldt was a fortunate man; he was great, he was kind, liberal in every wa: perception, &® man of the hig ‘esthetic taste, fimess which Places assigned them, UNVEILING OF THE BUST IN THE PARK, rises and advances, Whe Procession, the Oration, the Music, the Torchlight Parade and the Banquet. laborious, of vivid at culture and of He was fortunate in his birth; it fell in the middle of that century whicn is marked at the outset by the act of Settlement in England—limiting, at least, the ower of the Crown, if not tes of the people; by the foundation of the kingdom a, 80 #00n to take a Jeading part; and by ul war of the Spanish succession on the one nd the latter portion of which, on the other ignalized by the American and French re- wo of the three greatest revolutions our Knropean race, prone to revolutions cotapared to Asia, which only knows serag! ‘ko far ventured on. Humboldt was a far harder working man than any with hammer in hand or behind the plough. ° In the year 1844, when he had reached, therefore, the age of seventy-five years, he told the 4 that he was engaged in a work which he intended to call Cosmos; that he was obliged night, for in the morning he studi materiais or received visitors, and in the evening he ‘was expected to be with the King from nine o’clock After his rewurn from the King he ‘was engaged in writing until one or two and even Would not the Greck philosopher, reticent of gratulation, have pronounced him for- tunate? He was fortunate, He was & man Goclebrations Throughout the Country and in Berlin. he vas rial tl eulivening the yet increasing the liber- Happily for mankind the evil that men do does At live after them always, nor are their good works interred with their bones. Warriors whose grand- est achievements have been the wholesale de- struction of their fellow-men, statesmen whose bril- fiant diplomacy has kept the world in expectation, boarders of the world’s wealth vho “ave waxed fat on .the necessities of the helpless and left brazen re- cords of their pomp and circumstance behind them, are rarely remembered after the generation in passed away; the men of human sympathy and great gifts who expended their weaith of knowledge and large-hearted benevolence for the benefit of their kind are not forgotten and can never die. He who “earth and heaven explored, revealed nature and freed the mind,” was one of the latter class. His greatness was not ephemeral, his glory was not «transitory. His mind, of wonderful power, grasped at universal knowleage—dived ueep into tne myste- ries of earth, and brought forth, for the instruction and delight of man, hidden treasures. His sympa- thies aad affections were forall of his kind; his glory is the world. Friedrich Heinrich Alexander born a German, was no more a German than a Polynesian. He lived for the world and the world owned him. Of ‘hat vast, expansive reach of mind, his aim was as lofty as bis sympathy was universal, well be proud of him and cherish his memory; like Shakspeare, Robert Burns, Michael Angelo, Dante, Milton and others whose works have shed Justre on literature and art, and benefited humanity, his greatness is cosmopolitan and i» a common It was fitting that royal honors should have been paid his remains when, laden with the Diessings of his countrymen and the love of every people, he departed into the realms through whose dark portals even his vision could not extend; but it ‘was just as well on yesterday, the one hundredth anniversary of his birth, that his countrymen and the people of all lands should commemorate in a Attng manner his advent among them. civilization has left its track the name of Humboldt ig cherished and held in reverence, and although the public feeling may not have been universally ex- pressed by crowds and banquets, the popular heart. yesterday beat with gratitude, monuments or storied urns was that grateful tribute to the benefactor of his kind. Impulse yesterday. manity—all this ness setdom equalled in this city. there could not have been jess than from 20,000 to 26,000 people on and immediately around the place, als eager to come near to listen and to add to the en- thysiasm of the occasion. the morning lacked in numbers and of of popular demonstration was fully made up in the THE PRESENTATION, On the platform were congregated a number of rominent amoung whom were iniater Plenipotentiary to the United States of the North German Confederation, and @ personal friend of Humboldt during the iat- ter’s lifetime; Dr. Carl Roesing, North German Con- sul General; Mr. A. Kuehne, Rev, Dr. Joseph P. Thom nacle, representing the Geograp! R, O, Doremus, one of the orators of the day, and Professor Francis Lieber, another of Humboldt’s and who delivered the age; Mr. Andrew H. Gommisaion; Rev, lio conspiracies, has roe ee aker at Potsdam distinguished men, Baron yon Gerolt, ‘etly to write at and arranged nsul of Hesse-Darm. | t0 about eleven. Of the Taber- | three orelock. ut, happily, not a personal acquaintances, oration in the German Green, Comptroller of the Farrell, a prominent Catholic divine, aud many ers, ‘The moment having arrived, Professor Anschuetz baton and the orchestra began the Weber’s beautiful fairy opera, SPEECH OF MR. DETMOLD. The strains of this enchantin, art were eagerly listened to, and hardly had the last note died away when the attention of the people was called to the platform by Mr. C. E. Detmoid, who, advancing to the front and addressing the anxious thousands whose upturned faces appeared eager to catch every word, spoke as follows:— 'RLLOW CrrizeNs—The desire to honor and per- petuate the memory of those who by their genius and virtues have shed lustre upon the path of humanity ig one of the most ennobling impulses of It was in obedience to this dictate that @ number of citizens of New York, native and adopted, associated themselves for the purpose of celebrating the centennial birthday of Alexander yon Humboldt by erecting @ monument to him in this Park whereby to testify their. respect for the man as well a3 to transmit to future generations 3 faithtul representation of bis benign and intellectua) features, ‘The century that has elapsed since the birth of Humboldt 1s comcident almost with the first century of American inde; by greater material, moral and intellectual progress than any preceding one in the worid’s history. ‘To the influence of the free institutions of this country, of which Humboldt was one of the most earnest and consistent friends and admirers, may juctly be ascribed a large share of this pi There was a twofold citizens of America 6! great. No one has ever heard from any indication from which it might be sur- that he shared in ‘that puperciliousness with which modern naturalists not untre upon other sciences and branches o! On the contrary, he took the deepest interest in human society and ali the branches which treat of men as social beings. as I know, into the grievous error of considering force and time of superior import- ance to mind, soviety, right and goodness, * * * * * * His liberal freshness of mini which he retained to his latest years, never allowed him tmpotently to sigh for ‘the good old times,’’ or to suppose that they must have been good merely because they are no more, although he had hved through changes in institutions and opinions, of systems and language, of men, manners, and even of dress, aa no other prominent man, the living traditions of the great circumnavigator Cook, through Forster, Cook's companion, and lived to gather facts for his Cosmos from the lateat re- ts of the geological surveys of our States. was @ student miineraiog; y useless stone picking; he died he had written Cosmos, lived through the period of the American Revolution; was a contemporary of Washington and Adams, and a frieud of Jefferson, French Revointion and the age of the classic orators He lived through the Napoleonic era and the resuscitation of Prussia and all Germany. studied under Werner, with whom mineralogy be- He new Laplace, survived Arago and Gauss, and worked with Enke. He lived with Kant, and knew Scheliing and Hegel. knew Goethe and read H Decline as a work just published, and perused Nie- buhr, and later still praised Prescott. Whe speaker closed a superb eulogium as fol- Humbolds was liberal, Se ag sg ea overture to O. M. "0! He never fell, von Humboldt, matter, space, work, of musical 4 » Germany may was still called He lived through tue ndence, and is marked gins, and knew Houy. ropriety, therefore, that He read Gibbon’s ould commemoraie the Humboidt's centenary by enduring monument. The proposition met with the prompt and cordial approval of the Commission- era of the Park and of their enlightened Comp- troller, who, with a characteristic nice sense of the fitness of things, has assigned this conspicuous and appropriate spot near the ‘Scholars’ Gate’ for the reception of the colossal bust of Humboldt which we have this day assembled (o unveil aud to inaugu- rate with becoming ceremonics. 1 leave to others more able and eloquent the plea- sant task Of dwelling at large upon the high claims which Humboldt has upon the love and admisation of ine citizens of America incr amon with the rest of the civilized world, and content myself now with periorming the closing part of my duties m connec- tion with this occasio! Mr. Comptroller of the Better than granite Great names are a treasure of nations; Humboldt's name is a portion of the treasure of our Kind, and cha monument, let us be thauktul not only for the kindly fruits and the lovely trees of the earth, but also and more warinly sull for the kindly fruits and the lovely blossoms of the For the young who hear me I conclude with Humbol({s own words, in the last letter he wrote before setting saii for South Aimerica:—Man inust wiil the good and the great; the rest comes as de- For ail, | conclude with those words of Pericles, With wuici, on an occasion not dissimilar, ‘Tue whoie earth is tue monu- All Germany telt the England acknowledged it, in distant Australia, and here in this, the most cosmo- politan country im the world, the occasion was properly remembered, ‘The ceremonies in this city yesterday were at once ‘Imposing and appropriate and were confined to no Class or section of our people, rocession of large proportions, the day the unvell- ng of a statue with imposing ceremonies, the night a torchhglit procession and a grand banquet in honor of the memory of him who spent his life in extend- ing the sphere of human knowledge—Alexander von on a spot like this, with 8 The morning saw a I began my adaress:. meni of iiusirious men.” asking of you, ORATION BY PROF! ark Commission, on behall of the subscribers, the accepiance of thia bust of Humboldt as we permanent property of the Park. It was made expressly for this occasion by an eminent artist, Professor Gustav Bliser, of Berlin, and as a true likeness of Humboldt, as well asa noble work of art,.will not be among the least at- tractive 1eatures of this beautifal Park. THE UNVEILING OF THE MONUMENT. When Mr. Detmold had concluded he gave the nod, in obedience to which Mr. A. Kuehne, on the Wilham Aufermann, on the left of the irew the cords; the flags of the two tioned, Which had covered it, pi over the head of Humboldt and gtided down swiftly on either side, exposing the colossal statue to (he Cheer after cheer went up irom the laps of all assembled, even the ladies heartily im the chorus, and the orchest ig the cheers with increased volume to the furthest confines of the immense assemblage. ‘The bust has already been described, lossal image of Humboldt, and by all who have is declared a most excel- itis cast in bronze, is placed on a ‘anite and is in all be an enduring at- SHOR R. OGDEN DOREMUS, Warm applause followed Professor Lieber’s ora- tion in German, after which the Northeastern Saen- gerbund, as strong in vocal performers as the other, gave the grand chorus by Monr, ‘Jauchzend Krhebt sich die Schoepfung’’ (Jubilant rises Creation), in & Professor R, Ogden Doremus was then introduced and received with several rounds of When quiet was restored the learned Pro- lessor spoke as follows:— A month past France offered to one ef the great of old! e dead but aceptred sovereigns who etill ru’e Our spirite frou thelr urns, Napoieon’s one hundredth natal day was ceie- brated by a nation! Humboldt’s centenary 1s being celebrated by a world! Since the Almighty ‘‘cre- aled the greater light to rule the day” yon giorious orb has not shone more brightly in behalf of science, Since this morning's rays Uralian “peaks, and Andean chain sounded and will THE PROCESSION. # fine day and an idea rarely into the streets, Music, bright colo: fail to draw New Yor! Strains trom martial bands, prancin, marching men, with arms and flags, will ordinarily move the most lethargic into motion and cover the sidewalk with the genus homo, strations of event of great is sure to be Jarge and enthusiastic, Our citizens, particularly those of German origin or descent, were on the qui vive of expectation lor weeks past, and the most elaborate preparations were made by them for yesterday's celebration. and poiltical societies were envied by those outside the pale, but in sympathy with them, and all aid and encouragement was given in order to make the celebration of the centenary of Humboldt as im- posing as possible. The arrangements for the pro- cession, Which initiated the ceremonies of yester- day, were excellent, and reflected credit ‘on the mabagers. The sun smiled in the morping, and ark clouds that peered sullenly above the horizon sunk before his flery glance of indignation, soit and balmy, swept through the streets and gently waved the banners that hung from every flagetat. Promptly at ten o’clock the various German 80: oleties, who very properly took the lead in the cele- bration, marched to the aesignated places. in the vicinity of Lafayette place and Fourth street a large ] congregated, divisions marched and marshals gave orders, bands people cheered, and embroidered flags ‘waved above excited men in gorgeous scarfs. At the Liederkranz Hall, in Fourth street, the invited guests of the committee assembled before eleven o'clock and united in @ general felicitation on the event about to be celebrated. The time named f rocession to start was eleven, and just as the struck the lgst note of that hour the Grand Marshal, General Louis Bui charger, waved his baton, an wowara the Bowery in the following order:— Platoon of Police. Grand Marshal—General Louis Burger. Assistant Grand Marshal—Colonel Henry Lux. Marsials—Major John A. Godfrey, Captains H. F. Bauer, William C. Drikel, Kari Klein, Stephen D. O'Keefe, Charles Marguardt, Lieutenant John Biock, Joseph Latug, Charles Lack and The Committee of Arrangements in carriages. Invited guests in carriages, perfect manner. But when demon- Tepresent and right, and Mr. Members of singing resent joining ra struck up, oto the rst illtunined the Hima- of Humboldt has throughout the civilized globe. Even “Creation rises jubilant,’ a8 harmoniously expressed in ihe beautt- tul musie of Mohr, by this grand chorus, tn recogut- spirtt appreciated Search the records known tne deceased it lent likeness, plain pedestal of American about twelve fect high. traction to the Park, although but a trifing adaition to the works of art and of science which will com- memorate the fame of Humboldt to ail future ages. Alexander von Humboldt has by bis owu hands cast for himself, by his achievenients and by what he did for mankind, like the only one like lim, and who has preceaed him, more than two thousand years ’s symphonic poem of nature, the names of the giant sons of earth aud tell me of one who ranks higher in the ltst of those who have more successfully aimed to imi- of mind than that of Hum- le of contracting to imprison the conception of the ultimate iudivisible particle of matter--the atom, invested with its chemical afint- \les—or of expanding to grasp the movements of the ‘Traly, “he was but lit- Placed on this,world— countermarched, tate this godlike quaut Monumentum aere perenntus! THE RECEPTION OF THE BUST. Mr, A. Ht. Green, on behalf of the Commissioners ie Park, then stepped forward, the cheer- on lis Appearance and lon to his words. MR. PRESIDENT OF THE HUMBOLDT Mont MENT AsgocraTION—The Commissioners of the Park re- ceive with especial satisfaction the memorial of Humboldt now presented through you by tuat assocl- ation. The clty of New York, the metropolis of the Continent, at the same time ominentiy a cosmopoll- tan city, numbers among her citizens ‘those of man: languages and races. Indeed, a very large and muc! ortion of her whole people ich the illustrious sage whom we meet to honor first opened his eyes one hun- » In the construction aud con- of the Park the Commussiouers have en- deavored to reflect and represent this pervading broad and catholic cosmopolitan sentiment of her All men, of all climes and tongues, find ere a cordial welcome; and in the pastiines of tae children, in the strains of the music, in the birds, in the trees and flowers, each, a8 he wanders through this place of popular amusement, will tind sugges- tions that call back sweet memories of the home of ma feel that, though a new universe of the astronomer, tle lower than the angeis.”” coming from whence we know not—bid to revolve its axis aud in its elliptical race- course around the sun lor threescore years, and per- chance its superlative ten, pressed, and often over- sand duties of life, how rarely do we lift ourselves up to study the magnif- cence of the works of the Creator in the profandities of space, or investigate the mysterics of our wore immediate surroundings, or of the marvellous en- casement of our thinking minds and imwortal souls ! In obedience to the discoveries of his predecessors, of Tycho Brahe, Coperaicus, Galileo, Kepier, Herschel and Newton, our earth revolves with all her sister orbs around our distant Inminary, the monarch of ea by the grandest law ever re- vealed to human bram—the law of gravitation. Not only does our earth swhig loose from its moorings, but the central sun becomes a star in the firmament of heaven, and eniorced by the same all-pervading law flies around the more distant centre, while doubie, triple, quadruple and multiple stars join in the mazy dance as they recognize “the eweet infla- Here we have our first exalt- ation of time and space, Eighteen millions o! years are required for this rotation of our sun, wit royal retinue of planets, satellites and fiery cometa. With telescopic vision we are lifted of equally glorious accompaniments as Humboldt’s explorations of the volcanges of Vesu- vias, of the O10; of Pinchincha, Cotopaxi and Chim- barazl, of the New World— Of the mumbling earthquake that smacks {ts lips O'er some thick peopled city. enables hin Ing of the people ceasing changing 10 serious attentl with 1% upon ir, who rode on a fine the procession woved burdened with the cai respected and honored are of the land upon wht this system, aw id (ander direction of Carl Anschutz). FIRST_DIVISION, Band. Marshal—Colonel Schwartz. Aids—Mesers. Geritzen, Stauff and Koch, Singing Societies of New York and suburbs. BECOND DIVISION. ence of the Pielades.?? and. Marshal—Colouel Umberkaunt. Aids—Major Boeckel, Behrends and Steffen. Pontical, Literary and Benevolent Soclewes, Workingmen’s Societies. Educational Instituuons, Veteran Societies, &c. THIRD DIVISION. Bana, Marshal—Colonel Senges. Aids--Captain Von Roeder and Oficera of the Turners’ Associations. The Turners of New York and suburbs. Nearly every society and many sections of societies carried a banner and was preceded by a band, feature of the procession, which numbered in all about 1,600 persons, was @ small receded by & company of he societies marched four in excellent order, his childhood a) comer, he is her ‘The gates of the Park, to one of which made allusion, the Commissioners, discarding hack- neyed systems, have endeavored to characterize by james that generalize the various industries, voth intellectual and physical, of civilized communtues, and to represent them in &® group that indicate the principal entrance ways from the present city—the Artisan, the Artist, the Merchant and the Scholar. Other gatea gracefully acknowledge the tuuimace relations and dependence of the pros city upon the successful prosecution of the various purguits and occupations of even part of our union of States, thus affording, as originally intended, am- ple scope and field for the most refined artistic Ulus- Ds At the Scholars’ Gate, that in its decoration is to priate forms the intellectual civilized communities, the poet, the editor, the teach merce. the Commigsicss snc. — arores abs 56 ily Ta symmetrical arrangement by the establishment of the memorial of ono who was eminently the student of the universe, and whose lofty fame and name are worthy of the highest methods of artistic expression. rou present and cheerfully give it an honored place ple’a grounds, to stand for ali time as an Tespect that is rendered to nt in lavors, the benefits of which are not confi to the Jand that gave him virth, but are as widespread and universal as are the bounties of nature whose scholar and scudent he os of the molien mass With Werner and Cuvier, Humboldt has shown that geology 1s but an iliuminated record of the vaNed forms of existence which have at distant ‘she least interestin; With Carl Ritter, Hum- epochs decorated our glo’ boidt has given us the physiology of the world. he face of nature—the object of {ts preseut subdivisions of jand and water. A} t oma tmoee that nearly a quarter of a mi its production—sacrificing his own fortune, ‘to accomplish (pie ttalion of chiléren, ys with muskets, abreast and march or at the terminator police, Never was procession, The Bowery was handsomely decorated, ‘and Broadway also displayed bunting liberally, the corner of Houston street a fine portraty of Doldt was displayed, and anothey at House, with numerous mottoos ‘ man and “Minerva” 4p ona nicy ‘These, with the Mir bas explained to us t Saat hao kad win was expended in operations of erence of the | tne preacher, the +4 Hee toedne He might bave sald:— : m AS Kaa midnight wateb, Wring.s alight slocps out of the ooueh, an Tie eel sntue moon, whieh Uit us to ote rest Her place rearce changed percey Now light ua to reaowal of our tolls, I know what stad; ‘uappy to-day the Execution of th Hard through the -one banners borne in the pro- scene exceedingly animated and os ‘The rouve was from Liederkranz Hall to ‘wery, down Bowery to Canal street, Canal street B ‘ay, up Broadway to Union square. Hay: arrived at the latter place the several societies too! the cars for the Park, while the marsh: guests proceeded to et ‘and partook of lunch. 1 acce| V accept the Work tibly in heaven, appreciative sign of the one Whose yeara were For the drama our city boasts of the most splen did theatres In the world. u & music hall, our Orcheatral Soctety (the Philhar- monic) surpasses all ot Europe, in ite utrice publ betore each of its classl spent in the erection of churches for teaching God’s revealed world; and yet our colleges sutfer for want of suitable puidings and apparatus for instructing outh in God’s visible world, influence, remember jt @ restaurant in Fourteenth Line was again formed nth street and Fifth avenue snortly after two o'clock, and then the procession moved into the Park to celebrate the event of the day and year. ers in this county ly repeated symphonies, concerts. Millions are THR ORATIONS—PROFESEOR FRANCIS LIEBER. Cheers upon cheers satisfaction with the remar! again the waving of the y Anschutz commanded silence, and the members of the Allgemeine Saengeround, of New York and vicinity, about 800 voices, rose and sang that beau- tiful chorus, “O Iris and Osiris,” from Mozart's te,’ and were loud! Indition of @ master’ Detmold then introduced Professor Francis Lieber, who delivered the oration in the German language. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN—The beautiful bust has been unveiled, and now displays the nobie features of the great man whose birth, one hundred are Ago, We vel ple expressed their of Mr. Greeu, when ‘And ye of pollti Spain titted out the @ little more than jater she aided the Columbus of sclence in his first voyage to the New World, Ye who control the American press, so willing and potent in your efforté in behalf of one of your number, unws sentiments adverse to the Inatituttons of learning, tet with one of the pens, preserved Library, with which Humboldt wrote a portion of but let him remember that Its side, ready hiveral educa- Tho Ceremonies In the Park. Long betore the appointed hour—two P. M.—the Place around tho statue of Humbolat in the Park ‘was being filed with people anxious to witness the Droceedings and to assist in the honors paid to the memory of the great man. the statue is near the Fifth avenue entrance, known the Commissioners as the jars’ Gate.” This was selected as the spot for the location of Humboldv's bust, party on account of the name already and for along time before aa- Signed to this gate, and also because of its being the “most public entrance to the Park, where nine-tenths of the visitors pass either in or out, and hence Gannot fall tosee and admire this tribute of the @itizens of New York to genius and science, By the time the several societies, preceded py their pplauded for their composition. Mr. rogress, should The place solected for is calling, hold Dy designation of ‘by our Historical rate this day. pre-eminently fit and entitied vo erect a monument to Alexander Humboldt, Berlin, his birth- piace, and where he passed the largest portion of his laborious life; Paris, which he considered alinost as much his home as Berlin; and this Park, which the jeople have royally laid out for themselves, It 19 he fairest portion of this international town—the foremost city of the country he loved so well, of the be pM gg pede the sgh his ie though a German in the lineaments of his character Sage and banners, bean ty arrive, the postion of J aud talons, wae of all Modem Meu the ope whose ‘Three spots on | his immortal Cosmos; the cane of Benjamin to do valiant sefvice in the tion, To the inaugurators of this festival all praise Ye honor yourselves in honoring him. The donors are snore enriched than the recipi immortal spirit of Humboldt can leave i distant bourne—can speed its Way through the inter-stellar spaces, where bis mind loved to soar, while emtfo- died in his “anchorage to earth’’—he will doubtiess pase from gathering to gathering on our pl Will lpger here, whory bis conntrymen Frauklin ties bs she ns nal American appreciators raise this testimony to his tots, woe tuey gece _ aoe m yore aud praise where it is jue, singing ‘With the grand chorus, 7 Dies ist der Tag des Herrn! (Tuis ie the Lord's own day!) CONCLUDING CEKEMONIES—A GRAND HYMN. After the oration of Professor Doremus, the prac- tical allusions of which were fully understood and Warmly appreciated, the orcnestra performed the Introduction to “Lohengrin,” by Richard Wagner,the father of the music of the dy Soldge 3 which taken entirely by surprise. They had no cause to regret what they done, though, of e they felt sorry that they could not bring me with them the Jaurels of victors. had considerabie pride in boating in coliege, and went as far as they could and tried best in striving for success, but could not grasp it, He would propose the health of the Oxford crew. After the cheering had subsided the Chair gave the next regular toast, “The Oxford Crew; while we dis- tinctly recognize them as manly victors, 60 do we xno sof them an equal chance in American Wi rs. In the absence of the British Consul, unavoldably callea out of the city, General Parsons responded for the Oxford crew and paid them a high tibute for gallantry and courteous demeanor toward the Har- vards. General Parsons Was present at the race, and his remarks consisted principally of a atate ment of facts already published, The next toast was, “May the time soon come when anotuer similar struggle may take place; and then, God bless the bravest heart ‘and the strongest ‘arta.’ Responded to by Mr. Blaikie, who said that he ‘was giad of so fine an opportunity to thank the Nas- sau Boat Club in particular and all the New York boat clubs in general for the attentions the Harvurds had received at hands, especially on the occasion of their from New York for England. He hoped that the Harvards would have an opportunity to know more of the New York boat clubs, and that they would attend the sonual Boston . when the Harvards would give them @ fair course; what Englishmen had complimented the crew for doing at the race, and which, they stated, Was the first instance of the kind ever known at am English boat race. So much had been written about the race that very little that was new remained to be said, In the ttrst place our men started too fast. He had heard an Oxford man say, just before the race, that the Oxfords intended to let the Harvards jead in the beginning, and When our bvat shot alead he was on the point of calling out and warning the crew, but was re- strained from doing so by the thought that It might be regarded as outof place. The reason why Harvards did not throw the wash of their boat upon the Oxiords when the op| vunity jor doing so offered itself was, at an interview with Mr. Tinney, of the Oxfords, previous to the race, it had been remarked that sach pencdces. were dishonorable, to which Mr. Tinne; ad assented, and the Harvards took it for grant that no such means would be employed in the con- fest. The Harvards kept away from tne Ox. fords in the race, and while they did not blame their coxawain at all, there was no doubt that @ different course, like that adopted by the Oxfords, would have materially affec! the result. He did not believe, however, that with @ sepa- rate track and with a well crew the Harvards would have won the race, and attributed the success of the English to preponderance of welght and the difference in relation to coxswains. Arace suchas the Harvards desired could not be brought about this year, and this contest was ae- cepted because Loring and Simmons, the best men of Harvard, were about to graduate, Im conclusion he desired to be put himself on record ag refuting the imputation made by some of any unfairness on the part of the Oxford and he would propose as @ sentiment “The Oxfo ey of et to fe get with ree Harvard cheers, Whici were given with @ Pee next recular todat The ctty of New York, an earnest admirer of mental aud physical power—especiaily when the two are combined.’? . To this sentiment Judge Bedford replied as fole jows:— Mk, CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN—Permit me to return you my thanks for the kind manner in which you have called upon me for a speech on this very interesting occasion. I can assure you that it af fords megreat pieasure to be here this Khe 25 are ticipating in this magnificent banquet. As ok around this room J find myself in the midst of dis- Unguished men well representing all the honored aths of life, and who have assembled here this evens ing to pay & marked tribute of respect and cordial welcome to the Harvard crew. Although that noble crew have not returned to their homes with the wreath of victory, still they do not by any means re- turn to us with dishonor. On the contrary, they have won laurels for themselves, and must be mo- rally convinced that in their honest effort to be triumphant they have aitained with an un- broken voice the good opens of their fellow citizens. When we consider the many disadvantages under which they bene labored all must freely admit that the pluck, the courage, the forti- tude, the determination to do all in their power to win an honoravie victory, are, indeed, examples worthy of emulatio Gentlemen of Harvard, im your recent contest you have done well, and if your rivals suall consen6 tw meet you in our American waters, where you will enjoy the pleasing inspiration of feeling that you are at home, it will not be ditficnlt to predict, that “Harvard” at home will be equal if not too much for Oxford. Ana here I mi be permitted to say that I love “Harvard” and all that concerns ber. It wasin her Law Department that | received my legal education; there it was that I first imbibed those impulses which gave vitality and vigor to my future action. E entiemen of Harvard, this spontaneous ovation, magnificent as it 18, must, Indeed, be truly gratify- ing; it speaks for itself, and in emphatic terms, 18 demonstrates the great fact, that you are not only welcomed home, but that your honest and strenuous efforts abroad are admired and fully appreciated by the American people, In conciusion let me add, should the Oxfords con- sent to enter a contest against you im our American waters, then, on that occasion, may success and vic- tory be with you. Severa! toasts and speeches followed, which the lateness of the hour prevent being given in the morning press, aud the assemblage ‘nally adjourned to the happiest manner. THE HARVARD CREW. ARRIVAL AND WELCOME IN NEW YORK. Reception by the New York and Boston City Councils. BANQUET AT DELMONICO'S LAST NIGHT. the grand hymn, “Dies ist der ‘ des fiernn’ “Phis is the Lord's Own Day”— which was sung by the united societies, over 1,500 voices, with orches- tral accompaniment. The effect was Indeed grand, and it Sepesred as if all those present felt the in- spiring force of the uuman voice, This ended the oificiai ceremonies at the Park. The large concourse of people began slowly to sepa- rate, but many thousands remalved to approach nearer the monument and have a better view of it atless distance than they were able to obtain here- tofore. Bui atl seemed to have been well pleased with the arrangements and the perfect order which prevatied, and complete fatisfaction was expressed on all sides, The Committee of Arrangements and the xavited guests, alter leaving the platiorm, pro- 0 The steamer City of Antwerp arrived at eight o’clock yesterday morning, with Messrs. Loring and Pay, of the Harvard crew, and Mr, Blaikie, their agent. In consequence of the uncertainty respect- ing the hour ai which the steamer might arrive the crowd at the wharf to welcome the returning Har- ‘vards was not so large as would otherwise nave been the case, but @ goodly number of peopie were pre- gent, among whom were genticmen from the com- mittee of the united boat clubs of New York, mem- bers of the city government, and several prominent citizens, who gave the oarsmen a hearty greeting. The other members of the crew—Messrs. Lyman, Rice, Bass and Burnham the coxswain—remain behind in England, but will follow in the city of Paris, which leaves for New York to-morrow. Simmons, who was reported to have arrived at Halifax in the City of Baltimore, is in Dresden, where he will spend a month, and then proceed to Vienna to reinain there three years prosecuting hia medical studies. Considerable disappointment was expressed that the entire crew did not return together, as was ex- pected, but the explanation by Messrs. Loring and Fay, that they did not anticipate any public demon- strations on their arrival, satisfactorily accounted for the meagre representation of the crew, Messrs. Loring, Fay and Blaikie were accompanied on their return by I. B. Ticknor, Edwin Dudiey and A. Otis Evans, of the senior class, and Major Gene- ral Parsons, of St. Louis, and on landing were taken to the Astor House, where they are entertained as invited guests. The oarsmen appear to be in fine condition, Loring having recovered from his de- pression on the voyage and seeming to have ac- cepted defeat with the same grace that distinguished the crew in London, Both gentlemen state that their feception and treatment in England far ex- ceeded their most sanguine expectations. They accord perfect fairness to their competitors in the race a:d_ attribute their defeat to unavotdavly disadvantageous circumstances, among Which was the condition 0 gome of the members of the crew. Simmons was suffering from diarrh@a, which, although not se- vere previous to the race, had so weakened nim that after the first m‘ie his strength rapidly succumbed, and Loring, having devoted himself conatautl; the arrangements for the contest and suilered from Joss of sleep occasioned by nervous excitement, was in an equally weakened condition. Lyman’s areas also became disarranged while on the course in such @ manner as to interfere with his rowing and occa- sion an uusteady motion of the boat. The Harvards state that but for these unfortunate mishaps they would have had no trouble in maintaining the ad- vantage gained im the commencement of the race and would have won without dimiculty. un the day of their departure in the steamer the president of the Inman fine of steamers gave them @ handsome collation, and a large crowd assembled on the wharves to bid them adieu, ‘fhe voyage home was unattended by any incidents of im- portance. A strong head wind and heavy sea were encountered throughout the voyage until reaching Cape Race, and a sharp lookout was maintaived ior an iceberg in that vicinity, of which the City of Antwerp was warned by & German steamer which she met. At the Astor House a large number of friends of the crew called upon them, aud at two o’ciock they were waited upon by the banquet committee, a com- mittee of the City Councils of Boston, and a similar comunittee of the New York city government. After the formal invitation to the banquet at Nelmonico’s the crew were formally waited upon by the Boston committee, consisting of Messrs. Baldwin, Harris, Gray, Weils and braman, and were welcomed by airman, Mr. Baldwin, in the following THE SPRINGS, just north of the “Green,” and many of the strangers who had never visited the place before gave vent to thelr f.elings of delght at the chaste order’of deco- rauion and beauty and symmetry of the whole build- ing. The mineral waters were tasted and the reltc of Humboldt, the fire screen, presented to tim by King Frederick William IV., Was tospected and then the company separated, ail promising to meet again in the evening at Licderkranz Hall at the banquet, The Torchtight Procession. Long before sundown the Bowery and neighdor- hood was ail excitement; crowds of interested spec- tators were thronging the pavements on the an- Houncei prosessional route, anxious to secure a good vantage ground whence to view the parade. The German population was, of course, in great strengin, and evidently very proud of tueir distin- guished countryman, Humboldt, ‘The rallying point was the Germania Assembly Rooms, aud about half-past eight the procession was sufficiently in order for the word of command to be given to form in line. The line formed in four divisions, the first of which came from Fourth street, led by the wand of the Eleventh Tegiment and the J company, under the com- mand of Capiaia Rommel, Jollowed by delegations trom various societies, including the New York Turn- ers’ Society, with their band. rhe German printers were in force, with @ printing press on & wagon, which was working off a smal! biography of the dis- tinguished German. ‘Nhe second division included the cigar maxers, stone masons, tailors and var- ighers, with their respective bands. The third was formed of the cabinetmakers, workers in metals, planomakera and varions German societies and unions, ‘The fourth was the most impresgive an interesting part of the procession, made up, it was, of ail the German yocglists in the city, bearing the banners of their respéctive soctetie: As the procession wended its way along v Bowery, Grand street, Broadway, Union square, Fourteenth street, Second avenue, tenth street, ave- nue A and Houston sirect these vocalists struck uy their national songs; and, os their united vot were heard pealing out the melody above the plaud- its of the crowd and the turmoil of the city, the excitement seemed to become universal and every- body joined in the enthusiasm. The pillar of fire” wound its jubilant way along, and finally rested, about balf-past ten, at the Assembly Rooms, in the Bowery, where a goodly number of the proces- sionists put out their lights and seemed to think It tneumbent upon them to adjourn to the neighboring restaurants and drink the heatthof Humboldt in foaming goblets of ‘der gute stoiie.”” The Banquet. At the Liederkranz Hall, iu East Fourth street, there was indeed a blaze of glory last evening, Across the front of the three buildings the name “Liederkranz” shone in letters of fire, while @ calclum light from the opposite side of the street rendered the surrounding as “light as day.) An immense crowd assembled in front of the buildings, and, catching the sounds of the melody ami the reveiry as they were wafted through at the open windows, seemed to become infected with the spirit of the occasion, and with cheers upon cheers they rent the air, The interior of the building was profasely, yet artistically, de ted with flags and flowers, and against the wall at the rear of the banquet room hung a life-size portrait of Humboldt, which 18 said to be the best in existence. ‘The banquet, of course, Was whai all the Liederkranz banquets are—superb. The tables were loaded with all that could please the eye and tempt the palate, aud it is almost needless to say that the discussion ofthe good things were bighly sausfactory. Some 226 guests sat down and were presided over by Mr. C. E. Detmoid. When the cioth had been removed Mile. Janauschek opened the intellectual partof the programme by reciting a poem written for the occa- sion. The regular order of toasts was then taken up. Mr. Frederick Kapp responded to “Humboldt,” Baron Gerolt, North German Minister, responded for Dentschiand;” Kev. Dr J. P. Thompson answered forth. “United States, the Home of Washington and Franklin; Mr, Simon Stern for “rhe Common Brotherhood of Nations;” Dr. Hi. Knapp for “German aud American Science; Professor Charlier, in French, “Bonpland et Arago les amis de Humboldt,” and “The Press,” “Ouy of New York,” ‘Commissioners of Central Park” and "The Ladies,” each called forth happy speeches from gentlemen present. Letters of regret were read from Governor Hetiman and Mayor Hall, and the festivities were closed with a@ musical treat by members of the Liederkranz, CELEBRATIONS IN EUROPE AND AMERICA. STLEMBX OF THE HARVARD Crew—I have the honor, on behalf of the City Councils of Boston, to present to you the compliments of the Mayor and to extend to you the hospitaiities of the city. Although jou have not revarned crowned with victory you have done gee rors honor by your manly bearing and splendid efforts in the contest, and we are proud to welcome you home, We cougratulate you on your safe return, ‘Mr. LoRiNG responded in a few words, thanking the committee for their cordial reception, and stai- ing that the demonsiration was entirely unexpected to the crew. They bad not sup) that tue spirit of beating in their co'lege would take such & hold “poe the country, aud were surprised and gratified the manifestations of interest amoug our people in the contest. They had hoped to wi., and ex- pected to be greeted warmly in Hngiand; but they were totally unprepared for the generous treatment which they had received. They believed that they labored under some serious disadvantages and were unfortunate in their crew on the day of the race; but they had done the best they could under the circum- stances, aud were not at all sorry that they had gone. ‘At the conclusion of these remarks Mr. Blaikie gave some particulars, already mentioned, respect- ing the race, ering, which conversation the com. iaittee of the New York City Councils, composed of Messrs. Roberts, Norton, Ward, Culkin and Gibney, waited upon the crew and invited them to a recep- tion in the Governor's Chamber at the City Hall. On RARITAN AN DELAWARE BAY RAILROAD. Sale of the Property. The sale of this road toox place yesterday at the depot of the company, Manchester, N. J. The sale was under a writ of fiert factas, issued to Robert S. Green, a Master in Chancery of New Jersey, by the bondholders of the line, for non-payment of @ morte gage onthe line and stock of $1,000,000 and accu- mulated interest to the amount of $1,700,000, The reaching tue pay nem Foom Mr. Koberts addressed { sale cansed a great dea! of excitement among the the Harvards as follows: sharcholders, and the auction room was crowded GENTLEMEN OF THE HARVARD CREW—In apprecia- | with capitalists and spectators. tion of the enterprise displayed by you fn crossing The property was €old in two lots, the frst com, the Atlantic and challenging the Oxfords to a race | prising the railroad aud its corporate franchises and under circuinstauces Cie disadvantageous to your- | rights, The second consisted of the entire rolling selves, the City Councils of New York welcome you | stock of the company, the locomotives, cars and the to our city and extend to you our hospitalities and | steamboat Jessie Hoyt. Both ts were knocked congratulations upon your safe revura. We know | down to the bondholders of the company after @ that you felt that the honor of your country was at | very feebie competition, the first for $50,000 and the Stake in this undertaking, and you have shown that | second jor $74,(00, These prices were only nominal, you were men worthy in every respect of the cham- | it being understood that the bonduolders were de- Plons whom you chailenged. You have had an op- | termined to buy in the Ine, and no opposition was portunity of Judging of the requisites for success ta | Offered. an enterprise of tis ktud, and Ihave no deabt that | ‘The new proprietors will have a fresh board of if the race were to be repeatea you would wim. | directors, of which Charies Gould, of New York, Your undertaking has haa the earnesi sym- | Is proposed as president, and intend issuing veag of the whole country, and had the | $3,500,000 worth of new stock and ratsing $2,000,000 hour of your arrival been generally known | on fresh mortgage bonds, the majority of whicl im advance thousands would have hastened | to be expended in putting the road into better work- to greet you on your return. We feel not only | thg order and improving the stock, roud of ‘beer saree the people of a ‘inn lor the reception which they gave you, and shou! 7 - they eend torew to. OUr shores we will be gid ot FIRE IN STUYVESANT STREET. the opportunity to reciprocate the attentions which they Betowed yap oa. We hope that you may | At @ quarter past three o'clock yesterday morning progress as you have commenced in your advance- | @ fire broke out in the row of frame buildings tn» ment of international CS ba Vd You | cluded in Nos, 2, 4 and 6 Stuyvesant street, that ree Cot imerne. achieve the triumph your | suitea in about $4,500 loss to owner and occu- ae Lorine replied Goh similar Bg! a panta. It origipated in that portion of No. 4 occue ployed in response to the Boston committee, alter yed by Hermann Alberst as at. ais the crew were, favited € pacsae or wOollw | tees cork van ta loween sl0oe, eek at which Marshal Tooker welcomed the Har- | qweiling above, from some unknown cause, as the yards on behalf of the Mayor, absent from the city. | samily fad been absent at @ ball from avout nine Mr, Blaikie responded to Marshal Tooker's remarks. | o'clock of the previous night. Alberst’s oss is about Congratulations flowed in upon the Harvards | $1,000. The west half of the lower floor of this throughout the day, over 200 letters for them having | puliding 1s occupied by Andrew McGuire aga tin accumulated on weir arrival. Among the letters | aud stove store; 1083 $2,000; insured for was one to Mr. Blaikie imforming him that he had | ¢1,209 in the Peter Cooper Insurance Company. Deen appolgied “Pardon Clerk,” in Attorney General | XU° crcupied nen cigar store and dwelling by J, Hoar’s department at Washington to succecd Mr. | W, Richardson, was damaged $500, and 1a insured Hoar’s son, who has gone to Cambridge to study | for 1,400. The balance of this structure 1s a policy law, shop, occupied vy Robert Massey, whose losa After Mr. Blaikie has “read up” all the reports and | jg $150 to $200, and 18 uninsured. No. 6, comments upon the race in the American gpress, | occupied by J. Schwartz as a lager written here and received by telegraph from Eng- } galoon and dwelling, was damaged $500; fesured for Jand mince toe aa ¢ eR inreriations! Re $1,800 in the Genueis ee Company on fur- refyl review oO! anrel im ind $2,500 on stock. jo damage was sua- Le RR fhe , end oh stock, The bulldinge were all owned by George Chester- The Banaw man, whose loss is from $1,600 to $2,000; insurance The banquet at Delmonico'’s last evening was a not ascertained. Magnificent afar. At seven o'clock the commitice i of arrangements waited upon the Harvards at the THE BROOKLYN PARK COMM SSIONERS—MEETING LAST EVENING Astor House and escorted them to Deimonico's, and ‘A meeting of the Prospect Park Commuasioners® afer greetings between the veturning oarsmen and | was held last evening, corner of Court and Liv- promment citizens of New York and tho mem- | ingston strecis, J. 8. T. Stranahan in the chair. bers of the New York boat clubs the assem- | A deputation of citizens, residents of the outskirts viage, numbering about 200, sat down to the } of the Oity Park, waited upon the Board of Com- evening’s entertainment, General Lloyd Aspinwall | missioners aud requested that the gates of the presiding. Among the gentlemen present were the | pare be closed at ten o'clock at night and more committees of the New York and Boston city coun- } policemen appointed to duty in the vicinity. They cil, Major General Parsons, of St. Louis, and @ | were assured that their wishes would be prompuy e nggestion was made during the arash eric eased eal oh meeting to stop. workon the conerete pavements, but ment was handsomely decorated with flags, thestand- | the matier was lait over treasurer, ards of the United States aud England supporting | Mr. Baylis, Psa Pe ot bee n uly, 9, ‘on opposite sides of the room the coat of arms of [a 4 hone yaiy 1 was $146,4613 each nation; and scattered through the room were | for rents, $295; old materials, $30; labor, $300; from large baskets filled with rare flowers. City Treasurer, 5: 0,000—total, $347,637. Bxpendi- Justice having been done the banquet, General vases, $11h ianoe {0° Fin ey See Pee Aspinwall rose and said that the ancertainty re- | $782,015; small Voohag ater a ae yo 8] the arrival of the Harvaras and om- | $12,143; maimteances, 2—t0 5 cel Business had prevented many promi vas reterred to the architect to estimate the cost of nent gentiemen from being nt, ‘This | @ lookout tower in the Park, near Coney Island Liven] was rather an impromptu affair, but it had shown | and report at tie next meeting. Mayor Kalbiletsc! that there was a heart in our boat clubs that beat ia | suggested that the corner of the City Hall Park, op- sympathy with the welcome guests, notwithstanding ite the Court House be cut off, 80 as to afford a that they did not win, The true modesty of the re- tter, view cf the building. ,The Commissioners turning = PO as A too highly, SPE. soon after adjourned. crated, ie Hatvards incended pro- a hada, Ta , coed direct to boston, thinking thas earn THE BRCOKLYN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. lost the race there would be tie interes — felt in them; but, on the contrary, our people now ‘The regular monthly meeting of tuls association, badd # double tnporems in. them, foe Wey Tow minen | ned last evenings wae: very Mave attended. Rove me al SS jnuch the Harvaris had underzone jMeonciusion ne | J-T- Duryea, D. D., the newly elected president, prom proposed the first regutar toast—"The health of the | sided and delivered his inaugural address. He Tarverd crew; God biess them.’ urged the establisyment of a Cooper Institute tt ‘Mr, LORING Fesponded briefly, saying that he was Brooklyn, where the arts, sctences and the mor: unable to express his great feellog of grauitude for | and business traming of youn should be all bi this honor. ‘She crew had no idea of anything of | in the one great object o! elevatiog the present Te» ius kind, gud yp weir arrival in New York were | duced status of young mea. The Festival in Germany. By the Atlantic cable we have the foliowing spe- cial report of the observance of the Humboldt fes- tival in Berlin, Prussia:— Lonnon, Sept. 14, 1869, Telegrams from the Continent report that the Humboldt centenary festival was celebrated , with much ¢éclat in Prassia to-day. It was made the occa- sion of the inauguration of the Humboldt Park in Berlin, the ceremonial beimg very magnificent. There yas a vast assemblage of people, the -proces- sion extending several miles in length. The government and government officers, as such, and the clergy did not attend, and took no part in the general proceedings, Although the weather was rainy large numbers of citizens and great crowda of visitors took part in the festivities, In the morning there was a proces sion, gay with bands asd banners, and made up largely of depatations from the principal German cities, They passed through the strecis singing the national airs and cheering with great enthusiasm, In the afternoon the corner stone of & monument to Humpoldt was lata with tuteresting and imposing ceremonies, which were witnessed by a large multi- tude, and the celebration closed with the decoration of the tomb of the great naturalist. ‘There are nnnicipa! entertainments, citizen balls and parties and iiuminations in the Prussian capital to-night. Celebration in New Jersey. In Newark 6,000 people marched in procession, and the line of march was crowded with gpeciators, Every prominent building displayed a flag, and meinbers of the city and State governments pariict- pated in the celebration, From Jersey City several societies and the clty Aldermen proceeded to fud- gon City, where they were jomed by numerous assemblages of Germans trom the neighboring ais. tricts, A large number of the citizens of Trenton marched in procession to Edge Hill Grove, where an oration was delivered, The German Catholics, dig- gusted With the sectarian character of the proceed- ings, refused to take pact in the celebration, The Celebration in Washington, Sue Tatean, Bont ii, 1800, The Humboldt anniversary was celebrated in Washington to-night at one af the public halls. The Saengerbund and Orion quartet cluba gave a con- cert, and addresses in German and English were delivered, Celebrations in Peunsylvanian, West Virgiu' Virginia and Ohio, MAUcH CHUNK, Pa., Sept. 14, 1869. ‘The Humboldt centennial was celebrated here to- day by @ concert by the Gesangverein Harmonia, after which Louis Brekhardt delivered a very ably written lecture In German toa large and apprecia- ve audience. WHEELING, W. Va., Sept. 14, 1869, A large procession of German societies paraded the principal strects to-day in honor of the Hum- boldt anniversary. Orationa were delivered culo- istic of whe great philosopher, The weather was ne. RicHMOND, Va., Sept. 14, 1869. There {was a large turnout here to-day at the Humboldt festival, Addresses were delivered at the theatre, where a bust of Humboldt was unyelled. To-night there is an immense crowd of Germans and Americans at Hattorfs Garden. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 14, 1869, The procession this morning in honor of Baron Yon Humboldt was very imposing, numbering 6,000 or 8,000 of the different trades and professions. There will be an adjourned meeting at the rink, where orattons eulogistic of the great philosopher will be made, ‘The weather is fine. Feativities In San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 13, 1860, The Germans yesterday commenced the celebra- ton of the centennial anniversary of the birth of Humboldt, Te festivities will iass three dava,