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which showed with what profound emotion they regarded the 

 scene in which they were such prominent actors. 



THE AGAMEMNON IN A GALE. 



In regard to the voyage of the Agamemnon wc find little to 

 say which would not be a repetition of that of the Niagara, 

 with the exception that she experienced much less favorable 

 weather, and that the admirable paying-out machine invented 

 by our countryman, Mr. Everett, performed its delicate duty 

 under more trying circumstances than those to which it had 

 been subjected on the American frigate. The Queen's Message 

 was transmitted over the wire on the 16th of August; anl, 

 intelligence of the fact being made known the same evening 

 throughout the Northern and Western States, the people gave 

 themselves up to the wildest demonstrations of joy. Few per- 

 sons of an age to appreciate the significance of the triumph 

 will forget that memorable night. An enterprise generally be- 

 lieved impossible of incalculable interest was an accomplished fact. 



