The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-21 00:00:00

'URDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1858.

THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH CABLE,

THE VOYAGE OF THE NIAGARA, AND THE
RECEPTION OF THE NEWS IN AMERICA.

By the Northern Light we have received New York
papers, brimming over with despatches, loiters, reports,
and leading articles relating to the success of the Atlantic
Telegraph expedition. The public beth of the United
States and of Canada bad been wrought to the highest
pitch of enthusiasm, and their delight has manifested itself
in illuminations, torch-light processions, military parades,
salvos of artillery, and 'numerous other demonstrations.
It is difficult, indeed, to convey, without borrowing a
great deal from their journals, an idea of the excitement
which prevailed.
The news reached New York on the sth inst., on the
afternoon of which day one of the papers published the
following "extra :"

" The-news from:Newfoundland Is almost too good to be
true. The Atlantic cable is laid The United States steam
frigate Niagara, Capt. Hudson, and the British war steamer
Gorgon, Capt. Dayman, arrived at Trinity Bay yesterday
(August 4), and the Atlantic cable, the working- of which is
perfect, is being landed to-day. All we can hope for now
is that the abave important and exciting intelligence is true,
and that the Agamemnon and Valorous will succeed in land-
ing their cable safely at Valentia Bay. This news will send
an electric thrill throughout the world."

_ .._.._.
Within a few hours two despatches were received from Mr.
Cyrus Field. One was to the mayor of New York
" Trinity Bay, Aug., 8, 1858.—Sir,—Theklantic telegraph
cable has been succe.sfully laid. C. W. FIELD." The
other was to the Associated Press of New York :
" Trinity Bay, Aug. 5, 1858.,
" To the Associated Press, New York :
" The Atlantic telegraph fleet sailed from QueenstoWn on
Saturday, July 17; met at mid-oceanna-Wednesday, the
28th, and made the splice at kpan. on Thursday, the 29th,
and then separated—the-Agents:oms and Valorous bound
to Valentia, Ireland, and the Niagara and Gorgon for this
place, where flay arrived yesterday, and-this morning the
end of the cable will be landed. It is 1,698 nautical, or 1,950
statute, miles fr fin the telegraph house at the head of
Valentia harbour to the telegraph house, Bay of Bull's Arm,
Trinity Bay; and for more than two-thirds of this distance
the water is over two miles in depth. The cable has been
paid out from the Agamemnon at about the same speed as
from the Niagara. The electrical signals sent and received
through the whole cable are perfect. The machinery for
paying out the cable worked in the most satisfactory man-
ner, and was not stopped for a single moment from the time
the splice was made until we arrived here. Capt Hudson,
Mess's. Everett and Woodhouse, the electricians and offi-
cers of the skips, and, in fact, every man un board the tele-
graph fleet, has exerted himself to the utmost to make the
expedition successful. After the end .f the cable is landed
and connected landwithatohteost.j
line oltoerlegeortaipl,h,anandltht:ne Nprioa:
gara has discharged some; cargo belonging to the Telegraph
ceed Company,at once she
to New h e
York.

" CYRUS W. FIELD."
The Mayor replied—ire Sir,—Your despatch has been re-
ceived. I congra:ulste you for mystlf and for the people of this
city on the success of the great work of uniting together the
Old and New World by the electric telegraph. Science,
skill, and perseverance have triumphed.—DANlEL
F. TIEMANN, Mayor of New York!,
The following despatch was sent by Captain Hudson to
his family :

" Trinity Bay, August 5, 1858.
" Gad has been with U 9. The telegraph cable is laid
without accident, and to Him be all the glory. 'We are all
well.—Yours, affectionately, Wm. L. HUDSON."
The President of the United States, who was at Bedford,
Pennsylvania, received the first intimation of the event
through the agency nf the Associated Press; he subse-
quently received a short message from Mr. Field, in which
it was stated that the line would be kept clear for a message
to him from Q :an Victoria. The fillu,sing was the Presi-
dent's reply :-
6' Bedford, Pennsylvania, August 5,1858.
" To Cyrus W. Field, Trinity Bay.
"My dear Sir,-1 congratulate you with all my heart on
the success of the great enterprise with which your name is
so honourably connected. Under the blessing of Divine
Providence I trust it may prove instrumental in promoting
perpetual peace and friendship between the kindred nations.
I have not yet received the Queen's despatch. Yours, very
respectfully. ' " JAMES BUCHANAN."
We may here state that Mr. Buchanan, when it was pro-
posed tha: the that message should pass between the rulers
of the two nations, at once assented, an wrote the following
letter to Mr. Field :
" My dear sir,—Accidental circumstances, which I need
not detail, prevented your kind letter of the 19th ult. being
brought under my notice until this morning. I now hasten
to say I will feel myself much honoured if the first message,
as you proposed, sent across the Atlantic, be from Qtacen
Victoria to the President of the United States—and I need
not assure you he will endeavour to answer it in a spirit and
manner becoming a great occasion. Yours, very respt cifully,
"JAMES BUCHANAN."

Owing to an unfortunate accident to the laud telegraph
wire somewhere iu Cape Breton we have no additional defi-
nite information respecting the landing of the Atlantic tele-
graph cable at Newfoundland. The land line of telegraph
to which the accident occurred passes through a wilderness,
and the work of repairing damages is one of no small diffi-
culty. The necessary repairs wouhl, we are assured, be
cempleted in a day or two.
" -his dittionite'. says the New York Herald, " to de-
scribe the state of feeling that pervaded this t: icy yesterday
in relation to the news concerning the Atlantic cable. It
was the theme and subject for wondrous admiration for
every one during the entire day, from earliest noon till after
midnight. Tim inquiries, !elation of facts, and expressio,s
of hope and admiration, were on every one's tongue, and
heard by every one's ear, wherever one turned, and at every
hour during the forenoon and afternoon. The rush for
the several editions of the Herald was almost unprece-
dented, and every despatch tendedonly to increase the anxiety
and produce additional sensation. It was universally felt
that the greatest triumph of human ingenuity and enter-
prise had been successfully accomplished heyoNd the
shadow (f doubt. Nevertheless, it was apparent, from the
continued inquiries and the ever-increasing desire for
further news, that the people everywhere burned with
anxious feelings to hear something additional to what was
already known. People were frequently heard to ask,
Has the Queen's message arrived 1' Others would remark
that they believed anything possible now. Some would
desire to know what the message and answer would be, and
conjectures—many of them the most ridiculous—concern-
ing the subject of the message, were kept up with great
spirit and tax of the inventive faculties."
Orders had been issued by Mayor Tiemann to have two
the receptionf,,newjeg o
telegramst . the next
are
pieces of artillery ready td fire a salute of one hundred guns
enT
despatchseleetferod frarTorminiatyn
immense Baye
number received by our New Yolk contemporaries from
various parts of the VUnion, all telling the same story of sur-
prise and delight

" Washington, Aug. 5, 1838.
"The public mind was greatly excited to-day by the news
of the success of the Atlantic Telegraph enterprise. Tye
general impression at first was that the news was too good
to believe, but the confirmation of the news has caused a
feeling ut delight, amounting almort toti import."

"A,bany, Aug. 5.
"The telegraph office and other public offices arc illumi-
nated to-night in It flour of the successful. laying of t'•e At-
lantic telegraph cable. The people are wild with excite-
ment."

" Boston, Mass., Aug. 5.
"The announcement of the successful laying of the At-
lantic telegraph cable was made shortly after nom to-day,
:rd created great excitement. Tue favourable termination
of the enterprise was hoped for, but very little faith felt in
it. The news at fi,.st was received with some doubt, but
subsequently the details of the great event becoming
knoltu, Owe was great rtjoieing."
t, A salute of one hun;rleVaorgcleinstsera,uNdlaaslsciAheu
city were rung to-day in honour of the successor the Atlantic
cattle. In the evening the office of the American Tele-
gh. e6lislBinsB.
the
graph Company was brilliantly illuminated, and a band of
musicians played soul-inspirinK music from the balcony of
the Lincoln House. Everybody in the city is rejoicing."
" Bangor, Me., Aug. 5, 1858.
"One hundred guns were fired here this afternoon, end
the church bells rung on the announcement of the success
of the Atlantic cable."

" Andover, Aug. 5, ]B5B.
" At the semi-centennial dinner of the Alumni of the
Andover Theological College this afternoon, about 1,000
were present. A despatch announcing the success of the
Atlantic telegraph was read and received with enthusiastic
applause, which continued for some time. The doxology was
then sung to the tine of the Old Hundredth. Rev. Dr.
Adams, of New York, said his heart was too full of thank-
fulness for a speech, and at his suggestion a prayer to God
was offered in acknowledgment of the providential result.
Rev. Dr. Hawes spoke of the event as calculated to hasten
the triumphs of civilisation and Christianity. Tne whole
audiencelthen joined in singing ' Praise God, from whom till
blessings flow.' Dr. Hawes then offered a prayer, and in
closing said We have consecrated this new instrument,
so far as our agency is concerned to the building up of the
truth."'
" Rochester, Aug. 6, 1858.
"A feeling of glorification in connection with our sister
cities also eeized our citizens this evening, and much excite-
ment prevailed in the streets. The Telegraph office was
brilliantly illuminated, and its front draped with American
and British flays. A crowd hung about the office till a late
hour, mingling their congrattila ions with deafening cheers.
A demonstration of the citizens generally is to come off on
the receipt of the Queen's message."
Utica,
Aug. 6, 1838.
in this city
was' brilliantly
‘ This evening
ingthe Morse telegraph building
illuminated and decorated with the Ameri-
can and British flap, in honour of the laying of the Atlantic
cable. The Herald and Evening Telegraph newspaper
offices and other places of business were also illuminated,
as was also the office of the American Express Company,
and bonfires were numerous in the streets. An immense
arsticiealleMdotroseprtelegraph
Brilliantoffice speeches
'
and Hon.
T
were made relative to the great achievement by Rev. Dr.
Lincoln, Mayor Conkling, and ex-Governor Seymour. The
crowd
hos . R
B. gathered
Walker n e:'
Utica rass Band discoursed triumphal music. Guns were
fired, and a fine display of fireworks closed the celebration,
which was impromptu, but spirited and general."
" Syracuse, Aug. 6, 1858.
"Several public buildings and many private offices are
brilliantly illuminated. A brass band serenaded the tele-
graphers, and a military company paraded in honour of the
occasion. Bonfires were lighted, cennen fired, and several
spirited speeches were made upon the balcony in front of the
telegraph office, and hearty cheers were given for the Atlan-
tic cable, Queen Victoria, and Mr. Cyrus W. Field."
EFFECT OF THE NEWS IN THE BRITISH

habitant have all classes of the people been so intensely ex.
cited as now." .

"St. John, N. 8., 'Aug. 6-10 p.m.
"We have just ended a most brilliant display of fireworks,
and the city has been in a perfect blaze. The firemen, with
the spirit of appreciation which they have always shown
on great enterprises, have:turned out in great numbers, in
one of the finest torchlight processions ever witnessed
by the citizens of this place, and are now firing a saute.
Every description of bunting has been flying from the en-
gine-house and many of the warehouses and private dwell-
ings are brilliantly illuminated. The people, one and all,
are rejoicing. Cyrus W. Field is everywhere blessed as the
benefactor of the whole human race."
" Halifax, N.S., Aug. 5, 1858.
" The most intense excitement prevailed throughout the
city to-day. It rained heavily, but, disregarding that, the
citizens were tying through the streets—sans hats, sans
umbrellas, sans everything—to the telegraph office,,which
was blockaded by eager enthusiasts to see Mr. Field's de-
spatches. All the bells were rung and flags hoisted, and a
general demonstration of joy and deep interest was mani-
fested. The civil, military, and naval authorities are going
to have a public demonstration, with illuminations, salutes,
&c., and a procession te-morrow."
" flharlottetown, P.E.1., Aug. 5, 1858.
"The news of the triumph of the ocean telegraph was re-
ceived here this afternoon, and immediately posted on the
Excbance and communicated to the Government. It is
hoped that the next step will be a second cable, connecting
with the American lines across the island."

" Quebec, Aug. 5, 1858.
"Intense excitement was created here by the antnroce-
meat of, the success of the great event of the age. It has
since been the almost exclusive topic of conversation, and a
general feeling of gratification is apparent."
" Montreal, Aug. 5, 1858.
"The news of the arrival of the Niagara at Trinity Bay
was received here shortly after noon to-day, and caused a
profound sensation. The union of the provinces with the
moiher country by the electric bond was bailed with intense
gratification. _ _ _

" This evening's Pilot has the following article :—Eu-
rope and America conjoined ! We wish that Heaven had
made us poetical, that we might raise a song of triumph on
the success of one of the noblest works that ever the mind
of man conceived, or that his hand could execute. The At-
lantic cable is laid, and we are all within speaking distance
of our own [nether csuntry—of the fatherlands of most of the
people of this continent—and soon we shall be as closely
allied to all the people of the earth.- It would be impossible
to overrate the importance of this great—we had almost said
greatest of events. Providence has indeed been kind to us.
Now as ever let our gratitude, though it can never be Corn-
mensunte with the boon conceded, swell our bosoms with
thankfulness in excelsior. Nothing becomes us—our hearts
are too full to allow us to enlarge upon the subject. So let
expressive silence muse His praise, the Giver of all good.'"
"Toronto, C. W., Aug. 5, 1858.
" The news of the successful laying of the Atlantic cable
is in everybody's mouth here, and great excitement prevails.
There has not as yet been any public demonstration, political
matters engrossing so much attention. Governor Head has
telegraphed to Cyrus W. Field, congratulating him on the
success of the enterprise."
" Chatham, C. W., Aug. 5, 1858.
"There is great rejoicing here at the success of the Atlantic
cable expedition. Two hundred dollars have been voted for
fireworks to celebrate the occasion."
" Hamilton, C. W., Aug. 5,1858.
" Cannons are firing here, and there is great rejoicing at
the successful laying of the Atlantic cable."