Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-08-11
The Atlantic Telegraph.


The Atlantic Telegraph.
At last the ingenuity and persever-
ance OF man has triumphed over the tre-
mendous difficulties of girdling the At
~lantic. aud the Ocean Telegraph is laid.
The shores of Europe and America are
bound together by the electric cham
The obstacles were so vast, and the fail
ures so repeated. that the enterprise was
looked upon as ALMOST hopeless. and when
the dispatch announcing its success. vas
received, its truth was doubted. Mr..
Cyrus Field hus announced the result.
TRINITY BAY, n. F., Aug. 5.
The Atlantic Telegraph Cable Fleet
sailed from Queenstown on Saturday,
July I7lh, al mid ocean on Wednesday,
99th, and then separated. the Agamem-
non and Valorous bound TO Valentia, Ire
land, and the Niagara and Gorgon for
this place, where they arrived safe yes
terday; and this morning the end of the
Cable will be landed. 1t is 1898 nauti-
cal or 1859 statute miles from the head
of Yalentia Harbor, to the Telegraph
House, head Of Bulls Trinity Bay. For
more than two thirds of this distance the
water is over two miles in depth. The
Gable has been paid out from the Aga
memnoa at about the same speed as from
the Niagara.
The electrical signals sent and receiv-
ed through the whole cable are perfect.
The machizery for paying out the cable
worked in the most satisfactory Mariner,
and was not stopped a single moment
from the time the splice was made until
We arrived.
Capt. Hudson, Messrs. Everett and
Woodhouse. The engineers, the ~electri-
clans and officers of the ships, and in fact
every man on board the Telegraph Fleet,
have exerted themselves TO the utmost TO
make the expedition successful, and by
the blessing of Divine Providence it has
succeeded.
After the end of the cable is landed
and connected with the land line of Tele-
graph and the Niagara has discharged
some cargo belonging to the Telegraph
Company, she will go TO St Johns for
coal and then proceed at once to New
York. Signed,
CYRUS W. FIELD.
In the large cities the news created
great sensation. Guns were fired, the
Telegraph Offices Illuminated, and other
demonstrations of the JOY of the people,
at the successful termination OF the great
est enterprise of this or any former age.
PHILADELPHIA, August 9TH.
The President who is at Bedford, re-
ceived the first information Of the u
%cessful laying of the Atlantic Cable
through the Associated Press. The fol-
low ing is a copy of Mr.. Fields message
to the President of the United States:
DEAR S1R:-The Atlantic Telegraph
Gable on board the U. S. steam frigate
Niagara and her British Majesty's Aga
memnon, was joined in mid ocean July
99th. and has been successfully laid, and
as o as the two ends are connected
with the land lines, Queen Victoria
will send a message TO you and the Ca
BILE will be kept free until your reply has
been transmitted.
With great respect, remain
your obi serv't,
CYRUS W. FIELD.
TRINITY BAY, Aug. 7th-Thc A,fan-
tic Telegraph Cable was successfully
landed here Yesterday morning, and i:
in pe.fcct orcer. The Agamemnon has
landed her end of the Gable, and We are
now receiving signals from the Telegraph
House. Valencia Bay, Ireland.
Thus the problem is solyed-the Gable
is laid-the Gable talks! Well remarks
a coiemporary:
On the fourth of August, 1892. Chris
topher Columbus lost sight of the mos
Western Highlands of Europe-which h
was not to see again ill he returned t.
give to Europe his gift of this New
World. Three hundred and sixty-sil
years pass away and en- TIE SAM
day the noblest vessel in the New
Worlds navy comes in sight of the mos
Eastern of the Highlands of North Amer
lea; and as the sun goes down she con
meets with the American shores tn,
thread which gives Europe and Americ'
. to each other. A majestic celebration
of the great hero's faithful endeavor, a
; the end of a year of years after 1t wa
madei