The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-08-14
The Atlantic Gable Laid !
LETpERs FROM MIR. FIELD.
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Roply.
THE PEopLE HEJOlCEl

Anc we had gone 10 press last week, we
received o telegram IN regard 10 tho sub
maduo cable, giving tha particulars Of 10
final success, We issued an "cttu' Friday
morning, but 600 part Of our papers were sent
oul. seAcll hundred Of uur auhalfihef- did
not receive H. aud we viii copy the dispatch
this week for their benefit
TmNry BAY, NEWFOUNDLAND, August 8,
Tho Atlantic Telegraph fleet sailed from
Queenstown ON Saturday July ~, and urriy-
cd 90 md-ucclu on Wednesday the 2slh,
made the splice az ! l., VI. on Thursday, the
9Jth, and the ilcot scpaUcd-thc Agnmcm'
non aud Nularuua bound 90 Nhlcutil, lrcllud
the Niagara and Gurgon for this place,
whore they arrived Yesterday and this morn
ing the end Of the Gable win be- landed. II
IL 1905 nautical milos or 1900 statute miles
from the Telegraph House, Bay Bulls
Arm, Trinity Bay, and for more than two
thirds Of this distance the water Is more than
two miles in depth.
Tho cable has been paid out from the Aga
momuuu 40 about the same speed as from The
Niagara, The electric tlguals sent and re-
criycd through the whole cublc are perfect
The machinery for paving ont the Cable
worked in tho mos, satisfactory manner, aud
was upI stopped for single moment from the
time the splice Mas made until We arrived
here.
Captain Hudson, Mcsg'. Everett and
WuaIhuusc, the Euriuprrs, the Electricians,
aud officers OF the ships, and ia fact every
man on board the Telegraph Fleet has exert
cl himself 90 the utmost 90 make the cNpr-
diliun successful diid ~ Pie hirtugS a. I.-
ritf IjoriIIIH, lr HAS SUCCEEDED
Aieg thc cad ct thg cable is landed, and
connected Wilh The laui Line ui Telegraph,
and ,hc Niagara Do, discharged sumc cargo
b-l."-'"-' - '- a ,ls'''i. e., r",'h v"'u'oul
SHE viii $50 20 ST. Johns, y. H., Tor Goals, and
then proceed at once 60 New York.
CYRUS W, FIELD.
The following interesting particulars have
been received since the above;
"TENin BAY, Aug. ..
~ q, PraJlat erie tmtoi StattF'
Dear Sir. The Atlantic Telegraph Cable
ou board the United States lrigutc Niagara
and II. h. NJ. Steamer AgamCmuon WAS
joined in mid-occan July 20, and has been
successfully laid and as soon MS The two
ends arc connected with the land lines, Queen
A.--i. -. ~ trsfz-zs- - gs..4, fii'
cable vii. be- kept free until after your reply
has been transmitted.
With great respect your ohcdcnt servant
CYRUS W. FlELD."
Brprolp, Pa, Aug, o.
10 cyrus ". fI,'h lrnity lay:
Ny Dear Sir; / congratulate YOU With all
my heart on the success OF this great enter
prise with which your name is SO houorably
connected.
Undcr the blessing Of Divine Providence,
! trust It may prove instrumental IN nramat=
-rUF perpetual Pr6tl and friendship between
Tive kindred nations.
have not yet received the Queens dis.
patch. Yours, very respectfully,
JAMES BUCHANAN.
TRINuY BAY, Aug. 7-p. VI.
We landed here in the woods. Until the
telegraph instruments are all ready and per
icct.y adjusted, communications cannot Ihss
between the two continents bat the electric
currents are received freely. You shall have
the earliest intmation when all is ready, but
1t may bc some days before every thing is
perfected.
The first through message between Europe
and America will he from the Queen of Eng
land to the President of the United States.
and the sccosd his reply.