, 1858-09-24

stupendous project Of the age. Both in
Great Britain and upon our Atlantic sea-
board, a general jubilee would seem to
have been held-unsurpassed, we should
judge, in "pomp and circumstance y by anv
previous demonstration that has taken
place, from any cause, within the last cen.
tury, or perhaps within the history Of civil.
zaton. For as to undertake to give de.
tails would be futile. We copy briefly
from the Herald, as follows
The Atlantic Telegraph is in operation
Over the international highway of thought,
buried deep in the caverns of the Atlantic
ocean, have passed words Of greeting and
congratulation between the rulers Of the
two great nations thus Immediately linked
together. Read those messages, the texts
of the great volume that is now unfolded
to the study and admiration of mankind:
THE QUEENS MESSAGE.
To THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES:
The Queen desires to congratulate the President
upon the successful completion Of this great interna-
est interest.
The Queen is convinced that the President will Join
with her in fervently hoping that the electric cable
which now connects Great Britain with the United
States will prove additional link between the ma.
tions whose friendship is founded upon their common
interest and reciprocal esteem.
ting with the President, and renewing To him her
wishes for the prosperity Of the United States.
THE PRESIDENTS REPLY.
WASHINGTON CITY, Aug 10, 1855.
QUEEN or GRpAT Rp,r.rv.
The President cor5ioIIv ros,nrooa,ao e. -,
atlons OF her Majesty the Queen, on the success Of
the @ great international enterprise accomplished by
tne sclenee SKILL ana lndomlable energy Of the two
countries =, il ,,. -,--,
Is triumph more glorious, because FAR more
useful to mankind, than was ever won by conqueror
on the neld OF batte.
=, May the Atlanuc Ielegraph under the blessing Of
heaNen prove 70 De BOND OF perpetual peace and
,p tienusn.p DetMeeh tne kndreg nations, and an in
stuinent desuned by DIVINE Providence to diffuse
In this view, will not all nations Of Christendom
spontaneously unite in the declaration that II sha be
forever neutral and that its communcation shall he
held sacred in passing to their places Of 'desnation
even in the midst OF hostillties. 1''--''''"'
.. JAMES BUOHANAN
BESIDES these greetings between the Queen and
President, message Of congratulation was transmit
ted on Monday afternoon from the directors Of the
Atlantic Telegraph Company at London 10 the hon
orAry directors Of the same at New York.
Thus, as we have said, the great problem Of the
age is now fully and favorably solved The Atlantic
Telegraph is in operation. London and New York
are side by side.
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the following letter from Kansas correspondent =
In this Territory the Free Soil party has trumphed
and the Lecompton Bill has been buried without