Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-08-14
Dispatches Frolll FTr. Field.


AZ. Fields Daily Jou,4aaz- Rejoicing, dc.
Trinity Bay, August Z. To the associa-
ted press. The Atlantic Gable was success
fully landed here yesterday and is in per-
feet order.
The Agamennon has landed her end Of
the cable, and we are now receiving signals
from the telegraph house at Valentia.
The u. S. steam frigate Niagara and Ell
M. steamer Gorgen and Pocupine leave for
St. Johns tomorrow. Due notice will be
given when the Atlantic Telegraph line
will be open for public bushes.
CYRUS W. FIELD.
SECOND DISPATCH.
Trinity Bay, Aug7, r. M-To the
associated press. We landed here in the
woods. Until the telegraph instruments
are all ready and perfectly adjusted, COM
munications cannot pass between the two
continents but the electric currents are re-
ceived freely. You shall have the earliest
intimation when all is ready, but tmay be
some days before every thing is perfected.
The first through message between En-
rope and America, viii be from the queen
Of En- gland to the President of the United
States, and the second his reply,
CYRUS W. FIELD.
THIRD DISPATCH.
Trinity Bay Aag. S TO the associate
press. Pray excuse what you may have
thought neglect on my part ii not giving
more particulars about the laying Of the ca
BILE, but have hardly time to eat, drink or
sleep. Mr.. Mckay, the superintendent Of
the New York and Newfoundland telegraph
line, has been working day and night to get
everything ready.
The people here seemed to have had
little faith in the cables arriving, and
had made very slight preparations for receiy-
ing it.
The end Of the Atlantic cable was landed
on the Irish coast from the Niagara on the
9th Of August, 1857, and the other end
from the same vessel on the 5th August
1858. The heavy shore-end laid from Va
lentia by the Niagara still remains, and
was to be spliced on to the main cable, so
that both ends al the cable hare actually
beeu laid by the Niagara!
The telegraph feet sailed from Plymouth
on the experimental trip on the 29M of
May. The cable was broken at the first at.
tempt to lay it on the 20tb of June, and the
splice in mid-Ocean on the last successful
attempt, on the 29tA Of July. Hoping. to
soon see you, / remain very truly your
friend, CYRUS W. FIELD.
70 D. Il. Craig, Agent Associated Press
Another dispatch to the press runs thus:
Trinity Bag, August Since our ar
rival here on tie morning Of the 5th have
been constantly receiving Geographic mes
sages, asking for full particulars in regard
to the laying Of the Atlantic Gable, to
which it is impossible for ne to reply, as
every moment Of my time will be fully oes
cupied while I remain here
| have handed to Mr.. Mckay, the super
intendent Of the New York, Newfoundland
and London telegraph lines, my daily journ-
al, and given him full permission to send
from the same any extracts that he might
think of interest to the public, especially
those portions which will reply to communi-
cations that have received.
CYRUs W. FIELD
The following dispatch was received by
the family Of Capt. Hudson 80
s'zrinity Bog, august 5. God has been
with us. The telegraph cable is laid with
out accident, and to HIM be all the glory
We are all we'll.
Yours. afectionately.
WI. l.. HUDSON"
On the receipt Of the news in Boston,
New York, Providence, Buffalo, Syracuse
and Halifax, great demonstrations Of public
were made, flags Ioistcd bells
rung, guns fired, ana fat aldermen waddled
about putting and blowing from the excess
i've heat, much to the amusement and ediG-
cation Of their more attenunated neighbors.
"The length Of the telegraph line from
this city to trinity Bay is about 1900 miles
the length Of the Atlantic Cable.
In the course Of tie route there are two
submarine wires, both Of which, however,
have always worked admirably.
The line trayerses Maine and New Bruins
wick going round the head of the Bay of
Fundy. 1t then takes tie northern shore
OF Nova Scotia and crosses the Gut of Canso.
Here IS the first section Of sumarine tele-
graph 1t is only two and half miles in
length, and serves as the connection besWeen
Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, touching the
western coast Of that island. From the
western to the eastern shore at Aspy Bay
is wide space Of territory, where the tele-
graph stations are few and far between, and
great difficulty is necessarily experienced in
repairing any break.
This telegraph is owned BY three dife-
rent companies, the American Telegraph,
the Provincial, and the Newfoundland and
London Telegraph Companies. Being under
such different management, the line, as a
whole, is exceedingly inefficient. Over a
portion of it there has been small amount
ct business, and no inducenaent to keep it in
good working order. On the island OF Cape
Braton, for instance, telegraph operators
inform us that the wires are sometimes down
for half the time In the future, if the At
lantle telegraph is permanently established,
these mishaps will be remedied. An acci-
dent to the American division Of the tele-
graph is speedily repaired but our provin-
clal nelghbcrs are long time in finding
cut any trouble, and are equally long in
its correction.