The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-08-21

TRINITY BAY, August 8, 1853.
JAMES GORDON BENNETT, ESQ.
Niagara sailed at three P. NJ for ST. Johns,
returned again at eight O'Clock, the weather
being too foggy.
We shall leave this place tomorrow
for st. Johns, and after coaling make all
haste to New York.
The telegraph apparatus is nearly all
up, and before the Niagara reaches New
York you may expect messages from
Europe.
TIE Electric Current is Perfect.
That part of the ocean near this coast,
where the cable is laid, is north of the
Banks, and in water so deep that the ice
bergs cannot affect it, while the water In
Trinity bay, at the head of which the
station is located, and which is sixty miles
from the entrance, is from one hundred
and fifty to two hundred fathoms deep.
Mr.. Field has received congratulstory
dispatches from the President of the
United States, the Governor of Massachu-
sets, the Governor General of Canada,
the Governor of New Bruins wick, and from
all parts of the Union.
A despatch from Baltimore asks if it is
true that the cable is laid, for they can't
believe it. Yes, friends, the cable is laid.
You cannot imagine the intense anxiety
and suspense on board the Niagara during
the whole time the cable was being laid,
for negligence in single action for one
moment might have ruined the whole en-
terprise.
The telegraph operators here have
named this place Cyrus Station, in honor
of Capt. Cyrus W. Field. The nearest
village is fifteen miles off, and the nearest
house FIVE miles distant. The backward
state of things here is attributable to the
want of confidence everybody felt in the
success of the enterprise.
A party visited the lead mines of the
New York, Newfoundland and London
Telegraph Company yesterday, which are
about fifteen miles distant. These mines
are very productive, yielding five tons of
the best Gre daily. All who have seen
them speak in the highest terms of the
metal.
THE LATEST FROM Mr.. FIELD.
TRINITY BAY, August 8, 1858.
10 the associated Press, Ne,U York:
Pray excuse what you may have thought
neglect on my part in not giving more
particulars about the laying of the cable,
but have hardly had 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
seem to have had little faith in the cables
arriving, and made very slight prepara-
tons for receiving it.
The end of the Atlantic cable was
landed on the Irish shore from the Niagara
on the 9th Of august, 1857, and the other
end from the same vessel en- the 5th of
August, 1853. The heavy shore end laid
from Valencia by the Niagara last year,
still remains, and was to be spliced on to
the main cable, so that both ends of the
cable have been actually laid by the Nj
agara.
The telegraph feet sailed from Ply
mouth on the experimental trip ON the
29th of MAY. The cable was broken at
the stern of the Agamemnon on the first
attempt to lay it on the 10th of June;
and the splice in mid ocean on the last
and successful attempt on the 29th of
July.
Hoping to soon see you, / remain very
truly, your friend, CYRUS W. FIELD.
QUEEN v1cToR1A's MESSAGE.
BEDFORD, Pa, Aug. z, 1858.
A large crowd assembled to-day TO con-
gratulate the President on the success of
the Atlantic telegraph cable. 1t is esti-
mated chat fifteen hundred persons were
present.
The following is Mr.. Fields reply to
the President:
TRINITY BAY, Aug. z, 1858.
HIS ExCELuBNey, JAMES BUCHANAN, Pres
ident of the United States, Bedford
Springs:
Your telegraphic despatch is received.
We landed here in wilderness, and until
the telegraph instruments are all perfectly
adjusted, no message can be recorded over
the cable. You shall have the earliest
information, but some days may elapse
before all is effected. The first message
from Europe shall be from the Queen to
yourself, and the first from America to
England, your reply. With great respect,
very truly, your friend, c. w. FIELD.
New YORK, August 9.
The recording instruments for me At
lantic cable are in such state of forward
ness as to insure the early opening of the
line for business. 1t is understood that
the transmission of the Queens and the
Presidents first messages through the
cable will take place early in the after
noon, and probably in the course OF the
present week. Instantly after the trans
mission of the Presidents reply TO the
Queens message, the two communications
will, by consent of the President, and
through the cooperation of the Managers
and employees of the telegraph lines of
the country, be made public from New
| foundland to Texas, and from Quebec to
the boundary of civilization in the North
west.
We have assurances from all points that
so soon as the Queens and the Presidents
messages are received, there will be public
and private demonstrations of Joy, nDg-
| ing of bells, firing of salutes, &c, &c, in
every town and village throughout the
whole country.
It is understood that Mr.. Field win
cause notice to be given in advance, of the
dsy when the first message viii be trans-
mitted through the cable.
Crops in kansas.
From every quarter, We hear most fat
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