The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-08-25
THE NEW ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH

The Atlantic Telegraph Company are again
IN the market for c;"".uu0 in guaranteed pre-
frrcmtial s,arrs of - per share, - part of which
snm they pr"r"s" /" ia,sc in the United States,
through the efforts OF Mr.. Cyrus W Field -
The company have organized with every
prospect OF success Their guaranteed income
AS soon rs their cable shall he in .ucccss,u
operations, will be 81 900, paid hv the govern.
,nents Of Grent Britain and the United States
retrospective of mercantile aud private MESSAGES
The New York Express, referring to the old At.
l,nhc cable, with the broken continuity, q"
Gays:
Reports were freely circulated at on" tne,
that no message had ,ver been TRANSMITTED over
The ocean cable after ii laid; and that all
the reported messages were i,mirai,ons. w.
have had the pleasure Of cXan,nrn. the m"*>n."
book k"p, at Trinity Bay, in which the messages
sent t" Nalicnta, am'l Tie ANSWERS thereto. w"r>
recorded aS they wcr" sent AMI received. nn.i
fini th"rr ninety .srv"ii messages, containing
thousand one hnulr. anil Two words. an.l six
thousand four hundred aud :wcn'y.s,x letters.
sent from Nalruta Ia Newfoundland; and :!,.I
messages 2Sl0 w"rds, containing -, ~; l"iiriS,
."nt ti"m Newfoundland tu Nnl"ulia. In all, !,
:,GG messages, :i.?I:; words. and :u,.l9 letters
passed through the wL". "n..,h Of tn. cable -.
The coircrtn.ss Of the record is verified under
oath, and it sufficiently proves what III" Dirrc-
tors claim that r:nuucat ion hv Electric.
Telegraph between Great britain and Am,rr,c;,
Is no longer Theoretical! lr"lnsitlo.,, but an ac
umI,lishci fact"
Som" oE HE S:,...s are interesting as show
IN. with what speed they transmitted. On
August goth. quite II conversation WAS KEEP; up.
between the twn shores. At !:l9 o'clnck IA. ~
Nalcn'ia asked Tiuny Bay: Have YOU mes
rnGr!' At 3:'ll iust two ninn."S time, the AN
came back No At 9:3l Trinity Bay asked:
w as message about Eur"I" made rsc ". At
!:lS, seventeen minutes aerw ard the reply
came, y rs il WAS sent for publications.. At
":55, Trinity Bay asked Na-ntn, what wealth.
rr have you?' at los. thir"rn minutes after
wards. the answer wns returned, Very fine
NnurS 4 The rcloiucr sent at l0:lS, Mos
Iu,t"s. keep biting. This is funny place To-
iiv" III. Fcariuy swanry
FROM this time the current IN he cable seemed
I" gr"~ weaker. Messages were t,wcr ia mum.
her, aud longer in coming. Tn the Is, Of SIP
trInbcr, the EuruI'can Directors sent the follow
Ing message to Mr.. Field. !, dated n, VA
s"n''a, l2:i?, aud was received by Mr.. Field at
taStl: Gaid"n abou; noon, though til" hour ,.i
tS arrival al this station Was not noted. II was
'"a'i hy Mr. Field al tn. Crystal Palace Cab.
celebration on the sam. afternoon, and, 1t will
H. rcr"il"c,r'!. WAS /" tn" t"!iowing effect:
&C.. W. Field. y. H.-lhe Directions are ~:
Their way To NnI"m'ii, 10 make arrangements E..
opening wire (" public They convey through
cable I" YOU and l.'ii i.ll"w ciIzrs, ih.ir hear.
~ congratulations and .n"l i>lirs, aud cor,il.
nllv symlm'hz" in Your joyous celebration cf
the great International event.
SEWARD"
This was the last m,">stuc but one that w:ls
ever received. The sam" day, not an hour la
i"r, the following nrs>a;," started from Va
!.n''a, but only the portion tia iciS"d reached
Trinity Bay:
'NamIia. $50. Sop. L. r. ". E;.M Wy
/1'"" ini"r" im"rt'nn Tm"rnmnt ar, n".-
~ j',Sit"n Ia d, k.st 10 forward their govern
men, messages to EIgInnl"
''fr$L WAS the last word ever transmitted by
the ":'l telegraph cable We trust that the new
vii! Il" better.