Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-08-09


ter Of 1857, and recollect with pleasure the
speech you then made in favor Of the tele-
graph bill That you may never have rea
son to rsgret what you have done to estab-
lish communication across the Atlantic is
the sincere wish of your friend,
(Signed) CYgUs W. FIELD.
WASHINGTON, D. c., July 20.
Cyrus W. Field, Heart's Content:
If the acknowledgements and congratu-
lations of the Atlantic Cable had not failed
in 1853, European States would not have
been led in 1861 into the great error Of sup
posing that civil war in America could Ell
Their perpetuate African slavery or divide
| this great Republic. Your great achieve
ment constitutes, I trusl, az effective treaty
of international neutrality and non-inter-
vention.
(Signed) WEN Il SEWARD.
HEARTS CONTENT, July 81.
The Honorary Directors Atlantic Telegraph
Company:
/ congratulate you on the successful COM
pletion of telegraph communication be-
tween Ireland and Newfoundland, and hope
within two weeks from this time that the
cable lost last year has been recovered, and
that second line is in operation across the
Atlantic. assure you that all on board
the telegraph fleet will do all that they can
to accomplish this object
(Signed) CYRUS W. FIELD.
HEARTS CONTENT, July 81.
The directors of the New York, Newfound-
land and London Telegraph Company:
We arrived this day. The cable has been
laid across the Atlantic, and is in perfect
working order. AS soon as we have taken
in coal we shall proceed to the spot where
the cable was lost last year, and when re-
covered, splice it with the cable on board
the Great Eastern, and return to this place.
Then the Midway will proceed to lay the
cable across the Gulf Of St. Lawrence.
cannot express to you how thankful l
feel that you will now receive some return
for the money that you have spent and the
time you have devoted the last half year
to connect by telegraph our own country
with Great Britain.
(signedJ Cyrus W. FIELD.
The following is list Of the directors of
the New York, Newfoundland and London
Telegraph Company: Peter Cooper, Cyrus
W. Field, Moses Taylor, Marshall O. Rob-
erts, Wilson G.. Hunt. The officers of the
Company are Peter Cooper, President !;
Cyrus W. Field, President; Moses
Taylor, Treasurer; Robert w. Lowber, Sec
rotary.
HEARTS CONTENT, July 27, 9:10 "A. M
G. W. Field says there have been riots in
London on account of the refusal of the
Government to allow Reform meeting in
Hyde Park. A daily paper has been pub
lished on the Great Eastern.
Aspy BAY, c. b., Sunday July goth, $50
n dicpofchoa from Eupopa MN
Hearts Content and Port au Barques, being
mainly relative to the successful laying of
the cable, have been forwarded by telegraph
from this point. The news yacht sailed
this afternoon from her return to Port au
Barques. Another vessel will arrive to-
morrow (Monday) morning from Port au
Barques, with further dispatches from the
cable and Europe. The telegraph lines are
in good working order.
Aspy BAY, July 30.
The Superintendent of the Newfoundland
line arrived here at nine o'clock this morn
ing with message from the Queen of Great
Britain to the President Of the United
States. f
OSBORNE, July 27, 1865.
To the President of the United States:
The Queen congratulates the President
on the successful completion of an under
| taking which she hopes may serve as an ad-
oitional bond of Union between the United
States and England.
To which the following reply was sent:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON,
IL A. NJ, July 30th, 1866. {
To Her Majesty the Queen of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ::
The President of the United States &C.
knowledges, with profound qualification, the
receipt of Her Majesty's dispatch, and cor
daily reciprocates the hope that the cable
which now unites the Eastern and Western
Hemispheres may serve to strengthen and
perpetuate peace and amity between the
Government of England and the Republic
of the United States.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
New YORK, July ao.--The following dis
patch has been forwarded over the Atlantic
cable:
MAYORS OFFICE, New York, July 80.
To the Lord Mayor Of London:
The energy and genius of man, directed
continents. May this union be instrumental
in securing the happiness of all nations,
and the rights of all people.
JOHN T. HOFFMAN,
Mayor of New York.
Aspy BAY, July O-Midnight-By ar
rival of vessel from Port au Barque to-
night, further dispatches through the At
lantic Cable from Europe have been re-
ceiyed. Several messages to private parties
from England are among those brought
from Hearts Content by this arrival. Ar
rsngements have been made which will
insure the more rapid and frequent trans
mission of dispatches from Port au Barque
henceforth until the Gulf Cable is laid.
BY THE ATLANTIC CABLE
LONDON, Saturday evening, July %.
Latest reports from the seat of war state
that peace preliminaries between the con
tending parties are progressing, but no de-
tails have been received as yet.
COMMERCIAL.
LONDON, July % - Evening. --Consols
closed at 884 for money. United States
5-20s 691
LIVERPOOL, Saturday evening. July 28.-
The cotton market is firm. Middling Or
leans quoted at AID per pound.
New YORK, July 81.
Mayor Hoffman has received the follow
| ing dispatch:
HEARTS CONTENT, July %, 1s66.-To the
Mayor of New York: May commerce
flourish, and peace and prosperity unite US.
(Signed) MAYOR OF LONDON.
/ NEW YORK, July 31.-The Herald has the
1 following special over hes6able
"QuEEN's HOTEL, LONDON, July 28.-An
armistice f four weeks from yesterday has
been signed by Prussia Austria, Bavaria,
and the other German States. The propo-
siticns embrace lasting peace over the
whole continent of Europe"
A New York Tribune special over the ca
BILE, dated Friday night, says: