, 1866-08-01
THE ATLANTIC CABLE.
Arrival Of tho Telegraph Fleet Mt
'' Hearts Content.


I:pjhusiasm OF tho People mud tlas
Men OF tho Flcet-Noarilfn. the Great
Eastern and Hearing tie Late NcsEA
from Europe.
Especial Despatch 10 the n. Y Hcsa1d.l
.@HIAnr's CONTENT, N. F., July r.
THE FLEET IN sI0HT.
The eablc'has ut length been laid
At eeyen o'clock this morning the signal
OH Seal Cove H1ll.went: up, and cry raised
that q steamer was certainly In sight. Ex-
oi&cmcnt f,,s family aroee and steam Waa, got
up on board the Margaretta Stevenson With
ont delay. Before another Steamer could DC
got IN - @ots
utes after the Margaretta Stevenson steamed
out the NarroEs. The entire cable fleet soon
came in view, the Great Eastern looming up
In huge black proportions and headfng in for
hour. with glasses, we could make out dis
tfnctly the different vessels, the first In or
der being the Niger, then the Terrible, and
the Great Eastern, followed by merchant
steamer.
:. COMMUNICATING WITH THE NIGER.
When we got alon1side the Niger Mr.. Kerr,
commander OF the Margarctta Stevenson.
asked Captain Bruce :. Whit news.n
Captain Bruce said " AL right We have
| news 10 the day before yesterday from Eu-
rope. The Amazon was run down Of Port
/ land on the Sd. Did you know tlrst?"
Mr. Kerr" No, sir. What news Of the
| war;
Captain Brucc-"The Austrians arc getting
licked like blazcs. Would you like 10 hcss
tis Latest telss ..vs Tan;" !:
| The Mursurctta gig, which had communi-
| Gated with the Niger, then returned to onc
vessel with lon:: tclegrm with news about
tue war and general matters to the .itfl inst.
| The kilograms were received IN board our
little stcalncr with Il great degree Of wonder,
aud VIC could scarcely realize the fact that
We were actually ,rcrnstng accounts Of ercnts
that had occurred .only. few days since: 1t
Is difficult to describe the sensation Of pleas.
urc felt t,v all oil board the Stevenson. 3{r.
Kerr and Afr. Maxwell shook each other by
the hand, und almost Jumped about the deck
iu absolute 10, lnl cong gEatnlatiun. -
l ALONGSIDE TIE aKEAT EASTERN.
At eight ana n hnlf o'clock the Stevenson
I Ens alnngsidG The Great Eastern, and Capt.
Kerr SPOKE with Captain Anderson Mi,,l Cap.
taiu Bsuce, If the Niger. Cyrus ". Field
bridge and waved his inn.lkcrrhlcf to us
In tnkrn Of Success. The nctiom was re-
Eluntlcd 10 by nll oil, hoard uur steamer, US
we'll rs by learty round or cl!crrs.
The Myers gi&. thru went nlUngafde the
Great fnttes,, niil tetk on boar,l Mr. Field
! wln was Immediately rowctl TO Hcars's Tim
tut.
THE srIIrr wtr11 THE s1ronr Evn.
Ai,ont nlne t''clurk thc ('rcnt EASTER, can't
IL Il ttnlm,sti1i In II hundred Eatllpils Of wA.
srr, a!,d preparations Tor connecting t,c n1atf
and shore cid enbes were rn,nn,etecd. Tit
biz slip WINS NJ Hills tt'ne T. lly and tlsnrlc
I trntn lfrnrt's tOn.cnt. 'rl,c Niger thy 1T nil'
.hlr uf sllc t,rrut Eut,rrt. a ilutntnr y
rnwlOA!t rat onl if''tn tl.c s!rt., af thr l'il
shit', and ullcr al'altt fnlf All lu'nr'r work /
{ laree lInwsrr WIS III inrllcs 10 l llr chh't. Till
cut WI. il.a,lr.. nsnt tile eal'lr mud hawse
thBll hnuts rt,IhEtd III thr operation, Wilt
, thr,e guns III the ru'!,e nisiIicnt utunsfrrtl
s,ut u 1rMhh tatWtr In iInnhr III the rscrt
i All lni,,Ir ii the t;rrni EA<lein stnt ny
i li'luwri. llnl. wrrr tl.r"wn ID lllv III
| handkerchief wcr" wayt,l nlI sl;as!snli;
rhn,,ts rent The mir. tinr t,wI, lfttr rr,ft VII
mi tie 1tntt arItl0lIhlMt1sn III enst!uAlnAIi
ai'!lt.la an.l erew rc"I'u,nlesl I" thc shcers y
| hoAnn,*n rt.C n,trsr r.4rEnx.,
i. About ten n'rlnch | WIS permitted l.
i hoard tlr t'rent EASTERN. and ll,r 'lrst prrsu
;, tlAt Grrrtrll lno III h1rjr'fny on deck whs 81
i rct.Srrh' Ut jtr"rt'. C"airnt. il" sny. Il!
:, | yusMgr wAH Il j"rfcrt rnerrss. nut ii aiItya
I utritlrni lmylng Mrurr',l tht Wlm,lo VII,
The splice wna tllntc M lIic tItfl, al,l l
twenty ,ntn,'tus 1,a*t three uirtcnwtcIi tint
I The bty ship BiArtc.t DM her westward co.lrst
Il IN iil;A1.T'a tuSrEST ftAhilnH.
II Tlr t|rrnt Enstrtn ritertd ltrart's t'uttct
!. l'nrh"r n''rttt Ilnlflmft nu'rs"rls. While III
Il WIZ ttcAtnii.. thro,iEf, III" SHtr'w. IL
| tHhrtf III ihF It1lf tItllke WtrE lfntH Wit
il tVuric, ,lnd srUrrs VI sttiHfl bunta .tu!tutt III
J. eurlacr VI tir wntcr. Tic liz ertElcts Il, 1'
|, wcrc drekctl with hunting, nnd every h',h'
ii displayed II ling In trnnr. uf thy ,ncrnsin
n FroIn tllc nE .tnir" "r Inc Telegraph, lltalsr u
u 'stafs and Stripes oni!tl Ynyly. rhu slH ti'l
j. altu carried t1it Ah,rrtrHn lInnrr ltrsltln Il
III Unlon jack nlnt thr 4 nnltr lc!eGrn phI"'l!
y trctertr. by Mr. F,,l III tho ucris-l0t, ni' It
rsl rnh'r expedition.
Tilt tlrent Etstttn rnl,,e tt n,rtns prrr1.
Ill ~ Mt ten n. III, md was lMar.lstl l'nS.iatr
Ut ly q Ercnt cfawtl Of ylsItnr.. inirnl final
Il IN tta npulwI.le tlu splicing i'uet ~
Ut rttlel slowly M with t)Ir work III ualtm.nl!.
~ llr rl,nrr Hn,l lnntM cnhlt. 'fl.r md Ut q
~ hnin cable wns 1nlsrh iii heard 1hu alvH'.
u Midway about u quarter I" &wo'p, H., III
Il. thu splicing ln'gus.
,lr Tic Nti"his correspondent. boarded u
1t aittlwny shortly aitcr the COMMENCEMENT
no liz "l.t1ut!mla IN company with ,Air. l'.s
nd llistoFinnor the expedition, Alr. Kerr, Gu!
H. t,laner Of the NJ. Stevenson, lacked M viii
In tin sui!nrs jolncd tic two ends hy which I
vs. two great continents a1c~ to bc united In
bond which 1t Is hoped will never be 81
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