The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-08-07
Atlantic Gable a Complete Success.

3 New YoRK, July 1880 A. M.-The
following dispatch has just been received
from Cyrus w. Field:
HEARTS CoNTENr, July %, 1S66.-We@
arrived here at nine O'Clock this morning,
all we'll Thank God, the cable.has been
laid and is in perfect working order.
(Signed) Cyrus W FIELD
SECOND DISPATCH.
HEARTS CONTENT, July 2S.-We are
in telegraphic communication with Ire
land. The cable is in perfect order.
(Signed) Cyrus w. FIELD.
THIRD DISPATCH.
HEARTS CONTENT, July 28.-England
and America are again united by tele
graph. The cable is in perfect order
We have been receiving and sending mes
sages through the whole length of the
cable ever since the splice, on the 18th
inst, off Valentia.
(Signed3 CYRUS W. FIELD.
AspY BAY, July 30.-The Superin
tendent of the Newfoundland Line ar
rived here at nine o'clock this morning
with message from the Queen of Great
Britain to the President of the United
Estates:
OSBORNE, July 27, 1866.
To the President of the United States, Wash
The Queen congratulates the President
on the successful completion of an under
taking which, she hopes, may serve as an
additional bond between the United States
and England.
To which the following reply was sent
ExEcUT1vE MANSION, WASHINGTON, ]
July 30, 1866, 1870, A. NJ. {
To Her Majesty the Queen of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland:
The President of the United States ac-
knowledges with profound qualification
the receipt of Her Majesty's dispatch, ,and
cordially reciprscates the hope that the
cable which now unites the Eastern and
Western hemispheres, may serve to
strengthen and perpetuate peace and am
lity between the Government of England
and the Republic of the United States.
(Signed) ANDREW JOHNSON.
Aspy BAY, July 30-The reply of the
President of tie United States to the
| message of the Queen of England was
received here at 6 o'clock Monday after
noon, and will be delivered Ito the Queen
probably about two o'clock Tuesday af-
ternoon, Greenwich time.
New York, July 31.-The following
has been fixed as the rate for the Allan
tic telegraph: From any telegraph sta
tion in America to any in Great Britain,
Cor twenty words or less, including the
address of the sender and receiver, ee2O
in gold; every additional word not ex-
eeeding FIVE letters twenty shillings ster-
ling per word; from same to same In Eu-
irepe Ell; every additional word twenty
one shillings; from same to same in Afrl-
ca, Asia or India, not exceeding in all
one hundred letters, e25; every addition
al word twenty-five shillings. The let
ters in al the words after the frsttwenty
viii be counted and divided by FIVE; each
FIVE or fractional remainder will be charg-
Jed as word. Messages in cipher will
be charged double the foregoing rates.
Business messages are being transmit
ted through the cable to and from Eu-
rope. The latest London dates to pri-
vate parties in this city, up to this NOR
ming, were to yesterday forenoon. Four
thousand words were transmitted through
| the cable in twelve hours or the 18th
| inst.
HEARTS CONTENT, July 28.-The At
lantic telegraph cableiis this day open for
public business.
(Signed) G. W.sFIELD.
New YoRK, July 3o.-The following
dispatch has been forwarded over the At
lantic Cable:
MAYORS OFFICE, New YORK,
July 80, 1866. !
To the Lord Mayor of London:
| The energy and genius os man, direct
ed by the providence of God, have united
the continents. May this union be in
strumental in securing the happiness Of
all nations and the rights of all peoples.
(Signed) JOHN I. HOFFMAN,
Mayor of New York.
New York, July 31.-Mayor Hof-
man has received the following dispatch:
To the Mayor of New York.
HEARTS CONTENT, July 28-May
commerce flourish, and peace and pros
perity unite u.s..
(Signed) MAYOR OF LONDON.
New YoRK,July 31.-The Herald has
the following special by the cable;
QuEEN's HoTEL, LONDON, July 28.--An
armistice of four weeks from yesterday
has been signed by Prussia, Austria, Ba-
varia, and other German States. The
proposition embraces lasting peace over
the whole continent. 81
New YoRK, Aug. I've learn that
the Atlautic cable was open for business
yesterday afternoon. There were twenty
messages fled for Europe on that day,
and shescash receipts therefrom at the
New York Offices were $3,056 in gold.
Nineteen messages were filed in the
New York Office yesterday "wednesday
for transmission to Europe, on which was
taxed the amount of S21, $40 in gold
Especial by the Cable.l
Treaty Of Peace Signed--Prussia
| to Rule all Gernlany--Altstri
Submits Gracefully.
PHILADELPHIA, July 31.-A special
dispatch, just received here through the
Atlantic Gable, says:
LONDON, July ga treaty of peace
was signed at Vienna yesterday by the