The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-08-08

speech you then made in favor Of the tele.
graph bill. That you may never have rea.
son to regret what you have done to estab.
lish communication across the Atlantic il
the sincere wish of your friend,
(Signed) CYRus W. FIELD.
WASHINGTON, D. c., July %.
Cyrus w. Field, Hearts Content:
If the acknowledgements and congratu-
lations Of the Atlantic Cable had not failed
in 1858, 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, trust, an effective treaty
of International neutrality and non-inter-
vention.
(Signed) VIM. II 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. l assure you that all on board
the telegraph fleet will do all that they can
to accomplish this object.
(Signed) CsRus W. FIELD.
HEARTS CONTENT, July p.
The Directors of the New York. Newfound.
laud and London Telegraph Ccmpany
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 |
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.
(Signed) CYRUS w. FIELD.
The following is list Of the directors Of
the New York, Newfoundland and London
Telegraph Company: Peter Cooper, Cyrus
erts, Wilson G. Hunt. The officers of the
Company are: Peter Cooper, President !;
Cyrus W. Field. Vice-President Moses
Taylor, Treasurer; Robert w. Lowber, Sec
rotary.
HEARTS CONTENT, July 81, 9:l0 A. NJ
c. W. Field says there have been riots in
London on account Of the refusal Of the
Government to allow a Reform meeting in
Hyde Park. A daily paper has been pub
ished on the Great Eastern.
AsPY BAY, C. B., Sunday July Goth, $50
2. E.-All dispatches from Europe ria
Hearts Content and Port au Barques, being
mainly relative to the successful laying of
he cable, have been forwarded by telegraph
rom this point. The news yacht sailed
his afternoon from her return to Port au
5arques. Another vessel will arrive to-
(Monday) morning from Port au
Barques, with further dispatches from the
fable and Europe. The telegraph lines are
n good working order.
AsPY BAY, July 80.
The Superintendent Of the Newfoundland
inc arrived here at nine o'clock this morn
Britain to the President of the United
States.
OSBORNE, July p, 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-
oitionsl bond Of Union between the United
States and England.
To which the following reply was sent
Executive MANSION, WASHINGTON,
IL A. NJ, July 3Oth, 1866.
To Her Majesty the Queen Of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The President Of the United States ac-
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 30.-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
by the providence Of God, have united the
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
ceived. Several messages to private parties
from England are among those brought
from Hearts Content by this arrival. Ar.
rangements 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 -Consol
closed at 884 for money. United Slater
5-2Os 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:
HEARr's CONTENT, July %, 1866. To tn
Mayor Of New York: May commerce
flourish, and peace and prosperity unite US
(Signed) MAYOR OF LONDON.
NEW YORK, July 3l.-The Herald has tn
following special over the cable:
"QUEEN's HOTEL, LONDON, July 28.-Al
armistice of four weeks from yesterday ha
been signed by Prussia, Austria, Bavaria
and the other German States. The propo
siticns embrace lasting peace over tn
whole continent of Europe
A New York Tribune special over the ca
BILE, dated Friday night, says:
"In the House Of Commons, on Monda,