The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-08-08
THE CABLE.
ENGLAND AND AMERICA United.
LINE IN PERFECT WORKING ORDER.
TREATY OFPEACE BETWEEN PRUS.
STA AND AUSTRIA.
CoUgratulst0ry Message from Che
president and Sec. Seward.
Direct Telegraphic Communication
with Ireland.
A MESSENGER CT FEACE.

Win ireland.
New YORK, Jaly 29.-Thc following dis
patch has just been received from Cyrus w.
Field:
HEARTS CONTENT, July 28th.-We ar
rived here at nine o clock this morning, all
well. Thank God, the cable has been laid,
and is in perfect working order
LSigned CYRUS w. FIELD.
SECOND DISPATCH.
HEARTS CONTENT. July 28:h.-Wc are
in teleg'arhic communication with Ireland
l he cahh, j. in pert ct order.
lSigned CYRUS W. FIELD.
THIRD DISPATCH.
HEARTS CONTENT, July 28th. ENGLAND
and America are again united by telegraph
The cable IS in perfect order. We have
been receiving and sendingn'csSage through
the whole cable. ever since the splice on the
18th inst, off Nalrntia.
ISignpd CYRUS w. FIELD.
HEARTS CONTENT, July 20 The great
Eastern left Shccrness on Saturday at noon,
June 3lth; arrived at Berchaven on Thurs
day morning, July 9Th, and received The
balance of her coal. and provisions. The
Other steamers j lined the Great Eastern at
Brrehavcn as follows: The Fm Cry and
Terrible on Friday, July G;h; Albany on the
1th, and Nledway on Tuesday. 10Th init
On Saturday, the 7th Of July, the end Of
the Irish shore cable was landed from the
VIM. Cory, and at halfpast two O'Clock
next morning, the laying was successfully
accomplished. and the end buried in ninety
four iathoms, latitude 5l'4Y, longitude ] l.
OS/; distance fnm the telegraph house at
Faltntia 271 niles. 29l miles ol cable paid
out
On Wednesday, July 18th, II. NJ. s.
Racoon arrived at Berehaven to render all
fthe assistance in her power.
Thursday l2. The Great Eastern, Med
way Albany, Terrible and Racoon near one
another; services held at Valenta, and
prayers offered up for the successful laying
of the cable Friday l3-The shore end
was connected to the main cable on board
the Great Eastern. and al 2:40 p. NJ, the
telegraph feet started for Newfoundland.
and the Raconn returned to Valenta. The
telegraph feet sailed in the following order:
Terrible ahead Of the Great Eastern on the
starboald bcw; the Melway on the pert
and the AL any on the starhoard quarter. -
Wea her thick and foggy, with heavy rains
X sign was sent through the cable on boal(
the Grtat ElStern, aud to the telegraph
house at Na'cniia, 2,240 nautical miles, ant
found to be perfect Saturday l4-Distance
run l08 nii' s; cattle paid out. ll6 miles. -
| Sunday l5--Distance rUn, l28 miles; cable
paid out, l30 miles. Mon4av 10 Distance
run lis miles; cable paid 1871 miles. Tues
day l7-distance run ] lS miles, cable paC
out, 1873 miles. Wednesday lS--distance
run lO5 miles; cable paid ont 1875 miles -
| Thursday lQ-di~tance run l22 miles; cable
paid out, lZ9 miles. Friday 20-distancc
III miles; chi le paid out, l27 miles. Sat
urday q distance run l22 mics; cable
paid ont. 1856 miles. Monday 23-distance
run l3! miles, cable paid out, l3S miles -
| Tuesday 2f-distance run l2l miles; cable
paid out 1876 miles "Wednesday 25-dis
tancc run IL miles; cable raid out 1874
| miles. Thursday 2G-distance run 128
miles, cable paid "'1t, l$4 miles. Friday
27-distance run, ll2 miles; cable paid out,
ll8 miles, which, with the shore end OFT
Falrntia, distance run q miles; cable paid
out, 50 miles makes the distance run l.669
and paid out 1854 miles.
Arrived at Hearts Content at 8 A. NJ,
Friday, July 9th The average speed Of
the ship from the splice was made until we
saw land was little less than hve nautical
miles per hour, and the cable has been paid
out at an average of five and a half miles
per hosr The total slack was less than
Twelve per cent. The weather has
been more pleasant than have ever known
on the Atlantic at this season of the year
We have had alternate days of rain, sun
shine, togs and squalls. have requested
Mr.. John G. Dean, Secretary of the Anglo
American Telegraph COMPANY to send you
by the first opportunity for the Associated
Press twenty five copi es of his diary, which
will give you detailed account of the ups
and downs experienced in laying a cable
across the Atlantic. We have been in con-
stant communication with Valertia since
the splice was made on the 18th inst, and
have daily received news from Error e.
which was posted up outside the telegraph
office. for the information of all on board
the Great Eastern, and signalled to the
other ships.
After taking in Goals, the telegraph feet
will sail for the spot where the cable was
host last year, to recover the end and com.
rlete second line between Ireland and
Newfoundland; then the Medway will pro.
coed to lay the new cable across the Gulf of
ST. Lawrence.
The cable will be open for business in a
few days. and al' messages sent to Europe
in the o der they are received at Heart
Content
HEARTS CONTENT, July 27, ria Asrv
Bay, July 27.-The London Times of the
T27th says of the telegraph: at is great
work; the glory Of the age and nations, and
they who lave achieved Ii deserve to be
honored as benetactors Of their race. y
A treaty of peace has been signtd between
Austria and Prussia. A previous telegram
says that five days armStice between Au :
tria and Prussia commenced at noon on the
23d. There was fighting on the I'D, the
Austrians claiming the victory.
HEARTS CONTENT, July 81.
10 His Ercel'eacy, President Johnson, Wash-
tagton,D G.
SIR: The Atlantic cable was successfully
completed this morning. hope that it
will prove blessing to England and the
United States. and increase the intercourse
between our own country and the Eastern
hemisphere.
Yours, faithfully,
CYRUS w. FIELD.
WASHINGTON, ID. G.. July 20.
Cirrus W. Field, Hrurt's Content:
] heartily congratulate You, and trust that
your enterprise may prove as successful as
your efforts have been persevering. May
the cable under tho sea tend to promote har-
mnny between the Republic Of he West and
governments of the Eastern Hemisphere.
fSigned ANDREW JOHNSON.
HEARTS CONTENT Juiv 27