Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-07-30
THE ATLANTIC CABLE.
= FINAL SUCCESS
INTERESTING DISPATCHES.

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INTERESTING DISPATCHES.
NEw YoRK. Jaly as-rhe folio wing dispatch
has just besn recsived from Cyrus w fisId:
HxARTas Coxrxxr, July sss.-We arrived
God the cable has been iaio, and b in perfect
working order. g.f..l CYRUS w. FIELD.
B.,xr, iit,sTes,. ts.rese 1nsr pusr.scn #
grnphic coinmunicatson with Ireland. the
cable is in perfect orSer CYKus w. FIELD.
lrhikD 81 pasrATeH.l >,.
-EDglaDd and Amsrica are again united by
telegraph. The cable il In perfect order. We
nave b~en receiving and sending messages
through the whole cable since the splice on the
-. CYRUS w. FnLp.
IFoURTH DIsPArcH.l
HEARTS OoSTxNT, Juiy 2s-The steamship
noon, June goth. arrived at Bear Haven on
Thursday morning. July 5th, and received the
balance Of her Goals and provisions. The oth-
Haven as follows:-The Unicorn and Terrible
on Friday, July 9th, the Albany on the 7th,
and the Midway on Tuesday, 10th instant. On
saturday, the IN Of July, the end Of the Irish
AT 230 the next morning the laying was sue
ceesfully completed, and the end buried in 81
fathoms; latitude "a ~, longitude 100 The dis
tance from the telegraph house at Valentia is
FIX miles; 394 miles of the cable was paid out
on Wednesday, 11th instant II. NJ. s. Racoon
arrived AZ Bear Haven to render all the assist
Great Eastern, Midway, Albany, Terrible and
Racoon were near one another. Services were
held at Valentia, and prayers offered up for
the successful laying of the cable. Friday, the
18th, the shore end was connected to the main
cable on board the Great Eastern at $40 ID. m.
The telegraph feet started for Newfoundland,
and the Racoon returned to Ealentia. The
telegraph feet sailed in the following order -
Terrlhlp II La orr tho
starboard bow, the Medway on the port, and
the Albany on the starboard quarter The
weather was thick and foggy, with heavy
rains. Signals were sent through the cable
on board the Great Eastern, and to the tel
egraph house at ValentIa. Two thousand
four hundred and forty nautical miles found
perfect.
Here follows a diary, showing the distance
run and cable paid out each day from Satur.
day, 14th instant, TO Friday, 27th instant, ma.
king total distance run 1869 miles, and paid
Arrived At Hearts Content a. 8 a. M, on
Friday, July q. Average speed Of the ship
from the third splice vas made until we saw
hour, and cable hsd baen paid out at an aver.
age Of fve-and-a-half miles per hour. The
total slack was lees than twelve per cent. The
weather has been mole pleasant than have
this season Of the year. We have had alter
nate days OF rain. sunshine, fogs, and squalls
l have requested John O. Dean, Secretary Of
", SEND
you BY the first opportunity for the Associa,ed
Press, twenty-five copies Of his diary, which
will give you detailed account OF ups and
down experienced in laying cable across the
Atlantic; We have been In constant COM
munication with Valentia since the splice
was made on the 18th instant, and have daily
received news from Europe, which was posted
mp outside OF the telegraph ONCE for the infor-
nation OF all on board Of the Great Eastern,
and signaled to other ships. After taking in
coal, the telegraph fleet will sail for the spot
where the cable was lost last year, to recover
Ireland and Newfoundisnd. % and them hen ITn the Mea
dina will proceed 10 lay the new cable across
the Gulf Of the ST. Lawrence.
TIE cable will be opened in few days, and
all messages sent TO Europe In the order they
are received at Hearts Content. i cannot md
words suitable TO convey my admiration for
the men who have so ably conducted the nau-
Of tins enterprise so successfully, amidst dan
gers which required to be seen to be apprecI-
ated. In fact, ali on board Of the telegraph
fleet and all connected with the enterprise
have done their very best to have the cable
made and laid in perfect condition, and He
who rules wind and waves has crowned their
united efforts with perfect success.
CYRUS w. FIELD.
The following correspondence has taken
place
CYRUS. W. FIELD TO THE PRESIDENT.
HEARTS CONTENT, July 27.-To His Ercel-
Isncy President Johnson, Waskington, ID. C.-Sr;
this morning. L hope that it Will prove bless
ing 10 England and the United States, and in
crease the intercourse between our couusrF
Yours, truly, CYRus w. FIErD.
THE PRESIDENTS REPLY.
WASHINGTON, July 29-To Cyrus W. Field,
Hearts Content:-1 heartily congratulate you,
and hope that your enterprise may prove as
successful as your efforts have been persever.
ing. May the cable under the sea tend to pro-
mote harmony between the Republic OF the
West and the Governments of the Eastern
Hemisphere. ANDREW JOHNSON.
Cirrus W. FIELD TO SECRETARY SEWARD
HEARTS CONTENT, July 27.-Hon. Wm. II.
Setcdrd, Washington. The telegraph cable has
been successfully laid between Ireland and
your services in the Senate of the United
States in the winter of 1857, and recollect with
pleasure the speech you then made in favor of
reason to regret what you have done to estab.
lish communication across the Atlantic, is the
CYRus W. FIELD.
MR.. sRwARD's REPLY.
WASHINGTON, July 29.-Cyrus w. Field,
Hearts, Content: Acknowledgements and con-
gratuiations. II the Atlantic cable had not
failed in 1858 European States would not have
sing that civil war in America would either
perpetuate African slavery or divide this Re-
public. Your great Achievements constitutes 1
trust, an effective treaty Of International neu :,
>
s. WM. H. SEWARD.
CYRUS w. FIELD TO THE DIRECTORS.
HEARTS CoNTKET, July 27.-To tie Honorary
Directors Of the Atlantic Telegraph Compang. /
congratulate you on the successful completion
ofieleeraphic communication between ireland
and Newfoundland, and hope within two
weeks from this tune that the cable lost last
year will be recovered, and that 3 second line
will be in operation across the Atlantic. 1 as
sure you that all on board the telegraph fleet
will do all they can TO accomplish this object
n e. p.-s .rt CYRUs W. FIELD.
HEARTS CONTENT, July 27.--To the Directors
Of the NeU York, Newfoundland, and London Tele.
graph Company. We arrived this day. The ca
BILE has been laid across the Atlantic, and is in
perfect working order. As soon as we shall
have taken in coal we shall proceed to the spot
where the cable was lost last year. and when
recovered splice II with the cable ON board tha
Great Eastern and return to this place; then
the Midway will proceed TO lay the cable
across the Gulf Of st. Lawrence.
p cannot express to you how thankful feel
that you will now receive some return for the
money that you have spent and the time that
you have devoted during the last half year to
connect by telegraph our country with Great
Britain. SOS CYkUs w. FIELD. =
The following rs Q list Of the directors Of the
New York, Newfoundland, and London Tele-
graph Company: