The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-07-30
and the Midway on tho 10th inst.

and the Midway ON the 10th inst.
On Saturday, July 7th, the end OF the
Irish shore cable was landed from the VIM.
Cory and ct 2:30 the next morning the lay
lar was SUCCESSFULLY conplsted andt end
buried in "a fathoms, and in lat. 51', 40,
lsng., lie. s.. Distance from the telegraph
house ct Valsntia 273 miles. Twenty and a
half miles of cable were payed out on Wed
nssday.
On the 1lth inst H. NJ. s. Raccoon arrived
~ Bear Haven to render all assistance in her
power.
At Valentia services were held and prayers
offered mp for the successful laying of the ca
BILE.
Friday, 3th.-The shore end was conneet-
ed to the main cable on board the Great East
ern, and ut $40 p ". the telegraph feet start
cd for Newfoundland. Signals were sent
through the cable on board the Great East
ern to the telegraph house at valcntia, and
| two thousand four hundred and forty nsuti-
| cal miles found perfect.
| payed out 1879 miles
Monday, l6th.-Distance run, lis miles /;
cable paysd out. 1877 miles.
Wednesday, 18th. Distance run, los
miles: cable payed out lbs miles.
Friday, 2Oth.-Distanee run, III miles ;
cable payed out, l27 miles.
Sunday, 22d.-Distance run, 1873 miles
cable psyed out, 1873 miles.
Tuesday, 24th.-Distsnes run. III miles ;
cable paysd out, l35 milss.
Friday, 2Ith.-Distance run liz miles
cable payed out. lis miles, which, with the
shore end off Valsntia-distance q miles;
cable payed out % miles--makes the distance
run 1869 miles, and psysd out 1864 miles.
Arrived at Hearts Content at 8 AN. Fri
day.
| have ever known on the Atlantic at this seas
on of the year.
1 have requested John c. Dean, of the An
gio-American Telegraph Company, to send
you. by the fret opportunity, twenty-five cop
les OF his diary for the associated press
| which will give a detailed account of the lay
| ing of the cable across the Atlantic.
We have been IN constant communication
with Valentia since the splice was made or
the 18th, and have daily received, news from
Europe, which was posted up outside the tel
egraph Office for the information of all on
board of the Great Eastern and signalled tC
the other ships
The cable will be open for business in a
few days. and all messages sent to Europe in
the order they are received ct Hearts Con
|
my admiration for the men who so ably cor.
Quoted the nautical engineering and electric
al department of this enterprise so success.
fully, amidst difficulties which are required
to be seen to DO appreciated. In fact all
aboard the telegraph fleet have dcae their
| best to have the cable made and laid and
the waves nave crowned their success.
| ISigned CYRUS W. FIELD.
HEARTS CONTENT, July 81. via AsPY BAY,
July 29.-The London Tunes of the 9th,
says of the telegraph: 1t is great work, the
the glory of the age and nation, and they who
have achieved it deserve to be honored as
benefciares OF their race.
Il treaty Of peace has been signed between
austria aud Prussia commencing a, noon on
the 23d There wac fighting on the 22d.
HEARTS CONTENT, July 27.-fIis Exeellen-
cy President johnson, Washing tou, ID. c.,
Sir The Atlantic Cable was successfully
completed this AN. / hope that is wiz prove
= blessing to England and the United States
| aud increase the Intercourse between our own
| country and the eastern hemisphere:
Yours faithfully,
iSignsd CYsus W. FIELD.
WASHINGTON, July 29.-Cyrus w. Field,
Hearts Content:-I hereby congratulate you
and trust that your enterprise may prove ae
successful as your efforts have been persever
ing. May the cable under sea tend to pro.
mote harmony between the republic of the
west and the governments of the eastern
| hemis phere.
ISigned A. JOHNSON.
HEARr's CONTENT, July 27th.-HoN WM.
Ii. SEWARD The Telegraph Cable has been
successfully laid between Ireland and New
Foundland, | remember with gratitude your
services In the senate of the United States in
the winter of 1857. in favor OF the teIe-
| graph bill. That you may never have rea-
son to regret whaayou have done to estab-
| lish comprehension across the Atlantic is
the sincere wish of your friend
Signed CYRUS w. FIELD.
WASHINGTON, ID. c. July 20.
| To Cyrus ". Field, Hearts, Content:
Acknowled gements and congratulations
| If the Atlantic Cable had not failed In 1858
European states would not have been led in
1861 int the great error of supposing that a
civil war in America could either perpetuate
African slavery or divide this republic Your
| great achievement constitutes, i trust, an eff
fective treaty of international neutrality and
| non Intervention.
Signed WIN. Ii. SEWARD.
HEARr's CONTENT. July 27.-To the dirsc-
tors of the New York, New Foundland and
| London Telegraph Company We arrived
| this day. The cable has been laid across the
Atlantic and is IN perfect working order. As
soon a. they have taken in coal, we shall pro.
coed to the spot where the cid cable was last
| year, and when recovered will splice 1t with
the cable on board of the Great Eastern and
return to this place. Then the Midway will
proceed to lay the cable across the Gulf of
| St. Lawrence.
l cannot express to you how thankful feel
shat you will now receive some return for the
money that you have spent and the time you
have devoted during the last half year to
connect by telegraph our own country with
| Great Britain.
Signed CYRUS w. FIELD.
HEARTS CONTENT, July &c. w. Field
says there have been riots in London on ac-
count of the refusal of the government to al.
low a reform meeting in Hyde Park.
A daily paper has been published on the
| Great Eastern.
AsPY Bay, July 29.-All dispatches from
| Europe. via Hearts Content and Port an Bos.
que, being mainly relative to the successful
| laying of the cable, have been forwarded BY
telegraph.
Iowa Conservative Delegates.
The State Central Committee of the Ma.
tional Union Party of Iowa, at a meeting
held in Desmoines Jplv 9th inat anno;rt.I