At other times it was not so: games were played, sales of stocks were made, and the telegraph stock rose and fell, varying with the reports received from the electrician's room. At seven A.M. on the morning of Wednesday, August 4th, came the glad cry, "Land ho!" and at half-past two in the afternoon the ships entered the "haven where they would be." That evening at eight Mr. Field left the _Niagara_ to make arrangements for the landing that was to take place the next day. At half-past two on the morning of August 5th he waked the sleeping operators waiting in the telegraph-house, Bay of Bull's Arms, with the words, "The cable is laid." This at first the men were unwilling to believe, but when they saw the lights on the vessels in the distance they dressed and came back with him to the shore, and two walked fifteen miles with the messages that were to be telegraphed to the unbelieving world. The paying out of the cable from the two ships had been carried on with such regularity that the one arrived at Valentia and the other at Trinity Bay on the same day; by noon on the 5th of August this country was plunged into the wildest excitement. [Illustration: VALENTIA: LANDING THE SHORE END OF THE CABLE, 1857 (From a Lithograph)] These messages were sent to his wife and to his father: "TRINITY BAY, NEWFOUNDLAND, _August 5, 1858_. "Mrs. CYRUS W. FIELD, 84 East Twenty-first Street, New York: "Arrived here yesterday. All well. The Atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid. Please telegraph me here immediately. CYRUS W. FIELD." "Rev. Dr. FIELD, Stockbridge, Mass., _via_ Pittsfield: "Cable successfully laid. All well. "CYRUS W. FIELD." It may interest some readers to follow this message to Stockbridge and see his family at the time of its delivery. His wife and children were passing the afternoon quietly, when all were startled by the appearance of his mother. Almost breathless with excitement she exclaimed, "Mary, the cable is laid. Thomas, believest thou this?" Not a word was spoken, but a silent prayer was the response. "To CYRUS W. FIELD: "Your family is all at Stockbridge and well. The joyful news arrived there Thursday, and almost overwhelmed your wife. Father rejoiced like a boy. Mother was wild with delight. Brothers, sisters, all were overjoyed. Bells were rung, guns fired; children, let out of school, shouted, 'The cable is laid! the cable is laid!' The village was in a tumult of joy. My dear brother, I congratulate you. God bless you. DAVID DUDLEY FIELD." The _Evening Post_ announced: SUCCESS OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH CABLE. ARRIVAL OF THE _NIAGARA_ AND _GORGON_ AT TRINITY BAY. 1950 STATUTE MILES LONG. NOT A SINGLE BREAK! THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH CABLE IS LANDING. And its leading editorial of the same day said: