"_Dear Sir_,--The Atlantic telegraph cable on board the U.S.S.F. _Niagara_ and H.M. steamer _Agamemnon_ was joined in mid-ocean, Thursday, July 29th, and has been successfully laid. "As soon as the two ends are connected with the land lines Queen Victoria will send a message to you, and the cable will be kept free until after your reply has been transmitted. "With great respect, I remain, "Your obedient servant, "CYRUS W. FIELD." "BEDFORD SPRINGS, PA., _August 6, 1858_. "To CYRUS W. FIELD, Esq., Trinity Bay: "_My dear Sir_,--I congratulate you with all my heart upon the success of the great enterprise with which your name is so honorably connected. "Under the blessing of Divine Providence I trust it may prove instrumental in promoting perpetual peace and friendship between kings and nations. I have not yet received the Queen's despatch. "Yours very respectfully, "JAMES BUCHANAN." Captain Hudson's telegram is given as it was written; it shows his simplicity of character and warm heart: "U. S. STEAM FRIGATE 'NIAGARA,' "BAY OF BULL'S ARMS, "TRINITY BAY, NEWFOUNDLAND, _August 5, 1858_. "_My dear Eliza_,--God has been with us. The telegraphic cable is laid without accident, and to Him be all the glory. "We are all well. "Your ever-affectionate husband, "WM. L. HUDSON. "Mrs. Captain WM. L. HUDSON, Mansion House, Brooklyn, New York." Mr. Saward wrote from England immediately on the receipt of the news: "ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY, "22 OLD BROAD STREET, LONDON, _August 6, 1858_. "_My dear Sir_,--At last the great work is done. I rejoice at it for the sake of humanity at large. I rejoice at it for the sake of our common nationalities, and last, but not least, for your personal sake I most heartily and sincerely rejoice with you, and congratulate you upon this happy termination to the fearful anxiety, the continuous and oppressive labor, and the never-ceasing, sleepless energy which the successful accomplishment of this vast and noble enterprise has entailed on you. Never was man more devoted, never did man's energies better deserve success than yours have done. May you in the bosom of your family reap those rewards of repose and affection which will be doubly sweet from the reflection that you return to them after having been (under Providence) the main and leading principle in conferring a vast and enduring benefit on mankind. "If the contemplation of future fame has a charm for you, you may well indulge in the reflection, for the name of Cyrus Field will now go onward to immortality as long as that of the Atlantic telegraph shall be known to mankind. "It has been such a shock to us here that we have hardly realized it at present. "I really think some of the people who come here don't believe it yet.... "In haste, yours truly, "GEORGE SAWARD.