"Loud ring the bells--for, flashing through Six hundred leagues of water, Old Mother England's benison Salutes her eldest daughter. "O'er all the land the tidings speed, And soon in every nation They'll hear about the cable with Profoundest admiration! "Now long live James, and long live Vic, And long live gallant Cyrus; And may his courage, faith, and zeal With emulation fire us; "And may we honor evermore The manly, bold, and stable, And tell our sons, to make them brave, How Cyrus laid the cable." On the 20th of August Captain Hudson, Mr. Everett, and the officers of the _Niagara_, were entertained by Mr. Field, and from the balcony of his house he read this message to the crowd assembled in the street: "VALENTIA BAY, _August 19, 1858_. "To CYRUS W. FIELD, N. Y.: "The directors have just met. They heartily congratulate you on your success. "The _Agamemnon_ arrived at Valentia Bay on Thursday, August 5, at 6 A.M. "We are just on the point of chartering a ship to lay the shore end. No time will be lost in sending them out. Please write me more fully about tariff and other working arrangements. SAWARD." He did not forget the sailors, as the following invitation shows: +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | COMPLIMENTARY RECEPTION | | | | OF THE | | | | CREW OF THE U.S. SHIP "NIAGARA." | | | |_Mr. Cyrus W. Field requests the pleasure of your Company | | at his Entertainment of the Crew of the_ Niagara, _to | |be given at the Palace Gardens, at 10 o'clock, this Evening._ | | | | W. A. BARTLETT, _for C. W. F._ | | | | NEW YORK, August 25, 1858. | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ From one of the newspapers this account is taken of the meeting held before the reception: