Almonds. Peaches. Pecan Nuts. Grenoble Nuts. Hot-house Grapes. Coffee. Citron Melons. Bartlett Pears. Raisins. Filberts. Coffee. This was one of the toasts: "Cyrus W. Field: To his exertions, energy, courage, and perseverance are we indebted for the Ocean Telegraph; we claim, but Immortality owns him." In his reply he said: "To no one man is the world indebted for this achievement; one may have done more than another, this person may have had a prominent and that a secondary part, but there is a host of us who have been engaged in the work the completion of which you celebrate to-day." Mr. George Peabody wrote to him: "I read the accounts in the New York papers in celebration of the great event of the year and age with great interest, and although I think in some respects that they are a little too enthusiastic, yet so far as it regards yourself they cannot be so, for if the cable should be lost to-morrow you would be fully entitled to the high honor you are daily receiving." As he left the Battery on September 1st a cable message was handed to him dated that morning: "CYRUS W. FIELD, New York: "The directors are on their way to Valentia to make arrangements for opening the wire to the public. They convey through the cable to you and your fellow-citizens their hearty congratulations in your joyous celebration of the great international work." It was the last message that passed over the cable of 1858. CHAPTER VIII FAILURE ON ALL SIDES (1858-1861) From the daily press and from Mr. Field's papers the story of these years has been drawn. "In the midst of all this rejoicing, intelligence came from Newfoundland that the cable, which it was fully anticipated would be open for public messages in a few days, had ceased working. The reaction was painful to witness, after the intense excitement of the past three weeks." That it had become impossible to send a message through the cable was definitely known in London through the letter given to the _Times_: "_September 6, 1858._