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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
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The
Niagara
arrived
out
on
the
fourteenth
of
May,
and
cast
anchor
off
Gravesend,
about
twenty-five
miles
below
London.
As
it
was
the
first
time--at
least
for
many
years--that
an
American
ship
of
war
had
appeared
in
the
Thames,
this
fact,
with
her
fine
proportions
and
the
object
for
which
she
came,
attracted
a
crowd
of
visitors.
Every
day,
from
morning
to
night,
a
fleet
of
boats
was
around
her,
and
men
and
women
thronged
over
her
sides.
Everybody
was
welcome.
All
were
received
with
the
utmost
courtesy,
and
allowed
access
to
all
parts
of
the
ship.
Among
these
were
many
visitors
of
distinction.
Here
came
Lady
Franklin
to
thank
the
generous
nation
that
had
sent
two
expeditions
to
recover
her
husband
lost
amid
Polar
seas.
She
was,
of
course,
the
object
of
general
attention
and
respectful
sympathy.
While
lying
in
the
Thames,
the
Agamemnon,
that
was
to
take
the
other
half
of
the
cable,
passed
up
the
river.
This
was
a
historical
ship,
having
borne
the
flag
of
the
British
admiral
at
the
bombardment
of
Sebastopol,
and
distinguished
herself
by
steaming
up
within
a
few
hundred
yards
of
the
guns
of
the
fortress.
After
passing
through
the
fires
of
that
terrible
day,
she
was
justly
an
object
of
pride
to
Britons,
whose
hearts
swelled
as
they
saw
this
oak-ribbed
leviathan,
that
had
come
"out
of
the
gates
of
death,
out
of
the
jaws
of
hell,"
now
preparing
to
take
part
in
achievements
of
peace,
not
less
glorious
than
those
of
war.
She
was
under
command
of
Captain
Noddal,
of
the
Royal
Navy.
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