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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
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Henry M. Field
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While
the
Great
Eastern
was
lying
in
the
harbor
of
Heart's
Content,
she
was
overrun
with
visitors.
The
news
of
her
arrival
had
spread
over
the
island,
and
from
far
and
near
the
people
flocked
to
see
her.
Over
the
hills
they
came
on
foot
and
on
horseback,
and
in
wagons
and
carts
of
every
description;
and
from
along
the
shore
in
boats
and
fishing-smacks,
and
sloops
and
schooners.
They
came
from
the
most
remote
parts
of
the
island--a
distance
of
three
hundred
miles--and
even
from
the
province
of
New
Brunswick.
Several
parties
made
the
excursion
in
steamers
from
St.
John's.
The
wondering
country
folk
climbed
up
the
sides
of
the
ship,
and
wandered
for
hours
through
its
spacious
rooms
and
long
passages.
All
were
welcomed
with
hearty
sailor
courtesy.
As
soon
as
communication
was
opened
with
New
York,
and
other
cities,
congratulations
poured
in
from
every
quarter.
Friendly
messages
were
exchanged--as
eight
years
before--between
the
sovereign
of
England
and
the
head
of
the
Great
Republic.
The
President
also,
and
Mr.
Seward,
Secretary
of
State,
sent
their
congratulations
to
Mr.
Field--greetings
that
were
repeated
from
the
most
distant
States.
Among
others
was
a
message
from
San
Francisco,
which
was
put
into
his
hand
almost
at
the
same
moment
with
one
from
M.
de
Lesseps,
dated
at
Alexandria
in
Egypt!
What
a
meeting
and
mingling
of
voices
was
this,
when
a
winged
salutation
flying
over
the
tops
of
the
Rocky
Mountains,
reached
the
same
ear
with
a
message
which
had
been
whispered
along
the
Mediterranean
and
under
the
Atlantic:
when
the
farthest
East
touched
the
farthest
West--the
most
ancient
of
kingdoms
answering
to
the
new-born
empire
of
the
Pacific.
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