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...'Wiii,,.* mu I JJllliL UCprepaid, or they will not bo attended to.■ THE CABLE LAID I^ eatorday morning about 9 o'clock th o Postmaster General received a te’egram from Heart’s Content containing the gratifying intelligence that tlie laying of the Atlantic Cable bad been successfully accomplished that morning, the Gnat Eastern and her tenders arriving off the harbour at eight o'clock. The news was re-cvivod in the city with enthusiastic pleasure. liusiness was at once almost generally suspended, the bells lt;j! the Catholic Cathedral gave out a joylul chime, guns were popping in every direction, bunting floated everywhere, and tlie«tre ets became full of gratified anil anxious enquirers.— In the night there would have been a grand display of fire-works from the Ccdoiiial Pudding, but the cvenr ing proving wet, it was postponed.The “ big ship” will remain a day or two to eoal at Heart’s Content, and then proceed to endeavour to fish up tj*3 broken cable, and if successful will submerge it like the other—t*;is we shall have two Ca-lles aero ;s the Atlantic.ty T ie first telegram received,, from Lo idon, through the Cable, dated yesterday, is the cheqring one that a treaty lt;rt' peace bad b«eu en-\ tered into by Austria and Prussia.
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Saint Johns Patriot And Terra Nova Catholic Herald
Saint Johns, Newfoundland, CA
Sat, Jul 28, 1866
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CA 06 Jun 2025
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