Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward
Sir: Little has happened this week to vary the ordinary dullness of this season of the year in this city. The only event has been the complete execution of the project of telegraphic communication between the two continents by the recovery of the cable lost last year, and its successful extension to the destined terminus in Newfoundland. This must be recorded as one of the greatest triumphs of naval science and inventive skill yet achieved. As opening the prospect of ultimately sounding the greatest depths of the ocean, it may lead to later developments of ingenuity of which man has never before dreamed, in connection with the relative position of members of the human race.
I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,
Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.