The completion of the first transatlantic cable brought jubilant headlines in the United States, as published on the first page of The New York Times on 17 August 1858

THE OCEAN TELEGRAPH. VICTORY AT LAST!

THE FIRST MESSAGE, ENGLAND

QUEEN VICTORIA TO PRESIDENT BUCHAN

A N . THE PRESIDENT'S REPLY.

TRIUMPHANT COMPLETION OF THE GREAT

WORK OF THE CENTURY

THE OLD WORLD AND THE NEW UNITED.

GLORIA IN EXCELSIS!

The connection failed within a few weeks, and a permanent cable was not completed until 1866.