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London, England, 1867-05-14 00:00:00

boundary line between Maryland and Virginia, to
some point on the Chesapeake Bay in Northampton
county. It is to connect on the boundary line with
some railroad brought down to said line, and the
connecting roads will be of the same gauge, in order
to allow the cars of either road to run upon the

other, and any railroad company in which the State
of Virginia holds no interest may subscribe to the
stock of the company.—Richmond Inquirer.
THE WESTERN FLOODS.—KANSAS CITY, MOBILE,
April 18.—The river is higher at this point than it
has been since 1844, and is still rising. The track

of the Missouri and the Union Pacific Railtoad be-

:weep the State line and Wyandotte is overflowed
o a depth sufficient to extinguish the fires in the

Locomotives. Most part of the bottom lands on the

north side of the river is inundated, and it is feared
the entire bottom will be submerged. The water

comes mainly from the Platte river, which is now
reported as receding slowly.

ST. Louis, April 25.---The Government Commis-
sioners to-day accepted the 7th section of thirty
miles of the Union Pacific Railway, Kansas Branch.

This brings the road to Salina, fifty miles west of
Fort Riley, to which point freight and passenger
trains will run on Ist May. The amount of tran-

sportation done by this xoad for the United States
Government for the mouth of March was $34,865,

one-half of which was returned to the United States

Treasury, in accordance with the Pacific Riii'road

Act. This is equivalent to 81 per cent. per annum
on the whole amount of Government bonds issued

in aid of the road ; in other words, the company is

paying all interest for the Government, and refund-
ing the principal of the loan at a rate which will
nearly extinguish the same at maturity. The
Democrat's Omaha special says the Pacific Railroad
has been repaired to North Platte, two hundredand
ninety-three miles west of Omaha, and trains will
run regularly after to-morrow. The road east of

Council Bluffs is still badly out of order.
Rev. Dr. David D. Field, himself one of the pro-
minent New England theologians and preachers of
the last generation, and the father of one of the
most widely known and distinguished families of
the country, died suddenly at his residence in Stock-
bridge, Connecticut. Rev. Dr. Field was born a;
East Guilford, Connecticut, in 1780, and was 86
years old at the time of his death. He graduated
at Yale College in 1802, and after a pastorate at
Haddam, Connecticut, was settled at Stockbridge
in August, 1819, where he continued until his dis-
missal, Feb. 12, 1837. He then returned to his
old parish at Haddam, where he resided for seve-
ral years, but afterwards came a second time to
Stockbridge, about 1848, and spent the remain-
ing years of his life with his son, Jonathan E.

Field. Dr. Field was a worthy successor in a
pastorate which had been filled by such men as
President Ewards and Rev. Dr. West, and during
his ministry was marked as one of the strong,
earnest thinkers of his day, and a vigorous de-
fender of the strictest New England theology.
Latterly, however, his mind had utterly lost its
early powers, and though his physical strength
and health continued undiminished, all thought
and intellect seemed to have abandoned him.
The members of Lis own family were strangers
to him, and his only recollections were of events
many years past. Though a graduate of Yale,
Rev. Dr. Field was for many years a steadfast and
active friend of Williams College, and that insti-
tution conferred on him the degree of doctor of
Divinity in 1837, besides graduating four of his
sons and a grandson in its regular academic course.
The Field family, all of whom, with the excep-
tion of the eldest, David Dudley Field, were born
at Stockbridge, have attained a national fame,
and the name of the father is rendered more dis-
tinguished by the reputation of his sons. David
Dudley Field, who has few peers ap the New
York bar; Matthew D., of Southwick, formerly an
extensive civil engineer and bridge builder in the
Southern and Western States; Jonathan E., a Stock-

bridge lawyer and president of the Massachusetts
Senate from 1863 till 1866 ; Cyrus W., of Atlantic
cable fame ; Stephen J., of San Francisco, Cali-
fornia, and judge of the United States Supreme
Court ; and Henry M., for many years the
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brothers, sons of the Rev. Dr. Field, who have each
made themselves a conspicuous and prominent
position in the professions iu which they have
been engaged. All of the brothers but Matthew
and Cyrus are graduates of Williams College,
and it is a curious fact that the attempt was not
made to educate the latter because he wasn't
thought worth the experiment. Besides the sons
above mentioned, one other, Timothy, entered the
naval service, and is supposed to have died on some
foreign station, many years ago. Of the two
daughters the elder, Amelia, married Rev. Mr.
Brewer, a missionary to Greece, and, after a long
and useful life in that service, returned and died
several years since. The other, Mary, the youngest
child, married Mr. Frederick Stone, the business
partner of her brother Cyrus, and, after his death,
went to Paris for the improvement of her own en-
feebled health, where she died. Dr. Field had been
riding out in the afternoon, and returning home sat
down in a chair, when he died in a minute. lie had
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was manifested at the meeting of the Springfield
Club, April 15, and thousands of dollars are already
pledged for this purpose. A committee of eleven
was appointed to report in a week a complete or•
gauisation for the Exhibition, with the most desir-
able date of holding it, and other like details.
Although the club will take the entire financial
responsibility of the affair, they will invite the co-
operation of many prominent men, both of Spring-
field and elsewhere in its management. Arrange-
ments will be made to secure the best and fleetest
horses iu the country, and nothing will be spared
to make the Exhibition a magnificent success.
A champion silver ball has been procured by the
Franklin County Base-ball Association, to be
played for by the clubs of the association during
the season.
While crossing a field where base-ball was being
played at Meriden, John Logan, 12 years old, was
struck in the head by the ball and killed.
BOSTON CRICKET CLUB.—The following is a list
of officers of the Boston Cricket Club for the pre-
sent year :_President, S. Frank Crockett ; Vice-
President, George E. Collamore ; Treasurer, A. J.
Recording Secretary, W. 11. Davis ; Cor-
respondingAlceerr;
Secretary, J. Lancey ; Business Corn-
mittee—W. H. Haigh, J. D. Reid, G. H. Mason,
W. Kilner. The club will begin play, in May, and
hopes to have a pleasant season. They have a good
list of members, and all will unite to promote the
The club intends to visit New York and Philadel-
phiagrowing interests in the noble game of cricket.
during the season, to meet their friends of the
St. George, New York, and Young America.
THE YOUNG AMERICAN CLUB AND ITS
OFFICERS.—This club, which belongs to German-
town, and has recently erected a new club-house
and enlarged its grounds, held an election a short
time since, with the following result :—President,
E. M. Davis, Jun. ; Vice-President, George M.
Newhall ; Secretary, Alfred Mellor ; Treasurer,
Bayard Butler ; Ground Committee, E. M. Davis,
jun., Rodman \Vister, W. 13. Johns, jun., C. A.
Newhall, and W. K. Wright. Between the Young
America and the Philadelphia Clubs cricket pro.
tsiises to be exceedingly lively in and about the
Quaker City this season.
MANHATTAN CRICKET CLUB.—At a meeting of
this club, held April 5, the following gentlemen
were elected officers for the ensuing season :—Pre-
sident, Jos. Pearless ; Vice-President, C. Tyler ;
Treasurer, S. F. Simpson ; Secretary, J. F. Love ;
Managing Committee—B. F. Jenkins, Jas. Neeves,
J. Higgins. The address of the secretary is J. I'.
Love, 213, Hudson-street, New York.
ST. GEORGE CLUB.—The new grounds on Bergen
Hill, purchased at a cost of $:35,000, are expected to
be in fit condition for play and the acconatno(l4-