The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-08-19

!!s hbV ID. ID. Field, a native of East Gull
fot : Cts graduate of Yale College in 1902,
hrf setred in Haddam, Ct. There, probably,
his children were all born-seven sons and two
Ia G sshtei@. of the former are David Dudley
fh q ope OF the frat lawyers of New York
cit. Jonathan E. Field, a member of the
Be fshife bsr, aid resident of S.ockbridge !;
W Is W. Field, whose name is now q house
hos VOID Matthew d. Field, of Southwick, in
de apdsn county, civil engineer, and one of
the Republican Senators from Hampden county
in s57, Stephen l. Field, judge of the Su
prs,ne Court of California and Rev. a. NJ
EiJd, formerly pastor of the Congregational
GNrch In West Springfield, and now one of the
coeuctors of the New York Evangelist The
SCI NTH and oldest son, Timothy, went to sea
TIL ~ or more years ago, and has never been
he I'd from since. One of the daughters mar
RE the brother of Mr.. Cyrus Fields wife, and
ds ehtef married Rev. josiah Brewer, and be.
ca s With him q missionary in Greece, whence
ths have returned, and now reside at the fam
| lily $o q in Stockbridge, Massachusetts,.
| u n9, Rev. DR.. Field removed from Hac-
ds sf Stockbridge, when his children were all
yo Il land became pastor of the village church
the Z, relation which he continued till 1887,
wb Z, it was discovered and he returned to his
! ole hsrge at Haddsm for a few years but he
ret Ssd from the ministry some ten years since,
an1 came to Stockbridge again, where, among
hifAld friends, and With portion of his chill
dr. }, Ieis living out in peace and be nor the
fev rensiuing days of long and useful life.
To p Stockbridge may fairly claim to be the
faf lily home here the father passed his most
aci We and important years and here his soma
we reared, and prepared for the important
lin Of action into which they have Yearly all
ain o fallen. David Dudley Field and Rev.
de Try M. are graduates of Williams College,
in be same county.
llr. Cyrus Field engaged early as clerk for
his older brother Matthew, who was paper
msaufscurer at Lee. About the period of his
! ms ority, perhaps before, he engaged in the
saec % business on his own account in Wtstfield,
In ais county, but failed about 1887. He sub.
seq lently went to New York, and established
sper commission house, one of the first of
the large modern establishments of that descrip-
tiotS III success overlook him here again; but
ito q not conquer its victim. Nerved to new
| iao2r, he continued the same business, com.
msaded fortune, paid off all his old debts, and
became rich man. Liberal in dispensing the
blessings of his wealth, be was the patron of
| arts and surrounded his father at Stockbridge
w.t.; all the comforts and luxuries that old age
GOV Us. Some five or six years ago, he seems
70 save conceived the purpose of constructing
the ocean telegraph, and at once threw into its
condemnation all his native enthusiasm, all
bis acquired knowledge of men and things, all
his Energy and perseverance, and all his pecun-
iart means. He interested others-he negoti-
aztec with Governments-he aroused the press
to lee ussions-he crossed and recrossed the
AtP'ntio, and fred the intelligence of both con-
tine nta with hope and zeal in behalf of the great
sch m, First, he obtained grants from the
Presir isl Governments of Eastern British
ANS }, and secured the construction of the
tele sra-h to Halifax, across the sea to New.
fou; dlsnd, ard through that dreary island to
VS. Eastern shore. Then, the chief link-Ire-
Ian to Newfoundland-was to be forged but
I've Feed not repeat the story. The English
anC american Governments heard his earnest
app& ds, and granted money and ships and
! BrSsh private capital was freely yielded to his
ENTITY siasm and confidence. The long history
of Experiments on land and ocean, of last years
tris and the great revulsion in popular faith
aft its failure, are fresh in every mind. But
the .,aaster spirit was not discouraged nor dis.
ma Nd-~bis New York house went down under
tf crash of worlds" last fall, and ruin stared
hin Ia the face. People began to talk of him
as hey would of friend losing his mind
syn >sthiaingly, sorrowingly, sadly. But, I'M.
dau tied, he kept on-the experiments were
rem wed this year once, twice, thrice, the ca
BILE pReted-the public uttered its last sigh,
anc forgot the whole enterprise; yet again the
yes els sailed, marshalled by this Yankee lead
! er II uudying pluck, to mid.ocean, and, con.
nee iug once more the ends of their respective
wir g, they parted on their path to glory. The
wor d,was startled, as by a clap of thunder in
ear sky, by the plain, business dispatch
| tina suncunoed the successful completion of
| the great enterprise, and the name that closed
thai>dispstch was imprinted by lightning stroke
| upo the face of the earth forever. The cable
was laid, and Cyrus w. Field was a hero
| Spr 'nafeld Republican.
l who have visited Trinity Bay, Newfound.
| lane. with one consent allow it to be one of the
mos beautiful sheets of water they ever set eyes
upon, Its color is very peculiar-an mex
presd sle mingling of the pure blue ocean with
| the ~eeep evergreen woodlands and the sc.
rentss 'lue sky. Its extreme length is about
eigE,y miles, its breadth about thirty miles,
opes.'rg boldly into the Atlantic on the north.
ern sile of the island. At its south western
shot it branches into the Bay of Bulps Arm,
whi'a ia quiet, safe, and beautiful harbor,
abo.-t Two miles in breadth and nine or ten in
lene b. running in direction northwest. The
dept of water is sufficient fer the largest ves-
| sells; The tide rises seven or eight feet, and
the Aey terminates in beautiful sand beach.
u
| whit !, mixed with birch and mountain ssh,
pres q pleasing contrast. The land rises
grad Tally from the water all around, 90 as to
affof one of the most convenient and agree.
able town sites in the island. You ascend
only At out quarter of q mile from the water,
and Share are no longer trees but wild erase,
like ~ open prairie. Here are found at this
| seasi d myrisds of the upland cranberries, upon
whic unnumbered ptarmigan, or northern par
tridea feed. The raspberry, bake.apple berry,
and the whortleberry, are also common. NJ.
mere as little lakes may be teen in the open
| elevi JED ground, from which flow rivulets, af.
! ford az abundance of fine trout. After ascend
| ing Or about q mile and half, you are then
prob ,bly 300 or 400 feet above the tide, and
| moth az can exceed the beauty of the scene,
! whef at one view you behold the placid waters
of beslh Trinity and Placentia Bays-the latter
spirit, klst with clusters of verdant islands. You
can noS descend westward, as gradually az
you .ane up from the Telegraph landing, to
the t1ore of Placentia Bay, where there is an
exec lie al harbor and admirable fisheries skirt.
ing ,e thore, and the accompanying road of
the n Telegraph line leading from st. Johns
west "a re through the Island to Cape Ray.
CALIFORNIA NEWS
Mo 0rk, dug 1.-THE steamer St. Louis,
| from "A pinwall, arrived this afternoon. She
left ga d Q afternoon of the Sd, and brings Cal.
| iforn, a stes of 10th July. Reports that the
Star b. he West left Aspinwall at the same
time &c 'shis city, Uia Key West, with the mails
and III 500, 600 in Treasure.
TIE Golden Age brought down upwards of
$l,ssD li0-some $25, 900 of the dust was from