ve him a banquet in London; and in Paris, in 1858, another
banquet was given him by Americans numbering more than 100, and
representing almost every State in the Union. In the latter year, at the
instance of Napoleon III, representatives of France, Russia, Sweden,
Belgium, Holland, Austria, Sardinia, Tuscany, the Holy See, and Turkey
met in Paris to decide upon a collective testimonial to him, and the
result was a vote of 400,000 francs as a personal reward for his labors.
On December 29th, 1868, the citizens of New York gave him a public
dinner. In June, 1871, a bronze statue of him, erected by the voluntary
contributions of telegraph employes, was formally unveiled in Central
Park, New York, by William Cullen Bryant, and in the evening a reception
was held in the Academy of Music, at which Prof. Morse telegraphed, by
means of one of the instruments used on the original line between New
York and Washington, a message of greeting to all the cities of the
continent.

The last public service which he performed was the unveiling of the
statue of Franklin in Printing House Square, New York, on January 17th,
1872. Submarine telegraphy also originated with Prof. Morse, who laid
the first sub-marine lines, in New York harbor in 1842, and received at
the time from the American Institute a gold medal. He died in the city
of New York April 2nd, 1872. While in Paris in 1839 he made the
acquaintance of Daguerre, and from drawings furnished him by the
latter, he constructed, on his return, the first daguerreotype
apparatus, and took the first sun pictures ever taken in America. He was
also an author and poet of some standing.

CYRUS W. FIELD.

There are few people living who have not heard of Cyrus W. Field. Few
people, however, have taken the trouble to learn more of him other than
the fact that to him are we indebted for the Atlantic Cable, and THIS
information has been forced upon them.

One often hears the old saying, "blood tells," and when we review the
Field family we are constrained to admit its truth. David Dudly Field,
Sr., the father, was a noted Divine. He had a family of seven sons, the
oldest of which, David Dudly, Jr., is a most conspicuous lawyer. Stephen
Johnson, has held some of the most exalted positions as a jurist within
the gift of the nation and his adopted State, California. Henry Martyn,
is a renowned editor and Doctor of Divinity. Matthew D. is an expert
engineer, and in this capacity did much t