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450 Orleans " Picayune." These articles were signed " Straws," and became widely quoted. At the time of his death Field was proprietor of the theatre in Mobile, Ala. He published " The Drama of Poker- ville" (Philadelphia, 1847).— His brother, Matthew C., journalist, b. in London, England, in 1812; d. at sea in 1844, was brought to the United States an infant, and, after a course of education in the common schools of New York city, entered a jirint- ing-office, where he made his way into journalism. Field occasionally acted in Mobile, New Orleans, and other southern cities. He was for several years one of the editors of the New Orleans " Pica- yune," and contributed numerous articles in prose and verse to southern periodicals, over the signa- ture of " Phazma." — Josej^h's daughter, Kate, lec- turer, 1). in St. Louis, Mo., about 1840; d. in Hono- lulu, Hawaii, 19 May, 189G, was educated at vari- ous schools, and gave attention to musical studies. She made several prolonged visits to Europe, and during her stay there became correspondent of the New York " Tribune," Philadelphia " Press," and Chicago " Tribune." She also furnished sketches for periodicals. In 1874 Miss Field appeared as an actress at Booth's theatre, New York, where she met with some success ; and afterward she re- newed her dramatic efforts as a variety performer of dance, song, and recitation entertainments. From 1882 until the summer of 1883 she was at the head of an extensive ladies' " Co-operative Dress Association " in New York, which resulted in a disastrous failure. Of late years Miss Field hfts conlined her attention to lecturing on Mor- monism and other topics of the day. Her publi- cations include '" Planchette's Diary " (New York, 1868); "Adelaide Ristori " (1868) ; "Mad on Pur- pose," a comedy (1868) ; " Pen Photographs from Charles Dickens's Readings " (Boston, 1868) ; " Hap- hazard" (1878); "Ten Days in Spain" (187o); and a "History of Bell's Telephone" (London, 1878).

FIELD, Martin, lawyer, b. in Leverett, Frank- lin CO., Mass., in 1773; d. in Fayetteville, Vt., in 1833. He was graduated at Williams in 1798, .studied law at Chester, Vt., and began practice at Newfane, Vt., in 1800. He was a popular and suc- cessful jury lawyer, and for ten years filled the office of state attorney for Windham county. He was frequently chosen to the general assembly, and also sat in the Constitutional convention of Ver- mont. After practising continuously for thirty years, he was compelled to retire on account of deafness. He then devoted himself to the study of geology and mineralogy, collecting a fine cabi- net, which has since been presented to Middlebury college. 'He also wrote essays on those subjects.

FIELD, Maunsell Bradhurst, lawyer, b. in New York city, 26 March, 1822 ; d. there, 24 Jan., 1875. He was graduated at Yale in 1841, spent two years in foreign travel, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1847, associating himself in the practice of his profession with John Jay. He again visited Europe in 1848, and a third time in 1854, wiien he accepted the appointment of secre- tary to the American legation in Paris, under John Y. Mason. He subsequently became connected with the Spanish legation under Pierre Soule. In 1855 he was appointed president of the American commissioners to the universal exhibition in Paris. In 1861 he was assigned to the U. S. deputy sub- treasurership in the city of New Y''ork. and after- ward served as assistant secretary of the treasury in Washington, D. C, which ofTice lie was com- pelled to resign in 1865, tlirough failing health. He was tour years collector of internal revenue for the 6th district of New York, from which he retired. in 1869, to resume the practice of law. hi 1873 he was appointed judge of the 2d district court of New York city to fill a vacancy, and held the office until 1874. Judge Field was in early life a Demo- crat, but on the second election of President Lin- coln voted with the Republicans. He is the author of " Adrian, or the Clouds of the Mind," written in collaboration with the English novelist, G. P. R. James (New York, 1852), and " Memoirs of Many "Men and Some Women " (1874). He also published a small volume of poems (1869). His " Memoirs," which are entertaining reminiscences- of his sojourn abroad, were widely circidated.

FIELD, Nathaniel, physician, b. in Jefferson county, Kv., 7 Nov., 1805; d. in Jefferson ville,. Clark CO., Ind., 28 Aug., 1888. His father served in the Revolutionary war, and emigrated to Ken- tucky in 1784. Nathaniel was educated in the best schools, and was graduated at Transylvania medi- cal school, Lexington, Ky. He first settled in northern Alabama, and practised there three years, when he returned to Kentucky. In the autumn of 1829 he removed to Jefferson ville. Ind., where he afterward resided. He was a member of the legis- lature from 1838 till 1839. In the spring of 'the latter year he organized the city government of Jeffersonville, under a charter that he drafted and had passed by the legislature. In 1830 he estab- lished the first Christian (or Campbellite) church in that city, and in 1847 the Second Advent Chris- tian church. He served as pastor of the former for seventeen years, and of the latter for forty years, without compensation, believing it to be wrong to earn a livelihood by preaching, or to "make merchandise of the gospel." He voted against the entire township, in 1834, on the propo- sition to expel the free negroes, and was compelled to face a mob in consequence. He was one of the original abolitionists of the west, and emancipated several valuable slaves that he had inherited. He held a debate, in 1852, with Elder Thomas P. Con- nelly on the " State of the Dead," and the argu- ments were published in book-form. He also pub- lished a humorous poem, entitled " Arts of Impos- ture and Deception Peculiar to American Society " (1858). Dr. Field was the author of a monograph on " Asiatic Cholera," contributed many essays to medical journals, and prepared in manuscript lect- ures on " Capital Punishment," " The jMosaic Rec- ord of Creation," " The Age of the Human Race," and " The Chronology of Fossils."

FIELD, Richard Stockton, senator, b. in White Hill, Burlington co, N. J., 31 Dec, 1803; d. in Princeton, N. J.. 25 May, 1870. He was a grand- s(m of Richard Stockton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, was graduated at Princeton in 1821, studied law in the office of his uncle, Richard Stockton, and was admitted to the bar in 1825. He was for several years a member of the New Jersey legislature, and in 1838 was ap- pointed attorney-general of the state, which office he resigned in 1841. He was a prominent member of the convention that, in 1844, met to adopt the present constitution of the state of New Jersey, and in 1851 was chosen to deliver the first annual address before an association composed of its sur- vivors. From 1847 till 1855 he was professor in the New Jersey law-school. Ever taking a strong interest in educational matters, and especially in the common schools of the state, he was in the lat- ter year made president of the board of trustees of the state normal-school, then just organized, and thenceforward until his death he wrote all its an- nual reports to the legislature. In November, 1862, he was appointed to the U. S. senate for the un-