"PETER COOPER, Esq., New York." On January 20th Mr. Field sailed from New York in the steamship _Cuba_ and joined his wife and two of his daughters, who were in Pau. He was in England early in the spring, and among the cable messages sent to him we find this, dated the 10th of May, which he was asked to forward to General Dix in Paris: "Completion of Pacific Railway celebrated to-day by Te Deum in Trinity Church." He was back in New York early in June, and almost immediately after his return his country-house at Irvington-on-the-Hudson was opened; this was the first summer that he passed there. "IRVINGTON-ON-THE-HUDSON, _June 24, 1869_. "_My dear Mr. Sumner_,--Many thanks for your letter of the 13th instant; it should have been answered at once, but it was sent to my house in Gramercy Park. "I thank you for your letter to Secretary Fish. I do most sincerely hope that we shall soon have a better feeling between this country and England, and I know of no one that can do more to bring about this desirable result than yourself. "You may be sure that I shall do all I can. I wish you would write our mutual friend, Mr. John Bright, frankly. "I hope soon to have the pleasure of seeing you again and renewing our late conversation. "With great respect I remain, my dear Mr. Sumner, "Very truly your friend, "CYRUS W. FIELD." "NEW YORK, _August 9, 1869_. "_My dear President Woolsey_,--I have this day read in the _New Englander_ for July with great pleasure your very able article on the _Alabama_ question, and I cannot help writing to thank you for it. I shall mail it Thursday to my friend, Mr. John Bright. "With great respect, "I remain, my dear President Woolsey, "Very truly your friend, "CYRUS W. FIELD." "NEW YORK, _August 9, 1869_. "_My dear Mr. Bright_,--Since my return from England I have seen many of our ablest men, including the President of the United States, the Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Senator Sumner, several other members of the Senate, and members of the House of Representatives, the Governors of several States, leading editors in New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Washington, and I have found only one that advocated war with England. "I am more than ever convinced that if the English government would send to Washington yourself, the Duke of Argyll, and Earl Granville as special ambassadors to act with the British minister, the whole controversy between England and America could be settled in a few months. Please give this matter your careful consideration. I send you by this mail the _New Englander_ for July, containing an article on the _Alabama_ question written by President Woolsey, of Yale College. "With kind regards to your family and with great respect, "I remain, my dear Mr. Bright, "Very truly your friend, "CYRUS W. FIELD."