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Rh the Hopital-General of Villemarie from suppres- sion by the French government.— Another son of the second Charles, Paul -Joseph, Chevalier de Longueuil, b. in Canada, 17 Sept., 1701 ; d. in Prance, 12 May, 1778, entered the army in 1718. and was made lieutenant in the Normandy regi- ment. After being commander of Fort Frontenac he became successively governor of Detroit, Three Rivers, and the citadel of Quebec. He did good service in several campaigns, especially in that of 1747, during which he marched 180 miles in the depth of winter, through frost and snow, at the head of his men to the succor of Rigaud de Vau- dreuil, who was besieging Fort George. His sub- sequent services gained him the cross of St. Louis. Not wishing to live under English rule, he went to France after the surrender of Quebec. — Paul's son, Joseph Dominick Emanuel, Canadian soldier, b. in Canada; d. in Montreal, 19 Jan., 1807, entered the army, became major of marines, and remained in Canada after the conquest. His bravery in de- fending Fort St. Jean against the English colo- nists in 1775 gained him rapid promotion. He was made inspector-general of militia in 1777, and afterward appointed colonel of the Royal Canadian Regiment. He was created legislative councillor during the administration of Lord Dorchester, which post he held until his death. — The first Charles's second son, James, Sieur de St. Helene, b. in Villemarie, Canada, 1(5 April, 1059 ; d. in Quebec in October, 1690, took part in the expedition of De Trove against the English in 1086. At the head of a detachment of fifty men he embarked on a deserted English vessel, and attacked Fort St. Rupert. The garrison, although superior in number, were astounded at his daring, and laid down their arms without striking a blow. He then took part in the attack on Fort Quitchitchouen, the capture of which gave the French the mastery of the southern part of Hudson bay. In 1690 he shared the command of the force that was sent to capture Schenectady, and, after plundering and burning this town, he returned to Montreal. In October of the same year Quebec was besieged by Admiral Phips. and Le Moyne was selected to oppose him. With a force of about 200 volunteers he defended the passage of St. Charles river against 1,300 British troops, who were attempting to cross. The English were repulsed, but Le Moyne fell mortally wounded at the moment of victory. — Paul, Sieur de Maricourt, fourth son of the first Charles, b. in Villemarie, 15 Dec, 1663 ; d. there, 21 March, 1704, followed his brother. Iberville (q. v.), in his different campaigns in Hudson bay, and had a large share in his military successes. In 1686, after traversing countries that were till then un- known, crossing several mountains and rivers and enduring incredible hardships, he reached his brother, who was before Fort St. Rupert. He embarked with a few men on board two canoes, and then, in concert with Iberville, captured an English cruiser in the harbor. He was one of the first to go to the succor of Quebec in 1690, and, ex- cept his brother, the Sieur de St. Helene, no one contributed more to the defeat of the English troops. In 1696 he was placed by Frontenac at the head of a corps composed of Sault St. Louis Indians and Christian Abenaquis. After ravaging the country of the Iroquois, and forcing them to lay down their arms, he successfully negotiated terms of peace. The savages, who had learned to esteem his honesty, adopted him into their tribe, chose him for their protector, and begged of him to be a mediator between them and the French governor. — Joseph, Sieur de Serigny, sixth son of the first Charles, b. in Villemarie, 22 Julv, 1668 ; d. in Rochefort, France, in 1734, went to France, and was sent to conduct the flotilla with which his brother, Iberville, was to take possession of Hudson bay. He did good work in this office, and afterward attacked the Spaniards, who had fortified the Bay of Pensacola, driving them away on 15 June, 1719. He then went to Louisiana, where he erected several forts. He raised there a fort with four bastions on Mobile bav, defended Dauphin island against the Spaniards, and, after driving them from it, constructed a spacious road- stead. He sailed for France in 1720, was promoted to the grade of captain in the navy, and afterward resided in Rochefort, of which he was made gov- ernor in 1723.— Another son of the first Charles, Antoine, Sieur de Chateauguav, b. in Montreal. 7 July, 1683 ; d. in Rochefort. France, 21 March, 1747, entered the royal army, and arrived in Louisiana in 1704 with a band of colonists. He served under Iberville in his last expeditions against the English in 1705-'6, was made commandant of the troops in Louisiana in 1717, and king's lieutenant of the colo- ny and a knight of St. Louis in 1718. He took com- mand of Pensacola after aiding with an Indian force in its capture from the Spaniards, 14 May, 1719, surrendered it to them, 7 Aug., 1719, and was himself retained a prisoner of war till July, 1720. He resumed command at Mobile after the peace in 1820, was removed from office and ordered to France in 1726, and was governor of Martinique from 1727 till 1744. He returned to France in the latter year, and was appointed governor of Isle Royale, or Cape Breton, in 1745.

LE MOYNE, Francis Julius, abolitionist, b. in Washington, Pa., 4 Sept., 1798; d. there, 14 Oct., 1879. His father was a royalist refugee from France, who practised medicine in Washington. The son was graduated at the college there in 1815, studied medicine with his father and at the Medical college in Philadelphia, and began prac- tice in his native town in 1822. In 1835 he assisted in organizing an anti-slavery society in Washing- ton, and from that time entered earnestly into the abolition movement. He was the first candidate of the Liberty party for vice-president, his nomina- tion having been proposed in a meeting at War- saw, N. Y., 13 Nov., 1839, and confirmed by a na- tional convention at Albany, 1 April, 1840. Though he and James G. Birney, the nominee for president, declined the nomination, they received 7,059 votes in the election of 1840. In 1841, 1843, and 1847 Le Moyne was the candidate of the same party for governor of Pennsylvania. At a later period he became widely known as an advocate of cremation. He erected in 1876, near Washington, Pa., the first crematory in the United States. Dr. Le Moyne founded the public library in Washington, gave $25,000 for a colored normal school near Memphis, Tenn., and endowed professorships of agriculture and applied mathematics in Washington college.

LE MOYNE, Simon, French missionary, b. in France in 1604 ; d. in Cap de la Magdeleine. Canada. 24 Nov.. 1665. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1623, came to Canada in 1638. and was assigned to the Huron mission. In 1639 he helped to establish the mission of St. John among the Arenda tribe. He continued among the Hurons up to 1650, and on 2 July, 1653. set out from Quebec to found an Iroquois mission. He ascended the St. Lawrence, entered Lake Ontario, and, after sailing among the Thousand islands, reached a fishing-village at the mouth of Oswego river. After converting a large number of the savages, including some of the chiefs, he returned to Quebec on 11