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Rh aid to the Pacific squadron by fitting out and lead- ing numerous expeditions. He made use of iiis vessel, an old razee, as an armed cruiser, and, after landing the troops at Monterey, blockaded and captured San Bias, and was actively employed with the land forces in the conquest of California. He was commissioned as commander 6 March, 1849, and as captain 15 Dec, 1855. On 6 Sept., 1853, he was assigned to the command of the " St. Mary's," of the Pacific squadron, and cruised for three years. Ar- I'iving oppor- tunely at Pana- ma during the riots, he took steps to sup- press them that were success- ful and satis- factory alike to the citizens and the gov- ernment. On the same cruise he was instru- mental in re- storing friendly relations with the inhabitants of the Fiji isl- ands. At the beginning of the civil war he was placed in com- mand of the frigate " Colorado," of the western Gulf blockading squadron, and on 2 May, 1861, ((iriiicratt'd with Gen. Harvey Brown in the opera- tions before Pensacola. He reconnoitred the posi- tion of the " Judah," going up to her side in his gig on the night of 13 Sept., 1861, and matured the plan by which Lieut. Russell cut out and burned that confederate privateer a few hours later. Joining Parragut's squadron at New Or- leans, as second in command, he led the attack in April, 1863, commanding the right column of the fleet in the passage of the forts St. Philip and Jackson, and leading the fleet in the capture of the Chalmette batteries and of the city. He led the attack in the gunboat " Cayuga," passing up, ahead of the fleet, through the fire of five of the forts, sustaining unaided the attack of the confederate vessels, rams, and fire, and passed through them to the city. Admiral Farragut sent Bailey to de- mand the surrender of New Orleans. Accom- panied by Lieut. George H. Perkins, he passed through the streets in the midst of a hooting mob, who threatened the officers with drawn pistols and other weapons. In his official report of the vic- tory, dated 34 April, 1863, Capt. Bailey used the famous phrase : " It was a contest of iron hearts in wooden ships against iron-clads with iron beaks — and the iron hearts won." The important part actually taken by Bailey was not adequately recog- nized in the first official account, though Admiral Farragut commended his gallantry and ability in the official report, and sent him to Washington with the despatches announcing the victory. The mistake was afterward rectified by Admiral Farra- gut, and the correction appended to the report of the secretary of the navy for 1869. He was promoted commodore after the capture of New Orleans, re- ceiving his commission 16 July, 1863, and was as- signed to the command of the.eastern Gulf blockad- ing squadron. Although his health was impaired, he displayed energy and perseverance in breaking up blockade-running on the Florida coast, and within eighteen months more than 150 blockade- I'unners were captured through his vigilance. After the war he was commandant of the Portsmouth navy-yard from 1865 to 1867. On 25 July, 1866, he was commissioned as rear-admiral, and on 10 Oct., 1866, he was placed on the retired list.

BAILLAIRGE, George Frederick, Canadian engineer, b. in Quebec, 16"0ct., 1824. He was edu- cated at the seminary of Quebec, and in 1844 en- tered the civil service of Canada in the department of engineering. In 1871 he was appointed assist- ant chief engineer of the department of public works. He was superintending engineer of the Ottawa and St. Lawrence canals in 1877-'8, and in 1879 became deputy minister of public works.

BAILLARGEON, Charles Francis, arch- bishop of Quebec, b. at Crane Island, District of Quebec, 26 April, 1798 ; d. 13 Oct., 1870. He was educated at the college of St. Nicolet, where he distinguished himself and pursued a superior course of studies. In 1850 he was sent to Home by the bishops of the province of Quebec, as their agent in some important religious questions, and was there consecrated a bishop in part., 23 Feb., 1851, by Cardinal Franzoni, prefect of the Propaganda. Subsequently he became bishop, and then arch- bishop of Quebec in 1867, and went three times to Rome in the interest of his diocese, and also to assist at the oecumenical council held in that city in 1868-'9. He established the temperance and St. Vincent de Paul societies in Quebec in 1846, and afterward the brothers' school and St. John the Baptist church, and also contributed largely to many charitable institutions. He published a translation of the New Testament, catechism, and other works. — His brother, Pierre, Canadian phys- ician, b. at Crane Island, province of Quebec, 8 Nov., 1813 ; d. in Quebec, 15 Dec, 1891. He was educated at Nicolet college, and received the de- gree of M. D. from Harvard college. He was a member of the Boston medical association, a visit- ing physician to the Quebec general hospital, and president of the dental association of Quebec. He was called to the senate on 26 March, 1874.

BAILLY, Joseph A., sculptor, b. in Paris, France, in 1825; d. 13 June, 1883. He began his career as a wood-carver, came to Philadelphia, and pursued his occupation with success. Later he ap- plied himself to marble sculpture, and became a professor in the Pennsylvania academy of fine arts. He has produced a statue of Washington, which was placed in front of the Philadelphia state-house in 1869 ; a colossal statue of Witherspoon ; the companion groups called " The First Prayer " and "Paradise Lost"; portrait busts of Gen. Grant and Gen. Meade ; an equestrian statue of President Blanco of Venezuela, and " Spring."

BAILY, John, clergyman, b. near Blackburn, Lancashire, England, 24 Feb., 1644; d. in Boston, Mass., 12 Dec, 1697. He began preaching at the age of twenty-two at Chester, but was thrown into jail on account of his congregational doctrines. After his release he went to Ireland and continued his ministry in Limerick, where at the end of fourteen years he was again imprisoned for nonconformity. Set free on the condition of leaving the country, and prohibited even from preaching a farewell discourse to his church, he came to New England about 1684 and was ordained minister of the church at Watertown, 6 Oct., 1685. In 1692 he returned to Boston, and in July of the following year became assistant minister of the first church in that city. A volume, issued in Boston in 1689, contains sketches of a series of his sermons and a reprint of a letter of farewell, addressed to his congregation at Limerick in lieu of a parting sermon.