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142 he became a great sufferer from physical troubles. In 1833 he was attacked by pneumonia, and died on 28 July of that year. His remains were in- terred in Christ church buryiiifi-iii-dund, in Phila- delphia. Com. Bainbridge was a model of a naval officer. He was six feet in height, and had a finely moulded and muscular frame, which enabled him to endure any amount of fatigue. His complexion was rather fair, his beard dark and strong, his eyes black, animated, and expressive. His deportment was commanding, his dress always neat ; his tem- perament was ardent and somewhat impetuous, though he could qualify it with the greatest cour- tesy and the most attractive amenity.

BAINES, Allen Mackenzie, Canadian physi- cian, b. in Toronto, 12 May, 1853. He was edu- cated at Cobourg, and at Upper Canada college, Toronto, studied medicine, received degrees from both Trinity college, Toronto, and Toronto univer- sity, and afterward attended medical lectures and hospitals in London, England, where he took the degree of L. R. C. P. He returned to Canada in 1882 and settled as a physician in Toronto. Dr. Baines is examiner in toxicology and medical juris- prudence in Trinity college, and likewise physician for the home for incurables, Toronto, and the in- fants' home in tiie same city.

BAIRD, Absalom, soldier, b. in Washington, Pa., 20 Aug., 1824. He was graduated at Wash- ington college in 1841 and studied law. In 1845 he entered the West Point academy, was graduated in 1849, and served as second lieutenant in the Florida hostilities from 1850 to 1853. He was promoted first lieutenant 24 Dec, 1853, and from 1853 to 1859 was stationed at West Point as assist- ant professor of mathematics. In March, 18G1, he took command of the light battery for the de- fence of Washington, and on 11 May was brevet- ted captain and appointed assistant in the adju- tant-general's department. In July, 1861, he served as adjutant-general of Tyler's division in the defence of Washington and in the Manassas campaign, being present at Blackburn's Ford and at Bull Run. He was promoted captain 3 Aug., 1801, served as assistant adjutant-general and was promoted major 12 Nov., 1861, and served as assistant inspector-general and chief of staff of the fourth army corps in the peninsular campaign, where he was engaged in the siege of Yorktown and the battle of Williamsburg. He commanded a brigade of the Army of the Ohio from May to September, 1862, and was engaged in the capture of ( 'umberland Gap. From October, 1862, to June, 1863, he commanded the 3d division of the Army of Kentucky about Lexington and Danville and in the operations of Gen. Rosecrans in Tennessee, being engaged at Tullahoma, the capture of Shel- byville, Dutch Gap, Pigeon Mountain, and Chicka- mauga. For gallant and meritorious services in the last action he received the brevet of lieuten- ant-colonel. In operations about Chattanooga he commanded a division of the 14th army corps and gained the brevet rank of colonel. He was en- gaged in the battle of MissionaiT Ridge, was in numerous skirmishes in pursuit of the enemy in the invasion of Georgia, and was present at the surrender of Atlanta. He was brevetted major- general of volunteers for services in the capture of Atlanta, in the pursuit of Hood's army and the march to the sea, and the capture of Savannah. He participated in the march thi'ough the Caro- linas, was engaged at Benton ville and Raleigh, and was jiresent at the surrender of Johnston's army at Durham station. For his services in the At- lanta campaign he received the brevet rank of brigadier-general in the regular army on 13 March, 1865, with that of major-general for services during the rebellion. He served as inspector-general of the department of the lakes from 1866 to 1868, of the department of Dakota till 1870, of the division of the south till 1872, and subsequently as assistant inspector-general of the division of the Missouri.

BAIRD, Henry Carey, author, b. in Brides- burg, Pa., 10 Sept., 1825. In 1845 he became a partner in the publishing house of Carey & Hart, of Philadelphia, and in 1849 established the new house of Henry Carey Baird & Co., which has pub- lished a large number of technical industrial works and various economical treatises. He was at first a whig, and subsequently a republican in politics, but in 1875 he joined the national greenback party and became one of its leaders. He has written on economical questions, advocating views similar to those of Henry C. Carey, his uncle. He published a collection of his works in Philadelphia in 1875.

BAIRD, Robert, clergyman, 1). in Fayette co.. Pa., 6 Oct., 1798; d. in Yonkers, N. Y., 15 March, 1863. He was graduated at Jefferson college, Pa., in 1818, and taught a year at Bellefont, where he began his career as a newspaper writer. He stud- ied theology at Princeton, 1819-'22, and taught an academy there for five years, preaching occa- sionally. In 1827 he became agent in New Jersey for the Ameri- can Bible society, engaged in the distribution of Bibles among the poor, and also labored among the destitute churches of the Presbyterian de- nomination as an agent of the New Jersey missionary society. In 1829 he became agent for the American Sun- day-school union, and travelled ex- tensively for the

society. In 1835 he went to Europe, where he re- mained eight years, devoting himself to the promo- tion of Protestant Christianity in southern Europe, and subsequently to the advocacy of temperance reform in northern Europe. On the formation of the foreign evangelical society, since merged in the American and foreign Christian union, he be- came its agent and corresponding secretary. In 1842 he published " A View of Religion in Amer- ica" in Glasgow. In 1843 he returned home, and for three years engaged in promoting the spread of Protestantism in Europe. In 1846 he visited Europe to attend the world's temperance convention in Stockholm and the meeting of the evangelical alliance in London, and on his return he delivered a series of lectures on the " Continent of Europe." In 1862 he vindicated in London be- fore large audiences the cause of the union against secession with vigorous eloquence. Among his other published works are a " View of the Valley of the Mississippi " (1832) ; " History of the Tem- perance Societies" (1836); "Visit to Northern Europe " (1841) ; " Protestantism in Italy " (Bos- ton, 1845) ; " Impressions and Experiences of the West Indies and North America in 1849 " (Phila-