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Rh tained a long struggle against the conservatives, until an arrangement was effected, in January, 1872, by which he left the executive power in the hands of the president of the Uruguayan senate.

BATTELLE, Gordon, clergyman, b. in Newport, Ohio, 14 Nov., 1814 ; d. in camp, 7 Jan., 1862. He was graduated at Alleghany college in 1840, and licensed as a Methodist preacher in 1842. From 1843 to 1851 he was principal of the academy at Clarksburg, Va. During this time he was, in 1847, ordained deacon, and in 1849 elder, in the Methodist church. As preacher and presiding elder he occupied most of his time from 1851 to 1800, and was a member of the general conference of 1856 and 1860. His influence in western Virginia was very great, and at the beginning of the civil war in 1861 he was appointed an official visitor to the military camps. The needs of the time demanding attention to the political situation, he became a member of the convention that met 24 Nov., 1861, and framed the constitution of the new state of West Virginia. To him, more largely probably than to any other man, was due the abolition of slavery in that region. In Nov., 1861, he was chosen chaplain of the 1st Virginia regiment, and so continued till his death of typhoid fever after a service of but a few weeks.

BATTERSHALL, Jesse Park, chemist, b. in Troy. N. Y., 26 May, 1851: died in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 12 Jan., 1891. His chemical studies were begun in 1867, and continued in Germany, where for a year he worked in the chemical laboratory in Gottingen under Wohler, then in 1870-'1 under Kolbe at Leipsie. Two years later he received the degree of doctor of natural sciences from the University of Tubingen, and subsequently he attended the chemical course of lectures by Marignac at Geneva. On his return to this country he was engaged for some time as analytical and consulting chemist to various firms in New York. In 1879 he entered the government service, and afterward had charge of the analytical department of the U. S. laboratory at New York. Dr. Battershall was a fellow of the London chemical society, a member of the American chemical society, and of other scientific bodies. He contributed papers to chemical journals, was the translator of Naquet's "Legal Chemistry" (New York, 1876), and the author of "Adulteration of Food and Drink" (New York, 1886). and numerous papers to scientific associations.

BATTEY, Robert, physician, b. in Augusta, Ga., 26 Nov., 1828; d. in Rome, Ga., 8 Nov., 1891. He was educated at Phillips Andover academy, and studied in Booth's laboratory, Philadelphia, and in the Philadelphia college of pharmacy, graduating in 1856 at the university of Pennsylvania and at the Jefferson medical college, from which he received his medical degree "in 1857. He entered upon the practice of medicine at Rome, Ga., where he long resided. During the civil war he served as a surgeon in the confederate army, at first in the field, and later in charge of various hospitals. In August, 1872, he originated and successfully performed what is known as Battey's operation for the removal of the ovaries, with a view to effect the change of life in women, thereby remedying certain otherwise incurable maladies. He has been successful in the execution of a number of difficult surgical operations on the urinary organs of both sexes. Of the methods used, several were original with himself. From 1873 to 1875 he was professor of obstetrics in the Atlanta medical college, and from 1873 to 1876 he edited the "Atlanta Medical and Surgical Journal." He was a member of the Georgia medical association, and was its president in 1876 ; also a member of the Atlanta academy of medicine, the American gynaecological society, and the American medical association. He has written numerous papers and reports of cases, which have been contributed to the medical press both in this country and England.

BATTLE, Wiiliam Horn, jurist, b. in Edgecombe CO., N. C, 17 Oct., 1802; d. at Chapel Hill, N. C., 17 March, 1879. He was graduated at the university of North Carolina in 1820, with high honors, studied law under Chief-Justice Henderson, and after admission to the bar opened an office in Louisburg. He represented Franklin co. in the house of commons in 1833-'4. In 1835 he was associated with Gov. Iredell and Judge Nash in preparing a revision of the statutes of North Carolina, and personally superintended the printing of the work in Boston. In 1839 he was a delegate to the convention that nominated William Henry Harrison for the presidency. He received the appointment of associate judge of the superior court, was elected to the professorship of law in the state university in 1845, and held the chair until the failure of the institution in 1871. In 1852 he became associate judge of the supreme court of his state, and so remained until 1868. In 1872-'3 he made a second revision of the statutes, but did it alone, and it failed to attain to the rank of the previous one.

BAUGHER, Henry Louis, educator, b. in Abbottstown, Pa., about 1805; d. in Gettysburg, Pa., 14 April, 1868. He was graduated at Dickinson college, Carlisle: studied theology at Princeton and Gettysburg; was licensed to preach by the Maryland Lutheran synod; was chosen pastor at Boonesboro, Md., in 1829, and took charge of a classical school in Gettysburg in 1830. The school expanded into a college in 1832, and Mr. Baugher became professor of the Greek language and belles-lettres, was elected to the presidency of the college in 1850, and continued in that office until his death. He was an able executive, a strict disciplinarian, an eloquent preacher, and a graceful writer. He contributed to the "Evangelical Review" and Lutheran papers, and published addresses and essays.

BAUM, Friedrich, soldier, d. of wounds in Bennington, Vt., 18 Aug., 1777. He arrived in Canada in 1776, was a lieutenant-colonel of the Brunswick dragoons in Burgoyne's expedition, and was sent out with 800 men and two pieces of artillery to procure cattle and horses to mount Riedesel's dragoons, and complete his corps of loyalists. Approaching Bennington, Vt., he cast up intrenchments, but was attacked by Col. Stark, commanding the New Hampshire militia. In the engagement that followed, Baum attempted to cut through the encircling lines of the Americans, when his command was defeated and he mortally wounded. He died two days later.

BAUSA, or BAUZA, Felipe (bah-oo-sah'), Spanish navigator, b. in Spain about 1769 ; d. in England in 1833. He began his naval career in 1789, went to Peru with the expedition of the corvettes "Atrevida" and "Descubierta" in 1790, made many charts and plans, and corrected others. His charts of the South American seas and coasts were recognized as the best in existence, and officially adopted by several European nations. Bausa was director of the hydrographic depot of Madrid, but had to emigrate to England for political reasons, and died there.

BAUTISTA, José (bow-tees'-tah), Mexican monk, lived in the latter half of the 16th century. He belonged to the Franciscan order, was superior of the convent of Texcoco, and taught theology. He wrote the following works: "Informa-