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530 a member of the legislative council of Lower Cana- da, and was speaker of this body from 1843 till 1847, and subsequently from 1848 till 1853. In 1841 he began a correspondence with Mr. Draper, then leading the government of Canada, the object being to bring French Canadians into the cabinet. But this project failed, principally through the opposition of M. Lafontaine, who was then re- garded as the real chief of the French Canadians. In 1848 he became a member of the Lafontaine- Baldwin administration, and, on becoming judge of the court of queen's bench in 1853, he abandoned political life. On receiving the appointment of commissioner for codifying the laws of Lower Canada in 1857, he temporarily vacated his office of judge, but returned to his judicial duties as soon as his work as a commissioner was completed. In February, 1873, having been appointed lieutenant- governor of the province of Quebec, he entered on the duties of that office, which he retained until his death.— His son. Sir Adolphe (Joseph Puillippe Rene Auolpue), Canadian statesman, b. in Quebec in 1843. He was educated at the Quebec seminary, and at Laval and McGill colleges, Montreal, being graduated B. C. L. at McGill in 1865. He was called to the bar of Lower Canada the same year, and appointed queen's counsel in 1879. He entered parliament as a conservative in 1873, was sworn of the privy council, entered tlie cabinet of Sir John Macdonald as minister of militia, 9 Nov., 1880, and knighted for his services in this capacity during the northwest rebellion of 1885. Sii' Adolphe is a director of the Stadacona bank of Quebec, of the Anticosti company, and of the Coldbrooke rolling- mills company.

CARPENDER, Edward William, naval officer, b. in Brooklyn. N. Y., 28 Jan., 1797; d. in Shrewsbury, N. J., IG May, 1877. He was appointed midshipman from New York in the U. S. navy on 10 July, 1813, and in 1825 received his commission as lieutenant. He served in the Mediterranean squadron in 1827, on the sloop " Falmouth " in the West India squadron in 1829-'30, at the rendezvous in Boston in 1833-'4, and on the frigate " Constitu- tion " in the Pacific squadron in 1840. He received his commission as commander in 1841, and was stationed at the Norfolk navy-yard in 1845, and at the New York navy-yard in 1852. He was placed on the reserved list in 1855, and became commodore in 18G2. During 1864r-'5 he was prize commissioner at Key West, Florida, subsequent to which he re- tired to Shrewsbury, N. J., where he spent the last years of his life.

CARPENTER, Benjamin, patriot, b. in Reho- both, Mass., in 1726; d. in Guilford, Vt., 29 March, 1823. He was one of the founders of the town of Guilford in 1770, and served during the revolution- ary war as a field officer. Later he was a member of the first constitutional convention of Vermont, and also a member of the council. In 1778 he was elected lieutenant-governor of the state, and after- ward became one of the council of censors.

CARPENTER, Charles Ketchum, farmer, b. in Ilornellsville, N. Y., 23 Jan., 1820 ; d. in Orion. Mich., 19 Aug., 1884. He settled in Michigan in 1837. In 1858 he was elected to the lower branch of the legislature, and during the civil war he was an active Union man, had charge of the funds raised in his district, and contributed to the expenses of the war. In 1874 he was nominated as governor by the prohibition party in Michigan, and in 1876 was again nominated for the same office on the fii'st greenback ticket. He was prominent in the devel- opment of raih'oad and insurance interests in his portion of the state. Mr. Carpenter was the author of a series of articles on practical farm life and ex- perience, which were published in the Detroit " Free Press " over the signature of " An Oakland County Farmer." — His son, Rolla Clarton, civil engineer, b. in Orion, Mich., 26 June, 1852. He was graduated at the Michigan agricultural college as B. S. in 1873, and at the University of Michigan as C. E. in 1875. After a short experience in pro- fessional work, he accepted, in 1875, the chair of mathematics and civil engineering at the agricul- tural college. Prof. Carpenter is a member of sev- eral scientific societies, and in 1880 became secre- tary of the Michigan engineering society, whose annual reports he has~ edited for several years (1881-'3). He has also written a series of articles on drainage for the " Drainage Magazine " (1884-'6), and has contributed papers on " Tile-Making " to the " Michigan Grange Visitor " (1884). He has in- vented a successful furnace for steam boilers, which produces but little smoke, and yields excellent re- sults ; a level for drainage purposes, which is now extensively used ; and has designed a numl)er of tools for iron- working. — Another son, Louis George, mathematician, b. in Orion, Mich., 28 March, 1861, was graduated at Michigan agricul- tural college in 1879, and since has followed post- graduate courses at the University of Michigan and at the Johns Hopkins university, receiving the M. S. degree in 1883 at the agricultural college. In 1881 he was made instructor of mathematics at Michigan agricultural college. Prof. Carpenter is a member of the British and of the American asso- ciations for the advancement of science, and also of the Michigan engineering societv.

CARPENTER, Daniel, police inspector, b. in New York city about 1815 ; d. in New York city, 15 Nov., 1866. He joined the municipal police of New Y'ork in 1847, and was appointed captain and assigned to the 5th ward, which soon became noted, under his management, for order and quiet. His services were retained on the organization of the Metropolitan police district in 1857, and he became deputy superintendent. Through his exertions the force was rapidly organized, and has attained a high state of efficiency. For several months dur- ing 1859 he was acting general superintendent, subsequent to the resignation of Frederick A. Tall- madge. In 1860, on the abolition of the deputy superintendentship, he became senior inspector, and continued as such until his death. During the "draft riots" in New York in July, 1863, Supt. John A. Kennedy having been injured, the com- mand of the police again devolved upon Inspector Carpenter, and the suppression of the riots was largely due to the energy and firmness displayed by him at that time.

CARPENTER, Ellen M., artist, b. in Killinglv, Conn., 28 Nov., 1830. She was educated at Milford high school, and studied art with Thomas Edwards, an" English artist, and at the Lowell institute in Boston, where she has resided principally since 1858. In 1807, 1873, and 1881 she visited Europe and studied under Lefebre and Fleury in Paris, also sketching in England and on the continent. At present (1886) much of her time is devoted to teaching art in Boston. Among her works are " The Yosemite Valley " ; " Temples of Pa^stum " (1871); "Venice, Grand Canal" (1874), and numer- ous portraits.

CARPENTER, Francis Bicknell, portrait-painter, b. in Homer, N. Y., in 1830. He is mostly self-taught, his only instruction in art having been received during six months in 1844 in the studio of Sanford Thayer, Syracuse. After painting portraits in Homer, he removed in 1851 to New York,