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542 Whittier, Neal, Miss Barrett (afterward Mrs. Browning), and the sculptor Story. Mr. Carter began in its pages a serial novel entitled &ldquo;The Armenian's Daughter.&rdquo; He next spent two years in editing statistical and geographical works, and writing for periodicals. His story, &ldquo;The Great Tower of Tarudant,&rdquo; ran through several numbers of the &ldquo;Broadway Journal,&rdquo; then edited by Poe. In 1845 he became a clerk in the post-office at Cambridge, and in 1847-'8 was private secretary to Prescott the historian. His elaborate article on the character and habits of Prescott, written for the New York &ldquo;Tribune&rdquo; just after the historian's death in 1859, was re-published in the memorial volume issued by the Massachusetts historical society. Mr. Carter joined the free-soil party in 1848, and in 1850 wrote for the Boston &ldquo;Atlas&rdquo; a series of brilliant articles in reply to Francis Bowen's attack on the Hungarian revolutionists. These articles were re-published in a pamphlet, &ldquo;The Hungarian Controversy&rdquo; (Boston, 1852), and are said to have caused the rejection of Mr. Bowen's nomination as professor of history at Harvard. At the same time Carter edited, with Kossuth's approval, a large volume entitled &ldquo;Kossuth in New England&rdquo; (Boston, 1852). In 1851-'2 he edited, at first as assistant of John G. Palfrey and afterward alone, the Boston &ldquo;Commonwealth,&rdquo; the chief exponent of the free-soilers. For two years he was secretary of the state committee of the free-soil party, and in the summer of 1854 he obtained the consent of the committee to call a convention, which he did without assistance, sending out thousands of circulars to men whose names were on the committee's books. The convention met in Worcester, 20 July, was so large that no hall could contain it, and held its session in the open air. A short platform drawn up by him was adopted, together with the name &ldquo;Republican,&rdquo; and on his motion a committee of six was appointed to organize the new party, John A. Andrew being made its chairman. In 1855 Carter edited the Boston &ldquo;Telegraph,&rdquo; in conjunction with W. S. Robinson and Hildreth the historian; in 1856 he edited the &ldquo;Atlas&rdquo;; and in 1857-'9 he was Washington correspondent of the New York &ldquo;Tribune.&rdquo; His next work was with Messrs. Ripley and Dana on the first edition of the &ldquo;American Cyclopædia&rdquo; (1859-'63), in which many important articles were from his pen, including &ldquo;Egypt,&rdquo; &ldquo;Hindostan,&rdquo; &ldquo;Mormons,&rdquo; and the history of the United States. In January, 1864, he was appointed private secretary of the treasury agent whose headquarters were at Beaufort, S. C.; and from July of that year till October, 1869, he edited the Rochester, N. Y., &ldquo;Democrat,&rdquo; doing such work for it as was seldom done on any but metropolitan journals. When news came of the assassination of President Lincoln, he wrote, without consulting any book or memoranda, an article giving a brief but circumstantial account, with dates, of every celebrated case of regicide. He was editor of &ldquo;Appletons' Journal&rdquo; in 1870-'3, and then became associate editor for the revision of the &ldquo;American Cyclopædia.&rdquo; But in 1874 impaired health compelled him to discontinue his literary work, and in the next three years he made three tours in Europe. He was the author of &ldquo;A Summer Cruise on the Coast of New England&rdquo; (Boston, 1864), which passed through several editions; and he left unpublished memoirs, of which only the first volume was complete in manuscript. — His first wife, Ann Augusta Gray, was a successful writer of poems and tales for the young. — His second wife, Susan Nichols, was principal of the female art school in Cooper institute, New York, and has published hand-books of art and contributed largely to periodicals.

CARTER, Russel Kelso, educator, b. in Baltimore, Md., 19 Nov., 1849. He was graduated at the Pennsylvania military academy, Chester, in 1867, and became instructor there in 1869, professor of chemistry and natural sciences in 1872, and professor of civil engineering and higher mathematics in 1881. Prof. Carter has contributed numerous original investigations to the " Microcosm"

(New York) during 1881-'3, and has become widely known in connection with the " Holiness " movement in the Methodist church. His religious publications include " Miracles of Healing " (Boston, 1880); " Pastor Blumhardt " (1882); and numerous tracts on " Faith-healing." In 1886 he began the publication of " The Kingdom " at Chester.

'''CARTER. Samuel Powhatan'''. naval officer and soldier. V). in Elizabethtown, Tenn.. 6 Aug., 1819; d. in Washington, D. C. 36 May, 1891. He was educated at Princeton, and on 14 Feb., 1840, became a midshipman in the navy. He was promoted to passed midshipman, 11 July, 1846, assigned to the " Ohio," and served on the eastern coast of Mexico during the Mexican war, being present at the capture of Vera Cruz. From 1851 till 1853 he was assistant instructor of infantry tactics at the naval academy. He was made lieutenant 18 April, 1855, assisted in the capture of the Barrier forts near Canton, China, in 1856, and was complimented for gallantry on that occasion. He was ordered again to the Annapolis naval school as assistant instructor of seamanship in 1857. On 11 July, 1861, he was temporarily transferred to the war department, for the special duty of organizing troops from east Tennessee. He was appointed colonel of the 3d Tennessee volunteers, was given the appointment of acting brigadier-general of volunteers in September, and received his full commission 1 May, 1863. He was at Zollicoffer's repulse at Wild Cat, Ky., in October, 1861, at Mill Spring in January, 1863, commanded in the operations against Cumberland Gap, and was at its capture, on 17 June, 1863. In December, 1862, he commanded a cavalry expedition which cut the east Tennessee railroad, destroying nearly 100 miles of the track, besides inflicting other damage, and received the thanks of the general-in-chief of the army. He commanded the division of central Kentucky in March, 1863, was assigned to the command of the cavalry division, 23d army corps, in July, 1863, and had the advance when Burnside occupied east Tennessee. He defeated Morgan, 38 Aug., 1863, and Smith, 29 Aug., and was present at "the siege of Knoxville, December, 1863. He commanded a division under Schofield in the Nort.h Carolina campaign of 1865, and was brevetted major-general on 13 March. He was mustered out of the army in January, 1866, and returned to the navy, becoming commander 23 June, 1865; served