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Rh the U. S. supreme court in 1796, and in 1804 his political opponents in congress, led by John Ran- dolph, of Virginia, secured his impeachment by the house for misdemeanor in the conduct of the trials of Fries and Callender for sedition, five years before, and for a recent address to a Mary- land grand jury. The requisite two thirds not being obtained, he was discharged by the senate on 5 March, 1805. resumed his seat on the bench, and retained it till his death. The impeachment of Judge Chase excited much sympathy, even among his opponents, on account of his age, his services to the country, and the purity of his judi- cial record. There is no doubt, however, that it did good in checking the overbearing conduct prevalent at that time on the bench. Judge Chase was better fitted for an advocate than for a judge. He was somewhat irascible, free in censure where he thought it deserved, and always ready to express his political opinions, even on the bench ; but the purity of his motives seems beyond question.

CHASE, Squire, missionary, b. in Scipio, Ca- yuga CO., N. Y., 15 Feb., 1802 ; d. in Syracuse, N. Y., 26 July, 1848. He was licensed as a local preacher in the Methodist church in June, 1822, and in July was received as a probationer into the Genesee con- ference. He labored in various circuits till 1836, but was twice compelled to discontinue work on account of his health. In 1831 he was presiding elder of the St. Lawrence district. On 15 Oct., 1836, he sailed as a missionary to Liberia ; but the climate impaired his health, and he was obliged to return in 1837. He was a delegate to the general conference of 1840, and then appointed pastor at Watertown, N. Y., where he had been stationed for a few months in 1834. But his inclination and desire were for missionary work, and in January, 1842, his health having been partially restored, he sailed again to Liberia. He was superintendent of the mission there, and edited " Africa's Luminary," a semi-monthly Methodist paper published at Mon- rovia. He also made extensive journeys into the interior of the country, acquiring much knowledge about the condition of the native tribes. The state of his health compelled him to return the second time to the LTnited States in May, 1843. He pub- lished " Doctrine, History, and Moral Tendency of Roman Catholic Indulgences" (1840). See Rev. P. D. Gorrie's " Black River Conference Memorial."

CHASE, Thomas, educator, b. in Worcester, ^Mass., 16 June, 1827 ; d. in Providence, R. I., 5 Oct., 1892. He was graduated at Harvard in 1848, and was tutor there from 1850 till 1853, when he spent two years abroad in travel and study, exploring the classic sites of Italy and Greece, and attending the lectures of Boeekh, Curtius, and other eminent scholars at Berlin. He returned in 1855, became pi'ofessor of philology and classical literature at Haverford college, near Philadelphia, and was chosen its president in 1875. Prof. Chase was a member of the American company of revisers of the translation of the New Testament. Harvard gave him the degree of LL. D. in 1878. As senior edi- tor of Chase and Stuart's classical series, he pre- pared many Latin and Greek text-books, and pub- lished "Hellas: her Monuments and Scenery" (Cambridge, 1861), several literary and biograph- ical essays, among them an oration on the charac- ter of Abraham Lincoln, and an address on " Lib- eral Education ; its Aims and Methods," delivered at Bryn Mawr college, Pa.

CHASE, William Henry, soldier, b. in Massachusetts in 1798; d. in Pensacola, Fla., 8 Feb., 1870. He was graduated at the U. S. military academy in 1815, and was at once assigned to the engineer corps. He was employed in repairing Fort Niagara from 1817 till 1818, and in 1819 was assigned to duty in constructing defences for New Orleans and the gulf ports, which the war of 1812 had shown to be vulnerable points. His first works were Forts Pike and Macomb. He was made first lieutenant, 31 March, 1819, and from then till 1828 was superintending engineer of various important works, including the forts at Rigolets, Chef Men- teur, Bienvenue, and the Bayou Dupre passes to New Orleans. He was promoted to captain, 1 Jan., 1825, and from 1828 till 1854 was in charge of the construction of the defences in Pensacola harbor, Fla. He was also in charge of Fort Morgan, Ala., of Fort Jackson, La., and of the imjirovement of the mouth of the Mississippi from 1836 till 1839. He was promoted to major, 7 July, 1838, and served on special boards of engineers for the exam- ination of various points. He superintended the improvement of Mobile bay. His last work was Fort Taylor, Key West, Fla., of which he had charge in 1854- 6, when he was appointed by President Pierce superintendent of the U. S. mili- tary academy, but resigned from the army on 31 Oct., before entering upon his duties there, and be- came president of the Alabama and Florida railroad company. Maj. Chase took an infiuential part in all projects connected with the development of the region about Pensacola, where he made his home. When the civil war began, he joined the Confed- ei-ates, and M^as active in the seizure of Pensacola navy-yard, but after this took no prominent part.

CHASE, William Henry, soldier, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., 25 April, 1844 ; d. there, 21 June, 1871. He was graduated at the U. S. military academy in 1865, became a first lieutenant in the engineer corps, and served at Willett's Point, N. Y., St." Paul, Minn., and San Francisco, Cal. While at St. Paul, he was directed by Gen. Warren to make a topographical survey of the battle-field of Gettysburg. The survey was completed in 1869, and is a valuable contribution to the military history of the war.

CHASE, William Merritt, painter, b. in Franklin. Ind., 1 Nov., 1849. He began the study of art in 1868 under B. F. Hays, a portrait-painter of Indianapolis, but in 1869 removed to New York, where he became a pupil at the National academy, and of J. 0. Eaton. In 1872 he went to Europe and studied several years in the Munich acad- emy under Wagner and Piloty, winning three medals. He also studied a year in Venice, especial- ly the works of Tintoretto. He returned to the United States in 1878. In 1882 he received honor- able mention at the Paris salon. His studio is in New York. His principal works are portraits of the five children of Pilotv, painted for that artist ; " Venetian Fish Market "; " The Dowager " (1875) ; "Boy finding a Cockatoo," "Broken Jug" (1877); " Ready for a Ride," " The Apprentice " (1878) ; " Interior of St. Mark's in Venice," " Court Jester," portrait of Duveneck (1879); portrait of Gen. Webb (1880); portrait of Peter Cooper (1882); "Interior of Artist's Studio" (1883); and "The Coquette" (1884).

CHASSÉRIAU, Théodore, artist, b. in Saraana, Santo Domingo, in 1819 ; d. in Paris, 8 Oct., 1856. He studied painting with Ingres in Paris, and followed him to the French school of Rome, but afterward left him, having given rein to his own original ideas, and next attached himself to the school founded by Delaroche. He executed several of the mural jiaintings in the palace of the council of state, Paris, and his works are found in some of the principal Parisian churches. His chief works are the "Tepidarium at Pompeii," in the