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Rh brother to be concealed in some place unknown to himself. He was appointed on the governor's coun- cil in 1688 under the new commission, which in- cluded New York and New Jersey in New Eng- land. When Andros was overthrown at the revo- lution of 1688, the Rhode Islanders resumed their charter government ; but Clarke was too cautious to accept his former post, and for ten months al- lowed the deputy governor to fill his place. When Bull was elected governor, Clarke refused, from politic motives, to deliver up the charter and state records, but did not thereby lose the confidence of the people, who in 1696 again elected him gov- ernor. In 1698, because he was required to take the oath to the king, which as a Quaker he refused to do, and because a court of admiralty had been created contrary to his wishes and he was threat- ened with impeachment for withholding the com- mission of the judge. Gov. Clarke resigned in favor of his nephew, Samuel Cranston.

CLARKSON, Mathew. See Supplement.

CLARKSON, Robert Harper, P. B. bishop, b. in Gettysburg, Pa., 19 Nov., 1826; d. in Omaha, Neb., 10 March, 1884. He was graduated at Penn- sylvania college, Gettysburg, in 1844, and studied theology at St. James's college, Hagerstown, j\ld. He was ordained dea- con by Bishop Whit- tingham, 18 June, 1848, and priest by Bishop P. Chase, 5 Jan., 1851. He be- came rector of St. James's church, Chi- cago, 111., in 1849, and held that jilace for fifteen years. He was a deputy from the diocese of Illinois to the general conven- tion during all these years, and was assist- ant secretary of the house of clerical and lay deputies when he was elected bishop. He was consecrated missionary bishop of Nebraska and Dakota, in Chicago, 15 Nov., 1865, and three years later, when Nebraska was organized as a dio- cese and admitted into union with the general con- vention, he was chosen to be the bishop of the new diocese. He accepted the office in the spring of 1870, retaining the missionary jurisdiction of Da- kota until the autumn of 1883. Bishop Clarkson's sunny disposition and humor won for him troops of friends wherever lie was known. He published numerous sermons and memorial sketches.

CLARY, Robert Emmet, soldier, b. in Ashfield, Mass., 21 March, 1805: d. in Washington, D. C, 19 Jan., 1890. He was gi'aduated at the U. S. military academy in 1828, and served on frontier duty till 7 July, 1888, wlien he was made assistant quarter- master, with the rank of captain. He became cap- tain on 3 April, 1839, served in the Florida war of 1840-1, and at various posts till the civil war. He was chief quartermaster of the department of West Virginia from November, 1861, till July, 1862, of the Army of Virginia to October, 1862, and of the department of the northwests till 20 March, 1863. He was made colonel on the staff and additional aide-de-camp, 5 July, 1862, and was in charge of the Memphis military depot from 1864 till 1866. On 13 March. 1865, he was brevetted brigadier-general for his services during the war. He was made as- sistant quartermaster-general on 29 July, 1866, and served as depot quartermaster at Boston, Mass., from 1867 till 1869. On 22 Feb. of that year he was retired, being over sixty-two years of age.

CLASON, Isaac Starr, actor, b. in New York in 1789 ; d. in London in 1834. He received a good education, and his father, a wealthy New York mer- chant, left him a fortune ; but he soon wasted it in a course of dissipation, and was obliged to support himself as a writei", teacher of elocution, and actor. He appeared at the Bowery and Park theatres in leading Shakespearian parts, but with moderate suc- cess. Having finally gone to London as a theatrical adventurer, and being reduced to poverty, he sealed up, in company with his mistress, the room in which they lodged, lighted a fire of charcoal, and died by its fumes. He published " Don Juan, Cantos XVII. and XVIIL," supplementary to Lord Byron's poem, and in a kindred vein (1825). It made his reputa- tion, and is probably the best of the numerous imi- tations of the original. The scandal of the author's life, reflected in it. added to its popularity. This was followed by " Horace in New York," a collec- tion of poems, full of the- New York gossip of the day, and celebrating, among others, Madame Mali- bran, then the chief operatic singer. It also con- tained some feeling lines on the death of Thomas Addis Emmejj. Clason wrote a poem founded on the " Beauchamp tragedy " of Kentucky, but it was never published, and is probably lost.

CLAUSEL, Bertrand, Count, French soldier, b. in Mirepoix. Ariege, Prance, 12 Dec, 1773 ; d. in Chateau Securieu, 21 April, 1842. He entered the army as a volunteer in 1791, served under Lafayette, distinguished himself in the war against Spain in 1794-'5, and also in Italy and Austria in 1799, hav- ing the rank of general. Then he accompanied Leclerc to Hayti. and with only 6,000 exhausted and sickly men, at Cape Haytien, successfuly resisted 30,000 attacking that city. At Leclerc's death he took command of the army, in the absence of Rochambeau, who had been appointed general-in- chief, built the Delphin and Paise forts, again checked the native negroes that were advancing in large numbers, and displayed so much ability that at last he won the respect and love of his former enemies. But, as his A'iews did not accord with those of Rochambeau, he returned to France, where he was rewarded by the government. He faithfully and ably served Napoleon I. in his campaigns in the north of Europe, Italy, Dalmatia, Illyria, and Spain, and made a famous retreat from Portugal. When Louis XVIIL was proclaimed, Chausel was obliged to leave France, came to the United States, settled at Mobile, and devoted himself to farming. In 1820 he returned to France, and, after the fall of the Bourbons, the new government gave him titles and decorations. Afterward he wjis governor of Al- geria, in 1830 and 1835, defeated the bey of Tittery, occupied Medeah and Blidah, and conquered Mas- cara, but was unsuccessful at Constantine, which caused his second recall. He passed the rest of his life in retirement.

CLAVER, Pedro, apostle of the negroes, b. in Catalonia, Spain, in 1572 ; d. in Carthagena, South America, in 1654. At the age of twenty he entered the Society of Jesus. In 1610 he was sent to Carthagena, South America, and on his arrival was painfully affected by the misery Of the negro slaves that were brought to that city for sale. Believing he had found his mission, he visited every slaveship on its arrival, accompanied by an interpreter, who carried provisions for the negroes, which he had begged from the wealthy inhabitants. He then descended into the crowded cabins to comfort the slaves and distribute his gifts among them.