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86 and Wade Hampton, and served by assignment on the staff of Gen. Robert E. Lee from 14 May till 11 Aug., 1863. Since 1870 he has been princi- pal of Sayre female institute, in Lexington, Ky. He is the author of " Life and Campaigns of Major- General J. E. B. Stuart, Commander of the Cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia " (Boston, 1885).

McCLELLAND, Alexander, clergyman, b. in Schenectady, N. Y.. in 1796 ; d. in New Brunswick, N. J., 19 Dec, 1864. He was graduated at Union in 1809, and at the age of nineteen was licensed by the Associate Reformed presbytery of New York, and elected pastor of Rutgers street Pres- byterian church, where he remained for seven years. He was professor of rhetoric, logic, and metaphysics in Dickinson college, Pa., in 1822-'9, of languages at Rutgers in 1829-32. of oriental literature and languages there from 1833 till 1840, and of oriental languages and literature and bib- lical criticism in the theological seminary of the Reformed church from 1840 till 1851. After his resignation he travelled in Europe, and then re- sided in New Brunswick until his death. He re- ceived the degree of D. D. from Princeton in 1818, and from Union and Dickinson in 1830. His pub- lications consist of occasional sermons, pamphlets, and " Manual of Sacred Interpretation " (New York, 1842 ; 2d ed., entitled " Canon and Interpre- tation of Scripture," 1860). His sermons were edited, with a memoir, and published by Rev. Richard W. Dickinson (New York, 1867).

McClelland, James Henderson, surgeon, b. in Pittsburg, Pa., 20 May, 1845. His father, of the same name, came to this country from Ire- land in 1816, took an active part in anti-slavery movements, and was the architect of many build- ings in Pittsburg. The son was graduated at the Hahnemann medical college of Philadelphia in 1867, and on his return to Pittsburg was appointed to the surgical staff of the newly established Homce- opathic medical and surgical hospital, which post he has since held. He organized the Anatomical society of Alleghany county, and was for several years its demonstrator and president. He became professor of surgery in the Hahnemann college, Philadelphia, in 1876. In 1885 he was appointed a member of the State board of health, and he has been reappointed for a term of six years. He has contributed much to various medical journals, in- cluding papers on "Hip -joint Amputations," " Bone Diseases," and *' Excision of the Kidney," and wrote the article on " Diseases of the Kidneys " in the " System of Medicine " edited by Dr. Henry Arndt (Philadelphia, 1886).

McClelland, Mlle Adams, physician, b. in Sharon, Beaver co.. Pa., 28 Jan., 1837. His ances- tors were among the early settlers of Pennsylvania. He was graduated at the Bellevue hospital medical college. New York, in 1867, and settled in Canton, HI., but removed to Knoxville, where he now (1888) practises his profession. For eight years he was county physician of Knox county. He has con- tributed papers to various medical journals and to his local society. His " Report on Malpractice " (1873) was enlarged and issued under the title of " Civil Malpractice, a Treatise on Surgical Juris- prudence" (Boston, 1877).

McClelland, Robert, statesman, b. in Greencastle, Pa., 1 Aug., 1807 ; d. in Detroit, Mich., 27 Aug., 1880. His father, John McClelland, was a physician of Philadelphia. The son was gradu- ated at Dickinson in 1829, studied law, was ad- mitted to the bar in 1831, and practised in Pitts- burg for a year. In 1833 he removed to Monroe, Mich., and in 1835 was a member of the State con- stitutional convention. He was a member of the legislature from 1838 till 1843, serving in the latter year as speaker, and was then elected to congress as a Democrat, serving from 4 Dec, 1843, till 3 March, 1849. He was one of the eighteen Demo- crats that joined, with David Wilmot, of Pennsyl- vania, in passing the Wilmot proviso, which abridged the further extension of slavery into the territories of the United States. He was a delegate to the National Democratic conventions of 184'8, 1852, and 1868, and a member of the Constitutional conventions of Michigan of 1850 and 1867. He- took an active part in the canvass that resulted in the election of Gen. Pierce to the presidency. Mr, McClelland acted as provisional governor of Michi- gan in 1851, and was re-elected in 1852 for a term of four years, but resigned in 1853 to accept the- post of secretary of the interior, which he held during President Pierce's administration.

McCLENACHAN, Charles Thomson, lawyer, b. in Washington, D. C, 13 April, 1829. He was graduated at Germantown college, went to New York in 1844, and was instructor in the Institute of the blind from 1845 till 1850. From 1850 till 1861 he was clerk of the board of councilmen of New York city, and during the civil war he was quartermaster of the 7th New York regiment. Subsequently he studied law, and was admitted to the New York bar in 1867. He was general accountant in the street department, and after- ward in the department of public works, for twenty-six years. He has published " The Laws of the Fire Department " (New York. 1855) ; " Com- pilation of the Opinions of Counsels to the Cor- porations " (1859) ; " New York Ferry Leases and Railroad Grants from 1750 to 1860" (1860) ; " The Atlantic Telegraph Cable of 1858 " (1863) ; " The Book of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry" (1867); and an addendum to Dr. Albert G. Mackev's " Masonic Encyclopaedia " (Philadelphia, 1884). He is now (1888) engaged, by appointment of the grand lodge, on the •' History of Frccina<(niry in the State of New York."

McCLERNAND, John Alexander, lawyer, b, in Breckenridge county, Ky., 30 May, 1812. On the death of his father in 1816, his mother removed to Shawneetown, 111., where the son subsequently worked on a farm. In 1829 he began the study of law, and in 1832 was admitted to the bar. In the same year he volunteered in the war against the Sacs and Foxes, and on his return was engaged for a time in trade. In 1835 he established the Shawneetown " Democrat," and also resumed the practice of his profession. In 1836-'40 and 1842 he was elected to the legislature, and in 1843 was sent to represent his state as a Democrat in congress, where he served till 1851. His first speech was upon the bill to remit the fine that had been imposed on Gen. Andrew Jackson by Judge Hall, of Louisiana. He was the chairman of the committee on resolutionsof the Illinois Democratic convention of 1858, and in that year was re-elected to congress, serving from 5 Dec, 1859, until the beginning of the civil war. He then resigned, re- turned home, and, with John A. Logan and Philip B. Fouke, raised the McClernand brigade, the president appointing him brigadier-general of vol- unteers. He accompanied Gen. Grant to Belmont, did good service himself at Fort Donelson, where he commanded the right of the National line, and was made major-general of volunteers, 21 March, . The following month he commanded a divis- ion at the battle of Shiloh, Tenn. In January, , he relieved Gen. Sherman in command of the expedition for the capture of Vicksburg. He