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140 the " Book of Psalms " (Rochester, 1877).— His son, Robert Neil, soldier, b. in Geneva, N. Y., 9 April, 1828 ; d. in St. Paul, Minn., 'SO July, 1886, was edu- cated at Union, which he left before graduation, and went to Oregon, and subsequently removed to Red Wing, Minn., in 1856, where he became a grain- commissioner. In 1859-61 he was a member of the Minnesota senate. He removed to St. Paul about the beginning of the Sioux war, for which he raised the 6th Minnesota regiment, of which he was captain. He became major and served in Gen. Henry H. Sibley's expedition across the north- western plains and participated in a similar expe- dition under Gen. Alfred Sully in after years. He served in the civil war, was brevetted brigadier- general of volunteers for meritorious service on 14 Dec, 1865, and was post -commandant at Fort Snelling, Minn., when the Indian chiefs Little Six and Medicine Hat were hanged. After the war he became collector of internal revenue for Minnesota and U. S. marshal for that state. He was chair- man of the state central Republican committee and was a recognized leader of that party. — His nephew, William Edward, P. E. bishop, b. in Geneva, N. Y., 13 Dec, 1831. He was graduated at Washington and Jefferson college, Washing- ton, Pa., in 1851, and for six years thereafter was occupied in teaching and in journalistic work. He then went to the Alleghany Presbyterian theo- logical seminary, where he was graduated in 1860, became a Presbyterian minister, and was a mission- ary to Bogota, South America, for three years. On his return to the United States he continued min- isterial work in Peoria, 111., and Detroit, Mich. ; but having become involved in doubt as to his position in the Presbyterian ministry, he concluded, after careful study, to enter the Protestant Episco- pal church. He was made deacon, 29 July, 1872, and ordained priest, 20 Oct., 1872. Directly after his ordination he accepted a call to Trinity church, Cleveland, Ohio. In September, 1875. he was elected bishop of Illinois, and consecrated in the cathedral church of St. Peter and St. Paul, in Chicago, HI., 6 Dec, 1875. With his consent, two new dioceses were formed in Illinois in 1877 — those of Quincy and Springfield — and he retained that part of the state that is now called the diocese of Chicago. He received the degree of S. T. D. from Racine college in 1873, and that of D. C. L. from the University of the south in 1883. During his episcopate, church work has been active and effective, and the founding of the Western theological seminary of Chicago, with an endowment of .$225,000, is re- garded as an important aid with reference to the future of the Episcopal church in the west. Bishop McLaren has published " Catholic Dogma the Antidote of Doubt " (New York, 1884), besides nu- merous sermons, addresses, and poems.

MACLAREN, John James, Canadian lawyer, b. near Lachute. Quebec, 1 July, 1842. He was graduated at Victoria college, Cobourg, receiving the Prince of Wales medal, in 1862, took his degree in law at McGill university in 1868, and in the same year was admitted to the bar of Lower Can- ada. He afterward practised in Montreal, but in 1884 removed to Toronto. He was appointed sec- retary to the British and American joint com- mission under the treaty on Hudson bay claims against the United States in Oregon in 1867, and has been engaged as counsel in some of the most important Canadian legal cases since 1870. He has been since that year a member of the board of gov- ernors and an examiner in law in Victoria univer- sity, a representative fellow-in-law in the corpora- tion of McGill university, and since 1872 he has been a member of the university board and that ot the Montreal Wesleyan college. He became a Queen's counsel in 1878, has been president of the Reform club, and was appointed a member of the royal commission on the Quebec code of procedure in 1887. Mr. Maclaren has been associated with many educational, temperance, and other societies, and "is the author of " The Roman Law in Eng- lish Jurisprudence " (Toronto, 1887).

McLAUGHLEN, Napoleon Bonaparte, soldier, b. in Chelsea, Vt., 8 Dec, 1823 ; d. in Mid- dletown, N. Y., 27 Jan.. 1887. He enlisted in the 2d U. S. dragoons in 1850, rose to be sergeant, re- enlisted when his term of service expired, and on 27 March, 1861, was appointed a lieutenant in the 1st cavalry. He was promoted 1st lieutenant in May, transferred to the 4th cavalry in August, and served as inspector-general of the Army of Ken- tucky. On 17 July, 1862, he was commissioned captain, and on 1 Oct. was appointed colonel of the 1st Massachusetts volunteers. He was en- gaged at Fredericksburg, receiving the brevet of major for Chancellorsville, won another brevet at Gettysburg, fought at Locust Grove and in the battle of the Wilderness, and commanded a pro- visional brigade at Spottsylvania. In June, 1864, he rejoined his regiment in front of Atlanta, but in September was appointed colonel of the 57th Massachusetts veteran- volunteers, commanded a brigade at the siege of Petersburg, and also at the battle of Poplar Grove Church, and for his gallant- ry in this engagement was brevetted brigadier- general of volunteers and assigned to duty accord- ing to his brevet rank. He did good service in defence of Fort Steedman, receiving the brevet of colonel in the U. S. army, and was taken pris- oner there and confined in Libby prison till the surrender of Gen. Lee. He was brevetted briga- dier-general, U. S. army, in March, 1865, for gallant conduct in the field during the war, mustered out of the volunteer service on 10 Aug.. 1865, pro- moted major in the 10th cavalry on 17 May, 1876, and placed on the retired list on 26 June, 1882.

McLaughlin, Edward Augustus, poet, b. in North Stamford, Conn., 9 Jan., 1798 ; d. in New York city, 15 Nov., 1861. He followed the trade of a printer, but passed many years as a sailor in the U. S. navy. His first poems were published when he was sixteen years old, and during his voy- ages he was accustomed to cultivate his faculty for versification. He published a volume containing, besides some graceful shorter pieces, '' The Lovers of the Deep," a long poem in Speneerian stanza, describing the experiences of two castaways who formed a mutual attachment while floating on a fragment of wreck (Cincinnati, 1841).

McLAWS, Lafayette, soldier, b. in Augusta, Ga., 15 Jan., 1821 ; d. in Savannah, Ga., 24 July, 1897. After studying one year he was appointed to the U. S. military academy", where he was graduated in 1842. He was stationed for some time in Indian territory, and in 1846 joined Gen, Zachary Taylor's army of occupation at Corpus Christi, and was engaged in the defence of Fort Brown, the battle of Monterey, and the siege of Vera Cruz. His health failing, he returned to the United States on recruiting duty, and after the peace was assistant adjutant-general in the Department of New Mexico for two years. He was promoted captain of infantry on 24 Aug.. 1851, and took part in the expedition of 1858 against the Mormons, and in the operations against the Navajo Indians in 1859-'60. He resigned his commission and offered his services to his state on its secession from the Union. After the organization of the Confeder-