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Rh practice of law at Canton, Ohio, he was twice •elected district attorney. He removed to Omaha, Neb., in November, 1869, was city attorney tor six years, and in 1871 and 1874 received the votes of both parties as a member of the Constitutional conventions of those years. He was elected as a Republican to the U. S. senate for the term begin- ning March, 1883, and re-elected in 1888.

MANDEVILLE, Henry, educator, b. in Kin- derhook, N. Y., 6 March, 1804 ; d. in Mobile, Ala., 2 Oct., 1858. He was graduated at Union in 1826, at New Brunswick (N. J.) theological seminary in 1829, and, after holding pastorates of Dutch Re- formed churches in Shawangunk, Geneva, and Uti- • ca, N. Y., was professor of moral philosophy and belles-lettres at Hamilton college in 1841-9. He afterward had charge of Presbyterian churches in Albany, N. Y., and Mobile, Ala. Prof. Mandeville won reputation as a teacher of elocution, and pub- lished a successful series of readers and "Elements of Reading and Oratory" (New York, 1845).

MANDRILLON, Joseph, author, b. in Bourg, France, in 1748 ; d. in Paris, 7 Jan.. 1794. His parents intended him for a commercial career, and several years after the conclusion of his studies he came to this country with the object of establish- ing branches of a banking-house that he opened in Amsterdam on his return. He went to Paris at the beginning of the French revolution, joined the party of constitutional royalists, and, having ibeen accused before the revolutionary tribunal, was condemned to death and guillotined. Among his more important works are " Le voyageur Araericain, ou observations sur I'etat actuel, la culture et le commerce des colonies britanniques en Amerique " (Amsterdam, 1783), and " Le specta- teur Americain, ou remarques general sur I'Ame- rique septentrionale " (1784; new ed., accompanied by " Recherches philosophiques " on the discov- ery of America, 1795).

MANEIRO, Juan Luis. Mexican clergyman, b. in Vera Cruz, 22 Feb., 1744: d. in the city of Mex- ico, 16 Nov., 1802. He entered the Jesuit novi- tiate in 1759, and took refuge in Italy on the sup- pression of the society, but returned to Mexico in 1799. His works are " De vitis aliquot Mexica- norum, aliorumque qui sive virtute sive litteris Mexici imprimis floruerunt " (3 vols., Bologna, 1791); " De Vita Antonii Lopezii Portilii, Mexici primum, deinde Valentise Canonici " (1791) ; " Joan- nes Aloisius Maneirus de Vita Petri Mali Sacerdotis Mexicanje" (1795); "Vita Michaelis Gutierrii Sa- cerdotis Mexican! " (still in manuscript) ; " Relacion de la fiinehre ceremonia y exequias del Illmo y Exmo Sr. D. Alonso Nufiez de Haro y Peralta, Ar- zobispo de Mejico " (Mexico, 1802) ; and " Inscrip- ciones y Epigramas " (still in manuscript).

MANGORE (man-go'-ray), cacique of the Tim- ibus, a tribe of the Guaranis, South America, b. about 1480; d. in 1532. Nufio de Lara, who had been left by Sebastian Cabot (q. v.) when he retired from the river La Plata in command of the fort of Espiritu Santo, did not experience at first any trouble from the chiefs of the neighboring tribes, but Mangore, having conceived a passion for Lucia Miranda, the wife of Sebastian Hurtado, one of the officers of Lara, resolved to capture the fort and make her a prisoner. He called a meeting of the principal chiefs of the tribes, and exjilained to them the necessity of expelling the Spaniards from the country. Notwithstanding the opposi- tion of some of the chiefs, and especially of Siripo, a brother of the cacique, the latter convinced them, and when Lara, with the greater part of the garrison, had left in search of provisions, Mangore presented himself with a few followers, and was received hospitably and allowed to pass the night at the fort. When he knew that all were asleep, he gave a signal to his men, who suddenly attacked the Spaniards with overwhelming numbers, slaugh- tered the garrison and carried away the few sur- vivors, including Lucia Miranda, as prisoners. On their retreat the Indians were met by the returning Lara, who, together with the greater part of his men, perished, and only Ruy Garcia Mosquera {q. v.), with a few followers, escaped to Brazil. Mangore was killed in the battle, and Lucia, who had been cai'ried off by Siripo, was afterward killed by the latter for not retui-ning his passion.

MANGUM, Willie Person, senator, b. in Orange county, N. C, in 1792; d. in Red Moun- tain, N. C, 14 Sept., 1861. He was graduated at the University of North Carolina in 1815, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1817, elected to the North Carolina house of commons in 1818, and in 1819 chosen a judge of the superior court. In 1823 he was elected to congress as a Whig, and in 1825 was re-elected, serving from 1 Dec, 1823, till 18 March, 1826, when he resigned, and was again elected a judge of the superior court. He was elected to the U. S. senate, and served from 5 Dec, 1831, till 1836, when, under instructions from the legislature, he resigned. He de- clined a nomina- tion for congress in 1837, and in the same year received the electoral vote of South Carolina for the presidency. When the Whigs again came into power in his state he was sent to the senate a second time, on the resig- nation of Bedford Brown, and he was re-elected at the expiration of the term, serving from 9 Dec, 1840, till 3 March, 1853. During the greater part of his congressional career he was one of the leaders on the Whig side. He was chosen president p?'o tem- pore of the senate, 31 May, 1842, on the resigna- tion from that body of Samuel L. Southard, of New Jersey, and served during that and the suc- ceeding congress. At the close of his last term in the senate he retired from public life. His death was hastened by nervous depression, which had been caused bv the death of his only son at the first battle of Bull Run, 21 July, 1861."

MANICAOTEX (mah-nee-kah-o-tex'), Haytian cacique, brother to Caonabo (q. v.). After the captivity of his brother he ruled over the dominions of the latter, and succeeded in 1494 in forming a formidable league of the caciques of the island to exterminate the foreign invaders. The natives began to assemble in great force in the Vega, within two days' march of Isabella, the headquarters of the Spaniards. Columbus, being informed of this conspiracy, resolved to take the field, and on 27 March, 1495, marched from Isabella. The In- dians, under the command of Manicaotex, were in great numbers on a place that is known to-day as "Sabana de Matanza." The battle ended in the complete defeat of the natives, and Manicaotex was obliged to sue for peace and pay half a calabash of gold every three months. When Aguado,