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Rh operations. Capt. Manley continued to cruise dur- ing the rest of the winter. He was chased into Gloucester harbor by the " Falcon," and, running inshore, inflicted damage on his pursuers. Manley was given a captain's commission in the Conti- nental navy on 17 April, 1776, and on 22 Aug. was assigned to the command of the frigate " Han- cock," of thirty-two guns, then building at Bos- ton. Of the captains in the navy, as it was regu- larly organized after the Declaration of Independ- ence, he was the second in seniority and rank. Soon after putting to sea in the " Hancock " he engaged, and after a sharp contest captured, the " Fox," a British war vessel carrying twenty-eight guns, but the prize was afterward recaptured by the "Flora." On 8 July, 1777, the '"Hancock" and the " Boston," which was commanded by Capt. Hector McXiel, fell in with the " Rainbow," of forty-four guns, accompanied by the brig " Vic- tor." Capt. Manley intended to engage the ene- my, but when the " Boston " sailed away, attempt- ed to escape and was overtaken and compelled to surrender to Sir George Collier in the " Rainbow." He was confined on board that vessel and in Mill prison, Halifax. His conduct was made the sub- ject of an investigation that fully exonerated him from blame, while Capt. McNiel was dismissed the service for not assisting the " Hancock." Having been exchanged, Manley was again captured while commanding the privateer " Pomona," and held a prisoner at Barbadoes until he made his escape, and took command of the privateer " Jason." In July, 1779, being attacked by two British priva- teers, he ran between them, and poured a broad- side into both at once, which compelled them to strike their colors. In September, 1782, Capt. Manley was placed in command of the "Hague" frigate, and sailed for the West Indies. After calling at Martinique his vessel was descried by a British seventy-tour, which gave chase. To avoid capture he ran his ship aground on a sand-bar. Manley succeeded in getting his vessel off the bank, and, firing thirteen guns as a signal of defi- ance, made his escape. This occurrence took place after the preliminaries of peace had been signed, and ended, as Capt. Manley's first exploit had be- gun, the regular naval operations of the Revolu- tion. After Manley's return to Boston, where he was received with distinguished honors by the citi- zens, charges brought against him by his subordi- nate officers were investigated, and so far justified that he was not retained on the naval establish- ment after the peace.

MANLY, Charles, governor of North Carolina, b. in Chatham county, N. C. 13 May, 1795; d. in Raleigh, N. C, 1 May, 187l! He was graduated at the University of North Carolina in 1814, stud- ied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1816. In 1823 he was appointed reading-clerk of the state house of commons, and also clerk of the commis- sion at Washington for the adjudication of claims against the British government for property taken in the war of 1812. In 1830 he became principal clerk of the house of commons, which office he held by successive elections till 1848, when he was elected governor. In 1850 he was noiliinated again by the Whig convention, but was defeated. — His brother, Basil, clergyman, b. in Chatham county, N. C, 28 Jan., 1798; d. in Greenville, S. C, 21 Dec, 1868, was regularly licensed as a Baptist preacher in 1818. He was graduated at South Carolina college in 1821, ordained in March, 1822, and was pastor of churches in Edgefield Court-House, and then Charleston. There he gained a high reputation as a preacher, and exert- ed himself to promote missions and education. In 1837 he resigned his pastorate on being chosen president of the University of Alabama, which post he relinquished in 1855 on account of failing health, and again became pastor of a church in Charleston. Subsequently he engaged in mission- ary travels throughout Alabama, and was for some time a pastor in Montgomery. Dr. Manly led in the movement that resulted in the organization of the southern Baptist convention in 1845, and in the effort to establish and maintain the South- ern Baptist theological seminary, which was opened at Greenville, S. C, in 1859. He was the author of occasional sermons and addresses, and with his son Basil published "The Baptist Psalmody " (Charleston, 1850). A "Memoir," by James P. Boyce, has been published (1869). — Another brother, Matthias Evans, lawyer, b. in Chatham county, N. C, 13 April, 1800 ; d. in New Berne, N. C, 16 July, 1881, was graduated at the Uni- versity of North Carolina in 1824, studied law with his brother Charles, and. after admission to the bar, settled in New Berne. He was a member of the state house of commons in 1834-'5, was elected in 1840 a judge of the superior court, and filled that office till 1860. when he was chosen a justice of the supreme court. This post he resigned at the close of the civil war. Soon after the termination of hostilities he was elected by the legislature to represent the state in the U. S. sen- ate, but was not allowed to take his seat. He continued to practise law at New Berne, and was subsequently chosen county judge. — Basil's son, Basil, clergyman, b. in Edgefield county, S. C, 19 Dec, 1825 ; d. in Louisville, 31 Jan., 1892. He was grad- uated at the University of Alabama, and studied theology at Princeton seminary, where he was grad- uated in 1847. He was ordained as a Baptist min- ister at Tuscaloosa, Ala., 30 Jan., 1848, and, after preaching at Providence and Tuscaloosa succes- sively, became pastor of the 1st church in Rich- mond. Va., in 1850. In 1854 he resigned on ac- count of failing health, and accepted the presidency of the Richmond female institute. On the organi- zation of the Southern Baptist theological seminary at Greenville, S. C, in 1859, he became one of the original professors, taking the chair of biblical introduction and Old Testament interpretation. In 1871 he accepted the presidency of Georgetown college, Ky., and occupied that post till 1879, when he again became a professor in the Southern Bap- tist seminary, which had been removed to Louis- ville. Ky. He received the degree of D. D. from the University of Alabama in 1859, and that of LL. D. from the Agricultural college at Auburn, Ala., in 1874. Dr. Manly was editor of the " Kind Words Teacher " for Sunday-schools, published in Atlanta, and author of " A Call to the Ministry " (Philadelphia, 1867) and " Bible Doctrine " (1888).

MANN, Abijah, congressman, b. in Herkimer county, N. Y., 24 Sept., 1793 ; d. in Auburn, N. Y., 6 Sept., 1868. He was educated in the public schools, and was first a teacher and then a tradesman. He early entered politics as a Republican of the Tompkins school, held several local offices previous to 1828. and at that date became a member of the legislature, and obtained notoriety by his hostility to the proposed Chenango canal. He was elected to congress as a Jackson Democrat in 1832, served till 1837, and was appointed one of the committee to investigate the affairs of the U. S. bank. He went to Philadelphia, and, on being denied access to the institution, procured laborers, and sent them to excavate their way under the building. This step induced the officers to allow his entrance.