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Rh as a member of the convention that framed the constitution of the United States. At the close of his second term as governor he was elected to the U. S. senate, and served from 2 Dec, 1798, till 3 March. 1799. He received the degree of LL. D. from Princeton in 1793, and at the time of his death was a trustee of the University of North Carolina. He published in the " North Carolina University Magazine" poetical tributes to Gen. Francis Nash and Gov. Richard Caswell. — His brother, James, removed to North Carolina from New Jersey in 1774, and being appointed colonel- commandant of the Guilford regiment of militia the same year, served at different times for about sixteen months during the Revolutionary war. He was subsequently elected to the legislature.

MARTIN, Auguste Marie, R. C. bishop, b. in Brittany, France, about 1820 ; d. in Natchitoches, La., 29 Sept., 1875. He came to the United States in 1841, some time after his ordination, and was a member of the household of Bishop Blanc, of New Orleans, in the following year, at the same time acting as chaplain to the Ursuline convent. He was pastor of St. Martin's church, Attakapas (now Martinsville) from 1843 till 1845, when he was transferred to St. James's parish. In 1847 he was made pastor of St. Joseph's church, East Baton Rouge, together with the outlying missions of Plains and Manchac. He was consecrated on 30 Nov., 1853, bishop of the newly created diocese of Natchitoches, which comprised the part of Louisi- ana that lies north of the thirty-first parallel of latitude. This district contained at the time a Roman Catholic population of over 25,000, but only four priests and seven churches. Bishop Mar- tin founded convents and academies, which he placed under the care of the Sisters of Mercy and the Daughters of the Cross, and during his admin- istration the number of churches and chapels in- creased to more than sixty.

MARTIN, Benjamin Nicholas, educator, b. in Mount Holly, N. J., 20 Oct., 1816; d. in New York city, 26 Dec, 1883. He was graduated at Yale in 1837, and at the divinity-school in 1840. After filling pulpits in New York city, Hadley, Mass., and Albany, N. Y.. and spending three years in study, he was called in 1852 to the chair of psy- chology and cognate subjects in the University of the city of New York, where he also lectured on rhetoric, belles-lettres, modern history, political economy, apologetics, and natural theology. In this employment he passed the remaining thirty- one years of his career. He received the degree of S. T. D. from Columbia in 1862, and that of L. H. D. from the regents of the University of the state of New York in 1869. Dr. Martin contrib- uted largely to theological reviews and other peri- odicals on anti-slavery and national topics during the civil war. He was a member of societies for religious and social improvement, and one of his last lectures was delivered before the Institute of Christian philosophv in November, 1883.

MARTIN, Charles Cyril, civil engineer, b. in Springfield, Pa.. 30 Aug., *1831. He was graduated at Rensselaer polytechnic institute in 1856, and then for a year was assistant in geodesy. His first professional appointment was as rodinan on the Brooklyn water-works, from which place he ad- vanced steadily until within two years he became assistant engineer. On the completion of this work, Mr. Martin entered the employ of the Tren- ton locomotive machine manufacturing company, in order to become familiar with iron-work and particularly with the construction of bridges. At the beginning of the civil war he was engaged in building an iron bridge across Savannah river on the Savannah and Charleston railroad. Subse- quently he became superintendent of a factory of arms, and then was engaged as an expert in con- ducting a series of experiments for the purpose of determining the respective merits of horizontal and vertical tubular boilers in the U. S. navy. Mr. Martin superintended the laying of the forty-eight- inch water-main along Atlantic avenue to the Ridgewood reservoir, through which the water- supply of Brooklyn has since been obtained. He then Became chief engineer of Prospect park, and there introduced a system of road-building and sub-drainage sewers that has proved eminently successful, also bringing to a completion the great park well, then the largest in the world. On the accomplishment of this work he became first as- sistant engineer of the New York and Brooklyn bridge, and after the structure was thrown open to the public, in May, 1883, was made chief engi- neer and superintendent, which office he still (1888) holds. Mr. Martin is a member of the American society of civil engineers, and has published re- ports in connection with his work.

MARTIN, Felix, Canadian author, b. in Auray, France, 4 Oct.. 1804. He became a Jesuit, and in 1842 went to Canada as a missionary. He found- ed St. Mary's college, Montreal, presided over it for many years, and displayed his architectural skill in connection with it and two adjacent churches. He was next stationed at Quebec, but, his eyesight becoming impaired, he returned to France and connected himself with a Jesuit es- tablishment near Paris, While in Canada he ex- plored the Huron country, wrote a report upon it, and assisted in preparing a series of volumes on the Jesuit luissions. He also collected material for a history of Canada, and contributed largely to publications on that subject. His chief works are " Manuel du pelerin de Notre Dame de Bon Se- cours" (Montreal, 1848): "Relation des Jesuits," an enlarged translation of O'Callaghan's bibliogra- phy of that series (1850) ; a French translation, with notes, of Bressani's "Breve relazione " (1852); "Mission du Canada, relations inedites" (Paris, 1861) ; " De Montcalm en Canada " (1867) ; and " Le R. P. Isaac Jogues " (1873).

MARTIN, Francois Xavier, jurist, b. in Marseilles, France, 17 March, 1764; d. in New Orleans, La., 11 Dec, 1846. He received a good education, and at the age of eighteen emigrated to Martinique. Not succeeding there, he came to the United States, and in 1786 took up his residence in New Berne. N. C. He could speak but little English, and determined to learn the printer's trade in order to become familiar with the language. Although entirely inexperienced, he secured employment in a printing-office in the town, in a short time was made foreman of the composing-room, and eventually became proprietor of the newspaper. He printed school-books, almanacs, translations from the French, and, after studying law and being admitted to the bar about 1789, treatises on the duties of sheriffs, justices of the peace, and executors and administrators of estates. He compiled, at the instance of the legislature, the British statutes in operation in North Carolina at the time of the Revolution, and a digest of the state laws. He also published "Notes of a Few Decisions of the Superior Courts of North Carolina and of the Circuit Court of the United States, 1778-97" (New Berne, 1797), a translation of Robert J. Pothier's treatise " On Obligations," made by himself (1802). and "Acts of the North Carolina Assembly from 1715 to 1803" (1804). His