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292 all sides. In November, 1870, he marched with his forces to quell a formidable rising in Potosi, and during his absence the capital rose against him, proclaimed Morales president, and declared Melgarejo deposed. After subduing Potosi he marched against La Paz, and as he had with him the flower of the army, and the capital was nearly destitute of military forces, the provisional govern- ment called to their aid the Indians, who sur- rounded and harassed Melgarejo, and, assisted by a few troops from La Paz, totally defeated him near that city on 15 Jan., 1871. He barely escaped with his life, and took refuge in Peru. He resided for some time in Chili and Peru, in both of which republics he was given the rank of general for his assistance during the war with Spain, and he finally settled in the city of Lima, where he was killed by the brother of his mistress.

MELINE, James Florant, author, b. in Sack- ett's Harbor, N. Y., in 1811 ; d. in Brooklyn. N. Y., 14 Aug., 1873. His father was a French officer in the U. S. army. The son was graduated at Mount St. Mary's college, Emmettsburg, Md. ; and after teaching for some time in Cincinnati, Ohio, studied law, and was admitted to the bar. He afterward studied for three years in Europe, and held different U. S. consulships there. On his return he was for several years a banker in Cincinnati, was connected with the " Catholic Telegraph " in that city, and was French consul there a short time before the civil war. He served during the war, chiefly on the staff of Gen. John Pope, first as major and judge-advocate and afterward as colonel. After the war he was chief of the bureau of civil affairs in the 3d military district. Subsequently he was employed by the government in connection with the Freedmen's bureau in Georgia, and during that time was a correspondent of the New York " Tribune." His later years he devoted to litera- ture. He was a regular contributor to the " Catho- lic World," in which his vindication of Mary, Queen of Scots, in answer to James Anthony Froude, first appeared. He also wrote for the '• Galaxy," and at the time of his death was completing a series of articles on Savonarola, three of which have been published. His principal works are " Two Thousand Miles on Horseback " (New York, 1867) ; " Commercial Travelling " (Cambridge, 1869) ; " Ma- ry, Queen of Scots, and her latest English His- torian " (New York, 1871) ; and a " Life of Sixtus the Fifth " (1871).

'''MELISH. John''', traveller, b. in Scotland in 1771 ; d. in Philadelphia, Pa., 30 Sept., 1822. He came to the United States and travelled exten- sively, publishing accounts of his journeys, with comments on his experiences. His works include "Travels in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada, in 1806-'ll " (Philadelphia, 1812) ; " De- scription of Roads" (1814); "A Traveller's Direc- tory " (1815) ; "Description of the United States " (1816); "Necessity of Protecting Manufactures" (1818) ; " Maps of Pennsylvania and of the United States " ; " Information to Emigrants " (1819) ; and "Statistical View of the United States" (1822).

MELL, Patrick Hues, educator, b. in Walthourville, Ga., 19 July, 1814; d. in Athens, Ga., 26 Jan., 1888. His parents died when he was a boy, leaving him without means for his support, but with an elementary education. Pie spent two years at Amherst, in 1833-5, but left before graduation, and taught for several years in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Georgia. In 1842 he was elected to the professorship of ancient languages in Mercer university. After thirteen years of service he was called to the same professorship in the state university at Athens. In 1860 he was transferred to the chair of metaphysics and ethics, which he held until his death. In 1878 he was elected chancellor of the university and ex-officio president of the State college of agriculture and mechanic arts. Dr. Mell was a clergyman of the Baptist denomination, to whose ministry he was ordained in 1842. In connection with his educational work he had pastoral charge of various churches. He was president of the Southern Baptist convention, to which post he was regularly elected during a long term of years. During the civil war he was in the Confederate service, and was elected colonel of a regiment. He received the degree of D. D. from the University of Georgia in 1858, and that of LL. D. from Howard college, Ala., in 1869. Dr. Mell is the author of " Baptism " (Charleston, S. C, 1852); "Corrective Church Discipline" (1860); a treatise on " Parliamentary Practice " (Atlanta, Ga., 1868); "The Philosophv"of Prayer" (New York, 1875); and "Church Polity" (Atlanta, 1878).

MELLEN, John, clergyman, b. in Hopkinton, Mass., in 1722; d. in Reading, Mass., in 1807. He was graduated at Harvard in 1741, and became a Unitarian clergyman, being settled as first minister of Sterling, Mass., where he preached from 1744 till 1778. He was pastor of Hanover, Mass., in 1784—1805, and afterward removed to Reading, Mass. He published eight occasional sermons (1753-'95), and "Fifteen Discourses on Doctrinal Subjects" (1765). — His son; John, clergyman, b. in Sterling, Mass., in 1752; d. in Cambridge, Mass., in 1828, was graduated at Harvard in 1770, and was tutor there in 1780-'3. He was minister of Barnstable, Mass., and after retiring from the pas- torate removed to Cambridge. He published eight separate sermons and discourses, 1791-'9. and two " Dudleian Lectures" (1795-'9). — Another son, Henry, b. in Sterling, Mass., in 1757; d. in 1809, was graduated at Harvard in 1804, studied law, and practised at Dover, N. H. He had some ability as a writer of verse, and a volume of his poems was published. — Another son, Prentiss, jurist, b. in Sterling, Mass., 11 Oct., 1764; d. in Portland, Me., 31 Dec, 1840, was graduated at Harvard in 1784, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1786. He began practice at Bridgewater, Mass., removed in 1792 to Biddeford, and in 1806 to Portland, Mass. (afterward Maine), and was a member of the executive council of Massachusetts in 1806-9 and 1817. He was elected U. S. senator from Massachusetts in place of Eli P. Ashmun, who had resigned, and served from 16 Nov., 1818, till 15- May, 1820, when he resigned in consequence of the separation of Maine from Massachusetts. He was elected the first chief justice of the new state, and served from 1820 till 1834, when he was disqualified by age. He afterward practised law at Portland,. Me. Judge Mellen was a trustee of Bowdoin from 1817 till 1836. His judicial decisions are published in the first eleven volumes of the " Maine Reports." — Prentiss's son, Grenville, poet, b. in Biddeford, Me., 19 June, 1799 ; d. in New York, 5 Sept., 1841,. was graduated at Harvard in 1818. studied law at Portland, and removed in 1823 to North Yarmouth, where he practised till 1828. He subsequently spent five or six years in Boston, and then removed to New York, where he resided, with occasional intervals of absence, during the remainder of his life. In New York in 1839 he began the publication of a monthly magazine, which was discontinued after a few numbers. In the summer of 1840 he made a voyage to Cuba for the benefit of his health, but rapidly declined after his return and died of consumption. He was much esteemed as a poet