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Rh So strong was the impression that the incident made on Morris's mind that he commemorated it in verse. A compliment that greatly delighted the author was paid this poem by a member of the British house of commons, who concluded a long speech in favor of protection by quoting it, the tree, according to the speaker, being the constitu- tion, and Sir Robert Peel the woodman about to cut it down. See " Bryant and his Friends," by James Grant Wilson (New York, 1886). — His son, William Hopliius, soldier, b. in New York, 22 April, 1826, was graduated at the U. S. military academy in 1851, but resigned from the army in 1854, and engaged in literary pursuits in 1855-'61. He was commissioned as staff captain and assist- ant adjutant-general of the U. S. volunteers in, served in the peninsular campaign of 1862, on 1 Sept. of that year resigned, and became colo- nel of the 135th New York regiment of infantry, which was changed into the 6th New York artil- lery. He was appointed brigadier-general of vol- unteers, 29 Nov., 1862, served in the Pennsylvania and Rapidan and Richmond campaigns, and was wounded near Spottsylvania. In March, 1865, he was brevetted major-general of volunteers for gal- lant and meritorious services in the battle of the Wilderness, May, 1864. He invented a repeating carbine in 1869, and is the author of "A System of Infantry Tactics " (New York, 1865) and " Tac- tics for Infantrv, armed with Breech-loading or Magazine Rifles"" (1882).

MORRIS, George Sylvester, educator, b. in Norwich, Vt., 15 Nov., i840. He was graduated at Dartmouth in 1861, served a year in the army, returned to Dartmouth as tutor in 1863-'4, and studied at Union theological seminary, in New York city, and at the universities of Halle and Berlin, Germany, in 1866-8, devoting himself chiefly to philosophical investigations. On his re- turn to the United States he became in 1870 pro- fessor of modern languages and literature in the University of Michigan, which chair he occupied until 1880. The following year he was appointed to that of philosoDhy in the same institution, which he still (1888)" retains. From 1878 till 1885 he was lecturer on ethics and the history of philoso- phy in Johns Hopkins university. Besides writing on philosophical topics in various reviews and in the " Transactions " of the Victoria institute, Lon- don, he has published Ueberweg's " History of Philosophy," a translation from the German (2 vols.. New York, 1872-'4) ; " British Thought and Thinkers " (Chicago, 1880) : " Kant's Critique of Pure Reason : A Critical Exposition " (1882) ; " Philosophy and Christianity," being the " Ely Lectures" for 1883 (New York, 1883); and "He- gel's Philosophy of the State and of History : An Exposition " (Chicago, 1887).

MORRIS, George Upham, naval officer, b. in Massachusetts, 3 June, 1830; d. in Jordan Alum Springs, Va., 15 Aug., 1875. He entered the navy and was commissioned midshipman, 14 Aug., 1846, lieutenant, 16 Sept., 1855, and commander, 25 July, 1866. He distinguished himself by his defence of the " Cumberland," of which he was in temporary command, when attacked by the iron-clad ram " Merrimack " in Hampton Roads, Va., 8 March, . "As her guns approached the water's edge," said the secretary of the navy in his report for that year, "her young commander, Lieut. Morris, and the gallant crew stood flrm at their posts and delivered a parting fire, and the good ship went down heroically with her colors flying." Many of the officers and men, Lieut. Morris among them, were able to reach the shore, but a large number perished with the vessel. In the following May, while in command of the steam gun-boat " Port Royal," he took part in an engagement with a nine-gun battery on James river, and he was subsequently wounded at Fort Darling. He also participated in the attack on Fort Powell, at Grant's Pass, in February, 1864. He was retired from active service, 21 Oct.. 1874.

MORRIS, Herbert William, author, b. in Wales, 21 July, 1818. He began a theological course of study in London, England, but was com- pelled to desist, owing to an affection of the eyes. He came to the United States in 1842, and, having recovered, was licensed to preach in 1846 by the presbytery of Utica, N. Y. After holding pastor- ates in Martinsburg, Little Falls, and Rochester, N. Y., and in Indiana, he gave up ministerial work in 1877 to devote himself to literature. He had already published in 1870 "Science and the Bible" (Philadelphia), which soon reached a sale of 50,000 copies. This was followed in 1875 by "Present Conflict of Science with Religion." In 1880 ap- peared his " Testimony of the Ages to the Truth of Scripture," a work that involved great labor. His latest books are entitled " The Celestial Symbol, or the Natural Wonders and Spiritual Teachings of the Sun " (1883) ; and " Natural Laws and Gospel Teachings " (New York, 1887). The University of Rochester gave him the degree of D. D. in 1876.

MORRIS, John Gottlieb, clergyman, b. in York, J^a.. 14 Nov.. 1803 ; d. in Lutherville, 10 Oct., 1895. He was graduated at Dickinson, studied the- ology at Princeton theological seminary and at Gettysburg seminary, being a member of the first class in the latter institution, and was licensed to preach in 1827. He received the degree of D. D, in 1839, and that of LL. D. in 1873, both from Pennsylvania college, Gettysburg. Dr. Morris was the founder of Trinity English Lutheran church, Baltimore, Md., and its pastor in 1827- '60. librarian of Peabody institute, Baltimore, in 1860-'5, pastor of the 3d English Lutheran church, Baltimore, in 1864-'73, and after 1874 of a con- gregation at Lutherville, Md. He had been lecturer on natural history in Pennsylvania college, Gettys- burg, since 1834, on pulpit eloquence and the re- lation of science and revelation in the theological seminary there since 1874, and had delivered lec- tures in Smithsonian institution, Washington, D. C. He was secretary of the general synod in 1839, president of the same body in 1843 and 1883, and president of the first Lutheran church diet in Philadelphia in 1877. He had been a trustee of Pennsylvania college and director of the theologi- cal seminary at Gettysburg for many years. With his brother he founded Lutherville ladies' seminary. In science he had devoted himself specially to en- tomology and microscopy. He had been elected to membership in many scientific societies in this coun- try and abroad, and had been chairman of the ento- mological section of the American association for the advancement of science. He was president of the Maryland Bible society and the ^Maryland his- torical society. During the year 1846 he travelled extensively in Europe, and in the same year he aided in establishing the Evangelical alliance at London. He founded the "Lutheran Observer" in 1831, was its editor until 1833, and afterward one of its contributors. He was the leader of the conservative party in the general synod, and its ablest representative. Besides many transla- tions of works, addresses, review and magazine articles, tracts, and scientific papers, he pub- lished " Catechumen's and Communicant's Com- panion " (Baltimore, 1831) ; " Henry and Antonio "