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Rh St. Luke's church, Portland, which was constituted the cathedral parish of the diocese. Not long af- terward a proper cathedi'al church was erected, and was consecrated, 18 Oct., 1877. Bishop Neely has published a few occasional sermons, several ad- dresses to his convention, and various contribu- tions to current church literature.

NEGLEY, James Scott, soldier, b. in East Liberty, Alleghany co.. Pa., 26 Dec, 1826. He was educated at Western university, enlisted in the 1st Pennsylvania regiment in 1846, and served in most of the important engagements during the Mexican war, at the conclusion of which becom- ing a farmer and horticulturist. He raised a bri- gade of three months' volunteers at the begin- ning of the civil war, was commissioned briga- dier-general of volunteers in April, 1861, served in Alabama and Tennessee with the Army of the Ohio, and at the battle of Lavergne, 7 Oct., 1862, was in command, defeating the Confederates un- der Gen. Richard H. Anderson and Gen. Nathan B. Forrest. He was promoted major-general for gallantry at Stone River, 29 Nov., 1862, was en- gaged in the Georgia campaign, and at the battle of Chickamauga, 19-20 Sept., 1863, held Owen's Gap. He settled in Pittsburg, Pa., after the war and represented that city in congress in 1869-'75 and in 1885-7, being elected as a Republican. He then removed to New York city.

NEGREIROS, Andre Vidal de (nay-gray-e- ros), Brazilian patriot, b. in Parahyba early in the 17th century; d. in Olinda, 10 Jan., 1681. 'in 1636 he successfully defended Bahia against Prince Maurice of Nassau (q. v.), and, after the capture of that place by the Dutch in 1638, he again expelled them. After the re-establishment of Portuguese independence in 1640, when the Dutch were not willing to surrender their conquests to the Portu- guese, with whom the states-general had concluded a treaty of peace, Negreiros left for Pernambuco in 1644 to incite an insurrection, which began on 13 June. He openly took the direction of the patriot forces, and after repeated victories shut up the invaders in their fortified posts. But the Portu- guese government did not aid the patriots, and they were forced to resort to guerilla warfare. In 1646 Negreiros was called to the province of Rio Grande, and in a short time vanquished the Dutch there and in Parahyba, winning the two battles of Guarapes in 1648 and 1649. At last the Dutch held only the fortress of Recife, and in 16o4 Negre- iros attacked them there, and forced the commander to sign on 26 Jan. the capitulation of Campinha de Taborda, by which he evacuated the city of Recife and the provinces of Hamaraca, Rio Grande, and Parahyba. As the principal cause of this triumph, Negreiros was commissioned to carry the notice of the expulsion of the Dutch to Portugal, and King John IV. made him a grandee and governor of Maranhao. Later he was governor-general of An- gola, where he won the victory of AnabouilJo, but returned after a few years to his native country. NECrRIER, Jules Cesar Antonin (nay-gre- ay), French missionary, b. in Macon in 1516; d. in Lima, Peru, in 1571. He was a Franciscan, and was sent about 1540 to the Indians of New Spain, but removed later to South America and resided for twenty-five years in Peru. He left two curious manuscripts, which were afterward published in Paris, "Histoire du grand voyage fait k la Nou- velle Espagne, et dans le royaume communement appele Perou, des nations qui habitait ces regions. des moeurs d'icelJes, et autres choses interessantes " (3 vols.. Paris, 1603) ; and " Le bref recit de la con- quete faiete par les Espagnols du royaume de Perou, avec I'histoire de I'enorme ran^on payee par le souverain des Incas, et des vicissitudes du Mar- quis Pizarre " (1604).

NEHLIU, Victor (nay-lig), artist, b. in Paris, France, in 1830. He was the pupil of Leon Cog- niet and Abel de Pujol, came to the United States in 1856. and, after residing for some time in Ha- vana, Cuba, settled in New York. Here he was elected an associate of the National academy in 1863 and academician in 1870. He returned to Europe in 1872. Mr. Nehlig's paintings are char- acterized by admirable drawing of the figure, and he has done some effective work in the way of book illustration. His principal works, many of which are illustrative of American history, are "The Cavalry Charge of St. Harry B. Hidden" (1863^, in the New York historical society ; " The Artist's Dream " ; " The Captive Huguenot " ; " Gertrude of Wyoming " ; " Hiawatha and Minne- haha " ; " Armorer in the Olden Time " ; " Battle at Antietam " ; " Battle of Gettysburg " ; " Wait- ing for my Enemy " ; " Serenade " ; " The Bravo " (1870); "Mahogany Cutting" (1871); and "The Princess Pocahontas" (1869-'72).

NEILL, John, physician, b. in -Philadelphia, 9 July, 1819; d. there, 11 Feb., 1880. His father, Henry, was a well-known physician of Philadel- phia. The son was graduated in arts at the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania in 1837 and in medicine in 1840. He began practice in Philadelphia, spent a short time in the West Indies in 1841, and in 1842 was appointed assistant demonstrator of anat- omy in the University of Pennsylvania, where in 1845 he became demonstrator. In 1847 he was elected surgeon to Wills hospital and lectured on anatomy at the Medical institute of Philadelphia, and in 1849 he was appointed physician to the Southeastern cholera hospital, where his method of treatment formed the basis of a report that was published by the College of physicians and sur- geons. He was elected professor of surgery in Pennsylvania college, Gettysburg, in 1854, surgeon to the' Philadelphia hospital in 1855, surgeon in charge of military hospitals in Philadelphia in 1861, and organized the first eight general hospitals of that city. In 1862 he was commissioned sur- geon of U. S. volunteers, and in 1863 appointed medical director of the forces from Pennsylvania. The same year he was brevetted lieutenant-colonel for meritorious services. Dr. Neill established the hospital at Dickinson college after the bombard- ment of Carlisle, also the hospitals at Hagerstown, and was afterward appointed port surgeon at Phil- adelphia. In 1874 he became professor of clinical surgery in the University of Pennsylvania, which chair he resigned in May, 1877. In addition to many articles in medical journals he wrote " Neill on t'he Veins" (Philadelphia, 1852); and, in connection with Prof. Francis G. Smith, " Neill and Smith's Compend of Medicine" (Philadelphia, 1848.— His brother, Edward Duftield, author, b. in Philadelphia, 9 Aug.. 1823 ; d. in St. Paul. Minn., 26 Sept., 1893. After studying at home, he was graduated at Amherst. He studied theology at Andover and Philadelphia, was a Presbyterian minister in St. Paul, Minn., in 1849-"60, and pastor of the Reformed Episcopal church of that city since 1884. He was superintendent of public instruction, and chancellor of the University of Minnesota in 1858-61 ; chaplain of the 1st Minnesota regiment, and hospital chaplain in 1861-4 ; secretary to the president of the United States for signing land patents in 1864-'9; and U. S. consul "at Dublin, Ireland, in 1869-70. He was president of Macalester college, Minneapolis, in 1873-84, and since