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Rh German electors. At the beginning of the French revolution he returned to his native country, and was elected in 1791 a deputy to the constituent assembly. He became a prominent member of tlie club •' Les amis des noirs " in Paris, and interested several statesmen in the cause of the colored popu- lation of the French possessions. But, in spite of their efforts, a motion for the enfranchisement of the negroes was referred to the colonial connnittee of the assembly, and Oge, sailing for the United States, procured in New Orleans a supply of arms and ammunition, and landed near Cape Frangais, 23 Oct., 1791, at the head of 250 men. His forces were soon joined by several hundred negroes, but, instead of marching immediately on the cape, he addressed a communication to Gov. Peynier, de- manding that a decree of the constituent assembly that had partially enfranchised the slaves should be immediately carried into effect, and offering to disarm on that condition. The negotiations lasted for several weeks, and at the end of this time Baron de Saint Vincent marched against the rebels, who were routed after desperate actions at Dondon and at Grande Riviere. Oge barely escaped with his life and sought refuge in the Spanish part of the island. He was arrested there on demand of Peyniers suc- cessor. Count de Blanchelande. and delivered to the French authorities on condition that his life be spared, but scarcely had Oge arrived in Port au Prince when Blanchelande broke his word and exe- cuted ,his prisoner. ^

OGERON UE LA BOUERE, Bertrand Denis d' (o-zhay-rong), French colonist, b. in the castle of La Bouere, near Angers, in 1615 ; d. in Paris in December, 1675. He served in the marines, but, being of an adventurous character, organized in 1656 an expedition to colonize Guiana. He after- ward abandoned his scheme and solicited from James Duparqiiet {q. v.) the concession of territory on the western coast of Martinique. He had al- ready- begun an establishment there when Dupar- quet died and his successor refused the concession. Ogeron then sailed for Santo Domingo, but being shipwrecked off Leogane, lost everything, and for some time led the life of a buccaneer. He returned to Martinique to prepare a new expedition, but the loss of several convoys compelled him to return to France penniless. He again equipped a vessel for Santo Domingo in 1660, fonnded at Port Margot an establishment that prospered, and he afterward began others at Petit Goave and Leogane, whence he expelled the Spaniards. He also tried unsuc- cessfully to establish a French settlement in Ja- maica, and was appointed in 1665 by the West India company governor of Tortuga, then occupied by the buccaneers, who reluctantly acknowledged his authority. Ogeron won their confidence and friendship, and, obtaining female emigrants from the West India company in 1667, colonized the western coast of Santo Domingo, extending from Port Margot to Port de Paix, which place he founded in 1669. He also proposed to found an establishment in South Carolina, but his plans were rejected by the company. When war began with Spain in 1673 he sent an expedition under Delisle to conc[uer the Spanish part of the island, and in 1674 founded an establishment in the Samana peninsula, and would have expelled the Spaniai'ds from Santo Domingo had he been properly sup- ported by the company, but the latter was on the eve of dissolution, and never forwarded him any re-enforcements. After a new company was or- ganized in 1674 he hastened to Prance in 1675 with a view of obtaining supplies and re-enforce- ments, but died there from the effects of a disease that he had contracted in Samana. His nephew and lieutenant, Louvilliers de Poiney, succeeded him on 16 March, 1676, as governor of Tortuga, but the establishments on the western part of Santo Domingo gradually lost the prosperity that they had attained under D'Ogeron.

OGILBY, John David, clergyman, b. in Dub- lin, Ireland, 30 Dec, 1810 ; d. in Paris, France, 2 Feb., 1851. He came to the United States at the- age of six years, and was graduated at Columbia in 1829. He was first rector of the College gram- mar-school, engaged in teaching and editing classi- cal works, and was elected professor of ancient languages in Rutgers college in 1832. This post he held for eight years. Having resolved to enter the ministry, he made due preparation, and was. ordained both deacon and priest by Bishop Onder- donk, of New York, in 1838. Three years later he was elected professor of ecclesiastical history in the General theological seminary. In the spring of 1842 he made a visit to Europe for the benefit of his health, and returned in September of the same year. In 1843 he received the degree of D. D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He went abroad again for rest in the spring of 1846. and returned in August. Three years later his health failed. He sailed for Europe in November, 18-19, spent the winter in the south of France, visited liis relatives and friends in England and Ireland in 1850, and returned to Paris in December, where early in the next year he died. His body was brouglit to the United States and buried in New Brunswick, N. J. Dr. Ogilby's chief publications were "An Outline of the Argument against the Validity of Lay Bap- tism " (New York, 1842) ; " The Catholic Church in England and America," three lectures (1844) ;. with numerous conventional and other sermons on special occasions. He had made considerable prep- aration for a large work on "Ecclesiastical His- tory," but his premature death prevented its com- pletion. — His brother. Frederick, clergyman, b. in Ireland, 27 Dec, 1813 ; d. in New York city, 25- March, 1878, came to this country early in life, was graduated at Rutgers in 1833, and at the New York general theological seminary in 1837. After being connected with Grace church, New York city, as deacon, he was ordained priest, was rector of the church of the Ascension, Philadelphia, and in 1855 returned to New York and was assistant minister of Trinity churcli until his death.

OGILVIE, Clinton, artist, b. in New York city, 28 Dec, 1838. He studied painting under James M. Hart, and in 1866 went to Paris, where he remained about a year. In 1872-'3 he made another visit,. and in 1879 he went abroad for a four years' so- journ. He established himself at Nice, France, for two seasons, and spent one winter at Mentone, occupying himself in making out-of-door studies. In 1864 he was elected an associate member of the National academy of design, and he has since ex- hibited there " The Valley of Schwytz, Switzer- land " (1870) ; " Lake Como, near Bellagio " (1871) ;. " Among the Adirondacks " (1874) ; " The Sunny Summer-Time " (1876) ; " Summer Afternoon in the Adirondacks " (1877) ; " The Mountain Brook " (1878) ; " At Eaux Bonnes, France " (1881) ; " En- virons of Mentone " (1883) ; " Argeles " (1884) ;. "Down by the River" (1885); "Hyeres" (1886);: and " St. Barthelemy, near Nice " (1887).

OGILVIE, John, clergyman, b. in New York city in 1722; d. there, 26 Nov., 1774. He was graduated at Yale in 1748 in the same class with Bishop Seabury, and after receiving orders was appointed to the mission among the Mohawk Indians. He began his labors at Albany in March, 1749, and)