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Rh association with Koldevvey. In 1872 he was given, in conjunction with Ilerr Weyprecht, the mission to ascertain if an open sea exists east of Spitzber- gen, between Europe and America. They sailed from Bremen, 18 June, 1872, on the steamship " Tegetthoff ," but were imprisoned by ice-fields near Nova Zembla, and, alter enduring great hard- ships, landed, in April, 1874, at Franz Joseph island, where they were compelled to abandon the ship. After performing a remarkable sledge-jour- ney of 300 miles, they embarked on two canoes, and were in a state of great destitution when they met a Russian whaler, which carried them to Lapland, whence they returned by land to Vienna in July, 1874. Payer was retired from the army in the fol- lowing year, and has since lived in Frankfort, devoting his time to scientific researches. He has in preparation several works on the arctic regions. He published •' Die Expedition der Tegetthoff, Reise nach den Eisfeldern des Nordpols " (Leipsic, 1876 ; French translation, Paris, 1876).

PAYNE, Charles Henry, clergyman, b. in Taunton, Mass., 24 Oct., 1880. He was graduated at Wesleyan university in 1856, studied divinity at the Biblical institute. Concord, N. H., and in 1857-'76 was pastor of Methodist Episcopal churches in the middle and western states, becoming presi- dent of Ohio Wesleyan university at the latter date. He was a member of the committee to re- vise the hymn-book of his denomination in 1876, and a delegate to its ecumenical council in 1881. Dickinson college gave him the degree of D. D. in 1870. He has published " The Social Glass, and Christian Obligation" (New York, 1868): " Daniel, the Uncompromising Young Man," in the "Young People's Half - Hour Series " (Cincinnati, Ohio, 1872) ; " Methodism, its History and Results " (New York, 1881) ; " Women, and their Work in Method- ism " (1881) ; " Temperance " (1881) ; " Education " (1881) ; and " Guides in Character Building " (1883).

PAYNE, Daniel Alexander, A. M. E. bishop, b. in Charleston, S. C, 24 Feb.. 1811 ; d. in Balti- more, 2 Dec, 1893. He was of African descent, and removed to the north in 1835, studied at the Lutheran theological seminary, Gettysburg, Pa., and entered the ministry of the church in 1838. He became a member of the itinerancy of the African Methodist Episcopal church in 184;3, was chosen its historiographer in 1848, and elected bishop by the general conference of 1852 in New York. He was president of Wilberforce university, Ohio, in 1865-'76. Bishop Payne travelled ex- tensively abroad in 1867-'8, attended the Meth- odist ecumenical conference in London in 1881, and was chosen to preside over one or more of its deliberations. He received the honoraiy degree of LL. D. from Lincoln university in 1879. He is the author of "Domestic Education," " History of the African Methodist Episcopal Church " (3 vols., Bal- timore, 1865), " Recollection of Men and Things," and " Domestic Education " (Cincinnati, 1886). PAYNE, Devall, soldier, b. in Fairfax county, Va., 1 Jan., 1764; d. in Mason county, Ky., 21 June, 1830. He was the son of William Payne, whose paternal ancestor came to this country with Lord Fairfax in 1739. After his marriage he re- moved to Kentucky in 1789, settling near Lexing- ton, and soon afterward joined Capt. Kenneth McCoy's cavalry and served under Gen. Charles Scott against the Indians in 1791. In 1792 he re- moved to Mason county and settled on his farm on Mill creek, where he resided until his death, and was active against the Indians, by whom he was frequently molested. He was a good surveyor, and also a county magistrate. He joined Col. Richard M. Johnson's mounted cavalry in 1813 as major, and distinguished himself at tlie battle of the Thames, 5 Oct., 1813, where at the head of his bat- talion he charged hotly through the British line, and after the surrender, by special appointment of the general-in-chief, led in pursuit of Gen. Henry Procter. He served several years in the legislature. PAYNE, Edward Dug-jran, naval officer, b. in Reading, Pa., 2 July, 1836. He was graduated at Jeft'erson medical college in 1857, appointed as- sistant surgeon in the U. S. navy in 1861, served on the " Congress " in her fight with the " Merrimac," 8 March, 1862, and was assistant surgeon in charge of the '* Metacomet " in the action in Mobile Vjay in August, 1864. He became passed assistant surgeon in 1865, surgeon in 1871, and was retired in 1876 on account of the failure of his health. He has published reports of cases in " Contributions to Medical Science in the United States Navy Depart- ment"; "Medical Essays" (Washington, D. C., 1872) ; and " United States Naval Sanitary and Medical Reports " (1873-'4).

PAYNE, Henry B., senator, b. in Hamilton, N. Y., 30 Nov., 1810 ; d. in Cleveland, 9 Sept., 1896. His father was an early settler, and judge of Madi- son county. Henry was graduated at Hamilton college, studied law in Canandaigua, removed to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1834, and practised law there for the next twelve years. He was a presidential elector in 1848, state senator in 1849-'50, and was defeated in the canvass for U. S. senator in 1851, and for governor in 1857, Salmon P. Chase being elected by a slight majority. He supported Stephen A. Douglas in the Cinciniuiti Democratic conven- tion in 1856, and in the Charleston, S. C, conven- tion in 1860, reporting from the minority of the committee the resolutions that were adopted as the platform of that body. He was a consistent Unionist during the civil war. Having retired from his profession, he became largely interested in manufactures, railroads, and similar enterprises. From 1862 he was president of the Cleveland sinking- fund commission, and he was for several years president of the Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati railroad company. He was chairman of the Ohio delegation to the Baltimore Democratic convention in 1872, a member of congress in 1875-'7, chairman of the house committee on the electoral bill, and a member of the electoral commission in 1876. In 1884 he was elected to the U. S. senate.

PAYNE, John, P. E. bishop, b. in Westmore- land county, Va., 9 Jan.. 1815 : d. there, 23 Oct., 1874. He was graduated at William and Mary in 1833, and at the theological seminary at Alexandria, Va.. in 1836. He was ordained deacon in Christ church, Alexandria, 17 July, 1836, by the bishop, Richard C. Moore, and took his departure at once for western Africa, where he served as a missionary for nearly five years. He then returned to the Uiiited States both to obtain rest and im- provement in his health and also to be ordained priest. Bishop Moore admitted him to i>riesfs orders in St. George's church, Fredericksburg, Va., 18 July, 1841. He received the degree of D. D. from William and Mary in 1851, and was conse- crated bishop of Cape Palmas and parts adjacent in Christ church, Alexandria, 11 July, 1851. After a long and arduous service of nearly twenty years on the coast of western Africa, Bishop Payne re- turned to the United States in 1871, completely broken in health and strength. He sent in his resignation to the house of bishops, which was accepted in October of that year. He made no contributions to literature beyond letters, reports, etc., connected with his missionary work.