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Rh He raised a company of cavalry under Gen. Polk, was-chosen captain, and was wounded at Lafayette, Ga. After the war he began the practice of law in West Point, Miss., but abandoned it for literary pursuits. His best known poems are " The Clock of Destiny," "The Star of Texas," and the "Siege of the Alamo." He has also published " Kemper County Vindicated " (New York, 1878) ; " Bench and Bar of Mississippi " (1881) ; and " Bench and Bar of Texas " (1885) ; and has in press (1887) " An Industrial History of Texas."

LYNCH, John Joseph, Canadian R. C. arch- bishop, b. near Clones, Ireland, 6 Feb., 1816; d. in To- ronto, 12 May, 1888. He began his classical studies in Lucan, County Kildare, and finished them in Castleknock, Dul)lin. In 1837 he was sent to the Seminary of St Lazarus in Paris, and shortly af- terward became a member of the Lazarist oixler. In 1843 he returned to Ireland and was ordained priest by Archbishop Mur- ray, of Dublin. He was professor in the College of Cas- tleknock till 1846, and then, meeting Bishop Odin, who was in search of priests for his vica- riate of Texas, he consented to ac- company him to the United States. He arrived in New Orleans, 29 June, 1847, sailed for Galveston, and finally reached Houston, which be- came the centre of his missionary labors. There were about 10,000 Roman Catholics scattered over Texas, and Father Lynch's labors were most ex- hausting. He was treated with great kindness by people of all creeds, and Gov. Houston offered to raise funds to build him a church if he would consent to reside permanently in Houston. In his travels through Texas he frequently lost his way, at one time stumbling on an Indian camp, where he was received with kindness and allowed to baptize the children of the tribe. He returned to Houston in the autumn of 1847, after going north as far as Indian territory and exploring the country be- tween Brazos, Colorado, and Trinity rivei-s. He was stricken down by a malignant fever shortly after reaching Houston, and, after visiting New Orleans, was obliged, in March, 1848, to go to the north. He visited the Lazarist college of St. Mary the Barrens, Mo., and became president of that in- stitution in September following. He remodelled the system of discipline on the plan of the Bene- dictine monasteries of the middle ages, abolishing all espionage, with entire success. In 1849 he was elected deputy by the Lazarists of America to the general assembly of the order in Paris. On his re- turn to St. Mary's, while performing the duties of president, he gave missions throughout the sur- rounding country. In one of his long journeys imprudent exposure and over-fatigue resulted in paralysis of the right side, but he recovered and was elected deputy to the general assembly of his order in 1854. He founded the Seminary of our Lady of Angels near Niagara Falls, and devoted the next three years of his life to placing this institution on a firm footing. He was nominated coadjutor to the bishop of Toronto in September, 1859, with right of succession, and was consecrated on 20 Nov. following. In April, 1860, he became bishop on the resignation of Bishop de Charbonnel. He at once set about visiting every part of his diocese, and in 1863 held his first synod, in which he framed a complete code of ecclesiastical jurisprudence. In 1862 he visited Rome to attend the canonization of the Japanese martyrs. In 1869 he went again to Rome to attend the Vatican council, and was then made archbishop of Toronto and metropoli- tan of Ontario. He presided over his first provin- cial council in 1873, and in 1879 made his decen- nial visit to Rome, also visiting Ireland. In an interview with the Duke of Marlborough, then lord-lieutenant, and Sir Stafl'ord Northcote, he en- deavored to persuade those statesmen of the ad- vantage of conceding home rule to Ireland. He was received formally on his return to London by Sir Alexander T. Gait, the Canadian high commis- sioner, who requested him to be presented at court. After some hesitation he consented, by the advice of Cardinal Manning, and was the first Roman Catholic bishop since the reign of James 11. to at- tend a royal levee. On his return to Toronto he delivered a series of lectures on the Vatican coun- cil in his cathedral before large audiences, the ma- jority of whom were not Roman Catholics. Dr. Lynch was a vigorous and eloquent writer, and his pastorals, which embrace all questions of a social and religious character, had much influence on public lite in Canada. His jubilee was celebrated on 10 Dec, 1884. with great magnificence, the civil authorities of the province taking an active part in it. During Archbishop Lynch's episcopate the Roman Catholic church in Ontario made rapid strides. When he became bishop of Toronto there were about thirty priests and forty-two churches. At present (1888) there are seventy-one churches and about eighty priests. Under his guidance charitable and educational institutions sprung up in every part of Ontario. He founded the Con- vent of the Precious Blood in 1874 and Magdalen asylum in 1875, and established convents "of St. Joseph in St. Catharines, Thorold, Barrie, and Oshawa. Forty parish churches and thirty pres- byteries were erected and seventy priests ordained for the diocese between 1859 and 1884.

LYNCH, John Roy, member of congress, b. in Concordia parisii. La., 10 Sept., 1847. He is a mu- latto, and was not born a slave, but after his fa- ther's death the administrator of the estate held his mother in bondage. When a child he was car- ried with his mother to Natchez, Miss., where he continued to reside after he obtained his freedom on the occupation of the city by the National troops. He had received no previous training, but, by attending a night-school for a few months, and afterward studying privately, he obtained a good English education. He engaged in the business of photography imtil 1869, when he was appointed a justice of the peace. He was elected to the legis- lature in the same year, and re-elected and chosen speaker in 1871. In 1872 he was sent to congress, and re-elected for the following term. In 1876 he was again a candidate, and his friends claimed that he was elected, but James R. Chalmers obtained the seat. In 1878 he defeated Gen. Chalmers, and in 1880 was defeated by the Democratic candidate. He was temporary chairman of the Republican national convention of 1884.

LYNCH, Patricio, Chilian naval officer, b. in Valparaiso, 18 Oct., 1825; d. at sea in May, 1886. His father was of Irish extraction. The son studied at the naval academy, and s(?rved as a cadet in the