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Rh. He had been a frequent contributor to magazines, and in 1858 published " Mount Wnmn, and other Poems " (4th cd., New York. 1864). He had also published " Nature and Culture " (Boston, 1875) : " Pioneers of the Western Reserve " (1882) ; "Select Poems" (1885); and "Sketches of West- ern Life " (1888).

RICE, Henry Mower, senator, b. in Waits- field. Vt.. 20 Nov.. 1816 : d. in San Antonio. Texas, 15 Jan., 1894. He emigrated to Michigan in 1835, and was employed in making surveys of Kalamazoo and Grand rivers, and of the Sault Sainte Marie canal in 1837. He removed to Fort Snelling, Iowa territory, in 183!), and was post-sutler at Port At- kinson in 1840-'2, and subsequently an agent of a fur-trading company, and established trading- posts from Lake Superior to the Red river of the North. On 2 Aug., 1847. he served as U. S. com- missioner at Pond du Lac in making a treaty with the Ojibway Indians for the cession of the country south of Crow Wing and Long Prairie rivers. On 21 Aug. he obtained from the Pillager band of Ojibways the cession of a large tract be- tween those rivers, known as the Leaf River coun- try. He assisted in making many other treaties. He settled in St. Paul in 1849. was elected a dele- gate from Minnesota territory to congress in 1853, was re-elected in 1855, was the author of the law extending the right of pre-emption over unsur- veyed lands in the territory, and procured the pas- sage of an act authorizing the framing of a state constitution preparatory to the admission of Min- nesota into the Union. He was then elected In the U. S. senate, serving from 11 May, 1858, till 3 March, 1863. Mr. Rice was a member of the com- mittees on finance and military affairs, and the spe- cial committee on the condition of the country in I860-'!, and a delegate to the Philadelphia nation- al union convention in 1H06. He was the founder of Bayfield. Wis.. mid Muni-dug. Mich., and had given Rice park to the city of St. Paul.

RICE, Isaac Leopold, author, b. in Wachen- heim. Bavaria. 22 Feb., 1850. He was brought to the United States in 1856, educated at Philadel- phia high-school, and studied music in that city and in 1866-'8 at the Paris conservatoire, acting while there as correspondent of the Philadelphia "Evening Bulletin." He taught music and lan- guages for some time in England, and in the au- tumn of 1809 established himself as a music-teacher in New York city. He was graduated at Columbia law-school in 1880, founded the academy of politi- cal science, and was lecturer and librarian of the political science library of Columbia in 1882-'3, and then entered on the practice of the special branch of railroad law, acting also as instructor in Columbia college law-school till 1886. He was one of the founders of the " Forum " in New York city in 1885, and, besides articles on political science, has published "What is Music !" (New York, 1875) and How Geometrical Lines have their Counter- parts in Music " (1880).

RICE, James Clay, soldier, b. in Worthington, Mass., 27 Dec., 1829 ; d. near Spottsylvania Court- House, Va., 11 May, 1864. He obtained an educa- tion by his own efforts, and, after graduation at Yale in 1854, engaged in teaching at Natchez, Miss., and conducted the literary department of a newspaper. He also began the study of law, and continued it in New York city, where he was ad- mitted to the bar in 1S5IJ and entered into practice. When the civil war began he enlisted as a private, became adjutant and captain, and, on the organi- zation of the 44th New York regiment, was ap- pointed its lieutenant-colonel. He became colo- nel of the regiment soon afterward, and led it. in i he liaiiles of Yorkt.own, Hanover Court-House, Gaines's Mills. Malvern Hill, Manassas, Fredericks- burg, and Chancellorsville, and at Gettysburg commanded a brigade, and during the second day's fight performed an important service by holding the extreme left of the line against repeated at- tacks and securing Round Top mountain against a flank movement. For this he was commis.-n .u.-d as brigadier-general of volunteers, 17 Aug.. isi;:;. He participated in the advance on Mine Run and in the operations in the Wilderness, and was killed in the battle near Spottsylvania.

RICE, Luther, philanthropist, b. in North- borough, Mass., 25 March, 1783; d. in Edgefield district, S. C., 25 Sept., 1836. He spent three years at Leicester academy, paying his expenses by his own exertions. While he was at Williams college, which he entered in 1807. he became deep- ly interested in the subject of foreign missions. Through his instrumentality a society of inquiry on this subject was formed, a branch of which was organized about the same time at Andover seminary. At this seminary, where he became a student, he engaged with Judson, Mills, Newell, and others in preparing a memorial to the General association of evangelical ministers in Massachu- setts, urging the claims of the heathen upon their attention. The result of their efforts was the for- mation of the American board of commissioners for foreign missions. Rice was not appointed with the first company of missionaries by the board, but, being intent upon going, was allowed to do so on condition that he should raise the money for his outfit and passage. This he did in a few days. He was ordained as a Congregational minister in Salem, Mass., 6 Feb., 1812, and sailed for India on the 18th in the packet " Harmony." Shortly after his arrival in India he united with the Baptists. His associates, Adoniram Judson and his wife, had done the same thing a few weeks earlier. On account of opposition on the part of the English authorities, Mr. Rice sailed for the Isle of France, and thence for the United States, to adjust his re- lations with the American board. Reaching New York, 7 Sept., 1813, he went at once to Boston. His ivlai i, ins with the board were quickly dissolved, and he turned to the Baptist denomination, with which he now identified himself. Being commis- sioned as an agent by a company of Baptists in Boston, he traversed the country, stirring the Bap- tist churches to take up the cause of foreign mis- sions. Partly as a result of his efforts, delegates met in Philadelphia in May, 1814, and organized the general convention of the Baptist denomina- tion in the United States for foreign mi. -ions. With his missionary zeal Mr. Rice united an eager interest in the cause of ministerial education. Mainly through his influence and efforts an insti- tution of learning was established in Washington, D. C., which is now known as Columbian university. He was for several years its agent and treasurer, while serving at, the same time as missionary agent. He sacrificed his life in seeking to promote the welfare of the college that he had founded. In 1815 he was elected to the presidency of Transyl- vania university, Lexington, Ky., but he declined this call, as well as a similar one to Georgetown college. Ky. Mr. Rice was a preacher of great power. He left no published works, but few men have exerted upon the Baptist denomination a wider and more lasting influence.

'''RICE. Nathan Lewis''', clergyman, b. in fJarrard county, Ky., 29 Dec., 1807; d. lii Chatham. Ky.. 11 June, 1877. He was educated at Centre college,