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Rh Brown county, Ohio, he settled in Galena, 111., where he held various civil offices, and in Novem- ber, 1861, entered the military service as 1st lieu- tenant in the 45th Illinois regiment. After the capture of Fort Donelson he was commissioned captain, 26 Feb.. 1862, and appointed aide-de-camp on the staff of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. He distin- guished himself at Shilo'h by riding from the thick- est of the fight at the Hornet's Nest toward Crump's Landing with orders to Gen. Lewis Wal- lace to bring his troops to the field, for which service he was promoted major, 1 Nov., 1862. He served on the staff until the siege of Vicksburg, when he was temporarily detached from headquarters, and acted as provost-marshal-general of the depart- ments of the Tennessee and Cumberland, with headquarters at Columbus, Ky. When Gen. Grant was promoted lieutenant-general, Maj. Rowley was made lieutenant-colonel and military secretary on his staff, which office he held until 30 Aug., 1864, when he resigned, owing to impaired health. He was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers on 13 March, 1865. He then returned to Galena, 111., was elected county judge in 1877, which office he held at his death, and was also engaged in real- estate business. Before his death he was the only surviving member of Gen. Grant's military staff when he commanded the Army of the Tennessee, and he died on the day that closed the official turm of mourning for Gen. Grant.

ROWSE, Samuel Worcester, b. in Bath. Me., 29 Jan., 1822. He has devoted himself to drawing in black and white, and his works in crayon, chiefly portraits and ideal heads of children, are well known to the public. Many of them have been reproduced by photography and other processes. Among his portraits are those of Ralph W T aldo Emerson and Nathaniel Hawthorne.

ROWSON, Susanna, author, b. in Portsmouth, England, in 1762; d. in Boston. Mass., 2 March, 1824. She was the only daughter of Lieut. William Haswell, of the British navy, who, being engaged in the revenue service on the American station, settled in Nantasket, Mass. Miss Haswell's talents attracted the attention of James Otis, who was a frequent guest at her father's house, and who called her his "little scholar." During the early part of the Revolution, Lieut. Haswell's property was con- fiscated, and he and his family were removed on parole to Hingham in 1775, and in 1777 to Abing- ton. He subsequently sailed in a cartel with his family to England, and, after serving as governess, Miss Haswell married in 1786 William Rowson, a musician. In that year she published a novel, " Victoria " (London),' which was dedicated to the Duchess of Devonshire, who introduced her to the Prince of Wales, from whom she procured a pension for her father. Her husband became bankrupt, and in 1792-'3 she appeared on the stage with him in Edinburgh. In 1793 they came to this country, appearing for the first time in An- napolis, Md., and subsequently in Philadelphia and Baltimore. In 1796 she played in Boston at the Federal street theatre, appearing in several of her own plays, and closing with her comedy, Americans in England," in May, 1797. She then opened a school for girls. She retired in 1*--. Mrs. Rowson possessed many accomplishments, was active in charities, and was a successful teacher. Mie rdited the Boston "Weekly Magazine," and contributed to other periodicals. She wrote numer- ous popular odes and songs. Her plays include "The Volunteers: a Farce," founded on the whis- key insurrection in western Pennsylvania (Phila- delphia, 1793), and "The Slaves in Algiers." Her most popular novel was " Charlotte Temple, or a Tale of Truth '' (London, 1790). Montraville, the hero, was in reality the author's kinsman. Col. John Montresor, while serving in the British army, persuaded Charlotte Stanley, a descendant of ihr Earl of Derby, to embark with him in 1774 tn New York, where he abandoned her. She died in the Old Tree House on Pell and Doyers streets at the age of nineteen years, and was buried in the grave-yard of Trinity church. In addition to the inscription, the slab bore the quarterings of the house of Derby, and in after-years the name of Charlotte Temple was substituted for that of Stan- ley. Among Mrs. Rowson's publications are " The Inquisitor, or Invisible Rambler" (3 vols., Lon- don, 1788; Philadelphia, 1794); "Trials of the Human Heart "(4 vols.. Philadelphia, 1795); " Iteu- ben and Rachel, or Tales of Old Times" (2 vols., 1798); and "Miscellaneous Poems" (Boston. 1804). Her sequel to " Charlotte Temple," entitled ' Lucy Temple, or the Three Orphans," was published after her death (Boston, 1828). See a memoir by Elias Nason (Albany, 1870). Her sister-in-law, Charlotte Rowson, b. near London about 1779; d. in 1855, came to this country in 1793 and ap- peared on the stage in light characters and sang popular songs with much effect. She married William P. Johnston, of Philadelphia, publisher of the first daily paper in that city. Their son, David Claypoole (g. ?.), became an eminent artist.

ROYAL, Joseph, Canadian statesman, b. in Repentigny, Quebec, 7 May, 1837. He was educated at the Jesuit college, Montreal, studied law, and was admitted to the bar of Lower Canada in 1804, and to that ol Manitoba in 1871, was counsel in important cases, retired in 1880, and is now the agent for Le credit fonder Franco-Canadien for Manitoba. He has written much for the French Canadian periodical press for many years, and edited and established various newspapers. He was elected to the legislative assembly of Manitoba in 1870, and was re-elected in 1875' and is;s. I n 1X79 he was chosen to the Dominion parliament, and he was re-elected in 1882 and 1887. He was elected speaker of the first legislative assembly of Manitoba in 1871, which post he held till March,, when he was appointed a member of the executive council and provincial secretary, but resigned in July, 1874. He was minister of public works from 3 Dec., 1874, till he was appointed attorney-general in May, 1876, and held the latter office till the resignation of the government, when he became minister of public works in the new administration. He was appointed a member of the executive council of the Northwest territory in, and was the first superintendent of education for Manitoba. He has been a delegate to Ottawa on the subject of obtaining better terms for Manitoba, and also regarding the enlargement of her boundaries. In October, 1875, he aided in securing a readjustment of the financial arrangements of Manitoba with the Dominion. Mr. Royal was a commissioner to consolidate the statutes of Manitoba in 1877. and since that year has been 1st vice-chancellor of the University of Manitoba. He received the confederation medal in 1885, and in June, 1888, was appointed lieutenant-governor of the Northwest territory. He is the author of "Le traite de reciprocite " (1864): "Vie politique de Sir Louis II. Lafontaine " (1864) ; "Considerations sur les nombreux changements constitutionels de l'Amerique Britannique du Nord, 1'annexion " (1866); "Notes par un Nicoletain " (1866): "La colonisation en 1866 " (1867) : " Le sacrifice et 1'egoisme " (1867); and " Le gout-theorie " (1867).