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Rh the party, and had been active as a public speaker. His sun, WILLIAM, was colonel of the 9th New York cavalry, and was fatally wounded while lead- ing a charge" under Sheridan at Trevilian Station.

SACO, Jos Antonio (sah'-ko), Cuban publicist, h. in Bayamo, Cuba, in May, 1797: d. in Madrid. Spain, in 1879. He finished his education in Ha- vana, where, in 1831, he obtained the professorship of philosophy in the Seminary of San Carlos. Prom 1834 till 1826 he travelled in the United States, and in 1828 he returned to New York, where he devoted himself to literary labors. He translated int" Spanish, from the Latin, the celebrated work of Heinecius on Roman law. and his translation pa-~cd through several editions in Spain. In 1833 In- went to Havana, and held the editorship of the "Revista Bimestre Cubana" until 1834, when he was banished from the island on account of his liberal ideas and anti-slavery principles. In 1836 he was elected to represent the eastern part of Cuba in the Spanish cortes. but he did not take his seat, as the Madrid government deprived the colo- nies of representation. He published in Madrid ' 1'aralelo entre Cuba y algunas colonias inglesas" (1838). He made afterward an extensive tour in the European continent, and in 1840 fixed his resi- dence in Paris, where he published " Supresion del trafico de esclavos en Cuba " (1845), which brought upon him the wrath of the slave-holders, and di- minished his chances of being allowed to return to Cuba. In 1848 he published in Paris his "Ideas sobre la incorporacion de Cuba a los E. U.," favor- ing the annexation of Cuba to the United States, which was immediately translated into English and French, and assailed by the American press. " La situacion politica de Cuba y su remedio " was published in 1851, and " La cuestion Cubana " in 1853. He was elected by Santiago de Cuba in 1866 as one of the delegates sent to Madrid to advocate political reforms for the island, and in 1878 was again elected by the same city to the Spanish eor- tes. Saco was a voluminous writer. During the last years of his life he began the publication of his great work " Historia de la esdavitud desde los tiempos mas remotos " (Paris, 1876 et seg.), one of the most exhaustive works on this subject, of which several volumes were published before his death. It has been translated into various Euro- pean languages. Other works of Saco are " His- toria de la esclavitud entre los Indies." and nu- merous articles and essays on a diversity of sub- jects, which have been collected under the title of " Coleccion de papeles varios " (Havana, 1883).

SADLIER, Mary Anne (MADDEN), author, b. in Cootehill, County Cavan, Ireland, 31 Dec., 1830. After receiving a private school education she con- tributed to London magazines, and in 1844 emi- grated to Montreal, Canada, where she published by subscription " Tales of the Olden Time." In 1S46 she married James Sadlier, then of the pub- lishing firm of I), and J. Sadlier and Co., of New York and Montreal, and became connected edi- torially with the Roman Catholic press. She has translated several religious works, tales, and dramas from the French, and is the author of stories for Roman Catholic Sunday-schools, and several novels. Her works include Alice Riodan, or the Blind Man's Daughter" (Boston, 1851): " New Lights, or Life in Galway" (New York. 1853): "The Blakes and Flanagans" (1N55); " The Confederate Chief- tains, a Tale of the Irish Rebellion of 1641 " (1859) : " Bessy Conway, or the Irish Girl in America " (1863); "The Daughter of Tyrconnell" (1863); " Maureen Dhu, the Admiral's 'Daughter " (1870): and " Purgatory, Doctrinal, Historical, and Politi- cal " (1886). Her daughter, Anna Theresa, au- thor, b. in Montreal, Canada, 1'J Jan., 1854, was educated partially in New York city, and gradu- ated .-it the convent of Villa Maria, near Montreal, in 1S71. She has contributed largely t<> the Roman Catholic press, has translated numerous tales and poems from the French and Italian, and is the author of " Seven Years and Mair " (New York, 1878); "Ethel Hamilton, and other Tales" (1877 i; "The King's Page" (1877;: "Women of Catholici- ty" (1885); and "The Silent Woman of Alood " (1887). She has also published a compilation en- titled " Gems of Catholic Thought " (1883).

'''SADTLER. Benjamin''', clergyman, b. in Balti- more, Md.. 35 Dec., 1823. He was graduated at Pennsylvania college. Gettysburg, in 1843, and at the theological seminary there in 1844, and was suc- cessively pastor of Lutheran churches at Pine Grove, Pa., in' 1845-'!); Shippensburg, Pa., in 1849-'o3; Middletown, Pa., in 1853-'6 ; and Easton, Pa., in 1856-'62. In the last year he became principal of the Ladies' seminary at Lutherville, Md., and in 1875 he accepted the presidency of Muhlenberg college, Allentown, Pa. He occupied this post until 1886, when, disabled for life by a fall on the ice, he was compelled to abandon the work. In 1867 he received the degree of D. D. from Penn- sylvania college. He was a trustee of that insti- tution in 1863-'77, and has held many offices of honor and trust in his church. He is a frequent contributor to the periodicals of his denomination, and has published numerous baccalaureate dis- courses and addresses, including " A Rebellious Nation Reproved " (Easton, Pa., 1861), and " The Causes and Remedies of the Losses of her Popula- tion by the Lutheran Church in America " (Phila- delphia, 1878). His eldest son, Samuel Philip, chemist, b. in Prine Grove, Pa., 18 July. 1847, was graduated at Pennsylvania college in 1867, studied at Lehigh university in 1867-'8. and was gradu- ated at the Lawrence scientific school of Harvard in 1870 with the degree of S. B. He then studied chemistry at the University of Gottingen, where in 1871 he received the degree of Ph. D. for original researches on iridium salts. On his return he held the professorship of natural science in Pennsyl- vania college until 1874. when he accepted the chair of general and organic chemistry in the University of Pennsylvania, which he resigned in 1891. He was also professor of chemistry in the Philadelphia college of pharmacy, to which he was appointed in 1879. Prof. Sadtler again vi>itrd Europe in 1885 for the purpose of inspecting labo- ratories of applied chemistry in England and on the continent, and on his return made a report of his observations to the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania for their guidance in organizing a laboratory of industrial chemistry. He is a fel- low of the Chemical societies of London and Ber- lin, of the American association for the advancement of science, and of other societies in the United States. Since 1879 he has furnished each month notes on chemistry to the "American Journal of Pharmacy." Dr. Sadtler was chemical editor of the American reprint of the ninth edition of the " Encyclopaedia Britannica " (Philadelphia, 1880-'4). ami, with Joseph P. Remington and Horatio C. W 1. edited the fifteenth and sixteenth editions of the " United States Dispensatory " (1882-'8), having entire charge of the chemical part of that work. Besides numerous addresses and lectures, he has published " Handbook of Chemical Experimentation for Lecturers" (Louisville, 1877), and edited the eighth edition of Attfield's " Medical and Pharmaceutical Chemistry" (Philadelphia, 1879).