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Rh June. 1775. he received a commission as major to raise a corps of llighlamlers in Now. Heotia in aid of the crown. He was in the battle of liunlu-r llill. aml is a prominent figure in (‘ol. 'I‘rumbull's pie- ture. He was appointed major comm;unlin,-,r the 2d battalion of the ﬁlth royal engineers. with part of which he joined the army umler Sir Henry ('lin- ton at New York in I779. aml Ill ITHU he became lieutenant-eolom-l. He was appointed colonel. 18 No\'.. ITEM). became lieutenant-gtivernorof tiucrn- sev in ITEM, and major-general. 3 (It-L. ITHI.

'''SMALL. Michael Peter'''. soldier. b. in Harris- burg. I’m. 9 Aug" thl : d. on Governor's island. N. Y.. 1 Aug.. 1-392. He was graduated at the U. h'. military academy. assigned to the artillery, served againstthe Seminole Italians. and was promoted lst lieutenant. 27 April. 1:46]. He served as chief colit- missary and l nartermaster at Itolla. .\Io.. from 4 Sept" lHtiI. till 31 .lan.. 1-363: as ellief commissary of the 155th army corps. and of the army during the field, in the 'l‘cehe campaign in the Depart- mcnt of the (lulf from 15 Sept. till 9 Nov.. 1563; and was supervising commissary of the states of Illinois and lmliana from December. 1563. till Feb- ruary. thl-t. He was appointed lieutenant-colonel on the stall. 15 Sept. 1863, became chief commis- sary of the Department of Virginia and North Carolina at Fortress Monroe. supplied the armies operating against Richmond. and acted in a simi- lar capacity for other armies and other military departments till the close of the war. He became la'evet colonel of U. S. volunteers. 1 Jan., 1865. and brevet brigadier—general. ‘J April. IHGS, for merito- rious servtces in the subsistence department dur- ing the war. At the time of his death Gen. Small was assistant commissary general.

'''SMALLEY. Eugene Virgil'''. journalist. b. in Randolph. l'ortage co.. Uhio, 18 .luly. lH-Il; d. in h'l. I’aul,29 llee.. lHtltl. He was educated in the pub- lic sehools. aml passed u. year in New York central college at III-(Irawville. lle enlisted at. the begin- ning of the civil war in the 7th Ohio infantry. aml fret uently sent letters about different engagements tot to newspapers. for which descriptions he had shown a predilection before entering the field. He served until nearly the close of the struggle, when he was. discharged on account of wounds, aml as soon as he was able Went. to \Vashington. I). ('.. where. in 1865. he was appointed clerk of the mili- tary committee of the house of representatives. lle retained the post until 1873. at the same time Correspmiding at intervals for different jour- nals. He then formed a connection with a New York journal. continuing to be its eorrespond- cut and editorial writer for nine years. lluring his residence in Washington he had formed an intimate acquaintante with public men and Inca-sures. which aided him greatly as a journalist. In IHHL’. he en- tered the employment of the Northern Paciﬁc rail- road. aml in IHH-t established the “Northwest.” an illustrated magazine, in St. Paul. Minn.. of which he continued to be the editor and aiblisher. He is a frequent contributor to periodicals. mainly on subjects relating to the resources aml develop- ment of the region in which he has made his home. lle has )nblishcll " History of the Northern Pacific Railroad " (New York, tHHZl), and " History of the Republican Party " (INNS).

'''SMALLEY. George Washburn'''. journalist. b. in Franklin. Norfolk 1:0,, Mass, ~ June. INCH. He was graduated at Yale in 1853, read law with George I". Hour at Worcester in mill—'4. and in Harvard law-school in IHJ-t—T). and in 1H5” was admitted to the ’mston bar. Boston until the opening of the civil war. when. in the service of the New York "Tribnne." he accom- panied the National troops to Port lioval. after- ward going with (ten. John 1'. Fremont into Vir- ginia. liemainiug with the Army of the Potomac, he witnessed the battle of Antietam. lnnnediately upon its close. Smalley rode thirty miles. found a train. and. going direct to New York. wrote his narrative of the engagement on the cars. This \irid description. with the energy that had been shown in itstransmission aml publieation.gave him rank :unongthe best-known war correspondents. In 1146:; he was a member of the editorial stall ot' the. “'l‘ribune." At the smlden beginning of the war betw'een l’russia aml .\ustria in lHtIt; .\lr. h'malley was sent on a day‘s notice to I'luropc. .\t. the close of the war he returned fora few months to New York. but was sent to l‘lngland in May. INST. b_\' the “ 'l‘ribuno." \Vlllt instructions to organize a Imlttlnll bureau for that journal. This he did. and the suc- cess that has attemled the 'Illl'nla-nll department of the “Tribune " is largely due to his efforts. In INTO. at the opening of the Franco-tierman war. the “ 'l‘ribune " devised a new system of ueWs-gath- ering. Mr. Smallcy. as the tight of this policy. showed an energy aml foresight which gave him an eminent rank in journalism. The English writer Kinglakc. in his “ History of the ('rimcan War." says: “The succeSsot' that mrtnership for the pur- pose of war news which hat been formed la-then one of our lmndon lit-\Vspapers aml the New York ‘ 'l‘ribune.’ was an era in the journalism of l'lnrope." N r. Smalley in 1897 became New York correspond- cut of the London “ 'l'imes." He has written " Lon- don lictters aml Some Others" (New York. INIII) and "Studies of Men " (1895).

'''SMALLEY. John.''' clergyman, b. in Lebanon (now ('ollunbia). ('onn.. 4 June. 1734; d. in New Britain. ('onn.. I .Iune. 1H2". .\ fter his graduation at Yale in 1756 he studied theology under Itev. Joseph Bellamy. and on 19 April. 175-8. was or- dained and installed pastor over a newly organized clmreh at New Britain, ('onn.. sustaining the rela- tion. with slight interruption. a little more than ﬁfty years. In IHtllI he received the degree of II. I). front l’rinceton. aml in lHltl, being infirm. he was given a colleague, preaching afterward occasionally aml devoting himself to the preparation of a see- oml volume of discourses for publication. llr. Hmalley's sermons. which he always read in the pulpit. have seldom been surpassed in logical ac- curacy. elearncss. and strength. The llev. lioyal Itobbins says in [15:36: “ Ilr. Hmalley. in referring to his treat isn on ‘Natural aml Moral Inability.’ seemed to think that no one previously had drawn the proper distinctions on this subject—not even l'ldwards had made the matter clear. Admitting the cm'reetuecs of this o :inion. he is to be regarded as the father of New 'lngland theology in that branch of it." He published twu sermons on " Nat- ural and Moral Inability" (171m; republished in London); two on " l'niversal Salvation " (HHS—'6); one on "The l’erfeetion of Divine Law"(ITH7): and an " I‘Ileetion Sermon " (IHtNI). 'I‘Wo Volumes of his sermons were issUed III lHtM—‘l-t.

'''SMALLS. Robert'''. member of congress. b. in Beaufort. S. ('.. 5 April.IH1:!l. Icing a slave. he was debarred from attending school. and was alto- gether sell-educated. Ilc removed to ('harleston in 1H51. Worked at the rigger's trade. aftcl'Wartl led a seafaring life. aml in 1H“ was employed as a pilot on “The l’luuter."a steamer that plied in ('harleston harbor as a transport. In May, 1862, he took this vessel over ('harleston bar. and de- livered her to the eonnnamler of the U. h‘. blockad- in},r squadron. .\ fter serving for some time as pilot.