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618 advocated the adoption of the U. S. constitution, but in vain. He had been in correspondence with Grn. Washington on the subject, and the follow- ing interesting paragraph occurs in an unpublished Ic-ttcT to Gov. Spaight. dated Mt. Vernon, May 25, 1 TSS : I am sorry to find by your letter that the state of North Carolina is so much opposed to the proposed government. If a better could be agreed on. it might be well to reject this ; but without such a prospect (and I confess none appears to me), policy I think must recommend the one that is submitted." On the invitation of Gov. Spaight, Washington visited North Carolina, and, in conse- quence of their united counsels, North Carolina ratified the constitution, 21 Nov., 1789. Owing to feeble health Gov. Spaight retired during four years from public life. In 1792 he was elected to the legislature, and he was immediately chosen governor by that body, being the first native of the state that was chief magistrate. In 1793 and 1797 he was a presidential elector. He was a member of congress again from 1798 till 1801. and in the latter year sat in the North Carolina senate. He died of a wound that he had received in a duel with John Stanly, his successor in congress. His i-l'lrst son. Richard Dobbs, governor of North Carolina, b. in New Berne, N. C., in 1790 ; d. there in NovrrniVr. 1851). was graduated at the Univer- sity of North Carolina in 1815, and was a member of the legislature in 1819, and of the state senate in 1820-'2. He sat in congress in 1823-'5, was again state senator in 1825-'34, and governor of the state in 1835-'7, being the last governor that was elected by the legislature. Gov. Spaight was a member of the Constitutional convention of 1837, which transferred the election to the popular vote.

SPALDING, Henry Harmon, missionary, b. in Bath, X. Y., in 1804; d. in Lapwai, Idaho, 3 Aug., 1874. He was graduated at Western Re- serve college in 1833, and entered the class of 1837 in Lane theological seminary, but left, without graduation, upon his appointment in 1836 by the American board as missionary to the Ncz Perces Indians of Idaho. He remained at Lapwai till 1847, when he fled with his family to the Willa- mette valley upon the murder of his associate, and all those that were attached to his post at Walla-Walla, by the Indians. After this he la- bored fourteen years among the savages, using his translations of the Scriptures, and acting also in 1850-'o as commissioner of common schools for Oregon. He returned to Lapwai in 1862, combining with his mission work that of superintendent of education for the Nez Perces Indians till 1871. His labors thereafter were under the auspices of the Presbyterian board of missions, and were in northwestern Idaho and northeastern Washington territories. Several thousands of Indians were civilized through his efforts, and more than 1.000 became professedly Christians. Mr. Spalding translated parts of the Bible into the Nez Perec- language, which he had reduced to writing.

SPALDING, James Reed, journalist, b. in Montpelier, Vt., 15 Nov., 1821 ; d. in Dover, N. H., 10 Oct., 1872. His father was for nearly half of a century a well-known physician in Vermont. The son was graduated at the University of Ver- mont in 1840. and was a private tutor in Georgia, at the same time studying law. On his return to Montpelier he was admitted to the bar, but his lit- erary tastes led him to give up his profession, and he spent several years in travel through Europe and into Asia as a student of manners, morals, and politics. He was a witness of the events of the Kivnc-li revolution of 1848. His li-tin- to the New York " Courier and Enquirer " during his so- journ abroad won great admiration by tlu-ir philo- sophical grasp of events and persons and brilliancy of style. On his return to the United States in the spring of 1850 he became attached to the "Courier and Enquirer" as its leading writer. His reputation led in 1859 to the establishment of the New York " World," and his headship of it. The design of the enterprise was altogether new that of a model journal conducted throughout on Christian principles, independent of particular sects or political parties. The financial crisis that attended the progress of the civil war so af- fected the paper that it passed under a new man- agement and editorship. In 1802 Mr. Spalding took a post in the editorial corps of the New York "Times," and many of its patriotic editorials were from his pen. He was stricken with paralysis when in the full vigor of his powers, and died after years of sickness. Richard Grant White, who was associated with him both in the " Courier and En- quirer " and the " World," wrote of Mr. Spalding : " With a theme congenial and an occasion to arouse him, his vigor and elegance have never been ex- celled by a writer upon the- city press." His pub- lished addresses are " Spiritual Philosophy and Ma- terial Politics" (1854), and "The True Idea of Female Education " (1855). His brother, George Bnrley, clergyman, b. in Montpelier, Vt, 11 Aug., 1835, was graduated at the University of Vermont in 1856, studied law at Tallahassee, Fla., spent two years at Union theological seminary. New York city, and was graduated at Andover seminary in 1861. He was ordained at Vergennes, Vt., the same year, and after holding Congregational pas- torates in Hartford, Conn., and Dover and Man- chester, N. H., took charge in 1885 of the 1st Presbyterian church in Syracuse, N. Y., which place he now holds. Dr. Spalding has done much editorial work on the New York " World," the " Times," the " Watchman," Boston, and the " New Hampshire Journal," which was established by him in 1881. He was a member of the Constitu- tional convention of New Hampshire in 1877, and of the legislature of the same year. He received the degree of D. D. from Dartmouth in 1878. Dr. Spalding has travelled extensively in the Old World. His published sermons and addresses in- clude "Sermon Commemorative of Gen. Samuel P. Strong" (1854); "Scriptural Policy," a political tract (1808); "In Memortam, John Parker llali-" (1873) ; and " The Idea and Necessity of Normal- School Training " (1878).

SPALDING, John Franklin, P. E. bishop, b. in Belgrade, Me., 25 Aug., 1828. He was graduated at Bowdoin in 1853, and at the Episcopal general theological seminary. New York city, in 1857, and was ordained deacon in Portland, Me., 8 July, 1857, by Bishop Burgess, and priest, in Gardiner. Me., 14 July, 1858, by the same bishop. He did missionary duty in Old Town, Me., for two years, was rector of St. George's church, Lee, Mass., in 1859-'60 assistant minister in Grace church, Providence. R. I., in I860-'!, officiated for a short time in St. John's church. Providence, and in April, 1862, became rector of St. Paul's church, Erie, Pa. This post he held for nearly twelve years. Having been elected missionary bishop of Colorado, with jurisdiction in the territory of Wyoming, he was consecrated in St. Paul's church, Erie, 31 Dec.. 1873. Trinity gave him the degree of D. D. in 1874. Bishop Spalding is author of " A Devotional Manual," several tracts, and numerous occasional sermons and addresses. His latest publication is entitled " The Church and it