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Rh '''NORTHRUP. Birdsoy Grant''', clergyman, b. in Kent, Conn., 16 Julv, 1817 : tl. in Clinton, Conn., 27 April, 18!>8. He t<'.ok his A. B. at Yale, and in 1845 was gratlnateti from the Yale theologieal semi- nary. He was pastor of the Congregational church St Saxonvillc. Ma-ss., for ten years; from 1857 un- til 1867 he was agent of the Massachusetts board of education, and Irom 1867 until 1883 was sec- retary of the Connecticut boanl of education. In 1864 he was one of the board of visitors at West Point, delivering the commencement address there. He was president of the American institute of in- struction, of the National association of school su- perintendents, and of the National education as- sociation. In 1872 Japan invited him to establish i a system of public education there, but he declined, i maintaining that he could serve that country bet- 1 ter by remaining here: in recognition of his un- selfish and unsparing efforts in her behalf Japan presented him with a set of china, and when he visited that country received him as the guest of the nation. In 1871, and again in 1877, he was sent to Europe to examine its systems of educa- tion and its schools for forestry and industrial education. Dr. Northrup will be remembered, how- ever, for his efforts for the sanitary and tt'sthetic improvements of towns and homes, as " father of village improvement societies," and as the origi- nator of Arbor day. It was through his efforts that the late Daniel Hand (q. v.) gave the Ameri- can missionary society f 1.500,000 for the benefit of the freedmen of the south. In 1872 he received the dejrrne of Lli. I), from Williams.

'''NORTON. Charles Stuart''', naval ofTicer. b. in Albany. N. Y., 10 Aug., 1k:!6. He wa.s appointed to the naval academy, graduating in June. 1855. and was attached to the frigates " Potomac " and "Wabash." He was promoted in 1858 and at- tached to the frigate " Waba-^h." of the European squadron. He became miustcr in 1858, serving on the steam-ship " Seminole." of the Mrazilian siiuad- ron; was made lieutenant in 1861, ami attached to the steamer ".Seminole" on the Charleston blwk- ade. and subsequently in the Potomac flotilla. Hampton Roads, where he participated in several engagements. He was in the battle of Port lioyal, and promoted lieutenant-commaniler in 1862. serv- ing ni the North Atlantic blockading squadron. From 1862-"4 he was on the steamers " Lackawan- na," " l{ichmond." and " All>atro»s." in the West : Gulf blockading squadron. He afterwanl com- manded the " Maratanza." " Mercedita." and the | " Albatross " for various periods, serving constant- i ly afloat during the entire war. except two months in the hospital from exi«>sure on duty and three months waiting orders. In 1806-"8 he was at- tached to the steamer " Shamrwk," European gqua<lron. He was on dutv at the Portsmouth navy-yard and receiving-ship " Vermont." New York navy-yard, and on ironclad duty in New Orleans. He was promoted couimanuer, 1870, commanding sloop "Shawmut," and was on duty at torpedo station, Newport. Afterward he was placed in command of the receiving-shij) " Iiule- pendence," Mare island, having been promoted to captain. 1881, and commanded the "Shenandoah," South Pacific squadron, and was in command of Norfolk navy-yard. He was promoted commodore in 1894. commanding the South Atlantic station, with rank of rear-admiral, 18!)4-'6. In 1896-'8 he was in command of the navy-yard at Washington, was promoteil rear-admiral in February, and re- tired from active service in August, 18i»8.

'''NOTT. Charles Cooper''', jurist, b. in .Schenec- tadv. N. Y.. 16 Sept., 1827. and was graduated at Williams, afterward receiving from his alma mater the degree of LL. D. He studied law, and practised in New York, and it was through his instrumentality that Abraham Lincoln delivered the address in that city. February, 1860 — an address which secured for him the presidency. In 1861 Mr. Nott was com- missioned captain of the 5th Iowa cavalry, seeing active service in the western canjpaigns. He was appointed colonel of the 176th New ork infantry, was captured in Louisiana in June. 186;!, and held a prisoner in Texas for more than a year. In Feb- ruary, 1865, Col, Nott was appointed by President Lincoln one of the judges of the court of claims, and in November, 18!»6. he became chief justice of the court, which convenes in Washington, Judge Nott, who has been a frequent contributor to the maga- zines, is the author of "Mechanic's Lien Laws" (Albany, 1856); "Sketchesof the War"{New York, 186;i); "Sketches of Prison Camps" (1865); "The Seven Great Hymns of the Mediteval Church " (1866; revised edition, 1898); and "The Court of Claims Reports," in 34 octavo volumes (Washing- ton, 1867-99) ; and. with Archibald Hopkins, " Di- gest of the Court of Claims Reports" (1876).

NUÑSEZ, Emilio. Cuban general, b. in Sagna la Grande. Cid)a, 27 Dec, 1855. He entered the Cuban service in 1873 at the age of eighteen as a private soldier in the Gonzalez regiment, and served through the ten years' war. During the campaign he was promoted to be aide-<le-camp to Gen. Keeve. At the close of the war he was mus- tered out as major. At the outbreak of the second revolution in 1879 he was given command of the brigaile of Santa Clara, with the rank of colonel, and was the last commander of rank to surrender to the Spaniarils. One of the conditions of the treaty between the .Spaniards and the .Spanish govern- ment was that Nuilez should leave Cuba forever, and from that time until the commencement of the recent revolt he had been engaged in com- mercial pursuits in Philadelphia. During the cam- paigns of the past decade the general had been the organizer of all the filibustering expeditions that sailed for Cuba from these shores, having com- manded thirteen of these expeditions in person. His present rank was conferred upon him in 1897 for valuable services in the cause of his country.