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 388 HALDIMAND HALE graphic du genre leptoxis (in Chenu's Illustra- tions conchologiques, Paris, 1847); "On some Points in Linguistic Ethnology" (in "Pro- ceedings of the American Academy," Boston, 1849) ; " Zoology of the Invertebrate Animals " (in the " Iconographic Encyclopaedia," New York, 1850); "On the Relations of the Eng- lish and Chinese Languages " (in " Proceedings of the American Association for the Advance- ment of Science," 1856) ; and " Analytic Or- thography," which in 1858 gained in England a prize over 18 European competitors. IIALDIMAND, a S. county of Ontario, Canada, bordering on Lake Erie near its E. end ; area, 475 sq. m. ; pop. in 1871, 24,851, of whom 7,792 were of English, 6,991 of Irish, 4,768 of German, and 3,078 of Scotch origin or descent. It is drained by Grand river, and is traversed by the Grand Trunk, the Great Western, Can- ada Southern, and Hamilton and Lake Erie railways. Capital, Cayuga. HALE, a central county of Alabama, bounded W. by the Black Warrior river, and drained by its affluents ; area, about 600 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 21,792, of whom 16,990 were colored. The surface is moderately uneven, and the soil very fertile. The Alabama and Chattanooga railroad passes through the N. W. corner ; the Alabama Central skirts the S. border; the Selma, Marion, and Memphis line runs to the county seat. The chief productions in 1870 were 384,420 bushels of Indian corn, 26,462 of sweet potatoes, and 18,573 bales of cotton. There were 1,176 horses, 2,734 mules and asses, 2,494 milch cows, 4,435 other cattle, 2,626 sheep, and 9,019 swine; 9 flour mills, and 1 machine shop. Capital, Greensboro. HALE, Benjamin, an American clergyman, born at Newburyport, Mass., Nov. 23, 1797, died there, July 15, 1863. He graduated at Bowdoin college in 1818, studied theology at Andover, and in 1822 was licensed to preach as a Congregationalist. In 1823 he became tutor in Bowdoin college, but soon after established the Gardiner lyceum, of which he was princi- pal for four years. From 1827 to 1835 he was professor of chemistry and mineralogy in Dart- mouth college, and in the mean while took or- ders in the Protestant Episcopal church. In 1836 he became president of Hobart college, Geneva, N. Y., and held the position for about 20 years ; he then resigned on account of im- paired health, and returned to his native town. Besides sermons and pamphlets on education, he published " Introduction to the Mechanical Principles of Carpentry" (1827), and "Scrip- tural Illustrations of the Liturgy" (1835). HALE, David, an American journalist, born at Lisbon, Conn., April 25, 1791, died at Frede- ricksburg, Va., Jan. 20, 1849. His father was a clergyman, from whom and in the common school he received his education. In 1809 he went to Boston, where he entered into mer- cantile business, and also contributed to news- papers. In 1827 he removed to New York to become commercial editor of the "Journal of Commerce," of Which in the following year he became one of the proprietors. The "Journal " soon acquired an influential position, and af- forded a large income to its owners. Mr. Hale contributed largely to benevolent and religious enterprises, and for many years supported sev- eral missionaries in the thinly settled parts of the country. A memoir of him by the Rev. J. P. Thompson, embracing some of his writings, was published in 1849. HALE, Edward Everett, an American author, son of the journalist Nathan Hale, born in Bos- ton, April 3, 1822. He graduated at Harvard college in 1839, studied theology, and was pas- tor of the church of the Unity, Worcester, Mu>s., from 1846 to 1856. In the latter year he was called to the South Congregational church of Boston, of which he is still pastor (1874). Ho has been at different periods editor of the " Christian Examiner " and the " Sunday School Gazette," besides being a frequent contributor to other literary and theological journals. In 1869 he founded " Old and New," a literary and critical monthly, mainly devoted to social re- form, to which he has been the principal con- tributor. His separate works are : " The Ro- sary" (1848); "Margaret Percival in Amer- ica " (1850) ; " Sketches of Christian History " (1850) ; " Letters on Irish Emigration " (1852) ; "Kansas and Nebraska" (1854); "Ninety Days' Worth of Europe " (1861) ; " The Man without a Country ;" " If, Yes, and Perhaps " (1868); " The Ingham Papers "(1869); "How to Do it;" "His Level Best;" "Ten times One is Ten: the possible Reformation" (1870); "Ups and Downs;" "Sybaris and Other Homes " (1870) ; " Christmas Eve and Christ- mas Day ;" " In His Name ;" " Working Men's Homes" (1874); and many historical papers published by the American antiquarian society. HALE, John Parker, an American statesman, born in Rochester, N. II., March 31, 1806, died in Dover, N. H., Nov. 19, 1873. He graduated at Bowdoin college in 1827, and took up his residence at Dover, where he was admitted to the bar in 1830. In 1832 he represented that town in the state legislature, and in 1834 President Jackson appointed him United States attorney for the district of New Hampshire. This office he held till 1841, when President Tyler removed him on politi- cal grounds. In 1843 he was elected as a democrat to congress, where lie sided with the opponents of slavery. In the presidential canvass of 1844 he opposed the scheme for an- nexing Texas, and was renominated for con- gress. The New Hampshire legislature having passed a resolution instructing the congres- sional delegation from that state to support the annexation measure, Mr. Hale addressed a let- ter to the people of New Hampshire, in which he declared that the annexation of Texas was demanded for the purpose of strengthening and perpetuating slavery, and that if the peo- ple wished their representatives to support such a measure they must choose another man