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the army in 1820. He was a representative from Charleston in the South Carolina legislature, and a. presidential elector in 1839, voting for Jackson and Calhoun. He was appointed U.S. naval agent by President Jackson and served in the Mediter- ranean for five years. President Jackson offei'ed him the mission to Belgiuna which he declined. He was appointed in I808 by Governor Gist. U.S. senator to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Josiah J. Evans, and served in the 35th congress, May and June, 1858, and from Dec. 6 to Jan. 5, 1859, when he was succeeded by James Chestnut, Jr., elected by the legislature. He died in Charleston. S.C. Jan. 7, 1867.

HAYNE, Isaac, patriot, was born in South Carolina, Sept. 34, 1745. He was an extensive planter and lived with his wife and children on a plantation in Colleton district while he carried on iron-works in York district, which were destroyed by the British during the Revolution. He earlj^ took up arms in behalf of the colonists, and served as captain of artillery, and in 1780, at the time of the invasion of South Carolina by the British, Tohmteered as a private in a cavalry regiment, and when Charleston capitulated he was paroled on condition of not serving against the British while they were in possession of the city. In 1781 he was required, with the other paroled pris- oners, to join the King's army or suffer close con- finement in the city. His wife and children were at the point of death with the smallpox and he took an oath of allegiance to the Crown, condi- tional on his not being required to bear arms against the colonists, and in this way was allowed to return to his family only to find his wife dead. When General Greene had driven the British army within the limits of the city of Charleston, the British commander demanded his return to the besieged army and this demand being a viola- tion of the agreement, he considered himself dis- charged from his part of the obligation and joined Greene's forces, being commissioned colonel of militia. In July, 1781, he captured Gen. Andrew Williamson, a former patriot, who had deserted to the enemy, and Col. Nesbit Balfor, commandant of Charleston, sent a force to capture Hayne, in which he was successful. He was given a brief examination before a board of British officers and without trial was sentenced to be hanged. The citizens of Charleston and his motherless children petitioned for his pardon to no avail, and Colonel Hayne, after a respite of forty-eight hours to take leave of his childran, was executed. Gen- eral Greene on Aug. 26, 1781, issued a proclama- tion announcing his determination to make reprisals of all British officers that fell in his hands, but the speedy close of the war rendered retaliation unnecessary. Colonel Hayne died on the gallows in Charleston, S.C, Aug. 4, 1781.

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HAYNE, Paul Hamilton, poet, was born in Charleston, S C, Jan. 1, 1830; son of Lieut. Paul Hamilton Hayte, U.S.N., who died at Pensacola, Fla., of j-ellow fever, in 1831. He was brought up by his mother, a woman of poetic gifts and pos- sessed of an ample fortune, under the guardian- ship of his uncle. Senator Robert Y. Hayne. He was grad- uated at the College of Charleston in 1850, with prizes for Eng- lish composition and elocution. He was admitted to the bar, but never practised, and soon devoted his entire time to literature. His first poem ' ' On the Ashley River" was pub- lished locally. He edited BusselVs Maga- zine, 1853, and was connected editorially with the Charleston Literary Gazette, t^outltern Opinion, Southern Society and other periodicals. He was an aide on the staff of Governor Pickens and took part in the operations leading to the capture of Fort Sumter in 1861. His home was burned dur- ing the bombardment of Charleston by the Fed- eral army and his valuable libi"ary destroyed with the ancestral belongings of a celebrated family, the accumulation of generations. He was mar- ried in 1852, to Mary Middleton, daughter of Dr. William Michel, surgeon in the army of Napo- leon I. His health failed during the war, and in 1866 he made his home at Copse Hill, on the sum- mit of the sandhills near Augusta, Ga. There he built a rude cottage, made beautiful by vines of roses and jasmine, and lived with his wife and son in semi -seclusion, laboring with his pen for support. His son, William Hamilton Hayne, inherited his father's frail physique and his poetic talent. Washington and Lee imiversity con- ferred on him the honorary degree of LL.D. in 1883. His published works include: Poems (1855); Sonnets and Other Poems (1857); Arolio, a Legend of the Island of Cos (1859); Legends and Lyrics (1872); Henry Timrod: Poems With a Memoir (ed- ited, 1873); The Mountain of the Lovers and Other Poems (1875); and Lives of Robert Y. Hayne and Hugh S. Legare (1878). His Complete Poems ^ere published in 1882. After that he wrote enough poetry to fill a large volimie, most of which ap- peared in periodicals. He died at Copse Hill, Augusta, Ga., July 6, 1886.

HAYNE, Robert Young, senator, was born in St. Paul's parish, S.C, Nov. 10, 1791. He was educated for the law by Langdon Cheves and was