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and Batteries Bee, Beauregard and Wagner, April 7, l!!*63, and again in August of that year. He was ordered as executive ofiicer of the moni- tor CatskiU in February, 1864, and joined the Bienville as executive officer at New York, in May, 1864, and was assigned to Farragut's squad- ron. He was phiced in command of the Bienville in August, 1>'61. and was present at the capture of Mobile Bay, and, after the capture of the forts, car- ried prisoners and towed the ram Tennessee to New Orleans. He was relieved of the command of the Bienville in November, 1864, and resumed duties as executive officer and was engaged in block- ading otf Galveston, Texas. He was promoted lieutenant-commander, March 3, 1865, and ordered to ordnance dutj' at the Wasliington navy yard in April, 1865. He served on the flagship Pensa- cola. North Pacific squadron, 1866-68; on ord- nance duty at the Washington navy yard, 1869; commanded the Constitution and shijis at the U.S. naval academy, 1870-72; was promoted commander, Aug. 19, 1872; commanded the sloop Shawmut in the North Atlantic squadron, 1873-74; was head of the department of seaman- ship at the U.S. naval academy, 1875-78; com- manded the practice-ships Mayfloioer, 1876, and Constellation, 1878; was inspector of ordnance at the navy yard, Washington, 1878-81; was a mem- ber of the first advisory board, ordered to recom- mend classes and types of vessels necessary for the navy, 1881; commanded gunnery on the training-ship Minnesota, 1881-82; was a member of the board of inspection and survey, 1882-85; promoted captain, March 2, 1885, and was a mem- ber of the board for examination and retirement of officers of the navy, 1885-86. He commanded the U.S.S. Vandalia, of the Pacific station, from February, 1886, to April, 1888; was president of the steel inspection board of the navy depart- ment, 1888-90; member of the lighthouse board of the treasury department, 1890-92; captain of the Mare Island navy yard, 1892-93, and com- manded the Mare Island navy yard and station from July 17, 1893, subsequently commanding the U.S,S. Oregon. He was promoted commo- dore, March 21, 1897; ordered to the Boston navy yard as commandant, May 5, 1897; promoted rear-admiral, Nov. 22, 1898, and assigned to the command of the North Atlantic squadron, taking command of the flagship Chicarjo, March 31, 1899. He was retired, Oct. 10, 1809, on reaching the age of sixty-two. lie was elected an asso- ciate member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.

HOWLAND, Alfred Cornelius, painter, was b^.rn in Waljiole, N.II., Feb. 12, 1838; son of Aaron P. and Huldah (Burke) Ilowland; grand- son of Charles and Elizabeth llopzibah (Crease) Ilowland and of Samuel and Mary (Strong)

Burke, and a descendant of John Howland, born in Essex, Enghmd, and landed at Plymouth, Mass., in the Mayflower, Dec. 22, 1620. He was graduated from Walpole academy. He studied art in Boston and at the Diisseldorf academy, Ger- many, under Prof. Andreas MuUer; in private stu- dios, under Professor Flamm, and in Paris several years, under Eniil Lambinet. He returned to the United States and opened a studio in New York city in 1864. He was elected an associate member of the National Academy of Design in 1872 and a member in 1882, and served on the council of the academy, 1883-86. He exhibited in New York, Paris and Munich, and at the World's Columbian exposition. He was elected a member of the Century association in 1867 and of the Artists' Fund society in 1874. His jiaint- ings include: A Bovine Retreat (1869); Morning on the River Banks (1870); The Sunlit Path (1871); Old Mill on the Bushldll (1874); On the Connecticut at Brattleboro (ISIQ); Monday Morn- ing (1876); TheVillage Band (1877); Winter Sun- set, Willianistoicn, Mass. (1878); Ford's Glen, Paris exposition (1878); Driving a Bargain (1879); They're Coming (1884); A Fourth of July Parade (1886); On the Hoosac (1887); The Old Farm (1887).

HOWLAND, Benjamin, senator, was born in Tiverton, R.I., in 1756. He was elected to the general assembly, to various town offices, and in 1804 to the U.S. senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Samuel J. Potter. He served in the senate from Dec. 5, 1804, to March 4, 1809. He died in Tiverton, R.I., May 9, 1821.

HOWLAND, George, educator, was born in Conway, Mass., July 30, 1824. He was graduated at Amherst, A.B., 1850; A.M., 1853; was a tutor at Amherst, 1852-55; instructor in French, Ger- man and Latin, 1855-57, and a trustee of the institution, 1879-88. He removed to Chicago, 111., in 1858, having been elected assistant teacher in the Chicago high school. He was principal of the school, 1860-80, and superintendent of schools for the city, 1880-90. He was a member of the Illinois state board of education, 1881-92, and president of the board in 1883. He published: A Grammar of the English Language (1867); Lit- tle Voices, a volume of poems (1878); a notable translation of Virgil's ^neid (2 vols., 1880-84); Practical Hints for the Teachers of Public Schools (1880). Ho died in Chicago, 111., Oct. 23, 1892.

HOWLAND, John, liistorian, was born in New- port, R.I., Oct. 31, 1757; son of Joseph and Sarah (Barber) Howland, and a descendant of John Howland, the pilgrim, who married Elizabeth, daugliter of John Carver, and left her with two cliildren, John and Desire, in England, when he embarked with liis father-in-law on the ^fay- flower. His wife and children joined him in