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 SOULE

SOUSA

Glasgow, Scotlahd, 1879-82, and 1887-92, She is the author of : Memoirs of the Rev. H, B. Soule (1852); Home Life (1855); TJie Pet of the Settle- ment (1859); and Wine and Water (1861). In 1903 she was residing in Glasgow, Scotland.

50ULE, Joshua, M.E. bishop, was born in Bristol, Maine, Aug. 1, 1781. He was licensed to preach in 1798, and traveled with a Methodist presiding elder as a " boy preacher." He was appointed presiding elder of the Maine district in 1804 ; proposed a plan for the general con- ference of delegates and was a delegate to the conferences of 1812 and 1816. He was book-agent and editor of the Methodist Magazine, 1816-20, was elected a bishop in 1820, but declined the election, being opposed to the election of pre- siding elders by tlie bishops. He was pastor of churches in New York and Baltimore, 1820-24 ; and was again elected bishop in 1824, serving till 1842. He was sent as a delegate from the United States to the British Wesleyan confer- ence in 1842, and was a delegate to the conference held in New York in 1844, when a division of the church was caused by the disagreement of Bishop James O. Andrew and Bishop Soule, tlie two fol- lowings being known as the Methodist Episcopal chui'ch, north and south. Bishop Soule became senior bishop of the southern division, with his residence at Nashville, Tenn. He visited the general conference held at Pittsburg but was not officially recognized as a delegate. He re- tired from the active duties of his office in 1853, and died in Nashville, Tenn., March 6, 1867.

SOULE, Pierre, statesman, was born in Castil- lon, France, in September, 1802. His father, Joseph Soule, commander of the 5th battalion of Ariege, was justice of the peace in Castillon, owner of the Chateau of Coumes, and appears to have died in 1815. Pierre Soule attended the Jesuit college at Toulouse, and studied theology, but in 1816 abandoned it and was sent to Bor- deaux, where he became involved in the plot against Louis XVIIL, and was compelled to fly to Beam mountains, where, disguised as a shep- herd, he remained for one year. He later was pardoned, and taught school in Bordeaux and Paris ; studied law and contributed to the Paris Liberal Journal in 1824. He edited Le Nain jaune, an organ of the Liberal party in 1825, and was arrested for plotting against the government. He was tried and sentenced to imprisonment in Ste. Pelagic and a large fine, but escaped to Paris in disguise and embarked for Hayti in 1825. He came to the United States in 1825, and was a guest of Gen. Andrew Jackson, in Tennessee. He re- moved toBardstown, Ky. ; obtained employment as a gardener and studied the English language and American law. He completed his law studies with Moreau Lislet ; was admitted to the bar in

New Orleans in 1826, joined Lislet in partnership and became one of the most celebrated criminal and civil lawyers in Louisiana. He was married in 1829 to Armantine, daughter of M. Mercier. He was elected to the state senate as a Democrat in 1845 ; was elected to the U.S. senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Alexander Bar- row, in 1847, and was re-elected for the full term, 1849-55. He opposed Henry Clay's compromise bill of 1850 ; was appointed U.S. minister to Spain by President Pierce, in 1853, for the special ob- ject of acquiring Cuba, but the news of liis mis- sion preceded him and he was received with hos- tility. An offensive remark passed by the Duke of Alba was resented by Mr. Soule's son Nelvil, and resulted in a duel with swords. Mr. Soule then challenged the Marquis de Turgot, ambassador from France, in whose house the quarrel had taken place, and in a duel Mr. Soule crippled him for life. He was charged with complicity in the revolutionary outbreak of Aug. 28, 1854, but it was never proved. He was one of the f ramers of the " Ostend manifesto." He resigned his mission in June, 1855, and returned to his law practise in New Orleans. He was a supporter of Stephen A. Douglas in 1856 and 1860, but upon the election of Abraham Lincoln he opposed secession. He tendered his services to the Confederate govern- ment in 1861 but failing health caused his retire- ment to New Orleans, where he remained until April, 1862, when the city was taken by the Federal forces. He was arrested and confined in Fort Lafayette. N.Y., and on his I'elease went to Nassau where in the autumn of 1862 he I'an the blockade at Charleston and joined General Beau- regard as an honorary member of his staff. In 1863 Mr. Soule went to Richmond, Va. ; was com- missioned brigadier-general and detailed to raise a foreign legion. On the failure of this plan he went to Havana and in 1864 became interested in Dr. William Gwin's scheme for the colonization of Sonora, Mexico, with Californian immigrants. In 1865 Mr. Soule returned to New Orleans, broken in health and fortune, and resumed the practise of law until 1868 when he retired. He died in New Orleans, La., March 26, 1870.

SOUSA, John Philip, musician, was born in Washington, D.C., Nov. 6, 1856 ; son of Antonio and Elizabeth (Trinkhaus) Sousa. His father, a Spaniard, was a musician in Saragossa. and his mother, of German descent, was born in Mary- land. He was educated in the common schools ; studied music ; became a teacher of music in 1869, and a conductor in 1871. He was married in 1879, to Jane, daughter of Henry and Louisana Bellis, of Pennsylvania. He was one of the first violins in the orchestra of Jacques Offenbach, when the latter visited the United States ; was leader of the United States Marine corps, 1880-