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* KELLOGG. 434 KELLY. Illinois Cavalry, of whic-h he was commissioned colonel. He was prouioUiI to the rank of briga- dier-general for liis services in the army under Pope iu .Missouri, and for the ability with which he euniiiiauded Ceneral (Granger's cavalry during the Corinth caniiiaign; but in 1803 he was com- pelled by ill healtli to resign from the service. in IStJj he was appoinleil collector of llie port of New Orleans, a position which he held until 1868, when he was elected to the United .States Senate. He resigned from the .Senate in 1872, and the next year was elected Governor of Louisiana. In 1877 he was again elected to the Uniteil States Senate, and on the expiration of his term in 1883 was sent to the House of Rep- resentatives. KELLS. A market-town of County Meath, Leinster, Ireland, on the Blackwater, 9Vj miles northwest of Navan, famous for its historical associations. The town originated in a monas- tery founded in the middle of the sixth century by Saint Columba, in which the Columban coni- nmnity of lona found a refuge when that island was devastated by the Norsemen between 802 and 815. The renowned sixth or sevcntli cen- tury Book of Kclls. a beautifully exeiuted manu- script copy of the Gospels, is preserved in Trhi- ity IIege, Dublin, and a fine tentli-centurv crosier from Kells is in the British Museum. The chief existing antiquities are Saint Columba's oratory, several ancient sculptured crosses, and a round tower of the tw-elfth century. Popula- tion, in 1901, 2428. KEL'LY, Howard Atwooij '(ISoS— ). An .mcrican gynecologist, bom in Camden. N. J. He was educated at the University of Pennsyl- vania ; founded the Kensington Hospital of Phila- delphia : and after a year as associate ]nofessor of obstetrics in the University of Pennsylvania, was called to .Johns Hopkins University and Hos- pital in Baltimore as professor of g%-necology and chief g>'necologist. A corresponding member of obstetrical societies in Paris. Leipzig, and Edin- burgh, Kelly wrote many valuable cnntril)utions to medical journals, and in 1809 published Opera- tive Gynecology. KELLY. HiGiT (1739-77). A British au- thor and playwright, born at Ivillamey, Ireland, He learned his trade as a stay-maker, but at the age of twentj'-one went to London to seek his fortune in literature. He foimd it in the writing of a sentimental play, Filie Delicacy, which Garrick presented at the Drury Lane in 1768. Its success was far beyonil its merits; but Kelly had made himself known as a captious critic of the stage in his Thr.tpis (17fifl), and his subsequent comedies, A Word to the TTise (Drury Lane, 1770), .1 School for Wivcx (Drury Lane, 1773), were likewise profitable, though his tragedy in blank verse, Clementina (Covent Gar- den. 1771). wa-s less fortunate. He did a great deal of hack writing: published two volume? of essays, entitled The Babbler, and a two-volume novel, Menwint of a ilnqdalen, in 17(i7: tried to practice at the bar, whereto he had liecn called (1774), but not succeeding, took to drink and died in debt. His complete works were issued in 1778. KELLY, .T.4MES Edwaeds (1855—). An .mcrican sculptor. He was born in New York, July 30, 1855. He studied at the National .Acad- emy of Design, and at first devoted himself to wood-engraving. Until 1881 he was known prin- cipally as an illustrator of magazines, but since that time has devoted himself to sculpture. He won the desigiuilion 'the -sculptor of. icrican history' by his works, which include: "Sheridan's Kide" (1878) ; "Paul Kevcre," statuette 0882) ; "Jlour.outh Battle Munuuient," with live his- torical panels (1883-85); groups for Uw Sara- toga ilunument (1887) ; "Grant at I'ort Donel- son"- (1881)); "General l)<>vcns" and the Sixth New York Cavalry Monument at Gettysburg (1890) ; "Call to Arms," colossal ligure lor the Troy Soldiers' Jlonument (1891) ; Buford Monu- meiit at Gettvsburg (1895) ; "Battle of II;ulcm Heights," for Sons of the Revolution (1897), at Columbia University, New York; and a colos- sal monument to coniiiicmorate the defense of New Haven. He executed a series of bronze heads from sittings given by forty generals of the Civil War, including Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, and Hancock, and a similar series for the Spanish- .mcrican War, including heads of Wheeler, Wood, Dewey, Sampson, and others, KELLY, John- (1821-80). An American jkiU- lician. He was bom in New York City, had a common-school education, was apprenticed to a mason, and at the age of twenty-four started in business for himself. He soon became interested in politics, for which he had a decided a|)titude; entered Tammany Hall ; l)ecame a member of the Tammany General Couimittee in 1849; and in 1854 was elected alderman from the Fourteenth Ward. He then served in Congress from 1855 to 1858, attracting attention by his vigorous op- position to the Native .merican or Know-Noth- ing movement, and from 1858 to 1861, and again from 1805 to 1868, served as Sheriff of New York County, in which capacity he accunuilated a considerable fortune by taking full though legiti- mate advantage of the financial opportunities which this office then otTered. He spent the years 1869-71 in Kuroiie, and on his return took an active part with Tildcn and OT'onor in the fight against William il. Tweed (q.v.). He was called upon at the same time to eliect the general re- organization of Tamm.any Hall, and this he did to the satisfaction of most of the lictter element of the New York Democracy. Thenceforth until 1884 he was regarded as the autocrat and dic- t.ator of the Tammany organization, though there was considerable discord on several occasions, notably in lS7li. He was appointed Comptroller by !Mayor Wickham, but was subsequently re- moved by ]Iayor Cooper. In 1879 he quarreled with Governor Robinson, the regular Democratic nominee for the Governorship of the State, and by running for that ofi'ice himself on an inde- pendent ticket, successfully divided the Demo- cratic vote and brought about the electibn of -Monzo B. Cornell, the Republican candidate. Kelly took an active interest in nati<mal as well as in State and city politics, and in 1884 made a stubborn but unsuccessfiil effort to prevent the nomination of Grover Cleveland for the Presi- dency. Though he was often accused of resorting to questionable methods to secure his ends, he was seldom charged with personal dishonesty, and was widelv known bv the sobriquet 'Honest John Kelly.' KELLY, MicH.Et (e.l764-lS26). A British actor, singer, and musical composer, bom in Dublin. He studied with different masters of