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* McNAB. 6-12 MACON. nent in sustaining the Government against Mac- kenzie's insurrection in 1837-;i8. Wliile lie was in command at Niagara, the steamer Caroline, employed by American sympathizers to assist the rebels! was! by his order, seized, fired, and sent over Niagara "Falls. ( See Caroline, The. ) This daring act was approved by the home authori- ties, and McNab was rewarded by being knighted. In 1858 he was made a baronet, and in ISUO, after an absence in England, became a member of the Legislative Council. McNAIR', Feederick Villette (18391900). An American naval ollicer, liorn at Jenkintown, Pa. He graduated at the Vnited Stales Naval Academy in 1857, and in 1S72 was appointed a commander. During the Civil War he partici- pated in the attacks cm Forts .Jackson and Saint Philip, the capture of New Orleans and the pas- sage of the Vicksburg batteries. In 1875 he was made commander of the Yaiitie in the Asiatic Squadron, in 1887 commander of the llag-ship Omaha, and in 1895 admiral of the squadron. In 1898 he was appointed a member of the Lighthouse Board, and in tlic same year he was succeeded in command by Admiral Dewey. He was subsecpiently ordered to take charge of Ad- miral Cervcra and other distinguished Spanish prisoners, and after their return to Spain be- came superintendent of the Naval Academy. McNEILE, mfik-nel', Hucii (1795-1879). Dean of Kipon. lie was born in Ballycastle, Antrim. Ireland, was graduated at Trinity Col- lege. Dublin, in 1815; studied law in Dublin and London, but after a severe illness turned to the Church; was ordained in 1820 to a curacy in Ireland, and was afterwards rector of Allniry in Surrey, and perpetual curate of the Church of Saint .Jude, Liverpool; afterwards Saint Paul's Church, in Prince's Park, Liverpool, was liuilt for him. In 1845 he was appointed canon of Chester Cathedral, and in ISliO canon residen- tiary. He bec;ime Dean of Ripon in 1808. but resigned from that position in 1875 and retired to Boiirneniouth. He was at one time inclined to embrace the doctrines of Edward Irving, but gave them up and reviewed them severely in three sermons on Miracles (1831-32), and in Letters to a I'riend nho had felt it his Dull/ to secede from the C/n/rc/i of England (1834). Other works include collections of sermons: Lfc- tures on the Prophecies Itelntive to the Jewish 'Xation (1830) ; Lectures oti the Church of Eng- land (1840) ; Lectures on the l^jimpathies. f<uffer- ings and Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ (1843) ; Sermons on the ffecond Advent of Christ (1865); Letters on the Athnnasian Creed (1873); Scripture Proportions. Illustrated hy the Place which the Lord's Supper Occupies in the AVit' Testament (1873). The first volume of an edition of his collected works appeared in 1877. Consult Hugh McXeile and Peformation Truth, with biographical sketch by Bullock (Lon- don, 1882). MACOMB, ma-koom'. . city and the county- seat of McDonough County. III,. 58 miles north- east of Quincy; on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (Map: Illinois, B 3). It is the seat of the Western Illinois State Normal School, and has a public library of over 8.500 volumes. T^e surrounding agricultural region is productive, and the city has extensive manu- factures of stoneware and sewer pipe, the vicinity supplying fire clay in .abundance. Settled about 1840, Macomb was incorporated in 1857. Und^T a charter of 1872, the government is vested in a mayor, biennially elected, and a city council. The waterworks are owned and operated bj' the mu- nicipality. Population, in 1890, 4052; in 1900, 5375. MACOMB, Alexander (1782-1841). An American soldier, prominent in the War of 1812. He was born in Detroit, Mich., entered the LInited States Army as a cornet of cavalry in 1799, and by 1812 had risen to be lieutenant-colonel of engineers and adjutant-general of the army. Soon after the outbreak of the War of 1812 he was transferred to the artillery at his own re- quest, and in 1813, as colonel of the Third Artil- lery, distinguished himself at Fort Niagara and Fort George. In .January, 1814, he was pro- moted to be brigadier-general and placed in com- mand of the northern frontier, along Lake Cham- plain, and on September 11th of this year, while McDonough was defeating the English licet in Plattsburg Bay, he defended Plattsburg, N. Y., against the attack of a greatly superior Englisli force under Sir George Prevost. In recognition of his services on this occasion he was pro- moted to be major-general, and received a vote of thanks and a medal from Congress. After the war he continued in the service as colonel of engineers, and from 1828 until his death was the commanding general of the United States Army. He published: .-1 Treatise on Martial Law and Courts-Martial as Practiced in the United States (1809); and A Treatise on the Practice of Courts-Martial {ISiO) . Consult Rich- ards. Memoir of Alexander Maconih (New York, 1833). MACON, ma'koN'. The capital of the Depart- ment of Saune-et-Loire. France, in Burgundy. 40 miles north of Lyons, on the Saone, which is here spanned by a bridge of twelve arches ( Map : F'rance, L 5). It has the ruins of the Cathedral of Saint Vincent, begxin in the thirteenth century, portions of which are still in good repair; and the modern Church of Saint Peter, a large edifice in the Romanesque style. Macon trades ex- tensively in agricultural products and has im- portant watch-making establishments ; it is best known, however, as the centre of the Burgundy wine industr}'. Macon is the ancient Matisco, a town of the .^dui. It is the birthplace of Lamartine. Population, in 1901, 18.928. MACON, mu'kon. A city and the county-seat of Bibb County, Ga., 100 rniles southeast of At- lanta ; on the Ocmulgce River, and on the Central of Georgia, the Southern, the Georgia Southern and Florida, the Macon, Dublin and Savannah, and the Macon and Birmingham railroads (^lap: Georgia, C 3). It is the seat of Mercer t^niver- sity (Baptist), Saint Stanislaus College (Roman Catholic), Wesleyan Female College, which is one of the oldest female colleges in the United States, having lieen chartered in 1830, Mount de Sales Academy (Roman Catholic), and the State Academy for the Blind. There are two public libraries, a United States Govern- ment building, an Academy of Music, armories, and Central City, Tatnall Square, Chickamauga, and Daisy parks. The Indian mounds in the vicinity are al.so of interest. The city has an extensive trade in cotton, lumber, and general merchandise; and Its manufacturing industries