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* VINCENNES. 142 VINCENT DE PAUL. torlum, and Harrison Park. In the vicinity are several Indian mounds. Vincennes is in a coal- mining, lumbering, and agricultural region, and manufactures novelties, jewelrj', sewer pipe, stoves, glass, paper, furniture, tools, bridge work, spokes, handles, etc. The government, under the charter of 1867, is vested in a mayor cliosen every two years, a unicameral council, and subordinate officials, the majority of whom are elected by the council. Population, in 1890, 8853; in 1900, 10.249. Vincennes is built on the site of the principal village, Chip-kaw-kay, of the Piankashaw In- dians. A fort was erected here by the French about 1702, and a regular settlement was estab- lished soon afterwards, which was called 'Au- Post' or 'The Post' until about 1736. Subse- quently the name 'Vinsenne,' given in honor of Francois ilorgan de Vinsenne, an early com- mandant, gradually came into use. This name was finally changed to Vincennes. The British occupied the place in 1763; Col. George Rogers Clark captured it for Virginia early in 1779, and Virginia ceded it to the United States in 1783. It was the capital of Indiana Territory from 1801 to 1816, and was chartered as a city in 1836. It is the oldest permanent settlement in the State. Consult : Law, The Colonial History of Vincennes (Vincennes, 1858) ; "ihc Founding of Post Vin- cennes." in MiKjazine of Ah,: -"(in History, vol. xxii. : and Powell, Historic Towns ^f the Western States (New York, 1901). VINCENNES, vax'sen', Je. B.^pti.ste Bis- SOT, Sicur de (1688-1736). A Canadian explorer, born ill Quebec. He became an ensign in 1701 and in 1704 he saw service in the iliami country. There he rescued a number of Iroquois who had been taken prisoners by the Ottawas contrary to treaty stipulations, and thus prevented a general war. In 1712 he defended Detroit against the Fox Indians and sul)sequently, as the lieutenant of La Mcthe Cadillac, was active in the exploration of the country between the Ohio and the Great Lakes. About 1725 he built a fort and trading post on the site of the city in Indiana that now bears his name. In 1736 he participated in an expedition against the Chickasaws, but was taken prisoner and burned at the stake. VIN'CENT, Sir Cii.ble.s Edwakd Howard ( 1849 — ). An English author and soldier, born at Slinfold. Sussex. He was educated at West- minster School and at Sandhurst. After serving with other regiments he became colonel command- ant of the Queen's We.stminster Volunteers in 1S84, and served with that body during the South African War. He entered Parliament from Central Shellield as a Conservative in 18S."); founded the United Empire Trade League in 1891; and was chairman of the National Union Conservative Associations in 1803. His jnildished works include: Itiissia's Afivnnrc F.astn-itrd (1872) ; Mililnri/ (Irofiraphy, Itcconnoitring. and tiUtchinfi (187.3); hiiu-of'Extrndilion (1880); and Police Code and Manual of Criminal Law (1882: 10th ed. 1899). VINCENT, Sir Edgar (18.57—). An Eng- lish financier. He was bom in Sus.sex, and in 1881 became assistant to the commissioner for the evacuation of the territory ceded to Greece by Turkey. In 1882 he was appointed Hritisli, Belgian, and Dutch representative on the council of the Ottoman public debt, held at Constanti- nople, and after acting as president of the coun- cil ( 1883 ), was financial adviser to the Egyptian Government (1883-89). While in that post he reformed the Egyptian currency, and later, as Governor of the Imperial Ottoman Bank ( 1889- 97 ) . freed Turkey from financial embarrassment. In 1899 he became a member of Parliament for Exeter. VINCENT, Frank (1848 — ). An American traveler and author, born in Brooklyn, N. Y., and educated at Yale. He spent many years in trav- eling in almost all parts of the world, and in 1884 he presented to the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art a valuable collection of Indo- Chinese antiquities and art and industrial ob- jects. Among his published works are: The Land of the White Elephant (1874); Throui/h and Through the Tropics ( 1876) : Two Months in Burmah (1877) ; Norsk, Lapp, and Finn (1881) ; Tlie Republics of South America (1889) ; In and Out of Central America (1891); and Actual Africa (1895). VINCENT, John Hetl (1832—). A Jleth- odist Episcopal bishop. He was born at Tuscaloosa, Ala., and was educated at Lewisburg Academy and at W'esleyan Institute, Newark, N. J. He entered the New Jersey Conference (1853), and was transferred to the Rock River Conference (1857). He was pastor of churches in Chicago and established the Xorthwest Sunday-School Quarterly (1865) and the .S'Hnf/a.i/-.S'c7ioo; Teacfter (1866). He was corresponding secretary of the Sundav-school Union of his denomination and editor" of its publications (1808-87). In 1888 he was elected bishop and was appointed resident bishop in Europe in 1900, residing at Zurich, Switzerland. He was one of the founders of the Chautauqua Assembly (1874), and chancellor of the Chautauqua University from its organization (1878-1900). He published a course of graded lessons for the Sunday-school, among them The Illustrated Lesson Notes, A Com)ncntary on the International Sunday-School Lc»sons (1876-87) ; Little Footprints in Bible Lands (1861) ; The Chaufauijua Morcmcnt (1886); The Church School and Us t)/jircrs (1886); The Modern Sunday-School (1887); Studies in Young Life (1800): A Sfudi/ in Prdaqoqy (1890): In Search of His Crave (1893) ; Unto Him (1899) ; ami (.thci-. VINCENT, .Marvin- Riciiahdwix (1834—). . American Presbyterian scholar, born at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He was educated at Colum- bia, graduating in 1854, and becoming the first classical instructor in the grammar school con- nected with the college. He was professor of Latin in Troy University from 1858 to 1862; held two Presbyterian pastorati'S, in Troy and New York, froni 1863 to 1S8S, in which year he became professor of New Testament exegesis and criticism in Union Theological Seminary. Among his publislicd works are: Faith and Character (1889); 77ic Expositor in the Pulpit (1884); Word-Sludies in the New Testament (1887- 1900); Biblicnl Inspiration and Christ (1895); The Age of Ilildrhrand (1896); and History of the Tcvtual Criticism of the New Testament (1899). VINCENT DE PAUL. v:-i's;iN-' dr prd. Saint ( l.")76 ICiiO). .A distinguished French priest;