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II >ur. Nirhohiv . r, 1 ni Man-h 10. If 

 died in Chicago. 111.. Maivh in. ISM;. 11, wa> noted 

 in I lu- I~IK S - and in Europe as an expert on 

 and their breeding ; was a pioneer in import- 

 iie best English setters: and probably did 

 :lian any other man to raise field trial d> _ 

 the United Mates to tlieir present high standard. 

 : Many years he wrote kennel i. .oral 



iicals under the pen name of Mohawk. Ii 

 tiled in Chicago and became editor and man- 

 ager of the "American Field." He inaugurated a 

 ii of correct kennel registration in 1876. and 

 compiled and published " The National American 

 Kennel Stud Book." 



lliiblcc. Horace, journalist, born in Berkshire, 

 Franklin County. V , 1839; died in Mil- 



waukee, Wis.. Oct. '. 'ie accompanied his 



parents to Sheboygan. Wis.. in 1840 : became a 

 legislative reporter for the Madison "Argus" in 

 and editor of the Madison "Journal" in the 

 following year : and Librarian in 



:id chairman of the Republican State * 

 mittee in ivV.i-'tj'.i. In 1868 he was a delegate at 

 to the National Republican Convention and a 

 member of the Committee on Platform. He w 

 pointed minister to Switzerland in 186!>. and in 

 ie resigned and returned to Madison. 

 1 VX 2 he had been editor in chief of the " Mil- 

 waukee Sentinel." 



Runyon. Theodore, diplomatist, born in Somer- 

 ville, N. J.. Oct. -?">. 1S22 ; died in Berlin. Germany. 

 Jan. 27. 1806. He was graduated at Yale in 1M2. 

 and was admitted to the bar in Newark. N. J.. in 

 1 X 46. He soon acquired a wide reputation as a 

 skillful advocate in cases involving business princi- 



- and pra- 

 and his successful 

 handling of the 

 Meeker will 

 remembered 

 of the historical 

 events in le^al 

 procedure i 



became city attor- 

 ney of Newark, and 

 B city coun- 

 selor. In 1'' 

 Price appointed 

 him a commis- 

 sioner to revise and 

 codify the militia 

 : the State. 

 The follow! 

 lie was appointed 

 brigadier general 

 of militia : soon afterward he became brigadier gen- 

 eral of the State Rifle Corps : and subsequently major 

 general of the National Guard of New Jersey. At 

 the outbreak of the civil war he was given command 

 of the 1st Brigade of New Jersey V, lont< re, which 

 left for the front on April 27, 1861. He reached 

 Washington with 3.000 men on May 6. when the 

 national capital was in a state of great alarm be- 

 cause of an expected invasion. On the following 

 day he marched his brigade through the city and 

 put the men through a drill e>. - the city 



was then wholly unprotected by defensive works, 

 the presence of the brigade quickly restored confi- 

 dence. On May 10 a portion of the brigade went 

 into camp on Meridian Hill, north of the city, and 

 another portion was detailed to guard the railroad. 

 On the 24th. in consequence of demonstrations by 

 the enemy on the opposite side of the Potomac. 

 Gen. Runyon was ordered to occupy and fortify the 

 approaches to the city, especially the roads converg- 

 ing at the Long Bridge. Accordingly, he crossed 



the bridge, and with daily details of 1,500 men 



ks at the junction of the 



principal roads. The largest work inclosed about 



pea in the southeast angl, . 

 thrown up on the north.' 



structed across an intervening marsh nearly to the 

 river, and a redoubt was built east of the main 

 road. These were the first fort ificat i for 



the defense of the national capital, and to them the 

 War Department gave the name of " Fort Runyon." 

 When Gen. McDowell advanced his army toward 

 Manassas. he left Gen. Runyon as acting major 

 general in command of the 4th Division of the 

 Army of Northeastern Virginia, which included all 

 the troops not sent to the front. These troops, 

 which numbered about 13.50U. were stationed in 

 and around Alexandria. While hastening re-en- 

 forcements to the front Gen. Runyon was informed 

 on the 21st that the national army had been de- 

 feated and was fleeing panic-stricken toward Wash- 

 ington, with the Confederates in hot pursuit. Un- 

 der orders from the War Department he closed all 

 the approaches to the city by the Long and Chain 

 Bridges, planted cannon on them, and assigned 

 advantageous positions to various vessels at Alex- 

 andria. The enemy became informed of these 

 preparations and abandoned the plan for marching 

 on the city. On the 22d Thomas A. 8 -rant 



tary of War. informed Gen. Runyon that Mc- 

 Dowell's army was returning to the Potomac, and 

 suggested that he should man all the forts and pre- 

 vent the retreating troops from passing over to the 

 city, where their arrival would produce a panic. 

 Gen. Runyon immediately telegraphed back. " Take 

 the draw off the Long Bridge." a suggestion which 

 was at once acted on. By these measures Gen. 

 Runyon checked the retreat of the army, held it 

 d the city till it was reorganized, and saved 

 .ington from a panic. For these services Gen. 

 Runyon received the thanks of President Lincoln 

 and his Cabinet, and a joint resolution of congratu- 

 lation from the New Jersey Legislature. Believing 

 that he was restricted by superior officers, he re- 

 tired from the army soon afterward and resumed 

 the practice of law. In 1863 he was elected Mayor 

 of Newark : in 1865 was defeated as Democratic 

 candidate for Governor; and i \as Chan- 



cellor of the State. In March. 1893. he was ap- 

 pointed United States minister to Germany, and in 

 September following was raised to the rank of am- 

 lor. His death occurred from heart failure. 

 Gen. Runyon received the degree of LL. D. from 



van University lt>67. Rutgers College 

 and Yle College 1^2. 



Russell. William C'hannin?. educator, born in 

 Boston. Mass.. ]-Yt,. 23. 1814? died in Yonkers. 

 N Y.. Feb. 24. 1M'6. He was a great-grandson of 

 William Ellery. one of the signers of the Declara- 

 tion of Independence, and a nephew of the Rev. 

 William Ellery Channing. In 1832 he was gradu- 

 ated at Columbia College, and in 1836. after study- 

 ing at Harvard Law School, he was admitted to the 

 bar in New York city. He was engaged in law 

 practice in 1864. when the death in the army of a 

 favorite son led him to abandon it. In 1^65 he was 

 elected Professor of History in Antioch College, 

 and in 186S he was called to the chair of South 

 European Languages and also to the associate pro- 

 ship of history in Cornell University. Sub- 

 sequently he became vice-president of the univer- 

 sity, remaining so till his retirement, in 1881, and 

 acting as president for three years. During 1 E 



occupied the chair of History at Brown Uni- 

 versity. Prof. Russell's work lay in the field of 

 Roman and mediaeval history, and he was among 

 the first educators in the United States to adopt 

 the seininarv method of historical instruction. 



