ELLSWORTH, WILLIAM W. 



three colors only black, white, and rose pink. 

 This portrait is in the possession of his family, 

 and shows that even at an early age the artist 

 had acquired a delicate sense of art in the ar- 

 rangement of the drapery, the tenderness of 

 the expression of the mouth, the modelling, 

 and the freedom of touch in the painting of 

 the hair, some of which characteristics are ap- 

 parent in his latest pictures." Finding that 

 his passion for art was so strong, his father 

 wisely allowed him to pursue the necessary 

 studies to become a painter. Having learned 

 what he could of his art, and become a very 

 fair portrait-painter in Syracuse, he came to 

 New York in 1833, or the beginning of 1834, 

 and became a pupil of Trumbull, and subse- 

 quently of Quidor, a fancy painter of some 

 note. "While here, he painted portraits of 

 Captain and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, for 

 which he received the modest sum of fifty dol- 

 lars each. He also painted in oils some scenes 

 from Irving's and Paulding's works, which 

 were thought very creditable for so young an 

 artist. After a residence of little more than 

 a year in New York City, he returned to West- 

 ern New York and practised his profession, 

 confining himself particularly to portrait-paint- 

 ing, for about ten years. He returned to New 

 York City in 1845, and in 1846 became a 

 member of the National Academy of Design. 

 From that time he had been a resident of New 

 York or its immediate neighborhood, though 

 occasionally absent for several months at Al- 

 bany or Washington. He had painted a large 

 number of portraits, and all were remarkable 

 for the fidelity of their likeness, the vigor and 

 perfection of their coloring, and for presenting 

 the sitter in his most characteristic and effec- 

 tive expression. In private life he was one of 

 the most genial and social of men. 



ELLSWORTH, WILLIAM WOLOOTT, LL. D., 

 an eminent Connecticut jurist, born in Wind- 

 sor, Conn., November 10, 1791 ; died at Hart- 

 ford, Conn., January 15, 1868. He was the 

 third son of Oliver Ellsworth, second Chief 

 Justice of the "United States, and a twin brother 

 of the late Henry L. Ellsworth, long Commis- 

 sioner of Patents at Washington, D. C. He 

 graduated from Yale College in the class of 

 1810, and at once commenced his legal studies 

 under Judges Reeve and Gould in the Law 

 School at Litchfield, and afterward continued 

 them in Hartford, in the ofiice of his brother- 

 in-law, the late Chief-Justice Williams. He 

 was admitted to the bar in 1813, and was en- 

 gaged in the successful practice of his profes- 

 sion until 1829, when he was elected to Con- 

 gress and twice reflected at the expiration of 

 his term. He resigned, however, at the close 

 of the first session of the Twenty-third Con- 

 gress, to return to his profession. He was a 

 member of the Judiciary Committee during the 

 whole of this period, and a member of the 

 committee appointed to investigate the affairs 

 of the United States Bank at Philadelphia. In 

 1838 he was chosen Governor of the State, and 



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reflected the three following years. He twice 

 declined, during the period of his service as 

 Governor, an election to the United States 

 Senate from an unwillingness to be further 

 drawn away from his cherished profession. In 

 1847 he was elected by the Legislature a judge 

 of the Superior Court, and of the Supreme 

 Court of Errors, and remained on the bench as 

 one of the associate judges of the Supreme 

 Court, until he reached the age of seventy, 

 when his term expired by limitation of law. 

 He then retired to private life, carrying with 

 him, however, the unabated interest in public 

 affairs, and in religious and charitable enter- 



E rises, which made his life so honored and use- 

 il to the last. Since 1827 he had held the 

 appointment of Professor of Law in Trinity 

 College. He received the degree of LL. D. 

 from the University of New York in 1838. 



ENGLE, Rear- Admiral FEEDEBICK, U. S. N., 

 a distinguished officer of the Navy, born in 

 Delaware County, Pa., in 1799 ; died in Phil- 

 adelphia, February 12, 1868. He entered the 

 service November 30, 1814> and had conse- 

 quently been a naval officer for more than 

 fifty-three years, of which almost twenty had 

 been passed afloat. At the beginning of the 

 Mexican War he had risen to the rank of 

 captain, and commanded the Princeton, win- 

 ning distinction by his services in the blockad- 

 ing squadron. When treason threatened the 

 capture of the United States Navy, Captain 

 Engle, as an officer worthy of confidence, was 

 sent to China to assume command of the 

 Hartford, and brought that powerful ship 

 home to aid in overcoming the South. His 

 advanced age disabled him; he was there- 

 fore assigned to the command of the Navy- 

 Yard at Philadelphia, and subsequently became 

 Governor of the Naval Asylum in that city. 

 He was promoted to be rear admiral on the 

 retired list, July 25, 1866. Finally, after a 

 long life of honorable service to his country, 

 he resigned his ofiice, and remained thence- 

 forward waiting orders, until his death. 



EUROPE. The aspect of Europe during the 

 year 1868 was, on the whole, of a pacific 

 character. The great powers seemed desirous 

 to preserve peace, and none of the important 

 international questions the German, the Ro- 

 man, and the Eastern brought on a war. 



There was, however, one serious breach of 

 the universal peace the revolution in Spain. 

 Being unconnected with any of the great in- 

 ternational complications which have agitated 

 Europe for years, its effects did not extend be- 

 yond the change of the form of government 

 in Spain. It occupies a remarkable place in 

 the history of European revolutions for the 

 rapidity with which it spread, and the univer- 

 sal support it met with. Within a few weeks 

 after the raising of the first insurrectionary 

 cry, in September, it overthrew the throne of 

 Queen Isabella. For the remainder of the 

 year Spain was administered by a Provisional 

 Government, which represented three parties, 



