

>L1SII, ROBERT 8. 



to plunder and a stronghold to retreat to, and 

 was refused. Their last proposition is, to come 

 in and have the opportunity of looking for a 

 new home not far away, and If they are sin- 

 cere in this the trouble will soon be ended. 

 But there has been so much vacillation and 

 duplicity in their talks that I have hesitated 

 about reporting until some definite result was 

 attained. 1 ' General Canby was a remarkable 

 instance of an officer of high rank and univer- 

 sal popularity without enemies in bis profes- 

 aion. lie was so upright that he was very 

 rarely criticised by hia brother officer*. 1 Tc- 

 had little ambition beyond his duty; was al- 

 ways satisfied, or appeared to be, with any 

 position to which be was Assigned ; and never 

 daring hia career engaged in any of those 

 squabbles or intrigues for preferment which 

 deform the record of many able soldiers. Ho 

 had a singular power of inspiring the most 

 perfect trust and confidence among those who 

 erred under his command. His subordinates 

 considered him infallible, and this feeling had 

 much to do with the perfect discipline, w hirh 

 he always, apparently without effort, cxcr- 

 cbad wherever be went. Ik- was the ideal of 

 the thoughtful and studious soldier a man 

 rather of the type of Molt ke than of Murat. 

 lie was tall, slender, severe, and silent. His 

 lore for order and regularity was one of his 

 distinguishing trait*. 



OANDUSU, Rev. Roanrr Surra, D. D.. an 

 eloquent preacher and leader of the 



.h of Scotland, born in Edinburgh. March 

 S*. 1807 ; died there, October . e was 



educated at tho University of Glasgow, enter- 

 ing as a student there in 1822. He was for a 

 time a private tutor at Eton College, and in 

 18S8 was licensed as a preac! Kirk 



of Scotland, by the Presbytery of Scotland. 

 49 he became minister of St. Andrew's 

 Church. Glasirow, and in 1831 was called to 

 the kirk at Bonhill, in the dale of Severn. 

 where he continued to officiate till he became 

 minister of St. George's. Edinburgh, in 1884, 

 where be soon adrocnt,! ,th intense xeal the 

 Justice nnd necessity of ecclesiastical reforms. 

 He became one of the boldest and most % 

 oos leaders of th* popular " non- intrusion 

 party," which resisted the claim of patrons to 

 ohH ministers to churches irrespective of 

 approral of the parishioners. In 1839 he 



T*' t 







part in the debate* 



of the Kirk of Scotland on 



'] - . .;.! i. . ti,. 



nnd th*) founding of the Free 

 Chrehofrleotland. l>r. Candli.h cooperated 

 with l-r. Chalmers and other chiefs of this 

 no.1 denomination In organizing, con- 

 obdalin*. and extending its aggressive !' 

 MM* the death of Dr. Chalmers, in 1847, he 

 bad hten taw moat active and influential work- 

 er in O> Free Church, and the man to whom. 

 hove all others. It la ntoat deeply Indebted. 

 As a debater in church courts he was un- 



CASSIDY, WILLIAM. 



equaled ; as a preacher ho was noted for ear- 

 ess, strength, and acutcness of mind. In 

 1846 and 1840 he was largely concerned in the 

 establishment of the K\ -angcl'it 'ill Alliance. In 

 1846 ho was appointed Convener of the Edu- 

 cation Committee of the Free Church. In 

 1MT, on the death of Dr. Chalmers, he was 

 appointed his successor in tho chair of Divin- 

 ity in Xe\v College, and, on the death of Prin- 

 cipal Cunningham, in 1861, succeeded him as 

 ]'rinci|'iil of the same college. Though mainly 

 distinguished as a preacher and debater in tho 

 church c..iirt-, l>r. 1'nudlish had also a high 

 reputation as a writer. His principal published 

 works were: "Contributions toward the Ex- 

 position of the Book of Genesis;" '-The 

 Atonement: its Reality and Extent ; " "Script- 

 ure- Characters and Miscellanies;" "Life in 

 a Risen Saviour;" "The Two Great Com- 

 mandments;" "The Fatherhood of God," 

 being the Cunningham Lectures; "The First 

 Epistle of St. John, expounded in a Series of 

 Lectures;" and numerous contributions to 

 the periodical press. Though stern, search- 

 ing, and earnest in debate, and somewhat pe- 

 culiar and uncouth in appearance, having a 

 giant's head on a weak, puny, and almost 

 dwarfish body. Dr. Candlish was noted in pri- 

 vate life for his gentleness, and the depth of 

 his tenderness and affection. 



CASS1DY, WILLIAM, an able and accom- 

 plished journalist and political leader, born in 



: y. N. y., in 1814; died there, Junii:.: 

 In;:). His lather was a merchant, and 

 his son the advantages of an early and thor- 

 ough education. He graduated trom Union 

 College in 1833, studied law, and in 1841) en- 

 tered the field of journalism. At that time 

 the I'liiindealer and the Hough lltver, both 

 short-lived papers of the Radical or Barnburner 

 n ot" the Democratic party, Were in ex- 

 i-iim-e, and young Cassidy wrote for both. 

 In 1H41 the AUxiny Allot was founded by 

 Vance and Wendell, as the organ of the Barn- 

 burners, and II. II. Van Dyke and William 

 Cassidy became its editors. '1 lie J n/tu, found- 

 ed in 1MM. supported by the Hunkers, and 

 ! with extraordinary ability ly Kdwin 

 Crosswell, was a formidable rival, and for some 



years the success of the 4'tfuWM doubtful, 



'i its young and brilliant editor devoted 



! s to it, and fought a vigorous 



battle. In those days he labored long and 



hard. Writing often on a poor table, unid 



nliision and turmoil of the composirig- 



hin articles bristled with the sharp 



nnd caustic wit for which }-< wa- always 



miotis. Tho battle was at its height in 



1848, when Cans was the candidate of the 



regular Democracy and Van Bnren was the 



"I the Barnburners. When the two 



factions had thus partially .h-tr, , th- 



er. the conflict censed, and in 1856 the Atlas 



nnd Aryvi were nnitc<l under the hitter name. 



Mr. Cros-wcll had retired some time before, 



and Mr. Cassidy became editor of the Aryui, 



